, 1879-03-12
PARIS.
The Conservative and Its Clas.
sical Concerts.
Husftal cnrlositits-..Thd Orchestra, tts Pro.
gramues, and tho Audienet.

Elammest aAo lae aaute@ee'
spetial oorrtspondtnte ~ 7he TrtbHn&
PAnIs, Fob. 1o.-Amnng many other dis
tinguistcd persons present at tho last CONCERT
OF tho Conservative, for the frst time Ind the
pleasure of seeing Mile. Grcvy, tho younu lady
to whom It sccms likely that tho art1uous duty
Of representing fcInnfc Franco III the drawLlE-
rooms Of the EIysce is to fall. Mime. Groyy is
rnthcr elderly for the task;' md, moreover, sho
has lived 40 little in tl1o world Of Courts nt,d
Ministers that she might be parloncd for feel
ing little awkward in her new cilaractcr-ln'l
new dresses. Tho beauty OF Mile. 9irevy las
bcon slightly exaggerated. 6le Is p'afn,-tie-
cldcdly plain, II regularity Of features and per-
fcc.ton Of form constitute beauty. Tier fncc is
thin, long, md dark, like her hair and-ao far
a. could jndEe-her oycs. Her attire last Sum
day Was simple 10 tho extreme, and not al
together irrcproacliablc: hat With feathers,
black Jacket trimmed with full rnflic Of iacd
on ono sidc dress dark md sober ns the jacket,
and no 1ewclry. 1t seemed strange to sec tho
scat usually occupied by the Marcelialc de Mae-
Mahon In the possession OF th'a youthful MID
unfamiliar }ndy.-strangc, at least. to the rcg'l-
Jar habtucs Of the cryatoirc,-stcndy going,
conservative folk, most Of them, With All exccs-
size admiration Tor the traditions Of. their
fathers, IN music especially, and dec1aca
dislike to new concrs ansl new things generally.
Since have got 10 this theme. may as well
give you some Information u8 to
THE CoxsEnvAroIns AND lTs..CoECERTs.
They arc both Interesting subjects, though not
equally So. The CONCERTS arc probably tho most
perfect in tho world, not excepting even those
az I.clnz,r Yfcnua. nr London, cach of which
1,,ro .1.1,na , .1r,it.. ho,ar st.ho 1o,so,v.
.tn,o M IiA.1n.u . s.s'a. Aone -nS ~.
LOIRE ho"eses, ean"o. Justly w tanheu ~ ",sn.
T. useful Institution, ro nna d0ss good Tsaaeo cai
but thcro arc schools in Italy, Germany, and
,,a,u,,'s, ' .''a.x,nr sn, ,a,o raa". f., LII,
nc's'um superior a1''' 1iose lal"ous' :" aoa''
tioh 70 numerous CLASS anu lecture foot'ls ue'
slster arts, tho Conservative hoasts small,
1vnll.,,,nn.cd m,s,co, ,ihrnrv. nsgnc museum of
.a,e.' ,..ss..n.s ~ ..,,a,,, ,,,s,tan a,,l :.
musical instruments !too eelaoh s1s'tea]' aaA
purposcs) OF which shall spcals more partic,t-
'.,m"" .is,s. - -. =. aa..'.a..- - 'vsi...
st'a' efua!,o a'.u nnEa'a, ,o,poses, -. "eH.s-
ln,-a bsbltophstc of the old sort, anu tic author
OF MANY charming works, lttcrnrY as wcll as
musical. Most OF The napt,scr1pts stored AWAY
-, .h1 .,,,1gos ~ tho 1ihrory aro pr,x.1o.R,mo
." 'no e.'ss' tas ,..,asa -. .,,,'
compositions. Was i1fst Introduced TO tile
secluded attractions OF the ConserYatolre library
by NJ. Chouauct, thc benevolent and learned
c,Istodtan Of tte museum. who hos maussccd.
