MUSIC.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 942, 8 October 1910, Page 9

MUSIC.

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-, Melba's Opera Company, :/ / / i-H') V '•' .ii; With;;': the /assistance.' of ; Madame ;Melba'-, /.(writes -, the:.;';,! :Lphdon' ; c'orrespondent); Mr.. J.'.' C.",Wil-'; .liamspn, has just'cPinpleted his.arrangements/ for. the" Italian Opera Company which /his' .firm' will - iritrp'duce to' Aus-: .traliaVin September/ of next, year.!;■ Be-; sides/Madanie;.Melba*tHere.'yill be {tbree' tlirep: 'tenors' i (including;i: Mr/ John 'M'Corriiack), 1 ■"?" Madame,'''-Wayda jvill:..be the/contralto;/'-Thereftwill also, bo .two .basses, three baritones,- and two conductor's.; 1 . Some, few;of the 1 .leading .members, of /the'-forchestra will- be '.taken : 'be entirely;,: Australian; % 'It; is'i. iiiteaided'.tb :give .sixteen operas,/ of m;which /threei 'will;:,be, new—"Tosca,"'-'."Samson'vahd Delila," and. -.'-'This' will; be the;.largest operatip,' venture ever; ''.at, ,fcempted 'south of /the,' Equator.-// As there-will .ba/no/subscriptipn, Jt is/mosti iprobablp '•. that/' the ; scale/'bfj JpharjgSsv for/admissiph.-.will ■ hayo ..to';be: '■increased. ;;;;l;C:;?]/:;-::' i '' | i; ; ;-;- : Vv':'

Schumann's Dance Music.

j 'j,lu'a;listpf;xbmpbsors'of.dance music;/ few.''wbuH' : :include-;Schumann,; •W;rpte' : agbbddeal'of.it: -~-.■ As a. youth/he, w'as/ passionately devoted 'to "dan'cmg'j - in .his''letters he■'o'ftfen'i-speaks/of/it,' c6mm'enting,':fbr instance;-on'the; differ-., entiway'jpteidelberg; girls dance/frpm.'thp; .girls in Zwickauj,his.'iiative, tpwh.'.'When: .nei/w/as a:;■ student ;iat : -.'Heidelberg;"'lie '■ ;'^''eber.'s.' ! commenting :bn;the; "■'mu'Bic!--'-:''.'No\i r ;vslie. iia>talking','^h'o: would say_">at".-orie-'pliicS-;.' :ahd;at'vahbther'•:^^ l NoV:ihe;-tialks—th'at?sv botlp:telkin'gj^andvic'ah; : ;wha.|!thpy are 'telling-'■oaoh;'bthcr.'.'"-':Tbat; key.; to;his/owii -idea.of'dance music-T-not;':a- mef.e;;-melodib''and;.;rhyt'n.-' mi^:'aid/to'. , ;dancii'|gj,'.;.but; a'-, ball iritrodvicing i'thp?Covers, s and : their.':;car- : - ;essingiwrds^i^Bpfore;:him,; Schubert; Had' Vienna' waltz-'into/ :mu's'ical- i lifcratiire,''ahd r ;isli - dinoes,'-: butinbiljher.'Pf ■: fliem? had .".in-.' ;trbduced::'the'personal;-love .'affairs -..bf': 'th'o;'dancers'/;,Oii--the"other harid ; . ; Sohu-.': ;mann'B;pieces;arprlike'/-.Cliopin'sv.mVthis:; ;tha.t,.they.-.-arb,(npt'-;iji'tended ,fbr : the'baili iropiri^,; Dance:; i rhy^hm'S; : /a're,:;;/ihdeed;; ■u'sedj. butvinerely; .for ■'■tie./pur pose ;of : tell- 1 ■ing'a'lbve';storyi'/ v Schuminn .was r a'gbbd.' ideal-of' a; flirt,'; ; aM':;in' v Ms ■musical .ball • he ,-teUs>/.us' ; j',all';-. about -Nanne;.; 'Liddi, iMeta, Clarai;,'and;the;other■ girlsT :iV'hbViasciriated : 'him.'fof, a -Nbt; ;bnly. his. "Ball Car-, 'naval','' ."Fasching'sscliwank',!'',arid: •pillbnsV; (which,:.'as'vhe'ihims.elf;,-expla'ih-. eaj-isvbased Joh:,the,-greatyball-rbbm ;ejii-;: isbde.in !: .hear./them.'afet'familiar facts:. "Concerts:would;be.much;rap-re popularf'if•■ musieians fand /music-loyers'. paid' more attention to :'the-;:pefsohal';:and';:po'etic-isides of compositions' as' graphies'arid''P'thbrVb^ks;V:'': : ;; /.'.' ; :

