Music Trade Review
Issue: 1900 Vol. 30 N. 18 - Page 6
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
for descriptive music are present in their under whose baton the concerts will be held,
perfection. What a grand, weird soul- heard Miss Voigt sing recently and was so
stirring opera or oratorio could be built up delighted that he at once engaged her
around ' The Raven ' as a central theme, through her personal agent Victor Thrane,
if there were only some American Wagner of this city.
to call forth the music! " Leigh Irvine, in
a recent number of 'The Coming Age,' "CEW people who have observed the
echoes the same idea when he speaks of *• solemnity and never failing attention
Poe's 'alliterative melodies.' Says Mr. to his own pose and bearing of Plan^on, of
Irvine: ' Poe viewed poetry through the Metropolitan House fame, can have ima-
eye of art. He studied effects and attained gined that he
them. He wrote with elocution in view, had wit; yet a
as the actor studies his art. He wrote for recent incident
Boston
the heart. He was an actor, in the role of i n
proved
it. A
the poet, and had an intense nature born
member
of the
to realize the dramatic' "
freshman class
A S the time is approaching for the assem- at H a r v a r d
** bly of the thousands of German-Amer- stands a b o u t
ican singers who are to hold at the Brook- 6 feet 6 inches
lyn armory of the Thirteenth Regiment in high. Follow-
the first week of July the nineteenth ing the custom
national singing festival, and celebrate at of the fresh-
the same time the fiftieth anniversary of man year, when
the Northeastern Saengerbund, the differ- the opera comes
ent committees are hard at work perfecting to Boston, this
the arrangements. The special feature of young g i a n t ,
the convention will be the performance by with a number
the several singing societies of the compo- of class-mates,
sition to which the prize presented by the entered himself
German Emperor will have been awarded. as "supe," the
The name of the winning composer is opera being "Faust." His stature mark-
Peter Fassbender, a native of Switzerland ed him for a commandant of the guard,
who has been given the prize of 625 marks and, with tall high-heeled boots on
for the best music for the song to be sung his feet and a towering helmet on his
in competition. The words of the song head, he rose far above 7 feet in height.
When Plan^on, first mingling with the
crowd behind the scenes saw this Colossus,
for a moment he gazed in wonder. Then
gravely, but respectfully, stepping before
him, he lifted his eyes and said: "Je suis
le petit Plancon. Et vous?"
1894 when Rudolph Aronson
S INCE
went to Vienna and in the name of
"Tosca" at the "Scala" and was so charmed
that he immediately entered into negotia-
tions with Ricordi for the American rights.
The latest European operas and operettas
secured and controlled by Mr. Aronson in-
clude: "Wiener Blut," "Der Waldmeis-
ter," " Koenigen der Vernumpft " by John
Strauss—"Das Modell" by Franz von
Suppe—"Der Schone Rigo " and "Die
Landstreicher," by C. M. Ziehrer—"Der
SADA.
Blondin von Mamur " by Adolf Muller—
" L a Belle au Bois Dormant" by Charles
Lecocq—" Les Saltembanqties," by Louis
Ganne—also "Das Heimchen am Herd,"
(Cricket on the Hearth,) by Carl Gold-
mark, and "Fedora" by Giordano—(Com-
poser of Andrea Chenier.)
TTHE wonderful girl-violinist, Sada, has
'
made steady headway in popularity
wherever she has played this season. The
Los Angeles (Cal.) Times well says: "A
girl must have great ambition and tenacity
to do what Sada has done—to master the
technic of the violin and something more
than the technic. For she shows in her
work many of the characteristics of her
master, Ysaye. Sweet and fluent tone,
skillful bowing, clean stopping, beautifully
executed trills and harmonies, a knowledge
and grasp of the various voices of the
violin are all found in a marked degree in
Sada's playing." The repertoire of this
clever little artist is large and includes
some exceedingly difficult compositions.
