Music Trade Review
Issue: 1902 Vol. 34 N. 18 - Page 6
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THE MUSIC TRKDE
of Queen Victoria. Indeed, as the whole force Mr. F. G. Edwards. Prof. Prout, as we are
is to be stationed upon the organ screen, informed, has prepared his edition by com-
there will scarcely be room for more than paring it with the original autograph, the
fifty performers, even if some seats are not Dublin copy in the handwriting of Christo-
filched for representatives of the press, as pher Smith (now of Tenbury), the manu-
they were at the Queen Victoria jubilee ser- script owned by Mr. Otto Goldschmidt, and
ARTISTS' DEPARTMENT.
vice. Pelham Humphrey's "Grand Chant," several printed editions. Dr. Prout has found
TELEPHONE NUMBER. 1745.-E1QMTEENTH STREET
which dates from the Restoration, and is set the text of the present edition very incorrect,
The Artists' Department of The Review is to the English words of the "Veni Creator" many errors having crept into it during the
published on the first Saturday of each month.
(a hymn which, by the way, has been used past 150 years; while even misprints in the
BETTER MUSIC FOR THE MASSES.
at every coronation service since the time of .first edition of Walsh have been repeated.
'"THE present municipal administration is Richard II.), Handel's "Zadok the Priest," He is also convinced that many of the addi-
*
to be commended for its efforts to se- written for George II., and the "Hallelujah tional accompaniments attributed to Mozart
cure better music in the parks and at the Chorus" are practically de rigueur; and it is are not by Mozart at all, a fact which, how-
recreation piers this summer. Last year, anticipated that there will also be an anthem ever, has, we think, long ago been generally
owing to the demoralizing but universal em u specially composed by Sir Frederick Bridge acknowledged.
ployment of "pull" the music supplied at the at the point where Queen Alexandra is
majority of the popular resorts was of the crowned. The "Te Deum" is invariably in
TESTIMONIAL TO GEORGE MARTIN HUSS.
poorest and the make-up of the bands was the coronation service, but the Litany, which
Congregations are not proverbial for ap-
anything but representative of this, the was used at Queen Victoria's coronation, preciation of their choirs so that it is pleas-
capital of the nation. Nowadays there-is a will probably now be dispensed with. A bet- urable to note a unique and distinct excep-
free field and no favors. Some of the lead- ter setting of the "Te Deum" than that of tion. The resignation of George Martin
ing bands have entered the competition for Boyce will, it is hoped, be used. There may 1:1 uss from the choir of the Madison Avenue
contracts to supply music, and already the be some hymns, there will certainly be some Baptist Church caused no small amount of
commissioner having this matter in charge processional marches, and there will, of regret in the congregation to whom Mr.
has received applications from over 150 or- course, be the usual "flourishes" by Mr. Huss has sung for seventeen years, during
ganizations.
Paque, Sergeant Trumpeter, and his assist- which time he missed services but two or
three times. The following letter accompan-
Some of our bandmasters are of the opin- ant State Trumpeters.
ied by a check for $450 will tell its own
ion that the tastes of the people of moderate '
&
story:
means do not rise above rag-time, and their
YOU CAN TAKE YOUR CHOICE.
Dear Mr. Huss:—A few of your friends
programs of last year consisted almost en-
OMPETITION has set in in the matter
in
Madison Avenue Baptist Church wish
tirely of that class of music. The symphony
of Wagner festivals. Both Bayreuth to the
express
regret that you are leaving
concerts given at Cooper Institute during the and Munich announce cycles for next sum- the choir of their
the church this spring. They are
past winter under the direction of Mr. mer. For the present the rivalry contents deeply appreciative of your long and faith-
Arens demonstrated unequivocally that there itself with being artistic, and the appeals for ful service to the church and the generous
exists as keen an appreciation of the very patronage are based upon the name and fame way in which you have always filled your
finest music among the people of the East of the artists. But it will soon, in all proba- office, enveloping it in an unselfish thought
Side as among those on Fifth avenue. Hence bility, degenerate to commercialism. Before for others which can never be repaid nor for-
gotten. Will you permit them to enclose
the importance of good music being played long the great music dramas will be sung you a testimonial expressing the sincerity of
by bands and in charge of men who com- for low prices of admission. It will be a their regard ?
