Music Trade Review
Issue: 1901 Vol. 33 N. 10 - Page 7
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
A COMPOSITION OF MERIT.
D A U L F. JOHANNING, whose clever
musical conceits have won a great
vogue among lovers of piano and orchestral
music, 4 has just brought out through the
Philistine Music Co., 2"] Union Square, some
exceptionally pretty waltzes entitled "The
Philistine," which are dedicated to the be-
loved pastor of the Philistines, Elbert Hub-
bard, of East Aurora, N. Y. The typo-
graphical get-up of the publication calls for
especial praise, being entirely out of the or-
dinary. The cover scheme in greenish grey
is in sympathy with the work of
the Roycrofters, who make it
their object to produce beautiful
things in book form. Of the
music it can be said that the
melodies are refreshingly fluent
—nay, captivating—while the
scoring is undeniably clever. The
complete number forms a com-
position of unusual worth, esti-
mated from any viewpoint, and
should win a large measure of
popularity from lovers of merit-
orious writing.
SAUER NOW IMPERIAL PROFESSOR.
C M I L SAUER, who was
*-* heard in recital in this
country a few seasons ago, has
been honored by the appointment
of Imperial and Royal Professor
at the Vienna Conservatory, and
is the first musician in Austria to
receive this title. The prefer-
ence paid him has caused some
trouble in the Conservatory, and
several members of the faculty
of the best known professors,
who had been there for many
years. Sauer is to receive about $6,000 a
year salary, which is considerable above the
average paid any other musician occupying
a similar position.
DR. WM. MASON'S "MEMORIES."
P U B L I C A T I O N S relating to music and
*• its concomitants continue to be on the
increase. Many of the leading publishers
have in press interesting works which we
feel sure will meet with no small share of
support. One of the interesting contribu-
tions in the fall will be Dr. William Mason's
"Memories of Musical Life," which will be
issued in book form by the Century Com-
pany.
Dr. Mason's experience covers fifty years'
association with the best musical thought
of the world in which he has been a figure
of no small importance. He has justly
earned the title of Dean of the profession,
and there is something of worth in the rec-
ollections and opinions of a man of such
'keen foresight and vigorous intellect as Dr.
Mason.
Among the artists from abroad coming to
America next spring will be R. Watkin
Mills, the eminent English basso. His tour
will be directed by W. Spencer Jones, of
Brockville, Canada.
TWO NOTABLE ARTISTS.
T H A T Mme. Lillian Nordica will devote
herself to song recital, only, this com-
ing season is one of the very important an-
nouncements made by Manager Loudon G.
Charlton, who has assumed sole direction
of her tour, which will include the Pacific
Coast, Canada and the South, as well as
the territory between. Just in the height
of her fame and powers, unrivaled in the
greatness of her art and the versatility of her
genius, Mme. Nordica will now be heard
in different parts of America for the first
MME. LILLIAN NORDICA.
time in recital when she presents the whole
program, with the exception of a piano num-
ber or two by her accompanist. At present
Mme. Nordica is in her summer home in
the Black Forest. She will sail for this
country immediately after the completion of
her four weeks' engagement, to sing Isolde
and Elsa in the new Prince Regent Theatre,
Munich, which she is to open this month.
Gregory Hast, the renowned English
tenor whom Mr. Charlton will introduce
GREGORY HAST.
to American audiences this year, brings a
reputation second to none in oratorio and
recital work. He is famous for his ballad
concerts at St. James', Royal Albert, and
Queen's Halls, London, and elsewhere in
England and on the Continent; and in ora-
torio, which he studied with the veteran
Sims Reeves, he has scored a long series
of notable successes. Mr. Hast is credited
with a pure tenor voice of rarely beautiful
quality, and his interpretation is said to be
exceptionally sympathetic and artistic. Ow-
ing to other important engagements abroad,
Mr. Hast can only give November and De-
cember to America.
KUBELIK LITIGATION PERHAPS.
' T H E yet unearned profits arising from
the American tour of Kubelik, the vio-
linist, may be the subject of a law suit be-
tween Daniel Frohman and Rudolph Aron-
son. Mr. Frohman has been notified by Mr.
