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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-06-13
THE RIO GRANDE.
Stream Regarded with Veneration by
the Natives Along It's Course.

Stream Regarded With veneratloH ny
the Natives Along Its Course.
At a point about midway in New
Mexico, from north to south, the Rio
Grande takes on new character, says
Goldthwaite's Geographical Magazine.
The I.io Puerco NASTY river) comes in
from the west, bringing down in thick
solution the soil of it's alluvial valley.
The earth Of the Rio Grande's banks in
this locality easily dissolves, and from
the mouth of the Rio Puerco southwark
the waters are liquid mud.
The great river both gives and takes
on it's journey to the sea. Smaller
streams join it from pointto point, some
leaping to it down canyon bottoms
others 1neandering as rivulets in the
middle of wide channels filed only at
food, and often the waters of the inlet,
as in the case Of the Rio de Santa Fe,
are hidden beneath the sands of a dry,
bed and ooze underground to join the
subterranean current of the great
stream. The river gives of it's abun-.
dance to the villages and cultivated
fields through acequias, or irrigating
bitches, that lead from it to the grounds
of the jewellers upon it's banks Far
enough up the channel to secure the
necessary fall to the lands to be irrl-
gated little wing-da1n OF brush and
stone serves to turn the water from the
stream into the bitches which follow.
the bank at a slight descent as com
pared with the downward flow Of the
swift current. These canals, which at,
first run nearly at level, parallel with
the course OF the stream, as the rivers
surface falls more and more below
them, seem to the unframed eye actu-
ally to climb the bank, and the tender
FOOT Or uninitiated stranger is ready,
almost, to assert that the water in the
ditch is running uphill.
The main canals that lead from the
river which are known as acequias
madres (mother ditches), distribute
their waters into smaller waterways
leading into the separate fields; and
these bitches, in turn, through burrows
like ramifying arteries, diffuse the
water evenly over the cultivated ground
No manure is needed on lands thus irri-
gated, for they are abundantly fertilzed
by the fine, rich detritis in the water.
There are productive fields in the Rio
Grande valley that have been under
continuous cultivation for two hundred
years The water drawn off for domes-
tic use. when allowed TO settle, is excel
lent, and by the residents ON it's banks
and the New Mexico nomads that thirst
lily seek it's refreshing current it is re-
garded with veneration akin to that
which the Egyptians and Arabs be-
stow upon the Nile.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-06-13
A Chinese Ceremony.

It is customary for the emperor OF
China to offer prayers every New Years
day for the welfare and bright pros
poets of his subjects in the eighteen
provinces Of his empire. At the cere-
mony eighteen pairs ct candies are
burned and the name of =. province is
aarlsedop sach spair. Any of Che can
nes that 9bimn baSaly ignify that such
sprovinces Is are named Will suffer great
al miti mess md The like.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-06-13
Plenty of Queens.

A correspondent of the London Times
describes a queer little kingdom which
has been discovered on the Limpopo
river, Africa, not far from the point
which Lord Randolph Churchill has set
out to reach. Not the least queer feat
ure of the kingdom is the King Loben-
qula, who has seventy-eight queens.
His palace and throne is an ox-cart.
Surrounding this are the huts of his
wives. The king is ffty-six years old,
maintaining himself with great dignity
towards his people and foreign ENJOYS,
although he wears nothing but bead
sash. Life in an ox-cart has charms
for him. Travellers have found that he
is very fond of beer, but he does not
like champagne, and when they give it
to him he turns it over to his wives as
not being fit for a king to drink.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-06-13
A Queer /" sample"

