The record-union., 1896-06-14

than being cowboy for few
months
| In a recent admirable article the
London Musical Times wonders why,
while so much is done to educate per-
formers, little or nothing is done to
educate the listener, which is of even
| greater Importance, since the great
trouble in the musical world is the fact
that the supply of players is greater in
proportion than that of listeners. There
| is a widely prevalent impression that
most people utterly lack the musical
! sense, and could therefore never be
taught to like good music. The Times
denies this. Savages in all parts of
the world manifest a positive passion
for music; the common people" of all
countries have their folk-songs an6
popular tunes, which are heard every
where; if a barrel-organ appears in
slum, a crowd gathers to listen and is
even willing to pay. This constitutes
the raw material out of which good
listeners to high-class music might be
made by providing opportunity to hear
it often and cheaply.
|
IneOUOTe WHO HAS UeSn
chosen successor of the late Ambrose
Thomas as Director of the Paris Con-
servatoire, is 50 years old, and his ap
pointment is for five years only. He
is less known as a writer for the stage
than as a prominent organist and COM
poser OF symphonies and oratorios, his
best choral work being Les Sept Pa
roles du Christ" Since 1891 he has been
Professor at the Conservatoire, in the
chair previously held by Delibes
During his sojourn in London, Robert
Hilliard intends to present his successful
comedy, 'Lost-24 Hours" with w. S.
Penley, the original Charleys Aunt, in
the part of Minister. Mr.. Hilliard has
gone to Europe with the patriotic re-
solve not to buy any new clothes
abroad. He fitted himself out with a
very elaborate wardrobe before leaving,
to show foreigners that in pattern, fin
ish and cut American tailors beat the
world.
The collection of posters has grown to
be very popular fad all over the coun-
try, as has been very strongly demon
strated to the managers of THE Ri
|
these gentlemen had a very pretty and
artistic poster printed, known to print
ers as a half-sheet hanger, and hun
| dreds of them were sent to the cities
in which the company was to appear.
When the business manager of the COM
pany reached the different towns he
could find no trace of the posters, and
upon investigation found that they
were being sold to collectors, or appro-
pr.ated by people who desired to frame
| them.
Il have had as many as fifty letters
a day." says the agent of the company,
| from people who wanted copy of the
poster. None Of the writer's apparently
| thought of the fact that the paper was
| costly and not meant to give away.
| AS each sheet of paper cost 10 cents,
we could not comply with all of the
| requests, simply referring the people
| to the printers, who, you know, never
give anything away. This new fad is
a great nuisance, and l hope it will
quickly wear itself out"
|
The old story of the woman who
cried, kill me, but spare my waterfall, .
might be paraphrased to fit comedians
and read, XIII me, but spare my
laugh" A case in point occurred at the
Garrick Theater recently. In the last
act of Thoroughbred" Fritz Williams,
whose face is blackened, makes a quick
| jump from the stage to the top of a
tally-ho and embraces his sweetheart
Miss Jennie Busby), naturally leaving
n black mark on her face, which excites
| uproarious laughter. In making the
jump on this occasion Williams missed
his footing and scratched his leg Sc
! verely against the wheel After the
nishap the stage manager said to him,
You spoiled the scene tonight, Mr.
Williams
"Oh, didn't mind spelling the scene,'
replied Williams, what hurt me was
that spoiled the laugh
The English adulation of Brahms
who has 50 often shown his supreme
contempt for the Engllsh-is one of the
amusing phenomena of the time. Speak
ing of Dvorak's symphony in G, Mr..
Shedlock says in the academy: 1.-The
freshness of the thematic material, the
skill displayed in its development, and
the clear and picturesque orchestra ton
all combine to render the music high
c
in their best symphonies have, it is true,
shown greater breadth and nobility, but
comparison between these two masters
and Dvorak is scarcely fair" Now,
Brahms may be noble, but he is usually
urbeautiful, Unconditional, and uninter-
esting Dvorak has more ideas in one
symphony than Brahms in four, and the
notion that it would be unfair to COM
pare him with Branms is rich" 1t
may not be revealing secret too soon
to say that one of our most talented
composers has nearly completed an ar
ticle in which Brahms unmusical in
stincts and methods are demonstrated
scientifically, in a way that admits OF
no dispute.
The San Francisco Bulletin" says:
The ladies of the Southern States are
not much given to holding conventions,
but notable one was recently held in
Louisville, KY Reports of proceedings
make no mention of discussions of the
tariff or silver question, but when the
!, ladies came together they made short
work of the big-hat question. One of
their resolutions declared that people
who pay for seats in places of public
amusement are entitled to an unob-
stucted view of the stage. This resolu-
ton conflicts with the oft-repeated as
sertion that woman or her sex has not
a keen sense of justice. May the women
of the South continue to hold conven-
tions.
Julia Marlowe has one of those be-