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THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
May 5th, 1S82.
whose names he is ready to furnish your corre-
spondent if you desire.
You will admit that there is no law to empower
him to send a policeman or a deputy sheriff after
the delinquents.
I have the personal assurance of Mr. Better
that he would never have attempted the rendition
of the "Lohengrin" number had he known how
he was to be conspired against in the matter of
dismembering the orchestra on which he had
counted.
Had your correspondent known that the one
flute player in the orchestra that evening had to
be brought here from Cleveland on short notice,
he would no doubt have omitted the reflection on
Mr. Better's sincerity in advertising as he did.
BETTEK'S FRIEND.
[From ail Occasional Correspondent.]
CHICAGO.
(Owing to the illness of our Regular Correspondent his letter
Is omited from this issue.)
since that time she has roamed over the entire field
©f piano literature, sighing for new worlds to con-
quer, and mourning because she found them
not.
"Familiarity breeds contempt," and Mr. Math-
ew's pupil has, through an almost interminable
course of study, lasting at least three years, become
so familiar with the concertos of Schumann, Cho-
pin, Beethoven, Bubinstein and Liszt, that they
pall upon her taste, and she has not the patience
to devote enough time to them to enable her to
play them well.
This, at least, is the only explanation that I have
been able to adduce for the most patent fact that
she does not play them well.
Any hypothesis other than this must necessarily
deny, either to her or her teacher, the possession
of transcendent abilities. As for me, perish the
thought.
This week we are to have the third concert of
the Beethoven Society, with Georg Henschel and
Miss Medora Henson as soloists.
AD. LIB.
HOBNELLSVILLE, N. 7 .
Ho-RNELLSVILLE, N. Y., April 18.
fT^HE entertainment of the Niven Sisters at the
1 M. E. Church was a success. About 300
tickets were sold, and a fair audience was present
to enjoy the programme. Stadella's sextette was a
pleasant feature of the evening. The artistic skill
of Mr. Merriman and Mrs. Maxson were warmly
applauded. The singing of the Niven Sisters was
encored.
INDIANAPOLIS.
1W The young ladies for whose benefit it was given
have developed considerable talent, and their
friends are devising means to enable them to cul-
tivate their gifts.
HORNELIJSVILLE, N. Y., April 21.
Fay Templeton's Star Opera Company, in "Oli-
vette," sang at Shattuck Opera House last night.
A large and well pleased audience were present.
E. C. W.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, May 1, 1882.
CHICAGO, April 17.
HE principal musical event of the last few days
was the debut of our new Philharmonic So-
T
ciety, which took place last Saturday evening with
299
I
NHERE can be no fault found with the quality
of musical performances that have been pro-
April 22, 1882.
gressing here during the past two weeks.
T" TOME talent has provided all the music we have One of the chief events was the
CAMILLA TJBSO
LA. been permitted to listen to since my last com-
as soloist.
STBAKOSOH ITALIAN OPERA
munication. It consisted of a series of concerts by
The concert was in every way a genuine musical the different musical societies of the city and a series, with Gerster and Kellogg, Giannini and
success, and the director, Mr. Liesegang, should most successful rendition of the "Chimes of Nor- George Sweet, and Signor Ciapini.
feel greatly encouraged thereat.
mandy" by Prof. Ora Pearson's amateur opera The repertoire consisted of "Lucia," "Mignon,"
The credit of it certainly belongs more to him company.
"II Barbiere di Siviglia," and "Faust." It was
than to any one else, and he deserves the gratitude We are proud of our amateurs, and justly so, one
very best series of performances ever
of the great Chicago public for bringing together for although this opera has been given here half a given of in the
city by Max Strakosch, as not alone
an organization which promises in the near future dozen times by professional organizations, it has were the this
solo
singers of more than ordinary merit,
to become a source of pride and great enjoyment never been sung and has seldom been acted better but the ensemble
was satisfactory.
to all lovers of good music in our city.
than it was on this occasion.
There is no doubt that Mr. Strakoseh could
Another new venture in the same domain is a The chorus was very large and splendidly succeed
establishing a large clientele in a city
musical weekly that has been devoting the greater trained, and much superior in every respect to like this in
would give him remunerative sup-
portion of its criticisms to our various church anything we have before heard this season. Per- port if he which
always bring a company like the
choirs, and writes up their weak points in a spicy haps the Serpolette of Mr. E. C. Miller, and the last one he would
here.
P^l
manner. The paper is readable and ought to be Oermaine of Mrs. Leon Barley, were the most We desire had
not alone good solo artists, but a
well patronized by the members of the profession— successful performances, though C. B. Foster's large and well-drilled
chorus and a good orches-
who, by the way, seem to be extremely fond of Oaspard, a character which requires no little dra- tra. Whenever he brings
companies such as he
learning its contents without contributing to its matic ability, was very fine.
had here last month he will receive the encomiums
support.
Prof. Pearson and O. W. Williams, in their re- due to him.
Thus you see we have an orchestra and a good spective characters—the Marquis and the Fisher- It is also gratifying to announce a satisfactory
paper; but this is not all. We have also a lec- man—were very good indeed, and the other parts series
of performances by the
turer in the person of
of the cast were well sustained. The company,
HESS ACME ENGLISH OPERA CO.
under Prof. Pearson's direction, will at once com-
"THE FILE CLOSER"
The
company
is one of the best of its kind
mence
to
study
"Fra
Diavolo,"
and
will
present
it
of Fr—d's paper. He wielda quite a caustic pen,
heard in this city. Miss Adelaide Randall, Miss
N.
and it were better, some people think, had he re- some time this summer.