The st. Louis Globe-Democrat tells of
a commercial traveller, who probably car
ries the most unique sample" in the
profession. It is nothing less than a
human body three years old, an exam
pie of the efficacy Of certain emhalm-
ing fluid. For three years this mummy
has been transported on the railroads
as a sample case would be; and, indeed,
there is no outward sign which would
indicate the uncanny nature Of It's con-
tents. In this instance the longer the
body is preserved the more Of an adver-
tisement it is for the fluid in the veins
Of the <tstiff. The box IS zinc lined
and does not exceed the limits of the
railroad excess baggage rl1le s. weight.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06

his friend Chopin, who died in his arms,
while the lovely Countess Potocka (every
one knows her face) was singing Schubert's
Gave Maria"
The sober Judgment of the critics on Mas:
cagni's new work has been thus summed up
"There can be no doubt as to the complete
success that has attended the production of
Mascagni's new opera, I'Amico Fritz pro-
duced at Rome. All the journals eulogize
the work. L'Holie says that in the opinion
of learned and severe critics, professors of
music, artists and prominent amateurs, 1t
represents remarkable advance ON 'Caval-
leria Rusticana:' it ia more elevated. more
ideal, spontaneous, expressive and charac-
teristic. the Orches tratiOn is finer, anu 1t IS
perceived that its authors gift of melody IS
Joined to sound knowledge of form and
originality showing distinct genius. The
only dissenting voice is that OF Ludwlg
Hartmann, the Dresden critic, whose judg-
ment, however, is sometimes somewhat
clouded by personal reasons"
ONE OF last nights cable flashes:
Queen Victoria has startled her subjects by
again commandinr Signor Lago to appear
with his opera company at Windsor, and, in
order to accommodate the many intending
spectators invited to the castle, two per-
formances of "CavaIleria Rusticana"
have been given, one yesterday and
another to-day. The Queen was smitten
previously with the singing of signor yignas
and attended both these performances, her
pleasure suffering abatement ct the
repetition. Signor Vignas was to have re-
turned to Italy, but postponed his departure
on learning OF v1ctoris's wishes The
of the Queen has been such an
for Signor Lago that the
opera season has been prolonged, the house
being full at each performance.
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every form Of music. He lies buried IN an
unknown pauper grave, while the wnole
civilized world, with special performances
of his works and other memorial rites, rs
doing homage to his memory as tne nose
universally gifted musical genius OF the
ages.
IT was good to see the overfowin2 congre-
CATION drawn to Calvary P E. Church last
Sunday by the production of Spohr's LAST
Judgment by the Ringwalt Choir. The
drawing power as well as the appropriate
ness of such services was amply demon
strated. On the last Sunday evening of this
month Calvary regular choir, of which MT;
Carl Retter is organist and director, Will
sing Schubert's Mass in F.
Mr.. FRANK MILTON HUNTER, the well
known Pittsburg tenor, is now winning
high critical praise in the course of con-
cert tour through the larger English cities.
One critic speaks of his brilliant render
ing of Braga's song. "Reoinela,'' and
further says: "Mr. Hunter possesses Il tenor
voice of rare power and flexibility, and his
performance is considerably enhanced py
careful attention to musical expression"
AT the Eisteddfod, which Welsh societies
will hold at the Columbian Exposition, the
finest choruses of Wales will be present, and
prizes amounting to $50 900 have been offered
In connection with the contest. For the
finest Welsh chorus prize of 5000 is to be
given. Another of 81 600 is offered, and so on
in smaller amounts until the limit of $50, 900
shall have been reached. The festival is to
last five days. and be held in the Music Hall
of the Exposition. One concert is to be
given free of charge to the general public.
THE Cincinnati Festival directors have
changed their minds again and have decided
to hold q festival next May after all. Mr..
Theodore Thomas will come periodically
from Chicago for general rehearsals, and
the rest OF the chorus will be in the capable
hands of Mr.. W. L. Blumenschein, the for
leader in Dayton. 1t is questioned by some
whether the mOribund choral spirit in Gin
cinnati can be revived so as to place this
festival upon the same high plane as its
earlier predecessors.
IN the Mount Auburn PRESBYTERIAN
Church. in Cincinnati, the choir and pastor
work together. On stated Sunday evenings
the sermon and the music are strictly in
have already given Elijah" and "The HOLY
ideas ser forth in the oratorios. The coming
services are: December 20, ''The Messiah
Handel; January "a, "St. Paul. Mendels-
sohn; February 20. Eli" Costa; March 90
Ruth" Gaul; Easter service, Daughter of
Jairus," Stainor; May p, "Naaman," Costa.
THE living links between our degenerate
age and the great musicians of the past are
daily being snapped. Beethoven's niece
Caroline died not long since. Another recent
death is that of Livia Won Freze, aged 49,
who sang at the first performances of "St
Paul. and PARADISE and the Peri" and to
whom both Mendelssohn and Schumann
dedicated songs. A third is the Polish
painter, Kwiatkowskt just gone to rejoin
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06

