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THE LILY OF KILLARNEY,

A ROMANTIC OPERA,

WRITTEN BY

DION BOUCICAULT AND JOHN OXENFORD,

[COMPOSED BY

J. BENEDICT.

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NEW PHILHARMONIC CONCERTS.

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PRINCIPALS OF THE ORCHESTRA ...... HERR MOLIQUE and MR. H. BLAGROVE.

ELEVENTH SEASON. The Subscription is for FIVE

GRAND VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL CONCERTS, and FIVE GRAND PUBLIC REHEARSALS, on the Saturday Afternoons preceding the Concerts. Terms, 27. 2s., 17. 11s. 6d., and 17. 19.

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The Orchestra and Choir will consist, as in former Seasons, of nearly 300 performers. The Orchestra will perform the great Instrumental Works of Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Weber, Spohr, &c. The following eminent solo artists have been engaged at these Concerts, many of whom, with others who may arrive in London, will take part in the ensuing Concerts :-Mlle. Titiens, Mad. Borghi-Mamo, Miss Louisa Pyne, Mad. Lemmens-Sherrington, Mile. Parepa, Mad. Anua Bishop, Mad. SaintonDolby, Mad. Rudersdorff; Sig. Giuglini, Mr. Sims Reeves, Sig. Belart, Herr Reichardt, Mr. Wilbye Cooper, Mr. Perren, Herr Formes, Sig. Belletti, Mr. Weiss, Mr. Santley. Pianists: Miss Arabella Goddard, Mad. Schumann, Mad. Pleyel, Mile. Clauss; Mr. J. F. Barnett, Mr. Rubenstein, Herr Lubeck, Mr. C. Hallé. Violinists: Herr Joachim, Herr Ernst, Herr Wieniawski, Sig. Sivori, M. Vieuxtemps, Mr. H. Blagrove, Herr Becker. Violoncellist: Sig. Piatti.

Prospectuses, showing the dates of the Concerts and a list of the Subscribers, are now ready.

Messrs. Cramer & Co., 201 Regent Street; Keith, Prowse & Co., 28 Cheapside; Mr. Austin's Ticket Office, St. James's Hall.

R. TEDDER will Sing Ascher's "ALICE, WHERE THE SIARLOTTA MARCHISIO (Soprano) and Mile. BARBARA MARMR. SISTERS MARCHISIO. The celebrated artists,

ART THOU?" at the Assembly Rooms, Kennington, on Monday Evening,

March 31st.

MLLE. LOUISA VAN NOORDEN, Prima Donna of

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All Communications, respecting Engagements for Concerts, Oratorios, Soirées, &c., may be addressed to Mr. P. E. Van Noorden, 115 Great Russell Street, Bedford Square.

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ESSRS. KLINDWORTH, H. BLAGROVE, DEICHMANN, R. BLAGROVE and DAUBERT'S CONCERTS FOR CHAMBER MUSIC (Second Season). Hanover Square Rooms, Second Concert, Tuesday Evening, March 25th, half-past eight o'clock.

Programme-Quintet (Piano and Wind Instruments); Rubinstein (Messrs Klindworth, Svendsen, Pollard, Ch. Harper, Hausser); Sonata (Piano and Violoncello, Op, 102), Beethoven; Trio, Schubert; Stringed Quartet, Mozart. Vocalist-Miss SUSANNA COLE.

Family Tickets, to admit Three, 1 1s.; Single ditto, 10s. 6d., at the principal Musicsellers, and of the Concert Givers.

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CHISIO (Contralto), will RETURN to London for the Season the last week in April, Applications relative to Concerts, &c., to be addressed to Mr. Land, 4 Cambridge Place, Regent's Park.

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at the Hanover Square Rooms, on MONDAY EVENING, March 24. Spohr's Sinfonia," The power of sound;" Beethoven's Sinfonia, in F, No. 8; Mendelssohn's Overture to Athalie, and Weber's Overture to Oberon.

Miss ARABELLA GODDARD will play Sterndale Bennett's Caprice in E major, and Bach's Prelude and Fugue alla Tarautella.

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Reviews.

