The record-union., 1899-03-26

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| Manager F'icks of the Clunie Opera
| house has these entertainments ir
promise for the public of Sacramento:
March 18th, Stanford Glee and Mando-
lin Clubs; March 18th, Ellis Grand OPP
era Company; April 5tE, Arion Con-
cert Company of Sacramento; April
9Th and 9Th, "McSorley's Twins; April
Sth and 9th, "a Hot Old Time; April
10th, Dailey's Stock Company, one
week in repertoire; April 18th, Alcazar
Company, one week in repertoire Then
will follow Primrose & Dockstader's
IIinstrels, Rosenthal, the great pianist;
Roland Reed, and the Bostonians.
| New York Post: A correspondent
asks for an answer in this column to
the question, Apart from Wagner's
works, what is the greatest opera that
has ever been written?" 1t would be
easier to answer the question, what
is the best opera written in each coun-
try?" and even that would elicit vari-
Gus opinions An Italian would prob
ably say Rossinis Barber of Seville
or Verdi's Aida; Frenchman would
say Carmen or Faust; German
might prefer Mozart's Don Juan"
Weber's "Euryanthe," or Beethoven's
| ''Fidelio.'' No one is authorized to die
tate a categoric answer In the present
writer's opinion Carmen" is, next to
Wagner's works. the most delightful
opera ever written.
| y
An opera entitled III Trillo del Di-
avolo" has just been produced in Rome,
with the old violin master Tartini as
one of the principal characters. The
librettist places poor Tartini = a most
respectable MANN all kinds of strange
situations the climax being reached
when he is about to take monastic
vows and swear himself away from
the love of woman. At that moment
Mephistophelian character, his evil
genius, plays the Devils Trill," and
Tartini, moved by the witchery of the
performance, rushes from the altar into
the arms of his Zuana. The music is
by Falchi.
| Dr. Antonin Dvorak has received from
the Austrian Emperor the cross of hon
or for arts and sciences.
| Weimar will soon have a $4,000
statue of List.
| Composers Of piano pieces will be
cheered by the information that Brett
kopf & Hartel, one Of the dozen of mu-
sic publishers in Germany, have on
their list over 1000 pieces for piano
| forte.
| The Revue Medicale" gives this did-
logue: At the hospital: Clinical Profess
/ sor Ito patient)-What is your occupa-
ton? Patient with bronchial catarrh)-
IA musician, sir. Professor Ito the
students)-Here, gentlemen, I have an
opportunity of clinically demonstrating
to you a fact to. which I have fire.
quently referred in the lecture-room-
namely, that fatigue and the respira-
| tory efforts called for by the act Of
blowing on wind instruments are fire.
quent cause of the affection from which
this man is suffering. (To the patienD
On what instrument do you play?
Patient-The big drum. sir.
| Leipsic is to have a new theater, with
an annex for dancing and general en-
tertainments. A company has been
formed, with capital of 60O,COO marks.
| Sullivan's "Mikado" was played lately
at the Josephstadt Theater, Vienna, by
company of children, to a house full
of girls and boys.
! Wagner is to have his statue in Ber-
| lin. but exactly where has not yet been
decided The sum stands at 12S,OOO
| francs-not an overwhelming amount,
| certainly. But it has always been dir
ficult to raise money in Germany by
way of homage to great musicians.
Even the movement toward the Bee
thoven monument, in Bonn, languished
till the Hungarian List made up out OF
/ his own purse what was wanted.
| Apropos, a statue of List, at Weimar,
is among probabilities. Competition by
German and Austro- Hungarian sculp-
tors has been invited, but the cost IS
limited to $4,000 francs. The site
chosen is in the garden of the List
| Museum.
According to a statement recently
made. German music publishers had a
busy time in 1897 In the course OF
| that year they issued 1921 compost
tons for various instruments, 1868 vo-
literature OF the instrumental pieces
no fewer than 2547 were for the piano
forte; there were 500 for orchestra and
| $50 for the mandolin. The organ came
| last with 14S compositions. Songs and
male-voice choruses formed the bulk
of the vocal works.
| In a recent number of the PhdladeI-
phia Musician" N. J. Corey had an
| excellent article on 1.-The Decrying oil
List" in which occurs the following:
1t is singular that so many really ex-
cellent musicians should know so little
of the Weimar masters varied and ex-
cellent work, being absolutely unfamil-
lar with anything but the Hungarian
rhapsodies and a few popular fanta-
| sizes When musicians are heard decry-
ling LISTS music because of it's trivial
ity. and it may be granted that some
of it is trivial, "Jove sometimes nods
| if they should be questioned concerning
the matter, dialogue like the follow
| ing would in all probability result:
Are you familiar with his scholarly
fugues?" NO" do you know the
B minor Sonata which is profoundly
admired by many very great must