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BOOSEY AND SONS' NEW LIST.

THE CROWN DIAMONDS.

Complete for the Pianoforte, in cloth. Price 6s. Forming the 20th volume of
Boosey and Sons' Series of Operas.

the clarinets are brought into the foreground, and what a characteristic difference is established, according as it is the clarinets or the oboes, which are, for character of the sound, subjected to various gradations by its mixture with the other wind instruments. The trumpets, too, are employed in a peculiar manner; they are not seldom used without kettle-drums, and like trumpets, in the ordinary sense of the word, but instead of the horns (and not combined with them), mostly in the lower passages, for the purpose of imparting to the tone a peculiar strength, freshness, and brilliancy. Such remarks might be pursued still further, in order to prove clearly, in each separate instance, with what delicate feeling, and correct calculation, the orchestral resources, as well as all the rest, are employed to effect the Edited by J. W. Davison, with Critical and Biographical Introductions. In one most charming harmony.

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"Although it is not to be denied that the opera Cosi fan Tutte, regarded as a whole, and with especial reference to depth, significance, and detail of character, does not equal Figaro and Don Giovanni, it must, at the same time be acknowledged, that separate pieces, and Complete in one volume. Edited by J. W. Davison, with Introduction and especially the far greater majority of the principal parts, manifest all Mozart's genius, and all his mastery; that peculiarities of his artistic nature, which in other operas, either do not appear at all, or less prominently, are manifested in the most brilliant fashion; and that, in many directions, we have gained an advance, an extension of the realms of art."

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We are presented with an interesting account (Supplement XXV.) how a mass in C major, which was in the collection of C. Zulhener, of Mayence, and marked under Mozart's name as the Coronation Mass, agrees in all its movements, with the exception of the "Credo." with whole movements or smaller pieces from Cosi fan Tutte, save that the key and instrumentation ONE HUNDRED GERMAN WALTZES FOR THE VIOLIN.

are changed, and a part sometimes added or omitted (pp. 767— 769). The "Dona Nobis," for instance, is nearly the same as the final concerted piece of the opera.

Zulehner was of opinion that the mass was written by Mozart previously to the opera, and plundered for the benefit of the latter. From such twaddle as this, thinks Jahn, may have arisen censure like Thibaut's (Reinheit der Tonkunst, p. 11). That the mass was patched up from the opera by some boggling church musician, Jahn concludes from the passages not borrowed from the opera, and from the way in which the borrowed material is employed; and all musicians to whom he has shown the mass agree with him. He states, also, that old musicians have informed him that, in their youth, perfectly similar masses were common, from Figaro and Don Giovanni. To this we add, that such cases still occur, now-a-days, in the French provinces; from Meyerbeer's operas, not only is the march from the Prophète (together with scenes from Bellini's Norma) quite an ordinary thing on the organ-we actually heard it in a Parisian church-but also, the conjuration of the nuns from Robert le Diable, with a sacred Latin text! Military bands, too, with and without the obbligato serpent, which frequently alone represents both organ and orchestra in country churches, perform the most frivolous operatic pieces in the midst of the service.

In the spring of 1791, Emanuel Schikaneder applied to Mozart, whom he besought to save him, by the composition of a magic opera, from the desperate state into which his unfortunate theatrical speculation and his own giddiness had plunged him. He brought Mozart the book of Die Zauberflöte, which, however, only gradually assumed its present shape. In July, Mozart was able to enter the opera in his list as finished (that is to say, in all the essential points, though the scoring was not completed).

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HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

SEASON 1860.

