Show A MUSICAL MELANGE A YOUNG girl in france mile diendonne has accomplished a wonderful feat the transposition of Guir auns allegro de concert which aha read at sight in a contest IT seems that the greatest names in the history of pianism are Sc lavic two being Rue binstein and carl the latter the greatest pianist that ever lived being the master of our peerless joseffy tina the new stringed instrument ment between a viola and a cello is exactly an octave below the violin its fingering is like that of a cello and it is commended to women as a substitute for that instrument DK HITTER until his death had been director of music at vassar college since he was a native of strasburg germany was fifty seven years old when he died and had published many works on music FRANCISCO the great italian singing teacher lives alone in a little villa just out of florence where an old housekeeper prepares his spaghetti and his wine for him he has practically retired at the age of sixty five and teaches but a few hours a day is said to say their works L e those of wagner liszt anc berlioz stand as obstacles in the way af uio af eroth als wagner if you will in all his compositions wagner has given the first place decorative element music properly so called has only the second place r |