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contributes many choice works, by the the work of his far more gifted pupil Cooper.
way). Very similar to it are two belonging That he painted a sound, manly style of
to the present writor, which came from portrait is undeniable, and, as is tho case
THE “ Exposition de la Miniature ” now on Penshurst Place, and may once have been with most of these miniaturists of the
show at Brussels is pronounced on all sides Sir Philip Sidney's. All are in elaborate seventeenth century, his portraits of men
to be un succès éclatant. ” Organized dresses, and in one the Virgin Queen wears are better than those of most of their
under the auspices of the Government, it
Then we have her again in a most women contemporaries.
has had such influential patronage extended curious small piece from Madresfield, show-
From the Amsterdam Gallery come
to it that success, so far as contributions of ing her young, with a slender waist, in a red Henrietta Maria,“ the Queen of Hearts," and
valuable miniatures could ensure it, has robe with a long train. She is distributing some more doubtful examples of Hoskins from
boen certain from the outset. One soon Maundy money in 1563.
English sources-e. g. , 213, which seems to
finds on entering the Hôtel Goffinet, where Another, from the Rijks Museum at mo certainly not Anne of Denmark. It
the collection is handsomely installed, a Amsterdam, shows her in a fancy dress, may be Mary II. Perhaps the finest
real “ embarras de richesses. "
with naked arms, and flowers in her hair ; Hoskins here is Sir Arthur Haselrige (No.
It is obviously impossible to deal with she is indeed, as described in the catalogue, 214, owned by General Davies), the man
even a tithe of the miniatures here shown. en coiffure de fantaisie. ” But the most who commanded the regiment of Cavaliers
I can refer only to examples which appear important of all these portraits of Elizabeth called “the Lobsters,” and used_the men
to me exceptionally noteworthy. The exi. I should judge to be one belonging to
on the Parliament side in the Great Rebellion.
gencies of arranging so large a collection are Baroness Groeninx van Zoelen. This minia. It is somewhat “ bricky" in tone, but other-
great, and where, as in the case of many of ture (835) has a pedigree, and bears on wise good, and very like his pupil's portraits
the foreign contributors, the collection of the back of it the following inscription : hanging close by.
The visitor who has
each individual has been kept together, the · La Serenissime Reine d'Angleterre reached the caso containing the Hoskinses
effect is ofton marred by what appears envoyé ce sien pourtraict à Mons. de Man, will be irresistibly drawn to the fine display
injudicious juxtaposition. Moreover, the trésorier général de Zeelande, par les mains of the work by the “ incomparable Samuel
search after examples of favourite masters de Mons. le comte de Licester [sic]. ” It is Cooper. ” Nevertheless, although_there are
scattered throughout several rooms and a in fine condition, less faded-looking than is over twenty-five miniatures in this Exhibition
large number of glass cases is very fatiguing. wont with Hilliard's work. The most ascribed to him, I am not sure that his
In this respect
la Section Anglaise has
Queen's" dress is exceptionally reputation is enhanced by what is shown
the advantage of having its principal sumptuous, being a richly figured and here ; in fact, few of them are up to_the
exhibits grouped chronologically, with jewelled pink under-dress ; over which she standard of examples known to me in Eng-
the result of showing a number of works of wears a green cloak lined with gold thread | land, in such collections as those at Windsor,
the same artist side by side, and demonstrat- and also jewelled, the outside sown with Montagu House, and Welbeck, for example.
ing their various styles and characteristics design in gold thread. She wears feathers There is not one of the importance of some
in an instructive and delightful way. But, at the back of her head. Elizabeth is not I could name, whilst the ascription of such
apart from details of arrangement, in over-handsome in this picture and royal inferior work as the so-called * Portrait of
which, we may be sure, the Belgian Com present, but it is indubitably a precious and Monmouth, aged 23,, to Cooper is, to my
mittee have done all that was possible, genuine portrait.
mind, quite unallowable. J. J. FOSTER.
