Music Trade Review
Issue: 1892 Vol. 16 N. 6 - Page 4
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
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dark forms and on the smooth watery sheet,
and many lonely people, tired with the excite-
ment and strain of trying to conquer the gnaw-
ing longing for those near dim shores, and the
dear ones at home, waiting and counting the
hours and days and years of separation, felt that
tie of sympathetic vibration—and the answer-
ing murmurs from those on the listening ship
started a tear that fell into the ocean.
SOL. MARCOSSON.
Mff DISPATCH from New Bedford, Mass.,
®^> dated September ioth, to the New York
Herald, states as follows in regard to the accu-
tious brought against Theodore Thomas by the
callow, but prodigiously self-inflated and bom-
bastic Walter Damrosch, who appears to have
constituted himself the champion of the cause
of the great music leaders of the country :
'' While the newspapers are hunting for
Theodore Thomas, Walter Damrosch is bringing
forward several accusations against him, and
the prominent musical enterprises of the East are
appealing for an explanation of his doings.
The great leader is taking his annual vacation
in the backwoods of Fair Haven, in Southern
Massachusetts. The vacation in his case is no
misnomer. The only care Mr. Thomas assumes
is to keep curious people, and especially report-
ers, off the premises. He lives in an ancient
villa on the borders of the village.
" Mr. Thomas did not seem inclined to-day to
relieve the forebodings of his confreres in New
York, by stating who would or who would not
be invited. He gave me the usual excuse, that it
was his vacation and he did not choose to be an-
noyed. Besides he said that appointments
would not be announced until he decided the
time was ripe, which would not be at present.
'' As for the feeling among New York musi-
cians, he said he knew nothing about it, and it
mattered little anyway, as New York was not
the world and only a very small part of it.
'' He was good enough to say, however, that all
the leading Eastern clubs would be represented
at the Fair, but not all would be invited. The
invitations would depend only on his judg-
ment of their merit. He was under no other re-
strictions. The amount of the appropriation
did not hamper him and his own judgment
would be supreme.
'' Then in a burst of generosity he said that
the Boston Symphony Club and the New York
Philharmonic Society would receive invitations;
in fact, that their officers had been notified sev-
eral months ago, but the organizations them-
selves knew nothing about it. As for Mr.
Damrosch's orchestra, he had nothing to say,
and in this case it did not seem to be the silence
which gives consent. That was all Thomas
would say for print. He admitted it was more
than he intended to say or should say until he
was ready to make all the announcements in
Chicago.''
AND
THE CHICAGO FAIR.
Germany's Emperor, Says Mr. "William
Steinway, Will Probably Not Visit
America During the Colum-
bus Exposition.
BIS INTEREST IN THE LABOR STRIKES.
Considerable fuss has been caused here by the
report that at the audience granted him yester-
day Mr. Steinway had been informed by the
Emperor that his majesty might visit the Chica-
go exhibition. The Vossische Zeitung makes
some bitter remarks on the subject to-night. It
refuses to believe the report, and warns the Em-
peror against listening to the insidious counsels
of courtiers who may try to persuade him to
show the light of his imperial countenance to
those " irreverent, disrespectful Americans."—
N. Y. Herald.
Bradbury Boopv
NOT LIKELY TO SEE CHICAGO.
Mr. Steinway
Tells of His Interview
Emperor of Germany.
With the
[BY THE COMMERCIAL, CABLE TO THE HERALD.]
-cWN a previous issue we mentioned the fact
^
that Manager Van Wickle stated, during
a conversation with him in this office, that he
anticipated a large business in Washington in
consequence of the National Encampment of
the G. A. R. That Mr. Van Wickle's anticipa-
tions may be realized is evidenced by the order
for instruments which he has recently sent in
to the factory and which we print below.
BERLIN, Sept. 12, 1892.
INTERVIEWED Mr. William Steinway
to-night in his room as to his audience
with Emperor William. He had retired. He
had been much excited, as he confessed, by the
events of the preceding day. He rose to receive
WASHINGTON, D. C ,
me in a white night gown, of imperial cut. His
Sept. 7th, 1892.
manner was polite, even cordial. "The Ger-
man papers," he said, "have not reported the MR. FREEBORN G. SMITH,
Manufacturer Bradbury Pianos,
Emperor's words accurately. In answer to my
Brooklyn, N. Y.
respectful suggestion that he should visit Chi-
cago, he said: ' Tein, wir werden ja sehen die DEAR SIR : Enclosed, I hand you order for
Moeglichkeit ist durchaus nicht ausgeschlossen,' " seventy (70) Pianos ; fifty (50) Bradbury's, and
twenty (20) Webster Pianos, for the Washington
" Did he seem in earnest ? " I asked.
Branch, styles as follows : •
NOT LIKELY TO GO.
Ten (10) Bradbury style 7 in Oak.
