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Musical Courier 1894-12-12: Vol 29 Iss 770, 1894
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1Harrison M. Wild.—Harrison M. Wild, the Chicago organist, recently gave an organ recital at Plymouth Church, Indianapolis.
3Marie Decca Concerts.—Marie Decca's Concert Company recently gave an entertainment at Tomlinson Hall, Indianapolis. The company is composed of Marie Decca, soprano; Clara Murray, harp; Charles D'Almaine, violinist, and Grant Weber, pianist.
5St. Louis Music Hall.—The stockholders of the St. Louis Exposition and Music Hall Association held an election last week and re-elected the four retiring directors, L. D. Kingsland, Richard M. Scruggs, D. M. Houser and L. Methudy. They will serve another term of three years. Their associates on the board are: T. B. Boyd, president; E. O. Stanard, Charles H. Turner, Sam M. Kennard, Clarke H. Sampson, B. Nugent, Ellis Wainwright, H. C. Townsend and Charles Nagel. Mr. Gaiennie is the general manager, and Mr. Davies the assistant secretary.
7Piano and Violin Recital.—N. J. Corey, pianist, and Frederick Mills, violinist, were to give their third recital at Hotel Cadillac, Detroit, December 11, with this program: Allegro con fantasia,……………………………Paderewski
8Folk song with variations,……………………………Raff
9Carnival, op. 9,………………………………………Schumann
10Violin concerto in G minor……………………………Bruch
12J. Henry McKinley.—J. Henry McKinley, well known as a conscientious singer, has had much success at a recent concert in Berlin. His oratorio work is highly esteemed, and in "Messiah," Bruch's "Arminius," and Saint-Saëns' "Samson and Delilah," he has few rivals. His engagements this month to sing in "The Messiah" will take him to Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Mariette, Ohio, and Louisville, Ky.
14A Vocal Recital.—W. H. Lawton and Henrietta Beebe gave a vocal recital at Carnegie Hall last Thursday afternoon, with Miss Harriet Amerman at the piano. The musical part of the program consisted of the singing by Mrs. Beebe-Lawton of several songs by Helen F. Hood and an English song by Garrett. She also sang with her husband a duet by Lucantoni.
16Is Suicide a Sin?—A musician by the name of W. M. Gardner, of Green Island, near Troy, wrote a poem, "Is Suicide a Sin?" took a dose of morphine, then put on the golden slippers and climbed the golden stairs for an answer.
18Twenty-five Dollars' Fine.—A theatrical company giving a show at Charleston, Ill., sent its brass band out to parade the streets. As the music disturbed proceedings in the court house the band was arrested and fined $25 for contempt of court.
20A. A. Farland.—A. A. Farland, the banjo virtuoso, after completing a concert tour of 12,000 miles has decided to locate in New York, and will occupy rooms at 270 West Forty-third street.
22Peabody Institute Concerts.—The soloists for the Christmas performance of "The Messiah" at the Peabody Institute, Baltimore, December 27 and 29, will be Miss Hettie Bradley, soprano; Mrs. Alec Irving, contralto; Charles Stuart Phillips, tenor, and Frederic Reddall, bass.
24A Pupil of Bristol.—Geo. L. Moore, a pupil of Frederic E. Bristol, has just taken a position as solo tenor at St. Thomas' Church, on Fifth avenue, New York.
26Marie Geselschap in Lowell.—Marie Geselschap recently gave a piano recital at Rogers Hall, Lowell, Mass., playing the following program:
27Sonatine, op. 79, G major……………………………Beethoven
28Scenes from "Childlife"……………………………Robert Schumann
29Toccata……………………………………………..Paradies
30Valse……………………………………………….Chopin
31"En Courant"…………………………………….Godard
32Rigoletto fantasia………………………………..Liszt
34Bernhard Listemann.—Bernhard Listemann has settled in Chicago as director of the violin department at the Chicago College of Music. His two sons, Paul and Franz, are studying, the former as a violinist with Joachim in Berlin, the other as a violoncellist with Klengel in Leipsic. They will return to this country next summer.
36New York Philharmonic Club.—The concert, which was the first of the series which the New York Philharmonic Club recently gave to a very large audience at Plainfield, N. J., had the assistance of Lillian Blauvelt, soprano; Sol Marcossen, violin; and Henri Haagmans, cello. The second subscription concert will be given by the club December 18, when Conrad Behrens, Clara C. Henley, and Eugene Weiner will be the soloists.
38Mr. Carl in Richmond.—Mr. Carl gave two recitals last week in the Church of the Holy Trinity, in Richmond, Va., and created a furore by his remarkable performances. At the close of the first recital he was approached by a well-known impresario and engaged for an extensive Southern tour, to commence in January and to extend as far as New Orleans. Regarding his work the "Times" said:
40About 3,000 musical people heard the afternoon and evening recitals. Mr. Carl's playing was marked by an easiness of execution that was delightful. All of his selections were from the masters, and he showed by his interpretation of them how perfectly, heart and soul, he was in sympathy with his instrument and his profession. The recitals were certainly a tribute of the highest order to the talent of the famous but young organist, so perfect were they in every detail.
