New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-25
MUSICAL COMMENT.
FRANCIS WILSON'S OPERETTA-MUslC IN
BROOKLYN-MR. GERICkE-NOIEo
AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

.rh r.,i. Cornoral" now playing at the Broad
way Theatre. exemplifes as wei as any .i''e "a
the kind could do the extent 10 which '
and comedy are degraded soon as 1t becomes
necessary to ht a popular comedian with ne"
r,le At the outset the operetta seems poth prohi-
lsing and ambitious. 1t is pain that MT " h'''"
had read French play and resolved 10 "'""
characters and Incidents from 1t Tor MS "'"''''
co,oedv Rut so soon as Mr. Wilson enters All
tho carly, effort turns out he mere thundeIlne
~ The index Thereafter two things only are kep'
in view-costum@s ana camel II Is SHY E' IN
tesquere without humor In the lines or M ex ~.
tho Ivrcs Words and music only turnlsh an ~ ~,
cuse for costumes and pictures. Mr. Enga1ni oss
has provided neat score eNt,et ht,nciion ana
and well written though without lo,, az
Somewhat monoionous in It's me.ode physlosnpi1m 10
We cannot persuade ourselves that inc h'''ie
Cornorai" is destined to outlive the season.
The prospectus of the Brooklyn Institute OF Arts
and Sciences for the season 1889 provinces eio-
ouent proof that sister borough Is not COINS
to suffer from want OF musical entertainments
while Manhattan is enjoying the good things OUT
ured in The Tribune OF last Sunday. The plans
laid down by the Institutes department OF music
Of which Walter :. Carter is president ana 'o'''
Hyatt Brewer secretary, comprise many "'''
things than can be described here. and they are
not yet complete However. this much may oe
said: There will be five popular matinees by the
Boston symphony Orchestra on the afternoons oI
November H. December IL. January o. February
"a and March q: also five evening concerts by 'ie
so,,o organizatIon on November ~. December L.
January q, February % and March 70. Inc SOLO
artists who have thus far been engaged 10 coop
crate with the orchestra in these concerts are Ben
Davies Moritz Rosenthal. Teresa Carreno' franz
Knesel Willy Burmester and Alvin schroeder
Mr. Rosenthal will play ut the first afternoon ana
evening concerts. a series of five song ana Vo'I'
reCitals Will be given "Wednesday evenings III
Association Hall follows: October H. firanb
con-Daves barytone and Mrs. Corinne Moore
,t.r Etafn
prano and divide Musn. violin. November q. Evan
Williams tenor: Charlotte Maconda. soprano, ana
Maud Morgan harp; December q. David Bispham'
barytone. and Miss Bertha Bucklin. NloIh anu
January T. Giuseppe Campanari barytohe' ana
Cecilo Lorraine. soprano. There VIII ne I'VE con-
ceris of chamber music evenings in Association
Hall as follows: October o. by the kneisel QUAR-
tet of Boston. November IT, by the Kaltenhorn
Quartet OF New York. December :. by the Spierihg
Quartet Of Chicago; December %. by the Adam-
owsN Quartet, Of Bos ton. and January H. ny wv
Richard Arnold Sextet OF New-fork FIVE piano
forte and song recitaIs will take place on Nedhes
dav and Thursday esenings. In Association han
as follows. January g Alexander Slot and Mrs
Katherine Fisk. . ebruary :. Miss Aus der one ana
Dudley Buck ir: March >. Max Heinrich ana MT.
Uadden- Alexander: March ID. r. y Macpo"ei'
and Miss Gertrude May Stein. and March 81 "a
ward Baxter Perry. ON March the Apollo SIX
teen Of Ncw-York will give a concert. with the
other miscellaneous choral concerts. A. follows:
on April s. hy the Cecilia Ladies Vocal society, OF
Brooklyn: on April H. ~ ne BrookSn I1to'ghts
choral club. and May H., by the Brook Iyy
Shngorb91d organ Tc .,rs1, WI Ma Of chicago
Everett r. Truotte Of Boston, CASTOR NJ D.thicr'
Of Network. and William KarcnbeTgfif 81 t nul
falo The Brooklyn Oratorio 'iuD W ait T ii,"nny
Hall conductor. will perform Verbs -Regln'm
on February and Professor Parker 81 ce iYs
pianoforic recital on December g. Lectures arc
snnounced follows: on september q. At 3 s,in m:
Mrs Jeanhette Robinson MGrpny on o N'gr" n,
Songs ana Plantation FolklorG, on octoner = o -,
1cd a. nh The Illustrations rs by Mrs Krehbci and Miss
Lo,ta Mills by DR. Henry o H W5r ''f Tom fr
Of Chicago. Two lectures on the singing voice. ana
by carl Figu6. ton lessons on musical form.