having regard to the wishes of the owners, One of the Baroness G. de Rothschild's
the beauty and high standard of quality exhibits (837), termed Portrait de jeune
of the British miniatures shown are gener-Femme,' I should say is Anne of Denmark ;
ously and freely admitted.
and 840, ‘Portrait d'Homme,' is no less RAEBURN, REYNOLDS, GAINSBOROUGH,
Adopting tho chronological method, we clearly James I. The latter is inscribed,
AND HOPPNER.
shall look for examples of Hans Holbein the though this is not mentioned in the Cata- FRIDAY, the 10th inst. , was a great occasion for
younger, to whom, in this country at any logue, as aged 42, and dated 1608, which the masters of the Early British School, for on
rate, the honour of being the first exponent exactly tallies with the age of the British
that day, at the sale by Messrs. Christie of the
of portrait painting in miniature is assigned. Solomon in that year, he having been born in
collections of the late Mr. C. Wertheimer and
others,
I say this without forgetting Master Lucas 1566.
a portrait by Raeburn fetched over
22,0001. ; four by Reynolds over 9,0001. , 8,0001. ,
Horebout Hornebout, who
The group (993), also belonging to the 6,0001. , and 5,00/1. respectively, two by Gains-
paynter " at the Court of Henry VIII. , and Baroness G. de Rothschild, is, I have very borough over 8,0001, and 4,0001; ; and two by
to whom, according to Van Mander, Holbein little doubt, after Hilliard, engraved by Hoppner over 3,0009, and 2,0001. The total of
owed instruction in the art. We shall look Simon de Passe, and represents the “ Queen obtained for the Raeburn, it did not equal that
in vain, however, for examples from Eng; of Hearts,” her ill-fated husband Frederick, paid a year ago for his portrait of Mrs. Robertson
land by the great Augsburg, limner. But Elector Palatine, and one of their sons. It Williamson, which realized 23,4151. (Athen. ,
there are no less than eloven in the Foreign has, I think, a counterpart in a group of May 27, 1911; 7; 60%. ?
Section attributed to him, of which those James I. , Anne of Denmark, and Charles formerly belonging to the late Mr. William
belonging to the Queen of Holland are the when a boy. There is a curious Charles I. Lowther. J. Ferneley, A Boy on a Pony, with
most important, viz. , a youth in a brown ascribed to I. Oliver (10014), from the Musée a terrier running before them, 4201. Reynolds,
doublet (846) and three portraits of men de Gotha, in which the unfortunate King, Capt. Holdane, full face, with powdered hair and
(847–9). That of the Garçon en pourpoint who does not look at all melancholy, by white stock, the figure lightly sketched in, 8611.
brun’ is rather rubbed on the cheek, otherwise the way, has aggressively red hair !
Two Raeburns were sold by order of the
executor of Col. W. B. R. Hall : Mrs. Lucy
all are in fair condition, and show the master's The two Olivers, father and son, make a Davidson, wife of Duncan Davidson of Tulloch,
powers in a convincing manner. They are brave show here, no less than seventeen in white dress, with deep yellow scarf over her
anonymous, which is to be regretted, as examples being attributed to Isaac, and shoulders and crossed at her waist, seated, in a
they clearly are highly characteristic por about half as many to Peter. The Queen of landscape, 3,3601. ; Duncan Davidson of Tulloch,
traits, and particularly is this true of 849, Holland again loads the way with the works
in green coat, with black roll collar and brass
buttons, white vest and stock, seated in an arm-
a somewhat forbidding-looking man wearing of these fine painters.
chair, 1,4171.
a cloak edged with fur, his hollow cheek and A place of honour is given to 996, which A Gainsborough was the property of the
sour expression being obviously true to life. is suggested as being the Duke of Bucking- Staffordshire General Infirmary : John Eld, Esq. ,
Among the finest of the treasures belonging ham, an opinion I cannot endorse. The
of Seighford Hall, Stafford, inscribed at the base
of a column “ By the Command and at the Ex-
to La Reine des Pays-Bas is 847, a man in miniature is dated 1614, and the age of the
pence of the Subscribers,” 4,2001.
