Music Trade Review
Issue: 1880 Vol. 3 N. 2 - Page 7
THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
shall be made until after $1,000,000 stock has been subscribed. The
individual subscriptions are expected to reach $3,000,000; the rail-
road companies it is hoped will aid liberally, and the city and state
of New York are expected to appropriate not less than $3,000,000
more.
It is estimated that success may^ be assured on the basis of
$6,000,000 expenditure, and that the receipts for the season of 1883
will be sufficient to repay subscribers, and to leave a fund which
will be ample for a permanent exhibition. It is contemplated to
construct one vast permanent edifice, which will be the greatest
temple of industry ever reared by man. The very soil upon which
it stands will belong to people representing, not only all the states in
the Union, but nearly all the nations of the earth, and every man
who visits the exhibition will feel at home.
It is hoped that there will be a liberal disposition shown to sub-
scribe not only in New York, but everywhere else in the country,
and we feel confident that the members of the music trade, which
will take such an important part in the exhibit, will not be behind-
hand.
A WORD IN SEASON FROM THE BANKERS.
playing was that which was admired by our grandfathers; it was
violin-playing which was not founded on artistic principles ; it was
mere showy exhibition, which may have had its value years ago, but
was utterly ignored during modern times.
People have compared him to Paganini, but those who did so,
evidently were not aware how great an injustice they did the Italian
virtuoso. Paganini's exhibitions of showy violin-playing, showed, in
spite of their electrical display, a certain musical depth in reserve
which Ole Bull never possessed.
Ole Bull, with all his short-comings, was a remarkable man, and
his specialties will give him a place in the history of violin-playing.
The uncultivated ear listened with pleasure to his transcriptions,
which were fitted up with all the pomp of showy runs and different
kinds of feu d" 1 artifice. The musician of to-day could not but help
smiling at this antediluvian style, and it is only natural that, in an
epoch in which Sivori, Joachim, Wilhelmj, Auer, Sarasate, and
others of high rank have occupied the mind of the musical public,
the glory of Ole Bull faded out, his day passed away, and he was
beyond the reach of modern criticism.
Ole Bull had an artistic temperament, and a rare impulse which
gave his bowing, exaggerated, as it was, a strange charm. As a com-
panion he was so congenial and amiable, that his absence will be
sorely missed in certain circles which he frequented. In regard to
his popularity, it is only just to add, that it will be a long time
before another violinist will take his place in this country.
FT1HE American Bankers' Association, which was in session last
JL week at Saratoga, said some things which should be carefully
considered by every man engaged in business in this country, as
tending to show on what an insecure foundation our present pros-
perity rests-, and how soon the probable contingency of a partial
.failure of our supply of food products, occurring simultaneously
KIND WORDS.
with a good harvest in Europe, would create a financial revolution
THE
first
anniversary
of
the
birth of the Music TEADE JOUBNAL occurred
here.
on the 5th instant, and its issue of that date speaks with justifiable pride of
The bankers view with alarm the rapid inflation of the currency, the
high position which the JOUENAL has attained as an honest and impartial
caused by the operation of the " Silver Bill," and give the people of organ of the trade. It is a pleasure to learn that the financial condition of
the United States a timely warning, which neither of the present the JOUBNAL is sound, that its prospects are good, and that its days are likely
to be long in the land. We are glad to know that its musical department
political parties has had the courage to do.
will be extended and improved and that thus its merits will be made better
The country is practically in the same position as an individual known
to the general public.—Evening Mail, N. Y.
would be who is carrying on a large business with a small capital,
We
appreciate the kind words of the Evening Mail the more highly be-
and, at the same time, has an amount of promissory demand notes cause our
earliest journalistic associations were with that paper. We count
outstanding, more than equal in amount to his entire capital, and our five years' service as a member of the editorial staff, and as musical and
is continually increasing them. The issue of debased coin of any dramatic critic, under Major J. M. Bundy's able guidance, as one of our most
description is equivalent to an issue of irredeemable paper money valuable experiences.—[Er>.
of a corresponding amount, and, as is well known to political
economists, inevitably drives the most valuable part of the currency,
[Continued from page 5.)
viz., gold, out of the country, whenever the balance of trade is against
us. Therefore debased silver coin is just as dangerous an element decorations are to be very rich, and the magnificent bronze-mounted chand-
elier was one of the features of the Centennial Exhibition. The house will
in our currency as irredeemable paper money, except that amount open on September 16, under the manngement of George K. Goodwin.
which the people actually need in making payments of fractional
"PINAFORE" STILL KICKING.
parts of a dollar.
