, 1869-05-16
Classical Concerts.
Peeuliarites Of Classical Audiences
His Personal and Musical Charact er'
is1ics.

tl8 Personal anu muSlcal CAaTacL ef.
istics.
tyHox orK owS coKREsrpNpEvr.l
LoSbos, Ap1r IS
oPIRA AND coScHsr,
Tne increasing lore uf nnu1lc IN England Is noted
: everyone capable Of Judging OF national chassc-
,rtSt.cs It Is not lAsnIcu, hut deep, abiding
eve ot Ibis heavenly att7 which soothes the
rpubied mind Of man, and ftnues bis pleasures |
here Is n1ncd false taste Ia society. and the true
.nsc ot nustc Is often horrnt-Strtckcn At What he
compelled to hear, hut al competent critics
G1ec thst there u nor larger class than cyerbc-
ore Of Intelligent students and Of apprtcsattye
tesrers- Take, 1rst,
TUE Al1sTucRAC1 AND TIE orKEA.
In the season, cuscerts are given at the London
o.:scs Of peers and rich men, and the quality Of
he uusc selected l. one test Of the state Of music
I ltc leading grapac Of society. There ia a1nongst
he lest class chamber baaJ, chorus and ptiuci- |
nals, AID The rtog1am Ees ate Written oul purpose
y to suit the tastes OF the expected visitors II
re !a:ter comprise he fashionable chttfs oilton !
he newest and most hackneyed u1us,c il chosen; |
H. tho contrary, the really musical families Of
be crtstocraey aoeep. the Invitations, the pieces
chosen are OF q higher order Of composition, and
new works a1e sure to l,e listened TO with at1ea-
tia- An accomplished amateur, Pros-
sian titplor.att.t who Is now,
heiere, at vienn1, once described
the ordinary fashionable concert IS . eonresa-
=snre with music=l accompaniment Several
members OF tho atistocgacJ display vocal talent
snove the average Of professional singing, and
there is uoE clear desire 70 aim nj something
beyond the exhibition Of roulades and threadbare
<i,t.es and to engage the syupatbies Of those Who
love TO listen 70 and appreciate really beausi
nj II mn
his day TO promote this chanSc When Atndcls-
sahn and AeSestecr visited the English Court,
apart from the kild friendship which the Queen
and PHnce Always showed 10 distinguished
4rtlstA, the two great composers were fur-
prtsel by the criticisms OF her husband
IN no cirs, sa7e St. Petersburg, DO musicians OBJ
tain such high terms for lessons and earn such In
cones as In Lnndun. modern edition OF the
MeAstah the ~hoie Of Ecetnoven,s and Aoza1ts
ssor:stas Aendclssohp 5 sorgs without Words, tand
a thick rclnme OF hymns And chnrales cost less
thAu one plhao-foste lesson by 1tstrate mAate1.
In tAcx there a1e lessons given In London by sec
ond and thtrI-rate pan!sta, who. Ia Fjeuna, Milan,
berlin, BrEssei. Munich and Paris Eonil be ex-
trruely fortunate To obtain half ths lowest amonnt
drrsntied The latc NJ. Rlcs, ia addition to sup
plying music Shops weekly with a composition,
aas Known to give sixty Ellnea lessons In one
week, and at the present moment there arc several
tencherE getting nearly Al much Most OF the
p.antste receiving thels guinea PER lesson In Lon-
don Nonld net have more than dollar and a few
cents IN Sirnua-
II fou looked IN at the orerr, confess you
wuuld think tss estimate too hlEh- l viii suppose
you taye one Of those e1quts,te bone medals
called s3opera lones'' admitting to the stalls at
e.e5y performance ofthe season, and transferable,
and fof hIch sou or your friend will have TO pay
seventy or eighty pounds sterling. I VIII picture
you thcrc intent on the entoymeut OF a great
musical hanquet-say "Wi1liam Tell,'' or g The
Hneuenots-" You wish not to lnsc note, and are
particularly anxious 10 heaE The overtime. The
orchestra Is magnificent It moves as with one
mind and one boAy. The mnlttrde Of Ii 1srruments
aErea. touched with one hand OF blown with ono
brratt- But you are disturbed In 5our fssst-
Ttuofs Of ladies' md gentlemen aEr passing sost,
nndtcg GET their geata The rustling OF silks;
rhr questions and answers; the nur1uur Of con-
vcEE4slon; the nst!esz alz; the uttet deafness To
wEa: ts going on Just IN rfuntr-wor1ies and eKAs-
petates- 0vcrtuzgs are merely as the music
st dinner 10 tie occupants OF tho stalls aud th.
hoxc6. Qntr those who arc in tho galleries, and
whom The sorpd pi the triro!ous never reaches,
gire to this preface csretul ear. 1t 1s they who
recognize The httl1laol execution, and who applaud
the accomplished artists, who ore as consclentious
az the rIiNa donna herself.
