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... MUSICAL TIMES.-OCTOBER I, I9IO. Under the patronage of His Royal Highness The Grand Duke of Baden, four festival performances, devoted to compositions by J. S. Bach, will be given at Heidelberg during October 23-25 in commemoration of the jubilee of the Bachverein and the Akademischer Gesangverein. The Mass in B minor will be performed at the first concert (arranged, edited and conducted by Dr. Philipp Wolfrum). Herr Felix Mottl, from Munich, will direct the second concert, when the programme will include the Suite for flute and string orchestra (solo flute, Herr Wunderlich), the Concerto in C minor for two pianofortes (the soloists Messrs. Max Reger and Philipp Wolfrum), the E major Violin concerto (Professor Carl Flesch), the sixth 'Brandenburg' concerto, and the 'Bauernkantate.' At the third concert the first Organ sonata in E flat major, the 'Partita' in D minor for Violin solo, and the fifth 'Brandenburg' concerto in D major for pianoforte, flute, violin and string orchestra (soloists Messrs. Max Reger, Wunderlich and Carl Flesch) will be heard. The programme of the fourth and last concert will include the three Church cantatas 'Christus der ist mein Leben,' 'O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort' and 'Wachet auf.' Now that the Copyright Commission has decided that the reproduction of a composition in the perforated-paper notation of the pianola is a breach of copyright, it is evident that the makers of these instruments, being forced into honesty, will ere long be giving commissions to composers. It is earnestly to be hoped that these latter will rise to the level of their unique opportunities. Fancy a pianoforte piece where you need not think of technical difficulty, fingering or number of notes! How truly noble would a concerto for pianola and orchestra sound! Better still, a duet for two pianolas, for then the really up-to-date composer would be able to have both the tonal scales (alas, that there are only two !) played simultaneously. We had thoughts of patenting this effect, but it were perhaps more generous to leave it to our youthful imitators of Debussy, Ravel and Co. (unlimited).