Louise Searle, and the Peakes Brothers are artists
lied upon his pen for the expression of his views,
that can be listened to with pleasure. Among the
for the simple reason that he is afflicted with a
operas given were "The Mascotte," "Chimes of
hair-lip, which makes his articulation very indis-
HAMILTON, CANADA.
Normandy," " Olivette," and Lavalle's " The
tinct and his conversation very difficult to under-
Widow."
HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA, April 24.
stand.
ELDOM
have
lovers
of
music
in
this
city
en-
I once saw a phonograph and heard it talk (at
THE NEW YORK MAY MUSIC FESTIVAL
joyed such a treat as that presented to them is attracting more than ordinary attention on ac^
least that is what the exhibitor called it). When
at
the
Central
Presbyterian
Church
on
the
17th
it was announced beforehand what the machine
count of the participation in the same by the
was about to say, the snorts which before were inst., in the shape of an organ recital by
Baltimore Oratorio Society. Theodore Thomas
unintelligible became clear and really bore some
was here to rehearse the chorus, and pronounced
MB. FREDERIC ARCHER.
resemblance to the act of talking. If our friend
it in every respect satisfactory.
lijpg.
were to distribute printed copies of his lecture to His name was enough to insure a crowded house, No doubt the society will do honor to the posi-
the audience upon entering, I think he would be and our expectations were sustained by hia com- tion it will occupy in the festival. The society
more apt to convey to them what he desires.
plete mastery over the instrument.
numbers 400 ladies and 340 gentlemen, making a
There is probably no soul so dead as to refuse The programme was selected so as to give scope total of 740 singers, about 540 attending the festi-
its sincere sympathy to Mr. Mathews because of to his powers, and he succeeded in satisfying the val. Although comparatively very young, having
his infirmity, but when he, thus handicapped, in- audience of his ability as an organist.
given its first performance on May 13, 1881, in
sists upon lecturing, he exhibits the possession
The pieces that seemed to delight the audience "The Messiah," it has been pronounced one of
of a degree of courage which ought to turn a most were the offertoire in D (Batiste), Mendels- the most perfect, if not the most perfect choral
legion of Life Insurance Agents green with envy. sohn's "Songs Without Words," "Priere et Bar- body in this country.
I once knew a young man who was threatened carolle" of Meyerbeer, and the overture to Prof. Fincke is the conductor, and Mr. Otto
with total loss of hearing, so he went to Germany "Oberon."
Sutro is the president of the society.
to study music with a view to making it his pro- In the overture especially did Mr. Archer ex-
THE PBABODY CONSERVATORY
fession. Had he met with some accident depriv- hibit his power in bringing out the orchestral
ing him of both of his legs, he would no doubt efleots of the instrument.
is quietly languishing, the only disturbance being
have become a dancing master.
The programme was varied by selections from the occasional lectures of Prof. Hamerik. He
In case this young man has finished his musical Mendelssohn's vocal compositions, the solos be- gave his twenty-third lecture on the iEsthetics of
studies I would respectfully suggest to Mr. Math- ing very creditably taken by Miss Barr, soprano, Music, in the course of which he said that there
was "all kinds of music." Good enough. I sup-
ews that he secure his service to illustrate his and Mr. Payne, tenor.
lectures. By the way, I nearly forgot to mention
The following was the programme: Part I. —Con- pose there are all kinds. He further said that
the fact that the above-mentioned lectures are il- certante in C major, Handel; soprano solo and cho- some kinds appealed to the heart and some to the
lustrated. This is positively a tacit admission on rus, "Sing of Judgment" (Lauda Sion), Mendels- brain.
the part of the lecturer that the effort needs a lit- sohn, Miss Barr and choir; andante and variations, Now that is not good.
tle elucidation. I very much question whether original, written for 'cello and piano, Mendelssohn; A little study of modern physiology will con-
the desired point of clearness is attained. I allemande in F, Frederic Archer; tenor solo and vince our young aesthete that music always ap-
should incline to the opinion that it only made chorus, "O, Come, Let Us Worship" (95th Psalm), peals to the brain. I know what he means to
"confusion worse confounded."
Mendelssohn, Mr. Payne and choir; (a) andante say; but, being no lecturer, he falls into serious er-
The illustrator, or, perhaps, more properly, il- con moto, Mayer, (b) fuga in G, F. L. Krebs; rors. He does not know how to impart to his lis-
lustratress, is a pupil of Mr. Mathews, and is said offertoire in D, Batiste. Part II.—Grand sonata, teners what he means.
to be indebted to him for all (!!!) her musical ed- No. 6, Mendelssohn; Lieder Ohne Worte, Men- Further on, he says that there is philosophical,
ucation. She is supposed to be a sort of crystalli- delssohn; Tempo di Menuetto, Guilmant; motett scientific, devotional, pastoral, and poetical mu-
zation of all the various and most wonderful for soprano and chorus, "Hear my Prayer," Men- sic; but he also adds to these various "kinds of
theories of her learned instructor on "How to delssohn, Miss Barr and choir; Priere et Barca- music," searching, emotional, stirring, and touch-
Understand Music," "Appendix," "Phrasing," rolle, Meyerbeer; overture, "Oberon," Weber, ing music.
"God Save the Queen."
"Memorizing," ad inftnitum ad nauseum.
Now, this will not do at all. Some of these
Being the possessor of phenomenal talent, it Haverly's Comic Opera Company in "Patience" "kinds of music" the Professor has been trying
only took a few months of instruction under Mr. is billed here for the 26th. Nearly all the seats to demonstrate in his own compositions, but he
PEG. A. NINNY.
failed.
M. to enable her to conquer the whole field, and are taken.
INDIANAPOLIS,
S