Music Trade Review
Issue: 1901 Vol. 33 N. 1 - Page 6
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
REVIEW
ARTISTS'
TELEPHONE
NUMBER.
DEPARTMENT.
1745.--E1GHTEENTH
STREET
The Artists' Department of The Review is
published on the first Saturday of each month.
THE GRAU OPERA PLANS.
D E F O R E leaving London last week for
^
the Continent, Maurice Grau announced
that he had practically concluded nearly all
his engagements for the coming opera sea-
son in America. He thinks the company he
has selected will be stronger than any he
has ever taken to the United States. It in-
cludes as prima donnas: Sopranos, Mmes.
Calve, Eames, Ternina, Lucienne Breval,
Gadski, Suzanne Adams and Fritzi Scheff;
contraltos: Mmes. Schumann-Heink, Bride-
well and Homer. The tenors include Al-
varez, Van Dyck, De Marci, Gilbert, (a new
comer from the Opera Comique and Grand
Opera, Paris,) Dippel and Salignac. Mr.
Grau has also secured Albert Reiss, a new
light buffo tenor, who scored an unequaled
success in the role of Mime, at Covent Gar-
den.
As baritones Mr. Grau has Scotti, Campa-
nari, Bispham, Muhlmann and Declery, a
new-comer; and as bassos, Planqon, Jour-
net and Blass. For conductors Mr. Grau
has Flon, Walter Damrosch and Sepilli.
The novelties which will probably be pre-
sented in America are De Lara's "Messaline"
and Paderewski's "Manru" and "Le Roy
d'Ys," should its London production some
time this month prove a success.
Negotiations, which will probably be suc-
cessful, are in progress with Mesdames Sem-
brich, Sibyl Sanderson and Lilli Lehmann,
and with Van Rooy and Edouard de Reszke.
A London paper also announces that Mau-
rice Grau stated in a talk last week that he
expected to retire from the management and
present lease of the Metropolitan Opera
House of New York in 1902.
The directors of the Opera Company in
this city do not consider this statement au-
thentic. It must be remembered that only
last year Maurice Grau gave up the Covent
Garden management for the purpose of de-
voting his entire attention to the Metropolitan
in this city. The Grau Opera Company,
moreover, have a lease of the Metropolitan
Opera house for two or three years more,
and it is only logical to believe that Mr.
Grau will not lay down his arms as com-
mander-in-chief, at least until the lease ex-
pires.
ENTERPRISING MASCAGNI.
ASCAGNI has been indulging in con-
siderable talk in Rome regarding his
proposed tour of this country "under the
management of Klaw & Erlanger." He said
recently:
"I am to be paid $10,000 a week for eight
weeks, the money to be lodged in a bank
in Italy before I start. My orchestra will
consist of ninety performers from the Pesaro
Lyceum, of which I am director. My wife
and children will accompany me. I ardently
M
hope to win favor with the Americans, as crowds of eager money-makers and reputa-
American opinion is rapidly becoming the tion-seekers. He is content to know that
touchstone of artistic success, whether mu- the visible attainments of life are not the
sical or otherwise.
highest and dearest. Others may strive for
"I hope, though, that the American man- them, but he longs for the intellectual pleas-
agers will not work me as did Merman, the ures which come only to the disciplined soul.
impresario, in 1899, when I was nearly
J*
killed by forty-two concerts in forty days.
MUSIC IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
I was fast becoming a nervous wreck, dream- '"THE need of a more thorough system of
ing every night of an audience waiting which
musical education in the schools has been
I could not get to."
the subject of much discussion at many of the
Of course, Klaw & Erlanger have some- recent conventions of the State Music Teach-
thing to say of this. They smile suspiciously ers' Associations. The topic is very timely.
