| Show I SHARPS and FLATS Wo Vo 0 have often wondered ofIl says time the New Nea Music ol usI m iy by 11 Mr Koos hl velt vol 1 did 1111 d hi not I lt talt ta k a ii I livelier I ic 11 personal Ioe Interest in hi It the lie inn of oC tho Metropolitan ol 1011 1 Opria I lot so I lie Il I I Is IR imn he Is 11 moved by l Denny 11 Deever DelI IU and A Hot HiI Time 1111 In iii the tho th Old Town and Ii 11 both holh I Ia ri tel lOmi and I til Oio I in left lef the While hlo house 1111 1110 by h his hi warm lIm run endorsement i I His I I i dur I or Sit Jo dul Ilg countable amo was 11 mine mu one All 1 records hay havo luen hII hel I In Il Alenna by br the HIP th operetta Die m Lustier time the Merry lel Widow which his boos his h 1 sung stung there thore e more than I Ii ton times t The four foe r hundredth in iii O was aR ii the Ihl tb o occasion OI nero sin ii for a ii I great gIRt ovation to tn to the lie t composer cono looser I Im elon r anil all 11 a ii the Dip I lu e singers 11 ls Mr MI m SIU go hns lies had Jun d an tl ii a l I version ye r io a of The he ml Merry erty Widow made inn de for fol production pioul net In i ii i Ii ui country next He 1 I 10 will 1 also 11 0 ro ic 1 shuttle the I ii I performance I of ot ol who hl probably ranks as IR high Iu as I any 11 a American hi contralto of o the tiny day 11 has hUl decided that thai tUl her for fol lieu her at least tho lie concert held field Is 11 best hest nUll mail ac te accordingly cordingly tins has hl declined a I nattering If I to go ro Into 1110 opera 01 er Mine 11 e risks recital I and oratorio work has hns lieu hOI brought not only olly a II convenient asset It In the tho tw way y a of or nn an ni enviable reputation but Incidental I ly a tidy little fortune forI This season i she Iho Is a n member of ot London t elms Cycle e clo Is Ii to thu lanka a IL three i weeks tour 1011 In 11 Omee liace Wassails IH als Shake speare Cycle co fluid and other song cycles c cles There was waR a tumor time tle when the time guitar 1111 was va S the he t most popular lar of or parlor I tIer Instruments ments especially especial iy for fO accompanying Most lust or If fr were lele written with guitar ti accompaniment 1 The rho pianoforte gradually ty crowded out nut Its humble rival and for fil some seine decades Ile oele thou tho sound of o a I guitar Hular was 11 seldom beard beardIn In excepting Spain Spall Or Of late there has ban hal been Iwon a I decided reaction In iii II its favor In 11 Germany J Jt It stalled with the concerts of the tho Swede Sel Scho lander who vimo used a n lute which really n II was vas 11 a i kind III le of n a guitar with hollowed holowell back ball Today there Is I quite luib a n brisk de ole demand mand for guitars and the Ih music there foul for fi No 0 doubt douht the lw hue revival of fr Interest in hi bus luas something to do with wih Ihl I four for folkson folk son e t und ibid tt I V tim lh I gull fluent ull It than Ihal wih Midi tt hu i hll In Iii Pails 1111 I i ot y tn he to mitt bis hiI Ii Is hj i t u i rd St lot is gave a n r ru or his bis i nicer 1111 and Ille u a 1 con leR I lol or of o faith fo I t It to II a U JOt 1 I i ithol vald thol lie hut h begun belll a to compose o Pore 1 when Vt hehu he ime WI mii n only ton ten 81 old Five 1111 years later latH his bin hist AMIS WIS ts i 1 im Munich nil under Levy Ie Six S lx years yea ell is ii tn Hint t Hans I In as von 01 I put limit him b Iou at the lund head or ot an tn fl Among the tho hull rio who Iho Ii I a Ii him hll hi ii wore II Haydn arid ariot 1111 lout but hit above all al lu tie le leml tiet was t omM ml when be hio h II is t felt It time the th thI I I or of the lie music iii of ot Wagner antI and III Liszt LI LIIn an In well lal as us and three men inca thenceforth m I became belmo his H Is Idols and Ild an d mod models ld els IR He Il ald 11 In of Belle In I I I the main 1111 ii iou hi I t endeavored to 10 t C derive from flOI room j music those tholo tImings things which me ho IC most hOSt wanting wit rog In 11 I ii the lie t German C cur certain er tooth tain Rh nh graceful harm as lS a exemplified hI tiled particularly burt bum In tim tIme the s coro COlO of which presents puch a mm l JiuSt to 10 t o the time ln avy style t 11 from which tIme the Ihl German compos composers ers cis 11 Ild It II so to 10 hi get Jet away a 11 S t did 1111 tI il not seem to 10 realize rell ze time thu I no in 10 I German 1 composer tOI 10 tf Is I quite Pi I to as UM many I miles ill lies away lauy n from the lie airy alty lh graceful charming hog II II of 0 f Carmen Cario I as al be I hi himself huh f In I a his hiM hi it operas quite lie its as much luh MS as ni asto In to II his symphonic poems his bis hil new aNy opera olera I be lie said all that two Wv are lre already 0 A Paris Interviewer found Caruso it house despondent elm t a II few days I a go O be ht because because cause of tIme the tle disinclination of ot lots his hi oldest son I aged geil LI I I to In to i apply to 1113 himself f d I ly to 10 The Flue hc tenor it I mm that I during bid hi Ii 14 absence m In Pt America A the tue boy hn laid had nn 10 at nt the lit piano Illano He lie le himself snug sang I at II the time age of ot 10 Eleven years ago Igo hon Henry el W V Savage his bis hi campaign for grand In ti J his only opera I hil olly encourage encouragement ment his Il press agent I writes could be he round foulI fou iii when w I he hue produced tIme h Bohe Hohl Bohemian mian 1111 Girl t I iI Martha oln rt Ima II I Trovatore ore mid ii other 01 Ii er selections select 1115 of If 0 t the tuneful variety Only time the most decrepit old favorites fl a tori tes In grand 1111 gm ii ii opera were 1 toil tol crated I lel Wagner was nl mottled added to his repertory Mr Mi II Savage was vas advIsed thin that t his only reward revn ru would null he be both holh artl ii it hiot tlc Ii and fine I failure ratIo in When the tl new 11 Italian of fame 1111 less les sv to I o t hot ii thi u hi e old 01 standby were IJ pro limo produced JI ii it II was 11 uphill ii ihm ii I work tm orIl to tn to recognition whether from frol public or 01 l nil Titles t trio excepting except I mg from Irol a I limited It in h toot and loyal few fe Hut But have hll proved 1111 the tho or of his courage Wagner In Iii II hns limos been an aim al artistic and financial success SU In tim 11 every 11 leading alli olty elty Il from frol to Sun Francisco o while hlo the more recent success of oC the new le operas by hy Puccini Including Tosca rosea La 11 and Madam luler has ha been more 1011 pronounced than baum thal was wal ever won 01 by h l the ancient operatic fa favorites U it I would m the press agent concludes that American music lovers 1011 are through with lh their primers and primary render readers and Ilet are lre ready 1011 and 11 hungry for tiC the th classic works worl that go go with higher musical 11 education |