THE

HE LESSEE and DIRECTOR, having completed arrangements which enable him to make the announcement under peculiarly favourable circumstances, has the gratification to acquaint the nobility, gentry, and the public, that HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE will OPEN for the SEASON on Tuesday, the 10th of April next. Her Majesty's Theatre for more than a century has been recognized as the first Lyric Theatre in Europe. With this magnificent establishment are intimately associated all the splendour and prestige of Italian Opera; to it also belong the most brilliant reminiscences of the Ballet. The history of Her Majesty's Theatre is identified with the progress of music in this country, and its name made memorable by the special patronage of Royalty. Its spacious and noble area, its peculiarity of construction-which renders it the finest theatre in the world for sound-its perfect suitableness for the purposes of music, and, more than all, its locality in the most fashionable and easily-accessible part of the metropolis, point to it as the temple of high-art entertainment best adapte dto the taste and accommodation of the Court and the aristocracy. In short, no other opera-house in existence can boast of equal advantages in point of convenience of site, commodiousness of construction, and elegance of appearance. Considerable changes and improvements have been made in order to conduce to the comfort and satisfaction of the subscribers and the public. The theatre has undergone a thorough renovation in the interior and exterior, and several alterations have been effected throughout the building, which the Director thought were imperatively called for, and which he feels satisfied will meet with universal approbation. The crush room and entrances have been rendered commodious and elegant, a perfect system of ventilation has been adopted, and every care taken to ensure the accommodation of the audience. The Lessee is deeply impressed with the responsibilities of his new undertaking. He feels that he has made himself answerable to all his patrons for the production of every work at Her Majesty's Theatre in a style of completeness and excellence worthy of their support. As an assurance that due exertion will not be wanting to arrive at this result, he may refer to the accompanying list of artistes and arrangements for the forthcoming season :—

ENGAGEMENTS-Mdlle. Piccolomini (her farewell nights previous to her final retirement from the stage), Mdlle. Vaneri, Madame Laura Baxter, Mdlle. Maria Brunetti (from the Grand Opera Paris, her first appearance in this country), and Madame Alboni; Mdlle. Lotti della Santa (her first appearance at Her Majesty's Theatre), Mdile. Dell'Anese, Mdlle. Nardi, and Madame Maria Cabel (Prima Donna of the Opera Comique, Paris,) Madame Borghi Mamo (her first appearance in this country,) and Mdlle, Titiens, Signor Mongini, Signor Belart, Signor Corsi, Signor Mercuriali, Signor Soldi, Signor Giuglini, Signor Everardi (of the Imperial Italian Operas of Vienna and St. Petersburgh, his first appearance in this country), Signor Aldighieri, Signor Fellar, (his first appearance,) and Signor Sebastiano Ronconi, (of the Regio, Turin, La Pergola, Florence, &c.,) Signor Gossier, Signor Castelli, and Signor Violetti, Directors of the music, Composers and Conductors-Mr. Benedict and Signor Arditi. Principal Violins-Herr Molique, and Mr. Henry Blagrove. Leader of the Ballet-Signor Bollilli (Musical Director for the Theatre Bologna.) The Military Band of the Grenadier Guards, under the direction of Mr. D. Godfrey. Suggestiore-Signor Fontana. Regisseur -Signor Grua. The carefully selected and highly trained Chorus under the direction of Signor Vaschetti. The Corps de Ballet will include several additions from the continental theatres, under the direction of M. Petit. The engagements for the Ballet comprise: Mdlle. Salvioni, (of the San Carlos, Naples, her first appearance,) Mdlle. Morlacchi, Mdlle. Pocchini, Mdlle. Clavelle, Mdlle. Moncelet, Mdlle. Claudini Cucchi, (of the Imperial Opera, Vienna, her first appearance), Mdlle. Bioletti, Mdlle. Loquine, Mdlle. Ferraris, M. Merante, (of the Grand Opera, Paris, (his first appearance,) Signor Carlori, (of the Imperial

