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Musical Courier 1896-12-02: Vol 33 Iss 874, 1896
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1ther information and official forms of application can be obtained on application to Mr. Frank Pownall, Registrar, Royal College of Music, Prince Consort road, South Kensington, London, S. W.
3THE CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL.
4The fourth triennial musical festival in Cheltenham came to a successful close on November 5. This undertaking, which was started in the Jubilee Year, 1887, is different to other institutions of the kind, as it is entirely carried out by its founder, Mr. A. J. Matthews, who takes all risk, and the direction in every department. He is assisted by an enthusiastic body of gentlemen who act as stewards; also there is a committee of gentlemen responsible for the charity fund. There were several new works written for and produced for the first time at this festival. The composers of these (who conducted their own works) are: Dr. F. Iliffe, M. A., of Oxford; Mr. E. Elgar, of Malvern; Mr. A. H. Brewer, of Tonbridge College, and Mr. H. J. Taylor, of Dover. Besides the new works selections from the works of Mozart, Rossini, Gluck, Gounod and Wagner have been performed, and the oratorios Elijah and Creation and the Golden Legend, of Sullivan, made up a program suited to all tastes. The list of artists included Miss Esther Palliser, Madame Zipora Monteith, Madame Belle Cole, Madame Marie Hooten, Mr. Charles Santley, Mr. Lloyd Chandos and others. The band and chorus numbered 300.
6F. V. ATWATER.
8Lavin's Success with the Springfield Orpheus.—Mr. William Lavin sang with remarkable success with the Springfield Orpheus Society on November 24. A clipping from his press notices is printed below:
10William Lavin has been in this city several times before, but never has he made the favorable impression of last evening. His voice is a magnificent tenor, rich and round, with a wide range, and it is under admirable control. During the time since his previous appearance here he has made wonderful progress as a singer, and his every number was generously applauded, and encores were demanded. His first number was Ponchielli's Ciele-Mars. This he sang with finish and a degree of dramatic expression which won him recognition at once. He was recalled, and for his encore sang that sweet ballad At Parting, by Rogers, a mere trifle musically, but one of the gems in the love song class.
12His second number on the program was a group of songs, L'adieu de Rondel, by De Lava, and I Know Not, by Lucien Howe. The former is musically far superior to the second of the group, but the audience went wild over the latter, and failed to applaud the former. For an encore Mr. Lavin sang The Lilies Clustered Fair and Tall, by Henshaw Dana. This was the sweetest song of all the sweet ones which he sang, and the audience made an effort to have it repeated. Trifles like this always appeal to the lovers of the best of music, even when they are wedded to the classics, for they are like the cream and coffee which makes the dinner complete.
14FOR SALE—A Virgil practice clavier, 7 1/2 octave, improved style, used but for one term and in perfect condition. First reasonable offer takes it. Please address A B C, THE MUSICAL COURIER Office, Union square west, New York.
16Leo Stern.
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19MR. LEO STERN, whose portrait is given on the front page of this issue, is prominent among the younger generation of 'cellists. Although he entered the ranks of professional musicians scarcely four years ago, still his natural gifts of temperament and mentality were so strong, his application to the art he loved so persistent, that he has won a high position for himself among the musicians of the higher class in the Old World.
21Mr. Stern comes of a musical family in Brighton, England. He was himself originally trained as an analytical chemist in Scotland. Being, however, of rather delicate constitution the very variable weather known to the Scottish climate brought on a severe illness, which made it necessary for him to abandon his profession for a time at least. The head of the firm, who appreciated Mr. Stern both for his chemistry and for his music, generously gave him a long and delightful tour in the Mediterranean to recruit his health. A second breakdown, however, some time after, led to his abandonment for good of his industrial vocation, and after a thorough course of study in Germany he returned to England and joined the ranks of public performers.
23His success was immediate, and in addition to playing at principal concerts he has received more than one "special command" to appear before Her Majesty. In fact, he has always enjoyed the favor of royalty to a marked degree, and was for a number of years a warm personal friend of the late Prince Henry of Battenberg, who was also one of his best pupils on the 'cello.
