| Show SHARPS AND FLATS j London Punch suggests JI that thal the de do delitH litH gree of ot Mus llIs D U stands elands for tor or Musically Infective I o Judging from tho list I t of ot eminent of ot many nations booked bonked book Id for tor this country the Iho piano Is II not upon the wane ane on ao a a solo Instrument Estimates pinco pla the tho n students who I graduate from American censer conser this summer al nt M Id Immediately pupils on which mch to 10 start tart the tho embryo embro teachers t Rr mils calls to the theft th fart ft thai that nh when n Siegfried 1 op era fra rt Kobold 1 had Its It second I v lif once In Berlin the tile rr re 1 were w rt COO GO marks Two ran fw nights night r H dB fathers tuther Ir was as given ulven antl nd the receipts w Here ere re narks marks very ery year oar a n number of ot contraltos mind mezzos take It Into their heads to become dramatic sopranos Who oho ho will h lx ho tho the next to exhibit o this foolish h am nm tutu Ht let the thO same Mine time ruin her voice In III making the Ih attempt Courier return to this IIII coun country country try tr next s H has ben been en announced but there them IK is nothing definite yet 1 In lit her r plans She Khe has ha not net yet et made 1 au n II U III Brent ment for r t r a t tour and It Is I mild sold that there Is III little likelihood of or her Iter living heard here her next year The Tho lIt lint or of pianist for tor next year Ir Id is I IeT very vey eT Thero are ar pianists from Germany from rain Ito Itol from Prance 1 from Hungary and other countries It In U a veritable Invasion of or America by 11 the th lost nf ot the III world No o Meese t how however however ever ha line us as yet t boon announced announce Mr III Converse the American com composer composer poser whose who Pipe of ot lr wan 11 one on of ot the time novelties at the Metropolitan last lust cation has completed hi Ii Ills I now new opera The rho I It 11 will have hR Its first t at lit the Ihl Opera House Ilous Among the I ho other operas opera to tobo tobe bo be II produced for tOI the Iho tarot time at st that house hoe the tho are Ill pr Vr 1 then ther The Ohl of 01 the Ih Golden Well The Pipe of er r Desire Delre In Ia L A Naples dispatch says A 11 0 lug hl and dining out nut ate are ju just t now the favorite of or Cu Ill 10 In ht 11 with his hula two anna on and ho he Is Ie stopping at itt the Ow Hotel hold 1101 1 Santa Lucia Ills vacation appears 1191 to 10 tobo bo ho agreeing with him wonderfully sod and ho Ito IH Ito stouter At the OIl Name time ho insists lint Hint t he h Is III tin the 0 best emu cute of ot himself mid when some solute ono onu recently rec nt 1 to luau him that ad uI advancing years ar might j o leave their impression upon his hla voice vol co ho de Ile deeland declared eland Indignantly that dust he lie hoped to lu tl earn more before admitting that his vocal powers lowers were 1 ro weakening At the th Berlin Opera during thu season peason ended on June 14 U there ther were wro given hell lot performances performance of ot 27 7 German SO 60 pel performances fit of f 10 Italian operas and n n 1 50 ro of ot nine French J n operas Nearly Narl of ot the performance lI I of or German opera were of ot Wagnern agner work works 92 9 altogether which Is 18 Just four times time timen n a nn often ort II BJ as If the composer compo rt on the tha list 1 Puccini wa vas hoard heard Mozart and Thomas Thoma H follow fellow with 19 ropi each cuch Verdi lr 11 nod and Meyerbeer 1 had 17 each Richard had only II U The fhe most sensational 0 I composer of the day Is da only No 9 on the tho list lIet Sic transit gloria month Next Next Some Rome of or the English l newspapers have worked themselves up Into a I state elate IElI of at worry worn nod ond anxiety over tho the condition of at health hath Al AI Although l though the Polish loll h pianist has hl never before 1 this summer canceled nn In engagement en engagement III In III England the Ih attack of or that effectually balked his hl re rol plans a n few weeks week l Inn Inca ha has hIlA spry served