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March 5th, 1882.
THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
STAFF CORRESPONDENCE
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There is another Franz here in this country who
should be sent over to Europe instead of making
"Rome howl" so near us.
DETROIT.
It is Franz Remmertz.
DETROIT, February 23.
Franz never did have what could be called a
T has been a veritable embarrass de rickesses, in
musical voice, and what is still worse, he never
a musical sense, with this community during
knew how to use the voice he had at one time.
the last month, and I am inclined to the opinion
He has been singing outside of his register, and that, in some instances, the function of intellectual
has killed the voice he had. Now, when you hear digestion was unpleasantly disturbed, through
Franz, his voice is a bellowing and is always a sheer inability to appropriate the delicacies pre-
sented to the cultivated gout.
shade "off."
This was particularly noticeable in the Thomas
It is real agony to look at Franz when he sings, Concert,
and I recall with secret satisfaction the
as he appears t© be on the point of bursting an complete verification of a prophetical venture, that
SEE in the papers that Nilsson's husband artery. His efforts are overstrained, and conse- our musical aesthetes are, in truth, mere weaklings
in art, and are lamentably wanting in the fibre es-
died in the lunatic asylum, and she had just quently lie cannot sing well.
time enough to reach the place to see his departure But they would appreciate Franz over on the sential to its fuller development.
We share here the common curse of the country,
from our mundane sphere.
other side, the same as little Toedt, with his thin mediocrity; but we have it to a greater degree,
After all, I doubt if this was a happy union.
ballad voice, who is all the time singing oratorio I make bold to say, than any other metropolitan
She made the money, and he lost it. Every- when he should have sufficient judgment to know village in the Western Hemisphere, as was strik-
exemplified during the three superb concerts
body will be glad to welcome her when she comes that in the first place he cannot please a critical ingly
given by Thomas and his incomparable orchestra.
over next season, although many years have passed audience in singing oratorio; secondly, he must The opportunity does not often present itself of
since her last appearance here, and the Madame is necessarily injure his own voice, and thirdly, he listening to these finished artists, and one might,
not as youthful as she formerly was.
does not sing the very songs that would be a upon a priori grounds, have predicted audiences
overwhelming in numbers and enthusiasm; but
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benefit both to the listener and himself.
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the inexorable logic of facts and figures complete-
Wo will not be so pleased with Mile. Marie On the other side they do not mind all these ly destroyed the pleasing assumption, for, notwith-
standing the spirited management, the series of
Heilbron's intended visit, if the story they tell things.
Anna Bock, for instance, a representative piano- concerts scored the almost incredible loss of over
about her is true.
$2,000.
Heilbron married the Count de la Panouse, and banging artist, could not get along here at all. I leave to others to draw the moral inferences,
although he had money, she did not hesitate to When she did have an engagement, the manager after such an illustration of the shallow preten-
tiousness of the so-called cultured class.
add a large sum which she had made on the stage was always happy when it was over.
She found out in time that she could not find These are always open, it has been long re-
to what he had inherited.
to invitations involving no expenditure,
But the Count speculated, and when, last any appreciation here. She packs up and goes to marked,
and they lavishly bestow their encomiums upon
month, the Union Generale of Paris exploded, it London, where she becomes a success, and of gratuitous entertainments, to the great detriment
left the Count and Countess penniless, and they all annihilators of a Beethoven sonata, Anna of the highest exponents of Art.
The instances are rare, indeed, that do not ex-
had to sell their residence to the rich Jewish tried to take the premium.
cite the same painful reflections. Perhaps I
banker, Stern.
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should make an exception of the Kellogg Concert,
This must have made Marie very angry.
There is something wrong about all this some- which was an unquestionable success financially
but there the magnet was the individual, and the
You know she is a Jewess, and when she married where.
the Count, she caused bad feeling among her He- There are hundreds of musical artists in thi popular ovation was rather a personal tribute of
to one seeking the shades of retirement.
brew friends, and since then she has not had much country, most of them here in the East, who are esteem
It is a more pleasant duty, hoAvever, to resume
to do with her old Hebrew acquaintances.
conscientiously under the conviction that if they my chronicle of musical events without further
Now comes Stern, the Hebrew, and moves right could only be heard 'in Europe now, they would philosophizing, and so I proceed to set down
into her dainty palace, and she must go on the be appreciated, while here in this ignorant that
ME. G. .T. BATCHEU>ER,
stage again.
country nobody wanted to hear them after the
The reason I say that we will not be pleased first concert.
the distinguished organist of St. Paul's Church,
closed a few weeks ago his interesting and in-
when Heilbron comes over again, is on account of
"Oh, why did Heave those classic fields?" they
organ recitals, and is busy in his prep-
some expressions she used: "I shall do like Sarah exclaim, with tears in their eyes and a nice, snug structive
arations for another prolonged sojourn in Europe,
Bernhardt. I shall sell myself, if necessary, to one little savings account in bank, made in teaching principally in England.
of those dealers in human flesh who carry on in this ignorant land.
