MUSIC.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 152, 21 March 1908, Page 12

MUSIC.

.' [Br Tbeble Clef,] Tetrazzini. Wot since the days of Gerster, and Patti.lias there been, in the operatic.annals or wew ioi'k,' such a reception accorded to a. dramatic smgbr as. that given Madamo Luisa •I'ecraffisini,- tao Italian, soprano, upon her a'ppearauco at the Manhattan Upehi House on January 15 as \Tiol6tta in the' , opera "Tranata." ..it . was not the lirst,,tiirio that Madame -Tctrazzirii had app&ired on ail American -musical stage.. Slip has sung in San Francisco and has been a favourite 111 Mexico, and, South America tor a decade. The question was, would an audience in. the American metropolis receive ,her as enthusiastically as. sho had been received ,by continental and Jiuglish houses? Her voico is not the most perfect that has been heard in New'l'ork (states ail-American critic)j_ but tlie colour of her high notes and" the'. intimate blending and mutual support •of her musical and dramatic gifts havo seldom if ever been equalled on any musical 'stage. Mark Hambourg. ' V: [■Jilt soino measure at least of^his' brilliant rise Us a pianist 6i wuriu-iiiueieiibivn. xiiurii iiambburg has Ins wonderiiil iiiemory to Diiaim. .una. a strong luouicy. lw reliieuiuoritig norii iii iiiih,-tud virtuoso has cultivated it untii at tne. present fiiiio lie has every oiie of Ills buO pieces—iii 'lt-SWt' ii much larger, repertoire tiiaii most public pbrronners are content with—literally oir by heart.> lib is of tiae,opinion that every ( interpretative artist should create the impression of improvisation, and to that end lie never of course! uses music sheets oil the platrorm. „i, But'he goes even further titan this for often when acknowledging a recall lib crosses .the, stage and sits, down to tile piano . berore ho has made up his, mind what his encore piece shallbe. ; lii many other, inspects too.Mark Hambourg demonstrates! hdjir wide a liald his genius covers. Kb keeps himself abreast of the literaturci 'of four languages, and ho .reads iii the original as they come out, the cream of the bbolss published in England, France, Germany, and Russia, besides having a thorough acquaintance with the respective, classics ' of those countries. . Notwithstanding extensive pbn-cert-work and travelling he makes timb to' see a now picture or a now piece of sculpturo in any town oh a near route lie is following. When He''has: "a night off";hb,spends it "over and over again in a concert' hall or a theatre, hot entirely for the aesthetib pleasure of it but so that he may hear arid- learn froth other great musicians, watch a singer's way. of producing the voice, ail actor's method of acting j or study the colouring and dynamic, effects evolved by an orchestra. <' • Notes. All doubts about a Kubelik'visit this year may now bo set at. rest. Mr.' Frank, Buckingnam' reached Melbourne by tho It.M.S. As curias, to undertake the management and complete all arrangements fbr the Kubelik Australasian tour. The torn- must necessarily consist of a limited number of concerts, owing to '.Kubelik .having, to bo-.in London early in' October to fulliil so.viral engagements. He will visit all tho principal towns in Australia; Tasmania, and New Zealand. Bbforo. leaving Melbourne.Molba presented to the trustees of tho Public Library tiiero' a number of interesting musical autographs,, including the original MS. of Mendelssohn's "Lied Ohno World" and half ai dozen linesof.scales'and exercises written for hor in 1000 by hor own teacher M&rcliesi. ■Laurence Harvey (formerly a member of oh« of Williamson's opera companies) has written four songs that ar'o being sung in tho London pantomimes. , These aro "By your sid«,'.' "The British Empire girl," "Thi two little .dciminoes,"-arid" "Musical, comedy stirs','-' the last-mentioned being i particularly clever skit.

■ Under the management of Messrs. J. and N. Tait the Melbourne season of Max Seliluytor th 6. brilliant Danish violinist cbmmenccd in the Town Hall on Saturday, MarcK 14,