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Musical Courier 1896-07-01: Vol 33 Iss 852, 1896
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1his larynx. When he gets his second wind he begins well down on the bass clef, then bursts into a fine Wagnerian finale that cracks the wall paper in my room above him. Oh, he is a rare performer, Judge, and as a cornetist I envy his wind." The snoring prisoner, however, despite this scientific arraignment, was discharged.
3Hammerstein Sunday Concert.—The first Sunday concert at Hammerstein's Olympia Roof Garden took place on Sunday night last and drew a large audience. The initial concert augurs plenty of success.
5Eva Gardner-Coleman.—Eva Gardner-Coleman, soprano, of Bloomingdale Reformed Church, Sixty-eighth street and Boulevard, New York, and a pupil of Mr. Townsend H. Fellows, will spend the summer at Asbury Park.
7Anthony Stankowitch.—Anthony Stankowitch, pianist, will be the soloist at the New York Teachers' Association meeting at Auburn in July.
9Boston Quintet Club.—The Boston Quintet Club tour will begin in September, and, judging by the number of engagements already booked, the season will be a great success. The tour is managed by the International Bureau of Music, 112 East Eighteenth street, New York.
11Heinrich Meyn at Narragansett.—Heinrich Meyn, the prominent baritone, is spending his summer at Narragansett, at which point, however, he is not neglecting to sign engagements for the coming season. He has already engaged to sing in November and December at Elmira, Poughkeepsie and other places.
13Rudolph Aronson's Plans.—Rudolph Aronson returned last Friday per steamer Columbia. Mr. Aronson has secured for an American tournée, beginning next January, the famous pianist, Teresa Carreño, pronounced throughout Germany the first living female interpreter of piano music. Mr. Aronson also signed with Mr. Marx Loevensohn, violoncello virtuoso, first prize with honorable mention at the Brussels Conservatory. He is now performing with great success at the principal concerts at St. James', Albert and Queen's halls, London. Mr. Loevensohn will begin his tournée in November.
15While in Paris Mr. Aronson procured all the necessary plans for his mile track bicycle resort, at Sixty-first street and Boulevard, which he hopes to have completed by November next, and which, with its numberless novelties, will be in many ways superior to the Palais des Sports in Paris. In Berlin Mr. Aronson was particularly struck with the Mariner Schauspiele at the exposition there. A veritable gunboat battle on the water, a most marvelous reproduction. Mr. Aronson has also the option of Franz von Suppè's posthumous operetta, Das Model, performed in Vienna with much success, and for the first time in Berlin last Sunday. This operetta is destined for early production at the Bijou Theatre, where Miss May Irwin begins her season December 28 in a new piece by Mr. McNally.
17Murio-Celli's Pupil.—The following are press notices of Miss Marie Engle's great success in Fra Diavolo:
19The Daily Mail says that a prettier and daintier exponent of the part of Zerlina than Miss Marie Engle is difficult to imagine.
21Her method and her voice suggest to me an idea of what Mme. Patti must have been in her wonderful youth. The London press in general praises our American artist, and the Daily Telegraph says that they owe a great deal to Sir Augustus Harris and a debt of thanks in this connection.
23It is noticed that Miss Engle again found the part of Zerlina a most congenial one that gave agreeable play to her clear and charming voice. The éloge of the Daily Courier is most flattering when they say that Miss Engle's voice is not strong, but it is impossible to refuse her every praise for a very piquant and vital performance. Her manner leaves nothing to be desired. This young and charming artist who receives all this praise was educated in New York city, and is a pupil of the well-known teacher Mme. Murio-Celli.
25Arions at Hopatcong.—The Arion Singing Society, of New York, visited the Hotel Breslin, at Lake Hopatcong, on their annual Saengerfest on Sunday last, accompanied by the Twelfth Regiment Band of twenty-eight pieces. The chorus of seventy-five voices sang several numbers under the direction of R. Weinach and wound up with a trip around the lake.
27Fires Songs for Gophers.—W. H. Gilbert, locksmith, astronomer, fisherman, scientist, hunter and capitalist, is a great fancier of gopher meat, and has thought of many ways of catching the game.
29Some time ago he learned that there was a family living in the northwestern part of the county which boasted of young men who could "sing" gophers out of their holes. He traveled many miles to ascertain if the report was really true.
31The young men were reluctant at first to give an exhibition that might reveal their secret, but Mr. Gilbert had a number of persuasives along, and finally they consented. The young men equipped themselves with a gunny sack and a pointed stick about 5 feet long. A half mile from the house, in the wire-grass of the rolling pine land, they found the hole of a gopher. They covered the entrance of his tunnel with a sack, and planted the stick over the tunnel. Then all of the men lay down about 20 feet away, and one of them sang.
33In a half hour the sack was seen to move slightly, whereupon one of the young men jumped up quickly and ran to the stick, which he pressed deep into the ground, cutting off the gopher's retreat. The other reached his hand into the hole and brought out a big gopher, which was made into a delicious stew for their dinner. Mr. Gilbert, discoursing on the incident says:
35"I have since learned that the Mexicans, who are very fond of gophers, pursue this method, except that they do not sing. The singing is entirely superfluous. Curiosity is what kills the gopher, as it has killed the historic cat. The animal evidently is curious to learn what it is that has darkened the threshold of its abode, and comes forth to see. The stick does the rest. I have tried the same plan myself, and very successfully."—Exchange.
