| Show the new open of the duchess libretto by Cn roline richings music by pierre bernard seems to have made a at signor nicolem Ni colim the well known tenor has been arrested for shooting game on adeline estate in wales lie forgot to obtain a license patti is bald to be engaged to appear in the united states in the fall of 1881 she will receive six hundred thousand dollars for an eighteen months engagement mr P S gilmore is arranging for a concert tour from boston to san francisco next season he no doubt will giro salt lakers an opportunity port unity of hearing hii famous band david L downing died suddenly at his residence in new york on the morning of the instant he was best known as the famous leader of the ninth regiment band in disks time sarah bernhardt the celebrated actress is having made in paris twenty seven dresses for eight plays of her repertoire and twenty for general use preparatory to her appearance in america at a total cost of francs the cincinnati college of music has added to its numerous branches a study a new department that of a school for operatic max Ma hn been appointed professor of the department and has accepted the position an immense crowd of spectators assembled within the grounds ot Craig ynos castle wales to receive ame mme patti the world re downed prima dorut to her future enco it is said ahat the grandest spectacle of the r celebration was the li kiness of ame mme patti and signer let off amidst a shower of etc mr theodore thomaa LBS leburn cd from bis european trip and boen duly interviewed by a reporter ue says that performances there are applauded that would be scouted in new york that our programmed pro grammes are better and our play better lie thinks that america is ahead of england in musical culture A russian peasant ha invented a new musical instrument called the Kalo phone it consists con sisti of A framework containing a number of wheels with rims BO grooved and notched as to make a humming noise when rapidly revolved each wheel sound a different note and as the required rate of revolution cannot be immediately attained or discontinued many remarkable effects may be produced which with the peculiar timbre of the instrument render it valuable palti as a re cent interview I never attend rehearsals hear I know all my character at my fingers ends I can even assist the conductor by ane aid of certain looks and signs aa to new works and the characters I create I study them at the pianoforte at my own bouse or when I am walking in the country when I know them I appear at the theatre only on the afternoon preceding the performance then I play and sing with the rest of the troupe who have rehearsed before things always go very well the oldest arwa denn now living is the once who after thirty one years upon the operatic stage became the second wife of the fifth earl of essex and retired from it sixty eight years ago ehe was bewitching londoners Lon doners with her polly in the beggars opera at the old covent garden theatre she has lived forty years as dowager countess of essex in her dower house at bel grave square although eighty six bews yews old she possesses uncommon vitality good spirits end bodily strength but ii threatened with blind nega bands of music are forbidden to play on most of the large bridges of the world A constant succession of sound waves especially such n come from the play ing of a good band will excite the wires to vibration at first the vibrations are very slight but will increase as the sound wares continue to come the prin cipal reason why bands arc not allowed to play while cr certain bridge tue bridge at niagara for instance la that if followed by professions processions process ions of any kind they wilt keep step with the music and thi regular step would cause the wire to vibrate at the pension gua bridge military companies are not allowed to march in regular tep but break ranka the regular trotting gait of a large dog across a suspension bridge is more dangerous to the bridge than a heavily loaded wagon drawn by a heavy team is now striking etri king to lead the intellectual thought of england it was this city thai gave to the world that illustrious lust rious school of political economists of which richard cobden tsoi was the bead and of which john bright the eminent quaker statesman was an honored pupil are sir joseph chamberlain and mr john motley mot ley late editor of tho art frt nightly also miss martineau Mar lineau chemist nd huxley the biologist now it ia seriously proposed to establish it great university in that city the victoria being the name proposed it is to fill a place between the scotch single universities and the central examining board knock ft the of bondon it approximates the american type and will resemble an agglomeration of collegen coll egea an examining and ruling body distinct dit from the institution th medical pro of owens college aboto be also Mors of the victoria university in the scheme are aio cd at liyeds and other cities prof huxley claims that victoria will bo to england in science whit oxford end are the ci isic and TUB central school e a finished ini icle and ont we liall hive to fy about it in a ilay or two |
