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May 5th, 1881.
THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
THE MAY FESTIVAL.
OUR EXCHANGES.
n p H E May Music Festival at the Seventh Regiment Armory began on
JL Tuesday evening, May 3rd. There will be four evening concerts, on
WHAT THEY TALK ABOUT.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, and three afternoon concerts, on
MUSICAL TUITION AND STUDY.
Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. The programs for the evening con-
rTiHE master will do well, however, in many cases, to bear in mind that
certs are these:
JL there is a great probability that much of his effort stands in danger of
TUESDAY EVENING.
being counteracted by the parents and home-friends of his pupil. Often it
Dettingen Te Deum
Handel
occurs that a learner who would otherwise steadily and earnestly practice
whatever piece may be set before him is made dissatisfied with it by the
The Tower of Babel
A. Rubinstein
critics at home. These latter do not, perhaps, care much for it, judging it,
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
of course, on the score of melody pure and simple; they would like their
Festival Overture
L. Damrosch
son or daughter to play something livelier, more brilliant, etc., etc. The
Grand Requiem
H. Berlioz
professor should make it well understood at the outset by these no doubt
well-meaning but at the same time wrongly-opinioned reviewers of his work
Kaisermarsch
R. Wagner
that the particular pieces he gives out for study are but to be regarded, on
FRIDAY EVENING.
the whole, as means to an end, the pupil simply acquiring by the practice of
The Messiah
Handel
these, such technical and mental knowledge that will fit him afterwards to
SATURDAY EVENING.
attack whatever he pleases or whatever he thinks may please others. The
Overture and Selections, "Die Meistersinger von Nuernberg,"
parents of course wish that their child should have a sound and thorough
R. Wagner
musical knowledge. How can this be gained if he is encouraged only to
Ninth Symphony
Beethoven
take up that work which shall immediately prove ear-catching to a listener
For the matinee performances the programs are as follows:
and enable the player, however little time he or she may have yet given to
WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.
the practice and study of music, to shine brilliantly in the exhibition of their
Overture, " Olympia' 1
Spontini
skill before " company " ? Many a pupil has been altogether disgusted with
Duo, from " Giulio Ceesare"
Handel
his teacher's method; or, at least, he has been rendered faint-hearted in his
Mme. Gerster and Miss Cary.
endeavors; while the cultivation of his taste has received a check, if, indeed,
Symphony No. 5
Beethoven
Selections, " Die Walkure"
Wagner
it has not been utterly vitiated through the want of a proper estimation of
La Captive
Berlioz
his work on the part of his friends. To speak plainly, and in short, the
Miss Cary.
teacher must at times educate the parents together with the child. Those,
Aria, "L'Etoile du Nord"
Meyerbeer
however, who are content to " leave everything to the music-master" should
Mme. Gerster.
have some explanation afforded them of the method adopted by the latter.
Hungarian Rhapsody, No. 2
Liszt
Sometimes a teacher when about to commence work, on undertaking the
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
charge of a pupil that has had some previous instruction, is shown a store
Concert piece, C minor
Thiele
of music-pieces already made (not always of the choicest selection, and even
then perhaps imperfectly studied) which, it is directly or indirectly intim-
Mr. S. P. Warren.
ated to him, he is expected to utilize. For one who has by experience elab-
Overture, " Euryanthe "
Weber
orated a system of teaching, and who carefully selects his teaching-pieces,
Romance, " Euryanthe "
Weber
it is not always an easy matter to make clear why use should not be made of
Signor Campanini.
the pieces already in possession of the learner, the more especially when
Folksong, from Norse Suite No. 1
Hamerick
Scherzo, 1 from Symphony No. 2
F. L. Ritter
these pieces cannot altogether be set down as worthless. No one, on calling in
Aria, " L Allegro "
Handel
a medical adviser, would be so idiotically absurd as to bring out certain bottles
Mme. Gerster.
of medicine left on some previous occasion by another doctor, and make the
Overture, " Midsummer Night's Dream "
Mendelssohn
request that the present supply shall be exhausted before a new prescription is
Septet, "Tannhauser "
Wagner . ., made.
Yet this is very much like what is done in the case of musical advisers.
Hungarian Dances
Brahms
As, however, the real reason often being that economical parents are naturally
Air, •' Norma"
Bellini
and perhaps rightly anxious to avoid the expense of much new music, I will
Mme. Gerster.
leave this matter for settlement to the diplomatic tact of the professor.—
Rakoczy March
Berlioz
Eustace J. Breakspeare, in the London Musical Standard.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
Toccata, in F
Bach
Hymn, " Alia Trinita "
COMPARE MAPLESON'S LONDON COMPANY WITH HIS NEW YORK COMPANY.
Chorus, "Paradise and the Peri"
Schumann
Mr. Mapleson will issue his prospectus shortly, but he has already
Aria, " Oberon "
Weber
decided that the season at Her Majesty's will open May 7, with Madame
Mrs. Imogene Brown.
