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THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
February 20th, 1882.*
and Mrs. Sewall; trio, "The Flocks Shall Leave
KIND WOEDS.
the Mountains," Acis and Galetea, Mrs. Hubbel
and Messrs. Helps and Sewall; alto solo and Notices of t b e MUSICAL. C R I T I C A N D
chorus, "Lord in Thee,"Dettingen Te Deum, Mrs. T R A D E R E V I E W , t a k e n from o t h e r
Mays and Choral Society.
newspapers, a r e entirely unsolicited by
u s . I n spite ot t h e editor's large news-
ABROAD.
Essipoff is eoncertizing in Germany. At a re- paper a c q u a i n t a n c e , h e h a s n e v e r a s k e d
cent concert in Wiesbaden she received an ova- a line of encomium from any one.
The usual method ot obtaining large
tion.
n
u
m b e r s of puffing notices for a critical
Following are the names of the conductors who
have been leading the Leipsic Gewandhaus Con- or a r t paper is t o o n e r t o send such p a -
certs from the first concert until our day: Adam per t o country editors for a y e a r free
Hiller, Joh. Gottfried Schicht, Joh. Pkilipp *'it t h e y will kindly publish t h e enclosed
AT HOME.
Schults, C. A. Pohlentz, Felix Mendelssohn-Bar- lines"—written in t h e office of t h e paper
The Euterpe Society was to have given its first tholdy (and his substitutes, Ferdinand Hiller, to b e puffed—and t h e value ot t h e critic-
concert at Chickering Hall on February 16. The Niels W. Gade, and Ferdinand David), Julius al paper is j u s t about equal to t h e value
following artists were to appear: Mme. Cora de Kietz, and Carl Reinecke, who is the well-known
of t h e puft i n t h e obscure country sheet.
Wilhorst, soprano; Mrs. J. H. Travis, soprano; present conductor.
Mrs. Collasius, contralto; Miss Keller, contralto;
Mr. Edward A. Archer, tenor; Mr. Ivan C. Mor- Gustav Walter and his daughter, Mina Walter, Editor of THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW :
awski, bass; Mr. Edward L. Connell, bass; Mr. have been singing as Faust and Margarethe (Gou- IR—Not having received THE MUSICAL CRITIC
nod's) at the Opera House, Frankfort-on-the-
Carl Eichter, violin; Mr. A. Toulmin, harp.
AND TRADE REVIEW for December 20 or Jan-
Maine.
uary 5, I feared it might have gone back on me,
Miss Dora Becker, the young violin virtuoso,
assisted by a number of artists, gave a musical Joseph Wieniawski took part in the second con- as did the "Fraud," whose invitation to take an-
cert of the Association des Artistes Musiciens, other paper I ignored.
entertainment, on February 10, at Steck Hall.
Brussels.
Your number for January 20, however, is re-
Mr. Adolph Neuendorff, of the Germania Thea-
ceived,
and dispels the illusion. Please send me
Johannes Brahms' Deutches Requiem was recently the missing
tre, surprised a large portion of his company on
numbers, and oblige your subscriber,
February 4 with the announcement that business performed, under the direction of Pembaur, at
F.
Innsbruck.
reverses had forced him to dispense with their ser-
T., MISSOURI, January 27, 1882.
vices for the future. The artists in question are
The Rubinstein piano recitals this month in
Misses Etienne, Gross, Liebich and Schroetter, Paris took place in the Salle Erard.
MARTTNSBURG, W. VA., February 9, 1882.
and Messrs. Fischer, Jonas, Phillipp, Schulz, and
The popular concerts at Marseilles, enjoyed for Editor of THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW :
Weiss. All had contracts with Mr. Neuendorff
for the entire season of 1881-2. At first the dis- two years past, have been liberally supported.
SIR—Please forward to my address at once the
missed actors and actresses expressed the intention Since Octob'eiT I6f besides the Symphony in D, the January 20th and February 5th editions.
