Music Trade Review

Issue: 1910 Vol. 51 N. 20

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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
A Victor Herbert Triumph
Was produced at the New York Theatre, Monday Evening, November 7th, 1910
when Mr. Oscar Hammerstein presented his new Comic Opera
" Naughty Marietta"
Book and Lyrics by RIDA JOHNSON YOUNG
WITH
Mile. Emma Trentini
And an exceptional cast including"
C| Never in the history of musical productions was such a tribute in the way of an ova-
tion paid to a composer as Mr. Herbert received on this occasion.
WE APPEND A FEW PARAGRAPHS FROM THE VARIOUS CRITICISMS
THE MORNING WORLD.—Victor Herbert's music
is of high excellence. It is not only tuneful but of
substantial worth.
NEW YORK HERALD.—"Naughty
Marietta" over-
flows with melody that is really sung and played. Mr.
Herbert conducted his own score and got every effect
and climax possible out of it
NEW YORK TELEGRAM.—It is designated a
comic opera by the manager folks. It is more than
that. It is a tuneful opera. Victor Herbert wrote
the music, and that accounts for its melody.
NEW YORK AMERICAN.—-The opening number,
the overture, gave the audience a good idea of the
quality of music to follow. It was a bouquet of
melody, masterfully orchestrated, and played by a
company of grand opera musicians. The solos were
naive and original, especially those that fell to Mile.
.Trentini in the title role.
MORNING TELEGRAPH.—Herbert's onera has
great charm. Tastefully and brilliantly produced at
the New York gets a big welcome.
He conducted
with all his urgent and communicative energy, and
pioneered his latest work into popular success. Flowers
ran wild at the proper moment and loud acclamation
called the Wagner of operetta on the stage.
EVENING
JOURNAL.—"Naughty
Marietta" is
Victor Herbert at his very best, which means a light
opera score filled with music that has both distinction
and originality, music with true characteristic quality
and with a highly interesting and musicianly har-
monic orchestral accompaniment. Mile. Trentini had
the leading role.
THE SUN.—Victor Herbert's music is a real pleas-
ure to hear. On one of the pages of the programme
is a list of the titles of the songs, so that you can
pick out the ones you like best. You will have almost
as hard a time as the audience of last night, which
tried its level best to encore every one of them fifteen
times and to make the performance last till time for
the milk wagons to go round.
ACTON DAVIES IN THE EVENING SUN.—In
Victor Herbert's "Naughty Marietta" both Mile.
Trentini and Orville Harrold create sensations. A
magnificent quartette amid a splendid chorus makes
Oscar Hammerstein's new company the greatest sing-
ing organization in the history of comic opera—Victor
Herbert "comes back" with a vengeance, and earns
an ovation on his own account. A very remarkable
first night performance.
THE EVENING POST.—-Victor Herbert has added
another excellent light opera to his long list. There
isn't a dull moment in it, and in the orchestral score
there are not a few pearls which expert divers may
get hold of. Last evening he added brilliancy to the
occasion by conducting the performance personally
with his well-known skill. He was inspired to write
some of his most effective vocal pieces, "Naughty
Marietta," "Italian Street Song," "I'm Falling in
Love With Someone." "Dream Melody." These and
fifteen others—there are just nineteen in the score—
were applauded, cheered, redemanded once, twice,
thrice, till it seemed as if the audience were bound
in that way also to get more than twice its money's
worth.
CHARLES
DARNTON
IN
THE
EVENING
WORLD.—Mile. Trentini was a good story in her-
self, and she needed only Mr. Herbert's delightful
music to swing her into complete success. The fact
that the little lady's head was resting on his chest
did not prevent Mr. Harrold from rising to his great-
est vocal heights. The house rose to the tenor when
he sang "I'm Falling in Love With Someone," with
an outburst so tremendous that it must have been
music to his ears. The charm of Mme. Duchene's
contralto was brought out beautifully in '"Neath the
Southern Moon," and Mr. Martindel's fine bass made
"Marry a Marionette" one of the brilliant features
of a brilliant evening. "Naughty Marietta" puts all
the Viennese operettas we have heard quite in the
shade. It is a musical treat.
