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PAGE. PAGE. EDITORIAL-Chorus Singing-College Grad- ALLEGRO MoDERATO, from Schubert's unfin· uates-Paragraphs ...... 356 ished Symphony in B minor-SidtlS ...... 363 MUSICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS-Bur­ mese Bells-A Musical Convict-Stage Jokes "HEAVENLYVorcEs" (Nocturne) E. A. Becker, 366 -Pronunciation in Singing-The Guitar in Portugal-Vulgarity in Musical Composi­ ''You SEE, MAMllf.A !" (Song) F. P. Tosti ...... 3i0 tions- Little Tommy Tucker - Amateur, Professional, Professor, Viewed Rational­ ly-An Interview with a Prima Donna- "YEs, oR No?" Grand Vocal Concert Waltz, A Few Words About Public Singers-Music on selected and original themes-Charles Trude Oddities-How to Select a Piano­ Kunkel...... 373 Quigg and the Beasts - Book Notices­ Answels to Correspondents - Questions STUDY, Revised and Annotu-ted by Charles Pertinent and Impertinent- Our Music­ Kunkel-J. B. Duvernoy ...... 382 The Restfulness of Music-Comical Chords­ Major and Minor-Smith and Jones .. 355 to 396 CORRESPONDENCE- Boston -Chicago- "FRA DrAvor.o" (Fantasia)-Sidus...... 384 Washington-Cincinnati ...... 387 to 390 -,_II, __ _11

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BURMESE BELLS. the boundle s mercy of the pitiful Buddha, in the The mode of casting the bells is of the most majesty of the eternal Law, and in the venerable primitive possible character. A mold of clay is HIS Bell is made by Koo-Na-Lin-Gala, the Assembly, the three gems. They visit the preeious formed to represent the inside. This is covered · PriAst --, and weight 600 viss. .No one things faithfully on the appointed days. Applaud, with beeswax to the required thickness of the body design to destroy this Bell. Maul- ye pious. They humbly strive to gain for them­ metal, and over this again is placed a heavy layer main, March 30, 1855. He who destroyed selves merit. May the good Nats who O'Uard the of. clay mixed with chopped paddy-straw. Through to this Bell; they must be in the great forest and the field look smili~SlY on them, and this outer covering are a number of funnel holes m Heell, and unable to come out." This in- guard the poor man's crops. lVlay the Nats who parallel rings, at a distance of six or nine inches; scription runs around the rim of the great dwell in the air and the earth defend from evil and through these the molten metal is poured in, bell at t.he Kyaik-Than-Lan Pagoda at things the two fat bullocks which plough the fields. melting and taking the place of the b eswax, which Moulmein. It is hardly a fiftieth part of the May the guardian Nats of the house and the city flows out at the bottom. Straws inserted through weight of the Maha Ganda at Rangoon; which, in keep from harm Chit Oo, their son, and little Mah the clay let out the air and steam. And thus the turn, is a great deal smaller than the huge monster · Mee, their darling daughter. And may the merit bell is formed in a series of ringsi one above the at Men goon, near Mandalay; but it is noticeable as of this offering be haLved with their children. May other. The cooper and tin are me ted together in, being the only bell in Burmah, as fa.r a I am aware, the excellent Lord pity them; the good Spirits little open-air furnaces round about, and the cruci­ which baH an English inscription on it. The smil~ on them; the holy Assembly receive them. bles are carried in little wicker baskets. Large circumstance is scarcely to be considered in the So shall Moung Tsan Yah and Mah Mab Gyee gain l•ells are usually made in a pit dug in the grouna. light of a compliment, for the bell has not the mnch merit and rejoice in presenting this bell. The metal images of Buddha for the pagodas are character of exceptional sanctity; and there is a Weight, seventy-five viss." cast in a similar way. When the mass has cooled, lengthy Pali inscription on the upper part, giving Such dedications are found here and there, but the outside is polished, and any flaws there may be further particulars and commending the pious they are not common; for half the honor of pre­ are patched np. Then the inscription is put on, donors to the safe keeping of the five thousand senting the bell is lost if the common crowd can and the lJell is solemnly dedicated. The ca·sting is nats who guard the faith; tbe guardian nats of the read what is written on it; and doubtless Moung made qnite as much a religious ceremrmy as it used universe; the nats of the earth., the air, the forest Chit Oo, when he has been to an English school to be in the Middle Ages in Euro:pe. The whole and the city; and there is nothing whatever in the and has got a place under government, will be district gathers to see the operatwn. Songs are shape of menaces to such as may have evil designs rather ashamed of the quaint humility of his sung and bands clash and play while the actual on the bell. But Koo-N a-Lin-Gala~ the priest, no father's offering. The bells are not intended to casting goes on; and sometimes the vast multitude doubt thought this English addition very neces- summon worshippers to their devotions. There is is wrought up to such a state of enthusiasm that sary, and by no means unwarranted; for only three no necessity for such a call. Every man is respon­ women and children throw in their necklaces and years before, after the conclusion of the second sible to himself only for his religious state; no one gold and silver bangles. Traces of these are to be. Burmese war, in 1852, the British troops had tried else has anything directly to do with him, or can seen in the inside of many bells. 'J he workmen to carrv oft the sacred Shway Dagohn beJ1, and had give him any help . . The monks themse!ves are sometimes, in the case of large bells, try to gone the length of getting it on board a ship. Un- little concerned with the spiritual state of the strengthen them by twisting iron chains round the fortunately, the vessel turned ovec, and Maha laity. If a man is to attain a favorable change in a inner mold in the midst of the beeswax. Such a Ganda was capsized into the mud at the bottom of succerding existence, it must be by his own exer­ chain cable is distinctlv to be seen in the great the Rangoon River. The good mendicant, therefore, tions. He knows the special "duty days "-the ninety-ton Mengoon be.ll. ~ince the "Great Mon­ who superintended the casting of the bell for the new moon, the eighth of the waxing, the full arch,·, of Moscow became a chapel this is actually Moulmein Payah doubtless thought that none but moon, and the eighth of the waning. On these the biggest bell in the world. The shape of Burmese the utmost terrors would serve to scare off the days and on the special feast-days he goes to gain bells is not handsome. They come straight down sacrilegious Briton. There are many hells, accord- kutho for himself and better his chance for a new to the month like a barrel-not expanding at the ing to those learned in Buddhistic theology. There transincorporation-l as the Burman idea of metemp­ rim, like those of European make. In this respect, are four states of punishment for the wicked, of sychosis renders tne notion of transmigration of ther~fore, the resemblance of pagodas to bells does which the general term hell denotes the worst; but souls. If he is a fond man, he perhaps parcels out not hold good with respect to those of Burmese there are many divisions in the one great Bohng, the merit acquired by his devotions among those make. But their tone is magnificent, and they are and of these the worst is Nga-Yeh, the great h ell, members of his family or friends who have not reserved for pagodas. A Burman never has a bell ordinarily reserved for parricides, assaulters of an been to the pagoda. The use of the bells is to di­ in his house; and it would, in fact, be of no use to ascetic, or railers at the Buddha. Artists with a rect attention to the fact of the lauds of Buddha him there if be bad it. Englishmen do not use taste for the hideous have adorned the·walls and having been gone through. The worshipper, when them, either, in the East; and throughout Burmah roofs of the passages up to the Shway Dagohn he has finished, goes to one of the bells and strikes the bell is only used for sacred purposes. Padoga with pictures of the horrors which await it three times, to bring to the notice of the nats and the victims in this inferno, and it is with punish- the four worlds what he has been doing. There ------.------ment here that all who may have evil designs on are always a number of deer's antlers and billets A MUSICAL CONVICT. the Moulmein Dell are threatened . .The fiery monk of wood lying near the bell for this purpose. ~one may rest happy. 'l'he bell has hung unmolested of them have clappers, and metal is never used to from the big crossbar, resting on two huge teak strike them. MONG the collection of "curiosities" in uprights, and will doubtless long remain safe on The Burmese have no objections whatever to a the warden's office at Ring Sing.are several the somewhat cramped platform at the end of the foreigner sounding the bell; they, indeed, rather instruments of music made out of iron· by Toung N gyo range. like it; for the more clangor there is the more likely a convict. Th y are a flute, a whistle, a The love of bells in Burmah is somewhat remark- the nats are to observe their piety. Most of the piccolo and a flageolet, weighing from eight able. Every large pagoda has some dozens of them, bells have a fine tone, and a flick with the finger is to sixteen ounces. The convict who made of all sizes, hanging round the skirts of the zaydee, sufficient to cause a vibration through the whole them had formerly been a musical instru­ image houses and zayats. Ope or two were put ninety.five thousand pounds of metal in Maha ment maker in Germany, and was detailed up with the building itself; others have been added Ganda. What sound the Mengoon bell, second only to work in the machine shops, whence he procured at various times by the religious. Most of them in size to that presented by the Empress Catherine pieces of iron tubing, carried them to his cell, and at · have long Pali inscri}Jtions on them recording the to Moscow, is capable of will never probably be his leisure drilled the necessary boles with a pen­ praises of the Lorrl and the aspirations of the known; for the supports have given way, and half knife. There are no keys, and tile uniform spacing giver. Here and there are a few with Burmese of the rim rests on the grouna. But, as Colonel and measurement of the holes were made by guess­ dedications, presented by poor, simple jungle Yule says, it would have, at any time, required a work. The tone of these rough instruments is re­ people, the monks in whose districts did not know battering ram to bring out its music. markably full and clear, and in the hands of a deft Pali, or had the grace to say they were not learned Besides those hung round the precincts of the player can be made to produce surprising effects. enough to write an original composition in that pagoda, the htee, or umbrella, on the top of the The flageolet is the most finished of the four, and language. Every Burman has learned a certain edifice, is always hung with · a multitude of bells. the fact that the maker had no means of testing its number of Pali formulre, to enable him to wurship Those on the more · sacred shrines are very often q11ality (on arcount of the prison discipline preven­ at the pagoda; but few, even of the most renowned entirely gold or silver. Several on the Shway Da­ ting him) adds to the interest of the novelty. The Tsadaus, have anything like a thorough knowledge gohn at Hangoon are of gold, studded with precious four instruments occupiP-d his leisure moments for . of the sacred language. Hence, when there is a stones, and are worth many hundred pounds apiece. seven months, and when discovered in his mattress modest monk in the Kyoung, the simple cultivat,ors These, of course, are furnished with tongues; and a fifth was in course of construction. They were at have to fall back on their own vernacular, and pro- the slightest breeze causes a constant harmonious once confiscated, under the prison rules, notwith­ duce plaintive appeals, like the : "This tinkling, dear to the worshipper's heart. The.object standing the urgent plea of the prisoner to be al­ bell was made with ~~eat care and much expense, of these bells is identical with that of those below lowed to retain one of them. In the hands of an and is presented by lYlOung Tsan Yah, of the ham- on the platform-to attract the attention of the obstinate convict they woulil make a Clangerous let of Nga-Pay-Oh, in the township of Maoobin, good spirits in Tawadeintha and other abodes of ·weapon of off<>JlCe-heuce one of the reasons of con­ and Mah Mah Gyee his wife, who seek refuge in the nats on Mount Meru. fiscation .-The Leader. 356 KUNKEL'S MUSICAL REVIEW, JULY, 1883.

N the June issue of The Folio, White, Smith We saw, not long since, an article from an English & Co., Publishers, Boston, there appeared source, in which the evil we have just mentioned "'Tis I Alone Can Tell," Riegg, which is a was acknowledged and the requirement of ability copyright publication of Kunkel Brothers'. to read music suggested as a remedy. It is evident, KUNKEl BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS. It is due to Messrs. White, Smith & Co. however, that ability to read music can have no 612 OLIVE STREET. ST. LOUIS. to say that they explain that they were more to do with ability to produce voice naturally misled into thinking the song was a non- and without undue weariness than ability to read I. D. FOULON, A.M., LL.B, EDITOR. copyright by the fact that the words had been em­ a poem has to do with its easy and correct elocu­ bodied in the libretto of "Heart and Hand" by tionary delivery. One of two things only can be done. Either no one should join a choral organiza­ SUBSCRlPTION. manager Duff, without any note of their being copy­ One Year (with premium), $2 00 righted. They have withdrawn the song from the tion who does not already know how to produce Six Months (with premium), - 1 25 market and agreed upon an equitable settlement of tone correctly and without undue tax upon the Four Months (without premium), 60 Single Copy, 25 the whole matter, which will doubtless have been vocal chords; or, if that be not practicable, the For premiums nffered, see page 362. This includes postage on carried into efl'ect when this paper reaches our leader should give each new recruit the necessary paper, to all points except St. Louis. St. Louis Sttbsc1·ioers must readers. Manager Duff, of the Standard Opera Com­ instruction before he or she becomes finally incor­ arld at the rate of 25 cents per year to the'ir subsc1·iptions when they ·wish to receive the l{EVIEW by mail. This is d·ue to the peculiarity pany, has made himselflia ble for unauthorized use of porated into the chorus proper. of the postal laws, which pre1•ent monthly pubUcrttions' 1>ein[l sent at second-class rates in the place whe1·e they are publ·ished. copyright matter. Kunkel Brothers will not pro­ Until that is done, learning to sing in choral so­ ceed agains him, however, believing that the pub­ cieties, male, female or mixed, will remain, as it has Subscribers finding this notice marked will understand that lication in the libretto has rather helped than hin­ always been,'' a delusion and a snare." their subscription expires with this number. '!'he paper will dered the sale of the piece-but he certainly ought be discontinued unless the subscription is renewed promptly. to refund to W'hite, Smith & Co. the cost of their plates, etc., since his oversight caused them the T HE C9llEGE GRADUATE. S it is not very likely that the present loss. generation will have the pleasure of UNDI{EDS of colleges have just closed their doors for another year and sent forth • listening to many singers whose enuncia­ CHO RU S SINGING. tion wm make the words of their songs the usual quota of young people armed "for the battle of life" with the "sheep­ ~; intelligible, we would suggest the uni- : versal adoption of the custom of giving R. TOMLINS did a meritorious act when skins " which certify, in more or less on all concert programmes the verbal text he called attention to t1ie fact that the classical Latin, that they have honorably of songs. Such a practice, besides enabling the teaching of singing as now practiced in completed the course of studies prescribed listener to know what is being sung, would have the public schools of this country was by their Alma Mater, and hundreds of cheap wits the' advantage of making both singers and auditors probably more injurious than beneficial, have ground out the annual grist of jibes at the col­ more critical in their selections of songs-for, and demonstrated practically that there lege graduate and his little graduation speech. He divested of their musical dress, the deformities of is a better way. But is it not a fact that is usually represented as full of self-conc.eit and many song "poems"(?) would stand out so barely all the faults of the common school system of teach­ unreasonable ambition, a dreamer by nature and a that they never would be tolerated by people of ing singing exist in the large majority of choral or­ fool by ed nca tion. We have again been told the usual average . As good music is seldom or ganizations? and is it not time that leaders and number of times, in doubtful English, how this and never inspired by poor words, the adoption of this members of such societies should learn to use a that college valedictorian are now " only profes­ rule would result in the selection of better music little common sense? 'V'henever a chorus is or­ sors" in some noted institution, while so and so, for the concert stage, than is generally current. ganized, the bait is held out to all those who have who never had any other education than that af­ some sort of a voice and a limited ability to read forded by a country common school, are now mil­ ------·-.-·------music, that the training they will get in the chorus lionaires ; the inference being, in every instance, ULY and August are usually the dullest will be just so much valuable tuition obtained free. that a liberal education is a hindrance rather than months of the year, musically. They are What is the result? Large numbers of untrained an ad vantage to its possessor. Now, is this so? If also, probably for that very reason, the voices, some of them naturally good, of course, are we should refer to such statistics as are available, months during which we receive the brought together and the leader proceeds to-what? we thmk that the claim that college-bred men have smallest number of new subscribers. In To teach them how to produce tone, how not prospered materially any more than those of order to give our friends an extra incen- to use and strengthen the vocal organs by much inferior education could probably be substan­ ~ ti ve to send us new subscribers during judicious practice? Not at all. That is not tiated. If that is to be the test-if the value of a these months, we have concluded to make an ex­ the purpose of the organization. Whatever is liberal education is to be measured by the dollars traordinary offer, which ought to be enough to in­ learned, in reference to these matters, must be and eents which it may enable one to accumulate duce all to shake off the lethargy produced by the learned incidentally altogether. The society may and hoard, then we would certainly advise our hot weather. 7 his offer ~uill positively be withdrawn be organized ostensibly for the purpose of cultivat­ young friends to enter a junk-shop rather than a on the first of September next/ hence, all those who ing chorus singing, but really it is intended for college, to learn how to charge and credit in a would avail themselves of it should do so forth­ the production in public of choral works. The ledger rather than to spend their time on the pure with. This is the offer: Until September 1st, 1883, leader, therefore, selects; say an oratorio, and forth­ mathematics, to study the uncertain movements of Kunkel Brothers will give one of their unrivalled with rehearsals begin. Of course, there is no time, stocks under the manipulations of Gould or Van­ pocket metronomes, the CASH price of which is 'l'WO even if there were inclination, for individual in­ derbilt, rather than the motions of the heavenly DOLLARS as a premium for ONE NEW yearly sub­ struction of the members ; each part may be re­ bodies in obedience to the immutable laws of the scriber, sent by any person already a subscriber to hearsed separately a few times, and at these re­ Almighty, to make themselves familiar with the lan­ KuNKEL's MusiCAL REVIEW, the only charge being hearsals gross mistakes of particular m~mbers may guage of "bulls" and "bears" rather than with tl!at ten cents (for packing and mailing) which must be be corrected, but that is about the sum and sub­ of Demosthenes or Cicero, to read market quota­ sent on with the order. This will in nowise affect stance of the training given to individuals. 'rhe tions rather than metaphysics, history or poetry the premiums to which the subscJ,"iber is entitled. conductor is striving for a result in which indi vid­ and to cast aside as useless all the arts save that of Persons not already subscribers who send in their ual voices are factors, it is true, but only factors, getting as much and giving as little as possible for own subscriptions during July and August, may worthy, in his estimate, of consideration only in so any determinate amount of money. We have also select one of Kunkel's Pocket Metronomes as far as they affect the total. Persons who could not enough, indeed we have already altogether too premium-but in that case they will not receive sing alone without weariness for ten minutes, sing many, young men among us, who have gone through any premium of music. Now, read this carefully, almost without rest through a rehearsal of two a college course in the vague hope that, in some eo that you may be sure you understand it, and hours, and because they cannot hear the huskiness way, their education would bring them money, and then go to work. There is not one of our subscrib­ and bad quality of tone of their own voices, in the who, finding themselves distanced in the race for ers not already provided with a metronome that mass of sound to which they contribute but a small gold by ignorant men, make light of higher educa­ does not need one, and there is not one who can­ part, they fondly imagine that they are learning to tion and disgrace its cause. not get us at least. one new subscriber and thus sing; that they can sing longer and better than But is this a proper measure of the value of edu­ secure the best metronome made, for nothing, dur­ when they began. What next? At the end of one cation? It is related of Stephen Girard, the Phila­ ing the time limited. This is an expensive "drive" season, more than half of them have ruined their delphia millionaire, that, upon being told by a new for Kunkel Brothers, but we must on with the voices beyond the possibility of recovery, though acquaintance that he must be perfectly happy, REVIEW "boom!'' We have set our mark at one they not unfrequently go on year after year imagin­ since he had all that wealth could furnish, he asked: hundred thousand subscribers, and to get them we ing that there is some special quality in their voices "Would you be willing to assume the management must have no falling of the waters during this which makes them sweet and agreeable in chorus, of my estates for your board and clothes?" Aston­ month and next. although they are unendurable in solos. ished, his visitor answered in the negative. "That's KUNKEL'S MUSICAL REVIEW, JULY, 1883. 357

