New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-20

No,,o la~y.one. Wissner Han, BIOohiNl'.1 - -,
lesson i'm musical form by carr rlqu'' sac - W
concert by ". Grazing King. VoIiiiiSO
THURSDAY Tnanksgiving) ,....o, .,
Friaay-carnee.c HAL. p M pune l!igsi Cbnrrh
~ m orran recital 10y William G. carl
"Reminiscences Han go p m. nI rSoSndotoT
Ponies Concert Frank r,o,,f, So
~ " m second concert of the PhiihdriHoAC %
Sie,y
--,o 90 M ,~,it IN Nine Melba's character more
,romincrt chan her generosity ana op'"
r.se She made chat trait felt IN England as'
summer. and az the same time disclosed "'i -
,,a,bv with America Joy giving her services 10 "'
er,,e,do D... Nursery OF this city. for concert
which has been set for next Tuesday evening d,
che Ntetropoiitan opera House. At this cohcei.
- rnon,hor. Of The Ellis Opera Company OF
which she is t1e head. viii take part besides 'he
orchestra of the orsanizaion' Ihey are NM
Kaisk Scror PanGolhn. Sisnor helIsd 'u1 a, 49,
NJ Boudouresquc. Nine. Media VIII sing ue
..Nad scene" from Lucia" and with Nine ''duSt.
rtu sing II duet from the Marriage OF Figaro
Nine Gadsks sorg wi.l ho Ocean Ihon NlEnS
Monster" Sgror Pandolhni will be heard III an
sra from Carmen and Signor Bensaude IN an
49,, ,o,, .ro, ea~ioe" The orchestra viii play
Tho overture ~ "Die Meisiersinger Dance Ma
cahrcr of Sain'-Saens and the march from me
..f,.,o,,o,.on 90 Favst" The concert. which Will
ho q notable flair socially as well as arusl,o"lY'
g. under the patronage OF Mr.. Astor. Mrs Charles
r AlexauGor NJ ROYAL Phelps Carroll, Mrs. W.
Eaya-d eating Mr. Morris h. JesJ2 Mrs Pierre
Jo,illard Mrs. ogden MlNs. Mrs. D. fle"oohi NO,
gan Ms LeN Z. Morton Mrs. Whteia" heid'
Mrs Douglas Robinson. ir.. Mrs W. y. Soahe'
Nfre Cornelius Vanderbilt Mrs II. Walter Neop
ana Mr.. tserron J.. Winthrop. jr
: feuire oni.t i'm tho "Eremdenblatt' Of Vienna
o.is most ontertalnng'y OF old conductors At the
opera l the Austrian capital. and Incidentally
throw mucn light on the vast difference between
now and past decades and generations IN respect
Of ~. salaries received by conductors. Heinrich
User who closed long term of service in lN"'
never received more than go forms Gay $50 per
month until Dinae-'edt becam" director. when %
forms per month were added for his services a
musical adviser" Heinrich Proch. composer OF
the perennial variations. IN the service OF The
Court for thirty years. his term ending In 1910
JIG not Only conducted The opera. hut translated
Nbreuos into German ,hs version OF 'Il Trovatoro
IS SIN sunc) composed rocitations. ETC.; Yet the
maximum reached by his salary was scarcely 2.29
forms tsav 5000 p,r year Concerning Proch, Mr.
Gericke told amusing arocdotc fcw days ago
His earnings being so small Froch was always
head and ears in debt one dav ~ a rehearsal Of
one &C Moycrbeors operas he rchuked the orchestra
for f. Indifference. we owe f. 20 Mcyerbecr to
play hts work we'll" said no. only meet with
the ro'ori Why begin paying your debts with
Moycrhc,cr Hrs dcod"' II was custom among
the Vionre.c musicians AT The time 70 write sar-
castle epitaphs for each others gravostones. Two
made FOR Pro-h gave him infinite amusement. Tho
first g. l,i attention 20 tine fact that the first debt
that he had oyer paid was thai 20 nature when he
died. the second appealed 20 'he musical angels:
..V.r..ht ifm Seine Schulden
i-rG noreel BIN funf Guldcn.'
C'For.1te H.n bis cfuts and lend him hve
for!as %
Franz rcrpicr nauret aad composer Of bullets
was paid - Aorus per month ass member Of the
orcb.stra and g. norins - kreutzcr IS conductor
NJ bale,s. George HciimeSbcrger. GRANDPA Their OF
the present p .unesborgcr worked his Way np u.s.
orchestral director 20 70 forms month. and his
son JOSE reached q inaNmGm of 500 forms pci
snnuno. h., SOL. ;he present Josef. Is mor" forir
nate MS salary as consortmoist"r. solo player and
conductor Of operas and bailets yielding nm ih'
sa.ar, II a court council .or- whatever hat may be
Composers were not paid much better Matthias
e.rehi-gcr who composed ballet that was per
formed oyer TWO hundred times, received =" hofins
"on the nail" FOR an his rights
The critic Of The London World' comes pretty
close 70 rhapsody when he writes about the sins
.uc Of Nine blanche Mar hest Concerning con
cert given q row weeks ago b" said.
Al her last recital Mime. Marches sang good
many songs and sang them all well Shc never
b. any chance sings badly or IDLY. she 49, per maps;
The most subtiy Vipiaui vocalist Of our time. ana
respects herself and her art mucn a. we all
Than most singers ana offers fewer chances for nc
anxious critic. I thought that her most beautiful
~tari OF the other afternoon was made In Purcell