black wearing a long fair beard. His Tudor original is painted upon it as being 30. The following were the property of the late
cap surmounts a very English-looking face ; George Villiers was born in 1592; that Mr. C. J. Wertheimer. Pastels by J. Russell :
he is, perhaps, 37 years of age, and one alone seems to me sufficient to dispose of the
Mrs. Earle and her Daughter, the mother in
would like to know who was the original of identity in question. But it is as fine a piece daughter, 4201. ; & st. Giles Songstress, singing
white dress with yellow sash, holding her infant
this highly characteristic piece.
of work of the older school as can be found from a scroll which she holds in her hands, 2201. ;
From Holbein we naturally turn to in the Exhibition.
Mrs. Raikes, in white dress with fichu, and blue
Hilliard, who tells that he learnt An interesting scrap of evidence concern-
sash, 4411.
from him. We find seventeen examples ing the life of the elder of the Olivers, of
Pictures : Early English School, A Young
of his, besides one by his son Laurence,
Boy with a Hoop, 3151. Gainsborough, The
which we know so little, is the inscription on
Artist's Daughters, Mrs. Fischer and Miss Gains-
owned by Earl Beauchamp, and dated 1593. the back of No. 254, a portrait of Sir Andrew borough, the elder girl seated, with a portfolio
These Hilliards, as the earliest miniature Talbot. This bears Oliver's full signature, on her knee, and holding a crayon in her right
portraits by a strictly British artist, are with the addition of “painted in Venice hand; behind stands her sister in profile, wearing
specially interesting. They comprise half a 13th May, 1596. "
a blue dress, and resting her arm on the back of a
dozen of Queen Elizabeth. This causes no Hoskins I mean the elder, for the younger standing full face, in pale pink dress showing
chair, 8,4001. Reynolds, Lady Anne Stanhope,
surprise, for Hilliard was her Court painter I still remains somewhat problematical 'white under-sleeves, with blue sash, 8,4051. ;
or
was
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66
Lady Sarah Bunbury, sacrificing to the Graces,
and kneeling at a footstool before a flaning
Fine Art Gossip.
tripod, over which the triad of the Graces look
MUSIC
down upon her, a kneeling attendant behind,
pours wine from a flagon, 8,6101. ; Lady Blake
MR. ADRIAN KLEIN'S ' Compositions in the
as Juno, standing, wearing a long pink dress Music of Colour,' shown in Chester Square,
and blue cloak, and extending her right hand to S. W. , might, if verbally described, seem From Mendelssohn to Wagner : being the
Venus, who appears in the clouds, 5,2501. ; The related to the Futurist pictures recently Memoirs of J. W. Davison, Forty Years
Misses Paine, three-quarter figures, seated to the
right, at a harpsichord, 9,0301.
seen in London.
They appear, in fact,
Music Critic of 'The Times. ' Compiled
The remaining pictures were from various
to be based rather on acquaintance with the
Son Henry Davison from
properties, the first fetching the highest price of latest experiments of Turner, and perhaps
Memoranda and Documents. (Reeves. )
the day : Raeburn, Mrs. Hay. (née Elizabeth the collection of colour - arrangements left
Robinson of Banft, married in 1784. Major to the city of Paris among the other works THE memoirs of the man who for nearly
General Andrew Hay of Mountblairy), in white of Gustave Moreau. They are by no means
inuslin dress, cut low at the neck, and with long
sleeves ; pale blue waistband and pale blue cap;
so competent as either, but a few of them, forty years was musical critic of The
seated, slightly to the left, on a green chair, like Nos. 2, 4, and 16, show some power of Times cannot fail to be interesting, for
22,2601. ; General Andrew Hay of Mountblairy, using paint coherently without definitely during that period occurred the long
in scarlet military coat with yellow facings, collar, suggesting any natural subject-matter, and warfare between the classicists and those
and cuffs, and yellow sword-hanger, his claymore
suspended at his side ; standing, in a landscape,
some dexterity in using a brush in varied, who were opening up new paths.