37WANTED.—A fine violinist and teacher by a large school in a city of 170,000 inhabitants. Engagement to begin from middle of September. Address Inland, care THE MUSICAL COURIER, New York.
39Miss Margaret Reid.—This young American soprano, who made her first appearance in London as Nedda at Covent Garden early in June, and has since sang this part several times, has become a social favorite at some of the smartest society functions. Her beautiful voice and artistic singing were greatly admired at one of Mrs. Ronald's noted musicals, when the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Madame Patti were present. At a concert given by Mrs. John Gordon in her magnificent drawing rooms Miss Margaret Reid made a distinct success, singing Bemberg's latest song, Si le bonheur avait des ailes, dedicated to Miss Reid, and Landon Ronald's Les adieux. The program was also contributed to by Mlle. Landi, M. Plançon, Mr. Bayard and M. Johnanes Wolff. Among those present were the Duchess of Argyll, Lady Blandford, Lady Nora Churchill, Prince Victor Dhuleep Singh, Lady Brougham, the Countess of Craven and many others. The above selections Miss Reid has sung at several other private concerts, including among them a very enjoyable affair at Prince Dhuleep Singh's.
41Societies wishing to engage the
43BOSTON QUINTETTE CLUB
45for the coming season will please address
47INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF MUSIC,
48112 East 18th Street, New York.
50TOUR BEGINS IN SEPTEMBER.
52MME. D'ARONA,
53PRIMA DONNA.
55Voices developed from foundation to stage.
56Analytical and synthetic special courses (with diploma) for teachers and professionals.
57Grand Opera in German, Italian, French and English.
58Oratorio, Concert, Church, &c.
59124 East 44th Street, NEW YORK.
61Premier Military Band for a Quarter of a Century!
62Gilmore's Famous Band
63Twenty-second Regiment, N. G. S. N. Y.
64Directed by the distinguished Virtuoso, Composer and Conductor
65VICTOR HERBERT.
66ITINERARY: May 30 to September 7, Washington Park-on-Delaware, Philadelphia, Pa.
67September 8 to October 3, Exposition, St. Louis, Mo.
68October 5 to October 24, West Pennsylvania Exposition, Pittsburgh, Pa.
69After October 24 Touring. Band available for Concerts, Expositions, &c. For terms apply to
70JOHN MAHNKEN, Manager,
71GEO. N. LOOMIS, Business Manager. Room 28 Steinway Hall, 109 East 14th St., New York. one of two readings
72GEO. N. LOOMIS, Business Manager. one of two readings
73Room 28 Steinway Hall, 109 East 14th St., New York. one of two readings
75JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
76— AND HIS —
77GRAND CONCERT BAND
78Are as usual at
79MANHATTAN BEACH,
80where, "swept by ocean breezes," the great organization is playing to thousands of delighted listeners, and will continue doing so until the close of the season. Sousa and his band goes abroad for a long needed rest, returning for his annual tour of the entire continent between Halifax and San Francisco, lasting until the Beach season of next year. The great Band is everywhere in demand, and ever on the go.
81Address D. BLAKELY, Manager,
82Manhattan Beach, L. I.
84CARNEGIE HALL, – – NEW YORK CITY.
85Rare Opportunity during the Summer for Younger Teachers, Artists, Advanced Students, from out of town and New York City, to rehearse and complete their Repertory under one of the foremost European Specialists on Interpretation now in the United States.
87FELIX HEINK,
88Musical Director of the Utica (N. Y.) Conservatory of Music, will hold for ten weeks during the Summer (commencing July 1) Special Courses in Interpretation for Pianists and Singers
89At CARNEGIE HALL, NEW YORK,
90at the following low terms:
91Course of ten weeks (three hour lessons per week), $100.00
92Course of five weeks (three hour lessons per week), 60.00
93Single Lessons (one hour each), 6.00
94Special terms for Professionals. None but talented persons and advanced students need apply. Interview arranged gratis. Good board at healthful, charming seaside close to New York at very low prices.
95Successful candidates will be given opportunity to appear in concert before New York audience, foremost musical critics and managers. Certificates signed by FELIX HEINK will be issued to those having successfully completed either of above courses.
96For Circular, &c., address R. WILLIAMS, Victoria Hotel Annex, 1144 Broadway, New York.
98THE LILLIE BERG SCHOOL OF SINGING.
99NEW YORK STUDIOS: The Mystic, 123 West 39th St.
100OPERA, ORATORIO, CONCERT.
101Summer School for Teachers and Singers, Round Lake, N. Y. (near Saratoga).
102For prospectus and particulars address Miss LILLIE BERG.
103GRAND MUSICAL FESTIVAL—July 21st to July 25th.
104Full orchestra—distinguished soloists. EMIL MOLLENHAUER, Conductor.
105For particulars address F. P. DENNISON or E. E. DE NOVELLES, Albany, N. Y.
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