The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-15

MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.
The health OF NJ Veuxtemps is rapidly i'm
proving.
Treasurer Zimmermans benefit at Niblo's this
afternoon.
signor Gulio Perkins, the operatic basso, has
come down to concert singing as plain Mr.. p.
Mr.. Dion Boucicault and Miss Katharine Rogers
open at the California Theatre on Monday night.
new descriptive symphony, entitled "Phae-
ton," the work of NJ. Saint-Saens, has just been
successfully performed in Paris.
At the Italiens, Paris. lie Educande dt Ser
rente," comic opera, by new master, Sgnor
Emilio Usglio, will shortly be produced
Miss CarOtta Leclerq has had mercy upon her
agent, Stahel by advancing enough money to ena-
BILE him to leave prison and St. Louis together.
military spectacular piece at the Porte st.
Martin, Paris, entitled "Libre,n is poorly written.
critic ays:-"The great advantage OF 80 much
explosion Of cannons and muskets is that less OF
the dialogue Is audible"
M. Faure, the great French barytOne with the
exception Of two months engagement at Covent
Garden, London, VIII devote the greater part Of
next summer to repOse for healths sake.
The production in Paris OF Handel's Messiah" in
q circus building excites the quaned Indignation
of British critics as something akin to proclamation
Peace, John, the music sanctifies the sawdust.
ia Liqueur d'Or," very indecent piece, at the
Menus Plaisirs Paris, has been stopped by the
Censure. Under the Second Empire plays were
stopped for political and not for prurient dialogue
Lecocq's 'tFille de Madame Angot'' reached its
three hundredtn consecutive representation in
Paris short time since, on which occasion NJ.
Oantin, the director, presented all his company
with q fortnlght's additional salary.
Tho Charity Amateur nro m otto oocrie <ior ot a
regular meeting authorized the distribution of the
funds, amounting to several hundred dollars, &C
cruing from the performance at the Academy Of
Music, December 20 ult among the widows and
children OF Captain Fry and Messrs. Cespedes, Del
Sol and Santa Rosa.
Miss Charlotte Cushman win not appear on the
New York stage this season, but will give series
of four readings in New York, at Steinway Hall,
commencing on the 18th inst She will read selec-
tions from the following plays Of Shakespeare:-
"Hamlet," "As You Like It," Merchants Of
Venice' and 'Much Ado About Nothing" The
second part Of each programme will consist Of
selections from favorite authors.
Some remarkable scores by old masters have re-
Gently been discovered among heaps Of manu-
scripts without value in the libraries Of the Do
minican and Augustan monasteries, in Rome.
They are supposed to belong to the Flemish school
Of the sixteenth century, and the names are men
toned Of Dufsy, Josquin Despres, Wiliaert and
Orlando LAsso. Pieces Of Palestrina, also, pieces
hitherto unknown and not included in the 80
called complete edition of his works. have been
found. Thanks to the Intervention of the Prussian
Ambassador at the Court Of Rome, q German
canon succeeded in collecting and carrying or
certain number Of these marvels. Since then the
monks have refused to let any one see them. 1t is
to be hoped, however, that q competent person
will soon examine them all, and enable the public
to form just notion OF their value.
Mcvicker, the Chicago actor and manager. let
his theatre to Manager Grau for a short Salvini
season. The balance coming to Grau at the end Of
the engagement was S4.50O IL it would only be al
lowed come But OF that Grau, it appears is
the Co." Of the Aimee opera Boune troupe, which
is managed by Chixzola co. The latter had en-
gagged Mcvicker's Theatre for fortnight; but
Chtzzola wrote lately from Havana that he was
going to Mexico and that the engagement was
''on." This was, OF course dead loss to Mr..
Mcv1cker, and as the MaretZek Opera troupe had
declared another engagement "oG, the lra:e Mr..
McVicker resolved on q comp. When Mr.. Grau
asked for his 81, 500 he was informed that 1t was
held to cover the broken contract, and that il Mr..
Grau wanted it he must sue. Mr.. Grau finally got
$1,000 to save his baggage Hard times for
managersl
MI. william Tebln, the Well-Known London scene
painter, died on Christmas Day in his sixty-first
year. me London Orchestra says :-"His life, I'M
event1ul in incident, though rich in labOrious re-
suits, was passed modestly and unobtrusively, and
in the latter period was marreo by i'll health
From the opening Of the Princess Theatre IN 1912,
when Tebin painted the drop curtain to represent
white satin, down to his latest triumphs Of archi-
lecture and landscape imitation, the works Of Tel
bin have been before the public eye and reaped
public admiration. A contemporary at the outset
of ClarksOn Stanfeld, David Roberts and the
Grieves, he has Of late competed in the gentle RI
valry OF art with Beverly, Callcott and OConnor,
and lived to contribute to the progressive spendors
Of scenic and mechanical appliances The deceased
artist was likewise an able painter in water
colorsn