CLARA NOVELLO.-The centre of attraction was the renowned soprano who will be heard no more in public after this season. To say that the regret at her departure will be sincere and universal, is merely reiterat ing the constant observation of all respecting her; and, in truth, there can be but one feeling upon the matter, since it is well known that Mad. Novello's place cannot be occupied by any known soprano of the present day. For many years past she has been the only lady capable of singing oratorio music as it should be sung; and though many have tried to imitate her, all have been found wanting. Then, as regards such places as the Crystal Palace, it is not probable that many voices would arise capable of filling so large a space; and it certainly will be a serious drawback to the directors in case they pursue their course another year of giving monster performances of oratorios, if no soprano can be found equal to her whose loss we now deplore. Mad. Novello's singing of the music in the Creation is too well known to require comment; but in hearing her well-remembered strains, it is a further cause of regret to know that she is retiring while her voice is yet as rich, as clear, as powerful, and as exquisite as it ever has been. She has not lost one iota of her former qualities, and every year we fancy she has improved in style, and in the development of musical genius. This, no doubt, arises from the extraordinary care with which her first efforts were trained, and from the cultivation of her wonderful powers in the most perfect and artistic manner. The chorus, though numerous, was by no means powerful, arising probably from the incongruity of materials, and the difficulty of getting so many voices together to practice, at this season of the year.-Musical Times. A PORTRAIT OF SHAKSPEARE. Hanging on the staircase wall of Cotehele House, the ancient Cornish seat of the Edgecumbe family, on the banks of the Tamar, is an old painting, described by the female at tendant who pilots visitors over the house, as "a portrait of Shakspeare," "The frame is a natrow wood one, It is a stained and timeworn painting on panel-if I rightly remember- ture than any of the other supposed likenesses. There is the marble SELINA PYKE (Pupil of Mr. CHARLES SALAMAN) begs to announce that she has RETURNED to TOWN, and has resumed giving LESSONS on the PIANOFORTE. Miss P. attends Schools and her Pupils westward twice a week.-52 Great Prescott Street, E. TO TUNERS. Aengagement with a Party who can thoroughly Tune. Regulate, and Repair Pianofortes and Harmoniums; and who understands well the A TUNER from Broadwood's is desirous of a SITUA TION in town or country.-Address, A. Z., 8 Cheyne Row, Chelsea, S. W. meet every Thursday Evening, at 8 o'clock, at 13 Berners Street, W. Conductor, Mr. ALFRED GILBERT. Prospectuses may be obtained. F. F. RIELLY, Hon. Sec. Third Monmouthshire Rifle Volunteers.-Wanted a BANDMASTER for the above Corps. A good opening for a clever musician. Apply to Mr. R. N. Osborne, Hon. Sec., Band Committee, 17 Dock Street, Newport, Monmouthshire. BANDMASTERS. EVANS' HARMONIUM, at 107. 10s., is in a handsome French Polished Oak Case, and possesses that rich organ-like quality of tone so peculiar to all Evans' Instruments. Boosey & Sons, Manufacturers, 24 Holles Street, London. forehead, the dark and contemplative face tinged with melancholy, and the great lace collar which distinguish the portrait of the Dutch artist.THE ARION EIGHT-PART CHOIR.