Chicago. The remaining dates are Decem-
Der q, January l9. February 8, March s-29.
Mr. II. G. ARCHER, a recent and valuable
acquisition to our musical ranks, will give
the fourth organ recital, in the Fourth
Avenue Baptist Church series, December II.
THE Iowa Music Teachers Association
will hold it's annual meeting this year at the
same time as the Pennsylvania Association
meets here, the last three days OF the year.
Mrs. KATE OCcLEsroN LIppA, assisted by
Miss Agnes c. Vogel, soprano, Miss Blanche
Newcombe, violinist, and Mr.. Robert J.
Cunningham, baritone, will give a piano
forte recital December 1s, in Choral Hall,
Sewickley.
THE 'Lohengrin' performances at the
Paris Grand Opera having survived the
chauvinistic agitation, it is now proposed
Opera Comique, where Mascagnis little
opera is nicely leading the way up to Wag-
ner.
Mr.. FRANK E. sADpLER, of Pittsburg. has
written an orchestral Mazourka of four
parts, three entries and ensemble, which
will be introduced into the ballet, "Children's
Dream of Christmas" by Blyer, to be pro-
duced this evening at the Royal Opera in
Munich.
CoLoNNE, the great Paris conductor,
gives on the printed programmes OF his pop
ular Sunday concerts the pictures and biog-
raphies of the composers whose works are
performed on the occasion. These pro-
grammes sell for 10 centimes q cents) apiece
and are in great demand.
P.S. GILMoRE's right to rank among the
leading bandmasters OF the world has long
been conceded, and he usually brings with
him on his regular tours band of players
worthy such o leader. Pittsburg will have
theSlsual rousing welcome ready for their
arrival on the 18th at tie Auditorium.
RuBIssTEIy has temporarily returned from
Dresden to ST. Petersburg, where he will
produce q new cantata for female voices on
the occasion of the silver wedding festivi
tics of the Car and Czarfna. 1t is said that
he will spend Christmas in Russia, and that
afterward he intends to take up his perma-
nent abode in Paris.
DEL PUENTE, the baritone wants to try
his prentice hand as an impressario by pro-
ducing Mascagni's "L'Amico Fitz" in Phila-
delphia this season, under Gustav Helm
offering 10 per cent of the gross receipts for
the American rights, and hopes to be able to
bring the opera out i'll February.
MAscAGNI's third opera, 'The Rantzaus,"
will be produced for the first time at the
Pergola Theater. Florence, in October next.
The composer is now busy upon his fourth
opera, the subject of which is based upon
Heine's Radcliffe" Such haste to earn
gerous to the brilliant young composers
permanent fame.
YESTERDAY was the centennial OF the
death of Mozart, whose brief life of 35 years
left its impress for all time upon nearly
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06

