well, and was well received; Mr. George Tedder was encored in two songs; and Mr. Archer displayed promise as a pianist. LIVERPOOL.-Mr. Thomas's Saturday Morning Concerts progress. As the summer advances, Mr. Thomas evidently expects a larger share of public patronage; and from next week he intends to give concert every Friday night, in addition. He DIRECTORS the honour to announce that inti da to address himself to a larger circle; and we trust he T MADDAR CASTOR, who haven sequence of her engagements in Paris did may meet with the success his spirit and talent so well merit. He has done much for music in Liverpool. WORCESTER. The usual weekly concert of the Madrigal Union was given at the Natural History Room, on Monday evening. A selection from the Messiah was performed, followed by a miscellaneous selection of madrigals and glees. The attendance was but limited. Mr. Cooper and Mrs. Evans were the vocalists. Μι ADVERTISEMENTS. ISS BLANCHE CAPILL (Pupil of Louis Leo-Voice, Mezzo-Soprano), Professor of Music and Singing, 47, Alfred-street, Riverterrace, Islington, where letters respecting pupils or engagements may be addressed. MR. not arrive in London until yesterday (Friday, the 13th), will make her first appearance on Monday evening next.-First night of the Season, Monday, April 16th, 1855.-Her Majesty's servants will perform (in Italian) Bellini's LA SONNAMBULA. Il Conte Rodolpho, Signor Gassier; Alessio, Signor Pierini; Notary, Signor Bardini; and Elvino, Signor Bettini; Theresa, Miss Payne; Lis, Mdlle. Martini; and Amina, MADAME GASSIER. To conclude with a grand BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. Prices of admission-Stalls, 7s.; Dress Circle, 5s.; Upper Boxes, 3s.; Pit, 28.; Galleries, 1s.; Private Boxes, One, Two, Three, and Four Guineas each. The doors will open at half-past Seven, and the Opera will commence at Eight precisely. Places and Private Boxes may be secured at the Box-office, which is open daily from Ten until Six, also at all the principal Musicsellers and Librarians. SIR IR HENRY BISHOP'S VOCAL MUSIC.-The Second and Last Evening Concert at Exeter Hall will take place on Monday next, April 16th, commencing at Eight o'clock. The Afternoon Concerts will be resumed at the Hanover-square Rooms, on Saturday next. April 21st, commencing at Half-past Three, and terminating at Five o'clock. Sir Henry Bishop will preside at the Piano, Tickets at Mitchell's Royal Library, 38, Old Bond-street, and the Principal Libraries, also at Messrs Keith and Prowse, Cheapside. R. and MADAME R. SIDNEY PRATTEN beg to THE LONDON ORCHESTRA. Conductor, Mr. announce that they have removed to 131B, Oxford-street. FRANK MORI; Leader, Mr. THIRLWALL. Including Messrs. Barret, Lazarus, Baumann, Clinton, Lovell Phillips, Prospère, Mount, Mann, Cioffi, Zeiss, Tolbecque, Nadaud, Chipp, &c. For terms apply to Mr. A. 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Published by JOHN BOOSEY, of 27, Notting Hill-square, in the parish of Kensington, at the office of BOOSEY & SONS, 28, Holles-street. Sold also by REED, 15, John-street, Great Portland-street; ALLEN, Warwick-lane; VICKERS, Holywell-street; KEITH, PROWSE, and Co., 48, Cheapside; G. SCHEURMANN, 86, Newgate-street; HARRY MAY, 11, Holborn-bars, Agents for Scotland, PATERSON and SONS, Edinburgh; for Ireland, H. BUSSELL, Dublin; and all Music-sellers. Printed by WILLIAM SPENCER JOHNSON, "Nassau Steam Press," 60, St. Martin's Laue, in the Parish of St. Martin's in the Fields, in the County of Middlesex. SUBSCRIPTION:-Stamped for Postage, 20s. per annum-Payable in advance, by Cash or Post Office Order, to BOOSEY & SONS, 28, Holles Street, Cavendish Square. VOL. 33.-No. 16. SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1855. ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. HER MAJESTY'S PRIVATE BAND. To the Editor of the Musical World. SIR,-After the offer you have made of your columns being open to myself, or any aggrieved party, I need not make any apology for troubling you. From the false reports which Mr. Anderson is spreading about (much to my disadvantage), I think it right that the musical public should know as much of the nature of the cause of my dismissal from Her Majesty's Private Band as may be gleaned from the following letters. The endeavour on the part of Mr. Anderson to rest the harshness of the treatment I have received wholly on Colonel Phipps, is a mean attempt to evade the censure which justly belongs to himself; and, although he may be clever enough to escape in the world the odium of the action, from its comparative secretness, still I have had too many proofs of his vindictiveness to doubt his present intention to ruin me in the eyes of the Court and the world. With the former he possibly has succeeded, but