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JULLIEN AT DRURY-LANE. On Monday evening...
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Jullien At Drury-Lane. On Monday Evening...
JULLIEN AT DRURY-LANE . On Monday evening one of those assemblages occurring only at the bidding of some idol of the popular mind , gathered at Drury-lane . Long ere the performances commenced , the theatre was crowded in every part ; and during the evening numerous rows ensued , more absurd than terrible . The annual concerts of Jullien have attained an immense popularity . The orchestra is now quite equal to former years ; and in addition we have Bottesini , the celebrated performer on the
contrabasso , and Miss Dolby as a vocalist . The performances of the former elicit tumultuous applause . His style is perfectly unique . On an unwieldy instrument he performs the most rapid violin passages with a pure and luxurious tone . The instrument used by Bottesini is a full-sized double bass , but strung as lightly as a violoncello . His bowing is " over-handed "; and the performance is in reality a performance on a large violoncello . Amid several classical compositions were interspersed Polkas , Waltzes , and the " Great Exhibition Quadrille , " which seemed as satisfactory as ever to the majority .
Popular as Jullien is , he has many detractors , who support their objections by referring to the large amount of polkas and light music to be found in his programmes . They aver that such " trash " has a tendency to "deprave and lower the taste of the people . " It would be difficult to deprave and lower that which has no existence . Such critics must first show that the generality of the people had any taste in music ; it will then be time to question whether polkas and waltzes , as played by Jullien ' s band , _ were calculated to lower it . It is more probable that the present taste for good music owes its origin to the concerts of Jullien and those who followed in the course he indicated .
The music of the drawing-room is even now not at all remarkable for its taste or intelligence . But the polka has somewhat infringed the mawkish insipidity of young lady music . Its accent is iterative and unmistakeable . If listeners have an iota of rhythm in their organization , it must be developed by the polka , and those who possess an atom of intelligence can scarcely fail to apply the knowledge they thus acquire , to higher purposes .
A very short time has elapsed since the symphonies of Beethoven were pronounced unintelligible by the principal musical society of the metropolis . And yet Jullien dared to offer the despised works of the great German to the polka-loving public . The Prince of the Big Drum depended on the " depraved taste " of the people , and they nightly crowded to Covent-garden Theatre each night of the week devoted to Beethoven ' s works .
Jullien undoubtedly understood the English mind , and thoroughly estimated the precise umount of taste possessed by the people . From the very first he smuggled in among a herd of trifling compositions a i ' gems of the first masters ; works which but a short time before were unknown to the profession , but which now met with a ready appreciation . Had Jullien prepared nothing but'Beethoven symphonies , he might have had empty benches for bis audience . Many a man will go to hear light and merry music who would be horrified at the idea of sitting out a
symphony . Progressive education is the only education worth anything . Children are taught the rudiments of learning by the aid of pictures and diagrams . The emanations of genius are not to be comprehended by the ignorant , but people educated to understand will soon appreciate them . A mixed multitude may be drawn together to bear music suited to their capacity , which , performed in a refined style , will gradually lead them to the appreciation of that which requires a higher grasp of the intellectual .
When Jullien announced bis " Beethoven Festival , " how kw imagined that such treasures would be tolerated by the people ! The light and shade of an Overture , a rippling melody following and succeeded by a burst of harmony , are ever attractive . But the exquisitely poetic and highly wrought themes of the greatest writers were listened to with profound attention- The love-breathing " Adelaide , " the quatuors and rornanzas , above all , the entire Symphony in C minor , were received with that hurricane of applause which the English so well know bow to express .
A condemnation of Jullien can be nothing less than stupid detraction . Hail to hi * great drum —his monster concerts—his polkas—his quadrilles —his melodramatic effects 1 Jullien draws the
people together , they become more acquainted with the power of Music ; and while Art suffers not , the interests of Artists are advanced .
Orchestral Society. The Time Of "Grand" ...
ORCHESTRAL SOCIETY . The time of " Grand" Concerts , where the only instrument was the pianoforte , is waning , and an acquaintance with orchestral effects , while it has expanded the minds of the people , has led to much activity in the profession . However interesting boudoir music may be to the parties concerned , it is to the orchestra we must look for the advancement of the art . An Orchestral Society is about to commence a series of concerts with a view to ^ the production of " works in the highest class of orchestral music , with especial reference to new , untried , or comparatively unknown compositions . " There have been several attempts to bring forward works of young composers , but jealousies or other causes have conspired to frustrate the expressed intention . England is perhaps the only civilized nation which represses the genius of its sons , and prefers even the commonplaces of aliens to the best writings of its own people . The Council of the Orchestral Society , containing the names of Blagrove , Howell , Hullah , Lucas , and Nicholson , being above these pettinesses , and will be deserving of the support of every member of the profession , as well as of the public . The orchestra , conducted by Mr . Hullah , contains the elite of the Opera bands : —
First Violins : Mr . H . Blagrove , principal ; Messrs . Dando , Thirlwall , Mellon , Banister , Watson , Patey , Mori , Doyle , Zerbini , Browne , and Eames . Second Yiolins : Mr . Watkins , principal ; Messrs . Newsham , Loder , Pay ton , " W . Blagrove , Jay , E . Perry , Marshall , H . Griesbach , Kelly , J . J . Calkin , and Clementi . Violas : Mr . Hill , principal ; Messrs R . Blagrove , Weslake , Trust , Webb , Hann , T . Westrop , and Waud . Violoncellos : Mr . Lucas , principal ; Messrs . W . L . Phillips , Hancock , W . F . Reed , Guest , G . Calkin , and Aylward . Double Basses : Mr . Howell , principal ; Messrs . C . Severn , F . Pratten , Castell , Mount , Edgar , and Reynolds . Flutes : Messrs . R . Pratten and Kin " . Oboes :
Messrs . Nicholson and G . Horton . Clarionets Messrs . Lazarus and Maycock . Bassoons : Messrs . Baumann and Larkin . Hohns : Messrs . C . Harper , Rae , Mann , and Standen . Trumpets : Messrs . T . Harper and Ward . Trombones : Messrs . Cioffi , Antoine . and Winterbottom . Drums : Mr . F . Horton
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This Week We Have Had The Inaugural Lect...
