New-York tribune., 1905-11-05

strument until in 1859, in connection with his
cousin a fair instrument was produced ana eN-
bjb;ted ar a concert In June, 1855, was
a boy in the warerooms of Bristow (G F-) ana
Morse. No. 421 Broadway. northwest corner OF
Canal-st second floor and while there L often
saw both the Hills at work in this tuning-fork
piano, which for two and a half octaVes III the
middle registers of q beaut1ful tone, Dut
the lower and higher octaves were nufaed
Bristow at this time was attending the Pre-.
duction of his RIP Van Wrinkle, at Nlpios $
Garden, and I now own the piano score IN MS
autograph.
The department of music of Columbia Univer-
sity announces a course of weekly lectures, open
to the public without tickets, at 40 o'clock IN
the afternoon. as follows:
Bia University. The Physical Materials @ of Music;
e PhyseaI basis 6sss Of Of %se mnse
November Musical , ;,es scales IS ,,ns,cs, sounds
Tsa lectures By :s 2Gat2I 2es 9
On %nSer nhe agEmotion in the music
December eFOTn in the music Of savage f vassar
coege fSef on The Development of Musical
December la-Musieal form in the poyphonic pe'i0o
December 2o-Musca form in the pOyphOnic period On
- ~ sfrni,eIil1T Mie form in the classical period,
Jsn9sry ihe problem musical form in the nine
teeRth century
Mime. senbrich's programme at her song re-
citaI in Carnegie Hall on Tuesday, November II,
will comprise old opera airs and songs clas'sicai
German lieder and modern miscellaneous songs
Among the modern composers are horalio Fa'-
ker and Edward MacDowel, and most OF the
songs selected are new to Nine. Sembrich's rep
ertory.
Kubelks first concert on his second American
tour will be given at Carnegie Han on NoVeihpei
an The famous Bohemian violinist VIII oe as
sisted nv the New-York Symphony Orchestra'
under Walter Damrosch. This concert VIII VILE IN
augurate for Kubelik tour around the Wollu.
as he will go to Australia. India ana South
Africa before returning TO Europe
The perennial appearance OF the great coll-
nosers' names on concert programmes would
80 Tho s,,nerAcial observer to believe that none
h,t Racb Handel. Haydn, Mozart and few
o,hars nrior TO the nineteenth century wrote
music worth the playing.
II is an important part of Sam Frankos HIS
sion to seek the hidden treasures OF music In tue
classic period, and how wei he has Gone II Is
sttested by the success of h former series Oh
concerts of old music
The first of these interesting entertainments
for 1905-'06 is TO be given on Thursday evening
November 16 at Mendelssohn Han, anu Tue ,par pa
t,- con,nostion that will attract most sI
80 is a symphony by Johann Stanltz iiVI 90
r.ie work would pass easily as the pfouuIt -
Mozart but the idea OF SaIzberg
18th on Stamitz vanishes on consulting d ue
ttonary of biography for II reVeals 'ne @ &C. ia
uoi'h WI 1a,+er died when Mozart was year oia
ona,nt even among the archaic music that tnls
Concert will afford is an aria by Bacn-lne sLeae
Bach-for contralto. with op9e aiode f ia So
and organ accompaniment. 1t is from the can,
n eata was Gott thut, das ist wohlgethan' ana
viii be sung by Miss Lila L. Haskell
The series of illustrated lectures on the pro-
,rro,,,nes of the Boston Symphony Orchestra ar
Ta,sed bv the Brooklyn Institute of Arts anu
sciences Will take their beginning next Wednes-
dav afternoon when Mr. Krehbiel will talk about
rrschaikowsky's Fourth symphony, l1vorak
.yyaIdtaube" and Brahms's Academic over
ture Miss Emma j. Banks will play the illus
trations-
Women composers all over the world are TO
have chance to compete for prize offered by
the International Lyceum Club No: . Us PIeca-
dulv London. w What the prize will be is
not stated beyond public performances of the
successful compositions in London. Berlin ana
Paris. The judges are to De Messrs' raosr Soloans.
Gedalge, Paris Godnark. Vienna; Humper-
dinck Berlin and Sgambati, Rome. Anything
from song TO sypioy eiher nave aas been @ ppbished
nor performed in public. The lists Will close on
May ]. 1906
There win be a meeting Of the Tonklnstler
Society at No 360 Fulton-st.. Brooklyn. next
Tuesday evening, at which four songs by Hugo
Briickler viii be sung by Hermann F. Dietnann.
with Alexander Rihm at the pianoforte: sonata
for pianoforte and violin, by Louis w. Saar.
will be played by the composer and Isidor Mos
kowftz and a trio for pianoforte. violin and
yioloncello by Carl Venth by Mrs Berta Crosse
Thomason. Mr.. Venth ard Leo Schulz
The voIpe Symphony Society of New-York.
Arnold D. yope, conductor. announces series
of three Thursday evening symphony concerts