Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-11

THE Mozart Clubs weekly chorus rehesr
sails will be resumed for the season to-mors
row evening at 7:45.
A CONCERT by the faculty Of the Duquesne
Conservatory Of Music Is announced to take
place at the conservatory on Thursday even
ing, the I'D inst
SPECIAL music is to be heard this evening
at the Oakland III. E. Church, where Mr..
Charles Davis Carter plays the organ and
leads the chorus choir.
AT the Royal Opera House, Berlin, Sir
Arthur Sullivan's "Ivanhoe" is in rehearsal,
and this establishment is reported to have
secured for its approaching season the right
OF performing for the first time in Germany
Verdfs "Falstah."
ACCORDING to the Sscolo, Roman paper,
Mascagni intends to finish two more short
operas within the year. These works will
be called "vestilia" and "Zanette." He viii
then start on grand fve-act work, the sub
ject of which will be Nero.
AMBITIOUS native composers should bear
in mind that October Is ends the time for
sending in their choral, orchestral and
chamber scores for examination and possi-
BILE performance at the worlds Fair. in ac-
cordanee with the invitation OF the Bureau
OF Music
Mr. GEORGE HESSCHEL is making brave
attempt to popularize orches tral music in
London His coming series Of concerts are
organized on liberal plan, with drst-class
soloists, and will be largely devoted 90 the
works OF Wagner, plan which has placed
the Richter orchestral concerts in the 'front.'
rank.
FERRuccIo BUsoNI, the pianist, composer
and profound student of Bach. will not be
connected with the New England Conserva-
tory OF Music, Boston, this season. He viii
probably concertizs. Busoni Is the brilliant
young man who carried on All the nonorS AZ
the Rubinstein prize composition and made
himself famous all at once.
TEE East End Musical CluD, of which Mr..
Jos. c. Breil is conductor, has begun re-
hearsals for its second season. Its first con-
cert will come OF about the last of October,
the chief work being an "Ode TO Columbus"
was to have written If he could
have got the time, but which
Mr.. Breii has had to compose himself at the
eleventh hour & A. the M second second osrsais concs5
cantata "The Blind Girl of Guile" Will be
first produced. The chorus numbers already
80 voices and will grow larger soon. An as
sociate membership is being recruited, tne
annual subscription of IS entitling each as
sociate TO three seats for the series OF tour
concerts. All of which looks promising.
Tho recognized organ Of English Wagner
ians' Dts Metstsr, edited by VIM. Ashton
Ellis, said this about a gifted woman, Wet
remembered in Pittsburg: "On June -
Madame Constance Howard gave our mem
ments that We have yet listened 20 az
Trinity College, London. 1t was novel IN
its combination of dramatic reading, with
lecture and piano forte recital, and douoly
welcome owing to the vivacious manner in
which the fair(?l soloist interpreted the
humors OF the Dialogue. The subject chosen
was act / OF Die Meistersinger, and at
tracted the largest audience we have gath
cred for many q year. We trust that on her
return to America, the expounder OF the
themes and meaning of Wagner's music
comedy will have = good report to render Of
our appreciation OF her efforts OF the mas
ter's cause"
Last nights London cablegram says: The
Gloucester Musie Festival has established
Madame Nordiea as prime tavorite there
or the four novelties produced Parry's
Job" easily took first place. The work Is
thoroughly original and unconventional.
1t created q profound impression ON the
large audience that heard 1t rendered.
Elifcotis cantata Is in advance Of her pre-
vious efforts, and gives her high rank as
lady composer. Bridges Williams Works
are worthy examples Of church music.
"a ruckSTENARY celebration OF the birth
Of Orlando df Lassus, the French composer
(who was born June Is, 1594), will take place
at Mons, Belgium, Thsre was monuments
erected to him ut Mons in 1854" SO says the
Musical Cos1tsr which ought 70 have known
that the greatest OF all composers OF Meth
erlandish birth was born in 1870 and died on
the date now proposed to be commem-
Grated. =. WI