University Hall, Ann Arbor, Mich. Tuesday Evening, May 10, 1892. UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY. FRANCIS W. KELSEY, Ph.D., President. ALBERT A. STANLEY, A.M., Director. 1891.—CHORAL UNION SERIES.—1892. THIRD SEASON. FIFTH CONCERT. FULL SERIES, XVII. C. A. ELLIS, Manager. F. R. COMEE. Assistant Manager. The next Concert in this Series will be given May 27. "THE DAMNATION OF FAUST."—BERLIOZ. Choral Union, 266 Voices. Full Orchestra. Mrs. Genevra Johnstone-Bishop, Mr. Chas. A. Knorr, and Mr. Heinrich Meyn, Soloists. THE National Conservatory of Music of America, 126 & 12S East Seventeenth St., New York. OFFICERS: MRS. JEANNETTE M. THURBER, PRESIDENT. HON. HENRY W. CANNON, TREASURER. ('HAS. 1\SI I K PARDEE, A.M., SECRETARY To AMERICAN COMPOSERS AND AUTHORS : The National Conservatory of Music of America, desirous of emphasizing the en­ gagement of Dr. Antonin Dvorak as its Director by a special endeavor to give an addi­ tional impulse to the advancement of music in the United States, proposes to award prizes for the best Grand or Comic Opera (Opera Comique), for the best Libretto for a Grand or Comic Opera (Opera Comique), for the best Piano or Violin Concerto, and for the best Symphony, Oratorio, and Suite, or Cantata, each and all of these works to be com­ posed or written by composers and librettists born in the United States, and not above 35 years of age. The prizes shall be as follows : — SUBJECTS AND PRIZES. For the best Grand or Comic Opera Opera (omique), words and music, $1,000 For the best Libretto for a Grand or Comic Opera Opera Comique) . 500 For the best Symphony . 500 For the best Oratorio 500 For the best Suite or Cantata 800 For the best Piano or Violin Concerto 200 GENERAL CONDITIONS. i. Each work must be in manuscript form and absolutely new to the public. 2. Its merits shall be passed upon by a special jury of five or more competent judges. 3. The works to which the prizes shall be awarded shall be made known to the public under the auspices of the National Conservatory of Music of America, whose operatic conductors, vocalists, instrumentalists, choral forces, etc., insure an ensemble that must add largely to the effectiveness of the compositions. 4. The National Conservatory of Music of America reserves the right to give three public performances of the works to which prizes shall be awarded: these shall afterwards be the property of composers and authors. 5. Manuscripts shall be sent for examination, to the above address, between Septem­ ber 1 and October 15, 1892. The award of prizes will be made on or about November 15, 1892. THE JURIES: Grand Opera. Mr. George P. Goodale, Detroit. Dr. Antonin Dvorak. Col* Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Boston Mr. George W. Chadwick, Boston. Mr. M. ('•. Seckendorff, Washington. Mr. Arthur Nikisch, Boston. Mr. Edmund C. Stedman, New York. Signor Romualdo Sapio, New York. Mr. Benjamin Edward Woolf, Boston. Herr Anton Seidl, New York. Mr. William Winter, New York. Opera Comique. Oratorio and Cantata. Dr. Anton Dvorak. Dr. Antonin Dvorak. Signor Paolo Giorza, New York. Mr. Dudlev Buck, Brooklyn. Mr. Bruno Oscar Klein, New York. Mr. William W. Gilchrist, Philadelphia Herr Adolf Neuendorff, New York. Mr. Benjamin J. Lang, Boston. Mr. Frank van der Stucken, New York. Mr. William L. Tomlins, Chicago. Libretto. Symphony, Suite, Violin, and Dr. Antonin Dvorak. Piano Concertos. Mr. Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Boston. Dr. Antonin Dvorak. Mr. Elwyn A. Barron, Chicago. Mr. Asger Hamerik, Baltimore. Mr. C. A. Bratter, New York. Mr. Rafael Joseffv, New York. Mr. Henry A. Clapp, Boston. Prof. John K. Paine, Boston. Mr. Eugene Field, Chicago. Mr. Xaver Scharwenka, New York UNIVERSITY HALL, ANN ARBOR. BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Mr. ARTHUR NIKISCH, Conductor. Eleventh Season, 1891-92. CONCERT Tuesday Evening, May 10, 1892, AT EIGHT. WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES. PUBLISHED BY C. A. ELLIS, Manager. 1854. 1892. For over thirty years Mason & Hamlin have been famous as manufacturers of the most perfect reed Organ made, and now they are fast becoming as famous as manufacturers of grand and upright pianofortes of the high­ est quality. ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES Of Pianos and Organs mailed on application. Mason & Hamlin Organ and Piano) Company, BOSTON : 154 & 155 Tremont St. NEW YORK : 158 Fifth Avenue. CHICAGO : 149 Wabash Avenue. 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Commentators, who by reason of their intimate study of Beethoven are authorities, disagree in interpreting the seventh symphony, whose com­ poser has given them no key. Berlioz would have us believe that the first movement is a rustic wedding, and, we are therefore to suppose, drawn from the same scene of village mirth that suggested the dance in the " Pastoral" symphony. Lenz looks on the symphony and its companion, "C* ~ TlT^T^QQT^Ci Persian Stripe Silks, Soft Draping Wools, V (Jl J^JXE<00J2<]0 Cottons, Silk Twills, etc and STEAMER WEAR, For YACHTING ENGLISH SERGES^ Liberty Gauze Squares (GENUINE). For FURNISHINGS K«X^^:R1: (WASHABLE). 25 designs of Japanese Cotton Crapes for Curtains, Furniture Covers, etc. (new). Ladies visiting the various Summer Resorts near Boston are especially invited to call' at our offices when passing through the city. Correspondence solicited. As agents, we carry the ONLY line of the celebrated "Liberty Goods" in the States. W. H. 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