The New York herald., 1872-07-08
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.
FOOtlight Flash es.


EthardO, the acrobat has been appearing at
Breslau with considerable SUCCESS
A new cantata by Max Bruch has been given at
Bremen. The title is "Odysseus."
At the Berlin Residenztheater, Paul Lindau's
drama, "Marion," has been produced with success.
new comedy, entitled "MassmO d'Azegio,n
has been well received at the TeatrO GerbinO OF
Turin.
Signora Maria Zaffarlni-Accusani, youthful dra-
matte authoress, has published proueroe at Rome
entitled "L'Abito non ia IL Monaco"
Anew piece, by NM. Clerc freres, two well known
Partisan Journalists is in rehearsal at the Gymnase-
Dramatques. Its title is 'Les Cloches du Soir"
Esser, highly esteemed composer and con-
ductor in Vienna, died suddenly June 10, at the
age of fifty-three.
Renaud, formerly director OF the Royal Chapel
Music, at the Tuileries, died this month in Paris,
aged forty nine.
A new theatre is to be built in Rome which is to
serve as a model theatre and a school for the
Improvement OF the Italian drama.
Herr Schneegauss comedy, entitled, CDR. vor.
| warts" has been accepted by the management OF
| the NV Stadt Theatcr OF Vienna.
In Berlin, at the Victoria Theatre, five act play,
entitled "Ein Held der Feder," has been moderately
successful. At the National Theatre, Herr Leopold
| Grubers play, "Der Meneidbauer" has been most
favOrably received.
drama, entitled strangers Yet, announced as
being founded by Mr.. Oswald Allan, upon a ballad
OF Clarlbel has been given at the Grecian. It is q
commonplace record OF murder, false accusations
and other like matters cOnSecrated to melOdram0.
Among the novelties produced at the Berlin
Stadt Theater, One-act comedy, "Eine Stunde
Kaiser Won Oesterreich" by A. Oppenhem, in which
the emancipation of Austria from the rule of the
Jesuits in the time Of the Empress Maria Theresa Is
treated, has been successful.
At the annual meeting OF the Partisan Socete des
Auteurs ct Composteurs Dramatiques, under the
presidency of M. Alexandra Dumas, new members
of committee were elected in the persons Of NM.
August Maquet, Ludovic Halevy, Edmond Gondinet
and Paul Feval.
vinces are given to pay the German occupation out
OF France. If all the notes sung and played were of
greenback issue the war debt had been paid four
host of these patriots are going to London in hope
OF further sympathy being enlisted.
NJ. Gounod is coming out as a singer. He will
make his debut in this capacity at the Albert Hall,
London, on July Is; and his ilrst effort will be his
own song, "Maid OF Athens" thousand select
voices are TO assist in the general performance,
| but we presume with bOUcheS Je7lleeS while NJ,
| Gounod Is singing.
| Musicians who rave about Wagner make no men,
tion Of his conducting the PHILHARMONIC concerts in
| London for q whole season after Sir M. Costa had
| seeded. II we remember rightly wagner con-
Quoted the symphonies Of Beethoven from memory,
as he Is said to have conducted the Grand No. o
| Choral symphony In Baireuth.
A London paper says:-''Mle. Mehlig whose ad-
mirabe pianoforte playing some seasons ago, in
London, was much admired. has quilted the States
| making fortune. England is no longer the EldO-
! RADIO Of musiclans-America and Russia beat John
Bull out Of the field In terms paid to singers and
| pianists."
| NJ. Sch9lcher, while he was refugee in London,
| produced The Life Of Handel" having acquired
several valuable MSS. of the composer of the INES
| siah." He has now presented these scores to the
Library of the C0nservatoire de Musque. This i'm
portant collection, we have reason to obeieve might
have been acquired at one period for the British
Museum. t"TT - -
| The Paris Cour d'Appel has conferred the pro-
pretary right of the heirs of Clement to his piano
| forte work, "Gradus ad Parnassum," on the ground
that the author was French subject when he
married In 1871, and that the DrOfts dAute,T re-
maned vested in his heirs up to 1874 twenty years
! had previously decided that musical works did not
come under the same category as literary property
| n principle set aside by the Superior Court-nas-
/ much as the 0gtnes de reSprH were identical,
whether they emanated from musical minds or