New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-22
NO FLOWER CORSO.
But AN INTERESTING EXHIBITION or
MUSIC AND TIE DRAMA.


Never durinv all my residence in this beautiful
capital have | known it's ordinarily merry.
pleasurelovinp and .ood -naturcd inhabitants to be
so thoroughly discontinued and out OF temper as
now. The popular dissatisfaction Is attrloutaoie
to o variety of causes In the first place, we arc
in the thrces of cal strike, which is subjecthg
us all to the NEST inconccvable inconvenience tie
Viennese being dependent upon caos lor
locomotion than the population OF any othcr
great city. Secondly, the authorities have Tor
some reason Of their own, beyond our compreheh-
SION issued at the very last moment decree
prohibiting the great flower corso In the fra'er' OH
which we had all set our hearts. IL was TO nave
leen a splendid fete The principal avenue OF the
Prater was to be illuminated by 1900 electric
lamps and nnumeroblc Chinese lanterns
large captive balloon was shed electric rays over
the entire park Each carriage was TO be decorated
with flowers intermnglc with electric lamps, and
as these things are done in Vienna with great
taste and regardless Of expense. the effect IN
case of fine weather would certainly have been
beautiful. The promoters belonged to the lea ing
families Of the aristocracy, and for fortnight or
three weeks past orders for the decoration OF
no less than 500 carriages have been received by
the Corso Committee. 1t confidently antici-
pated that over $500, 900 would pass between the
wealthy classes and the tradespeoplc. But fate
and the Project of Police wlled it otherwise. The
latter has prohibited the fete on the ground of
what he calls public considerations" He finds
that there is not sufficient guarantee, for the
maintenance of public order and personal security.
although the committee has provided 200 special
stewards, 1900 army pensioners and several
hundred ordinary constables. 1t expected
that if May Day passed of without disturbance
the necessary authorization would be granted.
The decision OF the police falls especially hard
upon those who have made expensive prepare
tons to join in the Corso.
The third cause for popular dissatisfaction is
the abandonment of the grand ceremonies that had
been projected for the opening Of the international
musical exhibition, in consequence of the sudden
and severe illness of the great Austrian TRACE
denne Charlotte Wolter Countess OSullvan, who
was to have taken the principal part therein.
The exhibition in question, which embraces both
the musical and the dramatic art, and which has
had its principal promoter Princess Pauline
Metternich, is located in the Great Rotunda Of
the Prater. 1t possesses above everything else
the merit Of originality, it is the first of its
kind, its aim being to illustrate completely
as possible the history of mueic and drama The
exhibits consist of everything connected with the
twin arts-portraits of eminent composers, play
wrichts, actors and actresses; paintings repre-
in the lives of musical and dramatic celcbriti 5:
manuscripts, musical scores, autograph letters.
costumes, stage properties remarkable paybls
plans and machinery of theatres, ancient and
modern testimonials presented to actors and
musicians books on music and the drama musical
instruments of all ages examples of theatrical
industry, such costumes, lighting and chemical
apparatus and sanitary appliances. Several rooms
have been fitted up TO show all kinds of theatrical
mise-cn-scene from the earliest period, beginning
with the production at Athens of the works of
|Arstophanes and Eurpides passing to the Mystery
and Passion Plays of the Middle Ages, the
Theatre Francois in the seventeenth century, and
down. to Shakespearcan plays Of our own day, with
the attention to historical accuracy and detail
seen at the Burg Theatre of Vienna and the
Lyceum Of London.
But perhaps the chief attraction 70 the general
public will be the theatrical performances AMI
concerts which will take place daily during the
whole season. A large theatre as well as spacious
concert halls have been erected in the grounds and
the most eminent artists of all European nations
will give series of representations The exact
order OF the programme is not yet arranged, but
probably the Vienna theatres will come
first on the list. They will be
succeeded for three evenings by the COM
pany of the Buda-Pesth National Theatre and these
in their turn, by the members of the German
Theatre in Berlin MAY 9-93), who will perform
selection OF classical and modern plays From
May "a to 81 the entire company from the Come
die Franchise, with their own scenery and stage
properties, will take the field During June the
Bohemian Opera Company of 200 persons from
Prague, will appear and produce operas by var
Gus Slavonic composers, Dvorak Tschaikowsky
Gllnka ana others. June ii to II is devoted TO
Madame ReJane and select company from the
Paris Varieties, and after her comes the companv
OF the Pollini Theatre in Hamburg.
The programme for July includes oneact plovs
comedies, operattas, pantomimes and ballets Of all
nations. August is divided between French
operettas, the Passion plays, and a companv Of
Tyrolese peasants, who bring "Antlreas Hofer.-
Then follow in turn Russia, Denmark. Hungary
and the Netherlands. the latter sending Herr
Junkermann. the well-known "Fritz-Reuter For
September there rumors Of Signor Mascapni as
director OF an Italian opera company and after him
Will appear Sgnora Duse-the Italian Sarah Bern
hardt, as she is ted. Finally the long list nj
foreign talent is continued with galaxy Of Polish
stars, Madame Sembfich, Madame Modieslxa the
brothers de Reszke, Mierzwinski, Pader,wski and
Others, while the performances will be brouob,
to conclusion by the company of the Wiedener
Theatre, of Vienna, who will perform sor;es ~
operettas from OfIenbach to Milloecker and tho
members Of the Vienna Deutsches Volks Theatre
who VIII perform a series of German dramas.
Equally interesting are the plans and arrange
ments for the historical concerts These will
take place in May and June. Historical works
Will he performed by the Vienna and RudapcstI
philharmonic orchestras, the Vienna Maenner
gesangverein. the New-York Choral Union Aron
and select Dutch musical company. The series
OF historical concerts is TO be inaugurated by
performance Of sacred national music, Greaoran.
choral, and old German. and during the season
several celebrated examples of church music from,
the hfteenth sixteenth and seventeenth centuries