The record-union., 1899-01-08

| IlOndl CuuTcQ.
! 'CeIoists of wider reputation We have
had, but none of greater promise. Mr..
Weiss is young man and with g5nius
and high scholarship behind him he
promises to become world notable.
On the 18th inst we are to have in
Sacramento at the Congregational
Church the University of California
Glee Mandolin, Banjo and Guitar Clubs
| in concert. They come with twenty
eight persons, the pick Of the musicians
of the University. The presents organi-
zaticns have met with remarkable sue
cess recently in the northern part of
the State. Accompanying the clubs is
Cyrus Brownlee Newton, whose delinea-
ton of character thes Portland Oregon
ian" recently pronounced mastery.
| ~ -
Eugenio .Sorrentirc, the eminent Con-
ductor, sailed from america from Ma
companied by several seloists selected
| from the best bands of Italy, and his
great Banda Rosa which created such
an artistic sensation in this country
| last season. 1t will inaugurate its
second American tour the latter part
| of January. L =
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The latest fad in musical Italy is the
oratorio The London Daily News"
gives these particulars regarding the
two musical lions of the day: The or
atofios of the young Able Lorenzo Per-
osi are now being performed in all the
chief Italian towns, and his La Res
urrezione di Lazzaro' has been given
at the Communale at Bologna to f4Al
houses His fame is, however, only q.
| few months old His first oratorio,
1.-The Passion of Christ" was produced
at Milan in the spring, and was at once
published by Ricordi. His second ora
torio, 1.-The TRANSPORTATION" was pro-
duced at the exhibition building at
Venice in April and afterwards at the
Teatro Fenice, with Kaschmann in the
baritone part of the Saviour while
| Lazarus" has only recently been fin
| ished. Perosi is a comparative youth
of 25, is a Piedmontese, and the son Of
| q village organist. The generosity of
| a wealthy Italian family enabled him
| to travel, and eventually he became nr-
ganist at San Marco, Venice. Two
years ago he was ordained priest. AM
other Italian oratorio which has ex-
cited considerable interest is the s'St
John the Baptist of Lorenzo Parodi
1t is in four parts entitled Nativity
John in the Desert" Baptism of
Christ" and ''Martyrdom,'' and it was
produced in the presence of the Arch
bishop at the centenary fetes at Genoa
| The desert scene is said to be based
h
while the dance music before Herod is
also Oriental. Yet another oratorio,
1.-THE Nativity" is composed by an
organ, or orchestra, and is based
exclusively upon old French Noels.
| In Turin there is on exhibition a
most extensive and rare collection of
musical manuscripts. Here are to be
seen the musical treasures of the Uni
versities of Bologna, Genoa, Luct and
Rome. There are two early manu-
scripts, dating back from the eleventh
century. One of these, entitled ..Frag-
menta Liturgica quarum nonulla Motifs
Musicis Distincta," is handsomely IL
Illuminated The words appear in a
brownish ink, but the notes are still
! Dlack ana QlSIluCt, d inherent, INK nav
! ing been used. A quarto manuscript
| is the 'Missale Anglicanum" of the
i fourteenth or fifteenth century and
contains fifty compositions, including
messe, bottetti, madrigali francesca
and salmi Finally there is a manu-
script, which is the score of Lullrs
| opera I'd Alceste." Originally it was
written in five acts and was cut down
to three; ."Alceste" was composed in
/ 1914 1t would be interesting to learn
what musical manuscripts there is of
old date to be found in American
collections.
New York Times: Willy Burmester,
the violinist, is one of the youngest, If
not the youngest, of the eminent vio-
linists now living. He was born in 1863
in Hamburg, and at a very early age
displayed considerable musical talent.
His father was his first instructor, but
from his 18th to his 10Th year he was
under the immediate care of the great
Joachim at Berlin, where his natural
talent for mastery over the violin de-
Iveloped with astonishing rapidity, and
Ut was not long before he was known