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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
In this dainty volume, Mrs. Page has
Wednesday matinee. By this means a alike. Meanwhile the three poems sub-
number of our ambitious singers get an joined will serve as specimens of different written enough to whet our appetite. This,
we understand, is her first venture in the
opportunity to advance themselves on their lines of thought:
literary
field, and hence the more credit-
merits, and not through manufactured rep-
REVERIES.
able. It suggests that even better things
utations abroad.
Soft, flickering shadows come and go
may be expected should "she choose to har-
In the haze of a dim old room,
This organization is quietly, but none
Bright embers light, with tender glow,
ness Pegasus at a later day.
the less effectively, exercising a most benef-
A face within the gloom.
We bespeak a wide measure of success .
icent influence in the furtherance of Amer-
Reveries tender, memories sad
for this very charming volume which cov-
ican music and American musicians.
Their fanciful shadows play
ers a wide sweep of interest and utterance,
Thousands and thousands of our citizens,
Upon sweet eyes, not bright nor glad,
That weep for a by-gone day. "
and which will be appreciated by every
who, perhaps, never enjoyed grand opera
lover of poetry.
in their life, have been enabled during the
A promised vow, a life mistaken,
A far-off love of old,
The cut of Mrs. Hooper Page which ap-
past year to receive a liberal education in
A broken heart, so soon forsaken,—
pears herewith, is a facsimile of the
this special field. Then again, American
And the story rests untold.
frontispiece to the volume.
singers have also been encouraged, sup-
*
ported and appreciated in a manner that
T H A T America is not the
is full of promise for the future.
*
* only land in which singers
ACCORDING to Emma Eames the
can receive a high price for
**• French composers who are writing to-
services is shown by the case of
day in Wagner's style are only exaggerating
their one prima donna at the
his methods, and there seems to be no
Metropolitan, who is consider-
likelihood that anything will come from
ing an offer for a season in Ber-
them. French music of the kind that is
lin, to begin at the end of May
written now seems to make little appeal to
and continue through the month
the taste of Americans. In French music
of June. After returning to
to-day one notices more than ever the ad-
Europe last spring Mme. Sem-
herence to the form and the line rather
brich gave in Vienna a season
than to any great breadth of conception
of Italian opera, which aroused
and feeling.
That music pleases the
a popular and critical enthusi-
French sufficiently.
asm not equalled since the days
Speaking of the demands made on sing-
of Adelina Patti's early appear-
ers to-day Mine. Eames very correctly
ance there. For this season
says: "Instruments may get out of tune
Mme. Sembrich brought her
in cold weather or for some other natural
company from Italy. There
reason," she said, "but the singer is
were immediate demands from
always expected by the public to be in per-
Berlin for a season there, but it
fect condition. A great many things that
was late and Mme. Sembrich
would not affect another person may put a
was tired, so the propositions
singer into such condition that it is impos-
were refused. Now there is
sible for him or her to appear to the best
another demand from Berlin for
advantage. But the public is not patient
a similar season to consist of
with the artist under these circumstances.
twenty appearances at the New
The singer who would win fame to-day
Royal Theatre. In order that
must do far more than was ever expected
the performances may be made
in the past. Albani once told me that she
representatively Italian in char-
JEAN HOOPER PACE-
could never have made the reputation she
acter, Mme. Sembrich has been request-
Another poem takes us to the open fields ed to supply the company. For her own
did if she had sung to-day. She told me
under
the summer sun. It is entitled:
that in the days her triumphs were made
services there the theatre guarantees
ADORATION.
the orchestras *were smaller and not so
$1,000 for every appearance, with a
Roses and daffodils all in a row,
loud, and that above all things the singer
percentage of the profits, and assumes the
Kissed and caressed by zephyr's blow
was not required to act. But to-day one
And summer winds that softly pass,
management of the company. In this
Bow their heads to the waving grass.
must not only sing well. That is not
country, where singers are supposed to
Lilies and violets all in a row,
enough. One is expected to act just as
receive so much more than they do any-
Woo'd by rains and rivers' flow,
where else, such an offer from a foreign
And birds sweep low, as on they fly,
well."
To
whisper
a
song,
a
sweet
good-bye.
opera house may seem incredible. It is
*
But
roses,
lilies
and
daffodils
grow,
indeed
exceptional, and there are not half
A MONG the many interesting publica-
And rivers glide and birds sing low,
a
dozen
singers in the world who would
' **• tions recently issued by the well-
Each for the other. Ah ! this is true,
But
they
live
and
flow
and
sing
for
you
!
receive
it.
But there are a few, and Mme.
known publishing house of F. Tennyson
Sembrich
happens
to be one. When Mme.
Neely, a delightful book of poems by Jean
Quite different but delightful strain is
Lehmann
gives
a
song
recital in Berlin or
Hooper Page, entitled "Through Field and the following lullaby:
Vienna her profits are almost as great as
Fallow," has deservedly won more than
BYE-LOW.
they are here. She is another of the
ordinary notice. The book is dedicated to
Swinging they go, in the rocking chair,
artists
whose fame in Germany is great
her father, S. K. Hooper, one of Denver's
Heigho! bye-low!
The mother rocks with tender care
enough to make the amount she earns there
(Col.) prominent citizens. The poems, of
And softly croons love's sweetest air
almost equal to the sums paid for her
which there are forty-four in number, are
To baby dear in the rocking chair:
Heigho! bye-low!
services in this country. Mme. Sembrich
refined and tender in sentiment, while
is to make a brief tour in " I I Barbiere di
Swinging, swaying, together they go.
through them all runs a pleasing vein
Heigho! rock slow !
Seviglia" next month, following the ex-
of philosophy which gives them an
Cooing, cuddling, swing to and fro!
ample of Mile. Calve, who sang "Carmen"
Forgetful of all or whither they go—
added value. Mrs. Page has been most
But off to the land of dreams, I know.
in the smaller cities during her first season
happy in her subjects which cover a wide
Heigho ! rock slow !
field.
here in the opera.
Drowsily rocking, with gentlest sway.
There are so many gold nuggets in this
More slow ! speak low !
*
Kind sleep has kissed those eyes of gray,
poetical mine, that it is difficult for the
ROM
Vienna
comes
news of a municipal
The weary babe has left the day
reader to know which to select for especial
To wake in dreamland far away!
orchestra established to give sym-
So slow! speak low!
commendation, as all seem to merit praise
phony concerts at popular prices.
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