prehend the necessity of making up programs case of Wagner at cut rates with premiums
Yours faithfully,
nicely balanced between the "classical" and thrown in—free lunch tickets or free beer Washington Wilson, Mrs. Eleanor Butler
Sanders, Joseph Milbank, Mrs. E. M. Ander-
"popular." Thus an appreciation of good coupons.
son, Mrs. John P. Hays, Mrs. Maria E.
music may be inculcated as opposed to the
At Bayreuth the programme calls for five Butler.
frivolous and inane stuff served up last year. performances of "The Flying Dutchman"—
Mr. Huss is a brother of Henry Holden
July 22 and August 1, 4, 12 and 19; seven Huss, who is one of the foremost composers
MUSIC AT THE CORONATION.
of "Parsifal"—July 23 and 31, and August
N interesting account of the music at 5, 7, 8, 11 and 20, and two of "The Ring of of the present day. He has a beautiful bari-
the Coronation of the late Queen Vic- Nibelung"—July 25 to 28 and August 14 to tone voice and also the musical intelligence
of the Huss family. For nineteen years Mr.
toria appears in a recent issue of the Lon-
17-
Huss has been a valued member of the Men-
don Musical Times: A list of the perform-
Manager Possart's plans for the Prince delssohn Glee Club and is well-known in mu-
ers shows that there was a band of 117 and
Regent's Theatre in Munich provide for eight sical and social circles of New York.
a choir of 288, and it is pretty plainly hinted
performances of "Die Meistersinger," five of
in the newspapers of the period that Sir
"Tannhauser" and four each of "Lohengrin"
A CLEVER VIOLINIST.
George Smart sold some of these places to
and "Tristan and Isolde." His roster of
AAISS
ANNA
E. OTTEN, the distin-
spectators ignorant of music. Both band
artists includes Nordica, Ternina, Olive * * * guished violinist whose portrait adorns
and chorus next June will certainly be small-
Fremstadt,. Fritzi Scheff, Theodor Reichman our cover page this issue, has appeared in
er. One of the few survivors of the chorus
;in<\ Theodore Bertram.
most of the prominent cities of Germany and
is Mr. Walter Macfarren, who gives an in-
£
•
Austria,
as well as the Eastern cities, and has
teresting account of the coronation. The per-
PROF. PROUT AND "THE MESSIAH."
won
the
highest commendation from distin-
formers had to be in their places by eight, p R O F . EBENEZER PROUT, of Dublin
guished
critics.
Her musical gifts are of a
the Queen arrived at noon, and the service
University, has undertaken for Messrs.
high
order.
She
has great technique, skill
lasted three hours and forty-eight minutes. Novello, a firm of music publishers who have
and
a
complete
control
of herself in an artis-
Sir George Smart was appointed conductor always been pioneers in such matters, the
tic
sense.
and composer against the direct wishes of preparation of an authoritative edition of
the Queen, who had appointed Sir Henry Handel's "Messiah/' It will, in fact, be two PARKER TO BE HONORED BY CAMBRIDGE.
Bishop; but the berth was a perquisite of editions, according to our London namesake; LJORATIO PARKER, professor of music
the then Bishop of London as Dean of the one a revision of the full score, with newly * * at Yale University, will the coming
Chapel Royal, and he disregarded her Ma- printed orchestral parts, together with a new summer receive the honorary degree of Doc-
jesty's desire. No such scandal is likely to organ part, while the other will be a revised tor of Music at the University of Cambridge.
arise at the coronation of King Edward.
edition of the vocal score, with a new piano- Mr. Parker's writings are very popular
abroad, his "Hora Novissima" having
The London Truth also declares it pretty forte accompaniment by Dr. Prout. An essay achieved quite a success on its first presenta-
certain that a very much smaller band and concerning the history of the "Messiah" will tion at the Worcester (Eng\) Festival of
chorus will be used than at the coronation also be furnished by that erudite musician 1890.
