The Worcester spy., 1901-12-08

Stuttgart The plan was conceived by
the Stuttgart pianist, Frau KhncKer-
fuss.
Nav Howe. the American soprano,
who has been singing in Germany dur
ing the past five years, has just re-
turned to this country.
The professorship of music and di-
rector of the Conservatory of Music
at Adelaide Australia, is vacant. The
appointment to be made is for five
years at a salary Of $4,000 year.
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The theatrical productions Of the
next few weeks in London are given
over almost entirely to Christmas
plays and pantomimes. The Silver
| Slipper which has run 200 nights at
the Lyric and San Toy" with its un-
interrupted run of two years at Daly's
will both be withdrawn next week.
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| The new opera at Daly's, London,
will be ready in about month 1t VIII
he more homely than the musical plays
which have preceded it. Japan and
China will be left severely alone.
After Kitty Grey at the Apollo,
| Charles Frohmann, by arrangement
| Three Little Maids"
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NJ. Jean de Reszke is back with ms
| wife at the palatial residence ne pullI
for himself in the Rue de la Faisan-
derie. The house contains a bijou thea
| ire much larger than some Partisan
auditoriums. There a favored few VIII
be afforded the opportunity Of listen
ing to the great singer this winter,
saws the Herald. Mr.. Jean de Reszke
is rehearsing "Siegfried.' which VIII
be produced at the Opera on December
IS. with a novelty in the shape OF an
automobile dragon.
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Sousa's success in London has ex-
| ceeded all expectations. He has now
| arranged with Philip York, ms present el
English manager to return June 70 for
| a season of % weeks. Part of this time
will be spent on the continent
When Mr.. York arranged to bring
Sousa to England he had to guarantee
| him $500 weekly. None Of the usual
| theatrical hackers was anxious to JON
| in the enterprise and Mr.. York had
to find the money personally, fact on
which he Is now cOngratulatlng nm
| self, as he declares Sousa's share of
the receipts of the present tour was
never below $1,000 weekly.
When Sousa goes to London in 1902
he will occupy place of his own, as
! Mr. York has taken a large theatre in
the central portion of London which
will be kept open the year round for
| concerts, etc.
! The trouble with us Americans is
| that we begin at the wrong end. Before
we car have English opera we must
have English singers. But our Ameri-
can students are in too much OF a
hurry; they will not take time for the
/ necessary preparation. So we have un-
trained or half trained singers rushing
on the stage, singing for a year or two
only to disappear and be replaced by
more of the same sort. AS long as this
/ is true, opera in English cannot be
really successful. But let our young
girls take time for thorough prepara-
ton; and let them study too right
here in America. They can have better
and safer guidance here than in
Europe. For years 1t has been the
fashion for our girls to go to Paris to
study-to Paris, from which city not
one really great singer has come in
many years. Keep our girls at home;
and when they have studied faithfully,
and have first gained some experience
and confidence in church, concert and
Oratorio singing, then let them at
tempt opera. But they must begin with
/ the easier, lighter operas and leave
/ the Elsas Venuses and Aidas for
/ larger experience and the exceptional
voices When we have a school of care
fully trained English-speaking artists,
we may have opera in English! not
until then.-Mme. Nordica in The Con-
! cert Goer
The world will never hear the last
/ icUf No
blest, biggest heart that ever beat in
musicians breast, says the Saturday
Evening Post. Fresh evidence is sup
piled in the second issue of the new
! German magazine, Musk, by Helene
/ Raft, who contributes some letters that
! passed between the composer Raft and
List in 1916 and 1871. They show once
more how List gave his time and
means to the fiIrtherance of not only
| the writings but the material welfare
of those who applied to him. Raft was
hardly able to earn his daily crust of
bread when List secured for him
position in a Frankfurt music store.
Unfortunately, Raft soon made enc
mics He told the truth" as he writes
to Liszt, about certain musicians, and
the result was that these musicians
pulled the wires and secured his dis
4 charge. Then List got him a place
with a publisher in Vienna, and finally
invited him to Weimer to be his sec
retary. "It is self-evident," he writes,
/ that a complete assurance of your pc
/ cuniaTY independence, as well as a
prompt and intelligent furthering of
! your musical career, viii be the con-
dition sine qua non of your position.
/ The insignificant services which
may perhaps be so happy as to rem
I der you in this direction you would be
! expected to requte simply by giving
me your frank confidence, and an oc-
| casional hour of work in the way of
| getting manuscripts into shape, copy
ing, orchestrating. taking diction. ETC.,
as you did in June and July, 1S45.
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London Truth credits King Edward
with the intention Of reviving music
at his court, but the details of his pro-
gram only go to show the low condi-
I tiOns of English music when compared
with it's earlier glories. His program
includes visits to the opera in semi
state. with beefeaters on duty at the
box doors and along the corridors; a
/ coronation concert at Albert Hall; pri-
vatc performances at Buckingham
/ Palace and Windsor Castle; com
! manded" performances before the
royal family. and more frequent play
ing by the Kings private band. Sir
Walter Parratt has been gazetted
master of music, and DR.. Creser COM
poser to the chapels royal. Who Par
ratt and Creser are the world little
knows or cares.
On the whole, though music will be
less neglected by King Edward than it
was by his mother, there is no pros
pect that it will rise out of its low con-
dition. Now that Sir Arthur Sullivan Is
l.