The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-11-05
Music and Musicians.

Where there IL genius. it does not much
matter in that manner IL appears. -wheth-
| er in the depths as m Bacs or In The
height. a. In Mozart. or whether alike In
depth and height, as In Beethoven
| Schumann.
| Henry X. Hadley, the brilliant young
| composer and director OF music al st.
| Pauls School. Garden city, n. u, has
! been awarded the prize CsS5o) for his Sc
| cular cantata. MUSES. Glory. IN the
| Musical Record" prize competition. His
first symphony Youth ana Life was
given under Anton Se'dis baton In 1897,
Ballet Suite (No. % has had four public
+, performances in New York city.
Mr. Hadley's songs are noted for their
refinement and beauty. lie has also writ
ten delightful compositions for the plano.
while his choruses with orchestra have
been successfully given by a number OF
| American choral societies.
five months old song. In its fifth
edition, Is good eviderce OF It's growth
! in popularity. This is the record OF Ritter
| Fitzgerald's song, Floating Gently Down
| The Stream" The melody OF the song
4 Is carried within the most effective range
| OF medium voice. II IL easy ~ sing and
replete with melody.
|
Miss Evelyn Ashton Fletcher. the orr
| ginator OF the fngenius FLETCHER Music
| Method" a system for teaching children
music. has invaded England through Mrs.
Isabel Wilson. who was so successful
In introducing the method I'm Montreal
last season. Miss Fletcher has sent 10
London for the use OF teachers who ara
studying her method under Mrs. Wilson
good supply OF Mother Goose Songs
Without words" by l. r. Ortiz; a book
OF 70 easy compositions for the piano,
which IS being used by so many OF the
| progressive teachers OF children. Seec-
tions from this book. Ms well as other
| compositions by the same composer were
played at the closing exercises OF the
Faelten Pianoforte School. OF Boston.
Miss Jean Parkinson Brown, the author
| Of Intervals. Chords and Ear-Training."
recently lectured before one OF Miss
| Lletcher's normal classes on the subject
| of ear training.
Song brings OF itself cheerfulness
| that makes the heart 10 Joy" says Euri-
| pides. while Auerbach holds that Mus
| ic washes away from the soul the dust
| OF everyday life" and the great Bach
long ago, criticizes the critic. How sell
| dom do We meet with a proper amount Of
| sympathy and knowledge honesty and
| courage. in a critic-fOur qualities which
he ought TO possess.
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William Shakespeare the famous vocal
teacher, Of London, will come 10 this
country shortly for visit.
A Konigsberg Alderman named Walter
Simon has offered a prize OF 100 900 marks
for the best opera on a German subject
The Judges are well-knowm experts and
the opera Is TO be brought out at once at
Leipsic. Imagine New York Alderman
doing such thing.
Goldmark has thoroughly revised his
opera Merlin" and II will be one OF the
first reyivals Of the season at the Vienna
Opera. Prague is 10 be treated 10 a com
plete cycle OF the operas OF the bohemian
composer. smetana.
A birthday book Of an entirely new kind
was announced in London To celebrate
theanniyersary OF Chopin's death. II con-
slsts OF short musical passages from the
compositions OF Chopin, selected for each
day I'm the year. and is illustrated with
|>portraits. etc The authors OF this work
are Miss Janotha and John oliver Hob
hes" Several unpublished MSS OF
are used for this collection.
Hints as 10 the nature OF Paderewski's
new opera have been allowed 70 escape
BY his managers. Messrs. Goriitz and
Fryer. In an interview with Paderewski
about II. the Polish pianist and COM
poser = reported as saying that the SUBJ
iect Is Lyric musical In It's character
throughout. and not especially Polish.
There is something Of the slavonic' about
1t. but most Of It is, gypsy"
The scenc2'
mo. no. the music. say II is not e.
pecially Polish. but rather gypsy. No ma
tional airs. OF course" he explained on
" color, And II IL generally IN the new
style OF music-drama. 80 that the prfn-
cipal interest Is concentrated in the or
chestra. On the other hand. do not for
get that II Il really musical: the dra-
matte IS not dominant and | think that
those who love the tunefli will not al
together be disappointed
There Is a ballet in the FIRST act, and.
OF course. a ballet must be dansant--wild
dapces like the csardass II you have been
along the Danube you must remember
those passionate dances OF the people
not the tourist-appealing exhibitions OF
the Budapest taverns. but the real thing
Then. the ballet Is not merely thrown In.
IL Is not independent OF tho dramatic ac-
tion. but much connected With tho de-
vslopment or the story.
THE ballet Will last more than half an
hour. The. story Is one OF tho conflict Of
tro races-the Siavonic people and the
gypses. The hero Is a gypsy. while the
heroine IL a sIax."