Music Trade Review
Issue: 1901 Vol. 33 N. 23 - Page 7
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THE
LILU LEHMANN.
' ' T H I S remarkable singer, who has given
all the lovers of Wagner on both con-
tinents something to remember through life,
is engaging in song recitals this season. It
is not often that a singer can step from opera
into concert and make a success, but the
finesse of Lehmann's singing is as great in
song as in opera, and her art is supreme.
Her voice, too, this season is fresh and reso-
nant. That she has been an unqualified suc-
MM". LILU LEHMANN.
cess has been proven by the vast audiences
and the enthusiasm that she has elicited upon
every appearance. All who love artistic
singing rejoice over the great opportunity
to hear Lilli Lehmann in recital.
Carl Ambruster, the distinguished lecturer,
was scheduled to introduce himself to New
Yorkers last evening at Mendelssohn Hall,
his subject being the life and works of Rich-
ard Wagner, which was interspersed with
vocal excerpts from the "Flying Dutchman,"
"Tannhauser," "Rienzi," "Lohengrin" and
"Tristan and Isolde," sung by Miss Pauline
Cramer.
Henry K. Hadley's symphony, "The Four
Seasons," which won the Paderewski prize
of $1,000, will be soon placed on one of the
programs of the Philharmonic Society's con-
certs.
•*
Edgar S. Kelley recently presided for the
first time as conductor of the New Haven
Symphony Orchestra and won the praise of
the most critical. He appears to be a born
conductor.
7VIUSIC TRADE
REFLECTIONS ON COL MAPLESON'S DEATH.
" T H E death recently of Col. J. H. Maple-
son in London brings to the minds of
old opera-goers ihe bvilhar.t days of Italian
opera at the Academy of Music, where the
Colonel held forth eight seasons. Some of the
salaries he paid his leading artists in 1879
are worth recalling in view of the sums said
to have been given last season in New York.
Jean de Reszke, he said, he brought over
with him before he became a tenor, at $50
a week, while Patti got
only $200 a night. To
Mme. Gerster he paid
$600 a week, to Mile.
Hauk $200. S i g n o r
Campanini received $3,-
000 a month; Mme. Sin-
ico 7,ooof. a month, with
expenses; Frapolli and
Mme. Pisani, $900 a
month, S i g n o r D e l
Puente $150 a week.
The average . cost of
raising the, curtain was
$2,000, and the average
nightly receipts were
estimated at $4,500.
WHY NOT A CENSOR ?
M EWS comes from Berlin, Ger., of the ap-
pointment by the president of the police
board of that city of the eminent conductor,
Joseph Sucher, to the peculiar position of
passing upon special music used in perform-
ances on certain religious days, like Good
Friday and other holidays. It seems that,
according to a law passed in 1856, music of
a serious and religious character can only
be used on these days and it will be Mr.
Sucher's function, in disputed cases, to de-
cide whether certain pieces come under that
head or not.
This suggests a line of thought: Why
should not Mayor Low and his new police
head appoint an eminent composer to have
jurisdiction over the inane and heartbreaking
music which is played in many of our thea-
tres by so-called orchestras, not only on holi-
days, but nightly? True, this is a more lib-
eral application of the Berlin law than pre-
vails in that country, but really a censor
is badly needed in New York.
.a
NEW ARTISTS APPEAR.
7 E L D E N R U S T , who made his debut in
Cincinnati with Van der Stiicken and
For American singers orchestra, scored a tremendous success in
he had a great predilec- Grieg's great concerto for piano. Zeldenrust
tion. He believed that was recalled time after time and the enthu-
American s o p r a n o s siasm of the people found an echo with the
"lead the world," and press of Cincinnati, which states without re-
always will, for the rea- serve that he is one of the greatest artists
son that they possess a that has ever been heard in that city.
quality of voice to be Kubelik played his first concert in New
found nowhere else and York Dec. 2d. He is conceded to have tech-
unite a m b i t i o n and nic without much else.
pluck. He found, how-
Augusta Cottlow made her first appearance
ever, in America a pre- in New York with Paur and his orchestra
judice hard to overcome at a concert given for St. Mark's Hospital.
