New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-26

CURIOUS PARrY-MUs1o N A DREAM.


Correspondence of the Natonl
PARIS, April o. 1866.-The last week mas been
crowded with sorees, concerns anu oti's o%o Ol
the most brilliant being the magnificent entertain
ment given by the rich and pomp loving old Duke
de RoGhefaucauld, who has just competed the re-
pairing and identifying OF his grand oia historic
nansi6n in fine rue de Narannes, and, on this Occa
sion avhihted to the elite of the faubourg St Ger
main the grandeur Of his famous suite OF drawing
rooms in the style of Louis XIV. The invitations
had been issued for midnight, to allow the guests
to dispose of the earlier part Of the evening else
where and the ladies were invited to wear pow.
| der AS the style of dress now in vogue is very
! similar to that worn at the French court in the
| DAYS of the "Grand Monarque" the addition of
powder completed the Illusion, and gave to the
saloons in question almost the air of fGte of two
| hundred years ago. The grounds, brilliantly illu-
minated, offered the most charming perspectlYes
through the wide, open windows; the terrace out
side was bordered with profusion Of flowers. At
| four in the morning splendid supper was served
in the conservatory, whose walls were hidden by
hedge of magnificent camelias in full bloom.
Green peas, asparagus, strawberries, cherries and
grapes figured in profusion the tables, amid the
| indescribable creations of the artistic French
cookery and the finest nectar of the well stocked
ducal cellar. Dancing was resumed after supper,
and was kept up with unfiagging spirit until eight
O'Clock.
Mons. N. G. Bach, great grandson of the cele-
brated composer Sebastian Bach, one of the pro-
fessors of the Paris Conservative, and for forty
years past one of the most esteemed pianists Of
or Legouix, the well known music publisher OF the
boulevard Poissoniere a song and seraband which,
according to his account of the matter, have come
into his possession in the following singular man
ner:
According to this gentleman's statement, his
SON NJ. Leon Bach, having discovered an old
spinet admirably carved, bought it, and presented
it to his father on the 4th of last May. After max.
lug long examination of this interesting piece OF
antiquity the father discovered on board in the
interior of the instrument an inscription stating
that it was made at Rome, in 1864. he passed
part of the day in contemplation OF ms precious
spinet; he thought of it as he went to bed, and
having fallen asleep, he had the following dream
| He thought that man stood beside his bed. VIII
long beard, shoes rounded at the toes, and Will
large bows Of ribbon at the instep, large, full
breaches doublet with sashed sleeves, stiff collar
and hat with pointed crown and broad brlm
t This person bowed to the musician and said
The spinet you possess belonged TO me- II seTvet
1 me to entertain my master King Henry IL. Whei
he was young he composed an air with word
: which he was fond of singing and which frequent.
D played to him. This air and these words he ha
n composed in memory Of young lady that he ono
e met in a hunt, and of whom he became deeply en-
: amored. She was taken away, and it is said sh
: was poisoned, and that the king was deeply dis
: tressed at her disappearance. Whenever he wa
Y sad he hummed this song, and then, to divert HI
t mind, played on my spinet, saraband of m
j composition, which he much loved. Thus cam
e to confound together these two pieces, for wa
J. continually playing them one after the other.
The speaker then appeared to approach the spine
d played few notes by way of prelude, and san
!; the air with so much pathOs and expression thf
e NJ Bach awoke in tears He lit candle an
,, looked at his watch /; it was just O'Clock. Il
h soon fell asleep again, but what was his aston1sl
e ment on awaking in the morning, to find on h
II bed page Of music paper, covered with note
II microscOpcally small and very fine writing. BEN
d very near-sighted, he had great difficulty in d
r. ciphering them, even with the aid OF his ey
e glass. -. MI. 80.
re the words and the saraband were exactly as
" had heard them in his dream. NJ. Bach is no son
ID nambust and has never written averse IN his If
re The song consists of three stanzas and refrai
If photography exactly in accordance with the sty
p, in vogue in the reign of Henry Ill. The melody
ye simple ndiue, penetrating and the style in viii
It, the music is written is as ancient as that of t
p, spelling. The notes are of different form fro
ell those of the present day and the air is written
he a different key from the bass though intended
Oh mans voice. The three verses tell how t
w singer during the chase" seeing his lady-lo
mt for the first time, thought he had seen an ang
Sc give " all his kingdom to see her again for 0
ill instant; how, sad clustered his 'pduure bell
vs., was far from him in her last days and how, VIII
ge " sheno longer felt her cruel sorrows, he, " alt
re- suffers always" 1t is known that Henry III ha
great passion for Marie of Cleves Marquire dIsl
od who died in q convent in the flower Of her age,
lg- the 18th of October, 1874. Was she the pau
of belle ttSte ct clOiStre mentioned in these vers
nat 1t is also known that an Italian musician nam
his Baltazarini went to France at that epoch, and
Id came favorite with the king. Did the spinet
it'll long to Baltazarini? and was this the myster
BILE visitor VINO brought the song and the saraband
18th M Rach2