Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-13
Crochets and Quavers,

MISS MARGARET REID will sing In grand
opera at Trieste this season, hoping to add
to her New York laurels.
BENJAMIN BILsE, long famous in the
musical life of Berlin, celebrated on October
l the fiftieth anniversary of his first appear
ance as an orchestral conductor.
MISS ZELIE DE LUssAN and the rest OF the
Carl Rosa Company gave the Daughter of
the Regiment" last Wednesday at Balmoral
Castle, by command of the Queen.
MR. WALTER DAMRosoH has come TO the
laudable resolve to replace the coarse cor
nets by true trumpets, which he has spe-
cially imported ON Paris Tor his orchestra.
THIs seasons opening by the Chicago SYM
phony Orchestra shows in larger patronage
the results OF Mr.. Theodore Thomas first
years campaign. Chicago is not too old to
learn.
Mr. RAFAEL DIAz ALBERTINI, the Cuban
vlolinist, was announced to make his Amer
ican debut at New York last Thursday a.
sisted by Mr. Anton Seidl and bis orchestra.
A tour through the country may now be
looked for.
LONDON seems to have gone wild over its
music halls, with their variety performers
1t is gravely cabled that a new song by
Chevalier, who sings at half a dozen OF these
places every night, made a great hit by its
artistic flnishr''
The strike fever has reached the church
choir Seventy-f1ve members of the choir of
St. Peters Episcopal Church, BROOKLYN went
on a strike recently because the rector Rev.
Charles Brown, failed to invite them TO his
wedding.-Erchdn0e
THE service of song regularly held at the
Oakland NJ. E. Church on the second Sunday
of each month will occur this evening at 1880.
A specially attractive progra mme has been
prepared by the chorus choir under the di-
rection Of Organist Charles Davis Carter.
Mr.. CLEMENT TETEDoUx, always to be re-
membered in Pittsburg, has contributed to
this months MiGstc the first of a brilliant
series of articles, afterward to be printed in
bookform, dealing with the Wagnerian
school OF music in its relation to vocal art.
IT is reported that little Miss Gussie Cots-
low, the Chicago pianist-prodigy, will play
here within 4 few weeks. She has been
likened to Otto Hegner as a pianistic won
der, and is conceded to he to-day one of the
very best players OF her age, about IA years.
MRS. A. PUPIN will give a recital at an
early date in the Duquesne Conservatory
Hall on that remarkable and still novel con-
trivance, the Janko Keyboard. This will be
Pittsburs's first opportunity to hear and see
the working of the revolutionary invention
that has been so widely discussed.
SAYS the New York Tib1me: Opera is an
expensive luIury-too expensive for any
one American city under existing oircum-
SthuCtS. CuppOSS GHo uOneyeQ men OF New
York, Boston and Chicago who are anxious
to help in the advancement of art were to
associate themselves and endow national
opera. A season Of six months could easily
be distributed among the three cities"
LONDON cablegram to THE DISPATCH
says: The first public performance of Mas
cagnfs new opera. "Rantzau," fully con-
firms the impression given OF the work at
the dress rehearsal, which took place on
Wednesday last at the theater at Pergola.
The work is full of dramatic power, beauti-
full melodies and Inasterful orchestration. 1t
is likely to prove as popular as "Cavalleria
Rusticana."
Mr. CARLYLE PETERsILEA, of Boston, is CIV
ing a series of six Tuesday evening piano
recitals and readings from his psychical
novels at Steinway Hall, London, between
November and December 6. The piano
numbers are chosen from Mo cart, Chopin
and eethoven, interspersed with songs
sung by the pianist from Schubert, Schu-
mann, Rubinstein, Iassen and the late
Robert Franz. Mr.. Petersilea is q very
versatile virtuoso.
Mr. GEORGE II. WILSON has wisely drawn
after him from Boston to Chicago his excel