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ALL FOOLS' DAY. Come, fools of pride and fools of pelf; Rhymes (not "Editorial") by the Editor. Come, fools of others, fools of self; Thou first of April, day of days, Ting-a-ling-a-ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling, No bard bas ever sung thy praise. Come join my song. What a chorus 'twill make! WHAT SAYS THE SEA SHELL? Then let me don the cap and bells, Ting-a-ling-a-ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling, And, as their music falls or swells 'Twill cause the dead (all but Wisdom) to wake. Ting-a-ling-a-ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling. 0 sea-shell, with the pearly lips, Fantastic, sing of thee a rhyme: What whisp'rest in mine ear? The while my rattle keepetb time: Would'st tell the tale of noble ships Ting-a-ling-a-ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling, AN EASTER MORNING HYMN. That sailed without a fear- Who'd dig my grave, if the fools were all dead? That bravely left the friendly shore Ting-a-ling-a-ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling, To cross the briny plain Poor fool, alone with the stars overhead! The night grows old, the blushing sky With freight of souls that nevermore Ting-a-ling-a-ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling. Foretells the coming day. To earth returned again ? Haste, angels! Come, from heaven high, Though strange their words, their speech uncouth, To roll the stone away- Would'st tell me stories of the deep? Fools (thank the moon) may speak the truth; The mighty stone that seals the tomb Rehearse the thunder's crash, Then, frankly, on her festal day, Where Jesus lies asleep, When, like a flock of giant sheep, Let earth own Folly's regal sway.· The stone that weighs, with weight of doom, Before the tempest's lash, Yes, come, ye humans, great and small, On hearts that, doubting, weep. The fleecy billows madly fled And bail her rightful queen of all ! Into the lurid night, Ting-a-ling-a-ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling, Oh, trust the Father's faithful word, And Ocean old rose from his bed Come, sing with me! Why ~bould Ising alone? His promises endure ; In wonder and affright? Ting-a-ling-a-ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling, His children's pray'rs are ever beard; Sing Folly's praise, she will smile on her throne l His help is nigh-and sure l Or whisp'rest thou of coral bowers, Ting-a-ling-a-ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling. Within some ocean dell Lo, here was laid His bleeding bead, Where, mindless of the winged hours, Say, Mister Judge, with owlish face, Thorn-wounded in the strife ; The sportive mermaids dwell? Wherein's your wisdom? In your place. But seek no more among the dead And bast thou beard the song they sing? You, soldier bold, your lion's skin The glorious Prince of Life l And dost repeat it now? In vain would bide the ass within. Done all the trials, past·the pain, Dost thou from them a message bring? You're fools, like me-you know 'tis true The death that must atone; 0 shell, what wbisp'rest thou? Then sing with me, I'll sing with you: The Lord is risen, soon to reign Ting-a-ling-a-ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling, On heaven's highest throne. Thy voice, it bas a strange, strange tone The world is built on a crazy old plan; Of unrest and of dread ; Ting-a-1ing-a-ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling, There shall we see Him face to face, As 'twere the voice of one alone The bigger the fool, the greater the man! When time and ·earth are past; · With the unburied dead!- Ting-a-ling-a-lin g, ting-a-ling-a-lin g. There He~n prepare His saints a place A whisper of eternity, Where they shall dwell at last. A sigh from nameless graves, Hold, Crresus, stop and bear my song l An echo of infinity, 'Tis not o'er sweet, but 'twon't be long: . Where is, 0 grave, thy vict'ry now? Caught from the countless waves l By Fortune's wheel now brought on top 0 death, where now thy sting? Wait half a turn and down you'll flop, Dethroned, ye fell on Olive's brow 0, soulless shell, thy soulful song, While yonder fool, then topmost turned, And Christ alone is King! Who taught it unto thee? Will count your gold his own, well earned! Sing, earth and beav'n, with one accord, Was it the soulless winds, along Ting-a-ling-a-ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling, Seraphic s.ongs of praise Shores of soulless sea?- He farthest falls who bas farthest to fall. To Him, the risen, living Lord Thou echoest what tb' angels say, Ting-a-ling-a-ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling, Of never ending days l What earth and seas repeat: 'Most ev'rything is just nothing at all! There is a God who reigns for aye; Ting-a-ling-a-ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling. ·u ·nfold, ye everlasting gates l Let men fall at his feet l He's vanquished death and sin-. I doffrp.y cap-Your servant, ma'am l Unfold, the King of Glory waits! E'en 'mong the fools, 'tis Place aux Dames! Unfofd, and let Him in! Your painted face, your studied smile, THE PARTING. Your honeyed words, your secret guile, Cast off the bonds. of doubt and grief, Ye blood-washed sons of men l ('li'rom the Italian of Metastasio.) We've been their dupes; we know them now, So take my cap, 'twill fit your brow. Rise from your graves of unbelief, Ting-a-ling-a-ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling, Through faith to live again! Now comes the sad hour of parting, For woman's wise, and the wise are but fools; Go forth, and unto all proclaim, Nice, my Nice, adieu! Ting-a-ling-a-ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling, Ye that were dead, but live, How shall I live, 0, my darling, Where woman reigns, it is folly that rules; That trust in risen Jesus' name So far away from you? Ting-a-ling-a-ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling. Doth life eternal give. I'll live in sadness forever, A life devoid of endeavor; Come, fools of chance and fools of fate; The shame, the glory of the cross And ah, who knows if ever Come, fools of love and fools of bate ; Make known on ev'ry shore ; You will remember me, Come, fools of loss and fools of gain ; Th' uplifting fall, the gainful loss Poor me? Come, fools of joy and fools of pain; Recount forevermore l 124 KUNKEL'S MUSICAL REVIEW, APRIL, 188'1.
a painting is set off by the frame that surrounds reality, there is very little pure or "absolute" it and by the particular kind of light that is made music. All music set to words, all music intended to fall upon it. to enhance or develope a dramatic situation, all It is too evident for argument that music com "programme" music, all music, in short, that goes KUNKEL BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, posed to specifically set forth some dramatic situa beyond music for music's sake is really only part 612 OLIVE STREET, ST. LOUIS. tion can never be as effective in any other. Hence of an art work-the most important part perhaps, it is that many, if not most, operatic selections are but a part still. I. D. FOULON, A.M., LL.B., EDITOR. entirely unsuited for concert use. This is specially A diamond is a diamond ever, but it needs a true of the music of those operas (like Gluck's, proper setting to bring out all its beauties. So, too, fine music is always fine but it too needs, for SUBSCRIPTION. 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Have you ever heard a string quartette in a large N the last issue of the Musical Herald, of Subscribers finding this notice marked will understand that ball, while you sat on the outer rows of seats? If Boston, Massachusetts, we read the fol their subscription expires with this number. The paper will so, did you enjoy it? If not, why not? Simply lowing paragraph: be discontinued unless the subscrivtion be renewed promptly. because it was not being performed in a suitable "A correspondent gives utterance to the place. Berlioz, that most acute of observers, says following: 'It must be a source of pro E hope as many of our St. Louis readers somewhere that, in order to get the full effect of found gratification to those who may contemplate . seeking musical honors as can possibly do so will attend the music, one must be within the range of its felt from the 'American College of Musicians' to be two performances to be given at Music vibrations, and be never spoke a truer word. reassured as to the phenomenal ability of the ex Hall on the evenings of April 29 and Chamber music loses one-half ·of its effect, when aminers connected with that somewhat equivocal 30, by the famous Boston Symphony played in a hall accommodating more than a few institution. Mr. E. M. Bowman, one of those deputed to test the theoretical knowledge of candi Orchestra, under the able conductor hundred. It was never written for large concert dates for examination, has recently published a ship of Mr. Wm. Gericke. Mr. Gericke halls. Its environments there are wrong, and its work in all respects worthy of the exalted position is the leader who has just shown to the New York effects are lessened, if not destroyed. assigned him in his chosen profession by the ers that, even in symphony, Thomas is not only When the youthful Mozart noted down from Music Teachers' National Association. With the modesty characteristic of genius, he has clothed approachable but surpassable. The orchestra memory Allegri's famous Miserere, until then kept his inspiration in the modest guise of a waltz of numbers sixty-five performers and is assisted by secret as one of the wonders of music and of the primitive simJ>licity. This 'Bobolink' valse ap Mme. Hastreiter, whom our readers will remember Sistine chapel, where it is yet sung during "Holy pears in the Musical R ecord,· and, although the as one of the best singers of the American Opera week" every year, it was supposed that the world melody assigned to the right hand is written in single notes, and the accompaniment allotted to Company, who severed her connection with that would soon be thrilled with the wonderful strains the left hand is restricted to two-part harmony, organization because of the boorish treatment she which many had travelled thousands of miles to Mr. Bowman has proved that it is possible for a received at the hands of "the only Thomas.'' hear. But outside of the Sistine chapel, apart skilled composer to introduce harmonic eccentrici That most excellent concerts will be given does from the imposing ceremonies and peculiar modes ties of a kind that ordinary musicians would desig nate as incorrect, even under these conditions. not admit of a moment's doubt. of singing there adopted, the music·has always The production is in all respects worthy of its dis appeared commonplace-and it is to-day a curiosity tinguished author.'" ACCESSORIES OF MUSICAL PERFORMANCES. and nothing more, although with its proper acces Mr. Bowman is our fellow-townsman and, how sories, in the place and on the occasions for which ever much we may have differed with him in the usrc. as a means of expressing emotions, it was written, its effect is said to be as overwhelm past, we feel it to be our duty to defend him from lacks definiteness. This is probably ing as ever. Do we not lose a large share of the the Herald'3 covert attack. It is evident that the an advantage in many cases, for there proper effect of religious music, when it is given in writer is deterred from calling the harmonies of in lies, in part at least, its power of a concert -ball, in all the glaring blaze of footlights the "Bobolink ·waltz" mistakes, only by the fact self-adaptation to the varying moods and the play of colors of the costumes of choris that Mr. Bowman is the President of the National of different individuals. On the other ters, with the orchestra, its gesticulating leader Perambulator otherwise known as the A. C. M. hand, this characteristic necessarily and the smirking soloists in full view, all calling There are two other facts, which should not be for makes music more dependent than the other arts the attention to outward display, when the mood gotten in this controversy. The first is that Mr. upon its environments, whenever it endeavors to should be one.ofintrospection, meditation or adora Bowman is the American editor of a German work express some definite emotion or to serve as the tion? And, while it would show off to far less ad on harmony; the second that the pastor of the exponent of a definite situation. vantage the toilets of the ladies and the dress-coats church for which Mr. Bowman is organist, and to We doubt whether it is ever possible to entirely of the gentlemen, would not oratorios be much whom we have already had occasion to refer as an dissociate the effect of a musical performance from more like oratorios in the "dim religious light" of authority on theology among musicians and on that of its surroundings of time, place or associa some Gothic temple, with the performers out of music among theo~ogians, says that Mr. Bowman tion. The hymn your mother used to sing to you sight, than as they are usually given? is a first-class harmonist. in your childhood's days might seem but poor To this same subject belongs, in part, the proper A bit of history will here serve to set Mr. Bow· music indeed, did you now hear it for the first time arrangement of concert programmes, the surround man right. Some two years ago, the editor of this -but the tones of her voice still linger upon its ing of any given composition by such other com journal had occasion to write to Mr. Bowman and cadences and, for you, it is not a possible subject positions as will enhance its effect. Each composi ask him to be so kind as to name some composition of criticism and, rightly or wrongly, it is music. tion as it is rendered creates a certain mood in the of his that could be performed at a "Home Com You would not select" Marching through Georgia" mind of the listener-tinges it, so to speak, with posers' Concert" about to be given under the edi as a meritorious composition, but if you hear ten some definite color of tone and sentiment, which tor's business management! In our letter were~ thousand of the "boys in blue "-boys in gray most will mingle and blend with the tone color of the ferred to the" Bobolink Waltz" as one of the only of them now, as to beard and hair-take up the composition that follows it, unless, indeed, a strong two pieces we had found bearing Mr. Bowman's refrain, you will have to admit that there is in the contrast in style prevents any blending. In either name! and suggested that probably he would not old tune, or rather in a mass of voices taking up its case the composition appears different according care to be represented by them upon the pro strains, a power to move the listener. It is need· to the frame of other compositions in which it is gramme. In due course of mail, Mr. Bowman less, here, to multiply examples. Those we have set. Here again the accessories have great import informed us that the pieces in question were writ given suffice to make our meaning plain. ance and should not, in practice, be disregarded. ten when he was young and tender and imagined "A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in Some one may think that in thus dwelling upon he was a composer; that he had changed his mind pictures of silver," says Holy Writ, and what is the importance of the accessories of music we are since, and begged to be left off the programme, true of definite speech is even truer of music, belittling music itself. Such is certainly not our having no composition he could refer to as suitable. the indefinite lauguage of the emotions. Its merit, intention; we are not expounding a theory but Later, Mr. Bowman evidently changed his mind in or at least its appearance of merit, is largely af simply noting · facts ~ "Absolute music" may be reference to his ability as a composer, for he fected by the character of its accessories, even as free from the influences we have mentioned but, in brought out an anthem and an organ piece. True, KUNKEL'S MUSICAL REVIEW, APRIL, 1887. 