Show I I I SHARPS and FLATS r Willy Frederick l Oem Gem heln the Judges lu In a recent r cent competition for tor fora tora a violin concerto to bo he produced at u n concert In Berlin They rejected nil the 32 33 compositions offered Is lucky luck In having a musician of ot the caliber of ot Mr Ir O I M 1 Toman who appears to bo be the Theodore Thomas of ot that fair Island Ho He Is the conductor of ot the de Municipal of ot Havana and lie he provides for tor the edu cation us liS well as the entertainment of ot his audiences au lh Ie Klaw have ac n comic opera by h John Philip Sousa SOU II and nd Hurry H II Smith entitled The Fieo I rec Lance will bo be pro pio In New York on Monday of JaR Kis ter week weck The scenes of ot the opera are arc laid In Provence In III the fourteenth century ce tury Yvonne do n singer Hillger heard In this country pome years ago ic re cecII an nn ovation In III Berlin where sho appeared at nt the tho Theater des dell In tho role rol of Lucia and 1111 1 Mlle Mile do cle Is 14 said to be b organ or n izing an opera company of oC her own for touring purposes I r II Scheff will wll BO ItO to England In May In with the entire Modiste company to follow Seymour Hicks Terries nt lit tho thu Aid Theater London Mist Miss will also play engagements In Paris Po rill Vienna Hinging flingIng In English while In France and Germany The fhe American Charles W Clark wan enthusiastically received at lit n recent recital which he gave In Her lIer The evenness and beauty h allt of oC his hili voice was commented upon and ho he won favorable notices from flom the tho through his Interpretations of or songs by French Herman lerman com composers compOsers posers At t the close e of ot the tha opera olem season nt thc tho Metropolitan Opera House be he March 4 t Mine Lillian Nordica will begin n u spring tour of concerts to continue fur for six weeks which will take her lIer In n wide circle from New NI York to Montreal to St I Louis and back bael to New York I Karl Klein the young American vio 10 recently played etl nt nl a n conerl at lit Albert Hull Hall London before Queen Alexandra Comparing his playing In find with tm the critic ot the London Musical Iu says AYS that he Is 19 heard to better advantage alone as his tono in I not lIot strong against a II full orchestra is tho center of tho cult In Germany The Tho other day dllY Max played ed there thore nt one of ot his recitals als the three of ot that matter Tho filet fact that these thelle the only onea oneil Brahms ever eer wrote labelled op 1 I op 01 2 op fi ti shows that even Oell the conservative nf ot he had cut Ills his wisdom wl writing sonatas i 7 iThe The Cincinnati Musical 1 Festival as association announces that Sir Elgar nf oC England will attend thc big festival which Is being arranged rOT for the first week of at May The concerts will take place In Music Hall H II anti and there will bo six Ix In nil all to be he held Tuesday Wed Wednesday neda Friday and anel Saturday la evening Thursday and Saturday after afternoons Sir Edward makes hb first pro visit to the United l to I direct performances of at hU his also been h clI caught alight In III the vaudeville drag net lIet soon will bo seen as a II single entertainer In III this field Mme Mine hail discovered n Grace Norton of oC Philadel Philadelphia phia who mm hUll n 1 line voice The two met for Cor the first In lust last week was so eo by h thu th voice olce of CIt the th young woman who la Is only 29 21 that RIC suggested that she come cOllie to New York and take un her abode with liar her to tt study with n 1 view to becoming a n grand opera singer The Re rOil I composed by IW Edgar called Tho Lady Jady Pick Ing Mulberries IH likely to b bt chosen by b Mine for Cor her hel next vocal recital In III New York The song tells tell ot ota a mandarin who wha moke lovo to i wo wn woman man picking mulberries with her buck bacle turned to him Sho seems deeply Im pressed but k her face averted At 1 last laRt IP IC becomes and she fihe turns around And 0 II el scratches his fare U 11 Is hI his bis wl e A San Francisco I say that the only thing standing between Miss Alice Nielsen a 11 general recognition by hy the American public Is her hel comic opera nut But tint will soon Roan blow over und and every little blow hlo like her singing of ot Vol 01 cho helps mightily Miss farewell lOn con concert cert nt at the In tho Golden Gato City won her much praise for she sho was WM In splendid form gave Rao a J beautiful display pla of at her hep 0 1 technique At 1 Vienna the thc musical event of or tho Is III dm Iho revival with new ne scenery staging of ot POll Don Juan Max who Is III responsible re for tor the now new adaptation In 18 tho slim com poser Io er who 20 21 years ago 1110 mudo the tho first t changes In III tho original work for per at lit the tho Vienna Olem It Is b noticeable that whereas I for tor formerly merly made the tho subservient to the tho drama he ht now follows the tho opposite course cour e the text strictly adapted to the music while nil the tho parts for ll crl omitted now restored to their original places Tho text Is however considered no longer the tho work of ot u I jl 11 bretto writer but that of ot n poet Persons Interested In tho Theodore Thomas orchestra ore lire somewhat con can financial prospects that that organization the tho In point to the that tho orchestra will this season pay Its own there thero remains a II debt of ot upon which the Interest amounts to annually Girt Gifts to the amount o been mado nt various times timeR by h the sponsor This ThIA I season the tho sale of seat will reach I about U n 11 gain over that of any nn previous year car In view of at tho Increased Interest manifested by In tills this organization which In IA the thc center about which local musical life lICe revolves It Is I generally believed that In time the cleb t will be wiped l lout out tho efforts of ot tho orchestra Itself lt |