Music Trade Review
Issue: 1897 Vol. 25 N. 14 - Page 6
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
in power and place. The feeling ran so
high that the officers of the Society re-
signed, and the newspapers of Boston con-
tained columns regarding the rumpus. It
read more like an old-time primary of one of
the political parties than a meeting of the
ancient and respectable Handel and Hay-
den Society of Boston. The result of the
Moritz Rosenthal, the great pianist, campaigning, however, is that Mr. Zerrahn
whose counterfeit presentment appears on is in charge. Of course the supporters of
our first page, will resume his American Mr. Lang are very sore and threaten not
tour on the evening of November 17, in to participate in the affairs of the Society,
this city. Rosenthal's first series of con- and all this sort of thing. Gentlemen,
certs are entirely booked. He will be "let us have peace."
0
heard five times in New York, four times
The opening of October finds the many
in Boston, six times in Chicago, and in all
teachers in conservatories and private
the large cities throughout the country.
schools back in their respective fields of
He will play in San Francisco for the first
labor. As far as we can ascertain, the
time in the last two weeks of January.
number of students in attendance this sea-
His spring tour is not quite arranged yet,
son will be larger than for many previous
but negotiations are now on foot to give a
years. This is no doubt attributable to
SIGNOR Q. CAriPANARI.
limited number of combination concerts in
the improvement in business conditions
Sig 1 . Guisseppe Campanari, the great
conjunction with another great artist. He
throughout the country. The retrench- baritone, who distinguished himself last
will probably return to London early in
ment in expenses practiced by the major- year with the Metropolitan Opera Co. in
April, where he will give a series of histor-
ity of people during the era of commercial this as well as other cities throughout the
ical recitals.
depression, was felt in musical circles Union, will appear the present season in
o
just as severely as in other spheres of ac- concert, oratorio and opera. Sig. Cam-
The papers have been making much
tivity. Now that conditions have changed panari's reputation is steadily growing and
ado about a statement which comes to the
materially for the better, it is not surpris- his standing among the musical profession
surface periodically, that Pope Leo is
ing that our conservatories and schools are is an eminent one. Wherever he has ap-
about extending his chastening hand to
reporting large classes, with every pros- peared he has won an unmistakable
church choirs—that he condemns florid or
pect of augmentation as the season pro- triumph. His voice is full, firm, sweet
so-called operatic music, expressing a
gresses.
and sympathetic. Sig. Campanari is al-
preference for the compositions of Pales-
o
ready booked for a number of prominent
trina and the Gregorian school. The fact
Wm. C. Carl, the well-known New York concerts the coming season,
of the matter is, the wishes of the Pontiff
concert organist,returned last week from a
o
are not commands, and in this as in other
tour of Norway, Sweden and England,
The
recent
Bayreuth
festival has proven
matters the bishop or pastors of the differ-
where he has been playing with remarka- a rich harvest for Cosima Wagner. The
ent churches have the option of pleasing
ble success. At the Stockholm Exposition receipts of the festival were $130,000, of
themselves as to the style of music to be
he filled an engagement at the grand organ which at least $100,000 is clear profit, as
used. It is" largely a matter of personal
in the Industrial Hall, and also played at the artists sang wholly and entirely for the
taste with the pastor in charge, and choir
the Upsala Cathedral, one of the noted honor of the thing, and there were no ex-
singers need have no fear that their ser-
ecclesiastical edifices near Stockholm. In penses for scenery. In 1895 there was a
vices will be dispensed with. The Roman
London he played twice at the Crystal large deficit and the festival in 1882 barely
Church has since its earliest days been a
Palace, and at one of the promenade con- made expenses. The next festival will be
patron and supporter of music, and its
certs in Queens' Hall, where his splendid held in 1899.
ceremonies have inspired some of the
work won immediate recognition. Mr.
0
greatest works extant The present sys-
Carl will at once begin his American tour,
Three
free
scholarships
in famous con-
tem has resisted many generations and the
opening at Montreal.
servatories,
one
of
them
in
Europe, includ-
would-be reformers will have to agitate for
0
ing
transportation
and
board
throughout
another generation before their efforts are
Mme. Marcella Sembrich, who will ap- the year, is offered by the Hallet & Davis
successful.
pear in concert at the Metropolitan Opera Co., Chicago, to ambitious teachers and
o
House October 26, will sail for America students of music. Particulars of the con-
Anton Seidl has been sojourning at his
from Hamburg on the Normannia October test can be obtained by personal applica-
Adirondacks cottage since he returned
7. At her first concert here she will be tion at the offices, 39 41 Wabash Avenue.
from Europe the early part of last month.
supported by Mr. David Bispham and a Such an offer is worthy of investigation.