42The following is from the Richmond "Despatch":
44His performance on both occasions created the greatest enthusiasm. Mr. Carl displayed a remarkable talent and an enormous grasp of comprehension and precision.
46After the evening recital a reception was tendered Mr. Carl by Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Meloney.
48Hypnotism and Music.—Dean Sudduth, late of the Minnesota University, has been giving hypnotic exhibitions, which, however, were discontinued by order of the university faculty. Among other experiments the following is worth mentioning. "Dean Sudduth is now personally superintending experiments upon a clergyman who has no musical ear—that is, he is not able to distinguish between musical tones sufficiently to take part in singing, which he is greatly desirous of doing. Dean Sudduth is greatly pleased with the progress so far, and fully expects to make the clergyman a good singer, so far as his being able to sing in harmony is concerned. He says, however, that he has no intention of playing the rôle of 'Svengali' to the clergyman's rôle of 'Trilby.'"
50A Lambertville, N. J., Concert.—Inez Grenelli, vocalist, and Mabel Wagnalls, pianist, last week gave a successful concert at Lyceum Hall, Lambertville, N. J. A well selected program was well executed, to the delight of the large audience.
52Rose and Ottilie Sutro.—The ensemble pianists Rose and Ottilie Sutro will give a concert at the New Music Hall, Baltimore, December 18. Geo. W. Fergusson, baritone, will sing the vocal numbers. The program is as follows:
53Sonata, D major………………………………………Mozart
54Aria, "Roi de Lahore," "O promise of a joy divine"……..Massenet
55Op. 34, bis, Andante from sonata……………………..Brahms
56Op. 66, Impromptu on a theme from Schumann's "Manfred"……………………………Carl Reinecke
57Op. 43, No. 4, "My soul I dip in the chalice"………….Robert Franz
58Op. 14, No. 1, "Dedication"…………………………..Chopin
59Op. 73, rondo………………………………………Chopin
60"Hands I Love"…………………………………….Simons
61"Gay Gitana"………………………………………Simons
62Op. 25, Variations on a theme from Beethoven sonate, op. 31, No. 3………………………………………Saint-Saëns
64The Scharwenka Conservatory.—The Scharwenka Conservatory, of New York, of which Mr. Emil Gramm is director, has given a number of students' concerts at 37 East Sixty-eighth street. Those of November 10 and December 1 were exceptionally fine exhibits of the talent with which many of the pupils are blessed.
66The concert given last Saturday in memory of Anton Rubinstein was eminently successful and quite in keeping with the high aims of the conservatory. On this occasion Mr. Frederic Dean gave a lecture—"Rubinstein; the Man and his Music." Mr. Victor Benham played Rubinstein's romanza from the D minor concerto, and "Kamenoï Ostro, No. 78." Miss Emily Winant sang several selections.
68E. I. Stevenson.—Mr. E. I. Stevenson, the well-known writer and music critic of the "Independent," has been ill several weeks of rheumatism. He is now recovering.
70Arthur Friedheim's Success.—When Arthur Friedheim last played at Elmira he created great enthusiasm. A critic in the "Daily Gazette," of that city, after dwelling in detail on the numbers of his program, concluded as follows:
72Of course at a Friedheim recital the moment of supreme interest arrives when he approaches the Liszt group. Mr. Friedheim gave three Liszt numbers last night—the "Harmonies du Soir," "Pastorale" of course closing with a rhapsodie and choosing the second one. In these numbers he was superb. The rhapsodie was naturally the greatest number, and in this the pianist seemed fairly to revel; and yet, even in the massive climaxes, there was an absence of the usual crash and bang which pass for virtuosity. Friedheim has been accused of sacrificing mentality to technic, but surely the player who can restrain the temptation to overpower with mere noise in the finale of a Liszt rhapsodie proves himself an artist intellectually as well as a master of technic. Gifted as Friedheim is he is showing growth, and comparing his work last night with that on an occasion three years ago one cannot fail to be impressed by the development of the intellectual in this great pianist.
74Roeder, of Boston.—It certainly must be a great satisfaction to Martin Roeder, the vocal teacher, now residing in Boston, that Max Alvary and Nicolaus Rothmühl, the principal tenors, appearing next February with Walter Damrosch's German Opera Company, are his pupils and have been for many years. In fact, Alvary's first public appearance was at a concert of the "Società Corale" in Milan, Italy, conducted by Martin Roeder, when his favorite pupil, then under his real name, Achenbach, took the tenor part in Mendelssohn's oratorio, "St. Paul," performed at that time for the first time in Italy. Rothmühl, the tenor, readily acknowledges that the success of his career is solely due to the splendid training of his voice by Martin Roeder.
