Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-11
BOOKS, MUSIC AND NEWS.

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Paris, has been seized by the govern
ment.
-Auerbach's new work, for the bene
fit of the Eyer Synagogue, $4,000 copies
will be issued by the Jewish Publication
Society.
-Lsypoldt & Holt announce Suther
land Edwards forthcoming "Life o.
Rossini," !" aud "Meyerbeer's Letters, col.
leeted by his Widow"
Mr.. Ella is about to issue, in Paris, 8
! book Of Personal Memoirs Of Rossini, d
on the plan Of those Of Meyerbeer, which
proceeded from the same pen.
Patti, when eight years old, sang the
! finale to "Somnam bula" at concert in
the Washington Hail, in Jersey City.
/ The hall is now a dilRpidated old build
| ing, used as carpenters shop.
Verdi composed music when twelve
/ years of age, and one of these juvenile
] compositions was lately performed at
| the opening Of the Verdi Theater al
Busseto, his birthplace.
of all the great composers who -four
ished in the brilliant musical era between
the years 1920 and 1910, Auber is the
only survivor. Verdi did not really es-
tRblish his fame till later.
-Jsnke is one Of the most enterprising
Of German publishers, and has been
i0cularly but appropriately dubbed the
German Yankee. He is the publisher
both OF Muhlbach's and Spielhagen's IS
popular novels.
Schneider once wrote an overture to
SchiIler's Bride Of Messina," which
has been lost for fifteen years. The
original copy has now been discovered,
and the overture will be played again
soon at Dessau.
"A young lady living in the county
adjacent to Atlanta, Ga, has four suitors,
aged respectively thirteen, eighteen,
four, and has the four seasons to choose
from.
The large organ at Trinity Church
hss sE octave more of keys on the man.
usls than the Big Organ at Boston. The
Iumor, however, that several B0stOniaDs
had conse quently, in tit Of Jealous
despair, committed suicide, is incorrect.
1t is feared, in Paris, that Madame
R)ssini viii not long survive her Illus
tri0us husband. Since his death she is
subject to fsintiBg fite, and the physicians
say thst one Of these attacks will put an
end to her life at no distant dsy.
-R0ssinfs funeral service at San Croce
ia Florence was a singularly effective
performance. At the moment of the ell
ovation Of the Host, Sevori, the eeIe-
brated violiDist, played on solo the
prayer from "-dOsss."
-GroOmbridge d Sons, of London, are
preparing for publication Womsnkind
in an Ages of Western Europe" by
Thomas Wright, 81. A., illustrated with
numerous eolored plates and wOodcuts.
Sorosisters, take notice!
-ROssini said once to Ferdinand Hill
Ter that his (R)ssini's) opera Of "Ermi.
one" which was failure, deserved its
fate, FOR it WAS very tedious. II had no
melodies, but was all decismstory reci-
tative, and was an unsuccessful expert
ment in that line.
There is to be steamboat 6ght,"
il is said, on the Mississippi, next season,
which will excel all former contests
known in those waters. The managers
of the various lines tried to come to an
at 3 meeting in st. Louis, but
failed 10 do so.
Velvet trains oDen down the sides,
leaving 8 satin skirt front in view, and
which is ruff d with lace, is the great
sensation; biHe velvet satin, and the nut
shades, VIOlette satin and the gsz 9lle
shades, green satin and the mauve
shades, are very pretty combination.
The Fisher Maiden" which has
been delayed by q provoking cOmplics-
ton OF accidents will probably be out
this week. The publishers announce also
q new book by the same author, with 3
title almost as uuprOnOuncsble as his
name; "Synnove BOibakken" and
ether tales.
The principal leaders Of orchestras
In New York city are: Mollenhauer at
Booths Theater; Baker, at. Wsllsck's,
Connolly at NiblO's; Z khsrt at Brough-
ANS; BiFgfeld at Fisk's; Dssne at the
BOwery; Maretzek and TOrriani at the
Academy Of Music, and Operti at the
Iammany.
Miss McCullOch is winning golden
opinions at the opera this season. Her
seems to be somewhat sfter |
ne style Of Ls Grange's; nor could she |
nave a better model. Her "Irensn IN |
BeLisGriO, and her AdalgisR" " ia Nor. |
ma are, 30 far, her best parts. The man
,gemsnt should give her an opportunity !
n be heard as "AminR" " in In Som
lGDlbuld.
Miss Elizabeth Philip in her essay
How to Sing an English ballad writ
en- as q preface to musical publication
n London, and reprinted here in EUeTy
lays great stress on the fact |
hat every singer should be able to play
,er own accompaniment. She qultes !
and Hullah's "Three Fish |
rs, as the best representative of the |
,ast stvia of EnUliEb ballad
Michigan University is prolific Of /
,ooks. President Haven has a work on |
hetoric in press Prof. Winehell q Sc |
les Of popular geological essays, |
Sketches OF Creation :" Prof. Evans, a |
lew work on German literature Prof /
Tyler, the athletic pauer soon to be pub
ished by TichnOr d Field; while Prof
)iney is preparing a series of msthsmat-
csl works.
"A man in Des Moines, Iowa, has
rscted a dwelling house for himself
,uilt mostly of paper. The weather
inside walls and shipgling are
u that material known in the West as
he Rock River Compsny's Building
Paper" The cost is about two thirds
hat OF the ordinary materials, and the
loOse, it is said, is much warmer than |
where plaster and wood are used.
-SchweTin is alive to the exigencies
Z the times. Sehwerin has 3 Grand
Oucal theRter, and the thestsr has an
ntendsnt, which his name is Won VOL
ogen. Notwithstanding the depression
n which such nomenclature might nat
rally be expected 20 involve its posses
or, Won WOlz )gen celebrated Moz irt's
birthday lately with s performance Of
Don Juan" in a new and revised
hape, inviting all the managers and
music directors Of Germany to the rep
joachim is the most popular violinist
o-dsy with the London public, and the
Musical World goes 80 far ss to say that
without being hero -worshippers, we