, 1874-04-05

a12 eIo 4uest euilions OF national songs eve
published. 1t wall be matter Of interest,". a}so
to musical people, to know that the new an IN
cheap editions Of operas with and withou
words, and Of the oTato1,os aud songs. can b
obtained at the same place.
Eugene TLayer, tho Boston orcanist, ia tn al;
The 0rganisfs Quarterly Journal AID Rerie1a s.a
to contain twelve pages OF music, besides read
ing matter, printed On the best music paper. AM
published by White. Smith & Co., Of Boston
Dir. Thayer has laid out q plan whose success
In "The Dictionary of Music" which Nh
George Grove is preparing for publication, h
will be assisted BY Sir F. G, Ouseley. Sir Juliui
Benedict. the Rev. T. Helmore, Mr.. Chappeu
Or. Rimbault, Mr.. Dayison. Trof. Hu1lah, th,
Kev. Il. 4: Haweis. DR.. Pole, Prof. Oakley, ant
others. The Dictionary will consist Of two dem
$50. volumes Of about 600 pages each. and vii
contain ILLUSTRATIONS in musical type and occa
sional woodcuts.
Tho correctness of the statement that David
ot1anss has loft Life OF Beethoven is ques-
toned Strauss Was enthusiastic atlnirer o1
Beethoven, and has written good deal upon hie
compositions This may have produced the be-
Aet that he has writtou life Of the composer
catalogue OF the works Of Cherubini has
lately been published, from which it appears
| Paris was the author OF no less than 1870 compo-
list ~~''- ~'' - ~' ''~'~~ - @Ne
The following paragraph from the Springfield
CLASSY Republican has q local application:
there hns been manifest division Of opinion the
snn1eet Of Go!dbesks setting Of The Three Fishers
sung W the New York g1ee yocatsts in their recent
concert here which 1t ia not untimely consider in
view of their reappearance here presently. wo take
ne question TO be very simple one "The Three
Fishers is ballad Of stern thought that men
must work hnd women must weep" wrought out in
the ine1or1bie sIugsls Of man and nature, the an
gsh aud desolatton Of the bereaved Its treatment by
Hullah ts appropriately simple, definite even severe
and emphasizes without discord or irretevance The
i, takes the theme and Toys with it. ss IN the ocss
foam, the tears OF the women, the moaning Of tho
breakers the wind, and lightning, and thunder too
some profeas to detect} and, when als done you haye
| ~ e!egant composition. something which merely
"musical person would doubtless pronounce better
than Huilahs-and 80, in merely musical sense, 1t
may be- But are We to hnye regard to poetic 1T
| ness7
We have received from the publishers, J, L.
Peters. New York, the fourth number OF LIE
Creme de Ia Creme, containing five pinno pieces
Oesten, and Egghard.
Tie Song Messenger for April is out, filled full
OF interesting local musical matter.
THAYER's LIFE or BEETHOVEN.
The following letter, which We have received
from E. :: Wilcox, Esq, Of Peoria, with rcier~
Of Beethoven" will be OF great interest to mu-
sical readers, as it furnishes valuable informa-
ton concerning work which is attracting At
tention the world oyer:
PEORIA, H., March 81, 1874
ID ke Editor of The Chicago Tribune
B1R: send you IN item Of neFz from my
friend Ale1 Y. Thayer, United States Consul 1t
Trieste. Austria. As you probably know, be has for
many years, been at work On LIE Of Beethoycn,-
since 1sA9 or 1850 think,-and has for long ume
now been acknowledged In Germany aa the highest
subject. When knew him IN Berlin in 1886 and 6,
he was living the life Of IN anchorise, almost,
earning 1nea9r support by newspaper correspond
ence and occasional HteEary work, conteuding with
hAYf md ~}9r+,
Of the head the other, Jet pursuing
bis Me-work with indomitable zeal. The two com.
