The herald., 1897-11-07


make a professional tour through Italy
Mrs. Katherine Bloodgood's appear.
ance with the Kneisel Quartette in To
| ronto was of the most gratifying nature
The Daily Mail and Express speaks vol
umes in her praise.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Henschel com
mence their tour Of song recitals very
shortly in San Francisco. These mos
finished artists will afford music loving
people keenest enjoyment wherever
they are heard.
A monograph on the life and works OF
Johannes Brahms, from the pen of the
we'll known musical author Dr. Heinrich
Reimann is to be published this month
as the first volume of series entitled
Famous Musicians" issued by the Har-
monte Publishing company of Berlin.
When Mr.. Morse assumed his duties
last month as custodian of Covent Gar
den, London, he found, among other
treasures, nearly 5000 pair of shoes In
varied states of repair bought for diff
ferent operas, but all unlabelled. Other
departments We're in similar state of
confusion, and it cost s75 merely to find
and dig out the scenery for an opera that
was to be revived.
The Musical Courier says that Mr..
Joseffy remarked to friend the other
day: For the last fifteen years / have
found out the uselessness of technical
work in the morning. What, waste the
glorious freshness Of the mornings in
stupid finger exercises when you might
be adding to your repertory Rosenthal
has only lately found this out and does
J,;e G,,~ ntf 1,ot 1a do iS
and something Of lasting value has been
accomplished"
Music, Its Ideals and Methods" a Sc
ries Of essays by w. s. B. Mathews, is
sued originally in Music" has been
and published by Theodore
Presser, Philadelphia. The collection
comprises thirty-seven essays on wide
subjects, and is dedicated to Miss
Blanche Dingley, associate editor of the
The Beethoven chamber music festival
at Bonn this year proved so successful
that the Society Beethovenhaus has been
able to announce that the profits (S1500)
will be devoted to a prize competition.
Three prizes of $500 each are offered
as the reward of successful competitors
who will send in chamber music works
for % strings alone, (2) strings and pi-
ano, 60 wind instruments. The judges
will be Joachim, Herzogenberg, Rhein-
berger, Reinecke and others.
The number of women composers is
,eason for this is that women lack the
creative quality. AS executants they
ievelop more rapidly than men and can
interpret music readily. In spite of this,
he influence women have eXerted on
musical history is great. Bach was very
happy with his first wife and her in
luence in his music is marked. Beetho.
ems music was in many cases directly
inspired by women. Mozart, Spohr and
Weber were strongly influenced in their
by their wives. Mendels
ohn received his strongest influence
rom his sister Fanny, whose compost |
ions reflect the creative mind of her
'rother. Wagners second wife eXerted
marked influence on his writings.
Moritz Rosenthal, the pianist, will not |
ONE to this country this season after all, |
II spite of his contracts. After his re-
,overy from illness last year Rosenthal
eturned to Europe and renewed his con-
Il
t was then believed that he would have
'ecovered his strength fully by that time.
On September oath, however he wrote
hat his physicians had advised him not
o interrupt his rest by any attempt to
eturn to the United States, and that he
Intended to remain on the Riviera and
make no public appearances until next
pring, when he will play in London. |
here is some talk of Raphael Joseffy |
lling the Rosenthal dates, which are all |
anceled. 1t is also rumored that Eu-
en d'Albert may visit us the winter or
pring of 1898 and play fifty concerts. We |
ope that this will prove to be true, for |
Albert is an ideal interpreter of the |
lassics, of Bach, Beethoven and of |
York Courier.
The New York Musical Age says: 1--WE |
re glad to note that the movement |
oward making the study of music part |
f the university course is gaining every |
ay. In addition to the great musical |
departments presided over by Mr.. Payne |
nd Mr.. Mcdowell, at Harvard and |
respectively, and the Cornell |
curse of more recent Inauguration, |
here are hosts of other colleges and uni
ersities throughout the land which are |
but surely building up what |
viii in time prove musical departments |
f veritable efficiency and worth. The |
of Nebraska is the latest ad-
ition to the list, with a course conducted |
" Mr.. Willard Kimball."
Famous composers, however famous |
hey may have been in life, never left |
arge fortunes. To begin with Franz |
whose Lieder have never been |
nd never will be surpassed. According to |
he documents in the Vienna archives,
'ranz Schubert's property at his death |
onsisted of three walking coats, three |
ress coats, ten pairs of trousers, nine |
one hat, two pairs of boots. |
i've pairs of shoes, four shirts, nine head |
nd neckerchiefs, thirteen pairs of stock |
ngs, one bedstead and some old bits of |
losaic Total value 63 gulden. When |
Iozart died he possessed in cash GO gull
en-. The rest of property left, including |
is musical library, was valued at 400 |
ulden. The largest ever left was by |
Beethoven, 1922 gulden, from which |
ad to be deducted doctors and nurses |
ills, personal expenses, etc, 1918 gulden.
eaving net sum of 9013 gulden.-New
-crl1 Musical Courier.
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