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talent, excellent and thus far well-directed voice,
point out his future. He sang the aria " Celeste
Aida" and "Love once Again" in very good
style.
Mr. Van Leer deserves credit, if not for his ac-
companiments, yet certainly for his effective
leadership and his liberality in using the means
placed in his hands.
NOVEMBEB 6TH—SECOND CONCOBDIA CONCERT.
small-pox breaking out and continuing for five
months. Last steamer, the Mendelssohn Quartette
Club passed through, but it was on Simday, and
as they left the same day, we lost a rare treat.
Our Royal Band plays twice every week and also
gives extra moonlight concerts. October 4th, the
band gave a memorial concert in honor of the late
President. There was an immense attendance and
the programme was finely rendered. Among the
numbers played were: Funeral Marches by Bee-
thoven, Chopin and Berger; Chorus, "The Day of
Judgment," Schneider, and "Miserere," from " II
Trovatore."
A grand concert is to be given in Music Hall,
November 3d, for the benefit of the new organ for
the English Cathedral. The programme will con-
sist of songs, duets, male quartette, string quar-
tettes, and Rornberg's "Kinder Symphony," anew
attraction here. The Hololulu Glee Club will
give a concert shortly. The Musical Society has
not yet resumed practice, owing to several of its
prominent members being away. The King is ex-
pected home next week so it makes us quite busy.
The opening piece was Andante and " Rondo all'
Ungarese" from Haydn's Trio in G. Major. This
was well played by Messrs. Schaefer, Blumenberg
and Van Leer, but would have been more effective
if the lid of the piano had been raised.
A soprano solo by Berg, "Love may come to-
morrow," was sung brilliantly by Mrs. Minna
Todd. Her voice is a pure soprano of the highest
kind, perfectly even and highly cultivated. She
received an encore, to which she responded with
Gounod's " Ave Maria," which was warmly ap-
plauded.
The obligato accompaniments were played on
piano, violoncello and organ, by Mrs. Szemelenyi,
A. L. LEGKO.
Messrs. Blumenberg and Van Leer. We also had
a Polonaise by Chopin, which was well played by
Miss Lena Steibler.
HOENELLSVILLE, N. Y.
Mr. George Schaefer played Bohemian and Styri-
HOKNELLSVTLLE, Nov. 6th.
an airs, arranged for violin by Leonard. Mr Schae-
HE McGibeny family, consisting of thirteen
fer is a fine Quartette player. Mrs. Todd also sang
members, recently gave a musical entertain-
Gounod's Waltz from " Romeo and Juliet." Mr.
Blumenberg played Dunkler's "Caprice Hon- ment here. Master Dockie, the little musical dir-
groise " in his usual piquant and spirited style. ector, was the attraction of the evening. The
The composition calls for very skillful execution, company played to a large and well-pleased audi-
and received full justice at the hands of the per-
former. Mr. Blumenberg and Mr. Schaefer were
both warmly encored. The audience was very
large and its judicious distribution of applause
gave evidence of an advanced state of musical
cultivation. We remember quite a number of two-
dollar concerts which did not give us nearly as
AT HOME.
much satisfaction.
GUAI.
Mr. Joseph Moscheles, a pupil of Moscheles,
will shortly give a piano recital in this city.
INDIANOPOLIS, INDIANA.
Herr C. Bayrhoffer, the violoncellist, has arrived
INDIANAPOLIS, NOV. 5.
from Europe and is staying in Boston.
ICE'S COMIC OPERA COMPANY gave "Pa-
The Mozart Society of Chicago will give its
tience " at the Grand Opera House, this week,
concert December 20th. Mrs. E. Aline Os-
and the result was crowded houses every night. first
good has been engaged as the vocalist. She will
"Patience " is a delightful little piece of nonsense, be
accompanied by an orchestra of the best mu-
full of good wit and pretty music. In the hands sicians
in the city. The Secretary says: We shall
of this company the opera loses none of its attract- give
Mannerchor works than have been
iveness, the chorus being exceedingly fine, while given larger
with solos, chorus and full orchestra,
the cast is without exception good. They close and a here,
great terzetto for soprano, tenor and bass,
their engagement with a sacred concert to-morrow with chorus
and orchestra. These will be special
night.
numbers. The club will also sing several new
The members of the Indianapolis Light Infantry part songs. We are getting an entirely new library,
are rehearsing "The Pirates," and will present it and I doubt during the entire series of three con-
at English's Opera House, Dec. 15, 16 and 17. The certs if we sing a number that has ever been sung
opera of "Cinderella" will be given at the Park by a male chorus in this city, nor will we repeat a
Theatre, during Thanksgiving week, by a company number."
of nearly four hundred children.