"Pastoral"
and
the
"Eroica"
of
Beethoven,
and
of appealing to the law, but on second thought
I can't possibly afford to lose a single edition,
they concluded to leave the country at the earliest other great works, classical and romantic, by as every number is in itself worth the price of the
Rameau,
Gliick,
Cherubiki,
Weber,
Meyerbeer,
opportunity.
Mendelssohn, and Schumann, the following com- whole subscription.
"L'Afrique" was to have been withdrawn from posers have been represented at these concerts: I have nothing special to report to you from
section of the country, as far as musical en-
the Bijou Opera House to make room", .pn.Tue.s- Bizet, Berlioz, Gujraud, Saint-Samis, and Widor. this
tertainments are concerned.
day, February 21, for an English version or the
opera of "Apajune," which has won such suc- It is reported that Gounod has finished his The demand for musical instruments here and
throughout the valley of Virginia i6 becoming
cess in Vienna and at the Thalia Theatre in this cantata "Maitre Pierre."
much better than it was heretofore. I do a good
city. In addition to the regular company at the
business'' wrth the Estey organ and Weber and
opera house, Miss Melville's opera troupe was
^Fischer pianos. I flatter myself that I sold the
to lend its aid. in the production of "Apajune."
last piano that was sold in the year 1881. Isold
%; andkclosed the bargain just one hour and a half
The Euterpe Society, of which Mr. N. J. Haines,
before New Year's day, or half past ten o'clock at
Jr., is president, was to have given its first
A CANARD.—Mr. James Roosevelt said recently,
concert in Chickering Hall on Thursday evening, that the cable dispatch from London stating that night. The piano I sold was a J. & C. Fischer
February 16. Weber's "Jubilee Cantata" was to Mr. Ernest Gye had been appointed manager of square, the purchaser being Mr. Phillip Rodes, of
be rendered, with solos by Mrs. J. H. Travis, Mrs. the new opera house here is entirely without Stras"burg, Va. There may have been a piano sold
Collasins, and Mr. Morowski. Mr. George W. foundation. The structure would not be com- later in 1881, but I doubt it.
Yours, very respectfully,
Morgan was to conduct the band.
pleted for two years, and the appointment of a
EDW. T. 'PAULL.
The fourth concert of the Standard Quartette manager at this time would be at least premature.
Club took place in Steck Hall on February 14.
A FAILURE AS "MARGUERITE."—Mile. Krauss
FENTONVILLE, MICH. , February 9, 1882.
The following programme was presented: Bazzini, was a failure in Gounod's "Faust." Notwithstand-
quartette, No. 2, D major; Schubert, trio, opus 99, ing her great success as Aida and in the "Hu- CHARLES AVERY WELLES, Editor of THE MUSICAL
CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
B flat major; Beethoven, quartette, opus 18, No. guenots," the Parisian press nearly unanimously
SIR—Your sample copy of January 20th came
3, D major.
declare her Marguerite to be a decided failure.
Amelia Materna, who has been engaged for the A POPULAR TICKET-TREASURER.—James Ellis is to hand, and I desire to subscribe for your valua-
May musical festival in this city, sails from Liver- the popular "ticket-treasurer" of Koster & Bial's ble I paper.
wish to begin with some back numbers. You
pool for this country about the middle of April. ^Concert Hall, on Twenty-third street. Ellis's ac- began,
in the number for December 5th, 1880, a
Florence Bice-Knox, the contralto, has been en- quaintance among prominent New Yorkers who series of articles by Whitfield Ward, A.M., M.D.,
gaged by Mr. Henry E. Abbey for the Patti season frequent the garden is almost unlimited, and his on the throat and its affections. I wish to begin
urbanity and good nature have won him hosts of from December 20th, as 1 have the number of De-
of Italian opera in New York.
cember 5th, and want all those numbers through
friends.
which these articles extend.
