, 1876-07-16

them to individuals where this was possible, bu
frequently sold them at auction through Rober
Cashin, Of No. 48 West Sixteenth street, to whom
piano.
Large numbers of people not only in New
York but all over the country have beer
I swindled in this outrageous manner It is as
serted by the lawyer who has investigated the
cases Of frauds that each Of the defrauded pur-
chasers above named has good cause OF action TO
against Decker and the actual maker OF the
pianos, Jacob Christie.
| MUSICAL NoTRs.
Miss Annie Louise Cary intends to sail for Ell
gland July 20.
Nine. Anna Bishop is singing in opera at
CapctoWn, South Africa
Albani is engaged for st, Petersburg at $4,000
francs (s16,000) for twenty nights.
| Herr Rubinstein's oratorio, "The Tower Of
Babel" has been performed at Dusseldorf.
Miss Adelaide Phillips and her sister, Matildc
| Phillips, aud Madame Pappenheim, will soon
| sing IN San Francisco.
William J. Winch, tenor, and John Orth,
pianist, will connect themselves with the New
England Conservatory as teachers next sea-
| son.
signor D'Aquila has set the romance, Monte
Chrlsto," by A. Dumas, at the Teatro Dal
Verne in Milan, but the work Is not destined
to be very popular.
The annrooch;no ,n,r-foc. ~ 1{11o W,1d
| mann with Count AIassari, rich Venetian
nobicman, will deprive the lyric stage Of one Of
its finest contraltos.
The Leipzig Sfgnalt states, on what it consid~
crs trustworthy authority, that Rubinstelli's
him the enormous sum Of ~ 100.
NJ. Offenbach intends tn vritc comic onera
unon mn American enh;ec+ liz th;r+u ,etters
dcscriptiye of Amcr;rar life I a5arrsssd to his
wife, Vii be published in book form. @ N''O
me remains OF bellini are to be removed from
birth The fneri ,v;li h
hy n prand mns;riui fest;vai m +ha S1s+ o5I
aud S{d of Senfrmhor Wv "10'' ~N'
Inc iFouatore published a list OF all the new
works brought out In Italy for the first half
year yea oi ls1o; thirty operas have been produced;
the ho,,ndaries 10 G+ o3 1ta1v 5 :" oe neaio oesonu
Nine Nilsson aud Herr Conrad Behrens will,
II Is reported, make an operate tour in the chief
towns ot Sweden and Norway early in August
next This Will be Mile. Nilsson's first public
appearance IN her native land since she became
an aft1st'
Georgia musical critic says: "At the con-
cert IN Grit1in the other night, solo sang by
Mrs. Clara X johnson received rapturous ap-
pause. her voice falls upon the hearers like
silver spray upon sea OF molten gold dotted
"lIn uoatlng diamonds and precious stone."
the of Para nus on tG nSen otan rotea ~
Hsrp13 for +be anea,1,eroent 1o ~ W. ~
phouic and choral composition. a snecjs, cam
mitten ia at present rnonpen in prranCinr tIe
programmc Of the co1nnetifion fnr the 5rize
pA0s @"''As - 'A'e e'D' 'p'A'''on 1oi 'ne pf'ze
A new Faust music is shortly to be published
at Vienna It is by Belgian composer, NJ.
Joseph Gregoir, and was written as long ago as
1877, though it has TIL lfbw remained il mnnu-
script. Tie work is for soil, chorus, and or
chestra, and is said to be soncwhat peculiar in
form and Of great originality.
F!gaTo says, concerning slr. Mapleson's con
lclnplaleo A1nerlcan season OF opera, tliat IL
emnot Mao; commence % peiofe the e. ena OF november
; " liel1ns ls engeu lor tnc taree provincial
muslco 1estsals, anu Campanlnl ana faure
cannot 20 a. ~, poIn naVihg aeeepte4 engage
nlen1s oh Liz eoneancnt LUZ neSt season.
The rehearsals at Bayreuth for the forthcom-
Ing performances began on the Sd of the pres