5,2501. ; Lord Craig, in crimson gown with white yet orderly fashion. The oily paint is often
cape, large white cuffs, and white wig ; seated unpleasant
J. W. Davison, born, like Wagner,
to the left, 8921. ; John Lamont of Lamont, in
dark grey coat, yellow vest, and white stock,
At the Fine Art Society's Galleries Miss in 1813, started with The Times in
6301. ;
muslin dress open at the neck, her hair bound -almost empty enough in some cases 29, Elijah' being shown by his elaborate
Mrs. Balfour of Edinburgh, in white Ella Du Cane's drawings are neat, but empty 1846, his enthusiasm for Mendelssohn's
with a white ribbon, and powdered, 6091. ; Lady 44,
59) to fall, as it were by accident, into analysis of the work, which appeared in
Seton, in white muslin dress cut low at the neck,
A white muslin scarf over her arms, 1,1341.
a semblance of decorative repetition. There that paper a few days before the produc-
Gainsborough, Lady Frances Dashwood Pey are, however, a number of additions to Mr. tion of the oratorio at Birmingham. With
ton, in white satin dress cut low at the neck, the Brangwyn's exhibition to interest the visitor.
the new school,” for a time, the names of
sleeves slashed, and showing blue satin, in an
oval, 2,9401. ; Sir Paul Pechell of Pagglesham,
DURING the meeting of the eighteenth Liszt, Herz, and Thalberg were associated,
in scarlet military coat, with blue collar and gold International
Congress of Americanists, which strange though it seems to us now, but
epaulettes, white vest and stock, 6091. ; Capt. is to be held in the buildings of the University the last two soon dropped out, Schu-
Frederick Cornewall, R. N. , in blue coat with of London from May 27th to June 3rd, an
white facings, and white vest trimmed with gold interesting exhibit of Mexican pictures will
mann and Wagner taking their place ;
braid, holding his hat in his left hand, 4411. ;
View in Suffolk, a country lane, with a pool on
be on view. They are said to have been finally, only the two names of Liszt and
the right; a cottage on the left with two peasants captured from a Dutch ship, and were Wagner remained. Prejudices, misunder-
seated on the bank before it, 3461.
brought to this country in the reign of standings, and exaggerations were rife in
Hoppner, Mrs. Granville, in white muslin dress Charles II.
both camps. With that fight have been
with frill and loose sleeves, and dark green sash,
her hair done in large curls, and powdered, Pror. HOPE MOULTON concluded his specially connected the names of Mendels-
3,5701. ; Portrait of a Lady, in white dress cut Hibbert Lectures on Early Zoroastrianism' sohn and
and Wagner, though unfairly,
low at the neck, a blue ribbon round her waist,
and dark cloak over her left arm, 3991. ; Mrs; that Judaism owes very little to Parsism, leaders of the respective parties.
on Tuesday last. His main position was for in a personal sense they were not
Beloc, in white muslin dress, black lace shawl
over her right arm, blue sash, and blue ribbon in the most that he would allow being that
her hair, 2,4161. ; Portrait of a Gentleman, in the Jews during their captivity in Babylon
Davison fought for the classicists, yet
red coat and buff vest, seated 7771.
became familiar with those ideas of the the articles which he wrote about the first
Romney, John Foote, second son of Benjanin final justice of God and the immortality of Bayreuth Festival of 1876 show that he
holding a book in his left hand, 1,3651. ; George the soul which they afterwards developed then recognized the genius of Wagner, even
Hatley Foote, son of B. Foote, on linesHis
hair, in an oval, 4721. ; Mrs. Drake, in white him, no Zoroastrian, and as the return
or his practice. The volume, however,
dress, 'with dark sash and white headdress,
powdered hair, 4721. ; Miss Mary Waring, in red from the Captivity only took place during also deals with Berlioz, Gounod, Sterndale
Bennett, Macfarren, and other prominent
riding costume, with white lace stock, and wearing his reign, no direct borrowing occurred, was
grey gloves, 6511.
more ingenious than convincing. As to composers from 1846 onwards.
