New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-16
ANUSEJlENTS.
The Opcra and Concerts.

The Opera md Concerts.
We have u most unnuscGl, most melancholy, ac-
count Of tic week to record. The Academy OF
Lyfie-t A, closed, md the concert, save one, no"
est ivrcnfus But soon there will be record to make
NJ. Maretz is coming with the Europegn-layanese
comrany of whom report speaks III lauda''on
Meanwhile there must he some muscGl rests
The ONLY concert was the regular procedure Of
Messrs Mason and Thomas, who give pure
music. Pure music: that is, music devoid OF adj
mixture with anything e,se-not even with Srea
resonance dependent folsly on the sequences
Of the notes. or melody; on the simultaneous
utterance of the notes, or harmonyi and on
the form Of the pieces which is rhetoric. This spe
c;es Of music is of course, lees difficult TO write
imagining that anything s difficult to him who las
the hand and the brain th,reIor-oee1i'e 1t Is LOT
hampered with words, metres, vocal accents, resp-
.a,ions stagebusness and the cuTlness or progress
of the scene. Bat is pure high music, neyertAe'
ess; aud as it is studied aud appreciated, Will Music
rise in estimation as n irst-class intellectual
science; along with Astronomy, or Chemis-
try. or the science Of growing rich Among
the examinations Lv Messre. Mason & Thomas Il
bowed or siineed quartet by the great Italian mas
ter Cherubini-1ho fourished at Paris before and
during Napoleon's time. lie ia learred-very--and
also not Leayen-giltel with melody Or passion The
Emperor did not like his learned musc; and quoted
to Linn as a preference the moiodous Pusieilo:-
CberuLiui replied that lis Majesty waf judge Of
ar.llery--he Of music:--and CAorubiri thereafter
was not in imperial iaver
We earnestly recommend 10 conscientious aiuient-
Of music to attend the regular season soiiG-s Of
Mes,rs. Mason ~ Thomat.
The Partisan journals as well Rs London corres-
roudcnce from the French capital mako liberal
mention Of oh4rains, young, fresh American
mock g-Jird (Which eau sing the nightingale oHt Of
IN. aud sound from among pile OF such au.
zion. we quo'e tie following nice Bit
"Mi.s Adeli.e Patti continue 20 command great
favor, although some grayoe r4s .hHE their heada
aud say Ih.s il not tue way oIaia8 tNDti ue'a-
did Malibran sing &c. 4 il .hi 'gas na, .Lo very
beaufy ol Nile. Paul. singing, Just ~ twas Of son
tag anu Mali5ssn. DID tAey s.ug alike Were
they uni,sriu.uslalle from P-sai Was Giull
risi ont the parrot Mile. Patii went 10 sec Ros
sini and sung 10 him bis own Iin IOitai Hirl. ii,
enid 10 Ter: 'Matemo lle yol po-fess genius, aud
since the days OF Mdb.an, PA. -in esIs lave nea
10 music Ike youI voice. Bat there same Pgris a.f
are terrible people Tor giving advice, ana ,ns Asc
you 10 distrusi their tate
Gotta sad yOu were fond # clao-tr.p;' they
heard O. il mi tbey repeat re WOrd liLou.h u y
are any thing Int certain hey know wlit be meant,
but u u'hes them seem az 81 ticy know al .A3 e.
cfets Of The ar. oi tiasiaR. Ihpoe who ten years
ago, fepfoacnrd Al0onl Tor eXccuIng ia the ccl0y
tie ,ugfhcs Of ttyle Per-ili sung In he gGTrct,
will rot f'i 20 scoi1 you i0r sng IL the ,trr.t,
became AlhoIi has arcu,topci itci 80 expect ~.
sine ~ tie cellar. Don't iHcn 90 Is yyo'4 .Ley s,y,
and, above All, don open single news paper o.
long Hs you i've. A.ye. b. l1t ,i- To- SEED into b,
I rew,lgler and tLir iatilng ias lot aLonlncd my
d lie"