The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-03-21
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N UsKC AND DRAMA.
THE srocRBR1peE COURSE.

Carl Peirce, the boy yiolnist, only nine wears
of age, whose remarkable abilities are highly
spoken of. Warren Richards, the humor-
ist and character impersonator, the Temple
Qaartette, who are such favorites in Portland,
aud the Boston Banjo and Guitar Qnartette,
whose music is said to be- delightful. The
tickets are now sale at Stockbridges
There will be an evening performance also, by
the above named artists. commencing at
O'Clock.
HAvERLY's MINsTRELs.
Saturday night Haverly's Mnstrels will ap-
pear at Portland Theatre. The imposition of
the troupe is of the best elements known to
minstrelsy, and it is claimed that the artists
have been carefully culled from the best in the
county. The first part is reported full of novel
jokes and fresh songs, the olio is capital, and
the quartette is said to be immense. But one
performance will be given, Tickets ara ready
at the box office.
THE HANLoNs.
Everybody was delighted with the wonder
full Hanlons last season in their Voyage en-
Suisse" They will appear at Portland Thea
tire next Monday, and the tickets will be ready
today. Probably no more amusing or artistic
company travels than the Hanlons.
NOTES.
The entertainment of Pine Tree Lodge, K.
of P, will take place at Pythian Hall tis
evening Supper will be served at 9. IL O'Clock.
The first Saturday matinee will come off at
the Lyceum tomorrow. Be sure and 90 and
see good performance.
Speaking of Miss O'Brion's playing in trio
of Brahms, in B major, opus s, at Chickering
Hall, Boston, the Transcript of that city says;
'Mss OBrion acquitted herself of her &C.
we're task (the difficulties in the work are inn
mense,) III way that calls for very high praise
II was good, sound, straghI forward playing,
full of life and vigor, aud absolutely free from
tricks. Miss 0'Brion's absolute security of
rhythm, even in the midst of the most per
picking complications, showed itself in an ad-
mlrable light, especially as Mr.. Muller often
evinced tendency to play very upclearly in
"a time II. e. with an over long third beat) SO
that many more experienced head than Mss
O'Bron's might easily enough have been be-
wldered. Saving this one failing of Mr. Mul.
ler's (which is besetting fault of more than
few tne players,) both he and Mr.. Loeff1er
played extremely we'll"
Mr.. Henry e. Abbey has been rendered the
use of the Metrop Titan Opera House in New
York, on April 81, for benefit performance
for himself.
DIR. Leopold Damrosch spoke about Emusic
in America" before the Nineteenth Century
Club in New York, Tuesday evening, and said
that Peter Stuyvesant, when he distributed
iddles among the Indians, constituted himself
the father of American music Thus far we
have imported our music. National music ia
not created in that way. We must have
schools in which every one cas- be taught,
Every one should learn to slug. "The nation
al character" DR., Damrosch said, "would be-
more improved BY music than by religion, for
the latter is divided into so many secIs THAI it
has become dissected."
The death of Madame Anna Bishop was very
sudden. On Sunday last, in company with her
husband, she attended church near her house
AS she was returning she met an English lady
friend, whom she had not seen for many years.
She was overjoyed, and insisted upon her
friends coming to her house. Both sat down
upon sofa, and for five minutes talked over
their friendship of years past Suddenly Nine,
Bishop was seized with violent in in the
head. She lifted her hands and fell back un-
conscious, in which state she remained till she
died.