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THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
September 5th, 1881.
he skin of their teeth. They are compelled to do
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS, No. 1.
is fashionable, and this struggle to keep up
We wish to be particularly emphatic in our statement whatever
ppearancos on small means is one of the curious
o the public that subscriptions for the MUSICAL CRITIC eatures
of republican shoddyism. If Patti BUC-
AND TRADE REVIEW must invariably be paid in ad eeds in making
herself fashionable she will reap all
ance.
he hopes for in the matter of American dollars,
In future NO NAMES WILL BE ENTERED ON OUR hould society turn its face against her there is no
UBSCBIPTION BOOKS UNTIL THE PRICE FOR THE oubt of her failure—for the people In general al-
AND
^ULL PERIOD OF SUBSCRIPTION HAS BEEN RECEIVED ways follow where society leads."
BY us. This rule will not be deviated from in any case. The above is correct. Madame Patti will be a
uccess if she gets into fashionable society in this
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS, No. II.
ity. If she does not get in she will be a failure at
We sometimes receive complaints from subscribers that
With which is incorporated THE MUSIC TRADE JOURNAL. ,he MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW does not $10.00 a seat. But putting the price of the seats
»ut of consideration, we are waiting anxiously to
ome to them regularly.
ee whether the respectable portion of the com-
THE ORGAN
To these we must reply that the fault can hardly lie at munity
will admit this woman into the home
his end of the line, as our wrapping and mailing depart
ircle.
nents are very carefully supervised.
In most cases we have found that papers have been We are hardly prepared to say at present that
AND THE MUSIC TRADES OF AMERICA. removed
from their wrappers bg parties to whom they we think it will be wrong to encourage her by
ttending her concerts; but, we do Bay, that
PUBLISHED on THE 5th & 20th OF EACH MONTH were not addressed.
Whenever copies of the MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE society, if it respects itself, has no place for her.
At 853 Broadway, Cor. 14th St.
REVIEW fail to reach subscribers regularly, we trust
•hey willpromptly notify us.
NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.
We
need
a few more experienced parties to furnish
Editor and Proprietor.
musical and trade correspondence from all parts of the
ABROAD.
All communications should be addressed to the editor,
oorld.
CHARLES AVERY WELLES, 853 Broadway, N. Y. City.
Forward applications immediately, and ichen our de- According to The London Era, there is extant an
Checks and Post-Office Orders should be made payable to
unpublished opera by Offenbach, of whose exist-
cision is made, credentials will at once be given.
CHARLES AVERY WELLES, Proprietor.
We are not responsible for the return of rejected manu-
ence all but his most intimate friends are ignorant.
script.
NOTE WELL.
It is entitled " La Reine Lucette," is an operetta
Correspondence must always be accompanied by the name
This is the ONLY INDEPENDENT PAPER published in n three acts, and was composed about twelve
and address of the sender, not necessarily for publication, but
as a guarantee of good faith.
America DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY to MUSIC, MUSICIANS years ago for a Mr. Frank Coppin, of Melbourne,
Trade reports, items and communications, relating to the and the MUSIC TRADES.
who intends that it shall be first produced in Aus-
music trade, are solicited from all parts of the world.
The MUSICAL. CRITIC AND TRADE tralia. Offenbach made great but unavailing efforts
buy back this score, which is said to be one of
NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 5, 1881. REVIEW is sold by principal news to
agencies and may be had at leading his best works. The libretto sketches the adven-
news stands and music stores through- tures of a young girl in an enchanted island.
out the world.
The following is the company engaged to sup-
ADVERTISING RATES.
port Madame Gerster for her American opera and
The following is the schedule of advertising rates for
concert tour, under the management of Mr. Max
the MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE EEVIEW :
QUIZZING.
