Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-30
Improvisation on theme given by anyone present
Otto Hegner.


| ui1 Ju6 V lenha dOI lnedtel-
the title role, Van Dyck. of Bayreuth fame
being the RtndldO.
REYER'S ''salammbo," produced at the brus
sells Theater Royal de la Monnaie on the ioth
ult., appears not only to have won brilliant
| success but also to have deserved IT,
THE Spanish Government has just now es'
tablished new music school at Manila, "hlch
will be opened IN July next, and for when an
annual sum of SIS, 900 will be given as GoVerh-
| ment subsidy.
THE soprano role of Mr.. Governs new opera
will be created in London by Miss Zelie de
| Lussan, who has become very popular IN Ell
gland since her first appearance at Co'en'
Garden in 1885,
MRS. S. c. FORD, of Cleveland, who sang
here Friday night, has been engaged 1cr the
| forthcoming production in Philadelphia OF the
new oratorio Jerusalem" by Dr; Hugn "A.
| Clarke, of the University OF pennsylvania
MIR. F. DIETz has gone to Cleveland and
Toronto to assist with his little bassoon IN TINS
weeks concerts by the Philharmonic Societies
| of those cities. 1t would seem to be the usual
game up there to play without the Joker
Miss AGNES HUNTINGTON has paid Mana
ger Harris S. 900 sor her release from the Carl
Rosa Opera Company, and will sing next fan
in New York the part of Paul Jones, In Wnlch
she made her extraordinary London success.
THE Society Of Wind instruments gave a
gramme containing the quintet, op So, of Rubin
stein and advertisement for flutes, oboes,
clarionets, horns and bassoons, very in
teresting work in four movements, by L.
Bernard.
THE French composer, Miss Augusta
Holmes, has accepted the offer to compose
music for "Hvmn to Peace" written by An
gelo de Gubernatis, which is to be performed at
Florence in May next by chorus of 3UO voices,
at festival in connection with the forthcom-
ing exhibition OF women's work
IT was expected that the remains of the Ia
mented young pianist. George Russell Craig,
would arrive in the city yesterday. If no de-
tention has occurred the column of death no.
tices in this paper will contain the announce
ment of his funeral this afternoon, at the fam
lily residence. Fifth avenue, Oakland.
THE Beethoven Quartet Club gives its fifth
and last chamber music recital Of this season
on the evening of April IL in the Pittsburg
Club Theater Note that word evening" We
work-a-day music lovers and rejoice at your
one opportunity for pa-taking of this the most
invariably artistic series of concerts afforded
by our town.
Mr.. W. II. 7. ABoRN and his pupils gave a
high class concert at Beaver Female College on
FRIDAY evening. Miss Elsie O'Neal. of Allie
gheny. and Miss Josephine Rumberger, of
PittsburC, figured upon the programme. The
st. Cecilia Society sang Schumann's "Gypsies."
Rubinstein's Water Nymph," and Concone's
Fond Hearts"
Mrs. ]. SHARP MCDONALD, Misses Alice NJ
Reed, Lulu B. Orcutt. Emma Hodkinson, Sadie
Chalmers, Messrs. G. Gill, w. S. Weeden,
Frank Ammon, Charles F Harris and Mark
Porritt, and the Poco-a-Poco Orchestra under
Mrs DR.. ]. S. Walters. were all announced to
take part in a concert for the benefit of the
Soldiers Widows Home, at u, V, 1. Hail. last
Monday evening.
THE Philharmonic Society made some money
by the recent concert in Old City Hall and pro-
ceeded, at fridays rehearsal, to blow it in"
right royalty. (The slang will be forgiven in
speaking of brass band.) President David
son had no sooner presented Mr. Dan NJ. Bull
lock with handsome gold badge in the name
of the society than Vice President Imhoff did
as much for him. Thereupon some one else
handed Director Kirk a roll of filthy lucre done
up in an envelope, SO as not to soil his hands;
and everybody made speech, ate, drank and
was merry.
Miss Rosa LINDE Mrs. Schaarschmidt)
seems determined to make hay while the Paris
sun shines. She is taking nine lessons a week
over there; three each in singing, acting and
French. Nine. Viardot-Garcia, the famous
singing teacher, expresses herself enthusiastic-
ally over her new pupil and proposes to have
her sing soon before the directors of the Grand
opera Inc @ faris opera may not be the place
die, but il certainly is the heaven of ambition
for most of them. Miss Linde however COM
pares it unfavorably with the New York Metro
politan.
Mr.. FRANK AMMoN sang the other day for
Honest Little Emma" and got much praise
for his fresh, young bass, some good advice,
and a broad hint OF what the future might
offer in the way of an engagement with her
troupe. Miss Abbott may be better hand at
bass-hshing than at singing opera: anyway the
best advice to the fish sighting her bait is,
Don't" Mr.. Ammon has too much talent to
be thrown away on mock opera He had better
gain admission to the bar and spend his time
whistling for clients than go singing in Abbott
opera-so far as the good of the country is con-
cerned.
MANAGER FOSTER, of the ci-deudnt Boston
Ideals, seems to be repeating in the South the
tactics he adopted here last season In dealing
with his creditor-tenor, Chevalier Edward
Scovel. The doughty Chevalier having levied
an attachment in Nashville for $1,000 part of
his overdue salary, the gallant Colonel forth
with made great show of ''discharging" him
and then rushed into print with variety of as
sertions and inuendoes calculated to iniure
the tenor's reputation spread by the com
pany's own advance agents. Southern press
however, turn the Foster onslaught
into boomerang-as usual.
AT the anniversary concert given by Acme
Council, No. 2l9, Jr. o. U. A NJ. on Friday
evening in Odd Fellows Hall, Southside, the
prime attractions were Mrs. S. c. Ford and |
Mr. Homer A. Moore. widely known singers |
hailing from Cleveland. Mrs. Ford sang the |
''Seguidilla" air from Carmen" and three of !
Ethelbert Neyin's lovelest songs, besides tax |
ing part with Mr.. Moore in Henschers beauti- |
full duet "Gondoliera." Mr.. Moore also sang |
the baritone air from Gounod's Queen of |
Sheba' and Bradsky's Thou Art My All" |
Mr. Carl Retter, the Mandoline Troubadours |
and Toerge's Orchestra completed the musical |
|
Mr.. HARRY b. BRocKETT has been en- |
gagged TO sing the role of Prince Henru in Sul- |
livan's Golden Legend" to be sung by the |
Buffalo Vocal Society. June Il and I3 1t is a |
pity that Pittsburg has been given no chance |
to hear this representative cantata by the COM |
poser of "Pianafore." This city has ALWAYS |
shown the heartiest appreciation for Sullivan's |
work in the limited sphere of |
operetta and would beyond doubt be glad to
hear late work of his upon the higher musi-
cal plane. The Mozart Club commenced its
career with Sullivan's "Prodigal Son. dozen
years ago; to give the Golden Legend" at an
early date now would not be unfair to other
composers.
NOTWITHSTANDING the fact that dia