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March 5th, i88t.
THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
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Nolil's "Life of Beethoven," translated by John J. Laylor, has been matic Theatre shall be sold, and that for the future both drama and opera
be given at the " Stora Teatern." They further recommend that the stage
recently published by Jansen, McClurg & Co., Chicago.
and green-room shall be enlarged, and a saloon provided for the public. The
A great sensation was created at Ellenville, N. Y., recently by the elop- cost
is estimated at some 500,000 crowns.
ment of Mrs. De Witt Beebe, wife of an industrious mechanic, living near
The receipts at the Regio, Turin, on the 4th and 5th night of Ambroise
Liberty, Sullivan County, N. Y., with a music teacher named Loomis. The
guilty woman took with her $1,200, all her husband's savings; for her Thomas' " Hamlet," were 11,000 and 12,000 francs, respectively, and all the
lover is believed to be almost penniless. Mrs. Beebe is the mother of two places were taken for the 6th night. The manager is, consequently, negoti-
bright children, one of whom, a little girl two years of age, she took with ating with Mile. Bianca Donadio, Mme. Mei, and M. Manoury, for a second
her. The guilty couple went to Middletown, N. Y., where they remained series of performances.
all night, and then took the cars for the West. Mr. Beebe will take no steps
the month of April Madame Pauline Lucca will fulfil an engage-
to capture his faithless spouse, but will sue for a divorce at the coming term ment During
at the Berlin Opera House.
of court. He is a hardworking, industrious, frugal man, and is much broken
The eldest European musical society is said to be the Collegium Musi-
down by the elopment of his wife.
"Ultrasectinum, created in the year 1631 at Utrecht, which fosters the
Duff's organization sang " Olivette " at the South Broad Street Theatre, cum
study of music, and likewise arranges the so-called town concerts at Utrecht.
Philadelphia, last week.
On the 29th of April next its 250th anniversary will be celebrated by a
Miss Mina Geary, daughter of the late Gustavus Geary, will have a ben- musical festival.
efit concert in Steinway Hall on March 15.
Mr. F. Corder's new series of classical concerts in London took place on
Miss Blanche Roosevelt's concert company includes Mr. Christian Saturday afternoons, Feb. 5, 12, 19, 26. Among the works performed were
Fritsch, the tenor, Senor Ferranti, buffo, and Mr. Carlos Hasselbrink, vio- "Beethoven's Eighth Symphony," Mr. F. H. Cowen's "Maid of Orleans"
music, suites by MM. Saint-Saens and Massenet, a new scena for orchestra
linist. The company appeared in Washington on Feb. 26.
by Mr. F. Corder, arranged from the finale to his " Morte d'Arthur," the
Among the sufferers by the loss of the steamship Josephine, bound from overtures "Leonora" No. 3, "Felsenrnuhle of Reissiger," and "Mock
Havana to New Orleans, was the Franko Family. They lost all their bag- Doctor" of Gounod, and the "Tannhiiuser" prelude.
gage and musical instruments. Subscriptions have been opened ia New
The company selected to support Patti in her representations at the
Orleans (where they will shortly give a concert) to buy them clothing and
Theatre des Nations, in Paris, is composed aa follows: Pedemonti andPozzi,
new instruments.
Tremelli, contralto, Nicolini and Panzetta, tenori; Cotogni and
Mr. Francis Korbay, the well-known composer, of this city, assisted Mr. soprani; baritoni;
Ciampi, buffo, and Pinto, prinio basso. Signor Manci-
Lang, of Boston, in the first of his chamber concerts, which took place on Vaselli,
nelli is the conductor.
Thursday afternoon, Feb. 24th, in the Tremont Temple.
