Music Trade Review
Issue: 1899 Vol. 29 N. 1 - Page 5
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
results obtained in the former will be
tested in the latter. The advantages of
this to the musical student can hardly be
overestimated.
#
A N offer has been made to the Guildhall
**• School of Music, London, in the
shape of a proposal to create a series of
scholarships with the special object of pro-
ducing English tenors. This looks as
though the practice of raising tenors in
hotbeds is to be abandoned. Nevertheless,
when planted young they should not be
exposed to the wind or rain and they should
be most carefully nourished. We do not
believe in picking them before they are
twenty-one years old.
*
T H E extent to which printed music has
* been cheapened during the past sixty
years is a subject of considerable interest.
A London paper says in this connection
that music publishers have more than kept
pace with book publishers. The whole of
Beethoven's thirty-eight pianoforte sonatas,
for example, can now be purchased for
half the price once demanded for one of
these immortal compositions. More than
that: a great improvement in quality has
gone on simultaneously with a great de-
crease in price. The old, expensive edi-
tions, printed from punched pewter plates,
were half illegible when they were ob-
tained. They were also full of mistakes.
The modern cheap editions, on the con-
trary, are beautifully clear. Corrections
are rendered easy by the use of movable
type; the works are carefully edited by
musicians of repute; accuracy is thus se-
cured; the mode of performance of diffi-
cult passages is explained; and an histori-
cal account of the composition, and a bio-
graphy and portrait of the composer are
usually added. The person who has not
in his possession the musical classics in a
delightful form has certainly only himself
to blame. Nor is it the classics alone which
have thus been cheapened. There are
cheap and good editions of new copyright
music, as there are cheap and good edi-
tions of new copyright novels. Competi-
tion and*enterprise have, indeed, wrought
wonders in the music-publishing trade;
and both the public and the trade have
benefited.
*
NCE in a while we come across an en-
couraging item from the South show-
ing that music is not neglected in that sec-
tion. For instance, the Tribune of Rome,
Ga., declares that "twenty-four girls play-
ing on eight pianos at the same time with
240 fingers was something worth hearing
at Shorter College." Well, we should
"smole."
*
WICTOR HERBERT'S new opera, with
* libretto by Harry B. Smith, is almost
completed. It will be produced at the
Knickerbocker Theatre this fall by Francis
Wilson. Mr. Herbert has in hand the
scores of two operas, one of which will be
used by Alice Nielson at the Casino, while
the second is intended for Frank Daniels,
who will be seen in it at Wallack's.
Mr. Herbert, by the way, has ' 'made his
O
peace" with the Musical Union. He was happiness at heart when they enacted those
reinstated as a member, the Union recog- statutes which gave woman the same rights
nizing the incorrectness of its position. and privileges accorded to men."
Mrs. Powell closed her remarks by
The question at issue is likely to again
cause misunderstandings in the near fu- dwelling on the immense benefits that ac-
crue to the singer who would increase her
ture.
interpretation and conceptive powers by
*
A N interesting feature of the recent the study of law.
Amid the greatest enthusiasm the toast-
** banquet of the New York University
Law School at the St. Denis Hotel, was master of the class extended to Mrs. Powell
the speech made by Mrs. Alma Webster a vote of thanks and in the course of some
Powell, the well-known prima donna and brief but pertinent remarks said:
member of the law class. In the course of
"Whatever bearing your study of law
may have upon your vocal art, and whether
an extended address she said:
" The study of law has aided materially you determine to adopt law or song as your
to tear down the barriers between the chosen profession, there can be no doubt
sexes. It has given woman the opportunity that in either of these professions a great
s u c c e s s awaits you.
Should your choice be
song, we can only say that
your success in this calling
will to some extent con-
sole us for the loss of a
most promising woman in
the legal profession."
*
T H E extent to which the
* d e a t h and accom-
plishments of J o h a n n
Strauss have been noticed
in every part of the civil-
ized world is perhaps the
most potent proof of the
enduring place which he
occupied in the hearts of
the millions who for half
a century have derived
genuine pleasure from his
music.
It was in June, 1872,
that " t h e waltz king"
came to t h i s country.