against the reception of She has distinct individuality, a mastery of
American singers unless the keyboard and a modest manner which
they had come with reputations gained would captivate any audience.
abroad. But he brought out as many as
thirty-two prime donna, among them being / j U R Teutonic friends are always discov-
ering something odd in the matter of
Kellogg, Cary, Emma Juch, Nordica, Zelie ^
de Lussan, Marie van Zandt, Minnie Hauk music and its concomitants. The latest is
that the odors in an opera house or concert
and Marie Engle.
room are affected by the music played. If
the orchestra plays Mozart, there is a clear,
MRS. SMOCK-BOICE AND HER PUPILS.
Al\ RS. H E N R Y SMOCK-BOICE, the dis- cool atmosphere like that of the seashore,
' * *• tinguished vocal teacher, has this sea- while Gounod or Wagner causes a marked
son an unusually large and successful class musty and heavy odor in the air.
j*
at her studio, 127 McDonough street, Brook-
The last of the three chamber concerts
lyn. Many of her artist pupils are quite
prominent in concert work this season. Mrs, given by Edward and Carl Hermann will
Lucie Boice-Woods has been singing in Pat- occur on Dec. 28th in the Masonic Temple,
erson, Newark, Elizabeth and Brooklyn. Twenty-third street and Sixth avenue.
This artist's voice has grown wonderfully These delightful affairs have been supported,
and she has been enthusiastically received as they deserve, in a very generous way by
wherever she has appeared. Miss Camp, the musically cultured.
another pupil of Mrs. Boice, who will sing
The program at the Philharmonic Society's
in Plainfield, N. J., this week, has a number concert this afternoon contains another nov-
of important engagements on hand. Mrs, elty—a symphonic prologue to "(Edipus the
Boice has now many promising pupils in King," by Max Schillings, a clever young
her class who are destined to be heard from ' composer who gives promise of a great fu-
in a most emphatic way in the near future.
ture.
HANNAH L KEENE
SO P R A N O
Exclusive Management of
CHARLES L. YOUNG
1123 BROADWAY,
NEW YORK
THE
LILU LEHMANN.
' ' T H I S remarkable singer, who has given
all the lovers of Wagner on both con-
tinents something to remember through life,
is engaging in song recitals this season. It
is not often that a singer can step from opera
into concert and make a success, but the
finesse of Lehmann's singing is as great in
song as in opera, and her art is supreme.
Her voice, too, this season is fresh and reso-
nant. That she has been an unqualified suc-
MM". LILU LEHMANN.
cess has been proven by the vast audiences
and the enthusiasm that she has elicited upon
every appearance. All who love artistic
singing rejoice over the great opportunity
to hear Lilli Lehmann in recital.
Carl Ambruster, the distinguished lecturer,
was scheduled to introduce himself to New
Yorkers last evening at Mendelssohn Hall,
his subject being the life and works of Rich-
ard Wagner, which was interspersed with
vocal excerpts from the "Flying Dutchman,"
"Tannhauser," "Rienzi," "Lohengrin" and
"Tristan and Isolde," sung by Miss Pauline
Cramer.
Henry K. Hadley's symphony, "The Four
Seasons," which won the Paderewski prize
of $1,000, will be soon placed on one of the
programs of the Philharmonic Society's con-
certs.
•*
Edgar S. Kelley recently presided for the
first time as conductor of the New Haven
Symphony Orchestra and won the praise of
the most critical. He appears to be a born
conductor.
7VIUSIC TRADE
REFLECTIONS ON COL MAPLESON'S DEATH.
" T H E death recently of Col. J. H. Maple-
son in London brings to the minds of
old opera-goers ihe bvilhar.t days of Italian
opera at the Academy of Music, where the
Colonel held forth eight seasons. Some of the
salaries he paid his leading artists in 1879
are worth recalling in view of the sums said
to have been given last season in New York.
Jean de Reszke, he said, he brought over
with him before he became a tenor, at $50
a week, while Patti got
only $200 a night. To
Mme. Gerster he paid
$600 a week, to Mile.
