Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-24
SIiAPpS AND FLATS.

Caruso, the celebrated tenor. says
that he made his debut In little Nea-
poltau theater about eight years ago,
and that he then received S4.2O per-
Torrance,
Nine Nordlca has been engaged as
soioist at one OF the Boston Handel and
Haydn concerts the coming season,
The society viii give its usual presen-
tations OF THE Messiah az Christmas,
An American opera by am Italian
or rather an. opera on an American
subject--was produced the other even-
ing at the Dal Verne I'm Milan. The
name OF the composer is FloridIan that
of the opera ia Col0nla liberia The
scene Is placed In the Wild west
still another child wond has made
his appearance In BerlIn-a l2-year-old
Russian, named Mlshka Elmann. lie
played the Tschalkowsky violin COM
certo and the Bach chaconne with
amazing skill but failed with one Of
Chopins nocturnes. I'm which his lack
OF mature feeling became obvious.
Manager Frank l.. Perley IS follow
ing I'm the wake OF other successful
managers and has secured comic
opera version OF j. NJ Barrie's pretty
play, THE Little Minister" which he
intends to put out SOON 1t Is said that
Viola Gillette viii be the star Of the
new production
Mabelle Gilman, who dropped out OF
sight after the failure Of dolly Var
den" in London, has been heard from.
A friend OF the former star OF The
M0cklng Bird" says that Miss Gilman
Is studying grand opera I'm Paris under
the guidance Of Jean de Rezzke and
that she expects TO appear In Carmen"
next season
Eugene Ysaye who Just arrived In
America Will make tour OF 70 con-
certs, playing In all the large musical
centers and appearing with the several
large orchestras Of the country Ysaye
il accompanied on this tour by Mrs.
Ysaye, Jules De Befyo, his pianist, and
two servants,
The concert tour for Nine Media.
which opened about q month ago and
has continued through the eastern
cities until now, win be interrupted un-
Ill early IN January by Nine Melba's
special engagement as "a member OF
the opera company nc the Metropolitan
opera House In New York. 'The COM
cert company will resume the tour on
Jan 49, and appear here late the same
month.
The Italian publisher sonzogno, who
has twice offered and paid large prizes
for the best operas submitted IN a COM
petition (Mascagnis "Cavalleria Rusti-
cana" was the first winner, has now
come TO the conclusion that the lack
Of good librettos is one Of the principal
causes OF the scarcity Of good new
operas. He therefore now offers two
prizes Of $4,000 and 10000 francs for the
best two librettos, which must be In
several acts.
Somebody has dug up q biographical
notice OF Johann Sebastian Bach which
appeared In q book written by A. FL
wari. professor I'm the Paris consery.
atoirc In 1864 and German critics are
declaimlng Indignantly against French
igOrance Of the great composer and
his music. Here Is what the professor
wrote This composer was born In
1856 at Eiscnbach tie loved music I'm
Platonc fashion, and as soon as he
had composed a piece he tried Il on
his family and then locked Il up IN an
old box
one reason why good operettas are so
scarce today Is that most OF the COM
posers take no pains to do their best
They would do we'll TO read FindOns
Life of Arthur sullivan. IL includes,
among other things, facsimile page Of
essays In rhythm" This contains
eight examples Of rhythmic expert
ments OF the song, Were / Thy Bride"
furnishing interesting proof OF Sulll-
vans painstaking care IN the all-lm-
portant matter OF perfect accentuatlon
Of words In their musical settings.
II music cannot mitigate or excuse
brutal llbretto as we see In the case OF
u Pagliacci," It still seems to be able 20
sOothe the savage breast. Striking con-
frmation Of this comes from New Gale
donna, where the French conylcts at
Noumea have organized an orchestra
Of murdeTers. It's leader Is q notorious
assassin. who was once q member OF
Partisan band. and most OF the men
who play under him are guilty OF at
least one murder. The band gave a
public concert at Noumea the other day,
which apparently was much appreclat-
ed
The Pitishurg orchestra, under the
leadership OF lis new conductor, Emil
Paur, win give two concerts IN the Or
chestral hal on Feb. and s. Mr. Paur,
who was for FIVE years director Of the
symphony orchestra In Boston, and
later was In New York at the head Of
the Philharmonic society and the Met.
ropolitan opera has not been heard