Patrick S. Gilmore had
engaged him at a large
salary to conduct at the
Boston peace jubilee and
his appearance there was
a [ r o u n d of triumphs.
He directed an orchestra
of over 1000 musicians,
and more than ever popu-
ALMA WEBSTER-POWELL.
larized
his
compositions.
In the same
of proving her position in society, of setting
up and maintaining the status which to her month he gave four concerts in the Acad-
has so long been denied. In law, sex is emy of Music in this city. While in New
leveled, and man and woman argue side York Strauss composed his Manhattan
by side the questions which arise in legal waltzes, in which he introduced "Old
jurisprudence. The prude discards her
shyness, and the true woman appears. The Folks at Home" and the "Star-Spangled
idle gossip and prattle of society is sup- Banner." In 1871 he entered the field of
planted by the more momentous discussion light opera, producing fourteen pieces in
of legal altercations. The 'light' novel of all.
the schoolgirl is superseded by the ponder-
One of the few disappointments in
ous .opinions of legal compilers. Woman's
vanities become subjugated and forgotten Strauss's life occurred on the evening when
in the strife for knowledge, and legal his " Morgenblatter " waltz was played for
expounders ignore entirely the existence the first time at a Concordia ball. Offen-
of sex.
bach had also provided a waltz for the oc-
"So it is, and so it ought to be. We meet
on the same threshold; we ask no odds, we casion, which he called " Abendblatter,"
crave no indulgence. We enroll ourselves and this received much more applause than
as students of law; we are fully aware of the other; which hurt Strauss so much that
all the exigencies; all we ask is to be per- he drove home and wept. One of the
mitted to rise to the occasion.
' 'We assemble here to-night in amiable proudest moments of his life was, on the
fellowship, students of one class, students other hand, when he heard that Liszt had,
of one profession. If we do not greet you at the Pope's special request, played a
with the collegian's customary salutation number of his waltzes at a soiree in the
of 'How-do, old man,' nevertheless the Vatican.
fraternal feeling of friendship is ever pres-
A short time before his death Strauss
ent. This feeling I also extend to those
said
that the success of
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
results obtained in the former will be
tested in the latter. The advantages of
this to the musical student can hardly be
overestimated.
#
A N offer has been made to the Guildhall
**• School of Music, London, in the
shape of a proposal to create a series of
scholarships with the special object of pro-
ducing English tenors. This looks as
though the practice of raising tenors in
hotbeds is to be abandoned. Nevertheless,
when planted young they should not be
exposed to the wind or rain and they should
be most carefully nourished. We do not
believe in picking them before they are
twenty-one years old.
*
T H E extent to which printed music has
* been cheapened during the past sixty
years is a subject of considerable interest.
A London paper says in this connection
that music publishers have more than kept
pace with book publishers. The whole of
Beethoven's thirty-eight pianoforte sonatas,
for example, can now be purchased for
half the price once demanded for one of
these immortal compositions. More than
that: a great improvement in quality has
gone on simultaneously with a great de-
crease in price. The old, expensive edi-
tions, printed from punched pewter plates,
were half illegible when they were ob-
tained. They were also full of mistakes.
The modern cheap editions, on the con-
trary, are beautifully clear. Corrections
are rendered easy by the use of movable
type; the works are carefully edited by
musicians of repute; accuracy is thus se-
cured; the mode of performance of diffi-
cult passages is explained; and an histori-
cal account of the composition, and a bio-
graphy and portrait of the composer are
usually added. The person who has not
in his possession the musical classics in a
delightful form has certainly only himself
to blame. Nor is it the classics alone which
have thus been cheapened. There are
cheap and good editions of new copyright
music, as there are cheap and good edi-
tions of new copyright novels. Competi-
tion and*enterprise have, indeed, wrought
wonders in the music-publishing trade;
and both the public and the trade have
benefited.
*
NCE in a while we come across an en-
couraging item from the South show-
ing that music is not neglected in that sec-
tion. For instance, the Tribune of Rome,
Ga., declares that "twenty-four girls play-
ing on eight pianos at the same time with
240 fingers was something worth hearing
at Shorter College." Well, we should
"smole."