The usual dullness at this time of the year is nearly all that can be chroni-
Let the balance of trade turn against us and specie payments will
be again suspended; moreover, the fictitious value which has been cled in the musical field just now. It is an astonishing fact that "Pinafore "
still kicks and struggles. J. Fred. Zimmerman, who, while associated with
conferred on the "buzzard" dollar, by act of Congress, will at once Ford
of Baltimore, was the first manager outside of New York to make a
disappear. The fact that we have been able to maintain resumption pronounced success out of the operetta, and who was also the first to get up
as long as we have, is purely accidental, and owing to our good for- a juvenile operatic troupe to perform it, has been for two weeks producing
tune in having other things than gold and silver with which to pay "Pinafore" twice a week at the Permanent Exhibition building as an after-
noon performance. The success must be encouraging for he announces two
our debts to other countries. Let this position be reversed for a more
representations for to-morrow and Saturday. As a visit to it involves
short time and the basis of resumption, viz., the stock of coin, will an hour's ride on the horse-cars, and a peculiar sense of discomfort, to me at
disappear, and with it the value of not only all our irredeemable least, in seeing little children out of their proper places, I have not wit-
paper currency, but also our debased coin, which in the natural nessed any of the performances. "Fatinitza" is to be given again shortly
course of events will be left, as having in its present shape no ability by the same troupe of little folks.
OTHEB MUSICAL MATTERS.
to pay debts beyond the influence of our own legislation.
These are truths which the two parties at present before the
The best music in the city, just now, is to be heard at the Maennerchor
country for its suffrages have seen fit to pass over in silence, but the Garden. The best however is not very good, for in spite of the presence of
danger exists neverthelesss, and is a real one. Unless something is many well-trained musicians, neither the surroundings nor the selections are
done to check the outward flow of debased silver coin from our conducive to anything very grand. Physically speaking, however, these sur-
are inviting. There is a revival of Uncle Tom's Cabin at the
mints we may expect in the near future another suspension of specie roundings
Walnut Street Theatre this week, with a hundred negro jubilee singers to do
payments, another drunken carnival of speculation, followed by the the plantation business.
same regimen of temperance and self-denial which has enabled us
WAGNEB SUBSCRIPTIONS.
during the past few years to achieve so much prosperity. But is it
Have
you
had
any
subscription
started yet for Eichard Wagner ? No
common sense, in the light of our past disastrous experience of the one here has bid anything for him as yet.
His particular admirer, Theodore
evils of a debased currency, to try the dangerous experiment again % Thomas, will perform here shortly with a good orchestra and noted soloists,
The United States is a country of unrivalled resources, and there including Joseffy.
is no telling how many financial blunders it may survive, but can
GOSCHE.
those who legislate for it afford, for the benefit of a few silver mines
I saw Gosche on the train, en route for Chicago, a week or so ago. He
in the west, to risk the financial welfare of the whole community.
sticks to the Criterion Company and does not contemplate rejoining the
Thomas campaign. I fancy his reminiscences of other days with hungry
players in arrears, five hundred miles from home, and the bottom scraped
OLE BULL.
out of the treasury, are still too vivid for him. Mr. Gosche made a splendid
manager, and I am glad that his " Criterion " company did a prosperous
HE old Norwegian Violinist is dead.
His many friends on this side of the Atlantic will regret the business last year. They opened in Chicago on the 9th inst.
sudden demise of a man who appeared before them only a few
J. A. GETZE.
months ago in apparently strong health, in spite of his three-score
The Weber piano rooms here are undergoing considerable alterations.
and ten years. He did not show any infirmities, and expected to An entire new front is being put in their store at 1117 Chestnut street, and
return to this country in the fall, for the purpose of making an other improvements are going on both within and without. Mr. J. A. Getze
still holds the fort at that establishment.
other professional tournee.
THE COMING SEASON.
