The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-11

Artists Coming to This Country---C Con-
cert Season Opens Next Sunday---
Notes Of Music Events

Butterfly will he sung Tuesday Friday
and Saturday evenings and Thursday
| matinee.
"Lohengrin- will be given Monday.
Wednesday and Thursday evenings and
Saturday matinee. The Wagner opera
will have the same cast as last week. Miss
| Freeman and Miss 1enska will continue
M Elsa and Ortrud. while the Mess RS
! Kingdom in the title role. Weldon IA the
King. Kreidler as Teirdmund and Mari IA
the Herald will contribute TO tho merits
Of the performance. Mr. knoch will once
more conduct the performance.
The concert season will begin next
! Sunday and thenceforward there will he
musical entertainment for the million
throughout each week ill about the end
Of April. The activities Of the season are
10 be increased greatly by reason Of the
war In Europe. Berlin II induging In the
joys Of opera. to be sure. and without
doubt its principal concerts. such "a those
Of the Philharmonic. will proceed unless
Nicholas Of Russia carries out his inspiring
threat Of riding VIGOROUSLY down Inter
den Linden on his charger Sue h an
event. however. Is inconceivable in view
Of the official utterances of the Berlin
news bureau.
But while musical entertainment may
he enjoyed in Berlin and In Vienna. and
perhaps even in Petrograd the extent of
| the field OF military operations and the
| tremendous draughts upon the popula
tons and monetary resources of the
regions comprising the territory available
to the travelling musical artist are such
that pretty nearly all the pianists.
violinista. 'cellists and vocalists are oom-
ing To this side OF the Atlantic.
Many n them are already here. Others
ara IA far on their way as Rotterdam
whore they have been suddenly halted
| by the intrusion OF British mines into the
North Sea. Some are in Italy. whence
they will undoubtedly reach these coasts
in the course of time. provided the king
dom OF the sunny South does not declare
hostilities and put an irremovable cork in
the mouth Of the Mediterranean.
These visiting musical artists are Of nu-
merous nationalites and II il to he hoped
that they will accept the soundest advice
which can he offered to them at this time.
70 wit, 70 keep their tongues between their
teeth except when speaking about their
art or indulging in the vocal exercise which
gives them the greatest happiness namely.
talking about themselves.
| Walter Damrosch. meeting his orchee :
ira for the first rehearsal OF the season.
besought the musicians to remember
| only that they were artists and living in
a neutral country. His speech was earnest
but tactful. and it ought to be taken u
heart by all musicians in the United States
DR.. Muck arrived big with a project to
give the proceeds of the first concert OF
the Boston symphony Orchestra to the
German Red Cross. Charles A. Ellis
manager OF the orchestra. and Major
Higginson. its father were willing. pro
vided DR.. Muck would Immediately after.
ward conduct a concert In aid OF the French
and British Red Crosses.
Imagination staggers in the presencs
OF such a proposition. DR.. Muck. to be sure
IL Bavarian and probably in the seore
recesses of his soul loves the Prlssiar
bureaucrats az ferventy az a cat loves
a cold water bath; but he lives and move,
and has his occupation in Berlin when h,
is at home and doubtless he wishes TO u
back there some day So probably the
brilliant enterprise with which he wa,
bursting when he arrived will sink into q
well deserved rest, and after some oh
servation Of the present temper Of thos,
Americans without hyphen, who do MOI
for political reasons have to conceal thei,
feelings, Dr. Muck will conclude thnt h,
also will follow the judicious advice Of
Mr. Damrosch
Meanwhile it il to be hoped that every
one else will draw deadline between
musical art and the war. 1t Ia going TO be q
season Of great artistic richness and the
best thing people living In this country
can do is to enjoy the goods the gods pro.
vide and not stop to consider whether the
musician is a German. a Russian. an Eng
lishman or a Pole.