Il is true his appointment Consul At Trieste Under
wolf from the door. hut Tha5er could not bc Tilted
States Consul without bringing to the performance Of
bis duties the conscientious shoroughness anl
integrity that characterize all his labo1s AMI that in
volve time and labor that should be deyoted aud
were before sacred, to Beethoven.
The WORK, when finished, will consist Of four vol
nmes, OF which two have already appeared In Ger
Weber, Of Berlin, and wers hattezinsly no
Of the Ed,nourah lgerie,r The second volume ends
with the year 1906 By letter Just received from Nr.
ThaSeE learn that he has reached the yea1n 1909
and 1s1o, IN the third volume. Tho second volume
appeared with intcrval OF five years sfer the hsst
having been Delayed by almost fatal Illness which
On rhnyer's ra1t for over two years 1nqui1ies are
frequently made for the Engish edition. Mr. Thayer
w1tss that he aha not that for the prcsa until
ILL.,
when that will be depends his health ind heiesure
he may be able to sts from the increa sng duties Of
his Consulate. II.
MUSICAL NOTES.
The tenor Mazzoleni is singing in Venezuela
Lucca will have 81 600 per night from Stra--
kosch.
Waldemar Bargict has accepted Professor
ship at the Berlin Royal Academy Of Music. u.
Gernsheim, Of Cologne, replaces hua at Rotter-
dam
Nine. Isabella McCulloch Brignoli, wife Of the
tenor now In Europe, sang in 'MaTtha," last
week, at the Brooklyn Academy. This vas her
first appearance in public for several yoa1s.
Nine. Patti commenced her Italian Opera
in Vienna, at the An der Wien !
Theatre, on the 4th ul: in Verdi's ''Trariate," st
With Signori Sicohni and Cotogni as Alfredo and |
Ge1.mont.
The Moza1t-Foundation ut Salzburg is making |
way. The latest liberal donors are the Eing OF !
Portugal, who is an accomplished amateur, the ]
tihedive OF Egypt the Duke Of Brunswick, and |
The Duke OF Sa1e~Altonburg.
Tho american Registe. {Pans) says; ''We |
understand that II. Dandy is in negotiation with /
Hiss Fannie M. Smith, young American vocal
Smith has fine voice, and has been studying for |
he last three years on the Continent"
4 critic in the Pau Mall Gaze.te attempts to
urther elaborate the comparative grammar OF
music by ascribing gender to it. For example, !
10 calls the Dacll sonutus thoroughly masculine,
'hopin's music Enthusiastically feminine, while the
music Of Wagner, being barren OF melody, can
ply be looked on as ueuto1.
The marriage Of II. Chaznerot (the head Of
he Librarie Fu1nln Didot in Paris) With Mile.
;iaudie Viardot, daughter of the eminent prima
onna, Madame Pnnline Vla1dot Garcia (sister
I Malibrun), and Of AZ. Louis Viardo., tho
uthor was celebrated recently at the Eglise de
Trinite in Paris.
We learn from the Boston Globe that Mnj, D.
[. Follet, commandant Of tho artillery battalion |
that city, has juBt recovered from 1.-THE
7orlds Pence jubilee Com, nirtce," after q long
v-suit, the sum of $3.50 95 for "artilierY SER
ice at the Jubileo." Kexti
The Pail Nall Gazette "a, IS: IAN American
NOR. singing under the maj ne Of 'Candi'ius, IL
,ported to have made BIZ h fne debut in
5t1adella' that tho director OF tho Grand Ducal
heatre at Weimar It once, secured him for a
,ar." Mr. Candidus Was recently the tenor
}lolst Of the New York Am IN Society.
The american Register Paris) says: The
made with regar d to projected pro-
ss.ona1 ts,p to America BY Nine. Adelina Pat 4 I
e wholly unfounded. The Dira has DO pre- rht
ten1on Of the kind, aad Il lese is, thereto re- ~
leston Of a contract. Wo regret to Ie Arn fhat |
r sister Mile. Carlotta T. ltti has b-er -, 49,