Music Trade Review

October 5th, 1880.
THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
MUSICAL NOTES.
KOHLER.—Hans Kohler, a once famous bass singer, died in Dresden on the 3d ult.
LAVENO.—A new theatre was recently inaugurated at Laveno on the Lago Mag-
giore.
ABROAD.
CREOLA.—The first night's success of Coronaro's " Creola " at Vicenza has been con-
MADRID.—The management of the Teatro Real, Madrid, is about to be undertaken firmed.
by a cousin of Senor Gayarre, the tenor.
MADRID.—A new Circus is being erected in the Plaza del Roy, Madrid, exclusively
DONADIO.—Donadio sings this month at Barcelona ; in October and November, at
for musical entertainments.—There will be sixteen theatres open during the coming sea-
Milan; in January, at Genoa ; in February, at Turin.
son in Madrid, seven of them devoted to music.
A PRIEST COMPOSER.—A new opera, "Witikind," by Father De Doss, has been
DENGREMONT.—After returning to his native country, Maurice Dengremont gave his
produced at the College St. Servais, Liege.
first concert, on the 1st of August, at the Imperial Theatre, Rio Janeiro, and was enthu-
FERNI.—Mercuri's "Violino del Diavolo," composed with special reference to siastically received.—On the conclusion of the Italian Opera season at the Imperial
Mdme. Carolina Ferni's talent as violinist and singer, was recently given at the Teatro theatre, the manager will take the company to Havana.
Malibran, Venice. Though familiar to other audiences in Italian (and Spain), it was-new to
SAINT-SAENS.—Camille Saint-Saens is about to make a concert tour in Germany and
Venice. Mdme. Ferni, who had to execute a violin solo, selected Leonard's " Souvenir
de Haydn." The first few notes of the theme, which is the Austrian national hymn, Austria, the programme including his Birmingham cantata, " La Lyre et la Harpe."
provoked a storm of disapprobation. The audience shook fists, stamped feet, and vocif-
DESSOFF.—Dessoff, at present conductor at the Grand-Ducal theatre, Carlsruhe, is
erated, " Basta ! basta !" Mdme. Ferni, at first disconcerted and amazed, suddenly to receive $3,750 a year in the same capacity at the new Opera House, Frankfort-on-
bethought herself, and began the " Carnaval de Venise." Indignation was now changed Maine.
into frantic applause, and the accomplished violinist received an " ovation. 1 '
LISBON.—Bulterini and Fancelli are engaged for next season at the San Carlos,
VIENNA.—Herr Josef Hellmesberger, junr., has produced, at Ronacher's Operetten- Lisbon.
theater, a second work, entitled " Der Graf von Gleichen und seine beideH Frauen,"
MEZERAY.—Mezeray, conductor at the Grand-Theatre, Bordeaux, has been created
which is more successful than its precursor, " Capitan Ahlstrom." One factor in the sat-
isfactory result is Herr A. Just's libretto, founded on the German folk's story of Count " Officier d'Acaddmie."
Gleichen and his matrimonial experiences.
D E SWERT.—Jules de Swert, violoncellist and composer of the opera, " Die Albigen-
BRUSSELS.—Limnander's •'Montenegrins," though not included among the operas ser," will play at concerts this winter in Berlin.
by native composers selected for the Theatre de la Monnaie for the National Quinqagin-
GOLD MEDAL.—The King of Saxony has conferred the large Gold Medal on the
tenary, was subsequently added in obedience to an intimation from a high quarter. It Dresden Liedertafel, which carried off first prize at the Singing Match in Cologne.
had not been performed here for 15 years. The " Montenegrins " was brought out on the
TOLEDO.—A new Orpheonic Society has been inaugurated in Toledo, Spain.
31st of March, 1849, at the Opera-Comique, Paris, Mad. Ugalde playing the heroine;
and in Brussels in 1850.
GRAMMAN'S " MELUSINE."—Carl Gramman's " Melusine" will be performed at Turin
BOTTESINI.—Bottesini's " Regina di Nepal" will be performed at the Teatro Regio, after the production of his new opera, " Germanikus," at Dresden.
Turin.
WACHTEL.—Theodore Wachtel, accompanied by an Italian lady-vocalist, and Emil
MALLINGER.—Mad. Mallinger is engaged for six nights at the Theatre Royal, Bach as pianist, intends making a concert tour in Sweden.
Munich.
