, 1875-08-01
At HOME.

We take tho following from morning paper
! in this city:
The many friends and admirers Of Blanche Tuckat
will be happy to learn that she has effected engage
house. in Eurorc,-Manager Gye. Of covens Garden.
London She ts engaged As prtna donna. and her en-
ga4emcnt was signed TWO years from tho day she and
debut iu coyent Garden 0pera-House will take place
in April May, 1876. From :he date OF signing the
contract in Jnne Of The present year. until The time Of
her debut, MI her expenses borne by Manager Gye,
including resdcnce in Italy from the 1st Of 6eptem-
her, with Eew To Eerfe:ttng her Italian accent and
also to faniarizo her With the details Of the Italian
Rosaye1la, Inli-nized renderng Of the family
nnme Roosevelt, On her mothers side.
II the above information he correct, Chicago
will have reason to congratulate itself npon hay-
ing prima donna, as it is not at all probable
that q manager like Gye would have made an On
gagement With Miss Tucker unless she had given
indubitable promise Of succeas. Her career
will henceforward be watched with great eager
ness by the musical public OF Chicago, especially
BY those who we're her auditors in her immature
daye, when the thought Of being prima donna
was only dream Of her own. and they will join
TIE TRIBUNE in sending her the best OF wishes
for her SUCCESS
COMPLIMENT TO CHICAGO oRoAS1sT.
4 correspondent Of the Detroit Freo Press.
writing about music in Chicago. mentions the
recent Unity Church concerts, and says:
The oveztures to Euryanthe," Hunyadi Iazlo."
and " TAnnhAuser," were given with fne effect. One
curious effect brought out in the attachment Of
scale Of slyer bells for certain paesage6claprap to
certain extent it is true, Jet good in such concert
and for the pieces in which they introduced
Eas vh @ tbg
difficult thetnk with variations in fat by Thie1e,
showing his command over the instrument in rapid
chromatic md arpeggo passages for the pedals, the
manuals, meanwhile ning IN with the most com p1cx
h=rmonies. Ais technique was superb, and showed
the result Of thu hors day ot practice In Ger
many for years. En- rlssa1t, note that this organ
list gives weekly rctas Of classical music on his
Is there not musician Of enterprise and skill enough
In Detroit to follow this good e1ample7
We may add that Mr. Edcy's recita1s closed
yesterday, and Will bo resumed in September
next
MUSICAL COLLEGE MAuxEE-
The following arc the instrumental features
of the n ogramme Of the ma:inee to be given at
the Musical College parlors On Wednesday, Aug.
4, at Up. M:
!. 1mpromp.u. Schubert
2. HAllade. ..-ChoEtn
j. Marcia fantashca, OF. EAFsiel
s. Rhapsodie HonGroise, No. List
Some changes ha7o recently been made in the
organization OF the College. VIC understand, DR..
George +. Root, Frederick ltoot, and hlr. Gill
having retired 31r. Ziesfeld now takca the
Sig. Carozzi, the new teacher, has arrived, and
commenced his duties last Thursday. 1fiss Fan
nia Boot remains, and Mira J. G. Jones has also
been secured as vocal teacher.
COMPANY ms CONCERT.
grand conce1r will take place 1t tho EXPOSE
ton Building on Thursday evening, beginning
At o'clock. under the auspices Of Company B
of the First Regiment. The orchestra will be
composed Of fifty pieces, and will be under the
eklifui direction OF Mr. Hans Balat ka. The price
Of admission will be 50 cents, and the proceeds
will 20 to The benefit Of Company Il, IN complet-
ing i1s equipment. The concert will be ,ery
fine one, we'll worthy Of the atten dance Of lovers
OF music. while the object should commend it to
general support The following Is the pro-
9ramnae selected:
2 Overture to Masanie1lo
Tsns. on sIes, ron Dohs ian diri clement 1x9n
5. Waltz. Thousand and Ons Nights "...... Strauss
Exhibition dr1l, Company b."
FART H.
p Grand Fantas:, on themea fron Fau.t. Gounod
Medley, National A1s ......--...-.---.-
s Torosght Dance {r.cE ;ans .MeysSbeeF
TURNER HALL.
The programme tor Iae Turner Hau concert
this evening will be as tollows:
i. March, ..Cness-Tou1p a.nent ,Michaelis
2 Overture to " Yelva a"...............R n. .Retssiger
5. Thane and VARIATION from tho Grand
l. fiasis nf nom A1ie7 .Bseh
s. Overture to "Rien, n,i"...................Wag Wagner
& Mandsltnata n ,nanz. Tor corneD .Paladalho
Z. Pee-mele Potpour Conrad
q Fantasia on the1 aes from @Tbe Masked
Ban ~. .....--.---....-...'...'..- ;uneer
TO- Emperors QuH lriue. ..-.................Vos .Voss
THE CREswoLD RECrTAIs.
The second OF Mr.. Creswo!d's orgnn recitals
will be given this afternoon Mt Unity Church,
with the follow ing very excellent programme:
'0~ w. Ariaur j. ctesro!d
Il; h. Hsstt 1Sana. asoa.;u: 'aounod
Organ solo" serenade Haydn
AVE ''f 1 Tr. Rc6:1t 3, Sn,iii. '''1'@'o
Organ solo-" Ftstorale Bach
~. !. ). cres,eoid-
D'' 51oma. @ Sosd,sl;: and 4: i. sfsiI.
Ar. a. j. crts,roM.
ABROAD.
CAT:I ROSA.
The London correspondent Of the New York
Bey,aM furnishes the following interesting par
!icula1s concerning the Carl Rosa English
troupe:
Among the works which Mr. Rosa promises 70 per-
form this season at the Princess Bafes Siege Of
Rochelle" Cherubins i" Water Carrier" - The Bo-
ae1nian Cir, prepared by Bafe for PaI1s, the
" Marriage Of Figaro, md new opera BY CsEnoni.
knot." Hi. Rosa has some intention, believe. OF
bringing ont Er glish version Of Richard haGners
Taunhause1," new translation Of which IL now IN
PREPARATION OF the artists Aready selected by Mr.
nj