, 1877-08-19

1SutR
81 much for the world with his wonderful mnsie'
She ought not to refuse II she could be OF any as
much from different causes. =.
therefore. when Julia Rive. one bundle OF
nerves. SAT down before the grand steinway. wnose
The orchestra, after it, first grand burst OF meooy.
paused: when Thomas. with u half grim halt sas.
ran a'' Though the audience. and then clear ana
distinct. like ra,n-drops full Of Heavens M @ mnsir:
feiteach n9te from the nngerf =, Q! Tue P1ou @ van
horse to The sound Of q trumpet: the sarcasm
faded from his l,p. bis eyes shone. every 1eatare
os,1 Aha Gad ingeSed each oer
and when Sue rose from the piano IN her first tn
u,npn amid laundering encore. Ihomas-the
sealed sepuchre to prnise blame, who Is as non.
cou,1ar:al en- oyster-became enthusiastlc ano
applauded. until for very shame A:s. h'hs po'
ker hand on his arm to stop him.
t.She had made Grand success: she WAS peffect
in ire. in technique. in feeling and expression.
sad ro,ec se only
AThomas, land should live in an atmosphere ;r Of
eemusic-good music. such o. you would get with an
orchestta-..until YOU arc thoroughly imoued Will
Referring to Thomas. Mrs King said he treated
her with the utmost courtesy and kindness. SUE
liked hlEa better than any conducto: she had ever
playeu with before.
A''' TuoMAs1ASA .........
Chicago and Theodore Thomas have got spooneY
Ot1EF,-.fEN
Wc seem 10 remember reading lnte!y that the
pubc-spirited, :cultnscd-car citizens OF the me-
tropolis were about to erect superb temp1e o.
Thumcs. II we are not greatly out Of the way.
the Tribune contained. in addition to ta full anu
detailed account in letter press Iasasn'ne cat u
the temple oyerhowtng with all the modern I'M
provemcpts aud refnements known 70 architects
and priced BY musical leaders: But blr: Ihonas
correets Us H. makes II ptai'! t9at M ha"rs 9f
Thomas. that Is or Is to be. IN New lo!k CITY;
IL hus shaken the dust Of the nnsrateful as:aad
from his feet and gene West Ihe "eed nas m g'Ten zen
transferred his affections The plan Of that tenn
pie ought to be forwarded without delay 70 Chi
caqo, or Cincinnati. or st. LOUIS, OF hanRaKee.-
Theodore Thomas has shaken the dust oa OF his
feet and dsparted from The sty As has Sa aeq , 70
his expectations. He has found IN the West, nc
thinks. congenial people. His only sorrow !:
tha, he did not 20 West earlier: ~ His sty!e os
Metropolis. The source OF bis mistake, however,
be fu.ls to appreciate. The rock On WHICH he
disregard Of the Sabbath lie attempted to cs,ab-
lish Partisan Sabbath night concert The class
OF people who delight In that form OF Sabbath
breaking do not attend classical concerts. Those
who like classical music keep the Sabbath, and
Thomas has met the fate that mas awaited every
caterer TO public amusement who has failed to
Eccp tue Lord's Day. York Correspondence
Boston Journal.
!ill OF which is bosh. How is 1t that Gilmore
has uai1e so much money in New York on
Sundaysl AS the Cincinnati Commercial says:
t:The purely solemn admirers Of classical music
could not be relied upon to Keep Thomas IN
lives"
OPERA IN LONDON.
The most prominent features Of the recent
season OF opera at Her Majesty's, London, seem
to have been Tamber1lk's Aanrico In !" "TroTa-
torc"; Nilsson's Valentine in 1.-THE HuSue-
nots,' which the London Times says revealed
her as ''a new lyric tragedian''; and Nine.
Gcrster as Gilda in ''Mgoletto," and the Queen
Of Night in The Magic Flute" As to the
performance OF her tWo great arlas, the Times
saws:
was Mile Gcrster, to hear whom in the two airs OF
4sraannaate Queen o. S,yht there e1lateo to
written for an exceptional voice; and that the voice
need NOT be said In the first air, which comprises
pla,nt;ye laruAefto in the minor key and brilliant
uey,o in the major, she was most with
the atleqro where mere inklIng OF what sue has
subsequently to execute Is observed In the second,
by fae the try ing and difficult. -he was eminent
Is successful throughout Here she has high nutes,
sfaccafo and TO spure. every one OF which was
given with marvellous case aud dlsttnctness: Nile
Gerster adopts the version OF the once famous
Anna Zesr. who, to make the most salient passage
stll more diaicn1t used. at its repetition to take
the notes Mt the end each division OF the phrase
an octave higher than Mozart @ wrote them tSs
same with The greatest ease, and the result was
hurricane Of plaucits and an encore which she
could not gracefully decline. Nevertheless, she
ourht not to alter No-art's climax with the shake
aud high note she inserpolaes IN the last two bars
Of the vocal part 1t Is 'tese majeste': We have
had, moreover, enough OF high notes without that.
MUSICAL NOTES.
Wiepiawski, the yiolinist, has paid visit to
Stockholm.
Nine Nilsson, after completing her engage-
mcnt in Russia, will again sing in Fienna, as
also VI. Faure.
Bricnoli goes to Canada this week. Gilnore's
band are rehcarsiug new composition BY him,
entitled Glamour ct Ia JalouEie-"
N. Escud!cr has engaged Mile. Albani, who,
with Signor TamheIilk. will appear in the
'sSeron'' Of Herr Rubiustein at the Sale Fenta-
dour.
Mile. Heilbrou has signed IN engagement at
the Parisian Theatre Lyrigue, by which she has
refused St. Petersburg, and will play for ten
mouths, from Oct. l, at Paris.
Work on the Springer Music Hall, Cincinnati,
is going on brislzIy. The side and rear walls
have now been carried up to q line about four
teen feet above the second story.
A colored soprano, who was requested by the
Dcacons Of the Locust Hill Church, near Co
lumbus, Ca, not to sing with the choir, quietly
set fire 10 the building The next morning:
An absurd report has gone about that Mario
had descended to the post Of prompter ut the
| St. Petersburg Opera. as matter Of fact, the
! Marchcse Iii Gambia is Director uf the Museum
ut Rome.
| Nine. Gerster is engaged to sing at the I'M
| perial Opera-House, Vienna, after she has con-
! cudcd her representations III Moscow and St.
| Petersburg. Before going to Russia she will
| sing at Badcn- Baden.
| ". ferr, Ut the Imperial theatres Of Moscow