Saint-Saens recently produced a curious septet for piano, trumpet and
Nordheirner's Music Hall was totally destroyed by fire at a quarter to strings,
at one of the Colonne concerts in Paris. It had a great success in
v eleven on tho evening of Feb. 23. The fire showed itself as the last of a spite
of its original form, perhaps partly because of it. Another novelty at
concert audience was leaving the hall. Had the fire taken place half an the same concert was one of Mendelssohn's concert pieces for clarinet and
hour sooner the consequence would have been dreadful, as the exits were basset-horn, which had not been heard in Paris before.
small and not numerous. The loss is estimated at $30,000.
Joseph Gung'l, the famous composer of dance music, is conducting the
The New York Philharmonic Society have determined to erect a statue
of Beethoven in Central Park. Considerable money for the purpose has orchestra at the Bals d'Opera in Paris.
King Kalakaua has written to Verdi expressing the pleasure he and the
been already subscribed.
At the Theatre de L'Opera, New Orleans, on the night of Feb. 23, De Queen of the Sandwich Islands had derived from hearing the music of
Beauplan's French Opera Company gave a special performance of Verdi's "Aida."
The deaths are announced—at Paris, of M. Bussine, the well-known
grand opera " Aida," in honor of the Boston Lancers and Charlestown
Cadets, who attended in a body, escorted by a detachment of the Continen- French baritone; at Brussels, of M. H. Deilege, aged 62, a Belgian music
publisher; at Livorno, of M. Charles Roussel, a French tenor who had for
tal Guards.
some time past been singing on the Italian stage; at Florence, of Giovanni
The Republican Central Club of New York, of which Mr. B. F. Manierre Bruni, violinist; and at Rome, by suicide, of Alessandro Alessandri, profes-
is president, gave a concert on the evening of Feb. 25, at Chickering Hall. sor of music.
The following artists were engaged to appear on the occasion, in addition to
The Beethoven composition prize given by the Society of Friends of
the Central Campaign Club Chorus: Miss Lizzie B. Ross, soprano (her first
appearance in New York); Mrs. G. W. De Lano, contralto; Mr. Ch. Fritsch, Music at Vienna this year amounts to 500 florins. Hitherto only the students
tenor; Mr. Carlos Hasselbrink, violinist; Signor A. Liberati, cornetist, and at the Vienna Conservatoire have been allowed to compete, but the prize will
Mr. C. E. Pratt, musical director. The programme included several popular now be thrown open to all Austrians.
numbers.
Herr Wagner has signed a contract with Herr Angelo Neumann, of
Mr. Digby Bell, the clever baritone and comedian, broke his leg the Leipsic, by which Herr Neumann has the exclusive right to perform " The
other night.
Niebelungen Ring" in England and the United States on condition that Herr
Mr. M. B. Leavitt, of the English Opera Company, has commenced suit Neumann pays Herr Wagner ten per cent, of the gross receipts.
against Mr. Thomas B. Maguire, of Baldwin's Theatre, San Francisco, for
Signor Trebbi, music publisher at Verona, has, according to the Italian
breach of contract for neglecting to furnish transportation for his people
from Chicago to San Francisco, thereby keeping them from filling dates, papers, commissioned Alessandro Cellini, professor of music at Dublin, to
write a serio-comic opera, " L'Osteria di Lustucra."
and entailing, as is claimed, a large loss.
M. Charles Lamoureux has taken the Paris Chateau d'Eau for the pur-
The fifth concert of the Symphony Society is to be given on Saturday
evening, March 5, at Steinway Hall. The soloists are to be Miss Emily pose of giving weekly classical orchestral concerts there next winter.
Winant and Mr. Franz Rummel. Dr. Damrosch has arranged his programme
It is stated that a series of comic concerts will very shortly be started at
as follows: Overture, " Magic Flute," by Mozart; Aria, " I n Gentle Mur- Her Majesty's Theatre, London, under the direction of Mr. Leader. The
murs," by Handel (Miss Emily Winant); Concerto in G minor, No. 2, for principal artists of the music-halls and others have, it is said, accepted
piano and orchestra, by Saint-Saens, performed by Mr. Franz Rummel, and engagements.
Symphony in C major, by Schubert.
