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Monsieur Alphonse de Sterny will come to Brussels in November and conduct his Oratoria of "Satan."
This short notice in the _Independence Belge_ created a general sensation. The musicians shrugged, bit their lips, and sneered about the public's injustice toward home talent. The "great world," -- between ourselves the most unmusical "world" in the universe, -- very nearly stepped out of its aristocratic apathy. This is something which seldom happens to it in artistic matters, but now, for a whole week it talked nothing but de Sterny: of his octave playing a little, and of his love affairs a great deal. In autumn Brussels has so little to talk about!