Music Trade Review
Issue: 1893 Vol. 18 N. 21 - Page 6
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
12
The music is superlatively good in every re-
spect. The tenor's songs, "Divine art, gift of
God," and a national Neapolitan song were
much applauded. The composer was recalled
twenty times during the evening. It is said
that the opera will be given at Covent Garden
next May.
JOHN RUSKIN AND TOBACCO.
OUR £UROP£AN
LONDON, December 3d, 1893.
MUSIC IN MILAN.
A literary friend writes from Milan : '' Last
week two new operas were given in Milan, where
the winter season has just commenced, and
which is not only the most go-ahead and com-
mercially important town of Italy, but also the
singing market of the whole world. Indeed, as
one passes through the vast ' Galleria,' thronged
day and night, one hears around one nothing
but scraps of conversation about singing, and
from many windows where the ' maestri ' live,
at any time of the day one hears men and wo-
men's voices singing over the well known
operas."
LEONCAVALLO'S "1 MEDICI."
The new opera, " I Medici," by Leoncavallo,
the talented composer of " I Pagliacci," was
given Thursday night, November 8th, and was a
red letter day in the world of singing. The prices
for the seats were up tremendously, forty lire
being paid for a stall which usually costs five
lire ; but the whole theatre was filled—not an
empty seat anywhere, the gallery packed, and
the boxes full from first to last with artistes and
foreign critics (among whom was Sir Augustus
Harris), and all the intelligence and aristocracy
of the city. The opera is one of a series of three,
the other two still unwritten. The libretto fol-
lows closely the history of Lorenzo (the magni-
ficent) and Guilliamo de Medici. The famous
tenor, Tamagno, took the part of the former,
and is considered over here the first tenor in the
world. The manifestations of enthusiasm seem-
ed unending, and the author was recalled thirty
times amid deafening applause.
F. H. COWEN'S "SIGNA. "
"Signa," anew opera by Mr. F. H. Cowen,
was given Nov. n t h . The libretto is taken from
the novel by Ouida of the same name. The
scene is in Italy ; first in Tuscany and afterward
in Naples, and relates the history of a certain
Signa who is a simple peasant, but with a great
talent for music. He has grown up in the vil-
lage with Gemma and Palma, two girls. The
former urges him to follow art, and throw him-
self into the turmoil of city life; while the latter
draws him to the peace and tranquility of rustic
life. Sartario, a wandering theatrical agent,
passes through the villages, and after much
hesitation Signa follows him with Gemma to
Naples. He is successful but broken-hearted,
because Gemma is unable to resist the tempta-
tions of a gay life, and does not care for his love.
His adopted father then arrives upon the scene,
and thinking to save Signa, surprises Gemma
at the door of her house, and stabs her to the
heart with his knife. Signa returns and finds
Gemma dead, and when his father cries, trium-
phantly, '' I have given you back your life,'' he
replies, " No, you have destroyed it forever."
Mr. John Ruskin may now be claimed by the
league for the prevention of the abuses of public
advertising. He applied yesterday in the Chan-
cery Division for an injunction to restrain a firm
of tobacco manufacturers from issuing '' a
smoke room booklet " largely composed of ex-
tracts from his works ! It was readily granted,
more especially as the defendants had repented
while it was yet time. They have promised to
call in the booklets and reduce them to smoke
by another process than that of the pipe. They
were unfortunate in their selection as Mr. Rus-
kin loathes tobacco. Carlyle would probably
be more in their line.
WIRMTST.
Report 09 Official fest /T\ade by tl? Jury of Section I, Liberal flrts,
U/orld's Qolumbiai)
Exposition
CHICAGO, August 25th, 1893.
EST for tensile strength made on Richie
Brothers machine, Brown & Sharpes' Mi-
crometre Gauge (1-1000 of an inch) used.
Moritz Poehlmann Music Wire: No. 13 mea-
sures 030, broke at a strain of 325 lbs.; No. 14
measures 031, broke at a strain of 335 lbs.; No.
15 measures 034, broke at a strain of 350 lbs.;
No. 16 measures 035, broke at a strain of 400
lbs.; No. 17 measures 037, broke at a strain of
415 lbs.; No. 18 measures — , broke at a strain
of
lbs.
Roeslau Music Wire: No. 13 measures 030,
broke at a strain of 260 lbs.; No. 14 measures
NIRVANA.
