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MUSIC.

J"Br Thebi-b Clef.'l"Marftana." * . The Royal CJioral Society, tho oniy body which is looked to at present for choral performances in Wellington, is said to be making highly satisfactory progress ivitii Vinccnt- Walkers tuneful opwa ".Montana.-'' It is to bo staged at tlio Town Hall on Thursday, May 2S. Tlio complete cast of characters is as tolloivs:—Maritanti,' Miss Hclwk Garsl®ner; .Liizaiilloj Mrs. Gregor'Wood (Mtl bourne); Dow Josti and tlio iliing of : Spain, Hamilton Hodges.; Don Caesar de 'lias.iu, Mr, Gregpr ' "Wood (Melbourne); Captain of tho Guard. Mr. W. H. Warron. 1 Aroorlcan Opera. The one-act- opera, "Madeleine," by: Victor Herbert, was lately produced by ■ the Metropolitan Opera ui»Xew York. The opera deals with a pxctty, incident in the period o-fj_;ouis XVI, and was in fact adapted .by Graut-Si.ewari from the little comedy by Becofliselles iilid llsilwud, which lias long 'beeft a French standard play. The principals • iu the various roles were Mme. Aida/ Lfenora bparks, Paul AlUiar.so, and Pim-Corsi. tins Metropolitan. Opera Gotnpairy has apparently adopted the pleasing custom ol graciously permitting otto American composer a year to obtain a hearing. So far the favoftis-d ones have been Frederick -Converse, with his, "Pipe of Desire Horatio Parker., with "'Moiia," mi-d Victor Herbert himself, with '-Njitonta.- —the only <iii o that has -achieved : measure ot -popular favour. A Departing Musician. The Kind's Theatre Orchestra has lost the valuable as vices of Mr. T. X Lau - tor, who has occupied tho position of lnanist in that excellent liitlo baiid of for the past .eighteen int&tiis. Mr. Law lor left _ far Perth' (Western - Australia! yesterday, to take up the position of conductor of. tho Theatre i lioyal Orchestra there. The Kind's Orchestra lifts made quite a reputation ■ for itself during the past year, or so,, and has boon considered o'no ol '' the : best theatre orchestras . in the. city. : Mr. Lawlor, who i-s a gerviitiifl 'nuisfeai' enthusiast, had the fortune flu-ring. the year' 1011/ to bo present., at the whole •: of tlio Wagnerian _ 'Cycle at' St-uiifeii,, when tlio- great Richard Strauss /v-as conducting.. Mr. I.siwipr lias a groat admiration for • sGtfeiiteciith aiarl e-igliV, tec-nth centuiy music, and has a unique. collection of stringed music by .Corelli, Lotauelli, I'urceil, and otlxhi." He relates many queer experiences ilsso'cialed. v.itii. his profession during his. travels- ! Quo situation iii which he found himself placed occurred ill a cafe at Valparaiso. lie and a friend wcio interestedly watching a group.; of . foreign musicians', bs%;-their. .anxious ; glances and musical sileiico proclaimed that something was wro;y,'. . Mr, Law-' tor strolled over,' and, by ..means of signs and an odd fragment- of Spanish,.. learned that tlioir conductor was missing. Acting en file impulse ttf . th<? moment, Mr. Lawlor took his teat at, tlio yaeant piano, and signed, to tho astonished foreigners to pKayi' This tii.iv did, and, when tho more astonished conductor returned halt an hour • later he saw his orchestra in full workin;; order.. lie vii'idly rc'-me-nAsrs aii-' other evening at Santiago, when, as he. expectantly awaited a perform;! nee of "La Bohemc,'" lie was searched bv tho So'liec for bombs, in the presence of the whole theatre. Needless to say, they did not- find any of these dangerous articles. Later, the. President*.of the Arij'eiititia arMvcd''in 'the- tl)«atfe.- fife , f.iati, just the week before, 'Been Javotv-r* ©d with an explosive \ bouquet, and t'ne ' Chilian authorities • apparently wjjskod 1 to ' ttto iio risks, so A schonberg Triumph. „ Following upon this season's hearing of Scmmber.g's string qUar-tet, op. 7 (says tlio ''Musical Courier'), a number of songs with jxia.no, t-ivo string .sextet, "Verij'lwto Nacht," o.p 4, and tho "iCamniersympho.nie," Lcipsie has li.asj,. Mio honour to be tho first German city to produce the extraordinarily beautiful "Gurrelieder," which Schonbai £• composed in 1001 and liiiiihed oroiiestrating in 1918 and 10L1. And t!:e impfessiyo beauty of these grandly conducted % the composer, has j.ust arouseif a veritable sensation, which, took form in a iialt-liour demonstration at. the close of tho concert. Tlio seven, hundred and fifty participants, were a ciißi'Us of six bundled and an orchestra of a hiindr.x! and fifty, further einplo'y.ing a spedicr, a sola soprano, cahtralfe, two tenors, and bass. Tlrey were A.1.Lortiao Zehroo as Hans, Jfachod '■ -as Watdema-r, Martlia Wmtorni(z-.Dorda as Tore, M;iria Frcusd as ioresi dovfe, Oiwd' Alfred 'BcLriittati as Tiie orciiestra. was that of ilia Wiuderstein ltwsn, greatly angmented iii jvtihtbers; the choruses were tt'.e 1.-cipzifcer '.fainierehor and LeipztEjer Sii«;.ikade~ iiiio, whicli were piveu many steady rein:aisa)s under the .regular conductor.. Gustar Wohlegemuth. Tl'.e "Onrrcliedor" require a full concert. oven'y;?,, wiiercin the. Banish .A. .lanobsen's poem (German by Hohert F. are divided into three parts e.f it.total'oC tweutv sohqs. Tlie chorus, lias r.oibing W do biife lock on until two ], 0) ;rs after tlio haj-maing of the. concert, tho wait Uicliiding a nnnn'cb .intermission between the first and second parts. Notes. .. ' A wry neat little, anecdote i,-, told of Dickens in Mr. Li.qhiwood's recent bookdealing with, novelist's rerercnces to music, Oije n'ip;ht a . visitor insisted on singing "By the' Sad Sea Waves,"

