The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-05

together. 1t was due to him largely
/ That the "diapasOn normal was FIN
ally adopted in England. He also gave
piano recitals and often lectured on
old instruments. The London Times
says: 1t is difficult 10 realize that
Hipkins was in his day considered pc
culiar for his admiration not merely
for Wagner, but for Chopin: an emf
nent critic said of him, 'Hipkins is not
a bad sort of fellow; but he viii like
Chopin;' and a very interesting pho
tograph was published not long ago in
Miss Baches memoirs of her two
brothers, of the six enthusiasts who
mad the courage to admire Wagner in
the year 1868. One of these was Hip
kins. whose admiration was not uncon-
nected with the conviction that Wag-
ner was being condemned unheard in
England"
Otto Lessmann resents Pierre Lalo's
recent assertion that the Germans neg
lect French concert music He de-
clares, in the Allgemeine Musik-Zeitung
that Saint-Saen's symphonic poems
nave played a great role in German
programmes; that the works of Vim
cent D'IRdy and Z. Lalo receive every
where in Germany the honor due them:
and that for Berlioz the German Vein
FTEnCn
conductors combined
A correspondent at Berlin writes: "UJp
to now Berlin has not been favorable
TO List. the composer, but in addition
to Faust the Dante's symphony has
recently been given, while the b minor
sonata and the Dante Fantasia Son
ate have also been heard, the former
several times. It seems as if there were
a reaction in LISTS favor. A writer
in the Allgemeie Musik-Zeitung re-
calls the composers prophecy, My time
will come"
According to London concert agent.
the present season is disappointing.
"Of the many concerts given during
the past fortnight. / do not suppose
that a dozen have resulted in the con-
cert giver making e5. Some, indeed.
have been a great loss, in one in
stance the deficit being as much as
$500. This must be very disheartening
TO the individual on whose musical
education hundreds of pounds may
have been spent for many years" 1t
pianists. viOliniSts. or vocalists, ex-
pect to make money nowadays by at
tending "at homes" and that it is con-
sidered the right thing to give a con-
cert in order to secure a certain
amount of publicity. But the big
agents for providing soloists for Eat
homes" and similar social gatherings
find that there is little or no demand
for the comparatively unknown. A
Media. Kubelik. Kreisler. Paderewski.
Butt and such stars obtain practically
what they ask, but the newcomer is
seldom wanted.
The Paris Ecole des hautes etudes
has invited the eminent baritone. Vic
tor Maurel. to deliver courses of lee
lures this summer on vocal technique
and the aesthetics of operate inter-
probation. 1t is the first time that
singer has been engaged as academic
instructor. and Naurel deserves the
honor.
COMMENCEMENT Leicher. whose
monument celebration in Ber-
lin the Cosima- Wagnerites and Bay
reuth fanatics are now trying TO spoil
because they were not allowed to die
tate the programme. was, thirty years
ago. we'll known Wagner singer. bis
best role having been Hans Sachs.
Then he became rich and retired from
the stage. He is the chief financial
hacker of the Berlin festival.
Calve is not TO sing Carmen in
Berlin. after all. The popuiace is
quiet.
Sousa and his band met with extras
ordinary success in st. Petersburg.