032, broke at a strain of 265 lbs.; No. 15 mea-
sures 034, broke at a strain of 335 lbs.; No. 16
measures 037, broke at a strain of 345 lbs.; No.
17 measures 039, broke at a strain of 360 lbs.;
No. 18 measures 043, broke at a strain of 435
lbs.
Cooper Hewitt Co., or Trenton Iron Works
ARLIAMENTARY Blue-Books are not, as
Music
Wire: No. 13 measures 030, broke at a
a rule, very interesting to musical people,
says the Musical Times, London, but an excep- strain of 298 lbs.; No. 14 measures 033, broke at
tion is found in the Annual Report of the Brit- a strain of 310 lbs.; No. 15 measures 034, broke
ish Museum which has recently been issued. at a strain of 320 lbs.; No. 16 measures 035,
The fact that "7,497 titles have been written broke at a strain of 384 lbs.; No. 17 measures
for the Music Catalogue during the year " 036, broke at a strain of 360 lbs.; No. 18 mea-
proves that there has been considerable activity sures 038, broke at a strain of 430 lbs.
In the foregoing measure the thousandth of an
in the music department. In regard to addi-
tions, "5,148 pieces of music, each piece com- inch is taken as a basis.
Award for Moritz Poehlmann Music Wire,
plete in itself, have been acquired by copyright
during the year." Who will say that' England reads :
"For most superior tensile strength, perfec-
is not a productive musical nation after that,
even supposing that all the published music has tion of finish, even gradation and spring qual-
been sent to the Museum, as it ought to be? ity."
(Signed) GEORGE STECK, Judge.
And how many of these 5,148 pieces were still-
K. BUENZ, President.
born, or will die in infancy, are very natural
J. H. GORE, Secretary.
questions. Turning to the antiquities in print-
Board of Judges, Liberal Arts.
ed music, it is gratifying to learn that "several
works of interest and rarity" have been ac-
Exhibitors of other wires, such as the Firminy
quired, especially in madrigals and motets of Music Wire (French) and the Washburn & Moen
the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Two Co., as well as Felten and Gilleaume, did not
rare works by Matheson, Handel's rival; a copy send their wire for examination.
of the plain chant setting of the Music for Holy-
week by Juan Navarro, printed in Mexico in
1604, one of the earliest musical works printed
in America, are amongst the new treasures, as
are also two works for the Spanish guitar, both " The day is cold and dark and dreary,"
published in Bologna in 1646. In musical But none can e'er feel dull and weary
MSS., Liszt's Oratorio of '' Christus,'' full score, Who have a '' Crown '' piano, by Bent made,
in the composer's autograph, has been secured Or organ, for be sure a " Crown " well played
for our national treasure-house ; also an " Anti-
Will keep all days from seeming dreary.
phonariumet Graduale" (Ambrosianum), of the
My
life
is cold and dark and dreary ;
eleventh century ; a book of Masses and Motets,
Hush,
hush,
poor heart, you'll not be weary
temp. Henry VIII. ; and what is partly a native
production, a MS. of "Fidelio," with Recita- If you an organ made by Bent, will buy,
tives by Balfe ; in addition to other works of Your heart will aye be filled with melody
And never more be dark and dreary.
interest. Those who utilise the invaluable re-
sources of the Museum will readily testify to the Hush, hush, sad heart, cease thy repining :
present efficiency of the printed and MS. music Behind the cloud the sun's still shining.
departments, under the able superintendence of And, while the " Crown " by Bent, are selling,
Mr. Barclay Squire and Mr. Hughes-Hughes Sunlight will in each home be dwelling,
respectively.
Even analytical concert-pro-
For with a " Crown " no home is dreary.
grammes and festival word-books now receive
attention, and the music catalogue has been
SUTCUFFE N. WIDDUP, music dealer, Niagara
improved.
Falls, N. Y., who is charged with grand larceny,
has left town and taken his stock of goods with
THE largest music house in Texas is that of him.
the Collins & Armstrong Company, Ft. Worth,
JOHN B. CURTIS has sworn out a warrant
whose capital is, at present, $200,000. J. F. charging Albert E. Earle, collector for Henne &
Ellis, President; H. D. Cable, Vice-President; Long Piano Co., San Francisco, Cal., with em-
Warren Collins, Secretary ; Elmon Armstrong, bezzlement, he having neglected to turn over
Treasurer.
