The record-union., 1899-10-01


The recipe used by the famous sing
er, Jenny Lind, in making her favor
ite soup has just been discovered. She
believed that it had much to do with
the preservation of her voice and keep
ing her throat and chest in good condi-
ton. She would entrust it's manufac-
ture to no one, preferring to see to it
herself that it should be made precise
ly right. She soaked forty-five grains
or pure sago in cold water for several
hours. She then put it on the fire to
Doll IN fresh water, and when it had
reached the boiling point, poured cold
water over the sago in a. sieve. Then
II was cooked for twenty minutes with
one and a half spoonfuls of bouillon,
ana carefully skinned. A little salt,
pepper, nutmeg, sugar and cut up pars-
ley were added, and finally the yolks
OF two fresh eggs and eight spoon
luis OF hot cream made into a sauce,
was put into the soup through a strain
er, after it had been lifted from the
f1re, and all thoroughly worked with
iarge spoon Now it was ready to be
eaten or drank. All ambitious sing
efs VINO take soup like this will not
necessarily become Jenny Linds but
tnelr voices will stand great strain and
retain their sweetness by it's aid.
Johann Strauss was at work, when
death carried him off, on the score of a
ballet on the subject of "Cinderella''
which interested him greatly. The
plan for the ballet had been selected
a M
sponse TO an offer of a prize; but the
real name of the author was not known
10 strauss. The first act is complet-
ed, but for the others only few frag-
ments are sketched. 1t appears that
IL was Offenbach himself who first ad-
Vlsed Strauss to write operettas. "I
assure you,' be said to him in 1862,
you nave all the qualities needed for
a brilliant success" Probably he
would have been less inclined to offer
thls advice had he known that Strauss
was destined to crowd his own oper-
ettas from the Austrian and German
tneaters Strauss last operetta, Die
Gotten der Vernunft," was produced on
March IL, 1897, but enjoyed much less
success than its predecessors. BY way
or Illustrating the popularity of Strauss
as waltz composer a Viennese jour
nadist says he remembers seeing one
day in front of a music store eighty
huge boxes filled with copies of the
Blue Danube" waltz, all intended for
America. Nevertheless, Strauss had
received only 250 forms for this waltz.
Afterwards he made an arrangement
with a Hamburg publisher to provide
new waltz every year, for which he
received 5000 forms. The publisher
of Die Fledermaus, the most popular
or the operettas, built a palace for
himself with his profits.
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Nine. Melba has decided not to visit
the United States next season This
is the piece of information that G. A.
Ellis, who has been the prima donna's
manager for several seasons, brought
with him when he returned from Eu-
rope on the Teutonic.
A number of new anecdotes about
Rubinstein are related by M. Davidowa
OF st. Petersburg. During his sojourn
IN Dresden Rubinstein lived in one of
the largest hotels, the proprietor of
De no p1ano-playfng during the hours
when he composed. 1t came to
pass, however, that an aristocratic
lady, who wished to make an impress
sion on Rubinstein, occupied the room
next to his, and persisted in playing
his compositions by the hour. till he
became frantic and complained to the
landlord. The lady was informed of
the situation, and seeing that her ruse
mad had the opposite effect of what she
had expected, she left the hotel in a
rage. On another occasion Rubinstein
nad some guests in his room, and at
their request played something for
them Presently there was a knock at
the door, and a servant brought in the
cara OF the wife of Well-known Cen
eral who begged that4her neighbor
would stop playing, as it annoyed her.
Rubinstein took his card and sent it
10 the lady, with profuse apologies for
having disturbed her. On seeing his
caro- the lady was SO mortified at what
she had done that she forthwith packed
her trunk and left the hotel.
Massanet is to compose music for
MISS Yaw's high notes. This is a dis
JUNCTION that falls to the lot of few
American women. Massanet is one of
the foremost composers of the world.
But Miss Yaw is one of the worlds
phenomenal singers. Her range of
voice is alike famous and marvellous.
Ihere are three phenomenal American
women IN the world of song to-day.
Iney nave attained special prominence
py reason of the remarkable range of
tne1r voices. They are: Miss Ellen
Beach Yaw, Nine. Hinrichs and Sibyl
Sanderson. Here are three notable wo
men differing in character and method
Oh singing as much as possible. The
human voice in song has for ages made
the world stand still and listen, and
When Miss Ellen Beach Yaw glides up
10 the top notes of her marvellous COM
pass the world not only stops and lis
tens out holds it's breath in astonish-
ment There can be no doubt that she
possesses a marvellous voice in many
respects. Quite rightfully she has been
called The California Lark Her life
mas been spent out among the birds
and flowers, close to Natures Heart
and she is like shy creature of the
woods.
The fact that Die Meistersinger''
mad the greatest number of representa-
tions of any opera given last season at
La Scala except one is significant of
the change in Italy's musical taste. |
The most popular operas and the num-
per or their representations were: Les
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