New-York tribune., 1880-01-18
NITSICAL NOTES.


MUSICAL NOTES
Adolphe Adams one act opera, " lie Fafdr-
Get" Was to be revived recently at the opera Populalre
in Paris
An autograph score of IIanders opera
"Amada1" was recently sold In a London auction room
for so Io~ and Of Mczri's QUniets in nsjorior
f3 guincas.
The first time Adelina Patti sang Marguerite
at C1yeut Garden las the receipts were sllO0'
or about $1,000. While she can draw such houses IN
London She i- moi likely 10 bee heard in New-York.
NJ. Charles Lamourcux, the conductor of the
Opera at Paris bas resigned his poet III consc-
oucc OF the inter ercnce with his functions OF NJ Nau
AHes. hitherto the assistant conductor
The principal works TO be performed at the
Philharmonic concerts in New Yorl, and Brooklyn this
week ,re Rubiuscin's fine dramatic symphony. aud an
orchestral suite arranged iion j. :. bach'
Mr. +. II. Cowen, who is pleasantly femcm-
b.red here on account OF ms visit two ago, Is az
wori, on new opera. the hbreto Of which is Italian
e is also engaged in he composition OF an orchestral
svnphony, two Of which are already com
Mr.. II. Clarence Eddy is continuing his organ
recits in Chicago THIS season with great His
programmes include what is best and puiesi IN organ
music, and he is doing for Chicago what Mr. Samuel p
Warren did Tor NcW-loFA, ana "bat hI NLI.lhs lS
doing for Cincinnati
Mr. Santlcy has instituted n prize OF ten
guineas 70 the student the Royal Academy Of Music
who shall be adjudgcd best in accompanying and in
trnnsposing ~ sight At the first competition. which
10 Sir. J. Harvey Lohr
An accomplished musician in London makes
au acute criticism In the following paragraph Which We
extract from private letter Perhaps MarnOn has
done something for Mlpleson; hope So Sne Is GER
tonly Gerster's superior a vocalist, Won will have
seen Dy this time. Bat Gcrster has intention generally
and sings from trhin which IL the great thing after ALL
In this respect Marmon IS all at sea-
Sig. Tamaro the wcll-knOwn tenor singer,
for some years member OF tie choir Of st. Francis
XaYicr's Church, has composed grand Mass. which
will be performed the chnrch for the first time Oh
Monday evening. Fcbruary9 A large body OF singers
assist in he execution OF the work. and Dr. william
Bergo willpct as Organist and conductor.
The >StrakOsch opera season will open at
Booths Theatre tomorrow evening. Aida" has been
appropriaelv chosen for the initial performance; it
hripcs forward important members OF the company
VINO are not known in New-York, and it s moreover.
associated with some OF the most crcditobe OF Mr..
sfrakoscb's past succcssCs SIX performances VIII d.
Given during the week and the public will lind In the let
Of proposed works ample variety OF attractions.
We have had no fewer than four requests
for enlightenment TO the meaning Of the line in The
pirates of Penzmce"" When the COstcIs finished Jump
N Oh his mother" From This infer that appalling
IGNORANCE prevails in this country the HABITS Of
that variety OF the British rough commonly devoes
himself 10 the calling OF streelhuclscr vegetables
etc. otherwise coscrnohe'F' OF !! ! .A'I a
lowest ,ass j. knock down the ladies Of BIS family
and trample them with heavy boO's
Mr.. Carl Rosa announces the production Of
Hermann G6iz's Tanning OF the Shrew" with Miss
Minnie IIauk as CaLane, for the Goth inst Mis- TIauk
and Herr schoIt young tenor from Hanover
ouorrel with Won Bow brough; about the laties res
icnaton as conductor, are engaged for only limited
one and contains several artists who are well known in
NcwYorg. Among these Miss Julia Gay ord Mile
/ EcIfu Do nd Mr. Gprlx
The sixth annual choral service by the choir
of the Westminster Presbyterian Church. Brooklyn Will
he given on Tuesday evening. February g. The choir
will sing Henry Smarts Morning and Evening Services
| in entire well as a miscellaneous programme OF
works by Beethoven. Schubert MendessOhn and other
composers Mrs, studwell, soprano, and Mr.. Caryl
Foro pianist will assist In the performance and the
| Rev Howard Crosby d. D.. will deliver the address
The music will be under the charge OF Mr. La'ar, the
| organist and chOi-master OF the church
An extraordinary matinee performance, for
the benefit Of the starving women and children III
Ireland" will be given at the Grand Opera House next
Thursday and the full particulars OF the entertainment
are announced in the advertising columns this morn
inc Tue generosity Of several managers and Of great
many popular actresses and musicians Is called INTO
piay and he observed that the long ana varied
nrccramIne VIII be performed cntiry Ivy ladies ladies
are managing the enterprise ana even ,e .sheir are
fair flowers culled from rosebud garden OF grs
On the 23d ult. a concert OF remarkable his
orca interest given at the Brussels Conservaioire
,v The music consisted entrely OF
tons OF the sixteenth seventeenth and eighteenth cen
tures all the pieces being performed on, or accom-
naned by the Instruments Of their time, belonging 10
tne fine collection in the COnservatoire The pro-
gramme included pieces for the cavecn by COuperin.
| Rameau Bach. Van den Gbeyn, Scaratu, sonatas ny
Handel and Boccherni, psalm by Marot, an air from
In's "Amadis," the French nOes OF the seventeenth
| century.
| A new English opera seria, Herne," by
Iobn Old has just published in London by Stanley
Iucas Co. Events OF this kind Of rare occurrence,
| the ast having been IN 1876. when Mr.. f. ii. Cowen
| rroduced his pauline" under Carl Rosas manage
men The story Of Herne the Hunter is purely English
rd s susceptibc OF poetic and musical treatment. but
nr,nuateiv The librcto IA shockingly bad according
90 Ths AN,u0un. The music is better, though IL IA
TIA ~ he curious compound Of all styles the influence
of Tie FRENCH Italian, and German schools predominant
Inc nv turps The work, however, shows evidence OF
| grssat talent and much muslcianly skill
The Examiner is convinced that the decline
n, Italian opera In England IS already far advanced
Not opera In Italian which will last as long as the Ian
uaee OF that musicoving people, but Italian opera,
delled on the forms Of Belini Donzet and Verdi in
NJ. earlier works. This fact 10 ascrbes TO the influence
~ the German and French schools. and especially OF
pchard Wagner Verdi tho first to feel this. ana
sYnressed 1t In Aida" The ETainer Ia not more nope
ul on the subject Of Italian composers ana says tnat
although we hear occasionally OF Mareheth Petreha'