The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29

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! Much interest has been manifested in
! the proposed American Institute of Mu-
| Sic projected by Mr. Frank Damrosch
| The Musical Age says The plan mas as
srrnled definite shape. A bill granting
/ charter to the Institution has passed both
| THE Senate and Assembly Mr.. Danlrosch
1, has been encouraged in this undertaking
! by the great success of his Peoples Clo-
I raj Union, and the proposed Institution
| will be practically an enlargement OF that
/ unique enterprise. He seeks to crest
| vast auditorium to seat eight thousand
people. and to be provided with such ae-
/ cessories as class-rooms, recital halls, Of
! fees and library. small fees VIII be ex-
/! acted to pay for the rent of the hall. rnhe
| officers and teachers OF the Peoples Sing
! ing Glasses Will give u1etr services Sr1tui-
! torsly.
j IN the proposed hall there would be
| 4.000 seats at ten cents each, 2H9 ut
| twenty-five cents, and 1850 at fifty cents
| The rent of the hall would be -FOUR nun
| dred dollars per night. II is aimed 20
! make ohe institute self-supportins, trough
| it will not be a mouey-Eahng affair
| High-class orchestral concerts will be
prominent attraction
| The Metropolitan opera season is at an
! end. Out of the thirty operas given, nine
r-J,,. y-y,- --tsa
| covered thirty-four, CT exactly one-th!rd
| of the performances. Five italian, four
| French, and five German composers were
| represented in the list. OF the various
artists DIPPED, the tenor. sang the most
| often having appeared thirty-three times
| in fifteen different operas
A grandson of Mr.. Joseph Jefferson has
| discovered himself a musical composer
F. in London He is Mr. Harry Farjeou,
| SON of the novelist. At a recent concert
! OF the Westminster Orchestral Soctssy,
suite for orchestra of his composition, en-
titled Hans Anlersen's Fairy Tales,
had a first performance, and ELECTED com
| mendaton for the young mans talent 1t
| seems that the. suite is not MIR. FarjeoA
first effort in conbGos!tion. Las year
ne brought forward an operett.t. entitled
| ..F,loretta," and also carried off the gold
! medal which The Musicians Company
give annually TO the most distinguished
student of the ROYAL Academy of Music.
1t is a some what psrplexfng factor in all
arrangements for opera, ut the Metropo-
Titan next season, that Jean de IteszSe
cannot be persuaded by any means to say
whether or not ne intends to return to
this country next season. The prospect
of his return has been vaguely discussed
by everybody except the famous tenor
himself and no amount of persuasion or
negotiation can draw from him one re-
mark. that could be construed into
promise to come here
| Nine. sembric9l Glas been invited to ap-
pear at the opening concert of the new
Boston Music Hall in October. as Colonel
Higginson is especially anxious that She
| should have that honor But as she
does not return to the United states IN
til November, it has been found impos-
sible to arrange the matter.
It is stated that the official orchestra at
| the Paris Exposition Will number 80 play
| ers and that this band and choirs OF sing
ers will give ten concerts in the large
room OF the Trocadero, under the direc-
ton of NJ. Taffanel. The choral and
| chamber music concerts are to be devoted
! chiefly to modern French music, and in
this department preference will be given
to the works of living composers Two
I committees are at work! organizing con-
( crosses of music and music historians VI.
Camille Saint-Saens. who mas been COM
! posing at Las Palmas, in the Canary ISL
! ands. and is now about to leave that place
| for Bueros, has sent to his Paris publish
| ers-Messrs. Durand ct FFIs-a eantata en-
| titled Ecu du cfel,'' arranged for so
| prano soil, chorus. orchestra and organ.
| The work IS to be produced at the TrGca-
] tIero during the exhibition and is dedicated
| to Mr. Taffanei. The words are taken
from a poem by Armand Silvestre- NJ
| Saint-Saens mas also written both music
and words for a chorus of womenfs voices
! dedicated to and sent to NJ. Colonne for
| production at the concerts Of that contfuc-
tor.
A chair of rnusie mas just been founded
( at the University of Munich. ana Herr a.
1 Sandberger, of the Bavarian Royal Lii
brary, has been appointed first professor.
If this implies that degrees are to be
i granted, they viii! we believe. says the
/. London News. be the first ever given in
music at the great German universities
Many continental musicians, from Men
delssohn to List downward nave he'd
the honorary degree of Dr. but 1t has
been In the faculties of either philosophy
or science. If, however. degrees in music
are granted ar Munich. the movement
will certainly extend to Berlin. Lepsic
and other cities
Emma Eanes has decided not to sing
during the coming season at Covent Gar
/ den. although she was engaged there for
/ eight appearances. Her physician has adj
/ vised her not TO attempt to fulfill the
/ contract. if she expects 10 be in condition
next year TO join the Maurice Grau Opera
/ Company here next season, and that is a
much more important matter Mime.
F,annes has not sung in London for two
/ years.
john goie, the renowned German mti-
/ steal composer. died at Hamburg. last
mont4, aged sixty wears