The record-union., 1899-06-25

In Mozart,S day Otter Won DitterDdorf
was by many considered q greater
composer than Mozart himself. To-day
his very name is known only to stu
dents of musical history 1t is an
nounced. however, that a committee.
including the names OF Joachim, r.
Strauss Kretxschmar;S Reinecke, Kop-
fermann, and Mandyczewski. has been
formed to secure the publication OF
eleven of his orchestral works He
wrote many operas, one of which,
"Doktor und Apotheker,'' is still to be
heard in Germany. The works which
are to be published (score and parts
by the Gebruder Reinecke Of Leipsic,
consist of six of the twelve symphonies
on Ovid's ..Metamorphoses," some Of
which were only discovered last year;
two symphonies in F and e fiat; over
ture to the oratorfo : Esther" and
some ballet music, and a. divertimento,
I'll Combattimento DELI Umane Passi-
oni." The last-named work and the
Ovid symphonies are specimens OF early
orchestral program music. There will
be ten volumes, which will be issued,
at latest, by the end of August, so that
those who wish may rehearse them for
the centenary of the. composers death
next October 31st.
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The rumor is again current in En-
gland that Mime. Patti intends to de-
light America with one more positively
last, irrevocably final farewell tour.
New York Post: Miss Lillian Blau-
welt is another artist proving that a
singer can get thorough education in
America without going abroad for
study. She got her musical education
in our National Conservatory in this
city. She has taken the Italians by
storm, and is now delighting the En-
glish. OF her recent appearance in Pc
rosis Resurrection Of Christ the
London Times says: Miss Lillian
Blauvelt, in the scene where the Mag
dalene recognizes the risen Christ, was
beyond all praise; the music is by no
means easy to sing, but her lovely voice
and finished style seemed perfectly
suited The London STANDARD" wrote
that las to Miss Lillian Blauvelts eff
forts in airs by Bizet and Wagner,
words of praise could scarcely be too
high, for the young artist sang in the
sweetest possible manner"
Breitkojf & Hartel have in prepara-
ton an edition de luxe of Wagner's
Tristan and Isolde''-piano-score with
text-in folio, printed on Japan paper,
with twelve colored pictures by Franz
Stassen. Only 100 copies will be print
ed. The same firm has just issued a
complete cheap edition of Bachs organ
works, and a compilation of old Greek
music from the fifth to the first CEN
fury B. c., by A. Thierfelder.
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Musical America: A New York
friend of Nine. Calve has received a
letter from the prima donna, in which
she writes that she has been in Nor
Deco, and that the balmy air has done
her much good. She wassvery Ill when
she went there. But the rest has bene-
flied her greatly. and now she feels as
well as ever. She adds that she is
pleasantly anticipating her reappear-
ances at. the Metropolitan Opera-house
and Covent Garden.
eth make fortune out of my new
music box. You put a penny in the slot
and -
And the thing plays a popular ARP"
mo. 1t stops playing one"
An interesting note comes from En-
gland. According to the original agree
ment between Mendelssohn and No
vello, the music publisher, the composer