Review of reviews and world's work . t iv the at sue Iinnati, S. have their own or-chest d the: rade orchestral c that it is an excepti city which i- without it- vaiyingiy ambiti and that the most eminent of rod all ]>r- -. since J uba Istumbled upon thegamut. Reading thisomium a centuryalter, one cannot outwonder curiously whatthat shrewd observerand lovable pbil< •• would say of themusical capacities andpropensities ^<i ourown day, were he de-sirably present to esti-mate them. It is alto-gether probable thathe would he incredu-lous of the wide dif-fusion of musical tasteand curiosit
Review of reviews and world's work . t iv the at sue Iinnati, S. have their own or-chest d the: rade orchestral c that it is an excepti city which i- without it- vaiyingiy ambiti and that the most eminent of rod all ]>r- -. since J uba Istumbled upon thegamut. Reading thisomium a centuryalter, one cannot outwonder curiously whatthat shrewd observerand lovable pbil< •• would say of themusical capacities andpropensities ^<i ourown day, were he de-sirably present to esti-mate them. It is alto-gether probable thathe would he incredu-lous of the wide dif-fusion of musical tasteand curiosity in. lei the America of to-day: ami it i- beyondall question that hewould he staggered byour appetite for andour interest in raof the I letter , it i- delightfulto speculate, would hehave thought of ourmusic and of ourlilfor it? It i- innt<» forget that inimita-ble itimentalh II to harmony;I \\ - the \ Richard ncapolis, St. I h, among other perform he Philhan I month its run \, \ ort - Hut that I mello t has been -. THE WINTERS MUSfC 699 the worlds singers, pianists, and fiddlers goup and down the land, between October andJune, giving more or less profitable concertsof more or less worthy music. Surely this isectacle that would have amazed theunderstanding of Lamb! There will not be this season, it is true, theglut of music which has marked the pastthree or four years in America. It was madepainfully clear to the musical managerslast season that the thing had been over-done—that the supply had finally, but un-mistakably, exceeded the demand. Themanagers, and the virtuosi also, have ac-quired wisdom, and there is now a niceradjustment between requirement and satis-faction. Even so, there is activity enough, inall conscience. OPERA IX XEW YORK. CHICAGO, AXDPHILADELPHIA First, as to that subject of engrossing anddeathless interest to the general: the doingthe opera houses. In N York, the Metro-politan, having at last and definitively swal-lowed Mr. Hammerstein-
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