er erNI ed NI to 10 remind them that these o attacks are ar recurring with more morp frequency and that ho lie has been lIeen extremely un nn unfortunate fortunate In tho the matter of ot g Meanwhile It Paddys In Poland enjoy enjoying ing the tho summer beauties nf ot his hili corm try tr Ir slate Matr and anil Indulging inn his Ills lur Ir composition When Shen then died anti his hula last will wilt was wan U tt was waH found 1 that he ho had left Iet nearly everything he Ite had to the Prince There Thore w was Willi WilliI one I No mention was wan 1111 made mado of or the many and other val valuable al silver rind and guild gold objects and Jew Jen alit 1 and oth other er and stored at III present ont nt In lu mho tho Na Nu Museum at III n lelh ls lh flue Tho value ulue of nt these e objects l 18 estimated at III of lit the Hit great pianist among them hl hula hIli al Kail I Liszt and Anna and Therese Mm now nou laying la Ine claim to thin this They rite Jho auk ask for an 1111 ud ad out nut or coma and 1111 this the ter ler of lr public Instruction Ilon Count Johann ha hu lies 1 to tl look louk Into tu t tc mutter mil tier Arthur explains explain the secret erd l nf or Ie h U H a a II aIt II It lie Ilea chiefly In the Ih fact that thai being II If u II girat groat pianist If h I lie can show holl lib hie hi pupils pupil Just juet how d piece 1 must be h treated tn to bring t out nil all that IK IN good In 10 It II Every Wi ln day he I Ices Ims u Ii soiree nt lit whirl all II Ills his h pupils must he be A low lew ew of lit them than th an Rn a asked akl to tn play In presence of if r Invited 1 guests guest t often prominent 1 T nt r and ond cult lon lea 1 He ile 11 himself t sits 1111 at RI a lIon o n ho can cnn at any moment the Player to 10 show chow how 1101 a 1 certain group KoUl of r bars bar eho should hould be b played He lie has hll no use 1101 for to pupil lUrlI who 1111 try tl to do lo to tomake tusks make erf effects IN by II moans of or technical skill Technique ho he bogs luok on H IIA as namely H n means mean to 10 an prod end ho ltd trip trio to Inculcate In the Ih student I is III respect for good Rood inu music lc and joy jO In III It II delight In Inthe Inthe the th haul of lit rl the very vcr 1 b ht be I mu t l be with lasts IB I expression tonal health beauty and Knit the pupil must learn l arn to In listen to I Ida his own playing as aH If Ir It il wore cure lIre that ut II another A patient reader asks ask It If anything will be b h done toward touching teaching lessons of ot po ID to I New fW York Turk concert and oper nr er erotic otic audiences there thore IK IN 1 no nn authority that rAn con answer this title question Uon 01 or roil even f to 10 tell lell how hol It will trill be he po possible to Improve the th manners of or title this community Persons who Iho pay 10 for their tickets feel reel that I they have IIa e the right to come cOllie amt a go 10 as ac It II they the please It lx is I Ithe the proud American spirit of ot ference In personal liberty no matter antler who ho Is iii annoyed annold by h such Independence III Tho Those o who do trot not nay pa for tor their tickets ticket namely name the dead heads betide they Ihl loo too cone como and go as their sweet wills mils dicta te The Th patient render rendor m may y become resigned r to existing conditions here her when whon he hl IH Is told toil that conditions are not much better In III Paris Pails or London It Is l only In certain cities of ot Germans Hermans where lain Into In ta comers are arl punished by being compelled lo to lowall II Walt wall until the act ld Is IN over before they nun be he ushered to tn their seats As AI for leaving the opera house nr or theater due dueIng lug Ing thus the lust act ad that Hint ton too Is difficult In thene thess th houses hu for tor as a rule the doors are arc locked and no tin one cnn can make his exit until the th hi final fall of ot the tile curtain In no woman run colt enter any of ot the Ih logon loge or unless her hll wraps and hats hat liars have been h checked In the cloak room Courier |