The Strakosch Italian Opera Company, of which
A GRAVE BUT TRUE ASSERTION.—Mr. H. E. Kreh-
Mme. Gerster is the principal attraction, will give biel is doing excellent work as musical critic on The If you will let me know how much that will
a season of two weeks only at Booth's Theatre, Tribune. Since he took charge of the musical come to, I will remit with the new subscription
beginning on February 5th, 1882, at once.
beginning on Monday, February 20. The sub- department it is no longer a Potter's Field.
I am teaching voice-culture in a small way; have
scription for the twelve nights will be $24, and for
TRIALS OF CAPTAIN PORTER.—The military air of studied the anatomy of the throat, and am using
six nights $12. The assisting artists will be Mile.
Leslino, Mile. Van Arnheim, Miss Carrington, Captain Charles F. Porter, of the Bijou Opera the laryngoscope to make observations.
I am greatly interested in your paper, and con-
Mile. Prassini, Mile. Ricci, Signor Giannini, Sig- House, is noticed with admiration by the ladies
nor Lazarini, Signor Perugini, Mr. Habelman, who patronize the matinee performances. The sider it the best of its class that I ever saw.
Please let me hear from you at once.
Signor Ciapini, Mr. George Sweet, Signor Man- Captain, however, has only an eye to business, and
keeps to his work like a little man despite the
Yours truly,
cini, and Signor Carbone in the principal roles.
battery of feminine glances to which he is sub-
MRS. BERTHA FITCH.
Mme. Etelka Gerster appeared as Ophelia in Am- jected.
broise Thomas's "Hamlet" in New Orleans on
In conjunction with the pianist Bonawitz, Joa-
A GIFTED SOPRANO.—Mile. Isadora Martinez, the
February 8. 1 There was a very large audience.
gifted soprano, appeared at a concert in Chicker- chim is giving a series of concerts in Russia.
The mad scene provoked a storm of applause.
ing Hall on February 18, with Mrs. Chatterton- A musical entertainment was given by the Lau-
The Urbana Choral Society gave a Handel Cham- Bohrer and others, and will sing in a concert at rel Club of Tremont, N. Y., in the church of St.
ber Concert at Lyceum Hall, TJrbana, O., on Jan- Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, February 27, for the
the Evangelist. Miss Morey played Men-
uary 6. Following was the programme: Prelude benefit of Mme. Helen Norman, contralto of John
delssohn's "Rondo Capricio" with technical skill,
and fugue, for piano, four hands, Messrs. W. Small Plymouth Church.
and, with Miss Henry, rendered "Two Merry
and J. H. Cabell; chorus, "All the Earth," Det-
Alpine
Maids" in a very pleasing manner.
Miss
CARY'S
MARRIAGE.—The
rumor
is
gaining
tingen Te Deum; duo, "The Lord is a Man of ground that Miss Annie Louise Cary will make her
War," Israel in Egypt, Messrs. Helps and Sewall; last public appearance in concert at the City Hall,
soprano solo, "Waft Her, Angels," Jeptha, Miss
Hitt; chorus, "To thee, Cherubim and Seraphim," Portland, Maine. Her marriage with Mr. James
Dettingen Te Deum; reading of Biographical Lorillard will be celebrated in the fall, and her
SO PR ANO,
Sketch of the composer, Handel, Miss Dora Bald- residence will be in this city.
win; piano solo, "Harmonious Blacksmith," Miss
ARONSON'S SCHEME.—Rudolph Aronsoa has gone Desires engagements for Opera* and Concerts,
Oratorios, Etc.
Tillie McLain; bass solo, "Shall I on Mamre's to Europe to engage performers for the Casino,
Fertile Plain," Joshua, Mr. M. H. Crane; duo, and has given out that he expects to bring Strauss Address, 50 West Kith Street, New York City.
"Othniel Achsah," Joshua, Mrs. Chas. G. Smith over the pond to entertain New Yorkers.
or MUSICAL CIUIIC AND TRADE REVIKW, 861 Broadway, Now York.
