Music Trade Review
Issue: 1901 Vol. 33 N. 18 - Page 8
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THE
7VIUSIC TRSDE
Prague, the Bohemian National Theatre ar-
ranged a cycle of Dvorak's operas, concluding
with his oratorio of "St. Ludmilla." This is
a great deal more sensible than the usual way
T N reference to the coming coronation of the of waiting till a composer is dead and then
King of England, for which some special erecting a statue to him. As a writer in the
music will, according to precedent, be ex- Evening Post aptly says: "Dvorak's operas
pressly composed, the question has been have been unjustly neglected, as were those
mooted whether at the new reign a "Com- of the Bohemian Smetana; but Smetana's
poser to the Court" should not be appointed, day came at last, and Dvorak's will come,
to do for music what the Poet Laureate is too."
supposed to do for verse, says our London
namesake. The fact does not seem to be CDOUARD RISLER will play Dec. 15th-
22d in Paris with Colonne two Bee-
generally known that the Northern kingdom
thoven
concertos and a first presentation of
actually boasts such an official, Sir Herbert
a
Symphonic
Poem for
Oakeley holding the post of "Composer to
piano
and
orchestra
by
the King in Scotland." In England the two
G.
Pierne.
With
Henri
Court musicians are Sir Walter Parratt, the
Master of the Music, who, although an im- Marteau he will give
portant personage, is officially little more than twenty concerts in Nor-
the conductor of the King's private and State way and Sweden. Later
bands; and Dr. Creser, who is "Organist in the season he will
give six concerts in
and Composer to the Chapel Royal."
Paris, two with piano
A ND so that old-time hero of opera-goers, alone, one with Henri
Victor Maurel, has retired from the op- Marteau, with the Bo-
eratic stage and will devote himself to teach- hemian Quartet, with
ing in Paris, where Jean Lasalle has also Schumann-Heink, a n d
opened a studio. Maurel postponed as long one to be announced.
as possible his retirement from the stage,
TOSEF HOFMANN
and has in reality had little capacity for opera
during the past few seasons. His attempt to ^ says that Rubin-
appear in drama was not successful and he stein was fond of a good
has now decided to teach. As has been well story, even if it was
said, if he could impart the secret of his in- at his own expense. At
comparable operatic acting to others he would one time he had a
new opera produced,
be a public benefactor.
and he promised the
DATRONS of the concerts by the Boston
musicians that if the
*
Symphony Orchestra in this city during
opera were a success he
the coming season will be very much inter-
would give them all
ested in the following list of novelties selected
a good supper. On the
by Mr. Gericke during the past summer for
night of the first per-
performance in the Boston concerts. There
Rubinstein
will not, of course, be the opportunity to per- formance,
was
disgusted
at what
form all of these new works in this city, but
he
thought
was
its
as many will have a place on the programs
failure,
10
he
went
as is consistent with the number of concerts
given: Symphony No. 5, in B flat major, home alone and went to
Anton Bruckner; Symphony for orchestra bed. About one o'clock
and piano, Vincent D'Indy; symphony in D t h e door bell was
minor, Walter Rabel; symphony No. 1, in rung violently. Aroused from his slumbers,
Rubinstein went to the door, and there were
C. S. Taneiew; suite in F, No. 6, Sebastian one
of the oboists and other players. He in-
Bach ; suite, "Raymonde," Glazounow ; sym- dignantly asked what the trouble was that
phonic variations, Georg Schumann; sym- he should be disturbed at that hour, and the
phonic poem, "Festklange," Liszt; "Ein man replied: "You invited us to supper if
Heldenleben," Richard Strauss; symphonic the opera was a success; we liked it very
poem, "CEdipus," Max Schillings; "Viviane," much."
ERDINAND CARRI announces four
Ernst Chausson; concert overture, "Cock-
concerts to be given during the season
aigne," Edward Elgar; overture, "La Fian-
at
Knabe
Hall. Three of them—on the even-
cee du Tzar," Rimski-Korsakow; overture
ings of Nov. 12th, Jan. 14th and Feb. 18th—
Solennelle, Glazounow, and overture, "Der will be violin recitals at which Mr. Carri will
Kuss," Smetana.
play compositions seldom heard, by Paginini,
Locutelli, Veracini and others. On Dec. 10th
occasion of the celebration recently of a chamber music concert will be given, at
the sixtieth birthday of Dr. Antonin which the program will be devoted to works
Dvorak, now director of the Conservatory at bv Hermann Carri.