and significantly whenever the Mascagni mat- Judging from the way music is taught in
ter is brought up. That they intend to lodge the schools to-day, it were better to abol-
$10,000 in a bank in Italy is ridiculously ish it altogether, or else go about the work
absurd. The statement demonstrates, how- of introducing it in a proper way. Of course,
ever, that Mascagni is of a highly imagina- there are prejudices to overcome. There
tive temperament. Indeed, if recent rumors are many commissioners, trustees, princi-
are to be credited, Mascagni will visit Amer- pals and teachers who view the teaching of
ica without that $10,000 guarantee or the music as so much waste of time, and who
management of Messrs. Klaw & Erlanger. oppose quite strenuously its introduction in
Another interesting revelation made by a liberal form. An active campaign should
Mascagni when talking regarding his forth- be waged by the Music Teachers' Associa-
tions to the end that the commissioners of
coming tour, was the following:
"Americans will be interested to learn that our public schools may realize the impor-
I, with Leoncavallo, Baron Franchetti and tance of inculcating a love for music by
Giordano, am organizing a species of com- proper instruction. If we aim to be a great
posers' trust, so as to enable composers to musical nation in the same sense that Ger-
remain owners of their music. Florio, a many is, a musical foundation must be prop-
Sicilian millionaire, is providing the capi- erly laid, and the place to lay it is in the
tal. We hope Puccini, Boito and Perosi public schools. The musical element of this
country is a large one, and, if aroused, should
will join us."
be
powerful enough to make its influence
So the trust idea has even crept over to
felt
in the school boards of the country in
sunny Italy! A composers' trust is certain-
spite
of political red tape.
ly unique. Mascagni should join forces with
J«
Sol. Bloom, who has been attempting for
PADEREWSKI'
S
OPERA
FOR NEW YORK.
some time to float a music publishers' trust.
I
N
an
interview
last
week in London,
Some deal on "the community of interest"
*•
Ignace
Paderewski
said
Maurice Grau
plan might be arranged. Truly Mascagni is
will
produce
his
opera
"Manru"
in New
not lacking in enterprise.
York next season. The opera, we under-
OPERA IN ENGLISH.
stand, has been also accepted for production
I OVERS of grand opera in English will at Lemberg, Prague and Berlin.
*-^ rejoice to learn that Henry W. Savage
Notwithstanding the foregoing, an author-
—of American Theatre and Metropolitan itative statement comes from Dresden that
fame—will inaugurate a season of grand Paderewski's new opera, "Manru," is dis-
opera in English at the Broadway Theatre, appointing artistically, and that the composer
this city, on Sept. 16th. Two operas will was also hampered by the libretto.
be given each week and popular prices will
Certain portions of the music are said in-
prevail. The regular cast of the Savage evitably to have the glow of genius, of course,
opera forces will be strengthened, and it is but judged as a modern dramatic work, it
intended to make a presentation worthy of fails to satisfy the best critical judgment.
the metropolis. Col. Savage and his com-
New York's verdict on Paderewski's work
pany will be heartily welcomed by an army will be awaited with some degree of interest.
of admirers.
Experience has demonstrated that the crit-
ical
judgment of leading European musical
THE USE OF CULTURE.
"1"" HE world needs men and women who are centers is oftentimes not the critical judg-
*
sufficient unto themselves, able to stand ment of New York. Will there be an agree-
alone, and make the most of trying and un- ment in regard to "Manru?" Nous vcrrons.
pleasant conditions. The discipline of the
"T^HE Irish Musical Festival, or Fies-
life should be to make our knowledge and
'
keoil, held in Dublin recently, was most
resources available for practical use. What
successful from every standpoint. The at-
matters it that we read every book in the
tendance was large and there were more
world, and gain all the knowledge that sci-
than four hundred entries for the competi-
ence and art can teach us, if we cannot put
tions. The programs of the various con-
this information to use either to the profit cert?, as well as the competitive works, show
of our minds or physical conditions? The a distinct advance in musical affairs in the
greatest use of knowledge and culture is Emerald Isle.
not for money-making, for achieving mate-
&
rial success in the struggle of life, but to
Alice Nielsen, who has signed a contract
sweeten and discipline ourselves. The phil- with Charles Frohman, will appear next
osopher who has gained the true key to season in this country in an operized ver-
knowledge stands aloof from the thronging sion of "Mme. Sans-Gene."
