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Musical Courier 1895-02-27: Vol 30 Iss 781, 1895
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1Thomas Reeves Dead.—Thomas Reeves, director of the musical department of the Perkins Institute for the Blind at South Boston, died at the Institute on February 20 from an attack of grip. Mr. Reeves was born in Ireland in 1843, and entered the institute when he was ten years old; graduated in 1863. He taught music in Bangor, Me., and Louisville, Ky., for five years, when he was made conductor of the institute where he died.
3A Chapman Soiree.—Mr. and Mrs. R. Chapman will give a soirée musicale at the Madison Avenue Hotel on Saturday evening, March 2, at 9 o'clock.
5Mettke's Pupils' Fourth Concert.—The pupils of Hans Mettke gave their monthly concert at the home of J. H. Cruze on Fifth avenue, Knoxville, Tenn., recently. The audience was large and the concert a success. The local critics were very terse but satisfactory in their comments. The participants were: Mrs. Barton, Miss Minnie Kane, Miss Lutie McFarland, Miss Mary Beard, Miss Lillie Fizer, Mrs. Blow and Miss Edna Cruze.
7An Ancient Bell.—The bell which sounds the study calls in the Woman's College in Baltimore is the same which was used in old Cokesbury College, founded in 1785, and situated in Abingdon, Harford County, Md., says Harper's Bazar. The name of the institution was a combination of that of Bishops Cox and Asbury, the two earliest bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in whose honor it was called. It was the first Methodist college ever established in the United States, and the bell not only summoned its students to their duties but served (clocks being rare luxuries) to mark the hours for the citizens of Abingdon. In 1795 the building was destroyed by fire, and this relic, which was rescued from the flames, is the more valuable in being all that remains of the once famous institution.
9St. John's Recital.—A recital of the organ was given recently at St. John's Church, Knoxville, Tenn., by Professor Garrett, who also directed the affair. Prof. Hans Mettke gave a 'cello number which called forth the following criticism from the local papers:
11Herr Mettke is a master of the beautiful violoncello and never fails to delight his audience.
13Elson Lectures.—Mr. Louis C. Elson, the well-known Boston music critic and lecturer, delivered a very successful address last Wednesday afternoon before the Teachers' College at Morningside Park, in this city.
15One of Jessie Shay's Teachers.—When Jessie Shay, the gifted young pianist, came to New York she studied three years with Mrs. Minnie B. Richards (now Mrs. Theodore E. Heidenfeld). This lady is the well-known teacher and composer.
17The MacDowell Recitals.—Mr. E. A. MacDowell, the pianist and composer, will give two piano recitals this week at Madison Square Garden Concert Hall. This distinguished young man will play mixed programs, and among other things his own Sonata Tragica. He has set this number down on the Saturday afternoon program, but it is to be hoped that he will shift it to the first recital to-morrow afternoon. 2.30 is the hour of both affairs, which will be of peculiar interest to music lovers. Julie L. Wyman will assist.
19A Kronberg Concert.—A large audience attended the eighth recital of the Kronberg Conservatory of Music in Kansas City on February 19. One of the features of the concert was the Lacrymosa Quartet from Mozart's Requiem, which was very well given.
21Rudolf King, the pianist, who occupies a prominent position in the city, as teacher as well as an executant, played a charming Caprice of his own composition and Leschetizky's Dance Fantastique in truly brilliant style. Francois Boucher gave in a masterly manner Bach's Chaconne, adding one more to his successes, while S. Kronberg made a good impression in Mendelssohn's It is Enough.
23Mrs. Gillespie, soprano—a pupil of Mr. Kronberg—sang I Will Extol Thee, from Costa's Eli, in a satisfactory manner. Altogether, this concert was one of the most successful instructive entertainments heard in Kansas City this season.
25A Rare Event.—The pupils of Madame Frida de Gebele Ashforth will sing in concert Tuesday evening, March 12, in Chickering Hall. Madame Ashforth's pupils always sing artistically, and her concerts are faithful reflexes of her eclectic musical taste, wide sympathies and understanding of all schools of singing. It is this variety that makes her pupils' concerts such unique events. At this forthcoming concert we will hear plenty of novelties and some new voices. We will publish next week the program in full of this interesting affair.