COWEN.—The Pall Mall Gazette writes about the new symphony from the pen of
DRESDEN.—Goethe's birthday was celebrated on the 28th August by a. performance Frederick Cowen, after its first performance in London : " The symphony (in C minor)
of the first and on the 29th by a performance^ the second part of " Faust," with the came as a revelation of unsuspected power. Bearing in mind how few contemporary
musicians could write even a tolerable symphony, it is a great thing for Mr. Cowen that
late H. Pierson's music.
his work was heard with pleasure and received with unanimous approval Seldom has
TURIN THEATRE.—The Teatro Vittorio Emanuele, Turin, will open in autumn any one composition done so much for its author—there being now no question that Mr.
with "L'Etoile du Nord," the second opera being " Preziosa " (by Smareglia). Luigi Cowen is in the first rank of those upon whom the immediate future of English music
Mancinelli is conductor.
depends."
A PLUCKY LADY.—Mad. Lucca, the music-publisher, is negotiating for the Italian
LUCCA.—Pauline Lucca is expected in Vienna in October.
right of publishing and representing Wagner's " Parsifal."
WIESBADEN.—A lady correspondent writes to the London Musical World, from
NAPLES.—Signora Tescher and Naudin are announced for two performances of Wiesbaden : " I heard Gluck's " Orphee " quite murdered last night, save, of course by
"Lucia " at the Teatro Sannazaro, Naples.
the orchestra. An utterly old and hideously ugly woman, with legs that made you first
T H E BECKER FAMILY.—Jean Becker has undertaken a concert-tour with his chil- stare and then shudder, played Cupid—her voice was cracked, and at its best it must
ever have been too dreadful one. The scenery, nil—a great fat Eurydice—and a girl of
dren, Jeanne, Hans, and Hugo.
19 who ranted as Orpheus—until I shivered beneath her strong but wholly unmusical voice."
A RELIC.—Beethoven's piano is about to be offered for sale by its present owner, a Either the opera performance was a disgrace to Wiesbaden, or the correspondent is a
resident of Klausenberg, Transylvania. It was presented by the maker, Wagel, of Pesth, disgrace to the English musical weekly.—ED. MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
to Beethoven, when he was writing " Fidelio." Upon one of the panels of the piano is
VILLAFIORITA.—A new opera " L e Notti Romane," by Signor Villafiorita, has been
painted the portrait of the great musician at the age of twenty years.
produced with success at the Politeama of Adria.
DEATH LIST.—The deaths are announced : At Paris, of M. Klose, aged 72, and M.
FERRARI.—The performance of the new opera "Maria Menzikoff," by Signor
Leroy, aged 53, both professors of the clapnet at the Conservatoire ; and of Jean Hart-
mann, head of Messrs. Schott's Pans publishing house ; at Kosen, aged 72, of Ernst Ferrari, at the Teatro Communale of Lucca, was so indifferent that the critics seem to have
Friedrich Wenzel, for 37 years piano proiessor at the Leipsic Conservatoire ; at Milan, reserved their opinion of the work.
aged 51, of Paolo de Bernardi, trombone player at theScala ; at Turin, of Casimiro Pane,
LUDICROUS.—The authorities at Warsaw have altered the title of Doppler's opera
late bandmaster at Nice, and Fihppo Timolati, professor ; at Naples, of Signor de " W a n d a " to " T h e Slave of the Harem," and of the "Grande Duchesse " to "Donna
Angelis, vocalist; at Paris, in a lunatic asylum, of Prosper Pascal, librettist and critic; Juanna." Political reasons were assigned for these changes.
at Argenteuil, aged 78, of Francois Rousselot, formerly horn-player at the Opera; at
HANDEL.—A marble tablet has been fixed on the house No. 4, in the Grosser
Brussels, of Annoot Braeckmann, publisher, and brother-in-law of M. Gevaert; at
Naples, aged 37, of Vincenzo Buonomo, pianist; and at Venice, aged 30, of Pier Puigi, Schlamm, at Halle, wherein Handel was born.
Furlanelto, professor.
BOUCHER.—A granddaughter of Boucher, the favorite violinist of Napoleon Bona-
RUBINSTEIN.—M. Rubinstein has, it is stated, added yet another movement to his parte, is about to make her debut at the Concert Besselievre, Paris. She is six years old,
"Ocean " symphony, which will now, it is supposed, occupy in performance an hour and and is said to be a v.olinist prodigy.
three-quarters.
BACH SOCIETY.—The Bach Society of Hamburg was to celebrate at the end of
PRIZE SINGING.—At the choral competition at Cologne, August 22 and 23, the first September the centenary of its foundation. Madame Essipoff had promised to take part
prize was won by the Liedertafel of Dresden.
in the festivities.