all I get!" replied Girard. This was no fancy esti­ Not a movement I Finally the big brother seemed Study correctness of pronunciation and propriety mate of the power of wealth alone. It can minis­ to succumb to his grief, opened his arms and let of emphasis quite apart from singing. Remember ter to physical wants or luxuries; nothing more. the corpse fall on the stage I The dead body drop­ that in speakmg or singing in a large space and to ped without movement, his back struck the floor a number of persons, every sound must have not It may buy expensive boxes at the opera, it cannot with a sounding thum:r,. It was superb I 'l'he au­ only additional force: but additional volume. And give the appreciative brain, the educated ear that dience was excited. The bravos became frenzied that comes to mean that every vowel sound in the alone can feel its beauties; it may stock its libraries and the illustrious comedian left the stage in a words sung must be intensified, and every conso­ with the most luxurious editions of the choicest fury. During the night, Lemaitre reflected seri­ nant be delivered with more accuracy than is nec­ ously and discovered for the next evening's per­ essary in ordinary s.peaking. If you were to :pro­ books, hang Hs walls with the costliest paintings, formance a method less cruel, but more efficacions. nounce the syllable' die" (for instance), in singmg, transport its owner to those spots which Nature, The next time he carried his dead brother in upon exactly as you do in speaking, you would produce on surpassing herself, has made most beautiful or sub­ the stage be tickled him with great delicacy under­ the notes or note to which that word belonged neath the arms and on the soles of the feet. The lime, but it cannot give the taste to enjoy any of a thinness of tone which would be very ugly, and unfortunate defunct could restrain himself no probably would not "carry" far. And the same these things; its hand is palsied and powerless longer. He came suddenly to life again, burst into with any vowel-sound-even "Ah," or "Ob "­ when it would cause to vibrate a single one of those laughter, jumped on the floor and was hissed by which, though not producing a thin tone, w~uld cords of the soul from which the deft hand of cul­ the audience I That was just what Frederick certainly produce a coarse one, if sung exactly as wanted; the bravos of the spectators were there­ spoken m ordinary conversation. ture evokes such heavenly music. '; Your college­ after all his own. bred youth is a dreamer," says old Lardoil, "why, Lemaitre was very selfish and beO'rudged all ap­ THE GUITAR IN PORTUGAL hP-'11 sit gazing at a stone for an hour at a time l plause given to his fellow actors. He wanted it all What's the use ? " None whatever, Lardoil, if he for himself. Still he sometimes made fun of him­ self, even, and that, too, in a very witty fashion. HE guitar, writes a cold-blooded and carping saw only what you see in the stone; but that In 1847, at one of the last representations of Cockney, is certainly to our critical north­ dreamer bas been given, by science, eyes that you "Robert Macaire," seeing that he was not recalled at ern eyes an effeminate instrument, and have not, and the hour of what you call blank, the end of the piece, he ordered the curtain to be t e man who plays upon it in an English stupid contemplation bas been an hour spent in raised. Approaching the footlights, be said to the drawing room can no more hope to pre­ audience: "Uentlemen, I should like to know if serve any appearance of manly dignity than God's workshops, an hour of a pleasure which all Mr. Auguste is not here." if he were piping·npon a flageolet, or blow­ your bank-stocks cannot enable you to feel. "He's "Mr. Auguste made no response, and the spec­ ing into that most ludicrous of all instru­ a fool! Why, he wastes time reading metaphysics­ tators looked at one another in surprise. ments-the flute. That a man should be, as well as "And Mr. Antoine? Is be not here, either?" look, sentimentally emotional under the painful cir­ a lot of guesses from a pack of visionaries who can­ No response. .. cumstances of being tied by a silk ribbon to such an not agree among themselves!" Be silent, Lardoill " Well, then, I'm the victim of the rascality of instrument is, however, clearly a matter of conven­ If you are not anointed to enter the holy of holies the chef and the 8ous-chr>f of the claque I This very tionality. In many parts of .Portugal men play of the human mind divine; do not at least scoff morning I paid them fifty francs to have me re­ upon the guitar naturally, as a matter of course · called to-night, and they are not here, neither the they strum as we Englishmen whistle. The peas~ at him who has penetrated some of the inner one nor the other. You see, gentlemen, that I am ants are universally given to play upon this instru­ courts of that holy temple and whose lot is better robbed I" And the whole audience burst into a ment, not often, however, achieving more than a than yours, since he reaps rich harvests from what loud roar of laughter. simple accompaniment to the voice of chords and you call barren ground ! arpeggios. In the towns the artisans are often PRONUNCIATION IN SINGING. guitar players,and as they walk to and fro from their Let the college graduate alone. He may not be work in twos and threes, they lighten their journey worth as many dollars as his less educated neigh­ with an accompanied chant or song. My carpenter INGERS have to combine the arts of the always brings his guitar with his tools when he bor, but he will get more true enjoyment of life in musician, t.he public speaker, and to a cer­ one day" than the other will in a month; that is, if comes 0!1 a job.. He is a fair performer, but my tain extent, the actor. Clearness of pro~ blacksmith, 1 thmk, has a hgb.ter touch on the in­ he will make proper use of the means constantly nunciation and correetness of emphasis are strument, and his tones are certainly fuller. When at his command. He will find soon enough that a ~included in the range of their studies. Nor the .Portuguese workman or day laborer has done a are these so easy of acquirement as many long day's labor he does not lean against a post and mere ''sheepskin" is not a thing with which to persons suppose. To a novice, the almost "fight the battle of life," but the culture to which smoke a pipe-he does not favor any such "contem­ mevitable nervousness inseparable from pl.ati ve man's r e~r<: ation "-J?Or does he linger in the it testifies will be more useful to him and to those the prominent position which a solo singer neces­ wme shop; but If 1 t be a hohday or a Sunday and in about him than a mere bank account. Money-get­ sarily holds in the company, or before the audience a rural district, he puts on a clean shirt, with a ]ar(re to whieh he is singing, is very likely to render the ting is much a matter of chance. If he does not gold on:il ver stud as a neck fastening, and his new­ enunciation less dtstinct and more rapid than is est hat, varying in shape according to locality, but get wealth, he will know how to do w_ithout.it; if ~e natural to him. His ear guides him less safely, always of black felt, and of the kind we see in pic­ obtains it, he will know how to use It, and that IS and, in fact, every sense, influenced by the ab­ tures of Spanish life. He throws over his shoulders more than many a wealthy ignoramus has ever normal state of his nerves, is likely to play him more a black cloth cloak, with real gold or silver elasp. or less false. He takes in his hand, his favorite ox-goad, as tall learned. A few words as to nervousness. You will often as himself, straight as an arrow, well rounded and STAGE JOKES. hear people boast that they are not the least nerv­ polished and bound with brass. He slings his gui­ ous in public; and, perhaps, will feel inclined to tar around his neck, and makes his way to the n ear­ envy them. Get rid of any such notion at once. If est fashionable threshing floor-the peasant!s draw­ WRITER in ·The St. Louis Critic says : by "nervous"- is mc>ant "frightened," that is Much has been written concerning the ing room. Here are gathered old and young, of both another thing altogether; and it is perfectly true sexes, come together for gossip, song and d-ance. If eccentricities of actors and actre.sses, but that there are hundreds of persons who are not in ~ the French stage is especially rich in it is the time of the ceifa-tbe reaping of the maiz - the least afraid of appearing in public, nor affected or the harvest, or the vintage, or above all the de­ such inci'dents. by timidity when so appearing. Bnt fear is only camisadas-tbe bnsking of the ear of the maize-and ~ Frederick Lemaitre, who create~l Ro~ert one form of nervousness. I firmly believe that it : Macaire, and so many of the leadmg roles if f'orn or wine have yielded well, then are the peas­ is impossible for a real artist ever to appear in ants' hearts glad within them, and song and dan co in Victor Hugo's greatest works, was a public without being nervous. But the nerves act are more than ever joyous. most incorrigible joker. Lemaitre's ~izarre tricl s m many ways-the fervor of an eloquent speaker, upon (as well as off) the sta~ ":'ere mnumerable. carried away by his subject, the "abandon" of a They served to amuse the .t'ansians for nearly ' fine actor thoroughly entering into his part and THE WHISTLING TENOR. forty years and are still quoted. One evening, identifying himself with it; the sustained energy when he was playing Oorreg1dor, Lemaitre amused of a declamatory singer; the faultless and unerring · , ORERE, the tenor, has been shut up in himself by deliberately turning ofl' the gas and agility of a florid soprano, who astonishes her ' an asylum,. in~urablr mad over his pet thus com9letely darkening the entire hous.e. bearers by wonder on wonder of execution-all hobby-win thng. lelieves himself commissioned to learn 111 my arms!" So he leaned over, whilst speaking splendid servant; instead of letting them over­ to whistle loud enough to drown the sonnds of a his part and blew into the nostrils of the dead come you, forr.e them to do your biddinp,; and ill­ locomotive and all the bells of Notre Dame together· brother. ' The latter did not budge! Then, yield­ stead of "nervousness" meaning "fear, ' you will and as he practices faithfully ten hours a day hi~ ing to a fit of despair, Frederick Lemaitre pulled a find that it means courage and power to do your fellow lunatics in the asylum are most worth)~ ob­ handfull of hair out of the head of the defunct. best. jects of pity .-Exchange. 358 KUNKEL'S MUSICAL REVIEW, JULY, 1883.

VUlGARITY IN MUSICAl COMPOSITION S. nothing for dinner but johnny-cake~ not a large one still she would go to the window, and stand watch­ at that. To-morrow the rent woula be due. Annie ing, watching. 0 the long night that she must UCH has been written against Dime Nov­ talked about pawning one of the bureaus. Annie stand watching, and the days and the years! els, and the Revolver-Literat'Ure has been had had great purple rings under her eyes for six "Sweet, sweet home," severely condemned, and justly so, for weeks. played Tommy. the productions in this line are positive­ He would not bear the purple rings and quivering By-and-by there was no more of" Sweet Home." ly injurious to the mind of the youthful mouth any longer. He hated the sight of her, for "How about that cove with his head lopped down reader and have caused grief and morti­ the sight stung him. He haterl the whole dreary, on his arms?" speculated Tommy, with a business­ fication in many a well regulated family. draggmg, needy home. Once fairly rid of him, his like air. Has it evf'r occurred to your readers, scolding and drinking, his wasting and failing, He had only stirred once; then put his face down that there are musicHl publications, equally poison­ Annie would send the children to work, and find again. But he was awake, awake in every nerve; ous to these young minds? equally disgusting and ways to live. She had energy and invention, a and listening to the very curve of his fingers. Tom­ degrading? plenty of it, in her young, fresh days, before he my knew that; it being part of his trade to. learn The wnter attended an otherwise first-claRs min­ came across her life to drag her down. Perhaps he bow to use his eyes. · strel performance a few evenings since and had to should make a golden fortune and come back to her The sweet loyal passion of the music-it would listen to a thing, entitled: "We never speak as we some summer day with a silk dress and servants, take worse playing than Tommy's to drive tne sweet, .Pass by." I don't intend to go into details, regard­ and make it all up; in theory this was ahout what loyal passion out of Annie Laurie-grew above the mg it. Not trusting my ears, f purchased a copy he expected to do. But if h1s ill luck went west­ din of the train. for 4 cents and found in print, what no young lady Ward with himd and the silk dress never turned up, "'Twas there that Annie Laurie or anybody, should read. I was told, it sells thou­ why, she woul forget him, and be better off, and Gave me her promise true." sands of copies! This is a very enconragina sign that would be the end of it. She used to sing that, thought the man-this for the taste of some of our "musical people/'i' is it So here he was, ticketed and started, fairly bound other Annie of his own. Why, she had been his own~ not? This froduction should be wiped out, and a for Colorado, sitting with his hat over his eyes, and he had loved her once. How he had love<1 professiona company, perpetrating it, should be thinking about it. her! Yes, she used to sing that, when be went to made to sing before empty benches. • "Hm-m. Asleep," pronounced Tommy, with his see her on Sunday nights before they were married; This protest is not wr~tten with a view of increasing keen glance in the corner. "Guess I'll wake him in her pink, plump, pretty days, Annie used to be its sale, (forbidden fruit, etc.,) but to call the atten­ up." very pretty. tioi;~. of families to it. Read the vile poetry and it He laid his cheek down on his little fiddle-you "Gave me her promise true," will disgust you; play "the slushy music" and you don't know how Tommy loved that little fiddie­ and struck up a gay, rollicking tune: hummed the little fiddle. will wonder, how people will lower themselves by "That's a fact,'' said poor Annie's husband, jerk­ singing it. It is throwing mud at the fair goddess •·r care for me body, and nrebody cares for me." ing the words out under his hat, "and kept it too, of music! The man in the corner sat quite still. ·when it she did." Fine the publishers of such obscene stuffheavily, was over, he shrugged his shoulders. Ah, how Annie had kept it! The whole dark pic­ and there will be no demand for "thousands of "When folks are asleep they don't hist their ture of her married years-the days of work and copies," while fine and musicianly compositions lie pain, the nights of watching, the patient voice. the dead on the shelves. LAKE SnoRE. shoulderH, not as a general thing," observed Tom­ my. "We'll try another." quivering mouth, the tact, and the planning1 'and r [We endorse and would like to emphasize the re­ Tommy tried another. Nobody knows what the trust for to-morrow; the love that had " oorne marks of our correspondent. We have seen the possessed the little fellowhthe little fellow himself all things, believed all things, hoped all things," song referred to published in a musical journal. uncomplaining-rose into outline to tell him how 'Vhen adultery and prostitution are made the sub­ least of all; but be tried t is: ''We've lived and loved together. she had kept it. ject of song, it does seem as if something ought to Through many changing years." "Her face it is the fairest be done to stop the nefarious business. :Still, there '['bat e'er the sun shown on," are people who find pleasure in visiting- morgues It was a new tune, and he wanted practice, per­ and gazing upon bloated and decomposed corpses, haps. su~gested the little fiddle. and 1f people choose such music, they have them­ 'l'he speed of the train ·increased with a sickening 'J hat it should be darkened forever, the sweet selves mainly to blame; but editors and publishers sway; old wharves shot pa_st, with the green water face! and that he should do it-he, sitti11g here, of journals who select such nameless stufr to send sucking at their piers; the city shifted by out of with his ticket bought, bound for Colorado. into families and schools, ougb t to be horse · sight. · "And ne'er forget will I," whipped by the first· honest man whose home they "We've lived and loved together," have thus desecrated.-EmTOR.] played Tommy, in a little plaintive wail, murmured the little firldle. "We've lived and loved-" He would have knocked the man down who had "Confound the boy!" Harmon pushed up his told him twenty years ago that he ever would for­ hat with a jerk, and looked out ofthe window. Tho get; that he wonld be here to-night with his ticket bought, bound for Colorado. liTTlE T OMM Y T UCKER . . night was coming on. Against lonely signal-houses and little deserted beaches the water was plashing But it was better for her to.be free from him. He drearily, and playing monotonous basses to Tom­ and his cursed ill luck were a drag on her and the my's wail: children, and would alwavs be. What was that NL Y three persons were in the car; a "Through many changing years, she had said once? · merchant, deep in the income list of the "Never mind Jack. I can bear anything as long Many changing years." 1 Traveller, an old lady with two bandboxes~ It was a nuisance, this music in the cars. Why as I have you.' a man in the corner with his hat pulloa didn't somebody stop it? What did the child mean _'\.nd here he was, with his ticket bought, bound over his eyes. by playing that? They had left the city far behind for Colorado. · Tommy opened the door, peeped in, hesi- now. He wondered how far. He pushed up the\\-:in­ He wondered if it were ever too late in the day • tated, looked into another car, came back, dow fiercely, venting the passion of the music on for a fellow to make a man of himself. He won­ gave his little fiddle a shove on his the first thing that came in his way, as men will dered. · shoulder, and walked in·. "And she's a' the world to me, and thrust his head out to look back. Somewher~ Anrl for bonnie Annie Laurie "Hi, little 'l'ommy 'l.'ncker there, in among the quavering warmtl~+ was our­ l'd lay ~e down and dee." l'lays for his supper," What was that boy about now? Not "home, sweet Home"'? But that was what Tommy was about. sang the little fiddle, triumphantly. shouted a young exquisite, lounging on the platform They were lighting the lamps now in the cars. Harmon shook himself, and stood up. The train in tan-colored coat and lavender lnd gloves. Harmon looked at the conductor's face, as the sickly was slackeningi· the lights of a way station shown "0, kids,_you're there, are you? Well, I'd rather yellow fiare struck on it, with a curious sensation. bright ahead. twas about time for supper and his play for it than loaf for it, I had," said Tommy, He wondered if he had a wife and five children; if mother, so Tommv put down his fiddle and handed stoutly. he ever thought of running away from them; what aronnd his faded cap. The merchant shot a careless glance over the top he would think of a man who did; what most people The merchant threw him a penny and returned of his paper at the sound of this petit dialog'Ue, and would think; what she would think. She-ah, she to his tax list. T lte old lady was fast asleep with the old lady smiled be~ignly; the man in tlie corner bad it all to find out yet. her mouth open. neither looked no1· smiled. . "Come here," growled Ilarmon, with his eyes Nobody would have thought, to look at that man "'!'here's no place -like home," very bright. Tommy shrank back, almost afraid of in the corner, that he was at that very moment said Tommy's little fiddle. him. deserting a. wife and five children. Yet that is pre­ "0, no place like home." "Come here/' softening, "I won't hurt you. I cisely what he was doing. There, in the lighted home out upon the flats, that tell you, boy, yon don't know what you have done A villain? 0, no, that is not the word. A brute? had driftPd by forever, she sat waiting now. It was to-mght.'' Not by any means. Weak, unfortunate, discourag­ about time for him to be in to supper; she was be­ "Done, sir?" Tommy couldn't help laughing, ed, and selfish, as weak, unfortunate, and discour­ ginning to wonder a little where he was; she was though there was a twinge of pain at his stout little aged people are apt to be; that was the amount of keeping the ~offee ho_t, and telling the children not heart, as he fingered the solitary penny in the it. He had drifted to the theatre in the evenings to touch their father's pjcldes; she bad set the table faded cap. "Done? Well, I guess I waked you up, -he did not care now to remember how many and drawn the chairs; his pipe lay filled for him sir, which was about what I meant to do." times-the fellows asked him, and it made him for­ upon the shelf over the stove. 'l'he baby was fret­ "Yes, that is it," said Harmon, Vf:ry distinctly get his troubles; the next morning his empty purr,e ting-the baby always fretted toward rdght-and pushing up his bat, "you've waked me up. Here; would gape at him, and Annie's mouth would she was walking about with him~ walkin~ very slow­ hold your cap.'' quiver. A man must have his glass, too, on Snn ly and weakly; singing now ana then. der face in They had puffed into the station now, and days, and-well-perhaps a little oftener. He had the light was worn and white; the dark rings very stopped~ He emptied his!urse into the little cap, not always been fit to go to work after it; and An­ dark; she was trying to hush the boys. teasing for shook it clean of paper an copper alike, \vas out of nie's mouth would Stuiver. It will be seen at once their supper; begging them to wait a few minutes, the car and off the train before Tommy could have that it was exceedmgly hard on a man that his only a few minutes, he would surely be here ·then. said Jack Robinson. wife's.mouth should qu1ver. "Confound it! Why She would put the babv down presently, and stand "My eyes!" gasped Tommy, "that chap had a couldn't she scold or cry? These still women ag­ at the window with her hands-Annie's bands were ticket for New York, sure! Methuselah! Look gravate a fellow beyond reason." not once so thin-raised to shut out the light­ a'here! One, two, three,-must have been crazy; The children had stopped going to school; "thev watching, watching. that's it, crazy.'' . could not buy the new arithmetic," their mothe'r The children would eat their supper; the table "He'll ne\Ter find outz'' muttered Harmon, turn­ said1 half under her breath. Yesterday there was would stand untouched, with his chair in its place; ing away from the statwn-lights, and striking back KUNKEL'S MUSICAL REVI E W , JULY, 1883. 359 through the night for home. "He'll never find out fessional practices with a sort of life and death feel­ of a college or university; before joining and after what he has doqe, nor p!ease God, shall she." ing of responsibility upon him which spurs up his leaving which, they are not professors. It was late when he came in sight of the house· mental concentration and rapid thinkiug, .in every Nearly all the great musidans of the past were it had been a long tramp · across the tracks, and kind of musical exercises, or gymnasties, to fit him teachers-as are they of the present. Some took hard; being stung by a bitter wind from the eaet to read with fluency, accuracy, spirit and expres­ only scions of royalty and nobility, and plebeian all the way, tired with the monotonons tread of the sion-" at sight "-any music placed before him, prodigies. Mozart, Beethoven,Web.er, Haydn, Han­ sleepers, and with crouching in perilous niches to The amateur's practice, on the other hand, is of the del, and others were teachers; and yet the veriest let t.he trains go by. . loose, diffuse and pleasurable order, mainly con­ green l1 orn can imagine how these 'great masters She stood watchinO' at the window · as he had fined to the mastery of special parts and solos. would have recoiled from any address but their mere known that she woula stand; her hands raised to Again, the amateur is-generally speaking-al­ surnames. Lablache bad a full class of vocal schol­ her face; her figure cut out against the warm light most exclusively a performer, vocally or instrument­ ars among tne nobility in London, headed by Queen of the room. ally; while the term "professional" is applied to Victoria iu her youth; but does any one think that He stood still a moment and looked at her, hid­ eminent composers of music, whose performing his illustrious pupils addressed or spoke of him by den in the shadow of the street, thinking his own abilities are, or may be, very mediocre. any title but the surname which his grand endow­ thoughts. The publican in the old story hardly That class termed, by courtesy, "semi-profes­ ments and genius had ennobled? entered the beautiful temple with more humble sionals" who run a trade, a saloon, a grocery or Again look at home, in the present time, how step than he his home that night. "what not," with a" mu::>ical attachment," as a sort would S. B. Mills, the great piano virtuoso and She sprang to meet him. paler with her watching of" side issne" for support, and who affect to look teacher of New York City feel if addressed as "Pro­ and fear, and he felt her arms about his neck. down on amateurs-many of whom are their music­ fesRor Mills'?" Indeed, ''professor" is now the most "Worried, Annie, were you? I haven't been al superiors-and who are, in turn, Jespised by genu sadly prostituted and persecuted word in our lan­ drinking; don't be frightened-no, not the theatre, iue professivnals, are neither" fish, fiesh nor fowl:" guage. It was once applied only to a class of men either, this time. Some business dear; business of them I have nothing to say except that they are who filled the highest seats in the universities, and that delayed me. I'm sorry you were worried, [am, too mercenary to be either amateurs or professionals, implied profound erudition and many accomplish­ Annie. · I've had a long walk. It is pleasant here. are hindrances to the musical interests of both, ments. Professors were, mostly, gentlemijn of great 1 believe I'm tired, Annie." and are generally a source of reproach to the art refinement of mind and manners, accustomed to the He faltered, and turned away his face. with the outside world. Neither have I anything best society, and welcomed as men ofgreat'capacity "Dear me," said Annie, ''why, you poor fellow, to say of that class, yclept" naturnJ musicians" who for affording solid, rational and agreeable entertain­ you are all tired out. ·Sit right up here by the fire, ''make a leetle mooseek." but are not musicians. ment. But now-a-days it is difficult to discriminate and I will bring the coffee. I've tried so hard not Genuine professicnal performers, or experts, are between the" chaff and the wheat," in the legions to let it boil away, you don't know, Jack, and I was sueh as are "at home" in grand concert, oratorio and of persons, whose names are published with the so ~fraid somethmg had happened to you." opera orchestras-and the like-where every variety prefix "Professor," until thfy and the nature of their Her face, her voice, her touch, seemed more than of music is presented, much-or all-of which may busine8s are fullv known. Under cover of\Vebster's he could bear for a minute, perhaps. He gulped be new to them : there are, to be sure, rehearsals of loose definition of the term, common schoolmasters down his coffee choking. . such, not for learning parts however, but merely to - abecedarians- are professors, forsooth! And "Annie, look here." He put down his cup, trying perfect the tout ensemble of the orchestra and stage, "professor" is USed as an impresRiVe and COil Yenieu t to smile and make a jest of the words. "Suppose a or orchestra alone, as the case may be. handle by dalJLlers in all sorts of business, the aim fellow had it in him to be a rascal and nobody ever The player who blunders or falters in his part­ of which is to make a snug living out of the public, knew it, eh? even at snch rehearsals, loses caste-or presti~e­ with but little outlay of anything but impudence; "I should rather not know it, if I were his wife," forever. Thus the practiee and mental discipline prominent among whom are conductors, lion-ta­ said Annie, simply. for such every clay ordeals by him whose family sup­ mers, horse-breakers, necromancers, fortune-tellers, "But you couldn't care anything more for him, port depends on his efficiency, and the selfind ulgen t abortionists, etc. Nomanofsterling ability, oucside you know, Annie?" sensuous practice of him whose object is mere pleas­ of college guarantee, wishes to be classed, by title, "I don't know" said Annie, shaking her head ure and mild emulation, are not at all comparable. with such a motley, disreputable crew. with a little perpiexed smile, '~You would be just The human mind is too lazy to submit itselfto such Still the best of musicians, while in the capacity Jack, anyhow." severe schooling where no necessity exists, and the of music teachers in country towns, must not Jack coughed, took up his coffee-cup, set it down amateur has no approximate conception of the be too fastidious. In truly rural-(too-ra-looral) re­ hard, strode once or twice across the room, kissed severe nature of such ordeals and responsibi]jties. gions if one objects to being called "professor," and the baby in the crib, kissed his wife, and sat down There are se.veral classes of "professionals" be­ proudly discards this prefix to his name in his con­ again, winking at the fire. sides the genuine class indicated: for instance, take eert pro~~ammes, he will professionally commitft'lo "I wonder ifHe had anything to do with sending those, en jamille st.yle, who are, originally, good deseor nari Kari, and inditehis own obituaryin him," he said presently, under his breath. amateurs only, but in time become a prey to tha-t loeality. vV. H. NEAV~. "Sending whom?" asked puzzled Annie. the delusion that" they know it all," and so con­ "Business, dear, just business. I was thinking clude to go through the country towns giving con­ of a boy who did a little job for me to-night, that's certs. Their repertoire is usually very limited and AN INTERVIEW WITH A PRIMA DONNA. all." light; the programme :-they have but one for a And that is all that she knows to this day abont whole season-1s selected and fashioned after the the man sitting in the corn~~; with his hat over his small variety theatre style of entertainment; it is OUBTLE.::lS our confreres of the New York eye·s, bound for Colorado.- watchman. hammered into smooth running shape by loose but press have chuekled to themselves more ~abored daily practice for weeks prior to launching than once at the thought that, if they out. This .programme is rendered at eaeh place could not rival KuNKEL's MusiCAL REvmw in other respects, they could "scoop" it AMATEUR, PROFESSIONAL, PROFESSOR , without change, through a season of six or eight months. Members of such troupes are called-or in the way of interviews with prime donne. VIEWED RATIONALLY. rather eall themselves professionals; and they are, ' The safety of the republic, the condition in so far as making a living by music is concerned; of the crops, the n ext presidential elec­ ti..\\' Vi' N excellent musician-who is also a lumi (and so are perpendicular fiddle scrapers) but they tion, the future of art in America and a thousand ~ ~ ~ iii nous litterateur-recently said: "Ama-· are not to be considered for one moment, in any other things too numerous to m ention, depend, as "ll ~ ~··!; teurs who practice diligently several hours degree, as professional experts. By continually our readers know, upon the opinions and doings of oat, the possibility of his practicing "several hours Scrub teachers of " country bands," et hoc genus which we had chartered for the occasiOn, made daily." 'l'he professional has his whole time for omne, are not '' professored" in Europe. Professor straight for the ob.ie.ct of our search. What a .mo­ study and practice, with-in most instances-no is a title conferred by authority, and is not to be ment of anxiety! M1ght not the cable ~ave deceive~ distractmg: interests dividing his time. But admit­ assumed by any pretentious upstart ..The great us when it fiashed across the Atlantic that Patti ting that the amateur has large leisure, and that multitude may apply the term in derision to any was on board the "Leviathan ?"-Might not Abbey he fills several hours a day with musical practice, nobody, or in courtesy to any some-body; but liter­ have manned a pirate ship·and captured Mapleson's the daily practice of the. two cannot, in the nature ally, the term applies only to a high gra

