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Musical Courier 1892-09-28: Vol 25 Iss 657, 1892
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1he will pursue a course of study for about three years. This course has been made possible by the generosity of some of Mr. Proctor's friends in Boston, and is taken on the advice of Mr. Faelten, who, considering that he has never been away from Boston, and that it is best for him to have a change from home influences, recommended him to go to Vienna, the great musical centre, and place himself under Leschetitzky, who is generally considered to be the finest teacher of the present day in Europe. He will continue his studies in composition, in which branch he has been a studious pupil of George L. Whiting.
3Jessie Bartlett Davis "Saws Wood:"—It is understood that Jessie Bartlett Davis, the handsome and popular contralto of the Bostonians, has, for the nonce, quit "thinking of her art" and given herself unreservedly up to the enjoyment of life upon the farm. She went to Willowdale to enjoy the rest cure in quiet. She uncomplainingly circulated about the house when the thermometer indicated 100 in the shade and no ice nearer than Crown Point, 5 miles away. In fact, the atmosphere of content generated by her genial presence, it is estimated, increased the crop of Willowdale farm fully 30 per cent. The serenity of her disposition was slightly ruffled by a flock of Plymouth Rock pullets that insisted upon roosting on her grand piano every evening when she sang "St. Swithin's Chimes," and she unflinchingly ordered the decapitation of a double quartet of leather lunged roosters that made a point to begin serenading beneath her window every morning at 4 o'clock. With rest and interruptions Mrs. Davis has accomplished considerable during her summer in bucolic retirement. She estimates that she has sawed at least six cords of wood in order to shame the hired man at meal time by the force of her example, but without avail. She had to churn five times a week, and grubbing a 2 acre patch of potatoes, putting up apple butter and pickling melon rinds were wild dissipation compared to frying flapjacks for a megatherian troop of voracious harvest hands, or shelling four barrels of tamale beans as a present from Will J. Davis to a Mexican alcalde. In her leisure moments she knitted a comforter for H. C. Barnabee, a pair of pulse warmers for Tom Karl, and some digital socks that W. H. Macdonald will interpolate as a novelty in "Robin Hood," and made three crazy patch quilts for display in the Lake County, Ind., fair. As a finale she broke two spirited colts, and the presto record on the star shaped track at Crown Point. Her friends are urging her to make an exhibit of her spare time this summer in the woman's department of the Columbian Exposition.—Chicago Ex.
5Harry Pepper's Lectures.—Mr. Harry Pepper's new lecture is entitled "An Evening with Oratorio and Ballad," and is largely illustrated with vocal selections. His address is 138 Fifth avenue.
7Herman Wetzler Engaged.—Mr. Herman Wetzler, a young American musician who has studied for the last eight years in Germany with Clara Schumann and others, has returned to New York and has been engaged by Mr. Alexander Lambert as organ instructor for the New York College of Music.
9Jeanne Franko Back.—Jeanne Franko, violinist, has returned from a summer sojourn in the Catskill Mountains and has taken up her professional duties. She will be heard in several concerts during the coming season.
11Scharwenka at Worcester.—Xaver Scharwenka will make his first appearance this season at the Worcester Festival, September 30. He will perform his first concerto for piano with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He will also conduct the Vorspiel to "Mataswintha," his new grand opera, first time in America.
13Emilio Belari.—Emilio Belari has returned from his vacation much improved in health, and has resumed his teaching.
15A Mere Rumor.—It is said that Arthur Nikisch will make his début as a solo pianist during this coming season. The masterly manner in which he accompanies has given us a taste of his quality as a pianist. It is to be hoped that the rumor is not an idle one.
17Two Travelers Return.—Max Heinrich, the baritone, and Sigmund Deutsch, the violinist, returned from Europe on the Trave, and in the usual concert on board the ship they met with very flattering success.
19Cappa.—Cappa and his famous band are playing at the Western Washington Industrial Exposition now being held at Tacoma, where they are scoring a great success.
21C. Whitney Coombs.—After a pleasant vacation spent on the southern shore of Long Island Mr. C. Whitney Coombs has returned to the city, and will resume lessons October 3.
