Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-05-24
Musical and Dramatic.

| Now ;As; Fsre2s, and Nilsson, sud Wschisl
/ have mSie their fortunes in the United States,
| all the musicians Of Europe are anxious to come
I here hsL NSrctz las tsken a lease OF the
/ ACADEMY CT Music lroI September 10 April,
and, Ia partnership with Mr. jarrett, purposes
/ iutrodcc ng Luccs CSIl l1ss is coming back
/ ihe yesr after. Wachtel premises to return.
Ssutiey, it is Etit, wal ai.o return And uoE
Iam5eriz Oisrs 10 c1ue, with De Vivo for his
naG1gs-. and 60 bring With him full com
I pany. lie Is 80 open. 10 Cctocer, season OF
four months IN Havana, sld thcnee intends to
CONE to New io-s IN February.
4 neat compliment vill De paid to FrsGz Abt.
tue great German compcseT, At the jubilee, by
tie reEieri1c, under the cJmpossr's own di-
roction. Of ne familiar song. - " hen the
Swallows aomewsrl Fig" The frat verse will
be sung by 5000 soVrso9s, aad the second by
5000 ienlrs sui the tuI chorus O; 20 900 in
harmony. The following singers have been sid
et TO the '' bouguet Of srtists - soprano,
Mira. J. IL Long Of Boston slto, Miss Henri
eta A. Hunt CT Boston bsss, John L. Shaw Of
Portla-d, &e., Daniel f. Spencer Of Milford.
Mass
ScLutsrt's monument st Vienna vii be uu-
yeiied oa the 18th instant
All UzttCrs connected win The uey coliseum
at Boston sre progressing rapidly. The gslery
floor aud the maiu post foundation are nearly all
in position, sud pi.r-driyiug for the foundation
Of the grea, crssn Commenced.
The frst appearance Of johann Strauss, who
is coming TO the jubilee in London was IN 1868.
sai created no small excitement. Every night,
in toe middle CT the concert, tiin and d.ndi-
ted young man, with a proiuse black tesri and
mustscle, would step jsuuuly on TO the platform
vacated by ; cn0r B0tiesini HIS appearance
Was the signal for frantic applause, TO which,
hiile sui bow in hand. he b5sei good bumor-
etly tlen turing sharp round, he would
catch the eye O. every one IN the band, sad rsis-
lns bis yiolia bcw, would piug ge into one Of
tt0se raptur5us dance which, once hezrd, could
never be forgotten. NlW shaking his bow at
the distant drummcr. egg.ug on tie wind, pick
ing up the bssses. turning tercely on the string
ed instruments then stamping, turning a
piroue;te, and dash.uy his h0g down on his own
fiddle s,s.nzs, the clear ;EsDgiug Of the Stratus
yiolir would be heard for some moments above all
the rest. Presently The orchestra sways as one
man INTO the measure, which hots cspricio1sy
nov tezriaz S.ong then rudienly languishinR.
st the viii Of the magic electric ylclin. Johann
Strauss danced, pit aud b--es danced, the very
hghts JTintled IN Zine everybody and every
thius seemed 70 turn IE-0 = waltz or a ealiop by
yon1er ine10rsb,e " pied piper" until some
s5rupt clarg brought a. 90 s. clJse, sni the little
man was lefl boviuE znd smiling, and c4pering
backward to al xui,5uce b5s.de themselves with
delight. Nothing oi the sind has been seen ia
England before, and all ,l4t can be said is, isat
Of i,s kind it IS SIMPLY isin.tEbe
The managers Of the great jubilee have thus
far engaged - Of the best military bands in the
country, iueluiiug Dotssorth's and the Ninth
regiment hani of New orr, the American brass
bsai of Pr5vidaEcs aul the Marine band Of
Washington M-lsue Erninis Ruie.slof. the
eminent Eugiish Soprano, has also been engaged,
shs being the latest ID il ion to TIC list Of sooists
Madame Rude-sdcH was the leading soprano
so.o.at q, &c Hsade. and Haydn festival lsst
ye-r.
4 L9v-l man Be. lately had III organ built
for bic osn use, which is the lsrgest instrument
in private residence IT, the c5ustry. Il isEs
large as ~ o-iio.ry church orssn and is put
Up IN rae sane manner, bat tie tone is carefully
m0iulaied 90 ;a5 space 10 is 90 occupy. Among
the stops is the euphcne, rarely usei in this
country. aai TIRE physm1uic,, aever before in
tr5iucsj into ~ America. organ.