Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-10-27
MrSICiL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.


"Fun on the Bristol" was lately done at
the London Crystal Palace
Miss Carrie f. Mason has been engaged as
prima doana o! the Rcmcnyi Concert Com
pany for the present s ason.
Mis-. Lrngry's farewell performances at
the Imperial Theatre, London, have drawn
large and fashionable audiences.
Mr.. jerome II pkins's amusing and in
stluclivc "piln1-leclure concerts" were
heard in Chicago, fer the first time, last
week.
Mr. Wynduam, the comedian, who is now
on his way from England To fill an engage
ment in New York cily,is one of the wealth.
les, actors in the world. From his appear
anccs in single phy-"Pnk Dominccs'-
he is lid to have received $500 900
Don BJucitault will sail for America Dec.
o. and his season will btgin Christmas week
at the Boston Museum. lie will also play in
New York and san Francisco before his re-
turn to England according to present under
standings.
The accordion has of late years risen in
popular appreciation and gained a number of
influential admirers not the least of whom IS
Prince Bismarck, whose musical car as he
frankly admits, prefers this comparatively
vulgar instrument to any other. The streets
at Berlin rcsound with its melodious strains,
and by right, for the Pfussan capital is the
chief place for the manufacture Of accord
ions, which, thus far. have escaped the ire
prcssble addiction of the Bcrlners to nick
Names of which latter need only be mention
ed that OF BARRIERS grand piano" for guitar
and 'sighng-bOard" or 'whining-strip" for
either. The largest Berlin accordion manu-.
factory has two steam engines of twenty
horsepower, employs 900 worEmen, and
turns out annually about 3O0,0 insru-
mcnts, which are exported to all parts of the
globe. Berlin accOidions may be heard on
the Iangtse, the Congo and the Amazon
rivers
The New York College of Music now be-
ginning its fifth year, makes some boast of
H. progress it has made to good standing as
Il practical school without the help of big
endowment. 1t was started quietly in 1873
by an association of which Algernon 5. Sulli-
van was and cmlins prcsl lent, and has been
under the direction of Louis Alexander, a
musical scholar and enthusiast. The build
ing nj 1853 East Seventeen street has been en-
larged and rcarrangcd, and contains a music
hall that will hold an audience of 800 ; last
year 500 students were received from all
parts Of America The instruction ranges
from the elemental stage TO the highest, and
the instructors Include Theodore Thomas
and the composer, George +. Bristow, fer
the voice, Rafael Josciry for piano, Edward
N,,l1 f,,r ~, Laos
mony and theory, and Il fun corps of capable
teachers
Cinciunai's scheme for dramatic festival
is to he realized next April. The Intention
ia to have several PLAYS acted with rcmarka-
bic casts, aud II fund of $50 900 has been
subscribed To cover probable financial deii-
cit Booth ami Irving will not be there, but
Barrett, Mccullough and Mary Anderson
have signed contracts, and Nine, MOdieska,
Mile. lthca and Mrs. Langtry are said to be
willing To take part. The first play produced
will br Julius Cr.ur." with Mccullough us
Brutus, Barrett rs Cassius, and Thomas
kccnc, "A Yves cru iagoilr, MS Marc Antony.
An effort will be made 10 bring Florence,
Crane, Robson and Goodwin together in "A
Midsummer Nights Dream" The effect of
the acting is likely TO be lost through the
size of the auditorium and stage, the latter
being 95 feet wide and l25 deep.
Mr., Henry Irving has publicly announced
that his American tour will begin in October,
1888, and that he will play Hamlet" "Thc
Merchant of Venice" Much Ado About
Nothing" (revivcl on Wednesday last at the
Lyceum), the Lyons Mail The Bells"
CHARLES f." The Bellies SIratcgcm, q"
"Richclieu," and Louis NJ" lie will also
add to this list some Shakespcarian play, not
yet decided upon. All these will be played
at the Lyceum prior to the American trip, in
order to get everybody perfect.
The Eichberg Quartot--Lilian Shattuck,
violin; Lettic Launder, violin: Emma
Grcbc viola; Laura Webster, 'ccllo,-havc
returned from years study at the Kong
Itch HOChschulc, Berlin, the violin school of
Joachim. The quartet were received at the
school with honors after Il severe eyamina-
ton. They will return to Berlin after Il
short season in the United States.
Mrs. Bernard Deere has taken the Globe
Theatre London, which she will open early
in November Special interest attaches O
this ludy's management, as she will produce
on the occasion n new play by the Poet Liu-
reac. Moreover, this piece is in prose, the
first play moi in bauk verse which Mr.. Ten
nyson has offered to public criticism. 1t is
three acts is idyllic in character and at the
same time has in ii certain tragic clements
which will, ii is believed, secure for 1t much
popularity. 1t contains also several songs
which are written in Mr. Tcnnyson's happi-
est fashion. There are only some half n dOz-
en- characters, some of whom speak in the
Lincolnshire dialect, which, it will be re-
mcmbered, was used by the poet in "Thc
Northern Farmer and other poems.