UR friend " Quiz"—or "Fiz"—whose articles Strakosch:—Mdlle. Marie Leslina, described as a
COVEE PAGES.
appear in that readable paper the Sunday '' prima donna, from the Grand Opera House,
The four pages of the cover are divided into two col
Mirror,
of Philadelphia, is immensely entertaining Paris;" Mdlle. Mei and Mdlle. Ricci, prime con-
umns to a page.
He quotes from an account tralti; Signori, Stephane, Perugini, and Lazzarini,
IN THE WIDTH OF A SINGLE COLUMN ON THESE in a recent effort.
published by us in a late number of the MUSICAL first tenors; Herr Wacwitz, basso; and Mr. Sweet,
COVER PAGES THE KATE IS
CRITIC AND TRADE EEVIEW of a reception given to baritone. Mdlle Kellogg will also appear under
$ 2 0 PEK INCH for one quarter (3 months.)
Patti, at which the singer received the ovation this management in a few performances in New
INSIDE PAGES.
and homages of a brilliant company of the nobility. Orleans and other cities. The New Orleans opera
The inside pages are divided into three columns to a At the end of the quotation our friend "Quiz,"— season will begin December 19.
page.
It is stated that Miss Emma Thursby will return
IN THE WIDTH OF A SINGLE COLUMN ON THESE or "Fiz,"—says:—
"The writer who chronicles the above naively to the United States in the autumn, for a concert
INSIDE PAGES THE RATE IS
adds: (They refrained, however, from asking her tour, under Mr. Maurice Strakosch's management.
$ 1 4 : PEtt INCH for one quarter (3 months).
concerning her relations with Nicolini), without It seems a question whether the concert business
DIRECTORY
seeming to realize that such an act would have been will not be overdone in America this autumn. Mad-
In the "Directory of the MUSICAL PROFESSION AND an unwarrantable impertinence, an interference with ame Patti will have a concert tour, and so will
THE Music TRADES," a space of THREE LINES, the domestic relations of an artist only practiced by Madame Gerster and Mrs. Osgood, and now Miss
NEITHER MORE NOR LESS, IS ALLOWED FOR A SINGLE a certain class of journalistic Bohemians."
CAKD. These cards will not be taken for a shorter time We are at a loss to know whether " Quiz,"—or Thursby.
The Wiener Signale states that Mons. B. Ullman
than one year, and their wording cannot be altered after "Fiz,"—is joking or in earnest when he says:
the first insertion, except in the case of a change of ad- '' The writer who chronicles the above naively will conduct a concert party through Germany
dress, or something equally necessary. Payment for
this winter, with Madame Albani and Madame Nor-
these cards MUST INVARIABLY BE MADE IN AD- adds." Why, naively? We added it with a pur- man Neruda as stars.
pose friend " Quiz,"—or " Fiz,"—for we wondered
VANCE. They will not be inserted until paid for.
Madame Essipoff and her husband, Professor
whether the assemblage gathered together at the
THE RATE FOB A SINGLE CAKD IS
$ 1 1 3 , THREE LINES, ONE YEAR, INVARIABLY IN Patti reception paused for an instant to consider Leschetizky, propose to undertake a concert tour
in whose company they were. The idea of '' Quiz," this winter through Germany, Holland, Switzer-
ADVANCE.
—or "Fiz,"—saying that it would have been an land, Denmark", Sweden, and Norway.
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS, No. I.
Professor Hanslick, of Vienna, has been decora-
"unwarrantable impertinence" for the company
We particularly desire to call attention to the fact that to have asked Patti concerning her relations with ted with the Order of Leopold of Belgium.
we carry no "DEAD WOOD," OR UNPAID ADVERTISE
The following is a tolerably correct list of the
MENTS IN THIS PAPER. All our advertisements are Nicolini, is enough to throw the solemnest owl into
a fit of laughter. "Quiz's,"—or " Fiz's,"—head whereabouts of the song birds. Madame Nilsson
properly contracted for.