360 KUNKEL'S MUSICAL REVIEW, JULY, 188 3. fears were ended. From the steamer there came a to an admiring world by some musician who had not people of neighboring counties and provinces in faint odor of garlic and musk, mixed, and we knew begun the first music of the cradle when its author Europe are here entirely wanting. the diva was on board. The captain refused to stop became silent in the grave. Even the actor, though The abundance of wealth in the United States, and for us, but Patti, hearing a commotion, had come his success depends largely upon sympathy in liis the spirit of enterprise that-does not fear to invest on deck, and recog-nizing in us an old and trusted audience, is not under so great obligations to it as it on a large scale in any worthy undertaking,may be friend, commanded the captain to stop the ship­ the singer, by as much as the dramatist and the seen in the great number of excellent halls and opera which he immediately did-and we stepped on board. scene-painter play a more iii1portant and observable houses, where musical performances may be render­ The diva invited us into her private apartments part than the composer. Words may express an ed to the best advantage. I have been as well satis­ where we found a gentleman (French evidently) to 1dea, however clumsily or coldly spoken; but fied with the acoustic effect of the rooms in which I whom she introduced us as her husband. the expression of the more delicate and fleeting have sung in America, as with those of European "Ah Marquis," we said," glad to see you!" He emotions and suggestions of songs must be created cities. It was a surprise and delight to find a per­ seemed somewhat embarrassed and said to Mme. almost entirely by the singer, who is all the while fect gem of an opera-bouse so far west as Denver. Patti: "Qu' est-ce qu' il dit '!" Not understanding conscious that unless they fall upon sensitive and The Academy of Music in Philadelphia I consider his reply, we asked the diva to repeat his answer sympathetic ears, they pass forever out of existence second only, in acoustic properties, to the Grand in English. "He says," said she, ''that he is very with their own brief echoes. A great English poet Opera-House at Vienna, which is the finest in the well indeed, and rejoices at the prospect of soon set­ tells us that: · world. ting foot upon the soil of the greatest country in "Music wheu soft voices die, vibrates in the memory." God has intrusted to me the gift of melody, and the world." We hall no idea that French could ex­ endowed me also with enthusiasm for its exer­ press so many things in so few words, but resisting But it is only in the memory of such souls as have cise. I love to sing and cannot belt> it; it is my life all temptations to expatiate upon this interesting some responsive music of their own. and my enjoyment. But if my auditors in America subject, we assured the diva that what had made The audience that exhibits the most sympathetic have received any genuine pleasure from it, I can our country great was the fact that she was an appreciation gets the best music. There is no power assure them it is in a great degree due to their own American; then we asked·: "Have you been well in mechanical singing, and the hearers will always responsive sympathy, which has made the benefit during your voyage?" The Marquis-i.e. the gen­ feel its lifelessness, whether they understand its and the obligation mutuaL-Alleged to have been tleman w.hom the dit•a had introduced to us as her cause or not. Singing may be said to find its level. written by Mme. Nilsson,jor North American Review. husband-was searching through a French-J:!;nglish It cannot stir the nature of the hearer to any deeper conversation book, and we beard him translate our depth, or exalt his en tbusiasm to any higher bight, last remark to himself as follows: "Have you­ than the depth and bight of the singer's own heart MUSIC-TRADE ODDITIES. avez vous, been, haricots-well, bien-during, pendant­ and soul. your voyage-votre voyage. "He gave the diva a From the nature of the case, there must be a cer­ "What have been your oddest experiences with strange look and said: Que demande-t-il '! Si nous tain amount of tediousness or weariness in singing purchasers of musical wares?" we asked of N. Le­ avons bien mange des haricots pendant le voyage? The the same piece many times over. Yet a song which brun, a few days since. "I have bad a great many diva made some rapid reply and explained to us gives titting expression to any genuine emotion of funny experiences, but I can't remember them all that her husband had mistaken been for bean.~, and the human heart, which in any way arrives at that just now. Now, there was one fellow who came in thought we were inquiring about the bill of fare. touch of nature that makes the whole world akin, is from somewhere in Illinois and said he wanted some Then she told us she had been well most of the time, one of the most durable of all things in art or litera­ easy music for a brass brand. I asked him if theE although she added,"Threeorfourtimes, as Wagner. ture. And it must be remembered that each public fiat cornet bad a good embouchure, a good lip. Well, says in TheFlying Dutchman we had to'seek the seclu­ rendering is an experience more or less peculiar to he did not know about the" Ill-be-sure" but his lip sion that the cabin grants.' ''And once" continued itself. Different audiences, different auspices, dif­ was all right. I asked him then how high he could she, "the ship would have been lost but for Nicolini ferent stage companionship, different arrangements play, and he said he could play high up, 'way up, he and me.'' (Nicolini seems to be the given name of the for sound and light and ventilation,-above all, the could play up to six-eighths time, and no amount of Marquis de Caux, who, as every one knows, is Patti's every-varying experiences of one's own private life, questioning could evolve any further information husband.) "There was a terrible storm; the sf.'a which may be vividly present to the singer, while than that be could play 'way up, up to six-eighths time. rose mountains high; the captain had given up in hidden from the audience-all these things have "Then" continued Lebrun, "there was another despair-what do you think we did?"-" Like Or­ their effect upon the performance. Sometimes the genius who wrote me that he was the possessor of a pheus you sang the waves to rest!" we replied. singer is able, for no apparently adequate reason, concert flute in D.; that he wished to join a brass "No," said she, with a smile, "that is very pretty, to outdo, in a marked degree, her efforts at other band, but that the leader had told him all the in­ but I really did not try it, so I do not know how the times. At the least unexpected event, however, she struments in a brass band were in B fiat, and he charm would have worked. But you have heard of may become hoarse, and her vocal organs refuse to wanted me to send him, immediately," a B flat crook 'oil on troubled waters?' Now, Nicolini had a bot­ respond. It has been found absolutely impossible for his D flute.'' Mr. Lebrun forgot to tell us tle of St. Jacob's Oil in our trunk. He thought of to train the voi<'e sufficiently to enable it to over­ whether he accommodated him or not. ''Then it-gave it to me and l poured it upon the wnthing come such causes of depression. Any meaHure of there was another chap from some place in Indiana" ocean. lt must have had the rheumatism, for it sadness immediately makes itself felt in the effort, continued our informer, whose reminiscences seem­ forthwith grew calmer, and in less than an hour was and mars the execution. ed to be stimulated by the t€'lling, "who ordered a sleeping in its rocky bed like an infant in its. In my judgment, the American people, during the set of second-hand instruments. '!'he instruments cradle.'' past twelve years, have made wonderful progress in were sent. After some three weeks, he wrote again "Will you ask the Marquis how he likes Amer­ the power to appreciate good music. They no lon­ that there was no one in the band or anywhere in ica?" The fair songstress translated our remarks ger accept a foreign artist without question, solely the neighborhood who could teach any of the in­ into the Gallic vernacular and the Marquis an­ on the strength of a European reputation. It is struments sent, and would I not send a teacher. I swered : " Qu' ils sont betes 'ces A mericains ! " true they will go once to see or hear a P.erson who wrote him I could get no one to go. I heard nothing "What did the Marquis say?" we inquired. "He has made a noise abroad; because they hitvemoney, from him for some time, but eventually there carne says," explained the great pr·ima donna, "that Amer­ and probably quite as much curiosity as other peo­ a letter ordering some additional goods, in which he ica is a great country; the finest in the world; that ple. But they will not continue to patronize that told me he bad taught all the band, and that they its newspapers are the best, its people the most cul­ which does not suit their taste or commend itself to were doing very nicely. The letter was very oddly tured and that he seriouAly thinks of making it a their judgment. So far as my ol:}servation goes, the written, and after signing it, the fellow gave himself permanent home.'' Addie is evidently a lightning appreciatiOn of good music in the principal cities of the title of Bro Vesur o.ffmusik on all de tnshtrumends tranAlator! the United States is fully equal to that of European except E flat cornet and E flat tuba.'' Just then a " Which do you consider the most intellectual city capitals. It is evinced by a deep sympathy which customer came in and we left. in the United States?" was our next question. "Let is felt at the very beginnmg of a performance. In "The only thing I can think of just now, that you me see" said the lady. "what city are you from?" the Eastern and Middle States, the audiences ap­ could call funny,said J. L. Peters,(and I remember it " From St. Louis, .Marquise!" " 0 h yes, yes ; well pear to have a more deliberate judgment, a dispo­ because it is quite recentl was the case of a woman St. Louis is far ahead of all other AmPrican cities sition to consider and compare, before committmg who must have weighed at least three hundred in the appreciation of the best class of music, and themselves to full approval, but the response is pounds, coming in and asking for "Put me in my far surpasses London, Vienna and Paris in all those hearty and cheery when it comes. In the West and little bed." The clerk who waited upon her, notic­ things in which artists revel.'' · South it is quicker in its expression. The musical ing her size, could not help but smile, as be informed At this point, there was a sudden strain on our cultivation and judgment of the Americans are her that we were just out of the piece, but that we shown in the prompt recognition of the best pas­ interviewing ma~hine · one of the springs gave way, had the answer: "In her little bed we laid her.'' and, as the" devil" yehs "copy," we must send this sages; they appear to realize what is generally fine in T]).~n came her turn to smile as she answered " Oh interview to :press before it is entirely ground out; the art. Mozart, Beethoven, Meyerbeer and Wag­ no you could'nt!" but the machme will soon be repaired and our New ner are as thoroughly understood here as in Euro­ '- '11'm busy to-day" said Mr. Charles Balmer, "or York exchan9es may now :put on sack-cloth, for they pean cities, and the expression of appreciation is I could tell you many an anecdote of a ridiculous can't" scoop 'us even in mterviews with those in­ stronger. Even in small places, I have been agree­ nature. Not the worst is this: Some years ago, a tellectual leaders of the age, otherwise known as ably surprised at the manifestations of an intelli­ lady came in and said she wanted some of\Vagner's prime donne. gent enjoyment of classical music. music. She was shown a number ofpiano arrange­ This state of things is probably owing to the fact ments of\Vagner's compositions. Then she asked that in one sense there is so little provincialism in to have them played. Mr. Hertel, then one of my A FEW WORDS ABOU T PUBLIC SINGERS. America. The Americans ar€' great travelers, and employees, played piece after piece; still that was have unequalled facilities for travel. They think not what she wanted. At last, Hertel, who had been nothing of going from one end of the conn try to the playing well-nigh an hour and was becoming ex­ 0 the public singer, more perhaps than to other, whenever business, health or pleasure de­ hausted, told her he was afraid he could not suit any other artist, sympathetic appreciation mands it. And they remove their homes from one her. "Well, said she blandly, what I want is some q mckly and naturally manifested by the section to anotherwith almost equal ease. They of Wagner's music without sharps or flats . Haven't audience is everything. The ·nainter and are at home everywhere. Brothers and sisters live yon some Wagner music without sharps or fiats?" the poet, if they have the courage that in the most distant parts of the land, and scarcely comes from a complete consciousness of realize that they are not near neighbors. The con­ their peculiar gifts, may work on in the sequence is that one finds substantially the same THE Vandalia Line is offering very low rates for 01 solitude of their studies, confident that society, the same institutions, the same education, Summer Excursion tickets to.Minnesota, Wisconsin what one generation refuses to consider another and the same degree of re:finemen t in Chicago, St. and Eastern points. It will be worth your while to may give rightful place among the immortal achieve­ Louis or San Francisco, as in New York, Philadel­ call on Mr. Colburn, their old and reliable Ticket ments of human genius and skill. The composer phia or Boston. It may almost be said that there may be misunderstood, misinterpreted, neglected~ IS no intellectual metropolis; and those differences Agent at 100 North Fourth Street, before you settle but his score survives him, and may yet be renderea in dialect which make sharp distinctions between fOUr route for your summer·trip. KUNKEL'S MUSICAL REVIEW, JULY, 1883. 361

