Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-13

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MO Galassi.
MR.. WILLIAM p. APrHoRp, Of the Boston
ITdnsc'tpt, well known through his transla
tlons OF Wagners writing and his essays on
musical topics, will deliver an address be
Ior the National Conservatory of Music mex
Inursday evening, on Evolution in Music.
Or to January l, 1891. the representations
OF Meyerbeer's works at the Grand Opera
Paris amounted to: Robert lie Diable,. 7Ss
les Huguenots," SIC; lie Prophete," 400
"L,Africaine," 40; total of 1851. These
5Sl representations realized between 9,0Oo
600 and 30 900 600 francs
CHEvALIER ScovEL sang "Lohengrin" at
CoTent Garden. London, a fortnight ago in
presence ofa very large audience and to its
manifest delight. lie was the first repre-
sentative OF the Knight Of the Grail in
France when "Lohengrin" was brought out
| at NICE, seven or eight years ago. ana the
nrst "Lohengrin" heard in England, when
the late Carl Rosa brought out an English
version Of the opera.-Presto.
MRS. KATE OcKLEsToN L1PPAs concert at
Choral Hall, Sewickley, will come Off satur-
| day evening of this week, not Friday as in
tended. Mrs. Lippa will play pieces by
Beethoven, Rubinstein. saintsaens and
Ethelbert Nevin. Miss Agnes Vogel and
MI. H. y cunningham will each sing song
i.e pY Mrs; Llppa, among other members, and
| standard violin selections.
PARIS has entirely succumbed to Wagner
ism. says the Musical Courier. "Lohengrin"
has been given 1S times in less than two
months and the receipts amounted to over
| 4500oO francs. Indeed it has been found
necessary to Increase the number of seats In
the boxes, SO that the highest receipts,
which before "Lohengrtn" were 2l,OOO
francs (Patti's appearances), are now %, 600
francs on "Lohengrin" nights.
Mr.. WALTER DAMRosoH and his New York
symphony Orchestra will bring with them
as solo singers for the Allegheny Musical
Association concerts, January 8 and 6, Miss
Ida Klein, soprano. and Mr.. William j.
LAWN, tenor, both heartily admired by our
people already: Miss Bankerd and Mr..
Homer Moore I'LL out the quartet for Bene-
diets "St. Cecilia" which the chorus is now
assiduously rehearsing under Conductor W.
A. Lafferty.
CARL GoLDNARK has written q new sonata
for violoncello. This will be welcome news
to all concertizing 'cellists, as in their some
what limited sonato repetory q few
Beethoven and the two Brahams and Rubin
stlen sonatas are almost the only ones that
played. So says the Musical Courier But are
concertizing 'cellists don't bring even this
limited repertory with them over the Alle-
ghenies. A Servais fantasie is the usual sum
init OF their artistic triumpbs.
Mr.. frederic LANE, organist and choir.
master of st. Marks Memorial Church, East
End, has arranged specially fine musical
programme for praise service this even
ing. Mr.. Lane also announces for next
Tuesday evening the first Of a series of re-
eitals OF sacred music at the church named.
The Misses Wilson, Leonard and McLain
ana DIR. Eaton will sustain solo parts:
chorus choir will give several good anthems
ana Mr.. Lane will ofHciate at the organ.
A LONDON cable tells this tale: Johann
Strauss new opera, Ritter Passman,' the
ibretto for which was written by the Hun
garian poet Doezi, though several times an
nounced, has not yet been produced. Much
curiosity has been aroused in Vienna mu-
sical circles as to the reason why. It now
appears that the members Of the orchestra
at the Imperial Opera House consider it be-
meath their dignity, to perform Johann
Strauss music and have revolted .ainst
it," Have the Viennese orchestral players,
too Joined the trades unions and stiffened
their necks?
THE London Saturday Revies1 says,
"Though music is certainly from among all
branches of art one OF the purest sources Of
unalloyed delight, we entirely agree with
that definition Of 1t which describes it as
the art of moving by combinations of
sounds intelligent people, gifted with special
and well practiced organs or, as BerlioZ
mas 1t, La muslque nest pas fafte pour tout
lie monde II music Is not made for everv-
is made for music" True enough is 1t that
all music is not made for everybody. But
there is some music-and good music, too
for every shoe. with precious few exceptions.
For the ever-welcome and appropriate
Christmastide performance OF the Messiah
the Mozart Club has engaged Miss Hortense
Pierse, soprano, instead Of Mrs. Bishop, as
formerly announced. Miss Pierse's person
ality, both artistic and physical, left
q most gracious impression on her
Ml Fsk Mtoa Huntes sns
was with her concert tronpe. The other
soloists remain as stated: Miss Adelaide
Forseman, contralto, who has been already
". Jamison, of New York. tenor. and Mr..
Ivan Morawski, of Boston, bass, both OF
whom wi be new to the local audience, but
well recommended by successes elsewhere.
THIS anecdote Of Mascagni Is in keeping
with his character as generally portrayed:
For the time of his sojourn in Rome during
the premiere week Of "L'Amigo Fritz" ar
had been made for his staying
at the Quirinal Hotel and everybody who is
anybody left his card there for the cele-
brated composer. Mascagni, however,
could not be found there, and 1t was only
after considerable search that he was de-
about his prediction for small hostelry,
he said: "Oh, didn't want to change. l
stayed here when was poor in hopes and
neeuy,an now wnen am DONG well should
be ungrateful? No, no; 1 am going to re-
main where ami" Isn't that a nice an
swer?
Mr.. Ap NJ. FoERsTER's Festival March f1g-
ured on the programme of the seasons first
public meeting Of the Manuscript Society,
held at Chickering Hall, New York, last
Wednesday evening. Mr.. Krehbiel, in the
Tribune. speaks thus of the work: "By far
the strongest of the compositions for full
orchestra was festival march by Ad. NJ.
Forester, of Pittsburg, which, though
of Wagner's 'Kaisermarsch,'
in some of its themes and much OF its treat
ment. is an admirably vigorous, well-scored
and musicisnly piece of work" Important
compositions by Messrs. Carl venth, W. w.
GiIchrist (Philadelphia) and Ernest Lent
(Washington) and groups of songs by
Messrs. Joseph Mosenthal Frank G. Dos
sert, Frank A. Howson and Victor Harris
were included in the interesting pro-
gramrne.
Look Quit
The "Home Guard" is now displayed at
all the stores of the Great Atlantic and Pa |
cific Tea Co., and will be given out De- /
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