New-York tribune., 1879-12-18
MrsICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.

At the matinee at Chckering Hall yesterday,
Iosoffy lei sick bcl 10 play. ratner tnan dsappont
the audience.
\ new opera by Canepa, Richard Ill.,
was recently produced at Milan The musical press OF
It, v give IT the highest praise.
Wagners "Siegiricd is to be produced at
Cologne at the end OF the present opera with
Unger I'm the title role. " Die G0terdammoIuug" will
b. given there ntx year.
Maurel, who is now first baritone at the
Paris Opera. has made his appearance AMBROSE
Tlomas's Hamlet TO the Ophelia of silc. .ram
At st. Andrews Church, Javistock-place,
London, Of which ArchdeacOn Dunbar incumbent. an
Ing Both choir and orchestra are professional
i aulem Schelzky, who sang the part Of
Sgnds in "Ds Walktre ut the Bsyreutn festival in
1876. resigned ner position in the Munich opera
COS pany aud has gone to Milan she niendsio devote
herself IN future 10 Italian oJera.
Miss Augusta DargOn, now or lately in Aus
traha. will snortly make her appearance in London.
DIrgOns most recent success been made the
character OF Queen Elisabeth. Toward the end o. Ooto-
Der Miss DrsOn was In SIDNEY. where she received a
testimonial bened'. amid much public enthusiasm
IIelmesberger's arrangement of the Handel
Largo" the that Theodore Thomas made SO pop
ular all through this country two ago, has just
been performed at 0f the Crystal Palace concerts
Some the London critics are terribly indignant about
IT, They call 1t sacrege. desecration and all OF
hard names One paper says " II Herr Hellmesberger
cannot invent a for himself. let him put away ns
pen altogetLer-we not aware that the world would
be serious loser IN consequence At any rate he has
business TO take another mans melody and use II a.
q dummy for the display OF ms Own goods" Tins OF
course absurd II has always been proper 10
criDe orchestral and vocal music for Toe piano and
organ, piano music for the orchestra, etc. etc.. and
every who does does exactly what Hemesberger
has undertaken IN transcrlbing the Largo.
Part of SAINT -SaGns's opera "Etienne Marcel
which was brought out at Lyons with brilliant
fIv nv f,I,.y
one OF the Chaelet concerts. The parts selected for
performance the finale OF the rst little
orchestral pieces which form tho ballet music Of the
work The finale disappointing. because, being
written for performance the STAGE II vastly by
transposition to the concertroom. and tnous n
Faure himself sang its success was questionable But
t was altogether different with the ballet music Here
the richness of fancy and variety o coonng combined
his symphonic poems Used with the happest effect
and every number was hailed with meat enthusiasm aud
had 10 be repeated a "Musette Guerriere" "a " Pa
vOue" and a waltz are especially commended.
Wagner, Liszt Rubinstein, Verdi, and G0u-
nod almost every musical amateurs portrait gar
Iery; but there are other contemporary composers
whose names aud music familiar here while their
features are quite unknown. The pictures OF Brahms
show strong. thoughtful face. with 1rm mouth and
chin rather largo and aqune nose. and broad.
hien forehead. He looks q little ike the Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher. though much younger and less stout.
RheInDerger. taken In what seems to be quilted silk
smoking Jacket, with his spectaces, his short aud
rather Dristly beard and immense mustache clipped
short the mouth ought TO be German professor
What OF his face his beard let's is very striking.
He mas a 'aagnifcent forehead very deepset Dut
small eyes. and rather large There Is thing
admirable In the his head Is set his shoulders.
and he holds It like man who s conscious OF his own
with the DlacKost OF hair aud u loug. flowing mus:
tache, beautiful eyes, Dc, straight and broad
| but weli-modelled ohm He would make tho ideal
italian tenor. Edward Greg Is the very opposite oi
him. n German with his of light hair
thrown back his forehead dreamy look In the
eyes a charming expression about the mouth that his
elosely .facha only