The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-07-29
MUSICAL IorTINss.

"A choral festival has lately been given in
Barcelona, Spain, in which two thousand chorus
signers and an orchestra OF three hundred players
took part.
-Fr EzoliDi Is about 10 bring an action against
Calzado, formerly director Of the Paris Italian
Opera. She claims back pay amounting 70 72,O)0
francs.
The P1rie-Sairt Martin Theatre NJ Paris,
70 m.riy devoted 20 moIo.drmas and s.usi-
iiu- al ps,es, ]. about 20 be changed 70 % lyric
thraue. OF which roth tragic and comic opesa
will De- given. This will make five opera hOu Sos
Gar Opera, Opera Cumique. Theatre L7rique,
Lee liens, sud ports.Saint Martiu-iu Paris
-MaaIe Atp has rcarpcnrcd in London, ia
| D1izetti's fhiid Of the RegiBicnt with success
equal TO that o Soutag in the same part Ron.
{. .ui was thc "Suuiziu.' ArIOt is uIsp 20 sing
iht U.ri Of gu.rta" In Faust, Pa.gi hudins
IL 100 10 iguiug TO her voice 10 sing It every
opera night
"A bust OF Meyerbcer, by NJ. Dantan. IS 20 he
ppc,d 10 the Paris COascru0tOire and 40 Meyer
beers house, at Bcrln his survivors are setting
spaIt room, and purpose 10 cllect aud pro-
serve tltIe all the ohec which he preferred and
made use Of when he was at home. Tue. score
OF bis work God and Nature, is in the Con-
sIrutory OF Music at Prague.
-Flolow's opera iiessaRdro Siraac,ia meets
with all sorts of harsh treatment from the
London chi les who think that as compared 20
M0jNd, IL is poor and paitry. IL was revived for
NaGNlNls lNt httllhN AFADI8 Alh lAbutDNl was
one of the robbers Its best perform uc0 ia
New YOlk was several seasons ago, when Mu-
otLck TrOuuccd IT, nc the Winter irdeu with
81 gelii as "StadClA" and Flbbri as th5 heroine.
Tho C,llcre Of Organists, numbering one
hundred and toty members lIely held It's FIRST
meeting in London, with the veteran Sir George
Smart In the hair. Ninety three com positions
were pTesCDt,d d in competition for the two prizes
offered by the council. There was dinner and
madrgal singing by members Of variOu, London
IN...a Ns.E .f8Ht..
vance a mutual good understanding between the
OTpanists and the clergy phase Of church rela-
tions quite as lacking in this city as in London.
jenny Lind when she frst visited London,
received HAT Jrlug attentions from the English
nobility, and the great Duke of Wellington once
iDyitCd her 10 bis country seat promising that
music should form no part of the conversation.
But Mr.. Lumley, in his new book SAYS that the
shy pTlma donua Invariably preferred the iuH-
macy Of q choice private circle, and was glad 20
II, The tluttering incense sought 20 be bgstOwct
upon her by escaping TO the cOuDtry-hou,e Of a
personal friend. There she would heartily enjoy
q ride or rural ramblC or, seated among wild
firms, and shaded by ancient beeCh-treCs, she
would study her new parts, the score laid open
on her lap.
AT Barcelona, on the 31st of May, there was
n lyric representation commemorative Of Meyer
beer. Robert had been selected, and a bill, put
into mourning, b ought together almost at mo-
meuts warning about four thousand persons
he IlllN Ntl' tttGh ny lt0CDs bdElOnl, hhfLl,
CapellO, ard ViaCtti. At the third act the i'm
posing yutivo ,er. mOBy began with fantastic
symphony by NJ. Sanchez. Then the curtain
rose and displayed a beautiful funereal mDnu-
ment, surrounded uy all the artists belonging to
the theatre. Nine OF these, each bearing q letter
OF the name MeyeTbeer set in wreaths of iipDiOr-
tclcS, ARA ged these lettrs on the monument.
Tbtrr already had been deposited the three great
scores Of the illustrious master, which were
crowned by the artists, BOttesn, the yioloncel-
list, among the number. The march was played
from lie PyOphetc, and white doves, with black
ribbon collars, were lOOsed on the stage.
The Boston folks are still ''harping on my
daughter" The big organ is their constant thcme
Of sefcougratulat on. They have bi-Yeeky
noon concerts On the Orgau-Thayer, Wilcox,
Lang, Paine, Mr.. FrOhock, and Morgan playing.
Or cOmse, the programmes are strictly classical,
and DUighPS journal is eCstatic over THAT deep,
full, neXhaustbc fantasia by Bach, in g." played
by M. Lang; Mr.. Dwight also, in mild rap
tu-e, suggestive alike OF PickwiCk and Swiyeller,
thus adds -
The gea organ makes the only OF these hot and
dry midsummer days. And WI AZ do Ne want betterY
ling the weary spirit, than At to the cool aIe
ofihe Muc Han at mid day on Wednesday "A Satur-
day leaving the ciys turmoil behind you. aud letting the
gand aspect ard tie grander music Of the great mstu
mcnt I'LL you with heavenly peace, cOniuring fJr
least hour the rhauutng heavy Onsc usuess
war2 These delightful mornings. chcered not hy tho
slender tetd Of tyrus or Mebuus but ty TIE melodies
Of swaDs far more inspired, like Bach aud Handel Men.
dClssOhn and HeethOyen-are hey not city privilege
which one might almost leave seashore and mountains