The San Francisco call., 1895-05-23

the most artistic papers in Italy, SAYS of her:
"Her many musical compositions are truly
popular in Pisa, and are known and valued in
Florence, Rome, Milan, Naples, and also
abroad. Her style is clear and full of feeling,
abounding with the exuberance of life and
with the vivacity of the composers own youth
fulness. More than one of her works, in the
way OF chamber music, is beginning to take q
place among the compositions of standard mas
tiers. Her chamber music is distinguished by
an originality which rebels against any con-
ventionalism. Mary Rosselli-Nissim has the
soul OF an artist, in the widest sense of the
word and she dedicates TO art every moment
of time that the fulfllment of her duties as
loving mother leaves to her."
The London Musical Times says: "Du Mau-
rier's Trilby,' as any attentive student of the
American papers will readily bear witness, has
indeed, more potent and startling influence
on the great American people than any other
work written in this century. 1t has given rise
to veritable cult, and has temporarily sub
merged quite q large section of sane average
humanity beneath a cataclysm of balderdash
But even in America persons are TO be found
who have refused to bow at the shrine of Du
Maurier's redoubtable heroine, and among
these is to be reckoned DR.. Thomas Dunn Eng
lish, the composer and author of Ben Bolt
which forms the groundwork of the story
The grounds OF his grievance against the song
which Du Maurier honored are complex but
are sufficiently set forth by DR.. English. While
1t was popular there were two vessels called the
Ben Bolt and a racehorse was similarly
named in England. But one of the vessels was
wrecked and the other blown up, while the
horse was shamefully beaten in every race
Il never says DR.. English, received cent for
the song, and shall attribute my going to an
early gravel am only in my seventy-sixth
year-solely to the vexations which the re-
newal OF the verses has added to my share of
the woes OF life. / am daily in receipt of re-
quests for autograph copies of the song, and
one young lady has gone SO far as to request q
lock of my hair"
On the occasion of "Humperdinck Night"
recently given in Darmstadt by the Wagner
Verein, much interest was created by the per.
formance, from manuscript, of number of
choruses and solos from new fairy opera,
"Scheewittchen" ("Little Snow White") bv
dumperdinck, the composer of "Hansel und
Gretel," who was present. The libretto is from
the pen of Humperdinck's cousin, Frau Adel-
neld Wette, who also wrote the book of "Han-
sci und Gretel," and the musical treatment
thereof was generally pronounced by those
present to be fully equal to the score of that
| most popular work.
In Vienna a parody of Humperdinck's "Han-
sci und Gretel" is drawing full houses at the
Volks-Theater. The composer. under the
pseudonym OF Opium Pudding" is Herr Roth.
Herren Costa and Heinrich being the authors
of the libretto
IN Bremen active preparations have been in
progress for some months past with view to
! the hrst scenic representation OF Rubinstein,s
sacred opera, "Christus" which will take
place on Saturday next at the Stadt- Theater
The scenic arrangements are under the man.
asement OF Professor Bulthaupt, while tho
musical directors are DR.. Carl Muck of the
Berlin Opera and Herr Julius Ruthardt of the
Bremen Stadt-Theater. The leading parts re
in the hands of highly competent artists. and
the chorus of $50 voices has been selected from
among local amateurs
Selgfried Wagner paid his first profession al
visit to Rome last month, and conducted a
number of the Bayreuth masters works at a
concert given at the Costanzi Theater in the
presence OF Queen Margherita. DR.. Joachim
Is expected to give a concert in Rome shortly
ior the nrst time in his artistic career and the
event Is being looked forward to with immense
interest In musical circles. The eminent violin
ISL VIII be accompanied by the young yiolon-
ceiilst, Herr Henselt, a nephew of Mendelssohn.
IL Is stated on good authority that DR.. Won
Muller, the Bayarian Minister of Public Cul-
lure, has been in communication with Frau
Coslma Wagner, with view of obtaining the
right OF performance of "Parsifal" for the
munich HofTheater, the Minister Offering in
return the cooperation of the Munich orches-