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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
will be given, on Tuesday and Thursday even-
ings. Thin number may possibly be increased
alter the first month.
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Pablo de Sarasate, Celebrated Spanish Violinist, Dies in France—His Wonderful Career—Boston
Schumann-Heink is to open the new Academy
Symphony Orchestra's First Concert in Boston on October 10—Small Pecuniary Reward of
of Music in Brooklyn on October 1st, under the
Famous Composers of Days Gone by—Present Day Composers Fortunate—Paderewski to
management of Henry Wolfsohn, and two days
Arrive in January—Plans of Volpe Symphony Orchestra—Two Italian Opera Companies Open
following will sail for Europe to be gone the
in New York—Lhevinne to Begin Tour on October 19—Other Musical Features Scheduled
entire season. Her opening European engage-
for Next Season—Success of Mischa E1man, the Young Violinist.
ment will be in Hambm-g, on October 21st.
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News has been received from Biarritz, France,
As we approach more recent times we find
Josef Lhevinne, the Russian pianist, will un-
of the death in that city of Pablo de Sarasate, the composers on the whole much better re- dertake his first trans-continental tour, inaugu-
the celebrated Spanish violinist, which occurred warded, says the Evening Post. Brahms, though rating it in Hartford, Conn., on October 19th. His
on Sunday.
he never stooped to conquer, died worth $100,000. first New York engagement will be his own re-
From the son of a regimental bandmaster in Beethoven was tolerably well off in the later cital in Carnegie Hall on Saturday afternoon.
a Spanish mountain town' Sarasate rose to be a years of his career, and if Mendelssohn had not October 31st, and his New York appearances will
Spanish Excellency and the recipient of honors begun rich, his works would have made him so. be numerous throughout the season. His first
and decorations from almost every country in Meyerbeer earned piles of money, and so did Of- orchestral engagement this year will be with the
fenbach, Strauss (the Waltz King) and many Russian Symphony Orchestra in New York, and
the world.
When he was five years old his father gave others, including, in our country, Victor Her- in quick succession he will play in the same city
him a small violin to play, and in time sent him bert and Philip Sousa. Among the composers with the New York Philharmonic Society, the
to Manuel Rodriguez at Madrid, when at a of serious operas in our time who have become Boston Symphony and New York Symphony or-
charity concert Queen Isabella heard him. A wealthy are Humperdinck, Richard Strauss, chestras. The Boston, Philadelphia and other
court official soon after informed the parents D'Albert, Mascagni, Puccini, Thomas, Gounod and symphony orchestras have each engaged him for
that the Queen would pay for the lad's educa- Massenet. Wagner's operas have yielded many
tion in Paris. The three years she offered were millions of dollars, mostly, it is true, since his
death. Verdi's yielded millions while he lived,
subsequently extended to six.
Going to Paris in January, 185G, Sarasate and some of them are as profitable as ever.
studied at the Conservatoire under the director- Does music pay?
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ship of Auber. His masters were Alard in violin
and Reber in composition, and he took the first
A; is already generally known Paderewski
prize for violin in 1857, as well as a prize later plans to return to America for a brief tour in
in harmony.
mid-season. He will arrive in January and make
Sarasato made a last and memorable visit to all told about thirty appearances, half of which
New York in November, 1889, although he had will be with orchestras. He will play seven or
come to America earlier on tours with Patti, eight times with the Boston Symphony Orches-
Christine Nilsson and Eugen D'Albert.
tra, the only orchestra with which he will play
His first appearance anywhere as a profes- in the East. He will play also with the Chicago,
sional artist was made at the Crystal Palace, Minneapolis and St. Paul orchestras and prob-
London, in 1861, when the boy fiddler followed ably with others. He will give not more than
close on the heels of the king of European one recital in each of the cities he visits and
violinists, Joachim. The two met often in Lon- his tour will be confined to the larger cities
east of the Mississippi. There seems to be no
don up to Joachim's death, last year.
doubt that he will bring with him his symphony
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The Boston Symphony Orchestra will begin its of which so much is expected. It was promised
twenty-eighth season in Boston with a public re- for two years ago, but was not finished. Now
hearsal on October 9 and a concert on October the last work has been done on it, and accord-
10. It will give, as usual, twenty-four public re- ing to an agreement of long standing it will
hearsals and twenty-four concerts in its home have its first production anywhere in Boston by
Mr. Pad-
city, the season closing on Saturday evening, the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
May 1, 1909. It will give ten concerts in New erewski will of course be under the management
York, eight in Cambridge, five in Brooklyn, Phila- of C. A. Ellis of Boston.
