The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-09
NO xoRE sEiDb Ar BRIGHTON.
an Rnort 20 ne Made to Give the Pebble what
It wanna In tho Now Ntuulc Hnll.

An Rnort 20 ne Made to Give the Pebble what
II Wants In the New Music Hall.
What remained standing after tho storms OF
last winter Of tho Brighton Beach Music Hall
has boon removed from It's exposed position on
the waters edge to tho open space ut tho west
end OF the Brighton Beach Hotel. When the new
hall is completed 1t will be a duplicate Of the one
destroyed, except that 1t will n trifo larger and
will have n stogc suitable for opera.
All winter the grounds have been covered
with tho ruins loft by last winters storm, but
this week the entire old structure has been taken
from the front to tho side OF tho hotol. When
erected in 1887 tho Music Hall had II lawn no.
tween 1t and the sea and extending far beyond
II, where the Scidl Society put up u childrun's
pavilion. But long ago the lnnd and tho pavilion
wcro washed away, and for several years the
sea has flowed under and beyond tho founda.
lions of the hall. Last autumn the west cnd
Of tho building gave way, md IN It's
dismnntlcd condition 1t remained until last
week. Tho workmcn engaged in removing
and rebuilding the music hall are prcpnr-
ing the new location by driving piles
and in every possible way are making n safe
foundation. Tho new music hall will be pushed
to rapid completion and will be opened in Juno
by T. l.. Hutchins of Brooklyn, who will give
vaudeville and other light entertainments there
during the summers Of the next five years. Con-
certs, too, of n popular character (which must
necessarily not be orchestral, for orchestral con-
certs OF the first class are not p~opulnr) will DO
given pnrt Of tho time. The new manager, when
questioned In regard to the details OF his plans,
said that he had not mnturcd them. He
intended to give popular cntcrtainmcnts;
not dofniteiy decided GdiSdiS npo M the Hrst, entertain Tto
mcnts he would give. It Is his purpose to make
iSTlht o Will \. a n ,ssiars ct II ' Il !, s soes not t1 nor no S She
Hutchins. who. 1t Is understood, Is making his
first venture in music hall management, was
resident Of Brooklyn. and is a young man whose
Beach is to make money, II ono thing does not
prove successful he will try another. until he
ni Brighton I Beach Il Music sfasi'i Hall i"iiip was si built for the
purpose Of giving orchestral concerts under tho
leadership Of Anton Ssidl, who at that time was
the conductor Mt the Metropolitan Opera House.
New York. These concerts were given for four
or five yc,rs under the management Of tho
1890, when they were discontinued. The com
pany lost . great deal OF money. Gen. Jourdan,
he" yearly yee s'' Sefciency 'n at 'G 5000. 'ETTRi" The con:
certs were given at the nominal price of
twenty-five cents, and tho attendance was
Society recalled Mr.. tscldl to BFighton Beach,
and for three years this organization of women
oHch, year. At the close Of last season It was dc,
future. partly because OF the heavy and %continu-
Gus losses. and partly for the reason that Tho
music hall was then 20 eXnOsed TO the elements
that II was a difficult matter to give Il concert
In 1t. At high tide the noise of the water under
meath the building was so great That to
hear. all of n concert It was necessary TO
be in tho front OF tho hall: near the
back the sea drowned the music. Shortly after
the close of the season the storm occurred that
dismnntlca the structure. and the Seidl Society
then notified the railroad company that II would
not rcrnEnEe the orchestra for another summer.
The numbers OF people who remained in the city
during the summer season and petronizcd these
concerts were far too few to Justify the society
In making further sacrifices, though it was
realized that the new railroad connections with
the beach might increase the attendance. Had
the public justified the railroad company in the
first place in continuing these orchestral con-
certs. 1t would have done no indefinitely.
The educational work done at Brighton both
by the railroad company and by the Scidl
Society cannot he Ovrrcstimnted. and music
lovers of brooklyn and New York will miss them
greatly. Year after year valiant effort was
made to arouse n greater interest. hut the en-
couragcmcnt needed was not forthcoming. and
there will he no more of these orchestral con-
certs at Brighton Beach now or in the future.
The old BRIGHTON Beach Music Hall. its friends
say. has been the scene of more and better music
than any other summer concert hall in the
world. and a great many people will learn with
regret that the Seidl concerts there arc at an
end permanently. 4 yet larger class may re-
toicc. however, that less artistic and instructive
musical entertainments are to no given. md
doubtless an era of prosperity will reward tho
manager willing to try to please the crowd.
The hotel and music hall will he opened at one
and the same time. and the season will begin
earlier this year than last. The bulkhcad ia
being strengthened all along the property and
down the line OF the Sea View Elevated Railroad