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20th, 1881.
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Remenyi, the violinist, will be under the management of Mr. Saalfield
during the summer and give a series of concerts. It is not improbable that
he may be heard at Brighton or Manhattan Beach during the month of July.
A series of concerts, vocal and instrumental, are to be given in the
Baltimore Academy of Music during the summer months, beginning on June
9. The orchestra will be under the direction of Mr. Max Maretzek. The
vocalists engaged for the opening concerts are Miss Zelie de Lussan,
soprano, and Miss Jennie Dickerson, contralto. Mr. S. W. Fort, of the
Baltimore Academy of Music, is the manager of the entertainment.
The annual concert of Mr. H. R. Humphries took place at Steinway
Hall, May 14th.
THE REMEDY.
A concert was given at Chickering Hall, on the evening of the 14th inst.,.
The singer should not allow his voice to be forced. Now comes
the question, "how can it be helped?" Simply by a knowledge and by Mme. Delviniotti, a young Grecian pianist, assisted by M. Constantin
appreciation of the symptoms already incidentally alluded to. There are Sternberg, pianist ; Mr. Frederick Archer, organist; Mdlle de Lussan,
several golden rules which should be memorized and adhered to by all soprano; Signor Lencioni, baritone ; Mr. Hasselbrink, violinist; Mr. Wer-
vocalists. A knowledge of them will not only enable the scholar to detect ner, violoncelist, and Professor La Villa, accompanist.
the incompetent teacher, but will effectually prevent the delicate vocal
Signor and Mme. La Villa's pupils gave a concert, on the afternoon of
apparatus from being injured. These axioms are:
the 14 inst., at the Union League Theatre. The programme was long and
First.—Never sing when the voice is at all husky or hoarse.
interesting and the audience large and enthusiastic.
Second.—Never sound a note which requires any undue effort for its
It is alleged that the Summer season at the Metropolitan Concert
rendition.
Third.—Never utter a sound which produces pain in the neighborhood Garden began on the night of the 14th iustant. For all we know, it may
have ended as well as begun on that date.
of the larynx.
Fourth.—Do not practice after a sense of laryngeal fatigue is experi-
The Executive Committee of the North American Saengerfest Associa-
enced.
tion are devising means to get the Cincinnati singers to Chicago on the occa-
I have been repeatedly told by singers that when they complained of wear- sion of the coming festival, which takes place in June. A delegation of
isomeness their instructors have advised them to keep on in their vocaliza- singers from Cincinnati are in Chicage and state that the Turners of that city
tions, informing them that that is the only way to harden those parts; and, have made such contracts with all the railroads between Cincinnati and
furthermore, that, after a time the sensations of fatigue which they experi- Chicago, that none but Turners can get reduced rates to the festival. If this
ence will wear away. This is a grand mistake, and one that will always do proves to be true, the railroad companies will be petitioned to rescind the
a great amount of mischief. You cannot make the larynx act properly if it contracts. A guarantee fund of over $30,000 has already been collected to
will not do so of its own free will. The instant you begin to do this you call secure the success of the festival.
into play those stronger muscles of the neck already described, which should
Mme. E. Gerster is to appear in Philadelphia for one concert only, afc
never be used in singing and whose action is sure to destroy the well-being
the Academy of Music, Thursday evening, May 26th. She will be assisted,
of the vocal cords.
by Miss Emily Winant, contralto; Signor H. Montegriffo, tenor; Mons.
WHITFIELD WARD, M. D., 339 West 23d Street.
Adolph Fischer, violoncello; Mons. Caliza Lavallee, pianist, and Mr. George;
W. Colby, accompanist.
It is stated in Chicago that Madame Ambre left several little mementoes
of her recent tour with the money loaners of that city, as well as with others
on the line. In fact, the misfortunes of De Beauplan induced the cantatrice
AT HOME.
to drop a shower of pearls and precious stones at several points on the cir-
The Oratorio Society of Baltimore gave its first public concert, on the cuit beginning at New Orleans, following up the distribution at Chicago,
13th inst., at the Fifth Regiment Armory, rendering Handel's " Messiah." and getting rid of the remnants of the jewel casket in Philadelphia. It is
The chorus consisted of 600 trained voices, the orchestra of sixty pieces, and estimated that she disposed of about $5,000 worth of her jewel outfit, the
the soloists were Miss Annie B. Norton, soprano; Miss Emily Winant, proceeds of which went to keep the company together. In Chicago one
alto; Mr. Theodore J. Toedt, tenor, and Mr.Franz Remmertz, bass, with Mr. jeweler advanced $3,000, and was told that he would be paid out of the*
Fritz Fincke, conductor, and Mr. Harold Randolph, organist. The audience weekly receipts. This failing, he was requested to forward the sparkless
was very large. The chorus was well handled from the beginning and gave C. O. D. to Philadelphia. But the diamonds were returned to him and he
great satisfaction. Mr. Toedt sang remarkably well and Miss Winant, for still holds them, and traveling jewelers have informed him that they have come
her rendering of the air "He shall Feed His Flock," received many plaudits. across numerous other parcels of the Ambre jewels.
Miss Norton and Mr. Remmertz were also the recipients of general favor.