Lawrence, Miss Brooke (afterwards wife of dates, Prof. Moulton declared that the
Capt. Carisbrook), in white dress, with mauve hope which he had before entertained, that
As an ex parte history it is interesting,
sash, coral necklace and earrings, 756. . J: Wright, it might be possible to ascertain by inquiry especially to those to whom Wagner's rise
and, apricot-coloured shawl drawn round her, at Greenwich the apparent date of the and final triumph are more or less familiar.
8821. Reynolds, Lord Sackville, in brown dress, Bundehesh by calculation from the celestial It is instructive to others
who
breastplate, and scarlet coat, with his charger, phenomena there alluded to, must now be desire to study the earlier stages of a
3151. Lely, The Peryer Family, a gentleman in
black, standing and holding the hand of his wife this really goes to the root of the whole struggle which has not only resulted in a
left are a young lady in grey and blue, and a matter; for, if the ideas supposed to be clear understanding of Wagner's aims and
gentleman holding a medal and a stick behind purely Zoroastrian can be shown to have achievements, but has also brought
is the head of a young man with long hair, 4411. been current in Western Asia (especially about a truer, deeper understanding of
J. van Ruysdael, A Grand Mountainous Land-
scape, a castle on a height in the middle distance,
Asia Minor) before the coming of the Persians, Beethoven's art - work, and Wagner's
a water-mill on the bank of a river, 3251. J. A.
the Jews, as well as other nations, may have attitude towards that master.
yan Ravesteyn, Portrait of a Lady, in black imbibed them through other intermediaries
dress with gold embroidered stomacher, 5771. than the subjects of Cyrus.
The volume contains numerous portraits
Th. de Keyser, Herr Adolphus Munster of Cologne
and his Wife (a pair),
the gentleman in black dress DR. ÉDOUARD NAVILLE has just pub- of musicians; also letters, previously un-
with white lace collar, and black cloak drawn lished two Funerary Papyri of the Twenty- published and some highly characteristic,
round him, the lady'in black dress with gold First Dynasty, one being that made for by Mendelssohn (with whom Davison had
stomacher, large white ruff, and white lace cuffs, Queen Kamara in hieroglyphics, and the been intimate long before he began to
6511. Renbrandt, Portrait of an Old Man, in
dark dress edged with fur, and large dark cap with
other (in hieratic) for a priest named Nesi- write for The Times), Berlioz, Gounod,
feather ; seated, holding a stick in his hand, 3151.
khonsu, of whom nothing is otherwise known. Jullien, Macfarren, and Sterndale Bennett.
A pastel by F. Cotes, Portrait of a Lady, in the peculiarity of the Kamara example is There was one quality in Davison which
blue and white dress and pink cloak, fetched 3041. that, while the hieroglyphs are clearly and
deserves mention,
well executed, it is evident that the vignettes
especially at the
were considered by the scribe as of more present day, when interest in music by
importance than the text. The other shows British composers is increasing at home
JAPANESE COLOUR-PRINTS.
the transitional period when hieroglyphic was
and abroad. This was the encouragement
WESSRS. SOTHEBY's sale of the collection of giving place to cursive writing, even for he gave to those of his time. His son tells
Japanese colour-prints formed by Sir Frank ritual documents, many words being written us that two of his maxims were: Eng-
Swettenham began on the 1st inst. , and concluded according to the older method in the midst land is not an unmusical country," and
on the 9th, among important prints being the of the running script. Both probably bear
following : Utamaro, Reflected Beauty, 941. ; witness to the gradual decay of the beliefs
“The people at large can be trusted to
301. Shunman, The Tea-house Ichiriki, triptych, towards the end of the Ramesside period latter Wagner would have been in agree-
A Reverie, 351, 108. Kunisada, Trimming a Lamp: enshrined in the Book of the Dead,' which appreciate the best music. ” With the
461. The total of the sale was 2,5101. 88. Od. fell more and more into the background. ment.
in dark dress, pith white stock and now leted contention that was independs, taccording his though he did not approve of his theories


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SADER :
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serve
“ ARA-
the work are naturally less satisfactory,
HERR WAGNER IN LONDON.
