Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06
narrative should ask Mr.. Carl Maeder to tell

narrative should ask Mr.. Carl Maeder to tell
about the reception at "Wahnfried," Mrs.
Wagner's home, which he attended while in
Bayreuth for the great festival. Since his re-
turn home the Pittsburg violinist has been
taking steps toward establishing yet another
"orchestra' for playing at dances, receptions
and like engagements. From Walhalla to the
workshop of the Nibelungs; eb, Mr.. Maederf
Mr.. AND MRS. ETHELBERT NEvIN have been
in this vicinity for the past week, having come
on to attend the wedding of Mrs. Nevin's sister.
Miss Ellen Paul, to Mr. F. II. SHIELDING, of New
York. Mr.. Nevin's visit was turned to good
account by goodly number of Sewickleyans,
who organized class and got him to give a
brief series of recital talks on Wagner and the
"Nibelungen Ring" Mr.. and Mrs Nevin re-
turned to their Boston home on Friday eve
ming.
THE opening of the Chicago Auditorium will
be signalized by the production of an original
symphonic cantata by Mr.. Frederic Grant
Gleason, of that city, to words by Miss Harriett
Monroe. Patti is to sing Home Sweet Home"
as only she ddres sing it, and President Harri-
son will be on hand to look at the big hall
whence the finger of fate pointed him to the
White House. On the second evening Abbey 8
extraordinary opera season, with Patti. Ia
magno and all the rest, will be opened.
ALTHOUGH Verdi has declined to take part
in any fetes on the occasion of the fiftieth an
niversary of the production Of his first opera,
yet the Italians do not intend to allow the
jubilee to pass unnoticed. The municipality of
Genoa have come to the very sensible decision
to inaugurate, on November 8next new in
stitute Of music. to which the name of Verdi
will be given. The composer will piobably
appreciate this compliment even more than the
gold medal which it is proposed to strike in his
honor.
Mr.. ]. II. CUTTINGS has declined a PROPOSE
tion from the Boston Quintet Club to come
here under his management in December, but
expects to have them in the spring. The same
statement applies to Mr.. Edward B. Perry, who
would like to give piano recital in the Gaseous
City. The personnel Of the quintet this year
is as follows: Miss Anne Carpenter, soprano;
Mr.. John F. Rhodes, solo violinist; Paul Mende,
violinist; Adolph Burose, flute virtuoso and vio-
inist; Armin Recker, violin and viola soloist.
Louis Blumenberg. violincello yirtuoso, pro-
prietor.
Mr.. GILBERT'se adaptation of Offenbach's
lies Brigands," which was seen at the New
York Casino during the summer months, and
will soon be here, has lately been brought out
In London. 1t appears, from communications
recently made by him to the press, that his
English adaptation Of Les Brigands" was
written with the sole object of securing the
English copyright of the opera, and was not in
tended by him for public performance. 1t has
proved as successful, however, in the British
metropolis as in ours, thanks to the pretty
music and an elaborate mise-en-scene.
SINCE the proposed celebrations of Rubin
STEMS Jubilee have ludicrousiy fallen through,
the great pianist-composer has taken an orig
inal way of celebrating it on his own hook. He
has deposited with the Bank of Russia the sum
of 25 900 rubles (about Sl3, ,0OO) to found an in
ternational musical scholarship fund for COM
posers and pianists. Every five years there will
be competition Of two prizes of 2 500 rubles
each, one to the most successful composer, the
other to the most successful pianist; both may
be won by the same person. The first contest
will take place at st. Petersburg In 1890 the
second at Berlin in 1895 the third at Vienna in
1900, the fourth at Paris and so on. Only artists
from 20 to rs years old will be permitted to
compete.
The contract between the Exposition So
ciety and the Great Western Band expired
last evening and the managers of the big show,
wanting novelty for the remainder of the time,
have engaged the Thirteenth Regiment Band,
of New York, led by Fred Inness, the we'll
known trombone virtuoso. The newcomers,
some 40 or 40 men, are already here, having
come on from the West, where they have been
playing at the Minneapolis Exposition. It is
rumored quietly that the great and only Gil
more and his band are to be here for the last
two or three days of the Exposition. The
Great Western Band should not be permitted
to close this brilliant engagement without
full and frank acknowledgement that for the
last few weeks Director Weis has swung his
baton over the best and most complete military
band ever regularly organized in Pittsburg.