Mr. David Wallace, Zelda Seguin's husband, has
The lectures in the course given by the Young
gone to New York to remain, and Mrs. Wallace Men's Christian Association are preceded by the
will follow as soon as her health will permit. She following organ solos rendered by William R.
will make no engagements for this season, as her Johnston: November 18th.—Overture, " Pique
time will be monopolized by young David, who, for dame," F. Suppe; Impromptu, W. R. Johnston.
one only two months old, is said to possess a very November 25th.—Selections from "Aida," Verdi;
strong voice, and to sing tenor in a manner that Inpromptu, W. R. Johnston. December 2d.—
renders sleep in his neighborhood entirely out of Overture, " Massaniello," Auber ; " Serenata,"
Moszkowski. December 9th.—Selections from
the question.
The Matinee Musicale met at the residence of " Carmen," Bizet; Melody, Rubinstein. Decem-
ber 16th.—Selections from "Lord and Lover,"
Mrs. A. M. Robinson, Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. Arthur Miller, a baritone of some local rep- W. R. Johnston; "Adagio," Mendelssohn. Jan-
utation, has received a tempting offer to sing in uary 13th.—March, Meyerbeer; Impromptu,W. R.
concert through the East and South. Clara Louise Johnston. January 20th.—Organ Concerto, Rinck;
Kellogg will appear in concert at English's Opera Melody, Liszt. January 27th.—Legende, Wieni-
House, Dec. 22nd, and Patti's engagement at the awski; Impromptu, W. R. Johnston. February
3d.—Andante, Mendelssohn; Idylle, W. R. John-
name theatre, is announced for Feb. 4th.
Mrs. Mattie Ferguson, of this city, has declined ston, February 10th.—Selection (Allegro Moder-
an offer from Mr. Rice to join his comic opera com- ato), Rinck; Impromptu, W. R. Johnston.
pany, but will begin an engagement with the Marie Miss Adele Margulies gave a piano recital,
Prescott combination, at Peoria, 111., next week. November 4, at Steinway Hall in the presence of
The attractions at the theatres next week are Frank
large audience. She played selections from
Mayo at English's, Humpty Dumpty and Negro a Chopin,
Liszt, Goldmark, Rubinstein, Schar-
Minstrels at the Park, and John T. Raymond at the wenka, Schumann
and Lewy. Miss Margulies
Grand Opera House.
came to this country from Vienna and has been
The "Gossip," a Sunday paper devoted to music, warmly praised by Carl Goldmark.
art, and the drama, will make its first appearance
Blind Tom played at Steinway Hall, November
to-morrow.
N.
12, to a crowded house that was delighted with his
wonderful imitative performances.
HONOLULU, HAWAIAN ISLANDS.
The Baltimore Oratorio Society wants one of the
HONOLULU, Oct.
21st.
F you expect me to write musical news from here millionaires of that wealthy city to contribute one
from time to time, I shall expect you to send out thousand dollars to enable the society to purchase
some artists, for pretty nearly all our musical tal- an organ for the 5th Regiment Armory, in which
ent is amateur. Once in a while we catch an artist the concerts take place. There should be no
bound for the colonies, Avho has just time to give trouble in collecting such a sum, although we can-
a hurried concert while the steamer is unloading. not see how an instrument of sufficient capacity
Over a year ago, Ketten, the pianist, remained can be made for one thousand dollars.
here a month and did well. Since then we have Mr. Sam. Franks will give a concert at Stein-
had nothing to speak of, probably owing to the way Hall on Wednesday evening December 7th.
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November 2oth, 1881.
Miss Rachel Franks will sing ; Mr. Ernst Jonas,
violoncellist, will play, and the pianists will be
Mr. Constantin Sternberg and Mr. Hubert de
Blanck.
