Music Trade Review
Issue: 1898 Vol. 27 N. 24 - Page 5
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
lighted with what he heard of Puccini's
score. In June, when he went to Paris,
the composer played to Sardou a prelude
which the playwright regretted was not in
existence when his play was acted first,
that it might have been given along with
the play. This part of the score was sup-
posed to represent the break of day in
Rome, and the effect of chimes is so man-
aged as to reproduce the best-known bells
in Rome. Mme. Melba may sing in "La
Tosca," when it is completed, but it was in
prospect before she studied l< La Boheme"
with the composer, and may be said to
have been written for her with about the
same exactness that "Lucia" could be de-
scribed as a composition designed especial-
ly for her. The composer who succeeds
in finding so famous a singer to interpret
his works is fortunate. It is a lucky thing
for Puccini that Mme. Melba is to be heard
in " L a Boheme," and few composers
to-day are so fortunate as to be introduced
under such favorable circumstances. Mme.
Melba may be heard in "La Tosca," for
she is said to believe that strong dramatic
roles are the kind to which she should de-
vote herself in the future. But it was
written for her just about as much as
" Lohengrin" was written for Mine. Eames,
" Aiida" for Mme. Nordica, "Carmen" for
Mme. Calve, and " T h e Barber of Seville"
for Mme. Sembrich.
of this great artist have appeared in the
daily and musical press throughout the
country. This, in a measure, has made his
personality known to the public so that he
will not be entirely a stranger when he
makes his American debut.
As announced before in these columns,
Emil Sauer was a pupil of Rubinstein and
later of Liszt.
He was born in Germany
in 1862 and made his debut in that country
in the early 8o's. He has travelled exten-
sively through Germany, Austria, Russia
and England adding every year to a repu-
new ballet which
T 1 HE Johann
Strauss
% *
T N the hitherto unknown letters from
* Wagner to Emil Heckel, the publisher,
about to be issued by Fischer of Berlin,
the interesting fact is disclosed on authority
that Wagner, at the time of his death, had
in his brain the complete scenario for three
new operas on the subjects respectively of
Martin Luther, Frederick the Great, and
Duke Bernard of Weimar. A Wagnerian
opera, with the Protestant Reformer as
hero, would have been a masterpiece in-
deed.
WICTOR HERBERT has made an entire
success of his conductorship of the
Pittsburg Orchestra. It has been decided
by the directors to increase the orchestra,
and twenty additional instrumentalists will
be engaged.
C M I L SAUER, who will make his first
*-** appearance in this country at the
Metropolitan Opera House on Jan. io,with
an orchestra of one hmndred musicians,
under the direction of Mr. Emil Paur, comes
fresh from his greatest triumphs on the
other side of the sea. His concerts during
the past season were continuous ovations.
He has had the distinguished honor of ap-
pearing before the recently crowned Queen
of Holland, Wilhelmina, in public and
several private recitals. His remarkable
talents were suitably recognized, as they
have been by prominent critics in all parts
of Europe.
If the reputation which has preceded him
is sustained, and there is not a doubt but
it will be, Emil Sauer's tournee of this
country will be one of the greatest successes
in piano recital-giving on record. Detail
after detail respecting the life and talents
once conducted in Leipsic as " a warning
example." More copies of it have been
sold for the ^Eolian (which does the execu-
tion mechanically, leaving the performer
free to attend to the expression) than of any
other composition.
In London, some
years ago, when a vote was taken for a
"request program," this overture led all
others by several hundred votes; and a
few weeks ago, when a vote was taken at a
promenade concert, the same overture
again headed the procession, followed by
Mendelssohn's violin concerto, Tschaikow-
sky's P a t h e t i c Sym-
phony, a selection from
Verdi's
"Trovatore,"
and Grieg's first " Peer
Gynt" suite. Evidently
the musical atmosphere
of London is becoming
much more bracing than
it used to be.
EMIL SAUER.
tation which needs only the approval
of American music lovers to make him
take rank as the greatest virtuoso of our
time.
A VERY interesting series of lectures on
•** famous musical composers is being
given every Wednesday evening in the
large hall of Cooper Institute, this city.
