Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-15
Crotchets and Quavers.

| Crotchets and Quavers.
Miss MINNIE LEONARD. the contralto, is a
| new acquisition of the Calvary Eplscopal
| Church choir.
| A SPECIALLY selected orchestra Of ten play
| ers will take part in the Children's Day ser
| vices at the Oakland NJ. ELChurch this morning.
HEINRICH ZoELLNER, the conductor Of the
| Cologne AaRaeTgesangverein. will succeed
Reinhold L. Hermann as conductor of the
| New York LiederKranz.
Mr.. ERNEST C. BEATTY, the well-remem-
bered organist. interrupts his Southern travels
| for an Eastern organ company long enough to
| take brief vacation at his old home.
Mr.. THOMAS F. KIRK, tie energetic band
leader, has the sympathy of a host of musical
| friends over the death last week of his father,
MI. Michael Kirk, as also in the serious illness
of his wife.
XAVIER scHARwENKA has been working for
some time on a grand opera. 1t is to be called
"Masaswintha." !" and relates to the history OF
| the Gothic Kipk Vitiges Two acts have al
| ready been completed.
AN open-aIr concert by Gernert's Orchestra
and the Mandolin Minstrels will form feature
of the garden party to be given at the snowden
| mansion. Penn avenue, Williamsburg on Thurs
| day evening" the 18th inst, in aid OF st.
Stephens Episcopal Church.
THE fifth free organ recital was given yes
terday afternoon at Carnegie Hall, Allegheny,
by City Organist Leonard Wales, assisted by
Mrs L. c. Yochum, soprano. The ultra-popu-
lar programme was heard with evident appre-
citation by the large audience present
THE new organ which is about to be placed
in Talmage's Tabernacle is to cost $4,000 and
contains some novel stops. Among these Is
Chinese Gong" a chime of bells, long roll
drum, bass drum and drum check, the utility
OF which for devotional purposes will at once
be apparent to the most casual observer
THREATENING skies caused the opening Of
the summer night concerts at Bellevue to be
postponed from last Tuesday to the same
evening of this week. The Gernert Orchestra
Will play, among other numbers, a Rossini
overture, John Gernert's Exposition March,"
ard selections by Rubinstein, Lacomb and
Arditi.
LILLI lehman will not be included in the
personnel of the Metropolitan Opera House
next season. 1t is reported that she has made
her peace at Berlin and will return to the scene
of her earlier labors richer both IN pocket and
in reputation for her American sojourn.
Whether MIR. Paul Kalisch will also be taken
back is not stated.
Mr.. WILLIAM GUENTHER keeps on in his
successful efforts to rehabilitate Silver Lake
Grove as a fashionable resort for summer even
ing dancing and musical recreation. His list
o1 1suoscrioers'grows rapidly in numbers with
out losing a jot of its high quality from the
standpoint of social eligibility. The first enter
tainment is set for June 26 and all subscriptions
must be in by that date.
A MUSICAL entertainment was given last
Wednesday evening at U. V. l. Hall. Sixth
avenue. by Sons of Liberty Council No. 452
Jr. o. U. A. NJ. Among the participants we're:
Misses Minetta N. Wilson, Eva Sawhlll. c.
Lowenstein, Ida Presser, Lulu Chaser and Min
ME Marshall, MesSrs. Frank e. Geist, William
Srtelitz, Edw. Wnrkmaster and Joseph
Wachter; flute quartette and the Cardinal
Orchestra.
THE Oakland Ideal Orchestra, which is the
Home Circle Orchestra rechristened, will play
its second engagement at the Rose bazar to
take place next Friday evening the grounds
of L. I. Yoder in charge of the Young Ladies'
Missionary Society of the Oakland NJ. E.
Church. When the young orchestra made its
hrst appearance in concert at the Oakland
was quite fattering, and, as the number has
been increased since. some good things are ex-
pected OF the young gentlemen.
THE resignation by Mr. Jean de Reszke, of
the post he has so long held as principal tenor
at the Paris Grand Opera, will be an immense
loss to that establishment. Already the Paris
company is one of the weakest of the great
opera houses of Europe, and the withdrawal of
the famous tenor will necessarily give further
point to criticism. Mr.. J. de Reszke Ii is nm
derstood, has accepted more lucrative engage
ment for starring tour through Europe the
cities where he will sing including Monte Carlo
st. Petersburg and Moscow-Mus1cal Courier
THE Great Western Band has arranged for a
Moonlight Excursion" 1.-THE gentlemanly occu-
pant of the moon will please take notice to
shine) on Friday evening next The steamer
musical pilgrims Gao pieces) with their
friends and patrons adown the ro-
mantle Ohio or athwart the current of
the muddy Monongahela. as the depth of the
water may decide. The state of the weather
will cause no postponement of the trip, with
its military concert ana terpsichorean revels:
it the clouds do their worst the property man
with lantern will play moon a la "Pyramus
and Thisbe."
THE public mind scarcely needs to be again |
logged into recollection that Mr. P. S. Gilmore
and his famous band are to give two concerts at |
Old City Hall Thursday, June 2H Anv
intimation that Gilmore is coming, generally |
sufices to set the public on the qui vive until |
the fated day arrives. This wear the |
vocal quartet engaged for the tour- |
Miss Ida Klein, Miss Helene Won Doenhof. Mr.. |
William J. LAWN and Mr.. Edward O'Mahonv- |
with pleasant memories from prior appear- |
ances in Pittsburg. And we are to have re- |
stored to us for the time our own favorite con- |
tralto. Mrs Rosa Linde (Schaarschmidt), who |
who was good enough for most of us when but |
a home product, was better yet when she came |
back from New York to give her appendix To |
the Levy concert last season, and must be at |
her best now after a period of hard study
under Nine. LAGRANGE. in Paris.
MISS MAY BEEsLEY. of Jacksonville Ill
whose appearance at a charity concert in the 1
East End last month will be remembered. has |
been finally engaged as the soprano of the |
Third Presbyterian Church Quartet, commence |
ing with next September. Mrs Weoster's yery
slow progress toward renewed health made il |
SO problematical whether she would be able to /
return to her old post as desired by ali |
concerned, that the Music Committee
felt they could not afford TO lose
the opportunity of securing a singer so highly
as Miss Beesley The latter left
the ATHENS of the West' some three wears
ago for course Of vocal study in Dresden.
the famous Frau Alosleben. Her many m,si.
cal gifts. and especially her vocalization form
the theme of a number of really eptbusiastic
letters Of Introduction from such men as
Rheinhold Becker, song composer: Georp
Naumann. President of the famous Dresden
and others. A true colorat,tr So
prano is what Pittsburg has not in years Dos
sessed, and in that line Miss Beesley will have
a free chance to prove her proves.