Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-05
THE WORLD OF MUSIC.
Remarkable Season of Italian Opera
at the Chicago Auditorium.
RESOURCES OF TIE GREAT ORGAN.
Famous Artists Coming to Pittsburg, Won
BuelOW Among Them.
GOSSIP ABOUT MUSICAL EVENTS

The following special telegram to TIE
DISPATCH summarizes the most remarka-
bic month of opera yet known in this
country:
CHICAGO, January 4-The season of
Italian opera, which closed at the Audi
torium this afternoon, was the most me-
morable in the history of amusements in
Chicago. Since the dedication of the mag
nifcent opera house, four weeks ago, there
have been q performances, and the gross
receipts of these, the dedication ceremonies.
amount to exactly S232, ,954.
1t is believed that these figures exceed
any record in the history o. amusements in
this country.
The evenness of the attendance during the
entire season has been very different from
anything ever known here before, and while
it has varied on the different nights to the ex-
tent of thousand or so, yet at no performance
has the attendance been under 900 people.
The receipts for the last week were the largest
of the four. Patti appeared this afternoon in
the Barber Of Seyille'' for her farewell per-
tormance. and the audience that greeted her
was the largest of the season. fully . 900 people
being turned away from the doors unable to
gain admittanee. The company left tonight at
10 o'clock for the City of Mexico. and will open
three weeks season there Saturday, Janu-
ary IL
Upon the facts given in this telegram it
would be superhuoUs to comment further than
to remark that the patronage of the American
public Tor operatic performances OF the very
hrst magnitude appears to be quite without
limit. In proportion to her population, Pitts
burg is not whit behind any other city in her
substantial recognition of operate enterprise
OF this caliber. 1t is to be hoped that one of
our managers will yet be able to make some
thing out of the hint given in this column
hat IL,
troupe is booked for jump from Cincinnati
TO Boston with at least three open days that
could be spent in this city with profit to all
parties.
Apropos of the brilliant opening of the great
Chicago Auditorium. it is not perhaps too late
to say few words of the superb Roosevelt
organ, which also has Just had its Inauguration.
As to the hoDed-fOr influence of this instru.
ment upon its department of music Mr. 81
clarence Eddy. the Chicago organist who has
been most closely identified with its building
and opening, speaks most enthusiastically in a
recent interview in the american Musician
from which the following excerpts are taken:
''The interest which the leading French organ
lists have manifested in the great oryan now
being placed by Roosevelt in the Chicago
Auditorium, is most remarkable and highly
graGliylng. Ihey all promised to compose
something expressly for the instrument and |
anticipate that its influence upon organ mat
ters and the art of organ playing will be widely
felt Everywhere l heard the mama of |
Roosevelt mentioned by organists with
the greatest admiration and esteem They |
were enthusiastic over the advanced principles,
progressive spirit and high standard which |
distinguish this house; and even the great |
organ builder of Paris CaYaille-Col whom
1 met spoke in terms of the highest respect of |
the late HIborne l. Roosevelt and of the |
work ne has accomplished for the science of |
organ building.
There is possibility that Mr. W. T. Best. of |
Liverpool. may open the great Sydney organ |
next April in which case he promised to re- |
turn via the United States ard give some ORGAN
concerts here. In this event l can assure |
our music lovers of a very rare treat |
as Mr. Best is a virtuOsO OF the highest ranIa |
In this connection might add that negotia- |
LIONS are now pending for similar concert |
tour by the great French organist Alexander |
Gullmant, and am safe in saving that the |
chicago Auditorium organ will be one of the 4
chief magnets TO draw hither these eminent
players. 1 hope it will be the means of indne.
ing other great oTganists like Eugene Gigout
Saint-Saens and Oh. NJ. Widor, to visit this
country"
Pittsburg may well rejoice if Mr. Fddv's
hopes should be realized, for we would have
good reason to expect hearing for ourselves
Of these eminent orgaHistS now that the ad- 4
miraole Roosevelt instrument in the Carnegie
Music Hall, Allegheny. which was fully de-
scribed in THE DISPATCH the other day, is
available for concert purposes.
s+s
A full description of Chicago's big instrument
would far exceed the possible limit of space
be attempted.
The total number of speaking stops will be
1US each OF the manual stops running from &C
to CA, 81 notes. while each of the pedal stops
mixtures of which there are several each CON
tanning from three to five ranks, the organ has
liza speaking pipes an army of melodious fac |
tors equaled IN number in very few of the
largest organs in the Old World
The 1O9 stops are divided as follows among |
the seven different departments composing this