Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-01

! ''O:ello" and aida" and also as Elsa to his
"Lohengrin." Mile. Ciementina de We're, who
was spoken of as engaged for the same shining
with Campanini's Concert Company, in which
| she appeared in Pittsburg last season.
THE musical. portion of the services helo
| over the remains of William Thaw, in the
| Third Presbyterian Church last Friday after
noon, was in thorough keeping with the per-
vading sentiment of the occasion-simple and
full of feeling. Mrs. Jean Wallace Webster
sang. II Know that My Redeemer Liyeth; the
quartet, composed of Mrs Webster Mrs Mary
Scott, Mr., IF. ]. Bussman and Mr.. VIM. b. Ed,
wards. contributed two familiar hymns, and
Mr.. Joseph H. Cuttings played funeral marches
by Chopin and by Batiste
FELIX MoTTL, the gifted Carlsruhe con-
ductor, proposes 10 continue his already re-
markable list of important revivals and nrst
productions by giving next season Berliozs
LES Troyens," which has never yet been given
complete, only the third act having been played
at the Paris Theater Lyrique BY the way, Al
vary, the star tenor of the New YORK Metropol-
ltan last season. has been engaged to sing w az
ner roles at Carlsruhe in October, ana there is
said TO be some prospect OF his appearing next
summer at Bayreuth, where Mottl is one OF the
regular conductors.
MAY be the dying out of the so-called sum-
mer evening concerts" wherein social exclu'
siveness is attempted and dancing is the true
genuine summer evening concerts next season
SLY at the Exposition building-whereing geod
music of the lighter order will be the real oD-
ject and social amenities the pleasant acceS
sory. The new orchestra OF the A. Q. M. u,
after seasons rehearsal, should be in good
shape for such an enterprise, which would al
ford it probably the very best field for winning
its spurs.
A FRENCH critic. NJ. Brument-C Colleville, in
writing in a recent issue of LIE Monde Musical
of the Norwegian concert which was gwen at
the Trocadero Palace in Paris, places Svend-
sen and Grieg very high in the pantheon of
living composers, and particularly praises the
latter composers piano concerto The same
critic gives the first prize to the Russian con-
cert the second to the Norwegian, the third
cert and the last to the Spanish, remarking
sagely that American music "Qui existe peu,"
but Spanish music ',n'existe pas" Well. we
VIII Try TO survive this W1therlng criticism, and
go on writing music just the same.-Musicdt
Courier.
The new organ contracted for by the Sixth
o. P. Church, of the East End, is not Roose-
welt. as stated, but Wirsching instrument.
1t will have two manuals and pedal, with q
speaking stops, will cost $780, and is to be
completed by December l. Little by little the
barriers of ancient prejudice fall away. A
" ocalion" in the Third q. p. Church, Ale
gheny, last year; now good-sized pipe-organ
in another q. p. Church at the other side of
the cities-we may yet live to see the u. P.'s
vie in instrumental resources with the regular
Presbyterians, who have always kept a long
lead as having the best organs in this vicinity.
PERSONAL letter from Mr.. Ethelbert
Neyin gives some hint of the activity of the
gifted young composer that Pittsburg has
loaned to Boston. Besides the set of five songs
op. 8, recently published, Mr.. Nevin has COM
pleted the following works: Op. G. some Qudtre-
han n1 nd
for violin, dedicated to and to be
played by Adamowski: Op. s. Romance and In |
termezzo for pianoforte; OPP. 8, wedding |
Lullaby," setting for mixed chorus. with So |
prano solo and four-hand accompaniment, of |
Eugene Fields bewitching verses all about |
''Wynken and Blynken and Nod" One of the |
possibilities Of the early local season is con.
cert of Mr.. Nevin's own compositions. given by |
himself with the aid OF chorus, a string quar- |
tet and several solo singers. If this possibility |
should materialize the occasion would doubt |
less be highly interesting and attractive.
THE Normal Music School at Kittanning |
wound up last week what seems, from all &C
counts, to have been a prosperous and artistic
ally beneficial session. On Thursday evening |
Gaurs cantata, The Holy City" was given by |
the choral class, led by Mr.. s. G. Smith, with
Miss Inez Meeusker, Mr.. R. T. Knox and
Broadberry also appeared as composer
and accompanist in the miscellany pre-
ceding the cantata. In the Normal School
concerto, Mr.. Adolf De Quinze, of Tarentum
has attracted much attention as violinist
who though quite young, possesses exceptional
skill and talent He should be heard in Pitts
burg this winter. Mr.. Emmanuel Schmauk's \
piano recitals, with instructive talks upon the
the selections, ETC., have been a
prominent feature of the session. Mr.. |
Schmauk,s two last programmes included
Bach Prelude and Figue in G minor, Beetho-
ven's Sonata "Appassionate," Schubert's I'm
promptu, Op l42 No. 8, Chopin's Nocturne Op
,, No. l, and Fantasie Impromptu, Oh s. Ru-
binstein's. "Staccato Etudi," Llszt's "Rigolet-
to" Fantasie, and Moszkowski's major Etude.