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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
was too fatal to the French school to allow
him to take part in the proceedings. A
subscription is to be opened in October.
The Municipal Council of Paris gives the
ground and 500 francs, and a grand con-
cert is to be given to increase the funds.
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A BOOK of great interest and of practi-
^ * cal value to the American composer has
just been issued by the John Church Co. of
Cincinnati and New York, entitled "Laurel
Winners." It contains portraits, biogra-
phies and a list of works of the leading
American composers. The book is aimed
at bringing to the notice of the American
musical public the sterling qualities of the
compositions of our native writers.
Unfortunately we, as a people, have
been too prone to see nothing but merit
in everything coming to us from for-
eign shores, and too indifferent to the
compositions of American composers.
This is largely due to the fact that up to
the present time an American publisher has
not adopted any definite means of bringing
to public notice, in a thorough manner, the
especial claims which the American com-
poser has on the executant whether it be
in the vocal or instrumental field.
There can be no question as to the
growth of musical culture in this nation,
and this gratifying tendency can be helped
along materially by such action as the
John Church Co. have taken.
Getting
together a catalogue of works by American
writers and making them known to the
public in such a dignified manner entitles
them to the especial praise and thanks of
every one interested in the musical ad-
vancement of this Nation.
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\ / I C T O R THRANE, the well-known
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manager of this city, has engaged
Eugene Ysaye, the famous violinist, and
Jean Gerardy, the celebrated 'cellist, for a
concert tour around the world to begin
next spring.
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C E R D I N A N D and Hermann Card, di-
A
rectors of the New York Institute for
violin, piano and vocal culture, gave their
first concert of this season at Chickering
Hall on the evening of Nov. 10th. They
were assisted by Messrs. Carl Schoner,
David Pasternack, violinists, and W. J.
vSee, 'cellist. The ' principal numbers on
the program were Herman Carri's quin-
tet, A Minor, Op. 32—a musicianly work
which fully displayed the composer's cul-
ture and ability—and Schumann's quartet,
E flat Major, Opus 47. Other numbers
were Ernst's fantasie, "Othello," for vio-
lin, which was played artistically by Fer-
dinand Carri, and three songs by Herman
PIP
Carri, arranged as a transcription for the
violin by Ferdinand Carri, and played by
that clever artist.
Miss Annie Worm,
soprano, sang nvimbers by Rode and
Herold very acceptably.
Notwithstand-
the inclemency of the evening, there was
a large and appreciative audience.
T H E success of American singers abroad
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is always worthy of record, hence the
following from the Musical Standard anent
Miss Blauvelt's reception in London will
be read with much interest and pleasure by
her many friends on this side of the water:
"Miss Lillian Blauvelt, the young Amer-
ican soprano of whom everyone is now
talking, made her bow to a London audi-
already reached the ear of the public, for
she drew one of the largest and most en-
thusiastic audiences that have hitherto at-
tended those concerts."
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IN view of the tendency toward " expan-
^ sion " now so rife in the political field,
it is satisfying to learn that our soon-to-be
fellow citizens, the Philippines, are quite
musical. Indeed if Dr. Paul Goldmann,
correspondent of the Frankfurter Zeitung,
may be believed, they are the most musi-
cal of all nations, for he says that ' ' there
is scarcely one who does not play some in-
strument." They supply the Asiatic demand
tor bands. In the Public Garden at Shang-
hai, for instance, there is a band of Philip-
pine Malayans. They were trained by a
German, but now get on without a leader.
Their programme is printed every morn-
ing n\ the North China Daily News. They
have got as far as Schumann, and it is ex-
pected they will soon make a move on
Wagner.
Sousa will then follow, as a
matter of course.
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USICAL London is perturbed by the
decision of the County Council that
the Sunday concerts of the highest class,
now being carried on in the Queen's
Hall, must cease. The fact that admission
is charged makes the concerts illegal. Cyn-
ics note that no such obstacle is placed in
the way of the roaring trade which the
public houses and gin palaces do during
the greater part of Sunday. This is a re-
trogressive movement on the part of the
legislators of a portion of England's greatest
municipality.
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THHE Second Symphony concert by the
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Paur Orchestra will take place at Car-
negie Music Hall this evening. The program
consists of compositions of a romantic or d ra-
matic orchestration. The solid number is
Berlioz's Third Symphony (G major) "Har-
old in Italy,"the viola obligata of which will
be played by Mr. Nahan Franko. The other
numbers are Liszt's piano concerto "Path-
etique," played by Mr. Richard Burmei-
ster; a symphonic poem, "Russ ; a," by
Bala Kirew (first time), and Smetana's
" 3artered Bride" overture.
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P R A U Anna Claud Saar, of Nice, be-
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lieves that she has discovered a way
of doing away with flats and sharps in mu-
sical notation. Instead of five lines she
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MISS LILLIAN ULAUVELT.
ence at the first of Mr. Newman's Satur-
day Symphony concerts. A few of us had
certainly heard rumors of her talents, but
to most she was totally unknown. That
made her instant success all the more
piquant; her singing was at once a pleas-
ure and a surprise. It is certainly satis-
factory to find that an audience can so
quickly appreciate uncommon merit, and
the instantaneous success must have been
all the more gratifying to the singer, since,
having only just arrived in town after a
long journey, she appeared under circum-
stances which did not make for complete
ease. At the last Queen's Hall Sunday
concert it was evident that her fame had
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