, 1875-07-04

evidence Of his enterprise and taste, HIS ed
nous Of the gteat German composers are spIep-
did works Of art, and his Is Musical Dictionar, +"
! compilation OF great merit He was an excsl-
lent ylolnist and played also other instruments.
He acquired great wealth, and owred considga-
bic properly in this city aa we'll as in Europe
Ae,o York Tribune.
MCs1CAL NOTES,
It ts now said that Brgnou viii support Tet-
16ns in Italian opera next SEASON.
Nj: asss' Enslish Opera Troupe appeared a.
Maguire's, IN San Francisco, on June IS b.
Sefdl's Aida, p" With Miss Hauck as the hero-
inc, has proved highly attractive 1t pesth,
The VioliniRt, Wieniawski. has been decorated
with the Cross Ct St. Anne by The Russian En-
peror.
Mr. Myrof ". Whitney the Boston bssso. and
Mr- Fred Packard, the tenor, sailed in the China
Tor Europe On Saturday Inst from New York.
Mr. Gye, who is Of course s'short" OF tenors,
has signed three seasons engagement with u.
Capoul, commencing on the 18th ct June 1876.
Sig. Carpl WAS to replace Nico1ini In the
Coveut Garden version Of Lohensrlu " Oh ths
l7th ult. The opera still maintains it's popular.
isy in London.
o1enbach is at present at Etretat, where he
Is writing the music OF his opera. "La Creole"
which wtli be the chief piece OF the winter SET
son At the Bouffea.
Gounod's Romeo and Juliet ;" is produced
In Paris, Nile. Dalti singing Juliet Nine.
Miolan- Caryatho, notwithstanding her age, made
remarkable eucoess in the character. -,
Hert johann StrausB. delighted with the stic-
oess OF "La Reine Indigo ~ the Renaissance,
has promised TO return to Paris in the autumn
and write new opera for the French stage.
Herr Carl Krebs, the father OF Miss Marie
Krebs, the pianist celebrated at Dresden On the
1st ult. the T*enty-dth anniversary Of his ap-
pointment as capelmeistar to the King of fSaxony.
Nr. Tracy ". Titus has arranged to givo comic
opera at the antipodes. He sailed from Bau
Franctaco last Monday in the City OF melbourne
for Austra1is with hia new prima donna, Hiss
Euilie Melville.
Mr. Tennyson. or bis publisher, receives the
handsome sum of S15, Quo or 900, 600 annually
from composers whn make a business of aettizlg
the Laureate's poems to music. The charge for
permission to set poem has been fixed. at $25
and the applications average two or three q day
hr. sprineer's gift OF s125, 600 for q new music
hall iu Cincinnati will undoubtedly secure that
proposed editice to the city. The condition Of
the gift, that S125000 more be added, is now
certain to be met OF the desired amount
$b0, QUO has already been raised, and tho remain
der is as good as promised.
It has been determined to hold grand musical
festival in :Le autumn of next year in the nav
Public Hall at Glasgow. Prof. G. 4 Macfarren
has ngreed to write new cantata for tho
occasion, the subject being Sir Walter Soott's
Lady OF the Lake" II. Gounod has also con-
sented to produce his ofatorio, "Ca1vary," at
the same musical gathering, and to conduct the
work in person.
Tho Duke Of Edinburg has, it ia understood
Ghe Aole'lGu'n says). eo.nrosad. and in private
played, several pieces OF hls oWn,-so1os for
the violin and v1olonoeilo, and duets for the
violin and flute. It is likely they will soon bo
published to the world. We learn that the most
auoltlous % sueae lnu9ca' @ 9ohces.o
lqun.et1 III . mlner-nns ~ recsns'y oosn Playeu,
IN an anonymous lof"' Ia many Aonoon o1a"-
Herr poppe, Of Berlin, professor Of music,
haa invented q curious method OF learning to
play the panoforte. Ho ralses the piano By
means OF wooden blocks pluced under tile legs
to such height that when the player sits on al
ordinary music stool he hiss to hold his hands on
Herr Doppe thinks this is the true position in
which to cultivate and acquire strengtt and
acLeass oi tougn; ne nas many s lup1.a; anu eoiae
.Alne1 ,esns ssaus,ns upQe. ~ oto "tise
1lo1 neeun Iuas 70 Las Aouua tno eeis ~
h's@' Sona''4u' po"eA on 'no p1ANo'
The manuscripts left BY Donizetti have re-
them are two unpublished aud uuheard operas,
with French texts, Le Due d'Albe" and
"Deux Hommes ct me Femme" The hbTesto
of the former (which is by 6cribe) is to be trsns
lated into Italian, And one account says that the
opera will be performed at Berga1no next season.
Other accounts state, however. thai, owing to
the almost illegihle handwriting and the puz-
zl,ug ,nauner in which Don1zest generally noted
down his music, q careful examinataen by e1-
perts will be necessary before it can be deter
mined how these relics shall be gtEun to the
world.
,u nm 1.u <7~x,tt, ~ dr. 1oth 1T ,,1
s'Tho performances at the opsra~housea have
again been chiefly repetitions. The principal
novelty at tho Roval Italian Opera has been the
appearance Of Mile, ThalberH as Che,71bi11o in
q Le Eozza di Figaro" with Nile, Albani as
La Contessd. The other performances have
been LA Traviata," !" 81 'L'Afrcaine ""L La Figlia
del negsimento." and "Lohengrin." At Her
Maiesty's "Semirapide" has been twice per-
formed, with Mile. Titiens aud Mile. Trebell1-
Bettini. and LA sonnambula with Mile.
Varesi. s.Lohengrin is at last to be given on
Saturday next, with Mue Nilsson as Elsa, Nile.
Tftiens as Ort,zsd, and Signor Campanini as Lo-
henqrin-"
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