Calks on Dimly Copies.
F
NEW
"Long Ago a /Midnight Strain"
CHRISTMAS
FLOKI/KI., T i l l .
VIOLINIST.
public appearance in Geneva last spring was
highly successful. As this is specifically to
be the year of the violinist of the Paganini
ciass, it is claimed for Florizel that he per-
forms astonishing technical feats. But he
has a repertoire of thirteen concertos to
prove his musicianship and industry, in ad-
dition to a large number of separate pieces.
He is to be heard first at Carnegie Hall in
February.
Ellison Van Hoose, whose recent success
at the Worcester Festival has established him
as one of America's greatest tenors, has been
engaged by the Boston Symphony Orchestra
to sing in six concerts, in Boston, New York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Brooklyn.
MUSIC.
"While Shepherds watched their Flocks by
"Perfect W a y " two keys, by Ed. Maroz.
" T h e N a t i v i t y " byH. J. Stewart. A Church Oratorio for
Chorus Choir.
THE
HIS is to be a year of youthful violinists
and Major Pond has found one in
Europe that will be brought to the attention
of his countrymen for the first time in Feb-
ruary. Young Florizel, as he is called, pro-
fessionally, when his family name of Reuter
is suppressed, is a native of Chicago, and
his mother, who is an amateur violinist, early
discovered his talents and took the lad to
Geneva, where he has been studying for three
>ears under Henri Marteau. The youth is
said to have taken all of the prizes available
to him in the conservatory there, and his one
'*Listen tO t h e W o n d roUS StO ry"Chorus by C.B. Hawley
Song, two keys, by Seymour Hawthorne.
CINCINNATI
FLORIZEL A MARVEL
N i g h t " Chorus, Ed Marzo.
"In t h e B e g i n ning"Hotette for full choir by W.W.Qilchrist.
A Book Of O r g a n MUSIC, by James H. Rogers.
CHURCH
CO,
JOHN
N E W YORK
CHICAGO
THE
7VIUSIC TRSDE
Prague, the Bohemian National Theatre ar-
ranged a cycle of Dvorak's operas, concluding
with his oratorio of "St. Ludmilla." This is
a great deal more sensible than the usual way
T N reference to the coming coronation of the of waiting till a composer is dead and then
King of England, for which some special erecting a statue to him. As a writer in the
music will, according to precedent, be ex- Evening Post aptly says: "Dvorak's operas
pressly composed, the question has been have been unjustly neglected, as were those
mooted whether at the new reign a "Com- of the Bohemian Smetana; but Smetana's
poser to the Court" should not be appointed, day came at last, and Dvorak's will come,
to do for music what the Poet Laureate is too."
supposed to do for verse, says our London
namesake. The fact does not seem to be CDOUARD RISLER will play Dec. 15th-
22d in Paris with Colonne two Bee-
generally known that the Northern kingdom
thoven
concertos and a first presentation of
actually boasts such an official, Sir Herbert
a
Symphonic
Poem for
Oakeley holding the post of "Composer to
piano
and
orchestra
by
the King in Scotland." In England the two
G.
Pierne.
With
Henri
Court musicians are Sir Walter Parratt, the
Master of the Music, who, although an im- Marteau he will give
portant personage, is officially little more than twenty concerts in Nor-
the conductor of the King's private and State way and Sweden. Later
bands; and Dr. Creser, who is "Organist in the season he will
give six concerts in
and Composer to the Chapel Royal."
