Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-17
THE MUSIC WORLD.
Timely Discussion Of the Relations
of Choir and Congregation.
MIRCHESI To TEACH In BOSTON.
Advent In Pittsburg Of Two Of the Coun-
try's Famous PianistA
A BUDGET OF GENERAL NEWS ITEMS

failing on OuUudN anu LuuB kQdlcQ mO[t
fully by the non-ritualistic denominations
1t comes, moreover, at the season wher
changes in the personnel of the choir-lofi
mostly take place. The congregational ey.
is fixed upon the choir to welcome the com
ing or speed the parting-guest, should
one say?
1t would, indeed, be pleasant If In all
cases one could speak of the relation between
choir and congregation as like that between
guest and host Better still would it be tc
be able to say that the good people in the
pews invariably take their musical helpers
In and make them feel like members of the
family.
Why shouldn't they?
''Oh," they say, ''the singers and organist
Gust come here because they're paid to-" Well
what OF that? So does the pastor, as one ofthe
best of our pastors pointed out, apropos OF
this very question, in his parish paper the
other day.
And while treating their relation to the
singers as one of business merely, it is a
curious fact that oftentimes church officers
will use toward them business methods that
they would scorn to employ in their daily
life. Such instances have come within the
writer's knowledge not once or twice, but
many times. 1t is not pleasant thing to
enlarge upon.
II the good folk only knew 1t, they could
largely increase the efficiency of the choir
by constant spirit of encouragement, of
fellowship, appreciation-a spirit much
more in place in the sanctuary than the
carping, fault-fndinC, get-thee-behind-me-
satan sentiment with which the choir is too
often barely tolerated.
Ru+ then mavhe fhe sinpers and oYpanfst
would get more encouragement if they de-
served it better. There is too much slip
shod, crude musical performance in the
churches; the work grows perfunctory too
often. If each singer and PLAYER, no mat
ter how salarled or treated, will do his and
her very best to deliver music's divine
message to the listening congregation, the
desired result is much more likely to ensue.
Here endeth the Easter sermon.
49,
A Teacher Who Has Succeeded.
A deal of discussion, pro and con, as to
The merits of Mrs Marchesi, the famous
Partisan singing teacher, has been going on
lately in the Eastern musical journals.
Those who have been so vigorously assail-
ing her at long range may or may not relish
the news that they will soon have a chance
TO meet her face TO face.
Mrs Marchesi intends to spend the sum-
mer teaching in Boston. This information
is authoritative, coming directly from her.
self through Mr.. William David Holmes,
who has been in this city, his original home,
for few days between Paris and New York,
his late and future places of residence. Mrs.
Holmes has for some years been one of
Marchesi's favorite pupils Mrs Marchesi
had made her decision to come to America
this summer Just before Mr.. Holmes left
Paris, and she gave him leave to announce
the fact on this side, though it had not
then been made public. 1t is probable that
with her will come Mr.. Raphael Panzani,
her best accompanist, who thoroughly
understands her method, and is said to be a
good all-round musician to boot.
However experts NAV differ as to Mrs
Marchesi's methods, her professional sue
cess has been extraordinary. For this IA
nous teacher, who has produced consider.
able number of the foremost artists of the
dav, to plan to spend part of her time
teaching over here, is most significant ele-
ment in the attitude that musical Europe is
nowadays assuming toward the wild West
ern Continent
Another Treat for Pittsourg.
Two of our own country's foremost
pianists, both much admired in Pittsburg,
though not heard here for several seasons
past, are to be here again within the next
few days And it is two of our leading
music schools that are doing themselves
credit by bringing hither such artists-a
method of attracting public attention vastly
TO be preferred to the much too common
public pupil concerts, which often injure
the participants and never benefit the lis
teners.
Mr.. Edward Baxter Perry, of Boston,
will give one of his delightful lecture
recitals at the Duquesne Conservatory of
Music tomorrow (Monday) evening. Mr..
Perry, though deprived of sight, is a pianist
of ample technique and of rare refinement.
His verbal comments upon the composers
and their works are models of their kind,
as well for their instructive content as for
the fine diction and engaging manner n
which they are delivered. Few persons in
this line of work know so well how to COM
bine information and entertainment.
Mr. William II. Sherwood, who has some
right TO be called the foremost of our ma
tive planlstS, is the other one alluded to-
He will be heard at Curry Conservatory of
Music on Tuesday evening, the 26th inst
As another Sunday intervenes, when more
can be said of Mr.. Sherwood, it must suffice
now to allude to the marked ovation re-
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audiences on his temperance in Boston at
one of the regular Symphony Concerts, Civ
ing sufficient proof that the wild and
woolly West has not impaired the brilliance
Of MI. Sherwood's virtuosity.
Rubenstein at Home.
From a lengthy letter from St Peters
burg to THE DISPATCH, describing the
home of Anton Rubinstein and narrating
recent intervie W with him, the following
paragraphs are extracted:
The room where he sat, was most COM
Portable, yet artistic in its decorations and
arrangement. There was something in the
very atmosphere that would have made
stranger, not knowing in what room he was,
feel that he was in the presence of genius.
Rubinstein is very approachable man. He
wheeled around in his chair deftly lighted
a cigarette, offered his visitor another and
settled himself back for a talk. He first OF
all inquired eagerly about the news of the
his probable visit to America, cantiidly re-
piled: 81 do not know yet. My health is
very good and may decide to go. / cannot
say"
The conversation turned at once to mu-
sical matters, and somehow hereditary
genius came to be discussed. Iasked Ru-
binstein If he considered his genius an in
beritance. UneQuivocally he replied no.
except as a certain musical instinct may be
said to be the common heritage of the entire
Hebrew race.
Rubinstein then went on to tell me that
his father had no taste or talent for music
OF any kind and had marked out for his
son, ths career of a provincial merchant.
His mothcr, however, loved music and
was a clever amateur pianist. 1t was
from her that Rubinstein received his first
instruction and this when he was about
years of age. -
At this point Rubinstein lighted another
cigarette and seemed to enjoy it most heart