The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-06
MVSTC AND MUsICIANS.

wear and there will be cause Tor congratulation
In that. If It's work continues TO improve "a IL
has during The two seasons Just ended The
Philharmonic is a cooperative organization and
the profits are divided among The players. ANY
I change m the amount OF these profits II usually
attributed and with reason. to the personality
OF the conductor. Under the administration Of
Anton Seidl, the earnings or every member
were larger than they had ever been before.
The removal OF such n dominating figure as
MIR Seidl naturally led 10 q decrease In tho
profits and in the amount paid TO every mem
Der. The society always selects the conductor
who can make the receipts the largest. and Mr.
| paur's election on Wednesday shows that the
society has more confidence in his ability 10
make the next season successful than
I'm any of the other candidates. They
were an interesting group. The two
young conductor, Walter Damrosch and
Franz kal,enborn. we're second and third
choice. Mr.. Damrosch has for severn! years
received regularly one vote AT every annual
election. This year his solitary champion has
acquired allies, and MIR Damrosch received
eleven votes. Franz kaltenborn, who was
never a candidate for conductor before. re-
ceived four votes, while Frank Van Der
Stuecien and Leo Schulz each got one There
was HE usual preliminary talk OF varIO,ls cum
dida;eS no were NOT heard OF when the voting
beran. II WA -aid that a determined parry
would try 10 elect Ernest Won Schuch. whose
name does not even appear in the list Of candi-
dates. and there was another rumor that Emil
Paur would under no circumstances be elected.
even if it were necessary 20 postpone the olec-
ton until another candidate on whom al
parties could unite should appear None
Of these things happened and Mr.. .Paur was
elected by a. large majority. Herr Won
schuoh played no role IN the proceed
ings. as 1t is not probable that he will
return to his country next year, and
Mr. trau prc'ers that the conductor at the
Metropolitan should be fire.. from all regular
concert engagements. II is not true that Mr..
Iaur l. 10 receive "A salary oil so.VN wear at
tn" philharmonic. or any other fixed sum The
cOniuc'or always gets eight times rs much as
any single player. whatever that amount may
happen TO be, Last year. every players shnre
was s2li. which showed a decrease Of more
than S4 from the preceding wear The
highest amount that ever went 10 the players
was $685.. This dividend was paid during the
last year OF Anton Seidl- conductorship, when
for the first time the number Of concerts was
increased 10 eight. The decrease in last year.
dividend might easily be attributed to tho d.
miniShed interest IN musical matters which was
Characteristic oi The public this season. in con-
traSt 10 last years continuing enthusiasm.
Richard Henry Warren, the composer Of
phyllis, to be sung tomorrow night by the
Strollers at the Waldorf, is a native of New York
and has spent his life in the city. He has al
tanned some fame as a musician and composer
of opera. He has been identified with church
music for twenty-five years. and for fifteen
has been orgauist Of 81. Bariholomew's
Church in this city. Mr.. Warren's first piece
was "lgalia," given by the Columbia College
Dramatic Club in 1850, and this was followed
shortly afterward by Queen Of Hearts
Mines Sembrich and Schumann-Hoink
left this city on Thursday for Cincinnati.
whore the" are TO sing with Ben
Davies and David Bispham in the fas-
tival performances. Nine. Schumann-Eleink
has been engaged for tn" Maine festival next
season, Mines, Semhrich and Nordica are 10
sail for Europe with the Columbia on Nav Il.
Nine. Eames. who Is still resting in the Bcrk-
shires and has not improved ~ much a. her
physician hoped, sails for England on Wedncs-
dav aho has As vet made no definite arrange
M MS 20 return here next season. and. unless
her hcalihi> much improved before the autumn.
viii devote the year to rest and study.
Nothing could be more Erotesquely untrue
than the announcement that an opera called
"Buddha' will be sung AZ the Metropolitan
Opera House next winter, with jean dc Res2ke
and MiHe. Trrnina in tho ltading roles. Quite
apart from the merits Of the work. the plan is
wholly Al variance with the policy al the Metro
politan. whore novelties are rarely given.
Rather inConprchensihlr work, have been per-
formed AZ the opcra house, such n Bemberg's
Elaine, Tor Instance But the venezuelan
composer was a friend Of the tenor aud gave
ia" nrima donna a diamond necklace.
,"Buddha" may be the greatest opera unsung
but ihereis very it'll" probability that II wi ever
be- heard Mt the Metropolitan II would be in
tereStlng, IN view otthe precis" announcements
on the subject, 70 hear something from Mr..
Grau or jean de Reszke.
Os-i,p Gabrilowitsch. the r"w pianist 10 be
burg on Jan 20, is7S lie is he y%olneae, son
Of n lawyer, who, recognizing his musical tnste
az an early age. decided TO have hi, musical
ftgd. ir, bbeT Sagr early ,f SO he wns at Tho n]i9noin
knhinsl ein, udo had advised his rnrenis 10 start
rssu e" = 'l ,n . a; f 'S~ &. r tTcr b%i..S GaS Tai IA.
tory, although il wHs the great Ruhinstein
WHO ,.up"riateudcd his Studios. Al is he
le;i the conservatory, after winning the
riaGo In 1894. he went to Vienna and
studied for two Years under Leach tizkv's d.
%rection., lie continued the study Of compost
tion under Prof Navaiil He appeared first rs
Il %vir;losO IN Berlin in October. 1890. and later
appeared with success in other continental
cites, Tvs nrSt composition, u scr pnade. for
orchestra, oates from his twelfth year.
Carl IoewerStpin. whose CONCERTS at the
WeldOrf-h-'oria ended in financial disaster. has
not been much more ortnnate in Berlin He
cert TO be conducted by famous leaders in Ber-
lin, but he, was com cllod by illness to abandon
the series before they were concluded
The first performance Of Der Baprenhaue-
ter" at Dresden was interrupted by a curious
accident. One of the singers in the company
was Emile Herzoc, who did not make her ap-
pearance until the second act, The opers he