Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-15

and to have been repeated several times. And
vet there are people who doubt the teasto1llty
Of grand opera in English. Down in Australia
they seem TO be several generations ahead oi
some other people.
AN entertaining musicale was given on
/ Thursday evening by the mo Name Club" OF
the residence Of Mrs. Anna Mcintyre, Green's
burg The active participants we're Misses
| Cort and Minnie and Nene yGoode, Messrs.
/ Fenninlan, Chew aRd Edge, DR.. Porter ana
the clubs chorus.
Mr. REESE. Of Davenport, Ia, conductor
| elect of our Frohsinn Society," preserves q
| strange silence as to his plans with reference
TO the new post In the meantime Mr. Ad. M.
| Forester has been conductor pro tem., ana q
growing element IN the society favors making
him such propositions as would persuade MN
TO accept the position permanently.
IT is q rather curious coincidence that
Brahms violin concerto in D, op. n, after ten
years Of American neglect should be played at
! Chicago by young Theodore Binder on NoVem-
Der rs for "the first time IN America" and
should also be chosen by Franz Kneisel for the
Boston Symphony Orchestra concert OF Decem-
ber7 Z. The concerto was written for Joachim
and played by him at Deipsig Gewanonaus
concert on New Years Day, 1873.
THE new two-mauual Wirsching organ at St.
James Church, Williamsburg, will be inaugu'
rated next Wednesday evening. The pro-
gramme will enlist the aid of organists Simeon
Bissell, John S. Vogel, A. Frauenheim and a.
BolinCbroke, and the members of ST. Phllo'
mena's and st. Augustine's choirs. with MIS-
w. F. McCook Miss Agnes Vogel, Mrs n.
Averman and Mr.. Joseph A Vogel as sololsts:
MIR. JohnJ. Lagerman is the regular organlst
of the church.
THE Paris Opera Comique will produce this
season the following new works: Dante" by
Godardi "Circe," by Ambrose Thomas; Gas
sia" Gust finished), by Leo Delibes; ''tSe Mer-
sAl,a roTlO rrfr,rr
comic operas: Massager's La Basoche" /"
Henry Marechals s"Ping Sing" and M. @.
Pfeitfer's lie LegataIre Universal" The fol-
lowing older works are to he revived in !, newly
revised edition: Gounod's ''Mireille," Saint
Saens' "DemeIrius," and Massenet's "Manon."
further addition Co the verv attractive
list of essayists and artists for the philadelphia
meeting OF the Pennsylvania State Music
Teachers Association, December 26-2S, Is put
ting Mr.. Charles DAVIS Carter, of this city,
down for an essay on "The Voice" All our
music teachers and others interested in the art
should attend the meeting IL possible; il not,
each should at least be enrolled upon the mem
barship list. contributing his little dollar and
his larger moral support to the new institution
that belongs to the whole State, and can be
made with due encouragement prime factor
in our musical development,
AT the holiday concert of the Pennsylvania
Female College to occur next Tuesday evening,
MIR. Joseph H. Cuttings will contribute piano
solos by Barziel, Chopin and Liszt; Mrs. Edith
B. Coster-a recent and much-admired member
Of the faculty-will sing songs by Rubinstein,
Thomas and Buys and give recitation: Miss
Mamie Reuck will play violin compositions OF
Vieuxtemps, Hauser and Wieniawski, and lit
tie Miss Ethel LONESOME of those prize pupils
that Mr.. Cuttings is SO successful in discover
ing and developing-will play part of Mendels-
sohn's 6 minor concerts, her Instructor carry
ing the orchestral part upon second piano.
THE praiseworthy movement to preserve
vor1fe hirfb bp1 Of in fbo ahopa ~
a permanent museum devoted to the masters
memory has now spread to this country. For
tho benefit Of this fund concert will be given
tonight at Steinway Hail. New York. the fol-
lowing artists having volunteered their SER
vices: Theodore Thomas, Conductor; Lill
1ehmann-Kaliscb, Paul Kalsch, Victor Her
bert, the Liederkranz male chorus and the
members of the Philharmonic Society, the
Thomas orchestra and the Metropolitan Opera
House orchestra, in all l22 players.
THE cause of the American composer seems
to be gaining ground. At meeting held by
the Brooklyn Philharmonic Society the direct.
ors decided to devote one of the ensuing con-
certs to the compositions of Americans. The
works of representative native composers, re-
siding in this country or in Europe are to be
brought forward and given impartial rendition.
The wishes Of composers are to be consulted,
as far as choice of works is concerned, thereby
giving an opportunity to those represented to
be heard under conditions satisfactory to them
selves. Has our Mozart Club forgotten the ex-
isience OF ye pative composer?
THE present bookings of Abbey's great Patti
Tamagno 0peratic troupe make it close at Gin
cinnati on "Wednesday, the 18th of March, and
open in Boston on Monday the 18th. Between
the two are several open days and long jump.
passing through Pitfsburg. There's the chance
for one OF our enterprising managers to step in
and secure this strongest OF all stage attractions
for two or three nights and Saturday matinee.
THE DISPATCH asks 70 ISOLATION" for the tin
but It knows that wealthy Pittsburg would
be ready to pay right royally to hear the only
Patti IN better surroundings than ever before
as well as to hear Tamagno whom many deem
the greatest living tenor of the Italian school
Indeed, Tamagno as OtellO the role he created
receiving its first worthy production in Ameri-
ca, would be almost as strong an attraction as
La Diva herself.