Year: 1871

fark on Monday to assist in unveiling the
Scott statue. In many ways will we show our
reverence for the man and our appreciation Of
the novelist. This occasion is one of great
significance with us, because Scott was the
friend OF Irving; and his works are even
more admired here than in Europe. The
SCOTT centenary will not be SO imposing here
as 1t was In Scotland yesterday; but, not
withstandlng this, we as fully recognize the
claims of the great novelist upon posterity
and are as ready to do honor to his memory.


The Musical and Dramatic Season of


1S51.72.


We publish to-day complete list of the
musical and dramatic features of the coming
season, embracing all the leading theatres in
the United States. 1t will be seen that the
managers, both metropolitan aud country, re-
cognize the importance Of using all the means,
ability, experience and energy at their COM
mand to gain the patronage of the public and
consequently there will be a lively opposition
everywhere. A notable fact is the increase in
the number of theatres in the country, small
towns and villages being now provided with
dramatic institutions. The musical outlook is
the brightest, probably, we have ever had in
this country. Italian and English opera will be
given at the Academy of Music, with an assem-
blage of stars and perfection of ensemble
such as year ago would scarcely have been
dreamed of, and the directors of that estab-
lishment are making strenuous efforts to place
their temple of music in fitting order to
receive their distinguished guests The
two orchestras-the Vienna Ladies' and
Thomas-and the English ballad quartet
will furnish everything that is first class in
the concert line. Two large vocal so
cieties purpose giving oratorios in the most
complete manner possible. The influence
which all these organizations will exert on
music in this country cannot be overestimated,
and we trust that the divine art, so long sunk
in the slough of despond, may revive brighter
and more beautiful than ever. In addition to
these attractions we shall have some travel
ling concert troupes, headed by artists of ac-
knowledged ability. The season will wind
up in Boston next summer with GiImore's
''Worlds Jubilee" in which twenty thousand
singers and two thousand instrumentalists will
take part. President Grant and other leading
officials heartily endorse this gigantic festival,
and bands from every part of Europe are ex-
pected to take part in it. 1t will be an ap-
propriate finale to the most brilliant musical
season ever known in America.


The dramatic prospects are not so favorable
as those of music, owing to the degeneracy of
elevating attractions for machine plays of the
most nonsensical kind. These plays are
fathered by a class of third rate players who
call themselves ''stars," but who would not
be able to procure even the humblest position
in good stock company. Many theatres in
the country and a few here depend upon these
rushlights for their season, and every lover of
art will hope that the public will this season
administer just rebuke to them, by consign-
ing them to the tender mercies Of bankruptcy.
There are, we are glad to say, honorable ex-
ceptions to this style of management to be
found in all the leading cities of the United
States In New York we have two first class
comedy theatres, which uphold the true in
terests of the drama. At another house Miss
Charlotte Cushman makes her first appearance
after heightened absence from the stage, of
which she was chief ornament, and the
German drama will be represented by one of
its brightest stars. Mr.. Fechter also proposes
to effect great results by building q grand
theatre, on the boards of which plays of the
best kind will be interpreted by well-selected
company. The spectacular, pantomimic and
sensational departments of the drama will not
be neglected this season, as some managers
intend to devote their theatres inclusively to
them. A glance at our amusement columns
to-day will give our readers true idea of
what they may expect in America during the
musical and dramatic season Of lS7l-72


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