Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-03
Crotchets and Quavers.

BoTro has been requested to COMPOSE ;
Socialist hymn by the Socialistic organization
of Italy.
MR.. FERDINAND DIETZ, the well-knowr
bassoon player, composed the Randall Clut
March" which was first played by the Grea'
| western Band last Wednesday at the tett
| given by the club SO named.
ANTON RuBINsrE1N has completed new
opera entitled "The Unfortunate" which viii
| be produced at St. Petersburg. The subject j!
based upon the love adventures of Russian
Prince of the twelfth century.
THE Vienna Conservatory of Music has de
| cided to advance the grade of examinations fol
admission into the conservatory. and the
NuStkdlicheS Wochenbtun suggests similar
movement on the part of other conservatories
Mr.. LEO oEHMLER, of Pittsburg, receives q
pleasant send off in the big Educational Issue
of the Keynote, fully two-thirds of a column
being devoted to a portrait cut and an appre
ciative biographical sketch Of the young vio
linist.
THE fourth concert of the summer night
series at Park place, sewickley, will be given
next Thursday evening" Mrs. ]. Sharp Nc
Donald will sing Trotere's ballad, "1n Old
Madrid" and Robyn's song, Answer" Messrs;
Beckert and Dietz will play duet for oboe ana
ira will contribute Ad. NJ. Foerster's romance.
John Gernert's march, "Clio," with selections
by Raft, Schubert, Wagner, Moszkowski,
Of and S ss Rsp%sr
A Crouch, Of this city. gave an ex-
ceedingly successful concert on the
18th III, she her old assfssa no%s bv Mss
Edith Harris and Messrs. w. z. McCausland
and Rhinehart Mayer, all of Pittsburg. Miss
Crouch sang in q Detroit concert on the 18th
for concert tour. This and other similar
negotiations make it probable that Miss Crouch
will again be missed from local circles next
season.
THE following from an English cotemperary,
is commended to the attention of the pianists
that are continually striving for powerful tone
as the one thing needful;lN OF long ago gentle
man was expressing to Sir Charles Halle his
difficulty in understanding how Chopin,
with his feeble organism, could have
produced the orchestral effects which such
works as his A fat polonnaise seem to require,
and which in this respect contrast in so re-
markable manner with some OF his more
Charles, has SO wonderful command of the
nuances of expression, that in whatever state
of health he might be the due proportions be-
tween his pianssimo and his fortissmo were
SO perfectly preserved that the listener experl-
enced from the latter impressions which are
sought for in vain by modern pianists who en-
deavor to produce from the piano a volume of
tone such as it is incapable Of supposing."
And not long ago, when we had an opportunity
of inspecting plaster cast of Chopin's left
hand-a probably unique relic in the possession
of friend-we could not but be satisfied of the
truthfulness of Sir Charles recollection. The
fingers are as delicate as those of a lady, and
but for the undoubted authenticity Of the relic
we should unhesitatingly have supposed it to
be the model of feminine rather than a mas
culine hand. Both the nocturne and the bal
lade contain the delicately beautiful passages
which one could conceive such hand only
could adapt itself to.
THE free organ recitals at Carnegie Hall,
Allegheny, rounded out their first complete
dozen yesterday afternoon, when City Organlst
Leonard Wales was assisted by Miss Zetta
Stewart, soprano. in presenting the following
programme:
/. Charge of the Hussaves.. Fritz Spindler
2 Mlnuetlo for organ. ....-.- George Calk1n
reoer,cR BTanaels 81 IN
4. Song Forbidden Music,' .......S. Gastoldon
D. overture TO Zanetta. .Auber
& ruin Nocturne. -. Ley pacn
Aragonaise (from the ballet ''Cid'' }. Massenet
T. Song--''Cradle Song''. Homer A. Norris
s. Overture and selections FRA Dlavolo''. .Auber
g. song--''Protestation". ".-......Homer A. Norris
Violin Obrgato by Thad. AckIey, Jr.
10. Pyramids of Flowers''--Waltzes..
-......... ...... .........>..... Oscar Fetras
IL. Grande March Nuptiale. D'Hsenens