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Musical Courier 1897-11-03: Vol 35 Iss 922, 1897
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1Homer A. Norris.
3The interest of Boston's best representative people has been centred of late in the art conferences which have been held at the home of Mrs. Ole Bull, and which have become a feature of the "Cambridge Autumnals."
5The musical pabulum of the series has been supplied by Mr. Apthorp, Mr. Philip Hale and others, and the last lecture in this field was delivered on Wednesday afternoon by Mr. Homer A. Norris, one of Boston's prominent young musicians. Mr. Norris is well known to the musical world through his text book on "Harmony," in which the ideas and methods of the French school are distinctively exploited. His many gifts include a well modulated voice, and his maiden effort, as he took occasion to name it, commanded the closest attention of his audience.
7The frequent illustration of his thought by an assistant at the piano added materially to the intelligence and satisfaction with which he was heard. The subject as announced was "Master Musicians," but only those who stood for musical epochs were referred to at any length, and that not biographically, but only as they had to do with the development of the forms of musical expression. Palestrina, Monteverde, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Wagner, Tchaikowsky and Richard Strauss were successively characterized.
9Their distinctive place in the order of progress and their contribution to the evolution of musical form and expression were treated with great freshness, force and felicity, and no one who heard Mr. Norris can ever forget his illustration of their relations to each other and to the tonal world, under the figure of a cathedral, whose foundation and walls, columns and arches, decorations and dome all stand for the product and contribution of some master hand.
11The study of Wagner's keyless expression of the more highly complex, dramatic and emotional life of modern times, and his consequent reversion from the tonality of the classics to the keyless tonal unit of the Gregorian modes, was especially interesting and suggestive, as was also his prophecy that the dominating thing in the music of the near future would be the religious idea. This kind of a philosophic perspective of musical development is of the greatest value to students, and it would be fortunate if so stimulating and entertaining a lecture might be heard in every college and conservatory of music in the country.
13Faculty Concert of the Eppinger Conservatory.
15The concert given by the members of the faculty of the Eppinger Conservatory, on Tuesday evening, October 26, was in every respect worthy of the director, Mr. Samuel Eppinger, who has reason to be proud of the brilliant success attained by his artists. The program was long, but of sufficient interest to hold the attention of the large audience that crowded the hall of the conservatory. Mademoiselle Corradi sang the "Cantilene" from "Cinq-Mars," by Gounod, in a finished style, with perfect enunciation and artistic phrasing. Later in the evening she sang a song of Chaminade, and "My Thought," by Samuel Eppinger, and gave to both a charm that enhanced in each the beauty of the sentiment.
17Miss Bella Tomlins showed in her singing of the "Ah Rendimi," from "Mitrane," a contralto voice of good quality and great range. Carl Grienauer, 'cellist, whose manner is without any of the affectations adopted by so many 'cello players, gave the "Tarantella," by Herbert, with a great deal of dash and brilliancy. The fine tenor voice of Mr. G. Ponsi was heard to advantage in "Celeste Aida," by Verdi, and the piano playing of Gonzalo de J. Nunez was received with marked enthusiasm. Among the other artists who contributed to the pleasure of the evening may be mentioned Mr. Emanuel Knoll, Dr. William H. Pilcher, Carl Reinecke and Mrs. Berry Paddock.
19The success of the faculty concert certainly augurs favorably for the future of the conservatory, and Mr. Eppinger deserves to be congratulated upon the outlook.
21Kaltenborn-Beyer-Hane Quartet.
23CIRCULARS are out for a series of concerts, to be given this season in Carnegie Chamber Music Hall by the Kaltenborn-Beyer-Hané String Quartet. It will be noticed that this organization offers to its subscribers programs of unusual excellence. Many novelties will be performed. The Dvorák D major piano quartet is unfamiliar to the public, as are the brilliant sonata by Nicodé and the beautiful solo quartet by Spohr. Grieg's splendid C minor sonata for piano and violin is seldom played, and the Carreño and Klengel quartets are entirely new to New York music lovers. The programs for the various concerts are as follows:
25MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 6, 1897.
26Quartet, A minor (op. 39)……………………………Schubert
27Sonata, C minor (op. 45)………………………………….Grieg
28(For violin and piano.)
29Mr. Kaltenborn and Miss Edith Thompson (a pupil of Edward A. MacDowell).
30Quartet, op. 59, No. 2………………………………….Beethoven
32SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, 1898.
33Quartet, op. 12……………………………………………..Mendelssohn
34Piano Quartet, D major (op. 23)………………………..Dvorák
35Herman Hans Wetzler at the piano.
36Sextet, Serenade (op. 82)………………………………….Gouvy
37Kaltenborn Sextet.
39SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 26, 1898.
40Quartet (first time)………………………………………Carreño
41Sonata (cello and piano, op. 25, new)…………………Nicodé
42Mr. Beyer-Hané and Mr. Rudolph Zwintscher.
43Quartet, op. 17, No. 3…………………………………….Rubinstein
45SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 26, 1898.
46Solo Quartet (op. 61)………………………………………Spohr
47Piano Quartet, E flat major……………………………….Rheinberger
48Rudolph Zwintscher at the piano.
49Quartet (new), op. 34, A major………………………….Klengel one of two readings
50Quartet (new), op. 34, A major…………………………..Klengel one of two readings
52Eppinger Conservatory.
54On Thursday, November 4, from 3 to 5 p. m., a lecture recital, demonstrating the Virgil piano system, will be given at the Eppinger Conservatory of Music, at which Miss Celia Ehrlich and her ten year old pupil, Miss Paula Schwab, who is said to be extremely clever, will appear. For the entertainment of the young people Mr. Eppinger, assisted by several members of the faculty, will interpret some light and tuneful music and will give a little suitable instruction.
56On Sunday afternoon, November 7, an organ recital will be given by Dr. William J. Pilcher. Future entertainments include a piano recital by Miss Bessie Strauss, pupil of Leschetizky, and a special piano recital on Tuesday, November 23, at 8 p. m., to be given by the principal instructor, Señor Gonzalo de J. Nunez. Owing to the enthusiasm created by the playing of Señor Nunez at the faculty concert given at the conservatory on Tuesday evening, October 26, numerous applications for tickets for this recital have already been received.
58Prospective pupils may obtain tickets of admission free on application at the conservatory.
60Mme. WIENZKOWSKA,
61Concert Pianist.
62Sole Authorized and Principal Assistant of Leschetizky in America.
63STEINWAY HALL, NEW YORK.
65Mme. HELEN
66VON DOENHOFF,
67CONTRALTO.
68Address 787 Lexington Avenue, New York,
69OR LEADING AGENTS.
71MISS EVA
72HAWKES
73Concert Contralto.
74Inquiries to
75L. BLUMENBERG,
76MANAGER,
77108 Fifth Avenue,
78New York
80VON KLENNER,
81Vocal Instruction.
82VIARDOT-GARCIA
83METHOD.
84Sole Authorized Representative in America.
85Private Studio: 40 Stuyvesant St., 10th St. and Second Ave.,
86NEW YORK.
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