Music Trade Review
Issue: 1902 Vol. 34 N. 9 - Page 7
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THE
7VYUSIO TRMDE
THE UNIVERSALITY O F THE ART.
NE of the cheering and consoling facts
about Music, Heavenly maid, is that
she knows no theology, no sect, no creed, no
age, no nationality, has no geographical lim-
its, nor limits ecclesiastical.
Even since the Heavenly muse, "that on
the secret top of Oreb, or of Sinai, did'st in-
spire that Shepherd, who first taught the chos-
en seed in the beginning, how the Heavens
and earth rose out of Chaos." Ever since
that time when—
"Such music (as 'tis said)
Before, was never made,
But when of old the sons of morning sung,
While the Creator great
His constellations set,
And the well-balanced world on hinges
hung,
And cast the dark foundations deep,
And bid the weltering waves their oozy
channel keep."
Ever since, music has been the handmaid
of God, and his religion. The explainable
theology, the one phase of worship, accepted
by sects differing on all other points, the one
source of inspiration, to all nations without
exception. The one creed whose disciples
are to be found in all places known to geo-
graphy, and the one cosmopolitan language,
which binds man to his fellow-men by chords
of sympathy and feeling.
COME, all ye faithful admirers of Mr.
Plunket Greene's ballad singing, and
hear what dreadful things happened at his
latest concert in London: "He also brought
forward an arrangement of the famous and
familiar 'Adeste Fideles," in which every
verse of the hymn is harmonized by a differ-
ent English musician. Of the five verses,
perhaps the most successfully arranged are
those standing against the names of Sir Wal-
ter l'arratt and Mr. S. J. Ould, but the really
salient result of this multiform and modern
treatment of a noble and historic melody is
the emphasis that it lays afresh on the un-
dying beauty of the original." The beauty
of the original hymn is admitted. So much
the worse for the "multiform" and "modern"
maltreatment of it. Will Mr. Greene next
ask us to listen to "Old Hundred" in rag-
time ? asks the irreverent critic of the Even-
ing Sun.
Mary Wood Chase is a Boston girl, and
there
her early studies were made at the New
I N a day when there are so many pianists
of distinction, it is a matter which in- England Conservatory under Miss Sarah El-
volves no inconsiderable work and talent to iot Newman, now of Bryn Mawr. Miss
come to the front with any idea of winning Chase went abroad in most excellent condi-
tion and pursued her studies with great per-
severance under Oscar Raif, the great Ger-
man teacher who has given some great pian-
ists to the world of music. Miss Chase now
resides in Chicago, where she is in constant
demand, and during last month she made a
New York appearance at the Waldorf-Asto-
ria which stamped her as a most enjoyable
pianist to those who heard her. Her success
was such as to induce her to play here again
in the future.
A TRIAD OF YOUNG PIANISTS.
AIV.USTA COTTLOW.
a lasting recognition. Among the American
young women there are three who have
given proofs this winter that they arc worth
keeping in mind.
Miss Augusta Cottlow, who was known as
one of the most remarkable of prodigies, was
born near Chicago, where she received the
MOST
COMPLETE
BOOK OF
GENERAL
INFORMATION
EVER
PUBLISHED.
greater part of her musical education before
leaving for Europe, where she studied hard
with Busoni. Miss Cottlow played in Eu-
rope with very great success, and she has
had a remarkable number of engagements in
America this vear.
$3.00 Per Copy.
Address: Suite 801-2-3 Townsend Building,
No. 1)23 Broadway,
N. Y. CITY.
P O T C0.
ATJBTJETST, IT. "ST.
AH our Instruments contain the full iron frame and
patent tuning pin. The greatest invention in the history
of piano making. Any radical changes in the climate, beat
or dampness, cannot affect the standing in tone of our in*
•truments, and therefor* challenge tb« world that OKI
Till excel any other.
MME. ETTA EDWARDS.
