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Musical Courier 1895-11-06: Vol 31 Iss 818, 1895
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1THE MUSICAL COURIER.
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5First Ogden Crane Concert.—The first subscription concert of the Ogden Musical Club will take place in Chicker- ing Hall, New York, November 22. The subscription list is now open.
7Sig. Jos. Pizzarello.—Signor Pizzarello played several delightful piano numbers on Saturday last at the opening of the Manuscript Society's club rooms in New York, and received much applause.
9Second Pratt Recital.—Mr. Silas G. Pratt gave his second recital of popular classics for the piano in Chicker- ing Hall, New York, on Monday afternoon last. Mlle. Alida Varena, soprano, assisted with some songs.
11Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler.—Mme. Zeisler has been engaged by the New York Philharmonic Society for their Beethoven anniversary on November 14, and by the Boston Symphony Orchestra for a series of concerts in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington.
13Another Bjorksten Pupil.—Miss May Kimball, pupil of Mrs. Theodor Bjorksten, is the soprano (soloist) of the Episcopal church at Lakewood, N. J. She possesses a rarely sympathetic voice, which she uses with that perfect ease specially noticeable in the Bjorksten method.
15Begun Rehearsals.—Mr. Julius J. Lyons' Metropolitan Orchestra, which will henceforth be known as the Metropolitan Musical Society, has begun rehearsals for the season, and meets every Tuesday evening in Jaeger's Hall, Madison avenue and Fifty-ninth street, New York.
17Plunkett Greene.—Mr. H. Plunkett Greene will revisit America in January to fulfill a large number of engagements. This interesting singer has added a series of new songs to his collection and intends to give the public some novelties in the way of programs.
19Flavie Van den Hende.—Mme. Flavie Van den Hende, the 'cellist, is extremely busy this season. Immediate engagements are for New York, November 3; Harlem, November 9; Troy, N. Y., November 10; New York, November 12; Brooklyn, November 17, and Jersey City Heights, November 24.
21Dorer High School for Music.—The opening concert of the Dorer High School for Music took place on Thursday evening, October 17, at 1062 Halsey street, Brooklyn, when works for piano, violin and 'cello, separately and ensemble, were performed by Lena Dorer-Litt, L. Dorer, Miss Emily Dorer and Ludwig Dorer.
23Rivarde.—At the opening concert of the Crystal Palace, in London, the young French violinist played Lalo's Sym- phony Espagnole, in which he created immense enthusiasm. This work, which was played by Sarasate at one of these concerts sixteen years ago, has not been heard there since. Rivarde sailed for America on La Gasconge November 2.
25Antonia H. Sawyer.—Mrs. Antonia H. Sawyer, the popular contralto, is entering on an active season's work. On Wednesday of last week she sang at a fashionable private musicale at Newark, N. J., with great success, her group of songs by Chaminate being particularly admired. On November 3 she sang at Riverside Church, Harlem. On November 17 she will sing in Brooklyn, and on November 24 in public at Newark, N. J.
27Carlotta Desvignes.—Miss Carlotta Desvignes, contralto, has already booked a long list of engagements for the season. She will sing in Verdi's Requiem with the Boston Händel and Haydn Society in February, in Baltimore at Mr. Burmeister's recital and with the Harmonie Society on November 19 and 20, at the Buffalo Symphony Concert on December 19, and with Scharwenka in New Jersey in December. These are a few from many dates.
29Arthur Beresford.—Mr. Arthur Beresford is engaged for the concert of the Columbus (Ohio) Choral Society November 12 and for five concerts in the cities of Western Massachusetts and New Hampshire the third week in November.
31New York Musical Institute.—The first concert of piano, vocal and violin music of the New York Musical Institute was held in the building 139 West Eighty-fifth street on Tuesday evening, October 29. Pupils of Mr. Carl V. Lachmund, Mr. F. Scherhery, Mr. Henry Schradeck and Miss Nina Rathbone distinguished themselves honorably.
33Mme. Luisa Cappiani.—The renowned vocal teacher, Mme. Luisa Cappiani, who returned to New York recently after an extended visit abroad, is overwhelmed with pupils and has very little time left at her disposal. Mme. Duret- Berthel, of Louisville, Ky., who has a large class in that city, has been with Mme. Cappiani for a period and returned to Louisville the end of last week.
35Beethoven Anniversary.—At the celebration of the 125th anniversary of Beethoven's birth in New York, Ondricek, the Bohemian violinist, has been invited to play the Beethoven concerto, a work in which the violinist has achieved his greatest triumph. Ondricek, however, plays with equal spirit works of the later and lighter school, and is as much at home with the brilliant modern composers as with the rigid classic masters.
37Sixth Annual Concert.—At the sixth annual concert of the violin pupils of Mr. Ernst Bauer, in Steinway Hall, New York, on Saturday evening, October 26, the success achieved was a marked one. Mr. Bauer is now attached to the National Institute of Music at 179 East Sixty-fourth street, and as a graduate of the Berlin High School of Music he has obviously succeeded in impressing his good methods upon his pupils. Works of Spohr, Ries, De Beriot and David were performed by members of the class in a highly creditable manner.
39James Fitch Thomson.—The Canadian success of this rising baritone has been emphatic. The following clippings are taken from recent papers:
41Of the Pro Peccatis, as sung by James Fitch Thomson, of New York, it may be said that never before has this number, so operatic in style, been sung in Montreal with such intense artistic dignity and with such religious sentiment. Never before have we heard it sung in a manner so acceptable to the Church. Mr. Thomson created a profound impression and excited profound admiration.—Montreal Herald, October 29.
