, 1879-03-09
Thayer. who has made this work matter o1
great study, Is an American.

Thayer, who has made this work matter Of
great study, is an American.
NJ. Faure. the great baritone, whom some en-
terprlsing fmpresario should bring to this coun,
try, is singing in Brussels, and has won special
commentator in "Haulct,'' - "William Tell"
=" Faust" and "Thc North Star"
At Naples, Nine. Patti md Signor Nicolini
having suppressed some Of the most important
airs in 81 Rigoletto,'' the audience grew indtS-
nant and made such noise that the curtain had
to be lowered and the entrance money returned
at the doors.
The Dover CN. H.) Democrat calls the per-
tomcrs at a recent sacred concert - lot OF
platform hoodums and mushroom and pigwced
Yankee Dood1cs, as green as goslings and awk-
ward as ostriches~" and pronounced the concert
itself livery vulgar fraud and ridiculous piece
OF humhusgery."
It is related that Bulow, while giving piano.
forte recital in Berlin, suddenly stopped
his playing, and, bounding TO- to the 5asx 1asl,
and gentleman for 'chattering - during the
performance. A little Of this belligerency on
the part OF musicians might Work nee9eo
reform in this country. Everything else has
failed.
The current number of the ,Wtsika'isehcs
Woehenb}att contains the first detailed notlcc We
have yet seen OF Max Bruch's latest important
compositions setting OF schllcr,s Lied Won
der Glockc.'' The work as whole is very IA
yoraply criticised, though some numbers are
spoken of rs weak, if not trivial: Inc notice
concludes with the remark that ''the evening
produced not very deep yet pleasant impress
6fon."
The musical Journals OF Vienna arc discussing
the merits Of an interesting discovery made by
the Professor Of the Flute at the Imperial Con
seryatoirc OF Austria. This clever instrumental
ist has constructed bass flute, which stands in
+1,a d;afio RI ordinary f3r1fc
alto DOES to the violin. The sound is full anu
rich, aud Of great sweetness; aud the invention
has attracted much attention in Tieunese mu-
sical circles.
Burlington, Vt, has got into trouble at the
very beginning Of itS experience with its new
opera-house, Kellogg and Litta opened 1t the
other day, and it was made great event. But
q ballet, with Bonfanti, was introduced into the
opcro, and that has frozen Burlington. "scv-
eral hundred ladies, comprising many of the
were horrihcd. The local paper shares the feel
state Of things in the "Queen City"
At the North American saengerfest to
be held in the Music-Hall, in Cincinnati,
during Jurc, the principal works will be
Mendelssobn's "St- Paul. Rubinstcin's Nicer
esstille und Glueclliche Fahrt," schumann's
1Das Glueck Won Edenhall, y Verdis "Rcquiem.
Mass,' part of Gade's "Crusaders," and OF
Rubinstein's stParadise Lost" the second part
nj Hnndel,s tAcls and Galarea," tMorgcn-
i;ed IL na ), br Kaa. and Ia a s.Grcat March," from
ooonatA,s ope'A' ~ -
Some forty years ago the programme nm oi one
OF the concerts Of the Norwich Muslca! Fest1va.
contained the Ss 9I hs
| overloaded as regards punctuation. me
! Messiah " was to be performed ahu me nun n,
bers ran somewhat III th;s way L. Gomlork ye
| Mr. Hobbs, But who may aoiue 81. balle' bG,
hold virgin Mr 1oung, 1enou uothness p;nh nna.'
| cover VT. fnnnps' nelolce Steai!9 n1ss oaeu' @
stockauseo." .......,