, 1866-11-09
THE MUSICAL CELEBRITIES OF
PARIS.
The PuttIS and Stfnkoschca-Llzst md
RoAlnf-A kKiafog American Pianist.
fFiom George Alfred Towuseu1'a last leltcr In
= the Worfd1

The PATHS and Strnkosclacs-Liz=t md
Ro.4lnf-A EIiaing American Pianist.
tF,om George Alfred Townseud's last 1estcr In
The World.
Il Is now In order to quit Chafons- have !
come different sketches. While all these |
political b, avis play aud riot In the depths |
ofttings, the nearer and more volatile world |
Of art Keeps Its course uDdaunted, without q |
ear Or scruple. Not the terrible proximity |
Of the u Eastern question:" the collapse Of
old traditions. the apparition of new and |
rrefutabie Issues, touch the security and !
struggle Of the letters, the nice nnd feminine |
arts the PHILOSOPHERS, and the music Of the
time. ...
Isaw little Patti-once our little Patti
the pirhtiugale's egg hAtclled in our Western
nest, but now sadly, it Is said, averse to
crossing the ocean again. because. torsooth,
We did not draw her down Broadway, nor
her and worshlpptag, while we paid her
wcll. Patti, I anu told upon good authority,
snys she was not estimated ut her valnc i9x
the States; md TINT this is u foreign country
TO her. Tout pirt!! But. possibly, the cx-
treme avaricc OF her own people aud her
| profession at large has mucl, 10 do with this.
Patti is now worth S:D0. eco in gold her
father Is much, approximately ind Maurice
straaoech. the making and the made OF
/ them, ought to be worth half j million.
The PATHS and Strakoshcs live upon the
Chumps Elysee very elegantly. During the
| summer, Patti has been Ut Hamburg, singing.
She Is nnqueetiunably the first p1ima donna in
Europe, but there seems to be little talk Of
her wedding, as there used to he, no one
galIant being named ut all us constant ut her
ices- She might have married to great al-
vantage during her minority, but this would
be killing the goose that lays the golden egg
| These Patti girls have been yerf fortunate
fifteen years ago they were shivering little
eNiles in New York. But for genius and
Strakosch they might now be sel!in:. nose
gays or following q hand-organ down the
Buwcry.
A few nights ago went to Era7,l's Music
| Rooms TO Fear, MS I hoped, List play. Erare
| l. thr steinway and chickcriu. ri Paris, and
!: like them, suspect, tho prey ot ail the gEea
pianists. without whose praise he canno
flourish. List was there, indeed, and IA
: vorctl us in his extraordinary execution will
one Of his thunderons compositions. Iii
! fierce, great eye. inng irun-gray hair, Hood
+ less skin, and clerical costume made hili
look almost like an alostate priest When h'
seized the keys and dashed them together
provoking almost deriIisa resonaDce.. Hi
) manner ut the piano Is half frantic, like hi
t music, aud both are very nearly the CLIMAX
r ottrqnscendcutallsm.
) There was n young American pianfs
t present, on whom warm words of praise wer
: said: One j. Edwards llaner. Of Troy,
4 former pupil Of Gottschalk, whom, indeed
r ! he resembles, both in execution and in til
) piquarco Of his original compositions. II
: rendered the very difficult pause de pays .
i Prudent tpoor Prudent, the greatest Of til
= e|tutn., In such manner that old Fathc
5 Rossini, the composer, made the cane dro
!. very heartily ali the while. Rossini, VIII
loves music with 4 girls passion and
o masters together, is always at Ties
e ing, but now and then, In thi
e cAse particularly, full Of cheerful encourage
: ment. His face Is familiar to you-large
+ puffy, heavy, but full Of a good liver
/, | wrinkles, that look like dimples, and wear
d ing q black wig that reduces his age twent
c | years. This man, having thrilled civiliza
: l. lion with his numbers, suddenly ceased t
d | sing, and for mans lifetime he has write
Il no music. There are rumors current that b
q las vast stores OF compositions, with whic
It | be is to burst ou the world again; bu
&c whether from an inert nature, adequate sue
d | cess, or fear to hazard rrestIs+ fame, Rossin
It continues to be IL shallow rather than mau
l. dumb eloYucnce, q golden .,owl broken
r His house in Pas:v, in nc environ
is Of Paris, Is bca".itAl. IT,: is happy, a
;e 1t seems, and much beloved. Thalberg
], wllilom Il personal farusite in America,
3r making wine near Naples, forsctful Ut music
1t while Henry Litholtf remains in Dresden
st unaffected by the sorrows of SaSony, an
&c Mcycrbecr's AfFicaine continues irrepressib
Ar III Paris as at home, still drawing enoTmou
ID ly at the Grand Opera. While the Intern:
tIonal Exposition building is taking sha1
and intelIisibility. the new opera building
or aud is to be opened simultaneously with II
r. Exposition. Eighty men hare been killed
st the construction of it. Tho carnival b.
u will be held in it next wiutcr, and will
Il the most supcrbly dcylisa spectacle out
r. l Ati}tuu e. A. r.