125 some critics claimed that these wor~s lacked origi at Mrs. Thurber's command, or those who profit by '' Ariane" and "Orfeo" did not throw off the yoke her inexperience and misdirected enthusiasm." of scholasticism without undergoing great opposi nality and kept on exclaiming as strain after strain We are glad to see the Herald, at last, taking the tion. Artusi, of the school of Bologna, who could was heard: "Mendelssohn, Dudley Buck,' Batiste, right view of this e.nterprise. Like many converts, not at all grasp his harmonic discoveries, made bit Guilmant," etc., but these were wicked critics, who ter but fruitless war upon him. Genius triumphed however, we fear it goes too far in its condemna did not kn.ow what they were talking about. See over grammar. tion of what it once supported. Let us be fair. If This musical movement, as yet somewhat in the injustice of criticism and the perplexities of a ballet is necessary, where is the American ballet definite in the seventeenth century, took more genius l When Mr. :Bowman, in the "Bobolink definite shape in the ei~hteenth, through the Waltz" strikes out into a novel path, they hint master that could have been obtained? Where is efforts of Pergolesi, Piccmi, Sacchini, J omelli, that be has made mistakes; when his musfc sounds the native American lady directress that could Cimarosa and Paisiello. It was then only that have taken the place of Mme. ~'ursch-Madi? Germany, thitherto far behind, took gigantic like somebody's else, they say it is not his! Is it strides forward, with Haendel, Haydn, Bacli, Gluck his fault, forsooth, that he did not 'happen to be Again, is it reasonable to ask of the "National and Mozart. t, with the exception of Gluck, the first to have this or that musical idea? Conservatory" great results in one season? Finally, these composers, as has been noted by Prof. Pietro is there such an abundance of American operas Blaserna, ·in his work on "Sound and Music," There is another thing to be said. The Herald is "must be considered as the fruitful and sublime the organ of a large conservatory and its editors that a performance of "Lohengrin" is to be con demned? continuers of the Italian movement. To convince evidently think of the degrees to be given by . the one's self of how little a distance divided the two The Musical Herald is right-the enterprise is not American College of Musicians, as if they. were schools, one need only compare Cimarosa's "Matri sincerely national, and it is a foregone conclusion those of a permanent institution, and represented monio Segreto" with Mozart's "Nozze di Figaro." that it will soon go to smash, but the Herald is un They seem like two works produced by the same the undergoing of a certain training and passing of fortunate it). its chosen line of attack. It could school and composed by two brothers-though the a serious examination. This is all a mistake. The former is lighter, more brilliant, more elegant and have demonstrated by facts and figures that, in A. C. M. is simply a sort of musical millinery shop the latter broader, richer, deeper." those branches where native American talent was Bach himself.z whose compositions constitute to on wheels and its degrees are the ribbons and available, inferior talent of foreign birth was day the real biole of the musicians, entered upon feathers it keeps in stock. The "Bobolink Waltz" chosen, that, in the absence of grand operas of the course which be was to make illustrious only in is probably far in advance of any work which is the wake of Frescobaldi, one of the inventors of American origin, the Wagner operas have been likely to be done by the wearer!:! of the rosettes of the fugue and the introducer into instrumental systematically given undue prominence at the ex music of the methods first introduced into vocal the A. C. M. and even if it were true that it is not pense of those of all other schools, and that the music by Monteverde. a great work, it is surely sufficient to establish the business management of the opera has been insin Rossini came and the separation between the competency of its author to pass on the qualifica two schools then became well marked. The Ital cere and even dishonest. Such a line of argument tions of those wb,o will apply for degrees and titles ians abandoned the grand forms created in sym would have been fairer and much more conclusive. phonic music by Beethoven and in dramatic music from the A. C. M.-and more he does not claim. We prophesied the present state of affairs of the by Gluck. · Itahan song was the cause of the in The Herald is usually a well-informed journal, American (now National) Opera eighteen months trinsic decadence of Italian music. At this time, but in this instance it has allowed itself to be car Italy was made the admiration of the world by her ago, and warned on the one hand Mrs. Thurber ried away by ,prejudice, and we here warn the bean artists, raised amid the best lyric· traditions and against her advisers and the public against undue trained from their infancy by means now forgotten. eaters who edit its columns to let Mr. Bowman enthusiasm. Bad treatment is the sole cause of Flattered by the ;press, applauded by the public, alone, if they do not want us to rap them over the the impending death. It is probably not yet too triumphant, exultmg, these singers began to con knuckles. · sider themselves as the principal element of suc late to save the patient, but it has been bled almost cess, and as written music did not give them suffi to death, and the Doctors, Thomas· and others, in cient opportunities for self-display, they adorned THE" MUSICAL HERALD" ON" THE NATIONAL charge of the case, bel!)ng to the good old antiphlo it with trills, cadenzas, and .tioriture of all sorts. OPERA." Good taste was being drowned. gistic school, and they will undoubtedly prescribe Powerless to prevent this movement, Rossini, a few more (imported) leeches. It is an open secret after the manner of our modern politicians, made HE Boston Musical Herald, for March, says: by the way, that these doctors expect to be sole himself its leader, preferring to deflower his own "The bona fide nature of the enterprise con heirs-should a death ensue; and a funeral is music to letting it be deflowered by others, and thus out of necessity, made himself the apostle trolled by Mrs. Thurber, Mr. 'fheodore highly probable in the near future, since Mrs. Thomas, and Mr. Locke, is signi:fi,cantly of vdcal gargling. Let us hasten to ·say that" Wil indicated by the following extract from Thurber and her friends seem to think it is better liam Tell" does away with these errors in a way an advertisement in reference to the com to have the patient die secundum artem than recover which would make it unfair to dwell upon them. compf!,ny's return visit to Boston:- in an irregular manner. Then the American peo Unfortunately, all these exaggerations had cre ated a vitiated style-sentimentalism, from which AMKRICAN OPERA, by "The National Opera Company." ple will be blamed for the result by the very per Bellini, notwitb~tanding.his depth of feeling, an.d Monday, February I4, Lohengrin. . sons who will have brought it about. Donizetti, notwithstandmg the elegance of his There is a world of meaning in this to the observant work, were not always free. It is however to be mind. It indicates, in fact, the entire policy of noted that, in their weakest works, th~y, as. ~ell the movement; namely, the -furtherance of Ger A BIT OF HISTORY. as Rossini, remaip. masters in polyphomc ~r1tmg. man interests, while P.rofessing to serve the cause Their ensemble pieces are always mterestmg and of native art. It Will, however, be found in the often models for the great effects attained through sequel that" honesty is' the best policy;" for the E translate for our readers from L'Art simple vocal combinations. public, while willing to suppott any artistic per Musical the following interesting arti Neither Meyerbeer, nor even Wagner, who was formances, either native or foreign, are already cle from the pen of Mr. A. Landely. familiar with all musical intricacies, have ever resenting the insincerity of those 'who, in this In his article on Otello, our Milan cor surpassed this innate skill of the sons of Pales instance, are persistently "sailing under false responden t,speaking of Verdi's newfinale trina. With both Meyerbeer and Wagne~, espec colors." Mrs. Thurber has already absorbed, for the third act dwelt upon the degree ially the latter, the orchestra played a considerable within a period of some eighteen months, a sum of perfection w hwh1 the !tali ans have al- role. The others hardly paid any attentirofessional rather simple, melodious, and that German com Verdi is a thorough master of this science of direction of Madame Fursch-Madi, M. Bouhy, and posers seemed to studiously avoid all appearance vocal amalgam. It is seen in his very first works, a ballet master, M. Bibeyr,-all of whom are unac of artificiality. written when he hardly knew harmony. The s~~; quainted with the English language. Great results While the protestant reformation was creating tette from ·" Nabucco,'~ the trio from" I Lombard~, were promised for this season; but, beyond a few in Germany simple l;larmonies and broad songs, the finale of "Ernani," the sextette from "Jerusa chorus singers and ballet girls, this great art school Italy was, on the contrary, remarkable for the inex lem " the quartettes from "Luisa Miller" and has produced nothing. tricable complications of its :polyphony. Pales "Rigoletto " the Miserere from "Il Trovatore," the Notwithstanding this self-evident failure, Mrs. trina then simplified it, giving It that balance and finales of "Traviata," "Forza del Destino" and Thurber is now exhausting her eloquence in the grandeur of proportions which. have n~ver been "Aida" (to speak only of those that are known, columns of newspapers and at meetings organized surpassed. . more or less, by everybody) sufficiently prove the by herRelf, in order to arouse sufficient patriotism After thi~ great reformer, the two nations fol truth of our assertion. · · to enable her to extract from the public a trifling' lowed nearly the same path as to style. Italy had "Otello" has been written by Verdi in ~ccord matter of $500,000, to extend her conservatory and the lead ahd kept it for a long time-turning its ance with a new musical art-system to which we liquidate claims for unpaid salaries. Under these attention immediately to dramatic music. After were already indebted for two other master worl~s : circumstances, it becomes the duty of all really Viadana, to whom we are indebted for the first "Aida" and the "Requiem," an art system wh1e.h interested in the artistic welfare of America, to melodies, came Carissimi and Scarlatti, the origina is inspired by a desire to be true t.o the dramatic earnestly protest against such efforts as these, tors of recitative. The latter inaugurated the re expression far more than by certam much lauded which are simply calculated to heap ridicule on our forms which were continued by his disciples: theories. It is perfectly clear that ~he mea!ls u~ed national intelligence. The development of native Durante, Leo and Greco .. Music at last freed Itself by the composer for the construction of his thud talent is a" consummation devoutly to be wished; " from the bondage of counterpoint, entering with act are in nowise, as has been stated, borrowed but this cannot be effected by such means as are Monteverde upon its true course. The composer of from any of his neighbors. 126 KUNKEL'S MUSICAL REVIEW, APRIL, 1887.
