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Musical Courier 1897-11-03: Vol 35 Iss 922, 1897
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1Mrs. Campbell-Keough, Mr. E. A. Kent and Mr. J. J. Byrne.
3Miss M. Louise Mundell was called from a number of engagements which she was filling to the deathbed of her father. Miss Mundell's many friends sympathize deeply with her in her hours of grief.
5At the recent Maine Festival Mrs. Grace Haskell Barnum sang and elicited many complimentary comments. The following clippings from the Portland press will tell the story:
7Grace Haskell Barnum was born in Portland, Me. She gave proof of talent in music in early childhood, and was placed under the best training possible, studying with Errani and Madame Ashfort, of New York. Her voice is of rare soprano quality, fresh and true, and she sings with excellent style. Her beauty and charming personality, added to her vocal ability, make her a favorite on the concert stage. She resides now in Brooklyn, N. Y., but has appeared frequently in concerts in her native State. one of two readings
8Grace Haskell Barnum was born in Portland, Me. She gave proof of talent in music in early childhood, and was placed under the best training possible, studying with Errani and Madame Ashforth, of New York. Her voice is of rare soprano quality, fresh and true, and she sings with excellent style. Her beauty and charming personality, added to her vocal ability, make her a favorite on the concert stage. She resides now in Brooklyn, N. Y., but has appeared frequently in concerts in her native State. one of two readings
10Mrs. Barnum's voice is very light and flexible, and she gave the song "Thine Eyes" with a real zest, ending with a high note which was as clear as a bird's.
12Mrs. Minnie Humphreys is the possessor of a voice that will some day command a position for her in the narrow circle of singers.
14Mrs. Humphreys is a pupil of Montefiore, of New York, and to use her own words she said to me, "I never knew that it was within anyone's power to actually explain away everything that stands in my way: I can feel my voice grow by the minute. She is my ideal of a great teacher." Mrs. Humphreys has studied with Errani and many others of equal prominence, but finds that Montefiore's superb method is a revelation to her.
16Sembrich will appear in concert on November 9 at the Academy of Music. The assistance will be given by Miss Eleanore Broadfoot, Mr. William Lavin, Mr. Campanari and full orchestra under Bevignani. Excerpts from the "Barber of Seville," will be given in full costume and scenery. The program also includes Air and Variations of Proch.
18The first praise service of the season was given on Sunday night at the New York Avenue M. E. Church, and under Mr. Abram Ray Tyler, one of Brooklyn's most skillful and talented musicians, was magnificently presented. The notable numbers were: Prelude in A, No. 3 Bach; Ascription, "O Be Joyful in the Lord," Arthur Sullivan; Response, Lord's Prayer, Abram Ray Tyler; Offertory, "O Paradise, O Paradise," Sidney H. Thompson (in manuscript); Sacred Cantata, by Louis Spohr; Postlude, Fragment Symphonic, Edmond Le Maigre.
20The choir consists of Miss Lida Frank Price, soprano; Miss Miriam Gilmer, contralto; Mr. Frederick A. Grant, tenor; Mr. Edwin J. Webster, baritone; Misses Elsie C. Carhart, Rosalie E. Cowan, Hildegard Hoffman, Emma E. Hollis, Belle Kerby, Minnie L. Pettiner, Emma F. Robinson, Stella R. Thayer, Sadie Wissel; Messrs. Claude U. Comstock, James Hossack, Arthur S. Moore, Mortimer E. Newcomb, Clarence A. Purchase, Alfred Walker, L. H. Washburn and Charles B. Woodward.
22EMILIE FRANCES BAUER.
24Alice Verlet.—Mlle. Alice Verlet, the charming French artist, who had such phenomenal success last season, returned on Tuesday from Paris and Brussels, where she spent the summer months.
26Her magnificent voice is in fine condition, and she will appear in some very prominent concerts this season.
28Mlle. Verlet refused many fine engagements abroad, in order to have the perfect rest which she needed after the work of last season, and to prepare herself for the season which is just opening.
30CORINNE MOORE-LAWSON, SOPRANO.
31Address: HOTEL SAN REMO, New York City.
32Western Representative:
33Mrs. Geo. Benedict Carpenter, Steinway Hall, Chicago.
35Mme. OLIVE BARRY,
36Late Contralto of the American Church at Nice, France.
37Vocal Instruction.
38"She is fully competent of making an excellent teacher in the Art of Singing, having thoroughly understood my method." In faith.
39FRANCESCO LAMPERTI.
40NICE, March 6, 1889.
41"I shall be only too glad to see any pupil you may send to me."
42—AUGUSTIN DALY.
43ADDRESS:
44"THE OAKLAND,"
45152 West 49th St., New York.
47Berlin Music Notes.
49MISS DOLLY MILLER, of Brooklyn, N. Y., who studied some time in Munich, has come to Berlin for the purpose of placing herself under Prof. Dr. Jedliczka.
51Georg Vogel, a singing teacher, gave a concert, together with his pupils, at the Hotel de Rome. I can write nothing about Mr. Vogel's performance, for I had no program at the concert and could not distinguish him from his pupils. Do I mean to imply that Mr. Vogel's pupils were such good singers? Perhaps!
53Mrs. Brown, from Denver, Col.; Miss Anderson and Mr. Herz, from New York, are among Prof. Dr. Jedliczka's new American pupils.
55That pianist is truly great who influences his audiences to listen rather than watch.
57On my way to Miss Margarethe Eussert's recital, in Bechstein Saal, I saw my revered chief, Otto Floersheim, sprinting after a downtown car bound for the Singakademie. I wondered at this unusual haste, but comprehended after I had heard Miss Eussert play the second number on her program, Schumann's "Carneval."