I trust the public is not so influenced. Leaving, therefore, my cause with the hope of an impartial judgment, I am, Sir, your obliged servant, April 19th, 1855. (COPY.) 1. EDMUND CHIPP. August 26th, 1854. DEAR SIR,—I have now been a member of her Majesty's Private Band upwards of ten years, and at the time I entered it, there was a promise made by you that the salary then granted me of £100 per annum, should in course of time be raised to the same amount as enjoyed by the other members, viz., £130. I now feel, from the time I have been in her Majesty's service, and from the zealous and punctual manner in which I have ever endeavoured to attend to the duties required of me, that I ought to remind you of a promise, which possibly, from the lapse of time and your numerous engagements, you may have forgotten. When I first became a member of her Majesty's Private Band, I was but young, and without ties, and the salary, although moderate, was then adequate. Now, however, having a family to educate and provide for in life, the case is very different. present time I have declined them, as I prefer, if my position is made I have had several offers of settling in the country; but up to the such as I consider I am entitled to, remaining in London, Knowing that your influence is such that you can further the request of one in whose welfare you have often professed to feel an interest, I am, dear Sir, Yours respectfully, To G. F. Anderson, Esq. 2. EDMUND CHIPP. Osborne, September 9th, 1854. DEAR SIR,-In acknowledging the receipt of your letter, I must confess myself much surprised at its contents, and the tone of the document altogether. And you must excuse me if I tell you candidly that I do not consider that I offered you a very moderate salary of £100 per annum, because you were young; on the contrary, I know that I engaged you on a very liberal salary. The terms I gave you were very handsome; and you were only too anxious to obtain the appointment, PRICE 4d. STAMPED 5d. and your father expressed himself most grateful to me for having got you the situation. I cannot enter further into this matter till we meet at Windsor (if we do meet there) than to request that you will not for one moment hesitate to accept one, or any, of the "frequent appointments of settling in the country" whenever such may occur, as I can only repeat that which I have very often expressed to you-viz., that I shall only be too happy to see you better yourself, and that your resignation of the appointments you now hold as Musician to Her Majesty will be immediately accepted, when anything more advantageous to your interest may be offered to you. With kind regards, Believe me, dear Sir, yours very truly, To E. Chipp, Esq. 3. G. F. ANDERSON. October 7th, 1854. DEAR SIE,-When I first received your note I considered it best to do as you wished, and leave the discussion of its contents until our arrival at Windsor, but upon further reflection I do not see why I should not express (prior to that interview) how much I feel hurt and surprised at the manner in which you have treated a request, which I neither consider unreasonable nor without claim. spect have you replied to the main purport of my note. You seem to You certainly spared no pains to wound my feelings, but in no remisconstrue my words in more ways than one:-for instance, I never in my former note intimated that I was not glad when I received (nearly eleven years since) the appointment; on the contrary, having been in the Royal service the greater part of my life (I entered the Chapel Royal before I was eight years old), I very naturally feel some predilection for it, but I cannot be content to remain only in the position I occupied in my twenty-first year; there would be no progression in that; and I think you must acknowledge that the spur to labour is the hope of advancement. the country, but I should have no trouble to prove the truth of my You seem to throw a doubt upon my having had offers to settle in words. April 13th, 1855. SIR,-In justice to myself, and with all due respect to you, I consider I should be wanting in a proper spirit of honourable pride, if I refrained from addressing a letter of explanation to you, on the subject anything which may be the means of eradicating from your mind the of my late abrupt dismissal from Her Majesty's service. My character being seriously affected, I feel that I must not neglect which I have been hitherto regarded, by all with whom I have been idea that I have acted in a manner unworthy of the estimation with connected, or that I have, knowingly, behaved unbecomingly to Her Majesty. It is quite necessary, to the proper understandin of the whole affair, that I should bring before your notice, letters whilave passed between Mr. Anderson and