, 1877-12-02

Al4t% LllL A4aH4 VI Tue nEulehcE lu.hCu outright,
and many lett the church, aud no doubt more
would have followed, put> Us Catholics should.
they waited for the benedictiou (the priest and
acoiytes entering about that 1i,nc). The antiquity
OF Gregorian tnot C.ecilian> music ia admitted.
put nie many unworthy institutions Of its time,
has fallen into disnse except III churches where
o. music are NOT to be had. Quite frequently the
choice is left with the choir ,rectors and some
and select that class Of music adapted 10 their
capacity Surely, thus '.gseat and glorious move
nent going On a1l over the worla,HS this .'el1th
epochH OF Grcsoran music is working wonders.
| 1t is sang in one church jn Chicago. every
Sunday and it seems 10 TINT the effect upon the
attendance is no; such to encourage its adoption
by other churches. u. pAR.s'tloSEn.
LOCAL MISCELLANY
! Chicago leads in nilsical entcrprise.-Ne1u
York Herald. just found that out!
Mr.. S. G. Pratt, SO well known in our local
musical circles, is now travelling with the
Thursby concert troupe as solo pianist.
The Chanucca Festival will be celebrated By
| 4 vocal and Instrumental concert at the Temple
Of the Sinai Congregation on Thursday evening,
Dec. q. Mr.. and Mrs. Falk, Mr.. Frank Bowen,
alr. Emil Wolff, yiolinlst, and others, will
| Assist.
The thirteenth public matinee Of the Hershey
School will take place uext "Wednesday after
! noon at O'Clock. Among the numbers to be
given by the pupils GIL this OCCASION may be
mentioned three Beethoven sonatas, the rccita.
! tive and "Prayer" from der Freischutx,"
| uandel's aria ''Lasc!a chic piauga," and a 70
cal Trio foI soprano and two altos.
The programme for the regular Tu7ner-Hall
!, concert this afternoon will include Faust's
| "TorchIight Procession Polonase' u; Rcissiger's
"Rockulitl Overture"; strauss' Lies ,E1l-
| sohn's s'Ruy Blas''; Weber's Invitation to1he
| Dance''; the scherzo from Mcndclssohn's
'Scotch Sympbony": Luesch's medley Of
American airs Lumbege's 'Vi5ions in u Drcaul';
! finale to *4Maritana and Strauss quadrille
"t1erman Songs.':
| Nine. Riyc-king's piano recta1s will be given
! at Hershey Hall OH Monday evening, JAN I,
| Thursday evening, Jan. 10, Friday evening, Jan
| II, Saturday afternoon, Jan. II, and Monday
| evening, jan. II. Upon these occasions Nine,
| King will be assisted bJ Miss Abbie Whinnery,
Of Boston, Mrs Clara u Stacy, Mr. ". + Tyr
| rcll, Of Cincinnati, and Mr.. Ii. 6. Eddy Season
tickets ior tho five recitas, With rcservcd seats,
| have hcen fixed at the reasonable price of S.,
| and will bc pinced ON sale shortly at Root 4
Sons music store until JAN l. Alter that time
single seats will be sold.
We have received from Arthur P. Schmidt. Of
Boston, Mass, the following new music, which
! is of unusual excellence as compared with the
average musical publications Of the day: Hymn
Anthen ,9,,s+ Hoh; u IT, Tsi s5 Mc !, ., Thou Lite i
tenor SOLO, tenor aud bass chorus, and fuil
chorus, py II. II. Durham; four songs-..O 0 !.
Heart, Ny Heart '' Up to Her Chamber Vim
dow" ss At Rest" aud t. At Lasi,"--by Hen
Pllillips); :: The alursnuring Nud,'' written Tor
Clara Doria, by Flncenzo Ciyillo: aad III 's I'M
promptu,'' for al organ, BIZ Charles r. Ford
The Choral Union giycs its first concert Of
the series Dec. 20 in the Union Park Cougrcga-
tioua1 Church. VT understand that Mr.. Robert
Goldbeck has written a part-sons expressly for
this Society. winch will be sung ut the second or
third concert Of this season. Mr.. Goldbcc!z was
engaged with Mr.. Blacknan III DR.. Roots
Normal, at Warren, o., in july last, and it is
/ Bluckman's direction, induced Mr.. Goluleck to
write son1 for Mr. BIS society in this city.
