, 1879-02-09
blindness. He is in Dresden, where one Of his
] operas will soou be performed

SpGA ~ NIL oaOA w pSl AoA5ISl
Miss Thursby and Mrs. Osgooa are among th
| lew artists areaiy engaged lor the coming sea
| son OF the Philharmonic Socie1y OF Loutlol,.
/: is said, upon doubtful authority, however
that Victor Capou1, the tenor, has made IN Gu
eagement to sing in New York in opera boutfe
| performances ut the Park Theatre next auntumt
I With Mile. Paola Marie.
Mr: Theodore Thomas has found his duties al
the College Of Music SO exacting, and to be in
creasing so rapidly, that 1t is necessary for him
| to Withdraw IRON the string o,lartette. which
has become so famous at the chamber concerts
The Abbe Liszt is hard at work upon his com.
positions, "The Seven sacramcn;s." Two Of
these - Sacramcnts I" which are finishcd-
| " Marriage :" and i'rhe Eucharist ''-are said
| to be beautiful, and pervaded BY peculiar mys-
| ticism.
According to the Boston Herald. Mr.. Charles
ADAMS gold wreath, presented to him in Wen
na 1or pine years continus service as first tenor
Of the Imperial Opera-Housc, has bveu attached
Tor an old debt Of the Adams Pappcnheim Opera
Company.
The Lower Rhenish Musical Festival Is 10 take
place this year ut Aachen fAix-la- Chapcl1e},
Beethoven's ss Missa Solcnnis," Scbupert's sym
phony IN Z, schumann's symphony in + fiat,
and Druch's Is LIED Won der Glockc.n are TO be
the Chief works produced.
me German musical papers are most cnthusi-
|
by Herr Brahms, executed by Herr Joachim at
tue eleventh Gewandhaus. concert Mt Lcpziy
the dl1cutties are stated to be enormous, but
the form OF the work Is classical and clear. Both
composer and riolinist We're much checred.
The Neue Ieitsc|tr:1 fur lNhsik announces that
Wagner has completed the score Of his I" "Parsi-
fal, ,, and that the piAncfortc scovc which is be-
ing prepared by Herr ke'ermann under the su-
perlntendcuce OF the composer, will shortly be
published. 1t states that thc production Of tue
work nt Bayreuth is definitely liked to take place
in 1850.
The Dublin papers speak in terms Of praise OF
the operatic performances Of Miss Julia Gay
lord, Boston girl, who has been singing with
Carl Rosa during the last three years. Sne is
daughter Of the Rev. N. M. Gaylord By reason
OF failing health he was Obliged to resign his
charge III Boston, but obtained the office OF
DEPUTY Collector .in the New York Custom
House.
The new singer, Blanca Bianchi, who has been
styled "the Baden Nightingale" has made m
immense success ia Vienna. She is described as
rivaiing Sontag-Rossi in her best days, while
many prefer her to De Murska. AS Anaina in
"Sonnambula" she had seven recalls in the
closing aria But her greatest triumph was in
''LA FiSlia," for which the stalls went UP to
fabulous prices, while the applause amounted
to a brief frenzy.
Arthur Sullivan, who composed the music OF
"U. II. s. Pnaforc. is expected toarrivc ia New
IUEk III ADuuk u NtEh III ste LIS C0L1llC opera
iu full blast ut four. or five New York theatres,
and bringing tim III nothing for his work. The
opera was failure III London, and he probably
dismissed all thoughts Of deriving any profit
from it; SO he let it slip out OF his hands When
he come to New York nc will see q cheerful and
yet sorry sight,-chcerful iu the success of bis
work, and sorry in that it is, to him. unprofita-
ble popularity. There are thirteen different
companies playing "Her Alajesty's Ship Pima
fore this week in the United States. The woods
are full Of them.
The -dthe,Run1 says: 1.-THE fifth part of Mr..
which has just appeared, carries tho work troEl
Ferrarese del Dene' to 'Guitar' BY lar
the most important article in this part is that
by Air. e. Hubert e. Parry OIL Form.' 1t ex-
tends over fourteen pages, and the subject is
exce!lently {though necessarily not exhaustively)
treated: the gradual development oi the
modern symphony from the older dances being
very clearly Traced. Sir F. 4. Gore Ouscley's
article OH @Fugue' is much less satisfactory,
being unduly short, and OF very little practical
use to the student. The illustrations given arc
also sngularlv uncomfortable-to say the least
Of them. The author would, We think, find it
difficult to justify such harsh progressions as
some which nc gives in the firstexample OH page
56S. Among excellent articles in this part may
be named those on lingering 'Flageo'et,'
'Flute,' 'Gluck,' 'Gounod,' 'Gretry,' and
sGrisi' The number as whole may be pro-
ceded it. We notice in passing that while
biographical notices arc given of three Giovers,
the one WHO generation since was probably
the bcst-known, alld certainly the most ponu-
lar Of a1l--Stephen Gloyer-is not even men
tioned.u ~