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Musical Courier 1894-11-21: Vol 29 Iss 767, 1894
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1Tyler Dutton were entertaining another audience at the new Memorial Hall—a pleasant hall to sit in, with its ecru and gold walls and overhead lights, but a disagreeably bare stage—and they too made a success. Mr. Tidden played with brilliancy and command, and with an almost jocund healthfulness. You felt that when he got to—Chopin, of all composers. There was no excess of sentiment in the berceuse, yet it did not lack delicacy for that, and when it came to the fifth study it was like a brisk breeze on a May morning with the scent of flowers in the air. If some of the piano players who will have it that Chopin is a whining, consumptive, bilious, pessimistic wreck will hear Mr. Tidden's digital expression of his views on that subject they will see tha: the man had two sides to his character, at all events. The program looked long, because there were nearly thirty numbers on it, but every one was short and the thing rattled along in a wideawake manner.
3Schubert, Tschaikowsky, Moszkowski, Bargiel, Gottschalk and Liszt were on Mr. Tidden's part of the program, and he likewise introduced a new ballade by Howard Brockway, a young Brooklynite, in whom Mr. Tidden has taken a good deal of interest. He is going to play three more pieces of his at the second concert in the same hall on Wednesday evening next. Mr. Brockway's music betrays the eagerness of youth, and his eagerness overrides his sense of form. He has feeling, however, and has evidently been well schooled; and these happy little bits of his give one the hope of an important future for him.
5Mrs. Dutton is not what one can call a great singer, yet there are great singers who are not as well worth listening to. The art of singing a simple ballad in a simple style, with sentiment, but no sentimentality, is by no means a common one. She gave Schumann and Schubert numbers delightfully; but is it heresy to say that a set of little pieces by Nevin, MacDowell, Cross, Collins, Wood, Harris and Parker were equally delightful to the ear? For one, I am convinced that the next great writer of songs is going to be an American.
7It was rather a lively week for recitals. Perlee V. Jervis had a recital by way of house warming in his new studio at 345 Clinton avenue on Tuesday night. He offered a bill wisely chosen from Schumann, Bach, Chopin, Grieg, Haberbier, Schytte and Liszt, while there was good singing by Mrs. Katherine Bloodgood, contralto, and some playing by Miss Jessie Watson Jervis, sister of the artist, and Miss Imogene Peck, who, although she has been studying but a year, exhibits in her playing remarkable facility and dexterity, all things considered. Mr. Jervis made a little speech defending the use of the practice clavier. Every piece on his bill, he said, had been practiced on a clavier, and he thought that the manner of performance would disprove the allegation that it tended to make mechanical players.
9Mr. Carl Fiquè, a pianist of great zeal, and Conrad Behrens, the basso, gave a concert together the same night at Wissner Hall. Mr. Fiquè lives in Brooklyn and has a busy time of it.
11The usual band concert was omitted at the Grand Opera House last evening, but Sousa is to give one a few nights hence, when the seating capacity of the house will undoubtedly be subjected to a severe test. The Harmonie Singing Society gave a concert, however, that was alleged to be sacred in the Schillein Assembly Rooms. one of two readings
12The usual band concert was omitted at the Grand Opera House last evening, but Sousa is to give one a few nights hence, when the seating capacity of the house will undoubtedly be subjected to a severe test. The Harmonie Singing Society gave a concert, however, that was alleged to be sacred in the Schilien Assembly Rooms. one of two readings
14The churches are making more of their music this winter than they have been known to make before, and programs are published in the papers the night before the services. Last night in the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, where Dr. Cuyler taught a pretty stiff orthodoxy for so many years, Mr. John Hyatt Brewer pulled out the stops and gave them the "Stabat Mater" of Rossini—a Papist production to horrify the grandfathers of most of the members of the church; but the world moves. This church has an excellent quartet in Marie Van, soprano; Tirzah Hamlin-Ruland, contralto; W. R. Williams, tenor, and Frederic Reddall, bass. A chorus of thirty-five voices was likewise employed in the "Stabat Mater."