27Free Organ Recital.—At the Scotch Presbyterian Church, Ninety-sixth street and Central Park, west, will be given to-morrow night a free organ recital by Miss M. V. McKee. Hubert Arnold, violinist, and Master Charles Meelhan, soprano, will assist.
29Faelten at Meadville.—Mr. Carl Faelten played on the 18th at the Conservatory of Music of Meadville, Pa. The occasion was one of a series of recitals given by the Conservatory, under the direction of Mrs. J. O. Hall, for the benefit of its pupils. The numbers are always given by eminent musicians. The program was:
31Chromatic Fantasie and Fugue………………………………………Bach
32Sonata, C major, op. 2, No. 3………………………………………Beethoven
33Theme and Variations, B flat………………………………………Schubert
34Etude, A flat major…………………………………………………Chopin
35Polonaise, C sharp minor………………………………………….Schumann
36Novelette, E major, No. 7………………………………………….Schumann
37Arabesque, op. 18…………………………………………………Schumann
38Nocturne, F major, op. 23, No. 4………………………………………Schumann
39Toccata, op. 7…………………………………………………Gounod-Liszt
40Valse and Scene (Faust)………………………………………….Gounod-Liszt
42The local papers say:
44Mr. Faelten is one of the first artists now living in America. He has a large tone and technic, enabling him to play the most difficult passages with ease, and a vigor that is at times truly astonishing; the piano suddenly seems to be converted into a large orchestra under his fingers. Of his perfect touch and absolute certainty of execution, which made light of all difficulties, too much cannot be said in praise.
46Mr. Bowman and Denver.—Professor Bowman has been invited by the National Education Association, meeting in Denver next July, to deliver an address on "The importance of correct elementary instruction and training in vocal music as a basis of all music in home, church and concert room."
48Yaw.—The Atlanta Constitution has this to say in regard to a recent concert which Miss Ellen Beach Yaw gave in that city:
50One of the largest audiences that DeGive's Grand Opera House, with its great seating capacity, has known, assembled last night to attend the concert which was to introduce to Atlanta the new singer about whom so many wonderful things have been said—Miss Ellen Beach Yaw. It was an audience representing the society as well as the musical side of Atlanta life, an audience in the main critical and altogether filled with curiosity concerning the newcomer.
52First a word about what has been claimed for the young woman. It was not claimed that her voice possessed the marvelous sweetness and purity and richness and other indescribable qualities of Patti. It was claimed that she possessed a range most remarkable—a range probably equaled by no other singer known.
54And that is true. She is a marvel in this respect. People who went as Doubting Thomases—and a good many did go in that rôle—came away convinced that they had listened to perhaps the most remarkable vocal performance of the age. From low, deep contralto tones she went with apparent ease up to the clouds, giving with unmistakable truth E above high E, almost an octave above Patti's highest tone. Indeed some of the musical people present thought she went a note higher than E. In most of the numbers she rendered there were those musical gymnastics which demonstrated her marvelous upper register, the strength of her voice, and the further fact that she knows how to use it.
56Multiple Concert by the 'Phone.—A novel entertainment will be held in Springfield, Ohio, next Monday evening in aid of a Methodist church of that city. It will consist of vocal and instrumental music, transmitted over special telephone wires from this city, Chicago, Boston, Pittsburg and Toledo.
58A Franko Concert.—Mme. Jeane Franko will give a concert to-morrow evening at Chamber Music Hall, assisted by Misses Louise Gerard, Ines Oppenheim, K. Vashti Baxter and Mr. Albert S. Thies.
60A Correction.—Several papers in writing of Miss Maude Young, one of the prima donnas of the Rob Roy Company, have mentioned her as an understudy. Such is not the case. Miss Young is under contract as a prima donna to alternate with Miss Cordon.
