The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-30
NOTES OF MUSIC

VOTES OF MUSIC
Ignace Paderswski Ia to return To this coun-
try next autumn. and Oct. 1S has already been
selected as the date OF his first recital here.
One result OF his visit here is likely to be the
disappearance from the field Of other p~ianists.
When Paderewski Is In this country there ID
little demand to hear other players. He prac-
tically monopolizes the public interest In this
style OF music. and probably there will be few
performers brave enough to attempt a rivalry
with him. Paderewski played last year In Rus
sia. where his success was not so great az
josef Hofmann's. 1t Is Holman. indeed.
who has taken Rubinstein's place there,
although he has never won the same
success in Germany. Paderewski's influence
here IL felt almost as much when he is out OF
the country as when he is here. as nobody has
been able TO awaken the same interest since he
appeared here first. and the ordinary public
which goes only to hear him among pianists
waits for his return and Is attracted to none OF
the other performers. The public's lack OF in
terest In the majority Of performers has been
rather strikingly shown this year. One who Is
possibly the best known in this country 70.
Gently announced a recital In a neighboring
city and subsequently abandoned ii because the
sale OF seats was 80 small as to make IL certain
that the performance would be a failure. None
q the others has met with sufficient success
tbs s season M,1 e. to make it probable that any OF
the Polish pianist returned to Europe the last
time he took with him 100000 as his profits
Paderewski fund. lie receives in London now
the hiEhest pay ever given to any pianist. His
Some OF his earnings In this country are said
70 nave been lost lately in speculation, al
t%Gekn PCT Of the S, estate tts %i1 in W TzerIan nSw Witch ' be
bought last summer; b~ade5ewskis opera
| have hpAn given in DrpaHnD lact Ncintnr
but his Russian engagements were. said to
have kept him from directing the rehearsals
1t Is said to be com pleted. and even alterations
contemplated by the, composer after the or
chestral. score was finished have now been
made. HIS presence in this country next win
ter will doubtless compel another postpone
ment OF the performance. as the composer de-
sires to have charge OF the preparations.
Mile. Calve must have been in consultation
with her friend Nine. de Thebes before sho
ordered her tombstone. and 1t Is fair to pre-
sumo that Nine. de Thebes warned her that she
might have need OF the monument within a
reasonable time. 1t Is this clairvoyant who by
her advice regulates most Of Mile. Calves
affairs by predicting dire and dreadful suffer-
ings for the singer II she happens to disobey
the occult warnings which the prophecies gives
her. This knowing woman recently got into
trouble with the Paris police by her reckless
habit OF predicting death for distinguished
persons. and she was warned that although she
was at liberty to carry on her profession in
private she must not interest herself too con-
spicuously In the affairs OF the nation. She
secluded herself for a while after that rebuke.
but has remained in business as Cassandra on
a smaller scale. to Judge by Mile. Calves recent
order. The singer is In very bad health. de-
spondent. and fearful that she will not recover
from the troubles which have made her an in
valid for more than a year. 1t is extremely
improbable that she will return next year to
this country, although she is anxious to come
and Mr., Grau is anxious to have her, as her pres
the repertoire. Mile. Calve has proved here one
Of the g eatest attractions that the company
her experience in all countries. Her great
reputation Is, for instance. confined almost ex-
Glustyely to this country. IN Paris and Lon
singers are. but only In New York is her Car
, natb Tsga tnI 6s as S 30 rsmaTsH ADJ, s1 Lyndon o cared
Mr.. Grau realized, that when he accepted her
she will receive $1,000 for sixty performances.
She made those terms her ultimatnm. and Mr..
eddy large. but the like OF 1t is rarely heard OF
for 90 large q number Of performances.
For the first time In years there has been no
announcement this season OF a series OF con-
certs and It looks now as IL those few New York
ers who patronized these entertainments would
have to 60 without music during the approach
ing summer months. They may take courage,
however. from the fact that ZONE trusting and
hopeful impresario always appears on the
scene with the thought that he can succeed
where all others have failed. and undertake to
give high-class orchestral concerts. All recent
attempts at this style OF entertainment have
proved Improbable. and the Inst of these. made
at the Madison Square Garden. attra eted so
small audiences that it 10 doubtful II the must
clans who conducted the season on a co-opera-
tive basis ever before received so little for their
ments It was dlnacuit to keep the msske.nnp Of
the orchestra the same. That was artistically
they were quite good enough for the small
numbers that heard them. There has been
Beach. which were at one time Extremely prosl
porous under Anton Seidls direction. but that
idea has not yet reached any definite stage. 1t
SHm,ner music ;b Of E high SiSss has yet been
ended 1t seems lcss probable than ever that
a series OF orchestral concerts would prosper.
harcella Sembrich is the only one OF the
great singers now left in this country. She be-
gan last night at Columbus a brief concert
tour. during which she will sing In Columbus.
Cincinnati. Indianapolis. Detroit. Nashville
and Louisville. She has been engaged as the
star Of the Maine Festival next October at
what is said to be the highest pay ever given
for the services OF q soloist there. These en-
gagements are conditional on her return here
with the opera company. ard she has already
contracts with the same proviso that will keen
her in this country until June. Nine. Melba will
again be q member OF the company at the Met
ropolitan NEXT season for few special perform
anees. and she will appear. there as the heroine
OF Puccini's " La Bohenie," Maurice Gran doaa
not think that the work ia likely to become
very popular here. as tho frame OF the Motro-
poll tan Ia too great for works Of this Kind.
But La Boh6me' seems the most ike
y work among recent. operas. As Nine.
Melba owns the rights for this country,
the opera is not likely TO be sung. without
her permission; The Charley Opera Company.
which has had a highly successful season IN
New Orleans and Montreal, has reached this
singers sailed yesterday on La Gascogne.
Mime. Felia Litvinne has been engaged for the
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