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January 20th, 1882.
THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
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The "Valse," the second number of the collec- and old-maidish mannerisms compelled retire-
tion by Mr. Brandeis, is written in the etude form, ment. It's fickle, is that same public. I ought to
and combines within that movement some really know, for I've had ample opportunity to learn its
oi*iginal melodic forms. It makes an acceptable whims and caprices. I have naught to complain
of. My career as an artiste has been, oh, so pleas-
salon etude and should be generally studied.
Mr. Brandeis has also written lately a song, ant. I have met not only applause and apprecia-
tion, but genuine friendship and regard. To re-
"Lady Bird," dedicated to Miss Emma Juch.
Mr. Julius G. Bierck has composed a valse he turn to Mr. Whitney: He is the first of my
calls "Toujours Belle" (always pretty), and dedi- admirers, and I know you won't think it vanity
when I say I've had my share of them. He is
cated the same to his "dear wife."
The valse is really "pretty," and it made UB feel horoughly liked by my people. Mamma is
pretty good to find a composer whose marital re- really fond of him, and looks forward to my mar-
lations are so happy that he still persists in calling riage with actual pleasure. On the whole, I think
his wife "dear," and dedicating a valse to her, my chances of connubial happiness are "as fair as
CHOIE QUIRKS.
which, in its title, implies that she is, to him, "al- the most, don't you?"
It was the fair soprano of
Needless to say that the scribe agreed, and was
ways pretty."
An orthodox church choir,
May she continue to be "always pretty" to him. disposed to believe that Miss Kellogg knew her
Who sat up in the gallery
Mr. Bierck's waltz, "Le beau Nicholas," is own mind when she said "yes" to the soft plead-
And hit the sacred lyfe.
rather labored, and is, consequently, wanting in ings.—St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Quite young she was, and pretty, too—
ease and grace of movement.
A plump and pleasing person—
Aldrich's "Persian Love Song" has been set to
THE CINCINNATI PRIZE COMPOSITION.
The tenor was a brawny Scot—
music by Mrs. Bertha Ford (Brentano, publisher).
R.
WILLIAM GILCHRIST, of Philadelphia,
His name J. H. McPherson.
It has a sympathetic blending of the poetic senti-
who won the Cincinnati prize of $1,000 for
ment with the flow of melody. This would be-
He loved the fair soprano, and
come more prominent if the phrasing were indi- the best original composition for chorus and
Would fain have married been;
orchestra, to be performed at the next May Musi-
cated.
But Birdie Blanche (that was her name)
cal Festival in Cincinnati, describes his composi-
The
accompaniment
is
correct,
and
no
attempts
Told him that was too thin.
at unnecessary display are made. The composer tion in the following language:
The composition is a setting of the 40th Psalm
The blonde contralto of the choir
has talent, and should devote time to the production
Was also young and fresh,
of more songs, as her ability in this direction is for soprano, solo, choru«, orchestra, and organ,
and has feur principal divisions, exclusive of an
And went from E to lower M
manifest.
Like one of the profesh.
A few typographical errors disfigure the last introduction, each following the other without
page in text and music. In the sixth bar fi-om the pause, and connected by a gradual "descendo" in
Of course, between her and Mias Blaache
end the first chord on the left hand contains a the orchestra. The opening of the psalm seemed
Arose a deadly feud;
to me to indicate a strong outburst of praise or of
superfluous b flat.
In no church choir are women known
We must also praise an impromptu by Vincent thanksgiving for a deliverance from trials, which
To live in sisterhood.
is intended to convey. But in-
Cyril, sent to us by the publisher, G. D. Russell, the introduction
of commencing with a strong outburst, I
One eve, when twilight gently spread
of Boston, Mass. It evinces spirit and musical stead
up to it from a very subdued beginning,
Its mantle over all,
judgment that retains it within the impromptu lead
working
up to a climax at the entrance of the
The members of this model choir
form. The typography is excellent.
chorus on the words "God is our refuge and our
Had met for rehearsal.
strength." The opening movement of the chorus
The church was somewhat dimly lit;
becomes a little subdued very shortly, as it takes
IS KISS EELLOGG'S ENGAGEMENT OFF?
The tenor and Miss Blanche
the words, "A very present help in trouble,"
LOUISE KELLOGG'S engagement up
Were first to get to what she called
is followed again by an "allegro confuoco"
with wealthy Whitney of Philadelphia has which
"This old deserted ranche." *
movement on the words, "Therefore we will not
been on the lips of the gossips for months past, fear
though the earth be removed, though the
They sat them down a corner in
and has proved to be an advertisement of the first mountains
be carried into the midst of the sea."
To wait until the rest
water. This popular cantatrice has seen her hand- This movement
into still another, a "furioso"
Should come along, and all the while
some bank account swelling still larger through movement, on leads
the words, "Though the waters
Their lucky absence blessed.
this general babble about her future husband and thereof roar, though
the mountains shake with the
the prospect of her leaving the concert stage for- swelling thereof." This
The blonde contralto, coming in
is followed by an elabo-
ever.