His plans this winter include concerts every
full orchestra conducted by Signor Bevig-
o
Sunday night at the Metropolitan Opera
nani. Mme. Sembrich has also been en-
Mme.
Flavie
Van
den Hende, the well-
House, beginning November 28, a series
gaged to sing with the Seidl orchestra for known Belgian 'cellist' will be heard in a
to be given in the ball room of the new
the first of the subscription concerts to be number of prominent concerts this sea-
Astoria Hotel and another in Chickering
given at the new Astoria Hotel November 4. son.
Hall. In addition to the foregoing he will
as usual conduct the concerts of the Phil-
harmonic Society. Mr. Seidl's recent suc-
cess in London and Bayreuth has opened
ANTON SEIDL,
the eyes of European managers to the fact
Conductor.
that New York can claim one of the few
great operatic conductors of the world.
DATES OF CONCERTS:
o
December 7, 1897, Evening, 8 30 P. M.
November
9,
1897,
Afternoon,
3 P. M.
There has been much controversy and
February 1, 1898,
"
8 30 P. M.
January
14,
1898,
"
3
P.
M.
friction in the Handel and Hayden Society March 14, 1898,
April 5, 1898,
Afternoon, 3 P. M.
"
3 P. M.
of Boston anent the election recently of a
XAVER SCHARWENKA,
RICHARD HOFFHAN,
FRANZ RUMMEL,
conductor.
Two factions, representing
WILL PLAY THE CH1CKERINQ PIANO.
Mr. Lang and Mr. Zerrahn, seemed desir-
Admission,
Course Tickets,
Balcon 1
Reserved,
Orchestra,
50 Cents.
*5 and $7-5O.
ous of having their respective candidates SCALE OF PRICES:
7.. 00.
CHICKERING & SONS,
Grand Orchestral Concerts,
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
in power and place. The feeling ran so
high that the officers of the Society re-
signed, and the newspapers of Boston con-
tained columns regarding the rumpus. It
read more like an old-time primary of one of
the political parties than a meeting of the
ancient and respectable Handel and Hay-
den Society of Boston. The result of the
Moritz Rosenthal, the great pianist, campaigning, however, is that Mr. Zerrahn
whose counterfeit presentment appears on is in charge. Of course the supporters of
our first page, will resume his American Mr. Lang are very sore and threaten not
tour on the evening of November 17, in to participate in the affairs of the Society,
this city. Rosenthal's first series of con- and all this sort of thing. Gentlemen,
certs are entirely booked. He will be "let us have peace."
0
heard five times in New York, four times
The opening of October finds the many
in Boston, six times in Chicago, and in all
teachers in conservatories and private
the large cities throughout the country.
schools back in their respective fields of
He will play in San Francisco for the first
labor. As far as we can ascertain, the
time in the last two weeks of January.
number of students in attendance this sea-
His spring tour is not quite arranged yet,
son will be larger than for many previous
but negotiations are now on foot to give a
years. This is no doubt attributable to
SIGNOR Q. CAriPANARI.
limited number of combination concerts in
the improvement in business conditions
Sig 1 . Guisseppe Campanari, the great
conjunction with another great artist. He
throughout the country. The retrench- baritone, who distinguished himself last
will probably return to London early in
ment in expenses practiced by the major- year with the Metropolitan Opera Co. in
April, where he will give a series of histor-
ity of people during the era of commercial this as well as other cities throughout the
ical recitals.
depression, was felt in musical circles Union, will appear the present season in
o
just as severely as in other spheres of ac- concert, oratorio and opera. Sig. Cam-
The papers have been making much
tivity. Now that conditions have changed panari's reputation is steadily growing and
ado about a statement which comes to the
materially for the better, it is not surpris- his standing among the musical profession
surface periodically, that Pope Leo is
ing that our conservatories and schools are is an eminent one. Wherever he has ap-
about extending his chastening hand to
reporting large classes, with every pros- peared he has won an unmistakable
church choirs—that he condemns florid or
pect of augmentation as the season pro- triumph. His voice is full, firm, sweet
so-called operatic music, expressing a
gresses.
