Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-06

| month. 1t is proposed inter ala, to give q
| representation Of Les Huguenots" In It's
| original e., uncurtailed form
MRS. ROSA sUoHER, who has just been heard
! at the Bayreuth festival, has been engaged
| for concert work in this country for the com
ing season.
Mr.. HOMER MOORE, the widely known
barytone and all-around musician, is in the
| city again and will sing this morning at the
| 6hadyside Presby Church.
IaNAcE PADEREwsN Will make his first ap-
| pearance in New York, at Carnegie Hall, No
| vember II, in conjunction with the SYM
| phony Orchestra, directed by Walter DAM
| rosch.
ALFRED GRUENFELD who fs coming 10 this
| country this season under the management
| Of Leo Goldmark, is court pianist to the EN-
| perors of Austria and Germany. His brother,
Heinrich. violincellist, will appear In con-
| certs with him.
| In the absence Of Mr.. Gittingsv the organ
at the Third Presbyterian Church will to-
day be handled by Mr.. Archer, who has late
| ly come to Pittsburg after three years
study Of the king of instruments in Ger,
many and who has been several times heard
at the Grant Street Lutheran Church.
Mr.. HENRY EYRE BRowN, organist Of Tai
IMAGES Brooklyn Tabernacle, inaugurated
the new s., 900 Barckhoff organ of the Sharps-
burg Presbyterian Church last Thursday
evening. The programme included Bach's
Guilmant's first sonata and the inevitable
"Tell" overture.
A CORRESPONDENT writes that at the Circolo
Mandolinista Regina Margherita at Flor
ence, Italy, he heard four able players per-
form one of Beethoven's string quartets on
two mandolins, mandola and Lutte, and that
the performance was q revelation to him Of
what beautiful effects could be obtained on
these instruments.
Mr.. GUSTAV HINRIcHs will cap the climax
OF his excellent summer season of opera at
PHILADELPHIA by producing on September
for the first time in American Mascagnf's
"Cavalleria Rusticana," the one-act opera
that has been making such a sensation
throughout Europe. The work Is to be
given with the original orchestration, it Is
now stated.
ONE Of the notable figures of F1orentfne
life is the once beautiful and fascinating
prtma donna Maria Piccolomini, now the
wealthy and a member Of one of the oldest
families of the italian nobility. She has one
son and four daughters, and all Of the latter
have inherited the dramatic and musical
gifts OF their charming mother.
A VERY delightful compliment was paid to
Rafael Joseffy by the directors OF the Royal
Academy of Music, of Budapesth. They of.
fered him the position once occupied by
Franz Liszt-that of director; but OF course
Joseffy will not accept it, as he is an Ameri-
can now to the backbone. The Hungarians,
however, claim him yet, as is evidenced by
the above ofrer.-Mlslcal Courier.
Mr.. WALTER DAMResoH's now Der |
manently endowed organization, theb
New York Symphony Orchestra, shas
secured Old City Hall for February
s. 1t is also intimated by Man.
ager Nolan's letter that still other Pittsburg
dates may be made for this new orchestra, in
the establishment of which our Mr.. Carne-
gle has been SO prominent patron.
THE rumors and counter-rumors anent
PATHS American tour have finally settled
down and It is now unquestioned that she
has signed q contract with Abbey and Grau
for series Of 80 concerts, opening in New
York, January T. Manager Grau says that
while PATHS engagement Is wholly dis
tinct from their operate enterprise, they
may perhaps unite them toward the close Of
the season.
MRS JEANETTE NJ. THuRBER has definitely
abandoned her plan for organizing q na-
tional symphony orchestra upon the plan Of
the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and Mr.. F.
A. Schwab. who had the matter in charge
for Mrs. Thurber, puts the blame for this
action upon the Musicians Protective
Union, whose refusal to accede to certain re-
quests made by Mrs. ThuIber necessitated,
Mr. Schwab says, her decision to give up the
project.-Bostog Herald
THE Musical Directors Association Of
America has been duly organized, with Jesse
Williams as President. It is proposed to ex-
tend the organization to include members
from all parts of the country, and directors
of orchestras in all American cities are eligt-
BILE for membership. Opera and concert
singers may also become members. The
opinion was expressed that the orchestras
are now too small in many theaters, and
one way by which the association might
carry out its OBJECTS, it was said, would be to
recommend general increOse in the num-
Der of pieces employed.
THE Austrian Juvenile Band Of 40 boys
which Manager D. Blakely is to bring to this
country next season, has q concert roper
toire of nearly 300 compositions. A large
part of their programmes is made up of Sc
lections almost unknown in this country,
and their director boldly puts them forward
as an organization of artists, and asks no
odds because of the youth OF its members.
There are II soloists, each one an artist. The
ages of the boys range from II to 16. They
are now making their tour Of Europe with
immense success, at present playing In
Stockholm, Sweden. The lads have all been
chosen from the band schools OF Austria and
Bohemia.
ANTON DvoRAK says that in Austria and
Bohemia every child must study music.
"The law exacting this Is DID," says he; at |
was once repealed, but is now in force again. |
Herein, 1 consider, lies one great secret Of |
our natural talent for music in my country.
Our national tunes and chorales came, as 1t |
were, from the very heart OF the people, and |
beautiful things they were. 1 intend some |
day writing an oratorio into which l shall |
in troduce some of these chorales. The Slavs |
all love music. They may work all day in |
the fields, but they are always singing, and |
the true musical spirit burns bright within |
them. How they love the dance, too. On |
Sunday, when church is over, they begin |
their music and dancing, and often keep it |
up without cessation till eaAy in the follow |
ing morning. Each village has Its band OF |
eight or ten musicians. l belonged to ours |
as soon as 1 could fiddle little"
The Boston Symphony Orchestra win be- |
gin its season October 9; the usual series Of |
"a public rehearsals and concerts will con- |
tinue each week through the season, with |
the exceptions of the weeks ending on Sat- |
urdays November Z, December II, January |
16, February 13 and March 10, these weeks |
being given to the occasional tours of the |
orchestra over the usual route, New York, |
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington |
That usual route" ought to take in Pitts |
burg this year. The first date named would |
be Just in time to open the big, new Music |
Hail on Penn avenue. Consider this, Mr.. |
EllisI According to the Boston Herald, "it
appears that the announcement of q perma-
nent chorus as a part Of the Symphony con-
cert scheme made at the close of last season
was somewhat premature. Director Nikish
greatly desires, as he always has desired |
since he assumed his present position, to
produce works for both chorus and orchestra,
and it Is more than possible that some plan
for such a union of chorus and orchestra
as was limited at last spring may yet come
about"