23Their Silver Wedding.—Mr. and Mrs. Murio-Celli d'Elpeux gave a soirée musicale at their residence, No. 18 Irving place, last Saturday evening in honor of the twenty-fifth anniversary of their marriage. An attractive program was rendered by Mrs. Murio-Celli's pupils and friends. Several of her compositions were sung.
25Among those who sang were Miss Emma Juch, Miss Rosa Linde, Miss Nelia Reardon, Mr. Clodio, Miss Annie Russel and Miss Anna Fabris. Mr. Ferdinand Dulcken presided at the piano, and Miss Sarti played some violin solos. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. de Cordova and Miss de Cordova, Mr. and Mrs. Bergen, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Pratt, Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Cramer, Miss Franko, Mr. W. E. Taylor, Dr. and Mrs. Hun-King, Mr. and Mrs. George H. Waters and Mrs. Stremler.—"Herald."
27Olivieri and an Interviewer.—I asked Mr. Olivieri yesterday as to the reports concerning Jean de Reszké's loss of voice.
29"It is an absurd canard," he answered. "The real fact is that De Reszké underwent an operation in Paris upon the throat which he has been looking forward to for years, and the result is that he is now a far better singer than he ever was before. The fact is that, as many critics have noted, Jean de Reszké has never been able to sing a passage mezzo voce, or in half voice; it is always either piano or forte with him. This is one reason why Jean persistently refused to sing in drawing rooms. His voice was fit only for the theatre, and a big theatre at that. It was given out that he refused to sing in private because he thought it beneath his dignity, and I have been told that he was offered $1,200 a night to sing in some drawing rooms of New York. He would have been delighted to accept, but he knew that the result would be artistically bad. This operation has made it possible for him to graduate his voice in the most beautiful manner. I worked with him for two weeks at the beginning of August and was astonished at the results obtained.
31"For several weeks after the operation in question of course he could not use his voice at all, and that was what led to the reports that he would never sing again.
33"By the way, I do not wish to have you think that I teach Jean de Reszké how to sing. I pretend to nothing of the kind. No teacher can tell him anything about singing. He is so thorough an artist, so close a student and observer, that he instinctively hits upon the best phrasing and the most beautiful expression that can be imparted to any particular piece of music. All that I can do when working with him is to make suggestions which may be good or bad, and talk over with him the particular tempo of such and such a movement and such things as that. There are some men who are great singers by nature. Jean de Reszké is one of them."
35Mr. Olivieri, by the way, is enthusiastic over Massenet's "Werther." He heard it given in Vienna last year when the Belgian tenor, Van Dyck, took the title part. It is, he says, by far the most impressive work that Massenet has written and is certain, he believes, to make a great sensation wherever it is given.
37This is not Olivieri's first visit to America. He was in Havana during the season of 1880-1 as conductor of the Italian opera company there. Although an Italian and originally an operatic leader, he has become by force of circumstances a Frenchman and a teacher of opera singing. As he says himself, no man can conduct operas year after year without becoming a singing teacher, and he has found teaching more profitable than conducting.—"Herald."
39Krehbiel's Vacation.—H. E. Krehbiel, music critic of the New York "Tribune," spent his vacation this year, not at Bayreuth, but on the Six Nations Reserve, where he collected material for a series of studies on Indian music and manners.
41Victor Harris.—Another victim of the fire at the Metropolitan Opera House is Victor Harris, the pianist, who had made a very satisfactory contract with Abbey & Grau for the operatic season as repetitor and organist at the Metropolitan Opera House. The fire of course has compelled Mr. Harris to alter his plans considerably. On account of his great experience and success in "coaching" operatic singers in their rôles, Mr. Harris will doubtless be as occupied as of yore.
43Courtney.—Wm. C. Courtney has returned to the city, and resumed his classes on Monday last.
45Ruben's Artists.—Mr. L. M. Ruben, the manager, arrived from Europe last Sunday on the Hamburg-American steamer Augusta Victoria. While abroad he signed contracts with the violinist Johannes Wolff, and the violin-cellist Joseph Hoffman, to give a series of concerts in this country, beginning in New York in October.
