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Musical Courier 1893-05-17: Vol 26 Iss 689, 1893
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1and development of a naturally fine voice. Indeed she is one of Mrs. Crane's most promising pupils, of whom she is justly proud, and the organist of the church in which she sings, Mr. Sebastian Sommer, whose long and varied experience with church singers makes him a competent judge, is not backward in claiming for her all that is desirable in a church soprano.
3Emil Liebling and Others.—Mr. Emil Liebling gave a recital on Monday evening at Kimball Hall, Chicago. He had the assistance of Miss Margaret Goetz and Messrs. Gordon, Lewis and Harrison M. Wild. This program was given:
5Sonata for piano and violin, op. 19 (first two movements). Rubinstein
6Emil Liebling and William Lewis.
8Vocal—
9"Waldwanderung"…………………………………………..Grieg
10"Frühlingslied"……………………………………………..Tschaiikowsky
11Miss Margaret Goetz.
13Piano solo—
14Berceuse………………………………………………………..W. G. Smith
15"Romance Poétique"………………………………………Emil Liebling
16"Florence Waltz"…………………………………………..Harrison M. Wild.
18Vocal, "Non e Ver."………………………………………Mattel
19Mackenzie Gordon.
21Andante and variations for two pianos, op. 46………….Schumann
22Emil Liebling and Harrison M. Wild.
24Piano solo—
25Prelude, theme and variations, op. 25……………………B. O. Klein
26Air Hongrois…………………………………………………Liszt
27Emil Liebling.
29Vocal, "Cuban Hammock Song"…………………………..Paladilhe
30Piano accompaniments by Miss Esther Pick.
31Miss Margaret Goetz.
33Sonata, op. 19 (last two movements)…………………….Rubinstein
34Emil Liebling and William Lewis.
36Death of a Celebrated Amateur.—A. T. Kieckhoefer, a well-known retired banker, of Baltimore, is dead, aged eighty-eight years. He was born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1804. He passed his youth in England, France and Brazil in commercial enterprises and came to New York in 1832, where he was associated with the firm of Brown Brothers & Co., bankers. Upon the dissolution of the banking firm of Corcoran & Riggs, in Washington, Mr. Kieckhoefer formed the banking firm of Riggs & Co., in that city, with Messrs. Riggs, of Washington, and Elliott, of New York. He remained a member of the firm for twenty-five years. Since retiring from business eighteen years ago he had lived in Baltimore.
38Mr. Kieckhoefer was a talented musician and violinist and a friend of Onslo and Fesca, and at one time he owned a valuable collection of old instruments and rare editions of music. His Sunday afternoon musicales at Washington and Baltimore were of a high order and consisted chiefly of chamber music, of which he was a great devotee.
40She Has No Tone Production Herself.—Amalie Joachim is now teaching the art of song at Munich. If she can impart her method of tone production and phrasing to others a better teacher could not be found.—"Evening Post."
42Carl in Ohio.—Mr. Wm. C. Carl opened the organ in the new Presbyterian Church, Mansfield, Ohio, on Tuesday evening of last week. Mrs. May Beesley Adam, soprano; Mr. Charles Heydler, 'cellist; Mrs. Homer P. Sewell, organist, and Miss Katherine LeC. Lewis, pianist, assisted.
44Geo. A. Parker.—Mr. Geo. A. Parker, of the Syracuse University, gave an organ recital in the hall of Crouse Memorial College last Wednesday afternoon with brilliant success. This was the program:
46Sonata No. 2, in G minor………………………………….Merkel
47Recitative and aria, "Fear Not Ye, O Israel"………….Dudley Buck
48Miss Unni Lund.
50Concertsatz No. 1, in C minor…………………………….Thiele
51Overture…………………………………………………….Mendelssohn
52Nocturne…………………………………………………….Mendelssohn
53March………………………………………………………..Mendelssohn
55Songs—
56"Allleluia d'Amour"………………………………………Faure
57"If I But Knew"…………………………………………..Wilson G. Smith
58Miss Lund.
59Allegretto from the Serenade, op. 62……………………..Volkmann
60Pizzicati ("Sylvia")……………………………………….Delibes
61Grand Chœur Dialogue…………………………………..Gigout
63Claassen Institute Concert.—The annual concert of the students of the Claassen Musical Institute was given at the Criterion Theatre, Brooklyn, yesterday evening, when an entertaining program was charmingly presented by a number of the students.
