The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-08-06

fine presence. But find that she lacks
fire a little; perhaps, she is a little
shy, little timorous of looking Sieg-
mund directly in the eyes. = One
Sieglinde I shall never forget. As
took her to my arms iii the love scene,
she leaned on my shoulder and whis-
pered softly, I'm going to cutsixty bars
here And yet there are some who
think, foolishly enough, that dra-
matte singer should give himself or
herself up to the feelings of the part
and the situation.
The late Johann Strauss left an
estate valued at about $500, 00O 1t
| is to be divided among his wife, his
| two brothers and the Vienna "Gesell-
| schaft der Musikfreunde.' His last
! work was a ballet, founded on "Cin-
| derella,'' but partly finished, which
was to have been produced next sea-
son at the Royal Opera, in Vienna.
| One of Strauss latest waltzes was
called after the artist Lehnbach, who
had painted portraits of the composer
and his wife, and then refused to ac-
cept a fee for them The remains Of
| the late composer are to find perma-
| nent resting place in Vienna, between
the graves of Schubert and Brahms.
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| Leonora Jackson, the young Ameri-
can violinist, who won the Mendels-
sohn State Prize of 1900 marks at
Berlin last fall, for which artists of
various nationalities competed, will
tour in the United States and Canada
next season under the direction of
Victor Thrane. Her first American
appearance will occur on January D
and 6, 1900, with the New York Phil
harmonic Society at Carnegie Hall,
when she will play the exceedingly diff
ficult Brahms violin concerto. 1t will
be remembered that her performance
| of this concerto at the Gowandhaus
concert under Nikisch, at Leipzig, last
February, created a sensation
| Mendelssohn, Moscheles and Chopin
appear to have been the only CONT
mental composers of fame who visited
Scotland No other musical genius of
the first rank ever crossed the border;
some Of the geniuses indeed never set
| foot in England at all. Handel went
to Dublin and produced his Messiah
there for the first time, but we do not
hear that he ever thought of going 20
Scotland Sebastian Bach, his great
contemporary, was never outside his
Town country. Beethoven declared that
| if it had not been for his deafness he
| would have Travelled all over the
world, and there is suggestion Of
visit to Edinburgh in one of his letters
! fn h11f q
too like Sebastian Bach, remained at
s! home Mozart was once in London,
/ little prodigy of s, playing before
George III. and his concert for a fee
of "a guineas. Haydn came frequent
ly to England, and was quite a lion"
in London society. He attended at
Carlton. House, the residence of the
Prince Of Wales, no less stlan twenty
six times. Not only did heplay before
the King and other royalties, but he
sang, although he was then 62 years
old. Moreover. he says, "the Princess
| sang with me-" But Haydn never
went to Scotland. Wagner was several
times in London, and Weber died there.
Schumann and Schubert did not cross
| the channel at all. And so the list
| is exhausted, according to a Scotch
magazine writer.
Francis Wilson has decided on a.
name for his new opera, which will
be produced early in the autumn. 1t
| will be called "Cyrano,'' and it is said
| that the part suits Mr., Wilson ex
actlya Victor Herbert and Henry B.
Smith have just completed the score.
It was originally named Soldiers Of
/ Fortune" but "Cyrano" will doubtless
prove drawing card.
| With the aid of large dictionary
and a map Of the world, says Huneker
in the Musical Courier" I discovered
that Petschnikoff's name is not Rus
sian but Cherokee. The name is not
to be spoken, but simply coughed. It
means in North American Indian pic
ture printing, Young Man Not
Afraid Of the Fiddle" Garry the news
1 to Thrane.
Cecil Chaminade,'w has threatened
annually for the last four or five years
to come to this country and play the
| piano and conduct orchestras, has
lately given most successful concert
in London. The program consisted en-
tirely of her own compositions, among
which was a new violin solo for Jo-
names Wolff, yet unpublished. Mile.
tChaminade. if rumor be correct, is one
of the most prosperous composers liv
| ing, for it is said that her income from
her songs and other compositions
amounts to not less than $4,000
year.
|
The great maestro, Anton Ruben
stein, was playing in Dresden at a re-
hearsal to which, he having admitted
some friends as listeners, a lady adj
mirer of his brought her little boy.
After the master had finished, the
child, like the rest of the audience,
began applauding furiously. Ruben
STEM deeply touched by the incessant
| clapping of those tiny little baby
hands, approached him, and pressing
! the child in his arms kissed him, ask
| ing him why he cheered so, whereupon
/ the boy, with his softest smile, said:
i Because you stopped at last" Tab
leau!
| His Money in Sheets.
| Talking about money said a drum
mer, II had a curious experience sew
eral years ago with a sheet of So bills.
I had gone to our bank to get some