MARCHETTI.—Marchetti has written a new opera entitled "Gano."
VAN.—The correspondent at Rome says : " A young American soprano, Marie Vans
VERDI AND BOITO.—The first act of Verdi and Boito's " lago " is said to be finished.
of Cincinnati, has made the daring attempt of appearing for the first time on any board
as aprima donna, at the PoLteama theatre, in the part of Gilda, in Verdi's opera of
HENSCHEL—-BAILEY.—According to London files the baritone Henschel will shortly
" Rigoletta." The enormous theatre, which holds 4,000 people, was full. The audience be engaged to be married to Miss Lilian Bailey.
received the debutante with absolute silence. Notwithstanding that natural agitation,
CONTRADICTED.—A false report has been extensively circulated in Germany to the
which made her first notes uncertain, she went through the first scene well, was called out
twice, and finally attained a well-deserved success. The Roman musical critics pra se effect that Dr. von Bulow has lost the use of his right hand. The rumor has been
the quality and extent of her voice, which is strikingly sympathetic, the good style of her denied by the Musikalisches Wochenblatt as devoid of even the slightest foundation.
acting (with reservations on the want of training in the management of her voice and
pronunciation of Italian words), and predict for her a successful career." It has been
MONTEGEEFTO.—Who is Montegreffo ? A tenor of 21 years of age,
thought that the lady referred to is Miss Vanzandt, but this a mistake; Miss Vanzandt is an American of Italian parents ; has been studying for some years past
a young Cincinnati girl of French extraction.
in Italy, and is said to have made his debut in Catania, where of course he
GLOUCESTER FESTIVAL.—The festival of the "Three Choirs," which has been given
annually at Gloucester since 1724, began on the 7th of this month. Many distinguished
artists took part in it, including Mmes. Albani and Patey, Mr. Santley and other well-
known singers. The principal works given were Beethoven's "Missa Solenuis, " T h e
Messiah," and " S t . Paul."
MEHLIG—Mme. Anna Mehlig-Falk has retired from the stage since her marriage
and will not again be heard in public—a decided loss to the stage.
FLORENTINE QUARTETT.—The famous Florentine quartett has been broken up,
Jean Beecker having retired from it.
MILAN EXHIBITION.—A National Exhibition will be held at Milan, in the year 1881,
and music will form a very prominent feature in the scheme. It is proposed to have an
exhibition of books on musical theory, and an exhibition of old and modern musical
instruments, both Italian and foreign. There will also be choral, military, quartet,
orchestral, and other competitions and conferences on the history and the philosophy
of music, and on the rights of authors.
TUA.—Some enterprising manager has offered a large sum to Teresa Tua, the little
Italian violiniste, who gained the first prize at the Paris Conservatoire, to make a concert
tour in this country. The parents of the child, though poor, have refused the tempting
offer, and she will remain at the Conservatoire.
LAW SUIT.—Mr. Ernest Gye has commenced process in Italy and France against
Signor Marini, Signor Saint Athos and M. Maurel for breach of contract arising out of
their non-appearance last season.
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made a great furore. Max Strakosch has suddenly discovered him, and im-
mediately engaged him for three years, a fact which does not prove any-
thing special in favor of the tenor, as Strakoach can easily get rid of him
again if he has no use for him. We are curioua to hear this wonderful
tenor. His sister, Pauline Montegreffo, another discovery of Max Strakosch,
is to be dramatic soprano with the company. She is only nineteen, and has
already sang with greatest success in Italy. So at least report says. Stra-
kosch is a lucky man ; while Mapleson travels around in Europe for tenors
and prime donne, his ex-rival, Strakosch, finds them in the street, and can
have them for the mere asking.
PAPPENHEIM.—Rumor tells us that somebody wants to bring Mme. Pap-
penheim again to this country, in order to establish German opera once
more. We hope that the manager will have money enough to go through
the season successfully.
BEHIND THE AGE.—In the little town of Crema, Italy, people appear to
be decidedly behind the age in musical matters. There was recently a grand
festival there, and on that occasion the bills announced two masses, one by the
" Rinomato Professor Roasini," the other by the " Esimio Maestro Donizetti."
Now imagine in Italy, the cradle of Catholic Church music, they advertise
in the year 1880 Rossini as the " Renowned Professor," and Donizetti as the
" Distinguished Master." The miners in Colorado could not show their igno-
rance in musical affairs more clearly,