myself, the first of which is dat Angust 26th, 1854. You will, by that note, perceive that there was a romise made when I first entered Her Majesty's Private Band, hower Mr. Anderson may now deny it. You will, I think, hardly wonder that Mr. A derson's reply to that note called forth another from me. Here the matter rested for some weeks, but during an interview with Mr. Ande son at Windsor Castle in October, at which, when he discovered that possessed no written proof of his promise, he denied he had made it. Only now discovering USH WOR the FRIEND I had to deal with, I felt how wrong I had been to trust to mere words. In January the letter signed "Truth" appeared in the Musical World. Mr. Anderson accused me of being the writer-an accusation, which, being innocent, I strongly denied, and he appeared to believe me. In a few days, however, I found he was asserting to others that he was convinced it was my production, and then thought proper to confirm this assertion by contemptuously returning a trifling present I had made him some years before. I immediately wrote to the Editor of the paper, asking him to deny my having written the letter in question. This may have been an act of indiscretion, but my word being doubted by Mr. Anderson, who ought to have been aware from his long knowledge of myself and parents, that I was incapable of au untruth, Ï felt that I had no other course open but to appeal to the Editor of the paper to confirm my denial of the authorship of the letter in question. I must beg further to trouble you with a short statement of two other instances in which I conceive myself greatly aggrieved by Mr. Anderson's conduct. In the summer of 1847, at Mr. Anderson's request, I acted as deputy organist to Her Majesty's Private Chapel, and after I had continued in that capacity some little time, Mr. Anderson enquired what salary I received as organist at Mr. Montgomery's Chapel. I replied £40 per annum. Mr. A. then enquired whether I should be satisfied with the same sum at Her Majesty's Private Chapel, to which I at once acceded; whereupon Mr. A. distinctly promised me the appointment; but afterwards, without the slightest reason or explanation, procured the appointment of Mr. Cusins, his own nephew, to the situation. Again, at Mr. Anderson's request, I prepared the design, which was afterwards adopted, for the new organ for the Private Chapel at Windsor Castle, for which design I believe Mr. A. took credit as his own, and never either acknowledged my assistance, or even asked me to inspect it when erected. When I left Her Majesty's Chapel Royal, St. James's, where I had been upwards of eight years, I received presents of money and a book from the Bishop of London; and testimonials of good conduct from Mr. Hawes, master of the choristers; Dr. Heath, Sub-Dean, Chapel Royal; and the Rev. J. V. Povah. I have had many more since from men of position and eminence, among them the Honourable and Rev. C. L. Courtenay, who had known me as doing duty both in the band and Private Chapel. I have stated these circumstances fully, not with any view of seeking to be reinstated in a situation which I could never again hold under Mr. Anderson, after what has transpired, but solely with a wish to clear myself from any imputations of improper or disloyal conduct. Trusting, Sir, I have succeeded in this object, I have the honour to be, To Col. the Honourable C. B. Phipps. 5. EDMUND CHIPP. April 17th, 1855. SIR,—I think it right to forward you a copy of a letter which I have sent to Col. Phipps, fully explaining the circumstances which led, through you, to my dismissal from the Private Band. The act for which I have ostensibly been deprived of my position in the Royal Service, viz., the publication of a letter in my own exoneration was, as you are well aware, a course forced upon me by your own ungentlemanly conduct. Under no circumstances whatever could I again hold office under a man who has forfeited his word and all title to respect; and my only object in writing to you now is in order to shew you that I am fully aware of the motives under which you have acted all through. In order that my character may stand right with the public as well as with my private friends, I shall publish the whole circumstances under which I have been dismissed from H.M. Service, and leave the public to judge upon whom the odium ought to fall. To G. F. Anderson, Esq. THE IMPERIAL VISIT. Yours, EDMUND CHIpp. To the Editor of the Musical World. SIR-In the programme of entertainments provided for the occasion of the visit to England of their Imperial Majesties the Emperor and Empress of the French, one is surprised at the total absence of all that is English (as far as art is concerned) in the means adopted to amuse the guests of