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Musical Courier 1892-12-21: Vol 25 Iss 668, 1892
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1Pennsylvania M. T. A.
2IN musical circles all over the State interest is centring at Reading, in anticipation of the fourth annual meeting of the Pennsylvania State Music Teachers' Association to be held there December 27, 28 and 29. The chief advance over former meetings will be in the presence of a good orchestra, due to President Berg's energetic financial canvass. The advance program just given out, contains much promising matter. Here it is:
4Tuesday, December 27.
51:30 P. M.
6Grand Opera House.
7Address of welcome—Hon. Thomas P. Merritt, mayor of the city of Reading.
8Response and address by the president of the association, Mr. Edward A. Berg.
9Secretary's report.
10Reports of specialist committees.
11Reports of vice-presidents.
12Report of the public school music auxiliary.
14APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES—BUSINESS.
15A "query box" will be placed in the hall during the session, in which any member may deposit a question. This will be read before the meeting and answered. Discussions brought out in this manner are specially interesting and instructive.
174 P. M.
18Essay……………………………Mr. Richard Zeckwer, Philadelphia
19Subject—"The Limits of Hearing."
20(With experiments by instruments used in America for the first time.)
21Essay……………………………Mr. Charles Davis Carter, Pittsburgh
22Subject—"Vocal Exercise versus Voice Culture."
23Discussion.
25MISCELLANEOUS CONCERT—8 P. M.
26Piano……………………………Mr. Leopold Godowsky, St. Petersburg, Russia
27Songs……………………………Mr. Emil Gastel, Philadelphia
28String quartet, Messrs. Wm. Stoll, Jr., E. A. Brill, Richard Schmidt and Rudolph Hennig, Philadelphia.
30SOCIAL RECEPTION AT LIBRARY HALL—10 P. M.
31The evening reception will be one of the features of the meeting. Here the reception committee will make everyone acquainted, and a thoroughly enjoyable social event will result.
33Wednesday December 28.
349 A. M.
35Meeting of the committee on the nomination of officers in the parlors of the American House.
36Meeting of the board of vice-presidents in the parlors of the Central House.
3810 A. M.
39General Business.
40Essay……………………………Mr. E. E. Southworth, Scranton
41Subject—"Thoroughness."
42Discussion.
43Essay……………………………Mr. W. J. Baltzell, Reading
44Subject—"The Analytical and Psychological in Teaching."
45Discussion.
472 P. M.—BUSINESS.
48Report of Committee on Nomination of Officers.
49Report of Board of Vice-Presidents.
50Essay……………………………Rev. W. B. Morrow, Bristol
51Subject—"Episcopal Church Music."
52Essay……………………………Mr. Homer Moore, Pittsburgh
53Subject—"Tone Color in Singing" (with illustrations).
554 P. M.—PIANO AND SONG RECITAL.
56Pianist………………………….Miss Clara Krause, Berlin, Germany
57Song……………………………Miss Josephine Richardson, Philadelphia
598 P. M.—ORCHESTRAL AND CHORAL CONCERT
60Of American compositions.
61Each choral work will be conducted by the composer.
62Choral works to be produced.
63"Im Tempel, der Muse"………………..Herman Mohr, Philadelphia
64Festival, "Te Deum"…………………Carl Retter, Pittsburgh
65Cantata, "Prayer and Praise"………..W. W. Gilchrist, Philadelphia
66Reading Choral Society.
67Philadelphia Orchestra.
68Solo violinist……………………..Mr. Gustave Hill, Philadelphia
69Solo pianist………………………Mr. Maurits Leefson, Philadelphia
70Songs……………………………Mrs. Addie Reed Fleming, Philadelphia
71Female quartet: Miss Sara A. Shearer, Reading; Miss Josephine Richardson, Philadelphia; Mrs. Addie Reed, Fleming, Philadelphia; Miss Rose M. Brady, Reading.
72Tenor……………………………Mr. Allen C. Meller, Reading
73Baritone…………………………Mr. Edward Pengelly, Reading
75Thursday, December 29.
769:30 A. M.—BUSINESS.
77Election of Officers.
78Essay……………………………Mrs. C. C. Bangs, Carlisle
79Subject—"Music and its Methods in the Schools."
80Discussion.
81Essay……………………………Miss M. Virginia Peck, Philadelphia
82Subject—"The Nasal Tone in Song and Speech."
83Discussion.
852 P. M.
86Essay……………………………Hugh A. Clark, Mus. Doc., Philadelphia
87Subject—"Harmony."
88Discussion.
89Unfinished Business.
914 P. M.—PIANO AND SONG RECITAL.
92Pianist………………………….Mr. Eugene C. Heffley, Grove City
93Vocalist…………………………Miss Lois Belle Cory, Grove City
958 P. M.—ORGAN RECITAL.
96In Grace Lutheran Church, South Eleventh Street.
97Organists:
98Mr. J. Fred Wolle, Bethlehem.
99Mr. Charles Davis Carter, Pittsburgh.
100Mr. Stanley Addicks, Philadelphia.
101Vocalists:
102Miss A. Homan, Philadelphia.
103Mr. Fred Davis, Philadelphia.
105Let all work shoulder to shoulder to make this meeting even more successful than the Pittsburg meeting last year.—Pittsburg "Dispatch."
107New Ditson Publications.—We notice among the recent publications of C. H. Ditson Company, 867 Broadway, New York, the following: "The World's Fair Series," comprising "The World's Fair Piano Music Collection," "The World's Fair Dance Music Collection," "The World's Fair March Collection," "The World's Fair Ballad Collection" and "The World's Fair Song and Chorus Collection;" "The Classical Series," containing "Classic Vocal Gems," arranged in four volumes, for soprano, alto, tenor and baritone; "Piano Classics" (two volumes), "Young People's Classics" (two volumes), "The Classical Pianist," "Classic Four Hand Collection," "Song Classics" (two volumes), "Song Classics for Low Voice," "Classic Tenor Songs," "Classic Baritone and Bass Songs" and "The Classical Collection for Violin and Piano" (two volumes). They have also in book form Beethoven's sonatas, Chopin's nocturnes, Chopin's waltzes, Haydn's sonatas, Kuhla's sonatinas, Mendelssohn's "Songs without Words" and many others. These publications are accurate and typographically a delight to the eye.
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126Publishers of "EDITION ROHLFING."
127The most complete stock of all the standard cheap editions found out West. Catalogues free on application. Most liberal and inducing terms granted to the trade and the musical profession in general. American and foreign musical novelties added to their fine assorted stock as soon as issued. Apply and be assured of prompt and quick attention.
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