Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-17

tempting advissdIy. = asorss =. wi!:.on,
% Of attending t. ,sys'ahe the oonvension. stated
that the bureau would not give
oficial recognition to any musical Or
great represent ntative National Organization
OF American Musicians and Musical Educa-
tors. the organization that has evolved the
American composer and American compost
tions, the association that for many years
has struggled and has succeeded in its ef-
forts to create q solidarity Of musical forces
in this country is to be placed on level
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and not be officially recognized in the mu.
sical factors constituting the "Worid's Fair"
events.
"One hundred and seventy.five thousand
dollars have been appropriated for the pur'
pose of providing orchestral music; halls
are in process of construction, 9l2. 600 have
been appropriated for the entertainment of
foreign composers and conductors, and yet
no official recognizance Is granted to body
OF men consisting of some of the most emf
nent American musicians residing between
the two oceans"
Before speaking positively on this point II
would be wise to wait and see just what kind
Of cooperation is proposed or Is possible,
between the M; 7. n A. Committee and l. the
wait and see what answer the bureau will
make to any practicable proposal OF that
nature To man up a tree 1t is not ap-
parent. all at once. what is really meant by
the proposed cooperation.
1t is stated, and the list Of officers bears
out the statement, that the better class or
musicians are coming to the front in the
councils Of the association and displacing
some of the second-rate men whose undue
prominence in the past has been an element
of weakness. Many good mon have held
with congenial company and put their
shoulders to the wheel Of true progress in
American music. With such men in control
the association cannot fail to be most
potent factor in the cOuntry's musical
growth.
Items Of Local Interest.
Miss Grace Miller has Gone her native CITY
credit by taking the acknowledged first
place among the pupils of Prof. Julius
Stochausen's school of singing at Frank
furr-am-Main. In the closing concert. June
"a, she sang the aria "ReJofce, Rejoice"
tSs by mosar part rSres
critics, giving a full and impartial review of
the concert, united in awarding her the
palm among all the singers taking part in
creditable performance. Miss Miller will
return to Pittsburg next month.
Miss Lois Belle Cory, whose contributions
membered by the reader, has returned from
her course of study and will be heard at the
Third Presbyterian Church this morning
and evening. Miss Cory's home is in Cleve.
land, but she has relatives here, and would
not be averse, it is said, to remaining here
upon sufficient inducement.
MIR. Charles c. Mellor, the Nestor Of local
at the PRESBYTERIAN Church of Beaver Falls
last Friday evening. Mrs. Mellor and Miss
Allie G. Emerson sang and Miss Blanche
Newcomb contributed several violin num-
bers.
The Curry Conservatory Of Music has lost
from its faculty Mr.. W. McC. Stevenson, who
will teach privately hereafter, and has
gained Mr.. H. G. Archer, the well-known
young organist who has lately come to us
after earnest study in Berlin.
Miss Alice Ormsby, OF Chicago, will sing
this evening at the First Christian Church,
Local churches have come to
be regular Meccas for out-oftown singers
lately. c. W.S