Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-02-07

can not picture 10 any other way than opening
/ his mouth to- sing, talk and eat. No pfoposi.
{ tion more absurd than this Nilsson and Bng.
/ noli partnership in teaching singing has met Us
! Tor nne while
| Now, in the first place, it is extremely
doubtful If any New York Journal Of any repu.
tation or standing would publish such non
sense as, that Christine Nilsson and Brienoli
( are to establish school of music, or Of sing
ing, in that tor any otherl city, or, "accept the
tale as a fat accompli," etc. To suppose that
such eminent artists would now descend TO
| giving Emusic lessons" is too absurd to be en-.
! tertained, fpr a moment by anyone Of in,elli.
I gence.
/ The next piece Of information is, at IS
/ rather curious New York has no school Of
/ music. So.called teachers there are, and some
/ Of them meritoiouS, but, for the most part.
the profession IS given over to chatlatans and
| ignorant people. This statement will be
news to the New Workers who believe that the
New York Conservatory Of Music" and other
/ celebrated musical institutions" as well as
eminent private musical instructors in that city,
afford facilities Tor acquiring thorough musi.
cal education superior TO any other city in
I America, with the exception Of Boston, Mas
| sachusetts, which has similar Conservatives
Of music on a larger scale than those in New
York city, but not conducted by artists Of any
| greater merit or ability than can be found in
the latter city,
1t is generally conceded by the musical pro.
fession that such artists as 6. b. Mills, pianist /;
Madame Louise Cappani, vocalist George
/ W. Morgan, organist Max Maretzek, musical
director and other eminent professors OF
music in New York city, too numerous to
name in this article, occupy the front
rank in America and will compare favor
ably with the leading celebrities in Boston
such as William II. Sherwood, pianist; Charles
r. Adams, vocalist ; and DR.. Louis Mas.
pianis; and musical director or with those OF
any other city
| will venture to say that there are less
number Of "charlatans and ignoran, people"
engaged in teaching music in the City Of New
York, in proportion to its population, than in
almost any other city in the United States.
Again the Courier writer evidently draws
long bow" in stating that, " One misguided
old gentleman,the other day, died there, New
York City, leaving an endowment of mil.
lion or two for school of music, etc" and
that Now the lively lawyers have 60, hold
Of ii and two.,hirds OF the estate has already
disappeared"
ltwould be gratifying to know the par,icu-
lars OF this rascality, if true. Certainly the
lawyers must have been Lively" as well as
reticient, to have got away with 1.-TWO thirds
OF the estate" especially in so short time as,
ga few days" without publicity, or restraint,
as an endowment fund is usually looked after
pretty sharply by its intended recipients
In conclusion, the writer of this remarkable
production ends it by saying mo proposi.
tion more absurd than this Nilsson and Brig.
noli partnership in teaching singing has met
us for long while"
Everybody will fully agree with him ns to
the " absurdty" OF the proposition inasmuch
as Nilsson could not, very well, enter into
partnership with Brignol, unless in the
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died October 5o,h 1854, and previous to his
death was under engagement to travel with
the Emma Abbott Opera Company" for a
six weeks season in San Francisco.
There is a certain class OF writers who seek
to make newspaper attractive by writing SEN
sational articles without much regard to facts
In this respect the "Courier" takes the
cake. q
Had Brignoi been an obscure artist therf
might have been some excuse for continuing
him in the land OF the living tire months ajfty
his dtath, but, as he enjoyed world wide
reputation as the finest tenor since the days Of
Mario and toured with spslh, artists as iAdsiiinii
Patti, Pareps Rosa, Christine Nilsson, Titiens
and Clara Louise Kellogg, and, also, received
obituary notices in nearly all OF the public
journals throughout the world it seems strange
that such an oversight should have occurred not
only in the Courier" but, also, should have
been reproduced here.
AN OLD New YORKER.
Honolulu, February Z, 1885.