Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-22

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The Mozart Club Season.
The Mozart Club will open its fourteenth
season on Tuesday evening of this week, a
Old City Hall. Massenet's "Eve" is the
work chosen for the evening; it will bt
sung by Miss May Beesley as Eue, Mr.. Ed
ward II. Dermitt as Adam, and Mr.. H. B.
Brockett, Jr, as the Narrator, with the
chorus of 175 voices and orchestra Of about
3S instruments, conducted by Mr.. James P.
McCollum. Mendelssohn's "Melusine'
overture will be prefxed to the choral
work.
"Eve" is called by tho author, Louis
Gallet, mystery in Three Parts" and
is to be understood as q modern poetical
essay in the field once occupied by
the medieval mysteries or passion
plays. The work partakes. of the
character of oratorio and of cpefa as well,
inolining Iather to the latter 1t follows
and "Frenchifes" the Miltonic idea that
the fall of man was first manifest
in sensuousness. Masseuet's music car
ries out this idea to the full; the
work was written at an early stage
in the career of the still young and now
as his first great operatic success, "Roi
d'Lahore." "Eve" was given for the first
time in America by Mr.. Clement Tetedoux,
at Chicago, in 1880 or 1881. This will be its
first production here, an occasion of e1cep.
tional interest.
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| Boston Has Approved Them.
The various notices of the Austrian
Juvenile Band that have already appeared
in these columns have, of course, been
based upon the representations of the man
agement. Now that the youngsters have
appeared in Boston and effected an extra
ordinary conquest of the stern critics of that
musical center, Pittsburgers are justified in
forming the highest sort of an expectation
as to their musical prowess
We are to hear for ourselves this week at
| the Auditorium, where three concerts are
| to be given by this band of boys, on Tues
| day evening and on Wednesday afternoon
| and evening, respectively. The present
writer has read dozen or so of the Boston
criticisms and has difficulty in recalling any
| instance of such unanimous, overwhelming
praise as has been showered upon these lads
and their conductor. The following part of
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all the critics said:
The 40 little players completely captured
all present, and easily commanded the most
enthusiastic applause for their several selec.
tions. The programme was well nigh
The band has a membership of 40 lads
ranging from Il to Is years Of age, all of
whom have completed the usual public
school course OF instruction, as we'll as a
drill of five years as musicians under Herr
Lambert Steiner. the bandmaster of the or
ganization. The boys have had a military
drill Their stage appearance predisposes
very handsome uniform of light blue, set OF
with gold cord and embroidery, with close
fitting black cap with gay pompon, re-
production in miniature Of the dress of the
army.
Long before the Cherubini overture was
finished the boys removed all doubts of
their ability on account of their age, and
after the first four numbers they were ac-
cepted by the most critical as band equal
to any known on this side of the water in
the line OF compositions included in their
extensive repertoire.
The splendid precision of the little music
fans, the admirable fashion in which the ef-
fects of light and shade were given, the per-
feet cadensZas and the charming way in
which the swing and spirit of the dance
numbers were given all went to add to the
surprise and delight of those who listened.
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An Important Recent Composition.
Of Brahms latest quintet in G major op
Iii, the New York Tribuxs says: "Among
recent compositions of its class, say since
Schumann, it seems to stand quite alone in
the loveliness of its themes and the felicity
of their treatment. Saving a somewhat
orchestral opening, it has the lucidity and
graceful freedom of movement character
istic of the chamber music or the classical
period, and does not fall short of them in
learning and ingenuity. It is delicious
music, every measure of it.
It received its first presentation at the
hands of the Kneisel Quartet and Mr.. o.
Novacek, of the Boston Symphony Or
chestrs, in New York, November 6.
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The Standard Musical Pitch,
At the meeting of the New York Piano
Manufacturer Association held Friday,
November 6, the report of the Committee
on Uniform Pitch, previously submitted,
recommending the adoption of that A which
gives 435 double vibrations in a second of
time, was unanimously adopted. Colonel |
Levi K Fuller made two hours speech, |
completely elucidating the subject and Civ
ing the association the benefit of his |
thorough researches After the adoption of |
the uniform pitch Mr.. William Steinway |
introduced the following resolution, which |
was adopted:
Resolved, That the standard musical pitch |
adopted by the piano manufacturers OF the |
United States giving that A which vibrates |
435 double vibrations in a second of time at |
$50 Fahrenheit shall be known as the Inter- |
national Pitch.
This action assures the eventual accom-
plishment of one of the most important and
most needed musical reforms. A single
prevalent standard of pitch, and that low
one, means a vast deal for both vocal and
instrumental art in this country. The
sooner every tuner possesses himself of
standard fork and uses it in his work, the
better for him as a wideawake master ofhis
trade.
Pittsburg, through Mr.. C. II. William
Rute shares the credit of this reform, which
got its first strong impulse from his paper
read before the National League of Musi-
clans some years ago, and warmly indorsed
by that body.
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