The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-29

extravaganza. was given for the first
time a week ago at Salem, Mass. The
book Is by George Richardson, q BOs-
ton newspaper man, and the music by
George Tracy, The satire Of the piece
is directed at commercialism in ma
uonaI expansion.
Some of the current theatrical souve-
Mrs are remarkably expensive. That
issued 10 celebrate Miss BlOOdgOOd's
Tooth performance OF ''rhe Girl With
the Green Eye. was a silver lacquered
bonb0n dish with a golden interior.
charmingly embellshed with interest
ing and valuable facts about the play.
Adele Ritchie and Flora and May
Heugler. all three of whom are under
engagement 10 the MessTs Shubert
sailed for New York from Liverpool
last Wednesday. These women viii APP
pear in THE West End" the new mu-
steal comedy that will shortly be pro-
duced by the Shuberts in New York
A national festival Of British music
will be held in London next year.
At Frankfort a committee has been
formed to erect a monument TO Joachim
Ran, the composer and director of the
H0ch conservatory. The model Of the
monument. which is entrusted TO Lud-
Wig Sand represents a striking work.
IL Will be unveiled in May.
OF posthumous works Of Hugo Wolf
the Vienna Hugo Wolf society has just
published. with X. +. Heckel, I'm Mann
helm. the Operatic fragments, Manuel
Neuegas." Furthermore the settings for
voice and orchestra of 'Pr0metheus,"
1.-THE Ratcatcher." "Anacreon's Grave"
and Where DO I Find Consolation"
A special dispatch from Rome an
uounces that the king of Italy has con-
ferred on Mascagni the title of Cheva-
Tier of the Order of Savoy The decora-
ton was conferred as a mark of SYM
pathy with him in his American mis-
fortunes.
S. g. Whitney has been thirty-one
years 0rgauist al the Church of the Adj
vent. Boston. and the event was OBJ
served by an appropriate musical serv-
Ice.
Announcement was made some
months ago that Signor Sonzongo, the
Milan publisher had offered TO the
world "a prize of E200 for an opera 10
be performed in Milan in 1905 at the
time OF the celebration of the opening
of the Simplou tunnel The compo-
sitions now received number 234, of
which six come from England, eight
from Germany, nineteen from France,
two from Russia, one from Spain, ana
the remainder from various parts OF
Italy. The adjudicators have not yet
been engaged.
Nine. Schumaun-H eink has just been
notified that she has been made an
honorary member Of the committee i'm
charge of the unwilling of the monu-
mert of Richard Wagner which viii
take place In Berlin in October next
on March % an orchestral concert
viii be given at Carnegie hall, New
York. with Rudolph Bullerjahu as con-
ductor. The programme contains sew
eral orchestral compositions By Louis
a. Won Gaertner the well known Phil
adeIphian. which will be played there
for the nrst time Arthur HOFFMAN
will be the solo pianist. and Miss Ada
CrossIey. contralto. win sing. The or
chestra win number ninety men.
The third biennial festival and con-
ventIon of the National Federation of
Musical Clubs viii be held in Rochester
on May 10 90 D. There viii be about
$50 clubs represented. the delegates
coming from all parts of the coun-
try. including every state i'm the Unit
ed states Besides the business meet
mes and discussions, there viii be con-
certs on the first three DAYS. two by
representatives of the Federated Clubs,
one bv The Tuesday Musical chorus and
one by the American symphony or
chestra OF New York.
AT a recent meeting Of the United
Singers of Philadelphia. Edmund VOL
sIeffer was elected to the Office of first
vice president but all of the other Of
feers of the association were reelected
The philharmonic society of St. Pc
ttrsburg has been celebrating its CEN
tennary. Nikisch went over from Ber-
lin 10 conduct "a grand concert, the
principal numbers on the programme
of which were Beethoven's Mass in
ID" and Glinka's "A Night at Madrid
The French grand opera that has for
years been one of the institutions or
New Orleans. has fallen into difficult
ties again. as 90 not infreQuently has
OF late years. The manager abandoned
the enterprise before the time an
n0unced for the close Of the season. and
arrangements had 90 be made for pay
Ing the singers and orchestral players
and provide for their return % France.
/ Changing conditions of New Orleans
society, the gradual extinction of the
old French element that has supported
the only regular establishment for the
performance o. grand opera outside OF
7out It's for
mer guarantees Of success.
The death of Hugo Wolf after his
/ long and lingering collapse i'm a sani-
tarium near Vienna, VIII draw some
attention 90 this really great song
writer. who. following IN the steps of
Schubert, being equally prolific and