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7VYUSIC T R S D E
HARRY H. BARNHART.
New York will hear him Jan. i6th with the States." The book is a valuable addition to
Boston Symphony and one month later with a collection of musical works or as statistics. LJARRY H. BARNHART, basso can-
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tante, who is under the direction of
the New York Philharmonic. Then we may
One of the most impressive and enjoyable
Charles
L. Young, has just given a series of
hope for more of those magnificent re- performances of the Messiah ever given by
recitals
in the Sherman Clay Hall in San
citals which won him his way into the admir- the Oratorio Society of New York, occurred
Francisco,
and has had such success that he
ation of us all.
on Saturday night, and strange to say, the
has
been
induced
to appear there again in
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production was not impaired by a most start-
another
series
of
recitals
in January. Mr.
We will also hear Zeldenrust for the first ling incident. At five minutes before the
time with the admirable setting which the first soprano recitative there was no soprano llarnhart is also very successful in his teach-
Kneisel Quartet makes for any artist. Zel- to fill the part. Miss Palliser, the original ing in San Francisco, and is at present con-
denrust has created a very good impression choice of the society, was ill with bronchitis sidering an offer from Mr. Young to return
wherever he has been heard, and he will be and her place was filled by Sara Anderson.
presented in piano recitals later on.
After reaching the hall Miss Anderson was
Mrs. H. H. A. Beach played with the knei- seized with a hoarseness that took away even
:sel Quartet. Dec. 17th in a program given as a her speaking voice. Messengers were sent
Beethoven memorial. Mrs. Beach was ex- out for Jessica De Wolf who is known to
tremely disappointing, her playing lacking be a unique oratorio singer and ready at any
the slightest approach to tenderness, or even moment for emergencies, but she did not
reverence for the work in hand. Mrs. Beach arrive in time and Mrs. Louise Mackay Les-
should rest upon her laurels as composer lie, a young church soloist in the audience
and leave the field of piano-playing decidedly volunteered to assume the responsibility.
alone. She is a society woman, anyhow; Mrs. Leslie acquitted herself most remark-
ably without the slightest break in the
nothing more need be said.
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Among the winter publications issued by smoothness of the performance and with a
clear unfaltering voice. Mrs. Leslie has had
L. C. Tage & Co., of Boston, there is an
her vocal training under Helen Yon Doen-
interesting book called "A Critical History
hoff, whose able work made her pupil suffic-
of Opera,'" by A. Elson. In point of the
iently strong to undertake such a colossal
fact that Elson is one of the names best chance. It was a very wonderful success
known to readers of musical topics, the ques- and both pupil and teacher deserve great
HARRY H. HARNHART,
tion arises, who is Arthur Elson? This is praise. The other soloists were Mrs. Louise
to
New
York
and teach in the Charles L.
answered very satisfactorily by the following Homer, Gregory Hast, and David Bispham.
Young
School
of Music on Fifth avenue.
dedication : "To the one who has been my Mrs. Homer sang with intelligence and feel-
Should
he
accept
Mr. Young's offer, he will
most intimate companion in pleasure, and ing, Gregory Hast who is essentially an
in
all
probability
bring several of his most
my best counsellor in toil,—to my father, oratorio singer was highly interesting and
prominent
pupils
East
with him.
Louis C. Elson, this book is gratefully in- enjoyable, and to Bispham. as always, wher-
BECOMING A FAD WITH ITALIANS.
scribed."
• J W ever he appears, fell the lion's share of ad-
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RITING
with famous musicians or au-
This beautiful inscription seems very fit- miration, and justly so for he is the greatest
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thors
for
their heroes is evidently
ting to those who know Louis Elson, the oratorio singer that we ever hear—he is su-
going
to
become
a
fad in Italy. The other
man. To those, however, who know Louis perb. The chorus and orchestra under the
Elson, the writer, the work of his son will telling baton of Frank Damrosch. were at day an opera founded on Chopin's music and
be doubly interesting, as it is very well writ- their best and the entire performance was a life was sung at Milan, the composer, or
compiler, being M. Orefice. Still more re-
ten and represents a volume which can be memorable one.
cently
Stefano Girardi, a professor of the
perused rapidly to get the points desired.
Lillian Blauvelt arrived in New York on
One also feels that it must have passed the Sunday after a very stormy trip. Blauvelt 'cello at the Naples Conservatoire, invited
crucial test of Louis Elson's judgment and will appear at Carnegie January 19 after some friends to hear the music of a new
criticism. The sub-topics are,—The Origin which she will .fill thirty engagements be- opera, entitled "Byron." The work in ques-
tion aims at illustrating the life, loves and
of Opera, (duck's Reforms, Rise of Light fore returning to Europe.
adventures of the English poet, who is fol-
Opera, Mozart and His Works, Classical
Emilie Frances Bauer.
lowed by the librettist to Missolonghi, where
Opera, Weber and German Romanticism,
EXPRESSING IDEAS IN MUSIC.
he fought for the liberty of the Greeks until
Rossini and Italian Opera, French Grand
T may be said broadly that all modern death overcame him. Maestro Girardi is
Opera, Wagnerian Librettos, Wagner and
music is painting. At almost any con-
His Music, Italian Revival, Modern France, cert one may hear a landscape done into said to be a musician of considerable attain-
Germany and Russia, Appendix, England tone, perhaps a moon view or a river scene, ments, who has already made himself known
and America, in which reference is made says Park Barnitz. The river will bubble as a composer for the concert-room. "Byron,"
to the opera "Azara," of John Knowles in the wood-wind or the moon will rise in however, is his first operatic essay.
Paine.
soft arpeggi. The survival of the old forms Something Entirely
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Another work issued by L. C. Page & Co. in Brahms and Cesar Franck, whose ideas
is a volume of retrospects by Henry C. were often modern enough, is only an excep-
Chas. F.
Lahee entitled "Grand Opera in America." tion to the general rule. If Wagner and
Albert's
This is also for hasty perusal, as it states Berlioz and Tschaikowsky portrayed emo-
merely facts very tersely and fills a certain tions and landscapes in tone, the living Herr
<3 Artists'
need satisfactorily. There are serious omis- Richard Strauss has boldly attempted to por-
sions, of course, but more serious inclusions tray ideas; music has gone from painting
Rosin
—-that is, certain people have been men- to metaphysic; and we may perhaps expect
Composed of a ncwMix-
tioned that America could not afford to have translations of Kant and Hegel after the
turc specially adapted
go down into serious history, yet it must be manner of "Also sprach Zarathustra." Herr
for Artists" use.
admitted that Lahee has in a way tempered Strauss, as the boldest exponent of expres-
this by publishing the statement of Henry sion against formal beauty in music, is cer-
PRICE 3Oc,
W. Savage concerning the late venture of tainly, from the point of view of the future,
After a trial you will use no other.
Metropolitan English Grand Opera, and quite the most important composer now liv-
cAsk
your Music dealer or send to
Mr. Lahee very aptly says: '"They (the ing. He does not mind filling the earth with
CHAS, F, ALBERT
singers) were of ability sufficient to ensure cacophonies, if he can manage at the same
209.SO. 9ih St,,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
.success in any country except the United, time to express a few ideas,