, 1874-07-12


timo will be that performed upoa the plaao by
countless young ladies to countless young
men, Gcd that ground out OF 1ao eanu-
organ by veterans of the late War, O.
women With half-doZen children. Both classes
OF performances are OF highly moral character,
and arb not, like operas, conducive OF drinking
Between every act OF the so-cai1ed music OF Wsg-
neE,-not the late Coroner OF Cook County, but
much inferior person who has not the remotest
! idea how to draw up yerdictin simple case Of
'Came to bis death from Causes unknown, -
tho hesrer is irrcslstab1y compelled 10 rush out,
and try to drown bis agony Ii - oblivioa's bowl"
mixture commonly known as whisky and water.
Whoreas, the young man attor listening to the
simple music OF the grl, goes home vowins to
DO good, and take Sunday-school class. It is
expected that the statistics Of intoxicatioa for
| July will show gratifying dscrease
THE GILMORE CONCERTS.
! The subscriptions thus far to the Gilmore
/ promenade concerts at the Exposition have not
! been 30 large Is the advantages offered led the
! management to expect. Mr. Aunford has now
determined in the present depressed state OF
amusement matters to put the question, TO
! popular vote of the music-lovinG people OF
Chicago, whether the concerts shall or shall not
bo gwen. Tomorrow morning will be placed on
sale at tho various ticket-ofEces appended below
singlo tickets for any one OF the SIX pro
! posed concerts .. IS ccats each;
tickets at IS and e5 respectively These will be
on sale for four days, aud tho result Will doter-
mine whether Gilmore's Band sh=lt coma kere or
not, If not, tho tickets will be redeemed at tho
] <Ior,ots where purchased. The band is that Of
| tno Now York Twenty-second l:eglment, With
Arbuckle and Lcfeb.o as special attractions.
As not place Of amusement will ne open
at this time, the promenade concerts will be the
stroa; interest felt IN the matter by the public
at large, but it has not yet de-
| yeloped i1.to the purchase Of tickets.
| TL.S may be obtained at the following places:
| ". 3. Keoa i Cooke, lis aud 1T State street street;
Lyon l. Healy, coruer Of State aad Mouroe
| ssrce.s Julius Bauer d Co., and Cobb,s
| Library, under the Palmer House; Root d
| Lewis, no. 156 State stroat BlAine J. McLane,
| under the Trenont House; Erby Barnes, No:
| 1ol Madison street Parker L Tliton. No: IS
| Clark stroet Charley Kern, No. ITO LeSalle
| street, and 1T the West Side Library, No. 239
West Madison street. These are the polling
| places az it we're, and it depends upon the MUM
Der of votes poed within the next four days
whether ne ere to hayo the concerts or nos.
| MUSICAL NOTES
The LATEST thing in music Is 'ue Kissed def
| and She Kissed Hum" ThWeet-
4 chandelier in the new opera-House, Paris,
cost $4,000.
The saddess Of music is callad by Gottschalk
his !" Las. Smile" and By Wagner his Loee
Grin"
| St, Louis musical circles ere conyu1sed over
| the question, ''Should or should not Down In
| EO1l 1tlle Do sung IL A1AoA AeJ
| As much as and Z Guineas were de-
mapded by the London ticket spectators Tor
place TO hear '' Il Talismano on the hrst night
WAGNER has two new oDeras fully sketched
ort-5ce entitled - PerciEal," therefore another
| Grail subject, and "The VICTORY" Buddhistic
thln1e.
Lecoca's 81 Giroae- -Girola" +" bids fair to be as
| great success in London as is LIZ fllle dc
Iadame Angot." It is full of delicious gems Of
comic music.
The latest furor in Pes.h has been the pre-
duction OF the Hungarian opera, - Branaovicz
| GyArgy." Judging from Its name, II must ID
| remarkably mclod4ous.