wliich lie. did Vilely, Moreover, lie wound up by a niost unexpected a.nd •, misplaced embeliisiunent rrtuinP" iVickei'.s found the whole Vrdea) very trying, hut managed to preserve a decorous stieiii'e till this sound foil on his ear. wlitn iiis neighbour said to him: "Whatever did his mean by that exhuncoiis effort of melody ?" "Oh," . replied pisiisni., '"tliai's tjiiite slv accordan.fo with rtilo. Whe.n things are at their worst tfiey always take a turn." Optiiion." . - * A novel plan* lias been outlined by tlio London '"■Diiilv Telegraph'' to fonv.i a sort of KnglMi Dayrcuth at Glas'on- . linry, ihe jnirpose of which is to preserve the Atlimrian legends in a -scries of music dramas, the librettos of which will be by Reginald K Buckley and the music by Rut.jand Boughtoii. The patrons of tlie sciienm include somo of tjio most distinguished music lovers . in the land, and as all the plans are compiled, apparently all that is. need- : "ed is tiro ..of 15,000 dollars, Mr.- . ■ Thomas Beocharo lias set a noble ox-am-ple by placing iris orchestra. at tho ' disposal of tho entliusiastic young patriots. The idea is a splendid one and should inspire some great .music-. . Tho most- popular opera in Germany •is not German in spirit nor is it th'o work of a German composer. Figtires liavo bdeit. compiled in 'which it is- ■ shown that during the decade TQOt-L'HO tho Spanish opera, : ''Carmen," h.v tlio Frenchman Rizot led all the. restC 335(5. perfoimatices having been given in German opera bouses. .Xext came iiengfin ('341.58), '''Tanr-hanser" (3213), and so oii down the. list. It transnired . that out of eleven "most favourite:" ■ four were French and only two were Italian.' _Of the later Wagner wtirji's ftijly "Dio Wslkttre.'' Tiiis a -plnce. iii the group. :;' ' Pirceiin' is said to be- working on a ' ; n.CH' opera, the naine of wliich will ho. ' Hooiiiande." Tho compnscr reccntlv' , attended the hundredth performance of-h-'s "Madam J'utferfl.v" in Vienna,

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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2144, 9 May 1914, Page 3

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MUSIC. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2144, 9 May 1914, Page 3

MUSIC. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2144, 9 May 1914, Page 3

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