and sympathetic. Sig. Campanari is al-
preference for the compositions of Pales-
o
ready booked for a number of prominent
trina and the Gregorian school. The fact
Wm. C. Carl, the well-known New York concerts the coming season,
of the matter is, the wishes of the Pontiff
concert organist,returned last week from a
o
are not commands, and in this as in other
tour of Norway, Sweden and England,
The
recent
Bayreuth
festival has proven
matters the bishop or pastors of the differ-
where he has been playing with remarka- a rich harvest for Cosima Wagner. The
ent churches have the option of pleasing
ble success. At the Stockholm Exposition receipts of the festival were $130,000, of
themselves as to the style of music to be
he filled an engagement at the grand organ which at least $100,000 is clear profit, as
used. It is" largely a matter of personal
in the Industrial Hall, and also played at the artists sang wholly and entirely for the
taste with the pastor in charge, and choir
the Upsala Cathedral, one of the noted honor of the thing, and there were no ex-
singers need have no fear that their ser-
ecclesiastical edifices near Stockholm. In penses for scenery. In 1895 there was a
vices will be dispensed with. The Roman
London he played twice at the Crystal large deficit and the festival in 1882 barely
Church has since its earliest days been a
Palace, and at one of the promenade con- made expenses. The next festival will be
patron and supporter of music, and its
certs in Queens' Hall, where his splendid held in 1899.
ceremonies have inspired some of the
work won immediate recognition. Mr.
0
greatest works extant The present sys-
Carl will at once begin his American tour,
Three
free
scholarships
in famous con-
tem has resisted many generations and the
opening at Montreal.
servatories,
one
of
them
in
Europe, includ-
would-be reformers will have to agitate for
0
ing
transportation
and
board
throughout
another generation before their efforts are
Mme. Marcella Sembrich, who will ap- the year, is offered by the Hallet & Davis
successful.
pear in concert at the Metropolitan Opera Co., Chicago, to ambitious teachers and
o
House October 26, will sail for America students of music. Particulars of the con-
Anton Seidl has been sojourning at his
from Hamburg on the Normannia October test can be obtained by personal applica-
Adirondacks cottage since he returned
7. At her first concert here she will be tion at the offices, 39 41 Wabash Avenue.
from Europe the early part of last month.
supported by Mr. David Bispham and a Such an offer is worthy of investigation.
His plans this winter include concerts every
full orchestra conducted by Signor Bevig-
o
Sunday night at the Metropolitan Opera
nani. Mme. Sembrich has also been en-
Mme.
Flavie
Van
den Hende, the well-
House, beginning November 28, a series
gaged to sing with the Seidl orchestra for known Belgian 'cellist' will be heard in a
to be given in the ball room of the new
the first of the subscription concerts to be number of prominent concerts this sea-
Astoria Hotel and another in Chickering
given at the new Astoria Hotel November 4. son.
Hall. In addition to the foregoing he will
as usual conduct the concerts of the Phil-
harmonic Society. Mr. Seidl's recent suc-
cess in London and Bayreuth has opened
ANTON SEIDL,
the eyes of European managers to the fact
Conductor.
that New York can claim one of the few
great operatic conductors of the world.
DATES OF CONCERTS:
o
December 7, 1897, Evening, 8 30 P. M.
November
9,
1897,
Afternoon,
3 P. M.
There has been much controversy and
February 1, 1898,
"
8 30 P. M.
January
14,
1898,
"
3
P.
M.
friction in the Handel and Hayden Society March 14, 1898,
April 5, 1898,
Afternoon, 3 P. M.
"
3 P. M.
of Boston anent the election recently of a
XAVER SCHARWENKA,
RICHARD HOFFHAN,
FRANZ RUMMEL,
conductor.
Two factions, representing
WILL PLAY THE CH1CKERINQ PIANO.
Mr. Lang and Mr. Zerrahn, seemed desir-
Admission,
Course Tickets,
Balcon 1
Reserved,
Orchestra,
50 Cents.
*5 and $7-5O.
ous of having their respective candidates SCALE OF PRICES:
7.. 00.
CHICKERING & SONS,
Grand Orchestral Concerts,
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