The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-14

ing Miss Farrar will reappear in her
famous delineation OF Zasa.
The list of new singers is not i'm
pressive. Among the sopranos one finds
Misses Cora Chase. Ellen Dalossy. Sue
Harvard, Alice Miriam, Frances Peralta
and Nina Morgana. most of whom are
known to the hardened recorders of the
daily journals. None of them will be
found singing Nine. Alda's roles or
those of Miss Claudio Muzio
1t Is announced that Miss Lucrezia
Bori will return to the stage, which was
once glorified by her Incompatible i'm
personation of Flora in THE Love of
Three Kings" If Miss Bori really is 60
ing to sing again-and there is no rea-
son to doubt the promise--what have
the laryngologists to say for them
selves? The young woman was pro-
nounced a finished singer. in that she
had undergone an operation resulting
in an incurable injury to q vocal cord
and would never sing again. Well.
boy in the middle West was shot
through the brain and recovered so
why not?
New Singers in List.
Miss Carolina Lazzari In the list of
contraltos was to have sung last season
and did not She was formerly with
the Chicago company. Miss Elvira
Leveroni has been heard in this town
quite often. Much is said about Mr..
Gigli. new tenor. but the writer of
this department of THE New YORK
HERALD prefers to pin his faith on what
is said after he sings. Mr.. Zerola. an
other newcomer. used to be with Mr..
Hammerstein. A new barytone, Mr..
Denise, will be revealed in Aida" There
is a new bass. William Gustafson, and
Robert Blass of Conried days. will sing
In Tristan" though his name Is not In
the prospectus
From a shelf in his library the writer
takes down a worn volume with pom
derous title. the point of which Is, What
were the merits of the Netherlanders in
music principally in the fourteenth.
fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?' The
question was proposed for a prize con-
test in 1928 by the Institute Of Sciences.
Letters and Arts In Holland. The prize
had to be divided between Francois j.
Fetis, the distinguished French savant,
and R. G.. Kiesewetter. the German his
torian OF music.
In 1921, says a communication from
the Society for the History of Music in
the Netherlands, sent to the writer, the
four hundredth anniversary OF the death
Of Josquin des Pres and the three
hundredth of the death OF Jan
Peters Sweelinck will take place
and the society seizes the occa-
sion to renew the offer of the prize.
The period to be reviewed extends to the
close of the eighteenth century. The
question as 1t now stands reads: What
we're the merits of the Netherlanders
in music In the fifteenth to the
eighteenth century,"
The essays may be written in Dutch.
German, English. French or Italian. and
must be sent before October l. 1921. to
DR.. Il. d. Plzjel. Roemer Visscherstraat
IS, Amsterdam, Holland. Manuscripts
must be typed or written in hand not
that of the author They must be with
out signatures and inclosed In envelopes
bearing devices. Another envelope must
contain the name of the author CORE
spending to the device on his manu-
script.
The prize is 500 forms. which may be
divided II necessary, as in 1928. The
decision will be announced not later
than April 1. 1922. Successful works
will become the property OF the society
The judges are A. Averkamp. Holland;
Edward Dent. the distinguished musical
historian of Cambridge University. Eng
land; Prof. Karl Nef OF Basel, Switzer-
land; Prof. Andre Pirro of the Conser-
vatoire, Paris. and Prof. Max Seifrert or
Berlin.
In all probability no American VIII
compete for this prize The task en-
braces a formidable amount Of original
research which cannot be carried on
without recourse TO certain European
libraries. The pecuniary reward Is not
alluring to the thrifty mind. The glory
OF a victory Is pitiably small. 1t Is
encouraging however, 10 those who hope
for an era OF reconciliation among the
scholars OF the world to note the names
OF the judges. Doubtless the contest
will call forth something OF great I'M
portance, for as the circular announce
ment Justly says, "since then (meaning
1929 numerous workers have followed
the two savants along the way which
they opened Scholars and musicians
have had the merit or bearing light more
deeply into the history Of the old Neither
lands masters; they have reedited their