16Mr. Brocolini's big choir sang at the Baptist services in the Academy of Music parts of Mendelssohn's "Athalie," the "Inflammatus" from "Stabat Mater" and other such matters, and there was a cornet solo, too.
18At the Central Congregational Church the organist, Dr. Hanchett, played a movement from one of the Mozart symphonies—an allegro at that.
20At the New York Avenue Methodist Church, where one of the biggest organs in the world is played by Mr. Abram Ray Tyler, a part of Mendelssohn's second sonata was played, and the "Ave Maria" from Verdi's "Othello" was sung. At several other churches music was given that would have been regarded as too worldly for church use a generation or so ago. Truly, the citizen of this town of churches, reading these programs, may well ask where he is at.
22We had the new opera "Madeleine; or, the Magic Kiss," by Stanislaus Stange, with music by Julian Edwards, at the Park Theatre last week, and it was at least as successful as it was in Boston. It is a frothy thing, although the idea is a good one—that of restoring a centenarian to his youth by means of three kisses, each of which took off twenty-five years at a clip. Fearing that a fourth one will obliterate him altogether, the made-over husband fights shy of his wife, but discovers, to his unbounded joy, that only the first three kisses have magic. You must remember that they are Camille D'Arville's kisses, however, and having that in mind there is nothing so very surprising in the effect they produce. Miss D'Arville sang with vivacity, and with more voice than we are accustomed to listen for in this kind of opera. Aubrey Boucicault was the young man on whom these rapturous caresses were lavished. He carries the part by acting, for his voice will not carry him into the Abbey-Grau Company this year. There is quite a little of it—his voice—but it does not strike you just right.
24One fact is remarkable about the piece, and that is there is not a pair of legs in the whole thing, except when Miss D'Arville comes on a few minutes with green ones, just to show that they look as they used to, and you remember how that was. Mr. Edwards' music is lively, and is better than the text he has put to it. There are some remarkably felicitous combinations in his orchestration now and then. As some of the music of "Madeleine" has been published there is probably no law to keep other people from singing it, but it was a little odd that in a variety theatre that stands back to back with the Park Lottie Gilson should be singing one of the airs in the opera at about the hour that it was sung on the Park stage by Miss Marie Dressler.
26The Oriole Glee Club sang "A Legend of the Rhine" and other things at its sixth concert in Eckford Hall last Monday night. The same night the New York Ladies' Quartet gave an enjoyable concert at Memorial Hall.
28A large audience heard a concert by Abram Ray Tyler, J. H. Groteclos, Grace Haskell Barnum, Emma Richardson Küster, Charles Stuart Phillips and Annie L. Pfeiffer at the Puritan Church Tuesday night.
30An organ concert was given Wednesday night at the German Evangelical Church by Hugo Troetschel, Grace Wierum, Edward Schlomann and Louis Mollenhauser.
32Here is a chance for young and enthusiastic geniuses. The Loyal League, a society that objects to consolidation with New York, offers $300 to the composer who will set a song of theirs to appropriately spirited and affecting music. The song sets forth the beauties of the single blessedness of our municipality.
34Doubtless you have heard that the Musical Union has succeeded in expelling "dot leedle Cherman baend" from our streets. No more shall we hear the querulous yellow clarinet, nor the shrieky cornet, nor the flatulent and tuneless ophicleide. The aldermen have sided with the union and have sent forth the edict that "dot Cherman baend" must go. The testimony elicited before the committee of inquiry was rather interesting. The chief witness in behalf of the "baends" said that the earnings of the peripatetic artists did not average more that four or five dollars a week. But then, the beer must be considered.
36Where They Are.
38MANAGERS will please furnish us with advance dates of their routes to reach this office before Friday noon of each week to insure proper revision.
40LOUIS C. ELSON.—November 22, Granville, Ohio; 23 and 24, Foley Music School, Cincinnati; 26 and 27, Kansas City; 28, Sioux City, Ia.; December 1 and 3, Philadelphia; 7, St. Johnsbury, Vt.; 8, 10 and 11, Montreal; 12, Miss Lougee's School, Boston; 13, Peabody, Mass.; 18, Brown University, Providence, R. I.; 28, Harvard, Mass.