47For a Concert at Racine.—Miss A. Margaret Goetz will sing and Mr. Emil Liebling will play at a concert to be given at Racine, Wis., on October 14.
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61N. J. Corey's Organ Recitals.—Mr. N. J. Corey gave an organ recital at the Fort Street Presbyterian Church in Detroit, September 19, at which he played the following program:
63Fugue in D major……………………………………………..Bach
64Andante, op. 28……………………………………………..Beethoven one of two readings
65Andante, op. 38……………………………………………..Beethoven one of two readings
66Allegro, adagio and toccata, from Fifth Symphony……..Widor
67Gavot………………………………………………………..Thomas
68Festival March, op. 139…………………………………….Raff
70Mr. C. B. Stevens assisted with vocal numbers.
72The Artists' Concert.—The Chicago Society of Artists gave a very entertaining concert on the evening of September 17, the following program being well received:
74Marche Héroïque (for four hands)………………………..Saint-Saëns
75Messrs. D. Livingston and Emil Liebling.
76Vocal, "The Gay Hussar"…………………………………Diehl
77Mr. Frank B. Lawson.
78Violin solo, Romance et Bolero…………………………..Hennen
79Mr. George Du Moulin.
80Vocal, "Tell Her I Love Her So"………………………….De Faye
81Mr. John Harty.
82Piano solo, "Narcissus," Barcarolle……………………….Nevin
83Emil Liebling.
85Melamet's Columbus Cantata.—As a part of the New York Columbian celebration the committee of 100 have taken in hand a festival concert of magnificent proportions. Some time ago a prize was offered for a cantata and the favored work of D. Melamet, "Columbus," is the one which will have its first public hearing on this occasion. For this the "Columbus Feier Sänger-verband" was organized and embraces some 3,000 German-American singers, and they with the New York Symphony Orchestra, 150 artists, Emma Juch, soprano; Marie Groebli, alto; E. C. Towne, tenor, and Heinrich Mayer, basso, will appear in this cantata and a grand festival concert on Tuesday evening, October 11, at the Seventh Regiment Armory.
87"The Mountebanks" in California.—San Francisco, Cal., September 22.—"The Mountebanks," the comic opera written and composed by W. S. Gilbert and the late Alfred Cellier, was produced for the first time in America this evening at the Baldwin Theatre by the Lillian Russell Company, with success. The principal numbers received double encores, and the audience manifested its pleasure in constant applause. The scenery and costumes were rich and beautiful, and were greatly admired. Miss Russell was called before the curtain, and all agreed that it was the best performance of her career.
89When asked if she was pleased with the opera and performance she replied: "I like it better than any other I ever played in."
91The cast included, besides Miss Russell, Hayden Coffin, William I. Carleton, Charles Dungan, Louis Harrison, Laura Clement and Ada Dare.
93Sousa at Washington.—John Philip Sousa, formerly the leader of the Marine Band, of Washington, went to that city to conduct a concert, in which all the bands brought by the visiting G. A. R. posts took part. Mr. Sousa will begin his work in Chicago next month, when he will furnish the music for the ceremonies at the dedication of the world's fair buildings. The Sousa band will be heard in concert here about the end of October.
95Zoellner Gets the Award.—The North American Saengerbund having invited European and American composers to write them a choral work for male chorus and orchestral accompaniment, to be performed at their festival in Cleveland held in July, 1893, the prize judges (X. Scharwenka, Arthur Claassen, of New York, and Ed. Ring, of Cleveland) awarded the prize of $1,000 to Henry Zoellner, the composer, now living in New York as leader of the German Liederkranz. The composition, entitled "The New World," has recently been offered for publication to the leading houses of the United States, and of the many offers sent in the one by Wm. Rohlfing & Sons was accepted, and that firm intrusted with the publication. It may not be amiss to recall the fact that in 1886, when the same German singing societies had their festival in Milwaukee under the leadership of Mr. Catenhausen, the prize composition then performed, "Columbus," by Brambach, was published by Rohlfing & Sons, and admired for the elegance of engraving and printing.—Ex.
97Felix Jaeger Writes a March.—The identity of the composer of the grand march to whom Walter Damrosch
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