Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1846-06-05
MUSIC IN GERMANY.


sical entertainment al Vienna, is from a
letter written by Mr.. Fleischmann, OF the
United States Patent Office, who was then
on a visit to the Austrian capital;
Last Monday a great musical fele was
given at the Imperial Riding School. A RI
ding school would seem rathera an undlgn-
fed place for the productions OF Mozsrt,
Beethoven, and Hayden, men who walked .
with the angels in endless space; 'ul per-
sons who were not informed that this beau
tilu ball was designed for horses and men
Of horse taste would have believed it buit
on purpose for such entertainments as the
present. II was built By lhe Emperor
Charles vi, in 1929 from the designs OF the
celebrated architect Fischer, of Erbach, and
is considered the finest riding house IN Eu-
rope. II is a large building, near the cid
bourgh, forming long square; the exterior
is decorated with columns aud statuesi IN
the interior is a long double gallery with
stone balustrade resting on louy-slX col
umns At one exgemlty is Il grand LOX
for the Imperial family, in tue back OF
which is large picture representing Char-
I!es vi, on white sIced. TVils hail Is used
dor great muscol and other exhibitions,
ana often for grand balls.
One-thrd OF the arena served for a kind
of angihilheatrp, on which the performers,
upwards of one thousand in nunbe-7 " ere
placed, tne remainder was appropriated TO
the audience The Imperial lamay were
in the box Gb5ve mentioned, and the gall
Ieries, as well as the arena, were crowded.
The tickets were sold from one dollar and
half to half a dollar,
The front of the staging was hung with
white drapery ard golden iringes, which
gave the whole an imposing appearance.
I In the centre, near the 'front.' was plane,
used 10 direct the principal signers, COASTS.
| ting of soprano, tenor and lass. On each
side of them were the female signcrs.-
! Behind these the boys Of different ages for
the alto, aud then followed lhe teuOrs and
hassos. The musicians were seated in the
ear of the signers; the orchestra was eX-
ceedineiv suong. | counted al least one
hundred and twenty-five vi0lns, a great
many double bass, which were placed all
about to sustain the voices, and innunIera-
bic other instruments, There were live
iraders; the principal was placed inmedi-
ately behind the solo singers, on high sta
ging tasteiuy ornamented; the assistant
leaders kept the others in orders so tha1
this tremendous mass OF sounds was melt
ed into one harmonic strain.
The first piece was the great compost
lion Of Beethoven, '"ChriSt on the Mount q
OLyes." The solos aud recllatlves were
sustained 10y most exquisite accompanl~
nIent OF the orchestra, and The unsurpassed
choruses relieved now and then the solos.
When the whole mass OF voices broke forth,
it was really awful and beauulnh
The second part commenced with the
overture Of the "EHchaHted Flute, " 10y Mo-
zart. Although had heard this twice be-
fore, performed 10y an orchestra, thought 10
he unsurpassed in Germany in wind in.
strumehls, had no idea OF its beauty un-
I'll heard il By this powerful orchestra
Though an exceedingly difficult piece OF
music, as regards time and movement, IL
was performed with great precision and
Icharacter. The different instruments, and
Especially the flute and Gassoon, could lie
traced through the enormous mass oil strln-
ged instruments. like Il crimson slTeam rum
ming through milk, which gives to the
whole a beautiful hue, whilst the trace OF
the red vein remains clear and distinct.
Then followed part o. the "CeatoH,"
Of Hayden, true creation OF wonderful
combination and expression OF Sounds
Mr.. Staudig sung the soEo and the recIta-
tive with rich and meIodous voice; he is
the best basso ever heard, The imitation
in the part where is mentioned "the cree
ping serpcnls," was very fine; | actually
teIt kind Of chill! run through my veins,
as if | had seen such 4 disgusting reptile
before me. The attempt to sing IA part Of
the "Requien, Of Mozart was decided
failure; mixture OF shrieking female and
underlined boys' voices, which drowned the
powerful and pleasing voices OF the men.
The final was the march OF Beethoven.
with voices, from the opera "Ihe Runs
1AfheRs, --grond as himself.
Baioe, The great French composer, gave
three concerts here, in which he produced
his great instrumental compositions, inter.
mixed with few songs. These concerts
were given in the largest theatre in Vien-
ma, which has been recently repaired and
silvered over, like the Christmas presents
Of the Dutch peasants. 1t was crowdedi
the Archdukes. Lewis and Francis were
present; all the elite de Ia vile. and, OF
course, all the great connoisseurs, amoteurs,
proipsseurs, compositeurs, and eXecnteurs.
were present to hear the genuine French
music. The spacious stage was filled with
his orchestra; Monsieur faoz himself led
chem. He is a man of more than forty
years; winter is alrei dy creeping nio his
locks, hut his eyes are brilliant, his features
good, and expressing intelligence. Alto
gether, he is very gentlpmanly in his aP-
pearance, and was decorated with croir
dhoHHeHr from some Prince.
BaIoz is original. His Prayer Of the
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