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Issue: 1900 Vol. 31 N. 5 - Page 5
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
times. Becker continued this tour until Saleza is to receive next season just twice
the death of his father in 1884, when he the salary paid to him last year. This
accepted the position of solo-cellist at the change in his arrangements with the Met-
Opera House in Frankfort, where he re- ropolitan Opera House management is im-
mained two years. Then, many concert portant in that it puts him in the rank of
engagements being offered him, he deci- the "great tenors" so far as that distinc-
ded to adopt a concert career. The Phil- tion is determined by salary. M. de
harmonic Concerts in Berlin and Hamburg, Reszke is going 1 to devote his time before
under the direction of Dr. Hans von Bulow, December, when he hopes to join the
laid a good foundation for his reputation, opera company in Boston, to recovering
which was also furthered by Bazzini com- his vocal health if possible. He is said to
posing and dedicating to him a cello con- be anxious to return to this country next
certo (still in manuscript.) Another con- year and will neg'ect no precaution which
certo for cello was comoosed for and ded- will enable him to sign a contract for a
tour here. But much
J*
depends, of course,
TJORATIO PARKER, of Yale, is now
on his recovery from
*• * in England preparing to conduct the
the trouble which has
performance of " Hora Novissima " at the
just compelled him to
Chester Musical Festival. He will remain
abandon his London
in Europe for two months and is to con-
engagements.
duct at Hereford his new setting of the
Psalm, "Oh, give thanks unto the Lord."
IMPRESARIOS will
Mme. Nordica has declined to sing at Bir-
* take note that Prof.
mingham in Coleridge Taylor's "Hia-
Stuart, of the Univer-
watha " on the ground that it is not suited
sity of Sydney, Aus-
to her voice and Mme. Albani has been
tralia, is said to have
engaged in her place.
made an artificial lar-
ynx for a man who
DADEREWSKI continues to utter pretty
lost his voice through
*• things about the United States. " It
disease, which can be
is amazing," he said recently, "how they
so regulated as to
are advancing in the States in knowledge
make the voice so-
of music. They make no pretense; they
prano, tenor, contralto
appear eager only to be edified; they take
or bass at will. What
the attitude of ingenuous students, and
visions^ of bliss, fame
they learn, learn, learn. I do not know a
and fortune for the ar-
field that promises to be as fruitful as
tificial larynxed man
theirs. It absorbs all things without pre-
are here unfolded.
judice, in extreme sensitiveness. It nat-
And what a perfect
uralizes all the foreign ideas. It considers
heaven for the op-
every thing with the ' open mind ' that your
eratic manager
In-
English orators like to recommend in their
ste .dof the de Reszke
speeches. America is full of the creative
brothers, Sembrich
genius. There are the best orchestras in
and Schumann-Heink,
the world, formed of musicians deeply in-
one of these twentieth
terested in their work, able to execute the
century Australians
most unexpected compositions. They
equipped
with that
have the theories at their fingers' ends.
wonderful
larynx
can
They know all that the old world can teach
be
engaged
at
a
tre-
them, and they are in a new world tre-
mendous saving of ex-
mendously active. Perhaps the evidences
pense. Of course it
HUGO BECKER.
are not flagrant to all observers, because
America gives not the aid of the State to icated to him by Eugene d'Albert. Becker would put an end to star casts; for no
art. State aid to the fine arts is my par- has played in concerts conducted by the matter how clever a man may be, and even
ticular hobby. State aid to the fine arts best known musical directors in the world, competent to sing "soprano, tenor, con-
ought to be at the basis of every civiliza- such as: Brahms, Bulow, Grieg, Dvorak, tralto and bass," he could not fill the four
tion. It refines, it encourages, it emulates, Richard Strauss, Joachim, Nikisch, Wein- roles in an opera, particularly when the
it produces. I am convinced that to leave gartner, and they all endorse him as the public wants them all on one night. Great
the cultivation of music to private resources greatest cellist of the present time. The thing, that larynx!
is to cast a slur on the enlightenment of first appearance in this country, of Hugo
Becker, an excellent portrait of whom ap- A CCORDINGtoan Italian musician who
the age."
