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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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GRAND OPERAJN ENGLISH.
Henry W . Savage to Again Enter the Field
with the Production of Puccini's "Girl of
the Golden West"—Secures Capable Com-
pany of Real Singers.
The lield of grand opera in English has for
many years owed much of its fruitfulness and ex-
pansion in this country to the tireless devotion of
Henry \V. Savage. Through the courage and
enterprise of Air. Savage, the United States and
the Canadas were enabled for the first time to
enjoy in their own language the wonderful music-
dramas of Richard Wagner, the vocal romances
of Giuseppe Verdi, and later the delicate and soul-
ful harmonies of the present great master of the
Italian school—Giacomo Puccini.
Mr. Savage's retirement, brief as it was—from
an enterprise he had so ably directed—brought
regret to lovers of opera in the vernacular, and
his announcement last season, therefore, of his in-
tention of returning to the field of his former
triumphs was received with enthusiastic acclaim,
for the reason that he has produced grand opera
in English on a plane of scenic and lyric beauty
comparable to the best European and metropoli-
tan presentations, and, moreover, made it pay.
Mr. Savage enjoys the distinguished honor of
producing for the first time in English Wagner's
most remarkable works—his sacred-music drama,
"Parsifal," and later, with his regular English
Grand Opera Company, he gave the great Ger-
man's music-drama, "Die Walkure," the third of
the Nibelungen Ring dramas an elaborate staging.
With the same company that year he also gave in
English a magnificent presentation of Verdi's
Egyptian opera spectacle, "Aida." In 1906 Mr.
Savage gave the world its first hearing in English
of Puccini's Japanese opera, "Madam Butterfly."
in a transcontinental tour, embracing one hun-
dred of the principal cities of the United States
and Canada, in each of which he will present for
the first time in English Puccini's masterful com-
position, "The Girl of the Golden West," Mr.
Savage will make his re-entry into the grand opera
field, and, curiously enough, his return is through
the same portal through which with "Madam But-
terfly' 1 he temporarily retired four years ago—
la porta di Puccini—and now he returns with "The
Girl of the Golden West," both Puccini's operas,
and both founded on dramas by David Belasco.
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PLEASES AMERICAN ROYALTY.
is of the sort that causes the dealer to appreciate it
When Marshall Montgomery was in England
the more after he has handled it for a while and
at the time of the coronation, he appeared before
the result is that once stocked, the handling of
the King and Queen at one of the command per-
the Century edition becomes a permanent factor
formances and so pleased his royal hearers with
in the business. Another advantage of the edi-
his singing of "In All My Dreams 1 Dream of
tion is that it is standard and sells in season
You" (Feist) that the King presented him with
and out, and year in and year out, thus reducing
the possibility of having dead stock on hand to a a handsome gold watch as a token of appreciation.
Mr. Montgomery sang the same song during his
minimum.
engagement at Hammerstein's' this week, and
though he received no gold watches from notables
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a volume that indicated that New Yorkers have
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Boston, Mass., Oct. 16, 1911.
In honor of the centenary of the distinguished
musician, Franz Liszt, the Oliver Ditson Co. are
featuring his works and books. Among these
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each bearing the Ditson imprint, are "Ten Hun-
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Piano Transcriptions," by August Spanuth.
One of the new volumes in the "Musicians Li-
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low and high voice, edited by Carl Armbruster.
This number is also being featured along with the
other Liszt compositions. In historical cases, re-
sults are always good when promoted in a timely
OLD SHOW—NEW MUSIC.
Anna Held, who has not appeared in America
for two seasons, began a single week's engage-
ment at the Forrest Theater, Philadelphia, on
Monday evening in a massive revival of F. Zieg-
feld's big musical entertainment "Miss Innocence.''
The performance was in reality a premiere, as new
scenery, effects, features and new songs have been
provided.
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Xew York Theatre on Thursday, October If). The
libretto is by Fred De Gresac and Harry B. Smith
Mr. Herbert says that the book filled him with
enthusiasm, and that the score, which is the most
ambitious he has attempted, is his masterpiece.
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When "The Balkan Princess" opened its season
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from Caro Roma's song cycle, "The Wandering
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