A company composed of prominent rich men of Boston, following thft
Miss Clara Louise Kellogg is expected here in August.
example of New York, propose furnishing Boston with a splendid opera,
It is reported that several of the members of the late De Beauplan house, to be located at the corner of Huntington avenue and Dartmouth
French Opera Company have secured engagements in Canada.
street. The projectors of the scheme are Messrs. Jordan, Marsh & Co., and
the architect is Mr. Samuel J. F. Thayer. The building will be six stories
Signor Campanini and wife will sail for England on the 28th of May.
high, will have a frontage on Dartmouth street of 106 feet, and a depth of
feet. It is estimated that the building and land together will cost about
Miss Emily R. Spader, soprano of the choir at Dr. Chapin's church, a 252
young artist of great promise and undoubted sincerity, gave a concert at $400,000. Work on it will be commenced at once.
Steinway Hall, April 29th, and gave entire satisfaction by her singing of
Signor Campanini's farewell benefit took place at the Academy of Music
several solos and especially in the duo from "Traviata"—"Parigi o cara "— on the evening of May 16th. it was largely attended and the audience was
with Mr. F. F. Barnard.
very enthusiastic.
The Boston Ideal Opera Company opened a week's engagement on the
Dudley Buck will be the conductor of the Apollo Club of Brooklyn for
9th instant, with "Fatinitza," at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
the next season. The newly elected Board of Directors includes the names
of Charles Havemeyer, William B. Leonard, J. L. Morgan, John Van Nos-
The concert given under the auspices of the Societe de Bienfaisance at trand,
John A. Nichols, A. M. Kidder, John Notman, L. S. Burnham, Austin
Metropolitan Concert Hall, on the evening of the 10th instant, for the benefit H.
Watson, and A. E. Sumner, M. D.
of the stranded members of the De Beauplan Opera Company, was a financial
success, the receipts being nearly $800. This with a greater sum raised by
ABROAD.
subscription by the Courrier des Etats TJnis is sufficient to pay the expenses
and passage to Havre of the fifty members of the company.
The education department has recently issued a return which shows
departments of schools in England and Scotland the following;
Alexander McMarten, who was the founder and editor of The Studio that in 28,532,
systems are in use : Hullah's in 691 schools, the old notation with
and Musical Review, died suddenly of peritonitis on the 7th inst., at his musical
movable do in 676 schools, more than one system in 61 schools, and tonie
home, No. 163 Fifth avenue. Mr. McMarten was a graduate of the college sol-fain
3,987 schools. The remaining 23,117 schools teach by ear, using no-
of New Jersey and of the Columbia College School of Mines, and was in his
thirty-fifth year. He was to be married in June to the daughter of the Rev. system.
Dr. Vincent of this city,
The Association for Church Music, Cologne, gave a performance recently
" Bonifacius," an oratorio in three parts, by W. F. G. Nicolai, director of
And now they say that Theodore Thomas didn't refuse, while in Cincin- of
nati, to beat time with a ham. The trouble originated in his inability to the Royal School of Music at the Hague, the composer himself conducting.
keep a firm grip on it, and when he was whacking out something very diffi-
Zare Thalberg is no longer Zare Thalberg. On Thursday the 14th of
cult, it would get away from him, and take the trombonist in the eye or the April, at Naples, she was wedded to the Marquis de la Petrella Pulce Doria^
'cellist in the shirt front, and they didn't like it.—Boston Post.
The operatic stage has lost one of its most promising aspirants.
Can a pianoforte virtuoso who has abandoned piano playing for the
The London "Post" says that Adelina Patti intends to give farewell
performances in London and on the Continent next season, and to conclude
teaching of harmony and thorough bass be properly called an expounder.
her operatic career with an eight months' tour in America.
Von Suppe's "Donna Juanita" was produced by Mahn's opera troupe
At the funeral of Lord Beaconsfield the organist was directed to play
at the Fifth Avenue Theatre this week. It was performed in a noisy man-
ner, and is almost entirely a' rehash of "Fatinitza" and " Boccaccio " by the Beethoven's "Funeral March," as the body was borne through the nave of
the church, and " O Rest in the Lord" as the procession left the building.
same composer.
The great statesman was a devoted lover of these two selections, especially
Levy the cornetist, has been engaged at Brighton Beach from the 15th tho
aria from " Elijah."
of June, and is to receive $500 a week and his board—at least he says so.
Choudens, the Paris music publisher, who bought Gounod's " Faust for
Miss Fanny Pollack, soprano, sailed for Europe in the steamer Neckar, 10,000, and "Romeo et Juliette" for 50,000 francs, has, it is reported, given
on Saturday, May 14. She will return to this country in September next.
100,000 for " Le Tribut de Zamora."
Miss Mary E. Turner has resigned from the choir of Grace Church,
There is to be an Italian company at Cairo again next year, under pri-
Hartford, and will devote herself hereafter to concert engagements and the vate management and not at the expense of the Khedive alone ; His High-
ness contributes a fixed sum.
professorship of vocal culture in Wellesley College, Massachusetts.
finish on." What philosophy, to entrust the moulding of the untutored
vocal organs to those who, if they do not injure these delicate parts, are cer-
tain to imbue into the minds of their scholars ideas which are faulty, and
habits which take years of proper training to correct. Mind, I do not take
the teacher's price as a standard of his worth, for there are a few of the vast
army of incapables who obtain ridiculously high rates; but this I do hold,
that it is impossible for those who have spent many years and much money
to fit themselves for this very important branch of the musical profession,
to labor for any such niggardly sum as the generality of uneducated singing
teachers accept, and, furthermore, it would be an insult to their dignity to
proffer it to them.
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