Ole Bull was an amiable, social man, of strong individuality ;
nevertheless we cannot say that the artistic world has suffered a loss
The prospects for the now fast approaching season are fairly promising.
through his death. He belonged to a former period ; his style of A new opera by Dudley Buck, entitled " Deseret," will be produced at the
T
shall be made until after $1,000,000 stock has been subscribed. The
individual subscriptions are expected to reach $3,000,000; the rail-
road companies it is hoped will aid liberally, and the city and state
of New York are expected to appropriate not less than $3,000,000
more.
It is estimated that success may^ be assured on the basis of
$6,000,000 expenditure, and that the receipts for the season of 1883
will be sufficient to repay subscribers, and to leave a fund which
will be ample for a permanent exhibition. It is contemplated to
construct one vast permanent edifice, which will be the greatest
temple of industry ever reared by man. The very soil upon which
it stands will belong to people representing, not only all the states in
the Union, but nearly all the nations of the earth, and every man
who visits the exhibition will feel at home.
It is hoped that there will be a liberal disposition shown to sub-
scribe not only in New York, but everywhere else in the country,
and we feel confident that the members of the music trade, which
will take such an important part in the exhibit, will not be behind-
hand.
A WORD IN SEASON FROM THE BANKERS.
playing was that which was admired by our grandfathers; it was
violin-playing which was not founded on artistic principles ; it was
mere showy exhibition, which may have had its value years ago, but
was utterly ignored during modern times.
People have compared him to Paganini, but those who did so,
evidently were not aware how great an injustice they did the Italian
virtuoso. Paganini's exhibitions of showy violin-playing, showed, in
spite of their electrical display, a certain musical depth in reserve
which Ole Bull never possessed.
Ole Bull, with all his short-comings, was a remarkable man, and
his specialties will give him a place in the history of violin-playing.
The uncultivated ear listened with pleasure to his transcriptions,
which were fitted up with all the pomp of showy runs and different
kinds of feu d" 1 artifice. The musician of to-day could not but help
smiling at this antediluvian style, and it is only natural that, in an
epoch in which Sivori, Joachim, Wilhelmj, Auer, Sarasate, and
others of high rank have occupied the mind of the musical public,
the glory of Ole Bull faded out, his day passed away, and he was
beyond the reach of modern criticism.
Ole Bull had an artistic temperament, and a rare impulse which
gave his bowing, exaggerated, as it was, a strange charm. As a com-
panion he was so congenial and amiable, that his absence will be
sorely missed in certain circles which he frequented. In regard to
his popularity, it is only just to add, that it will be a long time
before another violinist will take his place in this country.
FT1HE American Bankers' Association, which was in session last
JL week at Saratoga, said some things which should be carefully
considered by every man engaged in business in this country, as
tending to show on what an insecure foundation our present pros-
perity rests-, and how soon the probable contingency of a partial
.failure of our supply of food products, occurring simultaneously
KIND WORDS.
with a good harvest in Europe, would create a financial revolution
THE
first
anniversary
of
the
birth of the Music TEADE JOUBNAL occurred
here.
on the 5th instant, and its issue of that date speaks with justifiable pride of
The bankers view with alarm the rapid inflation of the currency, the
high position which the JOUENAL has attained as an honest and impartial
caused by the operation of the " Silver Bill," and give the people of organ of the trade. It is a pleasure to learn that the financial condition of
the United States a timely warning, which neither of the present the JOUBNAL is sound, that its prospects are good, and that its days are likely
to be long in the land. We are glad to know that its musical department
political parties has had the courage to do.
will be extended and improved and that thus its merits will be made better
The country is practically in the same position as an individual known
to the general public.—Evening Mail, N. Y.
would be who is carrying on a large business with a small capital,
We
appreciate the kind words of the Evening Mail the more highly be-
and, at the same time, has an amount of promissory demand notes cause our
earliest journalistic associations were with that paper. We count
outstanding, more than equal in amount to his entire capital, and our five years' service as a member of the editorial staff, and as musical and
is continually increasing them. The issue of debased coin of any dramatic critic, under Major J. M. Bundy's able guidance, as one of our most
description is equivalent to an issue of irredeemable paper money valuable experiences.—[Er>.
of a corresponding amount, and, as is well known to political
economists, inevitably drives the most valuable part of the currency,
[Continued from page 5.)
viz., gold, out of the country, whenever the balance of trade is against
us. Therefore debased silver coin is just as dangerous an element decorations are to be very rich, and the magnificent bronze-mounted chand-
elier was one of the features of the Centennial Exhibition. The house will
in our currency as irredeemable paper money, except that amount open on September 16, under the manngement of George K. Goodwin.
which the people actually need in making payments of fractional
"PINAFORE" STILL KICKING.
parts of a dollar.
