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tkill, but with unmistakable artistic feeling and
with fur deeper sentiment aud ripper Judgment
than we have any Fensou to expect Ut her age It
plain, too TINT she Is girl otstronz and orisi~
nal character act shs Interests her audience from the
piece on Saturday was Beethovcn's Sonata for
violin and piano in 9 minor, which she played
ees9 and we'll Salanced geaia
and her delivery Of the slo" movement could fairly
be called eloquent" !" The New York Hail also
with intelligence, spontaneous originality, genn-
Inc mus,caf feeling. q keen sympathy with the
composer, and great versatility Of expression. Her
execution WAS clear, dr1n. and free from man-
nerian. " .
The second concert by the West Side Choral
Union, under the direction Of Mr.. Blackman; viii
he given on Tuesday evening the 10th inst. at the
feature Of the ProeFamme Will be Sullivan's can
tain Of 1.-The Prodlgal Son. y In which Mrs. Clara
p. Stacy. Miss Minnie Rommelss. alr. Edward
schultze, and Mr. F. A. Bowen will take the solo
numbers
The announcement has already been made IN
these columns Of the forthcoming marriage Of Mr.
Charles G. cnFtiss, the Manager of the Root $ Sons
Mufs M's Ada Ms d9usnsr Of
Trinity Church next Thursday evening. A host Of
friends will welcome Mr. custiss in the role OF Ben
edict with the heartiest OF good wishes, and be-
speak fos the happy couple live long and
prosper."
ALBAN1's LONDON APPEARANCE.
The London 15mes Of April 80 says: ''The
opera selected for Nile. Albaurs frs: appearance
was f'uritani. No more exquisite tmpersona.
tion Of Beltnis heroine, Invested with more gen
tie and feminine charm, has been witnessed Of re-
cent years. We may pass over the famous polacca.
= Son versin vezzosa" lcncored). with other in
ctdents OF the first act. and point to that scene
in the second, where the touching apostrophe OF
the temporarily -deranged Elyira to her absent
lover Is weaded to Of the most suneful strains
OF Belini, ,-among the sweetest OF singers il not
among the profoundest OF musicians. In *'Qui
Ia voce sua soaye = Mile. Albani showed herself
not less thoroughly adept In the delivery OF ex.
pressive cautabile than In the subsequent cahale1ta
+. ''Vien ailetta che exhibited her perfect cum
prevalent fault Of 13ellinl'a-is as much out Of
Keeping as It's is In strict conformity with
the verbal text and the sentiment intended to be
conveyed; but Mile Albani was ut logs with
neither. The unanimous and prolonged applause
she obtained could not have been more Wo1th,ly
bestowed. In the last act, aud the duet with Ar
she gave convincing aigns of progress il The bis.
trion1c side OF her vocation. proving herself an
actrcss no less than singer Of high intelligence
and feeling In short. Mile. Albani has returned
to Us artist with little more to learn and the
1ecognill0n Of her merits was too hearty and unan-
inos to leave doubt as to the impression she had
created"
MUSICAL NOTES.
Mile. Albani has effected her rentrce at CoTent
GARDEN.
Essipof made her last appearance in America, at
Boston, on the 18th inst
Petrella's body has been embalmed, and tho
munic pallty Of Genoa are now debating what to do
With It,
Mrs. J. H. Long, the wel1-kuown Boston vocal
teacher, will be united in marriage to Mr. Charles
Butler, Maya
The Mendelssohn Qutntette Club and Miss Ella
Lewis arrived at Boston last Friday evening, after
very successful trip West
The friends OF Miss Emma Thursby are under-
stood to be organizing testimonial concert which
ia To be given before her departure for Europe.
A priest, Father Giovanni, said to have an ultra
magnificent tenor voice, II being tempted Of
opera managerB at Rome to adopt theatrical ca
reeE.
Herr Richter has prevailed upon Wagner to allow
the whole Of tho 'sNibelnngen Rng' to be doue at
the Vienna opera. So the - Rheingold' ~ is to be
mounted In the autumn.
A New York Herald cable dispatch Of the 18th
says: Mile Rosayella sang Tonight by invita-
ton Of Sir Julius Benedict and the committee, at
the annual press dinner at Willis rooms. f"
Miss Anna Drasdil, OF Grace Church. New York,
having received farlough from that religious cor
poratlon, will shortly leave for Europe to enjoy
season Of recreation and recover her health.
II. satnt-saens. who for twenty years has been
organiet OF La Madelane IN Paris, has resigned his
post in order to have more time for composition,
aud to accept engagements in France and other
countries rs pianist. Lefebure Wely has been ap-
pointed to the post.
The Cincinnati Gazette says: IA right welcome
announcement thisI An arrangement has been
perfected with Theodore Thomas, under which he
will gye nightly concerts with his orchestra on Nj
Adams from June 20 till July S. An immense
pavilion capsule Of seating from 6, GOO to 5000
persons ie now building y the entcrprising mana
gers Of the Mt Adams Inclined Plane and the nigh-
land House resort and in this the concerts will be
gwen.
Richard Grant White ia at last mad in the right
direction. He says: ~ believe that there has
been no more pernlcious influence upon music than
the Transformation which the pianotorte has un-
dergone since Beethovens time, and Its diffusion
over all the world. do not refer to the cruelties
which it Is daily the means Of inaicting upon in-
offensive families and true lovers Of music, but to
the effect that it has had upon composition and
upon performance; The formerit has helped to be
Inter it has led to be astonshing. Br1lliancy,
crowd Of notes, sonority: all without beauty Of
form emotional suggestiveness-ths is the music
which the modern grand pianoforte has brought
upon us.