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Musical Courier 1893-04-12: Vol 26 Iss 684, 1893
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1tribute which the Lotus Club feels it alone can pay to the sciences and to the arts. Gentlemen of the Lotus Club, I ask you to join with me in the welcome that the Lotus Club can give." With shouts of approval the members of the club arose, each with a filled wineglass in his hand, crying, "Paderewski, Paderewski!" Paderewski arose, too, holding a glass of wine in his hand, and clinked glasses with all those who were near him. Then he said:
3"I came here with a deep regard and respect for your critics. I have been told in Europe, of course by those people who never were in your country, that your habits here were a little wild, but I did not believe it. Your audiences, even in the smallest cities, like and understand good classical music just as well as in Berlin, Paris, Vienna or London. And you, young, fresh nation, you feel in a much more spontaneous way than we do in Europe."
5Speeches were then made by Reginald de Koven and H. E. Krehbiel, the musical critics, who gave away some of the secrets of the critical profession. After they had finished, Paderewski eagerly asked to be allowed to say something in French. This is what he said:
7"A critic is a man who cannot play or sing or speak. The gentleman who was kind enough to speak about his profession [referring to Mr. Krehbiel] does not know the difference between talent and mediocrity."
9—Chicago "Herald."
11A Pleasant Dinner.—W. J. Henderson, the well-known writer on musical topics and critic of the "Times," gave a dinner to Paderewski at the Hotel San Remo April 6. Besides Mr. Paderewski and Mr. Goerlitz there were present Reginald de Koven, Daniel Frohmann, Alexander Lambert and Charles Bamburgh.
13Hanchett's Farewell Recital.—Dr. Henry C. Hanchett is to give his farewell recital at the Marble Collegiate Church, Fifth avenue and Twenty-ninth street, on Monday morning next at 11 o'clock. The program includes transcriptions of Haydn's military symphony and Wagner's "Tannhäuser" overture, songs by Mrs. Hanchett and some organ sketches. The series has proven very interesting and attractive, large audiences being always in attendance. Dr. Hanchett has been tempted by Dr. Behrends' church to migrate to Brooklyn on the first of May; this is therefore the last opportunity to hear him on the elaborate triple electrical organ which he designed for the Marble Church about two years ago, and which under his manipulation has proven such an effective and brilliant concert instrument.
15The Miersches.—Mr. Paul Miersch, the 'cellist, had great success at Washington, D. C., on Friday last. The "Evening News," of that city, has the following to say about his performance of De Swert's concerto and some smaller pieces:
17Mr. Miersch's execution of his selections was highly artistic, and the tone which he produced from his instrument was of as fine a quality as is ever heard in the concert room.
19Mr. Johannes Miersch, the violinist, who was taken ill with typhoid fever on his last tour with the New York Philharmonic Club, and who has been under the doctor's care at the City Hospital at Rochester, N. Y., is reported to be recovering.
21"Galatea" at Chicago.—Von Suppe's comic opera "Galatea" will be performed at Central Music Hall, Chicago, next Tuesday evening at a testimonial to W. D. Halle. The parts have been cast as follows:
23Galatea (the Statue)………………………………………Sara M. Dee
24Mimos (Greek Boy)………………………………………Bertha Aldrich
25Daphne (Wife of Chrysos)……………………………….Frances Walker
26Pygmalion (a Sculptor)…………………………………….W. D. Halle
27Chrysos (Art Patron)………………………………………Ed. J. Quinlan
28Artists (Friends of Pygmalion)………………………..Tom Wheeler
29Louis Falk will be the organist. The affair is under the patronage of the Chicago councils of the Royal League.
31Alice Mandelick's Concert.—Miss Alice Mandelick gave a very interesting concert at the Hotel Savoy last Friday evening. She had the assistance of Wm. H. Rieger, tenor; Mr. Diaz Albertini, violin; Miss Jeanette McClanan, soprano, and Graham Reed, baritone. An attractive program was given, and the affair was a brilliant success socially and artistically. Miss Mandelick will sing at Hartford April 25 and 26.
