, 1876-04-30
MUSIC
At HOME.
An UPWARD TENDENCY.

At HOME.
An UPWARD TENDENCY
In commercial terms, music is looking better.
and has an upward tendency. During the past
week there have been several events OF note,
prominent among which WAS the seventh OF the
Beethoven reunions, which Was given 1T the
rooms Of the Society Thursday evening. The
programme was an excellent one in all respects,
and embraced the Mendelssohn trio in c minor,
Peppers 'Morcear1 Characteristlque for piano
and cello, and the Raft quintette in A minor, for
piano and string instruments. The trio is vorY
popular one, and the fsct that it is included in
the repertoire Of most travelling concert troupes
IS 4 good sign that the beauty OF the compost
rion is appreciated wherever it is heard. The
Raft quintette has been played once b efore this
SEASON, go that those who heard it at it's
first. production wore fully able to ap-
preciate it; for with one hearing tho
average auditor is almost unable to understand
it, especially the allegro motto ASSN and allegro
viyace quasi presto movements, in which the
themes are rather vague and not easily noticed,
aud which are worked up in true orchestral
advantage OF other composers Of chamber music,
and that is the wonderful manner in which he
works up and elahorates simple themes in al
most symphonic etyle, which ia illustrated in
Ell8 QulukGAk6 hi Mcli As LII &A6 dQAalh AH4 LE!u3
played at former reunions. The Pepper compo-
s,tion consists OF three characteristic pieces
"Harlequin," *'Whv," " aud " "Narratlye.n Pop
per ia one of the very few writer's Of cello music
who. understanding all tho technical difficulties
Of the instrument, can introduce some sentiment
requiring warmth OF feeling and artistic color
ing into his compositions. The first, ''The Har-
lequin, is ono Of these, abounding III pretty pic
lures in which the grotesqueness of the harlequin,
as shown BY the piano, Is never lost sight Of.
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the gam OF the evenings performance. The trio
WAS played with remarkable discrimination. &C.
curacy, and finish, while the qulntetto, With NIL
it's difficulties. went remarkably well, but not as
well as the trio. Mrs. +. Ullman's singing Of
the ss Che Faro Senza Euridice" aria from Guck's
"Orpheus was not as satisfactory as we had e1-
pectad it to be. H.r singing lacked finish and
warmth Of expression; but her desire to please
was apparent, and she succeeded In showing her
voice to good advantage. HRS Thurston's slng-
Dream" "'spring Moods" and ''Longing," was
very enjoyable. We have spoken before OF her
artistic singing OF these songB, and place them
among her best efforts At the next and last
reunion, Schumanns trio in D minor will be per-
formed.
THE MUSICAL COLLEGE soIREE-
Another noticeable event of the week WAS the
pleasant soirea given BY the pupils Of the A1u-
sical College in the parlors Of that institution
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such manner es to suggest that hall will be
necessary another season. The principal fea-
tures Of the soiree were Miss Murdoch's dashing
plsving OF Liszt's Second Rhapsodie Hongroise;
Hiss Foresman'a singing OF Gomez aria " Mia
piccjnella, which was introduced here by Miss
Cronyn in the Won Buelow concerts Thalberg's
"Tarautelle," by Miss Mary Taylor; and the
Reinscke trio for piann violin, and cello, played
by Mias Kate DAVIS and Messrs. Buiassrt and
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gramme we're we'll given.-in fact, this is q Pc
culiarity Of all the eoirees Of this college.
THE voH BUELow CONCERTS.
DR.. Won Buelow takes his farewell Of Chicago
this week in ee1ies OF three concerts to be
given At McCormick's Hall Wednesday and Fri
day evenings and Saturday afternoon. The pro-
gramme for the opening concert will be az fol-
lows:
l. Wiener FaschinRBschw1nk," )" Opus 26. .Schumann
a. Cavstlna from Der Freischutz ".... Won Weber
Hiss Lizzie Cr0nyn.
f{a) Allegro grazioso. Op. SO, No. q
a {H 6cherxo from Opus 7.........- l,r.ra.,,.oh
o. {c) Variations Opus s2....-......- aeaa@'sona'
l{0 Capriecio. Opus 5,..-........J
M..s Lt.zn cronyn. 'N''''''1'
ftd) E1egie. Opus 90, No. 2........,...1
(b) Capriccio in minor. .--.........,
S.. e 1mpromptu. Opus 1s2, No. IT,: }sehubsrs.
ID Valse; Caprice M in major, arranged
6. "commaat. di:.isnt il: usz'
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{9 nTho dnomes' Danca a".............. l1,.x+
VI cj NAzurkA brilante. nte................,... AA@s
va folopxise htroique..
Tho programme for Friday evening will be ex-
clusivey from Beethoven, and that OF Saturday
afternoon from Chopin. Would it not be we'll
for the German belligerents and the testy
Doctor to declare = truce during this brief sea-
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