The New York herald., 1879-02-03
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.

The second soiree of the New York Philharmonic
Club will take place at Chckering Hall tomorrow
evening The soloists are Franz Rummel, pianist,
and Miss Antoine Henne, contralto.
Miss Genevieve Ward and Mrs. Scott-Siddons are
contemplating appearance at Booths Theatre in
shakespeare's Winters Tale" with Miss Ward as.
Hermione and Mrs. Siddons Perdta.
During the engagement Of Mr. Boucicaut at
Booths Theatre he will be supported by Mrs Bouci
cault agnes Robertsonh John Gilbert John
Brougham Harry Beckett. Dominick Murray and
Miss Ada Dyas, all of whom were identified with the
early presentation of his most popular plays
For the production Of "Pinafore'' at tho Fifth
Avenue Theatre, Miss Blanche Corelli Miss Bertha
Foy. Miss Cturney, Miss Ida Foy. Mr.. Henri Lau-
rent. Mr.. Vincent Hogan. Mr.. J. H. Burnett. Mr..
James Horton and Mr.. Hart Conway have been
specially engaged. Mr.. Burnett will play Admiralty
Lord.
The fourth concert of the New York Philharmonic
Society will take place on next Friday afternoon
and Saturday evening. The programme includes
Mendelssohn's Symphony in A. "Woltan's Fare
well" by Wagner. and now symphony in ID
(No. 81 by Tshaikowsky. The soloist will be young
lady pianiste of much reputation. Mrs. Leonie
Groesslcr Helm. who recently arrived from Europe
She pupil Of Professor Spedcl of Stuttgart and
also of Dr. Franz List and is most highly spoken Of
by the best German critcS
At the Germania Theatre "Nette Leute proved .
very fine attraction during the past week and drew
full houses. There s very little plot to
the piece, but it is, nevertheless. highly anus
ing in the many grotesque situations. Mr..
Oscar WILL Herr Rauk, Miss Helene Kuhse.
the lately arrived soubrette, and Miss Heller share
the honors Of the play. Tonight and tomorrow
evening ''Nette Leute will be repeated and during
the balance of the week Victor Sardous comedy die
alien Junggesellen The Old Bachelors will be pro-
duced.
The editor of the Ncw Yorker Musical Zeitung, who
took occasion to critcise the correctness Of M.
Edouard Remenyi's statements in recent interview
published in the HERALD, concerning the Hungarian
dances said to have been composed by Johannes
Brahms has written note Of regret and will follow
it with public review of the origin of the dances.
The act is alike honorable to the critic and tribute
to the experience of the virtuoso. 1t is wonder,
however, that the musical community should so lonG
have been imposed upon without protest. and &C.
cepted these beautiful compositions from prominent
orchestra leaders without explanation Of the real
facts.
The Society of Composers have presented protest
to the Minisre des Beaux Arts against the suppress
sion Of the Theatre Lyrique 1t concludes with this
declaration :--"Since the creation Of the Theatre
Lyriaue in 1916. that theatre has brought into
tice more than thirty composers to whom the doors
of the Opera and Opera Comique had been completely
closed and during twenty years has alone rendered
more services to musical and dramatic art and to
composers and lyrical artists than the Opera and
Opera Comilue united although the latter have been
largely ard generously sustained by enormous sub
ventions."