-The Members Of its history, or of the length of time that it has belonged to the house, nothing is known by the venerable housekeeper. Her remark, I think, was, that it has hung where it is now to be seen as long as ever she could remember, and that it has always been known as the portrait of Shakspeare. In many situations the painting would, perhaps, be passed unheeded, but associated with this famous old mansion, remarkable for its antique furniture, tapestry, and household implements, complete and intact since the days of Elizabeth and James, it deserves attention in these days of Shaksperian inquiry and national portrait seeking. The dull and heavy Stratford bust cannot be considered as bearing any but the faintest resemblance to the great bard. The Lansdowne portrait, also, however well authenticated it may be, does not impress the beholder that it is the veritable likeness of William Shakspeare, any more than the stiff and rude engravings which adorn the early folios. Whither, then, shall we turn for another portrait? I answer, to Cotehele; and the claims of the picture on its staircase wall to a little attention I deem to be these:-It is old, its battered condition does not in the least affect its historical worth, although to some minds this would help to a conviction of its genuineness. It forms part of one of the most curious and ancient household collections in England; it conveys something of the features that a person would naturally associate with a great thinking and imaginative mind; and, above all, as a fresh bone for Shaksperian contention, it has the good quality of being hitherto unpecked, and not growled over.-John Camden Hotten. Advertisements. EVA VANS' COTTAGE HARMONIUM at 6l. 6s., in a French Polished Pine Case, has the full compass Five Octaves, and a soft subdued agreeable quality of tone-designed, expressly for a cottage or small sitting room. Boosey & Sons, Manufacturers, 24 Holles Street, London. VANS' ENGLISH HARMONIUMS.-An Illustrated EVANS' two Rows of Keys, the Percussion Action and Pedals, at prices ranging from £6 68. EVA VANS' ENGLISH HARMONIUMS.-An Illustrated Catalogue is just published, post free, from the Manufacturers, Boosey & Sons, Holles Street, London. T. JAMES'S HALL, November 21st.-MAD. CLARA London on Wednesday, November 21st, 1860.-Further particulars in future advertisements, and at Cramer, Beale, & Co's. 201 Regent Street.. THE COOLD Esq., M.P. This Society was established 7th September, 1852 for investment of capital and savings, and for securing eligible land investments in counties, conferring the freehold franchise. Prospectuses explanatory of the Share, Deposit, Land and Borrowing Departments will be sent free of expense to any part of the world. Plans of estates 6d. each, or 7d. by post. CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEISEN, Secretary. Offices, No. 33 Norfolk Street, Strand, London, W. C.; The present rate of interest on Shares is 5 per cent. and on Deposits 4 per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly, with privilege of prompt withdrawal whenrequired. No partnership liability, and the taking of land quite optional. (Violoncello or Viola accomp. obbligato.) "Sweet little Jenny," J. Oxenford 2/0 2/0 John Ellison 2/0 MOZART, W. A. Mrs. 2/0 "Under the Linden tree," J. P. Wooler 2/6 2/6 "Here on the mountain," (Clarionet accomp. obbligato). J. Oxenford 4/0 99 Violin and Violoncello (in lieu of Clarionet) each 0/6 "Near to thee," (with Violoncello,) 4/0 MCKORKELL,C." Flowers, lovely flowers," J. H. Horncastle 2/6 MACFARREN, G.A." The thoughts of youth," 66 Longfellow 2/0 Paquita," (I love when the sun has set,) Charles Mackay 2/6 Gerald Massey 2/0 Isabella Hampton 2/6 Lord Byron 2/6 Alfred V. Newton 2/6 " The dewdrop and the rose," WHITE, CLEMENT." My ain Donald," "The Troubadour's lament," 2/0 VIVIER, EUGENE." When o'er the meadows green," (with Horn accomp. obbligato) MEYERBEER, G. "This house to love is holy," serenade for eight voices, (in score) two Sopranos, two Altos, two Tenors, and two Basses 3-" The arrow and the song," Longfellow 2/0 MONK, E. G. MEYERBEER, G. "The Lord's Prayer," for four voices, (in score) 3/0 0/6 J. Oxenford 4/0 0/6 Campbell 2/0 0/6 "The Battle of the Baltic," for four voices, (in score) two Sopranos, Tenor, and Bass. Separate vocal parts, each "The bridal morn," for four voices, (in score) Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Bass D. Ryan 2/0 "God save the Queen," for four voices, (two Tenors, and two Basses) in score 0/6 LONDON: DUNCAN DAVISON & CO., Dépôt Général de la Maison Brandus, de Paris; 