The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-07-27
MUSICAL REyI x,v.

There Is little Of musical in bsrest in G)rentncss
opera "Barbe Bleue," judgin both from the selec-
tons before review and single hearing Of 1t.
Therefore we would retera's advice to pian.ss
not to attempt any transcr cticns Of It. The action
and dialogue constitute be main success OF the
opera.
Pond Co. publish the flbllowing:--
'Fete Champetre, Scent de Ba1et.n Sydney SIN Nh.
brilliant snowy sort OF :piece with many graz eful
passages IN 1t. The a. Hsdnte In 9S time Is rlther
commonplace, but the succeeding po&h, wiial the
exception OF some pu Grille little trplets Is d. Isng
and effective.
Perkins Vocal Ierclses." This IL tAe first
number of series OF exercises designed. for the
training and develop anent Of the voice. Trey OF
course all primary but thorough and We n adapted
to teach beginners that their first am hould be
sing each note peri hty, and let the voice forth
from their mouth III proper manner before they
attempt to sing III ~ or even melodiOls Exercises.
"Gun2ls lmmt riteAel WaltZes" w hat be
added to the pr sse of these celebrate .l beautiful
Strausslke walt Es except that they are omnpo-
tent In balro. mn and correctly anrf handsomely
''ilora Waits T. H. Hinton. A pc culiar sort OF
affair." OF no spe sal Interest to any ones save the COM
Dtson Il Co. publish the following
Little sun &aain.n Song. H. Ia amer. There Is
little OF the su Hshne or music about this composition
to entltle II TO sls nanc aundreds
meritOrlous faces which nave not tasted more than
one season, aud which are rejected, by every sensible
MUSICIAN.
.Down W rare the Brides Sing !" Ballad II. F..
King This bas not even Us good as the preceding;
| therefore same remarks ma 5 Apply To IL IN a
stronger - Of the word. 1t ght possibly be
| ceptlble IA minstrel hail. ..t
'Benel' j yon Beautt Gus Ste r." Song; adapted
| to tue u Eisjc OF G0drey's Al IrZska waltz. The
words Mr. Carpenter, are cry pretty aud inter-
esling al ri welded to beautiful music, which latter,
however ~ nothing but va riaton OF the M.l,el
| Waltz.
| Gems from Orenbach's opel n Of .'Barbe Bleue y
There 1e sixteen numbers In tns collection, culcd
| from II re most striking feature of the opera
cor, depus Ia Rose,n Is the beautiful duet between
Fleure Ate alu Saphl In the first act. 1t Is vcr,
pleasi ng duet add superior to Ofenbachs usua
! ''ilhe Lottery' IAN! ffend mon nonl). 1t is per
fect nonsense 10 publish thi as piano piece. II
tire opera, with the surround 1ngs il effective, hi
nothing more childish could be conceived than TIL
| u.sjointed chorus.wii piano accompaniment.
| 'la deS DerBcis." B0ulo tte'5 nrst and we mign
2 .v'ia I'encorn Boulo.te. . second and best song
4 | Irna Is deservedly encored ! 1t every night.
r ''Montez sur &c pa!anqu IN" The remark
J., we have made regarding II lottery chorus may /
applied TO TINS. quaint and pretty LII the opera IL
"Legend of Biue Beardn The first and best son
! The change FROM the KEY " d. that OF G Is yer
pretty, but the 'Je sus la rbe Heue'' ought to b
, | written an octave higher, Is Auiao sings It,
"Qu'un bon c0urtsan Sine elne.r The least inter
esttng number Ia the opera. 1t Commences the sec
"Cest mon berger" In the ses cond act where
, Boulotte recognizes Prince aphr. Not worth pub
fishing.
I "Donc scion rantique usage" lnue Boards ad
dress TO the King. Ditto.
, ia VOLTA, done, 10 tombeau." All other OF Blue
Boards songs, anu "a very attractive one.
'Pierrc, I'm beau jour" BoulotteA A charming
song, one OF the best In the scene.
"Mortes, sortez." The finale OF tho cave scene.
| and very poor music
"J'ai pas biep loln." Blue Boards proposal Of
marriage TO the Princess. 1t would be useless tc
attempt 10 give An idea Of this scene In the concert
or p arlor; 1t Is . Only good IN the opera.
| sparkling piece or the same mOder the Faust
'FanIiisie sur un theme alemand.r reybacb.
The theme IL not very interesting but it IL elutiuy
accompanied with semiluaver quairupl, t.. The
l IL uefY,,c
| "bresituer GaOp," arranged by Knight. A DASH
Ing gaop which must prove irresistible in The ball
| room.
"Lorg Branch Galop.n Knight Introt luces a
worthless concert saioon song, and is on the whole
| mediocre.
"God Bless the Friends We Loves Blamphir 4. One
| OF hackneyed order OF songs which any mu sician
| might compose by the hundred whenever he she
! siss down to the plano.
WIN. Hall a son publish the following:-
1 "Happy be Thy Dreams,n transcription OF J. r.
Thomas beautiful Song, by Brnley schards. here
| IL not much attempt at TRANSCRIPTION In this hut
| hardly Change from the original composers 'wn
| ideas
"saaila Polka.v Ketterer A brilliant piece. writ ten
| In the composers best style.
| "Pm Dreaming Mie," song. Sconcia Noth IL
/ worthy Of special mention; neither good nor bad.
| rare Thee Well" Daniel. A beautiful song p
mindng one OF stephen Foster. 1t cannot fail to c
1 welcome la concert or parlOr
| let Tomorrow Take Care OF Tomorrow" Will
| lard. An imitation OF "Annie Laurie.
moi Tor Joseph; or the Stuyvcsant GalOp.n Stein
nagen. IL is pity that Messrs. Hall * stenhagen
ever troubled their heads about such contemplate
piece.
"Gaiete de Cuur waltz sydney Smith. de-
| ightul waltz and one Of this favorite composers
| best
printing Press Galop.r Miss wolberf. There Is
one excellent movement In this but IL wearies by too
constant repetition. On the whole the gop ~ pleas
Ing aud spirited.