A
THE MUSIC TRKDE
of Queen Victoria. Indeed, as the whole force Mr. F. G. Edwards. Prof. Prout, as we are
is to be stationed upon the organ screen, informed, has prepared his edition by com-
there will scarcely be room for more than paring it with the original autograph, the
fifty performers, even if some seats are not Dublin copy in the handwriting of Christo-
filched for representatives of the press, as pher Smith (now of Tenbury), the manu-
they were at the Queen Victoria jubilee ser- script owned by Mr. Otto Goldschmidt, and
ARTISTS' DEPARTMENT.
vice. Pelham Humphrey's "Grand Chant," several printed editions. Dr. Prout has found
TELEPHONE NUMBER. 1745.-E1QMTEENTH STREET
which dates from the Restoration, and is set the text of the present edition very incorrect,
The Artists' Department of The Review is to the English words of the "Veni Creator" many errors having crept into it during the
published on the first Saturday of each month.
(a hymn which, by the way, has been used past 150 years; while even misprints in the
BETTER MUSIC FOR THE MASSES.
at every coronation service since the time of .first edition of Walsh have been repeated.
'"THE present municipal administration is Richard II.), Handel's "Zadok the Priest," He is also convinced that many of the addi-
*
to be commended for its efforts to se- written for George II., and the "Hallelujah tional accompaniments attributed to Mozart
cure better music in the parks and at the Chorus" are practically de rigueur; and it is are not by Mozart at all, a fact which, how-
recreation piers this summer. Last year, anticipated that there will also be an anthem ever, has, we think, long ago been generally
owing to the demoralizing but universal em u specially composed by Sir Frederick Bridge acknowledged.
ployment of "pull" the music supplied at the at the point where Queen Alexandra is
majority of the popular resorts was of the crowned. The "Te Deum" is invariably in
TESTIMONIAL TO GEORGE MARTIN HUSS.
poorest and the make-up of the bands was the coronation service, but the Litany, which
Congregations are not proverbial for ap-
anything but representative of this, the was used at Queen Victoria's coronation, preciation of their choirs so that it is pleas-
capital of the nation. Nowadays there-is a will probably now be dispensed with. A bet- urable to note a unique and distinct excep-
free field and no favors. Some of the lead- ter setting of the "Te Deum" than that of tion. The resignation of George Martin
ing bands have entered the competition for Boyce will, it is hoped, be used. There may 1:1 uss from the choir of the Madison Avenue
contracts to supply music, and already the be some hymns, there will certainly be some Baptist Church caused no small amount of
commissioner having this matter in charge processional marches, and there will, of regret in the congregation to whom Mr.
has received applications from over 150 or- course, be the usual "flourishes" by Mr. Huss has sung for seventeen years, during
ganizations.
Paque, Sergeant Trumpeter, and his assist- which time he missed services but two or
three times. The following letter accompan-
Some of our bandmasters are of the opin- ant State Trumpeters.
ied by a check for $450 will tell its own
ion that the tastes of the people of moderate '
&
story:
means do not rise above rag-time, and their
YOU CAN TAKE YOUR CHOICE.
Dear Mr. Huss:—A few of your friends
programs of last year consisted almost en-
OMPETITION has set in in the matter
in
Madison Avenue Baptist Church wish
tirely of that class of music. The symphony
of Wagner festivals. Both Bayreuth to the
express
regret that you are leaving
concerts given at Cooper Institute during the and Munich announce cycles for next sum- the choir of their
the church this spring. They are
past winter under the direction of Mr. mer. For the present the rivalry contents deeply appreciative of your long and faith-
Arens demonstrated unequivocally that there itself with being artistic, and the appeals for ful service to the church and the generous
exists as keen an appreciation of the very patronage are based upon the name and fame way in which you have always filled your
finest music among the people of the East of the artists. But it will soon, in all proba- office, enveloping it in an unselfish thought
Side as among those on Fifth avenue. Hence bility, degenerate to commercialism. Before for others which can never be repaid nor for-
gotten. Will you permit them to enclose
the importance of good music being played long the great music dramas will be sung you a testimonial expressing the sincerity of
by bands and in charge of men who com- for low prices of admission. It will be a their regard ?
