, 1873-02-23

VIII be made more prominent festuro OF these enter
:A1nncnts when more suitable hall can be obtained
than ID to be hnd. The officers Of the club are:
Geo. 7. Upton, President; VIM Sprague, vice Presi-
Secretary Warren G. cosn, Librarian Messrs. Frtz
Foitz, Pho A. Ots, and L. E. Cleveland, tho Musical
Committee. 1ts conductor is Ar. A. ". Dohn. Is it
everyone whom the Club would be glad to welcome as
associate member beg state that the associate
members desired invite their friends to join
Very respectfully, C1lAnLEs &. CC8riss,
CHICAGO, Feb. %, 1878.
TURNER HALL CONCERT.
The following is the programme Of to-day's
Turner Hall concert:
l. March, " Call Of Mars rs"..............:..E E. Bach
2. Overture, 'tLe Lac de Fees "........... ..Auber
). Iotrourri, Night ard Morning "...;; Hamm
Concert Overture tpy re1uest) F. Hottman9 mann
6. Waltzca, ~ Vienna ponlons )" ........ Strauss
7. PotPourH, >. Humaresqucn" ".-........::. Mede
9. Quadrie, 'Thalia lia"................F. Hoftmauu
THE C1ScrS:;AT1 FESTIVAL.
The Cincinnati papers arc busily sounding the
aaticipatory notes Of the greGt jubilee, which
comes OF in that city in May, under tho direc-
mittee havo concluded engagements with Mrs
Edmund Dexter (aoprano), Miss Annie Louise
Cary (contralto), Mr. Nelson Varloy (tho Eng
ish tenor), aud Mr.. II. W. Whitney (tllo Boston
basso), 70 take principal solo parts. Mrs. De1-
ter is a Cincinnati lady, who graduated from the
London Academy Of Music, and is pupil Of
Garcia The Commercial eaya: IL Mrs. Dc1-
ter's voice has the quality of pure soprano-that
il, we heard her produce singing tone on
upper G. Tho voice is full and sweet in tone,
quality which thrills and e1cites tho hearor.. It
il this natural gift OF beautiful voice, with d
decided power Of defamation, which gives this
lady her influence IN tho concert room.' Mi5s
Cary is so well known, sho does not need intro
duction. She will sing the solos in the Det
tiugen |sTe Deurn, :" Glucks - Orpheus, aud Bee
thoven's Ninth symphony. Mr. Whitney will
sing the solos in the "Te Dcum" and Sympho-
ny, and the 40, Isis und Osiris," from ''Ihe
Magic Flute" with full choral accompaniment.
recently, in which ho speaks in tho most glom-
ing manner Of the prospects of the festival.
MUSICAL NOTES.
The "Chanto dc Triompho," by Herr Brahms,
is having great SUCCESS III Vienna.
DIrs. Georgiapa Leach, an accomplished vocal
fst and sister OF Bret Harte, died recently in
Sau francisco.
4 daughter Of Sig. Arditi, the weu-known
conductor, is about to make her debut in Paris.
Gounod's s'Les Deu1 Reines" has beon
terrible failure at the Theatre Italieu, Paris, an
average of only $500 being taken at each per-
Faris, IS francs were given for letter tone paSe)
OF Chopin's; 81, for one Of Hcrold'g; and 275 1or
one, in two Languages, Of Nozart's.
Pierre Bernard, the little tenor that married
Caroline Rchings, has had disastrous maua-
gerial experience, aud is now in the meshes Of
the law, learning "a new way to pay old debts-' y
4 monument is about to be erected at Zittau,
in Sa1ony, to the composer NarEchner, who WIS
born there in 1793, aud died in 1861. He was
beat known By his two operas, 'Ihe Vampire" !"
and The Temp1ar and tho JeTess."
III :.l. ctnl
to form valuable contribution to musical liter
ature is announced for immediate publication
by the firm Of Eir7nin Didot at Paris. It iB ell
titled tho ''History Of Dramatic Music in
France" and ig from the pen Of II. Gustave
Chouquet.
It is not q bad joke-that of tho printer who
set up Cists poem, "Farowell to Mario, u Hail
King OF Terrors!" OF course, it never occurred
to the typographical imagination that Mario Was
"King of Tenors." Nothing but the enormous
age OF Mario could have justified the Jest.
Misfortunes, they say, nerer come singly-
The S,ciss Times says that recently, during .
performance at tho Scala Theatre, Milan, T.
ballet girl was nearly burned to death, mo-
diste fell and broke her leg, supernumerary
fell dead. and one OF the musicians became raw
ing mad.
Tho Leipsic correspondent OF the Musical
Standard speaks highly of the performances Of q
young Russian pianist, Mile. Alexandra Sogra1
by name, pupil Of Nicolas Rubinstein, the
eminent Director Of the Moscow Conservatoire,
and brother to the celebrated pianist and COM
poser Of that name
At Odessa tho italian Opera-House was burnt
down on the 18th inst. Nothing could be eaycd.
The wardrobe OF the artists; music, aud instru-
ments belonging to the orchestra, were all con-
aumed. ''Norma" WAS the last performance
the heroine being represented by Madame Saw
ertel, who has enchanted the public with her
4 fit,yf frr 1nof Ci% ,77ot, fho
The Musical Standard informs us that fow
admirers of the brilliant talents possessed by
Nine. Clara Sch1mann, have purchased an an
nuity for that lady Of q thousand thalora, in Or
der that she may in future not be obliged to e1-
tend her concert tours beyond limits compatible
with a due regard for her health. Besides this,
subscriptions have been set on foot among adj
mirrors OF the music Of the deceased composer
Robert Schumann, for the purpose OF educating
his children.
The Musical Standard refers to another pupil
OF Mendelssohn's who has rejoined his master in
the Elyeian Fields, the composer Emil STEM
kuhler, who died q few weeks ago ID Berlin.
Hy birth German. but for years and years q
rasident in Lille, steinkuller has from time to
time contributed to the musical library syrnpho-
n;eces. ] ballads, ETC., aome Of which have been
yory popular in France and Germany.
An exchange saTs 'Mme. Patti will make her
reniree at tue Royal Italian ope1a the second na
enoaqaraent seoa al for two years with the popular
heS5y sqsss ss0 il i to eaeesns gses5s sr @
as,a.}oyr Nine. Patti will not sing in this
n11s the In Asaaey be. sssae
hoMeso1, HesS sartember Nth full italian opera
@usts eompsny"aftar ns-t making tour through the
North and West. According to NJ. 51rakosch' a9;a1'
Adclina Patti has signed contract bJ which y,
she is to appear in the United States % curing tne
season commencing with the fall OF 1914.
pAREpA IN EaEFT.
The Ne,o York Arcadian prints the following
interesting letter from Carl Ross:
cA1no, JAN H. 187s1 have rece.Ted t5om ne r,uo ~
time in ths outlandsh place. the very welcome afed
dan. when LEFT the States such paper estsd t;s
and an reminded At this great distance and IN n,s
slow place. how rapidly you Americans gel ~
nera and In fact everything else. am nor suIs wy
ha riitor t. hut think recognize several gifted and
friendly pens The recep: Of The ana to te
hot discussion that has been going on ABOUT tue
and have occasionally Eeen cur names Ilenaoa ~ @
hnnorab}y AZ having been connected With efforts 70 e
tahish tie lyric drama permanently IN the United
+v-ta that tbarA no "E0-