The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-25
MUSIC AND
MUSICIANS

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There is in souls a, sympathy with sounds.
And as the mind is pitched. the ear Is
pleased.
With melting airs, or martial, brisk or
grave:
Some chord in unison with what we
Is touched within us and the heart re-
piles -C3wper.
Much has been written about the mis-
takes of Judgment made by publishers
of books who rejected manuscripts that
proved to be worth thousands. Similar
tales could be told about the mistakes
of music publishers. Hans Sommer gives
a few instances in the Berlin Signale,
relating to one of the largest German
firms. They sent the plates Of Schu-
mann's Novelties to the meltins-pot and
transferred to another publisher come
works of Brahms, while he was young
and unknown ito fame. Wagner could
not induce them to pay an absurdly small
sum for his ''Nibelungs Ring" Schubert,
two years before his death, offered them
some songs. but could not get any bet
ter terms than the promise of a fe"
free copies. But after all. why should
the publishers readers be so much
wiser than the professional critics whose
faculty for laundering amounts almost
to genius in its way?-New York Evening
Post.
Reyers "Salanrnbo' was sung for the
first time in this country during the last
week of January at the French Opera
House in New Orleans. All the scenery
and costumes for the performance were
imported from Paris. Signor Vianes!
conducted and the principal roles
were sung by NM. Gauthier. Bouxman.
Lavolle and Bonnard, and Nine. Pecary.
"Un Voyage en- Chine, which has not
been heard here in years, was another
recent revival.
Mr.. A. T. Cringan, of Toronto, has been
studying the songs of the Iroquots In
dams at the request of the Ontario Min
lister of Education. He found his task
difficult owing to the way in which the
singers slide from note to note, the way
in which they use the tremolo. their
perplexinS tonality, and the whoop and
grunt with which their songs close.
Mascagni, VINO has just finished the
score of a new opera, 1.-THE Maskcrs,
which is to be produced in Rome in
April, has at least made a certain amount
of talk about it in advance by dedicat-
ing it to himself. The dedication runs:
ITO myself. with my distinguished con-
sidere ton and unchanging esteem" In
CONGO ton with this it is recalled that
the critics dealt savagely with Mascagnis
last previous opera, Iris"
According to the statistical report Just
published, siXty-two different works have
been produced al the Royal Opera OF
Berlin during the last year. The high
est number of performances was accord
ed to Wagnerian works, viz. fifty-eight.
I.ortzing being next with thirty-two,
Mozart with twenty-three. Boieldieu with
twelve, Auber with eleven. Verdi with
ten, and Weber with seven performances.
Orckestras from various italian cities
will play at Paris during the exposition.
under subsidy Of the Italian government,
Mancirelli has been engaged to direct the
orchestra from Rome. Tozcanini Is to
conduct the Milan orchestra. Russomandi
the band from Naples and Martucci the
one from Bologna.
Stuttgart is to have next spring a mu-.
sic festival of kind that could only be
given in Germany, namely, a chamber.
music festival There will be orches-
trail or choral concerts. but only quar-
tettes, euintettes, and seNtettes, all un-
der the direction of Joseph Joachim and
under the protectorate of the King.
Ernst Won Dohanyi, young pianist,
horn in Hungary. will make an American
tour late this season.
A monument is to be erected IN Halle
to Robert Franz, an influential and
highly representative committee. includ--
ing many leading professors OF the uni.
versity, having recently been formed for
the purpose.
The New York Evening Post says that
while the greatest living tenor and the
greatest living pianist are Poles. Poland
has to get on wit tn inferior artists, be-
cause 1t cannot afford to pay for their
services as England and America do,
Nevertheless mvsic seems to flourish al
Warsaw, which has an Italian Us well as
Polish opera company The latter has
two singers who are pronounced prima
donnas OF the highest rank by local pa
spers, their names being Kruszelnika and
Karolewitz. The Polish company il to
make trio to- ST. Petersburg, BY sps-