Aronson's attorneys that on June 17th Mr.
Aronson entered into an agreement with Mr.
Frohman by which he was to obtain the con-
tract for the appearance in this country of
Mr. Kubelik under the management of Mr.
Frohman. Mr. Aronson says that Mr. Froh-
man agreed to give to him fifty per cent.
of the profits resulting from Kubelik's per-
formances. He declared that after he had
secured the contract by which the violinist
consented to appear under Frohman's man-
agement Frohman refused to recognize his
—Aronson's—interest in the contract. Froh-
man was notified by the lawyers that suit
was about to be begun against him.
Mr. Frohman notified his counsel, A. H.
Hummel, to prepare to defend any law suit
that was begun by Aronson. Mr. Hummel
said that, acting under Frohman's instruc-
tions, he had notified Aronson that as he had
failed to bring about an agreement between
Kubelik's manager and Frohman that Froh-
man had made an independent contract with
Kubelik's manager and that the violinist
would tour America under the management
of Daniel Frohman and Hugo Gorlitz.
Mr. Hummel admits that Aronson had
entered into negotiations with Frohman and
said that Frohman deposited $10,000 with
a bank in Budapest to secure the contract
which Aronson said he could make with
Kubelik. Mr. Hummel said that Aronson,
after considerable time, failed to secure a
contract and that the bank returned to Froh-
man his $10,000, "clearly indicating," said
the lawyer, "that it considered that Aronson
had failed in his efforts to secure the con-
tract within the stipulated time."
Mr. Hummel said that subsequently Froh-
man, through Hugo Gorlitz, obtained the
contract under which Kubelik will soon ap-
pear in the city and throughout the country.
Q L I V E FREMDSTADT, a New York
^
girl and a former pupil of Lilli Leh-
mann, carried off all the honors at the second
performance in the new Prince Regent's
Theatre at Munich, and her representation
of Brangaene in "Tristan und Isolde" was
regarded as by long odds the most notable
artistic achievement of the evening. Mme.
Nordica appears there this week and with
Fremdstadt she seems likely to make the
series of performances notable chiefly for
the work of the Americans who take part
in them.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
A COMPOSITION OF MERIT.
D A U L F. JOHANNING, whose clever
musical conceits have won a great
vogue among lovers of piano and orchestral
music, 4 has just brought out through the
Philistine Music Co., 2"] Union Square, some
exceptionally pretty waltzes entitled "The
Philistine," which are dedicated to the be-
loved pastor of the Philistines, Elbert Hub-
bard, of East Aurora, N. Y. The typo-
graphical get-up of the publication calls for
especial praise, being entirely out of the or-
dinary. The cover scheme in greenish grey
is in sympathy with the work of
the Roycrofters, who make it
their object to produce beautiful
things in book form. Of the
music it can be said that the
melodies are refreshingly fluent
—nay, captivating—while the
scoring is undeniably clever. The
complete number forms a com-
position of unusual worth, esti-
mated from any viewpoint, and
should win a large measure of
popularity from lovers of merit-
orious writing.
SAUER NOW IMPERIAL PROFESSOR.
C M I L SAUER, who was
*-* heard in recital in this
country a few seasons ago, has
been honored by the appointment
of Imperial and Royal Professor
at the Vienna Conservatory, and
is the first musician in Austria to
receive this title. The prefer-
ence paid him has caused some
trouble in the Conservatory, and
several members of the faculty
of the best known professors,
who had been there for many
years. Sauer is to receive about $6,000 a
year salary, which is considerable above the
average paid any other musician occupying
a similar position.
DR. WM. MASON'S "MEMORIES."
P U B L I C A T I O N S relating to music and
*• its concomitants continue to be on the
increase. Many of the leading publishers
have in press interesting works which we
feel sure will meet with no small share of
support. One of the interesting contribu-
tions in the fall will be Dr. William Mason's
"Memories of Musical Life," which will be
issued in book form by the Century Com-
pany.
Dr. Mason's experience covers fifty years'
association with the best musical thought
of the world in which he has been a figure
of no small importance. He has justly
earned the title of Dean of the profession,
and there is something of worth in the rec-
ollections and opinions of a man of such
'keen foresight and vigorous intellect as Dr.