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for four voices, with an accompaniment for the organ or pianoforte, are divided into single and double; and the catalogue includes the names of some of the most famous com

"The Morning Ride" words by CLARIBEL; music by posers of ancient and modern times. Mr. Shelmerdine has BERNHARD ALTHAUS (Duncan Davison & Co.).

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"The sun is bright, the air is clear,

The darting swallows soar and sing, And from the stately elms I hear The blue bird prophesying Spring. So blue yon winding river flows,

It seems an outlet from the sky, Where, waiting till the next wind blows, The freighted clouds at anchor lie.

"All things rejoice in youth and love,

The fullness of their first delight! And learn from those soft heav'ns above The melting tenderness of night. Maiden, that read'st this simple rhyme, Enjoy thy youth, it will not stay; Enjoy the fragrance of thy prime,

For, oh! it is not always May."

Cherry Ripe” — fantasia on Horn's popular balladby J. BENEDICT (Boosey & Sons).

A beautiful melody beautifully set-a sunny picture framed by a master hand. Of all Mr. Benedict's fantasias on wellknown airs, this is the least difficult, but by no means on that account the least graceful, finished and effective. It has already been played in public by Miss Arabella Goddard, and those who heard it (at Mr. Ransford's concert) were enchanted with its artless elegance and refinement. Simplex munditiis," interpreted from a philanthropic point of view, might well serve for its motto. In the drawing-room, as in the concert-room, Mr. Benedict's "Cherry Ripe" is, or we are greatly mistaken, destined to attain universal popularity.

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"Charming Maiden"-words by W. BARTHOLOMEW ; music by Mrs. MOUNSEY BARTHOLOMEW (Duncan Davison & Co.).

An unaffectedly pretty ballad, melodious, and written with the utmost purity, against which, indeed, the sourest critic would hardly presume to raise a finger.

THE SUM PAID TO ROSSINI FOR HIS OPERA OF IL BARBIERE.

The following is a curious document, not without interest for the history of music. It is the agreement between Rossini and the manager of the Argentina Theatre at Rome, for composing and superintending the production of Il Barbiere. We translate it literally. "Nobil Teatro di Torre Argentina.

"26th December, 1815. "By the present deed, drawn up by private individuals, but not the less valid on that account, and in conformity with the terms agreed on by the contracting parties, it has been stipulated as follows:

"The Signor Puca Sforza Cesarini, manager of the above theatre, engages the maestro Giaochino Rossini for the coming carnival season of 1816; the said Rossini promises and binds himself to compose and place upon the stage the second buffo drama represented during the aforesaid season at the theatre already mentioned, and to suit it to the libretto which shall be given him by the same manager; whether this libretto be new or old, the maestro Rossini undertakes to send in his score by the middle of the month of January, and to adapt it to the voices of the singers; he binds himself, moreover, if called upon, to make all the alterations which shall be necessary, both for the good execution of the music, and the convenience and requirements of the singers.

"The maestro Rossini promises and binds himself, also, to be at Rome, for the purpose of fulfilling his engagement, not later than the end of December of the present year, and to deliver to the copyist the first act of his opera, completely finished, on the 20th January, 1816; the 20th January is selected, in order that the rehearsals and concerted music may be promptly proceeded with, and the opera placed on the stage on the day desired by the manager, the first performance being fixed, from this time, at about the 5th February. The maestro Rossini

is bound, also, to deliver to the copyist, on the day required, his second

act, in order that there may be time to practice and rehearse, so as to produce the opera on the evening previously mentioned, otherwise the maestro Rossini will be liable for all losses, since it must be thus and not otherwise.

"Furthermore, the maestro Rossini will be bound to superintend the

getting-up of his opera, according to custom, and to be present at all the rehearsals of the vocalists and orchestra, whenever this shall be requisite, either in the theatre or elsewhere, at the desire of the manager; he undertakes, also, to be present at the first three performances, which will be given consecutively, and to conduct at the piano, because it must be so and not otherwise. In consideration of his trouble, the manager binds

himself to pay the maestro Rossini the sum and quantity di scudi quatro cento romani (of four hundred Roman crowns), immediately after the first three performances which he shall conduct at the piano.

