, 1881-08-07
LOCAL MISCELLANY

Alfred Wilkie, formerly well known hert
us 4 tenor, has joined the Hess opera com
| pany.-
The Germania MInnerchoris is making great
preparation for an excursion to Geneva Lake.
l J. \. Hands fill South Park military band
will accompany them.
Ditson & Co., of Boston, will shortly issue
two piano compositions of Mr.. S. e. Pratt
! Il Meditation Religieuse" aud an easy bar
carole, entitled 'In Venice"
| Mr.. II. Clarence Eddy leaves this week for
a trip to New York and Boston. lie will
spend a few days with his parents at Green
ti.ld Mass, his native place.
Mrs. Grace iIi!tz-G Gleason, the accomplished
! soprano. is engaged to sing Ut the Worcester
| Music Festival [tle latter part Of September; !;
| also at a concert i'll Detroit early in Septem-
| Der.
| Mr.. Thomas is devoting himself to the
home composers. Last evening tie played
tas." Tomorrow evening he will play Mr:
Pratt's Antique Mlnucl and Pastoralc,"
and on Wednesday evening the Vorspie1 to
Mr.. Gleason's ''Otho Visconti.'
4 Festival Hymn, intended to be sung at
acclcbration OF the final recovery of Prnsi-
dent Garfield. written in German BY Emil
Dentzsch, and i'll English by Otto Pellzer,
music by Oscar Schmull, will shortly be
given on the North Side, under the direction
OF Joseph Silyers, teacher of vocal music at
the Chicago \ tllennu1n. 1t is arranged for a
tenor and barit one solo and male chorus.
The Boston Herald says: 'The fact that,
all other amusement places being closed, the
Chicago public flock to the Exposition Build
ing tu hear Theodore Thomas orchestra, is
being taken ty the enthusiasts of that city as
evidence that series ot symphony concerts
- With the ayaarto0 th1t MI
other amusement places are open here, the
Herald IS correct.
The Secretary Of the Bach and Handel So
ciety writes us that the Society gave IL very
pleasant moonlight excursion on the lake
Thursday evening. There were about $50
peuplc on board. consisting OF members anu
their friends. Selections from MendelssoI,n
and other composers were very credi1abIy
rendered by the Society. Tie only Incident
that married the pleasure of the evening was
the conduct Of The Captain, who persisted III
allowing liquors Oh board III violation ut al
express provision tt the contrary in the coli
tract chartcring the boat.
The "Orplleon Association of Chicago
has completed its organization. Its pros
pecttS Is is follows:
stituto ourselves into IN association. to be
called the Orpheon Association Of Chicago,
FIR the purpose ot holding yearly public expost~
tons OF new musical WORKS. and do herewith
promise to lend our aid and influence in fuvor
Of 1,akine the said cxpositons credit to local
musicians aud an honor to our city.
The Directors for the first year are George
l.. Dunlap. james L. Kelly, $. II. Dyer, G. |
y. Fay, w. j.. Frmal1. G. &. Lawrence, j. !
Van Inwagen, G. y. Felton, &. Is. Arm- |
sIrons, George W. Lyon, James S. Hamilton, |
llans Baatka, d. Il Truax, F. w. Rout, W.
{. E. Seebach, William Lewis, II. Clarence |
Eddy, I. Grant Gleason. j. y. Hills, Jerome |
Hopkins (conductor', and t. Kenyon Jones
fSecretary). Further information will be
given by the Secretary ut I55 State street, |
anu the first concerts Of the Association will |
probably be III about three or four nDuths |
from now, at which the authors Of the yarl-
ous compositions to be performed by choirs |
and other small c!lorl.ses will be expected to
conduct their own works. Mr.. jerome Hop
klIlS, who has furnished the above inforul:l-
ton, IS tile parent OF this undertaking.
MISS GARY AND TIE COMING SEA-
son.
The Boston advertiser says: Miss Annie
Louise Cary received a letter from Mr. j. ".
Naples0n, manager Of her Maicstys opera
Oil Saturday last, urging her to re-
consider her determination not TO sing in the
opera. lie claims she Is HOW in her prime, |
ainl that it will be time enough to think
about retiring Wlten anybody appears capa-
pie of Occupying any portion OF her shoes.
lie urges her 10 sing in his company the !
coming season, and shall want her to sing in
London the next season, and says II she iias |
made CONCERT arrangements they can easily |
be dovctailetl III with the opcratic perform
anccs. For all Mr.. Mapleson's kinttuc3s.'
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