The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-05
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS.

good deal of curiosity and interest have
been aroused in London by an opera, 'Ihe
Fall OF Jerusalem" which the Hebrew Oriental
Company is playing at the Standard Theater,
Shoreditch. Such crowds of Eastenders hoeked
to the opening night that the broadcast thor
oughfare in the neighborhood OF the theater
was we'll nigh impossible. One critic says:
" The Fall of Jerusalem is an opera almost
without music, and we confess that we soon
became weary of the company of Gdalyohi-ben-
Achikom, King Sidkiyohi, Yeshmoel-ben-
Nasanye, Hadasa, and Chamutal, comely
dame who was described as an old queen
Talk! how they did talk, and the multitude
in front talked, too; and yet there was plenty
OF appreciation of the efforts of those engaged
in the representation. There was loud cheering
at the end of the first act, when after fierce
tight, and much breaking down OF walls and
burning of red fire, the stage was found to be
strewn with dead bodies. What music there
was was of dirge-like character"
No one can accuse the Belgians OF not paying
honor to their artists This is how LEcho
Musical OF Brussels reports recent effort IN
that direction made at the town OF MolenpeeK
Saint-Jean: A few days ago the whole COM
munity was plunged into joviality by fete IN
honor of Martin Lunssens, who has won the
Rome prize at the Brussels Conservatory
this year. The Board OF Supervisors organized
the fete. A grand torchlight procession COM
posed of fifty societies went to take the success
full student from his home in Piers street 10 the
City Hall, where he was received Win great
pomp by the Mayor, surrounded by the city
fathers. Speeches were made IN Lunssens
honor, he was toasted, and nothing was omitted
which could show the delight the cltlzens 1eie
at the distinction which had been won by their
fellow-townsman. He was presented, besides,
with massive gold medal, superb lnkstand
in old bronze and an Illuminated address gar
landed with flowers"
"Possibly some of the Boston critics will feel
twinge of remorse when they read OF the
great triumphs which Arthur Nikisch is WIN
ming liz Leipsic and Berlin as concert con-
ductor," says the Looker-On. at was they
who drove him from Boston, and now he mas
captured the two most desirable positions In
all Germany and is stirring up great enthusl-
asm. Nikisch has his faults, as man and con-
ductor, and 1 once saw q very undlplomatlc
letter he had written to an amlabie critic; Dut
if you did not rub his fur the wrong way he
was most delightful companion. The good
Leipsickers, VINO have so long suffered under
the drowsy baton of the conservative Reinecke,
will now have chance to learn something
about modern music, and how they relish this
belief may be inferred from the fact that one
OF them, on learning OF Nikisch's appointment,
sent him telegram reading: Eve congratulate
ourselges.'"
Nine. Nordica has come back to America
with the mantle of her Bayreuth success upon
her, and at the Metropolitan Opera-house she
is being hailed as a star that is still in the
ascendant. Her Elsa is pronounced to be
magnificent success, more magnificent than