Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-11-17
ART, MUSIC AND DRAMA.

ART, MUSIC AND DRAMA.
The White House now contains portraits
of all the Presidents of the United States
except Mr.. Buchanan.
Ludwig Richter, the man who draws
German scenes, German peasants and pict-
ures for fairy stories as nobody else can, is
so years old.
The marble bust of Longfellow for the
Poets Corner in Westminster Abbey is in
the hands of Mr.. Brock, associate of the
Royal Academy.
If the Birmingham Post is to be be-
| lieved, Gounod is at work on another ora
torio, "Mors ct Vita" which he thinks
will surpass "The Redemption.
Ponchielli's "La Gioconda, the novelty
promised by Mr.. Abbey, will be put in
study at once at the Imperial Opera in
| Vienna. Madame Lucca is to take the
title character.
The Humane Society of London is about
| to make a new medal to be conferred on
persons who have saved human lives, tax
ing the scene of Mr.. Millais' "The Res
cue for the die.
The picture which Munkacsy has en-
deavored to make his greatest work
"Christ Before PLATE is on exhibition
at Manchester, England, and is said to be
a popular success.
Johannes Brahms, during stay in Wies-
baden recently, completed third SYM
phony which will be heard at the Philhar-
monte concerts in Berlin under the direc.
ton Of the composer.
The new Deutsche Theater Company
opened recently in Berlin, and all the per-
formers have resolved that they will not al
low any recall except on benefit nights and
in the production of new plays.
The monument to the benevolent New
York merchant, Captain Randall, who
founded the Sailors Snug Harbor at New
Brighton, Staten Island, is to be unveiled
the present month. 1t ia by Augustus Saint
| Gaudens.
A monument to Garibaldi at Palermo is to
be bronze, equestrian, twice the size of life
and representing him as during some crisis
of his career. The statue and pedestal
will cost $50, 900 liras. Designs in compe-
tition from Italian artists are to be sent in
before May 10, 1884.
Hofcapellmeister Helmesberger, in Va.
emma, recently gave performance to a
hitherto unknown mass of Mozart's in G
minor. The work was written in 1871,
when Mozart was Is years old, and is de-
scribed as containing interesting features /;
among others the use of four trumpets and
three trombones.
The 100 paintings by great modern MAG.
tiers lately shown at Paris are to be repro
duced in engravings, which will appear in
twelve parts. Corot and Millet fill the
first two parts, Jules Dupre, Rousseau,
Delacroix, Meissonier, and others follow.
a parchment edition at 5000 will be pub
lished to subscribers.
Wagner's Christian und Isolde was per.
formed for the first time in Vienna re-
Gently. Herr Winkelmann and Frau
Materna filled the title roles, and Hams
Richter was the conductor. The fact that
the opera was shortened by several bold
missions caused loud complaints from the
devotees of the dead composer.
A work containing Petrarch's songs,
printed in Venice about the end of the fiji.
tenth century, and of which a single copy
does not exist in this country, was sold in
London not long ago for not less than
SO. $50, the highest price paid for single
volume within the last decade. OF course,
it was the scarcity of the book and not its
intrinsic merit which gave it it's value.
The Hollanders have been very appreci.
alive of French art, for the exhibition at
Amsterdam awarded to French exhibitors
no less than l59 diplomas OF honor and 1876
honorable mentions, together with gold
medals to the number of $50; silver medals,
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gold, 70 silver and 81 bronze medals, 10
diplomas of honor and % honorable men,
| tions.
The Handel and Haydn Society in Bos.
ton opened it's season this year with a
Luther memorial concert on November
18th, at which Bach's cantata, A Strong
hold Sure, and Mendelssohn's ." Hymn of
Praise" were sung. On Christmas Day
the Society will perform 1.-The Messiah,
on Good Friday Bach's est. Matthew
Passion Music, and on Easter Sunday
Mendelssohn's "St. Paul"
DR.. Hanslick's famous little book on
musical esthetics, "Vom Musikalisch.
Schonen," which, for some inexplicable
reason, is, we believe, still awaiting q
translation into English, has been issued in
|
of Bologna, is the translator, and the title
of the book is " Del Bello nella Musica. Z"
The German original has run through six
editions, and has been rendered into
French, Spanish, Dutch and Italian.
A professional alliance has been formed
between Miss Rose Eytinge and Miss Lii.
Ian Cleves, who will make tour of the
United States, acting in The Princess Of
Paris" Miss Eytinge and Miss Cleves,
says the New York Tribune, are handsome
women and well matched in many ways.
The company comprises A. Fl. Hastings,
Frank Budworth, A. II. Simpson, John
Marshall, H. E. johnson, H. Kingsley,
Miss Alice Newton and La Petite Newton.
The managers of this troupe are Cyril
Searle and Clark S. Ssmmis. The roper.
tory comprises "a Winters Tale, Z" Rose
Michel" "a Woman Of the People," and
"OIiyer Twist,