with the nigcafdiy pecun'ary asatstanee OF the
State, to accumulate In ono small gallery the
MOST COMPLETE COLLECTION OF MUSICAL IN
srnuMEN1s
with which am acquainted. Amongst them
w. ~ stanos ~, Fr,,ic,, A,,hor tIarn.1 o,,s,
We es p'a''oo W. "'.'ea .a.s.' 1Is'o'a, '.'A
Mesolbeer eoposea So ,ay .n9ta! IT,. W woIks.
wnoI3c,, frama bn.,in the keyhonr1I. md ti,c
iyory KEYS etili bear iniy traces of tic masters
nrapcrty Of raganini, BY whom Il was 1rtscntod
to Iicctor i,erlSox, TIC autovrapfs OF bott are
insrrIhcl unon ttu face OF tic instrument.
parnminite signature is half cffacel; tl,At of
1,oriiny il clonr nnnt nnt iorihlo "a hfs rntn
eIos tien - arns,ehnr % % coso ~ Il crdltc 1 with Win
t.. - ,.o,ppt,nnfaf ila"ti,nv.n ~, lii -orni.
but N, CIounuot does rot youch Tor tl,c truth Of
III, stnry. Under r,nss case in Lie cuptrn nj
fhn ,rniiarv nrn scvrroi eTn,I,sifn vlniins al
Strn,ilyari,is and other famous r,nkcrs. One ri
fhc elahornteiv mini e,l md ri,iei hnrns stn,ni
inn nsnr n rinantlr nrt1uhorti Mt fhe eni al tia
rnpns lad bccn o,tcn toltchc1 hy the Nornl
tinrrra nf noor Mario AntuInctt1 bcforo il
iuss"tI into the has,ds Of NJ. Cbuuo,,et. Thu
tsrtTctorti ttsolf merits fnsncrtlnn. M t,n
sfhn rnrc oi,l harnaIebori]a. auinits. scr-
pcuts. md other Obsolete Instruments With
crowdiue, mind YOU, for The custodian OF al
thcse trGnsnrca watcl,es over them With nlnust
natsrna aI01 1orlIneks' % Wo % betidp tbs M nrofa,,e
ytsitnr who dnrcs 10 j,isarrarce sinrlo clorinst
bic Kocckcls!
. The hc1o and Director Of tho Conscryatoirc ts
At present NJ. A1nbrotte Thomas, who succeeded
70 the post on tho tcath Of Anbct. Auher III
bis turn ftal rep!aecta Chorab!1'-tlt.t rigid,
formal old Italian, who hated: and was 80 well
hAted by, 1serlloz. But NJ. Anbrolso Thomas
haA NO authority uyer the
cnLEnnarED soclnrE DIES CONCERTS,
,yboso n,acn,accrt ,not,nce* favo N,lcd tbo
tbro31es an suu]ass fnr iiftystwn r1 ssoaons' Tu'
tsa ~ ~. J Ea..Jo ~ s4iIi ~ ssano''a. Ane
tIon ~ atiss XIII, M Ev
ttca wit tit" 1,onsoryyatir, ,vhic !.
~ 'vn nt,ht am o.corta ov"rw ,,,'tar hnt
NnSrmhar ami Eoster.s,nt'av' ~, 10 "vami,n,
~ E"a.or. s,'nha., IL sn,an, " a,.. Lu ~,
sacre conccrt Kali nf H." ,s,on,bers!fo,rs ~
sc,,r, ~ thornn hn''ta ~ t,r h,"s "ro ,n,r SaiI
m n vrors n,. in5ivmniv smt,I'"ntlr et',,cot'
c "1 sisilic.1 IN ,n,,sis r. ,,uv so', II Tc",irai
Tmr comfrntcrnttv ",mt ,i,e i,nbtt ~ ninvrw, ~.
rnthar havc sri,ic,, tn, scnnrotn tnef,,rs in, y
e n"rmm,,ous shntn srch r.. co1,ld ',,osvl,,.ro
ct." hn fn,,U Ti'o ,nout ~, r., .ijsntne a. III
tines prevails. No ono attst,,tts to thrI,st lin.