The usual dullness at this time of the year is nearly all that can be chroni-
Let the balance of trade turn against us and specie payments will
be again suspended; moreover, the fictitious value which has been cled in the musical field just now. It is an astonishing fact that "Pinafore "
still kicks and struggles. J. Fred. Zimmerman, who, while associated with
conferred on the "buzzard" dollar, by act of Congress, will at once Ford
of Baltimore, was the first manager outside of New York to make a
disappear. The fact that we have been able to maintain resumption pronounced success out of the operetta, and who was also the first to get up
as long as we have, is purely accidental, and owing to our good for- a juvenile operatic troupe to perform it, has been for two weeks producing
tune in having other things than gold and silver with which to pay "Pinafore" twice a week at the Permanent Exhibition building as an after-
noon performance. The success must be encouraging for he announces two
our debts to other countries. Let this position be reversed for a more
representations for to-morrow and Saturday. As a visit to it involves
short time and the basis of resumption, viz., the stock of coin, will an hour's ride on the horse-cars, and a peculiar sense of discomfort, to me at
disappear, and with it the value of not only all our irredeemable least, in seeing little children out of their proper places, I have not wit-
paper currency, but also our debased coin, which in the natural nessed any of the performances. "Fatinitza" is to be given again shortly
course of events will be left, as having in its present shape no ability by the same troupe of little folks.
OTHEB MUSICAL MATTERS.
to pay debts beyond the influence of our own legislation.
These are truths which the two parties at present before the
The best music in the city, just now, is to be heard at the Maennerchor
country for its suffrages have seen fit to pass over in silence, but the Garden. The best however is not very good, for in spite of the presence of
danger exists neverthelesss, and is a real one. Unless something is many well-trained musicians, neither the surroundings nor the selections are
done to check the outward flow of debased silver coin from our conducive to anything very grand. Physically speaking, however, these sur-
are inviting. There is a revival of Uncle Tom's Cabin at the
mints we may expect in the near future another suspension of specie roundings
Walnut Street Theatre this week, with a hundred negro jubilee singers to do
payments, another drunken carnival of speculation, followed by the the plantation business.
same regimen of temperance and self-denial which has enabled us
WAGNEB SUBSCRIPTIONS.
during the past few years to achieve so much prosperity. But is it
Have
you
had
any
subscription
started yet for Eichard Wagner ? No
common sense, in the light of our past disastrous experience of the one here has bid anything for him as yet.
His particular admirer, Theodore
evils of a debased currency, to try the dangerous experiment again % Thomas, will perform here shortly with a good orchestra and noted soloists,
The United States is a country of unrivalled resources, and there including Joseffy.
is no telling how many financial blunders it may survive, but can
GOSCHE.
those who legislate for it afford, for the benefit of a few silver mines
I saw Gosche on the train, en route for Chicago, a week or so ago. He
in the west, to risk the financial welfare of the whole community.
sticks to the Criterion Company and does not contemplate rejoining the
Thomas campaign. I fancy his reminiscences of other days with hungry
players in arrears, five hundred miles from home, and the bottom scraped
OLE BULL.
out of the treasury, are still too vivid for him. Mr. Gosche made a splendid
manager, and I am glad that his " Criterion " company did a prosperous
HE old Norwegian Violinist is dead.
His many friends on this side of the Atlantic will regret the business last year. They opened in Chicago on the 9th inst.
sudden demise of a man who appeared before them only a few
J. A. GETZE.
months ago in apparently strong health, in spite of his three-score
The Weber piano rooms here are undergoing considerable alterations.
and ten years. He did not show any infirmities, and expected to An entire new front is being put in their store at 1117 Chestnut street, and
return to this country in the fall, for the purpose of making an other improvements are going on both within and without. Mr. J. A. Getze
still holds the fort at that establishment.
other professional tournee.
THE COMING SEASON.
Ole Bull was an amiable, social man, of strong individuality ;
nevertheless we cannot say that the artistic world has suffered a loss
The prospects for the now fast approaching season are fairly promising.
through his death. He belonged to a former period ; his style of A new opera by Dudley Buck, entitled " Deseret," will be produced at the
T
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