She is under the capable management of
Henry Wolfsohn of this city.
the musicians of America presented to the
Waltz-King, Johann Strauss (on the occa-
sion of his fiftieth anniversary as con-
ductor and composer) that magnificent
gold and silver laurel wreath, negotiations
have been pending with the Court Ball
Musical Director Edward Strauss (now the
only surviving member of the "Strauss"
dynasty) to bring him and his famous
Viennese orchestra of fifty artist-musi-
cians to America, and in this Mr. Aron-
son finally succeeded. Herr Strauss after
several years endeavors procured the sanc-
tion of Kaiser Franz Josef. Herr Strauss
is engaged for 100 concerts beginning Oct.
NE of Andrew Carnegie's greatest
17 next, and is now composing a waltz to
pleasures is a very simple one, and
be entitled "Welcome to America," and it shows how genuinely Scotch he is, for
dedicated to the American people.
all his Americanism. This man, who pos-
LOUISK H. VOIO'l.
Mr. Aronson succeeded also in placing sesses more than $100,000,000, would rather
were written by Adolph Hachtmann, of Max Vogrich's two grand operas—"Der listen to the bagpipes than to the greatest
Brooklyn, the title being "The German Buddha" and "Goetz" with Herr Josef orchestra and the best singers in the world.
Now, music is more or less an acquired
Song." Fassbender has dedicated his Weinberger, Vienna, who agreed to pro-
music to the "German-Americans." More duce them throughout Germany and Aus- taste. Men have learned to like the classi-
than 300 compositions were submitted for tria. Jean de Reszke has procured the pro- cal school, but it is not on record that any
the competition and a committee of three, duction rights for France for the "Buddha" man ever acquired a love for the playing
Emil Paur, Frank Damrosch and Julius and will present that work next year in the of bagpipes. It is inborn.
Mr. Carnegie could have the finest in-
Lorenz, awarded the prize to Fassbender. German language. Siegfried Wagner will
come to America in 1902 under the joint strumentalists play for him every night if
Louise B. Voigt, whose portrait appears management of Emil Duhror and Rudolph he cared, and he likes music when he is at
on this page, has been engaged as principal Aronson. In Milan Mr. Aronson attended dinner. And he has it—not strings and
soloist for the Festival. Arthur Claasen, the first performance of Signor Puccini's horn—but the pipes. Of course, when he
O
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
for descriptive music are present in their under whose baton the concerts will be held,
perfection. What a grand, weird soul- heard Miss Voigt sing recently and was so
stirring opera or oratorio could be built up delighted that he at once engaged her
around ' The Raven ' as a central theme, through her personal agent Victor Thrane,
if there were only some American Wagner of this city.
to call forth the music! " Leigh Irvine, in
a recent number of 'The Coming Age,' "CEW people who have observed the
echoes the same idea when he speaks of *• solemnity and never failing attention
Poe's 'alliterative melodies.' Says Mr. to his own pose and bearing of Plan^on, of
Irvine: ' Poe viewed poetry through the Metropolitan House fame, can have ima-
eye of art. He studied effects and attained gined that he
them. He wrote with elocution in view, had wit; yet a
as the actor studies his art. He wrote for recent incident
Boston
the heart. He was an actor, in the role of i n
proved
it. A
the poet, and had an intense nature born
member
of the
to realize the dramatic' "
freshman class
A S the time is approaching for the assem- at H a r v a r d
** bly of the thousands of German-Amer- stands a b o u t
ican singers who are to hold at the Brook- 6 feet 6 inches
lyn armory of the Thirteenth Regiment in high. Follow-
the first week of July the nineteenth ing the custom
national singing festival, and celebrate at of the fresh-
the same time the fiftieth anniversary of man year, when
the Northeastern Saengerbund, the differ- the opera comes
ent committees are hard at work perfecting to Boston, this
the arrangements. The special feature of young g i a n t ,
the convention will be the performance by with a number
the several singing societies of the compo- of class-mates,
sition to which the prize presented by the entered himself
German Emperor will have been awarded. as "supe," the
The name of the winning composer is opera being "Faust." His stature mark-
Peter Fassbender, a native of Switzerland ed him for a commandant of the guard,
who has been given the prize of 625 marks and, with tall high-heeled boots on
for the best music for the song to be sung his feet and a towering helmet on his
in competition. The words of the song head, he rose far above 7 feet in height.