Nilsson, Madame Trebelli, and Mr. Maas in "Faust." Boito's "Mefistofele"
Scene, " Romeo and Juliet"
0. B. Boise
will of course be immediately revived. The contracts have not yet all been
Air, " Alceste "
Gluck
Miss Cary.
signed, but it is presumed that the list of principal artists published in the
Selections from " Requiem "
Verdi
Figaro of March 2 will be found tolerably correct. That list included the
Introduction to Act II., " Rienzi"
Wagner
names of Mesdames Nilsson, Gerster, Marie Roze, Swift, and Trebelli;
Marehe Militaire
Schubert
Mdlles. Hauck, Lilli Lehmann. Vanzandt, Valerga, Ricci, Tremelli, and
Air, " Magic Flute "
Mozart
Cary; MM. Campanini, Ravelli, Fancelli, Lazarini, Maas, Runcio, Frapolli,
Mme. Gerster.
Rota, Del Puente, Gallassi, Aldighieri, Nannetti, Monti, and Corsini, with
'' Lea Preludes "
Liszt
Madame Malvini Cavalazzi as premiere danseuse. Such, at any rate, was the
As this number of THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE EEVIEW went to press list furnished by Mr. Mapleson, although it may be modified. There is a
on the afternoon of the day of the first performance we are not able to give talk of the return of M. Faure, but the rumor must be accepted for what it
an account of it, but shall publish in our next issue a criticism containing is worth. Signor Faccio, the celebrated conductor, of Milan, is also men-
tioned by Mr. Mapleson as being engaged to act with Signor Arditi ; but
the fullest particulars with illustrations.
here, again, we must wait for the official prospectus.—Cherubino in the
London Figaro.
A new opera, entitled "Donna Juanita," will be brought out at the
George P. Warner brought a suit in the Marine Court to recover from
Fifth Avenue Theatre on the 10th of May, by the Mahn Opera Company. the rector
and trustees of the Church of the Holy Spirit, of the City of New
The career of " Olivette," meanwhile, is to last two weeks.
York, $320, a balance alleged to be due him on a broken contract for singing
The news comes from Cleveland that Miss Abbie Carrington has left the in the choir of the church. The defendants set up in their answer that they
Strakosch-Hess Opera Company, not having received sufficiently important were not sued by their proper corporate name; that the plaintiff was engaged
on trial with a provision that the engagement could be terminated on a
casts, according to her estimate of her rights in this important matter.
notice of thirty days; that such notice was given and the plaintiff paid up to
The Batavia cornet band has sent invitations to eighteen bands in west- the time of his discharge. The case came to trial April 29th before Judge
ern New York to participate in a band tournament to be held in Batavia in McAdam and a jury. In his testimony the plaintiff stated he was hired for a
June.
year absolutely and unconditionally to sing "a bass or baritone part;" that
Gilbert and Sullivan's new operetta, " Patience," which was brougt out they assigned him to sing an inferior part, which he refused, and then he
at the Opera Comique, in London, on Saturday night last and scored a suc- was discharged. The testimony on the part of the defendants was that the hir-
cess d'estivie, will be produced here at the Standard Theatre next season. ing was conditional and to be determined by either party on a notice of thirty
Charles Harris, who remains here, will put it on the stage. The work deals days, and that there was no condition as to what position the plaintiff should
with the aesthetic craze which is just now prevalent in England, but which occupy in the choir. The jury gave plaintiff a verdict for $145.
is not very generally understood on this side of the water.
Mme. Cora de Wilhorst, who many years ago made a successful appear-
Another musical paper has gone to glory. The Musical Review which ance in opera in New York, gave a concert April 29th at Chickering hall,
was recently united with the Studio has ceased to exist, the Studio still con- assisted by Miss Lena Little, contralto; Signor Orlandini, baritone; Miss
tinuing—Providence permitting.
Maud Morgan and Miss Mary Werneke, harpists; Signor A. Carreno, flut-
The third and last concert of the season was given by the Liederkranz ist, and Dr. William Berge, organist.
A performance of the Cantata of " Esther " was given on Thursday and
Society on May 1st. The occasion being particularly interesting on account
of the performance of Max Bruch's great oratorio " The Lay of the Bell." Friday, April 14th and 15th, by the Shelbyville Choral Union, under the
A complimentary concert was given to Mr. Theodore Thomas at Stein- direction of Mrs. L. A. W. Forster, of Stuart's Female College.
way Hall, on Saturday evening, April 30th, and attracted a very large and
An organ recital by Mr. H. Clarence Eddy was given at the three
brilliant audience. The Beethoven Choral Fantasia was the event of the hundred and ninth concert at Hershey Mufric Hall, Chicago, 111., on April
evening and Mr. Joseffy's fine playing created quite a furore. During the 23rd, under the auspices of the Hershey School of Musical Art.
intermission Mr. Thomas was presented with an elaborate music stand.
Gustave Heinrich, the Tuckerton, N. J., music teacher, who last fall
A grand operatic concert matinee was given in Steinway Hall on the eloped with one of his pupils, abandoning a wife and several children, and
afternoon of April 30th, in compliment to Miss Florence Copleston, the who was arrested at San Francisco, was, on Thursday, April 28th, sentenced
pianist. It attracted a large audience and the numbers of the programme to State Prison at hard Labor for four years. Heinrich is in the last stage
were very well rendered.
consumption.