pears on this page, will be with the Boston ^* recently set out to compile a bio-
UGO BECKER, the famous 'cellist, who Symphony Orchestra in New York, Boston,
graphical dictionary of Italian opera com-
is scheduled to visit this country next and other large Eastern cities.
posers, there are 2,550 of them and only
season, is a son of the celebrated leader of
the Florentine Quartette, Jean Becker. I T is interesting in view of the announced eighty operas survive out of the 14,000
He was born in 1863 in Strassburg, Alsatia. *• retirement of Jean de Reszke from they composed.
the management of the mind while hear-
ing music. This list might be indefinitely
extended, but it is only necessary to add
that Mr. Lang probably wrote the above
statement in some moment of irritation,
wherein, as he says, men hate music " be-
cause it thrusts itself upon them when they
don't want it—the poet when his eye is in
a fine frenzy rolling, and the prosaic liter-
ary man when he is debating about the
opening sentence of an important article."
Mr. Lang quite possibly did not intend any
portion of his tirade to be taken too seri-
ously.
H
His first teacher was Kundiger, the best
pupil of Menter, while with Grutzmacher
he studied solo playing. In the winter of
1880-81 he undertook with other members
of his family a tour of Holland, Belgium,
England, Austria, Switzerland, and Italy.
In England he made the acquaintance of
the distinguished cellist, Alfred Patti,
whom he had the opportunity to hear many
the recent season at Covent Garden to
hear that the final arrangements for the
return of Albert Saleza to this country
were made last week in London. Mr.
Saleza has been engaged to sing the lead-
ing French and Italian roles with M. de
Reszke, in case the distinguished Polish
tenor is able to return. As a matter of
detail it might be mentioned that M.
not be lacking in the custom-
W E ary will visitation
of European instru-
mentalists the coming musical season.
Among the new comers in the piano field
will be Ossip Gabrilowitsch and Harold
Bauer. We will also hear Mme. Carreno
and Messrs. Dohnanyi, Hambourg, Josef-
fy, Godowsky and a host of celebrities of
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
times. Becker continued this tour until Saleza is to receive next season just twice
the death of his father in 1884, when he the salary paid to him last year. This
accepted the position of solo-cellist at the change in his arrangements with the Met-
Opera House in Frankfort, where he re- ropolitan Opera House management is im-
mained two years. Then, many concert portant in that it puts him in the rank of
engagements being offered him, he deci- the "great tenors" so far as that distinc-
ded to adopt a concert career. The Phil- tion is determined by salary. M. de
harmonic Concerts in Berlin and Hamburg, Reszke is going 1 to devote his time before
under the direction of Dr. Hans von Bulow, December, when he hopes to join the
laid a good foundation for his reputation, opera company in Boston, to recovering
which was also furthered by Bazzini com- his vocal health if possible. He is said to
posing and dedicating to him a cello con- be anxious to return to this country next
certo (still in manuscript.) Another con- year and will neg'ect no precaution which
certo for cello was comoosed for and ded- will enable him to sign a contract for a
tour here. But much
J*
depends, of course,
TJORATIO PARKER, of Yale, is now
on his recovery from
*• * in England preparing to conduct the
the trouble which has
performance of " Hora Novissima " at the
just compelled him to
Chester Musical Festival. He will remain
abandon his London
in Europe for two months and is to con-
engagements.
duct at Hereford his new setting of the
Psalm, "Oh, give thanks unto the Lord."
IMPRESARIOS will
Mme. Nordica has declined to sing at Bir-
* take note that Prof.
mingham in Coleridge Taylor's "Hia-
Stuart, of the Univer-
watha " on the ground that it is not suited
sity of Sydney, Aus-
to her voice and Mme. Albani has been
tralia, is said to have
engaged in her place.
