New-York tribune., 1900-04-22
MUSICAL GOSSIP.
THE WEEKLY CALENDAR-MR. JEFFEh
SONS GRANDSON A COMPoSER-MR
MACDOwELL's CONCERTO IN LON
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NOTES. PROGRAMMES AND
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ANNOUNCEMENTS

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al Sht5FGd Choral ! service tit' e ~
Mon9ay- ~ o3oeTr American Theatre operetta in
English aThe Black Hussar' (all wee0; Knick-
English operetta. 'Tally-ho,' (ali week.
m s % cen 81 e 2 crane m Wador
Ae;oTia S.9o n m private concert of rnusur-
ga ST. Peters Hall. p. m. free lecture by
Dr Hanchett on The Value of Musie,'; Young @
hundred $40 p m concert OF
Gld First CHURCH p m. frse organ siM recitai al by
p m concert by Abbie Ciarkson Totten.
farewell performance of the opera Company
naan ma5c pan or hs F. cne m o 9f
kna6e HalL Sl5 p Nj panofoEte recital sgG 9G
p. m. concert Of the C@cilia Ladies' Vocal
concert Of the Brooklyn Sangerbund: First Re
formed church. 8rookyn, $50 p m, private
ciety: Chamber Music Room. Carnegie Hall.
SIS p m. pianoforte recital by Miss Harriet F.
-Megdessohn Hall $50 P ,3n cSncert of
me ach & sfca son rbaneT SO Room nm
Carnegie Hall, $50 2. m, meeting of the Won
West Ninety-second-st. p. m. twelfth public
service of the American Guild of Organists
Pan6forte recital by Mrs. EifoTd Gould
The difficulty Of preserving absolute accuracy
even in simple matter the operate record
demonstrated a week ago, when the news
70 a conclusion the night before Scarcely
two Of them agreed on the number OF performances
their distribution among the operas in the list.
The Tribunes historian felt considerable satisfac-
ton in his work until he discovered that he had
overlooked performance of ''Cavalleria Rusti-
cana when IL was given in conjunction with Don
Pasquale." So the figures had TO be revised 10
give "Csvalleria' six representations instead of
five. This done. the resulting peace of mind lasted
day. when a considerate Brooklyn friend sent
note say that Carmen as well Faust"
had been given IN that borough. This raised the
total number Of performances to ninety-eight and,
with the former correction the number of operate
representations (siX double bls) TO 1O4. And
shall have 10 let 1t stand at that.
A grandson Of Mr.. Joseph jefferson has discov-
cred himself a musical composer in London.
He is Mr.. Harry Farjeon, son Of the novelist. At
recent concert of the Westminster Orchestral
Society 3 suite for orchestra Of his composition,
entitled Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales had a
first performance, and ELECTED commendation for
the young mans talent Speaking of the work,
The Telegraph said:
In his suite Mr.. Farjeon has selected for
Ta odr ne ha he hS 6 ahRt ar
maid" and Little Klaus and Big Klaus" OF
meoiious while the second boasts number Of
fancful touches; Attractive themes are met with
in the 'Nermaid' piece in which the composer
shows that he write tender and poetic phrases
the genial peasant and his dull witted neighbor
Gontrastea with hpn9r39s effect Alt9getheT the
composer was twice summoned to the platform
and warmly congratulated.
1t seems that the suite is not Mr.. Farjeons first
effort in composition. Last year he brought for
ward operetta entitled ''Floretta." and also
carried of the gold medal which the Musicians
Company gives annually to the distinguished
student Of the Royal Academy Of Music.
An eight-year-old lad named Florize Reuter- who
comes from Northern Iowa. and is said to be re-
n;arkably precocious rnusically as well as intel
1a~TFT rT-Er,ev ,-g11s,s
Sauret He IS protege of Secretary Of the Treas
ury Gage. 70 whom he writes occasionally. In a
recent letter he put IN plea for the privilege of
playing in public in these words:
have ne; some great people at Mr. Saurets he
invites us often ! met Moritz Moskowski one even
- lls ai1 very very Vel even II there are fogs We
saw hensington Palace and the room where the
prove Of queens, like Presidents better and Sec
sfalef ifar 9 9i me ITsasury best OF all But one
Id KnTT Sge1 can an play N much but @ am not big very
hear them say il is worth something and thai I
could earn earn money. and get the things and
ands they say wonderful, and then l feel
nm play in % public. ' viii foo yoq You and ToPS then let
Ieei & bad, want 70 earn the money; am strong
BOY TOO. and I can't have what want unless I
ana plays and Want to be % nv 10 oks gI 80 a9 &
things to nv friends and be The y nonr T ana give
10 travel al over Scotland. and on, the books l
Manl, and cant have any Of these things because
nobody VIII iet me work and will have 10 grow
Up poor ana ignorant. when ! could ear
me and ] do want it all. ! hope YOU will under
viii you? The sun hardly ever shines @ bera ann, &
90 not nave steam or hot bathrooms or streetcars
dirty busses, where people spit on the floor and
make you feel sick Mr Sauret had play for
M vert and ne gave US tickets hear Sarasate
next Thursday I'm glad TO 90. but do like
wants to see Mamma about letting me 'IaI S
perhaps viii let me. Will tell you next time Yes
amused them up the honor do You under
stand? They were very nice ! think I could love
Mr Choate if had a chance and he wanted me 10.
de talks 50 nice and knows much about things
that interest me. countess played my acconpa nj
duty TO compliment her: She cried when played
Home. Sweet Home" could why. as She
IS at her home,
Nine carreho played Mr.. f. a. MacDowells
second pianoforte concerto at one of the Crystal
Palace concerts or April :. II was the first per
formance Of the work in England. and Mr Mac
Dowelfs friends VIII be glad read the judg-
naents Of the newspapers So far as they have
come TO hand they are given here:
The Times:
Considerable interest was attached TO the Crys-
tai Palace concert on Saturday by the first per
= rhahce Ih England OF a pianoforte concerto in
y minor by the American composer f A Mao
'ystil ii-s 70 Is decidedly interesting, es
pselay a. REGARDS me scoring, but there is.
last movement IN particular. an unfortunate dearth
IS the most obviously attractive being Werv
bright and original Presto giocoso' Written IN
roneo form The solo part was brilliantly played
by Nine Carreno
The Standard:
ternoon at the Crystal Palace was the first per-
I9rILalGe r nance IN England Of pianoforte concerto in
DoHsH, an american composer. born IN New York
oh 'ecelhpeF u, is6l, and Of whom report has
SPOKEN ID favorable terms His compositions in
ciude a symphony entitled Roland three svn1-
phonic poems, TWO orchestral suites and piano
Jrrte concertos the second Of which was heard ON
SATURDAY lnasmuch. however this is a com