, 1877-03-11

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"Etude" " in siSths; "1he squirrel"; Scholtz
4sAlbum Leayes''; the polka from Won b.
lows III Carnevale di A1i1ano"; and the poll
!; from "Lc Ball. BY Rubnstein. When has SUI
novelty ever been presented here before
this programme!
/ -. ABROAD.
THE TRIUMPH OF AN AMERICAN PR1MA DoNNl
/ Tic New York Eresing Post makes the folloY
ing authoritative announcement:
| One Of the most brilliant musical engagement
eyer Hale by ar American singer was made 0
Monday last By Mies Thursby, tue lending 1nembc
Of the broadway Tabernacle Church choir in III
city. The particulars Of this engagement, whic
We print herewith, are from source OF unqucs
| t1onabie authority:
On Monday last Mr.. Maurice strakosch signed
contract with Mss Thussby, in which she, on he
nart' agreed to sing III concerts under his dlsec
three years following the I'd Of April next. an
hc, on his part, sgreed to pay her $780, 0o0 to.
sether with the hotel travelling and incidental c1
| peuses OF herself and sister who will accompap
her In addition, he also binds himself to give be
the months Of July and August i'll each year 70
| rest. aud allows her to retain all her present en-
her engagement to sing Ut the forthcoming Hande
| and Haydn Festival in Boston. Still further h,
grants her the right to sing in private concerts II
Europe, "a concession which will be worth to he
Miss Tharsby viii sing In this country until the
beginning OF next year, and will probably make bel
New York on Monday next for tour in the West,
where she will appear at cight concerts In company
with Ole Bull and Mime. Essipo1. Mr. strakosch
has the direction Of this gagement also, which,
however is entirely Independent of her great three
years engagement On her return from tho West
ehe viii visit Nine. Rudcrsdort, her music teacher,
1t is understood that strong efforts were made BY
3fr. Strakosch to induce Miss Thursby to sing in
opera under his direction. This Miss Thursby
positively and pcrsistently refused to do and her
objections are believed 10 be unsuperable The
mos most earnest and protracted urging has thus far
WHEREABOUTS.
Theodore Thomas gave his regular symphony
concert {Haydcn's Symphony in D. il, New
York on the Sth, with Miss Thursby as vocalist.
Emma Abbott, Oh her route to Chicago sang at
Buffalo on the sth instant and Cleveland On the
9th inst The Kellogg troupe sang in Phila-
dclphia last week, and will be in Boston this
week, giving .*Thc Flying Dutchman ' twiee.
Karl, played i'll Washington on the 7th and
BALTIMORE on the. 10th. The Boston
philharmonic Club played in o.
lutnbus, O., last evening. Nine. Essfpoff
IN as' IN wes S M 9ates troupe
evening, opening with ''La File de Mme An
got" Aimee is still in New YORK. The Weber
troupe is In Cincinnati The Mendclssohn
Q1ntette Club Played in st. Louis on the 9Th.
Soldene is II Cleveland. D Murska is in San
Francisco.
MUSICAL NOTES.
s'Zampa" has been revived ut the Paris Opera
Comtque.
Rubinstein's piano recitals in London conf
mence on April 30
4 certain Signor Ventura has composed anew
opera called "Aida."
Compana has written an opera called " Har-
old, the Last King of the Saxons''
Herr Wilhel1nj, the violinist, began his con-
cert tour in Dublin on the 10th inst
Milwaukee is going to celebrate the ffticth
anniversary Of Beethoyen's death on the oGth
inst.
H. Gounod, who is in the best health and |
spirits, intends to reserve his s'Polyeucten for
tic Exhibition year.
The University OF Cambridge, Eng, confer |
ed the degree of Doctor Of Music on Prof. |
Joachim on MarclS-
The new opera, "Le Timbre d'Argent,' by
". Camille saint-Saens, will be produced this |
month at the Theatre Lyrique.
At the Apollo Theatre Of Madrid, "La
|fuertc de Garcilasco,'' new opera by Senior
ssptnosa, has just been produced.
Il Hun tlt&l14ol3 I4AuIE1u JOEl, HAS 1uSL come
,ut at Vienna. Her performance Of modern
ier1nan music is highly spoken of,
Nine. Nilssorrhad left Vienna, and sang from
be 1st to the 10th Of February at the HAMBURG
opera as Afarguerite. Taleuttne, and Elsa.
A new onero.ho,,ffc hv offo,hoo,, oa,,.au,
1oiro So,nt anrent ), ~, sat .,it .alIea Ia
ess onir at tie Fnice Win nar51a! " sue
s 4'''''ques' III raF's'
Nine. Christine Nilsson is using all her IN
lucnce to reduce the pitch of the orchestra
'herever she sings to the French normal liapa-
Oh.
The philhormon;kcr, ,, t,f ,,h,oh e.;,
be oldest musical societv in Gcrn,anr anu W o nc
~o+ IL -, r.: oo - s.Es!J ~ Getu'ah1s cele-
The New ENGLAND 0ro+,n co,,,,,,,
ccf1cI IN Observation-Disclosures Igan Gos'pany mas sue
rean.-snmcthinr ho-s+ s1se1etase ,,. eamnet
r@an fraternity "An'4o"H 20 Tue
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It Is IN the innermost points and effects
scores, in the observance Of pluissin,os, ia
&c general co'oring, that the Paris orchegtras
10" the1r training, their tact, and their taste
MADAME Madeline Schiller has iuet ra,a;,.oa
lc fourth concerto for nannforfc and eSe1'su orah
y by Saint-Saeus, which We 1,n7orstnS ~ 9.Jue
bring out this season or c,r1r ~ ~ ~ ni,e
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