"Well," replied Mr. Steinway, "from his
Five (5)
,,
,, 7 ,, Mah.
Ten (10)
,,
,, 7 ,, Ros.
manner I should say he did not think it very
Ten (10)
,,
,, 7 ,, Wai.
likely he would go. He spoke of many other
Five (5)
,,
,, 9 ,, Mah., Wai.,
things; of art, commerce, education and religion.
Oak.
He spoke at length of the Homestead riots, ask-
Ten (10)
,,
,, 6 ,, in assorted
woods.
ing particularly if all strikers there were social-
Ten (10) Webster style A. in Oak.
ists and anarchists. I said that not one-tenth
Five (5)
,,
,, A. ,, Wai.
were.
Five (5)
,,
,, A. ,, Ros.
'' The Kaiser seemed to take great interest in
As
we
are
entirely
out
of some styles of the
the New York labor movement, and seemed
Bradbury,
we
trust
you
will fill the order as
amazed at the quick falling off in the socialist
promptly
as
possible.
vote in our elections.
We expect over 300,000 visitors in the city
INTERRUPTED BY THE EMPRESS.
during the Grand Army Encampment, and I
'' My audience was interrupted by the sudden wish my stock complete as I will probably have
entrance of the Empress. ' Gott schuetze und a number of calls from piano dealers throughout
schirme Eure Majesteat,' came to my lips when the country.
she entered. This greeting seemed to please
Our fall trade has already started in brisk, and
their majesties. From the Empress' remarks I I shall look to you to keep us supplied with
learned that she was a great admirer of Chopin. stock.
" Finally the talk drifted on to the cholera.
Yours truly,
The Emperor said he regretted that though Ger-
W. P. VAN WICKLE,
many had admirable rules for the protection of
Manager Washington Branch.
cattle from contagious diseases, his subjects were
This shows that the "old and reliable Brad-
THE music store of Thomas & Barton, of
bury " is not only holding its own in the Cap-
Augusta, Ga., was burned out a couple of weeks unhappily less cared for.
"Their majesties looked wonderfully well itol City, but proposes to keep a little ahead of
ago. The firm have already fixed up their store
and resumed business.
and were very affable."
the procession during G. A. R. times.
•THE
SOHMER-SOHMER
PIAITOS
Are preferred by the Conscientious Musical Instructors.
Are the Favorites of the Music Loving Public.
FACTORIES:
ASTOEIA, L.
WAREROOMS:
I.
149-155 E. 14th St., New York.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
132
dark forms and on the smooth watery sheet,
and many lonely people, tired with the excite-
ment and strain of trying to conquer the gnaw-
ing longing for those near dim shores, and the
dear ones at home, waiting and counting the
hours and days and years of separation, felt that
tie of sympathetic vibration—and the answer-
ing murmurs from those on the listening ship
started a tear that fell into the ocean.
SOL. MARCOSSON.
Mff DISPATCH from New Bedford, Mass.,
®^> dated September ioth, to the New York
Herald, states as follows in regard to the accu-
tious brought against Theodore Thomas by the
callow, but prodigiously self-inflated and bom-
bastic Walter Damrosch, who appears to have
constituted himself the champion of the cause
of the great music leaders of the country :
'' While the newspapers are hunting for
Theodore Thomas, Walter Damrosch is bringing
forward several accusations against him, and
the prominent musical enterprises of the East are
appealing for an explanation of his doings.
The great leader is taking his annual vacation
in the backwoods of Fair Haven, in Southern
Massachusetts. The vacation in his case is no
misnomer. The only care Mr. Thomas assumes
is to keep curious people, and especially report-
ers, off the premises. He lives in an ancient
villa on the borders of the village.
" Mr. Thomas did not seem inclined to-day to
relieve the forebodings of his confreres in New
York, by stating who would or who would not
be invited. He gave me the usual excuse, that it
was his vacation and he did not choose to be an-
noyed. Besides he said that appointments
would not be announced until he decided the
time was ripe, which would not be at present.
'' As for the feeling among New York musi-
cians, he said he knew nothing about it, and it
mattered little anyway, as New York was not
the world and only a very small part of it.
'' He was good enough to say, however, that all
the leading Eastern clubs would be represented
at the Fair, but not all would be invited. The
invitations would depend only on his judg-
ment of their merit. He was under no other re-
strictions. The amount of the appropriation
did not hamper him and his own judgment
would be supreme.
'' Then in a burst of generosity he said that
the Boston Symphony Club and the New York
Philharmonic Society would receive invitations;
in fact, that their officers had been notified sev-
eral months ago, but the organizations them-
selves knew nothing about it. As for Mr.
Damrosch's orchestra, he had nothing to say,
and in this case it did not seem to be the silence
which gives consent. That was all Thomas
would say for print. He admitted it was more
than he intended to say or should say until he
was ready to make all the announcements in
Chicago.''
