New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-14
MUSICAL NOTES.

Miss Blanche Roosevelt will appear in concert at
ChickeTing Hall on March IL.
nv. John Layine's annual concert will take place
at Stelnway Hall on the 2Sth inst.
The Strakosch-Hess English Opera Company will
begin season of English Opera at the Fifth Avenue
Theatre on the ZStn inst.
The Mapleson Italian Opera Company will begin
its spr1ng season in this city the evening OF March
z. Martha will be the first opera performed.
Mr. George Werrenrsth, tho Swedish tenor. will
give three song rectals at the hall of the Long
Island Historical Society," at Clinton aud Pierre
nont-sts.. on the afternoons of February ~ and "a
and March g. HIS fist programme VIII Include
songs by Schubert. Gounod, Liszt, Wagner ana hu-
bnsten and he Will have the assistance Oh Messrs.
s. Lebling and Robert Thallon. il.
The third of Mr. Carl Feningers Chamber Music
Concerts will take place at Steinway Hall on We'd
nesday evening. The selections are the Beethoven
Quartet, op 10, No. 8; Quintet by. Raft, op.
lO7. for pianOf0rte and strings; Romance Ele'
gIaque Of Mr.. Feinlngers, which that gentIe
will himself play two pian0forte numbers piayed
by Miss Florence COplestOn and three songs Tor MI
Henschel.
The Oratorio Society will perform HandePs
"IAlIegro, II Pensieroso ell II Moderate" at it,
next public rehearsal at Steinway Hall on the after
noon of February % and the evening Of February
20. The solo parts will be taken by Mrs. julie
Rosewald, Miss Abbie Whlnnery. Miss Emily
Henschel. The orchestra will be that Of the Sym
phony Society, and DR.. Damrosch will conduct.
The second of Mr.. Joseffy's pianoforte recltais,
which will be for tho benefit ofthe German Hospital
and DspensaTy, one OF the most deserving OF our
charities, will be gwen at Stenway Hail tomorrow
evening The programme will include Variations
by Handel and Haydn: Mendelssobns " Variations
Serieuses :" the Sonata op. 53 OF Beethoven; hall
dozen pieces by Chopin concert stndy Oh the
pianists own the Chopin g tiat major study;
the Strauss rausg ase Caprice, No. 2; and par,
aphrase on Mr.. Giimore'S remarkable National
hymn Columbia"
Mr. Franz Rummel announces a series of four
panoforte recitas to take place the afternoons OF
February II and "a and March and TO- which
will he among the most interesting recitas OF the
season. The programmes are interesting and varied
and contain q great number of important works,
which cover nearly the whole field Of pianoforte
music The programme for the first recital, which is
fairly representative of the character of the whole
series is as follows: Prelude and Fugue. major.
Bach-LiSzt; Fantasia and Sonata, minor, Mozart.
Sonata. Op. 20. Beethoven; Faschngschwank,
Schumann; lmpromptu, op. ~, Nocturne OPP 10.
No. y Fantaise lmpromptu, Z sharp minor, Choplnj
Fantasi6Stucg Florsh I'M; Gond0hera, Weneziae
NapulD. Waldesrauschen: and Rakoczy March,
Ll>zr. Later IN the season, during April, Mr.. Rum
mel will give second series of recltals, jhrce IN
number He is one of the very best Of our planists
who has been heard all too rarely this season, ana
his appearance IN tueso recilaiS VIII oo warmly Wa
coined.
The twenty-second festival of the North American
Saengerbund which will take place in Chicago
during June next, promises to be affair OF great
interest There will be q male chorus of 1,20O
voices aud mixed chorus of 1000 conducted by
| Mr.. Hans Balatka. Societies from st. Louis, Gin
cinnati, Philadelphia, Cleveland Buffalo, Columbus
Louisville and Milwaukee will take part In the fes
tiva as we'll as the home societies. The choruses for
male voices to be given are Abts Magic Foun.
tain" Tits "Solomon's Dedication of the Temple
Max Bruchs "Salamis" Moehrine's Prayer BE-
fore Battle Braun's Mutterseelen Allen" and
Drusus' DEATH" by A. Reissmann. Inc WORKS
tbe Rrst net of " Lolengrin.' and the last move
Of the Choral Symphony % q Bss' csndi
| d". me tcnor and Mr. Franz Remmertz. and per-
| haps Nine. Gerster and Miss Cary. with whom heg0-
1 tlatiOns are in progress.