The Washington times., 1903-07-19

The orchestra that will take part in
the Wagner performances at Munich in
August and September will number 1876
men. as at Bayreuth. All the scenery
will be new and of unprecedented splen-
dor and artistic interest. The reLear-
sails began early in June
Joachim's recent Beethoven festival
at Bonn yielded about $4,000 marks. AS
the players gave their services for the
love of the cause the expenses amounted
TO little. so that about 20 700 marks
tS5,O00) was added to the fund for the
preservation OF Beethoven's house.
Mascagni, says the "MenestreI," is
composer. conductor, eonferancier. Jour
nalist, conservatory director. etc Not
satisfied Herewith. he has now written
a comedy, in order to further prove his
remarkable versatility. This man
Mascagni," says an Italian journalist
would be capable, in order to make
the world talk about him. to hop around
st. Peters Church on one leg"
With reference to Kaiser WiIhelm's
announcement that he had ordered the
compilation OF a collection of folksongs
for the use of the Mannergesangverei
a correspondent OF the "Frankfurter
Zeitung," points out that several such
collections already exist. the most popu-
lar Of them being that made by Ignaz
Helm; it is known everywhere as the
Helm Collection" This is published in
Zurich and the patriotic texts appeal
particularly 10 Swiss singers; neverthe-
less 1875 editions of it have been sold.
beside sixty-four editions of version
for mixed chorus.
Mr. Andrew Carnegie, as rector of ST.
University Ia Glasgow. will b.
at the head of a deputation of thirty-one
representatives Of the British Musical
Association to attend the unwilling of
the Wagner monument in Berlin next
October. The Duke of Argyll. the Mar
quis of Lorne, and Lord Balfour of Bur
leigh Will also attend. while the Partisan
nobility Will be similarly represented
Extra trains are to be sent from PARTS
and st. Petersburg Meanwhile a group
Of foolish Cosima- Wagnerites are doing
their best TO make the festival a failure.
but their efforts Will be unavaiIlnR
These individuals are highly displeased
because they were not invited to boss
the job. With amusing hypocrisy they
pretend to be aggrieved because NJ.
Leichner, the president OF the festival
committee, did not give them a chance
10. contribute TO the occasion by raising
a fund of their own. But perhaps Mr..
Leichner had read Wagner's letters to
Heckel in the seventies, and gathered
herefrom that If these Wagner societies
we're to be relied on the monument
would probably be built a hundred years
hence. 1t was undoubtedly an unpardon-
able offense on his part to contribute
nearly all the money needed for the mon
Iment and the festival out of his own
pocket. 1t gave neither the Wagner
'lubS nor Mr.. Carnegie u chance to helm
along the good cause. But Mr. Leichner
S given TO such blunders. Some years ago
ne gave $4,000 for the purpose of pre- |
serving the Oesterlein Wagner Museum
or Germany. He did this anonymously
ret he is now accused by the Coslma- |
Of having got up the monu-
nent scheme for his own gloriGcationl |
4 he did they have, by their attacks. |
lone Infinitely more TO advertise him |
han he did for himself. In a recent |
to the press Mr.. LEIGH |
Ter directs attention to the fact that |
n August, 1902, he sent out 100 GOO cir |
'ulars inviting suggestions for the |
monument festival At that time not
me Of the fanatics who now feel so ag- /
,rieved because their belated advice Is |
lot accepted took the trouble to submit |
| scheme.