The Scherzo of the Choral Symphony
1899; Volume: 40; Issue: 671 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/3366180
ISSN2397-5326
Autores Tópico(s)Diverse Musicological Studies
ResumoFelipe Pedrell, and his present first effort in dramatlc composition is considered to justify the highest expectations in the future.MAYENCE.-Thecombined choirs of the Liedertafel and the Damen Gesangverein, under the admirable conductorship of fIerr Fritz Volbacht gave a highly apprecaated performance1 on the 3rd ult., of Liszt's seldom-heard I3th Psalm, for chorus and orchestra, and of Schubert's Mass in E flat maor.MILAN.-UmbertoGiordano's new three-act opera §' Fedora," brought out at the Teatro Lirico, on November 23 met with a most enthusiastic reception.Signora Gemma Bellincioni's interpretation of the titular part was excellent.The composer, who conducted, was recalled many times at the conclusion of a performance which had attracted musiclovers from all parts of Italy.ST.PETERSSURG.-The directors of the Imperial Opera having acquired the exclusive right of performance in Russia of Wagner's " Tristan und Isolde," the work will be brought out in a Russian version by Tchechichin during the present season at the Marie Theatre.SCHWERIN.-Thefirst performance at the Court Theatre of the music-drama 4' Ingwelde," by Max Schillings, took place on November 29; Fralllein Friede and EIerr Gura, son of the distinguished Munich baritone, taking the principal parts.The work is considered one of the most important modern German lyrical stage productions, and, with a view to its better appreciation, Herr Zumpe, the zealous conductor at the Court Theatre, delivered a public discourse on the work, with illustrative excerpts, on the eve of its performance.STUTTGART.-Samuelde Lange's oratorio " Moses ?J was produced, for the first time in Germany, on November 3o by the Society for Classical Church Music.The choruses especially, in which some original Hebrew melodies have been introduced, met with much appreciation.VIEAN NA.-A concert in aid of the projected Brahms monument was given by the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde on the IIth ult.,
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