42DORA VALESCA BECKER.—November 22, Washington, D. C.; Philharmonic Club; December 12, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Cecelia Society; April 10, 1890, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Art Concerts.
44Sousa's Band.—November 22, Brunswick, Me.; 22, Lewiston, Me.; 23, Bath, Me.; 23, Rockland, Me.; 24, Portland, Me.; 25, Boston, Mass.; 26, Boston, Mass.; 27, Woonsocket, R. I.; 27, Taunton, Mass.; 28, Boston, Mass.; 29, Providence, R. I.; 30, Meriden, Conn.; 30, Hartford, Conn.; December 1, Middletown, Conn.; 1, New Haven, Conn.; 2, Bridgeport, Conn.; 16, New York, N. Y.
46MOZART SYMPHONY CLUB, OF NEW YORK.—November 22, Newport, Vt.; 23, Sherbrooke, Canada; 24, Richmond, Canada; 26, Quebec, Canada; 27, Kingston, Canada; 28, Guelph, Canada; 29, Toronto, Canada; 30, Buffalo, N. Y.; December 1, Mt. Morris, N. Y.; 3, Ithaca, N. Y.; 4, Williamsport, Pa.
48MAUD POWELL STRING QUARTET.—November 22, Jamaica, L. I.; 23, Scranton, Pa.; 24, Hazelton, Pa.; 28, Jersey City, N. J.; December 4, New York city, Carnegie Hall; 5, matinee and evening, Brooklyn Art Institute; 11, Elmira, N. Y.; 13, Rochester, N. Y.; 18, New York city, Madison Square Concert Hall.
50NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC CLUB. Eugene Weiner Director.—November 21, Dolgerville, N. Y.; 22, Glens Falls; 23, Rondout; 24, Plainfield, N. J.; 27, Chickering Hall, New York; 28, Montclair, N. J.; 29 and 30, Brooklyn, N. Y.; December 4, Jersey City; 11, Naugatuck, Conn.; 14, Passaic, N. J.; 18, Plainfield, N. J.
52Tschaiikowsky's Biography.—The Russian musical writer, Laroche, is compiling a biography of Tschaiikowsky, having the aid of the latter's brother.
54Milan.—The opera "Graziella" has had up to the last reports three hearings. The verdict is confirmed that the music is light, with little inspiration or originality.
56Max Alvary's Damages.—Max Alvary has brought action against the Mannheim Court Theatre for 36,000 marks damages for injuries received at the time he fell through an ill constructed trap. The defendants declare that they are not liable for damages, as the injury was not received through any negligence on their part.
58RICHMOND.
60RICHMOND, Va., November 14, 1894.
62THE 769th musicale of the Richmond Mozart Association was given on Monday evening, November 5, before a large and fashionable audience.
64The Franz Wilczek Concert Company was the attraction, the company including Franz Wilczek, violin; Christine Schultze Wichmann, soprano; Mary Reuch-Wilczek, violinist; Mangioni de Pasquali, tenor; Orton Bradley, pianist.
66The program was received with liberal applause, and many of the numbers were repeated in response to demands of the listeners.
