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Tomahawk (1867-1870), 13th July 1867, Edition 1 of 1, Page 119

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  • Departments (3)
    • MUSIC.
    • ENIGMA.
    • NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.
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      I Certainly Prefer The Zoo. Low To Or Be...

      Faith Mutual in -Misery the idea -on that -the love -Sabbath of creatures -Principles is praise . Certainl of the y Creator I can . . ment Hope that serve the examp as a lesson le set by to these the fretful noble and animals impatient in . confine Charity - towards so-called may the intelligent brute creation beings , . maligned by a comparison with ! j beauty Faith that as in much the the day necessity or will more come on of a enjoy when Sunday ing gardens God of all ' days g of ifts all of in kinds the health week will and be — ! thrown Hope Charity open enoug on h Sunday to make afternoon me read s to the offer public my whole at large —and the I i advancement of VJJL such iJUVli a <¦** desideratum VJ- ^» a ^ - « . *^ Hfvv

      I j as ^ LlJ- As V if O . lJLw he I ^ 'JLl passed . iA could - 'l- * - *! ' the have portl swallowed y Bishop *¦* -m . « the of »* AM Brown . camel -Windsor which was , who browsing looked ! i forbid close by , I that heard the him museums remark should to Sir be Nat opened . Strainer to the , " poor Heaven on t bird poor Society Sundays peop is , , so . and le , They popular , they that want can is among the ' t all sp reason iritual afford the food lower no to be doubt most fellows classes wh of y . of all the It the . " wish must Of Zoolog to course be be ical so a , turn refreshing into a for mouldy an inhabitant London church of Whitechapel for a mouthful or Drury of fresh lane air to . I should much prefer the Zoo !

      J Uly 13, 1867j The Tomahawk. 119

      J uly 13 , 1867 J THE TOMAHAWK . 119

      Music.

      MUSIC .

      Mi A Ht Few Well Word Have S Abou Claime...

      mi ht FEW well word have s abou claimed t Mdlle earlier . Christine attention Nilsson at our . hands This lady but we g were satisfied that her attraction would not prove epheme ; - ral space , and we , have as pressing not been matters able until have to- made day to demands furnish our upon readers our with The The the , motto motto opinion borne borne which by bv the the we critic critic entertain of of the the of present - the present new day dav -comer seems seems . to to be be .

      a " Rien success ne , r & there ussit would comme appear le succesj to " be and nothing when an left artist for the achieves chro- , nicler the chapter but to . nib Nor his is pen he and far wrong write in , for superlatives the world till will the be end found of as a fair that jud portion ge in the of long it which -run ; but subscribes , were the to entire the Tomahawk public as wise , it would be too much to expect that a satisfactory verdict could

      yet be pronounced , been heard as in to two the or precise three parts merits onl of y . an In artist the present who has case , as , however and that , Mdlle we think . Nilsson that has public a brilliant taste will career not be before found her at . fault , ciated The in characters Continental with cities which , are her name Queen is most of the intimatel JVig-nt y in asso the - tow " Zauberflote ' s opera , of " Violel that name ta in . the We " Traviata will pass , " and y the Maria first , in Flo the - " Zauberflote" has not been played this season ; we will dismiss

      and the second we will , because come to it the is a third revolting in which part in if a we revolting mistake opera not ; Mdlle This . Nilsson lady has will a legitimate be heard to soprano her , best voice advantage , of extensive . register , be is and a , and mistress level practicall qual of ity the ; y it is art is , sufficient neither of light r for obust all shade nor purposes , powerfu her voice . She l , but app is , e essen ars she to - tially what the Italians call a singer di piccolo generej but by

      this were she must to undertake not be understood the principal to impl part y that in a she purel would y tragic fail interesting opera , for Mdlle interpretation . Nilsson of is any too character good an which artist not it mi to ght give fall an to her to have to play ; we would simply say that her natural mean parts s of and light her or musical romantic training interest render than for her the better acknowledged fitted for repertoire of lyric tragedy .

      and In refined 3 fai'ta , or it would singing more hard delicate to single and ou artisti t acti c n , than more Mdlle easy . ment Nilsson at Her ives Majesty us ; so ' we s Theatre gladly , w which elcome , so her far to the the establish soprano - ele The ment part is 'concerned of Lionell , was o is sadl taken y , in by need Signer of reinforcement Mongini , and . it is difficult to know how to speak of him . There are three classes voices of tenor and singers know now not before how to the sing public ; those — -namel who , y having , those who earn have t the ! po art ssessed of singing voices , have nor lost learnt their how voices to sing ; and . those Signor who Mongini have never must be placed in the first category , as he has the finest tenor voice

