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WATSON'S ART JOURNAL. 267

And while joyously chorusing rt-mi-fd-do, Do all sorts of things to be first in the

race; Thus: Headway and Cheek on the great

Paris Course, . Each their Pegasus spurred with a rowel of gold,

And ruthlessly "

jockied" Stick out of his place?

His young nag was " doctored," and

otherwise "sold." Well: Head got a Medal, Cheek ditto and

Cross ; Each belittles his rival, as, all of. you've ^rea'd;^

- ? ?.

Newspaper folks gain?others don't care a toss

Whether Head has got Cheek, or Cheek's

got a-head.

But, to keep up the metaphor-Turfite re frain,

Connected with Agraffes and Pedals and Shakes,

Though Cheeky and Headway the " Derby" did gain,

Sharp Stick will carry the " Popular

Stakes."

EDITORIAL ITEMS.

The Harlem Musical Association gave its

monthly Dress Rehearsal on Monday evening last. The performance of the Choral selec tions evidenced a marked improvement, and would bear comparison with more pretentious societies. The Association is composed of the elite of Harlem society; the singers dis play intelligence, and their voices are fresh and excellent, counting among them some

gool solo voices. The ?rg?nizati?rl is based

purely upon a love of music per se, with no ambitious aim for public honors, and its example cannot fail to benefit the cause of

Music in that far uptown locality, Harlem. The Conductor, Mr. James E. Perring, is, able and efficient in his department.

The New York Philharmonic Society will give its Fourth Concert on Saturday eve

ning next, March 7th, at the Academy of Music, when the glorious works of Mozart and Mendelssohn will be interpreted by one of the grandest orchestras in the world, under the direction of Mr. Carl Bergmann.

We hope to see as crowded and overflowing an audience as was present at the last per formance, and we may expect it, as the pro gramme is fully as attractive as the one on that occasion.

The last Rehearsal previous to the Con cert will take place at the Academy of

Music on Friday, March 6th, at half-past two o'clock in the afternoon.

FOREIGN ITEMS.

Rossini's " Guillaume Tell" is announced

at the Grand Opera, Paris, for the five hun dredth performance.

Gounod, who travelled to Vienna pur posely to produce his Faust, will, it is feared, have' to return without accomplishing his

project; "lima de Murska," the Prolagonista, being so seriously ill as to preclude all idea of her playing at present. The Direction Orchestra and Chorus of the Viennese opera had prepared a magnificent first night recep tion for Gounod, and we trust, for the honor oi Art, that the fair "lima" will recover her health in time to prevent the general dis appointment.

.

The famous Stockha?sen is singing with immense effect at the Gewandhaus Concerts, at Leipsic.

At a concert recently given at the Carignan Theatre, Turin, the overture to Guillaume Tell was gorgeously and bewilderingly beaten out of ten pianos and four harmoniums? followed up by a forty-handed piano selection from Joan of Arc ! A glass of4ced water, if you please !

The musical journal of Milan, "II Trova

tore," offers a reward to whomsoever can

discover the reason why the censorship of jBojne change^ the title of.tlie baljet " Dev? ??cy, to that of Sita. Will any of our readers compete ?

We hear from Genoa that the first repre sentation of "

Mignon "

was most successful.

MUSIC OF NATURE.

Irish Minstrelsy.

Among the ancient Irish Minstrelsy are scattered some sweet poetio fragments, many of which are untranslated. I am sure the l following versions of one of these little songs (claiming fidelity as their only merit) will not

be unacceptable to your readers.

On a bright summer's morn, by the side of the King's river, I beheld a stately brown haired maid; sweeter was her voice than the music of the fairy host; fairer was her cheek than the foam of waves. Her slender waist like the chalky cliff; her small, light, active foot gliding with joy over the grassy meads of the desert. I said to her mildly? " Oh, fair one of tno valcy! unless you come \rith me

my health will depart.", .

At the birth of this lovely maid, there came a harmonious bee with a shower of sweet

honey on her berry lips. I kissed the fra grant, fair, loving maid; it was pleasant I

vow?but listen to my tale. A sting went

from h<?r burning lips like a dart through my heart, which left me without power1 (mournful to relate 1) Is it not wonderful that I live with an arrow through my heart, I and hundreds before me killed by her love ? ,

HEART-BEATINGS.

BY JOHN T. DOYLE.

How strange it is to listen To the beatings of the heart!