AND
THE CHICAGO FAIR.
Germany's Emperor, Says Mr. "William
Steinway, Will Probably Not Visit
America During the Colum-
bus Exposition.
BIS INTEREST IN THE LABOR STRIKES.
Considerable fuss has been caused here by the
report that at the audience granted him yester-
day Mr. Steinway had been informed by the
Emperor that his majesty might visit the Chica-
go exhibition. The Vossische Zeitung makes
some bitter remarks on the subject to-night. It
refuses to believe the report, and warns the Em-
peror against listening to the insidious counsels
of courtiers who may try to persuade him to
show the light of his imperial countenance to
those " irreverent, disrespectful Americans."—
N. Y. Herald.
Bradbury Boopv
NOT LIKELY TO SEE CHICAGO.
Mr. Steinway
Tells of His Interview
Emperor of Germany.
With the
[BY THE COMMERCIAL, CABLE TO THE HERALD.]
-cWN a previous issue we mentioned the fact
^
that Manager Van Wickle stated, during
a conversation with him in this office, that he
anticipated a large business in Washington in
consequence of the National Encampment of
the G. A. R. That Mr. Van Wickle's anticipa-
tions may be realized is evidenced by the order
for instruments which he has recently sent in
to the factory and which we print below.
BERLIN, Sept. 12, 1892.
INTERVIEWED Mr. William Steinway
to-night in his room as to his audience
with Emperor William. He had retired. He
had been much excited, as he confessed, by the
events of the preceding day. He rose to receive
WASHINGTON, D. C ,
me in a white night gown, of imperial cut. His
Sept. 7th, 1892.
manner was polite, even cordial. "The Ger-
man papers," he said, "have not reported the MR. FREEBORN G. SMITH,
Manufacturer Bradbury Pianos,
Emperor's words accurately. In answer to my
Brooklyn, N. Y.
respectful suggestion that he should visit Chi-
cago, he said: ' Tein, wir werden ja sehen die DEAR SIR : Enclosed, I hand you order for
Moeglichkeit ist durchaus nicht ausgeschlossen,' " seventy (70) Pianos ; fifty (50) Bradbury's, and
twenty (20) Webster Pianos, for the Washington
" Did he seem in earnest ? " I asked.
Branch, styles as follows : •
NOT LIKELY TO GO.
Ten (10) Bradbury style 7 in Oak.
"Well," replied Mr. Steinway, "from his
Five (5)
,,
,, 7 ,, Mah.
Ten (10)
,,
,, 7 ,, Ros.
manner I should say he did not think it very
Ten (10)
,,
,, 7 ,, Wai.
likely he would go. He spoke of many other
Five (5)
,,
,, 9 ,, Mah., Wai.,
things; of art, commerce, education and religion.
Oak.
He spoke at length of the Homestead riots, ask-
Ten (10)
,,
,, 6 ,, in assorted
woods.
ing particularly if all strikers there were social-
Ten (10) Webster style A. in Oak.
ists and anarchists. I said that not one-tenth
Five (5)
,,
,, A. ,, Wai.
were.
Five (5)
,,
,, A. ,, Ros.
'' The Kaiser seemed to take great interest in
As
we
are
entirely
out
of some styles of the
the New York labor movement, and seemed
Bradbury,
we
trust
you
will fill the order as
amazed at the quick falling off in the socialist
promptly
as
possible.
vote in our elections.
We expect over 300,000 visitors in the city
INTERRUPTED BY THE EMPRESS.
during the Grand Army Encampment, and I
'' My audience was interrupted by the sudden wish my stock complete as I will probably have
entrance of the Empress. ' Gott schuetze und a number of calls from piano dealers throughout
schirme Eure Majesteat,' came to my lips when the country.
she entered. This greeting seemed to please
Our fall trade has already started in brisk, and
their majesties. From the Empress' remarks I I shall look to you to keep us supplied with
learned that she was a great admirer of Chopin. stock.
" Finally the talk drifted on to the cholera.
Yours truly,
The Emperor said he regretted that though Ger-
W. P. VAN WICKLE,
many had admirable rules for the protection of
Manager Washington Branch.
cattle from contagious diseases, his subjects were
This shows that the "old and reliable Brad-
THE music store of Thomas & Barton, of
bury " is not only holding its own in the Cap-
Augusta, Ga., was burned out a couple of weeks unhappily less cared for.
"Their majesties looked wonderfully well itol City, but proposes to keep a little ahead of
ago. The firm have already fixed up their store
and resumed business.
and were very affable."
the procession during G. A. R. times.
•THE
SOHMER-SOHMER
PIAITOS
Are preferred by the Conscientious Musical Instructors.
Are the Favorites of the Music Loving Public.
FACTORIES:
ASTOEIA, L.
WAREROOMS:
I.
149-155 E. 14th St., New York.
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