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Musical Courier 1897-11-03: Vol 35 Iss 922, 1897
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1Gaertner.—The excellent cellist, Miss Leontine Gaertner, is to appear with the Arion Club on November 14. She expects to play a new concerto with orchestra.
3Katherine Bloodgood.—This famous contralto will again be heard in Toronto this season. She has just accepted an engagement for January 1. She sings in Pittsburg December 31.
5The Cecilia Bradford Trio.—At a concert given in the Brick Church, Rochester, on October 25, the Cecilia Bradford Trio, of New York, was listened to with pleasure by a large and enthusiastic audience.
7Hilke and Clary.—Miss Kathrin Hilke, soprano, and Miss Mary Louise Clary, contralto, were heard in this city in a very fine interpretation of "The Holy City," by Gaul, on October 31, under the direction of Mr. William Chester.
9George V. Grinnell.—Mr. George V. Grinnell, a talented young pianist and violinist of Mystic, Conn., is in this city for the winter. Mr. Grinnell is studying piano and composition with William Otis Brewster, and the violin with Hubert Arnold.
11Sembrich Flowers.—Much of the floral display at the Sembrich concert was due to cable orders from European friends of the great singer. Most of the flowers were furnished by the florist S. Hofheimer, 810 East Nineteenth street, one of the best known of the New York establishments in that line.
13Margaret Reid's Engagements.—Margaret Reid, the well-known soprano, who has recently been heard in London, where she earned new laurels, has been engaged for several performances of opera at Versailles, France. She will sing Marguerite in "Faust," Juliette, Mignon and Carmen.
15A Pupil of Madame Von Doenhoff.—Miss Margaret Crawford, who sang the entire part of Siebel in "Faust" at the Débutantes' Opera Club last Tuesday evening, made a marked impression on the audience by the ease and grace of her interpretation. Miss Crawford, as is evident from a letter written to Madame Von Doenhoff, attributes this dramatic success entirely to her teacher.
17Mrs. Blair, of St. Louis, a Powers Pupil.—Mrs. James Lawrence Blair, of St. Louis, who is soon to arrive in New York, for the purpose of taking her usual course of lessons of Mr. Francis Fischer Powers, and whose charming personality and beautiful voice won many hearts on the occasion of her last visit to New York, has a voice of wide range, uniform in breadth and fullness of tone, pure, sweet and clear as a bell.
19E. Ellsworth Giles at the Norwich Festival.—That excellent tenor, E. Ellsworth Giles, is constantly extending his work in the concert world. He has just been engaged to appear December 9 and 10 at the Norwich Festival. Negotiations are pending with other organizations. On November 12 he sings with the Tremont Choral Club.
21Francis Fischer Powers Resumes.—Mr. Francis Fischer Powers, who signalized his return to the city by giving a reception on Wednesday last in his new studios in Carnegie Hall, has resumed his teaching, and bids fair to break the record, made last season, of giving 121 lessons in one week. Fully twenty-four of Mr. Powers' pupils this season come from Denver, Col., where Mr. Powers has been teaching for the past six months, and where, in all probability, he will teach for six months in the year for at least the next five years to come, so great has his success been at that place.
23Bunn with Francis Fischer Powers.—Mr. Franklyn Van Rensselaer Bunn, who comes to New York to continue his studies with Francis Fischer Powers (whose pupil he was in Denver last summer), possesses a voice of peculiar penetration and charm. A Western writer recently said of his singing: "It swells out on the air like a rich, sweet song of a bird heard in the still night, with all its passionate cadence, and then steals softly away like the murmur of a silver brook as it slips down over moss covered stones in a forest." What an imagination that writer has!
25Francesca Ornstein.—A series of chamber music concerts has been arranged by Mr. Irving P. Irons, to be given on Monday evenings, November 15, December 13, and January 10, in Masonic Hall, Newport. For the second of the series, Francesca Ornstein, pianist, of New York, has been engaged as soloist. The Beethoven String Quartet, of Boston, and the Adamowski String Quartet have been engaged for these concerts and; prominent vocalists will also assist.
27Beekman.—Mrs. Adelaide Beekman, whose voice has been much admired in private musical circles, has been persuaded to try her fortunes on the stage, and offers her services for concerts and public entertainments. Mrs. Beekman's voice, a dramatic soprano of high quality, has been well trained and shows high cultivation. She sings with expression, has command of two or three languages, and is altogether a capable artist. Mrs. Beekman, with these qualities and her attractive personality, ought to win success as a public singer.
29David Mannes at Norwich, Conn.—Following is from the Norwich Bulletin of last week:
31Mr. Mannes' violin work was enthusiastically received. His hearers yielded themselves to the spell of his wonderfully fine playing with the first note which his facile bow drew from the sympathetic strings, and in each case the final chord awoke a tumult of applause. The numbers for violin and piano were also most enjoyable, each musician playing with such a just and absolute understanding of the parity and disparity of the other's portion of the concord of sweet sounds being evoked that the effect was delightful.
33And this is from the Evening Record:
35To say that the concert was a great artistic success but faintly conveys an idea of the excellence of the entertainment. It was the most notable musical event that has occurred in this city since the discontinuance of the Norwich Festival Association some two years ago.
37Mr. Mannes was happiest in his performances of "The Bee," by Schubert-Halir, Pierre's "Serenade," and "Elfinzanz," of Popper-Auer-Schubert's composition, is a perfect little gem, and the "Serenade" is rhythmically bewitching.
39Mr. Mannes possesses a large tone, rich and sonorous, and a sure technic. His playing is marked by dash and certainty, and his intonation is impeccable.
