ollows:--

CONCEALED MUSICAL TALENT.

MR. EDITOR,--Permit me the use of a small space in your next
issue to speak in deserved praise of a musical entertainment
enjoyed by a portion of our citizens last Monday night.

It was the cantata of "Daniel," rendered in full costume by
the recently organized Mozart Circle, which, embracing about
twenty members, has in the short space of six months
developed a capacity which gave them success in this
enterprise. It is a pity that their excessive modesty
prevented their seeking the service of the press; for they
have thereby kept themselves in an obscurity which it is my
hope that this article will serve to draw them from. The
preparation made for this entertainment should not have its
service limited to a single occasion. It deserves
repetition, and an appreciative public deserves the
opportunity to enjoy it.

Louisville, Columbus, Toledo, Cleveland, and other cities
more or less remote, would give themselves a treat, could
they prevail on the Circle to render the cantata in their
midst. Not having consulted any one connected with it, it is
a voluntary suggestion from me, that parties craving the
enjoyment of a refined musical entertainment open
communication with Mr. William H. Parham, its musical
director.

W.P.W.

CINCINNATI, July 7, 1875.

The _Rev. Thomas H. Jackson_, pastor of Allen Temple, himself an
excellent singer, a few weeks ago organized a select choir for the
purpose of rendering the cantata just mentioned. _Mr. William H.
Morgan_, who sings in the principal _role_, is a young gentleman quite
worthy of the high praise which his performances have elicited. All
the members of the choir sing well; but among them no one gives more
marked promise than does a young schoolgirl of only thirteen years,
named _Elnora Johnson_. The compass and sweetness of her voice are
considered marvellous. This society promises to give the cantata
"Esther."

From the foregoing it will be seen that much attention is being given
to a study of some of the higher forms of composition,--a very
encouraging sign indeed.

Another vocal society is called the Arion Quartet Club. _Messrs.
Andrew D. Hart_ and _John Lewis_ are two of its members: the names of
the others I have not learned.

There are at present no instrumental societies except one or two very