HOW TO SELECT A PIANO. rendered by Miss Kitty Clark and Mr. A. J. Epstein, and Gott­ ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. schalk's "Radieus" which waR most excellently interpreted by Miss Mussey and Mr. Epstein. The excellent training of all E borrow th~ following sensible and the music pupils who took part is certainly a subject of congrat­ .N: 9· L ..; Detroit.-For ~rilliant and effective .~x­ practical remarks from Geo. Steck & ulation to the institution, the pupils and their excellent teacher hibitiOn ctuets for the piano we know of nothmg Co.'s last catalogue. That they should that approaches Melnotte's Operatic Overtures such give intending purchasers such direc­ as Stradella, Zampa, 1lfasaniello, Etc. They" double tions for selecting the best instruments, QUIGG AND THE BEASTS .. discount" everything else of the same grade of and thus invite close scrutiny of their difficulty. own pianos, is strong evidence that they Do you know Quig~? J. Travis Quigg? If you don't, I'm do not fear the results of a thorough sorry for you, for he 1s a good fellow, and there are so few of A. J. H., Memphis.-Wedonot necessarily indorse that sort on this "mundane sphere," or whatever you call it, the opinions of our correspondents, as you might examination. that it's a pity you have not his acquaintance. Well, Quigg is have known fr8m the fact that we not seldom ex­ ln selecting a g-ood piano from a variety of in­ a journalist and will remain one until he takes unto himself press opinions at variance with theirs, as published struments, the chief object naturally should be to wings, like the Lord Chancellor in I· Iolanthe," to hie himself :find one which combines, as nearly as possible, all higher. Having said that he is a journalist, it might seem m these columns. We wish you to take our opinions hardly necessary to add that he is bold and lion-hearted, were and theirs. and everybody's, for what they may be those qualities which render it both pleasing and it not that he is bold among the bold. He has been a musical worth, when tested by your own judgment-only sympathetic in tone, as well as solid and durable in and dramatic critic for years and has again and again looked this and nothing more. construction. straight into the eyes of the irate husband of some p1·ima The quality of tone should be first considered, do11na whom he had criticized, and listened without flinching F. B. P., pri.ngfield, Vt.-We should think that as he said: "Did you write that my wife could not get up to the question to be decided being whether the tone a f Why sir, many is the night I have heard her sing and get Haydn's Quartettes, would be just the thing for your is sonorous, full, and strong, and at the same time up to 1, m, n, o and even farther, and unless you retract I'll club to practice and play. The Peters E'dition, sweet and a()'reeable to the ear and not sharp and kill you!" But he has never retracted. Some of the ferocious which our publishers can sEmd you, or which you offensive. With this is coupled the question whether husbands afterwards entered hospitals; many of the prime donne became widows (grass)-Catherine Lewis, for one, but can order from Schirmer, New York, is probably the the tone responds easily to the softest pressure of still he remains on deck, a living proof of the fact that "the best,. and very reasonable in price. the key, and whether the touch of the key, on pen is mightier than the sword " Yet he is not unfamiliar "J. S.," ...Vewark.-Hold on! We have never said applying a different force, will also produce a pro~ with the sword, for he fought, bled and-q nit, in the "late anything against Floersheim as a composer. His portionate tone. This ou~h t to be the fact through­ onpleasantness"-we have forgotten on which side-He knows the smell of powder, and recommends Pozzoni's as the best. '' Phantasiestueck," published·by Kunkel Brothers, out the entire scale, ana if this is the case the If you don't know Quigg, perhaps you know the Fair piano may be considered as being of good quality Grounds, and if you do, you also know that they contain a is a composition which we particularly like; but and evenness of tone. A piano, when lightly "House of Public Comfort" as well as a whole lot of wild that has nothing to do with Floersheim as a jour­ touched. may be found sweet and pleasing to the beasts: lions, tigers, bears and others too numerous to men­ nalist-still less with his partner. Mr. Floersheim ear, but'when a little force is used it will yield only tion. Now, the proprietor of the Honse of Public Comfort, .Mr. is a personal friend of Mr. Charles Kunkel, but we '~' McCullough, invited the unterrified Quigg to supper. He (the editorial we) have no personal acquaintance a shrill, trembling noise, without any distmct, pure, had not been there long w~en he remarked that Catherine and round tone being heard at all. Lewis must be somewhere on the premises, practicing. The with either him or Bloomy .Tf they were our dearest Not only should the different octaves be equal in lady of the house, however, assured him it was only one of the friends, however, that would not save them from a wild-cats passing some remarks upon the weather. As the gentle castigation when we thought they deserved it. the tone of their several keyshbu t the same charader night wore on, all the noises of African forestl'l and Asi­ of sound should prevail in t e piano from the low­ atic jungles fell successively upon his ear and presently he in­ -"LELLINIA," Waco.-When you ask who is "the quired whether any of the animals ever got away. The ladies est to the highest note. The labor a~d expense of of the house were choke full of information. '!'hey told him largest music publisher in Ht. Louis," you probably regulating a piano in the above mentioned manner how, a few clays before, a new lion had been brought, and that refer to the number and quantity of the publications is so great as to prevent manufacturers who do not when he was being unloaded he broke his cage to pieces and issued ratbN than the height ancl weight of the make strictly :first-class instruments from bestowing sprang upon the keeper, who felt in his hip-pocket for his publisher. If you mean who has the largest cata­ revolver while he hastily recited, "Now I lay me down to the necessary attention upon this part of the manu­ sleep," not knowing which would clo him the most good, but logue then we must answer, Balmer & Weber, (i. e. facture; instead of this, however, they make the desisted from both when the lion began to lick his face aud Charles Balmer); if you refer to the total number of tone "brilliant," as they call it, in order to hide the caress him. The brute tliat helrl him under his paw was a copies issu~d, it is quite another thing. One com­ defects in the evenness of the piano, resulting in lion he had raised from a cub and whose joy at seeing him mon hand-press :!.s quite sufficient to print all the either the bass being too noisy, or the treble too again, after two years of separation, had causeu him to break his c11.~e to get at him sooner. Quigg had not even a speaking music which is sold of Mr. Balmer's publica­ sharp, so that the ear is very soon offended by the acquamtance with the lion and feared he might be taken tions. Bollman & Sons. with a catalogue about half sound. · · with a sudden desire to see his keeper that night, and meet the size of Balmer & Weber's, publish mGre music, The action of the piano must be elastic and the him instead. Then, they told him how, five days before, some one bad forgotten to close the bear pit, and just as the family in volume, than the former, and Kunkel Brothers, touch easy, although not light enough to cause a were ~oing to sit down to breakfast they saw thirteen (we with a still smaller catalogue, send out more music rattling of the keys after a short penod of use. A think 1t was thirteen) bears, in Indian file, approaching the than all other St. Louis firms put together. Oliver heavy, unyielding action tires the player out and house. •I What would you have done under the circumstances Ditson & Co., Boston are far ahead of all music makes the piano disagreeable. asked one of the ladies. 11 Why," said .\1r. Quigg, "I should have loaded a cannon-of course you have a cannon on the publishing houses in the United States, both in the These are the main points to be considered in premises! I should have loaded a cannon and, as they were number and quantity of their publications. selecting a good Piano. m Indian file, killed the whole thirteen with one shot!" The integrity of a well known manufacturer should 11 That was not the way we did," was the reply, 11 the baker had just come and one of us got into his wagon and began to be a safe guarantee that he uses only- the best ma­ throw the loaves of bread to the bears, driving all the while terial, dry and well-seasoned wood, substantial towards the pits. The bears were hungry and followed. '7? ??? ???( ? (??? ??? ('7 braces, good strings, etc.J in manufacturing the in­ Then the bread was all dumped into the pits, the bears went strument. As a matter oi course, every manufactur­ in after it, and the door was closed'' Now, Quigg thought: • • • er tries to make the outside appearance of his Pianos •I If I should meet these thirteen bears in Indian tile, without either cannon or baker's wa~on, what would my next editorial as attractive as possible, but the purchaser should look like?" This caused h1m some uneasiness . The ladies, not be infiuenced bv the faultless exterior finish noticing this, assured him that the wild beasts did not break QUESTION S PERTINENT AND IMPERT INENT. alone in selecting a piano. The real merit should be out on an average more than two or three times a week, and none had escaped for five days. It occurred to our friend, that What bas become of The Apollo? sought in the perfection of the act.ion and the inner if it were so, th11t must be about the night for them to get out, construction of the instrument. Poor pianos may and this increased his anxiety for his next editorial. At last Have you read the unprecedented offer to our sub­ be fitted up in most elegant style, but after a little the supreme-moment had come. With anxious heart he pre­ scribers on the editorial page? wear they fail to give satisfaction. pared to leave his hosts, who insisted upon seeing him safe to the ~ate, where they bid him adieu. He was not yet free from Where is Ludden & Bates "own factory ?" In anx1ety, for what is a board fence for a tiger? and might not New York-yes; but where in New York? one of these be on the outside? All at once, he heard a noise MUSIC IN ST. LOUIS. on his right, a huge black body appeared on the top of the Does not Conover chuckle to himself as he thinks fence. "The man-eater!" he exclaimed, for the ladies had of the large amount of free advertising his late pic­ told him that one of the tigers was a 11 man-eater," and sud­ torial enterprises have secured him? It is summer in Rt. Louis as well as elsewhere, and indoor denly remembering that it was said that, if one played dead, a concerts are practically at an end. At Uhrig's Cave and the tiger would not eat him. he dropped to the ground. The '\Yhat do the Boston _musical papers see in the Pickwick two light opera companies have been playing to fair "tiger," frightened by the motion, ran away, and though articles of Gen. H. K. Oliver that thev should insert audiences al .fresco .. At the Pickwick, the St. Quinten com­ some say that it was only McCullough's big Newfoundland them elsewhere than in the waste basket? pany, opened in "Silver Rock" a Chicago production. The pup, we believe, with Quigg, that it was an escaped tiger and company is extremely bad, the play wns worse, if possible, that to his courage and presence of mind alone is due his Necause she found the open-air York: John W. Lovell Co. We have a bone to pick with labor" organ heretofore? At least has it not cost singing impairing her health and endangering her voice. We Huntley. We think he has spoiled our reputation as "a real Weber both greenbacks and labor-to say nothing were out of the city the week she sang and therefore have not nice man" among the ladies of our neighborhood. We took of more valuable things? had an opportunity of seeing whether she has continued in the volume home and in the evening proceeded to read some the rapid improvement which we noted when she was here of its best selections to the 11 partner of our bosom." Of course Was it not a very small piece of business for the with Strakosch. Miss . Eissing1 who took Miss Fritch's place, we endeavored to read with proEer expression. '!'he evening Steinways to take advantage of Weber's temporary has a pleasing voice and is a fau actress She gives promise was warm, the windows open. .Presently we looked out of the embarrassment to set theirhurdy-gurdy, otherwise of developing into a very good light-opera soprano. Phil. back window and noticed a neighbor "of the female persua­ Branson, has the best voice in the troupe, but he acts too sion," the receptivity of whose ears is surpassed only by the known as the Musical Courier, grinding slander­ much a Za Brignqli. . In other words, he has not yet outgrown ag~lity of her tongue, hanging on the back fence and taking it music against their young rival? his concert experience and is seldom what the French would all in. As we write, we probably have the reputation of hav­ call thoroughly en scene. Mr. Seymour, the comic man, does ing called our "better half" a 11 dod-gusted, measly" some­ Would not the energy and ingenuity of Steinway & not need much voice and yet has none to spare, but he is an thing-or-other and telling b,er all Ehe needed was II a plug hat 8ons be better employed iii devisin~ a piano that excellent comedian and the prime favorite of the public; and an adjournment to be a lawyer," and this "all along of" would stand the climate of the gulf regions of justly so too. To him also, as stage manager. is clue most of that "measly" Brooklxn idiot. After that, if he expects ns to Texas? the credit for the excellent histronic training and artistic say any good. of his 1 dod-gasted" effusions or confusions, grouping of the chorus. he's fooled, that's all. If they do not understand what we mean, will they remember that we are accommodating and At the commencement of Mrs. Cuthbert's Seminary, which LABOR AND CAPITAJ,, by Edward KeUogg. New York: John W. occurred at St. Mark's Lutheran Church on June 14th, the music, LoveU Co. . This book is a queer mixture of sense and non­ just ask us to explain? under the direction of Mr. A . J. Ep~tein, was a notable feature. sense. It is the work of an original thinker, but a man of one Will the VI oods College of Music of New York~ The most noticeable members were "Masaniello Overture" idea and of limited education. Every page, almost, gives evi­ (Duet) JfeZnotte, which was played with 17reat expression by dence of these facts The work deserves a perusal, bn t, we ever get out of the woods? Is there forgiveness Misses Nellie Musse~· and Roberta Newell, 1 Operatic Fantasia" think, is far from giving a satisfactory solution of the perplex­ for us here or.hereafter for having perpetrated such Epste·in, which obtained a great and deserved success, as ably ing questions of political economy of which it treats. an atrociousjeu de mots? 362 KUNI~EL'S MUSI CAL REVIEW, JULY, 1 8 83.

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ALLEGRO MoDERATO, from Schubert's unfinished Consolation.·· ··.·········· ·· · ···················· .F. Chopin 50 Our complete premium catalogue will be mailed free of charge symphony in B minor, reduced for piano by Ca;l .Spring Waltz ...... F. Chop~n 35 Had Schubert left no monument but th1s Summer Waltz ...... F. Chopm 3-5 upon application. Sidus. Autumn Waltz ...... F. Chopin 50 KUNKEL'S PARLOR ALBUM No.1.-128 Pages; $20 worth of Music. fragmentary work, it would be almost enough to Awakening of Spring (Polka Caprice) ...... J. J. Vmllmecke 60 coNTJJ:NTS-VOCAL. make him immortal. Sidus' transcription, here Angelic Chimes Reverie ...... J. J. Vmllmecke 50 I Love nut Thee (English and German words) ...... Robyn. presented, is the best yet made, so far as we know. Valse Caprice (Summer Sky) ...... J. J. Vmllmecke 60 The .l:'.arting (duet; )jjnglish and Italian words) ... . :rambur.tlo. Sadia Schottische ...... Lysandra Clemmons 35 Bliss All uaptures Past Excelling (vocal waltz) ...... Robyn. "HEAVENLY VoiCES," (Nocturne) E. A. B ecker. Beads of ChampA.gne (Polka Caprice) ...... Ernest Schuetz 60 Leave Me Not Lonely ...... Tambu1:ello. This composition is from an author who is new to Satellite (Polka de Conce1·t) ...... J. C. Alden, Jr. 1 00 The Wedding Day (English and German word:>) ...... Btdez. most of our readers. It is none the less good for Tales from the Vienna Woods Waltz, written for a'fld ded- Angels' Visits ...... •...... Melnot~e. icated to R. Joseffy, Stmuss, (Grande Paraphase de The Stolen Kiss (English and German words) ...... Epstetn. that, however. As Mr. Becker is an employee of 1 1 50 Drea~~~tgce~ty) ·the. ·:B~ook · (Mo;·cea~~ de ·a(J1tce~f) , ·i~~fl;i~~~~ The J'enitent's Prayer.······· ...... · · .. · · · · · · · · · · · -K~nke~. " Uncle Sam's" P. 0. Department, it is probable 1 00 The Brightest Eyes ...... Sttgelll. that the "Heavenly Voices" he heard were from En Avant (Galop) · · · · ·. · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · .R. Goldbeck 50 Why Are Hoses l'ted? (Eng.,Italian, and Ger. words) . . Melnotte. 1 ·washington and heralded an increase of salary. If ¥~~~~?t~~~ 0~a~ch).·:.·.· .·. ·.·:: .· .· .·::: .': .': .':: . .' .': :~: g~~~~~~~ g~ INSTRUMENTAL, so, we hope the boss angel, known as the :P. M. Murmuring Waves (Reverie) ...... R. Goldbeck 50 Norma (operatic fantasia, with lesson) ...... Paul. General, will often give him similar inspirations. Spa~1ish Students (Caprice) ...... R. G~ldbe~k 50 11 'l'rovatore (operatic fantasia, with lesson) ...... Patti. "You SEE, MAMMA!" F. P. This song, Spnng Dawn (Polka Capnce) ...... E. Schaejfe1-Klem 60 William Tell (operatic fantasia, with lesson) ...... Paul. Tosti. Wood bird Polka ...... E. Schaeffer-Klein 60 ( oper~tic fanta ~ia) ... : ...... : .. . Pt_tUl. or rather the Italian version of this song, was sung Memory's Dream (Fantasia) ...... · ...... J. R. Ahalt 60 Bubbh~g Spnng_ (capnce, w1th le~ so n) ...... Rwe~:Km¥. from Maine to California last winter by the 1'itania (Caprice-Valse) ...... William Merkel 75 Gem of Columbia (grand galop, With lesson) ...... Stebe1t. famous barvtone Del Puente, then with the Nilsson Twilight Musings (Reverie and Waltz) ...... E. F. Johnson 50 Skyla-rk Polka (with lesson) ...... : ...... D:eyer. Gavotte in A minor, as performed by Julie Rive-King at Shower of ltubies (tone poem, w1th lesson) ...... P1·osmger. Concert Troupe. We have here given English and her concerts ...... , . . F. Brandeis 75 Maiden's Longing (reverie, with lesson) ...... Goldbeck. German vers10ns, which can be found in no other Stella ~Valse de Concert), (F:dition de Salon) ...... G. Satter 1 00 Love's Devotion (romanza, with lesson) ...... Gold~eck. edition; the accompaniment has been revised, and Valse l ... aprice (Grande Valse de Concert) ...... A. Streleiki t 50 The ~~irst RidQ (galop) ...... S~dus. simplified, without detracting from its effective­ Oa votte (in G major) ...... A. Strelezki 60 Cuckoo and the Cricket (rondo) ...... ,S:tdus. Flash and Crash (Grand Galop) ...... S. P. Snow 1 00 Waco Waltz ...... Stsson. ness, and a key thought to be better for most Vita (Valse Caprice) ...... Dr. E. Voerster 50 The Jolly Blacksmiths (caprice, withlesson) ...... Paul. voices than the original has been adopted. KUNKEL'S ROYAL EDITION: KUNKEL'S PARLOR ALBUM No. 2.- 128 Pages; $20 worth of Music. . "YEs, OR No?" (Grand Vocal Concert Waltz, on CONTENTS-VOCAL. selected and original themes.) Charles Kunkel. Of Standard Piano Compositions with revisions, explanatory text, ossias, and careful fingering (foreign fing-ering) by Thou'rt Like Unto a Flower ...... •.•... .. Rubinstein. There is a demand for good waltz songs at present, Dr. Hans Von Bulow, Dr. Franz Liszt, Carl Klindworth, Because I Do (Ballad) ...... ·.• .Molloy. and we think we here offer to our readers one Julie Rive-Iiing, Theodo1· Kullak, Louis Kohler, Carl I Dinna Ken the n.eason Why ..•...... •.•.•.•.•.. . Foulon. which is unsurpassed, and we might say unequal­ Reinecke, Robert Goldbeck, Charles and Jacob Kunk~l, Heart Tried and True ...... K_unkel. Come _Again, Days of Bliss ...... Schleiffarth. led, in its way. The music will speak for itself. and others. A Starry Night...... Sidnev Smith$ 75 One Little Moment More Maud (Ballad) ...... Estabrook. The words are supposed to be sung by a youno­ La Baladine ...... Ch. B. Lysberg 75 Row, Slumber, Love (Barcarole) ...... Rembielinski. lady to whom the momentous question has been Warblings at Eve ...... B1·inleyRichards 50 Life's Lights and Shadows ...... Robyn. "popped." The anxious lover is about to come Monastery Bells ...... Lefebure Wely 50 When Through Life (Dnet or Solo) Concert Waltz.Schonacker. for his answer, and, while awaiting his coming, Return of Spring ...... Theodore Mmlling 75 INSTRUMENTAL. 1 she consults the roses of fate, white and red, to Twilight Reverie (with lesson) ...... •••...••..•. Goldbeck. ~~~~~~~H~g ··.··.·.·. :::::: :: .-::::.-::::.-::::::::::: .U:~~~l~~i~fgtJr ~g Dream of the Lily (wiLillesson) ...... •.... -Hertel. see what they will say. In singing this song in Heimweh (Longing for Home) ...... Albert Jnngmann 3!'i Traviata (Operatic Fant~sia-with le_ss on) ...... •..... Paul. M. concert, a very pretty and natural effect will be Chant du Berger ...... de Colas 4.0 ~'wilight Musings (Revene Waltz-with lesson) ...... Johnson. L' Ar&"entine Mazurka (Silver Thistle) ...... Eugene Kette1·er 75 Beads of Champagne (Polka Caprice) ...... S?huetz. produceil if the singer, will take with her upon Bon me Doon and Bonnie Dundee (Fantasia) .. Willie Pape 75 the stage two roses (real or artificial) of which Careless Elegance (Qmckstep) ....••...... Schleijfa1·th. Nocturne in D flat (Bleeding Heart) ...... : .. . Dmhler 60 Shepherd's Morning So~g (Idyl) ....•....•...... Paul. she shall pull off a petal for each, yes and no, after Grand Galop de Concert ...... E. Ketterer 75 Summer Sky (Wal' z-wlLh l_e sson) .....••...... ••. Voellmecke. the q,uestions addressed to the " White rose of Teachers will please remember that these pieces need only Ashes of l'tose .~ (Valse Capnce) ...... ••..•...... ••. Goldbeck. truth ' and the "Red rose of love" respectively. to be seen in their new dress, to secure for them at once the Echoes of the Woods (with lesson) ...... Paul. recognition of being the finest edition extant. Ano-elic Chimes (An Evening Reverie) ...... Voellmecke. Thirteen petals for the white rose and eleven for The Royal edition will eventually comprise all the classical The Banjo (Ethiopian Sketch) ...... •...... •••• Melnotte. the red would be just the right number, but it as well as modern compositions, and its numbers will be adver­ Peep o' Day Waltz ...... Rocho_w. might not be easy to find or prepare roses with tised in the REVIEW as they are published. Spring Waltz ...... C~wp~n. just the requisite number, and even if that were SPECIAL NOTICE. Sun1mer Waltz ...... C . wp~n. done, the singer might accidently pull two petals May Galop ..•....•...•...... ••.•••....• . •..•.•.. -..•.•.••. Sisson. A fulllinc or' the pieces included in this edition is kept by IN'3TRUMENTAL DUETS. at once or miss one, and thus be left in the lurch. the houses mentioned below, who are our agents for its sale. It is best to have petals enough and to pull off Teachers and others can examine them there, and ·both they The Cuckoo and the Cricket ...... Sidus. ~'he Jolly Blacksmiths...... Paul. whatever petals are left on the last yes. Should and the trade will be supplied by these firms at precisely the Love's Greetings (Schottische) ...... Siebett. some of our critical friends think the metre of the same rates as by us: Gem of Columbia (Galop) .... ., ...... Siebe1·t. words rather capricious, we would explain to them H. AHJ.R ICH, Cleveland, Ohio. PANCOAST ALLEN, Wilmington, Del. KUNKEL BROS.' ALBUM OF MUSIC-64 Pages; $12 worth of Music. that the words were written to the music and not W. H. BONNEtt & Co., Phil&delphin, Pa. CONTENTS-VOCAL. the music to the words. ·we had to dance to the K D. BuCKINGHAM, Utica, N. Y. Within a l\Iile of Edinboro' Town (Scotch Ballad) ••... . Scotch. composer's tune, not he to our jin ~le; but we'll BRENTANO'S LITERARY EMPORIUM, New York City. I Heard the Wee Bird Singing ...... George Linley. II. E. CO"lPER, Petersburg, Ill. Chiligowalibed

