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Issue: 1899 Vol. 29 N. 19 - Page 8
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
"Lords, indeed!—why, at one of her
szvarrys I saw one of 'em speak to a damn
fiddler—a fellar I despise!" The Great
Cynic would now have to seek some other
profession for his scornful comparison.
So much has the musician of late years
progressed in general esteem. Let us hope
that at the dawn of the Twentieth Cen-
tury, now so close at hand, the American
musician will stand where the nature of
his calling certainly entitles him to be—
upon the very pinnacle.
*
pvESPITE the critics, Abbe Perosi still
*—' continues to produce oratorios with
remarkable fecundity. His latest oratorio
"Noel," which is about to be produced for
the first time at Como, is drawing the at-
tention of the entire Italian public. Perosi
has worked upon it much longer and more
carefully than he did upon its forerunners,
and the critics who have seen the score say
that this extra work has not been wasted.
"Noel" has a unity and "fitness" which
were lacking in his other productions. It
is now claimed that the defects in his ear-
lier work were merely those of undue and
unnecessary haste. The music is con-
sidered much more varied, much more
dramatic than that of the "Resurrection
of Christ." The first public rehearsal was
a great success. The numbers that at-
tracted most attention were the duets be-
tween the soprano and contralto, the Alle-
luia, the descriptive music of the birth of
our Lord, and the twilight of the night
that followed the event. All these caused
enthusiastic applause.
*
OME well deserved criticisms of entr'acte
music, as performed by the orchestras
of many of the theatres in this city, ap-
peared recently in the Sun. We are glad
to see this matter taken up. In many of
our theatres the orchestras not only play
poor music but they do not attempt to
play it well. A disposition is manifest to
kill time rather than to afford enjoyment
to those who attend the theatre. One
manager some time ago made it a feature
of his house to employ a good orchestra
and to play first-class popular music. The
comment was frequently made by theatre-
goers at the time that if the play at this
theatre should prove to be a disappoint-
ment to them they knew they would find
the music entertaining. A point worth
considering by managers.
*
A MONO the distinguished array of ar-
**• tists who will appear with Mme. Ne-
vada, at the Metropolitan Opera House,
Nov. 12th, on the occasion of the first of
Manager Chas. L. Young's series of con-
certs, will be Miss Anna E. Otten, the
well-known violinist. Although Miss Ot-
ten has spent considerable time abroad, she
is one of the many Americans who are now
making their way to the front, and is a native
of New Jersey. Miss Otten will introduce
during the season a number t>f musical
compositions not heard in this country.
*
'"THE Philharmonic Society announces
*
this year its customary eight public
rehearsals and concerts. The dates se-
S
lected are Nov. 17 and 18, Dec. 8 and 9,
Jan. 5, 6, 26 and 27, Feb. 16 and 17, March
9, 10, 23 and 24, and April 6 and 7. The
soloists so far engaged are Alexander
Petschnikoff, Mark Hambourg, Leonora
Jackson and Mme. Schumann-Heink. The
symphonies to be played are Brahms' No.
4 in E minor, Mendelssohn's No. 3 in A
minor, Beethoven's No. 4 in B flat minor,
and No. 9 in D minor, Mozart's "Jupiter,"
Dvorak's No. 4 in C minor, Tschaikow-
ski's No. 5 in E minor and Schubert's "Un-
finished Symphony." The only novelty
announced is the " Moorish Rhapsody " of
Humperdinck.
*
TPHE Society of American Musicians and
* Composers, the successor of the Manu-
script Society, has issued a prospectus in
which it formulates its purposes. Its aim
it several years, submitting it to experts,
and sparing no pains to improve the weak
spots. However, we shall have him as a
pianist, and that will be the chief glory of
our season. Real musical geniuses are
scarce, and we cannot often have them on
our concert stage.
JV/l ME. EMMA NEVADA, the American
* * * operatic star who went abroad four
years ago and whose voice has not been
heard in New York city for twelve years, re-
turned on the St. Louis Saturday. She will
first appear in the Metropolitan Opera
House, Nov. 12th, following this appear-
ance she will sing at the Academy of Mu-
sic, Philadelphia, Nov. 17th; Metropolitan
Opera House, N. Y., Nov. 19th; Columbia
Theatre, Washington, D. C., Nov. 22; New
York City, Nov. 26. After this time Mme.
Nevada will leave on an extended
tour and her manager Mr. Charles L.
Young has arranged appearances for
her at Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago,
St. Louis, Kansas City, Omaha, Den.
ver, vSalt Lake, San Francisco, Los
Angeles, Portland, Ore., Seattle,
Victoria, B. C., Vancouver, B. C.,
Spokane, Butte, St. Paul, Milwaukee,
Boston and New York.