headed dog, Cerbarus, that guards the
passage to hell, which he produced with the
double basses by merely Slipping the hand
quickly along the fingerboard from great b
to small E-a diminished fifth. Beethoven's s
final and most audacious TICK was that of
Introducing a cho,7GS in his ninth symphony.
Mozart died at an early age with a trick
on his hands-the trick of adding to his
orchestra, in the Requiem (Which he felt he
was writing for himselD two Basset-Horns
weird, grave sounding instruments which
never have and probably never will have a
permanent place in the orchestra. What q
peculiar trick Mehul resorted to in his one
act opera, ''Uthal, wherein he cuts out the
vioiins entirely, scoring his melodies for
Viola. Weber's music TO the "Wolfs-
chlucht'' scene in ''Freischutz'' was pro-
nounced the most transparent trickery by
the public of his time, and was ridiculed.
And Meyerheer, With his bassoon solos,
bass clarinet solos, kettle-drum solos, ETC.,
he was certainly a trickster par excellence.
Then still another, Berlioz, with his En-
Clish horn solo with kettledrum accompani-
ment in his Fantastic symphony; introduc-
tion Of the piano into the orchestra as an
orchestral instrument in the STORM" his
Requiem. with four brass bands at the four
corners of an immense body of strings and
wood, among which were ten kettle drums,
several bass drums, cymbals, etc. But as
we come down to modern masters we find
nothing but tricks, and as it would be i'm
possible to enumerate the tricks of that
prince of tricksters, Wagner, We will let
the foregoing suffice.
Now, Mr.. Dunlop, you will see that the
great masters are addicted to trickery, but
this need not lessen your admiration for
them bit. These tricks are merely the
means Of producing desired effect, and
that constitutes the science of all art.
And now as to Mascssni's opera. The
first mentioned trick, the singing of the
tenor solo before the curtain rises. is merely
a variation of such usages as the tenor solo
introducing the first act of Tristan or
sereuades from behind the scenes such as
the beautiful one in Lachner's "Catharino
Cornaro" during which there is perfect
suspension of all action on the stage.
As TO the second point, every person who
has travelled on the continent knows that
in ali peasant villages, church and inn stand
either side by side or opposite each other.
I5srriddH'S mother being the proprietress of
the inn. it is perfectly natural to have the
scenes transpire before her house. Had he
selected aHy other day than Sunday for his
action. the peasants would have been in the
fields at work and he would have had no
chorus Having thus provided for his
chorus he took the most natural and simple
means OF bringing them on and off the stage
bv sending them to and from church: every
thing just as natural and void of trickery as
you could wish.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06
THE MUSIC WORLD.
A Pittsburger's Defense of Mascagni's
Cavalleria Rusticana.
TRICKS OF THE GREAT MASTERS.
The Question of Gosrel Hymns Against
Pure Church Music.
NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST

Mr Frank E Saddler writes home from
Munich to TIE DISPATCH q spirited and
interesting reply 10 the sarcastic filings cast
At Mascagni by an Eastern reviewer in a
Eidely-copied paragraph, reading thus:
"CavaIie-ia Rusticana" is as full of tricks
as the monkey on an Italian organ. writes a.
p. Dunlop. 1t is o trick TO sing the priDcl-
pal tenor song before the curtain rises; Ii
eTick TO Use She church rs a contrast 10 the
passionate scenes before il; a trick to call
this singing pantomime meIodrama; a
trick TO give the same soft, sweet, sensuous
Sicilian song over and over ag3ln, as q tenor
solo. as a soprano solo, as a duet, as a
chorus-now in the minor. now in the major,
now as an intermezzO, then as a finaie: a
trick to pass suddenly from piano to forte,
from fortissimo 40 silence: a trick to add
WaGneriRn orchestration to tunes that may
be ~histieu.
Mr.. Saddler writes: Apropos.of this sar-
castle paragraph, it may be of interest to
recall q few tricks of the masters.
Let US begin with Bach, he WAS a trickster
Of the deepest dye. His farorite trick was
70 sketch q theme for single voice, turn it
over to another voice, continuing the first
as accompaniment and so on till the theme
had appeared in all voices; then he would
weave the themes together in close netting
then spin of this webb while holding
long bass note that did not chord with
another single voice. This trick was called
the It47sm. and Bach became such an adept
a. /: that no composer since his time hiss
been able to approach him in this field of
t-icEery.
Let there be light. and there was light
What a glorious trick of Hsydn's in his
Creation" that { major chord Con the
word liGit), ''passing suddenly from piano
70 forte;" and what grand trick of Han
del's in the Halleluiah Chorus. passing
suddenly from fortissimo TO sileace," then
ending in much slower tempo with the
plasal cadence.
One of GIuck's best tricks was the splen-
did conception of the barking of the three
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06
Crotchets and Ouavers,