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spPich, o n1ein die Ro. • t't'enl

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-- J_,...... \ I I I ,.- ,... I .... I .- a I ,.. I.,.. IJ//Tl. ~ -..e I .-;. • I - I ,_. I­• I- I ,.- - I ~- I - I I I I I T -..!!... T' I am his,~------in his arms,t.e will shield me from sor. • J·OW;

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ModeTato meno nws.so.· Dodt die 'I'-reu}f1.1¥i.6'ie neu Je. den '.l'ag seinl . A I I • I I ... I I I I IT' I I .. . ,..... • ': • ... I I I.'""' - I - I - I !""" • l.tf"""- .. 1 r~ ...... I -.·v I I If!'- J.lt.- I I. I e)' I I I I - . ~ . Will he be T:rue to me All his 'lite long1

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Jlich.t ThPii nen Und Stohnen. Jerweh'nmeinhietll Niemal_s, nein.,_ __ _

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J. 1J. Du1Jer»noy Op. J20.

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At.fir8t;, P1¥lCtiCI! the 8Cale8 alone, With the hand inrlining .towards the th1i.,mb 8Ufficientl:g ro fat'ilitate ti;e rPOS~tJing oner or 'UndeP of the thumb OP of the finfers. When the rrossil'lg'li.J1flet­ o_j· the th,umb and the C',..ossing o1;er of· the fingers, ill the manner in.dirated in. the note gwen. to st.udy N~ Vll, no longer offers any s-pecial .difficulty, proceed to play 6oth hahd8 to{/f!tlum 'Phe chord..~ moy MUJelJI!'r also IJe p'Nlcticed separately, at first, to good a.dnantage. Inpliiying· the scales, IJe caPeful, at first, to ~aise the fiilgers hilfh ·in st:Pikin{f and to keep tltem in an tf1•chlike potntion, t~I.Bo to have Ote ·notes follow each othe~ wfthout the slightest ild'erTuption. OP . 6r~- To arl'0111'.Mli8h this• . tJlOW · PN~ctwe i8 '~'f!CO'tnmended in the IJeginnin(f.

GENERAL REMARKS.-In the following studies, all notes or chords marked with an arrow, must be struck from the wrist, otherwise the fi.ttack (attaqt~.e Frenon. 'cnaotz Germatl) wfll be clumsy. stift' an

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CINCINNATI. ' CINCINNATI, 0., June 23d, 1883. ~f\R BROT'Jt EDITOR KUNKF:L's MUSICAl, REVIEW :-Summer here, and the theatres closerl, the good people of this cosmopolitan city o~ -:•:- ~-~r patronize the various "hill tops" for pnrc air, recreation and amusement. For the benefit of those unfortunates who have ~ Seventh and Olive Stt., ~ never visited this "centre," I will give a short rlescription of these favorite resorts. Cincinnati is built upon three terraces. In the front is the Ohio river. Back of the city are high hills EngraversandStationers which for many years retarded the ontsJYreading of the town and appeared to present insurmountable barriers to its growth. The ingenuity and enterprise of the citizens equalled the emer­ Wedding and Vuitin1 Carde, gency; for now there are a number of inclined plane rail­ Wnttng Paper• and Envelopu, roads, up 'v hich horses, cars and passengers are hoisted to ~C) Monogram~, Intttal1, and Crut.. ~o· continue on through the public parks of the city, the streets ofour suburban towns, and the above mentioned "bill top" 1:'-lt:: Menus an r Dinner Cards. 4' resorts. These re!l orts have esplanades, pleasant walks and •t:,~ pe~· roofed in amphithcatrcs . From mftny of these points a fine ccJc.a. Ca.:ra-C• view of the city can be obtained. Not wrapped in "solitary ~randure" but in clouds of black rolling smoke. 1n the even­ mg, refre hments of all kinds are served; from a good sub­ stantial meal to '':ine, beer, and ice cream. AL the same time our best bands and orchestras discourse sweet music. Some of Theo. Thomas' concerts were given here Hence Jerome ladies' Ma~~~ Fancy Work: Hopkins dubbed Theodore-" Beer Garden Tommy." The A NEW ROOK, giving plain directions for erratic Jerome evidently did not like the mingling of the di­ Artistic Emb•·oide•·y, Lace Wo·rk, Knitting, Tatting, C•·ochet, Net Wo•·k, and a ll kinds of Two First Prizes American Institute, New York, 1881. vine art with beer. Some of the elite go, while many refuse to fancy Needle wo.·k. It is beautifully printed attend on account of the music-beer combination. It does Grand Gold Medal from the St. Louis Merchants Ex­ on flue tinted paper, aud conLains look a little like embellishing parian marble with terra cotta Over 400 Illustrations, ~hange. work. On Sundays thl3se resorts are crowded. One Snnday, Comprising designs for Monograms, Initials, "before the war," Dodsworth's band from New York advertis­ Edgings, Cross Stitch, Point Russc, J3 erlin ed a sacred concert at Wood's old theatre. The police made a and Shetland 1\"ool, Applique, Kate Green­ descent on the place so no concert took place. To this the away des igns for Doyleys. etc .. Handkerchief "' borders, Macrame, Holboin Work, Java C:an• ~=~J people said amen. Now, theatres, concert halls, variety shows, vas, )1' riugc'3, Turkish Rugs, 'lloilet Cushions, shooting galleries and base ball grounds are crowded. Cur­ 1 1 rier's band delight the citizens visiting Burnett's Woods, with f;~rtk Sri~~:: ~~~~~ ~~~~~~:: J;-:~ 1 :.~~~~~~~~: ' music. paid for. from an endowment fund given the city by terns, Folding ScreC'ns, Sofa. Cushions, Slipper Patterns, W all Pockets, Towel Racks, Hon. Wm. Groesbeck. This band took the $500 prize at the Tidies, Work B~tg s , Catch-au·~. Chnir Bol· late brass band . Currier likes tournaments. The sters, School Bag•, p,tch Work, Tricot and C:incinnati Orchestra is now at Brighton Bearh engaged to Burl~tps, Wood Baskets, Ribs. Shoe Rags, pla)• for the Rummer. Mr. Michael Brand hns composed quite Jewel Roxes, Knitted Jacket•, Pillow Shams, and hundreds of other designs iu fancy worl<. a brilliant piece entitled "Brighton Beach March." 'rhe title Plain Directions whh each design, page has a life like picture of Brighton Beach. The music is J enny June Jn It er prcfuee to arranged for orchestra and also for piano. It will be published this book, says: "1'he Jln•scnt volnmn here. The College of Music has shown during this month does nut pr·•tt·tHI to fnrnl•h tho theory or some gratifying results of its year's work. The interpretation Jll"uctlco of tho high••st No•o•rl le work nrt, but It docs aim to SUJJ)J ly within Its COIII llllSS a of the German, French and Italian Schools of Music by Pro­ greater var·icty of •xo-elleut ilt• .. Igns-every fessor Gorno was credita.ble alike to the pctrormcrs and the one of' which is useful, fm· dJ"N,s f!r house· singers. The professor is a thorough musician . I!is playing Jwld flct•o•·n.Hnn-than Jm,·o t \ 'tiJ• be fort• b(•pn is delightful, his trills and running passages charming. This guthl•t"t'(i within the IPnves of CJne tunuunl." CORRESPONDENCE. 1 18 1 11 week two operas were given under the auspices of the College. 1onE,;,~,'jY J~,'!.'!i'lu~:~~~ ti/~' ,N1 ,~t?: io~e ~.~f,~~ ~~:;:.e"- "Un Tramonto" and the second act of "Der Freischiitz" Pr·lt•c. po~t-puld, only GO r were rendered. The Misses M. Mulenbach and Nettie B . ~2.00. Get four fr·lcn a compilation of gems from Norway, Sweden, on this occasion, the composer felt that a chorus of double the Spain, Germany, Portngal, Italy and England. Different from Finest and Largest Stock of Water Colors in the dimensions would have suited the work better. The soloists all others of its kind, it is more pleasing and superior to any were not great enough for the noble work. 'rhey were all male quartette book published. It is published by Goo. D. West. Also, Oil Paintingt1, Engravings, Etc. good, conscientious, pains-taking artists, but the greatest of Newhall & Co. This house has now become "The Geo. D. dramatic singers wonld find their abilities taxed in this Newhall Company." Mr. Newhall. President; Wm. H. Doane, Framing Pictures and Regilding a Specialty. graphic work. Miss Rose Stewart. however, deser ves com­ Treasurer, and Liman Bigelow of Bigelow & Main, are the in­ mendation for much stcadines~ and intelligence in the soprano rorporators. Capital .')0,000. Professor Jacobsohn's Violin role. In the bass and alto parts.' weakness was apparent. In School and Orchestra class has two highly creditn.hle public INTERIOR DECORATIONS. these two solo parts lie some of the most powerful touches of examinations this week at Smith & Nixon's Hall. All the the work, and it is doubtful if Amcrira can give an alto fit to pupils did well. Mr. Henry Sofge has left .T. Chnrch'~ store J_ L_ ISAACS, give this 1·ole at its best. and will be employed by the newly org.anizcd es~ablishment . The audience was shamefully cold, and the critics here gen­ The entire stock of F . C. Helmick w1ll be anctwned off to­ DECORATOR, erally damn the work with faint praise. Boston seems to pre­ morrow for the benefit of his creditors. Business has been 1210 Olive Street, Excelsior Building. fer Arminius, althou!?h there is but little doubt that that slack lately, but prospects are quite flattering. CAME LOT. work is much the infenor of the two. Fine Art Hangings and Decorative Pa.inting. The second concert of which I can speak, was one of the Wa.ll Pa.pers of a.ll Gra.des a.nd Colorings. most interesting miscellaneous programmes of the season. It [From another Correspondent.] <>ccurred at Mnsic Hall and was Scalchi' sja1·ewell appearance for CINCINNATI, 0., June 15th, 1883. the season. The great contralto was never in better voice, and LINCRUSTA WALTON, she gave encore after encore without any apparent fatigue. EDITOR KUNKEL's MusiCAL REVIEW:- A new, permanent and beautiful Her greatest hit was made in the Habanera from Carmen, al­ Musical matters in our city at the present time, especially in Wall Decoration, not effected by though her performance of the Gavotte from Thomas' Mignon relation to orchestras and bands. are inn state of revolutwn. Heat, Cold or Dampness. was also a very enjoyable one. Our much vaunted Cincinnati Orchestra and Orchestra Reed PATENT GLACIER WINDOW DECORATION. She is a great favorite in Boston, even eclipsing Patti in the Band of Ballenberg and Brand fame is almost in a state of affections of the public. Joseffy appeared to excellent advant­ disintegration. Ballenberg having made a.n engagement with A most perfect and durable substitute for Stained Glass. age at this concert. Ilis style is a little more conservative than the managers of Brighton Beach Hotel for the summer season, WOOD CARPETS AND PARQUET FLOORS. !.ast season, and yet he has as mueh delicacy of touch and re­ for the Reed Band of the Cincinnati Orchestra under the di­ European style in great variety of designs. finement of shading" as ever. M. Adamowski, also made a rection of Michael Brand, which, so far as has been ascertain­ great success in this concert. He played his own Polonaise, ed here, will be composed of ten or twelve men from Cincin­ Designs for Decorating furnished. Skilled Artisans sent to and followed it with the finest possible performance of Raff's nati, the balance to be New York musicians, leaves the field all sections of the country. Cavatina. This violinist is not always equal; he has the open to Currier's well and favorably known organization. artistic nervousness of Chopin, and requires to feel quite at Of this Mr. Currier has not been slow to take advantage. He home with his audience before he does his best work, but when has secured the contract to give concerts at the Highland he really feels that he is appreciated, his playing is almost un­ House for the summer season, giving concerts every night rivalled in delicacy, refinement and depth of feeling. By the and Sunrlay afternoon with his regular band (twenty-five men) way, I think I have before told you that he is to join the New and on Tuesday and Friday evenings a monster military band England Conservatory of Music here the coming Season with concert, with the band augumented to fifty performers. Cur­ BEETHOVEN CoNSERVATORY, DeSeve Allen, Adamowski and others, this institution will rier has also the contract to give a concert one afternoon each present a splendid array of violin teachers this fall. week with a reed band of forty men in Burnett Woods Park, 1603 Olive Street, At this very concert, a great success was achieved by one of under the Groesbeck endowment fund, by order of the board .A.. "\JV..A.L:O..A. "'"EE., :Oi:recto:r. the graduates of its vocal department-MisR Emma S. Howe, of public works, which has control of the fifty thousand dollar t;ang two brilliant operatic arias accompanied by her teacher, fund, donated by Mr. W. H. Groesbeck, the interest on which All branches of Music taught at this Institution, Miss Sarah C. Fisher. pavs for twenty concerts per annum. Currier has also suc­ and every one represented by a :first-class The most recent concerts of the month have been given by ceeded in securing the contract to furnish music at the eleventh this Conservatory in Tremont Temple and Music Hall. The Cincinnati Industrial Exposition, giving two concerts per day, TEACHER .AND PERFORMER. graduates, concerts in the institution grow more and more nu- from Sept. 5th to Oct. 6th. In this connection, perhaps it This Conservatory keeps open all 'Summer for the merous, and defy chronicling in detail. · would not be amiss to say that Mr. Currier has been authorized accommodation of pupils (1-nd such teachers as wish to As I have intimated at the beginning of this letter, I shall by the Commission to secure the best solo talent in the c0untry perfect themselves during the Summer Te1·m. substitute European criticisms for American news during the for the coming Exposition. The lamented Arbuckle had con­ TUITION-$12, $16, and $19 per quarter, either for next three months. There is nothing left in Boston to vent the cluded an engagement with Mr. Currier but a few days before his demise. Lefebre the great saxophone artist has been en­ Instrumental or Vocal lessons. Scholars may enter critic's spleen upon, during the hot months, save the brassy at any time. The be~innings of their quarter com­ muRic and active bass drummer of the open air concerts. gaged, and negotations are pending with other equally cele­ mences with the first lesson they take. The season in southern Europe may not be much better, but brated performers. Currier's band is making for itself a Send for circulars. at least it will be change of diet for your readers, and variation national reputation, and is at this time considered, in this oflabor for the musically dyspeptic CoMES. neck of the western woods, second to n-one in the country. Its ' ------

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material is of the best, and comprises such excellent artists as Mr. Aug. Stengler, one of the best of clarinet performers, re­ A. A. 'MELLIER, cently from your city. Messrs. Lcehman anu Holle, Thites, Dothe and Esberger, obce~. Wuest and Peters, Fagotti, Schath, Henkel, Hitter, Benjamin, Peters, Wiegand, Reinhart and Bohl, Eb and Bb clarionets. Sierers, Fischer, Kohlman, Peter::;, Esberger and Benjamin, cornets and trumpets. Esberger, 711 Washington Ave., Geiges, Bernard and Kliissder, horns. Wolf, Webs and 1\Ienge, Trombones. Kuhn, solo baritone. Berthold, euphonium and Holthaus, Bb bass. Storich, Wild and Wieldman, tubas. Michael, snare drum. Glockenspiel, etc., and Peters bas~ drum and lympani. Some of these were valuable members of the Cincinnati orchestra. and 1\Ir. Currier who recognizes and Handsome Toilet Articles! employs the best of talent secured them to augment his splen­ did organization. Since I began this letter, I hear that Currier and his band have returned from the Ohio State band contest at Findley, bringing with them the first prize ($500) and the proud title of <'hampion band of Ohio, and I believe they ONLY THE PUREST DRUGS could cpnsistently claim championship of the West, for surely they are deserving of it. OcT AVE. Fresh from a Wholesale Stock. W ASHJNGTON.

. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 22, 1883. Prescriptions Compounded by Graduate~ in Pharmacy. EDITOR KUNKEL'S MUSICAL REVIEW:-'fhe concert season is over, theatres and halls are closed. Basses and tenors by the dozen, with their dusters and a box of paper collars, are emi­ gratin~ to the seaside and mountain tops to mash the sus­ ceptible females there congregated, while the sopranos anu MUSICAL HERALD. altos seek seclusion in their back parlors, allowing the deserted appearance of their front windows to give the im­ A 32-PACE MONTHLY. pression that they too are out of town. This is peculiarly the season of commencements The Including 8 pages ot choice Music. It is devoted to the ad­ female graduate, decked out in the net earnings of the family vancement of Music in all its departments. Its editorials, by for the last three months, prances onto the stage and reads a carefully revised essay·at her beaming par.ent who then be­ the large corps of editors, Questions and Answers, Reviews comes reconciled to pawn his watch that his daughter may of New l\1usiC, Reviews of Concerts, Foreign and Domestic have the much needed rest in a trip to the springs. Every Notes, Musical Mention, Correspondence, etc., etc., make it well educated girl knows how to fleece the old man, and if the indispensable to ':l'eacliers and Students of Music. said 0. M. fails to show up at his usual haunts for some weeks, his friends at once understand that it is "all on account of HAVE YOU EVER WRfTTEN A STORY? Send stamp for sample copy to MUSICAL HERALD Co., Eliza," and ?.!adam Shovemthrough's commencement. The one matter of real interest since my last was the Payne DO YOU WANT LITERARY TRAINING? Franklin. Square, Boston. Obsequies on the 9th inst. The ceremonies in which a proud You are convinced you have literary talent, but cannot sell nation paid its last tribute to an honored son were grand and your sketches. If it were music, or any other art, you might 0 ••••• 0 0 t a $ ¢ o ¢ a o o impressive. All pomp and circumstance of human grandeur find teachers in abundance, but for the gift of author­ coutributed to this final honor paid by the living to the dead. ship there is none to help. In view of this want, the former latabliahed 1839. Incorporated 1876. The Government of the U. S. was represented by the Presi­ editor of a literary magazine, a successful hook and story dent and his cabinet. The U S. judiciary, members of both writer, and one of the most brilliant press writers, have asso­ houses of , members of the Diplomatic Corps and a ciated themselves under the name of the Authors' Bureau. large following from the Army and Navy. So large an array of They will read, criticize and advise in regard to Mss., and if' jijizR:n· ruzHmBJi~~i~ public and representative men gave the demonstration a meritorious, suggest the best place to dispose of it. national character, that marked it as the tribute of the entire LESSONS BY MAlL. FINE, MEDIUM AND COMMON nation. The proces~ion was formed at the Corcoran Art Gal­ They will also give instructions in authorship, by a new lery where the military a1id civilians began to gather long and most original system. It i::; impossible, of course, to make before 4 o'clock, the hour of starting. 'l'he remains, which an author of a dullard, but there are many, and especially since their arrival in this city had been carefully secreted, in­ young writers, who fail only because they lack advice and 1P1JSB1l~111Bfl, closed in a handsome were placed in a hearse built guidance. These the advertisers desire to serve, and with especially for the occasion. It was a square finished vehicle their large and varied experience, the opportunity is unique, LowestPrieesl Reliable Werkl Wewest Stylest LargrstStockl with plate glass sides surmounted by six 1uns and drawn by to be obtained nowhere else, although it is common in England Nos. 609, 611 & 613 N. Fourth St., four white horses. The procession in the following order and France. Instructions will be given only by mail, as we moved towards 'Oak Hill cemetery in Georgetown. Regular are convinced that it can be given better so than in person. ST.LOU:IB. troops under command of Maj.-Gen. R. B. Ayres, National Enclose stamp for terms. Rifles, Light Infantry and other local military organizations, Senti Mss. post-paid, with fee of $3, provided it does not High School Cadets, battalion of the 2nd U. S. Artillery, offici­ exceed 2,000 words. Larger M~s. will not be received without ating clergy and pall bearers, hearse bearing remains of previous correspondence. John Howard Payne, followed by about fifty carriages contain­ Address AU'fHORS' BUREAU, 1434 Routh 17th St., Phila., Pa. JUST PU-BLISHED. ing the surviving relations, the orator and poet of the day, the -THE- President and other representatives of this and foreign coun­ tries and other invited guest. Along the entire route thous­ ands of spectators had gathered to witness the honor paid to SONG -w.AVE the remains of the man who had immortalized himself in tJd)A:;;~~t­ "Home Sweet Home." Designed for Schools, Te11_chers' Institutes, Mus_ical Co_nven­ Oak I-iill cemetery has a national reputation for its natural tions, and the Home Cucle, by H. S. Perkms, Chicago. beauty as well as the artistic manner of its development. 'fhe author of "Song Echo," "Head-Light," "Graded Readers," site of Payne's grave is on a beautiful knoll easily access\ble ~J~~z~ etc.; H. J. Danforth, New York; and E. V. Degraff. Supt. ot from the entrance of the cemetery. On this knoll is erectecl a Schools..t.. Paterson, N. J., and Institute Instructor, autho·r 01 monument, the base of which is of gray granite, six feet square, upon which rests a white marble shaft surmounted by ''Song rudget," ''School Room Choru~:~," etc., etc. a bust of the dead poet one-half larger than life size. 'l'he Price, Postpaid, 75 cents. hei~hth of the monument is fourteen feet, and its general ~h.~ design of the Roman type. The inscriptions and designs on the shaft are simple. On the front is the following, which, D. APPLETON & COMPA~Y, though brief, is· sufficient: New York. Boston. Chicago, San Francisco. JOHN HOWARD PAYNE, An thor of "Home, Sweet Home." ~~ · Born June 9, 1792, Died April 10, 18.52. KRANICH & BACH'S On the back is the inscription which was on the stone that marked his grave in Tunis, and is as follows: Importers and Wholesale DC'alers i Sure, when thy gentle spirit fled Celebrated New Patent Agraffe Pianos. 'l'o realms above the azure dome, With arms outstretched, God's Angel said, LORING & BLAKE'S Welcome to heaven's home, sweet home. Beneath the monument is a substantial vault into which the remains were placed during the exercises. The monument PARLOR ORGANS, was shrouded in folds of white. Around it ample platforms were built to accommodate the participants and spectators, THE BEST IN THE WORLD. the seating capacity being for 1900 people. On the north side ·was the speaker's platform occupied by the poet, MERKEL & SONS, orator and distinguished guests. On the west side were A the Marine Band and the Philharmonic society, which had rx1 (SOLE AGENTS.) 204 S. Fifth St., St. Louis. been augmented to nearly double its usual number by ~ other organizations who joined with it, and on the other sides p were the seats provided for.the general public, which was E-t however admitted only by special cards of invitation. 'l'he 0 front of the speaker's platform was elaborately festooned with THE PETERSILEA evergreens anrl flowers and the national flag and the colors of ~ Tunis. ,OF Upon the arrival of the procession at the cemetery, the re­ s ACADEMY MUSIC, mains were carriE'cl by the pall bearers and placed on a bier of ~ ILOCUTIOR AND LARGUA~d, evergreens and flowers at the base of the monument. 'l'he ~ order of exerci. es· was as follows: Il81 Columbul ..ft1enue, BOSTON, M..fSB. Music-" Nearer my God to Thee "-Marine Band, under the ~ direction of John T. Sousa. 519 Olive Street, ST. LOUIS, MO. Grade of musical e1tucatton as high as m Europe. , Reading from the Scrir,tures. Pr1vate or class lessons .• Education of ftne soloist• Poem by RobertS. Chilton, after the readi11g of which the and teachers a specialty. monument was unveiled and "Home, Sweet Home" sung by ADVICE TO SINGERS., the assembled multitudes. BY A SINGER.· BEGINNERS ONI,Y TEN DOU.A.RS PER TERV. Oration by Leigh Robinson. This little book is worth many times its cost to every teacher Rtstory and Theory of Musw, Harmony, Ena-llsh Interment. and student of music. It is designed "or a pocket companion. Literature_, Concerts, Readings, Pia no Recitals, and :Music-" Hallelujah Chorus-Handel, by the Philharmonic to be referred to daily, and as such will prove almost invalua­ Kns~mhle LeAs:•ns free. Situa1ious procured for grad­ Sodety under the direction of Prof. Robert Bernays, and ac­ ble. It may be obtained of book and music dealers geneerally tuates. Send for circular. companied by the Marine Band. Price, flexible cloth, 75c. Sent by mail. E. TOURJEE. Benediction. · MusicS Hall, Boston.

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Music-" Safe in the arms of Jesus" by the Marine Band. Among the relations of the deceased present were Rev. Mr. Lequer and wife. Bedford Station,. N. Y., the latter being a +:------·~ niece of Payne; Mr. 0. N. Payne, Brooklyn, who is accom­ B.a-ve:n. ~ Bacon, Henry F. Miller panied by Gabriel Hanison, an intimate friend of Payne and -NOW- author of a book of reminiscences. Another intimate friend, Mr. Joseph DeSha Pickett, Frankfort, Ky., was also present. Everything passed off smoothly, and great credit is due to Mr. W. W. Corcoran through whose munificence the remains PIANOS. were brought to this country and publicly and elaborately honored, and to his relative and confidential adviser, C. M. RAVEN PIANOS. Matthews, Esq , of Georgetown, under whose direction and supervision Mr. Corcoran's plans were carried out. (EST.A.:SLIS::H:ED 1.829..) The Washington Operatic Association was the first in the MANUFACTORY: I WAREROOMS: d. ·. .4. Kieselhorst, field this season with a grand Musical Excursion down the 12 Washington Place, 13 East S;ixteenth Street, Potomac. These excursions became very popular last year owing to the really thorough manner in which the association NE\AT YOEX O:t'J:'Y. General Manager for St. Louis, renders its selections. The programme embraced all the promi­ nent choruses from "Patience" and "Pinafore" as well as ~Uprights a Specialty·~ 2706 Market Street. numerous solos and concerted pieces. It is probable that a series of these excursions will be inaugurated in the course of this month. The Georgetown Amateur Orchestra has adjourned for the season. They gave a public rehearsal as a farewell perform­ JUST PU:SLIS::H:ED I ance in which they reproduced a number of selections which had been given during the season. 'fhe rehearsal was well attended and left a very favorable impression. Before dispersing for the season, Mr. I-I. D. Cooke, Jr., the president TWO NEW BOOKS and founder of the orchestra, and the most libeml of the num­ JAMES & HOLMSTROM~ BOLLMAN'S BOLLMAN'S erous art patrons in this city gave the members a most de­ lliANUFACTURERS OF lightful reception at his residence. I have yet to meet the first 11 man present who did not enjoy himself thoroughly . Morning Service." "[vening Service." Decoration Day was a perfect day so far as the atmospheric Consisting or Vespers, Magniticete conditions were concerned. The exercises at the Cemetery at A selection or M!\S•e•, Asperges, Lucia Creator, Ave ltlo.ris Stella• and Arlington were, as usual very, interesting. They were con­ .~~:.:·. ~IW~ 0,8 u::,~.T Veni Creator and Pieces of Oll'ertory Piecea suitable for Benediction. Com- and Benediction. Arranged and se· posed, arranged and selected by H. ducted by the G. A. R. After the decoration of the graves of lected by H. Bollman. Bollman. the unknown dead, the ceremonies were conducted under an 233 & 235 East 21st Street, Sample Copy of either mailed to any address, postpaid, on immense tent spread in the highest part of the grounds. 'l'hey receipt of $1.50. Address all orders to comprised an oration and a poem, anrl musical numbers by llct. 2d & 3d Aves., NE"'VV YOEX. the Marine Band and a male octette, under the direction of H. BOLLMAN & SONS, Mr. 8. H . .Jecko. A new funeral dirge entitled "f::leep, Soldier 208 & 210 N. Fifth St., S1'. LOUIS, MO. Sleep" written by Mr. J ecko for this occasion and dedicated to the Grand Army of the Republic, was well given and re­ p-MASSES AND CATHOLIC CHURCH MUSIC A. SPECIALTY. ~ ceived in a most flattering manner. SEND FOR C .. A!r'..!'~LOOf-"'"E5 .. The services at the National Soldier's Home Cemetery and at the Congressional Cemetery were similar in character to those at Arlington and were well attended. This has been a very funereal letter. I hope to send von something more cheerful for the August number. S. H. J. orh.e E. :r". E.A.XER. CHICAGO. CHICAGO, June 23, 1883. EDITOR KUNKEL'S MUSTCAT, REVTEW :-Chicago's musical peo­ UPRIGHT PIANO ple, professionals or teachers, who have had a profitable season, have gone to rusticate. those, who have not been saving (the (ELLIOT P.A7'ENTS.) writer of this included) must toil and pray for better times to come, stay at home or take summer engagements ''at reduced OFFICE AND FACTORY: rates." Chicago at present is over-run with every kind of tal­ ent, remnants of" busted" concert, opera, variety and dramatic -686 TO !500 HA::a::a : SON A VENUE, companies, etc., etc. An old German conundrum forcibly re­ minds me of these later gentlemen of the "B1·etter die die Welt BOSTON, MASS. bedeuten:" What is the difference between the ant and the actor?" "One gathers ill summer to have something in winter, the other gathers in winter, to have noth·ing in summer." 'l'his is a kind of an ant-edeluvian pun, but it is true just the same. The only concert of any consequence for a month will take JARDINE & SON, place Tuesday, June 26th, and as the programme is very clev­ erly made up. I annex it hereto in toto, excluding a few num­ L. VT.A. ':I:'E:ES, bers in the recitation line. It is under the auspices of Aetna ORGAN BUILDERS, Lodge, No. 159, A. 0. U. W. PART 1.-Niels W. Gade, trio, F-major, opus 42, for piano, vio­ 318 & 320 East 39th St., N. Y. lin and violincello. Mad. Irene De Horvath, Mess. Seifert an

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Mr. Perlet is a native of Strassburg (1854), he studied with Moschcles, Conrad Kremb and· other celebrated masters, ann . --i J. HOWARD FOOTE, is originally a solo pianist. • His memory is wonderful. He plays IL ~ 31 and 33 ,l.faiden Lane, New Y01·k, from 300 to 400 piano solos-classic and otherwise, by heart,­ o and 188 and 190 State Street, Chicago, also conducts fifteen grand and all the now popular comic op­ c: eras from memory, and speaks five languages. Personally, Mr. m SOLE U. S. AGENT FOR Perlet is au amiable gentleman, refined and sociable and he WOODWARD & BROWN, will doubtless make a host of friends in Chicago, where he in­ tends to remain. ESTABLISHED 1843. The music stores (13) close at 2 p. m. on Saturdays, until Sep­ tember. This is a good thing and heartily appreciated by all, especially yours, LAKE SHORE. a AND BAND INSTRUMENTS, Used Genuine Turkish Cymbals, Etc. PiaQoforte MaQ ufacturer~ exclusively by Importer or Boehm, 1\Ud Meyer Flutes and Piccolo• THE RESTFULNESS OF MUSIC. - LEVY Cremonn Violin String<, Artist VIolins and BowR. etc· ARBUCKII E Manufacturer- or the BINI GUITARS. Light Piston 526 WASHINGTON ST., BOSTON. and all',, ~t~dRI6~811.·um

REMOVAl..~! other's thoughts exhausts the already weary mind, and, almost before the reader knows, the scene has run away and is lost. A. SIEG-EL & CO. But it is otherwise with music. Music rests the Have Removed their Store TWO DOORS NORTH OF mind. It does not require a mE[ntal process to ap­ OLD S'l'AND. New stock of propriate it. 'l'he heart-mind-the spirit-appre­ hends music, and. it does it intuitively, without the GAS AND COAL OIL FIXTURES. use of the reasoning power. Do you ask why it Repairing and Furnishing Private Houses and Public Build­ rests more than absolute quietness does? I answer, ings a. Specialty. Gas Fitting, Steam Fitting and Plumbing because as we have seen, rest. is a process, not a promptly attended to and neatly done. product; we must make use of some means to rein­ 219 NORTH FIFTH STREET. vi~orate our powers. '\Vhat we may call" absolute qmetness" does not exist-only relative quietness; and while the mind and body are relatively quiet, they are only preying upon themselves by a sort of N::E:"'VV ::E:NQL.A.ND ceaseless subJective activity. What is needed is not complete relaxation of nerve and muscle, but CONSERVATORY. somethin~ to tone these up and restore wasted energy. Sleep does this+-slee.Phwbich is one form ERMANGREMED1 of rest, and music does it, whJC is another form of Tuition in music, $15 per quarter, with the ablest teachers. F-e>:Fl. :I?.A..I~. This includes collateml advantages amounting to one hundred rest. . CURES My plea, then is for more music in the house­ and twenty-five hours of musical instruction in a single quar­ Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica, hold- in the average houflehold, where all are Lumb:: JO, Backache, Headache, Toothache, ter, which is twice as much as is offered by any musical insti­ wearied by the toil of the day. I believe that it ution in Europe. Students in the conservatory have access Sore Throat, Swellhigll, SJn•ainll, Brui11ea, will rest and build up the tired mind and body; I UUI'IIM. Scalds. Fa•ost nite!l, to a library containing over 8,000 volumes on music. English .AND AU, O'l'llEJt IIQD[(,y PAINS AJSI) ACIIES. know that it will cheer the spirits. If you love Sold by Druggists and Dealers everywhere. Fifty Cents a bottle, branches free. Pupils now received. Send for calendar. music, it is worth while to try if it is not the Directions in 11 Languages. TilE ()JIAULES A. VOGEJ,EU CJO. E. TOURJEE, Music Hall, Boston. method of rest you need.-Paul Pastnor, in Visitor. (Succcsocra to A.. VOGELER &I CO.) Rllltlmore, lid,. U.S • .A. + :::: :: : : :::::·.·:.·:::::::: ::::::::::·:. ·:.·::.·:::::::::::::::::: ·.:·.-.-.·.-::: :::::: : :::::·.-.-.-.-.·.-:::::::::::· --~ l i "SCHEIDLER'S" :: A WORD FOR THE WHISTLER. HISTLERS are of many kinds. There is FieldJ French & Co. ! i NEW PIANO SCHOOL . . the musical whistler, the whistler who thinks he is musical, the nervous whis­ (Successors to C. W. HANDLEY & Co.) j l . PRICE, $3.00. tler, the juvenile whistler, and the man : ! • Mailed free of postage for examination. Special · who whistles for mere wantonness. The : i Inducements to teachers for introduction. i I musical whistler is not always a musi­ WHOLESALE AND RETAIL l l GEORGE WILLIG & CO., !I cian; in fact, few musicians make good -DEALERS IN-:- ' ! No. 6 N. Charles St., BALTIMORE. i ! whistlers. The best whistler is generally ~ he who can neither sing nor play upon an instru­ ::·.·.-:::·::::·:::::·:::::·::::·.·::::·::::·.·:::::·::::·.·::::·.·::::·:::::·:::::·:::: :·:::::·::::·.·:: :: + ment. By some ar'rangemen t with that mysterious nature which deprived him of the power of practi­ cal vocal or instrumental music he has acquired somewhere a good idea of time and rhythm and AND BRIGGS PIANOS. a knack of picking up airs be hears. In a measure, Pianos Organs. this goes to compensate him for the lack of voice, An immense stock always on hand, in and in his solitude he can treat himself at will to the music he fails to sin~. W'histlers of his class which are represented all the are found in all walks of life, and as their abilities BEST MAKES. in this direetion are generally developed at an early age, they pass through life missing but little the.art possessed by so many. There are thousands of people who have never whistled· in their lives, some because they cannot and others because they Prices and Terms to Suit Purchasers. do not want to. . To be able to whistle and to use that ability is to be able to meet and overcome many of the difficul Special attention given to Renting New ties of every-day life. A man who does not whistle Pianos. Correspondence Solicited. is a man to be avoided. If he has· not murder in his soul, then he has a bank robbery on hand, or he is a Scrooge and Gradgrind in one person. Be­ No. 1100 Olive Street, ware of him. He is close and illiberal in his busi­ n ess; cross and crabbed at home; a t_yrant to his children and a mean man generally. Just observe ST. LOUIS, MO. The BRIGGS PIANOS are manufactured ia the most the whistler and see if he has not the opposite of thorough manner, and are offered at as LO \V PRICES as will ensure a re,..,Jly good instrument. these qualities. He rises early in the morning and All our Pianos at.·e fully warranted~for Five Years. whistles "Never take the horseshoe from the door," while he ties his tie and makes his toilet. If C. C. BRIGGS & CO., there is a button missing or he finds his wife's JAMES HOGAN PRINTING CO. WAREROOMS AND FACTORY: switch tan~led in the hair brush, instead of tearing )ARTISTIC ( around ana say in~ cross words he merely continues 1125 Washington Street, BOSTON. whistling, probably changing the air to something more lively. New York Wareroom, 26 W. 23d St. He goes whistling to market, stopping the tune jrintin9 5tu~ogra:p~ing occasionally to say "Good-morning, ma'am," or ''Hello, bub," in a cheery tone, and then immedi­ ately resuming t.he air at the precise point at which his salutation interrupted it. He slams the basket MAKE A SPEOIALTY OF FINE WORK. on the kitchen table, and taking up the blacking brush, goes out to the baci( doorsteps and polishes 413 & 415 ~·Third Street, ST. LOUIS. away at his boots to the" Royal Highland Schot­ tische" from the "Passing Regiment." The polishing rlone, he retnrns, skipping through the house witli the clear notes of the "Olivette," "Farandole," MATHIAS' echoing in every rooin. His wife, catching the in­ fection, accompanies his j oyful shrillness by hum­ ming the air in her own sweet voice. At the table he can scarcely keep from drumming out airs on PATENT PIANO . FOOTSTOOL! the tumblers and glassware with his fork and WITH PEDAL ATTACHMENT FOR YOUNG PUPILS. knife. The meal done he begins again, stoppiug to kiss his wif , and then hurries off down the street This Footstool should be witt every piano on which childrer to his office, the houses on either side throwing are to play. Highly recom· back the swaying, insinuating notes of the "Waltz mended by the most prominen1 t:long" from" Olivette." He bounds into his office teachers-among others; S. B nodding here and there to clerks perched on stools, Mills, Fred. Brandeis, Ohas Kunkel, Louis Staab, A. J. Davis whistling as they work. H e looks over the morning A. Paur, Chas. Heydtmann, H paper still whistling, then he begins his labor, hill S. Perkins, W. 0. Coffin, etc. mouth seeming to be in one eternal pucker. 'fhat man is happy at home and pro~perous in business . ..-~send for Circulars. because he whistles.-Exchange. L. MA.THIA.S, 306 Summit St., Toledo, O. ------

