Music Trade Review

THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
MUSICAL NOTES.
AT HOME.
UNION BOAT CLUB.—At Chickering Hall on Wednesday evening, Dec.
December 20th, 1880.
WESTPHALIA FESTIVAL.—The Westphalia Festival took place at Miinster
on Sunday Nov. 14; Beethoven's Choral symphony and Handel's "Alex-
ander's Feast " being the chief works.
OFFENBACH MEMOBIAL.—The Offenbach Memorial performance to inaug-
urate the bust of the composer was given in Paris November 18.
8th, a grand concert was given for the benefit of the Union Boat Club by the
LISZT.—Liszt's 69th birthday has been celebrated by the German musi-
following artists: Mme. Anna Qranger-Dow, soprano; Miss Florence Rice-
cal society of his natal city, Rome.
Knox, contralto ; Mme. Teresa Carreno, pianiste ; Mr. J. Graff, tenor ; Mr.
D'AREZZO.—The atatue of Guido d'Arezzo is portentously announced to
Franz Remmertz, baritone ; Signor Liberati, cornet, and Mr. Wm. E. Mulli-
be inaugurated in 1882.
gan, organist.
BACH.—The new conductor of the Society of Friends of Music at Vienna
PAINE.—John K. Paine gives a series of five chamber concerts in Cam-
bridge, the first of which occurred on Thursday evening Dec. 9. He has is Herr Otto Bach.
engaged the Listemann Quartette and the Beethoven Quartette, with prom-
AN OUTRAGE.—A remarkable outburst against Richard Wagner occurred
inent soloists.
recently in Paris at a popular concert, when a pai-t of the audience called for
AT LAST.—" The Masque of Pandora "will be produced at the Boston a repetition of the introduction to "Lohengrin." Amid the hooting, such
Theatre, January 10, Miss Roosevelt having signed a contract with the man- epithets as " Prussian," "canaille" and " spy " were heard, and a young
man who stood upon his chair shouted "No encore for the man who insulted
ager to that effect.
France." M. Rochefort in his paper defended Wagner as a man who had no
BENEFIT-CONCERT.—A concert will be given by the blind members of the fatherland and who must be judged as a composer and dramatist.
New York Von Weber Quartet in Masonic Temple, Williamsburgh, on Dec.
IMPORTANT INVENTION.—Herr Otho, of Leipsic, a member of the orchestra
22. The proceeds of the concert will be devoted to the placing of two blind
of the Gewandhaus Concerts, has constructed a new kind of double-bass with
girls in the Williamslmrgh asylum.
five strings, the lowest of which is tuned down to C, thus avoiding the neces-
UPTON.—Mr. George P. Upton has written an essay which is published
sity which sometimes exists in modern music for double-bass players to alter
by James R. Osgood & Co., Boston, under the title of "Woman in Music."
the tuning of their instruments.
INTERFERENCE. —Colonel Mapleson received a notice from the Society for
COWEN.—Mr. F. H. Cowen is giving a series of orchestral concerts at St.
the Prevention of Cruelty to Children on Saturday, Dec. 4, forbidding his
James's Hall, London, in which he is seeking to make English music a
employment of the six children who appear as Nubian slaves in the repre-
special feature. To that end he has published an appeal to English musi-
sentation of " Aida."
cians, asking them to send in new compositions for approval.
VELING.—Miss Lulu Veliug, a youthful pianist, only twelve years of
ZACCHI.—Madame Giovanni Zacchi, a new dramatic primn donna, has
age, is announced to appear in Washington, on the 21st of January, in her
met with decided favor in London. Her performance in " Lucrezia Borgia "
first public concert.
is kindly spoken of, on the whole, and it seems likely that she will restore to
BEIGHT THOUGHT.—A friend of ours who is in the music business in Mil- the stage several operas which have not been heard in the English metropolis
waukee, Wis., thinks a man is fortunate who has his will contested after since the death of Mile. Titiens.