With wholly useless haste,
rate "coda," in which all the themes of the pre-
A gentleman intimately acquainted with Miss ceding movement are worked together, and which
Discovered the young tenor's arm
Kellogg, while conversing the other day about her brings the chorus to a close. The second division,
Around somebody's waist.
engagement to a representative of THE MUSICAL in E major, is marked by an "andante contempla-
She laid the case before the Board
CRITIC AND TKADE REVIEW, said that he feared the tive" on the words, "There is a river the streams
Of Elders, who, to show
marriage would never take place.
whereof shall make glad the city of God." This
Their reprobation of the hug,
"Miss Kellogg has not broken her engagement, movement is intended to be one of tranquility,
Declared that Blanche must go.
has she?" asked our representative.
varied with occasional passionate outbursts on the
"Oh, no! that is all right, but she isn't married words, "God is in the midst of her; she shall not
She went, but not until she had,
yet. It isn't the first time she has been en- be moved." A peculiar rhythmical effect is sought
Before a select few,
gaged, as you may remember."
by the alternation of 4—4 and 3—4 time, three
Remarked that other hearts would ache
"By the newspapers?"
bars of the first being answered by two bars of the
If she told what she knew.
"Yes, and really engaged, too. And then, you second. This movement ends very tranquilly on
It was her last and deadliest shot,
know, she isn't so anxious to pass under the matri- the words, "God shall help her and that right
And proved a funeral pyre
monial yoke, after all. She's too fond of having early," and is immediately followed by an "allegro
Upon which to incinerate
her own way, and she has had it for a number of molto," in B minor, on the words, "The heathen
The balance of the choir.
years past. A woman at her age is not so anxious raged, the kingdoms were moved; he uttered his
to get married as a young girl, and I shouldn't be voice, the earth melted." In the middle of this
Stern parents all with one accord,
surprised any day to hear that the engagement was chorus the soprano solo enters for the first time on
Made haste their girls to snake
broken off."
the words, "He maketh wars to cease upon the
Prom out the place where Scandal's tongue
end of the earth; He breaketh the bow and cutteth
Had 'gan itself to shake.
the spear in sunder." The chorus works up to a
CLARA LOUISE'S DAE LING.
Without some girls, a choir, I wean,
strong climax on the words, "He burneth the
"
T
T
'
S
funny,"
said
Miss
Kellogg,
the
Diva,
an
Is like unto the play
chariot with fire," which is suddenly interrupted
J_ evening or two ago, as she daintily ex- by a "decrescendo" on the words, "Be still, and
Of Hamlet with the Scandina-
haled a blue spiral from her La Ferme ceiling- know that I am God." This leads to the third di-
vian out of the way.
ward. "It's fxinny, but it's true, that Mr. Whitney vision, which is a return of the second division in
Hell hath no fury, some one says,
is the only man whom I could by any possibility E major, and which is played through almost en-
To match a woman's ire;
call my fate."
tirely by the orchestra, the chorus merely meditat-
But ere the poet made this bluff,
Supper was over, and the reporter and the great ing on the words last quoted. This leads to the
He should have joined a choir.
songstress were conversing, if such a participle is final chorus, which is a "fugue" in E major, with
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—Chicago Tribune.
admissible when nearly all the conversation is on alia breve time, on the words, "And the Lord of
one side—apropos of the congratulations tendered Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge,"
BEVIEW OP NEW PUBLICATIONS.
by the former upon the announced betrothal to toward the close of which a "gloria patria" is intro-
E have received from Brentano's Literary Mr. Whitney.
duced, being woven in with fragments of the
Emporium, Union Square, musical pub-
" I had only really known him," she went on, "fugue" to a strong climax. The whole composi-
lications by Brentano. We are pleased to find "fifteen days, when he proposed to me, and I ac- tion finishes with an impetuous "accelerando."
nearly each composition of more than usual musi- cepted him with as much assurance of my own My central idea was to make a choral and orchestra
cal merit. Especially meritorious are the six feelings as if I had been a .tender miss and he my work,—the solo, while requiring a good singer, be-
characteristic pieces for the piano by that excellent first suitor. Somehow he knows my ways. He's ing only secondary. The psalm seemed to be par-
a dear fellow, and I know we shall be happy, ticularly adapted for musical composition, as be-
musician, Mr. Frederick Brandeis.
No. 1, Gavotte,contains new and refreshing ideas though sometimes I think regretfully of the neces- ing capable of a varied, even dramatic effect.
which make it more interesting than the average sary abandonment of the stage and its necessary
gavottes that have been turned out within the last accessories."
ten years.
"Do you really mean to leave us to 'pine on the
HARVIEB'S CHEEK.
Ever since Theodore Thomas traveled over the stem?' Aren't we to hear your voice in public
country with his orchestra, playing "Amaryllis," when your name is Avritten '?iee Kellogg?'"
n P H E YOUTHFUL editor who is rattling round
the gavotte manufacturers have been busy. The
"I really mean it, and aside from the regard I _L in the chair occupied by Nym Crinkle goe«
worst feature was that the article was made for owe to Mr. Whitney's wishes, I know the dear out of his way to ask for a free copy of THB MU-
home consumption.
public so well that I feel sure that it will be a wise SICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW at this office. Then
This gavotte of Mr. Brandeis is one of the best move to leave it when regret will be both felt and he rehashes our exclusive news about Miss Kellogg
expressed, instead of waiting until a cracked voice without giving a line of credit to this journal.
of its class.
tons, but was useless except as an ornamental
ouriosity, because a piece is cracked out of its
side. Cologne has a bell weighing twenty-five tons,
cast from the metal of cannon captured from the
French during the late war, and in Montreal there
is the largest t>f all the bells on the American
continent. The largest bell in England is that in
Westminster Abbey. The ringers gave a tuneful
imitation of the Abbey chimes, and they also
rendered "The Huntsmen's Chorus, "and a number
of Irish, Scotch, and German airs, cencluding
with Dr. J. Bull's "America."—iV. Y. Times.
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