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solos, she will play with Joseph Szigeti, the Hungarian violinist, the G major violin sonata. The two artists will be joined by Prof. Griimmer, of Vienna, in the B minor trio, for piano, violin and cello.	N.
Interesting English Publications.
London, May 8.—Gustav Holst has just completed his “St. Paul’s Suite” for string orchestra, which will be published by Messrs. Goodwin & Tabb. Three romantic songs, to poems of Walter de la Mare, by Arthur Bliss, and prelude music, a quintet• for harp and strings by Julius Harrison, are also to be issued shortly.	G. C.
Bâle Festival Plays Schedule.
Bâle, Switzerland, ־ May 2.— The Bâle Festival Plavs opened last night with Charpentier’s “Louise,” given by singers from the Paris Opéra and Opéra Comique under the direction of Maurice Jacquet, which are being followed by.Lalo’s “Le Roi d’Ys.” The festival performances are spread at intervals through the whole month. On May 13 artists from the Dresden Opera (including Tauber, Plaschke and Eva von der Osten) will give “Tosca,” and on May 17 Barbara Kemp will appear in the title rôle of “Mona Lisa” under the conductor’s bâton. This will be followed by the Berlin production of Cornelius “Barber of Bagdad” under Dr. Stiedry, and a “Swiss Evening” concludes the cycle on May 27. Niddy Impekoven, the dancer, will give a matinée on May 14, celebrating her return to the stage after a protracted illness.	M.
For a Nikisch Monument.
Leipsic, May 2.—A collection is being made throughout the state of Saxony for the erection of a monument for Arthur Nikisch, which is to adorn his grave, in the midst of a specially laid out small park.	A.
Handel Festival in Handel’s Birthplace.
Halle, Germany, May 1.—The Handel Festival, which has been planned to take place here for some time, is at last definitely projected for the end of this month. It will consist of operatic and concert performances, as well as special festivities in the University, a solemn service in Our Lady’s Church (an ancient building dating back to long before Handel’s time), a Handel exhibition, etc. “Semele” and “Susanna” will be given as oratorios, “Orlando Furioso” as an opera. The leading choral and other musical organizations and all leading musical personalities of the city, as well as some distinguished guests, are to take part. C.S.
A Mozart “Première.״
Rostock, Germany, May 3.—A “first performance anywhere” of an operatic work by Mozart was the surprise which the management of the municipal theater here had in store for its patrons at the end of the season. This, the only stage^ work of the composer that has never been given in public, is “Apollo and Hyacinthus,” written when he was eleven years old for the archiépiscopal court at Salzburg. Paul Gerhard Scholz, the conductor of the performance, prepared the stage edition of the score. It is a charming Singspiel which reveals the whole Mozart in a child-like naive guise. There is temperament and emotion in the music and the orchestration is masterful. The performance, prepared with the slender means at the command of a provincial theater, was admirable.	R. p.
Choral Music by Blind Composer.
Frankfurt-am-Main, May 3,—On May 1 the Ruhl Choral Society, conducted by O. von Pander, gave two first performances of “Hyrumes und die Tonkerst,” by the blind Landgraf Alexander von Hessen, composed to verses by Grillparzer, and the second, a “Requiem” by Frederick Delius, a highly impressive work which treats an excellent text with fitting greatness. The reception of both works was extremely favorable.	H. L.
Russian Musician’s Success.
Madrid, April 30.—The greatest success of this season has been made by the Russian pianist, Brailowsky. Arthur Rubinstein scored with interpretations of pieces by Proko-fieff, Poulenc and Falla. Among violinists, Georges Enesco and Paul Kochanski have visited us after several years of absence.	A. S.
Jeritza Welcomed Home.
Vienna, April 21.—'The return to Vienna of Marie Jeritza after her Metropolitan successes, was in the nature of a tremendous ovation when she reappeared at the Staatsoper,. last night in the role of Elisabeth in “Tannhäuser.” The first words of her opening aria addressed to the “Theure Halle” and so excellently suited to the occasion, were (Continued on page 54)
consists of some sixty players. The orchestra is shortly to make its debut at an important West London suburb.
G. C.
English Miniature Operas.
London, May 9.—A series of Operas in Miniature are being arranged to take place shortly at the Royal College of Music under the direction of Sir Hugh Allen. They are to be written by leading English composers and both text and music aim at reflecting English life and customs at their best. The first, by Dr. Vaughan Williams, is founded on episodes in Bunyan’s “Pilgrim’s Progress,” while the second, by Dr. Charles Wood, is inspired by passages from Dickens’ “Pickwick Papers.”	G. C.
Great Choral Gatherings at Zurich.
Zurich, May 5.—Besides the three choral Societies that are organizing the Federal Choir Festival, to be held at Lucerne June 17-19 and 23-27, one hundred and thirty-one choruses, with ten thousand three hundred and fourteen singers, have entered the competitions.	G. T.
Spanish Marionette Music.