Royalty during their short sojourn. It will be urged, that the non-existence of an English Opera Company of adequate importance, enforces the necessity of a performance being given by the Royal Italiaus; that the fact of the German band at the Crystal Palace being already embodied, compels the directors to avail themselves of | the same. These excuses may or may not be very plausible, by way of argument; but most unquestionably would it have been more satisfactory to the nation, and more complimentary to those for whose amusement the performances are intended, had native artists been employed instead of those who, being strangers in this country, cannot be sup posed to participate in the feeling which induces the English as a nation to welcome the representative of the French. Moreover, consider the anomaly of the additional verses to the National Anthem (written for the occasion in honour of the august visitors) being sung by foreigners! It may be said, there was not time to provide any other performances. The excuse would, however, be futile, seeing there would be no obstacle to an English musical entertainment being organised either at the Crystal Palace or Covent Garden Theatre. I am not adverse to the cordial reception always accorded to foreign artists by this country; far from it: let artists and real genius be supported and encouraged wherever they may present themselves; but, on an occasion like the present, some effort should surely be made by those in whose power it lies to protect and endeavour to uphold native talent, and not allow it to be superseded by those who cannot be as much (if, in fact, they are at all) interested in the national proceedings of the moment. I will merely add 'that, should our Queen visit France, the means employed to celebrate the event will place those of which our Government has availed itself in sad contradistinction. I am, Sir, yours obediently, April 17, 1855. LOHENGRIN: A ROMANTIC OPERA, IN THREE ACTS, DY RICHARD WAGNER. (Continued from page 226.) SCENE III. D. B. During the following lines, the swan with the skiff comes right up to the bank. LOHENGRIN, leaning on his sword, is standing in the skiff, in a suit of silver armour, with his helmet on his head, his shield slung on his back, and a small horn at his side. ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN. (Turning towards the front, in a state of the greatest amazement.) A wonder, a wonder, a wonder! Ah! an unheard-of wonder, never witnessed before! We greet thee, we greet thee, Heaven-sent hero! (ELSA has turned round, and, perceiving LeHENGRIN, uttered a loud cry of delight. FRIEDRICH looks on LOHENGRIN in silence. ORTRUD, who, during the whole trial, has preserved a haughty bearing, is seized with deadly fear on beholding LOHENGRIN and the swan, and, during the following scene, gazes fixedly upon the stranger. AS LOHENGRIN prepares to leave the skiff, the loud rejoicing of the people is changed into the most attentive silence.) LOHENGRIN. (With one foot still in the skiff, and bowing to the Swan.) Now be thanked, my beloved swan! retire up the broad stream again; return once more to our happiness! Therefore let our service be truly skiff round, and swims back up the stream; LOHENGRIN looks after it performed! Farewell, farewell, my dear swan. (The Swan turns the pensively for a short time.) THE MEN AND WOMEN. (Greatly moved, and in the softest whisper.) What a sweet and blissful terror seizes on us! What a propitious power holds us spell-bound! How handsome and majestic is he who has brought such a wonder to the land! ground, bowing to the King.) Hail, King Henry! May God stand full LOHENGRIN. (Who has advanced slowly and solemnly into the foreof blessings near thy sword! Thy name, great and glorious, shall never fade from the earth. KING. Thanks! If I rightly guess the power that has brought thee to this land, thou comest sent from Heaven! LOHENGRIN. (Advancing still further into the middle.) I am sent to fight for a maiden accused of a heavy crime; at present, let me see if I have met with her! Speak, then, Elsa von Brabant! If I was ap pointed thy champion, will thou, without fear and terror, trust thyself to my protection ? ELSA. (Who, since she beheld LOHENGRIN, has stood motionless as if under the influence of some sweet spell, with her eyes fixed upon him, as if aroused by his address, and overcome by feelings of joy, sinks at his feet.) My hero! my saviour! Take me! I give thee all that I am! LOHENGRIN. If I conquer for thee in the combat, wilt thou take me for thy husband? ELSA. As I lie here before thy feet, do I freely give thee body and soul. LOHENGRIN. Elsa, if I am to bear the name of thy husband; if I am to defend thy land and people for thee; if nothing is ever to tear me |