The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-09
In Music's Realm.

The notion that great singers grow only
In warm climates is fatty contradicted by the
fact thae cold Sweden produced Jenny Lind
and Christine Nilsson, besides Sigrid Arnold
son and Marie Peterson, and that the two
most eminent American prima donnas of our
time. Nine. Nordica Gillian Norton) and
Emma Eames, were born and brought up in
the coolest Of our Eastern states Maine
Gold climates, too, have produced most Of
the good music we have: Italy is the only
for music. and Italy Is surpassed not only
by Germany, but by France and also by
Russia, at least in orchestral music and in
II9ik-song: In folk-song not only Russia. but
Norway and Sweden, are far ahead of Italy.
The spirit Of Norwegian folk-music has been
happily transpianted to our concert halls in
the charmingly exotic compositions of Grieg,
WnlIe swedish song was made familiar to all
the world by Jenny Lind and Christine Nils
son.
= Monuments to Cesar Franck, Chopin and
Doubtless Cesar Franck would have preferred
an occasional performance of one of his
works while he lived to any number of monu-
ments after death Nearly all the prominent
musicians OF Paris-including Massenet Du-
bois, Reyer and Widor-have become mem
6ers OF the committee. Saint Saens alone
declined. He acknowledges that Franck was
certainly an artist, but considers that his
influence was too fatal to the French school
to allow him to take part in the proceedings
1t has long been known that for advertis-
Ing purposes the pulpit is even superior to
the press. In Montrose, England, a few weeks
ago, three ministers out Of fifteen protested
against the public dissertation Of the Lords
day by q, musical band playing on the Inks
tnougn the programmes always included sew
eral hymn tunes. The result of the protest
was that instead Of so listeners the band
had an audience CT 5000 at it's next concert
The new basso OF Mr. Grau's forces at
the Metropolitan opera house is a young
singer who leaped into fame at the last
festival at Bayreuth, Anton Van Rooy is a
Jan. l, 1870. His first labors were devoted
70 mercantile pursuits, and he did not take
up music, except as a church chorister until
ne was " years old. Then he went to Julius
Stockhausen, the famous teacher and singer
a. Frankfort-on-the-Ma Main, and studied with
MN four years. Thus equipped he began his
career on the concert stage in Germany and
on an occasion in Heidelberg, when he sang
attracted the affection of Frau Thode. one
OF the children of Hans Won Bulow and Cos
ina Liszt, now the widow Of Wagner At
her instance he took part in the festival per
formances last year in Bayreuth, singing the
parts Of Wotan in the Nibelung dramas and
Amfortas In 'Parsfal"
Sauer, who has been engaged by the New
York Philharmonic society for Feb, and 4
Will on this occasion, render an absolutely
new piano concerto tat least new in this coun-
try)-the Sgambatl piano concerto in G
minor op. Is. The rendering Of this new work
by such an artist is looked forward to with
great expectations.
Rosenthal, whom foreign critics deem a
greater virtuoso than Paderewski, will be
heard in New York during this season. and It
his Old Worlds triumphs. Rosenthal, it Is