S
TALK OF THE DAY
MLLE. MARIE GLOVER,
212
THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
February 20th, 1882.*
and Mrs. Sewall; trio, "The Flocks Shall Leave
KIND WOEDS.
the Mountains," Acis and Galetea, Mrs. Hubbel
and Messrs. Helps and Sewall; alto solo and Notices of t b e MUSICAL. C R I T I C A N D
chorus, "Lord in Thee,"Dettingen Te Deum, Mrs. T R A D E R E V I E W , t a k e n from o t h e r
Mays and Choral Society.
newspapers, a r e entirely unsolicited by
u s . I n spite ot t h e editor's large news-
ABROAD.
Essipoff is eoncertizing in Germany. At a re- paper a c q u a i n t a n c e , h e h a s n e v e r a s k e d
cent concert in Wiesbaden she received an ova- a line of encomium from any one.
The usual method ot obtaining large
tion.
n
u
m b e r s of puffing notices for a critical
Following are the names of the conductors who
have been leading the Leipsic Gewandhaus Con- or a r t paper is t o o n e r t o send such p a -
certs from the first concert until our day: Adam per t o country editors for a y e a r free
Hiller, Joh. Gottfried Schicht, Joh. Pkilipp *'it t h e y will kindly publish t h e enclosed
AT HOME.
Schults, C. A. Pohlentz, Felix Mendelssohn-Bar- lines"—written in t h e office of t h e paper
The Euterpe Society was to have given its first tholdy (and his substitutes, Ferdinand Hiller, to b e puffed—and t h e value ot t h e critic-
concert at Chickering Hall on February 16. The Niels W. Gade, and Ferdinand David), Julius al paper is j u s t about equal to t h e value
following artists were to appear: Mme. Cora de Kietz, and Carl Reinecke, who is the well-known
of t h e puft i n t h e obscure country sheet.
Wilhorst, soprano; Mrs. J. H. Travis, soprano; present conductor.
Mrs. Collasius, contralto; Miss Keller, contralto;
Mr. Edward A. Archer, tenor; Mr. Ivan C. Mor- Gustav Walter and his daughter, Mina Walter, Editor of THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW :
awski, bass; Mr. Edward L. Connell, bass; Mr. have been singing as Faust and Margarethe (Gou- IR—Not having received THE MUSICAL CRITIC
nod's) at the Opera House, Frankfort-on-the-
Carl Eichter, violin; Mr. A. Toulmin, harp.
AND TRADE REVIEW for December 20 or Jan-
Maine.
uary 5, I feared it might have gone back on me,
Miss Dora Becker, the young violin virtuoso,
assisted by a number of artists, gave a musical Joseph Wieniawski took part in the second con- as did the "Fraud," whose invitation to take an-
cert of the Association des Artistes Musiciens, other paper I ignored.
entertainment, on February 10, at Steck Hall.
Brussels.
Your number for January 20, however, is re-
Mr. Adolph Neuendorff, of the Germania Thea-
ceived,
and dispels the illusion. Please send me
Johannes Brahms' Deutches Requiem was recently the missing
tre, surprised a large portion of his company on
numbers, and oblige your subscriber,
February 4 with the announcement that business performed, under the direction of Pembaur, at
F.
Innsbruck.
reverses had forced him to dispense with their ser-
T., MISSOURI, January 27, 1882.
vices for the future. The artists in question are
The Rubinstein piano recitals this month in
Misses Etienne, Gross, Liebich and Schroetter, Paris took place in the Salle Erard.
MARTTNSBURG, W. VA., February 9, 1882.
and Messrs. Fischer, Jonas, Phillipp, Schulz, and
The popular concerts at Marseilles, enjoyed for Editor of THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW :
Weiss. All had contracts with Mr. Neuendorff
for the entire season of 1881-2. At first the dis- two years past, have been liberally supported.
SIR—Please forward to my address at once the
missed actors and actresses expressed the intention Since Octob'eiT I6f besides the Symphony in D, the January 20th and February 5th editions.