ScribaeY,s for July Gays that st. Louis is the
oo|y large c;ty in tie country that cannot boast
OF iirst-class theat1e, aud which is compelled to
have its opera scazon IN Isecond-rase variety
hall.
A troupe OF eight ladies' has appeared at St.
James Hall, London. Thay are termed the
8. Scandinavian Vocalihts.' and dieas uniformly
| il, Slack velvet, with while and Crimson ador1-
mems.
Mile. al.resi has been re-engaged by Max
| S:ra;.o5cn for tho ensuing seasoo OF Italian
! c-cra. wi;h the especial vcW of her singing tho
| role Of HcM7!de in tha revival OF Hoss4ni q
"Wlllialn Tell
| DR.. Leopo!d Danro.ch has accepted the con
| d..torship OF the Brooklyn 11audei-and-daydn
Society, succeeding tho baritone and ; maestro, p
! Mr. Aibetto Laurence, formerly OF the I1lepG"
Rosa English Opera Company.
Gounod complains that "Faust," which is
often played, is not paid for; Wills 81 Aireille,"
.l1o,neo aud Juliet" aud other productions
| over which II. Gouuol has secured his rights,
| are not pla5cd at all
| Church-choir salaries in Cincinnati run from
| $500 to $3.50 per year for or@ansts for soprano
| singers, from $3.50 to $500; for tonors, from
$253 TO $500; for contralto and bass singers,
from 5000 to 500.
Tho acme has been reached In tho pathos Of
titles by music publisher, who has produced
| a touching piece OF mew-sick under the pathetic
name Of ''Mo:her, Bring Ny Li:tla Kitten" We
propose getting out as . companion piece, "Daa-
dy Have you Drowned the Puppies Z"
| Iiszt will spend the summer in Rome at the
villa d'Este, which belongs to Cardinal Hohen-
lohe. Il ls said that he intends composing an
oratorio, on Polish subject, st. Stanis1aus, and
dedicating it to the Duchess Wittgenstein, B
| lady Of Polish extraction.
Mr. Jerome Hopkins' "sepoy Battle March, !"
! for graad orchestra, has created sensation at
| the London Crystal Palace concerts. 1t is q
dramatic compos,tion, descriptive Of . light, and
it Was magnihcently rendered by Herr aug.
| Manns' celebrated orchestra
Pacini's opera OF s'saffo," popular in this
country ten or twelEo years ago With Gazzan1;3a
| in the principal part, has beeu revived At Leg
| horn. With CAROLINA r Gill3 Ms k4o PA1l4sH ooAoa-
| On tho occasion of her benefit, signora Fern1,
besides singing in the opera, appeared As . vlo-
| Inist, and performed Haydn's Souvenir" with
| quartet accompaniment
Sophie Cruyelli, tho once celebrated opera
singer, has received from the Pope tbs Golden
Rose OF 1874. This rose is usually given only to
Princess, but as Cruyeli gave up her lyric ca
rocr to become wife and mother and, later,
dovotee. only singing for charitable purposes
| Cardinal Antonei proposed her name Tor the
| high honor which ,yas once conferred upon taat
pure mora!ist, Isabella OF Spain.
Her yon Bulow, tho celebrated German pian-
isk has ruined himself in Italy. He has hither-
10 been quite favorte with the Italians, and at
| the time Verdis Mass was given in Milan IN
memory Of Manzoni, Y. BuloW was present IN the
CITY. Some enthusiastic admirers Of vercl
| asked him his opinion OF this new work Of the
| italian master. V. Bulow appeared to be very
| Indignant, sad answered they could not suppose
| he would listen to Verdl's bungllng work
Hero is hint for amnteurs on the flute. i
begcar presented hipseH regularly at certain
cofiee-house with clarionet under his arm.
HWil1 YOU allow me. gentlemen, to play tune
| I an only an smntaur, and it you prefer giving
me- few coppers will spare you the annoyance
of 1istening.n Every one felt ut oncs for few
stray coppers. At last, one evening, young