"T H E remarkable dimensions to which the
class of Mine. Edwards has grown has
necessitated a change of studios, and she has
moved into the largest and most commodious
rooms in Steinert Hall, where she has two
rooms, instead of one, as heretofore. From
all parts of America Mme. Edwards has pu-
pils come to avail themselves of her ability
as vocal teacher. Her success has been
unique, indeed, but to those who know the
value of her intelligent treatment of the voice
it is simply a case of cause and effect, as peo-
ple are but too anxious to have pupils placed
with those who can produce results, and her
rush of pupils is entirely due to the results
she has shown since making Boston the field
of her labors.
Mme. Edwards, in addition to her' talent
for teaching, has the no less remarkable abil-
ity to keep her pupils before the public, as
the musicales which she gives at Steinert
Hall are among the most elaborate and artis-
lic affairs given, and it is a foregone conclu-
sion that she could not give concerts of such
proportions if her pupils were not equal to
the test. Mme. Edwards is a valuable ac-
quisition to the musical life of Boston, for her
labors are in the right direction and her in-
fluence is of the very best, as she is a woman
cf rare qualities, and a musician as well as
a vocal instructor.
<.*
Georg Henschel has declined to accept con-
cert engagements since the death of his wife
and will devote himsylf in the future to com-
position.
1
CARRIE HIRSCHMANN.
The Gharles L Young
musical Club
and
Amusement
Books now Heady
Directory
for 1902.
Miss Carrie llirschmann is a New Yorker
whose great talents interested many well-
known musicians and musical patrons, among
them the late William Steinway. She stu-
died with great ardor and perseverance with
Xaver Scharwenka and then with Ernst Jed-
liczka, two of the foremost teachers of Eu-
rope. Miss llirschmann has played in New
\ o r k , but in a more retired way than one
with her great ability should have done. At
the Maine Festivals, given this fall, Miss
Hirschmann jumped into notice instantly
by the remarkable virility and intelligence
with which her playing is distinguished. She
has recently played with Scheel and his or-
chestra, when she duplicated her former suc-
cesses. New York will hear Miss Hirsch-
mann under proper conditions and it is un-
questionable that she will win for herself
the position which her ability deserves.
MAIty WOOD CIIASK.
THE
7VYUSIO TRMDE
THE UNIVERSALITY O F THE ART.
NE of the cheering and consoling facts
about Music, Heavenly maid, is that
she knows no theology, no sect, no creed, no
age, no nationality, has no geographical lim-
its, nor limits ecclesiastical.
Even since the Heavenly muse, "that on
the secret top of Oreb, or of Sinai, did'st in-
spire that Shepherd, who first taught the chos-
en seed in the beginning, how the Heavens
and earth rose out of Chaos." Ever since
that time when—
"Such music (as 'tis said)
Before, was never made,
But when of old the sons of morning sung,
While the Creator great
His constellations set,
And the well-balanced world on hinges
hung,
And cast the dark foundations deep,
And bid the weltering waves their oozy
channel keep."
Ever since, music has been the handmaid
of God, and his religion. The explainable
theology, the one phase of worship, accepted
by sects differing on all other points, the one
source of inspiration, to all nations without
exception. The one creed whose disciples
are to be found in all places known to geo-
graphy, and the one cosmopolitan language,
which binds man to his fellow-men by chords
of sympathy and feeling.
COME, all ye faithful admirers of Mr.
Plunket Greene's ballad singing, and
hear what dreadful things happened at his
latest concert in London: "He also brought
forward an arrangement of the famous and
familiar 'Adeste Fideles," in which every
verse of the hymn is harmonized by a differ-
ent English musician. Of the five verses,
perhaps the most successfully arranged are
those standing against the names of Sir Wal-
ter l'arratt and Mr. S. J. Ould, but the really
salient result of this multiform and modern
treatment of a noble and historic melody is
the emphasis that it lays afresh on the un-
dying beauty of the original." The beauty
of the original hymn is admitted. So much
the worse for the "multiform" and "modern"
maltreatment of it. Will Mr. Greene next
ask us to listen to "Old Hundred" in rag-
time ? asks the irreverent critic of the Even-
ing Sun.
