The Portland daily press., 1890-01-18
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
LoNGFELLow's DREAM.


Next Monday and Tuesday evenings the
new costumes and accessories made for
"Longfellow's Dream" will be produced in
the presentation Of the pageant at City Hall.
Although the tableaux viyant form but mi
nor part OF the Dream, they appear to yield
the same aesthetic pleasure as those at Ooer-
Amergau, without exciting the religious
scruples so many American and English
tourists experience while viewing the decen-
nial performances In the Bavarian Alps.
They a.e grouped from original designs. the
laws of composition observed as il ON can
vas, Delsarte theory Of facial expression en-
ployed. The most powerful of the As scenes
is that entitled "The Mothers Ghost" This
dramatic poem Is based upon legend relat-
ed to Longfellow by Ole Bull, one of those
weird narratives of his mother. What effect
must it have had upon the childish imagina-
tion Of the future musician, so vivid that
when roaming the meadows Of his Norwe-
gian home he could hear the chime Of the
bluebells, falling like drippings Of fountains
In summer moonlit gardens, upon the accom-
paninlonts Of the singing grass.
A noble Danish lady dying, bequeaths to
the tenderest care of her husband, .Svend
Dyrng, their six lovely children. He mar
ries heartless girl, who denies the inno-
cents proper food and ralment, making them
to go to bed in the dark;
In the evening late they cried with cold;
The mother heard IL under the mould.
She obtained permission to visit the earth.
with the injunction to return before the cock
ol.a a, . nil tta
watch-dogs howl piteously
When she came at the chamber door,
there stood the cnildreu weeping sore.
Que she braided, another she bi ushed,
The third she lifted, he fourth ste hushed,
The fifth she took on her lap and pressed
TendeIly unto her breast.
Syend Dyring is called;
Into the chamber where he anne
She spake TO him in anger anu shame.
Il left behind me butn meat anu bread;
My children hunger and are not fed
Il left behind me quilts Of blue;
My children lie on the straw ye strew."
Il left behind me the great wax light;
My children lie In the dark at night,"
III come again un % your hail,
As cruel a fate shall yHu befsli :"
The last rehearsal for all adults In Long
fellows Dream will take place at City Hail
this evening. at Z 80 o'clock. 1t will not be
will take place at the above place this after
noon at O'clock.
THE HAND BELL RINGERS.
The next entertainment in the Stoekbridge
course. by the English Hand Bell Ringers,
will take place next Wednesday evening.
The Manchester Eng Guardian says;
The appearance in this city of the greatest
CampanOlOglsts Of tile day was hailed with
general satisfaction. Seldom have we had
the opportunity Of witnessing such an admi-
rable entertainment. The selections On Sat
urday showed that the most difficult classi-
cal works are tn be performed upon bells,
and performed with accuracy and DE- llcaey
airs Of opera bDuffe. The vocal part of the
entertainment lends an agreeable variety, III
such could be considered Necessary, and, ac-
companled by the happy and humorous re-
marks Of the conductor, the performance
leaves nothing to be desired.
HANDs ACROSS THE SEA.
The New York Journal says: Last night,
at the Grand Opera House, Jefferson X Fay
lor presented Henry Pettit's picturesque
melo-drama, Hands Across the Sea-" Al
though the story has not been materially
changed, the sceneS and situations have
been strengthened anu improved. There
was large audience that became wildly en-
thusiastic over the stirring incidents OF the
play.
Next Thursday, Friday aud Saturday the
play will be produced at Portland Theatre.
ADELE AUS DER oHE.
1t is evident there will be large and bril-
liant musical audience at the First Parish
church, on the 2Sth inst, when Adele Aus
Der Ohe, the great pianist, appears.