, 1875-01-31

! The number ls thirty-ivo being an increase q
the preceding year, when it was only t'.suty
1opT, while u ls72 dfty-two were produced.
Messrs. Church & Co., OF Cincinnati, have is
sned Bach's :. .Alagniticat in D." which ia to b
| given at the May Festival in that city, in var,
handsome form. Apart from it's connection
| with tho Festival, there arc many in this city
musicians and Others. who would like to add i
| glad to know that it can be obtained Of Messrs
| loot Il Sons,
Ruth and Naomi, scriptura1 iay1 in roca
score, with accompaniment for organ Or piano
1orte' composed By Leopold Damrosch, has Just
| been issued by g. D. Russell l. Co., Of Boston
| 1t is work Ct eighty-seven pages Of tue clear.
ost PRINT The special significance Of tie history
OF Ruth, by reason Of her relation to Christ lod
tife composer to tho adaptation Of her story to
me nse OF choral socierios; and the hasty glance
which iack OF time permits us only to give ut it's
contents, shows that q vast amount OF musical
ABILITY, thought, and labor have been spent upon
its production. @.'0''
Some literary and musical Romans are dosir-
Gus OF compiling biographical, critical memoir
OF the late celebrated Muzio Clementi
% curious little work By a French physician,
Dr. Chomes on "The Influence OF Music on
Health and Disease" is announced. Tie book
Is very readable, being cloyerly French, and its
autnor propounds some startling theories. For
instance, he suggests that We and the rest of
nature are full OF musical or sonorous fluid, in
tue posaaeson Of which different people differ
IN quantity and quality; and he does not mean
Whtstllng, which is sometimes e1hilarating in
this way. But tho piml OF this book il found in
tile practical application which proposes q nu-
sical cure for disease and the learned writer ex-
pattates viyaciously on what diseases it ia neces-
sary to hddle at, and what to play the flute over,
and for which symphonies arc better, and for
which banjo variations Tho only difficulty
about the little volume Is, lest a large proportion
Of people will soon be falling sick, that Thomas
orchestra may be hired by indulsent parents to
come and play them we'll
musical journal Of Milan sives list or the
new operas brought out in Italy during 1874; tho
number il tbirty-fye, being all increase on tho
preceding year, when it was only twenty-fonr, ;
While LII 1872 hlty-two were produced.
RANGE OF roIcE.
The ranges OF tho different orders Of voice is
given in D,oigH's Journal Of lfusic for Jan. %,
on the authority OF "a discipla OF the old school
OF Boiogna-coming in right line from Der
nachi through Porpora. Huasc, Casseli, and
Miecksch, " whom We quote. videlicet:
There tWo schemes Of classification Of the hu-
voice, the frat pertaining to sacred and domestic
usage, as in the choral ges, end other four-part
Illustrated by the following:
!. Alto or high soprano from middle to ga 9
:. Soprano ~ from middle to 81 Al
1o sa1s soprano from fSa sma sms to to q q s.
o. 3Contralto from small D to T0idd1e
g. Ait tenor from small J. to "a G
7. Tenor (1 from small g to middle A-3
8. Baritone from great A to middle I
9. Bass ~ from great F to middle p-4
10. Contra bass or baaso prouudo, from great to
small .. t
These schemes represent ordinary daily exercise of a
'oice, which should always be able to sing thfrd
,igher lower than here represented, thAt 1t uay
lever be summoned to trcspass upon its extreme I
init It will be observed that in rhs first choral |
clleme, tho soprano and alto just fifth apart
enor and bass In tho same relation; again, that tho
oprano and tenor nre octave apart-as also ara
Ito and bass. In the dramatic scheme, the ten voices
anso All interval OF third apsrt the RELATION Of
octave exists in NIL maia and spondinR female
oces e. g.-basso profundo and contr:ito baritoue
nd mezzo soprano, the members Of cach pair IN
ctaye apart. |