NEW YORK TIMES.—Signorina Emma Trentini
came to Broadway last night; Oscar Hammerstein sat
in a box at the New York Theatre, which he has not
entered previously for thirteen years; Orville Harrold,
like Signorina Trentini, "Late of the Manhattan Opera
Company," sang high B's; Victor Herbert conducted
the first performance of his new opera, "Naughty
Marietta"—all of which items may be set down as
sensational successes. So much enthusiasm, in fact,
was let loose at several times during the evening that
it seemed as if the roof would come down. It may
be said that Victor Herbert has written one of his
very most tuneful scores for the piece. Next to the
star Orville Harrold probably scored the biggest suc-
cess of the evening. He has a voice. He had to wait
pretty late in the evening for his chance, which came
with the waltz song, "I'm Falling in Love With Some-
one,"
The finish of this found the house in an up-
roar of applause of the sort which greets Caruso at
the end of the first act of "Pagliacci," and Mr. Har-
rold was obliged to repeat this song four times. He
might, in fact, have gone on repeating it indefinitely if
the audience had been allowed to have its way.
THE FOLLOWING ARE N O W READY:
= = VOCAL = =
Naughty Marietta
Mister Voodoo
I'm Falling in Love with Someone
'Neath the Southern Moon (For Thee)
It Never, Never Can Be Love
Italian Street Song
Waltzes
The Dream Melody
60
Live for To-day
60
60
The Sweet By and By
60
60
If I Were Anybody Else but Me
60
60
You Marry a Marionette
60
60
It's Pretty Soft for Simon
60
60
Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life (Dream Melody) .60
INSTRUMENTAL
75
Selection for Piano
1.00
60
Complete Vocal Score
2.50
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THE
MUSIC TRADE
RElViEIW
Remick & Co., is now connected with Leo Feist's wide canvass among the homes of piano owners,
music dealers generally will be watching for evi-
Chicago office.
That "Our Miss Gibbs" has registered her six dence that their respective towns or cities are in-
hundredth performance at the Gaiety Theater, cluded in the work. For their information the
Century officials announce that the canvass will
London.
That Belle Baker, on the "big time" in vaude- be spread until all the States of the country, with
ville, is singing several of Harry Von Tilzer's three minor exceptions in New England, will be
covered in due course. The canvass cannot be
songs.
That the manuscript of Luigi Illica's book for started simultaneously in all the States, however,
for in some sections of the country the force em-
Mascagni's new opera, "Ysobel," has just arrived
ployed by the Hamilton Corporation, which will
in America (again).
That the translation thereof has been intrusted conduct the canvass for the Century company,
will be at work in the interests of other commodi-
by Liebler & Co. to Charles Henry Metzler, of the
ties for the time being.
New York American.
"The expense of this canvass will be very
That Max Bendix, formerly an assistant con-
ductor at the Metropolitan Opera House, has been large," said an official of the Century company
engaged as musical director of "The Spring. Maid," this week. "We would never have entered upon
the undertaking with the tremendous expenditure
in which Christie MacDonald will be seen.
That the sale of the late Julian Edwards' collec- in prospect if we were not absolutely sure that
compensation would come in the end. We know
That F. A. Mills has abolished his professional tion of art objects brought the sum of,$3,326. .
department, so great has been the demand for pro-
That Charles Deane, once a wjell-known singoar -that the Century Edition will justify all claims
fessional copies.
made for it. The chief trouble has been, strangely
and song writer, is dead in London.
That the Jack Norworth Music Publishing Co.
That the Evening Sun is,publishing charts on enough, its low price. It is hard to convince many
persons that a given standard work may be had
have suspended operations. (Agony item No. 2.)
teach how "to learn music at sight."
That every music publisher is the only one in That if the Evening Sun would print charts on in our edition just as well as in one costing half
the city who never gets less than eight cents per how to "learn music by sound" these could be a dollar. These particular ones fear that some-
•hing must be wrong with the work or else it
copy, wholesale, for his music.
profitably used in several offices of which we wot.
vould not be sold at ten cents per copy. By this
That a new manager and $50,000 are said to
:anvass, therefore, we propose to show that the
have been added to one of the music publishing
lesired work is just the same as in the higher-
houses.
