New-York tribune., 1900-03-04
MUSICAL GOSSIP.
CHE WEEKLY CALENDAR AND oPERATlC
IIST-NICOLATS MERRY WIVES
THE PHILHARMONIC AND KNEl-
Sell PRoGRAMMES-NOTE
ANn acknowledgements

Of he
first part OF Gauls Holy City"
opera House ar@o P m FqsFTa FPsnSh
s:i5 ?. m. opeTetta in English, ''Falka-'
In M Hall SS P mare m e4nfiFf Mer0 o.
Of afncis d Lammernoor'' for the benefit Of the
e@66e!t Of g59 Gomp6sed BY Arnold LoPe
Sherry's .. m. concert by Mrs. Gerrit Smith
a oRfra Mandes2ohn 90h Ha SIS
P concert Of chamber music 6y the N haen- cen
cert S4IH by S1'S Miss tsS Elsa von MoItAe.
Thursday-Me Hall BIS p M song so,reI re-
by Messrs Zerni and Van saar; Sherry's, $50 |
m sTfeP Of TRaPS R9sif by $50 m
private concert of the Rubinstein Club; Associa-
tion Hail Brooklyn. SI5 p. m, concert of songs |
and chamber music; Church OF the Divine "a
ternity. 4:30 p. m. free organ recital by j. War
ren Andrews.
Hall 2 M PlRG rehearssl neGf OF
House M German OPERA b. Die 2Ie Lqstigen pt
Weber y0n Wnd9 of a
music to '.d5dipus at Coionos'. at a reading by
George Riddle.
Saturday metropolitan Opera House, 2 p m, m,
French opera Carmen p: M IL opera "a, IN n ltaI Ia
concert of the Philharmonic Society,
The incidents of peculiar interest promised at the
Metropolitan Opera House this week are the return
of Mime. Calve from her vacation in the South and
the first production OF Nicoai's Die Lustigen
Weber Won windsor" Oh Friday evening There
will also be extra performance for charity on
Tuesday evening Nine. Calve will sing Marguerite
10 Mr. DippeTs Faust in Gounods opera, on
Wednesday evening, and in Carmen" with Mime.
Fanes NJ Salignac and M Pancon on Saturday
afternoon The list for the week may be found in
the calendar at the head OF this column Die
I.ustigen Weber Windsor is an operate Ver-
sion of shakespeare's Merry Wives" and, though
II has been on the active list for half century 1t
has never lost its hold upon the public in Ger
many In English version it was given here py
the American Opera Company under Mr. Thomas
IN 1856 and latterly by the Castle Square Company
most iauntily and Ncolai fitted il so perfectly
with music that there is not the slightest I'M
pedinent of its vivacious action. while Its lovely
fairy element has been accentuated and ethereal
lied The book OF the opera presents the principal
incidents of shakespeares play effectively and
makes much of the scene Of Falstaffs discom-
future IN Windsor Forest. The music Is composed
on italian models. though the influence of German
foIksone has not been lost upon it, and the or
chestra has been treated with more dignity and
made more potent factor than was the IN
Italy the time of its composition but the work
has a fascinating freshness, and the humor of the
comedy has worthy counterparts in the piquancy
and archness of the music. In the fnales the most
energetic activity developed by the play never
outstrips the music. There is a moment when
the action waits the composer; the cooperation
is perfect. and the result the more admirable
since dramatic finale is the severest test to which
an opera composer be put. The cast next Fri
day evening viii be as follows:
fir John Herr Friedchs
Ierr Fiufh Herr Berram
Herr Reich Lemprlere PIingle
renton- Herr 3 Dppe!
Dr. caus NJ. H Devrtes
ETaa Reicf
A'''A conductor Emil Paur.
On Tuesday evening special performance is TO
be given for the benefit Of the Bethel ssterhood
at Metropolitan Opera HoIse Donizetus
opera Lucia d Lammermoor'' will be sung.
Mime. Sembrich, Mile. Bauermeister. signor Cam
panart and N. Salignac appearing IN the cast.
The object of the entertainment Is to secure add-
tional funds for the purpose of carrying on the
charitable work Of the Sisterhood. It has eleven
active sections for the ameiioration Of the poor,
helping the destitute sick and giving mental and
moral education to a large number Of children.
One Of fits leading sections is the teaching of
skilled women to become sef-supporting-
The sixth public rehearsal and concert Of the
Philharmonic Society will take place in Carnegie
Hall Friday afternoon and Saturday evening.
NJ. Henri Marteau, the French violinist. who is
his way TO the United States. will be the
solo performer, and the programme will be fol-
lows:
symphony No major. op SIS. Dvorak
tonoerto for violin maioE Cnew)' sinding
synphony minor ''IJninshed'' Schubert
Prelude and finale from Isolde
The first of the solo numbers is complete
elty and was introduced the German public by
NJ Marteau last year Sinding, who is rapidly be-
roning the most notable figure among the
posers Of the Morse School. has already had
representation in the schemes of the Philharmonic
Society. His Symphony in D minor performed
hy this organization February and 10. 1894.
He born in Kongberg, Norway, on January Il,
1856 and educated musicaIly a the Leipsic Con-
servatory dS74-'7O and Munich Hochschule. At
f.eipsic he was greatly assisted and encouraged by
Adolf Brodsky7. and there il probably express
sion his gratitude the fact that this concerto
Is dedicated TO his friend and helper Though lin
ore piece" as Schumann said of his symphony in
n minor. the concerto has the usual three move
ments OF the concerto form. each OF which is
distinct IN character and melodic contents from
the Others, save that. adopting device which is in
danger of becoming trite. there is brief recur-
in the last movement the principal sub
feet of the first and the first theme Of the An
dante
The Caprice" by Guiraud was played at a
metropolitan concert by NJ. Ysaye seasons
Bgo. Ernest Guiraud native born Amer
lean though a of his artistic career was spent IN
Paris He was born in New-Orleans on June o.
1881 the of musician, Jean Baptiste Guraud
who carried off the Grand Prix a the Paris Con-
servatory in 1927 thirty-two years before his son
accomplished the same feat After studying with
his father he Paris when he was twelve
years old. and al fifteen produced opera The
Grand Prix was given 10 him by unanimous vote
md with the stipend which it brought he studied in
Rome from 1860 1855. Returning TO Paris he de-
himself pianoforte playing and compo-
sition. producing number of operas and ba lets
II 1876 he was appointed professor Of harmony AT
the Conservatoire. in which place he remained till
his death on May G. 1892. a year before he died he
was elected member Of the Institute.
The fourth evening concert In the series by the
KneiseI Quartet Will be given on Tuesday evening
March g. at Mendelssohn Hall. The programme