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  2. Australian Schoolmasters.

    Dr. Alexander Morrison, the principal of this college, which is the oldest grammar school in Victoria, is a native of Morayshire (Scotland), and was born in the year 1829. He received his early ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 868 words
  3. Musical Notes.

    Miss Josephine Yorke, once Carl Rosa's principal contralto, has returned to her home in America. The deaths are announced in Leipsic of Frederick Gebhardt, a tenor, aged 84, and of J. C. Engel ...

    Article : 588 words
  4. Our New Flagship.

    H.M.S. Orlando reached port last Sunday, and came up to the moorings in Farm Cove. She sainted the Nelson with thirteen guns; and the salute was acknowledged in the usual way. The Orlando is very ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 791 words
  5. Songs and Song Writers.

    "I know a very wise man who believed that if a man were permitted to make all the ballads he need not care who made the laws of a nation." ...

    Article : 40 words
  6. "THROUGH THE WOOD, LADDIE."

    Although this plaintive Scottish ballad is ascribed to Allan Ramsay, and has been issued with his writings, it is not absolutely certain that he actually wrote it. It appeared in 1725 in ...

    Article : 324 words
  7. DUET FOR TWO FLUTES.

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    Article : 12 words
  8. The Thinnest Man.

    The thinnest man who ever lived was probably Claude Ambroise Seurat, who was exhibited in London in 1825, and was thon 28 years of age. His height was 5ft 6in: and his chest showed the ...

    Article : 176 words
  9. A Curious Instrument.

    A writer in the Chicago NEWS said: It is a ourious thing that the Italian ocarina, or earth-flute, has not received more attention from music-lovers in this country. Of course it is sold in the stores here ...

    Article : 209 words
  10. Sir Charles Halle.

    Sir Charles Halle, on whom the honor of knighthood was lately conferred, in his early days was a "prodigy," and had made many public appearances before the age of 16. He began to study under Rink ...

    Article : 130 words
  11. Struggles of Three Musicians.

    In the cemetery of Wahring, a suburb of Vienna, three tombs have long lain close together, insoribed with the names of Beethoven, Schubert, and Mozart. The cemetery is now to be destroyed; and lately the ...

    Article : 357 words
  12. Never Do It.

    Never ask the ago of an unmarried lady when she is past 25. Never expose your poverty to a rich relation, if you would have him treat you as a cousin. ...

    Article : 109 words
  13. "See the Conquering Hero Comes."

    This familiar and favorite piece is now always associated with "Judas Maccahious;" but it was originally a part of the oratorio of "Joshua." The conqueror was the youthful Othniel, returning from ...

    Article : 250 words
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