The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-01-14
MUsICA.L NOTES.

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-Tamberlik is singing again in Plrs.
Patti has signed operate engag tments M
to 1871.
Tame Cats," the late London ,a,ensation
is shortly to be brought out in Chicsgo.
-Herve, the composer Of ssL'EiSCreve," is
also his own librettist.
| --Taus.g and Rubenstein are ths$tyo popu.
lar pianists Of tho day in Berlin.
--Ferucci is the name OF new 50 eaao VINO
is exciting the opera-goers OF ,MosciiS.
-Perotti, new tenor in Genos. is highly
praised there by a very critical pEblic much
disposed to grumbling. 4.
-Rossini gave about twenty years 81 his life to
art, and about forty to the enjoyment of life.
7, Was he right?
1t is said that the KING orsssony pays
nearly one-fourth of the civil m6key to the
Dresden Theatre.
-Meyerbeer's "Profeta" and Ross;ni's ssCen-
erentola" have been the late attractions at the
Pergola Theatre, Florence. a.
| 1t rs said that Kellogg bids faiffo be Pat
ti's successor in London, il not 81 the new
Italiens of the French capital.
| At Warsaw, on the occasion Of funeral
| service in memory Of Rossipi, the cathedral
was draped in black, and the SIabdsafater was
| performed. M "A
"A society Of gentlemen amateurs have
lately performed at the Town Hea or Leeds
the "Antigone" of Sophocles wits Msndels,
sohn's entire music.
-Teto Mattel is one Of the mosssrolific and
popular composers ON the opposltr,side of the
water. He is known here chiefly ~ the vocal
aria Non Der.
"A sale Of rare old yiolins made by stradi-
| varius, Guarnerius and Bergonzi r,ssently took
place in Paris. the old instrumers bringing
fabulous prices. @
The orchestra Of the Tamn,any, 4 alhambra.
at New York, will include twenty-si pieces, un-
der the leadership Of Signor Obers an Italian,
who tor the last fifteen years hasssecn resi-
dent Of London.
-Elotow is in Paris conlpletiiN his new
work, ''L'Ombre." NJ. de st. GeRses is the
| author Of the ibretto. The story ggcarried on
by four characters only, without he aid of a
chorus. AZ sS s s
Musicians arc said to bs conc ICED. They
usually are. Even the great Be sshover had
the weakness of vanity, for in cSa Of his let
ters he writes s.Kings and PRINTS may easi-
ly make professors and privy cosfcillors, and
bedizzen them with titles and bons; but
great men-men that stand co1s cuous from
among the common herd--they II snnot make.
That they must leave alone; and sSen two men
like myself and Goethe meet, wdsanght to be-
held in high esteem.'' S&S3 "a
The Nex York ''Musical eide" throws
out these suggeations to choirs9pat wish to
sing church music with expressYn: ssLet d
choir sing tune through as theSs Sshaye been
in the habit OF doing, with voices III and nm
strained. Let them then sing il in pre-
cisely the same way as regards tisa ;onun-
citation, expression, &o., bnts Nniahlag the
power twenty-five per cent; that is, singing
with about threef,usths Thea sgength OF
voice, and those who listen viii find the sifset
improved at least oae-half In iact, this pro-
portion does not adequately express the differ
ence, for the distinction is really between bad
and good. When the power ia unrestrained,
every voice stand out separate and distinct from
every other, causing each individual defect to
be intensified and exaggerated. When the
voices are subdued they are far more likely to
blend and become, as it were, transfused, q
process which strongly tends to absorb indivi-
dual faults and to create an agreeable result
even out OF unfavorable materials."