must be like the Scotchman's which would no is at Mont Dore, Madame Albani at Brighton, Ma-
It would be an act of the GROSSEST INJUSTICE TO allow a joke to enter it until a hole had been bored dame Patti at Aix-les-Baius, Madame Marie Roze
ADVERTISERS WHO PAY TO INSERT THE ADVERTISE in the cranium with an augur.
at Mont Dore, Madame Valleria at Rochdale, Miss
MENTS OF OTHEB PARTIES WHO PAY NOTHING, OR
Speaking of Patti, we are glad to see that others Minnie Hauck at Marienbad, Bohemia, Miss Kel-
NEXT TO NOTHING.
are keeping the fact of her relations with Nicolin' logg in New York, Madame Gerster at Bologna,
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS, No. II.
before the public. In its issue of August 27th Madame Sembrich in Germany, MM. Marini, Ver-
We do not take pianos, organs, or any description of the New York Dramatic Hews says in an editoria gnet, and Lassalle at Paris, en route elsewhere, Ma-
musical merchandise, in payment for advertisements in article:
dame Trebelli on tour on the Continent, M. and
the MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW. We an
Mdlle. de Reszke and M. Mierswinski at Warsaw,
"
What
we
have
to
do
with,
though,
is
the
manner
o
not engaged in renting out musical instruments, nor in her return to the land of her birth. What she is to Madame Scalchi at Turin, Signor Galassi at Milan,
selling them upon the installment plan.
day she owes mainly to American tuition, American Signor Campanini on the Italian lakes, Signor
Neither do we pay our printer s or other bills in pianos sympathy and American enterprise. She left here a Gayarre at San Sebastiano, Signor Cotogni at Ber-
or organs taken for advertising.
poor girl, with a voice and a reputation. She returns gantino, M. Faure at Entretat, M. Sante Athos at
here a very rich woman, with a voice, but without a Florence, Madame Carlotta Patti at Palermo.
reputation. Whether the American public will take
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
her private eccentricities into consideration, remains
Johannes Brahms, who is at present staying at
to be seen. It is probable they will not. What is Rehwinkel, is engaged on the composition of an
UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
known as our first-class society never hesitated abou opera. Goldmark, who is spending the summer at
The rates for subscription to the MUSICAL CRITIC lavishing money on actress or singer because sin Emunden, is working with great ardor at his new
AND TRADE REVIEW in the United States and Canada happened to be a mistress instead of a wife. The opera, " Der Friondling," libretto by Dahn.
audacity of Madame Patti in bringing here Sig
are:
In the Musik Welt a discussion has arisen a pro-
1 YEAR {includingpostage)
$2.00 Nicolini may cause a great deal of comment, but i
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l.OO is not apt to hurt her in a pecuniary sense, and M"ur pos of a so-called " organ symphony " by Herr
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5O ray Hill will probably vie with one another as to whr August Fischer, as to who wrote the first organ
shall have the honor of receiving the lady in thei symphony Professor Hanslick has now rushed
FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
private houses. So true is it that great talent over into the fray, and he claims the honor for Johannes
In all foreign countries included in the Postal Union comes the obstacles that would stand in the way o Herbeck, whose " symphony for organ and orches-
ordinary people. Only recently we had an exatnpl tra" in D minor was produced at a Philharmonic
the rates for subscription to this paper are:
of this in the person of Sarah Bernhardt.
1 YEAR (including postage)
$2.
Concert at Vienna, under Richter, in November,
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1.25
' 'We could dismiss, therefore, the question of Patti'_
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6 5 private character from consideration were it not tha 1877. What an " organ . symphony " is, is alto-
ALL THE ABOVE RATES MUST INVARIABLY BE PAID it may be taken advantage of, as an excuse not t' gether another matter. It seems to be a work in
IN ADVANCE.
pay ten dollars to go and hear her. There are man proper symphony form, but with an organ obli-
people -?ho belong to society who live, as it were, b; gato.
SINGLE COPIES
1 0 . CENTS.
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