New-York tribune., 1905-11-12
IN Old Symphonist ReUi0ed-Mme.
,Sembichs Song Recital.
TIE WEEKLY CALENDAR

.,d.v-Carncgie ball, p. concert OF the New
sap n concert of Victor Herbert's Orchestra
r.,s.sav-carnegie Hall. Sis p. m. concert of the
symphony orchestra SS p M f4n1 song
sis 2. m concert of chamber music by the Olive live
Mead t.s gas organ concert by w G. Carl: Waldorf
paiiroom. TLI concert of woman's Philharmonic So
cety
MUSIC kooR OF 1s bv the
6snnreuther String Quartet
Observation-Disclosures Hall. Sis p. m. Concert OF
Is Music by the American Symphony Orchestra,
G Ssm FTanko, conductor; afternoon recital
bT Herbert witherspoon Association Ga ,sd Hail, IL
nsfIs SEG9sfHh Han: Fran tt gnsti51se, bEoskyn'
isrfure on "Folk-Song in America by dr-
KTehbiel with illustrative songs by Mrs,
Krehbiel.
Han aoss5I s5 sense11 Of & ahs
P15 NJ recital Of violin music by Hugo Heer-
mann; Ardsley Hall, Central Park west. u
subscriptfon concert I'm Persian
Garden Mendelssohn Hall. S:15 P M recital OF
nanoforte sonatas by Miss Beatrice Eoerharo-
e- .of This seasons Concerts of Old
,,,sic conducted by Mr.. Sam Frankie, will take
-,ooo On Mendelssohn Hall next Thursday even
inc The programme will comprise Handlers
.oncerto crosse in G minor, a symphony IN II
major bv Johann Stamitz. an aria from one OF
rocb's church cantatas, Was Gott thut, das
a.. wobIeethan." and Haydns symphony in D
cslied The Clock in England because or a
-,cking effect in the slow movement The Bach
aria will be sung by Miss Lila L. haskeI. cOiil-
naratiy.v a newcomer among local singers
Miss Haskell a mezZo-contralto. is nauVe OF
Maine having Eeen born in Portland After heT
AMERICAN Studies she went TO Europe and
studied a year with Nine Orgenf in Dresden
Tfhe teacher Of Edyth Walker) and two years
with George Ferguson in Berlin. Hitherto she
has done little else than church work IN New
York.
The symphony of Johann Stamitz which Mr.
n; NINA will ~ q
welcome illumination of interesting chapter
., musical history which has figured large
N the books for century past, but for three
quarters of that time has had no illustration in
.be worlds concert rooms. Jan Vaclav Antonin
stamitz to give him his real name was Bo-
heman. When he was born and when he died
Is not known exactly, but he was a native OF
Deutschbrod, where his father was Stadtcantor
He owed all his instruction to his father and
himself He became virtuoso on the violin,
and created a sensation at the coronation or
Emperor Charles VII at Frankfort in It4Z.
There he seems to have come under the notice
OF Karl Theodore, who probably took him into
mis- nrivate service until he ascended the throne
as Elector Palatfne in 1743. He became direc-
tor Of the chamber music and remained in the
service of the court at Mannheim until he died
In 1857 or 175S His violin concertos or SYM
phonies were famous throughout Europe, and
six of the latter. including the on this pro
srarnIne were published In London, Paris and
Amsterdam.
It was under Starnitz that the court orchestra
at Mannheim achieved fame greater than that
ever before enjoyed by band and retained it
throughout the remainder Of the eighteenth cen
tury. DR.. Burney visited Mannheim in 1772 in
a search for material for his history Of music
stamitz was dead. but his deeds as composer
and conductor still very much alive.
1T was here" DR.. Burney writes in his Pres
ent State" that Stauaitz stimulated by the pro-
s1uctious ,JoYrelli first surpassed the bounds
of common opera overtures, which had hitherto
only served in the theatre a kind of court
crier, with an 'Oyez" in order to awaken atten-
ton and bespeak silence at the entrance Of the
singers Since the discovery which the genius
OF Stamitz first made every effect has been tried
which such an aggregate of sound can produce;
II was here that the crescendo and diminuendo
had birth; and the piano. which was before chief
ly used echo. with which it generally
synonymous. as well as the forte were found to
be musical colors which had their shades much
as red or blue in painting" Later Burney gives
account of the Elector Palatine's court at
schwetzingen which reads like an Oriental fairy
tale. There were 1.5O0 persons in the suite
which followed the Elector to Schwetzingen
every summer. all lodged in the village his
expense To a stranger the town seemed TO be
Inhabited by colony OF musicians constantly
practising their profession. AT one house a
me player on the violin is heard; at another.
German flute: here. excellent hautbois: there
& basSoon, clarinet, Violoncello or a concert
Of several instruments together. Music seems
10 be the chief and most constant of his cleo
toral highness's amusements; and the operas
ara concerts. to which all Of his subjects have
admission. form the Judgment and establish a
taste for music throughout the electora te" To
Illuminate the theatre with candles cost
the Eector f2OO every evening, and $4,000 was
spent for the stage furniture of a single opera
AS late as MoZarts day the orchestra at Mann
helm was the finest in all Europe. and q pathet-
lc incident in the life Of that composer is his
vain effort q his home In he mar 6iSa
OF musicians" for space in order that he might
compose melodrana for the electorate theatre
a stern and suspicious father forbade
Nine Sembrich's only song recital is set down
Tor the afternoon of November H. in Carnegie
Hall She has prepared an extremely interesting
hst Of songs lines calculated to afford both
instruction and delight TO the students and
4oVers of beautiful singing. The first part of
Nne programme is again devoted TO music more
VI -ess OF an archaic character in order TO dis
p4dy lne charms of the old art of good singing
-'''e OF this division has ever found its way to
Ut concert rooms. practically the only exception
Oeins Purcells "Nymphs and Shepherds" COM
poSeo Tor Shadwells tragedy The Ilbertine"
<A Italian air. "Fingo per rnio diletto" is of un
'o"h authorship and was rescued from obIv-
- oV Pauline Fiardot The second part is
1eNoted to those greatest German masters of
s' schubert, Schumann and Brahms Nearly
&1 ihe songs are new TO Nine Sembrich's reper-
- fas1 II brings songs by modern French.
american and German composers Parker and
@acoowen representing the native school, Wolf
shd heger the young Germans. The list is as
follows:
PART l.
,a OLD OPERA AIRS AND SONGS
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