The record-union., 1899-11-26

and environment with which he came
so continuously liz contact served more
and more to convince him that Russia
in her turn had as great mission IN
music as any other nation. For thir-
ty years the idea WAS gradually gam
ing strength in his mind. Il want ne
said to a friend, ito write an essen
TALLY national opera Ola Vie pour lie
Tsar), both as regards subject and
music; something which no foreigner
can possibly accuse of being borrowed
and as a part of themselves"
The most prolific of women composers
doubtless Is Mile. Chaminade, to whom
an article is devoted in the September
Musician" of Philadelphia. The writ
er declares that the list Of her works
is not far from hundred, and he re-
marks: "Chaminade's songs contain
exquisite touches of melodic and
rhythmic beauty; not altogether orig
inal, perhaps, but always quaint, subtle,
charming dainty, now fervid, but
ever infinitely expressive. Her
range of conception is narrow, to know
one pianoforte composition or songs of
Chaminade is, practically, to know
them all. This is true, of course, of ev-
cry composer, to certain extent, but 1t
appears to me particularly so of Cham
made. Either she is deficient in pow
er or wanting in methods of logical
deduction and contrapuntal combina-
ton indispensable to enduring classic
writing. In default of this inexhaust-
ible mine of musical resources a COM
dro 1, ic
subjective invention. That is what
Chaminade appears to do; and while
her wealth in this respect is almost
marvellous. she cannot entirely conceal
moments of sameness on one hand and
extravaganza on the other"
Contrary to the prevailing impression.
the choral associations Of Great Britain
are not wholly given over to Handel and
Mendelssohn. as this extract from list
given in the Daily News indicates:
At Edinburgh this winter the choral
programs will be very interesting. they
comprising Rheinberger's "Christofor-
u.s." Liza Lehman's "Lochinvar,'' Dur
antes Magnificent" McCunn's Lord
Ullin's Daughter" and "Cameronian' s
Dream" and Dvorak's ''Stabat Mater. =
In Glasgow are to be heard Cesar
Franck's Les Beatitudes'' and Dvor-
axis 'Stabat Mater" besides the Cold
en- Legend" Walpurgis Night" and
Song of Destiny" At Henley the works
chosen are "Hiawatha" and "Minneha-
ha," Schumann's Paradise and the
Peri" and Swinnerton Heaps Voice OF
Spring; at Newcastle, Haydn's Sea
sons" at marlborough, Mozart's s
king Thomas; at Sunderland, Min
nehaha,'' Creation" and Stanford &
Revenge; at Stafford, "Lobgesang'
and Golden Legend; at Chesterfield,
Parry's Job; at Barnsley, Hgar's
king Olaf; at South Shields, "Hia-
watha," Sampson" and "Loreley"; at
Newcastle, Ancient Mariner and
"Lauda Sion; at Sheffield, Elgar's
"Caractaus' and Judas Maccabeus" {;
and at Rotterdam, Rossini's "Stabat
Mater" Scarborough Hanley, Sheffield
and Cheltenham will also within the
next month or so have musical festivals
New York Post: While Vienna has
been so lucky as to secure Hans Rich
ter for another four years, it has just
lost the second conductor at the Opera.
Johaun Nepomuck Fuchs. He was in
his 6Sth year, and the cause OF his
death was blood poisoning, resulting
from an injury caused last spring by
the breaking in his hand of wine bot
tie he was trying to open. He began
his career in 1864 as conductor at
Pressburg, and after serving in CO.
logne, Hamburg and other cities, he
settled in Vienna in 1879, teaching at
the Conservatory and conducting at the
Opera. AS an opera composer he never
succeeded. but many of his songs are
popular in Vienna He made adapta-
tions for modern opera houses of Han
dels "Almira," Gluck's "Betrogene
Cadi," and Schubert's "A1phonso and
Estrella-" But his most important
work in this line has been the editing
of the complete edition Of Schubert's
compositions,