Music Trade Review
Issue: 1900 Vol. 30 N. 14 - Page 6
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Triennial Festival at Crystal Palace. For
the spring of 1901 Mme. Blauvelt is en-
gaged in England and Germany. Clara
Butt will visit all the principal American
cities with her own concert company,
commencing Jan. 15 and remaining until
spring. Augusta Cotlow returns this sea-
son after a successful tour in Europe. She
played here several seasons ago with Seidl
and Damrosch.
TN a recent issue we referred at some
* length to the famous harp which fur-
nished inspiration to Tom Moore, the Irish
bard, in the composition of the popular
melodies associated with his name. This
instrument, a counterfeit presentment of
MRS. MARIE GLOVER-MILLER.
which appears on this page, is now the
property of Marie Glover-Miller, the well-
known concert singer and soprano soloist
of the Church of the Sacred Heart in this
city. Moore's instrument belonged to her
grandfather, the late Prof. Glover, of
Dublin, one of the well-known family of
musicians and composers, and shortly be-
fore his death it was sent to his daughter,
ized so effectively by Sir John Stevenson
and Professor Glover. It was this harp
and his remarkably fine voice that capti-
vated the cultured people in the drawing-
rooms of London and Dublin three gener-
ations ago, for no one could equal him on
the harp or in the tender manner in which
he sang his ballads.
The harp itself is of the style known as
the Irish Dalway. It is about three feet in
height and weighs perhaps ten pounds.
It has a gracefully curved front pillar and
sweep of neck. Its compass comprises
thirty notes toned diatonically in the key
of G. It is, of course, without pedals. On
one side of the instrument appears a silver
plate with the inscription, "Moore's Harp.
Presented to Prof. Glover."
Mrs. Glover-Miller, the present owner of
this prized relic of by-gone days, has been
offered large sums of money for it, but is
not inclined to part with the harp under
any circumstances. It is not unlikely that
she may use it in concert at some future
time in a program devoted to Irish music.
A very kindly letter was received by
Mrs. Glover-Miller from the Baroness
Adelina Patti-Cedarstrom, dated at Craig-
y-nos Castle, March 7, in which she says:
" I am greatly interested to hear that you
have become the possessor of the famous
harp belonging to Tom Moore. I can well
understand that you feel delighted at hav-
ing this valuable relic of the Irish poet and
I congratulate you most heartily."
Mrs. Glover-Miller, whose portrait ap-
pears on this page, is an artist of excep-
tional endowments and she fittingly main-
tains the musical reputation of her for-
bears. Dear "Old Tommy Moore," who
so beautifully sang of music, ' 'Why should
feeling ever speak when thou canst breathe
her soul so well?" would not wish this
harp, whose chords he fondly dedicated
"tolight, freedom and song," to have fallen
into better hands.
gained dignity in his art without losing a
bit of his temperamental force. At his
opening performance with the Philhar-
monic Society he gave us what is rare
nowadays, some novelties and played them
admirably. His recitals with De Pach-
mann on Wednesday and Friday of last
week, were also of a very high order of
excellence, both in choice of numbers and
interpretation.
T H E second concert given this season by
* the pupils of the National Institute
of Music, this city, of which Win. M.
Semnacher is the competent director, oc-
curred on March 14th at Carnegie Hall
and drew a crowded house who enjoyed the
rare treat afforded by the interpretations
given by Mr. Semnacher's clever pupils.
It would be invidious to particularize in this
connection, for one and all from the primary
to the most advanced pupils, displayed the
painstaking and thorough methods for
J*
I
T is said that Walter Damrosch, after
several seasons of almost absolute self-
effacement in the musical world, contem-
plates active work with his orchestra in
giving summer concerts in the Carnegie
Music Hall, beginning early in July. Ar-
rangements are now under way tending
toward that end, and will soon be complete.
Mr. Damrosch's plans, as thus far out-
lined, are somewhat similar to those of
Franz Kaltenborn, who conducted concerts
at St. Nicholas's Garden last Summer. The
auditorium of the Carnegie Music Hall
will be covered over with a floor, upon
which tables and chairs will be placed, and
drinks will be served. The floor will be
profusely decorated with plants and palms,
to give the hall an appearance as near a
Summer garden as possible.
Mrs. Daniel Glover-O'Sullivan, now the
organist of Holy Trinity Church, this city,
and she in turn gave it to her daughter,
Mrs. Miller.
There is a wealth of memories surround-
ing this quaint old instrument, apart from
being the medium utilized by Moore when
writing those charming words to the an-
cient Irish airs, and which were harmon-
MARTEAU, the renowned
H ENRI
French violinist, who recently re-
turned for a short tour of this country, has
demonstrated in the several concerts in
which he has been heard that he still pos-
sesses the same combination of breadth
and elegance, virility and musicianly feel-
ing which has always been characteristic
of his playing. He has unquestionably
HENRI MARTEAU.
which this eminent instructor and his staff
are distinguished. The program was an in-
teresting one, and embraced beside the clas-
sical numbers several modern compositions,
including three works of Mr. Semnacher's
which emphasized his marked talent in
this department of activity. There is no
need for our ambitious pupils journeying
to Europe for instructions when they have
virtually at their door an institution of
eminence as the National Institute of Music.
T H E cultivation of the musical taste of
*• the masses, has been for many years
a mooted question, and various have been
the means adopted toward this end. Bands
playing in parks, and other public places,
free concerts, free lectures, and other at-
tractive plans have been devised, and still
the public, as the Dominant well says, ap-
pears to disdain, or at least not to have
profited by the work. The attendances at
all these amusements are in every case,
large, because it is the nature cf mankind
to dearly love to take advantage of every-
thing it can for nothing, but the mass
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Triennial Festival at Crystal Palace. For
the spring of 1901 Mme. Blauvelt is en-
gaged in England and Germany. Clara
Butt will visit all the principal American
cities with her own concert company,
commencing Jan. 15 and remaining until
spring. Augusta Cotlow returns this sea-
son after a successful tour in Europe. She
played here several seasons ago with Seidl
and Damrosch.
