New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-06
MUSICAL NOTES And COMMENTS.

The patrons OF the popular concerts at the Lenox
Lyceum will doubtless find compensation for being de-
prved OF their regular entertainment to night in the
programme arranged for next Sunday evening. After
an extremely interesting first part. in which Nine.
Fursch- Nadi and SignOr Galass will sing solos, the
greater part Of the score Of Cavalera Ruscana' will
be performed with Nine. Fursch Madi, Signor Campo
mini and sgnor Gaassl in the solo parts. To hear
such artists sing Mascagnis imprisoned music under
the vrle direction Of Mr.. Sedl will be genuine ar
tistic treat.
A measure of the success Of Mr. Paderewsh NAV be
seen in the circumstance that the management OF his
concerts have hired the Music Hall for his last re-
clta which is TO take place Saturday afternoon OF
next week. The fifth recital, on Thursday AFTER
noon will take place I'm the concert room OF the Mad-
son Square Garden.
The first OF the concerts of chamber music projected
the Schmidt Herbert Quarette will take place In HARD
man Hall on next Wednesday evening" Following Is
the programme: Quartet in A-minor. op. Al. NO. l..
schumann two movements from Die Schoene Muer
lerin." Raft Sonata in A. for viooncelo' Boccherhi
Quartet In +. op. H. No. g. Rubinstein. -
The opera season to be given by Messrs. ApDey
and Grau will begin M the Grand opera House next
week. The first opera on December Ia. VIII Oe
Romeo and Juliet" by Gounod. in which MISS Eames
and the brothers De ResLLe Will be heard. On the
10th Madame Lehman will appear in Verdrs II
Troyatores: "Les Huguenotsn will be given on the
18th and Norma" ut the matinee on saturday.
The second concert of the Knesel Quartet CLUB OF
Boston will take place next Friday evening Ill sherry
hall Mr.. +. b. Busoni, an Italian pianist VIII ana
the club in the performance Of Quintet, by sindng'
a new composer so far New-fork IS concerned
The other numbers are a quartet by Haydn IN D. anu
Schumann's quartet In a, OPP Al, No. 3.
Mr. Albert Morris Bagby will give series OF four
talks on the development of pianoforte music with
Illustrations by Arthur Friedhem, at the Rembrandt
Studios No. 152 West Fifty seventh-st. on the fore
moons of December 4, II, Is and %.
Mozart will be talked about by Mr. Krehbel In the
second of his analytical dscouses on the programme OF
tbe philharmonic Society at Mrs. George F. Cantelds,
No 30 East Thirty thrdst., next Thursday afternoon
Course and single tickets at NOrellt. Ever CO.'S No.
ol East SevcnteeDthst.
Tho bnndredth anniversary of Mozart's death will
he commemorated by the Philharmonic Society at It's
second concert next saturday evening, when all the
music to be performed. except on composition VIII
he Mozart's The solo singers will be Emil Fischer
and william II. Rieger. The programme Is as fol
lows:
sT%ghG .esa5 5qP Fo@ The Magic Flute"
A AdaGiG fF T%nS GsIn Msre Il ' MINOR
Aria from Bclmonte and Constance, ,s...
symphonic poem FmehlingsWoTpsnn 0h Ssbs,renka
Az the "third DamrOsch Sunday Concert with the
symphony Orchestra of New-YOrk" which is the eN-
tremely awkward formula employed for the popular
SUNDAY night concerts at the Music Hall, the SOD
performers will lie Frau RitterGoetze ana ANTON
Hekblng violoncelist Frau RitterGoetze will sing an
air and some songs and Mr.. Hekking play seivais's
Fantasia Caprice Bach's Air and Peppers Papillon'"
The orchestral numbers will be the overture to Tam
l.auesern two movements from Tschaikowskys second
symphony Haydn's variations on the Austrian Hymn
and the RakOczy's March, by Berlioz.
Mr. Damrosch has issued invitations to the hrst
concert of the New-York symphony String ouartette
n take place in the Chamber Music Room Of the Music
Hall this afternoon, beginning at 80 O'Clock. the
members OF the Quartette are Adolph Brodsky' hi"'
violin Jules C0nus second violin; Jan Koert, viola ;
and Anton TIekking, viOOncello.
Signor Enrico ScOgeramo, the Italian violoncelist
whose advent was chronicled in this journal some
weeks ago played at concert in Baltimore last
Wednesday and made very favorable impression
The passage Of the Copyright Law has worked Il
very considerable change in the music publishing
affairs OF New-1Ork Nearly all Of the most prominent
publishers OF Europe are represented here either
by branch houses agencies The majority Vi ue
English houses have placed their American business
I'm the hands OF Messrs Novello. Ever Co., who nave
been On The ground for several years. OF the foreign
houses that have opened branches, the most important
Is the famous Leipsic house of BretkOpf llaertel.
This firm was not only n pioneer Ill music prihl's'
but il has won peerless reputation for its complete
editions Of the great composers OF all iin,es IL
first american prospcctuseS, moreover, disclose the
fact that the house keeps abreast with tc umes ".
Needles Dms Meer' OF which portion was per
formed at the last concert OF the Plnlarln0mc So1N
is from the press OF BreitkOpf, among whose oti"r
scores We notice n SYMPHONY In ID Minor entliie.l
Prom the North sea- by Frederick II. hOth' ~ IL
symphonic fugue by the same composer which MI
Seidi has chosen for performance also NJ pIni,
harmonic Concert, and three symphonic r
10 Corneie's tragedy "polyeucte" by Edgar Irel
All these scores are models OF Gear ana beln,iIqi
printing. Another book Of high artistic charact.r Is
announced by Novello Ever "A Co.. royal quaito
volume illustrated with seventeen pat"1 ,cnroino-
bOTaphs) devoted 10 the music ana nlslCa' S1 rt
ments OF southern India and the ocean: INC
author is Captain C. r. Day Of the oAf9rdSTe Light
Xrtillerv and the plates drawn by William GDb
The edition is to he a limited OF 700 with iilty
copies printed on japanese paper with artists proofs:
subscriiion price Tor these fifty copies. Ga smngs;
Tor tbe general edition, SO - shillingS pence.
The Brooklyn Choral society. e. Mortimer Wlskl'
conductor will perform The Messiah" in the Brook
lyn Tabernacle next Thursday evening. The chorus
will number 400 Mr. Sedls orchestra MI furnish
hands OF Clenentine De We're Mrs; Anna BurSh MIS-.