REMENYI, the great undrowned violinist,
has begun his concert tour through the
States.
MANCISELLI, the noted musical director, is
in Madrid. Spain, with an orchestra Of 100
pieces giving Wagnerian concerts.
THEREsE MALTEN, the celebrated Wag-
merriam soprano, has been re-engaged for ten
years at the Royal Dresden Opera.
Mrs. GEoRGINE Won JANUscHowsKY has
been engaged to sing a number of her lead
ing roles at the Court Theater in Mannheim.
A THkArER is being built in Vienna with
seating capacity of $1,000 for the Interna-
tional Musical Exposition to be held there in
1892.
THE Grand Army Band, Mr. Louis litter
bart. director, will give a concert at WASH
ington Hall, Allegheny, next Thursday
evening.
WILLIAM FL. SHERWOOD is giving a series Of
u piano lecture-recitals at the Auditorium,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06

Mascagni did not call his opera "melo-
! drama" therefore the responsibility for the
third trick lies on other shoulders The
other tricks mentioned by Mr.. Dunlop may
all be proven legitimate by reference to the
work of the masters. Regarding the last
trick, the richness of Mascagni's orchestra
tion has led many to call it s'Wagnerian, I"
which 1t is far from being. It is the genuine
| Italian system, as any student of instrument
tatlon will recognize from his manner OF
handling the wood wind and the heavy
| brass (tuba and trombones).
Now listen to what happened in Vienna
[ few weeks ago at the performance OF bur
| lesque on Mascagni's opera. The writer Of
the burlesque had that noble intermezzo ar
ranged for and played on a hand organ OF
the meanest species. Imagine his sur
prise, when at the first note of the grind
| organ solo, the audience took q receptive at
| tltude, listened in perfect silence till the
last cord had died out, then broke into rap
| turous and prolonged applause. Even the
| harsh. grating tones of the hand organ could
not conceal the beauty Of the beloved inter-
mezzo
Let this be lesson to all who would at
tempt to belittle Mascagni or detract one
jot from the honor that is due him for Civ
ing "Cavalleria Rusticana" to the world.
x*s
Gospel Hymns In Church.
It is one point gained to arouse q more
general discussion Of the usefulness OF
Gospel Hymns in church. even if one
side of the discussion tends the wrong way.
The question ought to be brought to the at
tention of thoughtful pastors and church
folk generally.
While there is ample room for difference
of opinion as to the quality and tendency
of this or that single hymn-tune; there
ought to be small difficulty in determining,
upon scientifically unanswerable grounds,
what are the qualities and tendencies OF
well-defned species of tune such as the
typical "Gospel Hymn" There are, of
course some tunes in these collections
which have merit of high order, just as
there are many tunes in almost any collec-
ton, including those most in use, that
ought to be banished.
The typical Gospel Hymn" tune, how
ever, is generally more or less incorrect in
harmony and movement Of parts, from the
weakly sentimental in its melody and most
strongly characterized by pronounced
rhythm, properly belonging to the ball
room or the parade ground. What it does
possess of legitimate musical effect
comprise the elements appealing to the
lower sides of human nature, in bold con-
trast with the correctness of form, the
purity of harmony, the nobility of melody
and the devcutness Of spirit which char
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06

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