TN a recent issue we referred at some
* length to the famous harp which fur-
nished inspiration to Tom Moore, the Irish
bard, in the composition of the popular
melodies associated with his name. This
instrument, a counterfeit presentment of
MRS. MARIE GLOVER-MILLER.
which appears on this page, is now the
property of Marie Glover-Miller, the well-
known concert singer and soprano soloist
of the Church of the Sacred Heart in this
city. Moore's instrument belonged to her
grandfather, the late Prof. Glover, of
Dublin, one of the well-known family of
musicians and composers, and shortly be-
fore his death it was sent to his daughter,
ized so effectively by Sir John Stevenson
and Professor Glover. It was this harp
and his remarkably fine voice that capti-
vated the cultured people in the drawing-
rooms of London and Dublin three gener-
ations ago, for no one could equal him on
the harp or in the tender manner in which
he sang his ballads.
The harp itself is of the style known as
the Irish Dalway. It is about three feet in
height and weighs perhaps ten pounds.
It has a gracefully curved front pillar and
sweep of neck. Its compass comprises
thirty notes toned diatonically in the key
of G. It is, of course, without pedals. On
one side of the instrument appears a silver
plate with the inscription, "Moore's Harp.
Presented to Prof. Glover."
Mrs. Glover-Miller, the present owner of
this prized relic of by-gone days, has been
offered large sums of money for it, but is
not inclined to part with the harp under
any circumstances. It is not unlikely that
she may use it in concert at some future
time in a program devoted to Irish music.
A very kindly letter was received by
Mrs. Glover-Miller from the Baroness
Adelina Patti-Cedarstrom, dated at Craig-
y-nos Castle, March 7, in which she says:
" I am greatly interested to hear that you
have become the possessor of the famous
harp belonging to Tom Moore. I can well
understand that you feel delighted at hav-
ing this valuable relic of the Irish poet and
I congratulate you most heartily."
Mrs. Glover-Miller, whose portrait ap-
pears on this page, is an artist of excep-
tional endowments and she fittingly main-
tains the musical reputation of her for-
bears. Dear "Old Tommy Moore," who
so beautifully sang of music, ' 'Why should
feeling ever speak when thou canst breathe
her soul so well?" would not wish this
harp, whose chords he fondly dedicated
"tolight, freedom and song," to have fallen
into better hands.
gained dignity in his art without losing a
bit of his temperamental force. At his
opening performance with the Philhar-
monic Society he gave us what is rare
nowadays, some novelties and played them
admirably. His recitals with De Pach-
mann on Wednesday and Friday of last
week, were also of a very high order of
excellence, both in choice of numbers and
interpretation.
T H E second concert given this season by
* the pupils of the National Institute
of Music, this city, of which Win. M.
Semnacher is the competent director, oc-
curred on March 14th at Carnegie Hall
and drew a crowded house who enjoyed the
rare treat afforded by the interpretations
given by Mr. Semnacher's clever pupils.
It would be invidious to particularize in this
connection, for one and all from the primary
to the most advanced pupils, displayed the
painstaking and thorough methods for
J*
I
T is said that Walter Damrosch, after
several seasons of almost absolute self-
effacement in the musical world, contem-
plates active work with his orchestra in
giving summer concerts in the Carnegie
Music Hall, beginning early in July. Ar-
rangements are now under way tending
toward that end, and will soon be complete.
Mr. Damrosch's plans, as thus far out-
lined, are somewhat similar to those of
Franz Kaltenborn, who conducted concerts
at St. Nicholas's Garden last Summer. The
auditorium of the Carnegie Music Hall
will be covered over with a floor, upon
which tables and chairs will be placed, and
drinks will be served. The floor will be
profusely decorated with plants and palms,
to give the hall an appearance as near a
Summer garden as possible.
Mrs. Daniel Glover-O'Sullivan, now the
organist of Holy Trinity Church, this city,
and she in turn gave it to her daughter,
Mrs. Miller.
There is a wealth of memories surround-
ing this quaint old instrument, apart from
being the medium utilized by Moore when
writing those charming words to the an-
cient Irish airs, and which were harmon-
MARTEAU, the renowned
H ENRI
French violinist, who recently re-
turned for a short tour of this country, has
demonstrated in the several concerts in
which he has been heard that he still pos-
sesses the same combination of breadth
and elegance, virility and musicianly feel-
ing which has always been characteristic
of his playing. He has unquestionably
HENRI MARTEAU.
which this eminent instructor and his staff
are distinguished. The program was an in-
teresting one, and embraced beside the clas-
sical numbers several modern compositions,
including three works of Mr. Semnacher's
which emphasized his marked talent in
this department of activity. There is no
need for our ambitious pupils journeying
to Europe for instructions when they have
virtually at their door an institution of
eminence as the National Institute of Music.
T H E cultivation of the musical taste of
*• the masses, has been for many years
a mooted question, and various have been
the means adopted toward this end. Bands
playing in parks, and other public places,
free concerts, free lectures, and other at-
tractive plans have been devised, and still
the public, as the Dominant well says, ap-
pears to disdain, or at least not to have
profited by the work. The attendances at
all these amusements are in every case,
large, because it is the nature cf mankind
to dearly love to take advantage of every-
thing it can for nothing, but the mass
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