62Christoph Bach's Birthday.—Christoph Bach, the musical director, will be sixty years old on March 24. This will be the occasion for a celebration by the friends and admirers of the musician. The concert at the West Side Turner Hall on that occasion will be very elaborate, and all the musicians of the city will unite in honoring him.
64A Mimic.—Mrs. Henry Abbey, wife of the great manager, is a great mimic, and entertains her intimate friends with manifold imitations of the many famous people she meets. One of her great acts is to show Patti talking baby talk according to her favorite style of conversation in the bosom of her family.—Exchange.
66Miss Nina Burt.—Miss Nina Burt, soprano, sings with Ysaye in Buffalo, March 5; with the Seidl Orchestra and Ysaye on March 17, and the subsequent Ysaye concerts, with the exception of the recitals, when no vocalists participate.
68The Ladies' Schubert Club.—The Ladies' Schubert Club, of Middletown, N. Y., gave its fourth public concert in the First Baptist Church Tuesday evening, February 19, assisted by Miss Julia Wickham, contralto; Mr. Dannreuther, violin, and the Beethoven String Quartet. The latter played with its usual skill; both Miss Wickham and Mr. Dannreuther were enthusiastically encored. The ladies of the Schubert Club showed careful training under the baton of Mrs. C. H. Sweezy, their conductor. This concert was the most successful entertainment yet given by this popular society.
70Miss Lizzie Macnichol.—Miss Lizzie Macnichol, the contralto of the Rob Roy Company, is one of the most popular artists on the operatic stage; possessing a rich contralto voice, a charming personality. They win friends for her wherever she appears. Her work in Rob Roy proves her one of the most reliable of singers, having appeared as often as six times in a week.
72Pizzarello Goes West.—Pizzarello will play at the Columbus, Ohio, Arion Society's four concerts during the coming week. Returning East he will play on March 4 in Delaware, 6 and 7 at Newark, and on the 8th at Mount Vernon.
74Mr. Hammond's Recital.—Mr. B. J. Hammond, of Worcester, Mass., gave an interesting program at his fifth recital, given on the 21st at 452 Main street, Worcester. The numbers were:
76Greeting………………………………………………………..Mendelssohn
77By the Waters…………………………………………………Adams
78Miss Nettie B. McGaffey………………………………………Rossini
79La Pastourelle des Alpes………………………………………Rossini
80Miss Arthémise Langlois………………………………………De Koven
81Song of the Turnkey (Rob Roy)……………………………….De Koven
82Mr. Harry C. Robinson………………………………………Nevin
83The Merry Lark…………………………………………………Massenet
84Dost Thou Know……………………………………………….Carmichael
85Dance Song…………………………………………………Arranged by Carmichael
86Miss Anne Warren……………………………………………..Ponchielli
87Voce di Donna (La Gioconda)…………………………………Tschaikowsky
88Fifinella………………………………………………………..Mrs. Edward Epstein.
89Believe me if all these endearing young charms (old Irish air)…………………………………………………….Arranged by H. Leslie
90Miss Coughlan, Miss McGaffey, Mr. Healy and Mr. Robinson………………………………………De Koven
91Dearest Heart (Rob Roy)………………………………………De Koven
92Mr. Charles H. Grout………………………………………….Arditi one of two readings
93Mr. Charles H. Grout…………………………………………….Arditi one of two readings
94Se Saran Rose…………………………………………………Miss Eva M. Coughlan.
95O Fair, Sweet and Holy………………………………………Cantor
96Mr. Wilbert C. Healy………………………………………….Tosti one of two readings
97Mr. Wilbert C. Healy…………………………………………….Tosti one of two readings
98Fior di Giaggiolo (Cavalleria Rusticana)…………………….Mascagni one of two readings
99Fior di Giaggiolo (Cavalleria Rusticana)……………………..Mascagni one of two readings
100Mrs. M. E. Davis……………………………………………..Bailey one of two readings
101Mrs. M. E. Davis……………………………………………….Bailey one of two readings
102Life's Merry Morn……………………………………………..Mrs. Stella Pinckney Clough.
