, 1879-08-24

A terrible man was Hans Bu|of.
He cursed Great Britain and Eaa1pou.
Cursed scores and notes,
And coughs and throats,
And especially players III petticoats
Sore i'll next night was Hans B11ow.
So We we're spared some Won Tschathow,
Whila in full glory,
Mnntigny- -Remaury
Played Schumann instead. Thus ends the story
THE sALzBuRa MOZART FESTIVAL.
Carl Delchmann, writing from SalzburE. July
~. to the London -4thendcatm, gives the follow
ing interesting details Of the recent Mozart fes-
tiYal in that city:
4 chamber concert, although By able artists. n Il
thorough anti climax after the performances OF the
Vienna Philharmonic hand, with Acrr nahs hlcn-
ter MS conductor. Such precision OF attack, with
in ali the subordinate parts by the artists never
fore have heard. We may have in London lnal-
yidual insrrumentalsts quite as sooa as those IN
Vienna. but still VIC have crest ceal to learn n
The way OF ensemble playing. It Is to be nopeo
that Herr Ritcher will bring Us up to hts oWn stnha
ard when be returns to London W1a @ ns
int and second orchestral concerts included Bee,
hovens symphory No5 n A. rs enca,fo 1e1r
orani Mozar.s symphony in flat and b. ..zaq; "a
6erllote' Overture; schumanns , M'n1feo ~ aso,.
Msz.Fs p1cf5n,. for Panty two ana
oaf1a II Herr f5S %asners 'Meiste1s,ness aad vocal
Srauss; @ symphony BY sckube.t aud airs from
a.1Jomenco,' and ttZauberhote,' SUNG by Frau
Schuch- -Prosks from Dresden. NoTel ana inter
esting points were constantly brought out the a1-
di-nce at the ''Leonora" overture sprans TO tne1l
| feet, ana the cheering was 30 enthus1ass1c tnat
Herr Richter beckoned to tne WOE Gnno ind;yd
| ualIy. 1t was an unprecedented sight to me as a
musician, and it was not without emotion WI VI
/ messed such 4 manifestation must e1toa 5ne
striking difference in the observance Of the sfada-
tons OF sound the technical terms OF signs, as oe
tween fortissimo. forte, mezza voce ana piano. 10.
and esscntially between piano and pian1ssimo. are
marked, but in the use Of the latter by the way,
| there Is never any deficiency Of souori:y In the
St ought IS. be efs ps
| throughout PLACED with such discretion that the
most delicaey given PASSAGES stand oot WIN oad ang
that young Herr Helmesbcrser, the gifted son Of a
famous father, played violin concerto oy nden aa
with great purity Of rome a3a sye ana waS
gavr fine reading OF Beethoven's violin concerto.
IN which the cl2rionct-player terr Orter) and the
tn tmttjs as indeed did ali The exccu.ants; the
tone OF the horn performer could not 6e a
and the effects from the four -etrneea oonpl sss
niayers would convince onr English contra
that the ree-st1inged instruments ought " onca
| to be abandoned forever, above az When payine
Beethoven. Mozart, Schubert, and their dls''n-
| gul6hed successors.
MUSICAL NOTES. ;.
! The remains of Schumann have been e1nuneo
| at BopD,. and plaster cast has been 1aken OIL
what remains Of the composers 1eaa.
John K. Payue, OF Cambridge, Mass, is re-
norted in Paris. We hear that he wall go tG
! GERMANY, where bis. Second symphony WILL
probably have performance
Prince A1nadeo paid Verdi visit short tima
aimee, On his lnquirIng whether the musician
vas working at anything new, Verdi rep!leo
: tbnt. belonging now to the lnV2ilds, hs nao re-
: | tired from the stage and active H1c'
NJ. camille saint-3aens, the well-kuown pian
! ist and composer, whose genus seens - o. y.
| oT1+Y1 more
tolinr M hi. ren as musical journalist, and II
contributing to Partisan paper styled the
! Vo|td:Ts. .
! The London Figaro OF Aug. 9. in mentioning
4 n call Of Sir Michael Costa before the curtain .
i the opera, states that in 1eSo he VIII comp!es
u his hnlf century of service as conductor
T italian opera in England, he having In 1881 sue
! cecdcd lie lato Signor Bochsa, the second nus
hand Of Nine. Anna Bishop, at Hcr Majesty
i Theatre.
r Franz Itszt, already Abbate List. through
the authority OF bis lnte friend, f1o -, na7 M
Gathsdral OF Albano This distinction be owe
to another influential friend, the Cardlpal-A1cn
h;snon of HonenIoe. What Pho Tx, sotne"na
tired Of the great pianist vas enafy M 1m sost
re- Ills successor, Leo Kill, has accorded WITH with
70 mt dif1iculry. So now, all hail, Canon LIszt
=. What next?
-, M. Gouuod's new opera, ale Tribut q
W 7o1rora !, il now in rehearsal; ID. ChonQens ui
e s,,a 1aaa, 1he conrrirht for all countries for tn
ct ,. - "a on0 Ei.0 after the first represents
n ton and the rest in nstallments, aeGoiu. ~
e. the pumDer u pst ~ GoI -ece;rcd the sam
H. | tain in Farls' nA' oouooa (. po..n,,r,r ), =
- sum, 100000 francs, Tor tne nta|i 1saei n
o. that Mt last he has been we'll compehsaIsu ~
be The miserable pittnnce he recelTed Tor FAUST.
er- Herr r. Fricke, Royal ballet-@aste.: ".
.pa,.+ ~ a very interesting celebration I
ara Wagners birthday, IN Bayfe4tl, , nas sn1rnnped
it Gassita t,t,,ssi NAV in which only Herr F. al
49, little lestt;na p" chi,dren took part; it was
e. the nVe .Nasne. ss. fran an old Roman Carniv
be pantom'me sss9. Snhon1eRnom in Sorrento" IVA
ns comeo5, r fond of Sorrento, where he spe1
he ner Is 9ei{ le1f ,nd where he speaks OF goir
81 the 1all OF lo'o a"I n re.n1t was extremely su
st. again this ysar.) ihe lcsuI III he cried Al
mt | cessful. wagner 'ausnsu a-farmora r
ylY | kissed and thanked a!i tus p.;t p.. pr;nca -,
- guests we're Baroness Von ocn1elp11, hant, Z Z
Princess Lichtenstein, the art1St LsuoaGl., -
r, oni1meistcr Levy, from Mnnlch, Tue o.eU :. =.
The snoor I.poer and wife, lEDatz huo!usLelu, G.
m The n1a had to be repeated On the plcv'o
lea evening "Parsifal was rea1 o,oi eidana ,nnear
ond act, where the enchanted naa9na ost tTv
Ae Pcrs;fa', and there occurs tnv ond A thc aria
ms part both for the mise en- sccne Gira mr. thir
th- Fricke exclaimed to wagner e:1I ,h.ilengn the
/ 7 1chrn ana ! MIL CLAA1E1t%~ !,