Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-21

Mozart Club arrived home last Tuesday, after
a delightful European trip, much refreshed in
body and mind. Mr., McCoIlum will resume his
work with the club at tomorrow evenings re-
hearsal, when a full attendance is expected.
The matter of raising in the club name SUD-
scription to the Karl Merz Musical Library
fund-whjch was proposed last weeK-WLi
come up for action and leading members Oh the
club have expressed their desire to see our
leading musical organization ntly representeu
IN this important undertaking
PITTsBURG is not the only city that would
like to possess the Merz musical library, as
witness the following from the Cleveland
Plain Dealer: "Pittsburg is raising S2,O0V 10
buy the musical library of the late Karl Merz.
That library ought to come to Cleveland, not
alone because Merz was long the editor OF
BrdtndrGS Musical World which is pupnsneu
here but because there is no place in the coun-
try where il would be more useful or more ap.
precIated. Itcontalns /. .200volumes treating OF
all departments of music and cognate subjects,
and was appraised last spring by Schuperth,
music publisher and bookseller Of New York,
at about S3, 500"
IT is rather amusing to see local music
column devote half its entire space to topic
which itself declares scarcely dozen people
in America care" anything about, "a topic,
moreover, that had been exhaustively treateo
in Mr.. Webster's admirable letters to TINS de-
partment of THE DIsPATCB) and yet be un.
the prospective purchase for this city OF one OF
the half dozen best musical libraries IN tne
country, library in the disposal of which mucn
interest has been manifested from all parts Oh
the land. Some people prefer to nlng tnelr
bundles Of split wood under the wheels OF the
car of progress rather than under its boilers.
Mr.. RoMAINE CALENDER. the Detroit
organist, has lately invented a CONSECUTIVE
combination action" said to give greatly In
creased facility in registration. Before begin
ming piece the organist can by means of this de-
vice set In succession every combination he
wants to use, and then, while playing, has onlyto
touch rail, which extends along the rear of each
Keyboard in order to bring the successive COM
binations into play, one by one. The new de-
vice does not interfere with the usual draw
stops and combination pedals. 1t will tend TO
ease the organistic heart of its frequent yearn-
ing for an octopus-like organism.
KATE CECILIA GAUL, of the Peabody Ins.i.
tute, has just returned from Europe. In an
interview in the Baltimore Sun she says: II
saw D'Albert daily at his home in Eisenach, and
became an enthusiastic admirer of the wonder
full young pianist. He has built villa near
Berlin, and will spend the winter there.
D'Albert was delighted with his American tour
last winter and will return to the States on
concert tour in 1892. Another young German
pianist. who Travelled with Llszt and has had
successful career, will also visit America and
will give concerts here next year. Yet another,
Emil Sauer by name, whom have not heard,
but who is said to be wonderful performer.
has made a contract to give series OF ~ con-
certS in the United States"
ANTON SEIDL's series of orcestral concerts
at Brighton Beach have came to an end for
this season. The list of superb programmes
from the beginning June IS, up to September
s, comprised 424 pieces. including SO overtures.
emit nd holIo az 4
symphonic poems, 81 compositions by Wagner.
"A rhapsodies and other miscellaneous compost
tions of larger proportions, 13 selections of
operas, Is marches 6l dances and SO miscellane-
Gus pieces of smaller proportions, among
them many pieces for strings only. Mr..
SeidPs players have organized themselves
permanently as the Metropolitan Orchestra
which includes 100 instrumentalists, each hav-
ing an interest in the fortunes of the enterprise.
Between the Madison Square Garden engage
ment (Which began last night and will last
some weeks) and the opening of the MetrOpoli-
tan Opera season, the orchestra will be on the
road, having already been booked by the Red
path Bureau to play in Boston, MelroSe, Albany
and Montreal during the week beginning No
vember 10. Here is chance, maybe, for some
enterprising Pittsburg manager to bring here
again the great conductor. who won such
golden opinions in our Ma, Festival of 1889,
together with his permanent orchestra more
complete and much better disciplined body of
players than he led here before.
Mr.. ETHELBERT NEvIN will come from
Boston TO give piano and song recital at the
Pittsburg Club Theater on Tuesday evening.
October 81 He will be assisted by Mrs. Walter
c. Wyman, the distinguished mezzo-soprano,
who was one of Marchesi's favorite pupils not
long ago, and who has, since returning to her
native land, attained very great success in her
appearances at the Boston Symphony concerts
and other occasions of the highest rank. TAX
ing advantage of Mr.. Nevin's proposed pres
ence at that time, his frieuds have induced him
to give two repetitons of the series of talks
illustrated by the piano) on Wagner's Nib
elungen Ring" that he gave with such success
at Edgeworth during the summer. Mrs.
Thomas H. Dickson is in charge of
the subscription for the series to be
given the afternoons of October l3
IA and Is in the parlors of some Allegheny resi-
dence For the other series. which will occupy
the evenings of October q q and "a, Mrs c. L. |
Magee will receive subscriptions, and has kindly
proffered the use of the large and handsome |
new music room just built at her Oakland resi- |
dence. These plans will be hailed with pleasure |
not only by Mr.. Nevin's large circle of personal
friends, but by the general host of music lovers
desirous of better chance to famiiarize them |
selves with the methods and inner meanings of |
the music dramas that dominate the modern |
lyric stage.