, 1877-11-04

Graz. The discovery was celebrated by the per-
| formance Of one OF the palestrina masses
air. Arbucle has withdrawn from Gilmore's
t Band and will make q tour through the country
t for six mouths.
| 4 Paris paper announces the arrival of the
Abbc Liszt in that city, where nc will give seys
| eEai concerts.
| By decree Of King Victor Emmanuel the
composer-Scnator Verdi is nominated mem-
| bcr OF the Italian Commission for the Paris Ex-
| hibition.
Wicniawski having resigned bis Profcssorsnip
al tue brussels Conservatory, Wilhclmi is
| spoken OF for the vacancy. Wleniawski goes to
tie Vienna Conservatory.
Miss Jennie Van Zandt, daughter OF Madame
Jennie Van Zandt, is making rapid progress In
neT studies for the operatic stage, which she is
pursuing under Lampcrti Ut Milan.
Nine. Annette Esslpot, the distinguished
Russian pianist, has been engaged for forty ro,,-
ceEts, TO oc gtVen iu various towns OF thr Ger
man Empire, and Tor which she will receive the
sum Of l6.00D MARKS.
Wilhelm Tappcrt, among the most zealous Of
hlenafd Ma9ners adlercnts and defenders, will
SOON publish, With the composers sanction. a
number Of his old pieces left with him long
SINCE. 1hey include settings for several OF tho
Tue New York Tribune says: 's,snor Brig
! noli apbears to have stopped growing old sew
eral years ago. lie has lost none OF his yuicc
LUIS long while, and time Of late seems to have
Affected him only as gin and water Affected Slas
Wcgs, it has 'mellowcd the organ.'"
Mr. Max Strakosh will present Nine. Marie
kozc-Pcrklns to the American musical pubic
during the coming season. at Her Maicsty's
Theatre she has long teen Mlic. Tietlcns; dcpu-
i, and Is indeed the only artist the British pub
lie will accept IN substitution for the great dra-
matte vocalist who is now ddad. Tue contract
el.ages Marie Roze-Perkins in the character OF
prtma donna assoiuta for Italian and English
opera and concerts in the United States and
Canada for period of FIVE months from Janu-
arr next, at a salary OF $1,000 month. or
$2o,o00 for the entire period, Strasosch paying
Ill travelling and botel expenses for two per-
SOUS Mime. Marie Rozc-Perkius will make her
DEBUT At the Academy OF Music, New York; On
Or about Jan IT, probably as 1Aaryueile, ope Of
her greatest purts.
a TerF interesting ami instructive series Of
operatlc performances il projected at Cassc for
the colnin. season, 1t is proposed to give al
short Intervals ut from week to u fortnight
representative works oi the chief German opcr-
atlc composers frnn Gluck to Wagner. Ono
specimen Of each master is to he chosen ;-anu
the Whole are to b.: given in strictly chronology
col ortitr thus atfordirg hearers an opportunity
OF following the Development OF the musical
asa' WIZ Witt d'ifs it til" PIT i century, tso TIE
to pr.,durc arc the following: Guck's
"lphlgcnie " in Tauris," D:tterslor1's stUoxtor
unA ATftheker,' Mozart's 81 Die Zaubern5te,'
Wiu1er's "Das Unterbrochcnc Op!erfest,'' -
Weighs ''Die Schwetzcrfalnilie,'' Bcvthoycn's
'tidcio," Spohr's :. Faust" Webcr's q Fret
schultz" afarschncr's ''Hans Heiling.n Kreutz-
ers s'Nachtlagcr in Granala," Neyerl ecr's
" "Huguenots," Schubert's -'sDer Hauslicile
krcs," Men'lclssohn's "Lorelei," Lortzins's
" Car UNI! zimmermann, schumann's "Geno-
veva," Nicolal's Is Due Lustigeu Weber von
Windsor" Flotow's :" Stradelia, u and Wagncr's
E'Lohcngrin.'