Mary Wood Chase is a Boston girl, and
there
her early studies were made at the New
I N a day when there are so many pianists
of distinction, it is a matter which in- England Conservatory under Miss Sarah El-
volves no inconsiderable work and talent to iot Newman, now of Bryn Mawr. Miss
come to the front with any idea of winning Chase went abroad in most excellent condi-
tion and pursued her studies with great per-
severance under Oscar Raif, the great Ger-
man teacher who has given some great pian-
ists to the world of music. Miss Chase now
resides in Chicago, where she is in constant
demand, and during last month she made a
New York appearance at the Waldorf-Asto-
ria which stamped her as a most enjoyable
pianist to those who heard her. Her success
was such as to induce her to play here again
in the future.
A TRIAD OF YOUNG PIANISTS.
AIV.USTA COTTLOW.
a lasting recognition. Among the American
young women there are three who have
given proofs this winter that they arc worth
keeping in mind.
Miss Augusta Cottlow, who was known as
one of the most remarkable of prodigies, was
born near Chicago, where she received the
MOST
COMPLETE
BOOK OF
GENERAL
INFORMATION
EVER
PUBLISHED.
greater part of her musical education before
leaving for Europe, where she studied hard
with Busoni. Miss Cottlow played in Eu-
rope with very great success, and she has
had a remarkable number of engagements in
America this vear.
$3.00 Per Copy.
Address: Suite 801-2-3 Townsend Building,
No. 1)23 Broadway,
N. Y. CITY.
P O T C0.
ATJBTJETST, IT. "ST.
AH our Instruments contain the full iron frame and
patent tuning pin. The greatest invention in the history
of piano making. Any radical changes in the climate, beat
or dampness, cannot affect the standing in tone of our in*
•truments, and therefor* challenge tb« world that OKI
Till excel any other.
MME. ETTA EDWARDS.
"T H E remarkable dimensions to which the
class of Mine. Edwards has grown has
necessitated a change of studios, and she has
moved into the largest and most commodious
rooms in Steinert Hall, where she has two
rooms, instead of one, as heretofore. From
all parts of America Mme. Edwards has pu-
pils come to avail themselves of her ability
as vocal teacher. Her success has been
unique, indeed, but to those who know the
value of her intelligent treatment of the voice
it is simply a case of cause and effect, as peo-
ple are but too anxious to have pupils placed
with those who can produce results, and her
rush of pupils is entirely due to the results
she has shown since making Boston the field
of her labors.
Mme. Edwards, in addition to her' talent
for teaching, has the no less remarkable abil-
ity to keep her pupils before the public, as
the musicales which she gives at Steinert
Hall are among the most elaborate and artis-
lic affairs given, and it is a foregone conclu-
sion that she could not give concerts of such
proportions if her pupils were not equal to
the test. Mme. Edwards is a valuable ac-
quisition to the musical life of Boston, for her
labors are in the right direction and her in-
fluence is of the very best, as she is a woman
cf rare qualities, and a musician as well as
a vocal instructor.
<.*
Georg Henschel has declined to accept con-
cert engagements since the death of his wife
and will devote himsylf in the future to com-
position.
1
CARRIE HIRSCHMANN.
The Gharles L Young
musical Club
and
Amusement
Books now Heady
Directory
for 1902.
Miss Carrie llirschmann is a New Yorker
whose great talents interested many well-
known musicians and musical patrons, among
them the late William Steinway. She stu-
died with great ardor and perseverance with
Xaver Scharwenka and then with Ernst Jed-
liczka, two of the foremost teachers of Eu-
rope. Miss llirschmann has played in New
\ o r k , but in a more retired way than one
with her great ability should have done. At
the Maine Festivals, given this fall, Miss
Hirschmann jumped into notice instantly
by the remarkable virility and intelligence
with which her playing is distinguished. She
has recently played with Scheel and his or-
chestra, when she duplicated her former suc-
cesses. New York will hear Miss Hirsch-
mann under proper conditions and it is un-
questionable that she will win for herself
the position which her ability deserves.
MAIty WOOD CIIASK.
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