"Pastoral"
and
the
"Eroica"
of
Beethoven,
and
of appealing to the law, but on second thought
I can't possibly afford to lose a single edition,
they concluded to leave the country at the earliest other great works, classical and romantic, by as every number is in itself worth the price of the
Rameau,
Gliick,
Cherubiki,
Weber,
Meyerbeer,
opportunity.
Mendelssohn, and Schumann, the following com- whole subscription.
"L'Afrique" was to have been withdrawn from posers have been represented at these concerts: I have nothing special to report to you from
section of the country, as far as musical en-
the Bijou Opera House to make room", .pn.Tue.s- Bizet, Berlioz, Gujraud, Saint-Samis, and Widor. this
tertainments are concerned.
day, February 21, for an English version or the
opera of "Apajune," which has won such suc- It is reported that Gounod has finished his The demand for musical instruments here and
throughout the valley of Virginia i6 becoming
cess in Vienna and at the Thalia Theatre in this cantata "Maitre Pierre."
much better than it was heretofore. I do a good
city. In addition to the regular company at the
business'' wrth the Estey organ and Weber and
opera house, Miss Melville's opera troupe was
^Fischer pianos. I flatter myself that I sold the
to lend its aid. in the production of "Apajune."
last piano that was sold in the year 1881. Isold
%; andkclosed the bargain just one hour and a half
The Euterpe Society, of which Mr. N. J. Haines,
before New Year's day, or half past ten o'clock at
Jr., is president, was to have given its first
A CANARD.—Mr. James Roosevelt said recently,
concert in Chickering Hall on Thursday evening, that the cable dispatch from London stating that night. The piano I sold was a J. & C. Fischer
February 16. Weber's "Jubilee Cantata" was to Mr. Ernest Gye had been appointed manager of square, the purchaser being Mr. Phillip Rodes, of
be rendered, with solos by Mrs. J. H. Travis, Mrs. the new opera house here is entirely without Stras"burg, Va. There may have been a piano sold
Collasins, and Mr. Morowski. Mr. George W. foundation. The structure would not be com- later in 1881, but I doubt it.
Yours, very respectfully,
Morgan was to conduct the band.
pleted for two years, and the appointment of a
EDW. T. 'PAULL.
The fourth concert of the Standard Quartette manager at this time would be at least premature.
Club took place in Steck Hall on February 14.
A FAILURE AS "MARGUERITE."—Mile. Krauss
FENTONVILLE, MICH. , February 9, 1882.
The following programme was presented: Bazzini, was a failure in Gounod's "Faust." Notwithstand-
quartette, No. 2, D major; Schubert, trio, opus 99, ing her great success as Aida and in the "Hu- CHARLES AVERY WELLES, Editor of THE MUSICAL
CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
B flat major; Beethoven, quartette, opus 18, No. guenots," the Parisian press nearly unanimously
SIR—Your sample copy of January 20th came
3, D major.
declare her Marguerite to be a decided failure.
Amelia Materna, who has been engaged for the A POPULAR TICKET-TREASURER.—James Ellis is to hand, and I desire to subscribe for your valua-
May musical festival in this city, sails from Liver- the popular "ticket-treasurer" of Koster & Bial's ble I paper.
wish to begin with some back numbers. You
pool for this country about the middle of April. ^Concert Hall, on Twenty-third street. Ellis's ac- began,
in the number for December 5th, 1880, a
Florence Bice-Knox, the contralto, has been en- quaintance among prominent New Yorkers who series of articles by Whitfield Ward, A.M., M.D.,
gaged by Mr. Henry E. Abbey for the Patti season frequent the garden is almost unlimited, and his on the throat and its affections. I wish to begin
urbanity and good nature have won him hosts of from December 20th, as 1 have the number of De-
of Italian opera in New York.
cember 5th, and want all those numbers through
friends.
which these articles extend.
