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THE
NEW PLAY FOR CHAUNCEY OLCOTT.
The Popular Irish Tenor to Be Heard in "The
Isle of Dreams" Early in August.
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
George M. Cohan's bug success, as the feature
number of their performance. The song is pub-
lished by the Jerome & Schwartz Publishing Co.
ANOTHER SLAM AT MUSIC.
(Special to The Review.)
Washington,. D. C, June 3, 1912.
Representative
W. Bradley of New
WINNING AMERICANS WITH MUSIC. York believes he Thomas
Chauncey Olcott, the popular Irish tenor, after
has found a way to stop the
a long and successful tour of the country, pre- Music Festivals the Latest Stunt of European piano-player in flat buildings. He is going to try
senting his Irish comedy drama, "Macushla," has
Cities to Attract Attention, and Incidentally it out on the District of Columbia if his idea,
closed his season and is en route to his country
which he presented in a bill to the House to-day,
Dollars from American Tourists.
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home, "Inniscarra, at Saratoga. There he will
is enacted into law.
make preparations for the production of a new
Mr. Bradley's bill provides a line of $100 for
It is both interesting and instructive to note
how European cities are bestirring themselves to any person who makes any unnecessary noise
attract the attention of the much contemned Amer- with a musical or any other kind of instrument
ican tourist. Industrial expositions and music fes- after the Board of Health has warned him that
tivals appear to 'be the means chiefly used. For such noise is aggravating to any sick person who
years and years Vienna, for instance, has reposed might be within hearing distance. The bill was
with brave dignity on the bank of the unbeautiful referred to the Committee on the Affairs of the
yellow river Danube, and has been content to re- District of Columbia.
ceive such American tourists as have drifted into
the Ringstrasse either by way of the Semmering
MASCAGNI-D'ANNUNZIO OPERA.
from Venice or when making adventurous reaches
The report that Mascagni was to write an open
lo the eastward from Munich.
But now Vienna has thrown down the gauntlet in collaboration with Gabriele d'Annunzio is con-
firmed by recent advices from Paris. These two
of music and challenged Bayreuth and the Bava-
rian capital to the hot struggles of the Sanger- popular men met the other day, and the contract
krieg. From June 21 to July 1 the Vienna festival was signed which puts the Italian author under
bond to write his first libretto. The publisher,
will occupy the attention of visiting music lovers.
Visitors will be welcomed at the Rathaus by the Sonzogno, who made a fortune with the prize
Burgermeister. Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro" opera, "Cavallerie Rusticana," has also been in
will be given at the Hofoper, and there will be Paris to make arrangementss for the production
imposing concerts conducted by Nikisch, Walter of this projected opera, which is to be called
"Parisina." He intends to have it sung first in
and Weingartner.
that city in Italian by prominent artists in a series
of performances that are also to include other
OFFICERS OF MUSICIAN'S CLUB.
Mascagni operas.
Ghauncey Olcott.
New Executive Board Includes Many Notable
play in which he will star next season. It is
Musicians.
NOW CITY SALESMAN.
ca'lled "The Isle of Dreams," and was written
expressly for him by Rida Johnson Young, author
of "Ragged Robin," "Barry of Ballymore,"
"Macushla" and other Olcott successes. The
musical numbers are said to be exceptionally good
and quite up to the Olcott standard. They are
the work of Mr. Olcott and other well-known
composers. M. Witmark & Sons, who for the
past fifteen or sixteen years have published the
music for the Olcott productions, will, as hereto-
fore, offer them to the public. The production
will be made early in August.
At the recent annual meeting of the Musicians'
Jeremiah Smolik, who for some time past has
Club of New York the following were elected as
held the position of assistant to F. H. Burt, sales
officers of the club for the coming year: David
manager for J. H. Remick & Co., is now covering
Bispham, president; Homer N. Bartlett, vice- a section of the city as salesman for that house.
president; John M. Fulton, treasurer; Louis R. He is making good on his job.
Dressier, secretary. Governors were elected as
follows: Mark Andrews, Homer N. Bartlett,
LARGE ADVANCE SUBSCRIPTION SALE.
David Bispham, Walter L. Bogert, John L. Bur-
dett, Lucien C. Chaffin, Louis R. Dressier, Paul
The management of the Philharmonic Society of
Dufault, Clarence Eddy, John M. Fulton, Charles
New York reports a large advance subscription
B. Hawley, Charles T. Ives, Ion A. Jackson, Ed-
sale for the Sunday afternoon symphony concerts
mund Jacques, Hans Kronold, Franklin Lawson, to be given under Josef Stransky at the Brooklyn
USING "THAT HAUNTING MELODY."
J. Christopher Marks, Eduardo Marzo, Frederic Academy of Music next winter. The period dur-
Fred Jennings' 9 Daffy-dils, who are now ap- Martin, Rafael Navarro, J. M. Priaulx, F. W. ing which former patrons are entitled to renew
their subscriptions ends June 15. Announcement
pearing in the leading vaudeville houses of the Schlieder, Herwegh con Ende, Frank E. Ward,
Richard
Henry
Warren,
H.
N.
Wieting,
Walter
is
made that any seats then unclaimed will be con-
East with the clever act, "Fun in the School
David, A. B. Patton, J. H. B. Joiner, Horatio
sidered available for new applicants, of whom
Room,' are using "That Haunting Melody,"
Rench.
there is a large waiting list desiring accommo-
dations.
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also using a medley of Jerome & Schwartz num-
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TWO NEW HOWARD PRODUCTIONS.
Joseph E. Howard, the well-known composer
of a number of musical comedy suscesses as well
as several individual hits, has completed the
music for two new productions, "The Lady of
the Perfume" and "A Race for a Girl," both of
which will be tried out by a stock company in
Louisville, Ky., at an early date. The music of
the productions will be published by Chas. K. Har-
ris, with whom Mr. Howard is under contract.
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