death only. He says his will has been contested ever since he became a
GOUNOD.—It is stated that Gounod was offered 100,000 marks ($2,250) to
married man.
conduct two performances of his own music at Berlin, but that he declined
BROOKLYN VOCAL SOCIETY.—The Brooklyn Vocal Society, of which Mr. on the ground that the rehearsals of his " Tribut de Zamora " render it impos-
E. J. Fitzhugh is director, announced three concerts this season, on Decem- sible for him to leave Paris.
ber 15, February 23, and April 27. Gade's cantata, "The Crusaders," were
REISSMANN.—A comic opera, " Die Biirgermeisterin von Schorndorf," text
performed at the first concert, with Miss Emma Wilkinson, Mr. Theo. J.
and music by Herr August Reissmann, has been produced at the Stadt
Toedt, and Mr. Franz Eemmertz in the solo parts.
theatre, Leipsic, and failed.
SEGUIN.—Mrs. Zelda Seguin will have a summer residence built in a
OPERA-BOUFFE —Two new buffo operas are in preparation at the Theatre
suburb of Indianapolis.
an der Wein, Vienna, " I n der Wilden Walachei," by Herr Millocker, and
—— GRAFULLA.—C. S. Grafulla, for 27 years bandmaster of the Seventh " Das Schloss Chatou," by Leo Delibes.
Regiment, died on Thursday evening, December 2d. He was born on the
BIZET.—Bizet's "Carmen" has been performed at the Theatre Royal,
ishind of Minorca, Spain, and came to this country in 1838. The deceased
Munich, but achieved only moderate success.
was unmarried, quiet, modest, and unassiiming in his social relations.
APPOINTMENTS.—Mme. Wilczek, who taught Mile. Bianca-Bianchi,
MELVILLE.—The Emily Melville Opera Company gave performances of
Genee's "Royal Middy," "Pinafore," "Boccaccio," "Madame Favart," and Herr Ress, of Prague, are appointed Professors of Singing in the Con-
servatory, Vienna.
and " Chimes of Normandy at the New Market theatre, Portland, Oregon.
CHUKCH CONCERT.—Herr Joseffy, the pianist, was among the attractions
of a concert given in the Church of the Divine Paternity, corner of Fifth
Avenue and Forty-fifth street, on Thursday evening, December 9.
CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION.—At St. Stephen's Church, in East Twenty-
eighth street, an elaborate programme has been arranged for Christmas, with
an orchestra of 35 performers, a chorus of 100 voices, and the organ, which
will be played by the accomplished performer, Mr. Mulligan, and the
organist of the church. The work to be rendered is the " Messe Solenelle "
by Ambroise Thomas.
CONCERT.—There was a concert, interspersed with readings, by Mr.
Charles Roberts, jr., at the Thirty-fourth Street Reformed Church, on Tues-
day evening, Dec. 7th. The artists who took part in the concert were Miss
Beebe, Mrs. Rice-Knpx and Messrs. Carl \ \ alton, Albert L. King, Paul T.
Ferrer and H. Toulmin.
JOSEFFY.—Mr. Rafael Joseffy performed at the Metropolitan Concert
Hall, on the occasion of the close of the Fall season, on Dec. 7th. He played
Liazt's Hungarian Fantasie and Chopin's Andante Spianato and Polonaise.
CHAMBER MUSIC.—At the first Chamber Music Concert in Steck Hall, on
'Tuesday, Dec. 7, the following works were performed: Haydn's String-
Quartette, E flat major, Op. 33, No. 2 ; Trio by Raff for piano, violin, and
cello, in G major, Op. 112 (piano, Mr. Ferdinand von Inten), and Beetho-
ven's String Quartette, C minor, Op. 18, No. 4.
ABROAD.
MASSE.—M. Victor Masse, composer of "Paul et Virginia," has just
finished a new opera, " Une Nuit de Cl^opatre."