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WAREROOMS: No. 11 East Fourteenth Street, NEW YORK. COMICAL CHORDS. WE stood at the bars as the sun went down Behind the hills on a summer day, Her eyes were tender and bi.g and brown, Her breath as sweet as the new-mown hay. Celluloid ,Piano Key Company (Limited), Far from the West the faint sunshine Glanced sparkling off her golden hair, Those calm, deep eyes were turned toward miue, And a look of contentment rested there. COR. FOURTEENTH ST. & FIFTH AVE. I see her bathed in the sunlight flood, I see her standing peacefully now; Peacefully standing and chewing her end, As I rubbed her ears-that Jersey cow.-Ex. Never Turns Yellow, Discolors, A MUJ,E is unlike a poor rule, because h e works both ways. A MUSIC teacher was tried in the scales, and found wanting. -FOR- Shrinks or Warps. WHY is a thunder storm like an onion? Because it is a peal on peal. Sixth Year. No Complaints. THE hired girl with the dust-rag is the chair-rub of the ?iano,Organ and Melodeon Keys family. IT is said that the Digger Indians are never known to smile. 'fhey are grave Diggers. ~Over Three Hundred Thousand Sets of Celluloid Keys now in use ...... _ IN ancient Rome, any fool could become a great violinist. They were all Pagan-ninnies. Do not fail to read the unprecedented offer of premiums for July and August on the editorhtl page. WICKED Parisian, of a departed genius: A lucky man, the late Wagner; he can no longer hear his own music . AN Alabama. editor's pistol having been stolen, he advertises that if the thief will return it, he will give him the contents, and no questions asked. of I THE young man who practices on the trombone in the back c. Kurtzmann, Man~er Piano Fartea, yard is not a "private tooter." At least, not as private as his neighbors desire. As a proof of Cincinnati's prominence in music, one of its citizens writes that in Cincinnati a man can find music even in his mother-in-law. A soLDIER expects to face the music when he goes into battle; but when he ~cts in he finds the music has gone to the 10.6, 108 & 110 Broadway, BUFFALO, N. Y. rear.-New Orleans P~cayune. A PITTSBURGH female physician says: "Woman can un­ derstand woman." All we've got to say is, if she can, she's mighty smart.--Lowel Citizen. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. A MUSICAJ, programme jubilantly announces "Blessed is he that cometh with cornet obligato." Well, we are ~lad we know where to send him.-BurlingtonF1'ee P1'ess. A :t.HSPRINT in a recent notice of a church concert caused the account t.o read, "'fhe opening hymn was rendered by mule chorus." We presume that after that the preacher said, •· Let us bray."-;-Leade1·. "You'RE the plague of my life?" exclaimed an angry hus­ Excellent in Tone. Perfect in Execution. band. "I wish the old Nick ha.d you!" "So I might plague · Pltays all the L atest Music. von in the next world?" calmly inquired the wife.-Elevated Rai!1·oad Jow-nal. T HE Two thcologica.l students talking: "Brother II., did you ever read Pilgrim's Progress?" "Well, no, brother M.; I ha.ve ~rguinette ~amp&ny read several of Pilgrim's works, but don't remember to have Kech&nical seen that one." Sole Manf'rs and Patentees, "SuouJ,D a man shave up or down?" asked Augustus. "That depends," said the barber. "When I shave you I 831 BROADW'AY, a.lways have down." The emphasis on that last word nearly broke A gustus' heart. 'fHE latest story is that of a man who can heat a bucket of NEW YORK, water in ten minutes by sticking his nose into it. That's easily accounted for-his nose has got a boil on it.-Bw·Zington And by their authorized agents through-· F1·ee P1'ess. out the country. MoDJESKA has told a newspaper man, in her peculiar broken English, that she has "no loafer except her husband." One loafer of a husband is generally considered a great sufficiency by our native gentl ewomen .--Philadelphia News. THE New Orleans Presbyterian Synod has decided that READ & THOMPSON, General Agents for the 0RGUINE TTE , 208 & 2 ro N. Fifth St. marrying a deceased wife's sister is not an infraction of the Di vi11e law, but it is nevertheless an a.ttempt to dodge the re­ sponsibility of two marriages by having but one mother-in­ law. AitTISTS (on summer tour): "Ah! Madame, might I have the pleasure of Rainting your picturesque little cottage?" Countrv Dame: 'Wa'al, I don't know. Guess ye can. Ye might whitewash the fence, too, if ye like." CONOVER BROS.~ uPRfCHTNUfliNO:Fon~tEs. "What for did I not right 'bout face? A sojur, sir, niver thurns his pack on his inimy an' it's Patrick MeGlttsshin, forninst me there, that's me inimy; more betoken he sthuck a Our Patent :R.epeati_ng Action, Patent 'Tone Resonator 1 Patent Metallic Action Frame, are pin in me vertebra the last time he dhrilled behind me."­ Texas S'iftings. . Valuable Improvements to the Uprigf.t Pianos which Pianists will Appreciate. "BEG pardon, sir, cut could-hie-you tell me which is the opposite shine of the shtreet ?" "Why, that side, sir" (pointing across). ":Mosh o blisb, I wass over there jus now, and asked Catalogues Mailed upon Application to 'nother gem'l'n which was opps' side, an he said this was."­ 235 East 21st Street, New' York. 613 Main Street, Kansas City. Exchange. KUNKEL'S MUSI(JAL REVIEW, JULY , 1883. 393

"HusBAND, I must have some change to. day." "Well, stay at home, and take care of the children; that will be change We O ffer SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS to Parties enough." Do not fail to read the unprecedented otTer of premiums for Wishing to Purchase. July and August on the editorial page. "SEE here, sir," said the leader of the minuet to the orches­ tra director. "Do you think we are on the way to the funeral EVERY INSTRUMENT FULLY WARRANTED. of a rich relative? Because, if you do, you are much mistaken. We are dancing the minuet. Play slower.''-Philadelphia News. A MAN who was ignorant of music, and of social ways as well, took his son, '!'om, ton concert. Said he, during the per­ formance of a duet: ''D'ye see, Tom, now its getting late, they're singing two at a time, soastoget done sooner."­ Golden Days. A BOY was making a great racket on his drum in front of a house in Summerville. "Little boy," said a lady, "you musn't drum here; there's a lady sick in this house." "Well," said the boy, "I wish I was a doctor! '!'here's somebody sick in every house in town.''-Boston Post . "DoN'T you see thar phot y're doin' Felix?" said Martin Lubin to his friend Felix McGowen. "Shure ye' ve got the WRITE US BEFORE PURCHASING AND SAVE MONEY. book upside down'' "I know that good enough, answered Felix, "but I am surprised you can't see that I'm left-handed." -Bradford Mail.

~CHOOLMASTER to new scholar: "Now, my boy, be indus­ tnous. Remember, what you have once learned nobody can take away from you." New boy.-" Yes, sir; but it'll be jnst the same if I don't learn anything at all. I'd like to know ELEGANT IN DESIGN. SUPERIOR IN FINISH. wha.t anybody could take away from me then!" A WESTERN man who is learning to play the cornet, says The UNAPPROACHABLE IN TONE. Leader, has picked up ~rick enough in the front vard and on the ualcony where he sits to practice. to lay a pavement all around his house, and hopes to be able to build a brick hen­ . The solidity an~ durability of these organs, both internal and external, house this summer if the neighbors do not move out of the ''"IU1UII'LL.U&Eo STANDARD or THE lS thoroughly establlshed through the record of each instrument made, and ward. the same superiority of workmanship and tone is uniformly maintained in "So you have got twins at your house," said Mrs. Bezumble all styles manufactured by this company, and the elasticity of touch render to little Tommy Samuelson . •· Yes, ma'am, two of 'em." WORLD., them especially obedient to the requirements of the artist's fastidious taste. "What are you going to call them?" "Thunder and Light­ ORCAN ning." "Why, those are strange names to call children." THE ONLY HAVI NC "Well, that's what Pa called them as soon as he heard they LBRENS BLOW . PEDALS. WILCOX & WHITE ORGAN Co., were in the house."-8-iftings. MERI DEN, C T. THE young man was trying to play sober. He sat with the SEND young lady on the fr.ont steps. l-Ie studied for a long time, PLEASE BRANCH OFFICES : trying to think of something that would illustrate his sobrietr.­ 613 Kain St., Xana:u City, Ko. 6S Wood St. , :Pittsburg, :Pa. Finally he looked up, and solemnly said: '''!'he (hie) moons FOR full as a goose; aint it ?"-GeO?·gia Major. 1152 Wabash Ave ., Chicago, Ill. 25 O'nion S ~ uare , N.Y. 1308 Chestnut St., :Phila.delphia, :Pa. 13 :S:amaell St. , London, Eng. "THE pope's circular!" exclaimed Mrs. Mala prop, reading C~lAl~t: UJt~ an item in the morning paper, "the pope's circular!" I don't see what he wants of a circular. Don't seem to me it'd be­ come him. What he ought to have is one of them nice warm ulcers they used to wear." THE wilting-collar days are come, The hottest of the year, TE:E When people sweat And groan to get A glass of cooling beer; The circus and the organ man Drop in upon the scene­ The small boy's pants 1'he holes enhance Upon the base-ball green. CARFENTER ORG.ANS - W'illiamsport B1·eakjast Table. A STRANGER passing by the entrance of the Adams Ex­ press Office, the other day, saw the good natured agent sitting in his sentry-box, smoking an after dinner cigar, and rushed up to him and hastily said: "Be you an expresser?" The ageut expressed himself to the effect that he was there for that purpose. "Well, said the stranger, "I want to express--" "Certainly," said the agent, "you've struck the right CELEBRATED CARPENTER ORGAN ACTION. place." "I say I've called to express--" "That's right," Says the agent, "what have you got to ex­ press? ·Where is it going?" "What I mean to express--'' All persons interested in Music should have my beautiful "Well, if you mean to express, why don't you go ahead and do it 'I 'l'he entire express service of the Adams Express Com­ pany is waiting on yon," said the agent. Catalogue, sent free to any address. "But will you allow me to expresii ?" "Cet·tainly," said the agent, ' express all you want to from a pin to Cleopatra's needle, and from a June bug to an ele­ phant.'' "Well, then," said t.he straoger, pr(;)paring to take a walk, "I want to express my satisfaction over the agreeable change in the weather," and he dodged out just in time to escape a E. P. CARPENTliRi WORCESTER, MASS. call-book that agent flung at his head. L. C. Elson, in the June Musical Herald says: I N WRITING A LWAYS MENTION THIS P A PER. "!CUNKEI.'S MUSICAl, Rl!:VIEW" has taken time by the fore­ lock, and written the epitaphs of various editors. Here is ours:- ON L. C. ELSON. Kindly stranger, shed a tear, Elson is no longer here; And, whatever shore he's tossed on, Sure he mourns. for 'tisn't Boston! PIANO DACTYLION. But we are a lively corpse, and thus return the compliment:- ON I. D. FOULON. A new invention of great practical value and Here lies the humorous I. D. real benefit to the Piano Player. A Homceopathiat was he. To st ren g then the finger s. He added not to thi!! world's ills To improve t h e t ouch . By editorials or pills; To en sure flexibilit y a nd rapidity, For· both were quite innocuou!l To give cor r ect position o f t h e hand. When given by this genial cuss. To save time a nd a vast amount of l a bor. REV. MR . TALMAGE says the principal occupation in heaven Used, endorsed, and highly recommended by the will be singing. For this assurance many thanks. Nearly all best of Pianists and Teachers, among whom- Lhe angels that we have seen in pictures were playing solo's on MAD. J ULIE RIVE-KING. . MR. S. B . M I LLS. lish-horns, and we feared that this was their principal em­ MR. CHAS. KUNKEL. MR. H. G . ANDRES. ployment. Perhaps these pictures were not "taken on the Mit. ARMI N DOERNER, MR. OTTO S I NGER. spot."-Norristown Ifemld. MR. GEO. SCHNEIDER. A YOUNG man who was invited by his mother to lug up a Introduced at, and u sed by, the different Ool· hod of coftl from the cellar, offered an amen<'lment, striking out leges of Music in Oincinnat1. himself and substituting therefor his father, stating as his reason that he had just returned from a seven days' vacation, AGEN'l'S WANTED EVERYW:S:Ell.E. Send for Circulars. a.nd that it was a well known proposition, laid down in Green­ leaf's Arithmetic, that seven days make one week. 1'he l,i E. LEVASSOR, Manufacturer, amendment was overwhelmingly voted down, and the original 24 W. Fourth St., Cincinnati, o. motion prevailed by a solid vote on both sides of the house. .,._ -·-----

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ESTAB I,.. ISHED 1866. STEINWAY PIANOSJ BURRELL, COMSTOCK & CO. No. 915 Olive Street. MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN ParlQr, Chamber, Library and Dining-Room J. MOXTER & CO.J · ·FURNITURE MAJOR AND MINOR. No. 915 Olive Street. MIERZWINSKI, the tenor, is engaged for the next Italian sea 402 & 404 NORTH FOURTH STREET. son at St. Petersburgh. READ and Thompson arc now handling the Carpenter Or­ We have on hand the largest, finest and most gans. A reliable firm and reliable instruments. complete stock of Furniture to be found in the TH~ city of Vienna has contributed 10,000 florins toward the country. erectwn of the proposed monument to Mozart. STEINWAY PIANOS, Our goods are of the latest styles and best work­ ARMAND CASTELMARY, the ideal Mephisto, is spending a short manship. time in Paris, but will ere long return to Italy. GABLER PIANOS, KUSTZMAN PIANOS, Our prices are always at the bottom. Do not fail to read the unprecedented offer of premiums for Orders by mail entrusted to us will be selected July and August on the editorial page. with care, and we g1.1arantee satisfaction. THE Mttsical Courie1· speaks of educationalists. What sort of We have in stock : fishes are thev? fs that the "bob· tailed Dutch" for educators or ENGEL &SCHARF BROS. PIANOS. edtwationists?' Ch amb er Suits, fr om $ 25.00 u p w ards. He1wi Vieuxtemps, sa Vie et son CEuvre. an interesting bio­ Parlor Su its, • " 5 0.00 .. 20.00 graphy of "the last of the virtuosos,'' from the pen of Maurice Li b rary Book Case s. Kufferath, has been published by ~ozez , Brussels. Di ning-r oom Sideboa rds, 25.00 We make a Specialty of R~nting, Tuning, and D in ing ExtenRiou Tab l es, 6.00 THE Municipality of Givet, France, have oecided on erecting in the principal square a bronze statue to the great composer, Repairing Pianos. Illustrat ed F u rnitur e Catalogue sent. on Applica tion. Mehul, who was a native of the town. THE French Government has nominated a commission to inquire into the present state and cultivation of the art in France. MM. Gounod and Thomas are members of the com­ mission. WE sincerely wish L . C. Elson bon voyage, in his trips to and from Europe . .Note.-The ''intelligent compositor" will please not make us say "bone voyage," as we arc not yet ready to consign Louis to "Davy Jones' Locker." LILLIAN RussELL, has broken all her contmcts and sailed for "IIold Hingland." What else could you expect from a woman who spells Lilian, Lillian, and thus burdens herself with an "extra hell?" '£HE first great disaster caused by the Brooklyn bridge has not yet been chronicled. It wfts the lot of musical swash ir1 the shape of songs, marches, etc., for which it scrvco as an ex­ cuse. St. Louis suffered in the same way when her bridge was opened. Tim prize offered by the St. Petcrsbnrgh Novelist for a Tri­ umphal March on the occasion of the Czar's Coronation was awarded to JuHus Nagel, Music-master at the Imperial Alex­ ander Lyceum. There were forty-two competitors. WAGNER's seventieth was observed in Leipsic by a performance of the "Meistersinger,'' a11d in Weimar by a musical festival, at which portiom; of ·· Parsifa.l," •· Tristan," and the "Nibelungen" were given, undC:r the direction of Liszt and Professor Muller Hartung. THE hymn for the coronation of the Czar was composed by Peter 'l'schaikowsky. The honor of composing the hymn was twice offered to Rubinstein, but he both times refused without giving his rea:sons for so doing. Perhaps he was afraid he would be· ·• dynamited" if he composed a coronation hymn. C. E. WOODMAN, EsQ, of the Briggs Piano Co., h9s a queer way of resting. Ile spent a recent vacation managi11g the D. C IIall Concert Company in Massachusetts, immediately after which he started for the West. When we saw him here, he looked as if his managerial experience had actually rested him THE new catalogue of Messrs. Callen berg ancl Vaupel shows thirteen different styles, in grands, square and uprights. Their "separable uprights" are something new and well worth an cxaminntion. As shown by their f!.dvertiscment in another column, their place of business is 333 and 335 West Thirty-sixth street, New York. OuR friend, J. T. Quigg, recently became the editor and one of the p.roprietors of The St. Louis Dmmatic Critic. He almost im­ mediately changed its name to The St. Lo1tis Critic, indicating by the change his ii.J.tcntion of widening- the field of the journal -a wise move, we think. We wish Mr. Quigg and llis new enterprise all the success they deserve, in other words, all the success he desires. CONOVER u&ed to be a pretty good looking fellow before he went to New York, but, judging from a picture of his that lately appeared in one of our exchanges, he has been fearfully slashed and gashed about the face since he has left our pro­ tecting care. By the way, Conover, old boy. give the Cou1·ier a five dollar ad.-it will be so much saved for Stein way and ~BEST MADt::.. ~ Sons, and they'll muzzle Bloomy. Miss LINA ANTON is no more. We do not put this anonnce- J ment in mourning, for the simple reason that Mrs. Lina Anton Roebbelen, who took her place on the 5th of June, is so much like her that no one, not even herself, knows the difference . Nonsense aside, we wish :Mr . and Mrs. Roebbelen a great deal . of happiness. The young and talented couple reside at No. Excelling all Others in Beauty, Volume, and Power of Tone. 1334 East 17th street, New York. IT has lately been claimed that the common bat can hear tones six octaves higher than the human ear can perceive. While the human ear ceases to hear musical sounds above 8,000 vibrations per second, the bat is said to have an appar­ Ca.tal~gu.es ~ailed Free. atus which can hear a tone produced by 2,500,000 vibrations per seeond. If all things arc made for a wise purpose, it is a question why was this animal provided with such acute organs? WE are much obliged to Mr. Carlyle Pctersilea'for his invita­ tion to attend th ree exhibition ronccrts of l1is Academy of Music at the Union Hall, Boston. It is too long a walk for us NEW ENGLAND ORGAN COMPANY to undertake at this season of the year, although the fine pro­ grammes are qnite a temptation. We notice that "Satellite Polka,'' ..Alden, opens the sPries of concerts. Mr. Alden by the way, is a former pupil of Mr. Pctersilca, one of the many of 1299 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON,· MASS. whom this eminent teacher may justly be proud. KUNKEL'S MUSICAL REVIEW, JULY, 1883. 395

