, 1877-03-18

"",S pe y tclnptatlou 10 use Lnts ultlluIsAl
quality 1po often, and perhaps to make
specially sof it as Br1gnoli with his II, d
= Nachtel with his ut de noitrine. Her ST.
cato notes are delightfully."- firm q
positive, and her ideas of expression, Il
rendlng, in fact. very correct and scholarl
| she has sung give little room to Judge; but
call at least say that in balad-singing (oullvan
sLooEing Back" was gem OF voealizatlo
II she trlnys out sentiment in 4 very taxing va
and makes it alrthc more effective BY very cle;
enunciatiou, aud that in all her work there Is
certain brissncss and brightness which Will q
ways commend her to the popular synipath!
Lastly, she has that peculiar magnetic poWe
that faculty Of scizlng unon an audience an
appealing to its sympathtes, which will alway
command hearing, and always commend he
as fayoritc to those who may not even De III;
posed to atEord her high rank as vocalist.
Balancing the books, VIC should say that
while we do not think that Miss Abbott IS
singers like Patti, Nilsson, Albani, aud others
while we do not think that she will take lead
ing place rs prima donna upon the lYrIc stage
Judging her by her musical adaptation alole, w
still think she is good concert singer, who vii
hold an honorable place among American vocal
lists, and will be i !ayoritc with the American
people, who will always bc ready not only II
pay homage to her musical gifts, but to admire
her courage anu energy aS student aild Luz
| purity OF her. character Us Il lady. And thcrt
certainly will not bc Que among those who have
heard her So chi.rish rs MOI to wish the llttlt
! singer many lon:. years Of success III tho pro
fession in which She las laborcd So lard, st
| earncstly, so conscicntiously.
| ANOTHER PHILHARMONIC DEATH.
Once more an attempt to organize all orcllcs-
ira in Chicago for something higher and better
than mere bccr-tiddling or Turncr-Hall Gem
uctlichkeit has failed, and, after giving one
concert, the new Philharmonic Society has gone
to pieces. Mr.. Licsegang,. its accomplished
leader, may congratulate himself lie is not
alone in his failure. Bcrgmaun Cngcr, Ahner,
Balatka, and Fuchs have preceded him
Us illustrious victims, although some Of
them have had longer lease of life than he. 1t
las been the sad experience Of the Writer 0f t!iS
to pen the epitaphs Of two Philharmonic Societies
bclora this, one of which died because it was
premature, the other OF old aye and childish
ness The third goes under frou want of1noncy
aud the exaspcrating demands Of the Musicians
Guou, who will not rellcarse or play without
money in advance. 1t is none the less sad that
Chicago can,lot have Ill orchestra.
III place of the symphony concerts Mr. Liese-
gang has organized quartcttc as follows: 1st
violin, Dr.. Jordan; ID, Mr.. Dostcler: viola,
soiree will be given March 80 1t the Hershey
Hall, when >Mozart's Quartet In & ma jor and
Scllumann's Quintet will be- played. Mrs kless
taking the piano part in tue latter. Nine. Eber-
leln Will also appear.
DIR. FUCHS PUPILS CONCERT.
The second Of the series OF musical entertain
ments by DR.. Fuchs, the wcll-known teacher,
anu his pupils will he given ut Bauer's music
store Tuesday evening next. The programme
Is SO unusually novel and unique that We print
it entire as follows:
l. CIaconnc and variations from the fourth
{Arranged for four hands by C. itcinccKc.) i, ~
-liss -Narfe Sttpp aud Jaftas Fuchs
;. a. Chorus frUm '"Juius Aaccnbacus" :" .uaendel
tarfunged for six hands by Czcrny.)
Msses Hannah, Clara. and Hattie Lipnan.
l9 Grace anu itnmor- ;Stiehl
Hiss Hattie Cra,n
. Gayottc with variations. G{uck- Reiuecke
,-. NessTs. ". Dyh'snyHrth and Fuchs.
~ lis. Ha95s Eehm. '''u
3: D. auf: Au lac de waiicnstalt aonezY1skt niskt
Mss -uorie SeiNp.
ler, liebcr Schiller, <septett, op.
nssts Taris aud Hait sspp and Han@eh sssnGxea Gip
'"dn. o"d -iir. j. Fuchs.
Nss !;sgiaia Isgo1Mict and julius Facts A4
Haster Charles Grimm.
Etude IN z1hs mss ,.2n hs }Gar SaarFel koeliins
-AeSo
Viss Haiie c;am and jaiiu; faeI:. Aan
>a''asaSi ass ga;7it cram and ur: Faeis: s0nSy
}S.Fe!$a from Iii carncva'c Ii iis'"'' ss"o''A
al'an0;i ai;: carrie c;am "a; ..':"A' " Du'o"
p;i Variations ions on Norwegian s Melody T. scho1tz
Nr. ". DyArrnfurth.
Coronation March for two Pianos Meycrbeer
-Hessrs. 3pey and Fuchs.
As this programme is specially to exemplify
lat form OF musical composition called ssEarla-
ons," the following from the pen of Prof.
uchs himself will be OF general Interest:
4 detailed explanation Of tic meaning Of 'tyari- |
ions, " such as Use for the benefit Of my schol
s. will. think, be OF interest to the public.
1ch an explanation havc been unable to give in
1iie nalne ~ Variations" means. in music the
presentation Of musical thousht {thcme) with |
ficrent CHANGES. While, in the canon and fugup.
rm Of variations this becomes necessity. 4
eicc, In the canon or fugue form however, may |
come a surintion. This varying Of Il theme may
c place either III the princt1al part, the modua-
N, tone gender, the form OF accompaniment.
rhythm. or in the changing Of the form Of the
cme itself. When the form of the theme is
angcd {us melody into march, dance, rondo}, !
ch changes are cassed under character -yAria-
ms. in contEadistinction to form variations" !"
which latter llae theme remains unchanged The
owe nailes. however, arc not quite appropriate, !
ice form variations can never be without !
Ter. The variation form mny occur either as IN :
dependent one part Of whole, as in the | I
sonates." ''phantasia, =" symphonic, )" etc y
IN general, simple, easily coniprrhentlcd. and {
'lodious themes are selected upon which to write | ,
riations, since these ntTorI the composer large
ID and make it possible for the listener to dis r
guish between theme and variations.
OLE UULI. y
The well-known violinst. Ole Bull. In fare !:
IL way OF course, will give two concerts at u
:Corrnick Hall on the 2}d and 24th, assisted i
Miss Benziger, ro,n Kari, and Mr.. S. Lico- Il
E. pianist, Of whom and which more here v
er. The programme for Friday evening will u
as follows: :; :
Piano Solo-Rhapsodic Honsroise.. =. Liszt i
ur. s. Liettia0. Il
Duelto-l Conscyno. :. Lucantoul
Nile. Ist:ord Nu,7iAez anu lfr. Tor. hdrI. n
Air Of .Astrotlamante-from Magic ii