The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-03-14

true ueVOuOnal feeling to the fashionable air
so beautifully sung by popular singer. who
has oeen hired for the (Sabbath) "season.
or, at least, during her present engagement
at the theatre and opera, and hear prett.
sermons, full of smooth words and white
cambria! Oh what cause for heartfelt graf
'tude at our happy lot. Yes, let us be crate
ful that such change has come over the mu-
sical world that people of all classes arc
falling into the general current of thought
that Watts and Wesley are not longer tc
crowd out the Italian poets. and old fashion
ed tunes called "sacrcd" be performed to
the exclusion of the really sacred airs of Ro.-
SIM, Verdi and Bellini that monthly con-
certs " are to give place to the more st-ictl !,
religious services of sacred concerts" and
dismal conferences to inspiritirg rehear-
sals;' that charity concerts the avails of
which (after deducting necessary e,pense<)
60 to some benevolent object. enable US to do
good in manner so agreeable to ourselves
that-but there is no limit to our reasons for
Thanksgiving what happy age is ours,
Before leave this subject, let me make
out programme for a Sabbath Evening
Concert. such as in our present state of prog.
ress, we shall soon have :he pleasure of hear
ing. a little observation on the state of
musical advance and the evident ten,len-
cies of things, will show the correctness Of
the programme. The names of some of the
pieces may tie new to your readers and posi-,
bly, to yourself, but thev are from stvle of
music soon to be Of fashionable notorietv.-
Names are almost omnipntent in the world
OF song and Instrumentation. 1t is perfect
Iy absurd to think that solo can be endur-
ed IT sung by psrson owning a common
name. This ridiculous idea ha. been blown
long ago Let no John Smith make hi, ap-
pearance upon the stase.-no music can
come from Smthv throat: but le. him
change his name to Senior Sawmvnoseot1.
and then he can take the rank his "m,ryel-
Gus talent demands. And again. tho mi:<i,.
'tseif' as we'll as the names of the e'perfor-ners
must have the most unpronounreabls AMI un-
'nteli'Sib!e names possible. for Il has lately
been discovered that in this science "a. IN
some oiher') the worse the name the better
the article. the more dnuh;fal Cess doub.fnD
the character of Ma,iame, the better sin-in.
and acting we should e.ioy.
The bill must be something a, follows:
he Society for Tie promotion Of morals and nv
SIC '"he S'ca' pleasure III announcing series of
CEANp SACRED CONCERTS.
TO he given under their patronage on six successive
Sabbath evenings: the first Concert
Sumh'y Er,niHg. 1851. at B,e,t,ren Hail.
NB.-lhe programme comprises selections from
the most popular music.
Madame kiendle>plankv from the Eum;,itapoor
opera House, and Senor kotl>tenhopki from the
>nhpe'!>ten Theatre, will make their first appear
ance.
/. Brilliant Fantasia on Old Hundred.
fraver Of Moses on the Violin.
Moses IN The Rulru>heS. on the Bacpipe.
3. Duet from e No,m.'' Hugle>.
l.: Iievels Hymn. on the Banjo. (Ev request
D. len commandments with varia,inns-solns
and choru>es: rarir,."ls In the comJ;ned fore,
Ten minutes in,ermisson: refreshments in the an
O. Grand Chorus, &" BETTY Martin
the popular air 81. Martinls) her tatse-.-I
tirst time in this country
:. AZ N"n "a mum 81 punse, from Clas.ar-
gachhs.
:. Overture. - Tampa
know that my Ee'.eemer liveih, '"lle.s:,!l."
Handel.
10. fantasias and Musical Wit,icisms on f,vori.e
sacred tunes, including Near "Hic> o
hariev Rovl>ton," and Yankee boo
die, arranged for tlIis occasion.
To close with
ii. Doxolosv, "Comin' thro' the Eve."
Z. |"N MINEDUY, Director.
Icket> for the series $3.50. Single ticket. 80 cts
Concert TO commence AT s O'clock
iARrICrLAR NOTICE. The next Concert will he
al the Opera House. ii being :uch better a,lape,l
TO give the proper effect.
Quite an attractive programme surely, and
how much is it overdrawn? l. il NOT a rich
entertainment for Sunday evening? What
blue noses" and 'lons faces" our ancestors
were, to be sure! And unpleasant as is the
fact, We are obliged to confess that little of
their spirit yet remains; that musicians have
been obliged to introduce the present order
OF things with great care and ingenuity, to
put ou: their feelers with great adroi,ness, and
to commence the reformation with the utmost |
precaution not to arouse the too tender con- !
sciences by too sudden and great changes
thus has every advance in morals been O.
bliged to feel its way into public favor. But
'ne reformation IN music is now going on .
vigorously, and the brightest prospects are !
ahead: Such IS the upper-ten-dency OF things.
Mankind are beginning to act on the princi- |
pie that sins OF excess are as bad as any 9th !
er, and so they fear
or putting too much Sabbath into SUNDAY"
Let US add the other line. and sob,rlv |
think of the answer:
But what is your opinion, Mrs. Grundv?"
USE OF MONEY-The n. Y. Mirror |
says it is estimated that Wm. B. A.tor ha,
now regular income Of $1,000 da V, or a.
bout Sl,oO0,OOO year. 1t wealth led TO
happiness. A>tOr would be the most conten. !
ted man in the world. lie is not. To keen
away the gout he feeds himself on Graham
bread, and INDUCES hlasvii in less pene-.
Ous diet than we do. Astor, instead of beino
The happiest man in New York, is perhaps
the most discontinued. lie Is IN law with
his tenants one half the time, and instead Of