The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-12-25
Not r4enas for Richmond.

The following amusing aud quite tsutniui
.ssore fs from New Orleans letter 20 Tue
! nn;sy;,le n,uyier-JouraGl: "Ncw orleans
- .ho n,o.t musical city / have ever Wis.
;toS".thai is. I mean that il is more ON
,,,,,s,n and has the most critical musicians !;
I. 81 ,ncak more accurately. The NEST m'l
va, rritics-fbat is to say. there Is more
,,,,s;c 70 DC criticized, or rather more cT,tlcS
"a tho amount Of music however. haliatu
smith knows what mean. i''lt tne i,e'pie
here do adore music, and Know II os near,
and INCREASINGLY 60 for II. hat they cai
ten yo,. about music wouldnt beWortn pun
fishing for the instruction ot small ciiiorep;
1hcy Know all about ancient music, anu
modern music, and the music OF the lutufv.
Sn,re az their ideas on the SuDlcct arc SUM
c;cn;ly venerable 10 be aired III the Jepe'-
son,aa Democrat, and some again are ~.
yonnp TO stand alone. IL Is great PRIV
icpc and benefit to hear New orleans YAM
ohout music. When | came here otah
know two notes of music III the Woriu-ho,
not ore. to say it off the booS-aho since
then I'VE heard some which, l am c"''i''
dent, couldn't have heard any"neiie
else, The opera in New orle'S =;
Of course, very wen s"tpo. t,,o
is nat allowed 10 want tor any VI W.
r..assor;ss nor many Of the luXurics OF op'
nra,ic existence. What like about II Is
this. When Won 20 there you need never.
have any trouble III arriving at correct es'i-
rats of the artists (you mustn't say Slhs gers,
or performers. for that would show that you
d;dp.t understand music. There aic always
many people to say, in an Impressive, con-
traIto sort of manner, with kind OF dddg'o
sh,up Of the shoulders, that It's enhancing.
Won never hear such yocalizatIon outsioc oi
paris ard st. Peter>burgl and heard
one n,an say he never wanted 10 near
such inside. Now, in Louisville, I'm
never able to form clear, posltNe
Judgment about the matter unit! see
The Iourtes-JmU-nal next morning, when
much impairs the pleasure Of the entertain
mcnt-!or how can u man enjoy thinS un-
less ne knows whether or not It's good: "A
fire. class voice. can always do well here, pro.
yidcd it has had forty or fifty years OF cul-
,jyation in the best European or Creole cir
c,.s wouldn't advise Nilsson to come
here. 4 friend of mine told me all about IL.
.Her voice he said, will do very well for
Louisville, or Bagdad, o. ConStantlnope,
bH IFS too staccata for this market-qulte
too piano-iorte, rs it wcre-too little TIM
brc: shows decided lack Of culture IN the
lueZzo,into bars and an unmistakable lesion
of The supra condyloid foamen III. the
higher notes of G fiat. The refined organs
of a New Orleans audience would de-
tec her shortcomings at once. After
the very first scene you'd hear every one
say to q friend, You can have my DON
for the rest of the week; Eve quite enough
OF this After this explanation felt sorry
for Nilsson. had likcd.hcr very much III.
deed. but now my eyes were opened, and
wor. dered how my ears could have so de-
ccived me. They have tenor here just I'M
ported from the Grand Opera OF Paris,
which is the stocktarm where they raise
,cnor>. Everybody thinks it's so strange be
was allowed to come aWay--you Wouldn't
think so until you got well acquainted with
him. His name escapes me. No one can
pronounce his name who hasn't lived seven
Years below Canal street on garlic and choc-
olate. When be braces himself against
substantial piece of scenery and turns on Il
full head Of voice he invariably brings down
the house. and makes you wish it had fallen
OF him. But know he understands music