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July 20th,
1881. Review -- THE
MUSICAL
CRITIC AND TRADE
REVIEW.
Rafael Joseffy, the well known pianist, is spending the summer with
THE THIRD DAY'S CONCERTS.
Samuel Sanford, also a well known pianist, although only an amateur,
The officials of the Saengerfest gave a reception and banquet to the Mr.
at the residence of the latter, in Bridgeport. During his next tour he will
local and visiting members of the press at noon on Friday, July 1st, at be
under the management of Mr. Henry Wolfsohn.
which over 100 journalists were present. Among the guests were Henry
Watterson, of the Louisville Courier-Journal; Hans Balatka, Julius Rosen-
Conly, the basso, has signed with the Emma Abbott Company, the
thai, Mr. Candidus, Dr. Blathardt, and Lorenzo Brentano. Mayor Harrison special purpose being that he shall sing Falstaff, in Nicolai's "Merry Wives
presided at the banquet.
of Windsor." Mr. Weatherill has, by the way, a singular clause in his con-
The afternoon program at the Exposition Building included numbers tracts. It is that if at any time Emma Abbott should be taken sick, all en-
by the Columbus Maennerchor, Edward Schultze, of Chicago; Mme. Leut- gagements shall be off for the season. With designing parties this would be
ner, H. Breglschuck, of New York ; Mr. Whitney, Maennerchor of the Mil- a very convenient method of getting rid of obligations, for a doctor's certifi-
waukee Musik Verein; Junger Maennerchor of Philadelphia, and the Grand cate can always be got. It was owing to this clause that Carleton refused to
Trio from the " William Tell " of Rossini by Messrs. Candidus, Remmertz, sign.—Dramatic News.
and Whitney. The latter was the master-piece of the program, and was re-
The closing concert of the Choral Union previous to their adjournment
ceived with tremendous enthusiasm. Miss Cary also rendered the "Awake, for the
summer was given in Hawthorne Hall, Yonkers, on Wednesday even-
Saturnia," from " Semele," by Handel. She was received with greater favor ing, June
29th. The hall was partly filled with an appreciative audience.
than ever, and*achieved a marked success.
The concert opened with a chorus "Now the Roll of the Lively Drum,"
The evening's program was also a mixed and not altogether popular one; sung by the entire union, and was well executed as was every full chorus
so that the audience, in numbers as well as in enthusiasm, fell far below during the evening. The singing of Mrs. G. S. Dimock and Mrs. John
that of last night. There were portions of the concert, however, which were Watt in their solos and duets was fine and heartily applauded. The quar-
triumphs of the greatest merits. Among these were Mme. Leutner's tette "Come where the Lilies Bloom," sung by Mrs. G. S. Dimock, Mrs. C.
" Theme and Variations," (Prech,) and Mme. E. Donaldi's " O mio Fer- E. Finkle, Messrs. A. L. Skinner and Edwin Moore was so well rendered
nando," from " La Favorita." Mr. Whitney was encored after singing " I'm and appreciated as to render a repetition necessary. The noise from the
a Roamer." But the most pronounced success of the evening was the ren- passing trains was decidedly annoying and spoiled the effect of the singing
dering of " Frithjof," (Bruch,) by the Apollo Club of this city. The clos- to a great extent. The union intend to reorganize in September and will be
ing number at this concert "Drusus Death," dragged slightly, despite the able to give several similar entertainments during the coming winter.
prominence of the chief vocalists who interpreted it.
Miss Letitia Louise Fritch, who left New York early in the year with
THE FOTJKTH DAY'S CONOEKTS.
and Sternberg, as the soprano of that company, arrived in this
These (Saturday, July 2d) were not at all well attended, the evening's Wilhelmj
city recently after having spent several weeks at her St. Louis home. The
entertainment being particularly conspicuous for its small audience. In- engagement
this artist terminated in May in San Francisco, after a suc-
deed, it may as well be stated here that although, artistically the results cessful tour of of the
principal cities of the country. Wilhelmj was anxious to
were'quite satisfactory, financially the Saengerfest was a failure. It was have Miss Fritch accompany
on a tour to Australia, but as she has had
also very generally conceded that the musical effect would have been better several offers of an engagement him
in
opera,
she preferred to return to the East
had the concerts been given in a smaller building. Beethoven's "Ninth and resume her musical studies.
Symphony" closed the concert on Saturday night, and closed it in bad style
for it was poorly performed.
Mr. William Carleton, the baritone, will belong to C. D. Hess the com-
ing season, but there is a clause in his contract which permits him to remain
in New York when opportunity offers. It is thus that he will come to sing
STUTTGART AND LEIPSIO CONSERVATORIES.
with D'Qyley Carte in " Patience " at the Standard Theatre.
E may state for the further information of the correspondent who wrote
Miss Carrie Hoses, a well-known amateur contralto, left for Paris re-
us concerning the Leipsic and Stuttgart Conservatories, that we
understand the price of tuition at the Leipsic Conservatory to be 100 Thalers cently to study and make her appearance on the European stage.
per year, equal to $80 in our currency ; and the charges at Stuttgart to be
Mme. Neilson Rounsevilles' soiree musicale in Chicago, Tuesday even-
about eight Thalers less.
ing, June 28th, was a pronounced success. One of the pleasing features of
the evening was the appearance of Mrs. Elizabeth Holly, who sang several
MUSICAL CHAT AT HOME. (Continued.)
numbers with exquisite grace and artistic finish.