bbvyou Know?; !!> ;7'y7; 7 J --7,-'!. ''.That the Mexicans have a! wind, in-. :strument;-,called ;-.Ac!ocotl,, which!,-is played by/inhaling--through•;it. insteud, ;of! blowing upon, it? !dried:stalk of;a: plant.*:-;,;.!.:!!, $■:{):/'■} :; -.-That any;soimd! with more, than; 4224 ■vibrations 1 per'second is so disagreeable that; the human ear ceases ;to recognise: it. as "music,; although ,sounds :can bo jhado with vibrations as high as 36,500 !*. ; ' That the "ToDeuni Laudamus" ("Wo! ;'Praisb Thee,Q God") has been used in the /'church, services .since. the , fourth :centufy?' ;.-'.:!-,V v.:-v .-'' -,!- ; .. .'-7 .:;'V : ■■ , iThat.thb •librettos'pf;-;Eugene!:Scribej, the .French■ playwright,;-!are:..responsible! : 'fpr tbe_success of many' operas?.' Few operas survive' if .they'have bad: libret-. : tos. Scribe wrote': in 'alii 100 librettos,' including Auber!s"Fra;;Diavolo,"'Meyerbeer's '.'Robert Huguenots,'";, ; .'.VPrp-. pheto," Boieldieu's "La Damo Blanche;" and'Halevey.'s -"La Juiye;". ::!;;!■;'',: ,;,That Schubert'.was 1 frequently! paidless, than' t>yonty-fiye cents for, a'.spng !or,a'- piano.-piece?:.! He was usually!,;- in such hard straits .that 'he-was! '-.v.ery.glad -to 'get. eycuvthis ■amount"• -.HoV ironical,is .the inscription on 'his: tomb-! stonoj,.".Music'bas:entombed, here, !a U That;M!bzart!-had; a.' son/ of ;!thb ; same! ;name;,-(Wolfgaiig.iAmadeu!s;:.'Mozart),; who ...was Vienna: in. 1701, and becamei'a :yery;!'talented pianist?.■~ Ho founded a,celebrated singing society in ;Lemburg.—"Etndb." '•, ~ ,"•" :Notes.'-;;!i-. ; '::.','.'i,;:"!;! : !!;- v ': •■■!.\; !" ; ,! ;. .';. :: A':\'ery:!,pleasant:'function: took ;plaoe in front'o_f;tlio;Grand.Hotel; Melbourne,' on tho' evening of; September. 26,-wheii the irienibers'.of the Turn •'tafel,;.-'.-. conducted;:;;by.:,Horr . Puttlitz, serenaded-TMllei'. Dolores with': a number, of part-songs,-; and- 1 were, -rewarded:,; by. hearing that lady sing, from the balconyof;,the hotel, Eckert's "Swiss'.Echo: Song.": A large,crowd gathered, and gavo-.'tho great -singer a very ' : hearty oyation. ',''_ ■;.• v , './<■!■', '!;■' :y ::-- -!!' ; 'It is .injurious to keep'pupils too long with .easy compositions, for it hinders their progress. They should iavc, from the first, a few moro difficult selections, and should bocomo acaiistomed, little by littlo, to harder work. If they havo had good foundation work; and are led .along.'.'carefully, they will' not i find the how'difficulties burdensome.—K.' P. E.' Bach,