$51 which he has belonging to the company.
f
MUSIC IN THE BRITISH
MUSEUM,
t
RAINY DAY.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
12
The music is superlatively good in every re-
spect. The tenor's songs, "Divine art, gift of
God," and a national Neapolitan song were
much applauded. The composer was recalled
twenty times during the evening. It is said
that the opera will be given at Covent Garden
next May.
JOHN RUSKIN AND TOBACCO.
OUR £UROP£AN
LONDON, December 3d, 1893.
MUSIC IN MILAN.
A literary friend writes from Milan : '' Last
week two new operas were given in Milan, where
the winter season has just commenced, and
which is not only the most go-ahead and com-
mercially important town of Italy, but also the
singing market of the whole world. Indeed, as
one passes through the vast ' Galleria,' thronged
day and night, one hears around one nothing
but scraps of conversation about singing, and
from many windows where the ' maestri ' live,
at any time of the day one hears men and wo-
men's voices singing over the well known
operas."
LEONCAVALLO'S "1 MEDICI."
The new opera, " I Medici," by Leoncavallo,
the talented composer of " I Pagliacci," was
given Thursday night, November 8th, and was a
red letter day in the world of singing. The prices
for the seats were up tremendously, forty lire
being paid for a stall which usually costs five
lire ; but the whole theatre was filled—not an
empty seat anywhere, the gallery packed, and
the boxes full from first to last with artistes and
foreign critics (among whom was Sir Augustus
Harris), and all the intelligence and aristocracy
of the city. The opera is one of a series of three,
the other two still unwritten. The libretto fol-
lows closely the history of Lorenzo (the magni-
ficent) and Guilliamo de Medici. The famous
tenor, Tamagno, took the part of the former,
and is considered over here the first tenor in the
world. The manifestations of enthusiasm seem-
ed unending, and the author was recalled thirty
times amid deafening applause.
F. H. COWEN'S "SIGNA. "
"Signa," anew opera by Mr. F. H. Cowen,
was given Nov. n t h . The libretto is taken from
the novel by Ouida of the same name. The
scene is in Italy ; first in Tuscany and afterward
in Naples, and relates the history of a certain
Signa who is a simple peasant, but with a great
talent for music. He has grown up in the vil-
lage with Gemma and Palma, two girls. The
former urges him to follow art, and throw him-
self into the turmoil of city life; while the latter
draws him to the peace and tranquility of rustic
life. Sartario, a wandering theatrical agent,
passes through the villages, and after much
hesitation Signa follows him with Gemma to
Naples. He is successful but broken-hearted,
because Gemma is unable to resist the tempta-
tions of a gay life, and does not care for his love.
His adopted father then arrives upon the scene,
and thinking to save Signa, surprises Gemma
at the door of her house, and stabs her to the
heart with his knife. Signa returns and finds
Gemma dead, and when his father cries, trium-
phantly, '' I have given you back your life,'' he
replies, " No, you have destroyed it forever."
Mr. John Ruskin may now be claimed by the
league for the prevention of the abuses of public
advertising. He applied yesterday in the Chan-
cery Division for an injunction to restrain a firm
of tobacco manufacturers from issuing '' a
smoke room booklet " largely composed of ex-
tracts from his works ! It was readily granted,
more especially as the defendants had repented
while it was yet time. They have promised to
call in the booklets and reduce them to smoke
by another process than that of the pipe. They
were unfortunate in their selection as Mr. Rus-
kin loathes tobacco. Carlyle would probably
be more in their line.
WIRMTST.
Report 09 Official fest /T\ade by tl? Jury of Section I, Liberal flrts,
U/orld's Qolumbiai)
Exposition
CHICAGO, August 25th, 1893.
EST for tensile strength made on Richie
Brothers machine, Brown & Sharpes' Mi-
crometre Gauge (1-1000 of an inch) used.
Moritz Poehlmann Music Wire: No. 13 mea-
sures 030, broke at a strain of 325 lbs.; No. 14
measures 031, broke at a strain of 335 lbs.; No.
15 measures 034, broke at a strain of 350 lbs.;
No. 16 measures 035, broke at a strain of 400
lbs.; No. 17 measures 037, broke at a strain of
415 lbs.; No. 18 measures — , broke at a strain
of
lbs.
Roeslau Music Wire: No. 13 measures 030,
broke at a strain of 260 lbs.; No. 14 measures
NIRVANA.
