, 1875-06-27

The Illinois State Saengerfest viii be cele-
brateS At Springfield, commencing to~morroT
md las ting three days. The STATE Register SAYS
It will oven on Monday next By national ealure'
.,a,nsn t1a s fs1n 4 u eiocf Il
orand reception cancett will b. given IN the AfmorE,
In wl,cL M;sx Ella uentls, II. DeCiercque violinist
Of Chcago and lie best musical talsnt ol
vii assist nroern1nma Varied and Attract
iye has been pre pared tor the occasion.
On the second day the singers and delegates meet et
8armona HaU 1t O'Clock, aud Afterwards rehearsal
tskss plate at tie Ar1nory. At IL O'Clock mee;lne
for consultation ts te held at Representatives. da'.
and 1t O'clock N tic afternoon aess ~ % ~ e. e.
evening Of the s4u'e day the grand concert parne-
pa,e p By ~ The singers rtsse. WI n " M iT Tsn1 g.
osshs1 Ss e essfn vi .sss anu '
The third dag will be devoted 70 general enjoy
ent and W nspsned Win - Fai.e , sran. e. ,t,,.
inx soeieties and invited guess will he held. Tue
grand procession in whi.h the various rudhtary and
civic societies and State 'fcsaa have ooea 'nssseo 70
noon 5 picnic and concert will be held ~ heyoeAs
PARK In the evening there will bo N Illumination
and grand display of fireworks and the hnar Nh Wln
close With two balls 1t the 4r1uorT aud the other
at the park
The organization: .,hich will take part in the
festivities are the Springfield Maeunerehori tue
Concordis, Of Peoria, the Germanla, OF Peoria !;
Maenne1chor, Of Bloomington; the Tentonia,
ot Lincoln; ths TJpographis, of st. Louis ana
the Gesangvereins OF Carlinvilte and Jackson
.s,lle. Where xEe our Chicago German singing
spcietiea7
THEODORE THoMAs' BENEFIT.
The New York Tribune OF the 25d sa5s: The
be euoft eopcerL Of Theodore Thomas last night
at the Central Park Garden WIS 8 remarkable
testimonial to the admirable MUSICIAN who hss
laid our public under such heavy load Of obA-
aieuce waa ve1y demonstrative, u1lnKling Hith
its pe7aousl greeting OF Ar. Thomas good deal
Of enthusiastic shouting; and two rich laurel
wreaths WerS pT511asao 70 the conductor, one o.
them reposiny on q satin cushion ambroldefed
with the letters 7. T. in gold. and supported BY
An enormous base OF doHa1a 1he 1oiao*7ng
was the pxosTaLams:
Symphony No 6, In {arst tilr* ......... schpbezt
1ntEoln lnet'on-Aneero' fnais'*' Mn,in
se,ectlons from tie '' Wal1uers ";....-..W Wagner
Voeu! part BY Nr. F. 1snn~tz-
rarassh March, nun. q Athens. .Bssthoven
Selections from the Azefesezstngar :..- Wagner
reeat part tg Ar. Il. H. RtsaheE.
PART III
Rhs1sod,e nona7otse No. <hr+ ttHs clia, l1s2t
Waltz. carnesa!sbiiaex ....... .shsu.s
The Schubert symnbouy, No. 8, is one Of the
nevly-recovered relics Of '' the most poetical Of
musiciAns for which the world is ndehted to
the researches OF Mr, George Grove, in Vienna
Mr. Grove caused it to Be performed once IN
London, q few years ago, but we do not believe
it has ever been played anywhere else. It has
never been published, and Thomas obtained the
MS. frpn Vienna Written Ii 1878, when the
composer WAS n yeara OF age. It waa tne
fruit OF the happiest period OF his life and be-
trays very little Of that vein OF de-
Ncious sadness which: runs through b his
more mature works. In style It marks The
translaton from the initiative productions OF bis
bo3hood to the originality, strength, snd PRO-
found sentiment Of ouch masterpieces az hls
great Ninth Symphony. The influence OF Heeth, "a
great deal Of tho Instrumentation throughout
ia quite in Beethoven's manner. Tbs bright and
ioyoua spirit OF the symphony, however, ls much
more suggestive OF Mozart. It opens win
ehort Adag1o introduction. and then the ofst
thena OF the Allegro is given ous by the flutes
and hsutboys and repeated BY the full orches.
TIA. Tbs entlfo movement 10 ffesh aud
cheerful. aboundiDg in CHARACTERISTIC oeau-
ties and much more COMPACT than
Schubert's lster work Was apt TO oo+
The Andanta il an equiaite cantablle IN major, ;n
which ought to become popular a. once. Inc
scherzo In @ reminds us OF the allegro V1vaee
Of BeethoTsn's Fourth symphony though !ts
trio ia rather poudeEors, and perhaps not qMte
in character with the rest Of tho Tork' 1hs
Finale, An Allegro Moderate. is bright and das, e.
clnaling, and brings 70 cheerful close one OF
the pleasantest though by nu means the 9reatess
Of Schubert's works. The symphony ID Of nod
er4ta length. concise, clear, and D7er1oWinE Wlth
gladsoms melodies. The scoring ID for t},e usual
Instruments Of the grand orchestra, trombcnea
excepted.
THE BOSTON HANDEL AND HA1px SOCIETY.
The record Of the Handel and Haydn Society
OF Boston, dating back TO 1915. ~ given IN the
audress Ut ex~P1esident Lorine B. barnes on re~
til,ng, shows clearly enough. says tho Boston
Transcript that. in Its good. old daEs, At au
events, the mus1c perIor1ned BY the Society E1s
far in advnDco Of that in general Use. For the
Society were confined mainly to Handel's ~ Mes
siah y and Haydn's " Creatinn," in whols Or in
part; Neuksmm's e David" wss given in 1886;
!. 6anson was brought out in 1915, and
Elijah In 1913 and ths progress OF the