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given, which includes d vocal duet by Mr.
Grciner And Mrs. Dony, and an Instrumental
duet by Me3srs. Oesterle and Miller.
MUSICAL NOTES

MUSICAL NOTES.
| The Alice Oates Company are giving 18th
Ma=cotte " in Sau Francisco. J..
. The Melville Comic Opera Company average,
! $1,000 night during its stay In Boston.
| Mr. Hlpkins has decided that the Itnlial
| Cristofori WAS the inventor Of the piano.
| Miss Emma Nevada, An American girl. ha
! been singing with great success in "Sonnam
bula" at Milan.
Rose Hersec took the part OF Ur1'dno In 18th.
HuEucnots" at the Lyceum, London, and hat
! Sig. FrapoIi for her Rau,u.
Roito's "Mefistofele" will be given early mex
year for tho first time ut Vienna. Mme. Lucc&
! will tuke the role or 4ua'yara.
"All in the Downs is tho title Of n nautica
opern founded on ''nlack-Ered Susan,*: and re-
Gently produced at the Gayety Theatre. London
The Holman Opera Company is rehcarstng
Milard's musical setting OF "uncIe T0ln's
Cahu for early production. Miss Bessie King
is to be tho Eliza Harris.
1.-The Bakeress Who Has Money" is the title
Of Il new comic opera announced for production
at tho Winter Garden in San Francisco OH the
2lst for tho first time in English.
It IS stated TINT in all probability Mrs. Zelda
Seentn aud Miss Marie Jansen will form part Of
tho Bijou Theatre IN. " opera company next
season in addition to Lillian Russell
Miss Ober, manager OF the Boston ideals and
company to travel with Varney's ..Musketeers
Of the Convent" J. 6. Bartlett, Edith Abel.
Gertrude F'rauklin, and Matilda Phillips Con-
stttutc to the combination.
'What do you call this thing3" asked the old
lady ut the opera, to which she had zone with
her daughter und the husband Of tho same
= Paticnce:' replied the dutifnl on-n- law,
''Patience! Well, declare, they do net sick!''
s,lid tho old lady, putting i look Of commiser-
ation.-Lolceu Citizen.
Miss Jennie Sargent, Of Boston, made her first
appearance ut the ROYAL Opera House. Malta,
Nov-3, singing -1mlHd In " La SonnambulA.'
are cordial III her praise, and predict for her tho
cureer Of Patti and Albaui. She was recalled
many times. and was obliged to repeat both her
arias.
moro recently Of Chicago, where she was Il
pupil Of Alr. Mark Kaiser, on tho viotn, has
been received into tho Paris Conservatory of
Of whom % pssed 't The S examination, ' % Mr. KaiseP
Justly feels very proud Of bis young pupil, who
IS just Ii.
Il is good TO be a choir singer in St. Louis. a
skilled tenor commands nearly $1,000 q year In
paid about $8O, aud soprnnos from $500 to
Sl,Oo0 Even ut these prices there is dearth
Of superior singers, because the Chicago
churches bid somewhat higher prices, and are
glad to get tho best tulent awuy from St. Louis.
-New York Eueni,u Post-
The biennial musical festival of the Cleveland
Vocnl Society, with its chorus augmented to 400,
Will occur the second week OF next May in
Cleveland, 0. They have engaged Miss Cary,
Mr: Whitney, anu are negotiating with other
artists, and wi! include III the works they per.
form - St. Paul." Parker's Redemption Hymn"
Mozarts ''Litany III u t1at." scenes from Ber
ltoz'5 Faust selections FROM = The Tower Of
Babel The Messiuh," etc.
Little Corinne, who will be remembered for
her performance of Cinderella at the Grant
Operu- House IN this city, was taken In charge
BY tho Society for the Prevention of Cruelty In
New York, and her performances interrupted
The requiring her to commit SO many pieces to
memory is regarded as in1urtng her physically.
When tho examination was concluded tho chtld
Wa5 taken to q room to dress, and while thore
was spirited away and has not boen found.
OF Wugner's new opera Of Parsffat" IN En-
gish critic snys: Il The grandest effect Of this
new masterpiece Of Waguer-for suchit Is pro-
1ouuced to be by the very few musicians who
really know it-cOnsists In Its simplicity. But
these simple musical effects are Ernfted On
decorative inventions which so imaginative Il
fancy as r. Wagncra could with more ease
hrow On the paper than they were executed
which has to spring up from the floor, and In Il
Few moments to fade, to shriyel, to die, and to
cave nothing but sand"
The Boston Handel and Haydn announce
ncnts for the season begin with 1.-The Messiah
Which will be given Sunday, Dec. ~, with Mrs
15good, Miss Cary, William Courtney, aud John
:. Winch as Eoioists. Sunday, Feb j, Will be
produced 1.-THE Death OF Jesus" by Graun (new
n Boston) and Meudelssohn's. -"Hy1nn of
T. Winch. and George Henschel. Good Friday
april . will be celebrated by the performance
# Bach's Matthew Passion" entire occupying
Lfternoon- and evening, with solos by Mrs.