Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-10

born in France of English parents.
was educated in Italy and has been. sing
troupe. The others are Miss Annie Russell, OF
New York, contralto; Sig. Bologna, who was
here the last time, bass. and Sig Ferari, ac-
companist. As the stage lacks scenery the
Faust, which has elsewhere supported the
operatic part OF the troupe's title; but never
theless lovers Of u BET cdTsto will no doubt be
afforded an enjoyable hearing Of favorite
operatic selections
ORGANIsT LINARD @. WEBSTER and his
efficient choir at st. Andrews Episcopal
Church, Ninth street, have long been prepar-
ing for series of special musical services on
the Sunday evenings throughout Lent. Conn
mencing with this evening successive portions
that work has been given entire; following
tnat will come the best parts Of
Spohr's Calvary" emitting little but
the recitatives. 1t Is true that .
quartette choir cannot give such works with
the same effect that full chorus might; but
the ability and the extraordinary diligence OF
this quartette (they have long been in the
musical study and Uractice) guarantee
the utmost excellence OF performance possible
in such a case. The Lenten and Advent SER
vices with special music given in the past
seasons have invariably attracted large con-
gregations to st. Andrews. sf
AN amateur orchestra club, as yet unnamed,
was organized on Friday evening at Wilkins
burg. The members mostly belonged to the
Williamsburg Musical Society," and viii prob
ably, after attaining greater proficiency under
separate organization, reunite their career
with that of the chorus. The roll already in--
cludes Is players of tried capability-6 vic
Inns, viola, 5ceiIo contra-bass, flutes, clam.
nets and cOrnets-and new members of the
same grade are expected to be added, but only
after examination and two weeks probation.
Stephens, President; Mr.. John Walton, Vice
President: Mr.. j. L. Crawford, Secretary and
Treasurer. and Mr.. G. r. Broadberry, Con-
ductor. Music of the lighter kind will be
studied at t1rs1, with an eye to more solid food
in the future. The club is to be selfsupport-
ing, exists primarily for the good of its own
members. and, for the present at least, has no
designs on the public. Such enterprises can
not be too warmly encouraged.
THE May Festival chorus is said by those
who have attended the Thursday evening re-
hearsals, to be rapidly mastering the big pile Of
music laid out for the great event. BY the
way, there is no reason why many people should
not enjoy free informal concert each week.
The rehearsals are held in the First NJ. p.
Honey, and Mr.. Retter says visitors are well
come to fill the ample galleries every
Thursday evening With tomorrow the
T. speer, Percy F. smith and John
F. Wilcox, will begin the actual campaign for
box subscription. A score or more subscribers
ing. These boxes, it will be remembered, are to
enc1rcle the parquet, and will be at once the
best and the most fashionable seats: they hold
six persons, and are offered for the seven con-
certs (making a ticketsl for 500. Subscribers
will no doubt be allowed to decorate their own
boxes an opportunity that has been eagerly
seized upon by 'sassiety' on similar occasions
elsewhere. The $4,000 looked for from the
box subscription at this time will serve as the
best sort of guarantee fund for what clearly
promises to be the greatest musical event in
local annals. In this light subscribers will
really serve the public in helping themselves.
FOUR members of the Grand Opera House
Orchestra had been fined by the NJ. NJ. P. u.
for playing with non-union men elsewhere.
They refused to pay the fines and wanted to-
stay out of the union, with which they had
long been disguised. Manager Wilt who had
signed the trades-union scale with his stage
hands and thereby got himself into the power
of the trades assembly, to which the NJ NJ. P.
U. unaccountably belongs, felt obliged to have
his players keep within the union lines So he
got the players to let him pay their
fines and nave them reinstated. While
for business reasons. these players
are willing to retain nominal connec-
ton with the union and its strange bed-fellows
Of the Trades Assembly, they are heartily sick
of the M. N. P. u, and only await the end Of
the theatrical season to break loose irreVo-
cably. This feeling is shared by the members
of the Bijou. Academy and other theatrical,
orchestras, and of the Great Western and
other leading bands-in fact, by every one OF
the really capable players that still keep the
slightest appearance of being union men.
Most of the good players are already entirely
out of the union. When practically all the
players in the city who are worth admitting to
genuine musicians union are openly hostile
plish any useful purpose for either the profess
sion or the public?