25From his advent into professional circles Mr. Stern has taken a high position and maintained it throughout, numbering among his friends and professional associates, with whom his appearances have been made, such artists as Paderewski, Patti, Edward Lloyd, Sauret, Massenet, Godard, Thomé, and more recently, and perhaps more closely than all, Dr. Dvorák, whose concerto for 'cello and orchestra was first played by Mr. Stern in Queen's Hall, London, with the Philharmonic orchestra, March 19, 1896. The circumstances of his introduction to Dr. Dvorák are worthy to be recorded. The first production of the Dvorák concerto was to be given on the above date under the baton of the celebrated composer himself, but at a very late date the 'cellist who was to have played the solo part declined, for reasons best known to himself. Mr. Stern, learning of this, wired Herr Dvorák, residing in Prague, asking if he might apply for the place of honor thus made vacant, and saying that he would start at once from London to Prague to submit his interpretation of the work to the maestro for his approval. Dr. Dvorák's reply was not encouraging, being to the effect that he (the composer) had no time to waste on aspiring young 'cellists. Nothing daunted Mr. Stern, grip in one hand and 'cello in the other, started for Prague, where, having persuaded the doctor to hear him, he was at last warmly received.
27As Dr. Dvorák's guest Mr. Stern remained in Prague for a week, putting the finishing touches to the work in hand, under the composer's instruction, and going with him to London, the doctor having notified the Philharmonic management that he had secured their soloist.
29The performance was a triumph for the composer and for Mr. Stern, and as a result Mr. Stern has been engaged since that to play this same work at all the principal orchestral concerts, wherever given, in Europe.
31The instrument upon which Mr. Stern has won his laurels is the largest Stradivarius in existence, being known to the world of connoisseurs as the "General Kidd Strad." It was presented to Mr. Stern by a number of London admirers at the cost of 1,200 guineas, and is in the most admirable state of preservation. For 120 years it was locked up in a box and never used. The varnish is as perfect as the day it was put on, and Mr. Stern himself is the first performer upon it whose playing has produced any sign of wear. On the lower part of the belly, near the tailpiece, is an excellent piece of workmanship by Stradivarius himself, who inserted a strip of wood to make good a weak place, a repair which is of great interest to collectors of rare instruments and shows the same excellence of workmanship as everything Stradivarius did.
33Mr. Stern visits this country for the first time in January under the management of Concert Direction Brown & Weld, of Steinway Hall, Chicago, who have already booked him for the largest number of engagements ever booked in so short a time for a single 'cellist.
35Richard Burmeister as Conductor.
36A GRAND concert will be given in Baltimore on January 12 by the Damrosch Symphony Orchestra, of New York, under the direction of Mr. Richard Burmeister. The concert will take place in Music Hall, and one of the leading singers of New York will be engaged to assist. Great interest is taken in the leadership of Mr. Burmeister, who will make his début as conductor on this occasion.
38A more than sufficient guarantee fund for this concert has been already secured, and in the short time of but two days the following prominent Baltimore citizens have subscribed each $100: David L. Bartlett, Lawrason Riggs, James A. Gary, B. N. Baker, Jenkins Brothers, Ernst Schmeisser, C. Morton Stewart, David T. Buzby, Charles E. Dohme, Isaac E. Emerson, B. F. Newcomer, Henry James, Dr. Thomas L. Shearer, Louis K. Gutman, the Wehr, Hobelmann, Gottlieb Company, Christel L. Schliens, Geo. E. Reuling, Md., Richard Burmeister.
40The management of the concert will be in the hands of a large number of prominent ladies of Baltimore society, a fact which will insure a great social and financial success. In all directions the affair promises to be the event of the Baltimore season.
42Manuscript First Public Concert.—The first public concert of the Manuscript Society, of New York, for the season 1896-7 will take place at Chickering Hall on Thursday evening, December 3. one of two readings
43Manuscript First Public Concert.—The first public concert of the Manuscript Society, of New York, for the season 1896-7 will take place at Chickerling Hall on Thursday evening, December 3. one of two readings
45An orchestra of fifty-five performers will be directed by Mr. Silas G. Pratt. Following is the program:
47As you Like It, orchestra, John Knowles Paine, Boston; Indian rhapsody, orchestra, Paul Miersch, New York; three songs, Spring Song, Fireflies, The Riddle, sung by Mrs. Julie Weyman, Mrs. Jessie L. Gaynor, Chicago; Symphonic poem, Edris, Orchestra, Frederick Grant Gleason, Chicago; overture, In the Sunny South, op. 22, orchestra, Henry Schoenfeld, Chicago; songs, Fly Little Song, Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes, sung by Mr. Grant Odell, Louis R. Dressler, New York; serenade, Pickaninny, orchestra, Rudolph Aronson, New York; two negro idyls, Legend, Episode, Henry F. Gilbert, New Boston.
49FRED. FIELD BULLARD,
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52…COMPOSITION.
53The modern methods used by Mr. BULLARD enable him to teach Harmony in the most thorough manner in less than one month of daily lessons.
5422 PINCKNEY ST.,
55BOSTON.
56The Great Pianist and Teacher
58Mr. WILLIAM H. SHERWOOD
59may be addressed for the ensuing season at the
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75ADDRESS——
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