33A Brooklyn Engagement.—Mr. Alfred E. Titterton, of Brooklyn, has lately been engaged as baritone soloist at All Souls' Universalist Church, of that city, replacing Mr. Will Boat, who has gone to another field. Mr. Titterton, when a boy, held the position as soprano soloist at Holy Trinity, of this city, commanding a salary of $500 per year. As he grew older his voice changed into a full, round baritone. For the past year or two he has been with Dudley Buck, organist of Holy Trinity, Brooklyn, who speaks only in words of his praise. Mr. Titterton is the youngest member of the Apollo Club, Brooklyn, is an excellent sight reader, fully capable of mastering the most difficult music. It is with pleasure we make this known to all.
35An Iowa Mendelssohn Club.—The Mendelssohn Club is the title of a new club recently started in Des Moines, Ia., and which is in a highly prosperous condition. At their third meeting, held last Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. Heighton, this (their first) musical program was very satisfactorially carried out:
37Paper………………………………………"The Mendelssohn Club"
38Mr. James M. Tracy.
39Piano………………………………………Prelude in A flat………………………………………Chopin
40Piano………………………………………Reigen………………………………………Jensen
41Miss Hatton.
42Vocal, "The Chord of Love"………………………………………Behrend
43Miss Metta Hills.
44(Violoncello obligato, Mr. Heighton.)
45Trio—Piano, violin and 'cello………………………………………R. Hoffman
46Mr. Tracy, Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Heighton.
47Vocal, "One Spring Morning"………………………………………Nevin
48Miss Johns.
50At Steinway Hall.—Mr. Phillips Tomes, tenor, and Mr. Arthur Seaton, baritone, will give a concert at Steinway Hall this evening. Mr. Plunket Greene, the basso, Miss Catharine Marco, soprano, and Miss Ray Levison, pianist, will assist.
52A Testimonial to Arveschon.—A testimonial concert will be given to Mr. Albert Arveschon, in Recital Hall (Music Hall Building), Thursday evening April 27. Mr. Arveschou will be assisted by Miss Kathrin Hilke, soprano, Mr. Hans Kronland, 'cello, and the Apollo Club, under the direction of Mr. Wm. R. Chapman.
54Christian Fritsch's Concert.—The veteran and popular tenor Christian Fritsch gave a concert at Lennox Lyceum on Monday evening that was very largely attended, and which proved to be a most enjoyable affair. The chief interest of course centred in the singing of the veteran tenor himself, who gave his songs with all the fire and power of a young man. His voice is full, round and sympathetic, and his selections were given with admirable expression, particularly in the German folk song, "Das Soldatenleid," which seemed to carry the audience away. Mrs. Carl Alves and Mrs. Theo. Toedt contributed several charming songs, and Miss Bertha Visanska, a very talented young pupil of the National Conservatory, gave a surprisingly good performance of Liszt's twelfth rhapsody and Rubinstein's "Tarantelle." Mr. Bologna and the Mendelssohn Quartet Club completed the program. Mr. Agramonte was the musical director.
56A Visit to Beethoven.
58"WOMAN" gave an account of a visit to the composer by Baron Tremont, a prominent French amateur, in 1809: "The neighbors pointed out Beethoven's house to me. 'But,' they added, 'he has no servant just now; he changes his servants every few days; and when he hasn't got one he very often won't open the door to visitors.' I was determined to try; but, after I had rung three times, without response, I was just turning away when the door was opened by a very ugly man, evidently in a very bad temper, who asked me what I wanted. I said in French: 'Have I the honor of speaking to Mr. Beethoven?' 'Yes,' he answered in German 'but I must tell you at once that I don't understand French well.' 'And I am not any better at German,' I replied, 'but my duty is limited to handing you a letter from Mr. Reicha, of Paris.' He looked at me, took the letter, and asked me in. His dwelling consisted, I believe, of two rooms. One of them had an alcove, in which his bed stood, but it was so small that he evidently used the sitting room to perform his toilet in.