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
REVIEW
ARTISTS'
TELEPHONE
NUMBER.
DEPARTMENT.
1745.--E1GHTEENTH
STREET
The Artists' Department of The Review is
published on the first Saturday of each month.
THE GRAU OPERA PLANS.
D E F O R E leaving London last week for
^
the Continent, Maurice Grau announced
that he had practically concluded nearly all
his engagements for the coming opera sea-
son in America. He thinks the company he
has selected will be stronger than any he
has ever taken to the United States. It in-
cludes as prima donnas: Sopranos, Mmes.
Calve, Eames, Ternina, Lucienne Breval,
Gadski, Suzanne Adams and Fritzi Scheff;
contraltos: Mmes. Schumann-Heink, Bride-
well and Homer. The tenors include Al-
varez, Van Dyck, De Marci, Gilbert, (a new
comer from the Opera Comique and Grand
Opera, Paris,) Dippel and Salignac. Mr.
Grau has also secured Albert Reiss, a new
light buffo tenor, who scored an unequaled
success in the role of Mime, at Covent Gar-
den.
As baritones Mr. Grau has Scotti, Campa-
nari, Bispham, Muhlmann and Declery, a
new-comer; and as bassos, Planqon, Jour-
net and Blass. For conductors Mr. Grau
has Flon, Walter Damrosch and Sepilli.
The novelties which will probably be pre-
sented in America are De Lara's "Messaline"
and Paderewski's "Manru" and "Le Roy
d'Ys," should its London production some
time this month prove a success.
Negotiations, which will probably be suc-
cessful, are in progress with Mesdames Sem-
brich, Sibyl Sanderson and Lilli Lehmann,
and with Van Rooy and Edouard de Reszke.
A London paper also announces that Mau-
rice Grau stated in a talk last week that he
expected to retire from the management and
present lease of the Metropolitan Opera
House of New York in 1902.
The directors of the Opera Company in
this city do not consider this statement au-
thentic. It must be remembered that only
last year Maurice Grau gave up the Covent
Garden management for the purpose of de-
voting his entire attention to the Metropolitan
in this city. The Grau Opera Company,
moreover, have a lease of the Metropolitan
Opera house for two or three years more,
and it is only logical to believe that Mr.
Grau will not lay down his arms as com-
mander-in-chief, at least until the lease ex-
pires.
ENTERPRISING MASCAGNI.
ASCAGNI has been indulging in con-
siderable talk in Rome regarding his
proposed tour of this country "under the
management of Klaw & Erlanger." He said
recently:
"I am to be paid $10,000 a week for eight
weeks, the money to be lodged in a bank
in Italy before I start. My orchestra will
consist of ninety performers from the Pesaro
Lyceum, of which I am director. My wife
and children will accompany me. I ardently
M
hope to win favor with the Americans, as crowds of eager money-makers and reputa-
American opinion is rapidly becoming the tion-seekers. He is content to know that
touchstone of artistic success, whether mu- the visible attainments of life are not the
sical or otherwise.
highest and dearest. Others may strive for
"I hope, though, that the American man- them, but he longs for the intellectual pleas-
agers will not work me as did Merman, the ures which come only to the disciplined soul.
impresario, in 1899, when I was nearly
J*
killed by forty-two concerts in forty days.
MUSIC IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
I was fast becoming a nervous wreck, dream- '"THE need of a more thorough system of
ing every night of an audience waiting which
musical education in the schools has been
I could not get to."
the subject of much discussion at many of the
Of course, Klaw & Erlanger have some- recent conventions of the State Music Teach-
thing to say of this. They smile suspiciously ers' Associations. The topic is very timely.
