Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-28
Crotchets and Quavers.

THEY called Moritz Rosenthal "Rubinstein
| Redivivus" in Berlin on his recent appearance
| there.
CHARLES MARIE WIDoR is to be the sue
cessor of the late Caesar FranckIas Professor of
the Organ at the Paris Conservatoire.
PATHS $1,000 night tour in Russia has
been abandoned, the impresario having failed
to forward to the prima donna a cash guarantee
of 5000 as agreed.
The Redpath Concert Company, comprising
several singers and players who are well spoken
of. comes here in the Pittsburg star course at
Old City Hall, next Friday evening.
AN estimate based upon figures was made
recently showing that the people of Boston pay
about Si25 900 this season to hear the concerts
OF the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
AT the East Liberty Presbyterian Church
the customary male quartet will have the ex-
| ira aid of Miss Margaret A. Crouch in per-
forming music appropriate to Christmastide.
SPECIAL programmes of Christmas music
will be rendered to-day at the Third Presby-
terian Church, Sixth avenue by the excellent
quartet choir. under the direction of Mr.
William B. Edwards.
PADEREwsKI was the soloist of the Berlin
Philharmonic concert of the Sth inst, and
played his own piano concerto in A minor, a
new composition. which was heard for the first
time on this occasion and met with great pop
ular success.
RUBINsTEIN's overture, "An ':ny and Cleo
patra," was produced at the fourth Philhar-
monic concert at Berlin on the 24th ult. under
DR.. v. Bulow. Otto Lessmanl describes it as a
verv surprising and agreeable contrast to most
of Rubinstein's later works. and altogether as
very fine piece, dramatically well worthy of
Its subject.
NINE HELEN HoPEKIRK left man. friends
behind her in the United States when she went
to Vienna to continue her studies, five years
ago. who will be glad to learn that she will be
back here in a few weeks for tour of the
country and Canada. Her first appearance in
concert will be in Boston, with the Symphony
Orchestra, on January3.
TsCHAIKovsKY has addressed letter to
some Russian journals declining the public
honors which it was proposed to offer him on
the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of
his appearance as q public artist. Perhaps
% years is too short period to justify shows
of this kind-but nevertheless, Tschalkovsky
is the greatest and by far the most popular of
living national composers, and if not now, he
will some day deserve recognition in that
capacity. Plenty of men have had Jubilee
celebrations who have deserved them less
London Musical Wortd.
Mr.. RICHARD ZECKwER, the enterprising
director of the Philadelphia Academy of
Music, has Just received a Janko piano. the
first one imported aside from the one used by
Mr.. Janko in his exhibitions. 1t is the first to
come to Philadelphia. 1t will be set up in the
Mr.. Deefson will make a special study of the
new keyboard preparatory to maxi ng the new
invention a special branch of the institution.
Mr.. Zeckwer says the Janko plan is the in
strumenG of the future. and thai Americans
will take to it with sufficient eager ness to war
rant its being called the Yank ee piano.
Philadelphia Music and Drama.
THE college musicians and singers are on the
threshold. On Tuesday evening the Harvard
Glee Club will give concert at Carnegie Hall,
under the patronage of prominent society
leaders, presenting programme with the usual
unique and rollicking features. On Saturday
evening, January 8, the Princeton University
Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Clubs will give a
concert at Carnegie Hall. The Princeton clubs
are great favorites here-indeed Princeton is a
collegiate suburb of Pirtsburg anyhow. Their
performance will contain more orange than
black, moro light than shade, and as the clubs
are larger and in better trim than ever the con-
cert will be great glorifcation of Old Nassau.
A SPECIES of musical work that certainly de-
serves encouragement has been undertaken by
coterie of young girls still in their teens who
have formeda club meeting, as their title indi-
Gates. Every Other Week." The meetings are
held at the residence of Miss Elizabeth
Webster. who has evidently her full
share of that gifted family's talent
and thoughtfulness. Miss Webster is
President and Miss NJ. L. Wright, Secretary.
The object of the club is musical education.
At the first meeting, week or SO ago. the pro-
gramme included short sketch of Field, the
playing of his B fiat Nocturne. an analysis Of
it and another playing of the same. The sketch
was by Miss Wright and the rest by Miss
Florence Pier, daughter of the well-known at
torney. After reading Miss Piers analysis, it
must be said to be a truly remarkable produc-
tion for a miss of IA Such intelligent logical
cultivation of art cannot but prove invaluable
to all interested.
THE second concert of the Mozart Club, to
be given on Tuesday evening at Old City Hall,
will be the musical event of the week. Miss
Genevra IJohnstone-Bishop, well-known here
Though she did refuse $1,000 year to come
and sing in one of our churches), Miss Margaret
Fraser, Mr. Harry B. Brockett and Mr. John
A strOuss ,b will be ,asa;ns the sOlOists to
and good-sized orchestra, under Mr..
James Z. McCollum,:will be Intrusted the per-
formance of the greatest of all oratorios, Han
del's "The Messiah" For l50 years this master
work has remained wholly uneQualed, the SUBJ
ject of peculiar admiration, almost reverence,
by all people where oratorio music is at all cul-
tivated. On previous occasions the work and
its history have been fully described in these
directing attention again to the rare appro-
priatenesss of its performance at Christmas
tide. following the custom so largely prevalent.
And, by the way, don't forget to stand up if
you want to enjoy the "HaIelujah" chorus to
the utmost.
FROM the Musical Courfer's obituary of the
genial Gade. the following is taken: The death
of Niels w. Gaze was announced by cable on
Monday of this week. He died at Copenhagen,
the city where he had been born on October %,
1917. and he was consequently in the 74th year
of his life when death deprived Denmark of
the greatest of composers it has SO
far produced and the world at large
of one of the most refined, poetic
and scholarly musicians. His "ossian" over