Upon the whole, it may be affirmed, without fear horsemen and the promenaders that filled the play in the streets, and bring home a few carlini -of contradiction, that there is much more of Verdi's street, walk~d or moderated their speed to look every evening. But how can one buy a violin when manner in Wagner's earlier works than there is of towards the west. one has no money to buy bread ! And yet, I had Wagner's system in Verdi's later works. In poly As one approached the upper portion of the via spoken of that so often that my Giuseppe, who is phony proper and in the ensemble of his work, the di Toledo, the crowds became more and more dense a good son and a good workman -- and no fool, Italian has remained superior to the Germa.n, who, and the carriages more and more numerous, for it began to make one for me out of the worthless clip· on the other hand~ is undeniably far superior in was towards the Royal Palace that most of the car pings about the shop of his em,Ployer. He must the domain of sympnony. riages were going, and the crowd was increased by have been a month at least makmg it, for making the idlers and curiosity hunters who came to see a violin is no easy job, you see I At last he sue· the " upper ten " alighting from their carriages. ceeded, and one even in~ be brougb t me - -" Therefore, it was not without some difficulty that a "Yes I understand,' interrupted the stranger! A TIN FIDDLE. tall, spare and eccentric looking man, of some fifty stretchmg1 out his hand to take the bow. "Wil years of age, elbowed his way through the popu you allow me to try it?" HEN I visited the Royal Museum of lace that crowded the sidewalks. He had just The old man gave him the bow. Then the .Naples, among all the curiosities which crossed the via Frattina, when he suddenly stopped stranger picked at the strings with his fingers and it contained, one object especially at and listened. For a minute he listened so atten began to tune the instrument. It would seem that tracted my attention; not because ofits tively that he did not discover that the crowd was he did it not unskillfully. for the old man, smiling intrinsic or artistic value, but on ac pushing him and carrying him along towards the in a friendly manner, said to him: "Ah, you are count of its oddity. It was a violin made palace, until the strange sounds which had struck one of the trade, too? " out of bits and clippings of tin, rather his ear appeared to become more and more remote. "HQ.mph I just a bit," answered he, smiling; and · awkwardly soldered together, but yet, "Per Giove! " cried he, speaking to himself, as the violin was now tuned, he placed it in posi· recalling the form of the king of instruments. "what instrument can that be?" He listened tion and gave one stroke of the bow, so vigorous, I inquired of the keeper, what could have pro again. "It sounds like a clarionet," he said aloud, so masterly, that the old man, and even the child cured for this poor old fiddle the honors of a per ''and xet it is a stringed instrument! What can ren, looked at him wonderingly; for in Italy every manent exhibition in such noble company; but, it. be? ' . And his curiosity, I should perhaps say one is an artist by instinct. notwithstanding the loquacity natural to a cicerone, his anxiety became so great that he bravely After a short prelude, intended to give him the and the imaginativeness natural to a southerner, pushed agamst1 the ever increasing crowd, and range and capacities of the instrument, the eccen the old fellow was obliged to confess he did not returned to the entrance of the via Frattina. Here tric looking man whom I introduced to you, was know. there was an open space, and he saw, sitting upon transfigured; the lines about his mouth became I was then an orderly of the King of Naples. t.he steps of a palace, but a few doors away from sharper and deeper, and beneath his thick eye When, that evening, I entered upon my duties at the great thoroughfare which the multitude brows, in the depths of his cavernous eyes, a gleam the palace, I spoke to some of the officers of my crowded, an old man playing a violin. He was appeared · and as be played, this light grew and visit to the museum, and of the odd instrument I playing before a lazzarone who dozed, leaning developed, illuminating h1s face and ennobling the had there noticed. At firstt no one could tell me against a column, and three or four bambini in tat entire person of the weird player, who seemed to anything about it. A few nad seen it, and, like ters, who, standing with legs wide apart, listened have forgotten both the place where be was and me, had wondered why that ugly thing had been as they ate remnants of oranges, or gnawed away the people who had begun to surround him r for be placed among so many art treasures; but their at old watermelon rinds. By the side of the old gave up his whole soul to the breath ofins:Ruation, curiosity had not gone so far as to lead them to man was a little boy, who held upon his knee a even as a vessel O:Rens its sails to the favoring inquire particularly, concerning this important misshapen hat,which was probably to serve as a breeze, or as the Pythoness of antiquity, possessed question. I had already determined to give up contribution box, but in which there was not a sin by the spirit of her god, gave up all her being to _ the investigation, and I verily believe I had forgot gle carlino; since no one bas listened to the old the prophetic ecstasy which made her oblivious of ten the incident, when the Duke de Casa Calenda, musician. earthly things. who was one of my colleagues in the service of His When he saw the old man playing the violin, the In the meantime, the carriages continued to pro Majesty, and of whose exquisite politeness and listener was more bewildered than before. He saw, ceed slowly towards the palace, whither they were perfect obligingness I had had a hundred/roofs, and could not believe; for his ear told him more taking all the aristocracy of Naples. The crowd brought to me the Marquis de Rivalo an intro positively than ever that those could not be the that had gathered at the entrance of the via Frat duced him to me, saying that he knew the history sounds of a violin, had a legion of kat~ ids been tina attracted the attention of a lady, who recog· of the violin in 9.uestion, and of its admission to put into it. He stepped forward and was at last nized the artist whom she was going to the palace the museum. Here is what the cousin of Casa compelled to admit that it was a violin, but one to bear. She stretched out her arm, cryin9, Calenda then related: made of tin-whence those unusual tones. "Paganini," and turning to the coachman, "Stop.' One evening-it was, I believe, in 1832, Paganini He looked, listening, when the old minstrel The coachman obeyed, but, although the distance was to come to the palace, to play before the Court stopped to search his pockets, from which be at was but short, the persons in the carriage could some of the marvelous improvisations whose secret last drew a piece of rosin, upon which he rubbed not hear well, and sot in order to draw near to the he has kept; for he alone could attempt and ac his bow vigorously; preparing probably to make great artist, they alighted. From that instant, the complish what no one has dared to essay since use of all his abiliy to please the one genuine via Frattina began to fill with fine people. Trans the days of this immortal artist, who obtained from auditor who had just come, and whose attentive mitted from carriage to carriage, the news that his violin tones and effects which have justly air and benevolent smile caused him to hope for a Paganini was there, playing in the street, spread caused him to be proclaimed" the incomparable few carlini-- the first that day, alas! in the via di Toledo, and forthwith, the carriages Paganini." But, just as he was about to replac~ the instru were emptied, and waves of silks, laces and per It was in the month of July, if I rightly remem ment under his chin, the stranger stopped him fume, that is to say, noble ladies, rushed forward ber; the concert was to take place at eight o'clock, and said: "Pardon me, my friend, but what is and filled the street where Paganini, in the glow but by seven o'clock the carriages began to arrive that?" of inspiration, improvised upon his tin violin, an at the palace and the via di Toledo was full of peo '' Why it's a. violin, as you can see, Signor I" an unheard-of melody. He had taken as his · theme ple. Our beautiful bay was flooded with light, for swered the other, somewhat hurt that any one the story which the old minstrel bad just told him, the sun, away down the horizon, about to disap should fail to recognize it. and he rehearsed to himself in a wordless tongue pear beneath the waves, seemed to caress with a "Yes, to be sure," continued the stranger, who (since it is made up only of melodiou·s sounds) the last glance of love this shore to which winter is understood the thought of the old artist, and did sorrows of the :poor, the desolate complaint of an unknown. Like a god who changes to purple, gold not wish to wound his feelings . "but--- an old man; the fihallove of Giuseppe; the joy of his or precious stones, everything which liis gaze but extraordinarv one! Will you allow me to look father, when be found himself possessor of a violin; lights upon, the sun caused the waves to sparkle, atit?" • his first peregrinations, and his humble endeavors while invisible genii hung above his couch downy The old man handed it to him, and assumed the to move the pity of the passer-by; finallv, his and shining curtains of clouds, that seemed like dejected look common to old paupers, when you return to his humble home, the happiness of the a magic cloth, woven of golden rays and azure ask them for anything without emphasizing your children, the smile of their mother, and the pride vapors. In the distance, one could see the passing request by putting your fingers into your vest of the son, when the old man threw upon the table sail of some felucca from Sorrento or the upright, pocket. his first day's receipts. sculptured prow of a gondola, which might have After having turned it over and over, in order to With his wonderful musical genius, and his bril been taken for the white wing of some halcyon examine it on all sides, the stranger said to the liant execution, he rendered as expressively as if it skimming the waves, or for a swan, with el~gant old man: "How did you get. the notion of having had been in words, the feelings and scenes which and majestic carriage, slowly sailing to land. Upon a tin violin made?"- for it was unmistakably his artist's heart presented to his mind. Some the shore, the sea-birds, anxious and hurried, flew made of tin?- times his violin wept_, and sometim·es it seemed to in large circles, and flung towards the King of day, "Papa. made it!" proudly spoke up the little think ; then a meloay, sweet as a dream of the who was about to disappear beneath the blue sea, boy. Orient, spoke of the hopes of the old man, and of a harsh and sharp cry-a prayer or a reproach "Yes," answered the old man at last, "it was the joys which his humble labors brought to the and one by one these inhabitants of the air were the child's father, my son, who made it." Nor was little children. Paganini was perhaps never greater seen to disappear within the clefts of the rocks, this said without a touch of pride by the old man. than on this occasiOn, when his genius, borne aloft where they were about to hide their heads beneath "Ah I" said the auditor; "but what ~ave your upon the wings of charity, soared above the won their wings, in order that they might not see the son the idea of making you a tin violin?" he re dering multitude. As he finished his improvisa· darkness, but peacefully sleep until morning. As peated. tion he took the misshapen hat of which I have the daylight faded away, large gleams of red light "I'll tell you," replied the poor man sadly. "My spoken, and, handing it to the child, motioned to became more and more visible on the east of the son is a tinner ;· be has seven children and his him that he should begin the collection. bay; it was Vesuvius, that was being lighted, like wages is only one scudo a day. Onescudo," said he, While the bambino was going from one to another a gigantic light-houset to guide homeward the gon sighing, "is but little for ten persons: he, his wife, of the fine ladies who filled the street, soliciting an dolas which all the aay long glide over the most the children and myself (for be never would hear offering, and staring with his large black eyes at beautiful bay in the world. of my going to the poor house), and so we were the beautiful faces before which the populace bad Although familiar with the splendors of those poor, so :poor, that I often thought of going out respectfully fallen back, and which at this moment sunsets, for they are daily, the gondoliers and· the begging, smce I am too old to work upon the quay composed the front ranks of the crowd, Paganini fishermen leaned upon the quay or upon the side -but I was ashamed." He was silent for an in had again taken up his violin and was improvisin~ of their boats to admire them. Even the lazzaroni, stant, and then continued: ''Still, long ago, I bad a melody, not sombre nor brilliant, but soft and lazily lying upon the steps of the palaces, raised learned to play the violin, and man[ a time have I gentle as the prayer of a virgin; and if what I have themselves upon one elbow, to address a last, long plaved for the merry dancers; and said to myself already said may be true, if music can express the look to the setting sun; and the ~arriages, the that, if I could only get an instrument, I could sentiments of the soul, and if its accents are those KUNKEL'S MUSICAL REVIEW, APRIL, 1887. 127
of the cherubim, who cannot use our barbarous time, had already set to work on his Mejistofele, and eventually determined only. when the public is words to sing praises of the Most High, Paganini the famous " quartet of the garden" belongs to admitted to judge of Nero or of Orestiade, another must have spoken that tongue and h~ve been this period (1861). Yet the difficulties that young opera thathaslately been the object of his studies understood by all"the ladies who surrounded him; musicians meet with at the beginning of their and work. As a poet he was kept before the public for no one will deny that there is somethjng of the career, and the enthusiastic reception that had by the translation of Wagner's Rienzi, Tristan und angel in women. His second improvisation then, been accorded to his poetical essays, inclined Boito Isolde, and ''The Supper of the Apostles," besides was a prayer, and it was so well understood that more towards literature than towards music, and a masterly rendering into Italian verse of the the gold coins were soon mingled with the pieces on his return to Milan he published several poems choral movements of Beethoven's ninth symphony. of silver.