"It is further agreed that, in the case of an interdiction, or of the theatre being closed, either by the authorities, or from any other unforeseen cause, the same course shall be taken which is usually pursued in the theatres of Rome, or in any other country, under similar circum

stances.

“And, as a guarantee for the complete execution of this agreement, the latter shall be signed by the manager, and also by the maestro Giaochino Rossini; moreover, the said manager provides the maestro Rossini with lodgings, for the duration of the agreement, in the house assigned to Sig. Luigi Zamboni."

This agreement, by which Rossini obtained about eighty-nine pounds, applied simply to Il Barbiere di Siviglia.

THE MENTAL HISTORY OF POETRY.*

BY JOSEPH Goddard.

"To search through all I felt or saw,
The springs of life, the depths of awe,
And reach the law within the law."

Tennyson.

BEFORE We are in a position to directly consider the influence of the art of Music upon that of Poetry, it is necessary to further make reference to that primary expanse of Imagination and high enthusiasm of admiration common in all minds to the precedence of Art generally. In so doing we are led to consider a new and striking principle rising to visible action out of this condition of the breast, whenever, in these circumstances, language is appealed to (and this constitutes the very contingency which impels the phenomenon of Poetry) as a medium of expression.

This principle is exhibited in the tendency which emotions-begot in the warmth of imagination, or partaking largely of a character of admiration-exert, in exuding into expression through the inert medium of language, to form this language into some marked phraseological design, -to carve it out into æsthetic variety and relief, like the rivers diversify and render picturesque the land over which they flow,- to define its surface character clearly and precisely into those deviations and undula tions which are formed by the contrast between "Emphasis" and "Pause," and between all more and less marked effects of accentuation, and to reduce these embryo materials of effect to that intuitively formed yet methodical arrangement, to that extemporally improvised yet aesthetic design, to that spontaneously woven but impressive form of influence (dwelling in the pure manner of expression) which is termed the influence of Eloquence, Oratory, and Rhetorical Effect.

For all the purely expressional effect which is wrought by that influence, generally understood as the influence of Rhetoric, Eloquence, "Utterance, and the power of speech," is not wholly to be explained by these terms, vaguely conveying the idea of a gracefulness, variety, and impressiveness in the manner of utterance and expression. The truth is, these terms include, as their spirit cxemplifics, a perfectly original principle, which lies couched amidst the laws of human demonstration. The influence and impressiveness they work is not only the emotional influence emanating from the positive matter of the communication they attend-more highly wrought-its light drawn out and reflected around in more dazzling rays and from a brighter focus; but it is a later and more spiritual portion of the communicational burthen itself, as it exists in its completeness in the mind of the conceiver. It is not only that emotional radiation which would obviously attend the possession of certain warm ideas and glowing truths, and surround the path of their conveyance, but it is the manifestation and expression of that more specific and individual emotion-that finer ripple of the mind which lurks behind the main wave of sentiment, peculiar and original to the conceiver alone, and fraught intimately with his idiosyncrasy, which, though calculated to be aroused by, yet, through the circumstance just mentioned, does not obviously and inevitably attend, the material communication to which it relates; and, being a distinctive and new phenomenon, it thus requires and demands some peculiar and original medium for expression and conveyance.

Now the demonstrative influences and resources embraced by the terms "Eloquence," "Oratory," and "Rhetoric," constitute this essential, separate, and etherial channel of expression; and thus we are led to observe the above influences in a new light; that is, as containing and exemplifying a fresh and independent principle of expression.

It was observed, in first introducing the subject of this purely expressional influence of "Eloquence," that the general circumstances of its exhibition exist in the communication of ideas and feelings conceived in the warmth of imagination, or partaking largely of a character of admiration. It was just now further observed also concerning the circumstances of its appearance, that it constitutes not only that emotional radiation which would obviously attend the possession of certain warm ideas and glowing truths, and surround the path of their conveyance; but that it is the manifestation and expression of that more specific and individual emotion peculiar and original to the conceiver alone, and fraught intimately with his idiosyncrasy. The former described portion of the circumstances surrounding the exemplification of this quality of eloquence refers more to the inward mental conditions out of which the emotions accruing to the above quality arise-namely, a certain imaginative brightness and expanse, and a warmth of admiration; whilst the latter described portion of these circumstances bears more particular reference to the character of the emotions surrounding oratorical display themselves-they being described as being fraught intimately with their

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possessor's idiosyncrasy as peculiar to him alone, and thus as of a character particularly specific and original.

