New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-06

Tor rather like an impressario who after having
riding al anchor at the bottom of his cofcrsJ these
solemn words which the audience receives with
tattoo of hurrahs' Ladies and gentlemen,
nave me honor OF announcing TO you that Mr..
Gottschalk has just arrived" / then make my
entree upon the scene. and the tattoo of the audi
ferrous proportions that l should not know how to
give you an idea of it, unless you have heard the
Mcdea of Maestro Pacini, which, to my notion,
are the two most deafening musical denominations
ton of the bass drum, the cymbals, and the whole
Kitchen battery OF modern Instrumentation |
deslgnedly enlarge upon TINS, because 1T is charac
leristic OF an American audience, and q mover and
wholly local phase in the physiology of concerts in
the United States.
My amour propre for my musical progeny has ex-
perienced rude shock this evening. Madam Stra-
kosch having been encOred, took il into her head
to sing my "Crade Song" which was not on the
programme; charming woman asked the
name of that "Jfi9htul piece" and who was the
composer of 1T!
sandusky, Friday-Concert quite good. Recalled
after each piece. The audience encored us ali.
Some officers who are at the hotel speak of the
SHOW" and man came to the ticket Office for
ticket to the panorama!
Ann Arbor.-A little note is delivered between
the first and second part of the concert to Mile
Simon, our soprano. requesting her to sing Di pro-
venza il mar from 'rraviata'!
At London, this morning, the newspaper bestowed
great praise baritone MOrellI, and his beau
tifu style The joke of the matter is that Morelli
N.
Hartford. Feb. pa handsome town in Connec-
ticut, four and half hours from New-York.
conversations:
First lady Are you going to Gottschaks con-
Second lady" Yes, if I can find place on the
front seat"
FIJI First adyEI is too near, the sound is not so
Second LADY, do not care about hearing l
want to see his fingers. know all his peces0
secoqa II" Ply sSs Ph tend who PLAYS
them all on the guitar"
(Ihe TRUTH
Bloomington. Ill ,m warming myself in the
the midst of the crowd | look like an
amateur aan who has come to hear. A little
myself III the hail offers me one, saying, 4" DO you
want the portrait of Chuckle and his wife p who
w6o paT ns1ed h What be is the man
he who passed me-" said the little monster pointing
ont 10 mo q fat man who came into the hall
Good audence-Inuch applauded.
l have been introduced to one of the Crnsnses of
able; He came here as a Mormon missionary, but
quickly perceived that there more gold to be
were then in such inGnitesima proportion to the
male population that it would have been ridiculous
to preach polygamy to those who forced to be
He obtained a round sum which he made use of
money brought then 10 or 10 per cent. and in few
years he mad made many millions He was in his
office when | was admitted into his presence and
was anorously carcsslng the big toe OF his right
hand. "Gottschalk, Goltschalk" he said to me
without letting 20 his big toe " know that name
Amt you one OF them opera sngers' What do You
sing bass or tenor 7"
He has, am assured, renouneed the doctrine of
polygamy, but he drinks great deal.
I met here day before yesterday The Associated
Company of Artists FIESTA and his Wife, the
tenor, Stefan, Amodic, and Madame Lorini, and
tne Maestro =, Behrens OF gastronomic and
punning memory 1t is tnc Ncapolitan Devivo
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proudly calls Itself on the rlaybills Grand Italian
'P rr,, company" Their list of plays consists of
operas. Certain malevolent spirits might perhaps re-
mari that the absence OF choruses and of orchestra
TO the effect but in return, the PLAYING. not being
impeded by these accessories, gains singulary in
tore can ali be played the same eTennr to the
whole in two hours and half, and for 30 cents!
At bellevue (Canadai the Grand Italian Opera
when Nine Tesla comes TO the passage of " Vase
Borgla amounted to blue china pitcher of water
and two tumblers. The Canadian audience, who
opera put up with the glass for the " Vase d'oro
(cup of gold, but Mad. Iesta. seeing the Brndsi
laughter which was caught By Orsengo Gennaro.
The audience, thinking that the laughter was a
part Of the opera thought the scene narvellouslv
played, and laughed till they cried and the opera
OF Lucrezia ended amid the applause Of the HALL
In another place LeonOra {" 'Trovatore y was
forcwaTned that she must not die: and wherefore
Because you will be obliged after falling dead TO
get mp ana 90 ont before the audience, since there
Is no curtain"
In 1871 Gottschalk gave concert in Paris which
Kalkbrcnner lone of the vaneet of mem attended
by his particular invitation. Afterward the old
pianist complimented the young mans perform
ance: But for Gods sake" he exclaimed who
advised you to play such mrscF Chopin hardly
pardon you but List and Thalberg! What rhon.
sodies! Why did you not play one of my pieces
1hey are .bcautiful, please every body and nre
classical is Troll l,t
sage from Gottschall's diary which matches it:
From whatever cause the American taste il no
c31mhhg purer' and with that remarkable rapidtv
which wecite through our whole progress. For fen
years whole generation of young girls have played
Murmures Eoens" "Pastoreiie et Gova GIiii,'n
" Cradle Song" have become so popular that if ia
difficult for me to find audience mdisposed to
listen to me with interest since the maioritw ba
played or studied the pieces which compose the
programme. We should all, however narrow NAV
be our sphere of action bear our part in tbe tr6
glesslVe movement OF civilization
There were two critics for whom GottscbolIs had
an almost rabid aversion. namely John $ Uu,i,ht 90
Boston, and Mr.. H." probably the late Tbeodoro |
Hagenb OF New-York One of the ADVANTAGES of
going to California he thought, was getting ava,
from these two wicked foolsn
Behrens is reading one of Dwiobt,o ,,orouay
trned hastily away, having resolved never To reod
that paper again. An honest press onIightevad
criticism, wounds me even when thg nteueu
my weaknesses and my defects: but NY q notice
paper IL the reservoir of every little billions en-
oi every irrltatng lmpernencc, of all sckIy spleen
Wmch, under the form of anonymous corTeanonI'
ence, gives the writers the small comfort NJ ;p piu
al, Ihose VINO give nmbrage to their medocritv and
enable them to conceal themselves behind "a ani
uInn OF the chief editor d. waiting for tha naS o
Oh te OBJECT OF their envy, and then hurting at Inn
Witn an carrying uniformity their little bloddar, |
filled with gall. Their spite increases fpnn 'h
small effect of their bomb ardment. The doo ,le
Wien the hnagd analogous ~ in his mode of cure
matter i mas accomplished, he makes an OPENING for