New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-08
ACADEMY or MUSIC.
MR.. ULLMANs WITHDRAWAL - MAsANI-
EIJO

hire the sudden withdrawal OF Mr.. Ulman FROM the
Academy owing to inadequate public patronage, isa
cause for regret To adopt tropical style of rhetoric:
Like the sun setting, say in August, and executing
gorgeous orders in upholstery among the gildcd and
chromatc clouds, Mr.. Ullman retired, while shedding
oreratic radiance over La adjoining the least
snd The eatest person on the scene-pntng even the
silent surernumeIary in armor rich az ever CGur de
Lion mortgaged fat acres to pay cunning Manese
workman for, or a Constable of Bourbon wore when
vaung into The saddle too mercura 10 need stirrup.
great truth had come over the Academy:
more than two years since it discovered
that gilt pasteboard for the tableservice in
scenes of regal magniGcenco looked like
gilt rasteboard and 10 make lords and ladies use was
NJ naturaas putting paper yboXes
cars before the Company for thepurpose accOrdngya
metal gilt service fit for palace, provided, and
banquet scenes looked thenceforward at the Academy
as ey ought, and not as burlesque, in compliance
with the thc.headed traditions of the stage. At the
sane time tie same brush was applied TO the large
delebra fitted 10 the feast In bal-scene, too, re-
curing chandeliers and other NATTER the paseboard
theory was ret aside ard for the first time in New
York that display of elegance was not beggary farce
on the stage. But the philosophy of reform did not
stop here The manager having resolved to bring out
In Juirt in the same style it was produced at tho
Partisan Academy, the reign Of terrible iChinesel
Tastebcard armour Of invincible leaher-git knights
wooden swords. Haunting calico, and all manner of
Stage hunbngs used for chivaric epochs ceased and
The genuine spendors due the occasion were set forth
Hardly had this been done, when Mr.. Ullmsn retires
on account Of AN empty treasury. The reason
which be assigns--for want of patronage-is
not exactly the just one if any reason can be given
No difculties-politica pecuniGrykeeP the public
away from The theaters Wollack's is crowded. Nib
los is damned; Laura Keene's is stuffed, and the
Winter Garden eflorcscent with multitudes TO see
RtchtiHh' why sDouiu 'nc hVSo Va C""'"" ~ . ing
rlaee cease then 10 draw Does NJ. U..'eyy fail 10
reach the popular ear and falling to do that no mate
iial magnihcence supplies the place Of mmaterial
Charms? These be questions for solution, La JEirc,
however, is a stock-pieee at the French Academy
when brought out first thirty years ago, it ran
neck-and-neck and little ahead of Robert e Diobie
ard 70 forth. Up TO the time, therefore, that New
Yoik has metropolitan supremacy in art, the less I'M
gtDtleman-'ike talk about the provinces Ia Cock
neyism with meaning around the Bow bells, but with
none here the better. Assaying gold and exporting
cotton 10 import in turn fabricated works which we
ourselves have not the skill TO make, does not make q
metropolis: that title s due to supremacy in taste edu
cation and well-drected lberaty in halls of science,
properly sustained in arioundations duly understood.
The theory that half loaf Is better than none,
especially when the Winter winds howl lie adopted by
the opera folks Accordingly no sooner does Mr.. Ul-
man leave the gay and festive scene the halls Of daz
cling light and cease to strike the light guitar, than
-, e r1o 10 10
ble If the fury of high saries abate the opera may
Jog along. But long singers expect TO be paid as
much as, OF more than, our President there will be
tiese sudden examinations to the of true music
But let them combine and agree To take what they can
attract and the public can have music at least though
the stage decorations viii be likely toprove inferior
The new partnership gave Auber's Masaniello last
night This orera was Grs produced in 1890. 1t WIS
written according to Of the grand steps in musco-
dramatic pIogre namely, give national temper
and coorng the scenes and noby has the composer
succeeded. This dexterous application of means to
ends is a comparatively new resource. Ii was
unknown to Mozart, and even 10 Cherubini.
Boildiew, however, made journey to Scotland
and there studied Scotch music before be produced his
winning melGfuous and characteristic Dam, BiaRctc.
Webers Frs'sehat- contains popular German ele-
mcnt--a new thing in Germany then; but Weber was
a German. Auber, however went abroad for the nl-
tonal music of sEe scenes Of Mqsaaico. The barea-
roles tarantules, and general cooring NeapOtan.
Italian cadencos trplets, cablettas, all figure in it.
Tie baIcaro,s have been equaed in popularity.
They have followed the British drum round the world
III ills latitude where free speech is the sfetyvave
against revolutions il dcn TO estimate the effect Of
Nasa,.io upon the imagination of tho revolutionary
rIty Of Paris bert down by the royal ordinances Of
Charles X 1t is singular that the stage censor did not
anticipate tho iuhammaory natuie OF drama which il
suoccfsin Of plots set forth with The charms of mu-
.ic and dramatic action and narratng the remarkable
career Of hero who upset. to BOmba of his time and
put Liz court and army to Night. The audience did
take heed" and whisper low, =" and finally and very
soon drove out Charles Y. and talked loudly them No
French opera hns enjoyed equal popularity with Nasa-
aeio imam English dIess IL OLD Gee de resist
ance at the Park, execrably as il was put upon the
stage.
There is Lot muCh music in Nasan,lo which can be
dissociated nom the scene. Tie action is incesant
Il work dore by crowds, ard them ont of doors. In
tie frst act there is but single ca'aiina sung by Nine
FaJbi, which was loudly md deseIycdly applauded.
Subsequently there are ultra popular hfhernens songs
and cLOrufes but no superior dramatic solO-though
romance and dne are of the highest class This duet
for tenor and bass sung by Sgell and FOrmes, drew
down an encore lts construction is dramatic, and the
everI OCULAR use Of thirds where the yoicef come to-
gether is iresftibe TO the auditory. IL il cut down
from the original where sxls take the place Of hi do
in tie repetition, but with extenuatCd effect. Although
the music Of tlis opera thirty yea DID, it is fresh
M if written yesterday, and anticipates much that is
considered newer. The music given to tho Iantomime
Of Ferea is full OF lovely inspirations. The action
oveifows with the most delicate touches and certainly
Sciie found in Auber composer wotby of his lit
eratme.