Show I SHARPS PS ANt AMI A D PLATS FLATS I Caruso Carulo the this celebrated tenor says IY I that ha ls h made ia hi hll debut In a I little 1111 Nea Na Neapolitan politan theater about eight years year ago and Ind that list lie he h then received 1 4 SO 20 a aler par ver i I I Mine Ire Nordica ha lisa been engaged as 1 soloist at one of the Handel and 1 I Haydn concerts concert th coming season wason The rhe society will wil give It Ii ith usual presen pren presentations of The Messiahs Messiah h at Christmas Christina An American opera by In an n Italian or rather an on opera on an fl American I was produced th other even een evening ing tag nt at the Val Dal erl erms In Milan Mian Time Tim I name of ot the he composer Is II Florid FloridIan tan that of time tho opera U la Cl C tonta Fibers The scene ocena ene I II placed In the wild wid west Wet Still another child wonder ond r has ban made inada hU his hi appearance In I named I He lie Ie played tim tho Ih violin ron con concerto certo and nd the hInds linch with amazing skill ek Ill but hili t foiled with one fl of or nocturne In which lila bin hil lack ir c Manager Frank L I Perley Perle 1 Is II follow following ing lag In iii the woks wake of or if other e ful managers and Ild has baa a 1 comic opera version of nC 55 J 3 M 1 pretty lIre I play The Little Minister which he hI Intend to put 11 out soon eoon O U It I II Is said that Viola Gillette GIte will vIli wi be hI the liar Sor of ot the new production lew pr Mabelle Oilman who dropped dropP out of ot sight after the Ih failure allure of or Dolly Var Yar Vari YarI Varden i den en In London has hal been hien len heard her from fromA I A friend of ot the former ormer star of The hl Mocking Bird says I that Ihal Miss 1 Oilman Olmun It is II studying grand rant opera In Paris under Ulder the guidance of Jean de sI amid that she expects to appear In Carmen Carmn next season ensol 1 V fe y who Just arrived In America will viIi make tour of ot 75 wi a 7 con concerts 01 carts playing In all the large musical centers and appearing with the several orchestras of oC the large luge Ihl country Yuye Ysaye I is II accompanied on this tour lour by b Mr N Ysaye Jules Jule De D Defy lefe lila Ilia pianist and two servants Tho The concert tour ussr for Cor or Mine Melba which opened about aboul a month ego ago al end 1111 endline line has continued through the eastern cities until now no will wi be lie Interrupted un 1151 until til tl early par In January by hy Mme Melbas special engagement us as ni a I member mm r of ot the lie opera company 0 1 pan at tho the Metropolitan Opera OIT house Houra in New Nfl York The ran comi rort ert company will wi resume the tho tour lour on Jun Jams U 12 and RII appear here late the same me month C The hc publisher who hAS twice offered and 1 paid lall large larl for tor the best beat operas submitted In a corn com companion panion l cana can wa wee WAi the diet winner has lias hll now come como to the conclusion that I the Ihl lick lack of good god librettos Is one of the principal causes cUlS of the time scarcity of ot good god goll now mica no operas He lie now offers two prizes of ot 2000 end ont francs for the best betl two 10 librettos which must lull be b In II several acts Somebody Imo ha dug up UJ a R biographical notice of Johann Sebastian which appeared In iii II a it 1 book hook written by h A Kl ll I Iwar wart war a In the Paris ull onEt In its 1861 lerman critics are ar declaiming Indignantly against French of or the saul great composer lila his musIc muHle tiers Here lere Is II what whal the tIme professor rote or wrote Thus This Thil composer WIK wis 11 1111 tn Sn lG at He lie le loved loed music In him Inn hima n a 1 Platonic fashion antI OH as I soon MS mis 18 ho lift had composed H 5 piece he Iso tried It on isis his family and hams locked It I up In nn on old lid box One reason rou n why wh sh good 1001 operettas are no so 10 scarce Cote today ICILY IH is that thit mot t of ot the com coni take no pains to do 10 their bent beit They would do well to Life of Arthur Sullivan It I among omon other things a facsimile page lt of essays In rhythm Title This Thil contains eight examples of or rhythmic experiments monte ments of oC time the Ih song long Were Vere I Thy Th furnishing Interesting proof of or Sulli Sullivans Bui vans ann painstaking care car In II the matter lale of ot perfect accentuation of words In iii