Madrid, May 4.—Manuel de Falla, the eminent Spanish composer, author of “La vie brève” (performed by the Opéra Comique, Paris) and “Le Chapeau Tricorne” (danced by the Russian Ballet), has just finished a work for the marionette theater, drawn from an episode of “Don Quixote.” This new work bears the title, “El retablo di Pedro.”	A. S.
Berlin Philharmonic Forty Years Old.
Berlin, May 1.—Today the Philharmonic Orchestra of Berlin celebrates its fortieth birthday. In commemoration
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of the event three special festival concerts will be given by the orchestra under its new conductor, Furtwängler, at the end of the present month. The orchestra, which was an outgrowth of the old Bilse band and gave concerts as such for years in a popular pleasure resort in the heart of the old Berlin, became an autonomous body in 1882, and has retained its constitution and organization to this day. It rose to its present glory under the era of Billow, and that of Nikisch just closed.	C. S.
Mayo Wadler Completes Polish Tour.
Berlin, May 2.—Mayo Wadler, the American violinist, has just returned to Berlin after a successful Polish tour. Besides appearing in recitals he filled engagements as soloist with the Philharmonic orchestras in Warsaw and Lodz.
C. S.
Strauss Finishing His “Whipped Cream.” Vienna, May 3.—Richard Strauss is putting the finishing touches on the orchestration of his new ballet, entitled “Whipped Cream,” which is reported to have already been accepted for performance in America.	K.
Reger Festival at Breslau.
Breslau, May 1,—The Max Reger festival, originally planned for last year but postponed owing to the disturbances in upper Silesia, has just taken place here. The Max Reger Society, an organization formed to create interest in the compositions of the late composer, sponsored the festival which enlisted the services of the Singakademie Chorus, the Orchestra Society, both of them under conductor Georg Dohrn, and the Bach Society Chorus, conducted by Prof. Max Schneider, as well as numerous soloists. There were five concerts in all and among the principal works presented were the “Symphonic Prologue to a Tragedy,” “Variations on a Merry Theme by Hiller,” “An die Hoff-nung” (contralto solo with orchestra), the four symphonic poems after paintings by Arnold Bbcktin, the violin concerto played by Adolf Busch, numerous chamber works in the playing of which the Wendling Quartet participated, and a number of Reger’s organ works, played by Wolfgang-Reimann on the great instrument in the Century Hall, which seats 12,000 persons.
There was a good attendance, among those present being the widow of the composer, and plenty of enthusiasm for the work of the participants and especially for Conductor Dohrn, who was principally responsible for the success of the festival.	Dr. H. M.
Klenau Produces New Cantata at Vienna.
Vienna, May 1.—The first appearance anywhere of a “symphonic cantata” for orchestra with two solo voices and mixed chorus by Karl Weigh took place here last night. The work is entitled “Weltfriede” and was written as far back as 1910 but is still in manuscript. The performance, which was enthusiastically received, derived additional interest from the first appearance here of Paul von Klenau, the Danish composer, who achieved success as conductor of the big work.	P. B.
Publisher of Goldmark and Johann Strauss Dead.
Vienna, May 1.—Emil Berte, a well known Vienna music publisher, died here after long illness at the age of sixty-five. His firm, founded in 1890, has published the later operas by Goldmark, including “The Cricket on the Hearth,” and also several operettas of Johann Strauss, Lehar, Fall, Kalman, Nedbal, Oscar Straus and others. In 1909 Berte associated himself with the Karczag publishing concern and, in 1912, combined his business with the firm of Eibenschiitz. The house of Eibenschiitz & Berte, which resulted from this alliance, is still engaged in the publishing business, besides controlling the Carl Theater, of Vienna. Berte’s partner in this business, Siegmund Eibenschiitz, died here a few months ago.	P. B.
Max Reinhardt Engaged for Vienna.
Vienna, April 30.—Prof. Max Reinhardt’s plans have taken a sudden and unexpected turn. Announcement is now made officially to the effect that beginning with next season, Reinhardt will act as stage manager for the Vienna Burg-theater and in all probability with the Staatsoper as well. Independently of these duties, he will give his annual two months’ season at the Redoutensaal Theater with his own Berlin troupe, starting next fall.	P. B.
Goldmark’s Memoirs Published.
Vienna, May 3.—The Rikola publishing firm, of Vienna, is just issuing the memoirs of Carl Goldmark, entitled “Reminiscences From My Life.” The book, written by Goldmark at the age of eighty, tells the story of his rise from a struggling and starving viola player in the orchestra of the Vienna Carl Theater to a composer of world-wide fame. The volume contains Goldmark’s reminiscences of many famous men of his time, including the two antipodes, Wagner and Hanslick, and an account of Goldmark’s last visit to his friend Johannes Brahms, a few days prior to the latter’s death.	P. B.
Greater London to Have New Orchestra.
Ney and Szigeti for Munich Brahms Festival. Munich, May 2.—A feature of the Munich Brahms Festival taking place here next month will be the reappearance after her American tour of Elly Ney, pianist. Besides piano
London, May 9.—A new metropolitan orchestra has been formed for the purpose of assisting the decentralization of London music. To be called the West London Symphony Orchestra, it is under the direction of Vivian Stuart and
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