Mason.
Among the artists from abroad coming to
America next spring will be R. Watkin
Mills, the eminent English basso. His tour
will be directed by W. Spencer Jones, of
Brockville, Canada.
TWO NOTABLE ARTISTS.
T H A T Mme. Lillian Nordica will devote
herself to song recital, only, this com-
ing season is one of the very important an-
nouncements made by Manager Loudon G.
Charlton, who has assumed sole direction
of her tour, which will include the Pacific
Coast, Canada and the South, as well as
the territory between. Just in the height
of her fame and powers, unrivaled in the
greatness of her art and the versatility of her
genius, Mme. Nordica will now be heard
in different parts of America for the first
MME. LILLIAN NORDICA.
time in recital when she presents the whole
program, with the exception of a piano num-
ber or two by her accompanist. At present
Mme. Nordica is in her summer home in
the Black Forest. She will sail for this
country immediately after the completion of
her four weeks' engagement, to sing Isolde
and Elsa in the new Prince Regent Theatre,
Munich, which she is to open this month.
Gregory Hast, the renowned English
tenor whom Mr. Charlton will introduce
GREGORY HAST.
to American audiences this year, brings a
reputation second to none in oratorio and
recital work. He is famous for his ballad
concerts at St. James', Royal Albert, and
Queen's Halls, London, and elsewhere in
England and on the Continent; and in ora-
torio, which he studied with the veteran
Sims Reeves, he has scored a long series
of notable successes. Mr. Hast is credited
with a pure tenor voice of rarely beautiful
quality, and his interpretation is said to be
exceptionally sympathetic and artistic. Ow-
ing to other important engagements abroad,
Mr. Hast can only give November and De-
cember to America.
KUBELIK LITIGATION PERHAPS.
' T H E yet unearned profits arising from
the American tour of Kubelik, the vio-
linist, may be the subject of a law suit be-
tween Daniel Frohman and Rudolph Aron-
son. Mr. Frohman has been notified by Mr.
Aronson's attorneys that on June 17th Mr.
Aronson entered into an agreement with Mr.
Frohman by which he was to obtain the con-
tract for the appearance in this country of
Mr. Kubelik under the management of Mr.
Frohman. Mr. Aronson says that Mr. Froh-
man agreed to give to him fifty per cent.
of the profits resulting from Kubelik's per-
formances. He declared that after he had
secured the contract by which the violinist
consented to appear under Frohman's man-
agement Frohman refused to recognize his
—Aronson's—interest in the contract. Froh-
man was notified by the lawyers that suit
was about to be begun against him.
Mr. Frohman notified his counsel, A. H.
Hummel, to prepare to defend any law suit
that was begun by Aronson. Mr. Hummel
said that, acting under Frohman's instruc-
tions, he had notified Aronson that as he had
failed to bring about an agreement between
Kubelik's manager and Frohman that Froh-
man had made an independent contract with
Kubelik's manager and that the violinist
would tour America under the management
of Daniel Frohman and Hugo Gorlitz.
Mr. Hummel admits that Aronson had
entered into negotiations with Frohman and
said that Frohman deposited $10,000 with
a bank in Budapest to secure the contract
which Aronson said he could make with
Kubelik. Mr. Hummel said that Aronson,
after considerable time, failed to secure a
contract and that the bank returned to Froh-
man his $10,000, "clearly indicating," said
the lawyer, "that it considered that Aronson
had failed in his efforts to secure the con-
tract within the stipulated time."
Mr. Hummel said that subsequently Froh-
man, through Hugo Gorlitz, obtained the
contract under which Kubelik will soon ap-
pear in the city and throughout the country.
Q L I V E FREMDSTADT, a New York
^
girl and a former pupil of Lilli Leh-
mann, carried off all the honors at the second
performance in the new Prince Regent's
Theatre at Munich, and her representation
of Brangaene in "Tristan und Isolde" was
regarded as by long odds the most notable
artistic achievement of the evening. Mme.
Nordica appears there this week and with
Fremdstadt she seems likely to make the
series of performances notable chiefly for
the work of the Americans who take part
in them.
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