, 1876-03-19

: find him Ensyrnpathctic. Ne is, on the contrar.
Q sympathetic to very high degree. In spite OF h
military bearing and the ausocsatc attitude ne nsnl
i ordnatfs, his attitude towards hts listeners is EN-
nsnsly one Of equality. most hrothsr!y, and ssmp
tEetlc: bis playing coTsllH invitation, III 1t Wer
q TO follow him into the highest realms OF D1u81c.
MUSICAL NOTES
4 Boston admires Biisnoii and aays that, Hk
, wine, he improves With age.
Wagners F" 1tienzi," ut Madrid. has please
: the public better than it has the critics.
During t.e yoar 1875 there vera no less tha
fifty now operas produced and sung In Italy.
, The plans for the new Music-Hall in Cinciu
natl contemplate q seating capacity Of noou
, 6.500.
Nine. Lacca sang the role Of Elsa in Wag
ner's ''Lohengsin y for the frat time in Cologne
short timo ago.
The Cincinnati Gazette says: ..Miss Julia
| Hive we are told, has 10 intention OF changing
her place OF residence from Cincinnati"
Nile Eugouie Pappanheita rnads he- debut in
Italian opera, last Friday, III Violetta in 81 Ii
Irayiasa, under the direction of hlr, St1akosch
Mr.. Harry Gates, late tonor Of the Boston En-.
glihh Opara Company, has accepted m engage
,nent with the Kellogg English Opera Company
! for the next seaBon.
Milo. AIbani could not sing either sLucia di
Lammeru,oor or la sonnanlbu!a" at Ii
Scalu, because tho huge theatre possessed no
scenery for these pieces.
Mr. Maurice Grau. who returned from Eu-
| rope last week. has engaged OTenbach for the
| Centennial. Many other important contracts
haSo been made by A1r. Grau.
DR. Hans von Bulow will commence Season
OF si1 niel,ta and four matinee concerts in Chick
erug Hall, Now York, on the 20:h inst. There
! will be three Beethoven eoirees.
| Ehi}s5ato}.in Tr;H ham a ,.,sar ~ Ttnf:~u
! opera. The St1ackosch Company. with TitienB,
Pappenhcim, Beaumont, Brignoli, Tom Carl, ct
] al.' open Tomorrow at tue Academy OF Music.
! In tho musical circles OF Paris it Is rumored
] thnt the new Theatre LyriQue will die before its
birth for want OF capital. Verdi. the composer,
first Six nights, for which ''Aida has been an
uouucod.
Mr. Charles Edward HoraIeY, who died in New
York On the 9th Of February, was the original
OF the famous musical creation, - '*Charles
Anchestor," fact not generally known. Mrs.
dora!oy has declined to accept benefit concert,
not needing aid.
The Gaxeaa Musicale. of Mlsn, Italy, pro-
feases to have seen an announcement in an
American jonrual to the edect that On the Goth
Of November Of this yeAr-the birthday Of
Christopher Coluulbus-G0U parlsts will por-
form one of Llszt's compositions together.
Nile. Anna do Rslocca, young Russian prims
donna, who has been received with much favor
has been preyaited On, By tho usual monetary ar
guuaeuts, to visit tlIis country. She will aet sail
about the last OF this month, and make her debut
in New York in opera on Easter Monday under
tie management Of air. Max Stkakosch.
The receipts at tho Boston Then:.e, the eight
nights during which Tietiens has appeared in
Italian opera, we're s26,S13, tho average being
considerably greater than that OF tho recent New
YORK season. and greater than in any previous
opcratic engagement III ths Hub. The prices Of |
the Tickets wero lower than those OF previous |
seasons.
In this weeks issue Of 4ppleton's journal Mrs !
Lucy II. Hooper, whose opportunities for OBJ ]
servatlon have been Of the best, advises young
American girls who contemplate going abroad to |
study for the operatlc stags concers-roozn to ]
study at homo. 10 tho case OF Miss Kellogg
may be added that OF Adcllna Patti who receiyed !
all her musical education in New York.
Alr. II. ". Whitney, Boaton's distinguished |
basso, with bis fhtnlly, sailed in the steamer
Atlas from Liverpool for Boston On tho 7th. He
has had very successful round Of concert en-
gagemeuts, aud visited alt the principal cities in |
the United Kingdom, and returns to America to
till number Of professional engagements.
It is stated that Mr. Strakosch has it in contem-
plation to give Rossini's ''S.abat Mater" in
Boston on the evening OF Wednesday, April 12, !
With Mile. Tltions, Misa Anna DsasdD, Mr.. N. ", !
Whitney, and possibly Signor Brgnoli, toge.her
with large and efficient chorus. Thls will be
positively Mile. Tlt1ens' farewell to America, IS
she sails for Europe on the following Saturday,
the 15ih.
The students Of Waeners music who have not
the courage to attack Schopenhauer's works in
The original will fud, among the recent IN
oortations OF Scrlbner, Wexford & Armstrong. a
brief study OF that philosophers lra S.sd writ !
nga by HeIen Zinlmern, which will acquaint
hem with the metaphysical basis Of the music
IT the future. In his essay on Beethoven, Wag- |
Ter himself stntes that the pcseiulist philosophy
If arthur schopenhauer furnishes tho ground i
work of his thought. tbs new volume gives the
lrst popular presentation Of this philosophy in
English. and contains fine portrait OF the phi
osopher.-heao 1os& Ir7bH,As i
The New York Tribune says 'There is now |
authority for tho announcement that Richard
wagner has agreed to compose grand march !.
or the opening Of our exhibition at Philadel- :
nduced to interrupt the preparations for bis
model performance at Bayreuth long enough to !
1rite this ma-ch for America is the fruit Of the
sgoslatlons Of Theodore Thomas, under whose Z
1rsct1on. Of course, the execution Of the piece ]
I'LL take place It is owing, however, to the ! +
cal Of the Womens Centennial Organization, q
'hch las pledged itself to provide the necessary
loney that Mr.. Thomas was enabled to oIer | 2
lerr Wagner suitable compensation"
The London Times says Of Herr Joseph !,
oaclina, 1.-THE bright particular star" Of tho +
onday popular concerts 1.-The gifted vionist | i
now at the very zenith OF his artistic career. I -
eTer was he playing better, it ever, indeed SO ~
ell. His extraordinary commatd OF the inxtru- 4
ens, through tho tones drawn from which he r
'veass to us the thoughts Of the greatest Of -
asters. was manifested emphaticaiiy when, at :.
% Philharmonic Concerts, as Jar back as 1874 ! q,
, first enlisted ths Bympathies Of an English ~
,dtence. But as his technical facility has. year ~
ter year, approached nearer to perfection. 30, y
an equally noticeable degree. has far higher ! -
lality-that Of poetic:A expression-been | a.
ought to ripe maturity" r