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THE
7VYUSIC TRRDE
REVIEW
A PRETTY KUBELIK STORY.
MME. SZUMOWSKA.
A BRITISH MUSICAL FESTIVAL.
ME. A N T O I N E T T E SZUMOWSKA, Y\7 H E N Jan Kubelik came to New York
JV/l R. BALFOUR, the prime minister of
whose recital occurs to-day at Men-
*
last winter, he brought with him a
* * * England, whose love for music is well
known, has agreed to become president of delssohn Hall, is one of the few pupils that youthful compatriot named Friml. He was
a committee which, as our London namesake ever enjoyed instruction of the great pianist not beautiful and he spoke only his native
informs us, is in course of formation to hold, Paderewski. Mme. Szumowska shows many Bohemian. So, apart from the effect he made
next November, a National Musical Festi- times the influence of the Pole, and in addi- by his piano playing, Friml was not an im-
val in London, the program to be devoted tion she brings some charming qualities of pressive figure in the Kubelik retinue. The
exclusively to British music. Six concerts her own, the principal one being the fem- violinist had made his acquaintance only a
will be given in three days at Queen's Hall, ininity and refinement which fit her person- short time before he sailed for this country,
the orchestra being under Mr. Wood, and a ality to a nicety. Mme. Szumowska will but he admired him and his talent, so brought
Sheffield choir coming expressly to London play in Brooklyn March 11 with the Adam- him along, and he will probably return to
to take part in Elgar's "Dream of Gerontius." owski Trio, which is composed of Timothee this country next season when Kubelik comes
back. But he will be a much more finished
It is understood that the Queen's Hall May
player by that time.
Festivals will now be dropped, so that the
proposed British Festival will in this sense
Daniel Frohman recently received a letter
be alone in the field.
from Europe telling of the good fortune that
had befallen Friml, says the Sun. He has
Here is an example which America might
been in Vienna since his return and has been
well follow. Why not an American musical
a pupil of Leschetizky. Of course he could
festival? We ought to be able to get to-
not have afforded this education from his
gether in this country a representation suffi-
own
means or from the amount he earned
ciently strong to make up a program merit-
here
last winter. His friend Kubelik has
orious and attractive enough to command
met
all
the expenses of his musical educa-
the support of the musical public.
&
tion in Europe, and will continue to do so
FRITZI SCHEFF IN HER ELEMENT.
until the young Bohemian feels that -he has
p R I T Z I SCHEFF, of the Metropolitan
learned enough to come forward as a vir-
*•
Opera House forces, has decided to
tuoso. Mr. Frohman thinks that will be next
desert grand opera for three years and has
year, when he will be ripe to return here
signed a contract with Chas. B. Dillingham
with the friend who has done so much for
to start in light opera at the head of a big
him.
company. By the terms of the contract the
&
WHERE ARE THE POLICE.
soprano, who in private life is Frau von Bar-
O OME eccentric concert-goers in Paris
leben, will appear at seven performances a
^
persist in hissing whenever a pianoforte
week in one of three operas which are now
concerto
is played their idea being that the
under consideration. All three have been
piano
does
not go well with the orchestra.
produced at the Opera Comique, Paris, but
Clotilde
Kleeberg
was the latest victim of
have never been given here.
this
clique
when
she
played a Mozart con-
The first appearance will be made in New
MME. SZUMOWSKA.
certo
at
a
recent
Chevillard
concert. These
York Nov. 4 next and a run of three months
Adamowski, the violinist, and Josef Adam- simpletons also objected to the use of the
is anticipated. The company will then tour
owski, the 'cellist of the Boston Symphony
organ in Liszt's "Battle of the Huns"! It
the principal cities of the United States and
and the husband of Mme. Szumowska. Mme. seems remarkable to the American mind that
in the spring will go to London for a sum-
Szumowska has a host of admirers who are a few judiciously distributed policemen
mer season. The program will be repeated
gratified to learn that she is to play some of could not take the matter in hand and bring
during the two following years.
the engagements that were left unfilled by the disturbers to book with a short, sharp
The decision of Mme. Scheff will not sur-
Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler, owing to the se- shock.
prise her friends. One year ago she was on
vere illness of Mr. Zeisler.
the point of signing contracts with the Shu-
MME. SEMBRICH'S MODESTY.
berts to appear in comic opera.
HADLEY COMING INTO HIS OWN.
JU[ ME. MARCELLA SEMBRICH is the
L J E N R Y K. HADLEY is at least one * * most amiable of all the famous prima
BECOMING EMANCIPATED.
*
*• American composer who is now getting donnas of the Metropolitan Opera House
'"THE present German influence on French
his
innings. Since he came out victor in the Company. She gives her services to all sorts
*
music has been the subject of a sym-
Paderewski
prize symphony competition and of charitable entertainments and induces her
posium in a Parisian periodical. The various
captured
another
prize from the New Eng- compatriots to give theirs. She also goes to
experts whose views are presented are of the
land
Conservatory
the recognition of his tal- other singers' concerts and applauds heart-
opinion that French composers are gradually
ents
has
been
spreading
beyond the confines ily. At Mrs. Grenville Snelling's recital re-
emancipating themselves from Bayreuth in-
of
this
country.
We
now
note that his prize cently she remarked cheerfully to a friend:
fluences and becoming more original. M.
symphony
which
was
plaved
by the Phil-
Kufferath of Brussels writes: "Hans von
"You see I must come to a song recital."
harmonic
in
this
city
was
recently
performed
Billow could say twenty years ago that the
"That's right," said the friend, with a
best German music was made in Paris. To- by the Philharmonic Orchestra of Warsaw laugh; "it will do you good. Maybe you'll
day he would say perhaps that the worst and was enthusiastically received, both by learn something."
music is made in Berlin." M. Romain Rol- critics and public. It is soon to be produced
"One can always learn something," said
land goes so far as to declare that even on by Otto Lohse in Strassbourg and Madrid. this great artist, simply and in all sincerity.
the German composers of to-day the Hun- Meanwhile the American patron of the fine
What a pity it is that some of the young
garian Liszt and the French Berlioz exert arts has heard of Mr. Hadley and hired him ones have not as much humility!
to write the music for a farce-comedy now
more influence than Wagner.
je
to be seen on Broadway. Furthermore, he
HEERMAN'S RECITAL
"Florodora" in French at the Bouffes Pari- has paid the young composer the compliment
H U G O HEERMAN, the distinguished
siens, in Paris, produced with much sump- of telling him that much of his music was
*
violinist, will give his only recital in
tuousness of scenery and costumes, seems to too good for the condemned public and has
Mendelssohn Hall on Saturday afternoon,
have made a success.
cut it out to make room for sweet thoughts the 14th, in conjunction with Richard Bur-
by
Cole and Johnson. Who will dare to say meister, the well-known pianist. The fea-
Georg Henschel's "Requiem" which was
after
all this that the American composer's ture of the program is to be Beethoven's
to have been sung, by the Oratorio Society
time
has
not come ? There will be something "Kreutzer" sonata; in addition, each artist
of Brooklyn on March 2, has been postponed
doing
by
Harry Rowe Shelley yet.
until April 9.
is to be heard in groups of solos.