though, on the whole, it is an interesting
HERR SIEGFRIED WAGNER came to London experiment.
in 1895, appeared at a Wagner concert, and
conducted works by his grandfather and
The performance deserves praise. Mr.
DRAMA
father, also a Symphonic Poem of his own
Graham Marr's impersonation of the prophet
composition. For his father's sake he
was able and earnest, and in his singing he
met with a kindly reception, but he
showed skill and fervour. Miss Helen
did not show gifts, however immature,
Culver, in the Jezebel scene, also deserves NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS.
calculatod to raise great expectations. He
special mention. The choral singing was
(Notice in these columns does not preclude longer
has now paid another visit to London, and
effective, but the orchestra was not strong review. ]
gave a concert at the Albert Hall last Sunday
enough. Herr Richard Eckhold, the con-
afternoon.
ductor, made the most of the material at Hobson (Florence Edgar), A MODERN CRU-
His programme included excerpts from
his disposal.
A DRAMATIC PAMPHLET IN
five of the seven operas which he has pro- VERDI'S ' Aida’ is so fine an opera that
THREE ACTS, 1/ net.
Fifield
duced — the first, *Bärenhäuter,' in 1889 ; | it gives enjoyment even when performed Mrs. Hobson's dramatic pamphlet is
the latest, ‘Schwarzschwanenreich,' in 1910. indifferently, but last Monday evening more pamphlet than drama, but might
It is strange that he did not perceive the at Covent Garden there was an exceptionally perhaps be performed with effect to pro-
hopelessness of following so directly in his strong cast. The names of Madame Kirkby mote a health campaign in villages. The
father's footsteps. Had he tried some dif- Lunn and Mlle. Emmy Destinn have long sophisticated town-dweller would be apt to
ferent and less ambitious branch of the art, been associated with the rôles of Amneris take the scene in a butcher's shop rather as
he might have achieved fair success. Owing and Aida respectively, but Signor Giovanni farce than as drama.
to the influence of Wahnfried, theatre Martinelli, the now tenor, impersonated
directors were easily found to produce his Radames here for the first time, and the Ibsen (Henrik), COLLECTED WORKS : Vol.
works; but not one of his operas has pro- high expectations which he excited at his
XÌI. FROM IBSEN'S WORKSHOP, Notes,
voked discussion or excited enthusiasm. début are being fulfilled. In addition,
Scenarios, and Drafts of the Modern
He opens up no new paths; the influence of M. Ding Gilly, another excellent artist,
Plays, translated by A. G. Chater, with
his father's music on him is as natural as and M. Marcoux appeared as Amonasro and
Introduction by William Archer, 4/
Heinemann
it is strong ; but the signs of individuality Ramfis, so that the presentation of the
that would be welcomed are absent. There work was specially impressive. Signor
Vol. XII. of this pleasant edition of
is some bright writing in the ' Bruder Lustig' Panizza conducted.
Ibsen's Collected Works contains notes,
Overture, and the Kirmess-Tanz' from
scenarios, and drafts of the modern plays.
MR. ARTHUR FAGGE has been appointed There is an Introduction by Mr. Wm.