Opera, Vienna, his first appearance,) and M. Durand. Maitre e compositeur de Ballet-Signor Borri (of the principal Theatre in Italy.) With a repertoire so extensive and attractive as that of Her Majesty's Theatre, an assemblage of talent so remarkable, and with so magnificent a theatre, in every way peculiarly adapted to the various performances, the Director confidently looks to the nobility and the public for support. To fulfil the conditions entailed, in carrying on so vast an establishment, requires more than common energies and common resources; and it is only by liberal assistance from the patrons of art, among the aristocracy and the public that any good result can follow; while no labour, effort, or expense will be spared to render the performances of the highest excellence. It is further the intention of the management to produce during the season the following:-Weber's grand romantic opera of Oberon, which has been for a long time in active preparation, and will be produced on a scale and with a completeness worthy of this great work. The minor as well as the principal parts will be effectively filled. The scenery and dresses are being prepared with great care, and will present features of special interest. The whole will be produced under the immediate superintendence of J. R. Planché, Esq., Author of the Libretto, by whom several changes and modifications have been made, while the whole of the original music has been carefully preserved. The recitatives expressly arranged by M. Benedict, pupil of the composer of this great work. Beethoven's Fidelio, Leonora, Mdlle. Titiens. A new and original opera by Maestro Campana, in which Mdlle. Piccolomini will appear. Rossini's opera of Otello.-In consequence of the enthusiastic reception accorded to Mme. Borghi Mamo, at the Italian Opera in Paris, the above opera will be produced early in the season, with the following cast:-Otello, Signor Mongini; Rodrigo, Signor Corso; Elmiro, Signor Vialetti; Iago, Signor Everardi; Desdemona, Mme. Borghi Mamo. And about the middle of May, Rossini's Semiramide, with the following powerful cast :-Semiramide, Mdlle. Titiens (her first appearance in that character); Arsace, Madame Alboni (her first appearance this season; Idreno, Signor Belart; Oreo, Signor Vialetti; and Assur, Signor Everardi. Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro, with an unprecedented cast. Also Weber's opera of Der Frieschütz, in which Signor Mongini and Mdlle. Titiens will sustain the principal characters. Mdlle. Brunetti will arrive at the end of April, and make her first appearance at the early part of May, in Verdi's opera of Rigoletto. Madame Alboni will make her first appearance about the middle of May, as Arsace in Semiramide. Mdlle. Titiens will appear on the opening night Tuesday, April 10, in conjunction with Signor Giuglini. Madame Borghi Mamo will make her first appearance in this country on Thursday, April 12, as Leonora, in La Favorite. Madame Marie Cabel (from the Imperial Opera Comique. Paris,) will appear during the season in several of her favourite characters. On the opening night also will be performed the ballet of Fleur des Champs, in which Mdlle. Pocchini will appear. The general favourite, Malle. Ferraris, will appear in Mazalier's highly successful ballet of Orfa (first time in this country). Mdlle. Claudina Cucchi will make her débût in a new ballet. The season will commence on Tuesday, April 10, when will be performed (for the first time at this theatre) Flotow's admired opera of Martha. Lionello, Signor Giuglini (his first appearance this season); Plumkett, Signor Vialetti; Lord Tristano, Signor Sebastian Ronconi; Nancy, Mdile. Vaneri; Lady Henrietta, Mdlle. Titiens (her first appearance this season). On Thursday, April 12th, La Favorita. Fernando, Signor Guiglini; Alfonso, Signor Everardo (his first appearance); Baldassare, Signor Vialetti; Leonora, Mdlle. Borghi Mamo (her first appearance). On Saturday, 14th April, will be performed Verdi's opera of Il Trovatore, Manrico, Signor Giuglini; Ferrando, Signor Vialetti; Comte di Luna, Signor Aldighieri; Azucena, Madame Borghi Mamo; Leonora, Mdlle. Titiens. The Box-office of the Theatre is open daily for subscribers from 10 to 5, under the direction of Mr. Nugent.

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ISS LAURA BAXTER has the honour to announce that her Grand Vocal and Instrumental Concert will take place, at St. James's Hall, on the 15th of May. Under the immediate patronage of The Marquis of Lansdowne, The Right Honorable The Earl Mount Edgcumbe, The Countess Mount Edgcumbe, The Lady Brownlow, Viscount Valletort, M.P., The Lady Katherine Valletort, &c. Communications respecting the Concert, Lessons, &c., to be addressed to Miss Laura Baxter's residence, 155, Albany-street, Regent's Park, N.W.

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THE LONDON CONCERT SEASON.-Mr. C. M."

the arrangement of Concerts, Soirees, Matinees, as well as Programmes and Books of Words, at very moderate charges. Address, 105, Wardour-street, Oxford-street.