When Plan^on, first mingling with the
crowd behind the scenes saw this Colossus,
for a moment he gazed in wonder. Then
gravely, but respectfully, stepping before
him, he lifted his eyes and said: "Je suis
le petit Plancon. Et vous?"
1894 when Rudolph Aronson
S INCE
went to Vienna and in the name of
"Tosca" at the "Scala" and was so charmed
that he immediately entered into negotia-
tions with Ricordi for the American rights.
The latest European operas and operettas
secured and controlled by Mr. Aronson in-
clude: "Wiener Blut," "Der Waldmeis-
ter," " Koenigen der Vernumpft " by John
Strauss—"Das Modell" by Franz von
Suppe—"Der Schone Rigo " and "Die
Landstreicher," by C. M. Ziehrer—"Der
SADA.
Blondin von Mamur " by Adolf Muller—
" L a Belle au Bois Dormant" by Charles
Lecocq—" Les Saltembanqties," by Louis
Ganne—also "Das Heimchen am Herd,"
(Cricket on the Hearth,) by Carl Gold-
mark, and "Fedora" by Giordano—(Com-
poser of Andrea Chenier.)
TTHE wonderful girl-violinist, Sada, has
'
made steady headway in popularity
wherever she has played this season. The
Los Angeles (Cal.) Times well says: "A
girl must have great ambition and tenacity
to do what Sada has done—to master the
technic of the violin and something more
than the technic. For she shows in her
work many of the characteristics of her
master, Ysaye. Sweet and fluent tone,
skillful bowing, clean stopping, beautifully
executed trills and harmonies, a knowledge
and grasp of the various voices of the
violin are all found in a marked degree in
Sada's playing." The repertoire of this
clever little artist is large and includes
some exceedingly difficult compositions.
She is under the capable management of
Henry Wolfsohn of this city.
the musicians of America presented to the
Waltz-King, Johann Strauss (on the occa-
sion of his fiftieth anniversary as con-
ductor and composer) that magnificent
gold and silver laurel wreath, negotiations
have been pending with the Court Ball
Musical Director Edward Strauss (now the
only surviving member of the "Strauss"
dynasty) to bring him and his famous
Viennese orchestra of fifty artist-musi-
cians to America, and in this Mr. Aron-
son finally succeeded. Herr Strauss after
several years endeavors procured the sanc-
tion of Kaiser Franz Josef. Herr Strauss
is engaged for 100 concerts beginning Oct.
NE of Andrew Carnegie's greatest
17 next, and is now composing a waltz to
pleasures is a very simple one, and
be entitled "Welcome to America," and it shows how genuinely Scotch he is, for
dedicated to the American people.
all his Americanism. This man, who pos-
LOUISK H. VOIO'l.
Mr. Aronson succeeded also in placing sesses more than $100,000,000, would rather
were written by Adolph Hachtmann, of Max Vogrich's two grand operas—"Der listen to the bagpipes than to the greatest
Brooklyn, the title being "The German Buddha" and "Goetz" with Herr Josef orchestra and the best singers in the world.
Now, music is more or less an acquired
Song." Fassbender has dedicated his Weinberger, Vienna, who agreed to pro-
music to the "German-Americans." More duce them throughout Germany and Aus- taste. Men have learned to like the classi-
than 300 compositions were submitted for tria. Jean de Reszke has procured the pro- cal school, but it is not on record that any
the competition and a committee of three, duction rights for France for the "Buddha" man ever acquired a love for the playing
Emil Paur, Frank Damrosch and Julius and will present that work next year in the of bagpipes. It is inborn.
Mr. Carnegie could have the finest in-
Lorenz, awarded the prize to Fassbender. German language. Siegfried Wagner will
come to America in 1902 under the joint strumentalists play for him every night if
Louise B. Voigt, whose portrait appears management of Emil Duhror and Rudolph he cared, and he likes music when he is at
on this page, has been engaged as principal Aronson. In Milan Mr. Aronson attended dinner. And he has it—not strings and
soloist for the Festival. Arthur Claasen, the first performance of Signor Puccini's horn—but the pipes. Of course, when he
O
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