A CERTAIN maiden lady writes to ask whether we do not SPECIAL TIES! SPECIALTIES! think we publish too many love-songs in the REVIEW. Well, we don't know-the poet says: OF THE GREAT JEWELRY HOUSE OF "Bqt oh! 'tis love, 'til' loYe, '!'hat makes the world go round." And a certain clergyman has amplified the idea as follows: "Love makes heads go round. papa and mamma go round, money go round, cake go round, the parson go round, and at MERMOD, JACCARD & GO., last, 1f the pair live and h ave good luck. it is love that passes lhe baby around. We say nothing of paregoric, rocking the cradle, colic, teething, whooping-cough, and possibly a tear­ tJORNER FOURTH AND LOf.UST STREETS, ST. LOUIS, .MO. stained face at an infant's grave. Yet we might, for all this is the natural, philosophical result of a talk with the loved one. which was in turn the result of moonli~ht on the water." Fine Triple Plated Double Wall Solid Gold Watches for Gentle- What poets and clergymen unite in indorsmg cannot surely be very bad. Try it and if you find it indigestible or otherwise $6 • 00 lee Pitchers, each one warranted and $35 • OOmen, warranted good time-pieces, sat- · dangerous, let us know. stamped Mermod, Jaccard & Co. These are the best i3faction guaranteed. MR. 'w. F. HEATH, of Fort Wayne, Ind., Secretary of the bargains ever offered in Ice Pitchers in St. Louis and Small American Clocks, neat and Music Teachers' National Association writPs to our publishers are intensely appropriate to the season. • attractive time-keepers-warranted. in date of May 21st: "As often as an opportunity occurs that $1 50 I can get you subscribl?rs or say a good word for the REVIEW Nickel Stem-Winding Watches, Solitaire Diamond Rings, for I shall do so, because you are offering the best music of any of • warranted good time-pieces and satis­ • ladies, from $15.00 and upwards jn the journals, a nd your literature is not at all behind." We appre­ $10 00 $15 00 cdate such a compliment coming from one so competent to faction guaranteed to each purchaser by Mermod, prict!. Our stock of Rings is very large and choice. j •tdgc, especially as it is the spontaneous expression of one Jaecard & Co. whom neither publishers nor editor ever have had the pleas­ Solitaire Diamond Ear-Rings. nrc of meeting personally, although he is so well and favor­ Solid Gold WatchesforLadies, $35 • 00 Our variety of Ear-Rings is very ex­ ably known as a musician throughout the country. tensive, the largest in the west, and no one should $30 • 00 warranted good time-pieces, handsome DR . Jos:E GoDOY, publisher and editor of La America M7tsi­ and attractive in appearance. purchase Diamonds before examining our stock. ml, the only musical journal published in the Spanish lan­ ~· tta ge on this continent, has established in New York (at No . The above are but a few of the extraordinary inducements we offer to buyers of good~ in our line: Ever~ article is abso · I ' 9 West 23d st.) "'!'he American Lyric College," the principal lutely of the quality it is represe~ted to be, the price is marked in plain figures and there 1s but one priCe to al • Oall and see. 1tim of which is '.'to prepare ladies and gentlemen for the opera, either as soloists or for the chorus, so as to enable them ~Choice Music· Bozas of Every Grade at VERY LOW PRICES. to enter into professional life on leaving the college." A strictly lyric school is a novelty, also a need. and we sincerely MER MOD, JACCARD & CO., hope that our con.fre?·e. whom we believe to be quite competent for the task he has nndertaken, will succeed beyond his ex­ Corner Fourth and Locust Streets. pectations. THE cor..1mencement exercises of Kentucky College for young ladies, at Pewee Yalley, received extended notices in the Lou­ isville papers. Speaking of the musical portions of the pro­ gramme, the Louisville Commercial Eays: ··Great praise is due Mrs. E ..J. Valentine, the efficient head of the music depart­ ment of Kentucky College, for the thorough training manifested hy her pupils. '' Why arc red roses red" Melnotte, "Together we have trod these halls" " Gimbel, and our old friend Sie­ bert's "Farewell Song'' occupied prominent plaees on the pro­ gramme. Kawalskl, Schnlhoff, Liszt, Pape and Arditi were also represented, so that there was no lack of variety. Mrs. Valentme will spend the summer on the Pacific coast. NoT long since, says an exchange, a gentleman saw in a New York paper an advertisement of a wonderful musical in­ strnment. The advertisement stated that tbe instrument could play any number of tunes, and any one could use it. As Is Not One, but 3o Stores Under the Same Roof. its price was so low, aucl , the paper said, "it was just as good 0 a"'UST SEE: :~· ~ E~~~?t·~~ed~~c ~?:J.d Lj~{ ~l~nifm~fi ~~e~~n:;~e i~ ~af;~;fi~ package, whieh cost him twelve cents extra pos'tage. He 1 Silk and Vel vet Store. 11 Em broidery Store. 21 Art Embroidery Store. opl?ned the wrapper and found a box. 'l'he box was the over­ coat of another box, and inside of the second box was another 2 Dress Goods Store. 12 'frimming Store. 22 Millinerv ~tore. of smaller dimensions, and there, neatly placed on a red cot­ 3 Mourning Goods Store. 13 Gents' Furnishing ~Hore. 23 Upholstery Store. ton mat, was a jewsharp and the followin g printed directions: 4 Calico and Gingham 8tore. 14 White Goods Htore. 24 Shoe Rtore. "Place the harp between the teeth and draw the first fingl?r of 5 Summer Wash Goods Store. 15 Cloth and Cassimere Store. 25 Blanket and Comfort Store. the right hand across the vibrating stanclard, breathing the melody you wish to produce gently on or against the bar. Any 6 Lining Goods Stc.re. 16 House Furnishing 8tore. 26 Underwear Store. person with average intellect can, in a few hours, master the 7 Linen and Domestic Store. 17 Flannel Store. 27 Ch'ildren'·s Ulothing Store. most difficult piece of music. Note. It is supposed the sa.me 8 Hosiery Store. 18 Notion Store. 28 Cloak 8tore. party will soon order an organ from Beatty. 9 Glove Store. 19 Ribbon Store. 29 Shawl Store. IT is a fact that a string, set in vibration, causes a compres­ 10 Lace Store. 20 Fancy Goods Store. 30 Ladies' and Misses' Suit Store. sion and rarefaclion of the surrounding air; in front of it the Besides Six Workrooms connected with various Departments. air is pushed to.,.ether and condensed; behind it the vacuum it creates is fille8 up by the snrronnqing air. which thus be­ Address: comes rarefied for the moment. 'fhis periodic movement of the air is transmitted to onr ears at the rate of about I,JOO feet in a second; it strikes against the tympanum, and occasions, WM. BARR DRY GOODS COMPANY, by its further impulse on the audiwry nerves and bra:in, the sensa lion we call sonnd. Air in motion, by its infiuenee on the organs of hearing, is the cause of sound; ether in motion, by SIXTH, OLIVE TO LOCUST STREETS, ST. LOUIS. its influence on the organs of sight, is the cause of light. Without air or some other medium whereby the vibration of bodies can be propagated toourears, no sound is po,sible. As a sonorous body throws off' no actual substance of sonnd, but only occ~asions a vibration of the air, so a luminous boc1y sends out no substance of light, but only gives an impulse to the ether, and sets it in vibration. A musical sound, in contradis­ tinction to mere noise, is produced only when the impulseR, of J. KENNARD & SONS] air reach the ear at regular intervals; if the intervals between the impulses are not sufficiently regular, the ear is only con­ -DEALERS IN- scious of a hissing, a rushing, or a humming noise; a musical sound requires perfect regularity in the succession of impulses.

'fHE Emerson Piano Company have removed their ware­ rooms to No. 159 Tremont street, Boston. '!'he Boston Times of .Tune 23, says: "'l'he new building of this company, at No. 15~ Tremont street, is onE> of the finest of its kind in tile country, >Hld is admirably adapted to the Jimrposcs for which it was designed. 'fhe wareroom on the first floor has probably the largest show window ever constructed, and it is an exceed­ ingly handsome one as well. The fillings and furnishings are CARPETS. OIL CLOTHS, 1trtistic and have commanded the admiration of all who have f;een them. The decorating in oil was done by M. Flemming, >t French artist of rare ability. '!'he whole building, in fact, exhibits the most superior workman!'!hip. It is, indeed, worthy Lace and Damask Curtain Goods. the company that will occupy it, and to say this is to pA.y it a high compliment. ln 1838 the first Emersoh piano was made in this city, and though the bnsincss steadily increased and the piano became known all over the country, it was not until fonr years ago that the business took anything like its present proportions. The company was newly organized in 1879. Its fa.cilities for turning out pianos rapidly are believed to be LARGEST HOUSE IN THE WESTERN COUNTRY. wperior to those of A.ny other establishment, but the rapidity in work is never permitted to interfere with the quality of the instruments." ~Call and see our Stock before purchasing elsewhere.~ INDIANAPOLIS, IND.-The lion. Daniel W. Voorhees, United States Senator from this State, remarks: "My opinion sir, I have no objection of giving. I suffered from rheumatism of the back, used some 8t. Jacobs Oil, which gave me instantan- eons relief and finally cured me completely. I think it a re­ 420 & 42Z NORTH FOURTH STREET, ST. LOUIS, M 0 • 1 ml\rkable remedy, iJ1deed." His candid and courteous expres- . 1 sion carries weight. 396 KUNKEL'S MUSICAL REVIEW, JULY, 1883. . f-t z fil 0 ~ p::; rn ~ ~ ~ (/) T.o accommod~te a large number of buyers we will, Cf) U1 I until further notiCe, sell new pianos on payments of Cf) $10 to $25 per month to suit purchaser. Our stock is 8 ~ :r: 0 c~refully selected and contains latest improved 0 ~ 0 ~ ~ Jo nes- Good afternoon, Smith! CD Smith- What do you know? ~ (j) Jones- Nothing l-and you? ::r: :J 0 Smith-Nothing ! Joo es-Ilot, aint it ? st~les of Squares, Uprights, Cabinet Grands, Parlor 0 (/) Pi ~ 0 \1 Smith-Very hot flncl dry! Why don't you invite me to a glass Grands, and Concert Grands, from the factories of of '' icc-water" W!th you ? ~ ~ -' DECKER BROS., CHICKERING, HAINES, STORY ~ Jones-Got no money-and you ? ~ 0 S mith-Flat broke! 0 . & CAMP, MA'l'HUSHEK, FISCHER AND OTHERS, r .Jones- What shall we do? ~ ~ Smith-What can we do with our intellectual and financial z ~ I P> capital? 0 (f) M Jones-Start a music-trade paper, a Musical Cottrie?._ !)mith-Got any eredit ? E-r C0 ~ Jones-No-but Dirt-road and Fathers want somebody to w. throw mud for them at their rivals in business, especially one UJ 0 ~ AI. Webster or Weaver, and they'll furnish the cash. [TheV N --~ disappea1· in: Dirt-mad's office awhile, then enter the '' 'ioe-water ~iving a variety to select from that can not be found ~ shop and" set em up! '] • . 111 any ot~er house in the country . M 0 Ever~ m~trument warranted. Catalogues mailed on apphcatwn. tr:l MAJOR AND MINOR. z ~ DE KONTSKI and Joseffy both make concert tours next season. MR. GEORGE H. CHTCKERING has been re-elected vice-presi­ dent of the Boston Handel and Haydn Society for another year. What is the use of going through the form of an annual election in his case ? Jle should be elected for life, or "during good behavior," which is the same thing. "When Jam laid in earth" is, according to the Musikalisches Wochenblatt, the text of Purcell's aria, sung by Mrs. Hutchin­ son, at the Crystal Palace, some time ago. Poor Nahum Tate was a wretched bard, but he never spoke of laying jam in earth. When will Germans learn the difference between a vowel and a consonant ?-.lfusical Review. "MA, what is a grass widow?" asked a youth who had been reading in the papers about a person of that description. "Why, my boy, I can't explain it exactly," said the mother. "I'll bet I know, anyhow," said the smart youngster. "Well, toll me." "A grass widow is a female woman whose husband died of hay fever," he exclaimed. '!'hen h e went out into tho kitchen and rubbed the eat's nose with red pepper.-Boston Times. MAX STRAKOSCH has signed a lease for five years of the 'l'wenty-third Street 'l'he&tre, New York, lately occupied by Salmi Morse. Strakosch is endeavoring to secure the ' Niebel­ ungen," with the same cast, if possible, with which it was pro­ duced in London. Arrangements are also pending with Clara Zeigler, the German tragedienne. Mr. Strakosch says he will use every effort to make this a first-class theatre. We hope he will meet with great success . A POPULAR Parisian singer as she entered the theatre on are­ cent evening, says the :.Crib,une, received from the door-keeper a bundle which provoked great meniment when she opened it in the green-room. It contained a roasted chicken with a note from an ardent admirer begging that she would send her por­ trait and" something belonging to her which she held to be precious'' to a given address. As the lady happens to be married, h er husband undertook to cool the ardor of her cor­ respondent by a reply which ran thus: "Sir, as my wife is busy dressing her last baby (a girl, dear sir), she requeiits me to answer your note, and to send you my portrait, her husband being, she assures me, what she deems most precious-at least, at present. With regard to her photograph you will find this at Nadar's, and I may tell you that the renowned photographer PIANO-FORTE MANUFACTORY; makes a great reduction when large quantities are taken. And finally, my daughter being now six months old, you might a 700 Harrison Avenue, from Canton to Brooklyn Street, BOSTON, MASS. littlP later on, in transferring to the child the great love you express for the mother, become my son-in-law. Who knows! Yours truly, X." 'l'IIE closing concerts of M:rs. W. H. Neave's Music School, Sal sbury, N. C., took place on the evenings of the 6th and 7th of June. In the programme of the first concert, we notice such compositions as Strelezki's Valse Caprice, also some origi!lal ::t-.4:a.n uf'a.ctu:re:rs o:c arrangements by W. II. Neave. The second concert was devoted mainly to the presentation of an operetta of Raroni's, S~UARE, SQUARE GRAND, AND IMPERIAL UPRIGHT GRAND "'l'hc Twin Sisters." Speaking of this performance, the Carolina Watchman says: "Altoiethcr, the presentation and performance were in every detail well nigh perfect-stage set­ 1~:~e~~os~ ting, costumes, stage presence, acting, singing, clear verbal enunciation-in short-the ensemble or ontire mise-en-scene was Fully RICHMOND. INDIANA. so super-excellent, and almost faultless, as to be above the Every ... nstrument Warranted. critic who carps. 'l' he audience was en rapport with the stage, sympathetic and warmly responsive throughout. Our own citizens, and the "stranger within our gates" all join in this NICHOLAS LEBRUN, SOLE IMPORTE opinion of the performance. Prof. and "Mrs. Neave as teachers and trainers need no com­ OF THE mendation from us, as their reputation is not confined to the limits of this State. FIFTEEN YE.A.RS OF SUCCESS. With pleasure we announce that it is Prof. Neave's intention CELEBRATED 'ROUGH DIAMOND' to begin the rehearsal of another Operetta with the opening of NICHOLAS LEBRUN, the next session of Mrs. N' s school." llanaraetsrer, Importer, and lobblr Ia IT ALlAN STRINGS FOR VIOLIN, GUITAR, BANJO, CELLO, AND A HOME FOR 40 CENTS. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS DOUBLE BASS, And Murioal M.e-rohanCU..e, And of the "NE PLUS ULTRA" GERMAN . Send 40 cents in stamps for Old Uncle John and his finely educated wife. Laugh until you cry, 207 SOUTH FIFTH STREii:T. Bands supplied and instruments repaired at lowest figures. and guess on our home and barn, valued at ST. LOUIS, KO. Dealers supplied at New York figures. Sample orders solicited. Jean White's and Howe's entire catalogues in stock at pub· $3,000,00. Write everything plainly. TEN FIRST PREMIUMS. Jishers' prices. Largest and best stock west of the Mississippi. SWEET MUSIC CO., Ten. assorted samples of "Rough Diamond" violin, guitar, or banjo strings·mailed upon receipt of $1.00 Taunton, Mass. ~ I> t;d t:r:j t;d ,....; 0 lQ ~ 00 rn 0 .-4 ~ .s g~ ~ ~ 00 J-4 rn 0 ~=" p.! 0. I> ~ s· ~ z~ m t::l ;t" < .s t"'4 C) ~ 't:! 0 ~ ~ I> ..c:l rns. Q 00 cc ..... ~ 1:1 ~ 0 ~ """'00 00 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 1-f t,:r:j < ....00 ~ ~ Co:) 0 <:11

~ 0 Co:) ...:J G-EC>. ~l:LG-E::.N", z ~ MANUFACTURER OF Co:) <~ Church and Parlor Pips Organs 0-. 50 1 ~ Offtce and Factory: 639 & 64t Summit Ave., ~ SAINT LOUIS, MO. d ~ Tuning and Repairing done at short notice. Drawings, Speci.ft.· z ~ cations and Prices furnished free on application. ~ ~ 0 Co:) ~ C. F. ZIMMERMANN.'S ~ r:s J:il ~ MUSIC HOUSE, ~ ~ ~ 238 N. Second St., Philadelphia, Pa., <:11 -Makes a Specialty of All Kinds of- w t:rJ ~ Strings and Musical Merchandise rJJ ~ ~ Generally, Concertinas, Accordions, Violins, ~ ~ Guitars, Zithers, Etc., Etc. 00 I call special attention to my own manufacture of Dn.ems, ~ Banios, Tambourines, Flutes, Fifes, and Brass Band Instn.ements. 00 Proprietor of five patents and publisher of ZIMMERMANN'S ~ 3ELF·INSTRUOTOR FOR CONCERTINA AND ACCORDION. ~ Every one should see ZIMMERMANN'S PATENT PIANO IN· CD ~TRUOTOR, teaching this instrument by FIGURES-the great- CD est production of the age. 1 ..,.r:+ Send for circulars and learn the prices of niy goods, which defy competition. *irDEALERS will find it to their advantage to make my ac- ~ 1luaintance. CD :El ~ JACOB CHRIST=' 0 NO. 19 S. FIFTH STREET, Temple Building, ~ MERCHANT TAILOR ~ NUR SOUTHER!f HOTEL. ST. LOUIS, MO. DRESS CO.A.TS .AND EVENING SUITS A SPECIALTY TONY FAUST'S OYSTER HOUSE "V:I:TT :a::u-ss.. Manufacturer of and Dealer in B88is aad Sb•es, 208 80 UTH FIFTH STREET, ST. LOUIS, MO.

~EN'R.Y ::B:XLGEN", Church aml Chapel Pipe Organ Builder, 1626 Pine St. Church Pipe and Reed Parlor Organs tuned and repaired. On hand new Two Manuel Pipe Organ, 16 Stops, 27 Notes, m Pedal Gothic Walnut Case. Also 2 Stop Portable J>ipe Organ, manufactured by Felgemaker, Ene, Pa. 17 Notes of Pedals for 'ale ChPap . .a-Estimates and Drawmgs furmshed on application. CHICKERING& SONS' GRAND, SQUARE AND UPRIGHT

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The use of the Chickering Pianos by the greatest Pianists, Art Critics and Amateus, hac given to the Chickering Pianos an universal prestige and reputation far above all other Pianos manufactured in this country or Europe. The overwhelming verdict of the very highest art talent, including Dr. Franz Liszt, Gottschalk, Dr. Hans Von Dulow, Grand, Square, and Upright Piano-Fortes. Louis Plaidy, Stephen Heller, Carl Reinecke, Marmontel, Arabella Goddard, and hundreds of other masters of the art, places the Chickering Pianos of to-day at the bead of the entire These Instruments have been before the Public for nearly :fifty years, and upon their excellence alone have attained an unpurchased pre-eminence, which establishes them as list of Pianos made in the world. unequaled in Tone, TouClh, Workmanship and Durability. Every Piano fully War­ ranted for :five years. Prices greatly reduced. Illustrated Catalogues and Pr1ce Lists promptly furmsbed on application. WM. KNABE & CO., Illustrated Catalogues and price Lists mailed on application to 112 Fifth Avenue, New York. 2~1 &2~G W. Baltimore St" Baltimore. CHICKERING & SONS' READ &THOMPSON, Wholesale and Retail Dealers for the KNABE PIANO, Cor. 18th Street and 5th Ave. 208 & 210 N. FIFTH STREET, ST. LOUIS. MO. Chickering Hall New York, or 166 Tremont Street, :Boston, llaas.

IT ..A. I.. -y--1 8 81. -T:S:E- AT THE GREAT MILAN, 1881. ITALIAN INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION, PARIS, MILAN, 1881, EMERSON PIANO COMPANY, NORWAY, SWEDEN, 1878. MASON & HAMLIN (ESTABLISHED IN 1849) PHI LAD' A, 1876. CABINET ORGANS SANTIACO, WERE AWARDED THE l:r:l fJ0