, 1881-05-08

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LOCAL. MISCELLANY.
The Fuunditngs Home benefit concert. under
tho direction Of Mr.. Tetedoux, will take place at
Central Music-f1ull June 2. The prominent
work to be given will be Massenet's Eve
Miss Klttle Wallace and J. E. NcWade sang
Friday evening ut Tillotson Hull, Englewood, at
| an entertainment given by Miss Hessie Hunter,
| u resident reader Of considerable ability and 4
growing reputation.
The Litta Concert Company was in the CITY
Thursday, on its way to Upper Sandusky, O.,
where q concert was given on Friday evening.
The senson, which has been Il very successful
one, will close on JuIy3.
The ninth public rehearsal Of the Athena um
Choral Class will take place at tho Methodist
Church Block On Tuesday evening next, insisted
By Prof. Echmoll, or.nnist Miss WnrrIner,
pianist and the Chickerng Quartet. The Di-
| is Mr.. Joseph Silvers.
The first pupils soirGe Of the Mueller Conserv-
atory of Music will take place Tomorrow even
Ing At the Net. Methodist ;; Church Bloex: y larss
musical excellence, and will have tho assistance
OF Mrs. Mueller, and Mr.. Becher, tho violin
teacher.
The first lecture in the series to be delivered
by Dr. Roswell Park took place last Thursday
morning ut the Chicago Musical College. All
who were present were we'll pleased and deeply
interested In the Doctors reHsarxs. The next
lecture will occur Thursday Inorning. May l., ut
O'clock.
Hermann aud t1inna Wctzlcr, two remarkable
musical children of this city, hive been placed
in the Cincinnati Musical College. The former
cobsohu and Miss Gaul, and the latter the piano
with Miss Gaul, and both are making astonishing
progress.
| The National Normal Musical Institute, to be
be ben under the exclusive supervision Of Chicago
| talent- The instructors and snlotsts Will be
George =. noot, Emi! LIeb'ing, Fred y. Root,
Jennie IIcrrick. Mary Root. Nellie Root. aud
| Jessie Koot. Mr. Liebllng will give series Of
eight piano rccitalS-
The program Of Mr.. Eddys organ recital
- Nauonal Programs was devoted to Belgian
composers. and included the following numbers:
Grand Fantastic de Concert, op j. by Cnl-
lula" by ,1iiborghs; sonata in D minor, op. !: by
MuiIy: = Grand Fsntaste." i'll minor {. The
s1oT STU Eanffs In F 1sE5of1o IN nat
The Beethoven Society has elected tho follow
Ing officers for the ensuing Jeur: President,
Jun1es T. Kelley; vice-Presdent, Albert Hay
den; TREASURER. Henry l. Fr2nk; Secretary, Secretary
Directors, Mrs. Clifford Williams Mrs. Frank E.
Hall, Mrs. u. D. Kim{'arle, Miss Julia Bauer,
Viz Eya Mannsre Mcssrs Ge9rEe E pnws9n son
W. l.. Fawcctt; conductor, Nr. Carl Wolfsohn-
The Bach and IIandel Society held their an
nua meeting Inst Tuesday evening. The fol,
lowing officers were chosen: President, Samuel
Secretary George ". Underwood: Treasurer,
c. &. Austin: Financial Secretary, J. T. Turner;
Conductor. .f,l1s Fuchs: The Society voted to
adjourn rehcarsals until the tirst Tuesday IN
September, so ,s to allow tho members to join
the beethoven Society in singing the orutorio Of
Elijah at tho Siingcrfcst.
The Sfenslcssohn Club of Hyde Park gave its
second concert OF the scnson On Thursday last at
Floods Hall under the direction OF Nr. F. W.
Root. The nrst part OF the program Was miscel-
ySv 'hH Gssa
composed the second part. the solos by Mr5.
Vimi u. Jones, MT. Frank X. Root. and Mr: ".
under the direction OF its leAder, Mr. Schoene-
field furnishing the accompaniment
at Apollo HILL last Thursday evening occurred
another very enjoyable entertainment by the
Chicago siuslcal colie=e: The whole proTrn1m r1a
singing Of Miss Lena Weiss who hus made WON
t1crful improvement tlurin.; the past year, and
specially noticeable. The Kndersy n,phonic,'
which ended the prosEar1, was well given under
tho direction of Mr.: J. ]. IIattstaedt: and sent
took part In the entertainment we're the Misses
Lynch. EawSnn, Rctilan, lkuSseli, Carroll Dun
stan, Weiss, Walker, Lowell, Wolsott. Freeman,
Potter, TngIcdew, Swcger, Castle. lsrauns. Meyer,
Fcrre, Armstrong. Cowen, 1innlnel, Mrs. Nor
ccrcall, Messrs. Ruff, Bischou, Morton, and
Hall.
4 COOL VIEW OF TIIE. NEW iDEkk Ato1CAL
FESTIVAL
The New York Trihttne is paper tl1at rarely
slops over musiCn1ly. It Is safe authority
therefore for consultation. and those musicians
who could not attend Dr. DH1nrDSchS Musical
Festival will find in its columns cool and cart:-
fut view Of the Festival. unintlnenced BY popu-
lur enthusiasm OF furry. OF the performance
Of the :. Dettngen Tie Doum !" Of ilande! 1t snys:
.sThc performance OF the II; Deum was some
what uneven. WIS to be expected with SO large
a chorus.-l-.00 yoices.-the cunstit tucnt pArts OF
which had had but little opportunity to practice
together. Cerrnin Of tho choruse5 went with
abundant spirit. and the immense volume OF
tone was extremely impressive; but some OF
them were rough. and tho uncertnlnty which
once III while manifested itself Ia Quo
or another OF the parts came near 1n1urlng the
effect Of two or three numbers very seriously.
These defcrts, however, happily passed. as II
general thing quite uHnoticed being coycred Up
by tho orchestra and the other parts and tho ef-
feet in tho lnuiu WIS strouS and Inspiring. Those
OF the chornses which were most satisfactorily
yiye;. were those which had tho greatest breadth
AMI vilor. and the best OF them were the open
Ing chorus: We praise Thee, Lord, the
chorus. '.An the earth doth worship Thee and
the magnificent number. To Thee Cncrublin
and scraphm. Mr. Whitney ssnE s II the bass
the air, .Nouchsufc, Q Lord entirely ad-
mrabiy. but tho trio, Thou sittest ut the
nn. III and nd whitncy, wen. badly, with mosI IN
fortunate lack Of smoothncs5, hnisn. anu e1-
preston"
Of tho 'Tower Of Babel performance it says
the work Us Il whole went better.
'sThc spirited opening chorus went capitaiIy,
aud the ctoruscs OF the three tribes. which III
s:autly caught the fancy of the public. were
sung with perfect snnoottnesss aud with much
expression, 4 quality which was too often want
ing il, the chorus's work during the evening
The Bcrloiz 8 iseque'n,' which WIS the prln-
wreck, RS will be seen by the following account:
''Cot1siderng the important position which the
Requiem holds In Dr. Durnrosch's scheme. II ts
unfortunate that Its performance last: night
should not have been more satisfactory than It
sns. Remarkable 1nish, dellcacy. and precision
Of the stze OF that which Dr.. Damrosch has gath
cred together, and which Is composed of all sorts
OF materials, though the chorus ht3 ut times
given evidence Of the possession Of these quail
ties; but one surely has right to look
for q reasonable amount OF certainty.