Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14
Crotchets and Ouavers.

THE Mendelssohn Club. of the East End
held its last concert of the season on Friday
evening, Mr. J. P. McColum conducting
Barrby's short cantata, "Rebekah,n was the
leading feature of the programme.
The Danish composer and conductor, Mr.,
Victor Bendix' symphony, "Fjeldstigning, II
was successfully played in Copenhagen, con-
Quoted by the composer. The same sym.
phony has lately been performed at Dresden
with great success.
LILLIAN RUssELL's weekly salary as
rrirna donna of the Garden Theater in
New York is $500, whereat Truth declares
that if her nose were the sixteenth of an
inch longer she would not command more
than $40 week, but if her voice fell off she
would still be worth $3.50 week.
HANDEL's 'Israel in Egypt and Bach's
christmas Oratorio'' were produced for the
first time in Paris in May by the Societe des
Grandes Additions Musicales de France, of
which Ambrose Thomas is the presiding
officer. 1t is somewhat significant of the
state of music in France that neither of
these important oratorioz has ever before
been heard in its capital.
HITHERTO unknown choral work by
Glucl1 has just been discovered in MS. at
Dresden. 1t was. it seems, written by the
composer of "Orfeo, 4" in 1867, at the request
of the Grand Duke Leopold of Tuscany, to
celebrate the birth of an heir. The libretto
g. from the pen of a Florentine poet, and the
work, which is entirely for chorus, and is of
modern dimensions, is entitled "Pro-
logue-"
THE Societe National de Musique, which
was founded, in Paris in 1891 by Saint-Saens
and Bussine is similar to that of the Manu-
script Society of New York. Some of the
most important works that have been pro-
duced in France received their first perform
ance a t the hands of the former society. At
the two hundred and thirteenth concert
given recently new string quartet by Vim
cent q d'Indy was performed
THE Berlin Singakademie, one of the old
est institutions of its kind IN GERMANY eel
eDrates the centenary of its foundation on
the e4th inst Its founder and first director
was Christian Fasch, who upon his death in
$500 was succeeded by his pupil and biog-
lapher, Zelter, the friend of Goethe. A
monument erected to Fascb, the work of
Prot. Schaper, is to be unveiled in the
grounds of the Slngakademie on the occa-
sion referred to.
CNsTANTIN STERNBERG has a movement on
foot to establish an orchestra in Philadel-
phia for next season, with q view of giving a
series Of symphony concerts. If Mr.. Stern
berg VIII only como to Pittsburg and do as
much, VIC will place him on the orchestral
throne of thc Western metropolis and nail
him as COuStantin the Great, Jr. He could
even be allowed to bring along his funny
stories. OF baccarat counters or any other
form OF royal amusement.
''ORPHEUs is an attractive theme for musi-
cians; no fewer than IS composers have set
it to music. German, Italian, Danish, French
and English composers have tried their
hand at the theme London Musical Times
And yet the possibilities of the classic tale
have not been exhausted The world awaits
the American composer who will write an
"OTpheus," " with a ballet of realistic human
rreeS-likc the Flower Girls in f.Parsifal'
dancing around the hero as he sits on a
stump aua thlulns the "Arkansaw Traveller
on his Tyre.
4 FLoATlSG item: "a new symphony COM
posed by Francesca Chin, a young man of es
was recently performed for the first time at
Venice, and seems to have met with most
extraordinary success. The young composer
is a pupil of Niccolo Cocoon, first conductor
OF st. Mares Cathedral and the teacher is
enthusiastic about his protsZe." For Mr.