43A very fine singing of Pro Peccatis from Rossini's Stabat Mater was given by Mr. James Fitch Thomson. He displayed a voice of rare compass and beauty, and musical auditors were unanimous in saying that they had never heard a finer treatment of Rossini's great bass solo than that given by Mr. Thomson.—Montreal Gazette, October 29.
45Inez Grenelli.—The following press notices have been received by this popular soprano:
47Miss Inez Grenelli's singing was the charm of the evening. The vocalist was at her best. When recalled she gave Where Did You Come From, Baby Dear? Her numbers on the program were the Cacta Diva, from Norma; Der Hidalgo, Schumann, and He Loves Me—Loves Me Not, Mascagni. When recalled the last time she gave Comin' thro' th' Rye (Jenny Lind variations), and in this ballad her voice appeared to more advantage than in any of her other numbers, &c.—Kingston, N. Y., Express.
49Miss Grenelli's high tones are beautiful, of remarkable softness and sympathetic quality. Her equalization of the registers is good and the colorature passages remarkable. She sang first the Cacta Diva, and the impression of this difficult aria, which only capable singers dare attempt, was very advantageous. Miss Grenelli received the most lively approbation and recall. Also the aria from Händel (Largo), which she sang accompanied by the harp and 'cello, was most successfully sung. She is a good interpreter of Händel, and should enlarge her répertoire in that direction. This début predicts for her a brilliant future. She is a pupil of Mme. Desirée Artot, of Paris.—Badenblatt, Baden-Baden, Germany.
51Sousa's Band.—This brilliant organization has been giving two highly successful concerts daily at the Texas State Fair and Dallas Exposition, with the assistance of vocal soloists. Members of the band have given excellent solo performances at each concert.
53Another Belari Pupil.—Mr. James Merrill, a pupil of Emilio Belari and son of a wealthy manufacturer, sang in public for the first time last Friday evening at a concert given in the Fourth Presbyterian Church, New York. Mr. Belari says Mr. Merrill has a good baritone voice, and if he decides to adopt a professional career will without doubt meet with great success.
55Another Virgil Recital.—The Virgil Piano School gave a recital on Thursday evening last at 5 West 125th street, New York, which was very successful and largely attended. Misses Celia Ehrlich, Florence Traub, Hyacinth Williams, Stella Neumark, Paula Schwab, and the Messrs. Walter S. Edwards, Claude M. Griffith and Emanuel Schmauk were on this occasion the exponents of the method, which has taken so great a hold in the northern part of town that Mrs. A. K. Virgil by request will open a branch school in Har- lem at 2009 Seventh avenue, near 121st street.
57Mme. Anita Riotte Simmons.—Mme. Anita Riotte Simmons, the solo soprano of Trinity Episcopal Church, Newark, N. J., will sing at a concert on the 13th inst. in Association Hall in that city. She is the possessor of a voice of rare excellence, schooled to a pleasant flexibility that laughs at difficulties, and she sings with fire and color. She controls her voice with artistic taste and judgment. Her numbers will be Delibès Les Filles de Cadix, the waltz song from Romeo and Juliet, and the prison duo from Gounod's Faust, the latter with Thomas Evans Green. Mme. Simmons is already booked for a number of concerts this winter and is making a steady progress towards the recognition she deserves. She is a pupil of Mme. Florenza d'Arona, of whom she cannot speak too highly.
59Maurice Kaufman.—This talented boy violinist made a professional début in Mendelssohn Glee Hall on Tuesday evening, October 29, assisted by Miss Marguerite Hall, mezzo soprano, and Mr. Tonzo Sauvage, pianist. A large tone and a bold execution distinguished the playing of the boy, who needs more pruning and toning down in his methods than anything else just at present. Moderation and restraint with an attention to nuance at this stage might make of him a promising violinist. At present he is aggressively crude, and the facility of his left hand, with a decided freedom in bowing, while well enough, must be associated with more intelligent feeling before prediction can be made for any ultimate development. He played the Bruch G minor concerto, Vieuxtemps' Ballade et Polonaise and a couple of small compositions of his own, sympathetically accompanied by Mr. Sauvage, who also played some Raff and Chopin solos gracefully. Miss Marguerite Hall sang among other numbers Purcell's Nymphs and Shepherds with delightful buoyancy and charm.
61Galloway College.—The seventy-third recital was given at Galloway College, Searcy, Ark., on Monday, October 21, by Charles C. Washburn, baritone, assisted by Mrs. Marguerite Carter, soprano, and Miss Thekla Burmeister, pianist. Following was the program and a notice of the performance from the Searcy Daily Citizen:
63Aria, Honor and Arms, from Samson, Händel, Mr. Washburn. Aria, bolero from I Vespri Siciliani, Verdi, Mrs. Carter. Songs, Gypsy John, Clay; I Will Give You the Keys of Heaven, old Cheshire tune; Twankydillo, old Sussex tune; Ali Thro' the Night, old Welsh air, Mr. Washburn. Piano soli, impromptu in F, Rubinstein; On Wings of Music, Mendelssohn-Liszt; Hungarian Dance, No. 6, Brahms, Miss Burmeister. Der Erikoing, Schubert: Was ist Sylvia?, Schubert; An der Weser, Pressel; Wanderlied, Schumann, Mr. Washburn.
65Mr. Charles C. Washburn, the baritone, gave a recital at the college Monday night and by his magnificent, powerful voice at once won the highest esteem of the cultivated audience. His singing is characterized by a full, rich tone, combined with a tenderness of expression and finish in style and interpretation. He has also great
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