, 1874-09-13

| he fed from Louisville because an infuriated
| young hentuckia,t (nitsl / sister) was looking
I for hifn with horse pistol.
Mr.. julie Perkins, Of Vermont, tho coming
basso profundo," SAYS that tho change Of bis
name to Signor Giulio Perkins ~ il tie work OF
his London managers. On one occanon all tho
rest Of the bassos mere styled Mr. on the bills
and Perkins asked mauasor Iaplosou to treat
| him in tho same way. g No. ssid he, " have
| plenty of Mr. Dassos I must have Sgnor
| Basso."
Mr. Henry Russell, Who fAa been killed by
| some Of our contemporaries, writes that, al
though musically deceased, he is still in tho feEh
and, Judging from the lively tone OF his letter,
he is as energetic as when, some thirty yea1s ago
he giving his ballad entertainments, in which
his .' Maniac" :. ship on Fire. g. Cheer: Boys,
Cheer" and other still popular songs, wete sung
and declaimed With such vigor.
How long an operatic artist takes TO learn his
or her part frequently sub ject OF discussion,
but We question, says the London Graphic,
whether all singers would accept the following
French artistic: '' IL. X. undertakes to learn one
act Of an opera or operetsa III a week. two aets
in ten days, three acts in twelve days, four and
five acts in fortnight" Fancy learning the
part OF Raoui, in the 'Huguenots,' in couple
OF weeks
Wartel. the most noted French teacher Of
singing is described By QUO Of his pupils in
private letter as livery tall and erect with
head such Al the old masters painted. He sits
in great chair in tho middle OF the room, hav-
ing an accompanyist in his employ,-he never
plays himself.-and watches Ike hawk every
movement and expression In order to avoid
fatiguing the voice he hears two pupils during
the same hour, each singing fifteen minutes at
time.'
4 private loEter, dated Hotel Bristol, Paris,
18th ult., from one Of Nile. Nllsson's party, an
uoupccs le1 arrival thero utter tour Of tho Con-
md a. 1Af RI md }if71t-
nary to pleasure trip through Scotland. It also
conveys tue intelligence that sho has been deco
rated tB the old Duke Of Coburg with the 'order
OF merit for art and Science, an honor never
mond cross surrounded by q wreath Of emeralds
For several days Nademoiselle md her suite were
the guests Of the Duke OF Edinburg.
No less Sum than 1.G04, ,0o0 francs has been
voted By the National Assembly at Versailles for
certain lyric and dramatic theatres and other in
stitutious in paris, tho majority Of which. time
out Of mind. have been accustomed to tho Gov
eminent s,tbrsntion,"-a privilege unknown to
this country. The Grand Opera gets SOC, 900
francs, with &c, 600 additional for it's e Cashe
des retraites"; the Theatre Frnncais. 100000;
the Opern Comique. 100000; tho Theatre LYr-
ique, 1000 tho Odccn. 6o0o0 70 the Paris
Conbervatolre and iss provincial branches 4 Sum
OF 2aa,.0n0 francs il awarded: G fresh subyeu~
ton Of Uu0 francs Accrling to the Ca1seryatoira
at Dijun.
Who invented the cTescendO5 The effect has
been generally aEc1bed to Russini, but tncre are
other claimaasS whose preteusions have been put
forward III the italian journals, namely, Mosca,
who introduced it in his opera = l Pretendenti
Dolusi," besides Geuerali aud Manfroce. But
precedence is now assgued to Simon Aayr, Who,
in hiA opera 'tLodiosha. - brought out in Venice
in 17y6, made remarkable use Of the crescemio,
which created such scu1a1lon that the audience
roHe to cheer the composer vociferously, Rossini
not tho iesa turned it to tie best account.
Theodore Thomas gaze i Mende!ssohn night
in New York last week, With the following pro-
gramme:
TAFT I.
symphony No. !, c minor, ei'- II.
!: A.sro n:o!to. :. Anl4nte- ). Atnuet- L
F;n.le.
Quartctc 10. ho-cs.
acssr: S*nu!tz. 1crcr K1ctcur1acher, and Eohser-
OEte. 10. Ltr'1:s Instruments, ol,. ~.
!. Allegro mo,lsrato. 2. Aud21te. 3. Scherzo. |
4, Presto.
Symphony No. 2 rlnor tsco.ch3, op. S.
l, Introduction and allegro agisaio. :. sctcrzo |
yiyacc. J. And:gio cantabile 1. Allegro |
guerziero and Finsle nl2cstoso.
III.
Music to the Midsummer Nights Dream.
Overt ure. Scherzo Inter1nezzo. Noctutne.
Wedding March