Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-20

borough. The program will be under
the personal direction of DIR. Frank r.
Rix and Albert s. CasWell, supervisor
of music in the public schools, assisted
by an orchestra of 100 pieces, under
the direction OF Felix Jaeger. Mrs.
Corinne Rider-Kelsey and Daniel Bed
doe will be heard in two solo numbers,
the children giving the balance of the
program.
Nine Schumann-H Heink is expected to
be the star feature of the concert,
making her first appearance in New
York since her return from her tour
in Germany.
On Monday afternoon will begin the
competitive prize singing of the So
cieties comprising the second and third
classes, which consist of societies hdv-
ing membership limited to sixty, and
also of the societies of the second class
for the New York City prize, which
was donated by the singing societies
of New York City.
Tomorrow evening President Taft is
expected to be present and deliver an
address. The soloists on this evening
will be Nine. Schumann Heink and
Daniel Beddoe and monster ehorus
of 1000.
On Tuesday will begin the singing
for the kaiser prize, which Is the fea-
ture of the festival This prize was
donated by Emperor William of Ger
many, who has personally selected two
representatives to come to America to
assist in adjudging the winner.
b,
The Minneapolis Tribune takes an
optimistic view of the 100000 deficit to
which the Minneapolis orchestra ac-
knowledges, for it finds that so much
good is done the community; hence no
complaint should be made, says the
Music Leader
For reasons of it's own the Orchestra.
association apparently prefers not to
dwell upon the fact that good music
does not pay in Minneapolis, for all
that Mr.. Oberhoffer appears to study
his public as well as his score. There
is nothing astonishing about it. Good
music is like good manners and good
morals, except that the latter do not
cost anything, and are in consequence
somewhat more popular. Good music
belongs to the uplift, and no more
than Christianity does 1t pay dollar for
dollar. There Is still a vast satisfac-
tion in doing the good thing for the sake
of doing it, and there is no reproach
in the fact that the orchestra does not
support itself. An orchestra is less a
necessity than a university; yet what
great university could exist deprived
or its endowments or it's state aid
Egoism demands pecuniary return; al
trulSm Is content to have helped. The
Pittsburg orchestra spent some $4,000
last year above its receipts. Conditions
being what they were, it is q matter of
congratulation that the Minneapolis
orchestra should have done what it did
and cost but 100000.
s.
The correspondent for one of the
Paris daily papers writes from Sydney
that Nine. Melba has been invited to
give a series of private concerts in
India at the palace of the Hindoo
princess. She is to make her own
terms, choose the songs she will sing
and also the artists who will accom-
rany her.
According to the Musical Leader.
Nine. Melba has decided to accept the
offer and will go to India early next
summer.
Nine. Frieda Langendorff will re-
turn from Europe in time to sing at
the Maine festivals after which she
will make an extended concert tour
under the management of r. E. john
ston. Negotiations are now pending
for another Pacific coast tour.
s.
Before an enthusiastic audience