Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-24
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SAINT-SAENs is busy with a revision of
Gluck's "orpheus," from the original text.
MoLTKE recently gave musicale at his resi-
dence, when the pianist, Grunfeld, entertained
numerous guests for three entire hours.
THE last of the Guenther summer night
festivals at Silver Lake Grove. which have
been SO successful, will take place next Friday
Mr.. EDWARD GERMANS new symphony in
E minor will be produced in the course of the
winter at the Crystal Palace Saturday concerts
by MIR. August Manns.
THE Third Presbyterian Church will reopen
September z. when its choir gallery will contain
the new soprano, Miss Beesley, of whom so
many good reports are heard.
THE last of Mr.. William Guenthers summer
night dances and concerts at Silver Lake
Grove will be given this week on Friday in
stead of Thursday, the usual evening.
MISS ELIZABETH COREY, Mrs. Mary r.
Scott and Mr. Fred j. Bussman have been sum-
meriDg at Scalp Level. Mr.. Bussman is still
there, but will run over to New York in a week
or so.
Mr. RICHARD MANSFIELD has written and
composed many songs. A collection of them,
with both the words and the music, will be pub
lished in a handsome volume during the
autumn.
THERE is an extraordinary demand for the
vocal score of Mascagni's successful 'Cavel-
leria Rusticana-" As many as 5000 copies of
the score are said to have been sold within the
last few days.
Mr.. LAMoUREUx, of Paris, who will be tax
ing his orchestra on a tour through Holland
and Belgium in the course of the autumn, has
in contemplation visit to London, but matters
are not yet settled.
ANGELO NEUMANN, during his five years
management OF the Opera House at Prague, has
brought out no fewer than AZ operas-new, that
is TO Prague 1t may be doubted whether there
is any other opera house in Europe which can
show such record.
THE Carl Rosa Grand English Opera Com
pany began their regular tour on the 4th inst
at Plymouth. Next month Planquette's new
opera will be brought out at the Prince of
Wales Theater with the American vocalist.
Miss AttalIe Claire, in the title role.
THE death of Mr.. Charles S. Huntington has
removed prominent figure from local musical
circles He was particularly enthusiastic on
the subject of boy choirs, having organized one
at st. Peters p. E. Church years ago, as also
the one at Trinity, Of which he was conductor
up to the last.
MRS RICHARD WAGNER wrote last month
to Albert r. Parsons in regard to his book on
Wagner as a theologian: 81 am extremely
thankful to you for both your book and the
lines which accompanied it. lean assure you 1
am quite touched by the feeling which inspires
you In these pages"
AN AAAOAhaA ouAplASO pdIly-Ol COURSE
musical in nature-was bestowed upon Mr.
and Mrs Hanson W. Rose 1.-THE latter lately
Miss Annie Chase) last Thursday evening at
their Oakland residence. Among the party
were Mrs. Mary r. Scott, MI. and Mrs. VIM. B.
Mr.. John A. Strouss and Mr.. Daniel E. Nuttall
THE Music Committee of the Mozart Club
have selected Cowen's cantata, The Rose
Maiden" as the work for the first concert this
season, and have ordered copies of the same
Now is the time to subscribe to the honorary
membership list of Pittsburg's foremost musi-
cal organization. A ten dollar bill could hardly
be better invested.
Mr.. FRANK e. SADDLER, of Pittsbure, has
returned to Munich. after a delightful summer
trip in company with his learned instructor,
Mr. Joseph Stitch. Having wrestled manfully
and most successfully with the intricacies of
fugue, canon and counterpoint Mr. Saddler
writes that he looks forward with great pleas
ure to the coming years study in the freer,
wider lines of composition. He Will probably
return in about year.
"A LONDON correspondent writes thus Of
Pittsburg favorite. now with Mr. Harris bril-
liant troupe in the English metropolis: "a
more wicked Carmen one could hatd,y find
than Mile. Zelie de Lussan, an American. who
has been most successful on the opera stage,
where she has sung very often, as well as in
many private drawing rooms. think Carmen
could be considered one of her best roles as
her rich voice lie so well adapted to the music,
while no one could be more bewitching. Some
of her gestures are a little exaggerated. but
one could easily pardon 30 slight fault.r