, 1874-07-26
He cllags to his contract with Adcliua Patti,
however, Tor an American tour, notwithstanding
THAI she Is anxious to break it.


The Thomas Orcho.tr4 has lost eoyera1 val-
uable eoloists lately. 3lr. Listo.nann will play
first violin tho coming eeason with the new
Philharmonic Club in Boston. blr. Lubbock, the
yiolouceliat. has also left Thomas.
A performance By the Aimea Opera Boufro
Company At san Francisco, june -, Tor tho
bcnc1ir Of the French Ladies' Benevolent So
:cicty, yielded over S2,5 500.
allss Sophia Flora Helbron, q young pianist
much admired not long ago as juvenile prod
iEy, has just arrived hero from London. aad
purposes giving concerts IN due seas on.
AIme. Anna Bishop, with brilliant company.
has gono to Iictoria, Portland, and several
points on Puget's Sound, on concort-giylng
tour.
Patti was to give grand coucert In London
last week for the benefit OF tho Mozartoum at
Salzburg, where cheap musical instruction is to
be impaired to pupils from all countries. Tho
programme was to be selected entirely from No.
.zarts compositions.
l. Levy, the oornet-p1ayer. is performing at the
Champs Ulysses, Paris.
It may now be considered certain that Nilsson
win not return to America nczt season, She is
engaged for St. Petersburg until December. and
on the completion OF her Ruaslau ong; ;6cE1eus is
going to Paris to open the Grand Opera-House
If 1t is roady-
Charles Morton's opera bonf1e company is to
commence brief season st tue Lyceum Theatre.
f" London, Eng, on Aug. l, under tho direction OF
Ilnily soldcne, prior to sailing for America.
whore the5 a1e to sing 8: tho Lyceum Theatre.
Now York. 2iiss Soldeue will sing for the first
| time the leading roles in 1.-The Grand Duchess"
and LA peE1cnole."
| Franc Sclott, the celebrated music-pualisher,
who diod recently, left tha City OF Mayencc, Of
| which ho WAS Burgomaeter for five years, four
| houses. tho income to 20 to public sclincl and
to tho theat:o: aud capital Of 63.oV9 forms to
t foand school Of music. Ine whole be4uees
! aniountsto 5000 hotins.
| Mme Montaland, who, it will be remembered,
| mado short but successful trip to tho United
States just as the Fraaco-Gernian war broke out,
Is 1t is sai1 deyotng herself to tho study of the
serious drama.
| The New York Times, enumeratius some Of
| the potty ANNOY ancea to which VIC are exposed.
refers ticu]arIy to the person who whistles. and
who relects the car OF the cabin OF . fe1ry-boat
AZ favorte field. -Tho amount Of suffering
| tha. clay be inflicted on d carload OF tired,
nervous, and irritable humanity, by an cVn-dis-
| posed and healthy whistler. it says, BOUNDING
tho vari.tions upon s. Shoe Fly" or II Eyor
! Cease to Love-" can scarcely bo imagined.
| !, Verdi has been in London. Tho Mu*ical
| .Torld says "Ho assisted at the Handel Eos
| tiynl on Friday and weut to see the Tower, ht.