and significantly whenever the Mascagni mat- Judging from the way music is taught in
ter is brought up. That they intend to lodge the schools to-day, it were better to abol-
$10,000 in a bank in Italy is ridiculously ish it altogether, or else go about the work
absurd. The statement demonstrates, how- of introducing it in a proper way. Of course,
ever, that Mascagni is of a highly imagina- there are prejudices to overcome. There
tive temperament. Indeed, if recent rumors are many commissioners, trustees, princi-
are to be credited, Mascagni will visit Amer- pals and teachers who view the teaching of
ica without that $10,000 guarantee or the music as so much waste of time, and who
management of Messrs. Klaw & Erlanger. oppose quite strenuously its introduction in
Another interesting revelation made by a liberal form. An active campaign should
Mascagni when talking regarding his forth- be waged by the Music Teachers' Associa-
tions to the end that the commissioners of
coming tour, was the following:
"Americans will be interested to learn that our public schools may realize the impor-
I, with Leoncavallo, Baron Franchetti and tance of inculcating a love for music by
Giordano, am organizing a species of com- proper instruction. If we aim to be a great
posers' trust, so as to enable composers to musical nation in the same sense that Ger-
remain owners of their music. Florio, a many is, a musical foundation must be prop-
Sicilian millionaire, is providing the capi- erly laid, and the place to lay it is in the
tal. We hope Puccini, Boito and Perosi public schools. The musical element of this
country is a large one, and, if aroused, should
will join us."
be
powerful enough to make its influence
So the trust idea has even crept over to
felt
in the school boards of the country in
sunny Italy! A composers' trust is certain-
spite
of political red tape.
ly unique. Mascagni should join forces with
J«
Sol. Bloom, who has been attempting for
PADEREWSKI'
S
OPERA
FOR NEW YORK.
some time to float a music publishers' trust.
I
N
an
interview
last
week in London,
Some deal on "the community of interest"
*•
Ignace
Paderewski
said
Maurice Grau
plan might be arranged. Truly Mascagni is
will
produce
his
opera
"Manru"
in New
not lacking in enterprise.
York next season. The opera, we under-
OPERA IN ENGLISH.
stand, has been also accepted for production
I OVERS of grand opera in English will at Lemberg, Prague and Berlin.
*-^ rejoice to learn that Henry W. Savage
Notwithstanding the foregoing, an author-
—of American Theatre and Metropolitan itative statement comes from Dresden that
fame—will inaugurate a season of grand Paderewski's new opera, "Manru," is dis-
opera in English at the Broadway Theatre, appointing artistically, and that the composer
this city, on Sept. 16th. Two operas will was also hampered by the libretto.
be given each week and popular prices will
Certain portions of the music are said in-
prevail. The regular cast of the Savage evitably to have the glow of genius, of course,
opera forces will be strengthened, and it is but judged as a modern dramatic work, it
intended to make a presentation worthy of fails to satisfy the best critical judgment.
the metropolis. Col. Savage and his com-
New York's verdict on Paderewski's work
pany will be heartily welcomed by an army will be awaited with some degree of interest.
of admirers.
Experience has demonstrated that the crit-
ical
judgment of leading European musical
THE USE OF CULTURE.
"1"" HE world needs men and women who are centers is oftentimes not the critical judg-
*
sufficient unto themselves, able to stand ment of New York. Will there be an agree-
alone, and make the most of trying and un- ment in regard to "Manru?" Nous vcrrons.
pleasant conditions. The discipline of the
"T^HE Irish Musical Festival, or Fies-
life should be to make our knowledge and
'
keoil, held in Dublin recently, was most
resources available for practical use. What
successful from every standpoint. The at-
matters it that we read every book in the
tendance was large and there were more
world, and gain all the knowledge that sci-
than four hundred entries for the competi-
ence and art can teach us, if we cannot put
tions. The programs of the various con-
this information to use either to the profit cert?, as well as the competitive works, show
of our minds or physical conditions? The a distinct advance in musical affairs in the
greatest use of knowledge and culture is Emerald Isle.
not for money-making, for achieving mate-
&
rial success in the struggle of life, but to
Alice Nielsen, who has signed a contract
sweeten and discipline ourselves. The phil- with Charles Frohman, will appear next
osopher who has gained the true key to season in this country in an operized ver-
knowledge stands aloof from the thronging sion of "Mme. Sans-Gene."
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