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Musical Courier 1896-12-16: Vol 33 Iss 876, 1896
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1IN THE MUSICAL COURIER of December 2 Mr. Floersheim speaks of a 'cello concerto by Eckert, which he does not consider worth the trouble of studying. I remember well this concerto with the rondo à la Cosaque, for it was played in Boston once, and only once, at a Symphony concert. Mr. Leo Schulz made his début with it under Nikisch November 16, 1889. Mr. Schulz, as you know, is a 'cellist of extraordinary courage. He made his début in Boston with the Eckert concerto and Kol Nidrei, and last season when we had almost forgotten about his introduction of Eckert to us and were feeling friendly toward him and all 'cellists, and even composers for 'cellists, what did Mr. Schulz do but pull down Schumann's 'cello concerto from the dusty shelf!
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4Last Monday night, the 7th, I heard and saw Lost, Strayed or Stolen, a new version of the old French vaudeville, the Baptism of Little Oscar, text by Cheever Goodwin, music by Woolson Morse. I laughed uproariously, and was thus one of an immense majority, and at the though of the drollery of Louis Harrison and the languishing, clouded, disturbing eyes and supple figure of Miss Georgia Caine I am disposed pleasantly toward Mr. Morse.
6"Scores that have helped me." What a list of contributors to this title could be found even in the United States, and in the year of our Lord 1896.
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9This reminds me, has anybody ever made out a list of the 100 worst books in the world? The task would not be an easy one.
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12I have been reading Der Gesangsarzt, by Dr. Georg Avellis, Frankfort, 1896. It's a little, thin volume of sixty-eight pages. The sad, sad story of corsets, smoking, drinking, baths—you should and you shouldn't, &c. Dr. Avellis does not advise bicycling to singers. Dust will get into the nose and throat, and catarrh may be a result. Furthermore, says the doctor, "there is no such sport in which pleasure first begins with immoderate application as in bicycling." This is followed by advice against chest protectors, nuts, gulyaz, paprikafeisch, Italian salad, pickles, alcohol, tobacco (especially when you inhale cigarette smoke, and cigarettes are in all cases worse than cigars, pipes or chewing plug). "Is the book worth buying?" you ask. It may be of benefit to German singers.
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15Bronislaw Huberman made his début in Boston Friday afternoon, the 11th, in Music Hall. He played Mendelssohn's concerto; air and prelude, by Bach; romanza, by Wagner, and Gypsy airs, by Sarasate.
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18Mr. Felix Winternitz, violinist, gave a concert last night in Association Hall. He played the second and third movements of Mendelssohn's concerto, a fugue (First Sonata) and the chaconne (Fourth Sonata) by Bach; Bazzini's Ronde des Lutins, and his own romanza and scherzo.
20Mr. Winternitz's talents were known at a very early age, and he is even now young in years. His technic is ample and it is often brilliant; his phrasing is musicianlike, his aims are high and his methods are honest. While his playing last night was not wholly free from scratching, it commanded large respect and often gave genuine pleasure. The capriccio seems after one hearing the more characteristic of his two pieces. Mr. Winternitz has virtuoso blood in veins, and when he is at his best he plays noble music with nobility of expression.
22Miss Corea, who assisted him, has a full, rich soprano voice that lends itself readily to bravura feats as well as dramatic passages. Her art is not at present the rival of her voice. For instance, her taking of breath is so audible that it injures seriously the effect of her delivery.
24Miss Downer added to the enjoyment of the evening by the display of no mean personal beauty, and taste in the accompanying.
26PHILIP HALE.
28Boston Music Notes.
29BOSTON, Mass., December 12, 1896.
30Miss Aagot Lunde will give a concert in Steinert Hall early in January. She will be assisted by some well-known local musicians. Miss Lunde sang at Nahant during the summer in the little church which is attended by all the fashionable residents of that town, and made hosts of friends for herself, not only for her voice and charm of singing, but for her own sweet, modest self.
