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difficult compositions, and he surprised all
by his technique and developed musical
comprehension.
The following notices
selected at random from a number of
flattering appreciations will be found in-
teresting.
'' da Prato made his debut here after his pheno-
menal success in Germany, playing the concertos of
Edouard Lalo and the Scotch Fantasie of Max
Bruch. His adagio playing is marked by a beauti-
ful tone, while his allegro movements are taken at
such a rate as to make your hair stand on end. The
young fellow is certainly a genius." — Le Soir.
" The soloist was young da Prato, who performed
with great virtuosity the fifth concerto of Vieuxtemps
and the variations in E minor of Joseph Joachim.
da Prato is not merely a virtuoso, but also an artist
musician."—Guide Musical.
of Watkin Mills is familiar to the frequent-
ers of the Wimbledon course, while that
genial giant, Dr. Alan Gray, the organist
of Trinity College, Cambridge, may often
be seen towering over his ball on the links
at Brancaster, and Edward Lloyd has re-
cently succumbed to acute bunkeritis.
Norman Salmond and Plunket Greene are
also devotees of golf.
Vittorio da Prato has just returned from
Europe and will start on a tour of the
United States about Oct. ist, making his
first appearance in New York around the
end of January, probably at the Waldorf-
Astoria. He will be under the manage-
ment of Julian Jordan.
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MUSICIANS AT PLAY.
Mr. Bispham is a dauntless cyclist, says
the Daily Graphic, we have seen him ca-
reering through the most crowded London
thoroughfares on the very same day on
which he appeared in one of his finest rdtes
—that of Kurwenal, in "Tristan and Is-
olde. " Signor Foli is passionately fond of
fishing. Kennerley Rumf ord keeps up his
cricket, and Ben Davies is an ardent dis-
ciple of Sandow. We are, in short, con-
fronted on every side by robust and ath-
letic musicians. Of all pastimes, how-
ever, none appeals more strongly to the
modern musician than the royal and an-
cient game of golf. The stalwart figure
culture, painting and drawing.
The
director, lone B. Crockett, is an artist in
the most exacting sense of the word, and
is splendidly fitted for inculcating those
attributes which refine and elevate. Her
ideas on artistic posing and deportment
are admirable and her undoubted genius
in many lines is best demonstrated by the
wide patronage which is extended the
school which she controls.
A very delightful affair was the musicale
given by the pupils of the Stump-Crockett
School at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Col-
lins, 9018 Erie Avenue, Chicago, the early
part of the month. Mrs. Collins is a
patron of the school and her children are
remarkably promising pupils. The par-
lors were beautifully decorated and the
program met with the keenest approval of
the fashionable assemblage. The com-
bination of music, flowers and pictures
made an ensemble which delighted all.
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A Norwegian festival of 500 voices under
the direction of the celebrated composer,
Edward Grieg, will take place in Bergen,
from the twenty-seventh of June, until
the third of July. Norwegian works only
will form the program.
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IONE B. CROCKETT.
One of Chicago's art institutions which
is steadily enlarging its sphere of influence
is the Stump-Crockett School of Fine
Arts, located at 301 W. 63d Street. In
this school superior advantages are af-
forded for instruction in music, vocal
The Ladies' Home Journal, of Philadel-
phia, offers a prize of $25 for the best
children's song, with $15 each for the next
best three. A competition has also been
arranged for an original piano solo of the
style known as piece de salon. The prize
offered is $50. The competitions are
open until July ist.
By EDWARD
LYMAN
BILL
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