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Musical Courier 1896-12-16: Vol 33 Iss 876, 1896
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1my friend; it was Master Juliani who taught me that aria, and all else that I know."
3Mrs. Avice Wheaton, sister of Mrs. Governor Sprague, is in Paris with her family, studying seriously the harp. Her master, Godfroid, has recently written a composition for her entitled La Songe de Sainte Cécile.
5The Misses Flavel, of Astoria, Ore., leave Paris this week for London on their way home. The girls have been studying vocal and instrumental music in Paris and have made very satisfactory progress. They have likewise traveled through Europe.
7Two of the best pupils of Mme. Bertrami have been engaged for superior positions, one, Mme. Bolska, at Barcelona, and the other, Mme. Galitzine, at the Théâtre Imperial at Moscow.
9News next week of the talented actress Théa Dorré, who is in Milan.
11An interesting wedding took place this week which attracted together an élite assemblage of artistic and society people. It was that of the daughter of the famous prima donna Emberlick and son of the ambassador of Persia at Paris. The music at church was very fine. Faure's O Salutaris was admirably sung by Mr. Paul Seguy, a pupil of Faure, and one of the most prominent Parisian singers.
13The school of singing of Mr. Seguy has prospered to such an extent that he has been obliged to change his residence and enlarge his salons. His present address is 3 rue de la Terrasse, near Parc Monceau. Mr. Seguy is a skilled linguist and musician, was Faure's favorite pupil and is associated with all the artistic world here. He has made a study of medicine as applied to singing and vocal cords, a feature which is invaluable to his pupils. His going to America in concert has been suggested, as he is young, social and gay in nature, as well as being an attractive singer of both classic and humorous types.
15The friends of Miss Anne Snyder in Paris are pleased to read of her good position with that excellent school of expression of Mrs. Anna O. Tucker in Cleveland, Ohio. She is also engaged in a church position in that city. In Paris she was pupil of Mme. de la Grange.
17Delle Sedie wrote a personal letter to his pupil, Mrs. Etta Edwards, of Boston, congratulating her on the opening of her studio in Boston, 409 Columbus avenue, and on her portrait and biography in a recent Musical Courier.
19FANNIE EDGAR THOMAS.
21Lucchesi, of Frisco.—Mr. R. A. Lucchesi's Scena Patetica, for soprano and orchestra, has been accepted by the examining committee of the New York Manuscript Society as a satisfactory qualification for active membership, and his election has since been confirmed. As the local representative of the Manuscript Society I am glad to extend my congratulations to Mr. Lucchesi, for those who have passed the ordeal are aware that only first-class work is accepted by the examiners, who form their judgment without the slightest knowledge of even the name of the composer of the work submitted to them.—San Francisco Examiner.
23AMATI VIOLINS—Two genuine Amati violins—one Hieronymus and the other Nicolas—for sale. Address genuine letters only to "Violin," care of this paper. They are the property of an artist, not of a collector or dealer.
25FRED. FIELD BULLARD, TEACHER OF HARMONY and …COMPOSITION. The modern methods used by Mr. BULLARD enable him to teach Harmony in the most thorough manner in less than one month of daily lessons. 22 PINCKNEY ST., BOSTON.
27The Great Pianist and Teacher
29Mr. WILLIAM H. SHERWOOD may be addressed for the ensuing season at the CHICAGO CONSERVATORY, AUDITORIUM, CHICAGO.
31Frank Herbert Tubbs.
33ONLY in recent years and in the heightened interest in education has it been possible for musicians to make teaching singing a profession. Vocal teachers came from the ranks of public performers who, because of age or inability to longer hold position on the stage, sought to gain a living by receiving pupils. The most successful vocal teachers to-day are those who have made methods of teaching their life study, and who have had only such connection with the platform and stage as was necessary to gain experience and become advisers to students.
35To this class of teachers Mr. Tubbs belongs. From the beginning of study, which was in the early seventies, his aim has been to become a successful voice teacher. That he is to-day, while yet comparatively young, in the very front rank of the profession and an eminent authority on the voice is due to his steadfast purpose.
37Mr. Tubbs' early study was at Boston with some of the ablest teachers ever known in that city. He who did most to shape the first study was Lyman W. Wheeler, who numbered Cary, Whitney and other great artists in his flock. Five years was given to music study at Boston in harmony and composition, piano and conducting, as well as voice. Then three years of "experience teaching" in a Western city. Following this a trip to Europe covering several years was had, with the vocal study under Manuel Garcia, Shakespeare, Lamperti, Behnke and Sangiovanni. Seldom does any man in preparing himself for professional life, whether for the law, theology or medicine, follow so long, expensive and exacting studies. But a good vocal teacher needs more preparation than do most men in other callings.
