Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-25

THEY say Gilbert ana Sullivan have quarreieo
finally this time and that henceforth Mr' aired
Collier will set the Gilbertian horetto, Sn,e
Mr.. Sims will construct the book LOT the ouil III
vanic muse. 1t seems like misfortune lor VIC
most successful operatlc collaborateurs OF the
day to separate but mavbe the Two new Teams
will turn out a double quantity without io"ef-
ing the quality much, II any.
Mr.. AND MRS. ETHELBERT NEV1N ana
Master Paul NevIn arrived yesterday from
their Boston home for lengthy stay oeneStn
the rooftrees of their respective parents AT
Edgeworth and Edgewater. They VIII propaoiy
spend the greater part of the summer mere;
Mr.. Nevin running off from time 10 uue W tr ~.
various professional engagements pooAeu A''
the dog days.
Miss Rosa LINpE MRS. Schaarschrnidt) Is
expected soon to return from her ardnous
studies in Paris There is some prospect Oh
her being engaged for the last important con-
cert OF our musical season-the one 70 pe sN1s s
in June by the only Gilmore and ms famous
band, with other eminent soloists|a PLS,spsoCs P, e.
that many admirers among Miss Linde's ior-
mer townsfolk would be glad to see reaii]eu'
THE mammoth organ recently built Tor tne
Town Hall. Sydney, New South Wales' cost
S60, 900 exclusive of freight and carriage tne
authorities at Sydney gave Messrs. hlii aoso-
lutte carte blanche as to size, planning, Design
mechanism and cost, and the resui. PoeSt PIoUSt
bly, the finest organ IN the world al tne Present
moment 1t contains 10, go pipes. and welgns
100 tons. Three tons of sheet zinc were re-
quired to line the cases is which It was packed
1t is blown by single gas engine.
THE concert at Gymnasium Hall, East End,
last Tuesday evening, with which the Poco-a-
POGO Orchestra wound up its present season,
passed of quite successfully, though the
orchestra was handicapped by the enforced
absence of Mrs. DR.. j. S. Walters, whose earnest
leadership has been mainly instrumental Tor
should one say vocar?) in bringing tins band OF
amateurs up TO its present high standing. M: M:
Walter Arbogast assumed the baton for all but
one number, his own cornet solo. Tor whlch
Mr.. c. b. Steiner conducted.
IT is not yet too late to give the correct ver-
sion of the very neat tribute paid to D'Aloert
by Won Buelow during his late visit to Pits
burg. In an autograph album belonging to
member of Mr.. Joseph H. Cuttings family,
NEugen D'AIbertf Underneath this he wrote:
"Pianist of the present and of the future, and
then inscribed his name, Hans Won BueloW,
pianist of the past Modest ;1 WASH M ltF Espe
who knows his own great powers full well.
at the entertainment to be given in Old City
II all next Thursday evening, by the c. M. b.
A., Miss Agnes Vogel will sing the aria from
Goldmark's Queen of Sheba," Miss Grace
Miller will be heard in Knecken's song, Heaven
Hath Shed Tear" with cello obligato by Mr.
Charles F. Cooper, Miss Anna Leah Dickinson
will whistle Mr.. Joseph A. Vogel and Mr.. L. ],
fitzpatrick will also sing, and the Gernert
Orchestra will play the "TelP' overture, beside
some other things. All this setting on the
lecture by Hon. j. ]. Haynes, certainly ought
TO furnish the traditional something for every
shoe"
Mr.. SIMS REEVES, prince of English tenors,
in a recent interview, severely scores the scanty
preparation nowadays thought necessary for
singers career, laments that the quality of the
voice has deterIorated. and points his remarks
with these words, unfortunately too true: What
takes nowadays is the high note. Every singer
aims at that 1t pleases, and he gives it, ire
spective of art. The mellow, moderate notes,
which are the voice, after all, are TO great ex-
tent neglected This accounts for the popu-
larity of the white tenor, as we call the singer
whose register is abnormally high"
Mr.. A. NJ. FoERsTER's 'Love Song" for
soprano and orchestra-the same heard here at
the last May Festivals among the works
programmed for the annual meeting Of the
Music Teachers National Association, to be
held the first week of July in Detroit Mr.. Ed
gar H. Sherwood gave big concert in Roches-
ter, n. Y, last Monday for the benefit of the
orchestral fund of the NJ. I. n. A. Is it yet
too late for Pittsburg to fall in line with the
other cities that have thus helped along one
of the most useful factors in our nations musl-
cal progress?
MEssRs. NUssER AND LoEBLIcH. who
Emma Juch Opera Company, have returned to
their homes in this city, the troupe having
closed its long and extraordinarily successful
season last Saturday in Montreal. Among the
principal artists added to the company since its
week in Pitssburg last December are Miss
Georgine Won Januschowsky and Chevalier Ed
ward Scovel, both kindly remembered here
states that for next season he will have, in ad-
dition. several European artists of interna-
tional reputation. The new Duquesne Opera
House in this city is among the six to be in
augurated by the Juch company next season,
says MIR. Locke.
TwENTY-oNE symphonies 20 overtures and
5 concertos were performed by Mr.. Nikisch
during the recent season of the Boston Sym
phony Orchestra. Altogether l06 works were
gwen, 66 by German and A by non-G German
composers. Beethoven led with II compositions,
followed by Brahms and Schumann, each;
Wagner, Weber, Dvorak, 5 each, etc The
soloists were heard: Miss Gertrude
Edmands Mr.. Emil Fischer, Miss Gertrude
Franklin, Mrs. Steinbach-Jahns, Mr.. William
Miss Adele aus der Ohe, Mr.. Carl Baermann
Mrs Fanny Bloomfield-Zeisler, MIR. Carl
Faelten, Mr.. Raphael Joseffy and Mrs. Anna
rianists; Mr.. Timothee Ada
Mr.. Frank Kneisel, Mr.. E. NJ. Loeffier,
Mr.. Otto Roth, violinists: MI. Anton Hekkine
and Mr.. Leo Schulz. 'cellists.
THE Art Society closed its season with the
of last Thursday night at the Pitts
burg Club Theater. An ENJOYABLE musical
was presented by Mrs. Mary R.
Scott. Miss S. CHASER, Mr.. Frederick ]. Buss-
man and Mr.. William b. Edwards. In the
annual business meeting which followed, the
Presidents address. outlining the enlarged
policies being considered for the society's
upon the lines indicated in
this column last Sunday-seemed to
meet with the heartiest approba-
ton on the part of the members
at large. There is now every indication that
this old and respected organization will hence
forth become a potent and public-sprited
factor in the artistic development of the com
With the exception of Secretary II.
$. Stevenson, who declined denomination the
former officers were all elected for another
term-this being the list: President, Mr..
George A. Macbeth; Vice President, Mr..
Joseph Albree: Secretary. Mr.. Charles w.
Scovel; Treasurer, Mr.. Ross W. Drum: Mem
Der Proposal Committee three year term),
Mr.. William B. Edwards; Directors, Mr.. John
w. Beatty Mr.. Charles Z. Mellor and Mr..
William n. Frew