bert (Eugene) b. April 10th 1864 Glasgow

Flauto Solo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484

Schillings (Max, Professor) b. April 19th 1868 Dueren o. Rh.

Moloch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490

Strauss (Richard) b. June 11th 1864 Munich

Salome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496

Gruenfeld (Alfred) b. July 4th 1852 Prague

Die Schoenen von Fogaras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500

D'Albert (Eugene) b. April 10th 1864 Glasgow

Tiefland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506

Puccini (Giacomo) b. December 22nd 1858 Lucca

Madame Butterfly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513

Manen (Joan) b. March 14th 1883, Barcelona

Acte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518

Tschaikowsky (Peter Iljitsch) b. May 7th 1840 Wotkinsk
(Russia), d. November 6th 1893 Petersburg

Eugene Onegin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624

Strauss (Richard) b. June 11th 1864 Munich

Elektra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528

Blech (Leo) b. April 21st 1871 Aix la Chapelle

Versiegelt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533

{1}

ABU HASSAN.

Comic Opera in one act by WEBER.

Text by HIEMER.

This little opera, composed by Weber in his early youth and first
represented at Dresden under the composer's own direction, for a time
fell into utter oblivion, but has lately been reproduced.

Though short and unpretending it really deserves to be heard, the music
is so full of sweetness, so fresh and pretty.

The text is taken from a tale of the Arabian Thousand and One Nights,
and though full of nonsense, it amuses by its lightheartedness and
gaiety of spirit.

Abu Hassan, favorite of the Calif of Bagdad, has lived above his means,
and is now regaled with bread and water by his wife Fatima, whose only
fault is, that she sings better than she cooks. In order to better his
fortunes Abu Hassan hits upon a strange plan. He sends his wife to the
Calif's wife, Zobeide, to announce his (Hassan's) death, for which she
will obtain 50 gold pieces and a piece of brocade. Fatima departs and
in the meantime enter Abu Hassan's creditors with the appeal for money.
Unable to satisfy them the debtor {2} approaches the eldest and richest
among them, and so pacifies him with sweet words which he is given to
understand Fatima has sent him, that old O