Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-09
MUSICAL EVENTS,
Those That Are Arranged for the
Paris Exposition.

Those That Are Arranged for the
Paris Exposition.
From the Official Program. which Is Just
from the press. it is learned that music will
be represented from the point of view of
both composition and execution. The musical
works of all nations participating in the ex-
position will be recognized and admitted
The conditions under which music par
ticipates in the exposition are submitted to
the consideration of the commissions of
musical renderings and choral societies
musical harmony and wind Instruments in
stituted by DEGREES of the ministers of pub
lie instruction and fine arts, of commerce.
of industry, of posts and telegraphs upon
the report of the director of fine arts and
with the appreciation of the commissioner
general. The official renderings will consist
of four concerts with orchestra and vocal
SO, oists or Instrumental soloists. Six con-
certs with orchestra, soloists and chorals;
recitals devoted to the organ. instrumental
and vocal salon music.
The program offered by the commission
of musical renderings will be exclusively
Of works and fragments of works of ancient
and modern French composers. The largest
part of the works to be rendered will be
those of living composers. Composers can
not have more than one of their works
rendered except as regards "musque de
chambre' or parlor and organ music.
Concerning dramatic music only frag-
ments of unpublished operas or operas not
belonging to the current repertoire can be
executed. Works when once admitted can
not be withdrawn before the close of the
exposition. The composer whose unpublish-
ed compositions have been admitted will
retain their entire copyrights.
Musical societies. French as well as for
eign. will meet during the day in the grand
festival hall of the Trocadero, and the 'ml-
siGue de chambre" in the small hall. The
dura ton of each concert will be two and
half hours. Musical societies. French as
well as foreign, will organize their own con-
certS at their own expense and risk.
For each musical recital which will take
place in the grand hall of the Trocadero
1000 seats shall be reserved for those So
cieties who have been granted the use Of
the hall under the conditions above stip-
uated.
The number of repetitons for the grand
concerts is fixed at a maximum Of three.
No selection of music of a political char
acter will be allowed to appear ON the
program.
Musical societies from the United States
will be admitted upon guarantee of the
United States commissioner general, Ferdi-
nand W. Peck.
One hundred reserved seats in the grand
hall of the Trocadero Will be placed at the
disposal of the commissioner general for
each of the musical recitals Musical So
cietes from the United States and other
countries except France will be restricted
from giving any musical recitals in Paris.
The festivals of the choral societies Of
France and foreign nations Will take place
during the month of July.
The prizes will consist of crowns, palms.
medals of gold and silver.
Steps will be taken with the railroad COM
panies with a view to obtaining the custom
airy reductions in transportation.
The juries will be composed mostly OF
musical celebrities and persons whose APP
probation and knowledge of music are well
known.
The fetes of the harmony societies and
the wind instrument societies will take
place in July and will be followed by
festival The Trocadero hall will also be
placed at the disposal of the harmony and
wind instrument societies both of France
and foreign countries.