      Mi A Ht Few Well Word Have S Abou Claime...

      now cannot before undertake the public to do ; it but , and as we for can criticising only dep his lore singing that such , we wealth so far as of regards means an should artistic have result been . turned to so little account , music in B these y the in days Marta way , of why f sterile It are is extremel all melod the y critics , and tuneful so it wildl , is which easy y bitter is to an listen against advantage to and the appreciate , which is more than can be said for the Africaine and similar out works . It is said to be " flimsy , " but flimsy things

      wear wear in the out handsomest ,, , whilst whilst the the manner music music of of . Marta Marta The fault has has of stood stood the the the piece test test is of of time time that there French but , Italian when , German this has , and been even said English reallwe music cannot will be see found that hear there , Marta is much , with the matter its unambitious with it , and prettiness , we would y than infinitel certain y rather preready tensious to but rave empty . works about which sagacious chroniclers are the what The subject he general of Her performance Majesty ' s Theatre of the opera we would is good ask , Mr but . Mapleson whilst on

      his advertisement can possibl in connexion mean by the with " rider Don " Giovanni which he tacks and which on to honour seems to point " La to Liberia an immense " the accession Finale to of the choral First strength , Act ? to The do to truth make is , the an effect piece , , is in not which a chorus so much at all is , to but be is done a quartette to help Mozart of solo the voices text , whilst of the opera word . The " la liberta position " do in not which , properl this number y , form part occurs of is begs where them Don to ¦ Giovanni make themselve throws b b open s at home rffc doors Jk thus to his a guests jubilant and

      rejoicing of ^^ ^ . ^^ p an ^ - ^^ oppressor ^^ ^ ^^ , as ^ ¦ ^ thoug r ^^ ^^ ( ^^ which *^ ^ h ^ ^* ^ a country - ¦ ^ v ^^ this ^^ k ^*^^ ^^^^ multitude ^ i ^ i ^ to ¦ had * ^ v ^ B ^ been « p of ^ delivered ^^^ ^ ^ singers ^^^ ; A ^ v ^ L ^ k trom ^ % and *^ P , ^^^ the 0 the I \_ I hands word \ P ^^ F m M % t M . ^ L s such employed a work suggest as Don ) is Giovanni an unseeml which y and ridiculous is quite strong innovation enoug upon h to hold sober its seriousnes own without s ,. that such we shall fanciful hear alterations no more . of We this hope sort , in of nonsense .

      Enigma.

      ENIGMA .

      Half Dead, Scarce Half Alive, Of A Slave...

      Half dead , scarce half alive , Of a slave the better half—Companion oft of one wise man , Though only born—a calf .

      Notices To Correspondents.

      NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS .

      Answer To The Last Charade.—Sea-Gull. An...

      Answer to the Last Charade . —Sea-gull . and Correct 83 incorrect answers . received from J . M . ; A Modern Mohock ph . ysician Note . — Dr The . Gull allusion . There in tke was second an unfortunate syllable is to erratum the celebrated in the third line of the second stanza , which made the charade very

      difficult difficult to to guess euess . . The The line line should should have have been been ., " Gravely he looked when he heard ' my case , ' " instead of " First . " same W . F idea . — . Many For thanks further . particulars Strange to see say our , we next had number hit upon . the whole ¦¦¦¦ ^ A — ^^ v Modern - ¦ — - ^^— —¦ — — — — Mohock — - 1 — — - - ™~ — — - . ~ —Your - <— — - ™ - — ' eni - ^^ - ¦— — the ¦ " — gma ^ hh — — — -rr —¦ is - ^ ^^— that good «^^ - ^ v - ^ . ^ ^ V ^ BM , but v ^^ v . ^>^ ^ f on " ^» ^ ^ a the ^ v ^ ^ ^^^

      present we number prefer . our own—we mean one appears in the The Writer of " Court Theatricals " and about Sixty other " Comic " Articles . —Our publishing office is talent not This situated being would in the be Billingsgate full case y appreciated , your , and compositio we in are America not ns are called . . rejected the Satirist . Your *

      1 Win The . Infamous Maxim Of J Uarez.—H...

      1 win The . Infamous Maxim of J uarez . —Heads you lose , tails To Marriageable Bachelors . —" Beware of . the paint !" Woman ' s Destiny . —To make fools of men .

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), July 13, 1867, page 119, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_13071867/page/9/