New-York tribune., 1911-11-29
LOVE OF MUSIC GROWS
Continued from eighth page.

was Henry +. Abbey who had as his
chief lieutenant. Maurice Grau. Rival or
ganizations continued to present opera for
two seasons, and in the end the longest
purse won The Metropolitan remained
alone I'm the field Built and owned by
corporation Of wealthy men. called the
Metropolitan Opera House Real Estate
Company. who retained for themselves the
tier OF boxes afterward famous as the
golden horseshoe" the house was
leased to the mpresario. The burden
proved too great for Mr.. Abbey, even with
out opposition. lie was unable to meet his
obligations, and the house passed to the
control OF Dr. Leopold Damrosch,. who
made speciality of German works
those of Wagner in particular, shelving
the Italian repertoire. which had been 50
long i'm vogue.
In 1901 the management vested in Abbey.
schoeffel &, Grau. and on their financial
failure passed to the exclusive control Of
Maurice Grau, who was the first man to
make a fortune by presenting opera In New
York, and keep it.
In 1903 Heinrich Conried became the
manager. In 1906. December B. to be eX-
act. oscar HammeTstein opened his Man.
haitian Opera House, and a new operate
war began. which ended like that of the
SOS. In 1908 Mr. ConrieG retired from the
Netropolitan i'm favor of Giulo Gatu-
Casazza and Andreas Dippel, and the fol-
lowing year Mr.. Hammerstein sold out his
interests in opera here TO the metropolitan
to devote himself to a similar project III
Tondon. and then Mr.. Dippel's departure
IN Chicago left Mr. Gatt-Casazza supreme
at the Metropolitan.
Tbe New Theatre venture had, in the
meantime, proved a failure, although thlS
effort to conduct an art theatre was slgnai-
ized by performances Of opera comique III
which artists from the Metropolitan organ
ization took part
While opera and orchestra were "aNlhs
,,irbtv. there grew up a symphony So
c,etv founded by Or. Leopold Damrosch'
/ and revived on broader lines by MS 50"
walter in 1903 a Russian symphony So
Getty conducted by Modest AltschuIer' inc
Peoples symphony Concerts, conducted oS
=. y. Ahrens; the New York Oratoflo 81
clety. founded by DR. Leopold Damroscll'
and conducted since 1899 by his son, FRANK
Danrosch. and many singing ORGANIZATIONS
of which one of the most important was
the Mendelssohn Clee club, once conducted
by MacDoWel
Manv Excellent Music Schools.
There we're a score of excellent music
ecboole Of which the most important were
the National Conservatory, founded In lSS'
nv Mrs. Jeanette NJ Thurber with iheo-
dore Thomas as director, and the Institute
of Musical Art. founded by Frank Dam
roscb I'm 1904. and endowed with $5SVo by
lanes Loeb in memory Of his mother.
Nor in this manifold development was
the social side Of music neglected. Inc
Aschenbrodels, organized more than half
. century ago. increased In numbers tax
ing posseesion Of a new house in 1891 Ihe
Arjon became one of the worlds most
/ famous organizations Of German singers.
The Lederkranz, which began IN 1910 as
"Gesangverein der Social Reformer," and
was the parent body Of the Arion' deserves
especial mention as the first New YORK
society still existing, TO take part in the
organization of tie North American
Saengerbund
In nothing has the development of New
York been more wonderful than in music
Seventy years ago neither permanent opera
nor permanent orchestra; to-day the most
extensive and expensive operate organza-
ton I'm the world, an abundance of orches-
tral music and an almost endless array OF
/ offerings i'm the way of chamber music,
! light opera, instrumental and vocal recitals
| and oratorios throughout musical seasoi