New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-28

the farewell concert Of Nancy STORAGE the Eng
fish singer who sang the role Of Susanna in the
original performance OF lie Nozze di Figaro"
The autograph manuscript bears a dedication to
Signora STORAGE from her servant and friend"
W. A Mozart, and the date December &c, 1tsd
In Mozart's own catalogue Of his compositions
il is entered under date Of December q as hav-
ing been written "for Nademoisene STORAGE and
me" Il thus appears that Mozart had hlmseH
ln view when DE gave the piece its characteristic
feature. which IS a pianoforte obbligato in addi-
Uoa 20 the orchestral accoTnpauinent. Inc
words Chic mi seordf al ter and Non temer.
aruato henc' were taken from revised text OF
the orera ..Idou7enco." which had originally
been written fer Munich and received changes
and additions when brought forward IN vienna
where SiruoTa STORAGE was engaged at the I'M
pcrial Theatre AZ the unprecedented salary or
aFort 500 Tor the season. me year ol lLeI
engagement nj the opera, ltSA. she married an
English yiolinist named Fischer, who abuseu
her so shamefullv that the Emperor sent nun
OUT OF Austria. The loQuacious Michael kelley.
who became composer Of wines and compound
or OF music" after his return TO London. tells
Of the incident in his "Reminiscences as fol-
lows: when ne "a Niolinist named Bacn had
taken hts departure, another violin player ar
rived from Russia, n Doctor Fisher, a most &c
centric man, possessing some merit IN ms pro pro-
fessiOn IU- biz Of Quack, and an lnorulhats
prattler; DC related strange things OF hlllsel.'
and was particularly tenacious OF ms Neraclts'
The harmonious doctor. however (whO, by the
bye was "a very ugly Christian, laid siege 10
moor Ns.-rz- STORAGE and lv dint Of perseverance
prevailed uDon her TO take him for better, Tor
worse which she did IL despite Of the advice
of all her friends. She had cause, however IN
"a short time to repent Of her bargain. for IN
stead Of harmony there was nothing Dut olS-
cord between them, and Il was said he had
very striking way Of enforcing his opinion, OF
which q friend of hers informed the emperor
who intir7ated 20 him that IL would be ut Tor
him 10 try a change Of air, ana SO the doctor
was banished from Vienna
vvnsu utitsch safonoff was born in the eau
casian village Of JstschOry on February o.
1872 his musical talents showed themselves
early. and his education was begun under The
odore Leschotitzky, with whom he studied IN
Vienna. and with X Zaremba. who first taught
him the theory Of music. He then went through
the St. Petersburg Conservatory, where he took
the sold medal for his piano playing For
four years, from ISL. he was a teacher IN the
Conservatory at ST. Petersburg. In 1880 he
went to Warsaw TO act n the same capacity in
the Conservatory there. four years later he pc
came director OF the institution. and in 1871
ives reelected IS conductor Of the symphony
. concerts given in Warsaw by the Imperial
Russian Musical Society. n Safonof has con-
Quoted with great success concerts OF RUSSIAN
music IN Berlin. Paris, Amsterdam, Prague
Rome. and recently in Vienna. where he has
F enjoyed some Of his most gratifying triumphs
In the Austrian capital he conducted concert
Of the Philharmonic Society, which this season
IS following the plan adopted by the New \ ork
society. and having visits from distinguished
/ foreign conductors.
A timely publication in view OF the approach
4 ing serial performance OF Wagners tetralogy
IS a new edition Of the four vocal scores Of
80 eF,,I Tho