MASSENET has finished
J ULES
his oratorio, " T h e Promised
Land," on which he has been at work
for some time. It is divided into
three parts, "Horeb," "Jericho" and
"Canaan." He has just conducted
the first performance of "Cendrillon"
at the Theatre de la Monnaie in
ANNA E. OTTEN.
Brussels, and is now in Milan to super-
is to foster the interests of American com- intend the preparations for the production
posers. Its methods will be similar to there by Sonzogno. After Ernest Van
those employed by the Allgemeine Deut- Dyck's recent appearance at the Imperial
sche Musik-Verein of Germany and the Opera House in Vienna for the last time,
Societe des Compositeurs Fran^ais of Conductor Mahler announced that no more
France. Almost every prominent musician of Massenet's operas would be sung there.
in the country is represented in this organi- Hitherto his works have been more popular
zation. New offices have been taken at 26 in Vienna than any other place outside of
West Twenty-third street, this city.
Paris. "Werther" was sung there first.
HTHE announcement that Paderewski's
*• opera would be produced in New
York and London the coming season is
pronounced "hopelessly premature" by the
London Daily News. There can be little
doubt that when it is produced, it will
be a good opera. / He has been at work on
Mous-
taches
PI AYS • WIGS,
Beards.Grease
Faints, StageMake-Ups, etc.
for Masquerades, Parades,
Parlor, School and Stage En-
t e r t a i n m e n t s . Moustaclies,7cts.
Beards,20cts., Negro Wigs, 2!icts. "Wild West, Indian,
Chinese, Farmer, Irish,Bald and Ladles'CharacterWigs
only 75 ct s. each, any color and made to fit any size head.
All goods sent post paid on receipt of price. Ialso manu-
facture tricks and novelties. Ills, catalogue of late piny s
and new characters free. Agents wanted, coatumers
supplied. CHAS.K. HAKSllAJLA,4irr.,Loekp<>rt,}i.Y.
Casfo, jeycbange, TRenteD, also
Solb on jCaes payments
Grand, Square and Upright
PIANOFORTES
These instruments have been before the pub-
lic for fifty years, and upon their excellence
alone have attained an
Unpurchased Pre-Eminence*
Which establishes them as UNEQUALED
in Tone, Touch, Workmanship and
Durability.
Every Piano Fully Warranted for Five Yean
No. 21 East 14th Street,
NEW YORK.
WM. KNABE & CO.
WAREROOMS
48 5th Ave., near 20th St., New York
83 & 24 E. Baltimore St., Baltimore
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
"Lords, indeed!—why, at one of her
szvarrys I saw one of 'em speak to a damn
fiddler—a fellar I despise!" The Great
Cynic would now have to seek some other
profession for his scornful comparison.
So much has the musician of late years
progressed in general esteem. Let us hope
that at the dawn of the Twentieth Cen-
tury, now so close at hand, the American
musician will stand where the nature of
his calling certainly entitles him to be—
upon the very pinnacle.
*
pvESPITE the critics, Abbe Perosi still
*—' continues to produce oratorios with
remarkable fecundity. His latest oratorio
"Noel," which is about to be produced for
the first time at Como, is drawing the at-
tention of the entire Italian public. Perosi
has worked upon it much longer and more
carefully than he did upon its forerunners,
and the critics who have seen the score say
that this extra work has not been wasted.
"Noel" has a unity and "fitness" which
were lacking in his other productions. It
is now claimed that the defects in his ear-
lier work were merely those of undue and
unnecessary haste. The music is con-
sidered much more varied, much more
dramatic than that of the "Resurrection
of Christ." The first public rehearsal was
a great success. The numbers that at-
tracted most attention were the duets be-
tween the soprano and contralto, the Alle-
luia, the descriptive music of the birth of
our Lord, and the twilight of the night
that followed the event. All these caused
enthusiastic applause.
*
OME well deserved criticisms of entr'acte
music, as performed by the orchestras
of many of the theatres in this city, ap-
peared recently in the Sun. We are glad
to see this matter taken up. In many of
our theatres the orchestras not only play
poor music but they do not attempt to
play it well. A disposition is manifest to
kill time rather than to afford enjoyment
to those who attend the theatre. One
manager some time ago made it a feature
of his house to employ a good orchestra
and to play first-class popular music. The
comment was frequently made by theatre-
goers at the time that if the play at this
theatre should prove to be a disappoint-
ment to them they knew they would find
the music entertaining. A point worth
considering by managers.
*
A MONO the distinguished array of ar-
**• tists who will appear with Mme. Ne-
vada, at the Metropolitan Opera House,
Nov. 12th, on the occasion of the first of
Manager Chas. L. Young's series of con-
certs, will be Miss Anna E. Otten, the
well-known violinist. Although Miss Ot-
ten has spent considerable time abroad, she
is one of the many Americans who are now
making their way to the front, and is a native
of New Jersey. Miss Otten will introduce
during the season a number t>f musical
compositions not heard in this country.
