Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-18
Crochets and Ouayers,

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L1LL1 lehman has been engaged for q
series of performances at the Hungarian
National Opera House at Pesth.
ADELINA PATTI, at Christinastide, gave a
| dinner to LOCO poor and unemployed in her
neighborhoo1, at Crag-y-Nos, and she also
provided tea for !, 200 school children later.
Mr. DIVIDE MUsIN and his concert company
offer an attractive evening at Old City Hall the
coming Thursday. Mr.. Musin has already
| proven To Pittsburg audience his right to the
International fame he enjoys as a violinist
THE Year Book Souvenir" published by
The Presto. Of Chicago, contains deal of in
terestIng matter in a very handsome form. But
that cut and story about Mozart's pipe would
have carried more weight if duly credited to
THE DISPATCH.
NJ. SAINT-SAENs is off again on his travels
first to Spain, but. it is said with the intention
of going on to the Island of Ceylon. He will,
however, be absent only four months mas
much as he proposes to be back to superintend
the production of his "Ascanlo' In London.
MRS KATE o. LIPPA is about to publish
through the Ditsons, her sacred song, "Our
Saviour's Promise" and an Easter anthem.
These will be the first American publications
from the pen of this esteemed Pittsburg
musician, though a number of her works have
found publicity abroad.
Miss MAY BEEsLEY, of Pittsburg. having
some time since had private hearing by Mr.
Zoellner, the conductor, and the pro-
gramme committee Of the New York
Liederkranz, was chosen from among
several singers strongly pressed for
the occasion az the soprano sOloisJ of the
important concert given by that leading male
chorus last evening. Mr.. Gadehus. the great
Wagner tenor, and Mrs. Ritter-Goetz of the
Metropolitan Opera House, were the other
soloists. Mrs. W. B. Wolfe will sing for Miss
Beesley to-day at the Third Presbyterian
Church.
COUNT Won MoLTKE aged 81. pretty well
known as a soldier, plays with considerable
skill on the violoncello. and Edison. the inven-
tor, though suffering from deafness, is pas
sionately fond of music. The Duke of We'll
lington spent fortune every year in providing
artists for musicales. Napoleon was said to be
a first rate judge and no mean critic of opera,
and when disengaged was a renowned first
nighter. Gladstone is a lover of sacred music,
and the great agnostic, Charles Bradlaugh.
never misses an opportunity to attend oratorio
performanceJ in London. Ruskin was fond of
the violin, was Cardinal Newman, who was
an industrious member of the old Sacred Har-
monic Society of London.-EIchdnge.
THE important local concert of the week is
that of the Allegheny Musical Association, at
Carnegie Hall. on Tuesday evening. The for
eign attraction will be Miss Maud Powell, the
gifted young violInist whose widely established
reputation entities her to a hearty welcome on
this her first appearance here, This is the pro-
A.
Ja-Lovely Appear. g.,
lb-From Thy Love a Father. Uounou
Miss Miller and Chorus.
3a-Largetto ,.............. .Mardiui
lb-Fartallo....... .Sauret
Miss Powell.
. Sa-Etude No. z, op. .25;...............1 ,r,
o. b-Scherzo b fiat minor ............. Cnopn
MIR. Cuttings.
5a-As Fades the Evening Hour Tours
lb-Down in the Dewy Dell ............... Small
Miss Miller, Mrs. Kiefer and Mrs. Scott.
5. Duet for Violin and Organ-Andante..
...............: ...:.................... Mendelssohn
Miss Powell and Mr.. Bell.
PART IL.
Sa-'June SONG. a..
)b-Spring's Verdure.... ............ 0eio'ef
Chorus.
2.-Zapateado. .sarasate
Miss Powell.
5a--La Fileuse .... ...........,,.., Raf
D. b-Polonaise Ma Major................. List
MIR. Cuttings.
A
" lb-Stars of the Summer Night........ S"art
Chorus,
All hrnst
Miss Powell.