Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-15
THE WORLD OF MUSIC.
Good Performance at the Pennsyl-
vania Female College By
THE BOSTON QUINTET CLUB.
Successful Debut Of the Allegheny Musi-
cal Association.
GOSSIP ABOUT OUR LOCAL MUSICIANS

following programme:
l. Quintet-op. S Allegro .Syendse1
Miss Anne Carpenter.
s. Flute SolO-Fantasie. -. ......-.....Popp
l. Quartet-'sAndan Cantabile, 0p. H..
Hungarian Caprice, for vioionceliO. Dunklet
Air. Louis BlAmenberg. -
e q. Trseumerel Schumsnn
b.l Near Ihe Bail
:. Violin Solo. Faust Fantasie.; ...... Wieniawski
MIR. John +. Rhodes.
Miss Anne Carpenter.
g. vOlOnceiiO Solos, TF@qe 5a PoSpeT 1e4
MIR Louis Blumenberg. -.
20. Quintet-Babbilage... sGliiet
The ensemble numbers we're we'll chosen
for this occasion, and met with an exceed
ingly hearty response from the audience.
Svendsen's Allegro proved to be skillfuliy
constructed movement of a bright and
sparkling character, with frequent episodes
OF a delight ul Morse flavor and quaint har-
monic effects. 1t was fairly well played,
but not so smoothly, by any means, as
was the lovely devotional andante cantabile
from TschaikOwsky's quartet, with It's haunting
melody for the violin, so elevated IN Ieellng
and vet so full of the plaintive Intervals that
voice the ever underlying SADNESS OF tne
Muscovite music. In this, as through
out the programme, MI. Rhodes proved
himself 10 be the artist par excellence,
ana restless; too much travelling for peaceful
'dreamery'' that night, no doubt But the
daintT little movements from Glllets suite
were gracefully done, In the song accompanl,,
ments the ensemble was pretty ragged: and
elsewhere the VIOLA and second violin would
occasionally be too prominent or the cello OBJ
trude itself too much for perfect balance:
Still the club made it perfectly apparent tnat
IL can do finished and well-balanced playing,
and doubtless would have taken more pains
had the occasion been one of greater ectdt.
Miss Carpenter had an indubitable cold, so
severe rs to entitle her to credit for singing at
all Thus hampered she could not lie expected
10 do much with Gounod's brilliantly dramatic
cavatina. Later on, in the two trihiag ballads
Miss Carpenter sang with no small an'0Gnt of
spirit and feeling. Mr.. Burose's fate solo had
more of artistic style and musicianly phrasing
than one is wont TO hear from that instrument.
His large technical facility was also amply
shown in the piccolo polka given on encore.
Mr.. Louis Blumenberg organizer and propri-
etor OF the club, programmed again the same
three pieces that he has played over and over
in the past years. Does not Mr.. Blumenberg
know anything else? The worst of it is that the
pieces are almost wholly destitute of real musi-
cal interest. being mainly fancy display
pieces full IT. of slick elSrIrn2S tricks o,n and 6d
better he showed in his encore selection, the
charming little "Serenade Badine." by Gus
tave Marie, which was admirably played
throughout.
For the wieniawsh fantasie Bach's air
for the 6 string was substituted by
Mr.. Rhodes who was i'll and hardly felt equal
20 the brilliant Faust" transcription. Maybe
50; but there was certainly no illness apparent
in the extraordinarily full and resonant tone or
in the broad free style with which the noble
Bach air was interpreted. Since encOres
seemed to be the order of the evening every
one regretted that Mr.. Rhodes did not respond
to the enthusiastic and persistent applause
that followed this performance. Here Is viO-
lnist whom Pittsburg will he glad to hear
again under more favorable circumstances.
NJ tTitfinrs managed
the concert and is deserving Of credit for his
liberal poll - in bringing good music, well
played, DeI0re.nIs pupils at the college.
The Ionp.deferred debut Of the AIteeheny
Musical Association. conducted by Mr.. w. A.
LatferJy was made last Tuesday evening at the
Fourth U. P. Church. in the sister city. The
chorus numbered about lUO voices and the
orchestra about 40 players. amateur and pro-
fessional. Following is the programme:
l. Legend Ofst. Cecilia. Benedict
a. Wedding chorus
Words -......-:..:..:.M Mr.. u. s. Thompson
~ Beveridge Webster.
& Soprano solo--' In Dreams Heard
% AIRS. Mr. ggsu Wallace Webster. : AD''
a. Preis-iied. ''Melstersinger'' Wagner
MIR, John Gernert.
PARTM.
j. oelecteO
2 Songs:
Ege .ar yliiy,,;'.......'..'E. DaIpFeIther
Mrs Jean Wallace Webster. '-''--~-
3 Romanza for YiOOncellO .Zippel
MIR. Charles 4. Cooper.
4. Cantata: "The Song of Miriam''. Schubert
Mrs. +, W -kiefer, soprano; chorus and orchestra.
Happily, the rumur that Sarasate and
DAlbert are going to give a concert in Old
City hall on the 18th of January has proven
true. Real music-lovers throughout this sec
tion have good cause to rejoice. To hear
Eugene d. Albert alone is well worth good
round sum in railroad fare and tickets. We
too often hear the worlds great artists long
after they have passed their prime Here is
probably the greatest living pianist Of to-day,
almost certainly the greatest pianist Of to-mor-
row. As his fame grows, we who hear him now
will al ways have the qualification of having
heard the first pianist Of the day in his early
prime.
Sarasate's reputation has had longer time to
grow than D'Albert's, and may exceed it now.
Many think him the first violinist of the day;
certainly none of his contemporaries but
Joachim and Wilhelmj can for moment be
compared with him.
That term, ~Ihe musical event of the season."
which is so often abused, may, with a consider
able degree of propriety, be applied to the
Sarasate-D'Albert concert on the 18Th of JAM
nary.