~ the rings and bracelets, in the old hat of in reviews and magazines and a novella in prose, He is also the author of Gioconda, set to music by the cbila. "L' Alfier Nero." Moreover, he was a most active Ponchielli, of Ero e L eandro, of Alessandro Farnese, of When be had finished his collection and returned contributor to the Giornale della Societa del Quar lram, and now of Otello. ln 1887 the enterprising to his grandfather, carrying what, for these poor tetto and to the Figaro, a short-lived periodical that publisher, Casanova of Turin, gathered all the people, was a veritable fortune, Paganini returned had been started by him in connection with a few poems written by Boito, in reviews, newspapers, to the old man his strange violin; then, looking at friends, amongst whom was Emilio Praga. But and even albums, and publishsd them in a little ithhe had an artist's fancy, and asked its owner noble and influential as the pen is, it is-at least elegant volume. "IlLibro dei Versi," such is the w ether he would sell it to him. The first impulse in Italy-a very poor tool to get daily bread by, title of the volume, contains nothing grand, but in of the old Neapolitan was to press the precious especially when handled by an honest hand, so all the poems we recognize the mark of unmistaka instrument against his heart, for it seemed a real that Boito, by the advice of Victor Hugo,who held ble genius, power of ex.P,ression and true originality talisman to him, and be answered promptly: "Oh, him in great estimation~ decided to take advantage of thought. Had Emilo Praga not met with an no, it's too good I" But ai'J his gaze fell upon the of his perfect knowled~e of French literature and untimely death, he would unquestionably have miraculous receipts, he felt that he was ungrateful, language and go to Parts to seek a situation on the been· the greatest Italian poet of the end of this and as be held out to the artist his precious violin, staff of some leading newspaper of the French century; and had Arrigo Boito devoted his talents he said: "No, I would not sell it for any money capital. Accordingly to Paris he went in the only to poetry he might have ranked nearest to -but, if you want it, I'll give it to you-- for you spring of 1867, bringing with him a most affection Praga As matters now stand, very few, if any, play it better than 1," added he, after a pause. ate and emphatic letter of introduction of Victor can be founq. able to write a" libretto" as good, or Paganini understood the old man's regret, and Hugo to Emile de Girardin. To be the right man in nearly as good, as Bolto's; and of all living musi notwithstanding his thankful offer, did not accept the r~ght place is much, but it is not enough-one cians he is the only one that, to use a vulgar expres his gift; he even added a modest offering to the must also come at the right moment. Signor Bo'ito, sion, can step into the shoes of Wagner. No doubt, old musician's store, and departed in the midst of unhappily, did not go to see Emilede Girardin at a from a merely musical point of view, MefistoJele a murmur of praises, which followed him even moment when he was apt to devote even a little cannot bear comparison even with The F'lying within the palace. time to music and poetry; he was then the hero of Dutchman or Tanhauser, not to speak of the Nibel Still, said I, the violin is in the museum. a politicalproces that was absorbing all his time, so ungen or Parsifal; but the high artistic conce:ption, "Yes," answered the Marquis de Rivalo, "when that he received Victor Hugo's protege in great haste the dramatic power, and the truth of expressiOn of the story was related to the King, he laughed and asked him to call again when the case would be Boito's juvenile work are such as even Wagner heartily over the refusal and the answer of the old over. Bo1to remained in Paris for a few days, but could not find fault with. Boito, since 1867, has musician, and in order to reward Paganini for his being a disciple of Cato, and adhering perhaps too taken his ordinary residence in Milan. He leads a charitable deed, that is to say, in order to perpetu closely to the precept "rumores fuga," one fine very quiet life; he has very few friends!. but these ate the memory of an episode which probably stands morning he got up tired of the burly-burly and of few h~ likes very much and sees very otten; be is alone in the life of this great artist (who had the the heat and frenzy of the International Exhibi of a cheerful disposition, as unpretending as a man · reputation of being anything but generous), he tion, took his trunk with him, and went straight of genius ought to be, and as kind and open caused the famous violin to be purchased and de to Poland on a visit to his sister. This step was to hearted as a child. Generally he remains shut up posited in the museum, where you saw it. decide Signor Boito's after life. A quiet home1 a in his study until four o'clock; at this time one or CouNT A. DE VERVINS. quiet place, the humdrum of a small provincial the other of his friends knocks at the door, and town, brought again to his memory Mejistofele, and this is the signal for a short walk in the unavoida in the great many leisure hours he had, brought ble Via Manzoni, Galleria, and Corso Vittoro ARRIGO BOITO. the work almost to completion. On his return to Emanuele. After the walk comes the eustomary Milan towards the end of the year, Signor Bonola, vermouth and the game at chess, of which he is ex r;~~-~ OTH the biographer and the. ph.otogra- then manager of La Scala, offered him to produce tremely fond, though he is a remarkably bad ~;. ~ pber, in the exercise of their professional Mejistojele in the ensuing Carnival season of 1868. player, even among simple amateurs. The even ~J~ b\ ~ duties, labor under one and the same dis- Accordingly, on March 5th of that year, the orig Ingis usually spent at the opera, or at the play, or at ~ advantage, that is, willing and skillful as inal setting of Mejisto.fele was presented to· the most one of his friends' houses where there is a chance ~~ they may be to take off the physical or imposing audience that ever filled that world-re of playing or hearing played something by Bach, moral likeness of a given person, they nowned theater. The performance began at 7:30, who is as much Bolto's hobby-horse as the science cannot do it unless there is also on the and the curtain fell on the last scene considerably of fortification was Uncle Toby's.-G. MAzzucATO, part of the" patient" a kind of apt dis after one o'clock in the mornin~. Signor Boito, in" Musical World" (London). · •position to be so taken ofi'. Vanity, even amongst contrary to the accepted custom, conducted his the greatest, is by no means an uncommon weak own work, the chief roles being assumed by Mdlle. ness, and the sanctum sanctorum of statesmen, scien Rebeoux, MM. Spalazzi and Yunka. The opera THE NEGRO "MAMMY" OF BY-GONE DAYS. tific.men,eminent artists, acrobats, jockeys, and failed, but Boito's claim to rank amongst the great great criminals, is generally very easily accessible est living artists was established beyond discussion. CROSS fields of departed time; over to such powerful blowers of the fame-trumpet as The excitement created by this musical event is sheaves of experience ripe for the win biographers and photographers are. Arrigo Boito, only to be understood by those who know the nowing; past fleecy- r burstmg bolls of lib whose name is once more borne afloat on the tidal lively nature of Italians. During the last act a . erty, unity and ptece, a voice floats and wave of Verdi's Otello, has always been an impreg free fight took place in the very precincts held soars and quavers to the measure of a nable fortress to the strenuous efforts of reporters. sacred to the Milanese Euterpe, and fighting went ~ hymn. His likeness even at the very highest of the Mefis on in the famous coffee-houses Martini, Accademia t Along the path up from the fields and tofele rage, when publishers might have sold it at a and Cova, where the crowd that could not get leading to " the q_uarters," an old negress premium, was as rare in the market as a Raffaello admission to the theater had been waiting anx trudges, singing that old time hymn. or a Giotto; and as for a detailed account of his iously for a report of the p{'rformance. The police A form of generous proportions; a face black, · life and works, he could not be induced by love or was busy until four o'clock in the streets leading glossy and radiant from reflected contentment money to speak on the subject, so that all the in to the theater, and a great many gentlemen went within;' eyes keen, yet kindly; surmounting all the formation as regards his individuality is to be gath to bed with a black eye, or otherwise mangled and Madras kerchief, folded and wrapped turban-like ered only through his friends and acquaintances. bruised. Two other performances were attempted, over her kinky hair, a rainbow in cloth, the pride Arrigo Boito was born in "fair Padua, nursery of and all available seats had been sold, but the police and delight of her who wears it-this is Mammy as arts," on February 24, 1842: his mother was a thought it safer to interfere, and Mefistofele was the eye greets her. · Polish lady, and his father-who died when Arrigo withdrawn from the bills, and its place was taken Almost constantly singing, her songs are the was still a child-an Italian painter. At the age of by Verdi's Don Carlos. hymns of her churcli, wild, rude, simple-yet melo fifteen Arrigo was admitted as a pupil at the Royal From the spring of 1868 to the fourth of October, dious-inspiring, ecstatic. Sometimes they begin Conservatoire of Music in Milan, where he began 1875,when Mejistojele, partly re-written, anu adapted with a sort of intoned soliloquy or half meditation, and completed his musical studies under the direc to the exigencies of the operatic stage, was brought gathering tone after tone as of other voices joining. tion of the late Signor Mazzucato. When he was forth at Bologna, thus beginning its glorious career Then all concentrate in a few distinct notes and still a pupil he began to attract attention to his in Italy and abroad. Boito worked qard and in ear rise in a rapid crescendo to the highest pitch of extraordinary talents by some poetical works full nest; yet of ·the two great operas that took up fervor, the utterance of rapture; the whole a prayer of power, novelty, and imagination. His earli most of his time, nobody, with the exception of and the ecstasy of speedy answer, or the medita est production was a libretto for a sacred cantata very few privileged friends has heard anything. tion of simple faith and the resulting, exalting taken from the" Song of Songs," purposely writ N erone is always postponed from year to year, from view of things celestial. ten for his intimate friend and schoolfellow, Mr. season to season, apparently without any reason Again, these hymns of hers open as in solemn Albert Visetti. Then came a cantata, "Le Sorelle for this delay, but very likely, as the best informed consultation, from which escape occasional notes d' Italia," an allegory concerning the political say, owing to a justifiable reluctance of the writer of gladness. These, g·rowing frequent, unite in a events of 1859. The poem was a decided success~ and composer to trust the extremely difficult roleof chorus of laudation-then sink, diminish and pass and Andrea Maffei sent a most flattering letter to Nero to artists that, though comparatively gifted, away, like a company of worshipers after a glimps~ the rising author. The c·antata was in two parts: lack, perhaps, some of the requisites for the inter at the holy of holies. the first," Italy and Hungary," was set to music pretation, both dramatic and musical, of the chief The words are but as the cords round which we by .Franco Faccio, who is now the conductor. of the character. Ero e Leandro, though entirely com twine our garlandry-concealing, while bound to it. orchestra of La Scala; the second, "Greece and posed and scored, did not satisfy its author, who tlome of these hymns are sung to-day by trained Poland," was set to music by Bolto himself; and destroyed the music, and gave the libretto to Signor and cultured voices, but the swing, the whirl, the snch was the success of the work when performed Bottesini. In fact, if we except a cantata that happy abandon, the matchless intonations and at Milan, that the Italian government, though by remains unpublished, written for the opening of cadences, the countless, never repeated notes of no means a great patron of arts and artists, sent the Turin Exhibition in 1882, nothing nas been her own introduction, we shall never hear again. both Boito and Faccio to Vienna, Paris and Berlin beard of him, as a musician, besides Mefislofele, and The Mammy of our childhood has passed away to perfect their artistic education. Boito, by this his real position amongst the great masters will be forever.- James B. Cable, in The Current. 128 KUNKEL'S MUSICAL REVIEW, APRIL, 1887.
MUSIC IN ST. LOUIS. ANCIENT INSTRUMENTS.
Verdi's "Requiem" was the work rendered under the aus R. HUGH HART has just sold to Mr. J. pices of the Choral Society and with the combined choruses of the Choral and Liederkranz societies, at the third Choral Kendrick Payne, organist at the Cathe Society concert. The soloists were Miss Hortense Pearse, of dral and Town Hall, Manchester, Eng., New York, Mrs . Bollman, of St. Louis, Mr. Knorr, of Chicago two instruments, a description of which and Mr. Porteous, of St. Louis. may be_of interest. The first is a SJ>inet All in all, this was the most satisfactory concert given by the Choral Society since the time it rendered the "Redemp (200 years old) by Carolus Haward, Lon tion," backed by the Thomas orchestra. The Choral Society don, fecit 1687. It is in very good preser has a prepoaderance of female voices, the Liederkranz of male . vation. The compass is only four oc voices. The two together produced just about the proper balance. Mr. Froelich, who, during Mr. Otten's absence in taves and two and a half notes (fifty-one notes in Europe, has assumed the baton, is a musician of rare ability, a all); the natural keys are black, and the sharps of good conductor as well as a thorE>ugh, though genial, drill ivory, with a black line down the center; the low master. and to him belongs no little of the credit of the success est D sharp is divided, thus making two quarter of the combined efforts of the two choral organizations. OUR MUSIC. tones. Th1s arrangement was adopted to make the The fourth concert of the Musical Union occurred on March playing in certain keys more harmonious, the lOth, and presented the following programme: "VALSE CAPRICE," ...... Rubinstein. tuners in those days not having learned the art of Symphony C Major (Jupiter), Mozart, Orchestra. Sulamith, dividing the scale according to the mode of equal Dr. L. Damrosch, .Frl. Marianne Brandt. Suite of Waltzes, This composition, one of the best of its kind (First time for Orchestra), Ernest R. Kroeger, Orchestra. Airs temperament. This instrument one time belonged Russes-Violin Solo, Wieniawski, Signor Guido Parisi. Vors ever written by the Russian musical giant, has to Lady Kaye, of Greenbank Hall, near Hartford, piel To the _New Opera, "Henry the Lion," (First time in St. been edited with all possible care for Kunkel's Oheshire, where it was purchased some fifty years Louis), Kretschmer, ,Orchestra. a. Du Bist Die Ruh, Schubert. ago. The second instrument is a grand pianoforte b. Volkslied, Marschner. c Lied, Rubinstein, Fd. ?.1arianne unrivalled Royal Edition, and is here given to our Brandt. Zigeunerweisen-(Laskan Friska)~ Sarasate, Signor (100 years old), by