103Come, 'tis Time to Wander…………………………………….Gordigiani
104Miss Coughlan, Mr. Healy and Mr. Robinson………………………………………Arditi one of two readings
105Miss Coughlan, Mr. Healy and Mr. Robinson………………..Bischoff's Supposing. one of two readings
107A Mendelssohn Birthday Concert.—A Mendelssohn birthday concert was given on the 5th at Ottawa, Ont., by the Mendelssohn Club of that city.
109A Devine Pupil.—Last Wednesday evening Rosa Elsner, a pupil of the well known vocal teacher Lena Doria Devine, sang at Hardman Hall in this city. Her charming rendering of the waltz song, Sogno d'Amor, by Gregh, earned her an enthusiastic encore, to which she responded with Bischoff's Supposing.
111A Choir Concert.—A concert of unusual artistic importance was given by the choir of St. Thomas' Protestant Episcopal Church, of Brooklyn, in their Parish Hall, corner Bushwick avenue and Cooper street, last Thursday evening. The program was as follows:
113The Silent Land……………………………………………..A. R. Gaul
114Sonata in A minor, op. 42 (first movement)………………Franz Schubert one of two readings
115Sonata in A minor, op. 42 (first movement)…………………Franz Schubert one of two readings
116Cradle Song…………………………………………………W. Taubert
117The Owl and the Pussy Cat…………………………………Geo. Ingraham one of two readings
118The Owl and the Pussy Cat………………………………….Geo. Ingraham one of two readings
119The choir boys.
120Song, Three Little Birds……………………………………H. W. Parker one of two readings
121Song, Three Little Birds………………………………………H. W. Parker one of two readings
122The Pilgrims' Chorus………………………………………R. Wagner one of two readings
123The Pilgrims' Chorus………………………………………….R. Wagner one of two readings
124The Red Sun is Sinking…………………………………….Henry Leslie one of two readings
125The Red Sun is Sinking………………………………………Henry Leslie one of two readings
126Wanderers' Night Song…………………………………….Rubinstein one of two readings
127Wanderers' Night Song………………………………………Rubinstein one of two readings
128The Miller's Wooing……………………………………….Eaton Fanning one of two readings
129The Miller's Wooing………………………………………….Eaton Fanning one of two readings
130Fantasie impromptu, op. 66………………………………..Frederic Chopin one of two readings
131Fantasie impromptu, op. 66………………………………….Frederic Chopin one of two readings
132Nenia, op. 18……………………………………………….G. Sgambati one of two readings
133Nenia, op. 18…………………………………………………G. Sgambati one of two readings
134The Heavens are Telling…………………………………..Jos. Haydn one of two readings
135The Heavens are Telling…………………………………….Jos. Haydn one of two readings
137The choir numbered over forty voices.
139Bella M. Jackson was the principal soprano soloist, and William G. Hammond, the organist and choirmaster, delighted the large audience with his brilliant piano playing, H. E. H. Benedict supplied the place of accompanist. William G. Hammond has been an organist and choirmaster for more than five years, and is also a pianist of pretensions. Thomas C. Hammond directed The Pilgrims' Chorus and The Heavens are Telling with understanding. As the concert proved a success artistically and financially, there is a likelihood of another being given by the choir soon after Easter.
141Spohr's Last Judgment.—The Bâton Club of the First Presbyterian Church, under the direction of Mr. William C. Carl, will give its first concert of the present season next Tuesday evening, March 5, at 8:15 o'clock. The club will sing Spohr's oratorio, The Last Judgment, and in a miscellaneous program will be The Bridal Chorus, Cowen; Madrigal, Sir Jos. Barnby, and selections from The Holy City Gaul, assisted by Miss Bertha Gallatin, soprano; Mrs. Antonia H. Sawyer, contralto; Mr. George L. P. Butler, tenor; Mr. Luther Gail Allen, baritone; Mr. William J. Maier, violinist; Mr. Reeve Jones, pianist, and Mrs. Laura Crawford and Mr. Charles R. Hallock, accompanists (piano and organ). The concert will be given in the chapel of the church (entrance on Eleventh street).
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