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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
NEW HIPPODROME SHOW SOON.
Mammoth Playhouse Will Open on September
3—Trio of Productions Will Be Given as
Formerly—The Witmarks to Publish the
Music, of Which Manuel Klein Will Be the
Composer.
The opening of the fifth season of the New York
Hippodrome and the presentation of the fifth show
given at that abode of marvels will take place
September 3. This season's show promises to
eclipse in vastness, splendor, in the number and
cleverness of its surprises" and effects and the beauty
of its music, the producers declare, every other pro-
duction given in the mammoth playhouse. Follow-
ing the form of construction adopted by the Hippo-
drome management five years ago, the new show
residence of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isidore
Witmark, of Manhattan, and as it ushered this very
youthful personage into being it also expressed the
fond delight of her parents and of the entire Wit-
mark family and their numerous connections and
friends. Isidore was so hopelessly "choked up"
with pardonable parental pride, when approached
on the subject the other day that all one could get
out of him was that the new baby is a natural born
contralto (the happy father scornfully denies that
she belongs elsewhere in any quartette) ; that he
intends hiring the Madison Square Garden as being
the only available auditorium in which the young
lady's voice can find suitable scope; that she is
named Carolyn Henrietta for her maternal and
paternal grandmamas, and, finally, that she is "just
what the doctor ordered."
CLUBMAN TO WRITE MUSICAL SHOW.
(Special to The Review.)
MANUEL KLEIN.
will be in three parts—two spectacular plays pro-
duced on a prodigious scale and respectively en-
titled "The International Cup" and "The Earth-
quake," and a magnificent ballet to be called
"Niagara." This trio of specialties, as in former
years, have been invented and constructed by
Messrs. Burnside and Voegtlin, and the lyrics and
music which so greatly enhance their charm and
grandeur written and composed by Manuel Klein,
the gifted musical drector of the Hippodrome.
These three wonder workers in their respective
lines have been hard at it all summer, and now con-
fidently pledge themselves to such a stupendous
show and such enchanting music as shall convince
the pleasure seeking world that they have by no
means exhausted their powers and resources, re-
markable as have been the results of their labors
in the past. Mr. Klein's lyrics and music are par-
ticularly delightful this year, we understand, and
those who hear them once will accordingly desire
to do so again, and so purchase copies of the
various numbers for home enjoyment. Here are
the titles of the songs: "Fifty Years Ago," "Lov-
ing," "The Sons of Ev'ry Nation Are Americans
To-day" and "Yachting." Besides these there are
a "Skipping Rope Dance," a waltz not named as
yet and the music of the ballet "Niagara." All are
published by M. Witmark & Sons.
Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 20, 1910.
Charles Gilpin, the Philadelphia clubman and
composer, has concluded arrangements with
Thomas W. Ryley for the production of a new
musical comedy next November. Mr. Gilpin has
supplied the musical compositions during the past
fifteen years for Philadelphia's amateur theatrical
organization, the Mask and Wig Club, but this is
his first professional attempt.
The play deals with social life in New York and
Narragansett Pier and affords ample opportunity
for elaborate modern dressing. There are two
acts and seven scenes through which twenty-two
musical numbers run, each arranged as a specialty.
The production will require an orchestra of forty
pieces and the cast and chorus call for 125 per-
sons.
The new production, the name for which has
not as yet been selected, will open in Philadelphia
for a brief run, after which it will be presented
in New York.
"SWEETEST GIRL IN PARIS" OPENS.
(Special to The Review.)
Among the people engaged are a number of artists
who are well known in nlusical comedy circles.
The piece in its original form, "Theresa, Sei Nicht
Boese," is schedu'ed to open the season at Philipp's
German theater, in East Eighty-sixth street,
September 1. Mr. Philipp has made arrangements
for the English company which is also to play the
piece to see the German performances. This will
be the first time in the history of American the-
atricals, it is asserted, that an English company
will be enabled to study the original of a piece,
the translaton of which they are already studying.