There can ne no doubt that the return ~ Mr..
Gercke TO be the conductor Of the Boston symphony
Orchestra has produced almost ~ much siadn'ss IN
New York as IN Boston VIZ. Gerirkc was the con
ductor who fret carried N" Boston orchestra'
standard 81 performance so high az 10 command nt-
ientlon al over the country on the evening o'
oc,ober 90 1854. Henry T.. Higginson. m" founder
Of the Boston symphony Orchestra. was IN VI
emma and attended performance ~ the Grand
ODera House The opera was AIDA ana IN" con.
ducfor Wilhelm Gorl~ko assistant orchestra chief
in the Grand opera ~ His Imperial Majesty
Francis Joseph. The next day thor" was On inter
view and on the ~ II was arranged maj Mt.
f,orickc should x 10 BOSTON ~ Inc ''H'"' .'l w.
the Boston symphony orchestra. Mr. Gorick" be
gan his musical career whom IN his af,eeaih year.
and his progress a. The conservatory while a pupil
Of Herr Desson- afterward manager ~ the Opera
House al Frankfort-Was 50 complete mat lmin"-
lately on graduating he entered the Imperial OPP
era as one II the three leaders 81 IN" orchestra.
During his first stay I'm Boston Mr.. G"ricke proved
himself an eclectic selecting the best music wher-
ever it could be found ana giving proper recoeni-
ton 10 all worthy composers. regardless Of ma
tionality II Is also worthy of note that. whether
that Of Beethoven or Brahms. Mozart 81 Schn-
mann ne always gave 20 each work me lnterpfe-
tation IT, composer meant II I" have never IN
truding sensational effects OF his own IN the mis-
taken effort TO improve upon master There were
two memorable performances in Boston under Mr..
Gericke's direction outside Of the regular series Of
concerts. one was the perfornance on Aprm 80 80
hn ndsome sum was realized I'm aid Of the fund 10
erect "A monument TO Mozart In vienna. IN" sol"
singers were LII Lehman, Louise Meisslng"r'
Paul Kalisch and Emil Fischer me second econ was
Mr. Gerckc's farewell concert on May q. lsN. when
the INTRODUCTION ana Coco rri1hsl npJl ,fo u,
Beethoven were given. on this latter occasion.
scene Of the entrance of Mr. Gericke; when orchcs-
ira chorus and audience rose IN ms honof WAS
more Than egualled IN 'hei whGn foowe me ne
feet and applaudcd the conductor 10 IN" echo. on
the programmes OF the Boston symphony orchestra
composer Of n "Serenade FOR Strings. a Concert
Overture" Chorus Of Homage" and two songs
for soprano.
Cecile Lorraine, the young American prlma
donna who sang in England the last few years and
sang the soprano part In IN" Marquis OF Iornes
opora before tho queen ast May. arrived In New
York Wednesday the Teutonlc She VIII max"
her New York debut I'm tho Metropolitan Opera
House October ~ In Bismarck memorial concert
arranged by the United German Singing Societies.
Arthur Noes. most favoraby known throughout
the country az conductor OF choral societies and
the assistant of Theodore Thomas has again made
his home IN New-York. He has also been reelected
conductor OF the Albany music festival. and will
resume his duties I'm the State capital this week.
For the next festival he has In contemplate
Bruchs Lay Of the Bell" a Bach moiet, BrahmsS
songs for Women's voices accompanied by harp
and horns. and possibly one or two or NcrdfS
sacred pieces recently performed In Paris.