Mr. T. W. Surrette is the lecturer, and his
remarks are illustrated both by musical
selections and stereopticon views. Dur-
ing November, Schumann, Mendelssohn
and Chopin were treated of in the order
named, and on Wednesday last Tschaikow-
sky was the subject of the lecturer's re-
marks, while on Dec. 14, his subject will
be Grieg. Following this, a course of lec-
tures on modern composers will be given.
A word of commendation is due the Board
of Education and the trustees of Cooper
Institute for their noble work in making
better known (without charge), the lives
and works of these composers to the masses
of the people.
*
F all orchestral pieces known the most
popular to-day is the " Tannhauser "
overture, which the popular Mendelssohn
O
will write for the opera
in Vienna is to be in
t h r e e acts, although
not long enough to fill
an entire evening. The
book was selected from
718 submitted by com-
petitors, who wanted
the prize offered to the
successful writer. The
three scenes are to be
laid in ancient times,
in the middle ages and
in Vienna of to-day.
The story is a fairy
legend. Of the many
works submitted 60 per
cent, came from Ger-
many, chiefly from Ber-
lin. One hundred were
written in Vienna, a few
in France and Italy, and six came from the
United States. Who in this country writes
ballets? asks a writer in the Sun. A num-
ber were founded on the Loie Fuller serpen-
tine dance idea. Others were concerned
with the Trojan war, and the bicycle was
the subject of many. The ballets selected
for the final choice were "Cinderella,"
"Hans in Luck," " T h e Colors," " I n the
Year 1900," "The Prima ballerina," and
" In the Vienna Woods."
*
HTHE dates of the performances of " Der
*• Ring des Nibelungen " to be given at
the Metropolitan Opera House have been
announced.
Two performances of the
cycle will be given, one in the afternoon
and one at night. " Das Rheingold " will
be sung on Thursday evening, Jan. 12,
and on Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 7. The
evening performance will commence at
8.30 o'clock and finish at 11 ; the afternoon
performance will commence at 2.30 o'clock
and finish at 5. The second opera of the
cycle " Die Walkiire " will be sung on
Tuesday evening at 7 and close at 11.45 on
Jan. 17.
The afternoon performance
which will be given on Feb. 9 will com-
mence at 1 o'clock andend at 5.15. "Sieg-
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
lighted with what he heard of Puccini's
score. In June, when he went to Paris,
the composer played to Sardou a prelude
which the playwright regretted was not in
existence when his play was acted first,
that it might have been given along with
the play. This part of the score was sup-
posed to represent the break of day in
Rome, and the effect of chimes is so man-
aged as to reproduce the best-known bells
in Rome. Mme. Melba may sing in "La
Tosca," when it is completed, but it was in
prospect before she studied l< La Boheme"
with the composer, and may be said to
have been written for her with about the
same exactness that "Lucia" could be de-
scribed as a composition designed especial-
ly for her. The composer who succeeds
in finding so famous a singer to interpret
his works is fortunate. It is a lucky thing
for Puccini that Mme. Melba is to be heard
in " L a Boheme," and few composers
to-day are so fortunate as to be introduced
under such favorable circumstances. Mme.
Melba may be heard in "La Tosca," for
she is said to believe that strong dramatic
roles are the kind to which she should de-
vote herself in the future. But it was
written for her just about as much as
" Lohengrin" was written for Mine. Eames,
" Aiida" for Mme. Nordica, "Carmen" for
Mme. Calve, and " T h e Barber of Seville"
for Mme. Sembrich.
of this great artist have appeared in the
daily and musical press throughout the
country. This, in a measure, has made his
personality known to the public so that he
will not be entirely a stranger when he
makes his American debut.
As announced before in these columns,
Emil Sauer was a pupil of Rubinstein and
later of Liszt.
He was born in Germany
in 1862 and made his debut in that country
in the early 8o's. He has travelled exten-
sively through Germany, Austria, Russia
and England adding every year to a repu-
new ballet which
T 1 HE Johann
Strauss
% *
T N the hitherto unknown letters from
* Wagner to Emil Heckel, the publisher,
about to be issued by Fischer of Berlin,
the interesting fact is disclosed on authority
that Wagner, at the time of his death, had
in his brain the complete scenario for three
new operas on the subjects respectively of
Martin Luther, Frederick the Great, and
Duke Bernard of Weimar. A Wagnerian
opera, with the Protestant Reformer as
hero, would have been a masterpiece in-
deed.