032, broke at a strain of 265 lbs.; No. 15 mea-
sures 034, broke at a strain of 335 lbs.; No. 16
measures 037, broke at a strain of 345 lbs.; No.
17 measures 039, broke at a strain of 360 lbs.;
No. 18 measures 043, broke at a strain of 435
lbs.
Cooper Hewitt Co., or Trenton Iron Works
ARLIAMENTARY Blue-Books are not, as
Music
Wire: No. 13 measures 030, broke at a
a rule, very interesting to musical people,
says the Musical Times, London, but an excep- strain of 298 lbs.; No. 14 measures 033, broke at
tion is found in the Annual Report of the Brit- a strain of 310 lbs.; No. 15 measures 034, broke
ish Museum which has recently been issued. at a strain of 320 lbs.; No. 16 measures 035,
The fact that "7,497 titles have been written broke at a strain of 384 lbs.; No. 17 measures
for the Music Catalogue during the year " 036, broke at a strain of 360 lbs.; No. 18 mea-
proves that there has been considerable activity sures 038, broke at a strain of 430 lbs.
In the foregoing measure the thousandth of an
in the music department. In regard to addi-
tions, "5,148 pieces of music, each piece com- inch is taken as a basis.
Award for Moritz Poehlmann Music Wire,
plete in itself, have been acquired by copyright
during the year." Who will say that' England reads :
"For most superior tensile strength, perfec-
is not a productive musical nation after that,
even supposing that all the published music has tion of finish, even gradation and spring qual-
been sent to the Museum, as it ought to be? ity."
(Signed) GEORGE STECK, Judge.
And how many of these 5,148 pieces were still-
K. BUENZ, President.
born, or will die in infancy, are very natural
J. H. GORE, Secretary.
questions. Turning to the antiquities in print-
Board of Judges, Liberal Arts.
ed music, it is gratifying to learn that "several
works of interest and rarity" have been ac-
Exhibitors of other wires, such as the Firminy
quired, especially in madrigals and motets of Music Wire (French) and the Washburn & Moen
the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Two Co., as well as Felten and Gilleaume, did not
rare works by Matheson, Handel's rival; a copy send their wire for examination.
of the plain chant setting of the Music for Holy-
week by Juan Navarro, printed in Mexico in
1604, one of the earliest musical works printed
in America, are amongst the new treasures, as
are also two works for the Spanish guitar, both " The day is cold and dark and dreary,"
published in Bologna in 1646. In musical But none can e'er feel dull and weary
MSS., Liszt's Oratorio of '' Christus,'' full score, Who have a '' Crown '' piano, by Bent made,
in the composer's autograph, has been secured Or organ, for be sure a " Crown " well played
for our national treasure-house ; also an " Anti-
Will keep all days from seeming dreary.
phonariumet Graduale" (Ambrosianum), of the
My
life
is cold and dark and dreary ;
eleventh century ; a book of Masses and Motets,
Hush,
hush,
poor heart, you'll not be weary
temp. Henry VIII. ; and what is partly a native
production, a MS. of "Fidelio," with Recita- If you an organ made by Bent, will buy,
tives by Balfe ; in addition to other works of Your heart will aye be filled with melody
And never more be dark and dreary.
interest. Those who utilise the invaluable re-
sources of the Museum will readily testify to the Hush, hush, sad heart, cease thy repining :
present efficiency of the printed and MS. music Behind the cloud the sun's still shining.
departments, under the able superintendence of And, while the " Crown " by Bent, are selling,
Mr. Barclay Squire and Mr. Hughes-Hughes Sunlight will in each home be dwelling,
respectively.
Even analytical concert-pro-
For with a " Crown " no home is dreary.
grammes and festival word-books now receive
attention, and the music catalogue has been
SUTCUFFE N. WIDDUP, music dealer, Niagara
improved.
Falls, N. Y., who is charged with grand larceny,
has left town and taken his stock of goods with
THE largest music house in Texas is that of him.
the Collins & Armstrong Company, Ft. Worth,
JOHN B. CURTIS has sworn out a warrant
whose capital is, at present, $200,000. J. F. charging Albert E. Earle, collector for Henne &
Ellis, President; H. D. Cable, Vice-President; Long Piano Co., San Francisco, Cal., with em-
Warren Collins, Secretary ; Elmon Armstrong, bezzlement, he having neglected to turn over
Treasurer.
$51 which he has belonging to the company.
f
MUSIC IN THE BRITISH
MUSEUM,
t
RAINY DAY.
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