The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19

l The Chicago Madrigal club announces
 it's sixth annual competition for the w.
 w Kimball company's $100 prize for the l best musical setting of the poem, T l Know the Way of the Wild Blush Rose.
 In 1905 the w. w. Kimball company of
 Chicago endowed the Chicago Madrigal
 club, of which D. A. Clippinger is direc- 1 tor, with an annual $100 prize to be l given to the successful competitor. This
 has proven quite an incentive to our
 American talent, and of most excellent
 value, serving to further develop their l creative facilities, which, within Itself is,
 indeed, most educational. The conditions of this competition are: 1 The composer must be a resident of l the United States. l 2. The setting must be for chorus of
 mixed voices, to be sung unaccompanied. l 8. Of most importance, the compost 1 ton must sing well, and should be kept
 within a reasonable compass. Parts may l be doubled at pleasure. 1 4. Look well to the ending, as many l otherwise most meritorious compositions
 have failed from the point of weak l finale.
 5. Each composition must bear ficti-
 tious name and the composer must en-
 close, with his or her composition a
 sealed envelope with the fictitious name
 and address Stamps must be enclosed | scripts.
 6. Compositions must be sent to Direc tor D. A. Clippinger, 40 Kimball Build
 ing, Chicago, not later than October l, 1908-award to be made November l, 190S
 T. The composition awarded the prize
 becomes the property of the Chicago Madrigal club all others to be returned
 within 30 days.
 B. The composition winning the prize will be produced by the Chicago Madri- gal club at it's second concert of the season 19OS-1909.
 9. In the event of no worthy compo- sition being submitted, the Chicago Mad rigal club reserves the right to withhold the award.
 1O The prize will be awarded by a most able jury, composed of William H. Sherwood, Adolph Brune and D. A. Cllp- pinger, no member of said jury allowed to compete.
 The poem follows: know the way of the wild blush rose That blooms on the coppice there- The wild blush rose whose beauty glows In the languid summer air. For oh she loves to be wOoed and won, And she opes her heart to the ardent sun And she tells her love while yet she may For love doth last but a summers day.
 
 In the dark green Hex tree,
 For each pure note from her pulsing
 throat
 Breathes loves wild ecstacy. She sings that her listening swain may know
 The tender rapture that moves her so,
 For soon, too soon the leaf grows sere And love will pass with the passing year. But who can know the way of a-maid
 When her heart is sweetly thrilled?
 Deep down in her eyes the secret lies And the song on her lips is stilled
 But locked in loves first dear embrace, A new light shines in her upturned face; There's song in her breast that shall never die
 For the love of maid is for aye and aye.
 willard Emerson Reyes. Mary Garden, the American singer who has won international fame, has recently made another great success in Brussels in Debussy's "Peeas and Melisande" It will be remembered that Mary Garden sang the part of "Melsande" in the first American production of 'Pelleas and
 Melisande', at the Manhattan opera house, New York. on February 19 last. Cincinnatis 18th May Music Festival will ye held in 1910.
 So successful was Frank yon der i Stucken b his conductorship of tho
 recent festival, of which the receipts ex- i ceeded s42000, covering all expenses, with l a balance in the treasury, he has agaln been honored with the same charge. 1 Frank Van der Stucken is a native of | Texas born in 1S5S He received his mu- sicai education in Europe; was successor to Leopold Damrosch as director of the Arion club New York city. and later be- ! came director of the Cincinnati Conser- | vatory of Music and conductor of the | Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. He has l the honor of being the first American composer to appear on Mime Sembrich's
 programme, this renowned artist having sung his "Fillah Fallah'' at Carnegie
 Music Hall, New York, on the evening
 of November 12, 1902 1 Tetrazzini and Melba appeared in the l operas Faust by Gournod, and 'I Pes 1 catar de Perle.' by Bixet, at Convent 1 Garden. London, May 27 In attendance
 were King Edward, Queen Alexandra
 and the President of France. It was a
 most notable and artistic occasion. The
 floral decorations of the Auditorium was i estimated at $7500.
 | One of the most excellent organiza- tions in the United States and one whose existence should be moro widely known,
 Is the Oliver Ditson Fund for Needy Mu-