The sun., 1893-01-08
MUSIC AND ,rusrcrAxa

was uncomfOrtably proven TO f0lKs VINO
reached the Music Hall at % feshionably late
hour on Monday afternoon and succeeded In
reaching their chairs only after struggling
through an almost impenetrable wall OF hu-
manity. Some people, indeed. never got Into
the seats they had paid handsomely for. but
stood shiverng at the door. trying to gain an
occasional peep at golden haired young man
In the distant perspective. II was an operatic
audience. an audience OF purple and fine linen.
diamonds and musical taste. It represented
$4,000 at the box office. and something over
$1,000 in the pianist's pockets. Last year
Paderewski was content with nm exceedingly
modest dS While his imp5p
tuoso takes all the profits In order
to- pay the ,,,sHs. doctors ,os bills Incurred
doubt that his individual receipts for the
present tour OF forty-two concerts Will be over
Ills hair is by no means SO exuberant as It
used to be when we first became acauainted
reenn Couture rathsv than tSst Of
q the stage door, Paderewski looked ike q
than Fechter. but not less d dramsticaliy inter:
esting, The great stage held only a piano, and
scene one Of empt mess aud gloom In contrast
with the Gayly dressed. eagerly anticipatiSe
seemed to flll the stage as com pletely as
It is spg nights 1taoE oont Mo
hsRRS ssOn tsts Ss Rsrcss
sSsE sSesEs were @ tribe hollow: he was suffering
from cold. which Which evidently embarrassed him
% ades hf Ss s
agitation lest he should go into a consumption.
Pale and delicate though ho looked PHd.
fingers. Thunders reverberated from the
piano under his touch It. was as eloquent
to show TINT his finger tips had lost nothing OF
their daintlness he played the softer meas
sound sSs % SO fne that nothing lived twixt i and
silence" The vast audienee gasped conyul-
@ ahs she Shd bsss s Ms sndsa
energy during Its wonderful performance.
sSl roaTsd Hs ar Ha fell back ES
q somssose state: his hands lying ,ilisies.ly
at the piano: Then he extracted his hand.
%s sns
satahne M hod SS .! the SIDE Of the 'S eano "Se Se
sSntinsins. he put away his hSndf & I fsTehisf
sel s thS Wien nh a1h
Ss;sHs shs nsTSqqSs
companion In a tone Of Mortified feminine re.
proof. THE fires OF genius have merely gono
H1s si%py crazy az to- to hear him in chonin." D' I'LL
brought a piano and two harns When he was
not seasick he kept constantly practising the
week was astonished. Even in moments when
his Internal system was afIronted by the rude
Sbondon ] n his art Tor the soIace Of going to bsd
In moments when ne was too much nauseated
to sit at tho piano In his cabin he lay pensively
phonies out OF the harp. During tho trip NJ
Paderewski gavo several concerts which nctted
Liverpool.
Mmc. Lilli I.ehmann. whose sudden illness
last winter while singing at the Metropolitnn
led her admirers to fenr the most tragic results
stage The eminent p;ima donna has, delayed
her reappearance until now in order to effect
whs se With
tracted in its effects. At one time Nine. Leh;
that she would never again appear on the
stage Bnt gratltYlnG news nov &c comes to us
sufficiently to give a concert in that city. This
will be merely q tentative effort In order to try
those beautiful tones that once were "a as bril-.
illustration Of Wagner The event is looked
forward to with nm interest from which appre-
hension is not wholly absent
Herr welngartaer, Is so 50 deeply & ehaGripea l
the The Royal i'T 6nsra House Berlin. In siyins UP
appointment SO keenly that he could no longer
sit i,Snt Of ,tl the scene OF his tasco Much
l0 and thu rase d Se
leader, at the Frankfort Opera House hns been
offered TO him: This s position. made vacant hy
" I've efreTed e to % tn" ceeIrated Felix Mottl. bit
that conductor. .who, is now on his honeymoon
OF the Court Opera. has decided to remain in
GI the S9eq ssary and
Efsnfiert Nsless issyi"s be!i% Il S.fs SSw%ver'
his work. whereupnn the Boersen Courier sue
letter to the press states that on the first and
only performance OF his c pera an empty house
e. ham, har Rs d 1G
house would have yawned at him."
Anew operetta by Adolf Muller. entitled Der
Theatre au der Wien. with such distinguished
tnt all YE N Its
Carl streitman. who seems to be as popular
season with the Lillian Russell audiences.
It is 4 curious comm entary on the taste OF
Boston that the debut OF Igpace Paderewski
las. year n that oI city drew At the pox oiice
IN recently by tho initial performance OF
GeorG" Grossmith. "Society's Clown" " is un-
doubtediy an amusing little song and -da GO
artist. but In New York the public seems to
evince decided preference for Paderewski.
Two weeks ago an enthusiastic music lover
Yum" trio in n performance OF The Mikado'
that. lacking a bouIuct with which to express
his admiration for the young singers. he
pulla6a whiskey bottle out Of his pocket and
hurled It on the stngs W.T. Mith the thrifty in
tied the flask. But this was not regarded as
trate, who sentenced him to thirty days I'M
prisonment for the offence. P,lh sing. who
was struck in the knee by her admirers trib-
ute is at present in the Glasgow Hospital.
1t is stated that Nine. Adelina Patti occupied
her leisure hours last summer In writing
on the concert and operate stage since 1851.
ana her forty-two years OF musical lie hns
memoirs she intends, publishing must pos