The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-23
.SHARPS AND FLATS:

Julia Mackey will sing in London.
Ysaye, the viollnist, is but 80 years Of
age.
Louise Beaudet will star next season in
Audran's Miss Robinson
Gottschalk, the pianist, claimed to be
able to play from memory over 5000 com
positions
Miss Camille OArville has become the
sole proprietor OF the opera and company
bearing her name.
Richard stahl is writing musical
comedy based on Sarah Grands novel,
THE Heavenly Twins"
Yvette Guilbert will open in New York
in December. She will get $1,000 a week
for singing naughty songs.
Two pieces for three viols, composed by
King Henry VIII, We're played at a con-
cert of early English music lately given
in London.
The scenes of a new opera by Edward
JakobOwski, composer of "Erminie" and
twenty other light operas, are laid in Ire
land and Spain.
Nine Szumoska, a pupil of Paderewski,
arrived on La Gascogne and will make her
debut shortly, under the management of
Charles 4. Tretbar
''oNdi iNI'iil lltN Ol'Nlh inN4'''
worth" has been a great successes at
Hamburg, and has already been booked
for the Berlin Royal Opera house.
\ new four-act opera by i. II. Cowen,
called Harold, the Last of the SaXons.'
will be produced at Druly Lane this sea-
son. The libretto was written by Sir ed
ward Alalet, the British Ambassador to
Berlin.
The Odessa papers say that DR.. Griaz-
ner proposes to establish a school that is
to have Rubenstein's name, in thc house
where Anton Rubenstein was born. The
house is now in ruins, and is situated in
Nyhvatinsty.
Cesar Thompson left this country last
week. He played at 40 concerts in y
weeks, appearing i'm the principal cities Of
the United States. From an artistic view
point he was an immense success but it
was neither a popular nor financial one.
The American Comic Opera company has
been organized. 1t includes Harry Brown,
Henry Halman, Stuart Harold, W. T.
| Rochester Harry ID. Chase, Harry Dick
son, Lilly Post, Rose Leighton, Josephine
Stanton. Lillian Green, Lola Bertelic ana
| others.
Ignaz Brull is working on n romantic
| opera to be called Gloria" and the libret-
tist of "Cavaleria Rusticana' is furnishing
the words Another Nieunesc composer
has associated himself with the writer,
Victor Leon, for the purpose of producing
| a new opera next season.
Miss Minnie Landes has been engaged
to take the place of Miss Eleanor Mayo
as the prima donna in princess Bonuic. "
Miss Mayo has left the company to pre-
pare for her marriage To James Elversop,
ir.. OF Philadelphia, which is announced
to take place next month.
\ collection of $40 operas was recently
presented to the Academia dt Santa Cc-
ella at Rome. The collection goes back
| to the beginning of stage music The
| Academia has also received from the ltal-
ian government lj0o rare musical books
and manuscripts found in suppressed con-
vents,
Some strange tales have been told in
Vienna papers about the jealousy and
wrath which Nine. Patti recently dis
played at her concerts In that city be-
cause the young Polish violinist, Bronis-
law Hubermann, received more applause
than she d,d, and was, in fact, the lion at
| her concerts.
Joachim is now winning laurels ana dol
lars in London The great violinist is
said to have once visited "A barber in that
city to get his hair cut. He is in the habit
of wearing 1t rather long behind, and in
| timated as much to the barber where
upon that individual promptly re piled:
81 wouldn't wear II too long, mister; II
you do you'n look just like one o them
| fiddln' chaps"
| NJ. Jean de Reszko has at last definitely
decided to become leading tenor at the
Bayreuth Festival next year. He viii lie
accompanied by his brother Edouard, and
the engagement of these two gifted vocal
lists will without doubt enhance the inn
portnnce of the Bayreuth performances
| I'm the ewes of the English and Americans
who are among the principal supporters
of the festival. The number of perform
ances so far as the brothers are con-
cerned, will of course be limited, for the
Bayreuth Festival next year. He will be
other representatives of the characters
| that they are to I'LL.
An ingenious young woman OF New Or
! leans Is about to bring to completion one
of the most unique musical Instruments
perhaps ever yet invented. 1t is nothing
more nor less than simple device with
strings and sounding plate to be attached
underneath the keyboard of a typewriting
machine. In such q manner that when Il
letter is struck by the operator a note of
music will be produced instead OF the or
dinary ciick-clack noise which sometimes
becomes so very dlsagreeable OF course.
1t is only once in a hundred times, no
| doubt that, such a combination of KEYS
| will be struck as to produce any real har-
mony of sound, still each note viii be dis
tinctly musical. and the invention Will pro
| badly greatly enhance the use and value
of the typewriter. 1t is expected that a
patent will soon be applied for.