Miss Florence Copleston's second piano recital
was to take place in Steinway Hall on the afternoon
of November 17th. She will be assisted by Mrs.
Florence Rice-Knox, contralto; Mr. Richard Ar-
nold, violinist, and Mr. Charles Werner, violon-
cellist.
Miss Blanche Roosevelt's second concert was to
take place at Chickering Hall on Saturday even-
ing. She will be assisted by Mrs. Florence Rice-
Knox, contralto ; Signor Peragini, tenor ; Sign or
Lencioni, baritone; Mr. Carlos Hasselbrink, vio
linist, and Mr. William Russell Case, pianist.
The Meigs Sisters' Vocal Quartet, Miss Marie
Nellini, soprano; Miss Marie Glover, mezzo-so-
prano; Mr. Mars L. Bartlett, baritone; Mr. Gon-
zalo Nunez, pianist, and Miss Florence Mitchell,
reader, will assist in an entertainment at the
Academy of Music, on December 8th, for the bene-
fit of the Children's Aid Society.
The second rehearsal of the Brooklyn Philhar-
monic Society will be given on Friday afternoon
and the concert on Saturday evening. The pro-
gramme announces the Beethoven Symphony "Ero-
ica," Brahms's "Academic Festival Overture," and
the ballet nnisic from Rubinstein's " Nero " for or-
chestra. Mile. Schiller will play Schubert's "Fantai-
sie," op. 15, adapted for orchestra by Liszt, and
Signor Campanini will sing " II mio Tesoro," from
Mozart's "Don Giovanni," and a romanza from
Weber's "Euryanthe."
Adelina Patti has been secured by the Festival
Association of Cincinnati to sing in '' The Mes-
siah," which will be given in the Music Hall
Dec. 28.
Mr. Rudolf Bial, whose illness we mentioned in
our last issue, has recovered and is about again.
Mr. Ferdinand Dulcken has recovered from the
severe injuries he received last spring while trav-
eling in the West.
Miss Letitia L. Fritch sang at the Academy of
Music, Philadelphia, on November 17th, when
Gilmore's Band played, and will also sing at Al-
toona, Pa., November 22d.
The second concert of the Carreno-Donaldi com-
pany at Booth's Theatre attracted a large and ap-
preciative audience on the evening of November 12.
The programme consisted of several instrumental
and vocal solos, vocal quartets by the Meigs sisters,
and an overture and march by the theatre orches-
tra. The soloists were Mine. Teresa Carreno, Mine.
Camilla Urso, Signor Ferranti, Signor Roberto
Stantini and Herr Hoch. Mme Carreno played with
the orchestra Liszt's "Fantaisie Hongroise" and
some pianoforte solos of her own composition in
an artistic manner, and Mme. Urso rendered violin
solos, Wieniawski's fantaisie from "Faust," and an
arrangement of the sextet from "Lucia." Mme.
Donaldisang " O Mio Fernando;" from "LaFavori-
ta," and " Robert toi que j'aime," from "Robert."
ABROAD.
Tito Mattei, has been directing the operas at
the Lyceum, London, since Signor Li Calsi has
severed his connection with the management.
On November 4th, the anniversary of Felix
Mendelssohn's death, th$ newly studied " (Edipus
Kolonus" with Mendelssohn's music, was pro-
duced at the Court Theatre, Dresden.
Pablo de Sarasate, after a month's sojourn, has
left Paris and started on a concert tour beginning
at Milan. He will visit the large cities of Italy
and then go to Russia, concertizing en route in
Vienna.
At the Nilsson concerts, Stockholm, Sweden;
stalls brought from fifty to one hundred dollars
premium in addition to the entre. She sang for
the poor of the city, and also gave a concert for
the benefit of the family of the tenor, Arnoldsen.
The Grand Duke of Meiningen has handed over
the technical construction of his court orchestra,
which is conducted by Hans von Biilow, to the
well-known concert agency of Hermann Wolff in
Berlin. This orchestra is preparing to give a
series of entertainments in all the large cities of
Germany, commencing with Berlin in January.
For the present the orchestra remains in Meinin-
gen where it will give a series of six concerts,
each in turn devoted to the reproduction of the
compositions of one of the following masters :
Mozart (twice), Mendelssohn, Schumann, Haydn
and Brahms.