| Show I SHARPS AND FLATS i iThe The Cincinnati Orchestra ha has been 11 entirely and a subscription tion tiun of OOOO 1 will permit of or the en engagement of or the musicians for the en entire entire tire BO for five fin years yearn Leopold the newly elected con conductor conductor conductor ductor IH is expected ted to arrive In Cincin Cincinnati mitt nati at the end of ot this month Dr Mason had sonIc onie ery very ion sen sensible n nIhle sible Ihle ideas on musical edu adu education atm cation Ono day ilay du he said flUid to Frederick W v Hoot Root Frederick musIc mUll teachers ought to be bl promoted down Ily By U this lila ho he meant moo lit that Hint touching children leing the tue most moat delicate work vork of ot if all only the tho most niost experienced members of ot the pro protection tel should Mould undertake that task toek Xo No 00 longer loner will the till musicians mu nho ho play on liners l I he e to 10 take lake their musical instruments Instrument ashore when their steaDier arrives nt at New Nett ew YOlk You k They hey have hlo been In the habit of ot doing so tIO anti playing laying at place III in IIII I Hoboken making a Il little money mon on the Iho side Idl The Tue customs custom Inspectors I 1111 0 under orders from Washington lia the tho th practise as aH the instruments are ore made abroad and opportunity Is ii given for smuggling Dayton layton Ohio Is Itt not hot one on of or the hire larg largest est cit lit cities In America yet et It hits Imn u It Phil Ihil orchestra which huts hilt given concerts conceits CO 1111 I Connected with tulti It Is III II a chorus of 01 2000 voIces olce The Thc conductor of ot thin thu double organisation is I Mr Ir IrI W WI I I lore hero Is Ie another In tance showing what whal one man can do doIn doIn doin In making a town musical lie He has be n at lit hU his hl l tn task tARk k morn more than 10 Ji years ear eara and has haM a 1 roul real atmosphere How Bow much better heller this than If It he lie had tied beet been on one of or tIle the many superfluous In New Nett York ha hlO lies hud had Its lIa it to two hundredth performance In Paris IRrl It continuo continues to bo boo with Lohengrin one ono of ot the mot most profitable works III In Inthe the lie repertory alone being heln ahead of them In popularity Whan hen hion was wall 1 produced ed t tl d In Berlioz wall taa HB delighted be b cauM us lii he ho wrote In a it letter the thu pub public lic lie eagerly thin thu hideous music Nearly all the till critics at that tuna wrote In iii till title vein eln Girardin said It If thu noro ore music the logs that appeal d on 01 the tho stage In the first art act Mould have hat burked barked One of ot these them detra torn Ho survives and tiiu maintains that Wagner gner I Ino is II III no I music ll Charles Dalmore In is I one of those 18 a of ot our day who use u their bruin brains and tr tl to acquire general culture In H a 1 recent Interview he tie said hI that In whatever town he ho happens happen to tobe tobe be he hr maker It II a point al Cl always l lay ways way ay to the partly rU for forthe forthe the of or general Iud and anil part party partly ly I y to 10 get fresh freh designs t for lor costumes He lie has h changed his ilia Lohengrin costume three the time In hI accordance with fresh Jh Idem idea a u to how the th Knight of or the th f wan an ought ht to look The Thit Tit critic of or the tile Telegraph Te comments on this So much conscientiousness Is ii I most mt i but hut somehow oho one ran Ian cannot Iannot not help helt thinking of or the Ih ector dor who blacked himself all over In order to tu topie play pie phi Othello however HoUer pitiable may mv be the tho th lot Int of member of ot the th I ut nt the average opera 0 1 house that of or tie the hal bal ballet let III dancers IH is still worse novae The pupils of lit if the bullet ballet 1 1111 school of ut I I Li Scala ala In Milan I risen In revolt against the meager provision made for tor them They Tue have hate become b ome thoroughly auld If Ir 11 Ii 1 Trovatore Is I correct correctly Inform ii lI they tile thc hiVe have ample justification Ia I Scala danseuses are paid laid nips mag ma OI salaries ranging from flOm tour four lo in 16 1 dollars 1101 a month They Thie he are not per ir permitted to do du mi an aili work of whatsoever nature They The hate hae ha to be tH suitably u gun r re e f eli tl t and the Ull costume fur for their examina examination thin tion In Is 1 to them Moreover they are III lined for absences for tor which they can offer no un adequate excuse And Andas as lit Un tho lAt last straw their salary Iry censes ceases during luring the vacation months Who Vito be a ballet dancer Hugo Wolf Volf lias liMs hA cons come Into vogue o Ie In Inthis till this country only within the last lut four or five live years yea III In Vienna and nd Berlin there are Wolf societies and the liter Uter literature literature pertaining to 10 this composer In lii Includes eludes dude a It biography III In InGerman German TIu Th latest contribution to this literature Is I Hugo Wolf oi by b Newman John Lane LAlle Co Ca It I IH is H 10 4 book hook to 10 gladden the hearts of ot the for Mr Ir Newman 11 ls I nothing It If not nol enthusiastic To him Wolf Vol Is la th the Wagner of ot the the man luau 11 who completed the till lied Ills III songs were not written for tor or voice inice 01 with Accompaniment the till title toll UK till II the they were ivan rl written for tor vole voice antI and pianoforte K quiet hint at Mt the Importance Or tam tance to the thc t hI Instrument |
