This article opens with a long review of the opera La Jacquerie by Joseph Mainzer, premiered at the Théâtre de la Renaissance three days earlier. The concluding paragraphs on other subjects are translated here as being of more interest to modern readers.

One of the most distinguished members of the Théâtre de la Renaissance orchestra, M. Coche, professor of flute at the Conservatoire, has just published a handbook for Boehm's new flute. This publication is very useful: it will be helpful to professionals and amateurs who want to familiarize themselves in a short time with the new fingering, made necessary by the changes that Boehm and Gordon have so successfully brought to the ancient flute, which almost all younger players have now abandoned. M. Gouffé had previously written a work for the four-string bass that was similar to M. Coche's for the Boehm flute. The system on which his treatise is based could lead players of this important element of our orchestras to achieve an even more desirable level of execution because, while making the fingering of the instrument easier, it extends its range by two notes at the bottom, whose value will not escape composers.

I don't presume to talk about Doelher's great études, which have just been published. As compositions, they could be appreciated last winter in all the concerts given by that marvellous pianist, and connoisseurs were quick to recognize the musical merit of several among them, quite independently of the composer's prestige as a pianist.