60'Everything was dreadfully untidy and dirty; jugs and bottles of water stood about the floor; the old grand piano was thick with dust and heaped up with printed and manuscript music; the little walnut wood writing table hard by was plainly no stranger to split ink bottles, and the quill pens that lay all over it were all soaking with ink; some of the chairs, which were mostly rush bottomed, were heaped with plates, holding the remains of yesterday's meals, while others had various articles of clothing flung on them. I could hardly speak German, but I could understand it a little. He was not a much better hand at French. I was quite convinced that as soon as he had read the letter he would dismiss me, and thus end our interview.
62'However, I had seen the bear in his den, and that was really more than I had dared to hope for. I was, therefore, much surprised when, after looking at me very carefully, he laid the letter, unread, on the table and offered me a chair. Still more surprised was I when he began to talk. He asked me about my uniform, what office I filled, how old I was, what I was doing in Vienna, what length of stay I was making, and whether I was musical. I answered that Reicha's letter would tell him all this better than my limited German could do. 'No, no,' he said, 'you tell me, but speak slowly; then I'll be able to understand you, although I am very hard of hearing.' So I made the most incredible efforts in the way of language, and he helped with the heartiest good will. It was an extraordinary mixture of bad German on my part and bad French on his. We managed, however, to understand each other; the visit lasted nearly three-quarters of an hour, and when I left he invited me to come again. I left the house prouder than Napoleon when he entered Vienna."—London "Musical News."
64A Rise in Life.—The famous Italian tenor Fernando de Lucia, who now lives in a palace of his own in Naples, used to beat the bass drum in a regimental band. Though a tenore robusto, he is hardly a robust tenor, for he is a small and delicate man. Success has left him unaffected and devoid of vanity.
66"Festa a Marina."—The one act "Festa à Marina," by Gellio Coronaro, was produced for the first time at the Fenice, Venice, March 21, with great success. The work took the first prize in the last Sonzogno competition.
68"La Juive" in London.—Sir Augustus Harris is to revive Halévy's opera "La Juive," which has not been heard there for forty years. He intends to bring the entire troupe from the Imperial Opera of Berlin to London to give 100 representations at Covent Garden Theatre next spring, and has offered the conductorship to Felix Weingartner.
70NOTICE.
72Electrotypes of the pictures of the following named artists will be sent, prepaid, to any address on receipt of four (4) dollars for each.
74During a period of thirteen years these pictures have appeared in this paper, and their excellence has been universally commented upon. We have received numerous orders for electrotypes of the same, and publish the subjoined list for the purpose of facilitating a selection.