68Much interest is manifested at the revival of Gilbert and Sullivan's opera, "H. M. S. Pinafore," by local amateur talent under the auspices of the Richmond Mozart Association. The dates selected are November 20 and 21, and the place the Mozart Academy of Music. Prof. J. Emory Shaw will direct the music and the stage. The cast, composed of some of Richmond's cleverest amateurs, is as follows:
70Josephine…………………………………………..Miss Ida Robinson one of two readings
71Josephine………………………………………Miss Ida Robinson one of two readings
72Buttercup…………………………………………..Mrs. Carrie Stande-Rowe one of two readings
73Buttercup…………………………………….Mrs. Carrie Stande-Rowe one of two readings
74Hebe……………………………………………………Miss Ella Horan one of two readings
75Hebe…………………………………………….Miss Ella Horan one of two readings
76Captain Corcoran………………………………….Mr. Louis W. Pizzini one of two readings
77Captain Corcoran…………………………….Mr. Louis W. Pizzini one of two readings
78Ralph Rackstraw…………………………………..Mr. Frank W. Cunningham one of two readings
79Ralph Rackstraw……………………………Mr. Frank W. Cunningham one of two readings
80Sir Joseph Porter…………………………………..Mr. W. F. Reddy one of two readings
81Sir Joseph Porter……………………………Mr. W. F. Reddy one of two readings
82Boatswain……………………………………………Mr. G. Percy Hawes one of two readings
83Boatswain………………………………………Mr. G. Percy Hawes one of two readings
84Dick Deadeye……………………………………….Mr. Louis Perrot one of two readings
85Dick Deadeye…………………………………Mr. Louis Perrot one of two readings
87The next regular Mozart musicale will be given on November 19 at the Academy. The Swedish Male Quartet, who were heard here last season, have been engaged for this concert.
89Mr. E. R. Archer, so long the chairman of the music committee of the Mozart Association, has resigned, and in future the booking of attractions will be given to Mr. Horace F. Smith, head of the Richmond Entertainment Bureau.
91Mr. Charles J. MacHenry, pianist, and Mr. James Louis Sullivan, baritone, both well-known musicians of this city, are making engagements for concerts in Virginia, their first dates being at Keysville and West Point, in the near future.
93Miss Essie Rich, a promising young soprano, late of Saint Peter's Cathedral choir, has gone to New York to finish her musical education.
95The Church Hill Musical Association gave a musicale at Corcoran Hall last evening (Tuesday). The singers were Miss Ida Robinson, soprano; Mr. W. H. Shervin, baritone, and Mr. F. W. Cunningham, tenor. Mr. Leslie Watson was the accompanist, and the program was acceptably given.
97WATKINS NORVELL.
99BINGHAMTON.
101BINGHAMTON, N. Y., November 12, 1894.
103THE second concert of the Y. M. C. A. course took place at the Stone Opera House last Thursday evening, the artists being Mme. Flavie Van den Hende, 'cello; Florence Brown-Shepard, piano; Sadie Milne, reader, and Harry Pepper, the ballad singer.
105Mr. Pepper, who has not been heard here for several years, was given an enthusiastic reception, and sang several ballads with great taste and finish. Mme. Van den Hende attracted not only by the novelty of being the only woman 'cellist of note, but by the thoroughly artistic manner in which she gave her numbers. Miss Shepard played the accompaniments admirably, and it is to be regretted that she was not heard in a solo number.
107Camille d'Arville was heard on Friday in "Madeleine." Julian Edwards conducted.
109Prof. Augustus Stanley Dean has resigned his position as organist of the Centenary M. E. Church, to take effect immediately. His position will be filled from January 1 by Ralph G. Kilmer, the present organist of the First Baptist, who, by the way, has written and published of late some very pretty songs, and in the interim by Miss Emma Ely. This leaves a vacancy at the First Baptist. No one has been chosen as yet, although several applications have been received.
111The Binghamton Opera Company does not expect to produce an opera this year, and although they have been urged to repeat one of last year's performance, there is slight probability that they will do so.
113E. R. W.
115ALBANY.
117ALBANY, N. Y. November 15, 1894.
119SOUZA'S BAND was the attraction at Harmonus Bleecker Hall last evening. As a surprise the audience was both large and demonstrative. Albany has always had the reputation of being a cold city musically, and many musicians have left Albany stinging from the frost they received. But last night the audience was so enthusiastic that the frost which has hitherto been given musical attractions here will probably melt, and Albany can take its place with the big musical cities of the country.
121The playing of the band was excellent. Mme. Moyer sang an aria from "Tannhäuser" well.
123Mr. Pryor made a decided hit. His tone is especially fine.
125One extra number was added to the program. Mr. J. Austin Springer, one of our prominent pianists, composed a march en-
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