Robertus Stodart, London,jecit Parisi. a. A Night in Lisbon-(BarcarolleJ. b. Danse Macabre readers in the very best of forms. It appeals to 1786. The compass of this piano is only five -(Poeme Symphonique), St. Saens. advanced players. octaves, a very rare compass to be met w1th in The orchestra, in this concert, continued the good work for grand pianos; indeed, this is the only one Mr. which we have bad occasion to compliment it more than "HusARENRITT, (Op. 140.) ...... ••...... Spindler. once during the present season. Fraulein Brandt, upon the Hart has met with in his very varied experience. whole, was disappointing. The praise she has received from In its way, this composition is worthy of a place This instrument is sound in all respects, and pos the New York press had raised expectations very high. sesses a very pleasant tone. The most eminent These expectations were probably unreasonable. FraUlein by the one that preceeds it, for it is an excellent Brandt is essentially what the Germans call a Wagner-singer, piece of descriptive writing. It has the advantage authority on instruments of this class, Mr. Hip and we have no reason to doubt that in Wagnerian opera, she kins, in writing about it, says: ''The old Stodart may be a great artist, but she is out of place on the concert of not being beyond the technical powers of ordi is very interesting; as far as I know, it is the old stage, in spite of the fact that even there she shows musician nary players. Improvements in notation as well est existing English grand piano. I have seen one ship of a high standard. FraUlein Brandt on the concert stage is passee both in looks and in voice. This was painfully as a careful indication of the correct phrasing and bearing date 1788, but th1s is two years older." evident when, as encore to "Sulamith" she attempted to ren Haward was a celebrated maker of spinets for the der the "Brindisi" from " Lucrezia Borgia." The most fingering make this by far the best edition of this first three-quarters of the seventeenth century, enjoyable part of Miss Brandt's performance (as an Irishman morceau de salon ever published. his instruments then being much admired. Stod might say) consisted of Mr. A Epstein's accompaniments art was a contemporary and fellow-workman with which were by far the best thing in that line we have ever "ADA'S FAVORITE RoNDO," (Duet) ..•.•...... Sidus·. heard from him, and in all respects artistic and satisfactory. J'ohn Broad wood, the founder of the celebrated firm Signor Parisi is a young Italian of only eighteen or nineteen This composition, at once melodious and far of Messrs. John Broadwood & Sons. Stodart was years·of age, who b. as lately arrived in this country and is just now visiting an uncle who is a resident of St. Louis. He superior to the ordinary, commonplace works of an excelJent workman, and a man of great ability plays remarkably well and deserves to be ranked as an artist. the same grade of difficulty, appeals to our younger and mechanical genius. He was the inventor of His tone is wonderfully pure and true, though not larg~. and many improvements upon the old harpsichord, and his bowing is perfection. We trust he may find such an readers by reason of its comparative easiness, and the workmanship of the old grand just referred to opening here as will induce him to remain as a permanent to ail teachers of the young pianists, because of resident of this city. testifies to the superior manner in which his in its excellent didactic qualities. Indeed, all of struments were manufactured.-London Musical The fourth (and final) concert of the Mendelssohn Quintette Opinion. Club which took place at Memorial Hall on the evening of Sidus' compositions and arrangements for young March 22, presented the following programme: players are now so deservedly popular, that it 1.-Quartette. (a) Allegro con spirito. (b) Adagio. (c) Menu You Can Learn How to Get Rich etto. (d) Finale, Alleq,ro ma non troppo, Haydn. 2.-Alto Solo, seems a waste of printers' ink to dwell upon their "Nobil donna e tanto ' (from "Huguenots"), Meyerbeer, Mrs. superior merits. by sending your address to Hallett & Co., Portland, Maine: Oscar H. Bollman. 3 -Quartette, "Gavotte," Bazzini. 4. they will send you full information about work that you can Violin Solo-(a) Barcarole, Spohr. (b) Sarabande and Tam do and live at home wherever you are located. Work adapted bourin, Leclair-Reis, Mr. George Heeric!l. 5.-Alto Solo, "As PANTS THE HART" ...... ••. Goldner. to all ages and both sexes. $5 to $25 a day and upwards easily "Love Calls My Soul," (First rendition), Dr. E. Voerster. With We know of no setting of this beautiful psalm earned. Some have earned over 850 in a day. All succeed Quintette accompaniment, Mrs. Oscar H. Bollman. 6.-Quin grandly. All is new. You are started free. Capital notre· tette-In A Minor, (a) Allegro. (b) Adagio. (c) Menuetto. (d) for solo voice that is equal to this as a musical ren qnired. Delay not. All of the above will be proved to you, Allegro, Lachner. and you will find yourself on the road to a handsome fortune, The execution of this programme was well-nigh faultless. dering of the sentiment of the words, which, by the with a large and absolutely sure income from the very start. From the first to the last stroke of the bow the string quartette way, should be distinctly borne in mind while played as one man, and that man a great artist, while Mr. Ebling in the beautiful Lachner quintette played better than interpreting the music. we had yet heard him and rounded out the artistic complete ness of the performance . . Mr. Heerich surpassed himself in "RoNDO CELEBRE" ...... Hummel. THE CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD, his solo and richly deserved the encore he received. Mrs. This is one of the easiest of Hummel's compo Bollman was in unusually good voice and sang her numbers (THE ST. LOUIS BROWNS B. B. C.,) in good style-the audience insisting upon encores each time. sitions. As is well known, this gifted pianist and Her encore to the first piece (some manuscript song) was, how Will play the following games of ball on their home ever, very commonplace-a lot of shreds from several easily composer (who died in 1837) was a rigid adherent to grounds, during the season of 1887, recognized sources. We neither know nor care who the author the old; classical style of piano compositions, too With CHICACO, (League Champions,) for cham may be, the best place for the song is the kitchen range, and pionship of the world, on April 7 8 and 9. we hope Mrs. Bollman will put it there. The quintette accom much neglected in our day. This adherence to 1 paniments arranged by Mr. Mayer to "Love Calls My Soul" classical forms is visible even in a minor work, like and the song sung as an encore thereto were most excellent. this. This melodious little piece is just the thing Regular Association Championship Games. for bright learners, who have played from six to APRIL. twelve months. With Cincinnati, 21, 28, 24 and 26. THE following portraits are on our paper money: $1, Wash Cleveland, 27, 28, 30. ington; $2, Jefferson; $5, Jackson; $10, Webster; $20, Hamil The pieces in this issue cost, in sheet form: MAY. ton; $50, Franklin; $100, Lincoln; $500, General Mansfield; With Cleveland, 1. $1,000, De Witt Clinton; $5,000, Madison; $10,000, Jackson. On "VALSE CA.PRICE" ...... Rubinstein $ 75 Louisville, 4, 5, 7 and 8. silver certificates: $10, Robert Morris; $20, Commodore Deca " H USARENRITT " ...... Spindler 40 tur; $50, Ed ward Everett; $100, James Monroe; $500. Charles Baltimore, 10, 11, 12 and 14. Sumner, and $1,000, W. L. Marcy. On gold notes: $20, Gar "ADA's FAVORITE RONDO" (Duet) ...... Sidus 60 Athletic, (Phil'a.,) 15, 17, 18 and 19. field; $50, Silas Wright; $100, Thomas H. Benton; $500, A. Lin "As PANTS THE HART " ...... •••. Goldner 60 '· Brooklyn, 20, 21, 22 and 24. coln; $1,000, Alexander Hamilton; $5,000, James Madison; "RoNDO CELEBRE" ...... •.. . Hummel 35 $10,000, Andrew Jackson. " Metropolitan, (N.Y.,) 25, 26, 27 and 28. JUNE. Total ...... ••...... $ 2 70 'l'HERE is a story told of the Abbe Liszt, that he once re With Lollisvllle, 28, 29 and 30. ceived a visit from an amateur composer, who desired permis JULY. sion to dedicate some compositions to him; but, modestly With Metropolitan, (N. Y,,) 4, A.M., 4 P. M,, & 6, uncertain of his persuasive powers, took with him his two pretty daughters. Liszt, while accepting the roll of music " Baltimore, 7, 9 and 10. which the stranger offered him, could not take his eyes from " Brooklyn, 12, 13 and 14. the two young beauties. "These are admirable compositions," THE STERLING ORGAN CO., " Athletics, (l?hiladelphia,) 15, 16 and 17. said he; "are you their author?" "Certainly, Abbe," said the delighted papa, imagining that his music was in question, R. W. BLAKE, Gen'l Mang, AUCUST. "and I hope my poor works will find favor in your eyes and With Cincinnati, 4, 5 and 6. you will allow me to dedicate them to you." THE POPULAR " Cleveland, 7, 9, 10 and 14. " Louisville, 11, 12 and 13. I AM very much amused whenever I hear of the German American Instrument. method of singing. Such a thing does not exist; there is only '' Athletics, (Philadelphia,) 19, 20 and 21. one true natural method of singing, which is the Italian, such CONTANING '' Baltimore, 23, 24 and 25. THE FAMOUS CHIMES OF as it was formerly taught in Italy and every other place where Metropolitan, (N.Y.,) 26, 27 and 28. people understood what singing was. While that method was SWISS BELLS. taught extensively at Vienna and Prague, we had fine German Brooklyn, 29, 30 and 31. singers, whose name and fame redounded beyond the borders Factories, Derby, Conn. SEPTEMBER. of their native land. Germany excels in conservatoires and With Cleveland, 17 and 18. schools for all instruments, for the study of composition, etc. N.Y. WAREROOMS, For those studies the German method is unequaled; but for " Cincinnati, 25, 27 and 28. singing, as I have said often, and shall ever repeat, there is 7 and 9 W. 14th St., only one grand oZd Italian school.-KarZ Formes. E. H. llc!WIN &; CO., lla.n'i•· Admission to all games, 25 Cts. Grand Stand, 50 Cts. A. Rubinstein.
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It is in musical clubs, it is in our oratorio soci ety, it is in our great musical conservatory, and it is in our orchestra, all of which are the be11t of the country in their respective fields, and all of which have done something to be recorded this month. Let me begin with the last named. Our orche~tra has not given very elaborate l"rogrammes during the UPRIGHT PIANOS past month, but has been playing as perfectly as ever, not withstanding. The reason of the simplicity of the programmes has been the concert series it gave in New York. It wanted to GIVE UNQrALIFIED SATISFACTION. appear at its very best in Gotham, and no rehearsals were spared to make the performance a perfect one. Such it seems They are Durable ~nd Well Finished. to have been, for the New York critics, instead of eating the 251-, -953 ·:El;-93~ St., NEW YORK musicilms up, praised them in everything-. Very soon you are 404, 406, a.nd 408 m. 30th st., , to have an opportunity of judging of this organization for Factory,-524 -to 528 Wesr43d St., NEW !ORK. vourselves, since next month the orchestra is to start on a tour through the West, and I am sure that your critics will agree ,.tJfW" SEND FOR CAT~ LOGUE. '"1ila with my estimate of the worth of their performances. Their string band is the finest you will hear in America. The fact of the everlasting cornet being bauished from this orchestra. and the trumpet resuming its proper place. is another point In which the band is better than any other in our count1y. The LINDEMAN & ·SONS, first horn player is also the best you will ever hear, but don't let the Western beer spoil his tone If the bund could only CHRISTIE & SON, MANUFACTURERS OF steal 'fhomas' tuba player and trombonists, the brass would be perfect. In the wood wind I consider the clarinettist the Manufacturef'S of Pine G1•ade Grand, Cycloid, Square and Up'right best. The soloists have not been very great recently, but L must except Maud Powell, a Western girl, whose violin play ing was very fine, and who gives promise of becoming a very great artist. PIANOS. The club concerts have be,en very dissimila.r this month. ~PIANO- FORTES, ~ The Boylston Club gave a miscellaneous programme, March 2nd, in which the Female and mixed choruses saug- splendidly, but the male choruses were very hazy in the matter of pitch ESTABLISHED 1.859. 92 Bleecker St., NEW YORK. Most humorous, however, was the new setting of Jonah, o_f which the following specimen verses, translated by Prot. George M. Lane, may give some idea: 213 W. 36th Street, NEW YORK. In the Black Whale at Ascalon A man three days did stay, And then before the marble bar Down like a log he lay. In the Black Whalaat Ascalon ·i ~------'~ EDWARD G. NEWMAN, Outspake the guest: "Dear me! My stamps are gone; I've spent them in Ua.nufa.cturer of FIRST-CLASS The Lamb of Nineve.' F. CONNOR, Ua.nufa.cturor of Fll!.S'r-OLASS In the Black Whale at Ascalon 'l'he clock struck half•past four : The Nubian porter kicks him out · «~PIANO· FORTES I» r And double-locks the door. In the Black Whale at Ascalon No. 54 East 13th Street, No prophets more you see; And whosoe'er regales himself ----(NEW YORK.) ____, Eats only -c. 0. D. 237 & 239 E. 41st STREET, The soloist of the concert was Signor Campanari, the well known violinist. who played some Gypsy and Hungarian NEW YORK. music with much success. The concert of the Cecilia Club was in great contrast with the bright programme of the Boylston Club. It presented that ~------~ feast of horrors entitled "The Spectre's Bride," by Dvorak. When the composer wrote this, he evidently desired, like the Field, French Piano &Organ Co. fat boy in Pickwick, "to make your flesh creep,'' and be suc ceeded. 'fhere is a grand combination of spectre&, vampyres, J. & C. FISCHER, General Sonthwestern Agents for the midnight journeys, dead men, and churchyard festivities, but the work holds one with a wierd charm, just like the "Ancient Manufacturers of U N" ::EI.. :I: ~..A. X:... X:... E :J:) Mariner," because of its procession of uncanny events. The club sang the work finely, the orchestra was in excellent form, and the soloists were all of excellent quality, although the tenor had too sweet ~ quality of voice to thoroughly portray CHICKE~ING PIANOS, the Vampyre-Lover. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in The Handel and Haydn Society, the greatest oratorio soci ety of America, have given a very interesting concert sin.ce my last letter. For five month& past, they have been practiC ing at portions of Barb's great Mass in B minor, and they gave Warerooms and Manufactory, a perfurman<"e of it in Music Hall, which, if it had a few slight faults, was yet. on the whole, a worthy one, and especially 415 to 427 W. 28th Street, NEW YORK. good in the final 'OonH. Nobis.'' They followed this with Hil AND ler's •· Song of Victory," which was in great contrast to the Pianos Organs contrapumtal work, being almost entirely homophonic, and often using unison passages Naturally, this easier work was An immense sto(•k always on hand, the betrer rendered, and also the best appreciated of the two. in which are represented all the It was full of majesty and triumph, and Miss Lilli Lehmann was quite successful in the solo work, although her voice BEST MAKES. showed the wear and tear of a heavy operatic season. 'l'he JARDINE & SON, work was composed as a celebration of the victory of the Ger mans in the recent Frauco-Prussian war, and will probably ORGAN BUILDERS, never be very popular-in Paris. Prices and Terms to Suit Purchasers. TheN ew England Conservatory of Music has also been much 318 & 320 East 39th St., N. Y. spoken of recently in connection with the proposed State law making musical study·compulsory in the public schools. and LIST OF OUR LARGEST GRAND ORGANS. estab'lishing a State Normal School, Ex-Gov. Rice, Ex-Gov. Fifth Ave. Cathedral, N.Y•• oi Manuals. Special attention given to llenting New Claflin. Mayor 0' Brien, Rev. E. E. Hale, Rev. Dr. Bartol, and Pianos. Oorrespondenc~ Solicited. something like a hundred other celebrities and many more of ~t .?:~r~~.1kuc1~. :: ! :: lesser note, petitioned that this Normal School might be lo Ji~{h ~~~~~t:., Church, :: § " cated in the Conservatory . At the legislative hearing last Brooklyn Tabemacle, oi week, Rev. Dr. Duryea spoke of the great moral influence of No. 1100 Olive Street, the movement, and assured the committee that it could not ~~t~~r~a~~~~~~· ~ find a healthier or purer atmosphere than in the Comervatory, lst Pres., Philadelphia{ 8 to whose refining influence he paid a glowing tribute. Messrs. ~tfgh~{·i;~~~d~~~~~. 8 ST. LOUIS, MO. C. E. Tinney (late vicar-choral of St. Paul's Cathedral, Lon- ~UNKEL'S MUSICAL REVmW, APRIL, 1887. 155 don), Carl Faelten (recently Professor at Raff's Conservatory, C. A. ZOEBISCH & SONS, in Frankfort), and Louis C. Elson, all professors in the Con servatory, testified to the greatness and thoroughness of the Importers of t.nd Wholesale Dealers in institution as compared to the European conservatories, and classed it as the greatest conservatory of the world. The eud of this matter is not yet reached, but it is probable that Massa MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, STRINGS, &c. chusetts will yet lead the way in recognizing the value of mu sic in education, and take this art-as it has already done with Depot of C. F. MARTIN &. CO'S Celebrated GUITAR'S other arts-under its fostering wing. COMES. "BOEI!l.t" GEN'C'INE "KEYEB" & "ALBEECB'l'" FL'C''l'ES and PICCOLOS. NEW YORK. No. 46 Maiden Lane, NEW YORK. NEW YORK, March 20, 1887. All the newest styles of BRASS and GERMAN EDITOR KUNKEL'S MUSICAL REVIEW:-The production of Ru· SIL YEB Instruments constantly on binstei11's "Nero" by the National Opera Company, at the hand or 'tnade to order. Metropolitan Opera House, may be fairly considered as the operatic event of the present setJ.son. 1'he New York press has been unanimous in its praise, nor can it be denied that it was, in every respect, an effort long to be remembered by our dillet tantl. Orchestra, stage arrangements and costumes were as DECKER & SON, near to perfection as anything I ever saw. It cannot be said, (ESTADLISIIED 1856.) however, that any of the roles in the vocal score were strik ingly or brilliantly interpreted; but the performance was, from CRAND, SQUARE, AND UPRICHT beginning to end, remarkably even and smooth. 1'he enthu siasm shown by the large audience that witnessed the premie·re is a clear indication that "Nero" will be the strongest opera PIXI.A.I:pJIOISI. in the repertory of the National Opera Company for a long Endorsed by all the Prominent A:rtists, Musician~, and time to come. If what I have heard is true, you will soon Critics for Tone, Touch, and Supenor Workmanship. have a chance to judge of the musical score, and criticise its merits and demerits. 'l'he management of this company con The Highest Standard of Excellence Attained templates a tournee to California, and will, naturally enough, and Maintained. stop in St. Louis, if only to break the jump from New York to San Francisco. FACTORY AND WAREROOMS. This intended trip is, in my estimation, a very serious under 1550 Third Avenue1 Cor• 87th Street, New York. taking, and I am very much afraid that it will prove a cause CAUTION.-No connection with any other house of a sim1lar name. of bitter regret for the ladies and gentlemen who h11ve backed a,1d are still backing the National Opera Company so gener ously. Although I have been told by a well-informed party that this trip is a settled matter, I still hope, for the sake of Mrs. 'fhurber and her associates, that it will not take place. Theatrical business in New York has been remarkably good since the first of January. Some of our theatres are playing to crowded houses. At Daly's," '!'he Taming of the Shrew" is witnessed every evening by very large audiences. and the chancee are that this beautiful little comedy will run until the end of the sea SOLE son. "Jim the penman" has proved a big bonanza at the Madison Square, and Mr. A.M. Palmer feels jubilant over the MANUFACTURERS extraordinary and unabating success of Sir Charles Young's drama. Richard Mansfield has packed the Union Square Theatre with "Prince Karl "-Emmett is doing splendidly at OF THE the Standard-" Erminie" fills the Casino at every performance -" Ruddygore" still attracts good audiences at the Fifth Ave nue, but I do not think that John Stetson will overfill his cof "BIJOU" AND "SEPARABLE" fer with this last opera of Gilbert and Sullivan-Denman 'l'hompson plays every night to the full capacity of the 14th UPRIGHT PIANOS. Street Theatre in the "Old Homestead "-At Wallack's Full Iron Plate. Action will Htnnd climatic changes. "Moths" is doing fairly well, and last, but not least. the Star Theatre is doing an immense business with Sarah Bernhardt, Factory, 333 & 335 w. 86th Street N York the great, the only Sarah I Henry A. Abbey and Maurice Warerooms, s. w. Cor. 84th St.. & 7th Ave. ew I Grau must have a pretty nice bank account by this time. Their trip to South America with the great French actress bas been a genuine triumphal tournee. "On dit" that they have already cleared one hundred thousand dollars each, and that Sarah herself is richer by one million francs since she left Paris six months ago The National Conservatory of Singing, which, as you must ·BEETHOVEN CONSERVATORY, know, is the sister institution of the National Opera Company, 1603 Olive Street, is doing splendidly under the joint direction of M. Jacques Bouhy and Madame Fursch-Madi. M. Bouhy speaks very .A.. ""VV .A.LD.A."'"EE, :D~:recto:r. highly of some of the pupils who are studying for the ope ratic stage, and feels confident that the National Conservatory All branches of .'dusic taught at this Institution, will soon become the nursery of American lyric artists of both and every one represented by a first-class _ sexes. His most ardent ambition is to turn out from that school pupils capable of filling the positions of "premiers TEACHER .AND PERFORMER. sujets" with the National Opera Company, and it is ·to be This Conservatory keeps open all Summer for the hoped, for the sake of American talent, that his expectations accommodation of pupils and such teachers as wish to will be fulfilled. perfect themselves during the Summer Term. "A propos" of American talent, I had the good fortune of TUITION-$12, $16, and $19 per quarter, either for reading, a few days since, a very interesting private letter, Instrumental or Vocal lessons. Scholars may enter dated from Paris aud written by an American lady (a St Louis at any time. The beginnings of their quarter com girl), who is now studying under the world-renowned Madame mences with the first lesson they take. Marchesi, and who will, from all indications, soon reach the Send fer circulars. • top of the ladder in her profession. 'fhe lady in question, Mrs. Louise Natha.l, is a high soprano already known on the American lyric stage. A couple of years ago, she was a favorite pupil of the lamented Dr. Leopold Dam J. S. BARREIRAS, General Agent, roach. In her letter, she expresses herself as highly pleased N. E. Cor. 11th & Olive Streets, ST. LOUIS, MO. with Madame Marchesi, her method, her tuition, and the lady like and motherly manner in which she treats her pnpils. She RIDG:8LY & <00. has at present" eleves" of almost every nationality, and the way she can master the English, French, German, Italian and Systematic and persistent Advertising, the Spanish languages is simply marvelous. "Since I know Mad 75 and 77 Worth Street, sure road to Success in Business. ame Marchesi (writes Mrs. Louise Nath 111 I am no longer surprised that she has made such artists as Gerster, Sembrich, NEW YORK. Is conducted on the Principal of Recommending to Nevada, Van Zandt, and others not less famous. She is in deed a great teacher. and her knowledge of the human its Patrons such Papers as throat is wonderful. We are now nine American girls study MANUFACTURERS AND Il\IPORTERS OF ing very hard, and I really think that some of us will be a credit to our illustrious professor and to the operatic stage WILL REPAY THEIR INVESTMENT. of our coumry. Madame treats me very nicely, and I feel much flattered over the encouraging and kind words she al ways finds for me. I feel very proud of my teacher, and my PIANO COVERS ADVERTISING dearest ambition Is to make her, some dtty, feel very proud HAND BOOK. of me, and, mark my word, that day will come." EVANS' If the National Conservatory of New York proves a success, AND SCARFS~ (SIXTEENTH EDITION) there will be at last a school of singing for those who are pos Containing .Classified Lists of all the Best Advertising Me sessed of natural talent, but are not rich enough to take a trip drums in the United States and Canada, with CIRCULATION, to Europe in order to place themselves under the tuition of a RATES and other Valuable Information, mailed post, free on competent teacher. Amen I PORTHOS. THE MARSHALL &WENDELL receipt of lOc. Ad.dress, [The lady ref1•rred to by our New York correspondent, as T. C. EVANS, Advertising Agent, studying under Mme. Marchesi, wab well known in St. Louis as a church singer, a few years since, under her maiden mtme 294 Washington Street, Boston, of Belle Barnes. She then ail opted the stage as a profession, and made quite a success in light opera, both on the Pacific PIANO FORTE MFG. CO. coast and in the East, under her stage name of Louise Lester. We know. of our own knowledge, that she is possessed of much ALBANY, NEW YORK. HENRY KILCEN, talent, and shall be pleased to record any success she may achieve in the higher walks of grand opera for which she is Church Organ Builder, preparing herself. EDITOR.] Manufacturers of First-Class Pianos. No. 1706 Market Street, St. Louis. HENRY RUSSELL, President IF it takes a boy twenty-five minutes to cut three sticks of J. V. MARSHALL, Superintendent. Tuning and Repairing promptly attended to. wood to get supper by, how long will it take him nex.t morn ing to walk three miles in the country to meet a circus coming HARVEY WENDELL, Man. and Treas. Organ11 of from 12 to 14 Stops usually on hand. to town? JOHN LOUGHRAN, Secretary. 156 KUNKEL'S MUSICAL REVIEW, APRIL, 1887. ....-::--o...... "TI .... E regret to be compelled to say to new subscribers who ask that their sub scriptions begin with the volume, that BENT PIANOS . KffiTTER'S HOTEL. (PAR EXCELLENCE,) it will, henceforth, be impossible to comply with their request, because the first three issues of this volume are UPRIGHT AND SQUARE. completely exhausted. Subscriptions ADDRESS! for the present volume will have to begin with the issue next following the date of the subscription. OR. M. BENT & C0.,0 4th and Elm Streets, St. Louis, Mo. At the beginning of the year, the publishers had a MANUFACTURERS large number of extra copies printed-enough, they thought, to fill all subscriptions ordered to begin 453 W. 36th Street, NEW YORK. JJQr'Thls Hotel is in the very center of the business portion of with January, but the increase in the number of the clty.""R subscriptions received has been unprecedently large and thus has upset all their calculations in Rooms, with or without Board. this matter. All back numbers of previous vol umes are· also gone, hence can not be supplied from this office. TABLE n'HOTE (UNSURPASSED) FROM 12:30 TO 2 P. M; SOME PECULIARITIES OF JAPANESE MUSIC AND DRAMA. CTORS in Japan are a hereditary class. The art of acting is taught by the father to the son. If he has no son, the nearest male relative is taken in his place. Some times the son of a brother actor is also taken. The forefathers of Ichikawah Dan juro, th'e first actor of Japan, have held MA'1 .,H!A8' 7th and Olive Sts., S'r. LOt1IS, this high position for several generations. J apauese actors receive good salaries, but have each to furnish from one to six pupils, who take PATENT PIANO FOOTSTOOL, Fine Stationery the place of our supernumeraries, the leading actors providing more than the minor ones, the WITH PEDAL ATTACHMENT FOR YOUNG PUPILS. IN GREAT VARIETY . number furnished depending on the standing of This Footstool should be witl the actor and the amount of his salary. These every piano on which childret pupils receive their pay from the actors and are are to play. Highly recom taught by them the art of acting, dancing~ fencing mended by the most prominen· and tumbling. This tumbling is introauced in teachers-among others; S. B Mills, Fred. Brandeis, Chas fights (always one actor against a number of Kunkel, Louis Staab. A. J. Davis pupils), which are features of a Japanese perform A. Paur, Chas. Heydtmann, H STULTZ & BAUER, ance always appreciated by the audience. These S. Perkins, W. C. Coffin, etc. pupils are gradually entrusted with small parts. MANUFAOTURERS OF If talented they can rise in their profession, and G'":Send for Circulars. in their turn become actors of mark. L. MATHIAS, 305 Snmmit St., Toledo, O. Grand, Square &. Upright Each actor has a dressing room to himself, and a dresser who acts as a prompter. These prompters do not stand in the wings, but follow the actor on the stage and crouch behind him with book in hand, to whisper the lines to him. They are PIANOS. dressed in blacK gowns and hoods, and are called JAMES HOGAN PRINTING CO. FAOTORY AND "shadows." They are supposed not to be seen by )ARTISTIC( WAREROOMS: the audience. It is an odd sight to see three or 338 & 340 East 31st St., four actors upon the stage, each with his own prompter behmd hirri.. As soon, however, as a NEW YORK. player becomes perfectly familiar with his lines, jrtnting 5fit~ogra:p~fng he goes on alone. The actors sufl:er much from stage fright. Every theater has a large bath room attached to it, provided with plenty of hot and MAKE A BPEOIALTY OF FINE WORK. cold water, as all the actors take a bath after the performance and sometimes during an inter BARREIRAS' mission. 