Rafael Joseffy has decided to become an American citizen. He has
Miss Clara Louise Kellogg will arrive home early in August.
already taken the preparatory steps to this end, having received from the
The officers of the Music Teachers' National Association are F. B. Rice
court his first papers in the process of naturalization. Mr. Joseffy, it is
understood, has completed a work on which he has been engaged for some of Oberlin (Ohio) Conservatory, President; Dr. Carl Seiler of Philadelphia,
time past, his first piano concerto, with orchestra, and will produce it during Secretary, and John G. Parkhust of Albany, Treasurer.
the coming season. He is passing the Summer at Darien, Conn., studying a
Mrs. Imogene Brown, together with other artists, is under the manage-
number of compositions which he will add to his already extensive reper- ment of the New York Musical bureau, at whose head is John Lavine. This
toire.
bureau can provide a good concert troupe on very short notice, and is to be
The Princeton College Glee Club, with Miss Maud Morgan, the harpist, consulted at room No. 7, Steinway Hall, New York. Of Mrs. Brown the
as solo attraction, are giving concerts at the seaside resorts most successfully. prospectus says innocently: "Her voice is full, round and sweet, with
Richard Grant White is writing a "History of Music in America" for much of the sympathetic and refined element in it. Her rendering is always
Scribner's Magazine, We understand it is to comprise sketches of the true, confident and finished."
famous singers and instrumentalists, and the time of their appearance in
The pupils at the Holy Angels' Academy, Buffalo, N. Y., gave an operetta
America, reception, ability, etc. His first installment will consist of a his- to close their academic year last Thursday night.
tory of opera in America.
MUSICAL CHAT ABROAD.
New Orleans papers state that Max Strakosch will give two months of
opera in^that city, commencing next December.
Colonel Mapleson, after a provincial season of opera in England, will
Signor Brignoli and Signor Ferranti £are under the control of Mr. sail for the United States on the 27th of September.
Saalfield this Summer, and will be the chief attractions at a series of concerts
Herr Hubert, a German, and hitherto teacher at the Moscow Conserva-
he proposes to give at the fashionable watering places.
torium, has been chosen Director there in place of the lately deceased Nico-
Messrs. John A. Stevens and Frank B. Murtha have purchased the new las Rubinstein.
comic opera, " Twelve Jolly Bachelors," the book of which is by Mr. Deen
much regret is announced the death of Mr. Bedsmore, for many
Delmont, and the music by Mr. Edward I. Darling. They will produce years With
the esteemed organist of Lichfield Cathedral, England.
the opera in elaborate style during the coming season, opening at the Bos-
ton Windsor Theatre, on Oct. 31st.
At last accounts Richard Wagner with his family had left Berlin and
The marriage of Mr. Robert Goldbeck, the pianist, to Miss Elizabeth returned to Bayreuth.
Karl Grammann's new opera, "The Festival of St. Andrew," will be
Haenschen is announced as having occurred at St. Louis, on June 25th. Mr.
Goldbeck's first wife, it will be remembered, was Anne Mary Freeman, the represented in the Dresden Court Theatre next season.
artist, long since dead.
The following intelligence appears in the Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik:—
Catherine Lewis is spending the summer at City Point, just outside of Not long ago Flotow celebrated his seventieth birthday. He was born on
Boston. The chief beauties of the place are the facilities which it affords April 27th, in Retendorf, in Mecklenburg, and wrote his best-known opera
for washing, and the horse cars by which one can make an escape. — Truth. in Paris where he pursued his musical studies ; in 1855 he was appointed
Mrs. E. Aline Osgood, now in England, was recently presented with a director of the Schwerin Court Theatre, but resigned this post in 1863 in
gold bracelet as a token of gratitude on the part of the workmen who attend order to again take up his residence in Paris.
the Saturday evening meetings of the People's Entertainment Society of
Sigmund Konig, " heroic tenor " at the Opera House, Frankfort-on-the-
London, and for whose diversion Mrs. Osgood has frequently employed her Maine, has died in that town after a long and painful illness, aged only
admirable vocal powers. Mrs. Osgood will return to America for the season thirty.
of 1881-82 in November, under the management of George W. Colby, of 23
Viotta's " Lexicon der Toonkunst" (Biihrmann and A. Roothaan, Amster-
East Fourteenth street, New York.
dam), has reached the third number of vol. II., which finishes with the word
The grounds adjacent to the Exposition buildings and fronting Plum Hooch.
street, in Cincinnati, were purchased July 9th by persons believed to be
The Imperial Association of St. Petersburg for Chamber Music, having
agents of the College of Music. The object is to erect additional buildings offered
a prize for the best essay on the "Historical Development of Chamber
for the use of the College of Music.
Music and its Importance to Musicians," have appointed Davidoff, Famizin,
Mr. Jerome Hopkins, the noted musician and composer, is now organiz- Sacchetti, and Iwanoff, as adjudicators.
ing orfeon associations in the principal cities of the North for the develop-
Mme. Marimon is engaged at Her Majesty's Theatre, London.
ment of local musical talent through his musical tournaments, the first of
which was given at the New York Academy of Music last spring.
Two Stradivarius violins, dated 1714 and 1T30, were sold at the Hotel
Theodore Thomas left New York July 1 with hia orchestra for a summer Drouot, Paris, last week, for 4,600 frs. and 4,650 frs. respectively.
season in the West. He will play for two weeks in Cleveland, and then go
Mario.—This famous dramatic tenor began his artistic career in 1839
to Chicago, where he has an engagement for six weeks of summer-night con- and terminated it in 1870. He sang in opera 931 times, Donizetti being the
certs. He will return to this city in time to begin, on September 20, his composer on 225 occasions ; Meyerbeer, 170; Rossini, 143 ; Verdi, 112 ;
Bellini, 82 ; Gounod, 70 ; Mozart, 68 ; Flotow, 30 ; Cimarosa, 12 ; Auber, 12;
chorus rehearsals for the May festival..
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