The herald., 1897-09-26

members of the old choir who will re-
main with the church this winter. The
new members are: Miss Eva Preston,
soprano; Tom Rowan, tenor; F. M.
Huebner, bass; Miss Haynes, orgadst
and directress.
Stray Chords
A new Dutch pianist, Zeidenrust by
name, has recently scored success In
London.
Leoncayallos latest composition is a can
zonetta on Alfred de Musset's poem to
Ninon: ISL je vous le disais pourtant, que
| je vous aime'
M. Jean de Reszke has been commanded
to sing before the czar at Warsaw next
month.
In Milan a society has been organized
with capital of 100000 francs to build
new opera house to be named after Giu-
seppe Verdi.
Last year England awarded $1,030000 in
grants for music, covering 4,250,000 pupils
in elementary schools which are state
aided.
Mile. Theo Dore, who scored such sue
cess here eighteen months ago with the
Tavary Opera company. made her first ap-
pearance In England last month In the role
| of Carmen.
Verdi Is said to have just completed
new "Te Deum," and 1t Is reported that he
is about to commence the composition of
| new requiem mass
Frank Daniels is busy rehearsing his new
opera, which bears the striking title of
1.-THE IDOLS Eye" Kirke La Shelle hopes
| 1t will not prove an evil eye.
Max Heindl made his bow as composer
| last Monday evening at the Castle Square
| theater Boston, when the orchestra, under
| his direction, played his "Castle Square
March, for the first time. Mr.. Heindl is
a brother of the young 'celloist who played
| an engagement here at the Orpheum few
weeks ago.
| Materna has retired from the concert
stage. She has sold her home in Vienna
and bought a villa near Graz, where she
will, like Lucca, Brandt, and other retired
prima donnas, give lessons to advanced
pupils.
The Metropolitan Permanent orchestra.
under the baton of Mr. Anton Seidl, will
tour the west during the month of October.
| Miss Leonora Jackson the American viO-
liniste. has created most profound impress
sion in England by her artistic work.
An arrangement has been entered into
for production of Victor Herbert's 'Wiz-
ard of the Nile' in London. 1t has already
had a hearing in Austria and Germany
julius Klengel, cello virtuoso of Leip-
sic, will be heard in America for the first
time the coming season. He Is to give some
thirty recitals, covering all of the larger
cities, including San Francisco.
Another accession to the vaudeville ranks
from grand opera Is Nine. Tavary, who
will sing as an encore number at Keith's
the coming week a madrigal to which she
has the sole right at present and which
Is spoken very highly of by the New York
critics. The poem is by Arthur Ketchum
and the song by Josephine Homans
The government of Venezuela has made
q grant In aid OF conservatory of music
to be founded at Caracas. Has the United
States government ever done anything for
music-military bands excepted? If so,
when? and II not, why not?
l The only woman who is known to have
written an opera libretto In four languages
is the queen of Roumania, Carmen SYLVIA
She has written in French, German. Swed-
ish and Roumanian.
Maurice Arnold's american Plantation
Dances" have had special treatment on
the programs or Mr.. Sousa at Manhattan
Beach this season. The dances are nuh-
lished by Messrs. Bretkopf & Haertel as
duets in simple form.
Mr.. ana Mrs. George Henschel arrived
in New York last Tuesday, and at once
left for Newport where they will remain
a few weeks before beginning an extended
concert tour. They will sing in Brooklyn
October 10, and then start for the west
Their first appearance in New York Will
be in December.
i The "Pickaninny" and "Japonica" SER
enades. two of Rudolph Aronson's latest
compositions, were performed for the first
time by the Seventh Regiment band at
Central Park last month.
few days after Meyerbeer's death a
young admirer of his called upon Rossini
with an elegy which he had written In
honor of his idol. WELL said Rossini.
after hearing the composition, "1f you
want my opinion, I think it would have
been better If you had died and Meyerbeer
had written an elegy.
Leon Marx, pupil of Joachim. who
arrived here recently, had an ugly fore
: taste of American institutions at the Gus
tom house, where the officers attempted
to Dingleyize his precious fiddle for him.
, In connection with this the collector OF
the port of New York issued an authorita-
tive statement regarding the duty on gut
string, as follows: "Strings for musical
instruments are dutiable at As per cent ,ad
! valorem." New York Sun.
, The music loving public of Boston, 1t is
expected. will take quite as kindly to the
new comic opera, ''The Serenade," by Vic
tor Herbert, which the Bostonians have
chosen to begin their season at the Boston
theater Monday evening, Sept. 20 as did
the New Workers during the long and pros
porous run of the piece at the Knicker-
booker theater. According to all descrip-
. lions, line Serenade is DOtH humorous
and melodious, and fits the personalities OF
the principal artists like the proverblal
glove, giving comedians and singers am
pie scope.-Boston Globe,
: A concert of peculiar interest was re-
Gently given in the Gothic town hall OF
Brussels for the special benefit of the Wis
: iting lord mayor of London and his fellow
! members of the common council. Old
, music only was played on old instruments
to match. Thus there were madrigals and
minuets played on violes d'amour and
clavicns. while the choir sang old octuors
and mssae solemnes by Haydn and Gle
ment Jannequin. A similar concert was
given in the same place fortnight ago
+. at which only pieces of the Flemish school
: of composers at Ghent were performed
A Russian concert conducted by Glazounov
ia the next thing promised.
When Nine. Melba leaves Bergamo, after
her performance for the Donizetti music
festival. II will be to 20 to ENGLAND for a