*
WICTOR HERBERT'S new opera, with
* libretto by Harry B. Smith, is almost
completed. It will be produced at the
Knickerbocker Theatre this fall by Francis
Wilson. Mr. Herbert has in hand the
scores of two operas, one of which will be
used by Alice Nielson at the Casino, while
the second is intended for Frank Daniels,
who will be seen in it at Wallack's.
Mr. Herbert, by the way, has ' 'made his
O
peace" with the Musical Union. He was happiness at heart when they enacted those
reinstated as a member, the Union recog- statutes which gave woman the same rights
nizing the incorrectness of its position. and privileges accorded to men."
Mrs. Powell closed her remarks by
The question at issue is likely to again
cause misunderstandings in the near fu- dwelling on the immense benefits that ac-
crue to the singer who would increase her
ture.
interpretation and conceptive powers by
*
A N interesting feature of the recent the study of law.
Amid the greatest enthusiasm the toast-
** banquet of the New York University
Law School at the St. Denis Hotel, was master of the class extended to Mrs. Powell
the speech made by Mrs. Alma Webster a vote of thanks and in the course of some
Powell, the well-known prima donna and brief but pertinent remarks said:
member of the law class. In the course of
"Whatever bearing your study of law
may have upon your vocal art, and whether
an extended address she said:
" The study of law has aided materially you determine to adopt law or song as your
to tear down the barriers between the chosen profession, there can be no doubt
sexes. It has given woman the opportunity that in either of these professions a great
s u c c e s s awaits you.
Should your choice be
song, we can only say that
your success in this calling
will to some extent con-
sole us for the loss of a
most promising woman in
the legal profession."
*
T H E extent to which the
* d e a t h and accom-
plishments of J o h a n n
Strauss have been noticed
in every part of the civil-
ized world is perhaps the
most potent proof of the
enduring place which he
occupied in the hearts of
the millions who for half
a century have derived
genuine pleasure from his
music.
It was in June, 1872,
that " t h e waltz king"
came to t h i s country.
Patrick S. Gilmore had
engaged him at a large
salary to conduct at the
Boston peace jubilee and
his appearance there was
a [ r o u n d of triumphs.
He directed an orchestra
of over 1000 musicians,
and more than ever popu-
ALMA WEBSTER-POWELL.
larized
his
compositions.
In the same
of proving her position in society, of setting
up and maintaining the status which to her month he gave four concerts in the Acad-
has so long been denied. In law, sex is emy of Music in this city. While in New
leveled, and man and woman argue side York Strauss composed his Manhattan
by side the questions which arise in legal waltzes, in which he introduced "Old
jurisprudence. The prude discards her
shyness, and the true woman appears. The Folks at Home" and the "Star-Spangled
idle gossip and prattle of society is sup- Banner." In 1871 he entered the field of
planted by the more momentous discussion light opera, producing fourteen pieces in
of legal altercations. The 'light' novel of all.
the schoolgirl is superseded by the ponder-
One of the few disappointments in
ous .opinions of legal compilers. Woman's
vanities become subjugated and forgotten Strauss's life occurred on the evening when
in the strife for knowledge, and legal his " Morgenblatter " waltz was played for
expounders ignore entirely the existence the first time at a Concordia ball. Offen-
of sex.
bach had also provided a waltz for the oc-
"So it is, and so it ought to be. We meet
on the same threshold; we ask no odds, we casion, which he called " Abendblatter,"
crave no indulgence. We enroll ourselves and this received much more applause than
as students of law; we are fully aware of the other; which hurt Strauss so much that
all the exigencies; all we ask is to be per- he drove home and wept. One of the
mitted to rise to the occasion.
' 'We assemble here to-night in amiable proudest moments of his life was, on the
fellowship, students of one class, students other hand, when he heard that Liszt had,
of one profession. If we do not greet you at the Pope's special request, played a
with the collegian's customary salutation number of his waltzes at a soiree in the
of 'How-do, old man,' nevertheless the Vatican.
fraternal feeling of friendship is ever pres-
A short time before his death Strauss
ent. This feeling I also extend to those
said
that the success of
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