New-York tribune., 1874-06-01
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.
MUSICAL NOTES.

MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.
MUSICAL NOTES
II ia said that NJ. GOunOd Is composing an
orchestral fantasia on the " Marseillaise."
Rubinstein will produce his Oratorlo line
Damon in Paris next Winter
The Directors of the Brooklyn Philharmonic
Society are discussing with Theodore IhomaS 'ne
bility Of establishing chorus In conuec'on Win '
Society.
Theodore Thomas purposes giving SUD-
scrint,on :seres OF SYMPHONY Concerts In Boston al
intervals during Winter, the same plan as 'o
New-York concerts.
The Apollo Club of Chicago, male chorus
OF Atty members led by Mr. A. W. Dohn, Is 10 gave 'no
closing concert OF its second season next "cun0'u''
assisted by Mr.. s. Il. Atis ,
The Cincinnati Harmonic Society, under the
direction of Mr. Otto Singer held small iesuVai as'
week. the principal feature OF which was the producoh
Of LsZrs cantata OF " PrOInetheus'
The Harvard Association of Boston lost
money by It's last series OF symphony Concerts. Inc
Association been in existence nino years. anu ne
had unremuneratiye season peiore' go =.
Mr.. Strakosch, having dispensed with hls
chorus and otherwise curtaIed his company ID 10"
giving operate concerts in the Western cities In LOUIS
VILE the experiment has been unsuccessiui'
At a concert recently given at Berlin FRAU
Joachim the wife great volinist, and one OF he
arst living conrolto singers revived Church Cintata
py Sebastian Bach, Getst ind Seele rUd re1o"Te io
alto solo with orchestra aud organ ODbHgato'
The AthenGum, announcing the arrival OF
sig Campanini in London says The italian tenor sang
in Herr Wagners 'Lohengrn' eleven times and in sig:
Verdi's Aida thrtyhrec times IN Amerca aa yS
these two works are are ignored pOsra pOsr a. ii'i
During his visit to Rome it is said that
Lszt will occupy himself with the composition OF new
or,toyio entitled Saint sanislaIs" The Saint is an
object Of special devotion IN Hungary put tue Dre1 ga
aud uneyentfu life Of the young ascetc "ou'u seeh "
oncr scant material for an oralorio text
The Berlin B0rseHcOurier says that the open
ing Of bazaar under aristocralc patronage IN au Vi
Wagners Bayreuth undertaking, has been postpohsu 20
no take an active interest having promised to con-
| tribute pictures which cannot he ready eaI4er'
At the last of the series OF Wagner concerts
| In London the quintet from tbe "MeiseGsinger was
ciyen with voices but the execution u salu 70 nav
hren highly unsatisfactory. One OF the most successful
pieces on the programme the pastoral chorus, I'M r
| sn. pherds Farewell to the Holy fiuhiy, Hoh n0i
| lOz oratoro. "LEnfance du ohr-st"
When Auber's "Crown Diamonds" was
given at Garden last season. Tor tue hrst 'e n
an italian dress in London great many
liberties were taken with the score-ihteIPolSa
tronspostions curtailments, &c.-by the conductor,
sig VianesI. An inc0ugruous accompanies ~
"rSna Ar Drnry Lane this year. under the direction
OF Michael Costa the opera mas n,en rg9oTh nv - s
proper form, aud the recitdhro partanh wren oS 's
| tiel Is adopted, just as 1t i used Ia Milan.
II is now reported that the real author OF
the bretto of VerPs last opera, Aida Is not Ahoh'o
Ghislanzoni as Officially announced. bnt the Vceroy o, M
Egypt himself After the khedlVcs European tou ~
is he had lreadv laid ont the plot and ketched the
text when he desired Verdi 10 write the music 10 an
2psr g the ISs Scsss Sketch Gc the KhedSe was
snor Ghssnzon who rG d the sTne aTr9ngemeni Of
the it is sd is for the must part inc "ofA
the Viceroy himself.
A family letter gives most enthusiastic ac-
coun Of the success OF Miss zze Cronyn young lady
boa i,.tp ada q
nambula at Modena under the stage name OF Atile.
Corini How often have we heard these slofle, peloTe
of bright and pretty American girls VINO start 80 oIcy
on the arduous road o art, and never coh9 10 any
after all 1t s so easy to Desn anu !ou. @ % heon and
lte III the MINOR ial..n tiGa'ras, .r,nd far
hSPf S ip t beayen has allotted to many her country
women. Two OF the most snccesSfui pTlna "onN"' III
| London low are Americaus-Patti and Aloanl
Al the annual meeting of the Boston Handel
and HAYDN Society the day was announced that
te deecencv in the receipts Of the Trennial Festival
amounted Sio about 10 per cent or the guarantee
fund Referring 10 this subject, Mr !" IL Barnes, tnc
President the Society says IN ms interesting report
'It mOrfyng to us TO acknOWleIec hnhuc" ia!lae,
must be done. Tue causes tOr TINS failure MAJ DC
attributed whatever sources the friends OF the SOeet
may be induced To ascribe them from edcn aui an OF
their various sandpolnts VIII ohly alluue 10 Que Que ot
two points which may be worthy OF consideration In
any future festivals which the society may h0Ii As we
rn cboraI suciey perhaps it will he well to consider
| whether the so-caled SYMPHONY concerts should be
| Incorporated into any future programme, ana more
narrnlry when IL is known that greatest patron
age comes with appearance OF the chorus Agan,
we tire audiences with :" great nunDer OF repre-
sentatous. Four five performances would cost less
and bring equally as great rcturne The report con.
cutes with very handsome aluson to the services OF
Theodore Thomas. No differences OF opinions, re-
marks Mr.. Barnes, "amoug artists or orchestras, or
iealouses OF any nature even limited at by any
OF the large number engaged In the performances OF the
week In fact all seem 10 vie with each other in their
enicavors make the third trennlal OF the Society
success; and TO no one atter Eaylng Named as nave
our own wcrleI organst and conductor, must higher
honors be awarded than 60 Mr. Theodore Thomas, who
! rendered signal aid IN his own quiet. uuostentaous
manner, III carrying through successfully the great
| work"