The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-01
OUT OF TOWN MUSICIANS

At the approach of the cold weather M.
Saint -Saens Invariably flies away from
Paris, and is heard of in all sorts of out
Tunis, + 4 Algeria. Madeira, the canaries.
Corfu, and the Baiearic isles. The com.
poser has even been derided in some OF
the French newspapers for ~ hls wandeaing aaa ing
his reasons for his swallow-iike flights
to sunny climes when the fogs are brood
ing over the boulevards and the gradual
approach of frost makes itself felt by
valetudinarians. It is his winter migra-
tions, states the composer Of Samson ct
DaliIa, = that has preserved his life, for
at the age of twenty-five the doctors
condemned him as hopeless case of
phthisis. Accordingly, he stunned the
winter at home, and fled from the icy
gales Of the north to the lands Iae' of eaouao q
Egypt, and from the pyramids to the
pillars of Hercules, and the peak of Ten
eriffe, everywhere to catch the baimy
sunshine, and to get the warmer air into
my lungs" This is M. Saint -Saens ex-
planatiOn of his winter Wanderings, and
it may be added that the condemned con-
sumptive of twenty-five is-now rather
stout gentleman of medium height,
bronzed complexion. and sixty-nlne years
. old.
Preparations are being made by the
students chorus of the national unIVer-
sity of Christiania to visit America next
summer and to give the Americans
taste of genuine Morse music. The plans
are about the same as those followed by
the Lund students last summer and the
Norwegianss expect to equal the success
achieved by their Swedish cousins. The
students of Chris tiania, like those OF Up
sala and Lund, in Sweden, are famous
singers They have not often sung OUT
of Norway, however. In 1899 the chorus
went to the worlds fair at Paris, and It
ing of "Olaf Trygvasson was the best
chorus work at the fair. They attended
the exposition in Paris in 1900, and again
made a distinct success.
Mr.. Heald. an American missionary in
Mexico, thus. sums up his impressions re- e.
that country: They are fond of music,
though not proficient In the art of making
| it, probably more from lack of opportunity
than from lack of capacity. The violin
and guitar are the usual instruments OF
music, the repertoire of the local musi-
clans being usually limited to few new
tunes which are in equal demand Tor the
! dance and for the funeral.
/ The Berlin correspondent of the Musical
Courier says that speaking of dAibert's 8
second concerto always reminds him OF
Wilhelm Tappsrt r1na Wrots s9me yeaaS faS
/ the first time the second concerto of her
| third husband, at the fourth philharmonic
concert, Dec. 5, and was called out SIX
times.
1t does not look as if there was anything
after all in the rumors that Felix Vein
gartner is to reside in America as con-
| ductor of one of our orchestras. In a re-
cent letter to the Berlin Tageblatt, after
referring to the petition begging him to
remain at the head of the royal orchestra
/ in that city, he says: Notwithstanding
| my attachment to these concerts and my
entirely friendly relations with the gen
eral-intendent and the committee, con-
sideration for my health compels me tc
| limit my activity as conductor to Munich
! which has been my home for six years
and to undertake no further trips for the
/ sake of conducting only OF course he
| will keep his contract to conduct two Of
the philharmonic concerts in New YorR
/ city.
Trustee sale of the Ransom & Horton
! stock of Furs now taking place. Every