| Paul'a, and Westminster Abbey on Saturday, and
| to Had,ma Tussauds in the evening. at the
| time uheu Oh has been stated, he Nas Was Wit
Messing ..Luiea Miller" and throwing bouquets
to Madame Patti, at covent Garden, re may
| have been ia tho Chamber OF Horrors uo
| never went to theatre, aud never aaW auy one
except the porson who had undertaken TO act Us
| his guide"
X Seven renowned musicians" hare arrived
| in London from Italy With . novelty, Of which
they gayo an exhibition at Dru~y Lane the olher
| afternoon. Here is their own description OF it !:
! at ia with an humble instrument, Nh 1nTcn-
ton perfectly novel and original, an lust<utneut
made by tho atove musicians, with stones Or
tezra-cotta pierced With several smatl holes sn
IN dae T9u qsn' hn2 s snu FAM 10
! amtse themselves With, that tho abore-naned
| musicians, after years ef unrola1ng study, haVo
| succeeded in obtaining melody 10 eo1t and
| sweet that By their perfect harmony they give
| nj the most beautiful pieces from the operas,
| fantasias and variations by the greatest musical
composers, and the immense SUCCESS obtained
By them In all the principal THEATRES anu con
| cott-rooms III Italy end abroad, where euf1oslty
| and every amateur OF good nusn:- who have
| given them the truly magitcd title or 'cele-
brated,' and that you may judge OF tue dill
Guilty by seeing the thing. tho loosrufncEss ara
ausys on view to tie public during tho time IL =
| these celebrated musicians roman IN tho town"
| 4 New York letter says Of Max M.retzek
Tho amount he has lost nobody can determine
I. r. is doubtful II be can tell himself; for he has
been hclped in dlyora nays, and has dono an am
| plo credit business. Que thing il ceEtaln-he Il
greatly should ssy i.Te.rie9aoy 1na rubbe4
| a,ld capable OF oxtricating himself from none
tarv difficulties that would ovaE,shelm and crush
otasrs. Those pretending to 6noW 9"o assert 'na. M
| man who should buy up the claims OF his cred
tors at the rate of j mill par ST. would DO minus
exactly the amount OF his Investment"
The lightning has been playing mad freak; u
this summer but 1lr. Mo}leDhs acr, the lea.scr OF
the orchestra at Booths Theatre, Ec''ts tIe
! k1u I'm firGt inG
lightning has played o violin solo, Dung
recent Thunderstorm, be says, the lightning en-
tcred one Of the rooms. OF LIS house, IN WHICH,
upon q table, his violin was lying 1t strnc,
upon the str'nsh OF tue latter ana ;a3 snappeu
i PLAYED for about instant, aud then, as II re,
pelIed bv it's vibrations, seemed to pass ont OF
the window without doing any harm to tho IN.
strument. The sounds, when t5o ;sa noun ~ w..
ing OF pjzzicato. Hero is new sphere OF apor'
and usefulness for the electric hmd.
ALondon letter says; n Am afraid you vii
not hayo the ioy OF hearing Patti in New York
nfter all. The Countess hasa present'Hont
that il she undertakes the voyage to America
some great misfortune will befall her, ana sue IL
irving to induce Strakosch to cancel her engage
ment to 20 there. AS she Genela!lT has he'
own yar when she puts down her little foot, Il Il
likely that her good brothcr-ln-ia", TOT SUN .I
ciout consideration, will yield to her wsneS H. Sns
| anti 14f Du8QAlA HE4O NJ hA4o L tAt@~ ~ ''-0'-
cardeu party at Chiswick on Tuesday; SO we're
nilsson and her husband; so we're Mrs; LAT atat
hor husband, the Archbishop OF Canterbury &c
Wa the Queen and John Brown !; and 30 vert
2,7Oo other lords. ladies': princes, aud sontle'
men. The road TO Chiswick-Aigh street, hcn
sincton-ras thronged with carriages for three
honrs, conveying people to tho party, and d. tht
ridowalks were lined with spectators, W. Mnes !.
snnakiur Of Tat. should hayo said thai
sfuisa aiillcr 1T Covcnt Garden tue other Day
.lle .eclipeed herself and both in acting m ane
singing scared to heights she had never oeior'
attained"
nciohrs Journal of Music gives tic following
dirscrions for composing Wagner overture;
| A sharp, where you'd expect natural;
| A natural where you'd expect siiarps
| M rule observe but the exceptional;
:: And then lGrst happy thought J bring IN q
| No bar but a sequence to the bar behind
No bar prelude to the next that co'2cs;
| which follows which, you really needn't nina
/ But {second happy thought y bring Ii sonr
| r-{tdae+ dfxrnr1 pat6