, 1877-11-04

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Club, led BY A1r. Tomlins Mr. Frank I. Bairt
one Of the most unassuming. but one Of tn
| most reliable and useful, musicians in the city
will have the direction Of the concert. Witt
such q let Of artists, there is no need to antic
pate what the programme or its pcrtormanc
will be, The musical public will looE forwar,
to this concrrt somewhat "impatientiy US tl
most memorable eyenr yet announced for til
season.
TUE EDDY RECITAL.
The seventh Of Mr.. Eddy's organ rccitals TO
the present season (the twenty-scventh of th
whole series) was given yesterday noon u
Hershey Hall to large audience, and with on
OF the most remarkable programmes be has eve
presented 1t included the overture to Spohr'
"Jcssonda,' transcribed by Best, the Vorspie
to the fifth act Of Reinecke's King Manfrcd,'
transcribed by Slr. Gleason, and given Tor lht
first time In this country, Gulifnant's quaint Al
| lceru in sharp minor op. Is. Liszt's arrange
ment Of Nicolals' overture on the ehorale, s. Elm
| fcste Burg; Bach's slx-part Prussiau fugue
| and Merkcrs Sonata in u minor, op. 20. Thu
chef interest in tile programme centred in tho
last two numbers. The Prussian Fuguc
was originally written for siz-strang
to Bach for improvisation By Frederick
the Great, when the former visited him at hts
palace in TAT. Updn his return home, he only
wrote out thls fugle, whct, tls pupil J. Philip
/ kirnherscr. one of thu most learned OF musical
theorists, set for the orga but tlc also claborat-
| cd the salne theme in second fugne, viecrca,
! nine canous, and sonata, aft OF which he dcdi-
Gated to tilt Emperor under the title. Of
'.MnscaI Offering to the King OF Prussia"
How aud why he preserved the theme Baclt has
| himself told in Il letter To Frederick: ~ recall
| with rcycrcntai pleasure tic particular Royal
grace with which some TINS. ago, during my
| visit to Potsdanl, your Majesty was pleased to
play ine Il theme for 4 fuguc on the piano and
to set for ts,c tlle task Of working out the fuue
1T onrc in your Royal presence To obey your
Majesty's command WAS my duty as subject.
soon, however, tclt that Tor want Of necessary
preparation the execution was not such as SO
excellent theme demanded. therefore formed
the resolution and at once prepared
myself to work out this right royal theme more
prrfc> t}y, and then to make it known to the
! world" Flow we'll the old father Of music kept
his woru is shown by the 1act that it played
YESTERDAY, and that FreGeFick's tune was made
known tU Chicago Ia years after both Emperor
and musician had modelcd in the dust. The
Mcrtei Sonata possesses twn-fold interest:
first, as nobtc. digni1icd composition fur the
organ, and second, as having carried Oft the
prize at Mannheim in lo5S. It is written for
four hands aud double pedal, and consists of u
majestic allegro moderate, all adagio worked up
OH an exquisite theme, All allegro con fuoco, and
q closing lugue. The second part was played by
Miss Carrie 7 k,ugman, who BY her lntcili-
gent, conscientious performance Of the difficult
score added another to the many remarkable
successes this lady has nude on tile organ
bench. In addition to the instrumental num-
b'rs, MF. Gil! sang aria, ''God shall wipe
away nll tcars,'' from Sullvan's cantata, The
Light OF Tho World" and a soug Of Lasscns
"Sommeruurht''
THE SWEDISH LADY QUARTETTE.
The Swedish Lady Quartettc will make Its
debut tomorrow evening at McCormirk's Hall,
assisted BY Mr.. Aptommas, tho harn yrtuoso.
