El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-24

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1t is announced that fragment o
an opera begun ny Wagner in 1883 anC
never finished. called Die HO -hZeit. ,
has be n bought by an En<l sh
woman for $500. This sug.
gests that the ladies seem to have
taken a singular Interest in the works
of Wagner. 1t will be remem hereo
hat 1t vas the women's cOmml>S on o
the centennial exposition at Pnilad'l
phia that bought Wagner's only
''American' march, paving for it
1000 in gold. say 5 the Presto.
In connection with the Beethoven
cele bratinn it is interesting to recall
Wagner's confession of ia tn. Just be-
fore his death be said: Il believe in
God, Mozart and B ethoven, and also
thar diSciul-S AM apostles. l believe
that art p Oceeds from God. and iv S
in the hearts of all enlightened men "
This is the way the Musical Courier
camps on the ira of tn foreign Oper-
att contingent: 1T -ems that hi
whole operat sch is one nest of
European cprrup ion, intrigue. false
hoo1, ST AN aud inSIncerity. The pPO-
pie of this country should follow the
example of Chic 40 and drive thes
overpaid furetsn folks back to their
nat We hapn-s, to permit our own stu
dem S to d velop in music in purified
atmosphere. This thing is nauseat-
Ing.
This foreign invasion is enough to
XII off all mu>ica ambit on here Our
American boys and girls stand abso-
1utalU no show The most thew can
ever nope to r. ceive is $50 to $3.50
night. 1t forces Americans to go
alb Dad. because wi hout EnrOpe an
repu ,ation they can't hope to achieve
an thing in tn-ir own land.
"These Fl ctitipus values are created
on a gam BILE. Grand opera with high
prices always i a f.il1re. Mapleson,
Staun on. bbey, and Schoebel q Grdu
have ali fail d."
"If it always ends in failure, why do
they keep it up?"
A dramatic school for singers is to
De estab ished 10 New Yors, and suf-
ferlng public hops it will be good
thing. Should t succeed, we need no
longer C OSa our eyes when we hear
voice that would make the angels listen |
for fear of opening them and seeing a
iuuN HUE NOIudn III dill SthblLuuS
Of COW stepping over a two-barrel
gate.
Ella Russell. the Cleveland opera |
niger, who is shortly to appear before
lbrOad. Next week STE SIMS at the
symphony club and later enters otera.
t was Max Strakosh who advised h +
o study abroad, and the Ohio girl
omes back with praise from the crit al
n London. Vienna, Madrid and ST.
Petersburg. COmiug from OHIO, it is 10
- hoped she isn't out for the appoint
mont of Singer TO the White House
Ire ady.
John B Schoeff-l of the inpressario
rm of hey, Schoetfel 81 Grau te Is
be New York rep .rterS tnat the bu-l-
e<S of the company was bad in Chi
ago, simply because 1--WE found CHI
ago dad broke. 1 h. re is no money
here. in spite OF the ia t that our b ST.
eSs shows 5! gins of an improveme Mt
he Peep would not come to bear
lther Jean de Reszke or Calve az first.
eOple said it was Lent, hut last year
re played to an enormous business dur
7g holy week. Then they said II was ,
lau uration, aud that a great many
ople had gone to Wash ngton- L
ont believe that 200 went there from
'hice go 1t was limp y due to the fact
hat Chicago is dead broke. The
heaters are doing wretchediv and
here does not seem to b. a cent in
own"
There is a scheme down east to orr
aniZe a gra d opera circu Including
b. cit IS OF New York. B ston Puila-
elphia, Washing on anu Chicago.
High salaries paid to foreign opera
myers prevents the opera from becom-
rg a nat onll ms itu'i 10 in America,
5 it is in other coun 'ries.
Guilbert's reign is over evidently.
he gave benefit in N York f r
ed NJ trks, her IA mage. a1d the re-
ult to the be0efic larry was $40.
The real cause of tae failure of grand
pera in Chicago is h!nted az the
iDes-Herald of that ci'y-there was
dog show am fem tle cy.le race in
rogre SIS there dui ing the Grau epga-
ement.
The new beginners in the bard are
he new mu-ic arrives practi.e will
ommence III earnest ana 1T will not be
png before tn" band wi make It's APP
ear alce.-SilVer City Eagle.
Queen Victoria h IS accepted the d
ication to herse of Il snort Ole, FIR
horuS and orc eStra. composed b.
reed rick H. Cowen in honor of the
Diamond jubilee.
In the last annual report Of the pc
ident and director of The New Eng and
conservatory of mu-ic in 30 ton.
3ic ard H. Dana, the p e5ide Mt, state
hat there were n yer so many a1vanc
ID pupi S taking full courses, and III It
here are now thirt, three alum nj
tudying n the pO,L-gradua cnurs =
THIS is six times as many as some
even years ago and 80 yer ce t more