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MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
The success of the production seems to have been
assured at the first performance for on the first
Proves the Most Attractive Feature of "Tanta-
business day after the opening, the day after
lizing Tommy" Which Is the Hit of the Labor Day, the publishers, Chappell & Co., Ltd.,
Season in Chicago—Press Unanimous in were fairly swamped with orders for the complete
Praise of Score of This Pleasing Work.
score and the principal separate numbers.
"Tantalizing Tommy" is one of the real hits of
the season.
There have been few musical comedies or oper-
ettas which have received such unanimous praise
from critics upon the opening performance as
"Tantalizing Tommy," which recently opened in
Receives Cordial Reception at Opening in New
Chicago under the management of A. H. Woods
York on Monday—What the Critics Say.
While the production itself, which is described as
a play with music, appealed to the critics in vari-
"The Count of Luxembourg," the new Lehar
ous ways, the music was, without exception, highly operetta, which made such an excellent impression
upon Boston audiences, opened for its New York
season at the New Amsterdam Theater on Mon-
day evening and further increased its triumph.
There has been much written about the operetta
and much of the music has already become familiar
to Americans, being much in demand even before
the actual production of the piece in this country
was announced. The New York critics were
most favorably impressed with the operetta and
told ihe public so. Some of the comments follow:
The World: It seems hrrdly necessary to speak
of Lehar's score, so familiar have the songs of
"The Count of Luxembourg" become. It is al-
ways melodious, with an orchestration that ; s at-
tractive and sometimes bizarre. Its familiarity
should be in its favor and its tunefulness, coupled
with the joy of Miss Swinburne's performance,
should win for "The Count of Luxembourg"
mother success.
The Times: With one delicious wave of melody
following another, with a book that provides just
enough opportunity for really clever people to be
funny, with a chorus that both satisfies the eye and
delights the ear, and with Miss Ann Swinburne, a
comparative newcomer among prima donnas, but
who is little short of a revelation for this type of
entertainment, "The Count of Luxembourg" very
promptly and satisfyingly duplicated its foreign
success at the New Amsterdam Theater last night.
The Sun: Perhaps because "The Count of Lux-
embourg" is a musical romance there is less of the
pronounced Viennese waltz rhythm, slighter snap
and sparkle to some of the dance tempi and a gen-
erally less highly seasoned atmosphere than the
first of Lehar's works to become popular possessed.
Hugo Felix.
There is, however, a waltz of exquisite move-
praised and commented upon with a great degree
ment and throughout music of unvarying agree-
of favor.
able quality, delicately and tastefully scored. So
In the music Hugo Felix, the composer, has there is ample to allure the public on the musical
struck a new vein, but though the music is original
side of "The Count of Luxembourg." Last night's
in character it is thoroughly melodious and thor- audience delighted in the new work.
oughly charming and strongly reflects the skill
and ability of the composer.
MILLION COPY HIT
The numbers of the score, which by the way,
abounds in tuneful selections that have made the
greatest impression upon the Chicago audiences,
Also New Hita
are "Irish Stew," a song of a quality which much
New WHEN WE WERE SWEETHEARTS New
belies its name, and "You Don't Know,"
New
UNDER THE OLD OAK TREE New
New
WAY DOWN SOUTH
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New
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PRAISE "COUNT OF LUXEMBOURG."
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"OH, OH, DELPHINE!" A REAL HIT.
Philadelphia Critics Prophesy That New Caryll
Musical Comedy Will Prove a Second "Pink
Lady"—Much Praise for the Music.
"Oh, Oh, Delphine!" the new musical comedy
direct from London, with book and lyrics by C. M.
S. McLellan and music by Ivan Caryll, and found-
ed upon the French farce, "Villa Primrose," had
k.y, American premiere at the Forrest Theater,
Philadelphia, last week, with the composer as con-
Juctor, and was received in a really enthusiastic
spirit by both the first night audience and the
critics, who freely predicted that it would prove a
worthy successor to '"The Pink Lady." The man-
ner in which Caryll's music impressed the Philadel-
phians is illustrated in the following extracts from
the reviews appearing in the daily papers:
Philadelphia Record: The audience was pleased
at times with the music and again enraptured, for
Caryll, without following too closely his style in
'The Pink Lady," has written with inspiration
melodies that will soon become extremely popular.
Philadelphia Evening Telegram: The new piece,
a successor in merit and a probable successor in
popularity to "The Pink Lady" of last season, is
constructed along the s
tage of more compactness; it has less of the ex-
traneous, the "specialty" and "interpolated num-
ber." Among the delectable ditties are the saucy
and sophisticated "'Did You Ever Tell Your Hus-
band?" with its odd little twist; the rollicking
"Maxim Girl," the comic patter of '"Everything's
rt Home Except Your Wife," and the melody-
laden "Oo-La-Bimbooula," which ought to succeed
"Beautiful Lady," from "The Pink Lady," as the
favorite at the cafes.
Philadelphia North American: Mr. Caryll's
contribution ranks witli his finest accomplishments.
The score is dashing, melodic, infectious in rhythm,
blithe and airy, yet conformed continuously with
competent musicianship and good taste.
Philadelphia Evening Item: Ivan Caryll in "Oh,
Oh, Delphine!'' again demonstrates that he is a
wizrrd in the construction of enticing melody.
Critics of the other papers wrote in the same
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