*
'"THE Philharmonic Society announces
*
this year its customary eight public
rehearsals and concerts. The dates se-
S
lected are Nov. 17 and 18, Dec. 8 and 9,
Jan. 5, 6, 26 and 27, Feb. 16 and 17, March
9, 10, 23 and 24, and April 6 and 7. The
soloists so far engaged are Alexander
Petschnikoff, Mark Hambourg, Leonora
Jackson and Mme. Schumann-Heink. The
symphonies to be played are Brahms' No.
4 in E minor, Mendelssohn's No. 3 in A
minor, Beethoven's No. 4 in B flat minor,
and No. 9 in D minor, Mozart's "Jupiter,"
Dvorak's No. 4 in C minor, Tschaikow-
ski's No. 5 in E minor and Schubert's "Un-
finished Symphony." The only novelty
announced is the " Moorish Rhapsody " of
Humperdinck.
*
TPHE Society of American Musicians and
* Composers, the successor of the Manu-
script Society, has issued a prospectus in
which it formulates its purposes. Its aim
it several years, submitting it to experts,
and sparing no pains to improve the weak
spots. However, we shall have him as a
pianist, and that will be the chief glory of
our season. Real musical geniuses are
scarce, and we cannot often have them on
our concert stage.
JV/l ME. EMMA NEVADA, the American
* * * operatic star who went abroad four
years ago and whose voice has not been
heard in New York city for twelve years, re-
turned on the St. Louis Saturday. She will
first appear in the Metropolitan Opera
House, Nov. 12th, following this appear-
ance she will sing at the Academy of Mu-
sic, Philadelphia, Nov. 17th; Metropolitan
Opera House, N. Y., Nov. 19th; Columbia
Theatre, Washington, D. C., Nov. 22; New
York City, Nov. 26. After this time Mme.
Nevada will leave on an extended
tour and her manager Mr. Charles L.
Young has arranged appearances for
her at Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago,
St. Louis, Kansas City, Omaha, Den.
ver, vSalt Lake, San Francisco, Los
Angeles, Portland, Ore., Seattle,
Victoria, B. C., Vancouver, B. C.,
Spokane, Butte, St. Paul, Milwaukee,
Boston and New York.
MASSENET has finished
J ULES
his oratorio, " T h e Promised
Land," on which he has been at work
for some time. It is divided into
three parts, "Horeb," "Jericho" and
"Canaan." He has just conducted
the first performance of "Cendrillon"
at the Theatre de la Monnaie in
ANNA E. OTTEN.
Brussels, and is now in Milan to super-
is to foster the interests of American com- intend the preparations for the production
posers. Its methods will be similar to there by Sonzogno. After Ernest Van
those employed by the Allgemeine Deut- Dyck's recent appearance at the Imperial
sche Musik-Verein of Germany and the Opera House in Vienna for the last time,
Societe des Compositeurs Fran^ais of Conductor Mahler announced that no more
France. Almost every prominent musician of Massenet's operas would be sung there.
in the country is represented in this organi- Hitherto his works have been more popular
zation. New offices have been taken at 26 in Vienna than any other place outside of
West Twenty-third street, this city.
Paris. "Werther" was sung there first.
HTHE announcement that Paderewski's
*• opera would be produced in New
York and London the coming season is
pronounced "hopelessly premature" by the
London Daily News. There can be little
doubt that when it is produced, it will
be a good opera. / He has been at work on
Mous-
taches
PI AYS • WIGS,
Beards.Grease
Faints, StageMake-Ups, etc.
for Masquerades, Parades,
Parlor, School and Stage En-
t e r t a i n m e n t s . Moustaclies,7cts.
Beards,20cts., Negro Wigs, 2!icts. "Wild West, Indian,
Chinese, Farmer, Irish,Bald and Ladles'CharacterWigs
only 75 ct s. each, any color and made to fit any size head.
All goods sent post paid on receipt of price. Ialso manu-
facture tricks and novelties. Ills, catalogue of late piny s
and new characters free. Agents wanted, coatumers
supplied. CHAS.K. HAKSllAJLA,4irr.,Loekp<>rt,}i.Y.
Casfo, jeycbange, TRenteD, also
Solb on jCaes payments
Grand, Square and Upright
PIANOFORTES
These instruments have been before the pub-
lic for fifty years, and upon their excellence
alone have attained an
Unpurchased Pre-Eminence*
Which establishes them as UNEQUALED
in Tone, Touch, Workmanship and
Durability.
Every Piano Fully Warranted for Five Yean
No. 21 East 14th Street,
NEW YORK.
WM. KNABE & CO.
WAREROOMS
48 5th Ave., near 20th St., New York
83 & 24 E. Baltimore St., Baltimore
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