* Herzog Wildfang' is pleasing; while the
duet from his latest work—which, by the national Musical Festival which is to take emendation, and textual material. It will
a member of the committee of the Inter Archer, touching upon points of revision,
way, was ably rendered by Frau Lilli place at Paris at Whitsuntide. He will
Hafgren-Waag and Herr Walther Kirchhoff also be one of the adjudicators.
as a useful compilation of Ibsen's-
foreworks. " As in the rest of the series,
proved a mixture of conventionalism and
Tristanism. Richard Wagner's early operas
AT Leipsic next year, on May 22nd, the the print is large and clear, and the equip-
were, it is true, more or less failures; but first stone will be laid of the Max Klinger ment of the book in excellent
taste.
before he had reached the age of 42—that monument to the memory of Wagner.
of his son at the present time—he had He was born and studied here with Weinlig, Knoblauch
(Edward), KISMET, AN
BIAN NIGHT IN THREE ACTS, 2/ net.
written ‘Tannhäuser and · Lohengrin,' and and it was here too that he published his
was at work on ‘The Ring. '. From early first works, a Sonata and Polonaise for This text of the play which filled the
days he felt his strength; but his son, pianoforte. During the centenary festivities Garrick Theatre for a year may serve the
all Wagner's stage works ("Parsifal,' we purpose of recalling it to those who wit-
apparently, is not yet conscious of his weak-
What he has accomplished is the presume, included) will be given at the nessed it.
outcomo of talent and persoverance.
Stadttheater.
Menachmi (The):
ORIGINAL
His attempt to introduce folk-melodies THE seventh meeting of the Musical
SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDY OF ERRORS,
into his music deserves recognition, but Association will be held at the King's Room,
the Latin Text, together with the
everything depends upon the use made of Messrs. Broadwood & Sons', next Tuesday, Elizabethan Translation, edited by
them. The Last Rose of Summer' is a when Dr. T. Lea Southgate will read a
W. H. D. Rouse, 2/6 net. Chatto
beautiful melody, but in Flotow's 'Martha' paper on Music at the Public Gardens
it only served to show the poverty of the of the Eighteenth
Century:', and examples Library contains the Latin text of the
The latest volume in the Shakespeare
composer's melodic invention.
Herr Siegfried Wagner is very quiet and and other gardens will be rendered by Messrs. Menæchmi,?
. together with Warner's spirited
pleasant
unpretentious as a conductor ; and, to speak R. B. Johnson and L. G. Stanton and other and idiomatic rendering of that
and fine conceited comedie, taken out of
frankly, the performance which he gave of artists.
the Overture to 'The Flying Dutchman,' A NEW volume of “The Musician's Library,” The translation is certainly worth reading
the most excellent wittie poet Plautus. ”':
although the London Symphony Orchestra which is published by Messrs. Macmillan for itself, though Warner is very free with
was engaged, proved disappointing.
and Messrs. Stainer & Bell jointly, will his author, and the star which marks a
appear soon. It is entitled 'A Practical
Guide to the Modern Orchestra, and is what altered, by occasion either of the time,
the Poet's conceit is some-
passage where
written by Mr. James Lyon. The author's the country, or the phrase," might have
Musical Gossip.
object is to place in the hands of composers, been sprinkled with a more liberal hand.
THE 'Elijah, in Harrison Frewin's stage conductors, and students, in the most Its connexion with Shakespeare is slight;
version, was produced at Liverpool last concise manner possible, a guide to the he may have read it in manuscript, but it
February by the Moody-Manners Company, general characteristics of the instruments
in use at the present time.
was published at least four years after
and on Tuesday was presented by the same
The Comedy of Errors' appeared. Dr.
company at the Kennington Theatre. Operas
Rouse contributes a short but useful Intro-
are frequently given on the concert platform,
duction.
and, though there is loss, a few of the older
kind bear the transplantation exceedingly Mon-Sat: Londoa Opera House, Kingsway,
Shakespeare, HISTORIES AND POEMS; and
well. The story of Elijah is strongly dra-
TRAGEDIES, 2/ each.
matic, so, indeed, are many pages of the
Oxford University Press
Mr.
