, 1879-03-31
MUSICAL BATTLES.
Tho Old-TIms " lsntt1e of rragne," "ERttls
of Waterloo," ami Other Pianoforte Atfoct.


Tho oid-T!me Hattie or rr"sne'" lsHeflo
Of Waterloo," AMI Other Pl"noforte AtFoct.
slcs.
Al tAe Tear 1loanf.
Tint iamo,,s "Ba,tIe Of the pano,, wbtch as wa.
... .s..",,,a, ~. 49, ~. VIZ" ""a
50 sp1"eals uop'e.eu @ W 'ie 'a.c JONI Aeech ~
the pages OF I"nch. TIC drawing s',ows what
The adjacent trawlng.rooms Of two 1.ondon
nousea n,r,< IN bark mn, ,]vti1cd o,1v hy ,hc
r'e. ~ p.,u' a.'a a'eea ul.' y, ~.
hl'nslcss ol pa''l."a',s h.o"" l"o Manos' a1ai a.
nto left to conclude from the mlsc-en-scene that
,oua md fur1ou. battIc OF harmony, or t]tcord.
~ 80 a..a ..a,. ~ i. =, ,,r.nrn.. ;'a.,.an., .,
10 ,, ens e.su 's1, ~ ~ ps' ~, us'Meea We, lne
forms good.humosed satire on tho musical
procltyitIce Of metropolitan young indies, a.
,,ot =, ~, t,,o rr,r1,stan,,o, rc,uro =, ,nn h,-
w.. 10 ~. -" .,. w." h.a. a. se T
ptanofortc batt'ts, however, Which Mt present
engage cur attention nre those which nrete uded
Ia hr a n,,tfcnl rccortl of ,he rrcat batttr. or
thc INST. 1'hcy found tic delight OF our:rraud-
,rntf,rra rvl,re1 itnno{nntfnn tnnv he auf,,,oa.h
to hnva 2rrn iyeticr linn thn.e ~ ti,Jr dt.sccmI
ants ri lin ,rescnt dcroileratc doy: ffr IL 1u,,st
In rnnftssctf. with sirh from tic drfcn,ler nj
thc Tot,tl old times, TINT bntt1c-pIcccs for tic
nianofvrte M arc no longer ID favor even with
''J Tic most It enthusiastic miss of inco-tke pro.
ciir,tics' T~
s'ifts,sa Itcw ,nenv tbo,,or. =, Tim ro,ors of FIN
nnvet ,ritnn,t hrrn hnvc srfrnathizc5 viii
noor GcorEe Osborne In that scene which nrc
te,ied liz ~ exnIosion &C Of his ia,hcr,a wraii,.
Gnnrro IL ioiii,,, ~, ti,e e,fs ,ri'c,, T. Thn a.
tcrs fcron -, ,,1or ~ tbr nott,n ~ prnprc sann
lint ti,at ~ IT, tb.nnr'' Georee ilowlei oui In n fury
i5ea s the se59 il MI skss ne aa s Xoa
snM1c,hIu,,. nnythnr hit tfc 1,nttln of i'rarme.,
'rh,,s ,rn tlo nrntnirn" ~ n;onnfnrto h,ttic-
neces n1,a,j,smatizc y one vic was himsrif t.,
fnli IN ihu t,atio Of Waterloo. Trafairnr. md
W Waterloo, @ anl % 1ustcrtz were pfterMaFs cslc. ni,
1rntcil M, icscrihni IN ,nr.ir. mi =, shts tio
t."rs rna nnfinT IN T3snnto ths iov"r In :. ht,l,
was i,cti tiIc Trnnt nr,Tir9i n,ttic ri proTnr1
"1T FIN nirrc atcns with n slnw ,,orcI: arr,n,
whIrl, presunnbly tj,e troone take M t,,eir M.
s,t,om' rThss .o,n tGc WIZ ~ nf cnpnnnn 1e
,vnn wifi ,nuch ,Irc;aIon. ,ut viii, ya"itw ~
"tnmt;n, n,,it" hcnoiesa x.rs l. not for ,hn H
nrinteI "omnen,arv thnt ,l,,strotrs thc m,,s. se
In the nti,.r i.nn1. Tho iirst si9rnnl rnnnnn Is
om+a ,,n,nia, NJ Mia H. ,nno,,iu,1 r,nsiatIuw ~
oa-v ha1~ ~ nrtnvc n.s i" r.. i,nas ,v1o. ri
nud frnmpets baya now n stnrt inunr antI liza
s"nvamsnt nn,,s w,th ,nnra fnrtIssim,n nnasarns @
stu1iomsly. hut a littIe unueccssnriy Iahelefl''
sc.nnan' connnp. ran,nn y '''''
~ ,r,.,1nr ,v I'M, tho ar,e. f,eh,r,,. ,,o..
In IN noh. when thcy nerfmrr.1 1its '';sc" ~
roadnr n,,sllhlr tl1c i1esrriutiyo en1nrrntnrx ~
IInt"sss sty III an .'' Wany ~ ~, ,nast
ris If tI I "amrnser m,,st ~ harr escnnc H.,
ilst"ncr ~ Iha attack bp,,tns viii, @n n,Ierrn. m
Thev ma.o war Iko liz Frcmrh % In \" is;tt : Viii
lIIit ',earts, NJ" Tj,e Pruasnns oec,y tie tres' Mt
,sJ,ii, tLa Imnrrta.tt avoncr ~. tn 1fn.a ~
liz nss trrri In3asIssI", ts;!', IN s ta.sr ~
"s,o'., rns m ,,, 't. ~, so's nv, ,,'ili
tory mamr,.ycrs RI en- crhrlon or n,hrrwise: Or thv
may ho hcl', to tluno,e Tic rarynr fortune. II
ti,s eo,nIa., alI ws can fmnrIua t',v eratinr
t"i,o ~ ~, o,lar sfIss si6rn., .,,'3
In. nu,tnn,ts wnr,,s. ssflyns ,n,1ets = ~ .s shc
strlkes nrt tho nntcR sitp1a,se1 to 3ntIicata
ttrir i1I1lIt. @ III Thc suund p{ i,orscs pal'npie
s'1.'' ~ - - 1850" 's.1 AN'sop'f>