, 1875-04-04

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| Queen Catherine So great Was her succeBs q,
| the Academy Of Music q few weeks ago, that hel
return visit is1ookad forward to as = certain tri
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...... MUSIC.
TIE IoGAL REVIEW OF TIE wEEK ,'
is necessarily brief. One or two church con,
| certs and IN amateur performance in the Wes
Division comprehend all the events. The music
al interest is centred mainly IN the announce.
ments Tor the next two weeks, which will give
| us more Embellishments. than We have had dur.
| ing the entire season of Lent, aud Of quality
! to attract the attention Of all who ars fohd o1
| good music. To give precedence in the order o1
| their occurrence, ne first note
| THE NEW ORGAN FOB sT- PAu1's CHURCH.
The organ built for the new st. Pauls Church
has proved. in every way SUCCESS. It has q
frontage Of 40 feet is 50 feet in altitude ard il
Is feet deop, and is IN everlasting monument tc
the mechanical skill Of its builders. The organ
has three manuals and pedals, with 3 compass
OF manuals from CO to 4, IS notes. The COM
pass OF pedals from CCC to F, 80 notes. It has
47 stops and contains 2, 400 pipes, ranging from
3 32-foot~ tone to N-inch pipe. There
are :l6 pneumatic compositions, 2. pneu-
matte couplers, and 4 composition pedals.
In addition to the above improvements, there is
q eelt-acting crescendo aud di1u!uuendo pedal,
which begins with the softest stop in the organ.
and brings on Us rapidly or Is slowly as tho
performer desires, all the stops to the full OF
gan, making perfectly even creseendo, and
diminishing as rapidly or as slowly as desired to
tho sofresr point. Also q sforzando pedal,
bringing on and taking or Tho full power of; the
instrument in an instant ., r.r-
The touch Of the organ is most delightful !;
the reversible cduplezs are OF the greatest pos
sible convenience, and the pneumasio compost
tions @betWeen tie manuals Tor changing the
stops are an improYement Indispensable in the
building OF all large organs. The roicing OF the
wholo instruments ls superb. The yox humana
is extremely sweet aud pathetic, and has been
much admired by all who hayo heard it. Tho
entire work has been SO faithfully done, both
internally and externally, sud tho instrument
was ready TOR use 60 promptly on the completion
Of the church tedi6ce, that the manufacturers
deserve the patronage Of all in the land who de-
sire frst-class organs.
An :oIhibition Of the organ will b given
Thursday evening, the orsanists fo5 the occasion
Ii. Bowman OF St. Louis; Mr. H. c. Eddy, Of
Chicago. They will be assisted by quartette,
composed Of Mrs. EarHeli, soprano; NiB- Rice,
contralto; Mr.. Charles Smith, tenor Mr. h. L.
6loan, bass, st. Pau1s Church choi1. .,,.,'-
APOLLO CLUB CONCERT.
Tomorrow night lie Apollo Club; zith the
distinguished pianist, Miss Julia Rive will give
in McCormick's Hail the first public concert since
the days OF Lent. tt is said That the Club was
never in better, drill than nov, and its dfty~fye
voices will be heard in some OF the grand male
cho1uses that have been their special study dur
ing their organization. OF Hiss Rive, the piA-
mist, who has been engaged especially for the oc-
son it is not too much to Say that she IS rapidly
winning her way to the highest reputation. a
Cincinnati critic: describing the effect Of her
playing OF one of Beethoven's concertos in re-
cent concert there, says :''As she rose from her
instrument there Taa a perfect storm Of ap-
plause and braVos. that never 1ulled for An in
stant until aha wended her Tay through tho
throng of inetrumentalists aud seated herself
again." The other soloists are Mrs. J. G. Jones,
William Lewis, and n Ledochowski-
;. =: III. scHu11zE's BENEFIT CONCERT. \
The benefit concert tendared to Mr. Edward
schultze BY his friends and admirers is to be
given in McCotmick's Han On Thursday evening
na1t. Mr. Schultze has been resident Of Chi
cago for many, years, md has assisted in most Of
our notable local entertainments. He has succeed
ed in gathering about him for his concert many
OF tho most attractive musicians OF thA city, in
cludiug Mrs. Clara Huck, Messrs. Ealatka, Good
Willie and DeCterque, and eight Of the: best
singers Of the Apollo Club.
- BOSTON PuuMlnAoH1c cLup- :..,-:- !
This Club, composed Of six of the most f. /
nous solo instrumentalists Of the 'corntry, will
give single concert in this city under tho aus
pices OF the Star Course on the 18th inst. The
following is the composition Of the club: Bern
hard Listemann, violin soloist, late violin aolois.
Of the Thomas Orchestra; Fritz Listeu1ann, vio-.
In sooist. late first viohnsst Of the Thomas Or
chestra Emil 0Eamm, viola and violin so1oist.
formerly Of Thomas Orchestra, and Iate Musical
Di.ector at the Santa Clara College. California
Adolph Hartdegen, .violoncel1o Boloist, late solo
'ce1iist Of the Emperor Of Brazil Eugene Wei
ner, dute soleiht formerly Of the, celebrated 3.
Thomas Orchestra Adolph Belz, French horn
soloist formerly Of the Royal Orche<t1a Of tho
King Of Wurtenburg, and the Imperial Russian
Orchestra at St. Petersburg. Ths Club also bring
With them new asprant' for vocal honor, Miss
Nay A. Bryant, contTalto Who. has Won high
praise from the Eastern cities.
nss dLENN's FAREWELL CONCERT. i
The date OF the benefit concert to Miss Il. q.
11enn has been fixed. for Thursday evening,
April "a. at the Methodist Church Bloct<. The |
concert will afford an opportunity to Mss Glenne
riands to contribute some matezi II aid to further
Ter project of obtaining musical education |
broad. She is = young lady OF brilliant promise |
lose application, and genuine ambition Mapy |
,ood musicians and experienced critics hare pre- |
cted q career for her, and Chicago people |
bouId take g.: specisl interest in her future.
he concert itself is to be one OF considerable |
aerit and interest," tt is to ba given under the |
tisa Glenn has been pursuing her studies, and.
ill have the assistance Of large chorus OF male
nd femaio voices.
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