, 1876-12-03

tion upon the senses that the essential condition.
which are its own become, in fine, those OF th
work Itself. As to the question whether musi
Sn shaieve4 Ss eqSs Ss n not%itnssnsine @ @
capacity Of the iatter.-I dare yet affirm moth
ing. The poems, of the operas Of Gluck we1.
far from demanding from music all that 1t coull
give, as to passion. These poems rarely rise above
certain pa1hos more Or less fettered, the patho:
places as Where the music ought to GO beyond i ths
poem in expression, 1he music Of GIuck rests often
fur this side Of what it could be. Again. the poems
human nature; Donna Anna is an exception which
tint ii his '.Vestalc tsecond act scene Of Jalie},
where Egiaatin: learns the secret Of EuTyaniht).
we're not able to express the contents Of their sub
e 1 II esa<a Of s n ui %ns Ct s
ing what our predecessors haye done,
1t is indisputabe TINT we have not yct attained
either the true nor the beautiful in Upcra, II do
not speak from point OF view purely musical: I
art: In this sense, and in considering my Abilities
which mistrust more than mistake, 1regard my
present and future works only as so many essays
| the power OF reflection has more value than you
attribute to 1t: the works oi art in period Of high
eiyifization cannot be produced without REJECTION
| ample, is absolutely Mconscsenfe; but that epoch
did not create u work OF art perfect and entire
this glory was reserved for Goethe, for our age Of
to unite both this force Of reflection and
.he immediate power. of creation. It is
on: Esh in asea aas doas s Of f'ty a & One flins S
which separates HE absolutely from you is your
admiration for Meyerbeer. I tell you frankly that
have all the reasons in tho world forestcemin him
as an atfcctionate and auliablc man. Rnt, observe.
il assemble ail that repels me in the music Of
/ opera, n internal contradictions, all external in
| compatlbilitics, shall have my idea Of Mcyerbeer.
| Nevertheless, recognize i'll the music Of Meyer
this which stops the noble maturity of art because
he succeeds IN satisfying in every way uy the mega
tion Of all :nfcriority. lie who goes astray in the
Of his being; he who courts the trivial Intentional
| y may c4l hlmself happy, for he has nothing to
lose. Adien' etc. Entirely yeuFs; p'n. ~, " ,,,,.
MUSICAL NOTES.
Flotow's new opera, "Thc Flower OF Har-
lcm," is about to be produced at Turin.
There is rumor that italian opera at St.
Petersburg will be discontinued utter this ycar
A daughter of Ambrose Thomas, the COM
poser, has just married n. Deveria Of the French
Legation to China.
Carlotta Patti, assisted By Camille sivorI, Ra-
facl Joseify, and jules de Swert, is giving cou-
certs III German cities.
Won Bulow has left his summer retreat
(Godesbcrg~on-the-Rh -Rhinc) and taken up quar-
tiers for the winter at Hanover.
N. Pasdcloup has issued an appeal to French
amateurs with regard to the recent Kissing of
Wagner's music at his concerts.
A symphony, by Johannes Brahms, in C mi
nor, was performed for the first time in the H,4-
sikalische1 Ikade,nie Of Mannheim. on the 7th
ult.
Nine, Antoinettc stirling-NcKinley is VARYING
her public performances in England By singing
cradle-songs to 4 masculine audience Of one
small infant in her own chamber.
4 young American, Miss Jenny Howe, re-
Gently made her debut as Ju|eufiue III ..The
Hugueuots" at Brussels. Her voice was ad-
mred, but she showed lack Of stage experience.
Nine. Adelina Patti has just returned to Paris
from her rapid tournee in the Provinces. Her
progress WAS as triumphant as it was brief. Size
sang only in three cities, and only four times in
s1l 900 in gold.
debut i'll that city Of Signor Santa Croce, better
known here as Atr. Hurry Stanfield. He ap- ]
peared in Ponchielli's u ''Promessi Sposi,'' and |
sang four successive evenings in that fine opera
of somewhat " advanced ~ school,
Figaro announces that both Mr. Maplcsou and |
Mr; Carl Rosa contemplate opera performances I
in America next year q There will probably |
also be two other European companies in the |
field. It is not unlikely that Mr.. Mapleson NAV |
himself leave for America very shortly"
Nine Nilsson has returned to Paris from her
successful tour III Sweden, and will next visit
Holland, under the direction of Herr Ullman.
Her operatic performances in Vienna will occur
in january next, and she will sing in German
at the Imperial Opera-House in the "Hugue-
nots'' "Lohengrin," "Faust," "Mignon,"
and Hamlet"
Miss AlcCulloch, the drline of the 'Bohe-
mian Girl, ut the matinee on the 25th ult., at
Robinson's Opera-House, Cincinnati, had mar
row esrape from horrible death. It was ia
the last act, when she was standing before the
mirror: Her flowing sleeve caught fire from
candle on the table. She attempted to cx1in-
glish it, but failed. Her peril was seen by S1r.
Hall, who rushed from the wings, and, by his
well-dirccted efforts, extingushed the fire after
the sleeve was nearly destroyed. Though Miss
McCulloch suffered great pain, she pluckily re-
n malncd on the stage, and concluded her part Of
the performance.
De Vivo writes to the New York Gruphic as
follows:
j, In your editorial Of yesterday headed s'That
Grand Opera House Scheme there was mis-
understanding which should be Obliged il you
continuation, tie Parcpa-1,osa, Wachtel, and |
Stanley opera season, of which Carl Rosa and
aS Sd so ts S s ana s
ance: reacled TINT sum. This % amoant f's;ut was,
|
the world, and handsome profit was cleared
achtel received one-tlird Of tue gross receipts
!:arcpa :Rnsa s, 900 night, Stanley $500, and |
Miss Adelaide Phillips $3.50, besides the salaries
OF other drfases an orchestra Of sixty performers
fully, D. ne 2'iyn
=: Balreuth came very near not being Baircuth.
Richard fohl: in the lleue Zei<schritx, relates.
nat, 1cforc Wagner had decided to construct
.he theatre 1T Baircuth, List had obtained
y some means the consent OF the Grand Duke 6
y saxe-Wcimar to have the theatre erected on
ne banks OF tue lin, beside that made. illus
rlous by Goethe and Schiller. From political
considerations the project was, however, trus- t
rated, and there was no more thought Of Wei :
mar. lns occurred i'll 1856. Several years af- ,
er"ard, Wagner visited Baireuth, aud the
municipality OF that little Bavarian city having
'1tercd him piece Of land, he decided there to J
onstruct his theatre. Alr. Pohl also states on c
his subject that, in 1853, Lszt paid visit to S
wagner at Bas1e, where was for the time the | c
omposer Of the Tetraogy. Joachim, the cclc-
rated yiolinist, who was not then So vehement
II ff-E Ex. Sc r., |