The Strakosch Italian Opera Company, of which
A GRAVE BUT TRUE ASSERTION.—Mr. H. E. Kreh-
Mme. Gerster is the principal attraction, will give biel is doing excellent work as musical critic on The If you will let me know how much that will
a season of two weeks only at Booth's Theatre, Tribune. Since he took charge of the musical come to, I will remit with the new subscription
beginning on February 5th, 1882, at once.
beginning on Monday, February 20. The sub- department it is no longer a Potter's Field.
I am teaching voice-culture in a small way; have
scription for the twelve nights will be $24, and for
TRIALS OF CAPTAIN PORTER.—The military air of studied the anatomy of the throat, and am using
six nights $12. The assisting artists will be Mile.
Leslino, Mile. Van Arnheim, Miss Carrington, Captain Charles F. Porter, of the Bijou Opera the laryngoscope to make observations.
I am greatly interested in your paper, and con-
Mile. Prassini, Mile. Ricci, Signor Giannini, Sig- House, is noticed with admiration by the ladies
nor Lazarini, Signor Perugini, Mr. Habelman, who patronize the matinee performances. The sider it the best of its class that I ever saw.
Please let me hear from you at once.
Signor Ciapini, Mr. George Sweet, Signor Man- Captain, however, has only an eye to business, and
keeps to his work like a little man despite the
Yours truly,
cini, and Signor Carbone in the principal roles.
battery of feminine glances to which he is sub-
MRS. BERTHA FITCH.
Mme. Etelka Gerster appeared as Ophelia in Am- jected.
broise Thomas's "Hamlet" in New Orleans on
In conjunction with the pianist Bonawitz, Joa-
A GIFTED SOPRANO.—Mile. Isadora Martinez, the
February 8. 1 There was a very large audience.
gifted soprano, appeared at a concert in Chicker- chim is giving a series of concerts in Russia.
The mad scene provoked a storm of applause.
ing Hall on February 18, with Mrs. Chatterton- A musical entertainment was given by the Lau-
The Urbana Choral Society gave a Handel Cham- Bohrer and others, and will sing in a concert at rel Club of Tremont, N. Y., in the church of St.
ber Concert at Lyceum Hall, TJrbana, O., on Jan- Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, February 27, for the
the Evangelist. Miss Morey played Men-
uary 6. Following was the programme: Prelude benefit of Mme. Helen Norman, contralto of John
delssohn's "Rondo Capricio" with technical skill,
and fugue, for piano, four hands, Messrs. W. Small Plymouth Church.
and, with Miss Henry, rendered "Two Merry
and J. H. Cabell; chorus, "All the Earth," Det-
Alpine
Maids" in a very pleasing manner.
Miss
CARY'S
MARRIAGE.—The
rumor
is
gaining
tingen Te Deum; duo, "The Lord is a Man of ground that Miss Annie Louise Cary will make her
War," Israel in Egypt, Messrs. Helps and Sewall; last public appearance in concert at the City Hall,
soprano solo, "Waft Her, Angels," Jeptha, Miss
Hitt; chorus, "To thee, Cherubim and Seraphim," Portland, Maine. Her marriage with Mr. James
Dettingen Te Deum; reading of Biographical Lorillard will be celebrated in the fall, and her
SO PR ANO,
Sketch of the composer, Handel, Miss Dora Bald- residence will be in this city.
win; piano solo, "Harmonious Blacksmith," Miss
ARONSON'S SCHEME.—Rudolph Aronsoa has gone Desires engagements for Opera* and Concerts,
Oratorios, Etc.
Tillie McLain; bass solo, "Shall I on Mamre's to Europe to engage performers for the Casino,
Fertile Plain," Joshua, Mr. M. H. Crane; duo, and has given out that he expects to bring Strauss Address, 50 West Kith Street, New York City.
"Othniel Achsah," Joshua, Mrs. Chas. G. Smith over the pond to entertain New Yorkers.
or MUSICAL CIUIIC AND TRADE REVIKW, 861 Broadway, Now York.
S
TALK OF THE DAY
MLLE. MARIE GLOVER,
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