SHAKESPEARE'S "ART OF SINGING."
Rewritten and Revised Edition of Well-Known
Work Issued by Oliver Ditson Co., Boston.
The Oliver Ditson Co., Boston, Mass., have made
one more important contribution to the art of music
by re-publishing in a re-written, revised and greatly
improved shape William Shakespeare's "Art of
Singing." As is well known, Mr. Shakespeare is
one of the foremost living exponents of the old
Italian singing art—the bel canto—which has pro-
duced so many great artists and so many wonderful
voices. The foundation of bel canto has always
been simple study of natural methods and has con-
cerned itself not at all with the complex physio-
logical problems which modern voice teachers con-
sider so important. It is, of course, a method and
an art little suited to modern dramatic singing.
In accordance with his theories, Mr. Shakespeare
naturally places great reliance upon breath man-
agement, and devotes a large part of the first sec-
tion of his book to chapters on "Management of the
Breath," "The Vocal Organs," "Placing the Voice,"
"The Voice on the Breath" and so on. He also
provides an abundance of exercises for the guidance
of the pupil in pronouncing various vowel sounds,
for acquiring facility of pronunciation and for the
various appoggiaturas, turns and grace-notes used
in singing.
Mr. Shakespeare's method is to-day especially
valuable for students who desire to obtain a correct
understanding of the principles of singing as shown
in the oratorios of Handel, which need to-day a
style quite distinct from either that which is taught
by devotees of the Lied or of the musico-dramatic-
Wagnerian declamation. The book thus. fills a
wide gap and is eminently desirable in every way.
Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 21, 1910.
Trixie Friganza played the title role in the "Sweet-
est Girl in Paris," presented for the first time here
to-night. The new offering is the work of Addison
Burkhart. Collin Davis wrote the lyrics, and Joe
Howard the music. John E. Young has the leading
male role, that of a rich American who starts out NEW MUSICAL COMEDY FOR WOODRUFF.
to show Paris how to have a good time, and how
(Special to The Review.)
life there should be lived. The music is published
by Chas. K. Harris.
Chicago, 111., Aug. 22, 1910.
Mort H. Singer has engaged Henry Woodruff
to appear under his management again this sea-
KEEP PEN AND INK OUT OF HIS REACH.
son. Mr. Singer will present Mr. Woodruff in a
A short letter to the editor of a New York daily new musical comedy written especially for the
is reprinted herewith with the object of letting mu- star by Frank Adams and Will M. Hough, authors
of "The Prince of To-night," in which Woodruff
sical experts guess at what it is all about:
"To the Editor of the Sun—Sir: The opera is a proved one of the biggest drawing cards on the
combination of music and drama. It is too expen- road last year. Joseph E. Howard, presumably,
:
sive for poor people. I would suggest a combina- will write the music.
The name of the new piece is still undecided.
tion of music and bartending. Bartenders could
sing while serving drinks. This species of opera The authors are putting the finishing touches to it
"IT'S A GIRL," HEARD RECENTLY.
could be heard for five cents.
at their summer home in Michigan. Woodruff is
enjoying
the summer months at his country place
"New
York,
August
18.
W.
T.
G."
This is not the title of the very latest song pub-
outside New York, where he is golfing and yacht-
lished by the enterprising Witmark contingent. It
ing to his heart's content. Woodruff was on the
"TERESA" NOW IN REHEARSAL.
is simply the echo of the cry of joy which at
road from August until July last season and has
9.30 a. m. on Sunday, August 14, went up to the
Rehearsals for Adolf Philipp's new lyric comedy, asked Manager Singer to let him enjoy as long a
blissful abode where babies come from. The joyful
exclamation was born simultaneously with the ad- "Teresa, Be Mine," which will be published by rest as possible before calling rehearsals for the
vent of little Carolyn Henrietta Witmark at the J. H. Remick & Co., were begun August 25. new production. The music of this will be pub-
lished bv Chas. K. Harris.
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