Now the reader will not find it difficult to perceive the consistency of those circumstances of the mind. (described as surrounding the advent of Oratorical display,) with the character of the emotions springing out of the above circumstances and whose expression this Oratorical display enrobes. He will not find it difficult to understand that the more the faculty of imagination enters into the conception of an emotion the more individually modified will that emotion become, the more peculiar to its possessor alone will it be; and thus the finer, more specific, and original will be the character of that emotion. In fact, so perfect is the connection, so consistent is the relationship of these different orders of circumstances attending the exhibition of the phenomenon of "Eloquence," that in describing the inevitable conditions of its appearance we may state either, that in the expression of emotions, in the communication of truths and ideas, the more their conception is attended by an exertion of the imaginative capacity, in a proportionate degree will their conveyance be fraught with the quality of "Eloquence;" or that the more specific, original, or peculiar to its possessor alone a certain sentiment or idea may be, the more strongly in the expression of this will he be impelled to employ that separate expressional influence, to borrow that new and inscrutable impressiveness which the intelligent varying of emphasis and pause, the intuitively æsthetic moulding of phrases, in short, which the employment of eloquence affords. To speak somewhat more definitely of the nature of the imaginative influence, in the conception of certain ideas and emotions, we may here observe that it is by the exercise of our natural perception and common sympathy, either in their ordinary practical and instinctive action, or extended into a more imaginative sphere, that all emotions and ideas are conceived. In the effect upon us of some material circumstance or incidental truth, for instance, our mental perception or moral sympathy is immediately and unconsciously affected without any exertion of the imagination or guidance of intellect. But in becoming impressed by a general and comprehensive truth, we first, through a series of considerations invoked and sustained by the imagination, explore within this truth till the general order, extent, and nature of its influence is discovered, and this, through inciting an extended action of the mental appreciation or the moral sympathy, arouses certain high and appropriate emotions.

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Referring once more to the circumstances and conditions surrounding the phenomenon of Eloquence," it will be remembered that, of those circumstances and conditions, we described the state of the mind out of which it arises, and the character of the Emotion which it attends. But we are now led to observe, in addition to these circumstances of its appearance, the nature of the outward influence by which it is elicited. We are led to observe that this influence will mostly be of a lofty and comprehensive character, and thus, one more demanding of an exertion of the imaginative faculty for its full appreciation and due emotional fruition.

As the mental condition out of which the appearance of this quality of "Eloquence" is seen to arise is one largely fraught with the influence of imagination, so that effect which it is directly seen to work - the visible portion of the process in its general action-is the kindling of the imaginative faculty in the person subject to that action. In fact, it may be generally asserted concerning the particular and specific property of this principle of "Eloquence," in any communication wherein it is employed,

that its tendency is to directly and purely work upon the "Imagination" of those within its operation; to awaken the nervous susceptibility, to excite the abstract warmth and fire of the mind; to kindle and expand the imaginative capacity of the listener into a like sensitiveness to that of the utterer, that similar physical conditions being furnished (which process is accomplished in the literal and material burthen of the communication), similar emotions and ideas shall be evolved. And thus the general office and function of this principle is to assist in demonstrating those ideas, and expressing those emotions which are only visible in the light and heat of "Imagination "-those thoughts and feelings which are solely attained when the mental perception and moral sympathy are drawn from out their ordinary natural and instinctive sphere into the diversions of the imaginative world. The main propositions which it is the object of the present remarks to impress may be thus shortly summed up. The property attending language of "Eloquence" is a totally original and independent principle of expression-a principle of expression quite distinct from those principles on which all the efficacy of the purely material portion of language depends, such as are involved in the simple process of literal "Association," or the more elaborate method of Representation;" a certain emotion being by the former process suggested to the mind and partially realized to the breast (by means of the great social nerve of human sympathy) through being "associated" with a certain symbol

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