The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-08

mond, Va, was favored by many, but
the expected invitation from that place
did not come
This seems somewhat of a reflection
upon our hospitality.
The event of the past week in music
circles was the Brooklyn Sangerfest. with
its memorable contest for tie prize Of
fered by Kaiser Wilhelm. The festival
cost IN round numbers $4,000 and two
hundred md twelve singing societies par
t;cipated.
The song selected az the one TO be sung
in competition for the kaiser's prize was
selected from more than three hundred
submitted by composers from all over
the world. 1t is "Das Deutsche Lied
The music. Is by Petsr Fassbeander.
Swiss composer, and the words by Adolph
Hachtnann. President s. x. Saenger, of
the United Singers of Brooklyn, found the
words in an old scrapbook. The music
was chosen by Frank Damrosch, Emil
Pnur and julius Lorenz. A liberal trans
la ton of the words is as follows:
I thought of you, you holy valley OF my
home,
AS often I dreamt, dreaming of the fu-
trre:
And as I thought of you-as for the first
time IN a strange
country heaTd OIL nome, ana OIL nome
happenings
The tunes waved over here to me a Won
derful. wonderful. touching song.
How they take the heart a prisoner; oh,
hear these songs, these tunes that
resound! that resound.
Then It cnnle over me, as though with
sight OF the future
And as the tunes last echoes died away,
I lifted my head
Freely to the light of the stars. and look
ed thankfully back on the past.
The Ka>Eer's prize is of the finest work
manshp The design is said to have been
suggested by the Emperor and he devoted
considerable time to its consummation.
The figure is that of a Minnesnger of the
twelfth century. II is of solid silver ex-
qu!sitely moulded md carved with mnut-
est attention of details. The figure is
more than a foot high and the bronze ped
estal is even taller. Upon the side of the
pedestal a, bas-relief OF the Emperor.
surrounded by the American and German
flags; on the opposite side are the arms
of Prussia and the words of dediation. At
the corners of the pedestal leaves of palm
and laurel relieve the sharpness of the
design.
strange musical contest is to take
place in Vienna in August. Among the le-
gacies left by Rubins:ein was $4,000. the
income from whicll-about So G01-is to be
distributed once in five years between
composer and d pianist who shall win the
prizes. The composer must contribute a
piano concerto and a piece of chamber
music while the pianist must give a con-
cert. the programme of which was pre-
scribed by Rubinstein and must not be
devated from. It must include a. Rubin
stein concerto, prelude and fugue by
Bach, a nocturne, a mazurka. and a sher-
20 by Chopin: two Schumann pieces from
the .'Kreisleriana" or neutrality-suspicious."
and a concert study by List. The candi-
dates report at st. Petersburg. and the
contest takes place III various cities, it
being Vienna turn this year. Think of
the poor judges in August.
The Independent has interviewed Pade-
cewski. and Quotes him as follows:
Il am no prophet, still ] hardly think it
probable that the future will witness any
very radical change in the manner of ex-
pressing musical ideas. Sensuousness is a
marked Characteristic Of a great deal of
the music of our time. and undoubtedly
makes a potent appeal to a. large section
of the public. However pure intellectual
ity In pianoforte and other music still
finds its eagerly appreciative if limited
audiences. AS to a general comparison Of
the music of the old composers with that
Of the moderns, what can one say but
this: A man is not necessarily A master
because he happened to compose two or
three centuries ago. Much that was writ
ten then was worthless, and long since
has gone down to dusty death: other
things were truly fine and have sur
vived Let us beware of the mere anti
guilty."
The cable report that Jean &c ResZl1e
has lost his voice may yet prove to be
untrue, but it is only what has been ex-
pected by most music-lovers. says the
Philadelphia Record. His singing during
the season of 1889 was such as TO
convince his greatest admirers tamonS
which number we count ourSeVeS) that
the critical time for his retirement as 8
singer was not far off. This most famous
of living tenors Is now well along in
years, despite his romantic bearing. and he
has never been a tenor proper. His voice
might aptly be described as a. Screwed
up tenor He made his operate debut as
a baritone. but sang roles SO low for his
normal teSsitura of voice that he is said
to have tainted on various occasions af-
ter reaching his dressing-room. AS a lyrical
artist he has been the greatest on the
modern stage. Perhaps his voice may be
is quoted as explaining; but he has had
one years rest already. The Covent Gar
den revelation would seem. at any rate,
to put an end to the Polish tenor's opera
tic season at Sarah Bernhardt's Paris
theatre during her coming tour.
Al tho afternoon reception at the Brit
ish pavilion at the Paris Exposition, NJ.
Paderawsh sat down spontaneously to the
piano and improvised short composition
suitable TO the occasion. What a treat
said some one near. Paderwsh added.
"And what compliment
A leading singer at the Teatro dal Verne
at Milan has inserted in her contract a
stipulation that she shall have the right
to choose the conductor when she sings.
swhereupon both conductors of the Dal
Verne 8ave handed in their resigna-
tons.
"Dio Meistersinser' has Just been given
for the hundredtn time at Munich, where
Won Buiow and Richter first produced II,
in 1865.