Article on Piano Concerto Composed by Hermina Carrere

"Hermina Carrere, the young and talented pianiste, who lately made her début in this City at Mme. De Lussan's concerts . . . has composed a grand festival or concerto for the piano having for its subject Rossini's opera of 'William Tell' and designed for an orchestral accompaniment of 365 musicians. A morning contemporary announces that the work is soon to be produced at the Academy of Music, in a style never before attempted in this country. We hope this announcement is true. . . . [W]e have sufficient confidence in the popular taste to believe that it is not wholly weaned from the delights of classical music by either its growing devotion to negro minstrelsy or the noise of those

We would hint, however, to those who have the production of the work in hand, that the sooner it is brought out the better, as Maretzek's occupation of the Academy commences with March. There is just room for its production in this operatic interregnum, and a piano concerto would prove a very admirable and appropriate prelude to the commencement of Maretzek's opera season."