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oning the effect Of each others char1ns, and |
suppement.ng each others powers"

Messrs. Oliver Di:son l. Co. haye just issued
3 new work III voice culture, entitled - Guide to
the Art OF Singing" by s,1r. George L. ossood,
which is destined to work revolution in teach
ing the voice aud become standard authority.
He has based llls work upon the old school and
its teachings, aided BY his Own experience md
the teachings Of the most reliable authorities
down 10 the present time. The Boston Saturday
Euealng Gazette, an excellent authority IN mu-
scal matters, sAY8 Of it:
The work is in three parts tho rrt being devoted TO
locating the voice. the second to the acquisition OF
AexiMty, tho th.d to al Embellishments THIS
Last cannot but prove Of great to students Of
singing. 1t eaborate!y treats OF tho theory Of pro-
eay snd md esn.S. .n
camatun. Nr. Osgood'a Development Of the 9rurttto
Is original ard the anb!ect IA here for the first time
tioa of P41t ILL., is - Tbs Theory OF P:c4r. .tica"
The author happens to bo the first to II. -oco this
im1or;an. subject into any written il cen1sc
tou With the practical Developments Of :>nsf .aryu-
goscopy. The book ts tho nost fnrcr:2: !k class
that haa appeared since Garcia pEbsEci his celebrate
ed work and 1t scarcely fail to achieve equal IA
vor, FOR it Incorporates quantity Of inlspensa-
Bile information to be found in no other volume. and
brlnRs the art up 10 the stage OF development it las
reached at the present time. The work shows through
ont the expenditure Of the utmost thonEht csre and
labor. and we shall feel gratife1 il onr remarks,
ton volume which is vn1uabe addition to the
literature Of practical musical at.
Mr.. David Baptie. OF Glasgow, is to edit
work which will be OF great interest to musicians,
songs. The first part OF the volume will contain
an alphabetical iuds1 to the titles Of the glecs,
madr:gais, aud other compositions. stating the
class to which they belong, the number OF voices,
and the composers name In the second part
under each composers name will be found 4 list
Of his part music, specifying whether it il orig
inal or al arrangement. 1t Is to be published by
subscription.
Ec:srs. schaefer and Koradi, OF Philadelphia
lave just issued the fourth book OF Engelkes
IL ~ la
voices. with English and German words. The
current number contains seven songs By Hors-
ley, Ait, Kal1iwoda, Schulz-Weda, aud Graner.
MUSICAL NOTES.
Mile. Aimee Is engaged to Grau for next sea-
SOD.
Mile. Morensi, the oontralto, il singing in
Paris.
Nisa Antoinette Sterling sang on the 9th inst.
before the Queen, at Osborne.
Lococq's lila File Do Madame AnSot " haa
at last Been withdrawn after the extraordinary
run of Ill nights.
Won Bulow has accepted offers OF the London
| Philharmonic Society to remain as solo pianist
| and director Of the orchestra.
~ Gustaye Gottschalk, brother OF the pianist,
| is to make his debut IN England this summer
| II. Gqttschalk has hns baritone voice.
Edward Grieg, tho young Norwegian composer,
is at present ut work upon an opera. the llOretto
| of which il from tho pen Of Bjornstje1ne Bjorn-
so1.
A new opera bou6e. entitled 'No-mandy Pip
pluB has been Glittcn By Mr.. Il. J. HtFou 1Or
| speedy production at tho new Criterion Theatre,
| London.
4 gorgeous Washington critic EaJs OF Miss
| Kellogg: In the mine OF music her presence
lights The miners lamps. and in the harmony OF
| her voice the veins OF silver are revealed!
Her Majesty's Theatre, which rumor has let
| to so many managers OF late, and which 3lr
Afaplesou was really on the point OF taking q
| few months ago, is about to be sold by auction.
! Signor Sansuinctt for many years the direc-
tor u tho Carlo Felice, in Genoa, has died in
/ that city, in his 74th year. He first brought
| Signor Verdi into notice.
new opera ia announced in Italy. founded
| on the events Of the Tichborne case, and is en-
titled lila Causa Ticciborni." The Lord Chief
Justice figures as Il Lord Capo di GiustiziA Sir
Cochiborno.
Gen. William Hall, the well-knovn music pub
1isher died on the 7th inst, at bis reaideace IN
| Thlr.y-fourth street, near Ninth avenue, New
| York, Rt the advanced age Of "a. He vas born
| in New York State in 1862.
| Si.nor Mimi. Signor Stolz, Wa1dmann, and
| Signor Capponi Wilt be the yocal1sts in the Re-
| QUEEN composed by Verdi for Maozo.x. Al tue
| members OF Ll6 CrCueNIIA Cl LQQ OEa18 MIL taA4
| part in the performance.
| Tho 1usikalisches Wochen6!dn announces that
| the building Of the Wagner Theatre at Bayreuth
| is advancing rery rapidly. Reports about this
| theatre are almost as varied as the opinions on
| Wagner's music.
| Mllo- Di Murskn appeared at the Stadt
| Theatre, New York, on May 7, MS Isabella in
| Robert Ia Dianle," Milo. Pauline Canisea un-
| der1akiuS the role Of Alice, and Herr Pdusger
! that Of Robert.
| The success Of tho Messiah and Dach's
| "Passion ,'Iusic' has encouraged II. Charles
La,noureux to promise the Parisians the Israel
| in Egypt" by Handel. aud the Christmas oratoro
! by Bach, next season-
By their concerts in London and the prov
| inces, the Jubilee Singers have ne.ted s1o,o
| which will be devoted to the chsriteble objects
indicated in the preliminary schens.
Mozart's 'Don Juan " has been performed for
tia first time in the - Eternal City the Pa-
| pal censorship has always forbidden the repro
sentation Of the opera The success, chiefly
| owing to the Indifferent performers, Was but
| small.
4 Washington jenkins bursts out in this e1-
! traordinaEy manner III regard to Mis-. Sc9uln ::
| eceptre and wear your ruby-studded diadeua.
| Parepa herself will join from the skies In tha
chorus Of your coronatlon!'
! Wagner's "Trstan and Isolde is to be again
! brought out at Nciraar. The roles OF Tristan
| and Isolde will be aauS by Herr aud Frau Vogel,
| from Munich, and the part OF -Brangane will ha
| in the hands OF Fraulein Brandt.
| To tl.e memory Of tho celebrated composer,
Heinrich Ma:schuer, the citizens OF his BIRTH
place, Z.ttau lin Slxouy), intend to erect uonu-
mont It will be placed in one OF the most bean
| tiful aud romantic scenes in Gormany, facing =
ragged mountaiu, on which are the ruins Of En-
old cloister, stauoiog dim and majestic among
the hills and trees which surround it.
! The coming infant prodigy. in the piano line.
is Rose Mansfield Eversole, years and ?
months old, OF Dayton. O., whose history is
narrated in Benhan's Musical Reriew, Of IN
diannpois, for May. She began playing when
che was months old, never had any teaching,
and her parents do not intend to force her ahlli-
| ties.
t A New York critic sayB Of Lucca's Zerlina, in
the scene where she disrobes for the night: " II
savored moro Of the candeur ironically alluded
to in opera boune than Of genuine virginia. lnno-
cenco;" but If there was F" a touch OF Schnel-
derian 7c,,rc about it, no one thought OF object
ing" Should say not. What the New Yorker
would object to would make ghost blush-
Hitherto the traveller to Bergano who has
sought the tomb Of Donizetti has been LED 70 me
monument in the Church Of Saint Maria Mns-
l Al &Nf1n RI