, 1875-10-03

Of really effective songs. In instrumental
! mnsic also there is wide variety, as follows
the Bunte Batter" series), and .sLa sylphide, VI
morceau de salon, by Gustav Lange; "Ouz
Lovely Hudsou," waltz, by Itulolph Aronson ;
Joy and Good Fortune and - Silent Wishes, :
from Liohner's Life Of Youth" eefies, end
'on the AIeadow." alao bF Lichper, which ara
galop, and g From Distant Shore" polka ma
zufka, by Carl Faust; two marches "Lea
DraRont de Ia Reine" and "A1na7ons," oy
MaylatE !" En- Route, march, By Sidney Smith; !;
papo; "Joiy Fellows" waltz, BY Edward
Strauss Deyil's Dnrning Media" ppIka ma
zurka, by Josef Strauss; .'vagesen March" by
ZlkoH :" Summer Nights Dream on the Hud-
son." bv 4. Haavernck; 3" Air a Ia Bourrec," !"
from Handel, arranged BY Brocca, charming
Athens, arranged for three performers s' Rou-
gust de Bal mazurka eie9ante, by kethenar ;
and i" Premiere Saltareua, y for four hands, and
"Rondo Capticc:o5o, by Leybach. The last five
pieces should be on every piano.
ORGAN NOTES.
Mr. Henry ). Smith has been appointed Or
ganist Of tho Rev. Dr.. Miner's church in Bos-
too.
The New York Oratorio Society il shortly to
bring out ~ st. Paul" and * Tho Messiah" with
Thomas orchestra and Dudley Buck at the organ.
Mr. Il. Fl. Covles, 3 young organ,st, reconsly
returned from Earope. has been engaged to
teach in DR.. EichDers's Conservatory in Bos-
ton.
Mr.. James T.. Hubbard, Of Norwich Conn.,,
has given to the Park GharcL Of that city an Or
$4,000.
~, Dudley Buck, the organist, since quitting
Thomas, has decided to settle down in New
York. and may be heard thero in ozgau-recitals
this winter.
Mr. J. &. Pype, the orsanist in St, Marks
Church in Philadelphia, has received tue ap~
pointment OF organ1st at the Cathedral in Man
chester, England
MUSICAL NOTES.
nile. Bianchi, so popular in London at tCoyent
Garden, is the daughter Of E. l.. Davenport,
Tho Mendelsaohn Quintctts Club. with Miss
Fannie Kellogg, left Boston, Oct. !, for three
months trip West.
Theodore Thomas has engaged Miss Antoi-
neste Sterling for some o. his concerrs in the
months OF November and December.
II. Ambrose Thomas is leading q retired life
in his villa at Argenteul and giving the final
touch to grand opera which is shortly to be
produced under the title Of Francesca Rinini." +"
A telegram under dato Melbourne, Sept. l..
says that the risit Of the prima donna Mile. lima
dinAry enthusiasm. There has been grand
torchlight procession in her honor.
It is now arranged that the season of En-
g1ish opera to commence at Booths Theatre
On Oct. II will be uahsroa in with ''Mlgnon," "
while Bene6ict'e lilly OF Killarney" will be
kept in reserve for tha second week Of the sea-
son.
Madame Marie Rozo-Perkins will sing the
music Of Ori,7td in - Lol4angrin," dnrn the
pF ~rti af +y' q
Opera, Madame Nilsson Wil Of course, be the
Elsa. The tour does not commence until No
yember.
Boston musical prospects for the season ara
very good, according to the journal Of Music
The Handel and Haydn will give their usual
Christmas and Easter oratorles, and now pro-
Eoao to sing Bach's Passion music complete, one
half III the morning and one half in tile evening
Of Good Friday, the way in which Bach in
tended. and in which German societies formerly
gave it.
The New York correspondent Of the Boston
Saturday Erering Gazette says: "speaking Of
amusements, guess We are pretty certuin to
have season of Italian opera, with Iitlens M ana
Wachtel, if We coax for it hard enough. When
Strakosch first brought Nilsson over here it was
ou1y for concerts, you know but it WAS not long
before We heard her in opera. There is no pr1ma
donna Jet announced for tue Machtol seasonr
which will not begin until after T1tiens has sung
lt n few concerts"
Tho Milwaukee Musical Society gives festi~
val on the 7th and 8th Of October, the princi-
pal features Of which Tili bs Mendelssohn's
8 Aleistersnnger Of Nuremburs." Lacbnet's
" Hymn to Music" Brahms - Reluio1n,' - =" Max
Bruch's 50 Roman Triumph Hymn and the first
ass anne o. Drasdii, of Kew York. Mss % s. Wood aad
Messrs. Biachof, Kuehu, Hasten, N,edeclen,
and Roebrch.