A. McWhirter and Mies M. Scott's Recital, 3. 15, Steinway
scoro; and but for the strong advice of
This Shakespeare in the Oxford Editions
Pastor Schubring, who helped to prepare the
London Symphony Orchestra, 8, Queen's Hall.
of Standard Authors is now complete.
text, there would have been still more. The
James Friskin's Pianoforto Recital. 8. 30, steinway Hall. We noticed the first volume of comedies
composer, in a letter of 1838, says :-
last year.
Prof. Dowden, whose 'Shak-
spere :
his Mind and
“With regard to the dramatic element, there
Art,
still seems to be a diversity of opinion between us.
member gratefully in view of later and,
With a subject like Elijah it appears to me that Leopold stokowski's vrchostral loncert, 3. Quoon's Hall. wilder criticism, gives the reader satis-
the dramatic element should predominate, as it
Doris Woodall's
Song Recital, 3. Bechstein Hall.
factory information in his introductory
should in all Old Testament subjects, Moses,
Thornely Gibeon's Vocal Recital, 8. 15. Bechstein Hall.
perhaps, excepted,"
studies to each play, dealing with sources
The Widow scene, that on Mount Carmel,
Ernst von Lengyel's Planoforte Recital, 2, Bechstein Hall
of the story and modern investigations of
the texts, and adding brief æsthetic criticism
and Jezebel's. denunciation of Elijah are
and a word or two about the performances
impressive on the stage; but other parts of
King Lear?
nesses.
THE
OF
2
PERFORMANCES NEXT WEEK.
Bux. Special Concert 3. 30. Royal Albert Hall.
National Sunday League Concert, 7, Quoon't Hall.
Mox. -SAT. Royal Opera, Covent Garden.
Mox. Uregry Hast's Farewell Concert, 2. 4, Quoon's Ball.
Louis Persfoger's Violin Recital, 3. 18. Bechstein Hall.
Maggio Tegte's Vocal Recital, 3. 15, Æolian Hall.
Hall.
Xonia Beaver's Vocal Recital, 8. 30, Æolian Hall.
TUES. Guiomar Novaes's Pianoforte Recital, 3 Rolian Ball
St. Petersburg Quartet, 3. Bechstein Ball.
Percy Grainger's Concert, 8, Rollan Hall.
Blenn Gerhardt's Vocal Recital, 8. 15, Queen's Hall.
Robert Lortat's First Chopio Kecital, 8. 18, Bechstein Ball.
WED. Bessie Grifiths's Concort, 3. Stoinway Hall.
we
re-
Sonia Darbell's Vocal Recital, 3 30, Rollan Hall.
Donald Tovey's Last Concert, 8. 80. Rollan Hall.
THURS. Twelve o'clock Chamber Concert, Ælian Hall.
William Pitt's Vocal Recital, 3. 16,
Æolian Hall
Philharmonic Nociety, 8, Queen's Hail.
Jacques Thibaud's Violin Recital,
8. 16, Bechstein Hall.
FRI. Momorinl Concert (The Titanic Band), 3, Royal Albert Hall
of famous actors. Thus in •
Arthur Rubinstein's Pianoforte Recital, 3, Bechstoin Hall.


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576
THE ATHENÆUM
No. 4412, May 18, 1912
6
18. 6d. net each.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
season
are
SO
we find references to the bibliographical
investigations of Mr. A. W. Pollard and Dr.
MR. HAROLD BRIGHOUSE, who wrote 'The
MESSRS.
W. W. Greg; to Charles Lamb, Victor
Price of Coal,' is having a new one-act play
Hugo and his son, and Dr. A. C. Bradley of Wales's, entitled . Little Red Shoes. '
of his produced on Monday at the Prince BELL'S BOOKS.
as critics; and to the restoration of the fifth
aot to the stage by Edmund Kean.
Each volume has a Glossary. The type at His Majesty's Theatre opens next Monday
The eighth annual Shakespeare Festival
is good and clear, the names of the speakers with The Merchant of Venice. ' It is to be
READY WEDNESDAY NEXT.