Music Trade Review -- © mbsi.org, arcade-museum.com -- digitized with support from namm.org 42 THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW. September 2oih, 1881. KB. GEO. W. COLBY'S VENTURES. There is a report that Mile. Valleria is to succeed Mme. Fursch-Madier at the Theatre de la Monnaie, MUSICAL CHAT Brussels. ABROAD. Prevost, the new tenor of the Chateau d'Eau, Hoffmann has recently completed his new opera, Paris, has signed a three years' engagement for "William of Orange." America with Mr. Mapleson. Anecdotes concerning Franz Liszt are just now The Neue Zeitschriflfvr Musik, has the following the order of the day in Continental journals. The intelligence:—The well-known pianist and compos- following, lately related in the Paris Figaro, may er Xaver Scharwenka, intends opening a new Con- be reproduced in these columns as exhibiting the servatorium in Berlin, on October 1st. Aloys Hen- maestro in one of his most amiable moods. Franz nes, Josef Koteck, Philipp Riifer, M. D. Jahns, Al- Liszt, so the story runs, found himself one evening, bert Becker, O. Lessmann, Dr. Laughaus, etc., are on which he had arranged for a concert in a small already secured as professors. Weber's "Oberon," Bavarian town, in the presence of an audience of under the direction of Dr. Wiillner, will be pro- only seventeen persons. Instead of causing the duced for the first time, in October, at the Ham- money they had paid to be returned to them, the burg Town Theatre, where, as is well known, near- jovial virtuoso forthwith invited the small assembly ly all the German directors will be assembled. to a supper at his hotel. "But we have come Tschaikowsky is now writing a new opera called here for the purpose of hearing music." "Very " Mazeppa." Well," was the reply, " and so you shall—after, we have supped." The little party declared them- La Qazzetta Musicale tells us that the Russianselves ready to go. They found a good table composer Tcha'ikowsky has just published a new spread for them, and after having regaled them- R. ADOLPHE FISCHER, the violoncellist, work, consisting of a very elegant and expressive selves with the good cheer of their host, the latter M "writes to Geo. W. Colby, his sole manager, series of pianoforte pieces, entitled Etude, Chan- redeemed his further promise by playing, iu highly that he will return to America for his farewell sea- son triste, Marche funebre, Deux Mazurkas, Chant animated spirits, until an early hour of the son the latter part of November, after playing at sans paroles, Au village. Deux Vals, Danse Russe, morning. Paris, Liepzig, Cologne, Frankfort, &c. Max Scherzo, and Reverie interrompue. These pieces Bruch, Massenet, Godard, Saint-Saens, Widor and are printed by Fiirstner of Berlin, who has arrang- A correspondent from Copenhagen writes: "Mau- others have written new morceaux for him, which ed to publish all the works of Tchaikowsky. rice Strakosch's star, Miss Emma Thursby, made a he will play this winter. Count Ebethard of Wurtemburg, is writing the brilliant ' hit' in this capital. She has given ten Miss Carrie E. Mason, soprano, of Strong Place music of an operetta entitled "Hilda." concerts, several of which were honored by th« Church, Brooklyn, and pupil of Sig. Errani, of presence of the King of Denmark, at whose special New York city, will make her debut in New York, The Meyerbeer Exhibition of 4,500 marks for an desire the gifted lady was presented to him, as was at her concert, at Chickering Hall, Thursday even- orchestral overture, a dramatic cantata, and an also Herr Robert Fischhof, the eminent pianist ing, Nov. 3rd. Mr. Colby is also her manager. eight-part vocal fugue, has been carried off this from Vienna. From Copenhagen Miss Thursby Mrs. E. Aline Osgood, whose professional affairs year by Engelbert Humperdink, of Xanten on the went to Bergen, in Norway, where she had organ- are directed by Mr. Colby, will sail for America by Rhine, who had already won the Mendelssohn and ized, with the aid of Herr Maurice Strakosch, a the Servia, Oct. 22nd, and make her first appear- Mozart Foundation prizes at Berlin and Frankfort- concert, the proceeds of which are to go to the fund ance in Boston, Nov. 9. She is engaged by the on-the-Maine. now collecting for a monument in commemoration of Ole Bull, ' the Norwegian Paganini' (as he was Handel and Haydn Society of Boston for Christmas M. Alphonse Leduc, music publisher, has been and Good Friday, also by Cincinnati Musical appointed knight of the Legion of Honor, for his called by self and family)".