THE ARION" (Eight-Part-Choir).The members of

this Society will meet until further notice every Thursday evening, at 8 o'clock, at 13, Berners-street, Oxford-street. Conductor, Mr. ALFRED GILBERT. F. F. REILLY, Hon. Sec. Persons desirous of joining the choir are requested to address the Secretary.

MR. AGUILAR'S THIRD AND LAST SOIREE ORCHESTRAL UNION.-MR. ALFRED MELLON

will take place at 17, Westbourne-square, W., on Saturday, April 14, at Half-past Eight, when he will be assisted by Miss Lindo, Herr Eibenschütz, Herr Jansa, and Herr Lidel.-Programme.-Sonata (Op. 2, No. 5), piano and violin, Mozart; Song, Mendelssohn; Sonata, in B flat, (Op. 22), Beethoven; Song, Schubert; Trio in C minor, Mendelssohn; Vocal Duets, Figaro, Mozart; Polacca brillante, Weber. Tickets, ós.; Triple admission, 10s. 6d.

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that he will return to London about the middle of June, when he will be open to any engagements for the Band of the Orchestral Union, which he has reconstructed. Principal Artistes-M M. Sainton, H. Hill, W. Watson, E. Payton, Doyle, Trust, G. Collins, Aylward, Howell senr, White, P. S. Pratten, Barret, Lazarus, T. Owen, Hausser, C. Harper, Standen, T. Harper, Stanton Jones, W. Winterbottom, Cioffi, and F. C. Horton, Applications respecting engagements to be made to Mr. George Dolby, 2, Hinde-street, Manchester-square, W.

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ISS MARGARET MCALPINE (Contralto), MEXERBEER'S NEW WORK-" ASPIRATION”

MISS

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"Mozart's Twelfth Mass,' arranged for the pianoforte," by Henry Smart (Boosey and Sons). For those who wish to study all that Mozart has written, and are not able to read music from full score (how many are able ?) adaptations, or reductions, for pianoforte alone, by so accomplished a musician as Mr. Henry Smart, will offer advantages difficult to over-estimate. While not a single point of any importance is avoided, or "botched," in his arrangement of the Twelfth Mass, it at the same time presents no obstacles at which even players of moderate attainments need stand aghast. Mr. Smart has indeed done his work to perfection, and as an example of the masterly skill that has enabled him to present so much of the original with such limited means at disposal, we may point to the fugue, "Cum Sancto Spiritu" (page 14)-premising, however, that all the rest is to match. "Rossini's Stabat Mater,' arranged for the pianoforte"-by Henry Smart (Boosey and Sons). The "Stabat" of Rossini was even a more laborious task than the Mass of Mozart, but Mr. Smart has arranged it with equal felicity. The muchcriticised fugue, fugato, or fugued movement (whichever the reader pleases), to which Rossini, in a temporary access of contrapuntal enthusiasm unusual with his Melodic Majesty, has set the "Amen," may be quoted by the side of Mozart's "Cum Sancto Spiritu," as a specimen of Mr. Smart's consummate fitness for the labour he has undertaken. It is a great thing to say; but it is not the less a fact, that this pianoforte arrangement for two hands really gives an excellent idea of "Rossini's Stabat Mater.

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Larghetto Cantabile, and Allegro Capriccioso,' for the pianoforte" dedicated to William Sterndale Bennett, Mus. Prof. Cantab., by George Forbes (Leader and Cock). Although in this ably-written piece of music no trace of direct plagiarism can be cited, it sounds, nevertheless, so familiar that we seem to have heard it all somewhere else before. We are haunted, from first to last, in the allegro, by reminiscences of the once-familiar duet of Moscheles in A major; of Sterndale Bennett's Study in B flat (Sic Studies in the form of Capriccios)—at the top of page 19, when a certain passage of triplets occurs; by Mendelssohn's Rondo Capriccioso (in the same key)-where the second subject is accompanied by arpeggios allotted to the right hand; by the same composer's Lied, No. 6 (in A), from Book 5 of the Lieder ohne Wörte in the second subject itself, which Mr. Forbes gives in common-time, while Mendelssohn has it in 6-8; and by a faint echo of Hummel throughout. In spite of all this, we are both pleased and interested by the composition, which not only is clever, but straightforward, sensible and musicianly. The only fault is a certain diffuseness, which, now and then, leads to vapidity-or, as some would write, vapidness, which

is all the same.

