The record-union., 1897-07-11

| lotte Cushman: and, in the realm of
| imaginative, romantic, human drama,
I a more exquisite artists of humor and
| of tears than ever yet had risen on
our stage-an artist who is to acting
what Reynolds was to painting and
twhat Hood was to poetry-carried nat
ural portraiture to ideal perfection, and
made illustrious the name Of Joseph
Jefferson.
The Strand Musical Magazine"
thinks that outside of France sufficient
attention is not given to woodwind in
struments. The recent concerts given
in London by Colonies and Lamour-
eux's orchestras gave Londoners an ex-
| cellent opportunity for comparison.
| They could realize at once that in the
departments of strings and brass the
French visitors had little if anything
| to teach them, but as regards clari-
nets, oboes, flutes and bassoons, such
an ensemble, such delicacy of tone and
such phrasing as the foreigners gave
us came as a revelation to all, and was
source of never-ending delight to
| those particularly interested in wind
instrument playing" Wherein lies the
it is absurd to fancy that Englishmen
are not imbued with souls and feelings
| equal to those of the Frenchmen. and
| that the difference must therefore lie
in the inferior training received by
! English students, who are left to shift
| for themselves, whereas in France the
| State provides a thorough musical ed
ucation for those whose talents prove
worthy of recognition. Paris has also
wind instrument chamber Music So
ciety, which sets a high standard of
excellence for this kind of music.
Beethoven, Spohr, Mozart, Brahms,
Rubinstein and others have written
chamber music for wood wind instru-
ments which ought not to be neglected:
IT would be welcome change from the
sentimental strings.
New York Times: Fleonora, Duea's
| triumphant appearance at last on the
! Partisan stage. challenging (as here in
New York; comparison with Sarah
Bernhardt, has led Jules Claretie to
write about her at some length in the
Temps" She had, he says, attracted
/ the attention oc the younger Dumas by
| securing for his Princess of Bagdad"
great success in Italy, whereas in
Paris the play proved all but a failure
1t does not appear certain that the play.
! wright and the actress ever met. though
! they had correspOnded with each other,
| and he often desired a French counter
part of her for his service It was in
the Dame aux Camellias' that NJ
Claretie himself first saw Duse act,
some four years ago, in London, when
he had for his companion the grea+
French actress, Mile. Bartet He re-
lates his own immediate conquest by
Duse, and then tells of the effect on
Mile. Bartet of Duse's stimulation of be-
! ing fatally stricken: She is i'll. They
! viii have to interrupt the play, and I
cannot attend tomorrow, for I must
act myself. How unluckyl" The con-
smmate art she was witnessing had de-
ceived, or thrown off its guard. her pro-
fessional sense of dramatic unreality;
and, as NJ Claretie observes, Duse, per-
haps, never won a greater triumph.
The London Telegraph publishes a
/ long list of illustrious musicians who
have lived and died during the Queens
! reign. 1t does not include a single
! name of the first and second and few
Of the third rank. Strange that ma
| ton which has produced such great
men in all other arts should be musi-
cally so lacking in creative genius. The
| names of the living compensatory
Sullivan, Prout, Mackenzie, Stanford
Cowen, Cummin ngs-have a better sound
than the list of the dead, in which
Goring Thomas is the only one who
has done work of lasting value.
The new play by Estelle Burney, set
tied Out of Court" which has just been
tried in London. is said to be a clever
bit of work, but it is founded upon an
unwholesome and disagreeable story,
in which a faithless husband is slain by
his wife, who is herself not free from
| blame The characters, however, are
said to be drawn with power and in
sight.
An Irish Gentleman" the new play
by D. Christie Murray and John L.
Shine. which has just been produced
in the London Globe Theater, is con-
structed upon very ancient lines, but
is, apparently, harmless piece enough
with some elements of popularity
Charles Wyndham's David Garrick
ever. He played the part the other day
for the benefit Of the Prince of Wales
Hospital Fund and the receipts
amounted to nearly s.. 500.
Beerbohm Tree continues to revive
old plays at his new theater. He is
now acting in THE Red Lamp and
The Ballad Monger," which will be
succeeded by "A Mans Shadow" His
promised production of Julius Caesar
has been postponed to the autumn sea
son.
A good story is told about a recent
Mott rehearsal in London. when the dis
tinguished Carlsruhe conductor. whose
roliteness is proverbial. astounded an
unfortunate performer by shouting at
him Ass" 1t appeared, however. that
Herr Mottl merely wanted him to play
y fiat-in German AS.
A story is told in the Gazette" of the
Orchestral Association. 1t seems that
1t Philharmonic rehearsals Eugene d
Albert is accustomed to address Sir
AIexander Mackenzie in German. Jo-
eph Bennett explains that the joke of
curse lies in the fact that both pianist
and conductor are Scotchmen.
i The renewed popularity of the roman
tic drama is reviving interest in the old
works Of Dumas. A version of Mile.
de Belle Isle" has just been tried in