The New York herald., 1863-08-23
Musical and Dramatic Gossip.

The speculaops concerning ola Marssiaise put forth
BY fetH y late number Of the 0asets Musicale ran
aDe employed such at strasbourg In 17e1 composed
song called sTho War Song" the OF which, orig
sa anal ITO s e S
name OF Navoigllc though the real name was Julien
Ho was composer and volinist Of some celebrity born
music at Paris, wherc, lays N. Fets, Ga happpy acct
dent procured him the acquaintance OF noble Venetian
who took fancy 10 him. gnve him home and the name
by which he is kuown." Later, Monsigny made him
enter the service Of the Duke Of Orleans After this
as conductor by wesidng the concerts Of the Ie
Oympiquc for which Haydn had writteL six sympho.,es
product of which was Xsxandrs Boachs
the eccentric patriarch, who died the ~ther day
merely as tho wonder plyes who " mis- time sci Europe
Arc, but also from 6ts remW cable resemblance to
Sss s ous ~ ossS the
quently returned 70 ris and dod there in 1911. He
ss 2, aas S. os
violin IN " n. Fctis bought two collections Of rsvo
utionary ID republican music-the arst popular tunes
sheets rs Ossoo ss our sue
or ths faes Of the Champ dc Mars aud the TEMPLES
OF Reason In tho first Fctis found Ia ha.sc,Slse n
than oDe-as. for instance, with guitar accompeni%snl
by citizen Mthicu Our critic considers this conclusive
know him Il in 1900, at the house Of my pupil, Madame
GAIL the authorizes 70, Of Rs9s ana ana wrote
By instinct or he was very
mediocre musician), for which she Used to make
panoore was ws Sass s ssS,
musical education his he could produce the melody
80 beautiful so regular, well rhymedto which his re-
nown Is owing" The above curious. coming as II does
so soon after the equally positive claims advanced by
those who hold the cansculos tune as plagiarism from
| thew we're preferred We're II TO be accepted as a
| Onal adjustment Of the authorship Of the melody,
ds o y into
hatness OF impuden lewhat is more, he cannot DO
considered the parent Of any the isy FOR as was
pointed out In Of series OF lectures On NATIONAL
Music delivered not long ago at the Royal Institution.
that collection contains three or four songs Of far
every form ana almost overy moduIaton Of La Marseii
distinctly 70 be traced as TO arrest almost
beyond dsproo every VINO has perception OF
We cannot turn aside this argument against the
theory NJ Fets unless we are 70 assume that Citizen
Navogie wrote all the called melodies OF Rouget de
sIe Further and lastly there is less in printed name
Especially concerns musc) than our photographer
thinks How long was tune Sy Ke.ssser ssSoc % oaos
melody called "Pcsta published souc years ago as ht
music condemned amateur written on the eve OF h'
The names OF Beethoven and Schubert have been agait
aud again confused the title pages Of Vienna waltzes
Instances this kind could be multiplied BY the scorc
the case is merely worth dwelling showing onc
ngan how ingenious and aborious critic can DO SO
duccd by the fancy that he has made discovery aud
Illustrating the caution which ought 70 accompany ever
| step OF musical research.
fixed for to-day Those who have The music scor
| speak OF It most highly.
y / SicuO MarCheSi, attcmT
, the career OF oratoro and chamber concert singing
" England but from his appearance on wednesday a
Leporcllo, In Mr. Mapeson's Don juan Il may be II
crred that he intends also take part IN opera where
singer OF Quality is much wanted No success on u
stage be decided by debut made under such crcuu
|, | stances .,,- -. .,.... i. =
. Vienna the text by NJ Nuter in collaboration with u
= | Baron Alfred Won Wolzogen Is TO be " De 6ester d
Rhelns iiorr Oenbscn Is the Goldoni OF composers,
n right of nuency. This weeks Gdsek Mucate speaks
yet another work from his pen, sdynde "Lesch'
| Er,t han INST n
: two since were hearing OF his I'll Re fagotto there
The Baden opera season has fairy begun. M' MemoIee
, | one act work Is hardly worth mentioning, except
= heavy and weartsomethe latter rare fault with frens
. composers The dcsire OF showing that he can VIII
serious music has betrayed the pleasing author OF fa
posthumous opera by Marschner Is about to be pr
duced at vienna AZ the late gathering OF part singers
. runswick part song by the veieran Methessel, now
his eighteth year. but, ushapply, deaf was executed
Il his presence, with every imaginable German musical ov
The Theatre Iyriauc wi, reopen on the Is, Of septer
+ ber with new opera by NJ Bzet, one OF the laureat
hS 1ne srvisns brother ba, one Of Gerald GRIN
n author Of "Thc Coegans and from which The eoIe'
I, died lately At his resdcncc IN George street, Imcrc
= after nearly fctnghts Illness OF fever, contracted
- the d discharge OF hts profcssiou' duties
y q, tho sum total Of 600 $50 subscribed % the i
Central Relief Committee the United states contribute
900 which. allowing for tho difference q cxchang
came 10 f20 12t OF English mouey clual 70 moro III
al thirds of The whole amount received by the col
Of | mittec.
10 monument 10 Captain Cook, the great ay'sator,
ie about 10 be erected m the sandwich Islands.
!, remarkable calm has prevailed Of late the Alta
tic Late vessels arriving al Groenock report the sea
m have been smooth mill pond for days. without
'e one shir was bccaed Cor fourteen days abou, one hu
y drcd aud hfty miles OF The Irish coast remarkable
rnrrencc In quarter OF ns globe notorious Tor the
y | uostte extreme OF weithcr.
= A. inc late exhibitions Of the pupils OF the Paris Cons
va,oy we arc told that tho tenor voice of ~ Sousei
ho l the army Tor tho opera, excited grcst atentc
n 4. s,raething extraordinary. .
SO revival OF q fcs veprcs Ssciennes.' NJ Paris,
:, ,tcn place. without storm. Tue orchestra was
~ a. Ssnor Verdi and Sign,r verd, returned
= ,..ess l., ". nrtsch. the rrsr siooa Sooiuc