Paris, two with piano
A ND so that old-time hero of opera-goers, alone, one with Henri
Victor Maurel, has retired from the op- Marteau, with the Bo-
eratic stage and will devote himself to teach- hemian Quartet, with
ing in Paris, where Jean Lasalle has also Schumann-Heink, a n d
opened a studio. Maurel postponed as long one to be announced.
as possible his retirement from the stage,
TOSEF HOFMANN
and has in reality had little capacity for opera
during the past few seasons. His attempt to ^ says that Rubin-
appear in drama was not successful and he stein was fond of a good
has now decided to teach. As has been well story, even if it was
said, if he could impart the secret of his in- at his own expense. At
comparable operatic acting to others he would one time he had a
new opera produced,
be a public benefactor.
and he promised the
DATRONS of the concerts by the Boston
musicians that if the
*
Symphony Orchestra in this city during
opera were a success he
the coming season will be very much inter-
would give them all
ested in the following list of novelties selected
a good supper. On the
by Mr. Gericke during the past summer for
night of the first per-
performance in the Boston concerts. There
Rubinstein
will not, of course, be the opportunity to per- formance,
was
disgusted
at what
form all of these new works in this city, but
he
thought
was
its
as many will have a place on the programs
failure,
10
he
went
as is consistent with the number of concerts
given: Symphony No. 5, in B flat major, home alone and went to
Anton Bruckner; Symphony for orchestra bed. About one o'clock
and piano, Vincent D'Indy; symphony in D t h e door bell was
minor, Walter Rabel; symphony No. 1, in rung violently. Aroused from his slumbers,
Rubinstein went to the door, and there were
C. S. Taneiew; suite in F, No. 6, Sebastian one
of the oboists and other players. He in-
Bach ; suite, "Raymonde," Glazounow ; sym- dignantly asked what the trouble was that
phonic variations, Georg Schumann; sym- he should be disturbed at that hour, and the
phonic poem, "Festklange," Liszt; "Ein man replied: "You invited us to supper if
Heldenleben," Richard Strauss; symphonic the opera was a success; we liked it very
poem, "CEdipus," Max Schillings; "Viviane," much."
ERDINAND CARRI announces four
Ernst Chausson; concert overture, "Cock-
concerts to be given during the season
aigne," Edward Elgar; overture, "La Fian-
at
Knabe
Hall. Three of them—on the even-
cee du Tzar," Rimski-Korsakow; overture
ings of Nov. 12th, Jan. 14th and Feb. 18th—
Solennelle, Glazounow, and overture, "Der will be violin recitals at which Mr. Carri will
Kuss," Smetana.
play compositions seldom heard, by Paginini,
Locutelli, Veracini and others. On Dec. 10th
occasion of the celebration recently of a chamber music concert will be given, at
the sixtieth birthday of Dr. Antonin which the program will be devoted to works
Dvorak, now director of the Conservatory at bv Hermann Carri.
Calks on Dimly Copies.
F
NEW
"Long Ago a /Midnight Strain"
CHRISTMAS
FLOKI/KI., T i l l .
VIOLINIST.
public appearance in Geneva last spring was
highly successful. As this is specifically to
be the year of the violinist of the Paganini
ciass, it is claimed for Florizel that he per-
forms astonishing technical feats. But he
has a repertoire of thirteen concertos to
prove his musicianship and industry, in ad-
dition to a large number of separate pieces.
He is to be heard first at Carnegie Hall in
February.
Ellison Van Hoose, whose recent success
at the Worcester Festival has established him
as one of America's greatest tenors, has been
engaged by the Boston Symphony Orchestra
to sing in six concerts, in Boston, New York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Brooklyn.
MUSIC.
"While Shepherds watched their Flocks by
"Perfect W a y " two keys, by Ed. Maroz.
" T h e N a t i v i t y " byH. J. Stewart. A Church Oratorio for
Chorus Choir.
THE
HIS is to be a year of youthful violinists
and Major Pond has found one in
Europe that will be brought to the attention
of his countrymen for the first time in Feb-
ruary. Young Florizel, as he is called, pro-
fessionally, when his family name of Reuter
is suppressed, is a native of Chicago, and
his mother, who is an amateur violinist, early
discovered his talents and took the lad to
Geneva, where he has been studying for three
>ears under Henri Marteau. The youth is
said to have taken all of the prizes available
to him in the conservatory there, and his one
'*Listen tO t h e W o n d roUS StO ry"Chorus by C.B. Hawley
Song, two keys, by Seymour Hawthorne.
CINCINNATI
FLORIZEL A MARVEL
N i g h t " Chorus, Ed Marzo.
"In t h e B e g i n ning"Hotette for full choir by W.W.Qilchrist.
A Book Of O r g a n MUSIC, by James H. Rogers.
CHURCH
CO,
JOHN
N E W YORK
CHICAGO
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