The New York herald., 1873-09-23
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.

Sign0r Tamberlk will arrive In this city TO-DAY
from Paris In the Vile de Havre. Nine. Testa
comes In the same vessel
The music OF la File de Nine. Angot," which
has become very popular is being arranged for tho
pianoforte by MIR. Richard Moenhaper.
Edmond About having found a new tenor in
Paris wineshOp where he was a waiter, n.
Halanzer OF the Grand OPERA has undertaken
his musical education. The coming wonder, whose
name is Cellier, is twentyeight years old, tall and
good-looking.
Last evening Professor Cromwell, who visited
this city few days ago, reproduced at Association
Hall an exceedingly pleasing entertainment con-
ssting OF views OF the most celebrated statues
and edifces OF the world. He accompanies the
views with running commentary In the style Of
familiar lecture, and gives different programme
each night.
LA Morte Civlle'''("Ciyll Death"), which was to
have been produced at the Academy Of Music this
evening, has been postponed until Friday in con-
sequence OF the impossibility OF procuring from the
steamer, which arrived only yesterday, the cos
tunes and properties. Consequently there will DO
no performance tonight at the Academy. To
morrow evening "Othello" will be repeated, and
this will be the last evening when an opportunity
will be given OF seeing Salvini in this character.
Last night he repeated Ingomar before an exceed
ingly enthusiastic house. Corrado, In LA Morte
Civilen is considered one OF his strongest parts.
The Vokes family are now In the last week Of
their performances at the Union Square Theatre,
and Mr.. George Fawcett Rowe Is also ending his
engagement Next Monday night, the last OF the
season, special bill will be provided, The regu-
lar season OF the Union Square Is to Begin
on Wednesday, October l. with the performance
OF Mr.. Rowe's new DRAMA ''rhe Geneva Cross" q
full dress and scenic rehearsal of which win be had
on Tuesday, September 80. In this play the
strongest members Of the company Will appear,
among them Mr. Mackay and Miss Rose Eytinge.
The latter returns to the stage alter being absent
four years.
During the coming week Mr. Theodore Thomas
will leave the city with his company for the West
to open, on the 9Th OF October, the newly built
Music Hall in Chicago The manager, in announc-
ing the coming season as the last during which
Mr.. Thomas and his orchestra will travel, re-
marks:-
When in 1862 the first tour was undertaken 1t was
s nH"sor s q
grammes appealed only to a limited class But The me-
ssa hs an
SS% ss nas1y t % heg
orchestras For this a permanent organization
;
sh pSse tSs s an
asssr While %
stead enjoying It, The orchestras twenty years
ago. such those OF Gung Stcyermark Germa ma &C..
had not even the instruments NECESSARY to form com
string 10 the wind instruments The julien orchestra
as sSs of
sooists The remaining talent necessary form
chestra engaged here In every city where they per-
formed. The principal object OF the conductor was to
exhibit these sooists to the best possible advantage in
the OF these societies that OF the European
artists who still visit this country to make money and to
please their audiences not to beneht hem The other
societies In the United states which numerically deserve
the orchesas do not meet often enough and the
members obliged daily to play IN small squads very
Interior class OF music The desire to establish per-
summer Nights Concerts The success the concerts
secured the permanency Of the orchestra during the
summer months TO travel during the winter then be-
desirable The first winter was fought through:
themselves in music became then duty TO continue
travel in view of the beneficial influences which these
brought TO bear upon the whole country The
public taste good music could not have been more
plainly shown than by the two musical festivals lest
spring in New York and Cincinnati which, at an earlier
date would have been impossible 1t i believed that the
Thomas concerts have now made good music popular In
the United states and given the people a musical
standard and it is hoped that to hear good music has
become such necessity that every city may secure men
choral or ,tral This point having been reached.
the mission OF travel drawing to close and the last
OF the Thomas concerts is announced
Mr. Thomas has engaged the concert singer. Mr..
Myron W. whitney, and several distinguished in-
strumental sooists for his tour through the States
series of six symphony concerts will be given
during the season at Steinway Hail. the nrst one
to take place November 22