New-York tribune., 1885-03-23
MUSICAL NOTES.

| At the fifth concert of the Standard Quartette
| Club steck Hall tomorrow evening the following
| pieces OF chamber music will be played: saintsagnss
quartet in B-hat major (Op. ~, Constantn Sernbergs
three dances Ia composition the dances being
gayote, minuet and gque) and Beethoveus quartet in
minor Op 80, No 2 Mr. sternberg will play his own
composition.
Miss Laura B. Phelps will make her public entr
| the concert at the Brooklyn Academy OF Music
Thursday evening. Miss Phelps is the
yearod daughter Of T. C. Phelps OF Brooklyn OF whose
skill as composer the public will have opportunity
to judge at the last of Mr.. Van der suckens Novelty
Concerts In Stenway Hail. She has studied the vlonn
since childhood for time pupil at the Paris Con-
seryatoe and atterly has taken instructions from NJ
Oyde Musin.
The choir arrangements in Plymouth Church. Brook
yn for the year beginning May have been completed
Instead OF the present volunteer chorus paid quartet
will sing 1t will consist OF Miss Hattie c. Calton
prano, Miss Kate Cavanah. contrato, James L. Dicker
son, tenor. and Ivan Moraws, bass The organst will
Harry Rowe Shelley, who is In charge Of the
gau in DR. Storrs's Church OF the Pilgrims.
where he will be succeeded by Frederic Archer.
Among the other changes in Brooklyn church music
this spring will be the substitution ota quartet for
which DIR. A. J. f. Behrends is pastor 1t will consist
Of Mrs Charles II. Clark. soprano; Miss Alice
Haven. bass. The organst VIII be Lewis II. Moore.
In Dr. storrss Church. Miss Monteh and Mr.. Ingraham
will continue to sing. but two new members OF the
quartet have been engaged for next year. Mrs spooner
TO Ernest Distehorst
At the concert OF Mr. Thomas given under the auspices
OF the Peoples Concert Society at steinway Hail. yes
tcrday, Nine Dessert sang again the italian air which
had given the day before and is discussed elsewhere
In this column She also sang the popular from
Der FreschHtz." The Beethoven variations and Le
Bal" from Beroz's fantastic symphony, we're likewise
repeated Sy s me the
to Tannhauser" and Beriozs transcription OF
the Rakoczy !" March.
Mr. Arthur Claassen has projected concert at which
In of
character of composer well director. The con-
cert Is announced TO take place ut Steinway Hall on
March 27 and among the cooperating factors will be
orchestra OF fifty musicians and male chorus of 200
voices Mr. Claassen will bring forward two original
works-a festival hymn for solo voices, chorus aud
chestra, and symphonic poem entitled "Hohenfred
burg"
William f, Ashmall, organst and musical director of
the Church OF Our Saviour will transfer his
vices to Baptist Church of the Epiphany, at Sixty
fourth-st. and Madison-av@
Mr. Rudolph Aronson has received from Herr Richard
Genee the music of march and duet to be introduced
in the third act OF English version of Hanon" to DO
produced ut the Casino
In All announcement of concert by the Conservatory
OF Music City of NcwYork to be given at Chckerins
Hall on Wednesday evening Of this week. Herr Wilhelm
Juuck who has sung at the Thaia Theatre sdescroea
n, Solo yiolinst the Emperor OF Germany and First
Tenor of the Imperial Opera" f. w. Riesberg capa-
BILE pianist recently returned from Germany and Homer
nv at tSe concert Miss Charlotte Napier viii read and
Mrs Gertrude uther will sing.
Nine. Nilsson is or was recently at Cannes. she
will visit Spain and sing charity concert In Paris on
May 10.
The Heckmann Quartet party Of Cologne. which mas
taken the leading position in German once hold by Jean
Beckers organization been giving some highly suo
cessful concerts In London.
There ia to be an International Musical Congress ~
Antwerp In August next Papers on musical educa'oA
and teaching will be read and discussions On the sn~
eots connected with tho advance Of musical knowledge
will be held The names Of several influential ana repso
sentative musicians both English and foreign nave W.
enrolled on the iise adhesion. similar meeting
cep that scope will be national and not
viii be hold In this city on the nrst three days