32Mr. Van Vechton Rogers, who was born near Albany, N. Y., made his début in concert when very young, playing a small harp adapted to his childish stature. From his father, a gifted and skilled musician, he received his earliest instruction, later completing his studies abroad under the renowned masters of Europe. While in Paris Mr. Rogers had also special advantages of meeting and studying with the great French harpist, Alphonse Hasselmans. Since his return to America Mr. Rogers has appeared at the principal musical festivals, and has been associated with such artists as Melba, Nordica, Juch, Campanini, Campanari and others. Although best known as a concert artist, Mr. Rogers has also a high reputation as a teacher and successful composer of music for the harp. Recently Mr. Rogers gave a lecture at the Daude-lin School of Music, on The Modern Harp, illustrating the lecture with music. Mrs. Rogers is thoroughly conversant with the history and literature of the harp, and his lecture was extremely interesting.
34The November number of the New England Conservatory Quarterly is at hand and reflects great credit upon the editors. There is a supplement containing portraits of the four conductors of the Boston Symphony Orchestra—Georg Henschel, Wilhelm Gericke, Arthur Nikisch and Emil Paur.
36Mr. Charles Albion Clarke was for seven years a pupil of Mr. Wm. H. Sherwood, studying at the same time as Mr. Arthur Whiting and Mr. Clayton Johns. This was for piano, but in organ his teachers were George E. Whiting and Henry M. Dunham. For aesthetics of music he went to Mr. Apthorp, and for harmony and composition to the late Stephen A. Emery. With so thorough a musical training it is not wonderful that at present he has a large class of pupils, his present position having been obtained by hard work and merit. Mr. Clarke is one of the teachers at the Copley Square School of Music, and is also organist of the Unitarian Church in Lynn. His choir, Maud K. Williams, soprano; Adelaide Griggs, contralto; Robert Hall, tenor, and W. A. Willis, bass, is a fine one, and they recently gave a concert, when selections from Stabat Mater were sung. This was a great success in every way. Mr. Clarke is also musical director in the church. He proposes giving several organ recitals this winter in Boston, which ought to be largely attended and prove of interest, as so little organ music is heard here outside of the Sunday services. In addition to all this musical talent Mr. Clarke is a water color painter of no small merit. During the summer he finds recreation in painting the lovely landscapes of the country where he may chance to be, and his studio is hung with many of his works that would not be out of place in a painter's studio whose sole avocation was that of water color. But Mr. Clarke thinks that few people do the best or most that they can. He thought he could paint, and so he does.
38On Thursday afternoon there was a musicale at the house of Mrs. C. H. Bond, Commonwealth avenue, when Miss Van Vleck was introduced to Mrs. Bond's friends. Miss Van Vleck was heard last spring as Ortrud in the recital given by Mr. Charles R. Adams' pupils, and made a sensation at that time. Her singing on Wednesday deepened the impression she made as to voice and temperament, and the prospect of a brilliant future seems assured. Among those who met Miss Van Vleck were Sir Dominic Colnaghi, British Consul General; Lady Colnaghi and daughter; Mr. Carl Faelten, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Adams, Rev. Winchester Donald, Mr. Clayton Johns, Mrs. Josiah P. Quincy, Mr. and Mrs. Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Snow, Mrs. Muirhead, of England; Mrs. Carey.
40Miss Zella Cole, of Aspen, Col., and a pupil of Mr. Charles L. Capen, played the accompaniments for Miss Van Vleck, and also some solos. Mr. Cole is very young, but plays extremely well. Miss Capen contributed to the occasion with a solo, as the opening number.
42Mr. Frank O. Nash was one of the accompanists at the concert in Horticultural Hall, on Thursday evening. Mr. Carl Sobeski sang one of his own songs, My Boat Lies Waiting.
44At the opening concert in the series arranged by Prof. James W. Hill, of Haverhill, for this season, a very brilliant assemblage gathered at his residence, composed largely of society people. There were also many professional musicians present.
46Mrs. Wm. H. Sherwood will give two concerts in Association Hall, December 15 in the afternoon, and January 5 in the evening. At the first concert Mrs. Sherwood will be assisted by Miss Gerda Nelson, pianist, who makes her first public appearance, and the Mendelssohn Orchestral Club; at the second concert by Mr. Jacques Hoffmann, violin, and Mr. Carl Barth, violoncello.
48Antonia Mansfield and F. C. Tisdale were married last month. Both of them were pupils of Mr. Lyman Wheeler.
50Mrs. Morrill's first reception, on Wednesday afternoon, was largely attended, and some delightful music was heard. Among Mrs. Morrill's pupils is a most promising
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