—Musical World, Lon- Festival Association, for Dec. 28, and for a large prizes gained at the Exhibitions of Sidney and don. number of concerts. Melbourne. Baron Kiister has resigned his post as conductor The Arbuckle & Colby Concert Company, are of the Imperial Russian Theatre ; his successor is rapidly filling their time for the coming season. Victor Coche, a celebrated flutist, and for a long waid to be Major-General Wassilkowsky. Dvorak's time professor of the Paris Comservatoire, died new comic opera, "Der Dickschiidel," has been recently in that city at the age of 74 years. accepted for performance at the Vienna Ring- THE WORCESTEK FESTIVAL. The opera by Balfe, entitled "Pittore e Duca," theatre. which it is said was first sung at Trieste, in 1856, rj^HE tenth annual festival of the Worcester The opera, "Cleopatra," by W. Freudenberg, JL County (Mass.) Musical Association will occur is to be revived in an English version under the title of "The Painter of Antwerp." The adapta- director of the Weisbaden Conservatorium, the Sept. 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30. There will be an in- libretto of which has E. Pasque for the author, is creased number of concerts—nine in all—and tion lias been entrusted to a Mr. Barrett, of Lon- don, who is said to be a musician and critic of to be the first novelty of the coming season at the among the important works to be performed are Madgeburg Town Theatre. Verdi's "Requiem," "The Creation," "Elijah," ability. It is reported that this opera has been "Zadock the Priest," and Mendelssohn's unfinish- purchased by Messrs. Cramer, of London, and The Seminary director, Dr. Putting, of Erfurt, ed opera, "Loreley." Among the solo vocalists will be produced under the direction of Mr. H. B. has received the Order of the Red Eagle ; the engaged are Clara Louise Kellogg, Annie Louise Farnie at a (West-end) London theatre in order that music director, Bohne, of the First Madgeburg In- Cary, Tom Karl, M. W. Whitney, Mrs. Emma R. a run may be secured in case of success, and it will fantry Regiment, the princely Hohenzollern gold Dexter, Miss Hattie Louise Simms, Miss Alice be played simultaneously in America. medal of honor ; and the school teacher and chor- Ward, Miss Grace Hiltz Gleason (of Chicago), Madame Patti has returned to her Welsh castle, ister. Schroder, of Achelriede, in the Osnabriick Miss Emily Winant, Mrs. H. F. Knowles, Franz and the usual banners and decorations were again district, has had bestowed on him the general mark Remmertz, and Charles R. Adams. The Schubert trotted out. Report, however, whispers that Mad- of distinction. Concert Company of Boston (eighteen male voices) ame Patti is becoming rather wearied of her Welsh The great Singing Contest in Weisbaden, (men- is also engaged. Mme. Teresa Liebe, violinist, and possession, and that when she returns from Amer- her brother, Mr. Theodore Liebe, a very fine vio- societies from all parts of Germany) came to an ica Craig-y-Nos may not improbably be offered for end on Tuesday., Aug. 30th, after three days' dur- loncello soloist, are likewise to appear. Mr. Fred- sale. erick Archer, the celebrated English organist, is to ation. The first prize, a large gold medal (gift of give an organ lecture-concert. Mr. Carl Zerrahn There must be no shedding of false sentiment the Emperor of Germany) and 1,800 marks, was -will be the conductor of the festival. over the demolition of the house in High Holborn won by the Singing Society of Hanover ; the second in which temporarily sojourned the noble musician, prize, a gold medal and 1,500 marks, was taken by Franz Joseph Haydn. It seems certain that he the Singing Society of Graz (Austria). Mr. Ernest Perabo, of Boston, who was reported wrote his six symphonies here for the Hanover The public performances of " Parsifal " at Bay- some time since as having come to New York with square concerts, and he may have noted down his reuth next summer are fixed for the following the intention of taking up his residence here, has, first ideas of the "Creation " in his Holborn lodg- dates :—July 30th ; August 6th, 13th, 20th, and •we understand, left New York for Berlin, presuma- ings; but it was at his villain the suburbs of Vienna 27th (Sundays); 1st, 8th, 22nd, and 29th (Tu«a- bly to accept the position offered him by Xaver that he completed his immortal work.—Daily Tele- days); 4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th (Fridays). The Scharwenka, at his conservatory in that city. graph, London. grand rehearsal takes place on Monday, the 24th Mr. Edward Heimendahl has organized a string Professor Maria von Booklet, a well-known July ; Wednesday, the 26th, and Friday, the 28th, qnartette, and will give chamber concerts in musician and teacher of the pianoforte at Vienna, aro " Patrons' Days." Chicago, next winter. The quartette will bear the died in that city at the age of eighty.