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to Mr.. Smart.
Within week or two advertisements of
the approaching concert to which Mr.
Smart had alluded were appearing in
newspapers and on bOardings. and excited
no little interest in fashionable and must
cal circles Ii was 10 be conducted by Sir
BOyler Potts, who had the general super
intendenCe Of all the arrangements, and
who, besides being musician of some tai
ent, had made more money by his operas
and OratOries than all the great masters
put together. The Lady Anne Dante was
TO sing one Of her own songs, and two
prilna dOnnas of worldwide reputation
were also announced, though in much
smaller type than Lady Anne, who
had line to herself Lastly came
the announcement of the trombone
solo by II. X. II. Prince. Albert of Gotten
Fenschen, and the new and original
symphony by the same gifted parsonage.
The prince Of Gotten Penschen's devotion
TO art dated from the days when, as an in
FAINT, he had first delighted the hOuely
German court in which he was born by
his astonishing rendering of nursery songs
upon mnuth-organ- He was distantly
connected by birth with the English royal
family, and had greatly improved the con
nection by arriage-which last fact,
coupled with his musical talents, had at
once demonstrated his fitness for an i'm
portant command in the British navy.
This post II. X. II. the had been elevated
to a rank of a royal highness by royal
warrant had now held for some years
and during that time had shown zeal in
bringing the refining influence of music TO
bear on the British sailor, which had
greatly raised him in the public estima-
ton. With such an artistic feast the
prog. anime promised, it is not surprising
that the tickets went O.t most satisfactOr-
lily. The prevailing curiosity about the
princes symphony was artfuly stimulated
by occasional paragraphs in the columns
of the papers which supplied fashionable
intelligence. Many of these were written
by Mr.. SOapley Smart, who did a good
deal of light literary work, and was, more
over, the musical critic of that highly
fashionable journal, The St. James Ad-
yertiser. By this means an impression
WAS widely diffused that H. X. H. the
prince of Gotten Penschen had produced
work which would at once elevate him to
a position beside the great classical com
pOSers OF MS latnerldnu.
The night of the concert duly arrived
The hall was densely packed with an audi
ence representing the elite of London so
ciety, as well as of the world of art and
letters. The entertainment fully iustifieS
all the expectations which nau UeCE IuTIucQ
concerning it, and provoked the greatest
enthusiasm. The prince of GOtten-Pen-
schen was reserved for the second part; and
when his royal highness appeared after
the interval with his trombone, he was re
celved with perfect ovation. Sir Boyler
Potts had composed tasteful little NOR
ceau for the occasion. and the prince,
though a little nervous, got through it
very creditably, with the exception of a
triting hitch when the august performer
had 10 stop and perform an operation
sometimes necessary with the instrument
in question. The symphony came almost
Immediately afterward The opening
movement (allegrOj was listened to with
rapt attention and followed by volley of
applause. The next movement tandante
con mOtO) and the third (scherIO) created
a still more favorable impression. But
the climax was reached with the fourth
which, opening with a quaint
moderate in a minor key, wound up with
a rattling presto, which completely brought
down the house, and reused the more
portion of the audience to
the utmost pitch of enthusiasm. Amid
deafening applause the royal composer
came forward and bowed right and left,
with a mOdesty which, under the circum-
did him great credit, and the APP
plause continued until Sir Bowler Potts
took up his baton and gave the last move
ment over again.
Early the following morning Mr..
who mad resisted all the en-
treaties of his daughter and Mr. Smart to
be present at the concert, sat in his arm
chair while Maggie read TO him an elo-
luent critique of the previous nights
performance from The st. James Adver-
User. There was grim smile on the old