Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-29
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musician. has purchased one of the new
Cremona wood violins from Robert Glier
the well known Cincinnati maker. The
violin is beautifully Finished and has pow
erful as we'll as mellow tone
Mr.. Will krapp. son uf Mr.. Martin
Knapp, the we'll known West Main street
grocer, has decided to master the clarinette;
he has purchased the fine set of clsrinettes
belonging 10 Mr.. John Remsberg. and has
become member of the Grgnd Opera
House orchestra As clarinette player The
instrument was much needed in the OrcheS-
ira. and will be an important addition to it.
The opera house orchestra has added
Locomotive Gallop' to its repertoire. The
locomotive ran of the track one night, and
came near killing four dudes in the front
row of seats. 1t Is a .'mOgui'' and don't
you forget it.
Master Willie Bauer, who is to appear as
violin soloist at the Vocal Society concert
next Monday evening. is hardly twelve
years old. He is the son Of Chas A.
Bauer, Esq. and has only been playing n
little over year. He shows such decided
talent for the violin that his parents con-
template sending him to Cincinnati to enter
the violin school of Prof. S. T.. JacObSsohn
next summer. That he has the making Of
an artist in him is the verdict of all who
hear him.
Prof. Alexander Ietska, the Hungarian
pianist, whose strange and romantic history
attracted SO much attention in this city re-
Gently. is still playing in this city As the
pianist of K. +. Brandon & Co. Mr. IetSka.
by his pleasing manners and genial nature,
has made hundreds of friends in this city,
and the public generally will be pleased
to hear that he is installed in a
good position. and has won the confidence
of his employer and all who know him.
The engagement has proved a wonderful
source OF advertisement 10 Mr. Brandon.
The eGLOBE-REPUBLIC'S account of the dis
covery of Mr.. Irtska's musical talents was
copied into the Detroit Free Press and other
papers, and from there went all over the
United States. borne by the wings of the
press. Perfect strangers from all parts of
the country would 20 to Brandom's music
store and ask to see the Hungarian pianist,
Of whom they had read in such and such
paper it might be in some distant city
Mr.. Brandon deserves great credit for his
effort in placing this estimable musician in
position in life which his talents fit him
for occupying.
Director Bunenschein has decided not to
use orchestral accompaniment in the per
formance Of the Elijah. He believes. and
correctly too, that an orchestra, unless il is
large and complete one. such a. the Gin
cinnati orchestra, is of little advantage in
performing such a work.
Somebody got 10 fooling with the from
bone Of Charlie Cushman at the opera
houae the other day. and playfully stuck
the reed stem of tobacco pipe into the
mouthpiece. Hastily letting go OF the stem. it
fell down into the tube. to the CONSERVATION
of the man who was doing the fooling He
decided to say nothing about the accident.
however. and thought that the obstruction
would never he noticed. When the time
CAME for the overture. Brick" grabbed his
horn. and blew what was intended aS he
roic blast. Horrors. The instrument
sounded like seventeen comb factories
struck by lightning, Brick looked at the
horn. and then looked at himself in look
ing-glaSs. He then tried again. No go,
The poor horn wheezed and behaved like
an aSthmatc auctiOneer. Brick finally be
gan to smell a mice, and the cornet player
commenced 10 say rats ~ in a loud tone:
and he finally went out and borrowed an
other instrument. Next day il took the
combined efforts Of two bIacksmiths 10 get
the pipe-stem out of the horn. The next
man who fools with th, horn, Brick" says
he will hit him in the head with his nick
name. and convert him into remains"
The Beethoven String Quartette Club
plays return engagement at Blacks opera
house in December. and will doubtless have
a very fine audience.
Mr.. Wilbur Gum. Springfields tenor. is
on the high road to success. Since his
in the Taunton musical festi-
val in Massachusetts. shower of concert
has fallen on him from the
musical heavens, and he is making the most
of them.
A CLERICAL Ron MOT.
Rev. Hypes. formerly pastor of the High
Street NJ. E. Church in this city, is the
author of a political bon mot which has