The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-05
MUSICIAN NOTES.

Music.
MUSICIAN NOTES.
The musicians who play in The Court
theatre at Vienna (not the opera house
receive only 5000 a year. although they
have TO attend rehearsals nearly every
day, and have little chancati earn any
thing by extra work They have now Pc
titioned for an increase of salary.
Munich used to looked on as place
where one could hear good German opera
for next TO nothing. Twenty years ago
seat in the gallery cost only 20 cents;
today it costs Is cents, AM a tourist as
well as natives complain of the "Ameri-
canization" of prices. This refers to
Wagner operas. Others, less popular,
are usually cheaper.
Polliri. who lately died in Hamburg,
was the best known and the richest op-
cratic manager in Germany. 1t was ne
who first made Londoners acquainted
with some of Wagner's later operas
Some yea rs ago he had a lawsuit
against the Viennese prinla donna singer
Blanca Biancni. He came off victor and
the singer was cast in damages She had
her revenge, however, for she made the
manager fall in love with her, and was
then forgiving enough to marry him.
Before singing at ST. Petersburg, NJ.
Jean de Reszke will appear at several
performances in Berlin, the contract
having been signed a few weeks ago. He
will be heard as Siegfried, Lohengrin,
and Raoul. The Berlners will find him
a very different singer from Tamagno,
their last guest as the Germans call
wandering star.
According to the Gazetta Musicale, a
post-humous opera, by Spohr is promised
ct Cassel. 1t is said that the composer
had at one time desire to write a
piece on the lines afterwards adopted by
Wagner for mis- nlusic-drama. TIE Ger
mans are curious to see IL ne really car
f'ied out his purpose in the work how're
ferred to. 1t is well known that Sophr
was one of Wagners earliest admirers.
He liked the Flying Dutchman." but
'Lohengrin' was too much for him:
hence the Italian papers remarks are
absurd.
When Johann Strauss conducted his
new waltz can der sElbe," in Vienna,
the other day. Mark Twain met him in
box after the performance, and after
introducing his two daughters, compli-
mented him on the new piece. A local
critic says that this latest waltz empha-
sizes Strauss tendency of converting
the introductions of his waltzes more
and more init short symphonic poems.
Piano recitals are losing ground in
England for the reason indicated in an
article in London TRUTH Grieg, indeed. |
has, in the absence of Paderewski and
Rosenthal, been the one star OF the |
season, and although pianists have been |
numerous, their recftals have not attrac- |
ted anything like the attention gained |
by the musicians who, partly, perhaps, |
owing TO his Scotch descent, has play |
fully been christened Northern Chopin" |
PiarofOrte recitals indeed, now seem to |
be more or less out of fashion. The ex-
hilarating joys of listening for two |
hours on end 10 pianist giving what he |
is pleased TO call new readings" of |
naciIneyed pieces have, in appears, alb |
ated, possibly because eminent execut- |
ants have for some time past labored un- |
der the impression that the British pub |
lie prefers to hear the same music over |
and over again the program of one pian- |
ist, with a few slight changes, being al |
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tors However, even pianists have now /
learned the lesson, and some OF them are
trying TO alleviate the monotcny of their |
own performances by songs and even by
string quartets and other chamber
music
In Waterbury, Conn, the other
right Richard Mansfield thrashed an ele
ctrician. The direct cause OF the con-
duct attributed to Mr.. Mansfield is
said to have been the unpirdonable er-
ror-in the eyes OF Mr.. Mansield--of
the electrician in turning on a food OF
deep bottle green light when the scene
called for a slimmering blue light.
After hearing some friends continually
praising Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera I
and Diarrhoea Remedy, Curtis Fleck OF
California, purchased a bottle
of i; for his own use and is now as en-
thusiastic over It's wonderful work as
any one can Dr. The . and 80 cent sizes
Tor sale by druggists.
Take Hoods Sarsaparilia at this sea
son to guard the system against pneu-
1lonia and feve-s.
it comes as natural 10 a woman to know
dry goods as II does 10 a man to swear
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