It will be difficult to replace him, for he com-
bines
profound technical knowledgs with pleasant
speculations in artists in the New World."
It is rather peculiar how much they will relate
Now, Marie was here once, in 1875, if I am not to you of their triumphs at the court »f the Duke personal traits of character, which endear him to
a large circle of friends.
mistaken, and nobody was willing to buy her, of Liederchordermaennertafel, who presented He will be accompanied abroad by a rising
although there was flesh sufficient, if flesh was the them with brass medals (beautiful pieces of work- young pianist of this city, M. F. Clark.
The career of this conscientious devotee of the
thing these dealers were after.
manship) in recognition of their artistic abilities. piano
has been marked by strange vicissitudes,
But they were after artists, and Marie could
Meanwhile, family (large generally) is starving and his triumph over almost insuperable obstacles
sing "La Traviata" very neatly, but she could "Let us go to America" is the last suggestion.
is quite creditable to his moral force.
never draw a large house. She lacked artistic Here they arrive, give a concert, find dozens of
He has also punctuated his contemplated flight
a number of recitals brought to a successful
ability.
pupils afterward, and in a few years they smoke by
She sang during the off nights. Albani drew cigars, use butter and meat every day, while they conclusion.
Mr. de Zielinski ("Wotan") has likewise occu-
the houses and Heilbron added to the losses.
used it only once a month on the other side (where pied public attention with his organ, piano and
Marie, you had better stay in Europe; they they appreciate good music), and send their chil- vocal exhibitions, and all tend to confirm the
appreciate such artists as you much more over dren to free schools to get a good education.
favorable impressions formed of his school and
methods last year.
there than we can possibly do here.
That country where they appreciate great ar- Prior to the crowning event of the season, the
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tists so much is a wonderland.
HESS COMIC OPERA COMPANY
This reminds me of the many musical people I think there are a great many musical people
that make successes on the other side, when they here among us who should make it convenient to played to excellent houses, and cannot fail to re-
ceive a cordial reception on their return.
cannot get along here at all.
go over and remain there. They would be so With these enlivening precursory efforts, the
Now there is that genial lady and very much more appreciated on that "classic ground,' musical
pulse could not well be otherwise than
pleasing vocalist, Mme. Marie Roze, whose picture while here nobody will listen to them.
quickened by the authentic reports of the coming
of the diva Patti, and so well had the public mind
is distributed all over the Union, in every nook
NICHTSNUTZ.
been prepared by facts and inventions, that the
and corner.
advance representative fancied, in his innocence,
Marie, as Henry Mapleson calls her, in spite of
Mr. Mapleson's spring season of Italian opera the game was secured.
Henry's superb abilities as a first-class advertiser at the Academy of Music will begin March 6, witl
I believe he spent about forty-eight hours in
and manager, could not got along here. On the a performance of "Mignon," in which Mme. Detroit, and the cold indifference with which the
Minnie Hauk will sustain the title role, and Signori presence of so august a personage was received,
other side she is in constant demand.
with the astoundingly limited subscrip-
Now Franz Ruinmel could not get a corporal's Campanini and Del Puente and Mile. Emma Juch coupled
tion list, drove him incontinently away.
will
have
the
other
prominent
parts.
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'Les
Hugue-
guard to hear him play the piano if the money nots," "Fidelio," and "Carmen" are announced
At this critical juncture, Mr. C. J. Whitney,
had to be put up.
for the first week, and in Meyerbeer's opera, Mile the proprietor of the Grand Opera House, stepped
Steinway Hall was frequently filled with dead- Rossini will reappear as Valenlina, while in in, and with his personal check covered the de-
of the Abbey Combination.
heads to hear Franz snort and breathe when a dif- "Fidelio," a debutante, Mile, Dorani, a young mand
It was a perilous undertaking, but it certainly
lady
from
Cincinnati,
will
essay
the
role
of
Lenora.
ficult passage was to be attacked. Over on the The early production of Meyerbeer's "L'Afri- reflected credit upon Mr. Whitney's nerve.
other side they compare him to—Carl Tausig—the caine;" Gounod's "Romeo e Gieulietta," and Ver
He is shrewd enough, however, not to depend
upon our local sestheticism, and found patrons for
great Tausig.
di's. "Ernani," is also promised.
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