76Adelina Patti
77Ida Klein
78Sembrich
79Christine Nilsson
80Gonzalo Nuñez
81Marie Roze
82Etelka Gerster
83Nordica
84Jeanine Yorke
85W C Carl
86Emma Thursby
87Teresa Carreno
88Materna
89Albani
90Emily Winant
91Carrie Cattell
92James T Whelan
93Eduard Strauss
94Elenor W Everest
95Marie M Dotti
96Fursch-Madi—2
97John Marquardt
98Zélie de Lussan
99Anton Rubinstein
100Anna Bulkeley-Hills
101Charles M Schmitz
102Friedrich von Flotow
103Frank Lachner
104Pauline Viardot
105Edmund C Stanton
106William Courtney
107Josef Staudigl
108E M Bowman
109Adolf Hildebrandt
110Arthur Friedheim
111Clarence Eddy
112Mr & M C H Clarke
113Pauline Jolivet one of two readings
114Pauline J Broomfield one of two readings
115E J Jacobson one of two readings
116E B Jacobson one of two readings
117C Mortimer Wiske
118Emma L Heckle
119Edwin Gries
120Adolf Hildebrandt
121Eugen d'Albert
122Lilli Lehmann
123Frank Kneisel
124Lauder Campanari
125Blanche Simeon Barton
126Amy Sherwin
127Achille Errani
128Karl Kornfeld
129John F Rhodes
130Wilhelm Gericke
131Frank Taft
132M Von Weber
133Charles Fisher
134Harold Randolph
135Adele Aus der Ohe
136Karl Kornfeld
137Edwin Klahre
138Helen D Campbell
139Alfred Barili
140Wm R Chapman
141Mrs Helen Ames
142Eduard Hanslick
143Princess Metternich
144Edouard Demreuther
145Ch M Widow
146Rafael Diaz-Albertini
147Otto Roth
148Amos Carpenter
149W L Hemschien
150Richard Arnold
151Josef Reinberger
152Max Bendix
153Helen von Doenhoff
154Adolf Hansen
155Hans Richter
156Margaret Reid
157Emil Richter
158Merrill Hopkinson, M D
159E S Bonelli
160Paderewski
161Stavenhagen
162Arrigo Robbo
163Carl Schroeder
164John Hunt
165Edmund C Stanton
166Henriette Gudehus
167Charlotte Huhn
168W H Rieger
169Rosa Lind
170Henry Abbey
171Marie Grau
172Eugene Weiner
173Marion S Weed
174John Philip Sousa
175Adolph Hope
176Anton Rubinstein S C
177(no line here) one of two readings
178Paderewski S C one of two readings
179Richard Wagner S C
180Charles Gounod S C
181Hector Berlioz S C
182Eugenia Castellano
183Henri Marteau
184Glose Family
185D W Reeves
186Verdi
188Teresina Tua one of two readings
189Teresa Tua one of two readings
190Lucca
191Ivan B Morawski
192Leopold Winkler
193Ceciliana Donita
194Carl Reinecke
195Heinrich Vogel
196Johann Sebastian Bach
197Peter Tschaikowsky
198Jules Pontet
199Adolph M Foerster
200J H Hahn
201Thomas Martin
202Clara Pyle
203Pietro Mascagni
204Richard Wagner
205Theodore Thomas
206Dr. Damosch
207Carlo Zecchi
208Jenny Meyer
209Constantin Sternberg
210Degrémont one of two readings
211Dereymont one of two readings
212Galina one of two readings
213Galatas one of two readings
214Hans Balatka
215Libretti
216Johann Strauss
217Anton Rubinstein
218Del Puente
219Josephy
220Julia Rivié-King one of two readings
221Julia Rivé-King one of two readings
222Hope Glenn
223Louis Menkenberg
224Frank Van der Stucken
225Frederic Grant Gleason
226Ferdinand von Hiller
227Robert Volkmann
228Jules Rives
229Max Henrich
230A L Guille
231Ovide Main—2
232Therese Habelman
233Edouard de Reszke
234Louise Natali
235Eubel Wakefield
236Carlyle Petersilea
237Carla Reitz
238George Gemünder
239Emil Liebling one of two readings
240Van Zandt one of two readings
241Vas Zandt one of two readings
242W E Edouard Heimendahl
243S G Pratt
244Rudolph Aronson
245Victor Capoul
246Alfredo Hay
247W Waugh Lauder
248Mrs W Waugh Lauder
249Mendelssohn
