Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-16
Crotchets and Ouavers.

| MISS AGNES VoGEL, Miss Elizabeth Covey
| and Mr.. Jos. A. Vogel scored a success in con-
cert at Braddock last Monday evening.
In the second of the Linden Club concerts.
to be given tomorrow evening, the Gernert
Orchestra will be assisted by Mr.. h. B.
/ Brockett, Jr.
Mr.. ]. E. PETITE, a pupil of Charles Davis
Carter. has been engaged as tenor of the quartet
! of the First Presbyterian Church, to succeed
! Mr.. Nuttall.
SIR CHARLES HALLE is II years old and is
still actively engaged in directing his orches-
| ira. His wife is the brilliant yiolniste Nine
Norman Neruda.
THE musical and literary entertainment
given Friday evening by the Young Peoples
| Association, of the Hazelwood Christian
Church, was highly enjoyed by large and ap-
preciative audience.
THE New Brighton Philharmonic Society,
under the direction of Charles Davis Carter,
will produce as novelty for the first concert
to be given in December, a new cantata, Hymn
to Pan," "sby Martin Roeder, promin ent Ber-
lin composer,
HERR MAX ALvARY, the famous Wagnerite
| tenor, is giving some very successful perform
ances at the Opera House at Hamburg.
Among his ''roles'' have been SIegfried
Walther, Tannhauser, Lohengrin, Adofar in
"Euryanthe" and Wilhelm In Thomas
"Mignon."
issue by Breitkop and Hartel Of two unpub-
lisned works by Beethoven-an arrangement
for pianoforte only of the pianoforte concerto
in + fiat, and. in full score, the first movement
of pianoforte concerto in d, presumably that
which Beethoven is known to have begun sub
sequent to the completion of the Emperor"
THE OrgdnisrS Journal of New York. which
has heretofore been noted in these columns as
presenting choice collection of usable selec-
tIons for church and concert work, has lately
enlarged its scope SO as to include in each
monthly issue a number of pages of well-edited
reading matter. which considerably enhances
its value to the thoughtful organist
THE musical and literary entertainment to
be given on Wednesday evening, the 25th at
the Central High School, is attracting great in
terest on the part of the many students and
alumni of the institution, all of whom cherish
the utmost respect and sympathy for Miss E.
NJ. Simpson, the veteran teacher whose severe
and lingering illness gives occasion for this
testimonial beneht.
Mr.. w. l. BEST has written Mr.. Clarence
Eddy that he has had to change his plans on
account of illness. and will now come back
from Australia to Liverpool via Suez, instead
of via Chicago Auditorium. This casts SOM
ber shade of doubt over the glad assurance
seemingly had last week that the greatest of
England's organists would soon bestride the
bench at Carnegie Hall, Allegheny.
THE orchestral parts for Governs sRose
Clubs first concert of the season is safely set
for Tuesday, December 2 Miss Grace Miller.
Miss Ella Semple, Mr.. Joseph A. VogeI and
Mr. S. s. Anderson will sing the solos. Miss
Anna Lang, of Wheeling, will come up to play
the harp in the orchestra. The canrata will be
prefaced by Nocolai's overture to THE Merry
Wives of Windsor" MT. James +. McCollum
OF course, conducts all.
THE Boston Symphony Orchestral Club.
which has nothing to do with the orchestra of
similar title, is an instrumental sextette of
high quality Mr.. Alfred De Seve, the leading
VIOLIN is a virtuoso of wide reputation, and
Miss Anna c. Mantell, the soprano for this
tour. comes highly recommended. They will
appear next Thursday evening at Sewickley
Opera House. under Mrs. j. Sharp McDonald's
MANAGEMENT; on Friday evening and SATURDAY.
afternoon Mr. Joseph II. Cuttings will have the
same club out at the Pennsylvania Female Col
lege.
THE admirable programme for the first con-
cert of the Beethoven Quartet Club, at Old City
Hall on the 25th inst, when Miss Clementina
DeVere will assist, is as follows:
Capriccio, quartet op. a. for piano and
string instruments. ...........,............M Mohr
Nocturne, op. le for violin, flute, French
hornand piano.. .Doppler
Senate, op. Al (Kreutzer), for piano and vio-
lin. .....B Beethoven
Adagio sostenuto Presto. Andante con Var
iazioni. Finale, Presto
Scene: Shadow Dance-"D1norah''.. .Meyerbeer
Quartet, op. IS for piano and string instru-
Allegro Commodo. Romanze, Adagio Motto Can.
table InteEmezzo, Vivace.
Finale, Motto Vivace.
SAYS the Chicago Inter Ocean: ',Mme. An.