A NEW PIANIST.
LAST Monday evening there was a concert in the Prince's Theatre, got up by Mr. Auxnorr—a gentleman with whose position in the musical world we are unacquainted. It was announced as under the immediate patronage of Prince ALBERT ; from which circumstance, or from the moderate terms of admission, (the ordinary playhouse prices,) the theatre was completely crowded. The concert was by no means of a high order, and is entitled to notice solely on account of the appearance of Mademoiselle LAUNITZ, a young pianist of great excellence, newly arrived in England. She played two pieces, both by TrtaLtusan ; his Fantasia containing " God save the Queen " and " Rule Britannia," and his Duet on themes from Norma, in which last she was joined by Mr.. H. DIMMER. By this choice she was enabled to display her profi- ciency in the ultra-modern style ; the power of producing an• immense volume of sound, and of keeping in motion at the same time a complication of dissimilar parts, which last faculty THAL- BERG has carried to a pitch hitherto unparalleled. Such feats, however, are more wonderful than satisfactory ; and, indeed, we- can imagine nothing more ridiculous than the figure made by our two national strains, the very essence of which is simple grandeur, twisted into a variety of fantastic shapes, made the subjects of all manner of tricks and contrivances, and bedizened with tinsel and embroidery.. Music is degraded by being thus divorced from sense and meaning. Mademoiselle Lens= chose these things, we should imagine, in com- pliance with the prevailing rage for this violent and exaggerated style, and not from the dictates of her own judgment and taste ; for we have been informed that she is an exquisite performer of the best and purest. school, and, in particular, a votary of BEETHOVEN, with whose noblest works she is so familiar as to know them by heart. When next we hear her, may he be her author.
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