Show MUSICAL NOTES I Vieuxtemps violin was carried in the funeral procession Mr Wallace King the colored tenor is singing in London Pinafore has reached the domain do-main of Emperor William Boccaccio with a Russian translation trans-lation has made immense success in St Petersburgh Campanini has at last been reengaged reen-gaged by Manager Mapleson for HerM Her-M jestys Opera Company Henry Ketten the pianist played in thirtyseven concerts in all 493 pieces without repeating one The London Whitehall Review calls Miss Cameron an American singer a successor to Tietjens Mr John Howson is a member of the ComleyBarton Opera Company Com-pany at present in New York Mdme Marie Geistinger is to begin an operatic tour of the American Ameri-can cities about the 1st of December Decem-ber Signor Errani and Theodore Thomas have been added to the corps of professors at the New York College of Music The Melville Opera Company began be-gan their engagement of eight weeks at the Gaiety Theatre Boston on the 31st inst Scalchi who is said to be the greatest living contralto has been engaged by Mr Max Strakosch for the Gerster Company It is stated that Georg Hensche is to receive 88000 for conducting the concerts of the Boston Symphony Sym-phony Orchestra this coming season Rubinstein has added still another an-other a seventhmovement to his Ocean Symphony representing a storm He now regards it as finished fin-ished Schumann says If you wish to understand a man ask him who are his friends if you want to judge a public you observe what it applauds ap-plauds According to the estimate of one of the best informed musical instrument instru-ment makers in New York there are not less than 15000 brass bands in the United States Miss Clara Louise Kellogg thinks that the quality of the music at the instrumental concerts in New York surpasses anything she heard in European Eu-ropean concert rooms Rubini the famous tenor was the tirst who used that thrill of the voice known as vibrato at first as an emotional emo-tional effect afterward to conceal the deterioration of his organ Nearly all of the theatres of San Francisco are now devoted to operatic performances as the people who prefer musical works to the dramatic are in the majority there Maurice Dengremont has been studying with his former master Leonard of the Paris Conservatoire during the summer and has added to his repertoire several compositions composi-tions of Vieuxtemps Spauldings Bell Ringers begin a three weeks engagement at Tre mont Temple Boston on the 26th September Two sets of bells from Switzerland costing 4500 have just arrived for this company From 1800 to 1SS1 the firm of Recordi has published 47000 musical works by 2500 different authors It possesses 4500 M 5 scores by Italian and other composers In lSt > 0 it struck off 50000000 pages of music Madame Favart is now being played by the ComleyBarton Opera Company at the Fifth Avenue Theatre New York to packed houses nightly Miss Catherine Lewis and John Howson are said I to have won fresh laurels I Miss Julia Gaylord of Boston Miss Josephine Yoske of Cincinnati Cincin-nati and Mr Fred C Packard of Boston members of the Carl Rosa Opera Company have made a great success in Lohengrin in Dublin Another pianist for the United States It is stated that Alfred Grunfeld of Vienna has signed a contract with Mr Amberg of New York for a six months concert tour Twentyfive thousand dollars is the sum agreed upon besides all traveling travel-ing expenses Christine Nilsson returns to the United States in 1SS2 under the nulnagement of Mr Henry E Abbey Ab-bey and will sing at 100 concerts beginning in October receiving iuO000 for her services in addition to onehalf of all receipts above 83000 as well as expenses forfive The D Oyley Carte Opera Company Com-pany gave its first performance of Patience at the Stands Theatre New York to an immense and enthusiastic en-thusiastic audience The points of the libretto were quickly appreciated appreci-ated and the beauty of the music was so fully enjoyed that encores were the rule rather than the exception ex-ception the curtin not falling until un-til 1115 The coming London musical season promises eight Philharmonic concerts nine Richter concertswith Herr Wilhelmj as solo violinist and the Beethoven Choir six symphony concerts undel Halle five orchestral concerts under Gantz five orchestral orches-tral concerts under Lamoureaux of Paris the usual Sunday conceits at the Crystal Palace the regular Saturday and Monday Populars at St James Hall at which place will also be given several performances perform-ances of Berlioz Damnation of Faust The Bach Society and Musical Union and Mr Boosey will continue their annual series of musical mu-sical entertainments German opera will be heard at Drury Lane and English opera at the Haymarket and there is a strong probability of a Wagner series at Her Majestys |