413 & 41~ N. Third Str'eet, ST. LOUIS. The Japanese scale of music has only five notes, PIANO WAREROOMS, and all the music is written in the minor key. The orchestra is increased during the dances. For N, E~ Cor. Eleventh & Olive Sts., comedy the orchestra is seldom used, except, for ST. LOUIS, MO. instance, to burlesque dramas, which is often done. For dramas the orchestra is invisible. The musi PET A.NIJM:A.LS, cians are hidden behind lattice work on the right PIANOS and ORGANS (new and second-hand) Such as Rabbits, Guinea ,. Bought, Sold, or Exchanged. Pianos for Rent-$2.50 hand side of the stage (from the actors), and are Pigs, Ferrets, White · to $7.00 per month. from three to eight in number according to the size Mice ; also high class of the theater. Their instruments are samusens Poultry, Pigeons, Dogs (an instrument something like a guitar with a short of every variety, Sing ing Birds, Parrots, body, a long neck and three strings), harps, flutes, Pheasants, Goldfishes large and small drums, gongs and bells. The and Aquaria. orchestra plays during the entrances and exits of KNOWLTON'S BATHING APPARATUS. the actors, and also in the following instance. Maltese Cats and Kittens. With us an actor speaks his side speeches aloud; Send Stamp for Price the Japanese express them by pantomimic gest List. ures whilst an invisible singer smgs them, accom panied by the orchestra. It is the leading samusen Western Fanciers' Agency, player-best to be compared to our first violinist 320 North 8th St., who sings these solos in a strong tremolo voice. There is no conductor, but the orchestra follows St. Louis, Mo. the leading samusen player. The dances form the last part of the perform ance. The musicians are seated on both sides of the stage on high platforms, facing the audience. _..FOBF AMILIES P AB EXCELLENCE. They are all dressed alike in old fashioned court -vxTT ::a:u-ss. J dresses. All the singing is done by the musicians, Manufacturer of and Dealer in AND FOR and not by the actor. Physicians, Army Men, Students, Miners, lle•is aad Sll•Qs, Itinerants, Etc., CHICAGO men say that Walter Blaine will make his mark. i03 SOUTH FIFTH STREET, Pshaw I we know any number of men who make t}\eir mark, :tNCO::M:::E".A.R.A.:SLE. and are not very proud of the signature, either. ST. LOUIS, MO. KUNKEL'S MUSICAL REVIEW, APRIL, 1887. 157 STEINWA Y PIANOS J. MOXTER & CO. ~~.~~~, ...... NQ_ 912 OLIVE STREET_ ~""'!! ~- "Q MAJOR AND MINOR. THIS is Patti's last farewell tour, but if we all club together and ask him, possibly Nicolini will come over and see us again. & -Puck. Steinway Pianos, Gabler Pianos, Kurtzman Pianos, Engel Scharf Bros. Pianos Fo:R pure patriotism, commend us to the "Canucks." The Toronto Musical Jou.,.nal urges a" grand Victoria Jubilee cel ebration, because there's money in it, if properly managed." AccoRDING to a recently published report, the Stuttgart ~We make a specialty of Benting, Tuning and .Repairing Pianos. Conservatorium is just now attended by 528 pupils, out of which number 89 are foreigners-Tiz., 46 English, 89 from the United States, 3 from India, and one from Africa. UNDER the title of "Souvenirs d'un impresario," a volume is about to be published by the Paris firm of Ollendorff, which cannot fail to be interesting, the author being no other than the celebrated operatic entrepreneur, M. Maurice Strakosch. C. T. SissoN, representing the Farrand & Votey Organ Co, of Detroit, has been traveling all through the Eastern States, of I and his order-book shows excellent results. He has just left ~. Man~er this city, after selling a large bill to the house of Bollman Kurtzmann, Piano Fartea, Bros. TELEPHONE communication between Paris and Brussels has been satisfactorily established, and some time since the Queen of the Belgians heard by telephone in her palace at Brussels an entire act of Faust, then being performed at the Paris Opera. BUFFALQ N Y THE popular Jack Haines, with the John Huner Piano Co., is 106, 108 & 110 Broadway, ' • • having splendid success introducing that piano throughout Pennsylvania and New York. This instrument is coming to the front very rapidlr.. and, with a maker like Mr. Huner and CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. a popular salesman hke Mr. Haynes, success is assured. A COLLECTION of valuable musical instruments belonging toM. Bonjour has just been sold in Paris. A violoncello by Ant. Stradivarius (1689) brought $4,000; another by the same PIANISTS! maker (1691) $2,500; a Ruggieri of Cremona (1650) brought $650, HAVE YOU EXAMINED A. D. TURNER'S ~,.Q.N.. ~.Y,M.~IlP.,~! II and an Amati $125. thousands of cases of the worst kln1 and of longs an ding THE Fulton Choral Society, under the direction of Mr. W. M. -ELEMENTS OF- have been cured. Indeed, so stron~ris my faith In Its efficacy that I wlllsen d TWO BOTTLES FREE, together with a VAL· Treloar, assisted by Miss Marquess and Messrs. Smith, Hock UABLE TREATISE on this disease, to any sufferer. Give ex aday and Crawford, gave an interesting miscellaneous con· MODERN OCTAVE PLA YINC? press & P.o. aduress. DR. '1'. A. SLOCUM,181 Pearl St. N. Y cert, that was largely attended by the inhabitants of Fulton and vicinity, and much enjoyed by all, on March 14th. Mr. An easy and comprehensive m('thod of Octaves, based upon Treloar is an excellent director. the system of Theodore Kullak. PART I. Preparatory with illustrations consisting of 15 easy THE American Opera Company, Limited, of New York, which melodious studies in staccato, legato, and portll. IREN.lEUS D. FOULON, was merged into the National Opera Company, of New Jersey, mento octaves, octaves in skips and broken oc has fallen into the hands of Receiver Thomas G. Rigney, of taves. - - - - $2 00 116 West 123d street. Creditors are given until fall to present PART II. Seven octave studies of medium difficulty, pre their claims. Many have done so already. Since Feb. 5th, senting in artistic combination various kinds of judgments amounting to $116,097,96 have been docketed in the octaves. - · - - - $1 00 Attorney and Counselor at Law, sheriff's office. COMPLETE PARTS I & II. 3 00 The publishers feel so positive of the undoubted meritR of THE pedal piano in the Leipsic Conservatory was placed this work, and of its superiorty over all other octave studies there at the suggestion of Mendelssohn, who regarded it as published, that they will gladly refund the money of any 219 Chestnut Street, the best medium for pupils who wished to become good organ· purchaser not convinced of the same, upon examination. ists. He thought that students who practiced on pipe organs ST. LOUIS. had a tendency to waste too much time in experiments with the registers, and he believed that a good pedal technique Conservatory Music Store, Franklin Square, Boston. could be best acquired on the pedal piano·. THE American Art Journal, speaking of Mme. Rive-King's playing at the fifth Chickering SymJ?hony concert, March 17th, says: "Her accuracy is extraordmary, and was greatly admired in the last pages of the concerto, where she played with the utmost brilliancy, so much so that she created a furor, being recalled four times amid enthusiasm. We have rarely heard a more brilliant and dazzling performance, and we gladly welcome Mme.ltive-King's return to New York." WM. BouRNE & SoN, who established themselves in the man ufacturing of pianos in the year 1857, have made many valu able improvements in their pianos, and there is an increasing demand for these instruments throughout the West. The repu tation of this house is too well known to demand any extended notice from us. F. W. Baily, who was so long connected with the Bay State Organ, has entered the service of Messrs . Bourne & Son. He is a very popular gentleman throughout the West, as well as a first-class salesman. THE competition for a new orchestration and harmony of the Marseillaise, to be used as the uniform official version, has attracted 189 different arrangements by bandmasters in France. The three versions selected by the jury have been played by the band of the Republican Guard, in presence of General Boulanger, M. Ambroise Thomas and an audience of musical composers and professors in the National Conservatolre. The score which is finally accepted from these three will be dis tributed to all the military and municipal bands in France. Ou.a.readers will find in another column a correct list of the games to be played during the present season, at Sportsman's Park, by the Base Ball Champions of the World, the winners of three pennants last season, the St. Louis Browns. The race for the Association pennant will be an interesting one, as sev eral of the competing clubs have been greatly strengthened. The excellent management of Mr. Von der Ahe, the club's President, will, we think, keep the chamrionship here, but it is quite certain that he and his club wil have no walk-over. This state of facts will insure good games, and ought to make the attendance at Sportsman's Park larger than ever. KuN KEL's MUSICAL REVIEW wishes the Champions, and their ge nial and able president and manager, the greatest possible measure of success. 158 KUNKEL'S MUSICAL REVIEW, APRIL, 1887. -································------To polish plate glass and remove slight scratches, rub the surface gently, first with a clean pad of white cotton wool. aud afterward with a pad covered over with cotton velvet which has been charged with fine rouge. 'fhe surface will, under this trea~ment, acquire a polish of great brilliancy, quite free from ~ Grand, Square ind Upright. ~ any scratches. 'fHE Mahdi's musicians are the men of the moment in Paris. STECK 'fhey are about fourteen in number, and, in their red tunics, ·------···-···················································-- turbans, and blue pantaloons with yellow stripes, they were taken by many of the Parisians who were enjoying their Sun day stroll for an Ethiopian contingent of the Salvation Army. 'fhey have come to Paris for the purpose of giving some per formances in the Eden 'l'heatre with their national instru ments. The musicians belong to the Soudan, and were en· rolled in the Egyptian army. After Tel-el-Kebir, they revolted and joined the Prophet in the desert, but were subsequently Factory: 34th Street, bet. lOth and 11th Avenues. pardoned. ALTHOUGH the catgut industry in Markneukirchen during recent years has been in a condition much the reverse of sat isfactory, their Bohemian neighbor!!, who obtain the greater WAREROOMS: No. 11 East Fourteenth Street, NEW YORK. parts of their strings from Markneukirchen, appear to envy them the manufacture, as efforts are being made to introduce the industry into Schonbach, a well-known musical instru· ment manufacturing town. Opinion appears to be divided, however, upon the matter, as it has been arranged to invite the views of all the musical instrument manufacturers in the district. 'l'he 'frade Minister has signified his intention of granting 3,000 fl. towards the undertaking, if it fs carried into effect. J. G. Earhuff Organ &. Piano Co. 'fHE Tagliche Rundschau, of Berlin, under date of March 1st, says; "A painful incident occurred yesterday at the Royal .Manufacturers of the only · Opera. When Hans von Bulow appeared at the theatre, to gether with Mr. Bechstein' s family, the ticket-collector refused A B SOLUTELY MOUSE AND DUST PROOF admission to Von BUlow in a polite but energetic way. It ap. pears that the management knew of BUlow's intention to visit ~ ···································· · ·············~·e) the theatre, and supplied photos to their employes. Bulow's adverse and eccentric criticism of the opera appears to have excited the intendant to avail himself of his right to exclude the pianist. 'I' his incident created a sensation, and was warmly discussed." The Berlin press, almost without exception, has ORGAN :- condemned in no measured terms the boorishness of the man ...... ager of the Royal Opera. IN THE UNITED STATES. PAT. JULY 6th, 1886. WE are glad to announce that through the efforts of the en ergetic President of the College of Mmdc, Mr. Peter Rudolph Neff, a fund of $11,250, subscribed by Cincinnati citizens, has 51, 53 and 55 Pearson, near Wells Street, CHICAGO, ILL. beAn secured for the next three years to put the Symphony Orchestra on a permanent basis, each one of the subscribers agreeing to pay $250 per annum each for that length of time toward the support of the violin and orchestra department of the College of Music. 'fhis means a Cincinnati Grand Orches tra that will be the superior of most and the peer of all the CONOVER BROS. grand orchestras in the country. 'fhis has been the great scheme of Mr. Neff ever since he took hold of the Presidency rE::::>-MANUFACTURERS OF~ of the College of Music.-.Jfusical Visitor. A LIST oi Verdi's operas and the date of their production may be of interest in these days of the first representation of UPRIGHT PIANOS. his last work. "Otello." They are: ' 'Oberto, Conte di San Boni fazi()," 1839; ·· Ungiorno diregno" 1840; "Nabueodonosor.'' 1!!42; Among our valuable improvements, appreciated by pianists and salesmen, are "I Lombardi" 1843; "Ernani,'' 1344: '·I /Jtte Foscari.'' 184 ; our Patent Action, Patent Metal Action Rail and Patent Telescopic Lamp Bracket. "Giovanna d'Arco," 1845; "Alzira," 1845; ''Attila," 1846; Our Pianos are endorsed by such eminent judges as Mme. Rive-King, Robt. ".Macbeth," 1847; ''I Masnadieri, 1847; "Jerusalem" t"I Lom Goldbeck, <.:has. Kunkel, Anton Streletzki, E. M. Bowman, Gustave Krebs, G. W. bardi" re-written), 1847; "Il Corsaro," 1848; "La Battaglia di Steele, Hartman, of San Francisco, and many others. Legnano," 184!>: "Luisa Miller." 