Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-09

1t is really wonderful how deep into the
popular heart that tuneful Irfshman has
sung himself and his bohemian Girl"
Crotchets and QuaverA.
MAssENEr's new opera "W Werther, !" tho text
Of which is taken from Goethe, will be given
at the Vienna Opera House. {.
c. D. HESS has engaged for the Minnie
Hauk Opera Company Mrs. Tavary, Olga
tenor, and John Clarke. Mr.. Siegfried Beh-
rens will be the conductor of the troupe.
MRS. KATE OooLEsToN LIPPA, Of this city,
assisted by Mrs Metzger, a Baltimore con-
tralto, gave an exceedingly successful
piano forte recital at the United States
Hotel, Atlantic City, last Wednesday
evening.
IITHE United States Of Columbia intends
sending to our Worlds Fair an orchestra OF
ten men playing upon native instruments,
which are unlike any other in the world, to
play typical Columbian music in cOnnec-
tion with the exhibit from that country.
THE Annandale & Hamilton English Opera
Company, which begins its career to-mor-
row at Richmond, Va, hopes to succeed to the
success OF the Emma Abbott troupe. Let us
hope that the change in name and in per-
sonnel imply change in artistic policy as
we'll.
VERDI is getting on with his "Falstaff, but
confesses 1t is at present by no means near
completion. He thinks it should be given in
smaller theaters than La Scala, Milan, SO
that the comedy playing may be better
understood. Boito's text greatly amuses the
composer.
BANDMAsTER G. A. CAPPA has been recefv-
ing letters (only published) from prominent
men in musical circles. full of the warmest
praise for his programmes and tnterpreta
tions at the Sunday concerts in Central
Park, New York. Mr.. Cappa must not leave
his good programmes behind when he brings
his band westward next month for the
Pittsburg Exposition.
THE Prussian army has inaugurated tho
custom of sending its best regfmental band
masters to Bayreuth to learn tho orthodox
method of rendering Wagner's music. Eight
cen Prussan bandmasters were there last
week and 20 more will be sent this week.
The object of this custom is to improve the
quality of the music at the military>concerts
given regularly by the bands at the towns in
which they are stationed.
BRoDsKY (of Leipzig), violin, Jan Koerc,
viola, and Hekking, cello, will make three
fourths of the best string Q1artette New
York has ever had. They are also to lead
their respective departments in Walter
Damrosch's new symphony orchestra. Hex
kings loss to the Boston Symphony Orches-
ira has been already made up by the engage.
ment of Alvin Shredder. OF Leipsz1g, one OF
the foremost 'cellists OF the day.
THE American Composers Choral Associa
ton offers two yearly prizes, in the form OF
two gold medals the first Of the value Of
slO0, for the best l5minute cantata with ac-
companiment: the second of the value of $50,
for the best part-song. Composition (anony-
mous) with a motto, and a sealed envelope
with composers Came, may be sent to the
President, Mr.. Charles B. Hawley, Metropol-
itan College of Music, New York.
A MILITARY band of young boys, called
the Austro- Hungarian Juvenile Band, is
coming over for an American tour next
season. Manager D. Blakely writes: each
one of the boys is another little Hoffman, or
Hegneri or Mozart and it is therefore aI an
cal capacity" That therefore" is good; 1t
has the cogent force of @. E. D. Pfttsburg
is to have a chance to pass its own Judgment
on these four-score "little Mozarts.'.
GUSTAV H1NR1oH's summer season Of grand
opera at Philadelphia continues with una
bated success Gounods "Mireille," Aida, ~
La Gfoconda" and "Lakme" have been
among the recent productions. Beethoven's
"Fidelio' is announced for this week. Look
ing at this list of operas and at such or
chestral programmes as those Of Mr.. Seidl at
Brighton Beach-to say nothing of Bay
reuth's festival-ft is evident that midsum-
mer is not an absolute bar to the enjoyment
of even the most serious types of music.
Mr. Ov1DE MUsIN is to be married in Eu-
rope this summer and will return to Amer
lea in September, accompanied by his wife,
Nine. Folville- Musin, who is herself q violin
ist, pianist, composer and orchestral con-
ductor The lady comes highly recommended
by Massenet GODDARD and Lassen, and will be
one of the members of next seasons Musin
Concert Company. This troupe will sail for
Australia in May, 1892. Nine Musin will
ing her own compositions on piano and vio-
lin and conducting an original symphony.
JOHANN STRAUSS much-delayed but now
completed "Ritter Pazmann" is mentioned
among coming novelties at the Casino, New
York. How is this? Is the Casino going into
the grand opera field or is the Imperial Opera
of Vienna to take from the Theater an der
greatest composer? "Ritter Pazmann" has
been much spoken of as Strauss first grand
opera, as it is his first work for the Imperial
Opera. Perhaps Rudolph Aronson's Bay
reuth experience has thus stimulated his
ambition.
MR.. HOMER MOORE, the well-known bari
tone, has been winning bright laurels by his
course of Wagner lectures at Chautauqua.
Mr.. Moore's own singing, the pianoforte
playing of Mr.. william H. Sherwood and
of Miss Evelyn GUNNER, of Cleveland, and
number of stereoptican views of the scenes
and characters have all been enlisted to
illustrate tho subject. Mr.. Moore has
number of friends in Pittsburg, and it is by
no means Impossible tnaU ne may QeClQe to
accept very tempting offer OF an engage
ment in one of our leading churches. He
would be welcome addition to the ranks.
ADELINA PATHS cozy theater at her Craig
y-Nos castle will be opened on Wednesday
of this week. Royalty is expected to be
present, for which tardy social recognition
La Diva must be devoutly thankful. At the
opening Patti will appear in the first act OF
'Traviata," and in the garden scene of
Faust" Irving has been invited to be
present. The next night there will be a
grand ball, and the third night another per-
appear in the spinning wheel scene in
martha" and the balcony scene in Romeo
and Juliet" Arditi will be the conductor.
RICHARD STAHL has nearly finished the new
comic opera"(book by Cheeyer
he has been writing for Francis
Wilson. In a recent letter to Mr.. Stahl tho
comedian wrote: referring to The Lion
Tanner am most anxious for a musical suo-
cess this time: not only because it is more
but also because l want to show
the public that I like my profession suf-
ficiently to give them something which will
this piece, and call it conscientiously, a
comic opera. l am tired of burlesquing and
clowning. Sincerely, Francis Wilson" And
all the people say "Amen"
PHILADELPHIA Music and Drama saws: "If
every newspaper in the State of Pennsyl-
yania-or only half of them-would signify
the same interest in the welfare of the
State Music Teachers Asso-
citation as THE PITTsBURe DISPATCH, that or
yanization would unquestionably be greatly