New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-09-25
ALBoSI's CONCERT LAST EVENING

Minerva Rooms-So 400 Broadway SCOTS Aerean Csnpsn
ALBoSI's CONCERT LAST EVENING
We were sorry to see rather thin house At Madame
Abopfs Sixth Concert, last evening And ye' re'on
may be found for this comparative failure OF ons va"
aside from Jenny Lind, Grill and sentag, mas no Pee'
among Twin, SINGERS While she herself Is thus trans
cendert her Copesrts spar from her own I'D nirAsle
and delicious performances have not been sufcieoiy
zoe to satisfy the exge u the public or COZ
respond 10 her own fame and excsnence Hsr coa'Jd
tor have served rather as os her, than counter
and the anc dir ction have BEEN weak
ard inferior II 10 not safe to suppose thst New fofk
snosnce NAV be put of with any thing short OF the oes
In every department of Concert. The splend'd h-
rapgement of the Lind Concerts under Bsrnuns psr
feet een have spoiled thepublc oil tbs Cry Tor
ANYTHING Inferior That massive orche'ra, led oy suco
musician as Benedict with such artists az Bellef sa''
Msrini and Bsdisn TO aherna'e with jenny Lind-way
,ho,e we're yetae fesss Of the gods and after them
s,bsl not be content ~ith an orchestra of forty Odd
performers or Ies, under musical popojsy like Ar
aid, and such fifth or tenth singers Revere and
sspe,ovanui to all up the inlersdces OF the evening
Abopi IL great but to bear up against such load
impossible even we're she ten times greater than she H.
Had she taken the hed with forces worthy OF her aud
equal 10 the demar Dc of the pubic, we cannot doubt
tbs, her succs" would have been equal - her merits.
OF those merits cannot be too lavish 10 prass En-
lowed With voice of the rchest quality and Of quite sd
Client range her culture 10 perfect and Of the besschoo
while In whatever she attempts there Is exhibited
periorty to her task fund of reserved power,
terry ell difficulties and all the resources of her art
that fl the ,udor with delight and astoDishment shs
never thrills you with f.sh Of genius but she touches
the soul by the pure and hearty sediment with which
seber satisfies the Of art by her large and true
manner 10 simple passages az well as the elegance IA
cility snd variety of her ornaments Az a m)ds for
study and for the formation OF correct taste 10 snI
Ing, ard of pure method, We greatly prefer her to
Jenny Liod
But these general remarks are supererosstory Mad
anne Abonis fame needs repd.ion of ,ae enconi.
us 90 often bestowed In ths,e cou and else <ns
few words to the points In last evenings perform
ance.
First as to slsnor Revere lie, say that he was de
tessble aud gsirs 10 that direction With each
successive hearing His largo al actotum Is worthy of
exile 10 Cayenne where Louis Napoleon has sent 80
many less crmib al offenders. Sig sspgiovanni IL bet
ter, but great suiienog would be felt old crcum
stances rsqui bin 10 heard less frequently When
the stage with Aboni as last night 10 the Duet from
Don Psfquale, his sweet though feeble voice and
fined manner, suffer too much from the cjmparson
With her. Last evening We also heard 5ignor Ardid
In violin solo, of his comp 1sion Of curse both
composition and composer we're a bore Next came
Abo, l. In piece by u same author, called MuHcL
d ficuldes Solved The diff ,utss thes selves
aboiuo but their solution by Alboai prodlgious
master iece of execution. The audience taken
by this triumph of hers over the hummery 10 which No
Ardh seemed to have ousdone himself that they
cal ed her back and. had It again. Tns
wa the great novelty Of the evening. We would
gladly have spared 1t could have had instead the
al ersdea the Non ptu eslc any other OF tbs
really beautiful songs in which che 10 great. We
ought cay that the d. placer In the early par, Of the
concert only stimulated the appetite 70 hear her In
sic where she is at home and made us impatient Of
| these kickshaw variations"
The evening and the unsatisfactory programme
copcuded with the ersrd air from Bsfes Msnon Les.
caui-com nonpIace music gloriously sung observed
and received enthusiastic II Albonl herself
could 6l up the whole concert what crowd and what
psudits there would bel Alas that We to hear her
but once more this While these lovely days Of
mingled summer and au,umn-Itaran days-Euger with
us desire other music than that Of Iasns aud
the voice Of Abon But she oepsris and Sontag
with me tender and thoughtful melodies Of the North
r We learn that Madame Sontag will
give, at Metropolitan Hall, this day &, II o'clock, re-
hearss Of the entire performances to take place a.
concert on Monday evening. large number of per
have been invited TO be present on the OCCASION
IF Negro Minstrelsy has become
Leading feature In Metropolitan Amu.emenu Since
Tom Rice began 70 "whse, about and taru about" IL
has steadily grown 10 public favor until IL has arrived
such smine nce that Concen ,on. aud even sn.
tire Theaers built and ss apart for its tsnpes
Five OF six wepatronlzed establishments flourish
In this City, rspgiog 10 character from the 10 vu.
gsriy to high STANDARD of respect,biy. The better
hmen,s have rivaed the Italian Opera In patron
age, and found abundant success 10 Picayune Butler
and "old Folks at Home" where " N,rma" aud " Don
Giovanni have sung aud starved Although at first To-
separately associated with hunor of doubtful broadne.s
there hiss been sseady Improvement Ia the character
of these Ethiopian entertainments and families of
the highest re'pectabity psuonizs them without, fear
of ofep'e either 10 the eye the ssr The popularity
oftheir music psrseet Tue bareoo,ei urcha the
common dock loafsr the ovis bhoy he siad cit he
merry sh0pgrl and the fashion aole belle sks cstca
the new tunes they spring fro the prolific bsoo and
"Jim Crow "Zlp Coou," I" jim along Josey" " an
Tucker" "0h sussnnsh," "FtyiJi," sud tue ~hoe
family oithe Colored Muses have risen Iur
bbed and falsn-honored alike Ia the fish market the
parlor and The ballroom. "Poor Uncs Tom" is oue OF
the latest favorltes IL would uadou 1.e3ly have been
popular under any circumstances, but Ia ovation h
been FASTENED BY moe, absurd attacks upon tho Cpa.
papy Who introduced II. Under the mistaken notion
that 1t WA the sublimsied spirit Of Mira Stove. re
m1kabe book, Ii WAS hOOted at Oy few but
"n. qua that's aimed At su,k or so,er.
VIII sometimes leA tte over -
- va.k
after pis the ball has been Gro wd-d and Uncls Tom
net only canonized In tie celebrated york aodsd to-
bus soars triumphant on tbs winss of song. These
Ethiopian performances are always redolsn of fun and
fun is indispensable element of Ns~.York life a,
the comparative succ.s a Of tra,,c and cor,.