This week we have had the Inaugural Lectures at the Museum of Practical Geology , and Professor Owen ' s Lecture on the skulls of the Negro , the Chimpanze , andOran Utan at the Zoological Society . Of the former little need here be said . Inaugural Lectures are all of a class . Each professor undertaking to prove the importance of his speciality—a somewhat superfluous task , since , if students are not prepared to admit the importance , they will not attend to what the Professor may bring forward . Sir Henry de la Beche , in his general introduction , insisted on the importance of having a Museum such as that of Practical
Geology J and carried away by his subject offered illustrations which might be urged with terrible force against him . Such , for example , as his contrast of the enormous development of our mining operations with those of the Continental states . These states , he said , in spite of their scanty operations , have every one an institution such as the Museum of Practical Geology ; yet England , with her gigantic mining , had hitherto boasted of no such institution . Might not this very predominance of England be owing to her freedom—to her miners being left to themselves instead of being " cared for " by Government ? Professor Edward Forbes gave a very interesting Lecture on Natural History , in which he pointed out how from apparently the most trivial indications—the merest modification of a shell—the geologist might aid the miner , and often save him from wasting vast sums in fruitless search . But we hasten to Professor Owen ' s Lecture at the Zoological Society . It was one of the most instructive and interesting we have hoard . Its object was to point out the differences and resemblances presented in the skull of the African , the Papuan , the Chiinpaim * , and the Oran Otnn ; and this was done with a minuteness and clearness equally admirable and surprising . The conclusion to which Professor Owen arrived was that , although the resemblances were many and striking , nevertheless the differences were such us to discredit the idea of any transmutation pf species .
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Here we must venture , with all possible res ^ T to observe that the Professor ' facts , in £ 3 * f discrediting the idea of transmutation , seem , / £ W i ™ ur of * J « uoe by demonstrating that the Papuan was intermediate between th Chimpanze and the Negro in wanting the frorSi sinus—and by adverting to the fact of the African skulls showing an increase of development when selected from slaves who have lived in a civilized country —he furnished us with evidence which would outweigh tons of such counter-evidence aq may be drawn from the minute differences h pointed out . Moreover , consider how unnecessary
it is to insist on differences as counterbalancing the great and essential resemblances ! Of course th Chimpanze , because he is a Chimpanze , and not a man , must be different from man : his habits , the conditions of his existence , require it . Besides we have only recently learned to know the Troglod ytes Gorilla—the highest of the tribe yet discovered- — and if he approaches so closely to the lowest tribes
of man , that in many respects we can see no lines of demarcation—it is not improbable that further investigation may discover either a lower tribe of man or a higher tribe of chimpanze ; and , although it is not allowable to control known facts by facts which may hereafter be discovered , it is allowable to point to probabilities when they lie in the direction of known facts—and we think that the known
facts of resemblance between the lowest tribes of man and the highest of the chimpanze are of the highest import .
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The chief business of the Executive of the National Charter Association , which met as usual , was the consideration of how best to resuscitate the Chartist movement in the metropolitan districts . And for this purpose the Executive agreed to call a meeting of all the Chartists of London , for Sunday , November 23 , at the Literary and Scientific Institute , Leicester-place , Hay-street , " Clerkenwell . It was also agreed , after hearing Mr . Collet , " that a series of public meetings should be held as early as convenient " to aid in the repeal of the Taxes on Knowledge .
Redemption Society . —On Sunday , November 23 , Mr . Henderson will deliver two lectures in Manchester , on Communism and Cooperative Stores . " It is intended to have a series of lectures and discussions on ? ' Social Science , " in Leeds , this winter , for which arrangements are now being made . Moneys received for the week : —Leeds , £ 1 . 8 s . Id . ; Etruria , per Mr . Wilbraham , 5 s . 9 d . ; Lonpton , per Mr . Riley , Is . 8 d . Building Fund : —Leed » , 4 s . ; Etruria . 8 d . Propagandist tund : — la . 6 d . —Jas . Henderson , Secretary .
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There in no learned man but will confeaB he ha . ^^^^ profited by reading controversies , hia Hcnsea i tn |) lef or and hia judgmei it sharpened . 1 r , then , it dc pi for him to read , why should it not , at leuat , bo toici his adversary to write . —Milton .
The Suff11aqe Agitation—Hones Ly Best Po...
THE SUFF 11 AQE AGITATION—HONES lY BEST POLICY . Mnuchline . Ayrxhire . November * . »•• „ Snv-Intue article headed " Agitation a ' J *^^ in the Leader of October 2 / 5 , you are l ' ^ ^ le cngain championizu " the little Charter , « ort tare thoHC who refuse to boHcduccd from tliur ^ d of the principles of justice and equal ngi « « - in the Charter . . . , tn 0 ( . Jitor of I cannot but express my surprise that in - ^ tt th 0 the Leader ahould deprecate " oriticwm U th <> rt <> HhortcomingB" of the moderatol efor . nufl . t I have . uppaaod it to bo not the *« " * "" gScfom on of the mission of the Leader tc > ™™ \ fw „} c liciti » K all Hubjects and all parties , with lietiow o . b 0 truth and encouraging political honesty .
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 15, 1851, page 18, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_15111851/page/18/
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