KRETZSCHMAK.—Dr. Hermann Kretzschmar, of Rostock, has accepted the
appointment of Hof-C WAGNER IN RUSSIA—Wagner's "Lohengrin," performed for the 27th
time since 1868, at the Maria theatre, St. Petersburgh, was followed, a week
after, by " Tannha'user," for the 35th time since 1874.
HUEFFER.—Dr. Francis Hueffer delivered a lecture on " Musical Criti-
cism " at the London Trinity College.
VERDI.—Verdi's statue is to be inaugurated at the Scala, Milan, in April.
A special performance of " Ernani " will be given on the occasion.
NEW THEATRE.—It is proposed to erect a theatre outside the Porta
Venezia, Milan.
TIMANOFF.—Mile. Vera Timanoff is appointed Grand-Ducal Saxon
Court Pianist.
Moscow.—There will be Italian and Russian operatic performances at
Moscow during the Industrial Exhibition there next year. The Italian per-
formances will be under the management of Signor Gardini.
VALUABLE VIOLINS.—A violin, 1736, by A. Stradivarius, and one, 1758,
by Guarnerius, both guaranteed genuine, are now offered for sale in Brussels,
the former for 22,500, the latter for 10,000 francs.
GEWANDHAUS.—The programme of the first Soiroe of Chamber-Music at
the Gewandhaus, Leipzig, included Mozart's stringed quartette in E flat,
VERDICT FOE THE DEFENDANT.—Richard Wagner recently brought an Schumann's pianoforte trio in F, and Mendelssohn's stringed quartette in E
action at Wiirzburg to recover possession of a manuscript of an early work of minor. The performers were Reinecke, Schradieck, Bolland, Thiimer, and
his, an incomplete opera entitled " Die Hochzeit."
With the unthinking Schroder.
generosity of youth he had presented this work, written as early as 1834, to
EXPLOSION. An explosion took place behind the scenes at Her Majesty's
a musical society at Wiirzburg. The society broke up, and was found on its
dissolution to be owing money to its secretary, in partial payment of which Theatre on Saturday afternoon, November 13, during the performance of
it handed over to him the as yet unrecognized treasure. The secretary sold Gounod's " Faust." Mile. Widmar went on singing with wonderful sang-
the manuscript for 8 gulden to a musical bookseller. His son and successor, froid and was emulated by Signor Runcib, but the general alarm and con-
a certain Herr Roser, has lately advertised the manuscript for sale, but no fusion were so great that the performance was stopped and the conductor,
Then the stage-
more than 150 marks ($37.50) was offered for it. This was, apparently, too Signor Li Caisi, called out that there was " No danger."
much for Herr Wagner. He has lost his case and had to pay the very con- manager came forward and explained that the explosion had been caused by
siderable costs of the action. The fortunate owner will no doubt make a an accident to the limelight. Several persons quitted the theatre, but the
good thing of his manuscript, now that a fresh historical interest has been at opera went well and smoothly to the end. The gas was temporarily extin-
guished but was soon relighted, and the only difficulty resulting from the
tached to it by the impetuosity of the composer.
explosion was that experienced in the "apotheosis " of Margherita.
WISE.—The Municipality of Paris have decided that the Theatre Lyrique
LEIPZIG.—The fifth Gewandhaus concert, Nov. 4, was devoted to the
is not worth the subvention, but that any manager may have the Gaite for
works of Mendelssohn, in honor of the anniversary of the composer's death.
•eighteen years who likes to pay the rent.
DEATH LIST.—The deaths are announced—at Rome, aged 89, of Tomaso At the sixth concert, Leohetizky played a piano concerto of Saint-Saens and
Oarocci, an old alto of the Pontifical chapel; at Padua, of Dr. Luigi Farina, other works.
Composer of an opera, " Camoens ; " at Milan, aged 42, of Romeo Ravizza,
COPENHAGEN. —A new musical paper called Ugeskrifl for Theatre og
composer ; and, in Sicily, of Signor del Bosco Baron della Piana, formerly
Musik was started Nov. 17 at Copenhagen.
an operatic baritone.