65Ida Whittington's Concert—Miss Ida Whittington will give a concert at Hardman Hall to-morrow evening. Edw. O'Mahoney, the basso, and others will assist. Miss Whittington also gave a very successful concert at Knickerbocker Hall, Brooklyn, last Friday evening.
67John Cheshire.—Mr. John Cheshire has been engaged by Mr. Veit as solo harpist to accompany Mr. Edward Lloyd on his tour commencing in Canada on the 29th inst.
69Named after the Serranos.—Sherman Park is becoming very popular among the musical fraternity of this city, and section G seems to be the portion which they most affect. Mr. and Mrs. Serrano, who own considerable property there, have had their names perpetuated by the naming of two thoroughfares after them, called respectively "Benic Place" and "Serrano Avenue." They intend building a summer residence there, and from the plans that have already been submitted, it will be a model of elegance both inside and out.
71Seized a Rare Violin.—St. Louis, May 9.—Emil Karst, ex-French Consul, a violinist of more than local reputation, gave a musciale last night. On the printed program the announcement was made that Mr. Karst would perform on his famous Guarnerius violin, and that after the concert those of the audience who wished might examine the valued instrument.
73Among those who took advantage of the invitation was a local constable, who was so much pleased with the curio that in spite of all remonstrances he carried it away with him. He had a writ of attachment to do so.
75The seizure was made on an order issued by Judge Klein on petition by Mrs. Rebecca Rhett, who said that she was the lawful owner of the violin and that it was worth $5,000.
77At Chattanooga in 1850 the great violinist Ole Bull, then making his first tour of the United States, was hard pressed for money, and sold to Maj. Henry T. Massengale his pet violin for $100. When the major moved to St. Louis many years ago he brought the violin along. How it passed out of his hands is told by Jerome Hill.
79"A year or so before he died I loaned Major Massengale $100. He sent a violin to my house as collateral security. After his death I went to George Massengale, his brother, and I told him that he or the major's children could have it. He told me to keep it, that the heirs had no money to redeem it. Mr. Karst afterward borrowed the violin from me to play at a concert, but he never returned it."
81Mr. Hill gave Mrs. Rhett, a daughter of Major Massengale, an order for the instrument, and when it was learned that Mr. Karst would exhibit it last night at the musciale steps were taken to get it.—"Sun."
83FOR SALE OR RENT from June, '93, for a term of years, a very successful conservatory of music established fifteen years ago in one of the most healthy and growing large cities of the West, and fully equipped with pianos, library, furniture, &c. Proprietor being called to Europe for important business. A splendid field for a musician (specialist) or chorus and orchestra director. Only responsible parties need to apply immediately. L. G. Gordon, 94 Pitcher street, Detroit, Mich.
85VOCALIST WANTS POSITION.—A contralto, cultivated voice, well-known New York church and concert singer, desires a position in a concert company. Address T. T., care of THE MUSICAL COURIER, 19 Union square.
87Clara Poole-King Writes.
88571 PARK AVENUE, New York, May 15, 1893.
89Editors The Musical Courier;
91ALLOW me to make public a correction of the statement as made in the New York "World," of Sunday, May 14, under the heading of "Changes in the Choirs," which implied that I had given up my position in the South Church, and Miss Della Niven had taken my place. I beg to say that I have merely arranged to have Miss Niven substitute for me during the month of June, which precedes my regular vacation of three months.
93May I ask you to place these facts before your readers and oblige, Yours very truly, CLARA POOLE-KING.
95The "Rheingold" in Paris.—The Opéra will produce some important passages of the "Rheingold," with the assistance of comments by Catulle Mendès. The first performance will take place in the hall of the Opera, at 4 p. m., the day before the first performance of the "Walkyrie." The cast is:
97Alberich…………………………………………………….Renaud
98Wotan………………………………………………………Fournets
99Donner………………………………………………………Fournets
100Loge………………………………………………………..Vaguet
101Froh………………………………………………………..Mrs. Richard
102Erda………………………………………………………..Mrs. Bosman
103Woglinde…………………………………………………Mrs. Marcy
105Gustave Nadaud.—The death is announced of Gustave Nadaud, aged seventy-three. He wrote both words and music for the numerous songs that were sung and hummed from one end of France to another. Among the most popular were: "Le Quartier Latin," "Les Dieux," "Bonhomme," "Monsieur Bourgeois," "Le Docteur Grégoire," "Je grelotte," "Le Message," "Pandore," "L'Histoire du mendiant," "La Valse des adieux," "Le Voyage aérien," "Insomnie," "Les Deux Notaires," "Cheval et Cavalier," "Père capucin," "Le Vieux Télégraphe," "La Lettre de l'étudiant," "L'Aimable Voleur," "Les Pêcheuses du Loiret," "Le Sultan," "Le Nid abandonné," "M'aimez-vous," "Lorsque j'aimais," "Carcassonne," "Les Chaussettes," "Le Boulanger de Gonesse," "Le Petit Roi," "La Garonne," &c. He was the direct heir of Béranger. Henri Moreno in a notice writes: "There is more literature, more art, more emotion in Nadaud's songs than in most of the ponderous tomes and prosy discourses to which the Academy extends its welcome. He was a master in his style."