The operation performed by Mr. Critchett on the right eye of Sir Julius
The Harlem Mendelssohn Union, gave the second concert of its tenth Benedict was so successful that it is hoped the veteran musician may regain
season, on Monday evening, Feb. 28, at Parepa Hall, corner of Third avenue complete use of his sight in a short time.
and Eighty-sixth street.
The King of Saxony has conferred on Mad. Otto-Alvsleben, honorary
Herr Max Schnelle, the tenor at the Thalia Theatre, died on the night member of the operatic company at the Theatre Royal, Dresden, the Gold
of February 26, of typhoid fever, after an illness of two weeks. He was a Medal " Virtuti et Ingenio."
native of Germany and in his thirtieth year, being formerly engaged at the
The Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, finding the maintenance of an operatic
opera houses of Berlin, Frankfort and Leipsic, and had achieved a high company
too expensive, has, much to his regret, been obliged to disband
reputation abroad and on this continent. His last appearance at the Thalia the
company at the Ducal Theatre, Gotha.
Theatre was on Saturday evening, February 12, when he supported Madame
From the official returns just issued, it appears that 145 fresh pupils
Geistinger in "Three Pair of Shoes." His greatest success in America was
in " Blue Beard," which was played for his benefit a few evenings were admitted last autumn into the Royal Conservatory of Music, Stuttgart.
before he was taken ill. The funeral took place on the afternoon of Feb. The number at present on the books is 610. Of these 185 (63 males and 122
28, and the management of the Thalia Theatre gave no performance that females), 130 not being natives of Wurtemberg, devote themselves to music
as a profession. Germany and foreign nations are thus represented : 366
night as a inark of respecfc to the deceased.
pupils come from Stuttgart and 42 from other parts of Wurtemberg; Prussia
ABROAD.
sends 21; Baden, 19; Bavaria, 11; Brunswick, 1; Hesse, 2; Oldenburg, 1;
Principality of Waldeck, 1; Saxe-Altenburg, 1; Bremen, 1; Austria, 2;
Bottesini is engaged for a series of concerts at the San Carlo, Lisbon.
Switzerland, 20; France, 1; Great Britain, 41; the Netherlands, 1; Russia,
Nicholas Rubinstein has been seriously ill, but is now convalescent.
13; Roumania, 1; Greece, 1; Spain, 1; North America, 54; South America,
Among the ctiriosities in the musical branch of the approaching Milan 1, and East Indies, 8. During the winter semester, 765 lessons are given
every week, by a staff of 39 male and 3 female teachers.
Exhibition will be the first sketch of Bellini's " Pirata."
Gluck's "Iphigenia in Aulis " and "Iphigenia in Tauris " have been re-
At the last concert of the Association Musicale, Liege, under the direc-
vived at the Stadt Theatre, Hamburgh.
tion of MM. Hutoy and Sylvain Dupuis, a new orchestral work, "Scenes
The Engel and Van Hell management at Krool's Theatre, Berlin, having Hindoues," by the Abbe Erasme Raway, was performed for the first time
and very well received. It is divided into four parts: "Le Pas Hindou,"
proved a failure, has been dissolved.
"L'hymne du Peuple," "Le Sacrifice," and "Le Chant Hindou."
In consequence of recent disturbances in the Teatro de Liceo, Barcelona,
M. Saint-Saens has been elected to the chair in the Academie des Beaux-
provoked.by the unsatisfactory performance of " Mignon," the Civil Governor
of the Town has inflicted a penalty of 250 pesetas on the management, and Arts, left vacant by the death of M. Reber; MM. Delibes and Guiraud,
equates, were second; M. Joincieres, third, and M. Duprato, fourth.
ordered the theatre to be closed until a better company is engaged.
The committee appointed some time since to take into consideration the
G. Ricordi, head of the great publishing firm in Milan, has been created,
financial position of the Theatres Royal, Stockholm, propose that the Dra- by the Emperor of Brazil, officer of the Order of the Rose.