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L.
Charles Harris followed ,rith selections On
tie guitar. Another prominent feature was the
piano duet from .Ba1bo Bleue," performed by
tho Misses Meyer. The whole was conducted
by Mr. George G. Congdon in a mabtsrly man
ner and went on veIy plessao. - ao,n,,
liz contemplating spring season of German
opera with troupe headed BY De Murska.
AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT.
The Springfield (alass:) Republtean makes the
est to tie numerous friends Of Dudley Buck in
Chicago:
Tbaodor, Thomas has determined to seek rest and
recreation from his a1duoua abora in visit to Europe
the coming sumer and wo learn mat ne has selected
Dudley Buck This is i High com pliment and no Light
responsibility for AR Duck, but ~. Thomas has Wit
MESSED him conduct the great orchesrs for few even
ines and Is satisfied that he eau do 1t worthJ Mr..
luck has, of late years. made avery painsaking study
Of orcnestration ~ indeed hls pon nunlo" BE- !rs
tbs shagmut Avenue Church IN Boston. y take edect
Api j, and will probably SO to New York about the
uear The Central PARK i is good to
hear that Mr Thomas intands 70 rest willie, for, a
z Hxsaard says in bis Interesting sketcn q tas man
tha tha labor OF the past i've ought not to 60 On
much farther. No man Is strong enough to bear the
trayei, worry. responsibility, and excitement" Per-
! haps, when Sir. Thomas returns, he may find New
York ready to keep him and enable An 70 carry eas
NEw MUSICAL :WoRKS.
T'be IhDzsg Hoche1bt1H announces new
symphonies by Phi. Rufer, H. Urban, and W.
Barxiel which will aoon ba brought out in Ber-
lin. ;..
PRODUCED list month ut tho Philadelphia Acade-
my Of Music before large and friendly audi
anco. "Ostroleuk2 is en- Improvements upon
ssThe Bride of Messena." It has mora force
and originality. Many Of its airs are exceeding-
trt- & Hn$~ rrHs $nw1
from tbs history OF Poland and has considerable
dramatic spirit. This quartet ~as composed OF
Nine. Lang Ziegler, Billie. Lanarn aud Herr
Fritsch and Herr Rammertz, Of New York. Herr
Rommertz eang the title ro!e.
The opetetta ent1slsd "s MsEqsdaEe o.
Morton. nbretto by benjamin e. Woo!f, music
composed expressly for 1t BY Julius Eichbsrg,
viii be given il kennedy Hall, Boston, Eco.
is, by the Darnabee Operate Company, which
CONSISTS Of tue following af!sts s M1s u M. ~
Raier: Mr William J. Winch ~ IL. C11t1nnay;;
Mf, II. c. Baruabee as S5y' MarindduGe Nouse5.;;
Mr. Howard ID. Dow, pianist.
The following rev music has just been re-
ceiyed by the Root d Sons Music Company:
burn; " Use Gwlne Dack to- Dixie" song and
cho,us by G. L. White 1.-The Lane that Led to
School, =" song aud chorus BY a. r: Danks
"9otden Locks Have Turned to Gray" song and
u. W.
tet,s in canon form for mixed voices, by f. ".
Root 'sTne Strangers BtoT," an arrangement
for piano. BY q. D. Wilson '.Thv Voice, Oh,
Wind" 1lr. Gill'a new. song and ''The Shining
Streets Of Gold" by Arthur Baker.
Bel1na Borg the ll-klio*n Swedish writer.
and Mario L. Brown, the equally well known
translator have commenced the publication Of
1.-THE Laws of Sweden aud Finland. the first of
which, :. Fafang OnsAau" G. Vain Desire y, by
Kari Kollan, has already appeared from the nan-
S1n n4ntt "a
scheme is a1 admirable one, and will sunsesve
: very important purpose in making the Araari-
can people acquainted with tue quaint aud bean--
tiful MOI thern music. Each number wall have the
English aud Swedish words: De- Long & Os:er~
lind, 70 Dearborn street, Chicago, will h2vs tho
whole series for sale 40 fast AZ issued.
OBITUARY.
Among the daaths Ut musicians reported since
our last review arc those Of J. Haag. Cupell-
meister at Vienna; F. G. 4. Dauve1no, trumpet
teacher in tho Paris Conservatory; Thomas
Edgar, the celebrated London oboist; and
Heinrich Schaeffer. the song writer at Hamburg.
John a. Schumacher, who established tho
Schumacher Plato Manufacturing Company,
died In Philadelphia on Saturday, the 18Th inst,
at tho age Of Is years. He came to America 10
1887. lie waa prominent Mason and assisted
materially in I'll German charitable enterprises.
THOMAS.
Yesterdays programme Of the Thomas matt
nee, in Now York, was IS follows:
symphony-HH.rold In Italy," Op. .Barlioz
ocst Tor string Instruments or 2o-... ndslsson
!. Allegro modaraso ma con fuoco : 1ndants.
). sche1zo- T. sina's
o-.r+r-. =. 7v;,,,r TAI y - .1,os,fnt
TrsnmsreI "n~ .gchuinann
introt1ction. -, :. ,,.,.....,...u
Quintet "a a ac9 9St Ga-a .9s ns'z'eiSnses w:1na,
Finale.
opERAr1c GOSSIP.
Clara Loutse Kellogg and her English opera
company begin thrae weeks saason Ut the
Academy Of husic, Now York, on the 25th inst.
They viii produce 1.-The Talisman" Of BAlfs in
the course of the engagement. AfterHard they
will take the New England tour.
Mr. Gye has visited yienna to; SEQ signor
ve1di's ..Aida, with view to produce it at the
Royal Italian Opera next eeason; and it il
rumored that he has been negotistiug for tho
return OF Madame Pauline Lucca to London
Niemapu. once tho most celebrated tenor OF
Germany, and engaged to sing in Wagnet's
trlocy. Ia eaid to be running his Yoice by dBsi-
pat1on. while Wachtel lives soberlv and quietly
1t Witsbaden, though now singing at Berlin:
Nochbauer lending tenor OF tile Bavarian Ope1h-
House. has got two ycsrs' leave of absence from
King Louis, il now starring it around Germany,
End viii come to this county next season.
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