their settings If It I snuck music cannot mitigate or excuse e a n brutal libretto AH as we ue see e In the case cage cle of ot otI I It I still seems to 10 be b able to soothe the ravage aage breast Striking con confirmation of ot this comes coms from fron New Caledonia Cab Cale donia where the tho French convicts at nt have hao organized an orchestra of Its Is leader lealler Is n it notorious f SI In who was wan WAi once olce a n member lember of ofa n R Parisian band and amsil most of oC the men inert who play pl under him are guilty guit of ot nt nl least Ita t one murder The hand bani gave If a I public concert nt at the other day ed which apparently was sae wiD much appreciated 0 The orchestra under the leadership of Its 11 nOv nosy nw conductor Insil I Paul will il give gho two concerts enort In lii the Or Orchestral hell hall hal on FIt Feb I b C G anti and S Mr r Pour who wise WIS for tor Ave lits Ihl years elre director of oC the tho symphony orchestra o In Hasten and Clil 1111 later was In New York at ot the hoad head of ot the Iho society and th t te t Met opera has hns not been ben hoard hOM I Iota here In 11 orchestra concert He 11 11 took k charge I of this the organization ut at Il the commencement of ot the present season and It I I II Its said already has hal ao so much mich of ot worth with the or 0 client He lie Ht Is II u s I pianist of no moan ability and at both oth of oC the 11 concerts tiers here herl will ivill 11 appear as ns piano Ilano soloist New York paper The rime Boston Symphony t I has haa haan hasI lu luI n I I pension fund established for or tre He hen ben benefit bel of oC its a members Mr rn the founder of oC the orchestra h ma I ims M rn a considerable sum lum to tie the un tin undertaking and the orchestra living giving a It concert each cecil season to 10 add udd to the t ht fund Last IAl year ya Straus was wan il the tha star Attraction and n a go MIly id ly amount wee was realised This th the cOI It was wal a virtual failure time the audience be he being belag lag ing II a most meager one In and the tho total receipts not amounting to 10 much over MO scarcely enough to lo cover coer lr the ex cx expenses x ponies Certain observers observer of ot affairs musical at al the Hub point to In th Ills fret act fretas as well wel as ni to the increase 11 reul In 1 season oln ticket to prove tre that thai Interest in iii the time and ad It its work Is II waning Irand opera oprA I Is drawing drall huge houses In New York ork Mel Melba Melbe ba be llamas Louise Homer whoso whose Carmen arnsen hut hus hUl mused even the tho Ihl Calve worshipers to falter In their allegiance and Mao Alno Ack the this young OUn Finnish soprano who Is II trying BO so 10 hard hall by to lo overcome u It bad ball method oer rl and amid 11 Nordic are Are the is principal donnas Caruso SaleM Sulesa Plan 1111 head con on n Knote the Ih men man Society comes In peacock ar arraj Ir Irra ray raj sits In tIme the Ihl boxes boxe la Is stared at as f for of or ra Old ohl II The Flit music hovers loven flock In itt II the darkness aloft N v r wa WUI was A 1 snore more morl pros prosperous frol diem season Herr Ir curled Courted wears elrA a it proul smile In iii spite of at work and Ild worry ns as n A well ml he lie h nay may for he lie 1 has hal his undertaken wel ma a It tremendous t la ak fk k and nd Is demonstrating lag ing Ilg that list he lie van can An manage superbly A llach festival Is 1 to be given giyen Iv IvIl en at al Pa Isa by I the that choir of or Il the Moravian church under unde the ton In Ion of J Fred Voile The Tb ment insist of ot time the pretentious programs has baa awakened a gre great rl L deal of ot Interest In musical circles cirell throughout the country The he festival will wi U bC given In three thre Bu sea Bunions Ilon a ii I Christina a I Lenten Leitten and anI an at which programs program will willbe willbe Plaster Buster session wi be Iller selected In Iii II with wn h the diy day d The Thu l program Is II of great length for each cacti eh of ot the session anti and i Is of t groat roat In Interest interest terest Th The hl Moravian choir nt nl huh Beth eth ha baa long lone heWn n for the Ih ex cx f of or Ha its I programs program and In the ripe ripI knowledge of ot th Ih be bt t there ther I II is In music und ulI the he th Hach yd will 1 i rob bly II aid add materially 1 to the Ihl reputation It H itlie lie lias earned ea |