41Celia Schiller.—This favorite pupil of Carreño has a grip full of excellent notices, from which we cull several:
43The command which this artist has over the instrument, her absolute self possession throughout the long piece, with its complicated orchestral accompaniment, the pearly effect of her notes, well earned the three recalls that the big audience gave her. Miss Schiller is going to be heard of often.—New York Evening Sun.
45Miss Celia Schiller rendered the polonaise, by Chopin, with clear touch and faultless technic. For an encore she played Mendelssohn's "Spring Song" with exquisite delicacy and charm.—Philadelphia Times.
47Miss Schiller has been heard with the Apollo Club before, when she made a brilliant impression. Her technic is well founded, and her established knowledge of the keyboard, combined with an intensely musical, poetic and dramatic fire, imbues her performance with a multiplicity of satisfactory elements. Her interpretation of a Chopin nocturne was the reading of a poem, by a poet artist. Miss Schiller also played Liszt's Rhapsody and Cracovienne, by Paderewski.—Newark Sunday Call.
49Clementine Sheldon Hess Sings.—That this sweet voiced singer is appreciated is evident from a perusal of these excerpts:
51Though Miss Clementine Sheldon has been heard in the city several times, an anxious expectancy was perceptible among the audience just previous to her appearance, and her selection, "Me Voila Seule Enfin" (Queen of Sheba) was given in a manner that was faultless and highly pleasing to her auditors. Miss Sheldon was suffering from a severe cold, but so well did she control her voice that but few were aware of the fact.—Binghamton Leader.
53Additional interest was attached to the services at the First M. E. Church yesterday from the beautiful singing of Clementine Sheldon, who has spent the past three years in vocal study under the best masters in New York city. Her voice is a rich, sweet quality, a pure soprano of great range, uniform in the entire register. Her work reveals a fine method and technic and an expression that is intelligent and admirable. It is likely that Miss Sheldon will be engaged regularly and that a part at least of the male choir will be dispensed with.—Leader, Wilkesbarre, Pa.
55Arturo Nutini, Pianist and Violinist.—Mr. Nutini is said to play the violin as well or better (which hardly seems possible) than the piano. Let it be understood that he is an educated artist, whose sincerity and poetic charm are indisputable. Appended are two press notices:
57Signor Nutini, the blind pianist, is a wonder. This man is no freak, as blind musicians sometimes are. Though totally blind almost from birth, his rendering of classical music is regarded by critics as marvelous.—New York Journal.
59Nutini is called the "Blind Paderewski." It is impossible to say what Paderewski would do if he were blind; he could do no better than Signor Nutini.—New York Tribune.
61William Edward Mulligan's Organ Playing.—Anent this superior organist's playing the Times said this:
63The first in a series of six organ recitals arranged by Mr. Wm. Edward Mulligan was given last evening at St. Mark's Church, this city. Mr. Mulligan disclosed himself to be a program maker of admirable judgment and an executant of considerably more than average ability.
65The selection set forward by him comprehended a musical education in epitome. It began with the always welcome sonata No. 2 in C minor, of Alex. Guilmant, in the interpretation of the beautiful adagio movement, of which Mr. Mulligan was especially happy. To the sonata succeeded the Allegretto Grazioso, of Berthold Tours, with its graceful and flowing theme the Batiste "Communion" in G, the broad and dignified melody of which, with its striking figured accompaniment, was delightfully played.
67The popular selection consisted of the "O Sanctissima," of Ferdinand Lux, which created a profound impression. Sup, lamenting these were the tremendous toccata and fugue in D minor of J. Sebastian Bach.
69Margaret Gaylord as Yum-Yum at the Astoria.—Miss Gaylord was the one selected among many singers for "The Mikado," and many of the best sopranos in New York were among those considered. That she has been particularly successful in this field may be seen by the following:
71Miss Gaylord captivated everybody by her exquisite singing and capital acting of Gasilda. It was a charming performance.—Buffalo Courier.
73Miss Gaylord looked every inch a nobleman's daughter as she first stepped upon the stage, and her appearance with the Duke and Duchess of Plaza Toro was the signal for deafening applause.—Buffalo Commercial.
75Miss Gaylord, who sang Gasilda, the daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Plaza Toro, brought her charming personality into the role, and was as sweet and pretty and as dainty as could be desired.—Buffalo Times.
77Miss Margaret Gaylord, the soprano soloist, fully met the requirements of the occasion. She has a winning face and presence, and her charming and unaffected manner is in itself very prepossessing. Her voice is of wide range and uncommonly full and resonant, of a most pleasing quality and showing excellent training. Her principal number, the aria from "Mignon," was most beautifully sung, and showed the qualities of her voice and training to good advantage. A delightful feature of her singing was the perfect sympathy between the singer and the song—a seemingly simple thing, but not often seen, for this is the highest expression of art, musical conception, and a gift which is most rare. She was recalled after each appearance and can carry away with her the consciousness that she made a distinct success.—Des Moines, Ia., Times.
79Another Successful Moyle Pupil.—Joseph Vandenberg has been appointed leading bass at the Church of the Epiphany, Thirty-fifth street and Lexington avenue, Henry de Koven Rider's choir. Mr. Rider was recently assistant organist at St. Bartholomew's, and has succeeded in establishing a choir capable of singing a fine service. Mr. Vandenberg has a heavy bass voice, of the profundo character. Other pupils of Mr. Samuel Moyle occupying good positions are Mrs. Mary E. Brooks, contralto, pre-
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