Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-11

Eugen d'Alberfs new opera, "Flau-
10 Solo" Is to have its first perform
ancc at Prague. The Berlin opera is
mounting Humperdinck's new opera,
"The Involuntary Marriage"
A rumor that Mr.. Conred was going
to take his "Parsifal' company to Eu-
rope gave fresh impetus to tie project
OF producing that work In Amsterdam.
The rehearsals there began TWO weeks
ago under Henri Viotta German copy
right laws do not cover that city.
The French government appreciates
the services rendered to French music
by Felix Weingartner, who Is editing
the collection Of Berlioz's complete
works for the Breitkopf and Harte edi-
ton, and who has done much to make
the works Of that master popular in
Germany, It has conferred on him the
cross Of the Legion Of Honor
II has been generally held that mu-
steal education should be commenced
at as early an age as possible, but a
German specialist I'm nervous diseases,
DR.. Lacquer OF Wiesbaden maintains
that artistic education tends particular
ly to upset the psychcal balance, where
fore It's commencement should be de-
layed to the age Of l6 IN girls and IS
In boys.
DR.. ApMadoc, the we'll known Chicago
musician, has been chosen adjudicator
for the Canton EIsteddfod to be held
on Decoration day. The event prom
Ises to be a record breaker in the NUM-
her OF choral societies that will partci-
pate in the competitive exercises. Ohio
newspapers announce that 1t will with
out doubt be the biggest musical event
IN the history of the Buckeye state,
The composer, Anton Bruckner, was
noted for his modesty yet there was a
limit One day when he was AZ phil-
harmonic concert In Vienna among the
"stahdees" The was too poor TO pay for
seaO surrounded by a group Of his
admirers, the orchestra played Gold
marks "Prometheus' overture. Rruck-
ncr appauded II, and then, noting that
aOmC Of his friends were giving signs
Of disapproval, he said villa n proud
mior; How dare you hiss when ! ar-
riaud2'
Variety is the spice Of the opera in
Berlin. In ten months, last year, ~
0'nertnt operas were sung 0t the I'M
peWal Opera House or the 2bi per-
fomnrces given, 1876 were devoted 10
Germans Including Mozart and Gluck),
70 to the French school dncluding
Neyegheer and Offenbach) 50 TO the
Italians. Wagner was, as everywhere,
far IN the lead, with 65 performances,
The three most popular operas were
"LOhengrin,' the Barber If seville,
aud Mlgnon,' which were heard "A
timeB each
The editor Of the Musical Courier
takes this pessimistic view OF Ameri-
can musical culture:
About one-tenth of per cent Of
the people OF Greater New York and
its vicinity are seriously interested I'M
muisc I'm it's absolute form, and about
/ per cent-say $4,000 OF the $1,000, 900
witch radius Of % miles OF the city
hpll-can be looked upon as a possible
element from which to extract the es-
eencp of music In its artistic sense
The basis is about the same with most
of our communities. and II Is for this
reason that music publishers who did
not see this failed. and that nearly
every publisher Is compelled TO pander
to a lower taste II he desires to sue
ceei"
II is COW an assured tact says a Chi.
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