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delphia, Baltimore and Washington, and three
in Providence and Hartford. Max Fiedler of
Arnold Volpe, the conductor of the Volpe
Hamburg, who has been appointed conductor of
Symphony Orchestra, has returned to New York
the orchestra for the present season, will arrive from his extended tour of Europe. While abroad
.1OSEI.' I.UKVIN.NK.
in this country at the end of this month. Willy Mr. Volpe met many distinguished musicians and
Hess will return to his old post of concert mas- arranged plans for the forthcoming season, the a brace of concerts in their home cities and the
ter, and there will be a new second concert mas- fifth of the society's activities.
balance of bis tournee will be given to a series
ter in place of Mr. Czerwonky, who has given
A series of three subscription concerts will be of recitals, ranging from Winnipeg, Man., to New
up orchestral for quartet and solo work.
given at Carnegie Hall Thursday evenings, Orleans, La., with a series of twenty-five concerts
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on the Pacific Coast, opening in Los Angeles, Cal.,
November 19th, January 21st and March 25th.
The fact that Lehar, the composer of "The Mr. Volpe is the founder of the Society and the on March 1st. Up to February 1st, Lhevinne will
Merry Widow," is already a millionaire in work accomplished for the advancement of music play in the East and Middle West, and in Feb-
crowns and will doubtless be a millionaire in in Greater New York under his guidance has ap- ruary will go South into the City of Mexico,
dollars before that charming Viennese operetta pealed especially to the youthful and progressive where he will play ten concerts. Lhevinne will
remain in America until May next and his tour
ceases to entrance the public, has induced C. A. spii it in the Metropolis.
is under the management of Henry Wolfsohn,
Bratter, of the Berlin Tageblatt, to compare
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the profits of composers of our days with
The famous young violinist, Mischa Elman, and he will play the Steinway piano on all occa-
those of their predecessors. He recalls the fa- found it impossible to fill all the demands made sions.
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miliar facts that Mozart, Schubert and Lortzing for his services through Europe, previous to his
practically perished because of insufficient return American tour, which opens in December next
Ivan Abiamson's Italian Optra Co., opened its
for their exhausting toils. Mozart got only 225 and therefore his London agent was compelled pecond season at the American Theater with a
florins for his "Don Juan" score and 100 ducats to break into young Elman's vacation and send strong cast of prominent Italian singers. The
for his "Figaro." Schubert often had to write him to Russia to fulfil a long-promised contract. offerings for the first week were: "La Traviata,"
an immortal song and sold it for 20 cents before He is now playing in Russia and returns to Lon- "Aida," "Carmen," "Fedora," "II Trovatore,"
he could order his dinner. His clothes were don to begin his fall tour on September 25th. "Lucia," "Cavalleria Rusticana" and "I Pag-
often patched. Weber got only 80 Friedrichsdor every day of which he will play until he sails liacci and La Gioconda." Certainly a most am-
for his "Freischiitz," one of the most successful from Europe for this country, the end of Novem- bitious showing. The Italian Opera Company
operas ever written. After it had had fifty per- ber.
won considerable success last season and judg-
formances in Berlin, which yielded 30,000
ing from the advance sale of seats for this
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thalers, the manager generously offered him an
Italian grand opera at popular prices will be present season they bid fair to duplicate that
extra 100 thalers. Weber indignantly refused given at the Star Theater, Lexington avenue and success.
this. "Being a German," he said bitterly: "What 107th street, beginning Tuesday evening, Sep-
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can I expect?" Lortzing, whose popularity in tember 29. The opening performances will be
The Russian Symphony Society announces four
Germany was great while he lived, and is great the ever popular "I Pagliacci" and "Cavalleria
still, got an average of 12 louis d'or for each Rusticana." The new organization is the Savoy concerts at Carnegie Hall, on November 12, De-
opera, and was overjoyed to get 20 louis d'or in Italian Grand Opera Company, of which S. Kro.n- cember 10, January 14 and February 11. Solo-
Hamburg for his "Undine," which made a rich berg is the director. A novelty about the new ists engaged are Mischa Elman, Josef Lhevinne
and Alexander Petschnikoff.
Tschaikowsky's
man of the manager who bought it.
venture is that but two performances a week "Symphonie Pathetique" will be performed.