Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-04
The Musical World
BY Genevra JohnstOne-BishoI Oh

Frank Collier, the popular baritone OF
Temple church, is going to Europe IN De-
cember for two years OF hard study.
The winter musicales at Hotel Pepper
will be resumed october II.
As a versatile genius Teresa Carreno,
who comes this season as one of the prin-
cipal artists of the Philharmonic course
stands at the head of her profession. But
that Carreno ever trod the boards as
singer of grand opera is known to few'
1t was in the early days of the Mapleson
regime in England, when that redoupta-
BILE manager was conducting season Oh
grand opera in Edinboro, where also Car
reno found herself just concluding a con-
cert tour. A friendship sprang up be-
tween Carreno, who was barely 10, and
Tiet1ens. the great dramatic soprano OIL
the time.
When of a sudden one of those operate
cyclones which from time to time ueVdS-
tate the operatic horizon broke over the
heads of the devoted company. line hu-
guenots" was billed for certain date' the
house was sold out in advance when the
soprano cast for the role of the queen,
Marguerite of Navarro, announced ner-
self TOO ill to sing. CONSERVATION over
came the genial Mapleson, who never
theless. with all his customary apiomp'
shortly recovered and bridged over the
situation by insisting that Carreno snouiu
take the part This proposition astoundeo
even Carreno, who was usually equal 10
all conditions. She objected tnat sne hau
never been on the stage, she couio not
sing and did not know the part. To Ma
nleson these objections were trifies light
as air. ..Nonsense," he said, assuring her
that she had every qualification 10. sue
cuss as the Queen of Navarro; YOUTH
fine stage presence, beautiful voice.
beauty and musical genius, and Iour
whole DAYS in which to learn the music.
Carreno had voice, md it is univer,
sally admitted that she still possesses an
the other qualities which Mapieson
nointed out to her. The novelty OF the
s,tuation appealed to her, as well as its
audacity. She was as quick witted also
as she was handsome and saw methoo
of drawing personal advantage from the
situation. She made conditions with Ma
pleson that at her London recltal sne
should be allowed the assistance OF any
or all the great artists playing under the
Mapleson management, arguing 10 her-
self that if the critics found fault with
her playing, her debut would nevertheless
he so brilliant that a success was assured
and she would not be ignored. To this
condition Mapleson agreed. Carreno,
bowever. was not exempted from stage
fright. and she suffered such apprehen-
sion Of her failure that she only con-
sented to sing under an assumed name.
Her success was so brilliant that she I'M
mediately regretted not having sung un-
der her own name and thus perhaps Sc
cured lasting place in the fascinating
world of opera. Her London debut as a
nianiste, which took place shortly after
This memorable occasion and which was
further enhanced by the cooperation OF
crisi. Mario, Tietjens, Lablache and 9TH
ers of the Mapleson artists was SO pro-
nounced a triumph that since then Car
reno has not ventured into the realm OF
song.
Once Paderewski wrote little minuet
in the Mozartean style which was
thumped out on pianos and ground out OF
hurdy-gurdies from one end OF the Worlc
to the other 1t was written, so the le'
gend goes. when Paderewski was a pool
teacher in Warsaw and was intended te
show a friend of the composer, Ponsn
poet whose name is only less Impossible
to spell than 1t is to pronounce, that MO-
zart could be initiated. Truth to ten
Paderewski never cared much for 1t ano
before h, had become entirely famous he
was SO sick of 1t that he would have
given a good deal not to have written It
Rut the public liked it and in his first
tours of this country he was compelled &c
play 1t time and again. Then ne revoited
and tried to forget 1t. But the public still
remembers it and wants him to play IL
in the last two months G.. A. Ellis OF
Boston, who manages his American tours
has received more than score OF letters
from different cities where Paderewski is
to pIay this winter, not asking, but de-
manding that this minuet be placed on
the program. The letters will be pre-
sented to the pianist when he arrives.
Nikisch intends to make the first Ber-
lin philharmonic of the season me-
mortal of Joachim, whose Hungarian con-
certo for violin will be played besides
Beethoven's s'Eroica." The Joachim con-
certo, like all of his music. had become
practically obsolete long before his death,
and he will be remembered only as a
great yiolinist. Joachim tried hard to
convince the, world that, like himself,
Liszt lacked the creative faculty; but
music lovers laughed at him. and Liszt
is today one of the most popular of all
composers, having stood the test Of time.
Greatly as Joachim was esteemed and
admired, there are thousands in Berlin
who are glad to think that now that he
is no longer at the head of the Academy
of Music, that royal institution will be
animated by more modern spirit and
be brought up to date in principle and
practice. To Joachim. Beethoven and
Brahms were the alpha and omega of
music Beethoven, and Brahms are all
right-but there are others.
Joachim has been commended for his
good sense in bequeathing his most val
liable instrument to a musical relative
instead of to museum. Paganini was
not so wise; he left his most precious
violin to Italy, and it has been preserved
for many years in the museum at Genoa.
A WRITER in the Mqneafral calls affeDtior