The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-11-19
Music and Musicians.

Mascagnis latest opera, Iris mas
| met with 50 many iascOs that the won
/ der is that managers and SINGERS can Sun
I be found who are willing TO risk their
money and time on 1t. The latest city
where 1t has failed is Frankfort-on-tHe
/ Main. where a considerable part Of the
audience even Missed the work. This Ope-
Pa is Mascagni's sixth or seventh con-
secutive failure, yet it is only few years
since he was hailed as new genius
/ and regeneration OF opera by the wisest
! and greatest OF the critics-the same
| wise and great critics who are now 50
/ cock-sure that Brahms is the saviour and
| regenerator Of orchestral music; when
/ leads one to reflect that there is no class
of persons in the world who know so lit
/ tie about music as the great musical crit
ics.-New York Evening Post.
Emma Nevada, in an interview in New
| York. says she is especially interested IN
| American music and American COM
/ posers She says that music compost
lions in America certainly demand recos-
milton and she is anxious TO prove her
confidence i'm American composers ny
singing as many of their songs as her re-
pertory will permit.
|
The Paris correspondent Of the Musical
| Courier writes that NJ Leon Moreau is
the young French musician who recently
| received his second Prix de Rome at the
last competition for that distinction. lie
is one of the rising musical lights OF
the CAPITAL talented, laboriOus, sincere
consecrated, soul and body to his art
! full of thought and intelligence, and 10
| 81 rH Of NJ
| modern school of music. as created by The
| genus of Richard Wagner" He is
| ano pianist. and some OF his compositions
] including a symphonic poem, Sur la Mer
/ Lointaine." and female choruses have been
| much applauded NJ. Iamoureux has been
| so lucky as to secure this talented
young man as one Of the leading re-
| petlteurs," for the rehesrsing OF Tristan
| and Isolde" which is to have IFS hrst per-
foimance in Paris soon.
-
A symphony by Cesar Frank has been
produced TOR the first time In Berlin ny
the Philharmonic Concert Society OF that
city. II Is said TO have been rather dun
and lacking in expression, although the
| finale made a more lively impression.
Jules Massenot has finished his ora
torio. THE Promised Land" on which he
has been az work for some time. IL Is
divided into three parts. "Horeb," "Jeri-
cho" and Canaan" He has just con-
Quoted the first performance Of Cen
| drillon" az the Theatre de Ia Monnaie'
I'm Brussels and is now in Milan TO super-
Intend the preparations for that produc-,
ton there by sonzogno-
The New York Commercial Advertiser
says:
Mr. Frank Damrosch IS arranging an
interesting set Of programmes for his
concerts for young people and his CON
certs for very young people which he VIII
give in the Carnegie and Mendelssohn
halls. respectively, this winter Past eS-
perience has convinced him that his ideas
on this kind Of musical education Tor
children are sound and he will carry
them out more deliberately than he has
been able TO do heretofore.
Grieg hopes to have his oratorio,
peace" ready for the performance next
year at the Paris Exposition.
Naples Is preparing 10 celebrate the
10th anniversary of the birth OF Do
monico Cimarosa the composer Of I'll
Natrimonio segreto" the opera which
Mozart so greatly admired.
The life Of Johann Strauss, the waltz
King" OF Vienna is being written by
Herr Won Prochaczka, and Will shortly
be published.
Ellen Beach Yaw. the California sing
or. has been engaged for the new opera
written by Captain Hood and Sir Arthur
ear he
4 commemorative inscription IS 10 be
placed upon the house wherein Brahms
died. The legend runs thus: in this
house died Johannes Brahms, April 3,
1895 in the sixty-fourth year OF his age.
The City OF Vienna to the memory OF
the celebrated composer"
At IIldeshem an interesting collection
of ancient pianos IS on view at the Mu-
scum, some dating from the seventeenth
century. enabling the study OF the prog
ress Of pian0-forte making 90 the present
day, and likewise showing with what
kind OF instruments our great masters
had TO be content
Ethelbert Nevn's six songs for high
voice. namely "a Bedtime Song" "Cra-
Doll. Bears" "SGilk-Maid's Song" stars
OF the Summer Night" and when All
the World IS Young, Lad" have made
their appearance in the best Of modern
style The six songs offer considerable
variety. and each has the characteristic
charm OF the eminent composer. making
a desirable set for a bound volume, IN
which form they are published for high
voice.
Mr.. Addison r. Andrews has done his
alma mater valuable service in editing
and contributing 20 the college song book
entitled Dartmouth Songs" The collec-
ton is artistically gotten up, printed on
excellent paper and bound IN unique SER
viceabe paper coyer, designed by Louis
Rhead, who has made use Of the armo-
rial bearings of tho Earl OF Dartmouth
IN his design. with good effect There are
no old songs in this collection, and with
one exception no song has been previous
w published. All OF the songs have been
specially written for college men in their
happiest mood All rights for Dartsmouth
songs have been purchased by the oliver
Ditson Co., and the collection Is pub
lshed and cataogued with their other
popular college song books.
The splendid new theatre at Graz. which
would do credit 20 any capital, seating
comfortable 100 persons. has been inau-
gurated with "Iohengrn," partly on ae-
count OF the thoroughly German char
acter OF the opera in this strongly Ger
man city.
At Paris a special omnibus traffic from |
the theatres after the evening perform |