The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-12-15
Musical and Theatrical Notes.


ssShoo Flyn is tickling the Chicagoans
.Shoo Tyn Is buzzing lively IN Cincinnati.
.Shoo Fly" Is also tine sensation OF the hour in
this city.
.Snpo Flyn ia a plantation song. in which the
singers jump up and down In very spasmodIc
manner.
"Shoo TIy,n just now, Is all the rage at the NJ
scum, at Tammany, at the Theatre Comquc. at
Bryants, at the san Francisco at tho wayerley aud
ct Tony PASTORS Opera House.
.Shoo Piyn-ing, in this Vicinity, is at present
very popular. At all OF the above named places OF
amusement It Is nightly encored and redemanded
again and again. and one hundred pieces OF 'shoo
Fyr music are sold at our music stores to one OF
any other popular air ever before published.
"shoo Fyn Is an original negro melody and was
picked up from some "contrabands, shortly after
the war by . troupe OF ltinerant MINISTRIES. IL is
now sung in our theatres, minstrel halls ana par
ors and is whistled by boys In the street, hummed
by business men In their office and Is PLACED by
nearly every brass band and orchestra m the city.
30 much for native muse. Utterly senseiess and
stupid as are the words oil the song tue music Is,
nevertheless, exceedingly mover and Of rather
catching nature, and wnen well sung ana acted,
either ia buresque or ON tue MINSTREL stage, IS
GounOd Is getting on rapidly with lls .'Polyeucter
Verdi with his .Patrle' and Ambro5 thomas with
his .franc0ise dc kinlni."
Hermann, the prince OF necromancers, who 10 at
present prestidigItatiug in the Hub commences
another season OF magic and sleighr-ofhand at tue
Academy OF Music next Monday evening. Professor
Hermann has entirely recovered his health and IN
tends 10 astouIsh ciIizens with something really
novel ana marvellous IN the way OF "things which
seem to be aud yet are not"
MISS Bateman Is in the second week OF her success
az the Walnut theatre, Philadelphia, where she
tnues to attract large audiences by her careful and
arllstic impersonatl0n OF 'Alary Warner.u Al the
termination Of her engagement IN the "lUaker
City" MISS Bateman will give lew representa- lions
OF Mary Warner In washington, after which she
will proceed to New Orleans.
Kelly Il Leon5 mnstrels Will favor the citizens
OF New Bedford this evening with back burasque
tastlcn comedians. sing and dance at the Adelphi
theatre, Boston, next week.
The original Zcrllna OF Don Giovanni Nine.
Codecasa has lust died at Milan, ut the are OF 100
years. she had created the part at Prague under
the direction OF Mozart himself.
New iork Is threatened with another stone giant
We may expect some iun In the impending battle or
the giants as Is Is runored that there are NUMBER
OF them in the field, ali OF equal size, beauty
strength and weight Some one OF them Is probably
tile original OF onondaga Parkes, OF the Museum
says about purchasing Iarm at Cardiff for the
purpose OF planting petrifactlons, which viii give
snowmen aud patent right men new field OF labor.
At tine Pagllauo theatre, at Florence, an opera by
Marchetti, "Ruy Bias. has just been produced. la
tue second act some charming DtorceauI occur; the
third, however is the most effective In the piece the
fourth not being quite 30 powerful The success was
complete
The communal Council Of Bologna on the ami.
versary OF The death OF R0Sslni placed q memorial
stone with suitable Inscription In the courtyard or
the building In which the ''tabat heard for tue
first time Ia Italy, on the 18th March, 1913.