, 1879-04-27

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| MUSICAL NOTES.
| Miss ABBY Nhnuery has accepted the p1stti;on
| of SOPRANO at st. Stephens Church fh''huo'p'
Henri Vieuxtemps ia said to be in poor nea.;
and has gone to Algiers In the hope OF reeo''''Dz
| his strength.
Ann. Mchltg appeared. for the first time this sen;
| son at the Crystal Palace, London, Apra u 1Ao
=! played Chopin's Concerto in E. j..
! Dr.. Won Dulow has decided to leave Hanover. ae
hts artistic principles DO not ing there IaG n hard
ton be dreamed n Of when ne accepted 'na' n''o
Mr. Strakosch is reported to have struck IN OPP
eratlc bonaDza in California. his success thus "a u.
having been unusually large. The receipts OF the
| first night were upward Of S3, 000.
Modjes}a tho celebrated actress, says that VII
heltni, the famous violinist, is q terrible Don
Juan and Is mora renowned in his native land for
his amours than for his musical Rccompl1shments.
| Now 1t is Wilhenjs duty to rise and explain. "
Is it all fiddle -de~dee:
German papers announce that the composer
Brahms has had conferred upon him ! ~ the gni-
yersity OF Brcslau the degree OF Dr. PhA. 'non-
0rs causa. - In the accompanying diploma brahms
is designated as .'Artts ,nuslca1 sereerioris in
Ge,nsana nunc prlnctps."
| 4 proposition has been made. and may be re-
! duccd to business basis By the members Of tho
| Hess Company, Of performance Of - 'pinafore "
at the Grand Opera House, With the following
HH6EHfHHt.
| Scguin: Sir .'oseph Porter, Hurry Peakes; Capt.
! Corcoran, Mr.. Turner; Dick Deodeye, Mr. Rysc
Coz. Us to the New York philharmonic Society
is to - effect that it will dispense With "a Nen
| vii. be transferred from the Academy to steinway
| Hall, and William Stefnway elected PEesldent-
| Also, Theodore Thomas will be brought back from
Cincinnati to be conductor, or. at all events, ne
will run on to conduct.
Benjamin ". Ncwhall, who has been connected
with tho piano manufacturing bns,ness for over
| forty years, died in Boston on "Wednesday Mr
Newhal was born in Boston in 1Sl7. When he
| was II yenrs old he entered the mannfactory Of
Cnickerin9 i Sons IN apprentice. He remained
w, tha firm thEy yeaF "a ~hen DC
OF the Alfred Ncwhail pianos. The deceased leaves
Il wife anu one child
The London Figaro gays: "Herr Joachim has
offered his resignation Of the post OF Principal or
large increase OF his stipend be granted the rese.
nation will have to be accepted. At present Herr
Joachim gets about el5o rear out OF the berlin
School, and really earns his Lying IL BY starring IN
the German provinces, and chiefly by his three
months' sojontn in England. There is every rca-
son TO believe that the breach will oe effected. ana
that Herr Joachim Till hcnceforward take up his
residence in England, to the advantage OF this
country and to the loss OF the German Capt..
tol Herr Joachim viii probably be sueeeeaea e a.
sor OF countcrpoint, harmony, orchestEation.
theory, and sIght-reading from score at the Kon-
eervatorien.
Four concerts are shortly to be given IN London
by Hans Richter, the conductor at the Imperial
Dpcrs OF Vienna or the first concert, on May $.
the first part OF the programme will be devoted e1.
clusyely to the works ct Richard Wagner, and will
include the 'skaiscrmarsch Introduction to the
third act Of the .'eistessinser, air Am sad
sachs. Etsa's dream, aud the quintet from the
''Meistersnger." with the prende to the same
opera; while In the second part will be the minor
symphony Of Beethoven. At the second CONCERT,
IN the afternoon Of May 7. will be performed the
following works OF Wagner: ~ Elm Faust Over
turc u the introduction to and duct from Tristan
and Isolde ~ the 4'Prieslicd, from the .Meister
singef,' and the ''Walku.enrItt, - while In the
second part wc are to be promised Dcethoyen's
Symphony in A. The programme Of the third con:
cert, in the afternoon OF May 8, will be composed
exclusively Of chamber music, and will comprise
the works Of Brahms and other modern composers.
At the Inst concert, in the evening Of May i. we
are to have tho prelude to 'sTannhauser," " Vol
fram's "Ltebesied" !" from the ''Walkure." +"
1Totan's '.Atschied," and the ''Trnuernarsch
from ..Sicgfried,'' all by Wagner, and the
.'Eroica :" symphony OF Beethoven. The orchestra
will number ITO performers.