Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-06

and invaluable service extended over
many years rendered by him to musi-
cal art in all countries"
A new Wagnerian tenor to appear at
the Metropolitan In New York next
season vii be Heinrich Knote Of Mu-
Mich, Herr Knote will be the Tristan"
In the opening performance of the first
Wagner festival TO be given in Munich
beginning Aug. u. He Will also sing
"Slegfred' in the performance of the
Ring"
The bureau of music at the world $
fair has Issued statement calling OFF
the band contest which was to be held
at the exposition Sept. 1l-l7, The rea-
son assigned is that the expectations Of
the bureau have not been realized, and
that the number of bands signifylng
their desire to compete ls so small that
It has been deemed advisable to ellmin-
ate the contest entirely.
LISTS "Maseppa" was received with
such enthusiasm at a recent concert In
Stockholm that the conductor Mr.
Aulin, has announced for next season
a complete cycle Of the Lizt SYM
phonic poems. Mr. Aulin also has
done much to make known the new
works OF living scandinavian compos-
ers. Before the performance of
"Maseppa" the manager of the royal
opera, August Llndberg read Victor
Hugo's poem which underlies that
piece OF program music.
Few COMPOSERS have been so lucky
as Leoncavallo who has an emperor
for one Of his press agents. OF his
operas only one has proved q SUCCESS
81 Paglicci;" but that has bean per-
formed 6jl times In Germany alone
during the last three years. and prob
ably yields him an income of $4,000 a
year Several years ago the German
emperor asked him to write an opera
on the subject Of Roland OF Berlin"
and II is reported that the kaiser had
snore or less to do with the shaping
of the libretto
Nine. Calve was never so popular as
she Is today both In London and Paris.
Concerning the production OF Massen-
cts opera "Salome" In London the
Times OF that city says: I'VE are prob
ably safe In assuming that IL has now
been given az the behest Of Nine. Calve,
who has lately been singing what Is
now the title part with much success
In Paris. She Is a mistress Of the kind
OF voluptuous emotion which the COM
poser and his imltators depict so sue
cessfully, and what success the opera
may make in London viii be In great
part due TO her vivid impersonaton of
Salome,"
Truly an ingenious method Of allay-
ing the piano plague was devised by
an engineer In Charlottenburg CBer-
lim, the other day lie brought an
anger and bored a hole through his
ceiling and through the floor OF the
room above him, whence the noise pro-
ceeded. Then he got suiphuretted
hydrogen gas and led Il up TO that
room by means Of n rubber tube. The
plano playing promptly ceased. The
experiment was repeated successfully
on the two following days Then the
musicians became suspicious, examined
into the matter, and discovered the
culprit. He was brought before the
court and was condemned 10 pay $3.50
or pass six days IN prison.
An earnest effort is being made by
the musicians OF England for the pas.
sage by parliament OF the musical
copyright bill, which has been pending
for some time. BY means OF this bill
an end will be put 10 the piracy OF
musical compositions, a practise which
has been In vogue In England for some
time. A meeting OF the most prominent
musicians Of the country was recently