MUSIC.
[By srcritrs.] A Great Violinist. Mischa. E.tmn.ll, who is to visit Australia this year,, gave his farewell recital in London early in December, and will not appear there again for twelve mouths, as his plans 'ilicludfl. a. . tour through both America, and Australia, This tour ho has begun, and ho is now in tho United States. ' Mischsi lilmnn, who is coming under tho Frederic Shipmint direction, is one of'the great, violinists of tho world. When ho was a mora boy ho was able to portray emotion with poigiiaiit appeal)'and now. that ho has come to maturity all his power has.developed, his playing having gained both in' breadth, and depth, while bis- technique is described as incredible. Mischa El-man's grandfather .was. 'public performer in tHe> south of Russia,' and Ivig father, a Jewish schoolmaster in tho village of Taliioje, also played the violin.' It was tho Princess' Onisof- who first saw the exceptional talent of young Elman. 1 His l'uther, upon this "discovery being-inade,' -promptly to.ok him : ' fe Odessa-tuafc-he uviglit reccivo lessons from indelmaiiii, a -mipil of the di-s----tinguishcd violinist,'Dr! Brodsky. Auer heard him play, and tva.s so struck with his ■ gifts that lie asked that tlio boy should bo admitted free *>f charge to tho Imperial ,Conservatoire" oi 'Slwib 111 $t. Petersburg. Elman began' liis ftrst professional tour in. 1901, beginning in Benin,- where the critics hailed liuii ns a wonder, and fulfilling engagctneiits ftftcrivar'ds-.'at. Copenhagen, Stookliolw-, and Ohristiama. :. Thenbe..ttoat-to-Lon-don ,■ and--had •• a ■ triumphal'" pr<igH>£s through- tlw and now • lie' is a tremendous favourite. ■ batli in ■ England and America.... Last otolith in. London j' at the Queeij's Hail', his pk.ymg'.i)f':-J,'ho Mosmrt- Sonata in--B-flat" majorj'-'tlm' Handel Sonata in- B-. major, - 'and-.- the Saiiit-Saeiis Concerto in B 'major,-re-vealed anew,-, it is recorded,; Jiotf beautiful is-his tstiie, how dee])'iris insight/ and how . perfect his. ji-jusiciaiisliip, ... Monopoly Pravantloni ," Mf. Oscar Ham-iire&teiii and his soil Arthur, according to a telegram ia tl;o London "Daily Telegraph," have lost the first skirmish in the light which they aro. making to produce"grjiiid opera' in Xork, .in spit<y;of-/ tho ag-ree.mfliit with the. Metropolitan- Opera - Gampanv to refrain from slich production, until April 26, ID2O. Sir, Justice Pendleton overruled the_ defence of tho Hammersteins, and directed that judgment ho given for tho Metropolitan Opera- -Company, unless the Ilaminftrsieiiis amend their answers within 20 days; The Court holds that. theagreement between the Metropolitan Gjjera Hoase Company .and tho HamniersteHis, by which tfle latter refrained from grand opera cohi.es within tlio purview of the Slier* mail.Anti-Trust Ait. ' Messrs.'Haiftnfc.rsteii'i admitted mailing an. agreement in 1811, which', on its fact, barred tfeem from, engaging in grand opera. for'ten years; but ;they considered thai such agreement was. inoperative,' bsc4us& it was' tantamount .'to' giving a Monopoly to tlis Metropolitan Opera House- Company, and owriopoly is against the. law. It is .aiwomiced. that ..the. Hamsirersicins will apj>e.nl. Interviewed ; (after tjitf : ,doT cis.ioil oi-;the Court, ,M.i\. 0:v;l r Il.'i ill IIIC rsteiii said ho. was confident"!:<?.' wmild open hisnew.opera house in: New tdtk in, Jairuaifr (the ai'id .ho only regre-ttefl ,t!ie prefavt swing of liis judicial pendulum feaftse for t-fo moment he. was obliged to turn a deaf ear to a reliable ticket a-gencv, which had contracted to tako £25,00(5 •' worth of •seats lor his first -season for £30,000. .. The Organ in Churches. A correspondent in the ■ ' 'Morning, .Post" (London) •jias4(he following to say about the excessive use of the organ in church services:—About. Church musio ]>er so—but there aro some glaring misdeeds on the part of choirs and organists, more especially iltDso living in coiintry villages, which need'strong' condemnation. _ Some while ago there was an interesting correspondc-ncs in the '.'Church Times" on "The Tyranny of the Organ"; and it is this -excessive use (or misuse) of the organ that has found its way into the.country villages, and lias been productive- of so much misery to musical people, and such a hindrance into their devotions. 1 mean the ' ae,companiinen!; of Lord's Prayer mid Creed on the organ.' Orga-nists and clergy say that, it is done to keep tlw choir up to pitch,,but what docs that really. matter? To begin with, one of the roots of the. evil lies in that, perpetual straining after effect and sliowi-ne-ss so rampant in ■ everything nowadays. The choir in intoning on a high note, and to ki-e}r them up to this th# organ is played throughout, the most .inexperienced organists doing their utmost. to follow ' the - words (especially those of the Xiccne Creed) by a dramatic acconnianime-ilt on the organ. T. have heard die most, terrible sounds and chords provoked from the instrument in this way, so much so-that I.could, haw rushed out of church, mud I have jieard of many other music-lovers being similarly. affected. Another common...{/roWin the services of woruing and evening prayer is the attempt to sing Tnllis's ■iWtni Responses, where the p»t>er Flainsqjig is lost hy the trebles.singing, and the congregation phdut-injr,. ills ' puper-invposed melody. The ■ o-rdiiiary Ferial R-eSjsoiises Ming either in har- ; iiionv or el'se.Tn harmonies played softly;.Oh: the'.'organ, would bn much more smiple-ahd edifying. Why cannot sucli parts of the service, ns the Lord's Prayer, Creeds,-'and (cortainly) Confessions be either said quietly, in the natural voice or else suiig oil a low note? - ■ • ; - Pauf oufault. Paul Duf.iult and liis cor.ccrt. psti-y arrived in luvflfca-rgil-l by the Jl-au-uka, having just- completed the most successful series"of -concerts- ever- fiiven in La-iniceston and llobart.-.-lii.tiie^-latter city people were turned awav' from the j Town Hall lor each, of tlio .tJiree....c;o,!i; ' certs,- tfhen the. receipts even exceededthose of the previous scries ; of concerts ■ giv«u by Mine. Noitlic-a niid Mr:. Dll.fail.lt' 'threo months earlier. So great was t-jie success of tho I>«fault season that. rath.er an innovation in the form of a niorniiig concert, to coninie-tico at lO.SOj'liita been arranged for the day of the company's departure for New' Zealand, but unfortunately hud to lie pansetiisl -owing to.tho Manuka sailing at an earlier hour than that originally, scheduled. ; _
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1966, 24 January 1914, Page 11
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