MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1631, 9 August 1887, Page 3

MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.

Fashionable culture of stringed instruments by ladies (writes a correspondent) is having an effect not only upon the private bat also upon the* public performance of chamber music for the violin family. We have amongst as a quartette of female artists named after the leader, Miss Emily dinner; and an Austrian quartette of the same "' persuasion " is now giving concerts m Berlin, The uprising of women In Ibis branch of artistic labor may ultimately have important results.

It appears (says the " London Telegraph" of June 10) tha^ among his great natural gifts, the boy Jo3eph Hofmann, who made his debut yesterday, counts an extraordinary memory. We are assured that he played Weber's " Concert-sHick " correctly, witHout book, after going through it three times only, and that the gavotte m hia first L'ndon programme was repeated without missing a note aftoe one hearing. He i« said, moreover, to have learned to speak fluent German m five weeks. Here is another point of lesemblance between, young Hofmann and young Mrzatt. All the world knows that the Salzburg boy went to the Sistine Ghapel, listened to Allegr.'a jealously guarded "Miserere," and brought it away m his head.

The Lords of the Admiralty have notified their consent to the ncceptaooe of an invitation made by the Mei^rn Gutti to about 3000 lads of all the training chips and naval ecbools to visit the London Adelphi, and Bee the popular naut:oal drama, "The Habor Llghta."

Tho New York papers had vdry sarcastic critiques on a play Jn whioh Dion Bouoicault recently appeared In the Star Theatre m that city. •• Pin Mao Cool of Sklbberecn " is tho title of it.