1849; "Stiffelio," 1850; "Rigo letto," 1851; "Il Trovatore," 1853; "La Traviata," 1853; ''Les Vepres Siciliennes," 1855; "Simon Boceanegra," 1857; "Aroldo," 1857; "Un Ballo in Maschera," 1859; "La Forza del Destino," 105 East 14th Street, NEW YORK. 1862; "Macbeth" (revised), 1865; "Don Carlos," 1867; "A'ida," 1871. ROBERT Gor,DBECK announces that his defunct Musical Art will be resuscitated next" fall" in the form of a Sunday news paper, under the title of the Weekly Art Critic, provided he can sell a sufficient number of shares 'in the venture. With char acteristic modesty, Mr. Goldbeck announces that his pa~er (if it ever comes to life) .. wm be governing, tone-giving ' and Henry F . Miller that its opimous will" be the criterion of all that is excellent." "One brilliant page will reflect the dazzling society life of New York and other centres." Robert Goldbeck, as a reporter of the "brilliant" fads of the "dazzling'' society of "New PIANOS. York and other centres," would well be worth the price of sub scription, whatever that may be, and while, everyt,hing con MANUFACTURER sidered, our finances will not permit our purchasing any of the "shares" offered, we most sincerely hope there will be a J. A. KIESELHORST,. rush for them, for we want to see that paper. IN these days of hurry and push, but few men can spare from their daily duties the time necessary to keep themselves, General Ma.na.ger for St. Louis, through ordinary channels, en rappott with all the forms of intellt>ctual activity that make up the world of thought and 1111 Olive Street. progress. There are thousands of thoughtful men who would like to know what others think and how they feel in reference to the great political, social, commercial, educational and sci entific questions of the day, but who see no way of getting this information. To those of our readers who are in that cat egory (and there ought to be many) we take pleasure in recom mending "PuBLIC OPINION," a 28-page journal, pubHshed weekly at $3.00 a year in Washington, D. C., each of whose numbers contains the pith of the editorial opinions of all the leading papers of the country, regardless of party bias or in-· dividual prejudice, upon the questions uppermost in the pub PIANO DACTYLION. lic mind. We must add that this notice is entirely unsolicited, and is made solely with the intention of benefiting those of A new invention of great practical value and our readers who may not know this publication and have felt real benefit to the Piano Player. the want of something of the sort. To strengthen the fingers. 'l'HE American Art Journal gives a partial list of the great To improve the touch. organs which have more than or about 4.000 pipes. 'fhey are: To ensure flexibility and rapidity. St. Paul's Cathedral organ, London, 4,004; Alexandra Palace, To give correct position of the hand. London, 5,820; Crystal Palace, 4,570; N. ,J. Holmes' at the Al To save time and a vast amount of Iabo1•. bert Palace, London, 5,209; St. George's Hall, Liverpool, 7,000; Used, endorsed, and highly recommended by the 'fown Hall organ, Leeds, 6,500; Albert Hall, Sheffield, 4,004; best of Pianists and Teachers, among whom- old organ of York Minster, 8,000; screen organ of York Mins ter, 5,416: Victoria Rooms. Bristol, 4,000; 'fown Hall. Mel· MAD. JULIE RIVE-KING. MR. S. B. MILLS. bourne, 4,373; Boston Cathedral, 5,256; 'femple Emanuel, New MR. CHAS. KUNKEL. MR. H. G. ANDRES. York, 4,424; Ulm Cathedral, 6,564; Weingarten Monastery, MR. ARMIN DOERNER, MR. OTTO SINGER, 6,666; Merseberg Cathedral, 5,686: Breslau Cathedral, 4,700; MR. GEO. SCHNEIDER. St. Jacobi, Madge burg, 5,784; Great Church, Halberstadt,4,250; Introduced at, and used by, the different Col· Oliva Abbey, Dantzig, 6,000; new organ in same church, 5,112; leges of Music in Cincinnati. St. Bevan's Cathedral, Haa.rlem, 4,088: St. Lawrence Cathedral, Rotterdam, 5, 700; First Church, Utrecht, 4, '200; St. Denis, Paris, AGEN'l'S WAN'l'ED EVERYWHERE. Send for Circub,ra. 4,506; St. Sulsplce, Paris, 6,706; Freiburg Cathedral, 4,165; Se ville Cathedral, 5,300. 'fhe organ proposed in 1876 for St. Peter's L8 ~. LEVASSO R, Manufact u rer, Cathedral, Rome, was to be built by Cavaille-Coll, and was to li4. W. Fourth St., Cincinnati, 0. have 8,316 pipes. The organ in Cologne Cathedral has nearly 7,000 pipes. 'fhe Albert Hall organ, London, has 7,500 pipes. KUNKEL'S MUSICAL REVIEW, APRIL, 1887. 159 FROM S Z NT' JUST ISSUED THE PRE SST 1500 ON BECEIP'l' OF oataloguo ur magne cotnflcetainit ng FIFTEEN HUNDRED < > ILLUSTRA- TIONS t,~:~~ti~~t~~ - JEWELS, ~RT and SILVERWARE. It contains T&luable and interesting information about CENTS WEDDINGS, (Invitations and Anniversaries). CENTS PRECIOUS STONES, (Significance and Corresponding Month s). 6 SOLID SILVER WARES, (TheirValue and Beauty). FOR WHAT _SHALL I BUY FOR A PRESENT, A SPI~ITUALIST medium has just had a long interview with ~~~ B.&RR~&~I__::~~0·- the spint of Adam. He reports that Adam still blames the C'-::------~~ -~ !!!'!'!"!'!'!! !!!'!!!!!'!'!"!'!'!! !!!'!! ~ ~ whole business on Eve. "JOHN, what is the best thing to feed a parrot on?" asked an eld~rly lady of her bachelor brother, who hated parrots. "Ar Great St. Louis Dry Goods House, seniC," gruffly answered John. ABOUT WHICH THE PUBLIC SHOULD KEEP FULLY INFORMED. INEBRIATED party: "Shay, mister, how far .is't to Canal Street?" Citizen: ·• Twenty minutes' walk." Inebriated 1st. The fact that every article worn by woman is for sale under their roof. party: "For you--hie--or for me?" 2d. That full stocks of House Furnishing, House Decorating and Gents' Furnishing Goods are a specialty. 3d That but one price, and that the very lowest is put upon all goods. A WAG has truthfully said, that if some men could come ont 4th That this store is the most Central in St. Louis, and within but one or two blocks of any street railroad. of their graves and read the inscriptions on their tombstones lith: That customers are satis~a ly waited upon, and goods delivered in half ~he time taken by any other large house they would think they had got into the wrong grave. ' in St. Louis. d d h · · 6th. That having 33 Stores(~ follows) under one roof, they can an o guarantee t e cheapest goods m St. Louis, v1z.: ." PAT~ICK, you told me you needed the alcohol to clean the p1a~o ~1th, and here I ~nd you drinking it. "Iraix, mum. it's Ribbon Store. Cloth Store. Flannel Store. a drmkm' it, and ur11thmg on the gloss, Oi'm doin' ." · Notion Store. Black Goods ~tore. Lining Store. Embroidery Store. ·cotton Goods Store. Cloak and Suit 8tore. "Do vou work miracles here?" said tt skeptical printer who had come in to break UD a religious meeting. "No," said the Lace Store. Linen Goods Store. Shawl Store. leader, as he collared the rascal, "but we cast out devils." Trimming Store. ~ilk and ·Velvet Store. Un.derwe,ar and 9orset Store. Gents' Furnishing Store. Dress Goods Store. Ch~ldren s Clothmg Store. THE meanest man we ever heard of gets up early and cnts Handkerchief Store. Paper Pattern Store. Qmlt and Blanket Store. all t~e dry-g~ods advertisements o:ut of the morning paper, White Goods Store. Art Embroidery Store. U:r,holstery Store. ~ff~~ng nothing but the dry readmg matter for his devot~:;.d Calico Store. House Furnishing Store. Millinery l':ltore. Summer Suiting Store. Par~ sol and Umbrella Store. Shoe Rtore. AN exchange says: "It is usually the unmarried women Gingham Store. Hosiery Store. Glove Store. :Wl?-o write abo,ut 'How to Manal!'e a Husband.'" Of course, 1t 1s. You don t fiud the married woman giving away her lit Orders by Mail Rec eive Prompt Atten tion by Being Addressed t o the tle plan. OLn,.Gent-" What tune is that band playiug, my boy?" Boy-;; God S,l}ve t~e Qnee1.1." Old Gent-·• Oh, no; it isn't WM. BARR DRY GOODS COMPANY, that. Boy- Yus, 1t are, s1r; only they's a·playin' uv it in SIX'rH, OLIVE TO LOCUST. STREETS, S T. LOUI S . Dutch, you see." SoME fireman, somewhere, evidentlv smitten with some body: gave .the following toast: ''Cupid and his torch. the only mcend1ary that can kindle a flame which the engines cannot quench." THE Chinese alphabet contains about 30,000 characters, and the man .who thinks of constructing a type-writer will have to make 1t the llize of a fifty. horse-power threshing machine and run it by steam. A SCIENTIFIC writer tells how water can be boiled in a sheet of writing paper. We don't doubt it. We have known a man to write a few lines on a sheet of writing paper that kept him in hot water for three years. AN irate female seeks admittance to the editor's sanctum. •· But I tell you, madam," protests the attendant, "that the editor is too ill to talk to any one to-day." "Never mind· you let me in-I'll do the talking." · ' A TRAVELER, who has just rf:lturned from Germany, says that there is a good point and a bad point about German cof fee. The good point is that it contains no chickory; the bad point is that it contains no coffee. "I TELI, you it's a great thing to have a girl who knows enough to warn a fellow of his danger." ''Have you?" in quired one of the company. "Yes, indeed. Julia's father and mother were laying for me the other night, when she heard my tap at the window; and what do you suppose that girl did?" "Can't think.'' "She just sat down to the piano and sang the insides out of 'Old Folks at Home.' You can just bet I didn't call that evening." -Exchange. PRINTERS are told to follow copy, if it goes out of the win dow. Type-writers are instructed to use the exact words dic tated. Sometimes queer things happen, as recently, when a type-wrilist, new in business methods, asked the head of the AND T INNERS' STOCK OF ALL KINDS, house how she should bel:jin her letters. "Dear Sir, or Gentle men, as the case may be, ' replied he. In a few days letters F O R SALE :SY began pouring in from correspondents, asking for explanation . of the firm's manner of addressing them. Upon examination, it was found that every letter written by the new clerk began Excelsior Manufacturing Co., • St. Louis, Mo. with "Dear Sir, or Gentlemen, as the case may be I " 160 KUNKEL'S MUSICAL REVmW, APRIL, 1887. IT is said that women dress extravagantly to worry other women. A man who dresses extravagantly, generally worries his tailor. SHOE dealer (to partner)-That new lot of French slippers is z going very slowly. Hadn't we better mark 'em down? Part· 0 ner-Yes; mark the fives down to threes, and the fours to twos. This change was made, and in a day or two the stock rn was exhausted. · ~ AFTER the clerk had piled down everything in the store T_o accommod:;te a large number of buyers we will, without sa.tisfyin~ his customer, a woman, she asked him if 00 there was anythmg elsl' he had not shown her. " \ es, I until further not1ce, sell new pianos on payments of 00 P:J ma'am," he said, "the cellar: but if you wish it I will have $10 to $25 par month to suit purchaser. Our stock is that brought up and shown to you." 0 carefully selected and contains latest improved m 0 :x> THE meanest church organist lives in Philadelphia. He is pianos of all grades, from medium to the best, in all 8 all bent with age, and the other day, at the wedding of an an ~ I z tique Philadelphia belle, whom he knew many years before. tJ 1?:1 he astonished everybody by playing a fantasia on the air, 1\ 0 "When You and I Were Young." (/) ~ )> l1 A LITTLE boy, whose father was an immoderate drinker of the (j) co moderate kind, ono day sprained his wrist, and his mother :J 0 utilized the whisky in her husband's bottle by bathing the lit· tie fellow's wrist with it. After awhile the pain began to abate, 0 styles of Squares, Uprights, Cabinet Grands, Parlor 0 ~ and the child surprised his mother by exclaiming: "Ma, has \1 (/1 -' Grands, and Concert Grands, from the factories of t-3 pa got a sprained throat?" DECKER BROS., CHICKERING, HAINES STORY 0 A PHYSICIAN, passing a gravestone cutter's shop, called out: . & CAMP, M.A'l'HUSHEK, FISCHER AND OTHERS, "Good morning, neighbor; hard at work, I see. You finish r> your gravestones as far as 'In memory of.' and then wait, I 1- r t-3 P> suppose, to see who wants a monument next." "Why, yes," (J) I replied the joker, "unless some body's sick and you are doc trj toring 'em, then I keep right on." '(/1 ~ STUMPS, the farmer, has married a city girl who is trying to fi~ t-3 learn country ways. She bas heard her husband say that be ..~ must buy a dog, and responds: '' Oh, yes, do, Charles-buy a ciJ g-iving a variety to select from that can not be found !Jj setter dog. He can be a watch-dog at night, and set on the 0 eggs during the day; for I can't make the hens set, though many other house in the country. tr1 I've held 'em down an hour at a time." Ever~ in~trument warranted. Catalogues mailed z on applicatiOn. tr1 THE American Musician says that Bandmaster Cappa has written a set of variations on "We never speak as we pass by," ;3 and dedicated them to Bandmaster P. S. Gilmore. We are credibly informed that Mr. Gilmore has returned the compli ment by dedicating to Signor Cappa an original Irish melody, the Irish title of which is: "Who cares a dam?" · WHEN the "Miserere" of the celebrated opera composer, Lully was played before King Louis XIV, his majesty sank on FA.TEN"""T Du-PLEX: D::RJu-~- his knees, and as a matter of etiquette those assembled fol· lowed the royal example. After, the king asked Count Phili· bert de Gramont, a witty fellow, how he liked the music. It is a known fact that the snarehead of a drum, "Splendid, indeed, for the ears; but terrible for the knees," answered the Count. in order to respond to the slightest . touch of the "DoEs she call that playing?" inquired Jones, as Mrs. Jen stick, should be very thin and have much less ten kyns assailed the piano keys. sion than the tough batterhead. To accomplish "Yes, of course she does." this was a problem, which remained unsolved li~~";;~1,., it's what I'd call real hard work. Do the people until we invented our Duplex Drum, the heads of "Well, they try to, my boy; that's where the hard work comes in."-Pittshurg Dispatch. which are tightened separately. HE HAD TO WAIT A T.ONG WHILE.-A musician owed a Shy lock one hundred dollars, which on account of hard times he Send for Oircular and Price List. could not pay. It so happened that he met the musician at a barber's, who was in the act of shaving him. Tho mercenary soul of lucre took ad vantage of this meeting, and asked him for the money. N. LEBRUN MUSIC CO. The musician, vexed at the impertinence of the fellow, asked him if he would wait until his beard had been shaved. "Yes," replied Shylock, "I will wait so long." ST. LOUIS, MO. "You are witness, Sir," said the mm~ician to the barber, and to the astonishment of Shylock he left the barbershop unshaved. 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