New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-10-04
MUsIO AND THE DRAMA.
MUSIC.
rur PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.

THE PHILHARMONIC sOCIb1l' |
The annual prospectus of the New 41.~IH
philharmonic Society has been issued, TIE thirteth
.eson will open with public rehenSsal on the 18th @,
November and the first CONCERT win take place Dec
There will be, usual, ak concerts and 10 public re-
hearsals MT BerguGnn retains his place conductor
The numbers Of the orchestra are unchanged and |
Arssrs Strong, Hill. Schasd and Beishem continue to
MI the principal executive Offices The management In
has good during the past year that no i'm
pOrlant change to be expected We arc glad 10
know that the arrangement for reserving seats ana
boxes which gave such satisfaction last year. will CON
~ force. The proscenium boxes will DC sOid oy
the President at his Office in Wallst, on the Sh Vi NO
Nember Other boxes will be disposed Of at aucaop In
She Academy OF Music on the 18Th Of November. Inc
Of tickets withreserved seats in all PSs OF
the house except the boxes, will open on the itn Oh
October at the usual Offices There IL change In the
prlccs The programmes not vet announced pnt we
hear ruOrs OF the production Of LISTS great FSus'
symphony" (which requires chorIs); of the Raft Sym
phouy which to- directors were unable TO procure as'
year; aud of syp2hOny by Prof. F. L. K"er'
A GOOD ENTERPRISE.
The American Musical Fund Society of this
ety hss determined to give every year subscription
concert chiefly made up Of the best music composed IN
the United Sates" and. in order to secure WORKS OF
merit seven prizes offered, ranging from S|"lo
Hymphony 10 S25 for instrumental SOLO, song, UT
ehorus This enterprise commends itself the the good
wishes a. oil and musicians The Phihar-
,pon,c society has sometimes been censured for neglect
ioc the development of native talent in order TO devote
if q, che great musicians Of the past-an unjust re-
proasa for the Philharmonic not established as
tra school, and its service TO art Is rather In the de-
ycopnent Of taste by worthy performance OF great
classical compositions than in the encouragement OF
budd NJ genus to display itself IN the concert
roou The Musical Fund Society now undertakes to do
what the Philharmonic rightly leaves undone; and "s
tic orcht Of the associations are In great part
a1off tho aoIDR me- lp
pirate that the should the complement OF the
We should not forget that that the new venture
the of charity no less than in the cause
of art for the Musical Fund Society besides afodihg
Icic t0 its members dluiuS sickness, has now Oh lis
peusonrol widows, 81 orphan children, and super
animated musicians. Subscriptions for the annual con-
cert may forwarded to Louis Ernst President OF lho
Society, or D. Schaad Secretary. Five dollars payable
when jackets the first concert are ready for deh'y
VII ent!tlc The subscriber TO SIX admissions
MUSICAL NOTES.
performance of Mozarts Twelfth Mass
was gwen last month Covent Garden, with Madame
RudersIorG Miss Dalton, Mr.. Nordblom and Mr. Whit
hey of Boston in the solo parts.
Among the new works to he produced IN
Paris this Winter are tGounods "POy euce. Ambrose
Thomas "Psychc"' in which the principal characters
are Eros ard Mercury Oiercury to be PLAYED by M.
Faurc) and Eugene Daz prize compcsltlon' La coupe
dp kOl dc 1huic
Tine classes at the Paris Conservatoire have
hcn reopencd under the direction Of Ambrose Thomas.
who succeeds Auber NJ Gevaert, chOrusmaster OF the
Pfs Grand Opera succeeds Ftis as director Of the Con
servate 81 Brussels aud is replaced az the Grand Op
10y Victor Masse.
The latest operate sensation at Milan is " ii
Cuarany." the work OF Mexican composer named
I;oues The scene is laid in Brazil, and the hero
INDIAN ch OF tie Gualani tribe. 1t is terror role
and is said TO have been admirably hcd by N4uah Inc
Uprra frat performed about year ago
The English Opera Company performing at
thc ST. JameS's Theater in London includes Miss Rose
IIerscc Mrs Blanche Cole, Madame Florence Lanca,
bCn The last named gentleman will he remembered
az tie set tcuOr Of Madame Parepa Rosas company
ayCar
List has finished his grand Oratorio,
.ChiIs;us" and sent manuscript to Vienna, where
The work 10 be executed divided into three parts
and fourteen Characteristic scenes, thus mapped out
I,'Iuorrtlpr. II. Pastoral and AIIancttlOn ~ the
Angels III StGhat Mater specioSa. " song "1 InE
Ri yhcr,I. "a; the cradle. V. Tue Three Holy kng, vi
ing OF the Church IX. The Tempest y Entry mt
Jerusalem. N. Triets est alilna inca AL Staht'
mater dolurUsa. Kill Easter Hymn. Nv CHRIST is
rsCn!
Dr. Leopold Danrosch is about giving Sc
y,cs of Surlv concerts at Stcuway Han beginning on
rho 2d Of October The staple Of the entertainments Will
I've orchestral music performed by band Of fifty picked
Uaycr but IRE will also he variety Of solo pieces,
both vocal and Instrumental and Dr. DdnT0Sths Nlull
of reUuisitiOn. 1t is long time since
We have any good Sunday concerts. eNcep NJ the
aiumtut cUGi! not he attempted ny u more cOmlt-
f1,. Inu team than Or. DamrOSc!, 10 whose II makao
qualities bOih conductor and vIrtuOSO our columns
lave borne emphatic testimony.