made an artificial lar-
ynx for a man who
DADEREWSKI continues to utter pretty
lost his voice through
*• things about the United States. " It
disease, which can be
is amazing," he said recently, "how they
so regulated as to
are advancing in the States in knowledge
make the voice so-
of music. They make no pretense; they
prano, tenor, contralto
appear eager only to be edified; they take
or bass at will. What
the attitude of ingenuous students, and
visions^ of bliss, fame
they learn, learn, learn. I do not know a
and fortune for the ar-
field that promises to be as fruitful as
tificial larynxed man
theirs. It absorbs all things without pre-
are here unfolded.
judice, in extreme sensitiveness. It nat-
And what a perfect
uralizes all the foreign ideas. It considers
heaven for the op-
every thing with the ' open mind ' that your
eratic manager
In-
English orators like to recommend in their
ste .dof the de Reszke
speeches. America is full of the creative
brothers, Sembrich
genius. There are the best orchestras in
and Schumann-Heink,
the world, formed of musicians deeply in-
one of these twentieth
terested in their work, able to execute the
century Australians
most unexpected compositions. They
equipped
with that
have the theories at their fingers' ends.
wonderful
larynx
can
They know all that the old world can teach
be
engaged
at
a
tre-
them, and they are in a new world tre-
mendous saving of ex-
mendously active. Perhaps the evidences
pense. Of course it
HUGO BECKER.
are not flagrant to all observers, because
America gives not the aid of the State to icated to him by Eugene d'Albert. Becker would put an end to star casts; for no
art. State aid to the fine arts is my par- has played in concerts conducted by the matter how clever a man may be, and even
ticular hobby. State aid to the fine arts best known musical directors in the world, competent to sing "soprano, tenor, con-
ought to be at the basis of every civiliza- such as: Brahms, Bulow, Grieg, Dvorak, tralto and bass," he could not fill the four
tion. It refines, it encourages, it emulates, Richard Strauss, Joachim, Nikisch, Wein- roles in an opera, particularly when the
it produces. I am convinced that to leave gartner, and they all endorse him as the public wants them all on one night. Great
the cultivation of music to private resources greatest cellist of the present time. The thing, that larynx!
is to cast a slur on the enlightenment of first appearance in this country, of Hugo
Becker, an excellent portrait of whom ap- A CCORDINGtoan Italian musician who
the age."
pears on this page, will be with the Boston ^* recently set out to compile a bio-
UGO BECKER, the famous 'cellist, who Symphony Orchestra in New York, Boston,
graphical dictionary of Italian opera com-
is scheduled to visit this country next and other large Eastern cities.
posers, there are 2,550 of them and only
season, is a son of the celebrated leader of
the Florentine Quartette, Jean Becker. I T is interesting in view of the announced eighty operas survive out of the 14,000
He was born in 1863 in Strassburg, Alsatia. *• retirement of Jean de Reszke from they composed.
the management of the mind while hear-
ing music. This list might be indefinitely
extended, but it is only necessary to add
that Mr. Lang probably wrote the above
statement in some moment of irritation,
wherein, as he says, men hate music " be-
cause it thrusts itself upon them when they
don't want it—the poet when his eye is in
a fine frenzy rolling, and the prosaic liter-
ary man when he is debating about the
opening sentence of an important article."
Mr. Lang quite possibly did not intend any
portion of his tirade to be taken too seri-
ously.
H
His first teacher was Kundiger, the best
pupil of Menter, while with Grutzmacher
he studied solo playing. In the winter of
1880-81 he undertook with other members
of his family a tour of Holland, Belgium,
England, Austria, Switzerland, and Italy.
In England he made the acquaintance of
the distinguished cellist, Alfred Patti,
whom he had the opportunity to hear many
the recent season at Covent Garden to
hear that the final arrangements for the
return of Albert Saleza to this country
were made last week in London. Mr.
Saleza has been engaged to sing the lead-
ing French and Italian roles with M. de
Reszke, in case the distinguished Polish
tenor is able to return. As a matter of
detail it might be mentioned that M.
not be lacking in the custom-
W E ary will visitation
of European instru-
mentalists the coming musical season.
Among the new comers in the piano field
will be Ossip Gabrilowitsch and Harold
Bauer. We will also hear Mme. Carreno
and Messrs. Dohnanyi, Hambourg, Josef-
fy, Godowsky and a host of celebrities of
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