As it sounds, How its bounds

Make the distant pulses start! How its ruddy currents whistle Through the vessels as they flow,

And each thud Forces blood

Through the body to and fro! And then mark how well ifcs rhythm Gives an answer to each thought,

As if soul Had control,

And gave back the news we sought. Fancies rise, and rising with them

Comes each trial and result, Both in one,

Bubbling on, Driven by life's catapult. I am thinking of the world, And each blood-jet seems to say,

"Selfish man, If you can,

Drive such mundane thoughts away!"

Upwards now my mind is hurl'd Through the ether of the sky,

But each vein Cries again, "

Whither, bold man, would you fly ? Is there no place on this earth here Thou couldst make a paradise ?

Or wouldst best Like to rest

In that land beyond the skies ? Are there no joys that have birth here Worth ambition's boldest flight;

Canst not get Some red jet With thy life's stream to unite ? Can you find no genial bosom Where a heart like thine there be,

Which pressed home To thine own

Would beat loud in sympathy ? Choose them now, or else refuse them;

Cull and pick them while you may ! Come, be quick, Haste and pick,

Life at best is but a day 1" Thus it goes for ever babbling Like some ceaseless gushing brook,

Changiug hues, As it goes

Eddying through each wondrous nook. Thus it goes for ever dabbling Every particle with blood,

While its tide Runs in pride,

A vast life-imparting flood.

MORITZ hT?PTMANN. The world of music has just suffered a

great, nay, in some, respects, an irreparable loss. Moritz Hauptmann, Cantor at the

Thomasschuic, Leipsic, died on the 4th of January. His father, chief Government Architect, wished at first to bring the boy up to his own profession, and caused him to

study architecture and mathematics con

jointly with the usual subjects of a liberal education. He encouraged, however, the

boy's musical talent so far as to have him

taught something of the violin and thorough bass. Until the age of eighteen, Moritz

Hauptmann was, therefore, intended for an

architect, but, moved by his invincible love for music, the father then allowed him to follow his own bent, and sent him to Spohr, then Concerlmeister at Gotha. Moritz re sided there a year, during which the mutual relation of master and pupil grew into a life

long friendship. In 1813, Hauptmann was engaged as violinist in the Royal Chapel, Dresden, but only ten months subsequently he proceeded to Vienna, where Spohr was.

acting as Capellmeisier, and remained there

nearly six months. In 1815, he accepted a situation in the family of Prince Repnin, hoping that he should accompany the latter to Italy; but Fate ruled otherwise. The Prince, having been appointed to some high post, remained in Russia, and to this fact the world is indebted for one of the most im portant scientific works ever written. In Southern Russia, at that period (1815?20), far removed from artistic life, reminiscences of his scientific studies were awakened in, the mind of the young music-master; he plunged, so to speak, into mathematical in

vestigations, and there can be no doubt that

many sketches, which were afterwards turned to account and included in Harmonik und

Metrik, date from this time. The same is. time of many of his compositions, though hot

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258_ WATSON'S ART JOURNAL.

published till subsequently; we may particu larly mention the " Violin Duets."

On his return from Russia, Hauptmann lived a private life for two years in Dresden, and kept up a continual correspondence with

Spohr, whose influence was undoubtedly in strumental in procuring him an appoint ment at Cassel (1822.) For twenty years did Hauptmann work in that town, remaining there till he was named (while absent on a holiday trip to Paris) Cauton and Musical Director at the Thomasschule, Leipsic. In

1843, on the establishment of the Conserva

tory, he added to his other duties those of Professor of Counterpoint and Fugue. It was then that his high artistic qualities as a composer and his unrivalled excellence as a

master were fully developed. His composi tions, especially his four-part sacred and

profane songs, as well as his Sonatas for Piano and Violin, commanded the respect of all musicians, while his theoretical works, his analysis of the art peculiar to Bach's

Fugues, and, more especially, his book on Harmonik und Metrik, inspired all skilled in art and science with astonishment and admiration. With regard to him personally there was but one opinion. He was an amiable and modest scholar, gentle in his

opinions, a friend of youth, and always vigorous and fresh in mind. Thus did he work on, a blessing to all, till his death. In him expired a man as valuable to music as

any one could be ; his mind, developed by a thorough and varied education, was actively employed in various branches of knowledge; but all these various branches met in one

point?the high eminence of art.

Hauptmann was one of the four professors who were entrusted with the honorable task of selecting and preparing for publication the manuscript compositions left by Men delssohn. His associates in this work (labor of love ?) were Herren Moscheies, Julius

Rietz, and Ferdinand David.

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