Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-29

the elaborate production. Evidently case
Of carte blanche, as both cause and effect.
COLONEL LEVI K. FULLER, Of Brattleboro,
Vt, to whose zeal and research much OF the
credit for the adoption Of the low standard
pitch fs due, was In the city, laden with tun-
CHKvAhIER soovEL, the American tenor,
the finished and excellent manner IN wnlcn
he sang "Lohengrin," at Covent Garden,
Monday night, q week ago.--lhsscG Courier.
Mr.. NORRIS SrEPHHxs is following in the
footsteps OF his instructor, Mr.. Charles Davis
Carter, by reorganizing the latter's choral
societies in MonoDgaheia City and East
Liverpool, besides starting Q new ono &C
Tarentum.
FoR the special service Of st. Andrews
Brotherhood, at Christ p. E. Church, Allie
gheny, this evening, Mrs. z. o. Lippa, the
organfst and directress. has arranged mu-
steal programme, including Gounod's PRAISE
Ye the Father" Magnfnoat by Warren ana
Deus Misercatur by Holden.
The Delphi Musical Club has made ar
rangements for a concert at Carnegie Hall,
Allegheny, next Friday evening by the Ollie
Torbett Concert Company, which includes
Miss Torbett, violinist; Miss Baccarini. So
prano: Miss Montegrino, contralto; MI. Gus
5ux, pianist.
THE Teutouia M@nnerchor gave its second
concert of the season on Wednesday even
ing. Several numbers by the Zitterbart
Orchestra and solo work by Mr.. Franz Adam
ane Mr.. Meisinger were interspersed among
se s ssnE Es S the sneras the aser
being Nenrwich's "Heinzel. .Msennchen" and
several other new works.
Mr.. C1AnPI, q passe baritone, was recently
criticised so severely by the London Ddfty
Telegraph, that he brought suit for damages,
alleging that the publication complained Of
had well-nigh destroyed tho market value
with him, finding a verdict in his favor, but
assessed his damages at one farthfnR
Quaere: Which bore hardest upon the value
Of Mr.. Ciampi's services, the criticism or
the verdict?
TIE Mozart Clubs successful production
Of Massenet's eve" last Tuesday has al
ready been reviewed by the present writer.
For fts second concert, December %, Han
del's messiah" will be given by the club
with the following eminent soloists: Miss
Genevra Johnstone. Bishop, or Chicago
soprano: Miss Adelaine Forseman, of New
York, contralto Mr.. Frederick W. Jamison,
of New York, tenor, and Mr.. Ivan Morawski,
of Boston, bass.
THE exceedingly small audience present
at Old City Hall on Thanksgiving Day ought
to demonstrate to Manager Max Backert
that a community like Pittsburg cannot be
deceived by the big, misleading name Of his
"Boston Symphony Orchestral Club" No
concert party of six instruments can with
perfect good faith toward the great, un-
thinking public, use the words orchestra"
or symphony" in its title; much less SO,
when that title is artfully worded and dis
played in type SO as to be confounded with
the name honestly made famous by another
organization. Honesty is the best policy,
after all.
THE National Conservatory OF Music Of
America signalizes the engagement Of DR..
Antonin Dvorak as director by offering the
following prizes, For the best grand or
comic opefa {opera comique), words and
music, q, 900; for the best ibretto for a grand
OF comic opera (opera comique), $500; for the
best symphony, $500; for the best oratorio.
$500: for the best suite or cantata, $780, for the
best piano or violin concerto 500. Each
work must be in manuscripts form and abso-
lutely new to the public. Its merits will be
passed upon by jury of five judges. The
works to which the prizes shall be awarded
shall be made known to the public under
the auspices Of the National Conservatory
of Music which reserves the right to give
three public performances of the works,
which shall afterward be the property of the
composers and authors. Manuscripts must
be handed in for examination between
August aftd September !, 1892. The awards
OF prizes will be made on or about October
Is, 1892.