New-York tribune., 1901-01-20

= OBSCURE composer named tldInpl, VINO came
England in l749 with a travelling company and
introduced this song into the opela Of Il tire Cicls
bel" serenade. The song was afterward very
popular In English form Three Days and
Nights, My Polly" Mr.. Squire points out that
the words OF both italian and English versions are
essentially comic, and that the modern fashion of
singing the song If the subject were tragic is
based upon an entirely wrong idea
The first of Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig Breitner's plano
forte and violin recitas will take place in Mendels
sohn Hall tomorrow afternoon, beginning at 2:30
o'clock The music will he Schumann's sonata in
D minor. op 121: Saint Saenss sonata, also In D
minor. Op 70. and Schutt's suite, op. "a. with
Russian finale.
The second concert OF the Dannreuther Quartet
will take place in the Fine Arts Building. No, 2l3
West Fffty-seventh-st. Thursday. Mr. Damn
reuther is devoted TO the Slavic school of com
posers. and will treat his patrons 20 two novelties
from that source besides Borodin's Quartet in d
major. The novelties are an Epithalamium by Paul
de Wailly and a quartet in major by z. Naprav-
mix. Mrs. Dannreuther Will join the quartet in a
performance of Beethoven's quintet in fat op, 1s
originally for pianoforte and woodwind. but ar
ranged by Ernst Naumann for pianoforte and
strings
Mr. F. c. Rurnand gives the following account
in The London Spectator of how he and Arthur
Sullivan 10 write the operetta Cox and Box:
Sir Arthur and myself had together witnessed
Aveugles, rendered by George Du Maurier and
Minister hIG gatheringS chez Arthur LEWIS wishing
to present something novel to my guests at
house the notion suddenly occurred to me of turn
ing our dear old friend Caddison Morton's) Box
had come across the title burlesquely Itaanized by
season at Covent Garden or Her Majesty's Here
the opportunity. Meeting Arthur Sullivan In
He took to it enthusiastically; We had about
three weeks before for carrying out the design.
l went to work at once: tOpSN-turVied BOX and
Cox into Cox and Box" and metamorphosed
give an opportunity f.. for martial air took my
Arthur sullivan. who lived at That time close at
hand; and in very few days his work was com
Messps George @'i Du Maurer Rox1 Harold Power T
hour; II so TO suit the convenience of many OF
and Buckstone). who came straight from the the
& sTe to BSgTaye Road 3 The & t bn was s.,
''Triumvirate" operetta was selected for The
the Rennett Beneft Fund0 Arthur Sullivan "a at
the last moment wrote an overture for IT, When
fees for its performance the author of original
farce. Madison Morton. was, Of course, taken into
literary musical and dramatic history. by the way,
as Madison Morton had concocted his capital farce
out OF three light French pieces q have two OF
quaintiy humorous dialogue " was taken Bodily for
active service in BOX and Cox"
The Marquis de souzs who will give concert
in Carnegie Hall next Thursday evening. has had a
romantic career. second cousin OF the King OF
Portugal his family Is a distinguished one, having
10 that kingdom from Spain in III. The
founder of the family in Portugal bore the titles
of Marquis de BOrba, Marquis d'Acquia and COnte
de Loure According TO the "Resenna das Famlias
Titulares de RENO de Portugal the Marquis Is
descended from Don John of Portugal, and was
born the castle of San Marta. the residence OF
the family. December II. 1866 Gifted with
markable barytone voice. he sang frequently
amateur. and grew 10 he 4 great favOrite OF the
old King. with whom he sang duets. Campanini
the tenor hearing the Marquis, advised him to have
his voice cultivated for the stage. Brought up in
most conservative Court and one clinglng strongly
TO the old traditions, the prospect 70 less venture
some spirit would have looked hopeless The Mar
quis simply studied and held his counsel until
he had won the Injector Of the opera at Lisbon to
his way OF thinking and secured the promise OF
debut. The prospective event was kept secret be
his family would have cut matters short at
the first inkng. Only a semi-rehearsal pos
sible for he well known by sight in Lisbon and
in the bills Of the cast he simply announced
NJ. xxx. who TO sing the role Of Valentine.