WICTOR HERBERT has made an entire
success of his conductorship of the
Pittsburg Orchestra. It has been decided
by the directors to increase the orchestra,
and twenty additional instrumentalists will
be engaged.
C M I L SAUER, who will make his first
*-** appearance in this country at the
Metropolitan Opera House on Jan. io,with
an orchestra of one hmndred musicians,
under the direction of Mr. Emil Paur, comes
fresh from his greatest triumphs on the
other side of the sea. His concerts during
the past season were continuous ovations.
He has had the distinguished honor of ap-
pearing before the recently crowned Queen
of Holland, Wilhelmina, in public and
several private recitals. His remarkable
talents were suitably recognized, as they
have been by prominent critics in all parts
of Europe.
If the reputation which has preceded him
is sustained, and there is not a doubt but
it will be, Emil Sauer's tournee of this
country will be one of the greatest successes
in piano recital-giving on record. Detail
after detail respecting the life and talents
once conducted in Leipsic as " a warning
example." More copies of it have been
sold for the ^Eolian (which does the execu-
tion mechanically, leaving the performer
free to attend to the expression) than of any
other composition.
In London, some
years ago, when a vote was taken for a
"request program," this overture led all
others by several hundred votes; and a
few weeks ago, when a vote was taken at a
promenade concert, the same overture
again headed the procession, followed by
Mendelssohn's violin concerto, Tschaikow-
sky's P a t h e t i c Sym-
phony, a selection from
Verdi's
"Trovatore,"
and Grieg's first " Peer
Gynt" suite. Evidently
the musical atmosphere
of London is becoming
much more bracing than
it used to be.
EMIL SAUER.
tation which needs only the approval
of American music lovers to make him
take rank as the greatest virtuoso of our
time.
A VERY interesting series of lectures on
•** famous musical composers is being
given every Wednesday evening in the
large hall of Cooper Institute, this city.
Mr. T. W. Surrette is the lecturer, and his
remarks are illustrated both by musical
selections and stereopticon views. Dur-
ing November, Schumann, Mendelssohn
and Chopin were treated of in the order
named, and on Wednesday last Tschaikow-
sky was the subject of the lecturer's re-
marks, while on Dec. 14, his subject will
be Grieg. Following this, a course of lec-
tures on modern composers will be given.
A word of commendation is due the Board
of Education and the trustees of Cooper
Institute for their noble work in making
better known (without charge), the lives
and works of these composers to the masses
of the people.
*
F all orchestral pieces known the most
popular to-day is the " Tannhauser "
overture, which the popular Mendelssohn
O
will write for the opera
in Vienna is to be in
t h r e e acts, although
not long enough to fill
an entire evening. The
book was selected from
718 submitted by com-
petitors, who wanted
the prize offered to the
successful writer. The
three scenes are to be
laid in ancient times,
in the middle ages and
in Vienna of to-day.
The story is a fairy
legend. Of the many
works submitted 60 per
cent, came from Ger-
many, chiefly from Ber-
lin. One hundred were
written in Vienna, a few
in France and Italy, and six came from the
United States. Who in this country writes
ballets? asks a writer in the Sun. A num-
ber were founded on the Loie Fuller serpen-
tine dance idea. Others were concerned
with the Trojan war, and the bicycle was
the subject of many. The ballets selected
for the final choice were "Cinderella,"
"Hans in Luck," " T h e Colors," " I n the
Year 1900," "The Prima ballerina," and
" In the Vienna Woods."
*
HTHE dates of the performances of " Der
*• Ring des Nibelungen " to be given at
the Metropolitan Opera House have been
announced.
Two performances of the
cycle will be given, one in the afternoon
and one at night. " Das Rheingold " will
be sung on Thursday evening, Jan. 12,
and on Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 7. The
evening performance will commence at
8.30 o'clock and finish at 11 ; the afternoon
performance will commence at 2.30 o'clock
and finish at 5. The second opera of the
cycle " Die Walkiire " will be sung on
Tuesday evening at 7 and close at 11.45 on
Jan. 17.
The afternoon performance
which will be given on Feb. 9 will com-
mence at 1 o'clock andend at 5.15. "Sieg-
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