Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-30

been choir master at ST. Johns P. f. Church,
Lawrenceviile, where his en- erprlsing musician
ship IS making itself felt.
MISS EDITH HARRIS Miss Elizabeth Web
ster, Mr.. George NJ. Seeth and Mr.. Beveridge
Webster have volunteered their valued SER
vices for a concert, to be given on the 18th In
| slant, for the benefit of Providence Mission,
! Allegheny.
| Mr. EMIL HABERKoRN comes well recon-
mended by past success to take charge Of the
orchestra of the new Duquesne Theater,
which will number l3 men under regular en-
gagement In Pittsburg, as everywhere else,
| there is great room for improvement in theatrl-
| cal music
No, BROTHER ABBOTT, THE DISPATCH
makes no claim of originating that news item
about the various distinguished offs andowskis
now making ready to invade America. Ihe
statement was the common property of several
exchanges: but it was repeated more accurately
than Presto succeeded in getting THE DIS
PATCH'S notice of the Weis benefit, which IL
locates in Minneapolis.
Mr.. EsHELBERT NEyIN was one of the
number of Boston's foremost musical artists
who gave their services in the important con-
cert in the memory of George William Sumner,
given at Music Hall last Tuesday evening.
With Mr.. E. A. MacdoweIl. Mr.. Nevin played
Templeton Strongs "Symphonic ldyl," op. y,
Tor two pianos. Messrs. Baerman, Faelten.
Peraho. Lang, Foote, Tucker, Nikisch. kneisel
names on this remarkable programme.
ORGANIsT LINARD c. WEBSTER and his
faithful quartet at st. Andrews P. E. Church
will this evening. according to their custom,
give the first instalment of an oratorio, divided
among the four Sundays of the Advent season.
Spohr's Last Judgment is the work chosen
this year. 1t will be given completely In the
in the series. with some few interpretations OF
appropriate style to give proportion to each
quarter
LoUD1N's "Original Fisk Jubilee Singers"
come to Old City Hall Friday evening next in
the popular Pittsburg Star Course. Mr.. Lou
din is remembered from his appearance here,
before the troupe began its 6year tour around
the world, as the possessor of basso profundo
of unusual richness and range; the whole per-
formance of this organization is an interesting
presentation of the plantation melodies now SO
rapidly dying out.
Mr.. AMOS WHITING has removed with his
family to Toledo o. As the brother of one of
the foremost American composers and organ
lists, Mr.. Whiting was most cordially received
when he came here some ten years ago, and for
several seasons he occupied large place in the
public eye as the protector and conductor OF
May Festivals and other large choral enter
prises OF late years he has confined himself
more exclusively to teaching, though he last
season organized and conducted the Handel
Musical Association, of Allegheny, which his
departure leaves now without head.
Mr. P. ECKER, organist and choir-master
of ST. Paurs Lutheran Church, Allegheny, is
arranging a promising concert to be given in
its behalf at the Fourth ward school hall on
the l1th inst. A chorus of rs voices. accom-
panied by an orchestra OF Is players, will give
the "L6hengrin" finale, the Soldiers Chorus
from Faust and The Heavens are Telling"
from the Creation" Desires helping out the
Sextette from Lucia" Miss Carrie Roll.
soprano; Miss NJ. Roll, contralto: hessrs l..
Adler tenor; F. A. Ammon, barytone, and w.
has he SOlOiStS
ing.
A GOOD beginning of the rehearsals for the
coming May Festival was made by Mr.. Retter
last Monday evening. The works taken up
were the first finale from "Lohengrin" and
Saint-Saens' cantata THE Deluge," which lat
ter is welcome repetition from the
last festival, where Circumstances pre-
Next will come Martin Roeder's new short
cantata apollo" Haydn's Emperor" Mass
and Rossinrs ''Stabat Mater" The remain
der of the choral programme has not been
decided upon. By vote Of the chorus
the rehearsals latter tomorrow evening, when
there will be another general rehearsaD will be
held as follows: Monday, men; Tuesday.
women and Thursday general rehearsal of
the entire chorus
THE Zitterbart Orchestra (amateur) will give
the first concert of its second season at Old
City Hall Tuesday evening" the 9th inst.
Mr.. Fidelis ZItterbart and his IS players will be
assisted by Rosa Linde Mrs. Schaarschmidt),
once Pittsburg's leading contralto: now of New
York. who will sing the "Mignon" gavotte, an
aria from lie Prophete," F" and an ArdIti waltz
song. Miss Helen Zirterbart. soprano, is down
for another waltz song. and Miss Ida c. Burgy
Will play Weber's minor piano concerto. with
orchestra. The purely orchestral selections
will be the allegro of Beethoyen's PASTORAL
symphony, the over'ures OF Auber's FRA
Diavolo" and Offenbachs "Orpheus'' and
johann Strauss waltz, Aus dem Bergen"
An oboe solo by Mr.. Yelgerbouse completes the
programme.
Mr.. THEODORE THOMAS regular concert at
the Lenox Lyceum New York, last Sunday
evening was made especially interesting by the
two soloists. Signor Italo Campanini. the
famous tenor. who has lately had a tiny tumor
surgically removed from his vocal chords, made
his temperance and showed that this extra
ordinary operation has had the effect of restor-
ing his voice to a condition it has not enjoyed
since 1t began to fail during Abbey's opening
season At the Metropolitan Opera House in
lSS3-4 Mrs. Fanny Bloomtield-Zeisler, the
young American pianist who has been rapidly
flied success; the detailed review of her work
in the Times is thus summed up: I'm her field
Mrs. Zesler is to-day one of the best women
pianists in the world and.she is entitled to a
place among players of the first rank. She has
technique. intellect. and emotion. What more
can be asked ?''
MEssRs. HENRICKs AND WEBSTER have
secured for the next eveniug-December l6-
of their "Star Course at Carnegie Hall, ALLIE
gheny the famous Philharmonic Club of New
York, which is probably the best chamber
music organization that travels in this country.
For the appearance here, Miss Marion s.
Weed. metropolitan contralto of repute, has
been specially engaged. Another special feature
will be Mr.. Beveridge Webster's partici-
patton as pianist in Schubert's Quintette, Op.
ia for piano with strings Among the other
ensemble numbers will be two movements
from the Sextelle, Op. 79, which no less a COM
poser than Jadassohn wrote for and dedicated
to this club. and Godard's Dance des Bo-
hemiens." Mr.. Richard Arnold, violin, and
MIR. Eugene Weiner, flute, are the most noted
soloists of the Philharmonic Club. TO avoid
mistake it may be stated that the Star Course'
of Messrs Henricks and Webster has moth
ing whatever to do with the Carnegie Courseb
that seems TO have come to grief last Friday
evening.