Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-10

and organist.
six months as hitherto, and IL Is evil
dent to his friends and admirers that
his health is failing. lie is being at
tended by the best physicians, and II
there II chance to save his life he
will recover.
"Kronig ind Marschalk," tragic
opera by the Danish composer Peter
Helse, has been given In Stuttgart. The
work was first produced in Sep
| TENDER, 1875 at the Royal Theater in
Copenhagen. with such success that
II was afterwards performed 100 times
at various Scandinavian theaters A
year after the premiere the composer
died. at the age Of 40,
Harvard university Is TO have a
$4,000 house for it, musical department,
the building 10 be provided by the
Harvard Pierlan Sodallty. The plans,
as prepared by Howells & Stokes of
New York. were approved of by the
late Prof. Paine. The Building Is to
stand near the jefferson laboratory,
The sodality will be 100 years old In
1908, and the building will be "A memoir
ie Of this event, In which all Harvard
musical organizations will take part.
Two centuries ago opera singers. in
Paris got only $50 year nor did ac-
tors get more. The chorus consisted OF
about dozen persons and the ballet Of
% dancers. Only two operas were sung
each year. In the summer operate frag-
ments only We're produced, or detached
acts. When the director OF the opera
died In H41, the debts of the institution
t.I 1
his successor the doors were closed
King Louis Nv came TO the rescue and
placed the opera under the care Of the
city.
Richard Strauss conducted two con-
certs of his works al the Milan ex-
position without arousing much en-
thuslasm as a composer or conductor.
The audiences were OF good size but
even the Germans present could noe
awaken any warmth OF applause.
Don Juan" was more enjoyed than
any of his compositions and the or
chestra under his leadership in num-
bers by Beethoven and Wagner left
the hearers cold. He was the guest
at a banquet and Gabriel dAnnunzid
delivered an address IN his honor.
Dr. Muck brought with him to
America the score OF Paderewskfs
new symphony. which is to have its
first appearance IN Boston on Janu-
airy and 5. In the next week It viii
be played IN Philadelphia, Washing
ton, Baltimore, New York and Brook
Ign. II is said to be work very
modern In tone and of great orches-
tral brilliancy II fairly bristles with
technical difficulties. Paderewski will
be'present TO hear Il played, for he is
to be the soloist with the orchestra
on that occasion.
A unique view regarding the musical
situation Is that OF NJ Care OF the
Opera Comique In Paris. While nearly
everybody else Is complaining of a
paucity Of talented composers, he de-
clares there are too many OF them ana
that Paris needs a third opera house
II any sort of justice Is TO be done 10
them. All that Is needed to prove this
Is, he says some capitalists II II to BIZ
feared that VI. Care IL too much Of an
optimist. He himself produces Ave new
operas a year, but has no, yet con-
vinced the world that he has discov-
cred "A genius one Is reminded OF
story about a magazine editor who
DnhNitU 10 Ndfh WAN lNtl nc bht
nearly all the best short stories writ
ten IN this country. what do you do
with them?' asked the humorist.
When II was announced that Caruso
would appear In the Imperial opera IN
Vienna In "Rigoletto" tlAre were de-
mands for three times as many tickets,
at increased prices, as could be pro-
vided. The newspapers stated that the
tenor got the enormous sum OF 1000
crowns for this performance, which is
less than one-half OF what he gets FOR
an evening in New York but In vlen-
ma 5000 seems a fabulous sum for three
hours work. The following from tho
Munich Allgemeine Zeitung throws fur
Their light on this point. AT yester-
days performance OF 'Rlgoetto' we
could not but think OF the excitement
over this opert in Vienna few days
ago, when Caruso appeared In It as
guests. Ours was somewhat more pla-
cid: but tken. p'e should hardly have
money enough TO engage such exotic
nJiosts."