76Stavenhagen and Gerardy.—The first two concerts by Bernhard Stavenhagen, assisted by Jean Gerardy, will take place in Carnegie Music Hall this evening and Saturday afternoon. For to-day this is the program, Mr. Damrosch conducting the orchestra:
77Prelude to "Die Meistersinger"……………………………Wagner
78Concerto for violincello………………………………….Raff
79Master Gerardy.
80Bacchanale from "Samson and Delilah"……………………Saint-Saëns
81Concerto in C minor………………………………………Beethoven
82Mr. Stavenhagen.
83Fantasia on "Le Desir"…………………………………….Servais
84Master Gerardy.
85Hungarian Fantasia………………………………………Liszt
86Mr. Stavenhagen.
88Mr. Carl's Twenty-fifth Recital.—Mr. Carl's final recital of the present series at the First Presbyterian Church, New York, will be given next Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock, and the program will contain a selection of the compositions that have been especially written for and dedicated to Mr. Carl. This is the order:
89"Marche Religieuse"…………………………………….Aloys Claussmann, Paris
90"Noël" (a Christmas pastoral)………………………..Theodore Dubois, Paris
91Concert piece (MS.; new)……………………………B. Luard Selby, London
92(First time in America.)
93Recit. "See now the Bridegroom!" "Christmas Oratorio"
94Aria, "Prepare Thyself Zion"………………………..J. S. Bach
95Miss Marguerite Hall.
96Canzona in E major………………………………………Samuel Rousseau, Paris
97Communion in A flat…………………………………….Alexandre Guilmant, Paris
98Toccata (MS.; new)…………………………………….George MacMaster, Paris
99(First time in America.)
100Aria, "O Brahma! Maitre de la vie" ("Djelma")……Ch. Lefebure
101(First time in America.)
102Mr. George L. P. Butler.
103Allegretto in B flat………………………………………Theodore Salomé, Paris
104"Triumphal March" (MS.; new)……………………Charles A. E. Harris, Montreal
105(First time in the United States.)
106Violin solo, "Méditation Religieuse" ("Thais")……..Jules Massenet
107(New; first time in America.)
108Miss Dora Valesca Becker.
109Andante con fuoco et toccata (new)………………Henri Deshayes, Paris one of two readings
110Andante con fuoco et toccata (new)………………..Henri Deshayes, Paris one of two readings
112Mrs. S. C. Ford.—Mrs. S. C. Ford, of Cleveland, Ohio, will sing in "The Messiah" with the Apollo Club, Chicago, December 20, and with the Arion Club, of Milwaukee, December 21.
114THIS ISSUE CONSISTS OF 60 PAGES.
116Ellen Beach Yaw.
118THE elegant supplement with the portrait of Miss Ellen Beach Yaw in this number will give a fair idea of what this young singer looks like. Her personality is extremely winsome, as is her voice, both of which are taking up much space in Southwestern newspapers. Miss Yaw since her advent in Texas a month ago has sung to tens of thousands of enthusiastic people, and with the exception of a concert in Dallas good health enabled her to fulfill all her engagements, to the eminent satisfaction of the critics on the daily press.
120Prior to her Texas engagements she appeared with great success in Baltimore, Washington and Richmond, Va. In Columbus, Ohio, she is wanted for a second concert; so is Washington anxious to secure her again. Her engagements in Texas have been so highly remunerative to the local managers that in nearly every case a return engagement has been offered. If the numerous demands to hear Miss Yaw are granted to the Southern managers there are slim chances of listening to her sweet, high range soprano in Eastern cities this winter.
122The Houston, Tex., "Post" compares her with Patti, giving the latter credit for more volume, but not for the sweetness and sympathetic quality of Miss Yaw's voice. The Houston "Herald" says that having heard Patti and Yaw it must acknowledge that while Patti's voice is fuller and more powerful, Miss Yaw undoubtedly has one of the most wonderful voices ever heard. The Houston "Daily Age" says: "People come prepared to make comparisons based upon their fond and lasting memories of their lyric idols. Nilsson, Patti and others, because Miss Yaw was heralded with announcements that would naturally provoke such comparisons. To say that she successfully stood the test is paying the new aspirant for lyric honors a very high compliment, but she did so, nevertheless. She equaled if she did not surpass all expectations."
124At Waco Miss Yaw sang during the Cotton Exhibition and over 3,000 people greeted the singer nightly. It was there where her presence of mind in coming to the footlights as if to sing arrested the audience, which had arisen panic-stricken by a cry of "fire!" which came from the gallery, where a woman had fainted. Miss Yaw only remained a minute or less, just enough to accomplish her purpose. It was a great hit.
126The other members of Miss Yaw's company are Miss Georgiella Lay, pianist, and Maximilian Dick, violinist. They are both fine artists and they reap their share of applause on this remarkable and triumphant tournée.
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