Lie may teel congratulated that this talented
musician should intrust to him ono OF his vocal
numbers. The song is very brilliant spring
song.
We hare ulready referred to the successful
debut OF the young American singer Mile. Litta
(Aliss Won Elsner} III luris. The Gauoss, which
Is generally supposed to dislike Americans,
admits that she has q great future Il, store Tor
her. The Figaro likewise pays her warm tril-
ute for handsome yocaIization aud IA self |
possession unprecedented III an artistic who
never before appeared in any theatre" The
.Jou,y.ae adds that Nine. Latirange las reason !
to be proud Vi her pupil. How many times has !
Chicago f1arbored angels unawarcs! This same
Marie Won Elsner sang hcrc iu Chicago ten I
years AGO, but only few thought she would be !
q great prina donna.
The next reunion Of the Chicago Musical Col |
icge Will take place on Monday evening, the Sd,
with very pleasant programme. 1t will in |
cIude GottschakS Aalieuse 1 ios pMan9, ~
Chopin's Nocturne, op. Is, No. =, and Rails |
Canzonetta, My Mother Bids Me Bind |
Ny HAIR by&liss Emn,a Ma:ston; ssnuosrts
Gottscnal,z's transcription Of the 's S1lsercre
1rpu, <AT1oyatore," by Miss Agnes Knott; ]
Verds duet, What Mountains" oy Miss
Iansdcn aud Mr.. Boyue; Watlenhaupt's Ma |
Zurka Fautastique," BY Miss Ninnic johnson, |
aud readings By Prof. A. II. So2er.
Last Wednesday afternoon the second Of the
series of fortnihtly 1natiaees was given at the
residence OF Mrs. Regina Watson The pro- !
eramnle performed by the pupils was q very re- |
1,4arkable one, as will be seen by the following
SpauIdiug; Chopin's waltzes, ops. 64 and 81,
by Mrs. Barbour; the allegro and auaante OF |
Deetllovcr1's pastoral souata,' ~ By Mss Lunt;
Cnopin's Socturnc, up. Is, BY Miss Al!port; |
Mrs Gardner; Liszts Tarantille for TWO pianos.
by Miss Root aud Mrs. Watson; Becthoyen's |
overture to 's'rhe Conservation Of the HoEse,"
l,y Miss Lunt, Mrs. Gardner, Mrs. Watson: aud ]
Mrs. Barbour; and the Mozart Sonata IN U i
major by Miss Schctte|. |
MUSICAL GOSSIP.
Theodore Thomas gave the first Of the Phil
harmonic concerts in New York week ago last !
pirh. to one Of the largest audiences that So
ciety has ever had. The leading numbers Of the
rrogra1nme were Bccttoycn's Pastoral syfa-
nuony," Scllu.nann's II Manfred - music, and
liszt's 'Aluzcppa." The second concert took
place last evening: the programme including
Moxart's symphony in E flat, aud sGhu1nann's
symphony in minor, No !. Mr, Mills played
nj tha t;rst CONCERT and Miss Matll;lda Wilde,
latc Of the Fryer-papphcnilci1n troupe,
who quit it in Cincinnati. sang last
evening. Emma Abbott was 1t Rock Island on
tbe 18th, Bloomington OIL the 3utl4 Gaicsbur4r
iasf evening, and will sing in Milwaukee next
Thursday evening The Barnabec troupe Was
IN TaCrossc On tile o6th. Winona on the 27th,
and e. PAM on the 1st. Tic Swedish Lad!cs
and antom13as are giving concerts IN Nlscon~
sin. Mrs Oates is in pttsburS- The lhursbv
concert troupe was in Washington on tle- 96th
and eth, aul in Philadelphia OIL the 30iE
AIMEE commences weeks season III Ne" iork
tn-norrow evening. Tho .Meldcls5ohn Quin-
tettc Club played in Cincinnati last evening.
Caroline Richings aud her troupe are stil1 III
Oregon The Hess opera troupe has been DONG
Indiana during the past week.
MUSICAL NOTES.
Tn St. Petersburg it is said that the Car will
A. once order the immediate termination Of the
present italian opera season.
During his holiday, List has finished his ora
torio Of t:St. Christoforo," and has written
notes to the great trilogy Of Richard Wagner,
'sThe Nibelungen."
Miss Clara Niclsels, Of Boston, who has been
studying music in Italy, has been engaged oy
=, &, C,,o1;ch onara in London |