New-York tribune., 1898-12-11
MUSICAL MATTERS.

MUSICAL MATTERS.
4, THE WEEKLY CALENDAR-MR- KNEisEi
AND THE BOSTON SYMPHONY Or
cHEsrRA - PROGRAMMES OF A
PUsY wEEK-NoTEs AND
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
vouor,,, 10 tho local musical calendar for the
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Gbeserns neassT Hall Ii a. ansycai pIanSfor,ds 1d
recital pr by Mms W:koa aoS and Mr ic"t
aner Academy Of Musc Br9okyni rocky cIn'es' % q.
Mr. Basbys musical morning, od sy Soqrii Sonfh
Smith. =,
Mcnde!ssohn Hall SIG p M .oNlSn eShSr'' 1n
the womens String Orchestra; r's Sro1s'yn yrecitai
By ''IS:' DR.. Hanchett -.
Hall 2So P M Mes2opo,an sGnTsli
as.Is The Boston MSnss sywpnoAy m German opera Die
%PShre %PfIa Gu s,sy:s.s0nS-s!O nd O. II or: "a
nhesTa % lEe'"te wssner Hs M'r| Hail BTookyn m pp6S
lie in musical form by SSrl Ia ,ns. Rraham
sn pssso Ho Goopar SS non @ s' p m | lecture by Mr.
Surrette on Beethoven. . -.
rhursday-Carnegie Hail. Sis p m cOi,cIss YssoSn H
the Boston symphony Orchestra IA MenasShso'. ,snham
Hall; p m song recital by CSnc@rt CsT'G Of Chamber
mnss Fs " cnSTc RT9Skyn % Sp
sp m. service OF M the ne Amerc Intercesson. p m
free Ssn'saS Organ Tef recital by Samuel A. Baldwin
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House ?. m. German opera n M con-
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All West End-ave.. y. m. rocitai D! MISS DIS
bee and Mrs Bussing. .
Observation-Disclosures opera House; p ara m, ~
Tozze di Figaro p. M, Italian opera s,n. n.
nopuar prices: Carnegie Hall 80 p m, sym, dn-
9ng gf IS 2T Fsoa
slxtysiSth-st ecupe by MsS VI Mnslc brooklyn
sis n m concert of the Boston Syhp"o"S
Orchestra
The week thus offers the people OF New io'N
CITY six orchestral concerts Of the hishes' ciass'
md six orchestral concerts OF less lnpoi '",.'e'
eleven performances Of what IL POPULAR! spoA.'
of as grand opera fourteen performances OF comic
operetta In English. not to mention the niscei-
,anaous affairs II IS TO be hoped that no music
lover will go hungry. The offerings. 1t VIII Dc oo-
served from the intelligence conveyed py this COZ
unn are all OF a high order. AT the opera 'he'e
are the first OF Wagner's Nibelungen dramas u
look forward TO- and the production OF Mozarts
lie Nozze dl Figaro" which had TO be postpoheo
last Wednesday because Of the illness OF NINE
Fames In the orchestral department local patri-
otic interest centres in the third public rehearsdi
and concert OF the Philharmonic Society FOR
these the original plans contemplated the co-oper"-
lion OF Nine Schumann- Heink with the society.
but circumstances have compelled the SUBSTITUTION
Of another singer. and Nine. Josephine S Jacony
has been chosen. She Will sing airs by Gluck ana
Saint-Saens Following is the programme:
Overture "Oenovera .schumann mann
ARIA oh ee mis- dolce adoT ,' ,oIIcn
Aria Amour, alder tsblesse Saint .Saens n
AT the opera Romeo ct Juliette" will be given
on Monday evening with Nine. Melba and those
who were associated with her in the first per
formance of the opera this season: on Wednesday
the scene will shift 10 the mythical Northand ana
Die Walkuro" will be given, with the prncipa!
parts in the hands OF Mines. Eames. Nordica and
Meisslinger and NM Van Dyck. Pringle and Van
Rooy; on Friday Mines. Nordica. Engle and Mess-
linger and NM. Dppel Bispham and Van Rooy
may be heard In "Seefried" Saturday afternoon
is expected to bring us lie Nozze di Figaro" with
the cast as printed in last Sundays Tribune For
the Saturday evening performance popular
prices the opera had not been chosen yesterday.
After conducting the NTH public rehearsal in the
series by the Boston symphony Orchestra at Music
Hall. Boston. FRIDAY afternoon. November lS.
Mr. Gericke had n sudden and severe attack Of the
grip which has confined him to his house ever
since A high temperature for several days made
his physicians fear an attack OF typhoid fever but
this fear has been averted. and he is the
road TO rapid and complete recovery Ever since
the date given Franz Kneisel has very crcditably
filed Mr.. Gerlckes place, and will continue in the
position Of conductor until Mr.. Gericke has fully
recovered As all the performances Of the
chestra on its December trip this week will be
under the direction OF Mr.. Kneisel the following
sketch OF his may prove Interesting: Franz
Kneisel. a Rumanian by birth but Of German
parentage. studied the vioin IN Vienna with Gruen
and Hellmesberger He studied not only the violin.
but music: and he studied music by most intelligent
hearing and observation. we'll by the per-
formance OF routine task. Graduating at the Vi
emma Conservatory. he made his first appearance
with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra on De-
Cember q. 1852. and was soon aferward offered the
position Of solo violinist In the orchestra OF the
Imperial Court Theatre. Afterward he
cert-mester. position Of the highest honor which
had been held before him by such eminent artists
as Ysaye. Halir and Thomson. Americans are In
debted 10 Wilhelm Gercke for his association with
the Boston Symphony Orchestra for II was he who
engaged him as principal Of that organization
This in the second year Of Mr.. Ger!ckes ad-
Tninistration and at the third concert. october 81
1856. Mr.. Kneisel. then twenty years old. made his
first appearance at these concerts as a sooist He
played the concerto by Beethoven. On October %
1898. and again under the direction OF Mr.. Gericke
he played the concerto by Goldmark and this was
his eighteenth appearance at these concerts
eoloist although many have been his incidental
solo passages 1t would be interesting TO go
through in detail the indefatigable and iustrous
OF Mr.. Kneisel in Boston alone As solo
Violnst, he introduced at the Symphony concerts
concertos by Brahms. Godmark and Strube. He
has played. in addition 10 the concertos already