The overture at an end and the curtain rolled
M, you hope at length to fud yourself one OF
crowd ii ~orhhlpiers, but hoT soon you are uu-
decei. ed! Good breeding usually puts = stop 10
cUversation-shefc ls always some lew who In
l.cnaut1y err IIush."it II anything louder than =
whisper Is heard, but there are signs manifold
that you Are out Of sos1pEuper place u Jon look
At the men you nnd Their appearance rs tndteatve
In nz way Of extra aid as that of tho EadleA- The
clothes Gt with ruachlue-liIe cxactncss; the hsil
Is utuetel to smooihness which once was ptcu.
llar to women the whlsktrs, mOustache and beard
hare been made ny Some noetrum beautiful for
ever" or for the evening. Their tightly
nttinE white OF layenl!ef-coored gloves, white
nctk r1bbon, fanclfullT embroidered shirt front,
diamond st1ds end 1auitleSs boots, show q deyo
tiun which is nut1stly supposed TO be pecullarlJ
feminine The ladies arc loo.eniug their naaE
ntncent c2oaks OF Rhawst, and the supcIs dresses
and Jewels arc beginning te steal out into the gas
light II you are not mu.sctaa 70 the core; u
you are fond OF observing your Find. you {ouFsel
will gradually forget the stage, and be recauea
It only By some moyteart which even the us!let
collect themselves to hear. II you look round th
horseshoe shaped building you see scarcely .on
In ten Of the brilliant company IN the boxes oni
ing towards the stage Every scsond lady or Eru
tlcuan has Z laEr orers Elass rad is Eazlng .
eou.e ore In the audience, The private boxes star
at tie Irtvste boxes, aid tie stalIs looE At eac
other, ard nj the boxes rs wei Diamond core
Eeta, and bracelets, lighted with prectous stoned
Arr moving il eTesy direction. The 1rst desire o
lady, cn sitting down In he- opera box, after ah
has arranged her dresk appears to h
10 see who Is there. II yo
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Io,rna se,.nn 1nu. eac. ut snnx. vhsre u
o,,rr te n L. ronnn N'hl,e tbc lsdIcs look ,
c,ch nttr, thr trcu. Who are further hack In II
fnyes pnt VIM x,nns.ant1y stand. divide the
scr1..nr t,c, wrcu ,he sexes. Nor do they lin
th.,, ra7e. but explore eyery region for hexur
And having .n,:cd Il Ioax a. 1t frequently snd vi
imn,r1,al e1c- 4 urv .sncer. q great niece
n,rsc. rernars eren m artistic Bit OF scene.
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thar ,oot INV tnsr arcs s,ch thInos mn mn
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nztrons ,b,n 1hs ntce.,e. Of the com,oaiuou wh,
ran,n. RAG nrn,nce,, sn,1 which The f1,s4 talent
,hc Fo-.o ia ,r.Trnrrttn,-,
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,,rn--nt a IN -cen. ~ ,n1 n ,he RI, sst
,a,ea,-- - t,cn .r. nc,n. c1vr1- nnt which
as,endet II, ,hose xta o,Iy haya an anu.ec.at
1o,. a, ,nre,c ~ vno nyr no,lnr 10 fo!iov I.
nrnfesx,on Tre hcK1 are sunpnrted py sut,sc,
f,on. A ncuner ol cIer1.ocp, ha1ritcss q
atner professional uca sulec,!hc for admission
series and their f.Sss.ca attend each "
reJsr,o,. ,,.yrt..atltv. The trs1 IA one callcd
1c.In.. frr,. ~, yes,c a t-nod cor,po.
~ q, oxc-nc,. mns,et,u. has
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