New Musical Comedy Scores an Emphatic Hit
priced editions; that the Century Edition, in fact,
That this is important if the latter part of it is
at the Globe Theater Despite Dismal Fore-
is equal to any, irrespective of the price."
true, although both were direfully needed.
bodings of the Carpers.
That one or two publishers have had their orders
sent back to them unfilled by the one and only
A JOURNALISTIC MAGNATE.
Dire forebodings were set at naught as the pres-
printing firm.
entation for the first time in this city of "The
The following article, relating to one who is well
That these made "suitable arrangements," how- Bachelor Belles" proceeded at the Globe Theater
and favorably known to readers of The Review
ever, rather.than walk the plank.
last Monday evening. With Adeline Genee added
as the former editor of its music section, was
That there seems to be no reason why a music to the other attractions of this musical comedy,
publisher should not incorporate for half a million bringing out "thunderous" applause when she first published in the Morning Telegraph recently:
"J. Hayden-Clarendon (not forgetting the
dollars if he wants to.
floated into the limelight on a darkened stage,
That the chief criticisms of the move seem to be the production developed into an emphatic "hit." hyphen) has turned magnate. J. Hayden-Claren-
don, in the event that you do not recall him, is
inspired by regrets of critics who didn't think of it Miss Genee's wonderful art created great enthu-
an English tenor and actor of juvenile roles, who
first.
siasm later, too, but even without her the new
first swept Broadway with his monocle during the
That the stock is not sold yet, anyway, and in piece would have proved that it deserved success.
days of "Florodora." Subsequently he contributed
this town, furthermore, the ethics of a question
Several of those connected with both the pro-
articles to leading magazines and newspapers, and
seem to depend only on whether you can "get ducing and the publishing details of the produc-
finally attached himself to a weekly publication
away with it."
tion had feared for the fate of "The Bachelor
dealing with events in the musical world.
That May De Sousa has signed to appear in Belles." Outside of New York the praise for it
"Several months ago Mr. Hayden-Clarendon
musical comedy again.
was scant. It reached this town at the psycho-
disappeared. His friends—even those at the music
That musical comedy thereby gains more than logical moment (election week), however, and this
publishing house from which he occasionally drew
was all that was needed in view of the merits of
the "legitimate" loses.
royalties—have been ignorant of his whereabouts.
That Dick Richards, formerly pianist with Theo- the piece itself. The music, by Raymond Hubbell,
And now word comes from San Francisco that he
dore Morse and the only press agent that pub- is not intended to compare with avowed light
is in a fair way to amass a large fortune through
opera, but for a musical comedy it is very good
lisher has had, is now in vaudeville.
the sale of paper milk bottles.
anji
lightly
entertains
the
audience.
There
are
That Brother Morse announces Caruso has for
"The commodity in which he has interested him-
the first time in the history of his concert work a number of catchy songs, notably "I'm Dying for
self
takes the form of the more familiar glass
You,"
sung
and
danced
daintily
by
Ruth
Peebles
programmed an American song, published by said
milk
bottles with which the doorsteps of this beau-
and Lawrence Wheat; "If I Just Think of Her,"
Theodore.
tiful city are adorned each morning. Their great
sung
by
Mr.
Wheat
and
chorus;
"You've
Been
That this is "going some"; about to the limit,
Kissing the Blarney Stone," sung by Eva Fallon value lies in the fact that, once emptied, they may
in fact.
be crumpled up and destroyed at a ridiculously
That Harry Wells, formerly with Jerome H. and John Park, and a topical song, "What Has small cost to the dealer."
Become of the Girls I Used to Know?" capitally
sung by Frank Lalor. There is a clever musical
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(Continued from page 48.)
Yama Man," sung in "Three Twins," and "Mrs.
Casey," sung by Florence Holbrook in "Bright
Eyes." In addition to his song efforts he has
written the following musical comedies: "An-
chored," produced by the Elks of Terre Haute;
"Flo Flo," a starring vehicle for Stella Mahew;
"The Lucky Stone," brought out as a summer
show in San Francisco; "The Flower of the
Ranch," with Joseph Howard, and in connection
with Addison Burkhardt, "The Sweetest Girl in
Paris." In his spare moments he has patched up
a number of musical comedies.
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