New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-10
VUSICAL AND DRAMA TIC NOTES.

The manager of the light opera at the Ger
mania Theatre mas decided to keep Strauss Merry
War" on the stage unul OctOOer'
The manager of the Metropolitan Alcazar Is
saioeny welt satisfied with the reception gwen 10 Ills
nrorramme OF last week TO connueit Eiehberss pretty
operetta THE Decor Of AlcentaIa ana Oeiioes pi
lei sylvia" are chief features
Miss Marion EmOre will open the regular
.eason at the Fourteenth Street Theatre with new
,ov called Cnispa" the product Of the authors OF
rsyyarps aud Fla.s." "Mhss and several Oiher I'LL
tanned western pays
romance In B fiat for piano solo, by Otto
yloershem of this city, has boon praised by Ordinarily
malicious critics i'll language bordering on extravaganza
II is unouestionablya composition OF real and hlsh
merit.
Sicnor Rossi has been experimenting with
hi, poyrlot Lear" upon the people OF London. II
was At first viewed with curiosity but the defects
in Kossi's inpersOnauon e. compared with the Lev"
of Mr. Edwin Booth, II is anyt hing but rehhed OF III
teectual study, said The std"d0TdJ, anu very pun
English speaking COMPANY Drought uisas'ei'
After two-weeks series of concerts in
Milwaukee, Theodo { Thomas began ahve-weeks series
in Chicago Monday The concerts are given III the
Exposition building winch has seats for 5000 people
TIE plan plates programmes OF popular pieces Oh
the afternoons and evenings OF Mondays Wednesdays
and Saturdays, Beethoven symphony every inli Su.!
evening aud request programmes Oh FRIDAY evenings
Tuesday evening OF eacu week VII DC devoted W IN
works Of q single composer.
Franz Rummel formerly of this city, gave
concert IN ST. Janess Hail. London, recently at when
he played long programme pieces various sty les
from memory. The London Times iu it's review oil the
oonoeI. says Of Mr. KuInel that lie is Argentine artist,
and whatever uDder axes he performs Win care anu
oonscentiOusness, always entering into the composer
intentions surely avoiding mere eno" anu inul,
yiduai display" Nevertheless inc cruz wo
the per OIInauce that Apart irOnl bcethO'eh' VIM
must appeal 10 al musicians IL al moods, the CON-
hail. Herr Is
mann
Beriozs " Symphonic funebre ct triOlnphale
was performed first time in England at concert
IN the Cry stall Palace June 3. The Times was dsdl
pointed III the work Works OF this kind said the ex
eeent critic, the tribute which genus pays " lis
earthly surroundings Had the Battle OF Victoria OF
the present symphony been by an artistic nonentity,
they would have been assigned to oblivion after having
the purpose which they were composed lac
former enlug by Beethoven ana the latter by
Beroz tnry intervals dragged INTO Inc hsnt oil
day, that great men must Ial "nen they
wrte " oider and without genuine Inspiration
The sixth annual meeting OF the Music
Teachers National Association was held on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday of last week IN Chicago The
programme embraced great deal Of music good bad
and Indifferent and long list ot essays which, 10 judge
BY their authors subjects must also have been diver
sfed in merit Among the good features OF thy
scheme were concerts Ny george echneldeI oil cincinnati
and W. H. sherwood, vi Boston pianlsts, ana George
l..
ChIcsgo crganiss; and essays by W ). b. Matthews,
George T. ptOn and l.. ID. Bowman.
Three weeks ago there was q French Musical
Festival in the Royal Albert Hall, London Nearly
1000 singers participated, there being
cees varying in from sixteen seventy voices,
and large number Of delegates from other societies
There Was competitive singing between the societies.
and grand concert given by all united and sup
ported by the principal singers from the Grand Opera
end the ConserVaIolIe de PARIS Among the jurors
decided the merits OF the societies competed Tor
prizes were Sir julius Benedict Sir Herbert Oakeey sir
frederoK Ouseey sir Robert Stewart, T. Ill. COweD W.
kube, IL. Leslie and Brnley Richards.
The effort of playwrights to exhibit startling
mechanical contriyances the stage received its cap
sbeaf in Paris month ago. Denis Papin Or the
Invention Of Steam" produced at the Gaie. The
play the creation of Louis Fguie VINO has conceived
the idea Of bringing scientific truth within the reach OF
Vie multitude by basing plays upon the episodes
history Of science. Tie experiment lamentable
failure through weak dialogue and poor mechanical
erects The story OF the Invention is told
light tableaux. PaDRs is directed TO steam
Is amOor by boiling pot OF soup he builds a cylinder
and by introdu ing steam in 1t lifts "a heavy weight
Then he constructs steamboat the Weser and the
bostmen destroy It, believing 1t TO be Of evil Forced
70 Zee from their wrath, he goes 10 England, finds
ms son 10 whom he is unknown, pursuing
similar line Of invention and engaged IN constructing
huge steam pump the Lord Mayor Of London With
oct discovering his relationship To his son he aids him To
build the machine which u.s. OF course, exhibited on the
s'ase IL Is al work pumping up Thames water III the
presence OF the Lord Mayor and his soldry 10 the tune
VI God save The King" when the Weser DoatInen
nnO, Led by Bdrbdra yirag0 Of an iDnkeeper repre-
sh1 ne eyl principle OF the dranal appear unacconnt
Sol OIL the scene and cut connecting rope There 10
anger that the boiler viii burst Quick, Pam, 10 the
lle Inventor breaks open the safely valve, Dut
e p0son comes nevertheless there must lie place
r req hre aud gunpOwder nanes and PGn dies OF IN
received, after disclosing his identity " LIS son.