New-York tribune., 1907-11-10
NEWS NOTES AND GOSSIP
Wr. BOnCi'S Tie5cS on America and
Colleague.

\ trio for the performance OF chamber music
has been organized and is be heard for the first
time in MsnGessohn Hall next Tuesday evening
II is composed Of Miss Henrietta Nicholson pia1o-
forte; Hugo Riesenfeld violin. and Louis Helms.
violoncello. Miss Nicholson has played az concerts
OF the Nolpe and Peoples Symphony orchestras
with good effect. but is still at the beginning OF
her career. Mr.. RIesenfeld is concert master
that is 70 say, principal violin in the orchestra OF
the Manhattan Opera HoUse-and Mr. Heino the
principal cello OF the New York symphony Society
and member of the Kaltenborn Quartet. NJ.
Dutschle. OF the Philharmonic Society," will assist
Miss Nicholson and Mr. RieseufeId at the concert
next Tuesday IN a performance OF Brahrns's Trio
in Hat for pianoforte, violin and French horu-
The other numbers on the programme Will be Bee
thovens Trio IN flat major Op. 20. and NaCray-
mEs Trio in c minor, Op. "a Tao moro concerts
will be given by the trio the course Of thc sea-
son. the second January - the third on
March 3
Nine Won Niesscn-Stoue announces q series Q:
three song recitals in Mendelssohn Hall on the
afternoons OF December 4. January - and March
H. At the first recital she will sing old italian and
classical compositions AZ the second songs ~
modern composers and at the last German italian.
French, Russian. Danish. Norwegian. Swedish.
Dutch, English, Irish and Scotch folk songs
Walter r. Anderson announces a recital BY Rel
maid Werrenrath. bary:Onc. a; the Waldo-f-Astors
ON the afternoon OF December 5. with the help ot
the Holland Trio and Chester SearIe. accompanist-
The programme will include airs by Handel and
Click. group of German Lieder songs by Crieg
sung in Norwegian IA new phase OF the Gries
culp and songs by Miss Harriet Ware and Mr.
Searle.
Nine. PRderewski has returned to America with
her husband. as keen In her desire raise
sufficient funds to erect IN Warsaw monument
To the memory Of the greatest of all musical Poles.
chopin She has now got together a little over
a ~ ftfs haS e,afr ~
Mr. Paderewski's autographs. When they were
IN America three years ago and were just starting
the fund they raised something over SI.0cO- At
that time the Russian government refused to allow
the solicitation of subscriptions for the monument
in Poland although It it's to the erec-
uon OF the monument. Now IL has removed its
ban on subscriptions. but result OF the internal
troubles or the last two years the country Is SO
poor that erecting monuments is out of the ques-
uon' since ne arrived in America Mr.. PadereNSki
has been set upon by the autograph hunters. and
this year he will do the he did three years
ago. charge 81 for simple autograph and s. when
he adds bar OF music All the money received
in this way is turned over to Nine Paderewsk,
who sets IL aside for the fund. so that seekers
after autographs win get what they desire and at
the same time contribute object which should
appeal TO every lover of music
Alessandro Bonci was scheduled to arrive IN New
York yesterday on the steamship Amerika After
MS engagement In London at the opera in Covent
Garden Theatre lie sang in twelve concerts at
ostend after which he appeared, mostly IN concert
IN Dresden Vienna, Prague, Berlin and Parma IN
the last city he sang in "RigoettO" and twice
In La Boheme'' and devoted his hOnorarium 10
charity. Before leaving Vienna he gave an inter-
view 10 n reporter OF the "Neue Freie Press
which is worth transating for the sake OF the
amusement which be extracted from IL as Wen
as ITS indication of the cordial feeling existing De-
tween Mr. Conrteds tenors. 'BOnci is not an en-
thus'ast over America says the reporter comm.
nSly. over there bluff is the thing that goes.
says the artist. bluff is the principal thing 10
not be too srea'ly amazed at the stupend0us sa1A-