39From so great a range of thought it was but natural that Mr. Tubbs should evolve a system which by his strong personality he could impress upon his students. He is in manner quiet and dignified, possessing magnetic disposition, active in thought, clear in speech and very impressive in instructing. What he says he means. He never tries to impress his students with superior knowledge, and yet gives the feeling to one and all that he is a master. His large experience makes every lesson valuable. Of his work he says:
41"I teach voice culture and singing. The first is a science; the second an art. For the first I studied with five vocal teachers and in the medical college, and have trained several thousand pupils; for the second I studied with four other teachers, and every singer I hear, whether in concert, opera or oratorio, is still my teacher. My science of voice culture I have reduced, so that every hour of practice is effective. Simple are my laws, but right. I exact generous respiratory action, absolutely free throat, perfectly adjusted pharynx, perfection of speech and ample reverberation of tone. What more is there to the science? Of course I have my own way of reaching the results, and Mr. Shakespeare gave me the best on these points of all my teachers. In the art of singing, I have my pupils study all schools of music—classical, romantic, sacred, oratorio and opera. The one thing uppermost in my mind is to express truth in thorough keeping with the composer's intent, and this always in most expressive manner."
43Mr. Tubbs has during the last few years sought his pupils among the small army which visits New York every year from the cities and towns of the whole country, until now hardly a place of size lacks one of his singers. They come for one, two or three months and have daily lessons. Then they return to their home positions. Mr. Tubbs strongly advocates short terms of daily lessons, and even when study is extended over several years believes it wise that the student should be with his teacher daily. Many who have been with him have taken high positions in the musical world, and over 200 have been called to fill positions as vocal teachers in colleges and seminaries in East, West, North and South. Mr. Tubbs takes warm interest in students who go out as teachers, for he believes that the musical standing of our country is in the hands of the musical educators and does not lie in the superficial education which is given the public by opera and concert companies. His correspondence with his pupil teachers is voluminous, for he holds fatherly interest in them all. Many knotty questions in their daily work are turned over to him to solve, but he says it never disturbs him, for it keeps his thought active and enlarges his experience.
45Mr. Tubbs' voice is pure lyric tenor, yet with sufficient dramatic power to deliver the most impassioned phrases. Although he does not appear in public he sang in grand opera in Italy for a time, was choirmaster in church choirs for eighteen years, and gives frequent recitals in which his voice and rendition are artistic and delightful. In his teaching, although his voice is tenor, he draws out the best in all voices. His contraltos, baritones and basses sing with glorious resonance, and his sopranos and tenors with beauty and delicacy, which is the development of their individual beauties. One of the best voices Mr. Tubbs has under his charge is that of Mrs. Helen Boice-Hunsicker, who was so gracefully described in a recent issue of THE MUSICAL COURIER. Mr. Tubbs believes that she has a glorious future before her. A baritone, B. Frank Croxton, of the choir of the Methodist church at Mount Vernon, has a most remarkable voice. Mrs. Chas. D. Sheridan, of Atlanta, Ga., and Mrs. Wm. A. Nelson, of Bangor, Me., are contraltos whose full, rich tones vibrate with wonderful power. Miss Salome E. Bixby, of Poultney, Vt., a graceful soprano, is sure to make a mark. These are but a few. Perhaps no teacher has more pupils with such brilliant prospects.
47Mr. Tubbs' writings have added to his fame. He is the author of Science and Art of Breathing, which is very generally used as a text book by vocal teachers because of its concise rules for voice training, and of Seed Thoughts for Singers. He is regularly employed as the editor of the vocal department of the Musician, and his articles on the voice appear frequently in all magazines. He has recently moved his studios to pleasant quarters at 131 West Forty-second street. Here his pupils are received for private instruction and lectures during the New York season from October to June. The summer months are spent at his pleasant cottage at Deal Beach, N. J., and here the teachers who are busy in their colleges during the winter flock to him for review and advancement. He teaches eleven months a year, and every day is full of uplifting and strengthening influence to the music world through the medium of true music education.
49Wanted—Position as accompanist and to coach singers in the studio of a vocal teacher. Applicant is a young lady who has had experience. Address Miss A. B. K., care THE MUSICAL COURIER, New York.
51OTTO LOHSE, Formerly Assistant Conductor BAYRUTH FESTIVALS, Conductor at the Stadt Theatre in HAMBURG, Conductor Wagner Opera Season at the Drury Lane Theatre in LONDON, Conductor of the DAMROSCH OPERA CO. during the Season 1895-96, begs to inform the musical public of New York that he has opened a
53STUDIO AT THE ALPINE, Broadway and 33d St., New York, where he will give lessons in musical composition, in Piano, and will prepare singers for Concerts and Oratorio and the Operatic Stage, especially in Wagnerian roles. He can also be engaged to conduct Orchestral Concerts.
55GEORGE W. FERGUSSON, BARITONE. American Tour until January 15, 1897. For terms, dates, &c., address BROWN & WELD, Steinway Hall, Chicago, Ill.
57Mlle. ALICE VERLET, OF THE OPÉRA COMIQUE, PARIS. Brilliant Coloratura Soprano. For terms, dates, &c., address . . . Mr. VICTOR THRANE, 88 Decker Building, New York.
59A NATIONAL SCHOOL OF MUSIC Endowed and Incorporated. Superior advantages to students. College of Music of CINCINNATI Dean of the Faculty, FRANK VAN DER STUCKEN. Pres. Board of Trustees, PETER RUDOLPH NEFF. Illustrated Catalogue upon request. Address the President.
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