59Miss Johnston, of New York, has arrived in Berlin, in order to continue her studies on the piano, but has not yet decided on an instructor.
61Since Bülow's time the paramount question at an orchestral concert is no longer "What is the program?" but "Who directs?"
63Miss Free, from Davenport, Ia., requests me to say that she is not studying with Eibenschütz, as she intended, but with Professor Jedliczka. The latter has secured most of the Moszkowski pupils who did not emigrate to Paris with their master.
65We are more to be pitied for not appreciating the music of the lower classes than they are to be blamed for not understanding ours.
67Anton Hekking, the great violoncellist, will visit the United States next season.
69Matilda L. Bruguère, from New Orleans, La., a pupil of Frau Mallinger, gave a recital recently in Saal Bechstein. She has unquestionable vocal and musical talent, but was so hampered by nervousness that a nearer criticism of her capabilities would be both inexact and unfair. Miss Bruguère, like most young foreigners who give concerts in Berlin, is but half baked for a critical repast. It were better that such talented but inexperienced young artists play at semi-public or even entirely private occasions a number of times before venturing within reach of the Berlin critics' talons. The beginning of the season is at best a poor time for concerts, as the valiant band of finical, carping authorities are but lately returned from their vacation, and resume work with the fierce intention of being very just, and of crushing all but the most pronounced talent. It is curious how sententious critics grow with the waning season.
71After a pleasant visit to his home, Mr. Holt, of Boston, Mass., is back in Berlin, prepared to accomplish a hard season's practice on the violin. Mr. Holt distinguished himself last year by smoking a pipe on the street and practicing nine hours daily.
73It seems a strange musical world in which a young composer is praised for imitating Bach and Beethoven, and condemned for imitating Wagner.
75Waldemar Lütschg, who introduced himself last year to the Berlin public as a young pianist of considerable technical attainments, but many aesthetic deficiencies, perpetrated a Sunday night recital at the Singakademie. Lütschg has not improved to any appreciable extent since last season. His technic is still on high, and his tone still hard and unsympathetic. Withal his playing is interesting, for the young Russian is not without originality. When his power is toned down, his enthusiasm directed into absolutely legitimate channels and his touch invested with more subtle modulatory resources, Lütschg could become one of the best of our younger pianists.
77Mr. Albert Stahl, formerly of G. Schirmer & Co., New York, has returned to his old post as manager of Schlesinger's Music House, in the Französische strasse. Mr. Stahl should succeed in securing for his firm a share of the large American and English trade here.
79At the Wednesday Philharmonic "pop" Concertmeister Witek played Paganini's D major concerto. It was as fine a piece of violin playing as I have heard, and I could not help but think that if Witek were a traveling virtuoso, instead of first violin in an orchestra, he would make the world ring with his fame. His technic is absolutely flawless, and under his wonderful left hand Paganini's intricate passages in thirds, octaves and tenths seem mere child's play. Witek sings sustained melodies with a languorous charm that defies comparison. His tone on the G string floats like fumes of incense, and is as penetrating and sensuous. His repertory contains every concerto of importance, and he will play them all during this winter. What a pity you cannot have Witek in America. He is not half appreciated here.
81Mrs. Fips, from Brooklyn, N. Y., and her three daughters have gone to Paris. Two of the young ladies play the violin, the third—whistles.
83Eugen d'Albert has bought a villa near Frankfort-on-the-Main, and intends to remove his headquarters to that quiet, refined city.
85A friend of mine referred to a group of three persons as "two musicians and a singer." LEONARD LIEBLING.
87Theodore Arnheiter's Recital.—The vocal recital of Mr. Theodore Arnheiter, given at the studio of his teacher, Frank G. Dossert, in Carnegie Hall last Wednesday evening, was a pronounced success. Mr. Arnheiter was assisted by Mrs. Dossert, soprano, and Master Harry Graboff, the talented piano pupil of Alexander Lambert. Master Graboff has been studying harmony and composition for some time with Mr. Dossert. His playing was a little short of marvelous, and he was obliged to respond to several hearty encores. Mr. Arnheiter's voice is a rich, full baritone, and his singing displayed not only excellent method, but a musically feeling and finished style remarkable in one so young. The following is the program:
88Duet, Calm as the Night…………………………………………..Goetz
89Madame Dossert and Mr. Arnheiter.
90Solos—
91Linden Tree………………………………………………………..Schubert
92Chimes………………………………………………………..Dossert
93Mr. Arnheiter.
94Piano solo, Rigoletto…………………………………………..Liszt
95Master Harry Graboff.
96Chanson D'Amour……………………………………………..Beach
97Madame Dossert.
98Prologue from Pagliacci………………………………………Leoncavallo
99Mr. Arnheiter.
100Piano solos—
101Valse………………………………………………………..Moszkowski
102Kamennoi Ostrow…………………………………………..Rubinstein
103Master Graboff.
104Still Wie Die Nacht……………………………………………..Bohm
105Two Maidens…………………………………………………Newcomb
106Mr. Arnheiter.
107Thy Name…………………………………………………….Wood
108Madame Dossert.
109Lost Chord…………………………………………………….Sullivan
110Mr. Arnheiter.
111Duet, Hamlet…………………………………………………Thomas
112Madame Dossert and Mr. Arnheiter.
114CLEMENTINE Oratorio, Concerts and Song Recitals.
115SHELDON HESS, SOPRANO.
116Address MUSICAL COURIER, or 13 Jay Street, Binghamton, N. Y.
117Mrs. ELIZABETH NORTHRUP
118Oratorio, Concert and Musicales.
119ADDRESS LEADING AGENTS—MUSICAL COURIER.
120Personal address:
121338 West 56th St.
122NEW YORK.
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