, 1877-08-19
MUSIC.

a tiramatist, she Is passlonately 1onu OIL LIE
theatre.
MUSIC.
THE SEASON OF 1Ss7-'16.
Its little carly to forecast the musical at
fractions of the forthcoming season, but there
arc few points of general interest tnat may
he anticipated. notwithstanding the fact that
DATES and localities are not yet definitely fixed.
The home music of course will be largely mo-
nopolizeu by the two societies,-the Apollo
Club and the Beethoven Society.
TIE APOLLO CLUB
will commence active work early in September,
when the members, refreshed by their summers
vacation, will attack the work designed for the
forthcoming season with renewed yigor and en-
thusiasrn. The associate membership will at an
carly lay reach its limit, the renewals at this
time being very large. 1t may not be generally
understood that the Club will not give repeated
concerts in consequence OF the additional work
md time required, the strain upon the active
members also being too great to render it prac-
tiab1e another. season. AS the hall facilities
arc limited, and to accept the renewals OF the
regular associates, reduction in the admissions
m each member has been found nccessa-
rv. therefore, instead Of three admissions to
each subscriber, as allowed last scasor, two
Will he given, which will SO reduce the
audiences that hall Of the seating capacity Of
McCormick's will be sufficiently large to give
every member seat, thus obviatins the neces-
sitv Of reducing the membership by declining
applications or the regular members for renew
ais after certain limit has been reached It Is
expected that Mr.. Tomlns, now in England,
will devote much time to the selection OF new
Music. which will bc made feature Of The sea
fftf ha JY5frff
lar Of the President and Secretary OIL or before
Sept. l, that the management may know the
exact number OF renewals to be depended upon,
as should vacancies occur, such must DC ni!eu
by new applications. OF which at .5 tns IS tuae fnere
one, and all lovers OF male part singing will be
entertained with concerts OF the rGrest excel
lencc. We arc requested to say that the extra
fee for reserved seats at the concerts Will be 70
instead of so cents, as has BEEN stated. The cx-
ira charge IS to dcfray the extra expense In
CURED. ....--
have underlined three concerts which will be
given with orchestral accompaniment, instead
OF piano or organ, as heretofore. at the first,
Vcrdrs 81 Requiem Mass" which We $ given last
winter, will be repeated. The second concert
will include Mende1ssohn's Lorcley," Raff's
"E7ening Song - aud 4sElegy," and selections
from Fidelio.'' At the third Max Bruch's
AOdT5SGuS'' Will UE SuilE. 4uCIC NIL NC tAG
usual number Of reunions. and Mr. Wolisoin
will continue his piano rccitals. Seats Will be
reserved at these concerts without extra ex-
peusc.
PIANO nEC1TALs.
Mr.. Emil Liebling will give, two recitals in
November, at which he will play portion oi
his new repertoire. The programme at the
first recital will include Grieg's A1bumblatt,"
Hcnsctt,s sEtudes.'' Nemann's It GaTotte,"
Ffe ira V1ri second
recital will be devoted to Schumann and Chopin.
Among other works Schu.nanns 'Toccata,
Opus ~ and Chopin's "Fantasie Brllliante.
opus 49,'' will be played.
THE HERSHEY SCHOOL.
The managers Of the Hershey School have is
sued their prospectus for the season OF 1877 Is
iu very neat pamphlet form. It is point OF
interest that two new teachers have been aided
to the Faculty,-Mr. Frederic G. Gleason, late
Of Hartford Conn.,, (organ, pianoforte, con1po-
sition, and instrunentation). and Mr.. c. +.
Sunny (pianoforte, cabinet-organ, and lar
mony) OF the former we have already spoken.
| The latter las had successful experience as I
| teacher in Boston. In addition to the regular
| tuition Of the school, Mr.. Gleason will deliver
LECTURES on tt Richard Wagner aud the Music Of
tile Future,n with musical illustrations. early III
| the season. There will also be forty-one organ
rccitals by Mr.. Eddy, commencing Sept. ~;
aud eighteen musical evenings, commencing
Oct. s. In addition to Information concerning
tt.c school, the pamphlet contains the entire
programmes Of last seasons recitals, 1natinccs,
| and .seyepings,n making it a valuable refer
/ eucc. Tnc school term begins Sept ~.
| CHICAGO TRouPEs.
| SlaYton's LYccum Bureau has just Issued its
| catalogue for the season. It announces us open
| to engagements TWO Quartcttes from this city,
| the Cecilia Quartctte Club and the Chicago
| Q,1artettc. The former includes Mrs. Clara D.
1 Stacy, soprano; Miss Nina Rommeiss, contralto;
MIR. Edward Dexter, tenor; Mr.. c. c. Leflcr,
basso: aud Mr.. I. V. Flagler, pianist. The latter
| is Il male Quartette as follows: Mr.. Harry
! Thomas, first tenor; Mr.. Charles A. Knorr, sec
ond; Mr.. Henry Hart, baritone; and Mr.. Charles
A. Dew, basso; assisted by Mrs Louis Falk,
soprano; Master Otto Ocsterle, tIutist; and Atr.
Louis Falk, pianist aud director. The Bureau
also has the Hutchinson Family and Louisiana
| Jubilee Singers in its list.
| THE OPERA.
| The first opcrn that we shall have will, MS
usual, be from the Hess Troupe, which is no
longer the Hess-Kellogg but the Hess-31elvn1e
combination, Miss Kellogg having dropped out
| md cast her lot with Strakosch. Mr. Hess will
open his season In this city Dec. 10 at Hooley's
! Theatre. The first soprano Of the troupe is
| Miss Emily Melville, an American girl who has
uct4 a!lHluA III +ANht1Ai1is MIS- Ltlua
| whose sweet voice and charming presence ap-
| pear to bc Indispensable to the success Of an
| English opera company in these parts OF the
wcrld4 will sustain the principal contralto roles,
| and Mr.. Castle Is to bc the leading tenor. The
| rest Of the company consists Of Miss Louise
| Scarlc. Mr.. Z. II. Turner, tenor; MIR. ]: J.
| Bcnitz, baritone; Mr. Henry Pcakes, bass; Mr..
| Edward scsuin, buro: and Mr.. G: II. Morton,
baritone and stage director. rhes conductor is
Sig. Opetti; and tho repertory includes - 4
Midsummer Nights Dream - and Is The Posha
Of Aleiers,' BY Ambrose Thomas; Queen In
digo ;" and The Bat,'' By Strauss; "John OF
of Happiness" by Auber; If I were King"
| by Adam; :. The Hermits Bel,'''. by. Mailart; ;
! and t. The Blacksmith's Treasure" which is 4
musical setting by Sig. Operti Of an adaptation
OF stDan'l Druce-" What the troupe may lack
in artistic ability will be made in the interest
| Of the new works-if they are giYen.
| The second operatic season will be German,
| with Wagpcr's' works for the stock in trade.
! TIE troupe will be under the management Of
Mr.. Fryer, and will arrive in this city some time
/ IN Tho Art}xfo araN NTnu