"The Rifle Recruiting Call, Arm, brothers, arm'"-song with chorus, ad. lib.-words by Alexander Maclagan, music by Maurice Cobham (Wessel and Co.). We learn, from the title-page, which is, moreover, embellished with a boldlyexecuted lithograph, from the stone of Mr. A. Laby, that this spirited and well-written song was "performed by the band of the gallant 78th Highlanders, at the Grand Military Bazaar, Edinburgh."

"The Humming Top,' Folie Musicale, for the pianoforte, dedicated to Lady Cecil de la Feld"-by Bellenden K. Atkins (J. H. Jewell)-may be recommended as an excellent study for young players, affording useful practice for the thumb

and index of either hand, while the extreme digits, also of either hand, are employed on a sustained melody and bass. Unpretending as it otherwise is, " The Humming Top" is by no means without merit, although the episode, commencing at the foot of page 3, is rather tame until the progression begins (page 4), which conducts to the coda, and, like the coda, is decidedly good. May we, without offence, sug est to Miss Bellenden K. Atkins the propriety of adding a flat to the A in the bar at page 4, line 1, bar 31

"An Evening with Balfe,' mélange of the most favourite airs of that popular composer"-arranged for the pianoforte, by Rudolf Nordmann (Boosey and Sons). The airs comprise "Nelly Gray;" the Longfellow serenade, "Good night! good night! beloved;" "Daybreak" (a popular setting of another poem by Longfellow); the opening chorus from Satanella ("Donor of this lordly fête"); " Fortune and her wheel," the most admired of the four settings of the songs from Tennyson's Legends of the King; the barcarole, "Oh, boatman haste;" the simple but taking ballad of "Margaretta ;" and last, not least, the universally-known "Come into the garden, Maud." The bouquet is made up of the choicest flowers from Mr. Balfe's most recently trimmed melodious garden, and is made up with infinite taste by Herr Nordmann.

"There's nothing like a fresh Evening Breeze'; sɔng”— composed expressly for Mr. Thomas, by Alberto Randegger (Boosey and Sons). There is nothing like a good song in its way; and here we have what in every way is a good song. It has life and vigour; it is perfectly well written; it is original (though flavoured with a smack of the old English character); and it is decidedly effective. We hope some day to hear it sung by Mr. Thomas, for whose fine bass voice and healthy energetic style it is eminently fitted.

"Don't come teasing me, Sir'-song"-words by Herbert Fry, music by J. L. Hatton (Boosey and Sons)—is another song with a taste of the old English melody in it. Mr. Fry has addressed a smart homily to a male coquet (the most unpardonable species of human humbug), and Mr. Hatton has " music'd" Mr. Fry's disdainful epigram in his smartest and most epigrammatic manner. The neatness with which this little song is written, the raciness of its melody, and its admirably appropriate expression, should win for it a popularity at least equal to that obtained by any previous emanation from the genial and unaffected pen of its

composer.

"The maid I love hath many a grace '--song"-words by Augustus Greville, music by J. L. Hatton (Boosey and Sons).-Here we find Mr. Augustus Greville, in an effusion no less smart than the homily of Mr. Fry, apostrophising the perfections of a maid on whose physical graces and endowments he dwells with poetical pertinacity, eulogising them under the thin disguise of interrogatories addressed alternately to a mariner, a knight, and a herd. Listen to

the amorous bachelor :

"The maid I love hath many a grace;
How fair her form,-how sweet her face!
And cans't thou tell me, mariner, fast sailing o'er the sea,
If ship, or sail, or ev'ning star, were half so fair to thee ?
The maid I love hath many a grace;

How fair her form,-how sweet her face!
And cans't thou tell me, cavalier, whose arms are gleaming bright,
If steed or arms be half so dear as her fond eyes of light?
The maid I love hath many a grace;

How fair her form,-how sweet her face! And can'st thou tell me, shepherd boy, watching thy flock with care, If herds, or sunlit valleys green, or skies be half so fair ?"

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