244 Regent Street, corner of Little Argyll Street. GUINEA EDITION OF BEETHOVEN'S 'SONATAS. To be Published Next Week, in Two Volumes, Handsomely Bound in Cloth, Price 10s. 6d. each, BEETHOVEN'S SONATAS FOR THE PIANOFORTE, EDITED BY W. DORRELL, ESQ. Of the Royal Academy of Music, WITH LIFE OF BEETHOVEN BY G. A. MACFARREN, AND PORTRAIT BY J. LYNCH. THIS COMPLETE EDITION OF THE SONATAS Will be found the most perfect and correct of any published. It is Beautifully Printed on the Best Paper from newly Engraved Plates. Printed by GEORGE Andrew SpottisWOODE, of No. 10 Little New Street, in the Parish of St. Bride, in the City of London, at No. 5 New-street Square, in the said Parish. Published by JOHN BOOSEY, at the Office of BooSEY & SONS, 28 Holles Street.-Saturday, October 20, 1860. "THE WORTH OF ART APPEARS MOST EMINENT IN MUSIC, SINCE IT REQUIRES NO MATERIAL, NO SUBJECT-MATTER, WHOSE EFFECT MUST BE DEDUCTED: IT IS WHOLLY FORM AND POWER, AND IT RAISES AND ENNOBLES WHATEVER IT EXPRESSES"— Göthe SUBSCRIPTION-Stamped for Postage-20s. PER ANNUM Payable in advance by Cash or Post-Office Order to BOOSEY & SONS, 28 Holles Street, Cavendish Square, London, W. VOL. 38-No. 43 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1860 List of Music in G. A. MACFARREN'S New Opera, ROBIN HOOD, AS PERFORMED AT HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The following Pieces are published separately: ... АСТ І. Alice with Chorus s. d. 2 0 each 2 6 2 6 BALLAD "The hunters wake with the early morn," ROUND "May the saints protect and guide thee," FOUR-PART SONG" The wood, the gay greenwood," Chorus of Men (separate voice parts, 6d. each) TRIO" A good fat deer makes lusty cheer," Robin, Much, and Little John SONG "Confusion to the Norman," Robin Hood with Chorus (in E flat) Ditto (without Chorus, in B flat) ... 2 6 2 6 ... 2 0 2 0 4 0 SCENA-"Hail! happy morn," and "Power benign," Marian My child has fled," and SCENAShe has left me to mourn," BALLAD" She has left me to mourn" (printed separately from the above, in G, and with a second stanza)... DUET-" To King Richard at once you must go," Sheriff and Sompnour FOUR-PART SONG" Now the sun has mounted high," Chorus of Men (separate voice parts, 6d. each) Ditto, arranged as a Trio for two Trebles and a Bass SONG" Sons of the Greenwood," Marian with Chorus (in E, or without Chorus in D) ... 4d. Unstamped PRICE 15d. Stamped MAD. CLARA NOVELLO'S FAREWELL-most positively her only and Last Appearance in London-will take place at St. James's Hall, on Wednesday evening, November 21st. For particulars see programmes. Tickets to be had of Leader and Cook, 63 New Bond Street, corner of Brook Street. THE HE LONDON TONIC SOL-FA CHOIR will give their FIRST CONCERT at St. James's Hall, Piccadilly, on Tuesday, 27th November, 1860. Conductor, Mr. W. S. YOUNG. Admission 1s. Reserved Seats, 2s. 6d. Sofa stalls, 5s. For further particulars, see small bills. BUCKLEY'S SERENADERS.-St. James's Hall, Picca dilly.-Crowded Houses every performance. Evening at 8. Saturday afternoon at 3. Tickets may be secured at Austin's Ticket Office, 28 Piccadilly, from 10 till 5. Stalls, 3s.; Area, 2s.; Gallery, 1s. R. GEORGE COLLINS (Violoncellist) being about 2 6 ΜΕ SCENA- Life to me is no longer dear,”, ... in D, and with a second stanza) TRIO" By all the love that you have shown," Marian, Robin, and Sheriff Addison, Hollier, Lucas & Co., Regent Street. ZAMORA, IOLONCELLO to be SOLD, the property of an ALBANI, Antwerp, 1765.-Apply to Mr. John Osborne, Albion Place, Northampton. 3 6 ... The Author (in the Press) each 5 0 each 60 Subscriptions received by Messrs. Coutts; Messrs. Hayward, Rennard, and Co.; the London and County Bank; the Hon. Treasurers, Mr. J. Mitchell, Mr. T. Chappell, and Mr. W. H. Sams; and Shilling Subscriptions to 18th October... £756 12 2 ... Amount paid to M. Jullien during his illness, and for his funeral expenses, and debts ... £136 7 3 Amount voted for M. Jullien's two adopted children ... Sister and Nephew Mad. 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