The record-union., 1896-10-18

General in command of the COnfeder-
, ates, ordering him to withdraw his
forces from a certain point. thus giving
the Union army chance to carry the
defenses by sharp attack. One OF the
brothers (Mr. Gillette) makes his way
into Richmond in the disguise OF
wounded cavalry officer He at once
, proceeds to make love to the daughter
Of the commanding General Miss Amy
Busby), with the hope of securing an
appointment in the telegraph ONCE
through the old gentleman'S influence.
He is too susceptible, however, and his
| lovemaking soon becomes real. Then
he will not let her assist him in getting
the position he wants for fear some
harm may come to her. She does get
it, nevertheless, and when her friends
tell her that Dumont is suspected OF
being spy she rejects the suggestion
with scorn. Meantime the other Du-
mont ON. l.. Alsop) has been captured,
and the Generals daughter dares her
lovers enemies to bring the men face
to face and prove them to be brothers.
This meeting is one of the strong scenes
of the play. OF course, as most love
affairs in stageland do, this one is
properly Strengthened out, and the cur
| TAIN IdllS on d VlClOTy-lOr Oupld.
| y II
War plays nowadays have the war
left out. They're much more entertain
| ing that way-for nervous people, at
| any rate.
Mr.. Belasco tried this new method in
| "The Heart of Maryland"-there is only
one shot fired in that piece, and that's
Oil the stage-and other playwrights
1. Ion a
| pretty good way, judging from Mr..
Belascos financial results.
| William Gillette tried the old style,
with all the din of battle and rush of
troops and-and SO forth, in Held by
the Enemy" and it worked to a charm.
| 81 +
The Boston Symphony Orchestra,
| which was founded in 1881, has in
| fifteen years given 152 concerts, at
wi ich 1913 selections were performed.
OF this number 2,27O were selections
for orchestra alone, 1,043 solo numbers
| (543 instrumental, 500 locaD. The num-
Der of composers who had a hearing
was 163, of whom nearly one-half 90
were Germans. Italy furnished 1S,
| France II, America u, Poland and
| England each, Russia 6, Bohemia 3,
etc OF the pieces given 2,245 were Ger
man, 296 French, 164 Hungarian, 1872
Russian, 1G4 Bohemian, 50 American,
50 Polish, "a Italian, etc. OF the most
pcpuar - composers all but three were
Germans, viz: Beethoven was repre-
sented 3S4 times, Wagner 266, Schumann
| 175, Mozart ia, Brahms 159, Schubert
! $50, Mendelssohn 40, Liszt 11S, Weber
| 104, Dvorak So, Berlioz 81, Bach IA
Rubenstein was not so much neg
lected as some of his admirers think,
for he is thirteenth in the list. 1t is
pleasing to find Liszt and Dvorak SO
high UP in the list, but Tchaikovsky
deserves to rank higher than twenty
second.
More orchestral concerts are given in
London than in any German city, the
reason being that London has no per-
manent opera. In cities like Berlin,
| Vienna, Munich, Dresden, Hamburg
Leipsic, etc, where there are five or six
oreratic performances a week through
out ten months every year, the musical
appetite of the public is satisfied with
a comparatively small number of con-
certs. Vienna has only one first-class
orchestra, and that is SO entirely taken
up by the opera that Hans Richter has
to give the Philharmonic concerts on
Sunday afternoons.
Is DR.. Hanslick a plagiarist? The
| Gazette Musicale de la Suisse Ro-
name contains an article by Mathis
Lussy (the author of treatise on musi-
cal eXpression) entitled "Chabanon pre-
curseur de Hanslick,'' from which it
appears that Chabanon in 17S7 pub
lshed a work entitled DE la musique
consideree en- eile-meme ct dams ses
rapports avec les langues, la poesie ct
lie theatre setting forth theories singu-
larly like those propounded by Profess
sor Hanslick in his notorious treatise
on THE Beautiful in Music" This be-
ing SO, Professor Hanslick may be ex-
orerated of the charge of having orig
iLated the most untenable theory Of
music ever put forward.
In this country, when manager and
a critic differ violently regarding the
merits of a singer or piece, the man
ager ceases sending the critic tickets
which does not always end the trouble
In Budapest a more bellicose method
is resorted to. Not long ago the critic
| of the journal" had to fight a duel
| with the manager of the opera there
| because they had a difference of opin-
| ION in regard to a leading tenor. The
manager got the worst of it, being
slightly wounded, which, according to
| the lunatiC asylum logic of duelS,
proved. of course, that the tenor really
was bad.
Miss Josette Webb, young American
vocalist who has made a name for her
self abroad, returned to this country re-
Gently. Her home is in Brooklyn. She
has been in Europe seven years, princi
pally in France and England. She
studied in Paris for four years, being a
pupil of Nine. de la Grange. She sang
chiefly in Partisan salons and at con-
| certs. She afterward visited England
and Immediately procured an engage
ment in comic opera. She subsequently
made a marked success in the Gaiety
burlesque, Faust Up to Date" Miss
Webb has a contralto voice of rare quail
ity and range. Her lower tones are said
to be unusually powerful.
Miss Annie Warrington. a clever
actress with strong Republican political
inclinations. recently was asked by a
manager If she could do a speciality in a
play for which she had been engaged.
She had never made an effort of that
kind before, but she promptly replied in
the affirmative. She got parody of II
Want Yer, Ma Honey" entitled Il Want
You Mckinley" After she had re-
hearsed it in private she sang it for the
manager. He was delighted with it.
But" said he, that win do very well