The Quartcttc includes Amanda Carlson. sopra~
no; Ingeborg La1grcu, mezzo-soprano; Bertha
Eri1on, first alto, and Inga Ekstrom, secnnd
alto The rep.r rtoire consists OF Swedish Ger
man. and English songs, polkas, galops, w:ltzcs,
aud marches for the voice. The opening pro-
crammc will present Kjerulf's Wedding
Party':; Prince Gustaf's 'Coastine Sony";
"Nor.hland Schumaun's Waterman";
Wahl,n's polka, s'Shynia pae''; salop
BY kuntze: Bishops "Sercnade"; Swei-
Of Of 1.-The Old Foiikss at Home" In addit,on stc to
these numbers, Mr.. Aptommas will play a
fantasic On Welsh melodies Of his own arrange
n.ent, and Alvars' fautasie on themes iron
= Montccchi Canuletti." The snic Of seats
has been quite large, promising 3 success for
the weeks series o9 concerts. The Quartette
will arrive in this city SUNDAY morning, and IN
the afternoon will be waited upon by JeIega-
tion ol Swedish citizens, inviting them to a re-.
ccption at Brands Hall on "Wednesday night.
Sunday night they wil}rb be se1cnaded by the
Swedish Singing Societies.
THE GERMAN OPERA SEASON.
The Pappcnhem- Adams German opera
troupe, which is in Cincinnati this week, will
commence Q two weeks season Of opera 1T
IIoolcy's Theatre on Monday evening, Nor. L.
The troupe has thus far sung in Philadelphia,
Baltimore, aud Buston with remarkable
SUCCESS. The artists in the troupe are
Nine. Eugcuie Pappenhcin,. prima donna;
Miss Matilda Wilde. dramatic soprano; Miss
Alexandra Human, soprano, the Misses Cooncy
and G7n,ninser; Charles Adams, TENOR who
las been absent in Europe during tue past ten
George Werrcnrath. tcnors; A. Blum and Il.
W;egand, baritoues; and VI. Adolsc. basso.
The orchestra will be under the direction Of
th4t veteran Of the baton aud CT imprcsario,
Max Maretzek; ~, The repertoire 'n:1ndss
hauser,n ..:fhe Hugueuots," "Kooert lc
g Faust" '.Fidclio," .'l Troyatorc," and
IL Fra Diavolo" Tue season will probably open
with "The liuguenots," !" with Pappenhcim US =!
Fatenfiu and Adams as Rauul
THE APOLLO CLUB.
AlE. ltouRElSuAN'3 DGrlllllETS.
which WAS augmented by quite number Of new |
,upils on last Tuesday evening. there being now |
upwards Of hundred under instruction, has J
proved very successful. We take pleasure III |
this class to the public. rs it i, d
want supplied whlc. has long been desired.
here being undoubtedly quite number Of peo-
lie with gool voices who ouiy neeu thu ncces-
arV instruction to make them good readers. /
Tie nuulber is At present limited to i hundred
md lilty, which Mr Robertshaw feels assured
vii be about the nunnber present at the next
MEETING on Tucslay, SO that those who are de-
irous to join should do SO without further delay.
lie Apollo Club Is to be congratulated for its !
tIurt to advance tho musical Interest in this
ity. The rcucarsaIs ueing attended in
plrndjd shape, and We are Promised cveu bet
er concerts than have yet been given. For the J
econd concert, the soprano, Miss Hrnrictta
}eebc, has been secured.
THE BEETHOVEN soCiErY.
The Beethoven Society male its first appear
nee this season in one Of its informal reunions
few evenings sincc, at which new quintette
Y Schotte, Il blind piano-tuner in the stein-
ays' employ, and the RubInstein quartettc in
major for strlngs we're tho leading numbers.
he remaining Instrumental number, the
thirteenth Rhapsody By l.iszt, was played By
{rs. Watson. The vocal numbers were Ro5-
ni's Seluiramide aria, "a Quel giorno," by
[rs. kcmpton. TWO Of Mr.. Wulisohn's songs, |
| Wept While Dreaming" and 1.-The Water