prehend the necessity of making up programs case of Wagner at cut rates with premiums
Yours faithfully,
nicely balanced between the "classical" and thrown in—free lunch tickets or free beer Washington Wilson, Mrs. Eleanor Butler
Sanders, Joseph Milbank, Mrs. E. M. Ander-
"popular." Thus an appreciation of good coupons.
son, Mrs. John P. Hays, Mrs. Maria E.
music may be inculcated as opposed to the
At Bayreuth the programme calls for five Butler.
frivolous and inane stuff served up last year. performances of "The Flying Dutchman"—
Mr. Huss is a brother of Henry Holden
July 22 and August 1, 4, 12 and 19; seven Huss, who is one of the foremost composers
MUSIC AT THE CORONATION.
of "Parsifal"—July 23 and 31, and August
N interesting account of the music at 5, 7, 8, 11 and 20, and two of "The Ring of of the present day. He has a beautiful bari-
the Coronation of the late Queen Vic- Nibelung"—July 25 to 28 and August 14 to tone voice and also the musical intelligence
of the Huss family. For nineteen years Mr.
toria appears in a recent issue of the Lon-
17-
Huss has been a valued member of the Men-
don Musical Times: A list of the perform-
Manager Possart's plans for the Prince delssohn Glee Club and is well-known in mu-
ers shows that there was a band of 117 and
Regent's Theatre in Munich provide for eight sical and social circles of New York.
a choir of 288, and it is pretty plainly hinted
performances of "Die Meistersinger," five of
in the newspapers of the period that Sir
"Tannhauser" and four each of "Lohengrin"
A CLEVER VIOLINIST.
George Smart sold some of these places to
and "Tristan and Isolde." His roster of
AAISS
ANNA
E. OTTEN, the distin-
spectators ignorant of music. Both band
artists includes Nordica, Ternina, Olive * * * guished violinist whose portrait adorns
and chorus next June will certainly be small-
Fremstadt,. Fritzi Scheff, Theodor Reichman our cover page this issue, has appeared in
er. One of the few survivors of the chorus
;in<\ Theodore Bertram.
most of the prominent cities of Germany and
is Mr. Walter Macfarren, who gives an in-
£
•
Austria,
as well as the Eastern cities, and has
teresting account of the coronation. The per-
PROF. PROUT AND "THE MESSIAH."
won
the
highest commendation from distin-
formers had to be in their places by eight, p R O F . EBENEZER PROUT, of Dublin
guished
critics.
Her musical gifts are of a
the Queen arrived at noon, and the service
University, has undertaken for Messrs.
high
order.
She
has great technique, skill
lasted three hours and forty-eight minutes. Novello, a firm of music publishers who have
and
a
complete
control
of herself in an artis-
Sir George Smart was appointed conductor always been pioneers in such matters, the
tic
sense.
and composer against the direct wishes of preparation of an authoritative edition of
the Queen, who had appointed Sir Henry Handel's "Messiah/' It will, in fact, be two PARKER TO BE HONORED BY CAMBRIDGE.
Bishop; but the berth was a perquisite of editions, according to our London namesake; LJORATIO PARKER, professor of music
the then Bishop of London as Dean of the one a revision of the full score, with newly * * at Yale University, will the coming
Chapel Royal, and he disregarded her Ma- printed orchestral parts, together with a new summer receive the honorary degree of Doc-
jesty's desire. No such scandal is likely to organ part, while the other will be a revised tor of Music at the University of Cambridge.
arise at the coronation of King Edward.
edition of the vocal score, with a new piano- Mr. Parker's writings are very popular
abroad, his "Hora Novissima" having
The London Truth also declares it pretty forte accompaniment by Dr. Prout. An essay achieved quite a success on its first presenta-
certain that a very much smaller band and concerning the history of the "Messiah" will tion at the Worcester (Eng\) Festival of
chorus will be used than at the coronation also be furnished by that erudite musician 1890.
A
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