, 1877-01-07


Chopin. Her programmes for the coming week
offer rare treat to the musical pnblic anu
musicians, AMI connoisseurs VII! be partleulatis
delighted at the wide range as well as e1ce4-
!ence Of the selections. The programme 1or
Monday evening will be Is follows:
;Hadan,e .4nnetft Essipo6.
.. Arioso-From (''The Prophet o.* .-AegesDeeF
Hiss Agnese PatMd.. ,,a
d. concerto Uonxisar Iij;:d Upi<n.
Ia Impromptu-''D De ID Roaatnonde u" Scnaoe..
4. ~ TraumeYNifren. oCauIlosttt
Les Dcux Alouettes. .Le:chetizki
Madame annette Essip0T.
..-. PAsT II. -,,<i.n,
.Hiss .Ag'.ese Patna-
t. Mazurka 1850.
ID va'se :aa3an: ji::;i;:} 1}nn<t.e Esstpor:
"a oApF''' fiHuissii Ioasi<ar sijftd Fsuten: 49,.
RAapsods aaaSs aSnStolss; &sa;ee hs E,:pe5 1'S@'
Nine. Esspotr's selections for "Wednesday
evening will be the Bacll-T -Tausig Toccata; Scar
latti's Sonata in 4 ma 5or; one OF the flelu nos
turnes; Liszt's Etude in . fiat; beetnoVen's,
Sonata op No $ths neor, }nr On fr;daF anq
evening she will play schumann's " Carnival.
fScencs MIguonncs, op. %; Bach's Pre- lule and
Fugue in C sharp major; Handlers Vaftatlons
uhe "Harmonious blacksn1tn Z; (no!an ,.u
black keys; and 'rauslg's arrangement ~ OF
Strauss waltz, s' We Live But Once" The
matinee programme has not yet been all
nouHced.
the many friends Of Miss Julia Rive, au adMira-
bic American tianist, to know that she Is rapid
iy recovering from her recent severe Illness anu
that she is seriously contemplating 1naklng Cnl-
caoo her future home Should she decide to
Inv cha1 welcome
from u host of friends and admirers OF her
genius Piano-playing will receive new I'M
pulses from her presence in this city, aud she
will prove just such an accession to our museai
circles as Is greatly needed.
TIE sM1rH-wH1TNEY TROUPE.
The next important event of the season will
be the concert to be given by the Smith Whitney
troupe at McCormick's Hall on Tuesday cyen-
ine as one Of the attractions Of the Star Lecture
Course. The troupe is composed Of Mrs. Il. n.
Smith, soprano, vocalist who has always been
fayorite with our concert -eoers; Mr.. Fessenden,
tenor, who has sung here frequently and pos
sesses an admirable tenor voice; Miss A. R.
Clark, contralto, Boston singer, who Is we'll
spoken Of; and A{r. N. D. Whitney, basso, who
is so we'll known here that he needs no intro
duction The prominent features Of the pro-
gra,nmc will be the performance for thu first
time in this city OF Mendelssohn's operetta,
"Son and Stranger - written in his youth, and
abountling in light and graceful melodies The
cast will be as follows:
Hermann. hs Il; Fessenden
Ursula. % vic to he Mayor. Miss 4. Il Clark
Lisbeth their ward Mrs. Il. ~ Smith
The numbers Of the operetta are as follows:
OF old"; duct (Urs,t.a and Lisbelh} II Now here,
now there, with laugh and jest''; song (Lis6sth),
How oft the young hsVc wandered y; song
(Kau:l ~ nm roainer, bold and gay II; song
(I}tr,naan), when the evening bells are chin,
ing u; trio (Lisbeth, Hermann, and haMzl, 20
how wilt thou -; song (Hernann), '''!is now
the hour when spirits rise''; song {hau=)
Hear, ye nc;ghbors-hear me singing: u; duet
(I}ertnanu and Kau.); song {Lfxbe1t) The
flowers are ringing thcirbell Of gold"; quartet
second part Of the programme, which Is miscel~
laneous in character, Is as follows:
FART II.
l. 3sI,S 1sI Sienzio" D0nlzetti
.. song.''A Mariners Homes the
se" IT, ijniinrV. ->A''4@sse'
3. Quartette-.'1l Pescatore SIeiano" ".... Ettore
-urs. Smith, Mss CLARK, Nr. Fessenden, anu Mr.
t. se's-''Kn"~s'; 'ss Tsos Sts1s d5s Land Thomas
5. sones}S Roaaa:s.,,::s si yous n'avez ..,..,,,,z
-Mr. Ffssenden.
Due !urs. SsniM aad Ir. Whtfnsy. -'e
T. Quartette- The Sea Hath is Pearls" .Pinsut,
Hrs. Smith, Hiss Efark, Lr. Ftssenden, dA1 -HT+
1Phitrey.
WHEREABOUTS.
Aimee and Oates were in New Orleans Inst
week. The Kellogg troupe sang in 1ndl,nar-
oils last evening, and will also sing there to-
morrow evening. They open In Philadelphia on
the 18th. The So1dene troupe will be in Cincfn-
c;nnati this week. Aptommas, the celebrated
harpist, is giving concerts in Boston. Brignou
gave two concerts in Buffalo on the 5th and 9th.
The German Military Band is in San Francisco.
Gilmore gave concert in New York Inst even
ing in aid of the st. Ignatfus Guild, In which
he was assisted by Nine, Pappenheim,
Arluckle, signor De Carlo, and the
combined clloirs Of Trinity Parish.
Janotta, the Cincinnati director and compos-
.er, announces Forthcoming performances Of
tsFra D;ayolo'' and "Maritana.'' The Arion
Society OF that city recently gave Mariana u
with Castle Us Don Cesar. Theodore Thomas
is heading this way. On the 9th he is au-
nounced for Rochester, n. Y, and on the 10th
and 18th for Buffalo.
IN MEMon1Aar.
At the recent session OF the Plymouth, {O)
Musical Convention, UNDER tie direction Of
eA~
resolutions were passed:
WHEREAS, The dispensation OF Providence, in
the sad, heart rendering calamity, at Asf1tabna,
O., on the evening Of Dec. g. 1876, in which &C.
Cured the death OF Mr.. and Mrs. P. r. Bliss, Of
Chicago, while In the zenith Of their usefulness;
and
WHEREAS, Fully recognizing them us worthy.
valuable members OF society and OF the musical
profession; also desiring to condole with the Tela
tiycs Of the deceased IN this time of their grcat
aaliction, therefore, BY the Huron County Musical
Convention now In session ut Plymouth, O., be It
| Nesotred, That we have been greatly panied by
| the very sad and untimcly death OF Mr. and Mrs:
| z. T. Eliss, OF Chicago. for whom we entertained
| the greatest respect and friendship.
Kesotred, That our most heartfelt sympathies
and coincidence be extended to the widowed
their great and aflictiou; and that copy OF
these resolutions be presented to the Chicago pa
pers for publication, and copy be transmitted to
the surviving members Of the family.
.fSigncd by Committee. H. S. Perkins, Chicago;
| the Rev. ]. II. Gray, Attica, O.; A. L. Simmons.
Steuber, O. II. e. johnson, Havana, O.; Thom-
| as Parkison, Mansfield, o.
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
Nfr. Pease and Mr.. Bschoff appeared at the
concert for the benefit of the Brooklyn sufferers
In New York last week.
There will be full rehearsal Of the Apollo
Club and the auxiliary ladies' chorus on Monday
evening ut 7:45 o'clock.
Mr.. Scllultze and Miss Eva Manierre, one OF
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