250Hans von Bülow
251Clara Schumann one of two readings
252Claud Schumann one of two readings
253Joachim
254Ravagli Sisters
255Franz Liszt
256Christine Dessert one of two readings
257Christian Dessert one of two readings
258Dore Hennings
259A A Stanley
260Ernst Catenhusen
261Heinrich Hofmann
262Emil Sauer
263Jessie Bartlett Davis
264D Burmeister-Petersen
265Wm Nye one of two readings
266Wm New one of two readings
267August Hylested
268Gustav Hinrichs
269Xaver Scharwenka
270Heinrich Boettel
271W Salaman
272Carl E Martin
273Jennie Dutton
274Walter J Hall
275Conrad Ansorge
276Anton Barzmann
277Emil Steger
278Paul Kalisch
279Louis Svecenski
280Heinrich Huss
281Dyas Flanagan
282Adele Le Claire
283Mr and Mrs Carl Hild
284Anna S Sankowitch
285Moritz Rosenthal
286Victor Herbert
287Martin Roeder
288Joachim Raff
289(no line here) one of two readings
290Felix Mott one of two readings
291Augusta Ohrström
292Mamie Kunkel
293Dr F Ziegfeld
294C F Chickering
295Villa Stanford
296Louis C Elson
297Anna Burch
298Mr and Mrs Alves
299Ritter-Gerze
300Adele Lewing
301Frederic Shailer Evans
302Hugo Goerlits
303A A S C
304Theodore Thomas S C
305Franz Liszt S C
306H Helmholtz S C
307Joseph Joachim S C
308Pauline V Garcia S C
309Rudolf Gott
311(no line here) one of two readings
312Pauline Schüller-Haag
313Jean de Reszke
314Marchesi one of two readings
315Marches one of two readings
316Ludwig Schirmer
317L G Gomor
318Kathinka Paulsen White
319Rose Schottenfels
320Mrs Johnstone-Bishop
321Mabel
322L G Gottschalk
323Antoine de Kontski
324S B Mills
325E H Newman
326Otto Bendix
327H W Sherwood
328Florence Drake
329Victor Nessler
330Johnstone-Bishop
331Charles F Trebar
332Jennie Dickerson
333E A MacDowell
334Theodore Reichmann
335Max Treiman
336C A Cappa
337Hermann Winkelmann
338Donizetti
339William W Gilchrist one of two readings
340Walter W Gilchrist one of two readings
341Ferranti
342Johannes Brahms
343Meierbeer
344Monszczakowski one of two readings
345Mortzakowski one of two readings
346Anna Louise Tanner—2
347Pilote Greco
348Wilhelm Junck
349Georges Bizet
350Emil Manner
351Dr. N. Siedfeld
352F W Riesberg
353Emil Mahr
354Otto Sutro
355Carl Faelsen
356Belle Cole
357G W Hunt
358Georges Bizet
359A. A. Schubert
360Edgar H Sherwood
361Grant Brower
362F H Torrington
363Carrie Hun-King
364Marie l'Allemand one of two readings
365Diane l'Allemand one of two readings
366Verdi
367Hummel Monument
368Berlioz Monument
369Haydn Monument
370Hans Grotzsch
371Johanna Baek
372Anton Dvorák
373Saint-Saëns
374Pablo de Sarasate
375Johann Strauss
376Albert R Parsons
377Mr & Mrs G Hensche
378Boris Pieston
379Carlos Salzedo
380George M Nowell
381William Mason
382F X Arens
383Aubert Lukow
384Maud Powell
385Max Alvary
386Josef Hofmann
387Häkner
388Clotota F Pinner
389Marianne Brandt
390Henry Duzenai
391Emile Juch
392Fritz Kreisler
393Virginia P Marwick
394Richard Burmeister
395W J Laver
396Hermann Gade
397Edward Chadfield
398James H Howe
399George C Chickering
400John C Fillmore
401Helene C Livingstone
402M J Niedzielski
403Franz Wilczek
404Alfred Sollmann
405Maria
406Carl Busch
407Alwin Schroeder
408Mora Bech
409Jeanne Franko
410Velesca Frank
411FridaGeble-Ashforth
412Theodora Pfafflin S C one of two readings
413Theodora Pafflin S C one of two readings
414Caroline Ostberg
415Marie Goebel
416Edgar Tinel S C
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