Hauk $200. S i g n o r
Campanini received $3,-
000 a month; Mme. Sin-
ico 7,ooof. a month, with
expenses; Frapolli and
Mme. Pisani, $900 a
month, S i g n o r D e l
Puente $150 a week.
The average . cost of
raising the, curtain was
$2,000, and the average
nightly receipts were
estimated at $4,500.
WHY NOT A CENSOR ?
M EWS comes from Berlin, Ger., of the ap-
pointment by the president of the police
board of that city of the eminent conductor,
Joseph Sucher, to the peculiar position of
passing upon special music used in perform-
ances on certain religious days, like Good
Friday and other holidays. It seems that,
according to a law passed in 1856, music of
a serious and religious character can only
be used on these days and it will be Mr.
Sucher's function, in disputed cases, to de-
cide whether certain pieces come under that
head or not.
This suggests a line of thought: Why
should not Mayor Low and his new police
head appoint an eminent composer to have
jurisdiction over the inane and heartbreaking
music which is played in many of our thea-
tres by so-called orchestras, not only on holi-
days, but nightly? True, this is a more lib-
eral application of the Berlin law than pre-
vails in that country, but really a censor
is badly needed in New York.
.a
NEW ARTISTS APPEAR.
7 E L D E N R U S T , who made his debut in
Cincinnati with Van der Stiicken and
For American singers orchestra, scored a tremendous success in
he had a great predilec- Grieg's great concerto for piano. Zeldenrust
tion. He believed that was recalled time after time and the enthu-
American s o p r a n o s siasm of the people found an echo with the
"lead the world," and press of Cincinnati, which states without re-
always will, for the rea- serve that he is one of the greatest artists
son that they possess a that has ever been heard in that city.
quality of voice to be Kubelik played his first concert in New
found nowhere else and York Dec. 2d. He is conceded to have tech-
unite a m b i t i o n and nic without much else.
pluck. He found, how-
Augusta Cottlow made her first appearance
ever, in America a pre- in New York with Paur and his orchestra
judice hard to overcome at a concert given for St. Mark's Hospital.
against the reception of She has distinct individuality, a mastery of
American singers unless the keyboard and a modest manner which
they had come with reputations gained would captivate any audience.
abroad. But he brought out as many as
thirty-two prime donna, among them being / j U R Teutonic friends are always discov-
ering something odd in the matter of
Kellogg, Cary, Emma Juch, Nordica, Zelie ^
de Lussan, Marie van Zandt, Minnie Hauk music and its concomitants. The latest is
that the odors in an opera house or concert
and Marie Engle.
room are affected by the music played. If
the orchestra plays Mozart, there is a clear,
MRS. SMOCK-BOICE AND HER PUPILS.
Al\ RS. H E N R Y SMOCK-BOICE, the dis- cool atmosphere like that of the seashore,
' * *• tinguished vocal teacher, has this sea- while Gounod or Wagner causes a marked
son an unusually large and successful class musty and heavy odor in the air.
j*
at her studio, 127 McDonough street, Brook-
The last of the three chamber concerts
lyn. Many of her artist pupils are quite
prominent in concert work this season. Mrs, given by Edward and Carl Hermann will
Lucie Boice-Woods has been singing in Pat- occur on Dec. 28th in the Masonic Temple,
erson, Newark, Elizabeth and Brooklyn. Twenty-third street and Sixth avenue.
This artist's voice has grown wonderfully These delightful affairs have been supported,
and she has been enthusiastically received as they deserve, in a very generous way by
wherever she has appeared. Miss Camp, the musically cultured.
another pupil of Mrs. Boice, who will sing
The program at the Philharmonic Society's
in Plainfield, N. J., this week, has a number concert this afternoon contains another nov-
of important engagements on hand. Mrs, elty—a symphonic prologue to "(Edipus the
Boice has now many promising pupils in King," by Max Schillings, a clever young
her class who are destined to be heard from ' composer who gives promise of a great fu-
in a most emphatic way in the near future.
ture.
HANNAH L KEENE
SO P R A N O
Exclusive Management of
CHARLES L. YOUNG
1123 BROADWAY,
NEW YORK
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