107Belle Cole's Tour.—Mrs. Belle Cole, the well-known American contralto, now residing in London, will go on a tour through the provinces under the management of Mr. Farley Sinkins.
109Prof. Joseph Gichol Dead.—The death is announced of Joseph Gichol, professor at the Royal Academy of Music at Munich, who died April 24, in his thirty-fifth year. The son of a prominent government official, Professor Gichol had the entry to the most select society, and by his amiable disposition, as well as by his sterling merit, he attained an enviable position in social and musical circles. As a pianist he excelled as a performer of Chopin and Mozart, and as an accompanist he was par excellence. Mr. Walter Petzel and Henry Holden Huss, of this city; Mr. Pierce, of Dayton, Ohio, and Mr. Howland, of Providence, have studied under him.
111The Pitcairn Islanders Learn Ta-ra-ra.—San Francisco, May 12.—The British ship Dumfriesshire, which has just arrived here from New South Wales, stopped at Pitcairn Island and found all the islanders well. Captain McGibbon said: "Since I was last in Frisco I have been in India, China, England, Africa, South America and Australia. I have stopped at all kinds of little obscure places, but the only one where I never heard 'Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay' either whistled or sung was at Pitcairn. While we lay there the sailors taught it to the children, and before we sailed you could hear the men, women and children at it morning, noon and night."—Exchange.
113Wagner vs. Verdi.—"Roughly," says Mr. E. W. Naylor, "Italian opera means singing, German means drama. Or, Italian means melody, German means declamation. Or, Italian means voice, German means orchestra. Even in Verdi's latest works the voice has the tune and rules the roost; in Wagner, even in his earliest works, the orchestra has it all its own way, and the voice, for the most part, declares words to any notes that fit the chords as they come."
115Cruelty to Children.—Frieda Simonson, a wonder-child, who began the piano at two and a half years and was placed under Leipfoltz at four, is to perform in London.
117"Rule W. W. Astor."—Cliefden, which Mr. Astor, the American millionaire, has just bought from the Duke of Westminster, was the scene of the first performance of Arne's song "Rule Britannia."
119English Composers.—Mr. Edgar Haddock, the English violinist, is going to do something for the music of his native country, one of his forthcoming "Musical Afternoons" in Steinway Hall being devoted entirely to works by English modern composers. The performance will be of double interest to amateurs, as every piece is announced to be produced for the first time in London.
121Heidelberg.—The proposed musical festival in this city has been abandoned, as no adequate concert room can be engaged.
123A Fusion.—The Klindworth Conservatory and the Scharwenka Conservatory, both of Berlin, have been united, and will be conducted by Messrs. Genss, Ph. Scharwenka and Hugo Goldschmidt, while Klindworth will remain as artistic adviser and piano teacher. The Klindworth Singing Society also falls into the hands of Professor Genss.
125Stuttgart.—The Court Theatre intends to produce during the month of June an operatic cyclus, "Fidelio," "Euryanthe," "Don Giovanni," the "Huguenots," and "Tannhäuser," "Die Walküre" and "Götterdämmerung."
127Weinzierl.—A comic opera "Der Schwieger Papa," by Weinzierl, had a good success at its first performance on April 22.
129Paris Composers' Society.—This society at a late orchestral concert produced the works "crowned" at the last competition. Among them were the "Allegro" of a B flat symphony by Léon Honnoré; a concerto for piano by Mrs. Renaud Maury; a sextet for piano, flute, hautbois, clarinet, horn and bassoon, by Anselme Vinée; a lyric scene, "Jane Grey," by Henri Busser; a dramatic melody by Mr. G. Canoby, a ballade "Barberine, by Mr. De Saint Quentin, and "A une rêveuse," a melody by Mr. Pénavaire.
131Alboni.—The Sultan has sent to Mrs. Alboni a superb decoration set with diamonds.
133"Oberon."—The Paris Opéra Comique will revive "Oberon" for the next season, and Messrs. J. Barbier and
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