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Musical Courier 1898-01-05: Vol 36 Iss 931, 1898
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1various parts of New York and Brooklyn. His successful work in the course of lectures conducted by the New York Board of Education has led to four more engagements for that course during January and February. This is an enviable and rather remarkable record for one whose work is as distinctly educational and on as high an artistic plane as that of Dr. Hanchett.
3Inez Grenelli at Binghamton.
5Miss Inez Grenelli, the soprano, has been already engaged for the "Association," which meets at Binghamton N. Y., next June.
7Hoffmann-Randall Marriage.
9August William Hoffmann, the well-known pianist and composer, formerly of St. Louis, now of Pittsburg, was married on December 7 last to a prominent soprano, Miss Adelaide Randall, of Cleveland, Ohio.
11E. C. Towne, Tenor.
13The popular tenor, E. C. Towne, has had great success in his numerous appearances during the holiday season, as will be noted from the few criticisms annexed. Mr. Towne will be heard in several important Western engagements during this spring.
15"MESSIAH" WITH MONTREAL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.
17The tenor of the evening, E. C. Towne, created a most favorable impression. He is, if not at the top of the ladder, very near it, and in his initial number, "Comfort Ye My People," sang this sublime recitative melody in a truly artistic manner. His other numbers were equally effective.—Montreal Gazette, December 24, 1897.
19"MESSIAH" WITH THE WASHINGTON CHORAL SOCIETY.
21The tenor parts were sung by E. C. Towne, who has appeared with the society at former concerts, and his admirable method showed no diminution in power and effectiveness. He sang with great ease the difficult music assigned in this work to the tenor, and repeated the success of his former visits to this city.—Washington Evening Star, December 29, 1897.
23"THE SUN WORSHIPERS" WITH ORANGE MENDELSSOHN UNION.
25Both Mr. and Mrs. Towne have strong and robust voices, well trained and of good quality. In Becker's Cantata and also in the "Sun Worshipers" they did good work, and Mr. Towne sang the tenor solo in "King Olaf" equally well. The duet from "Romeo and Juliet" was much appreciated.—Newark Call, December 26, 1897.
27Preston of Nordica Concert Company.
29The promising contralto, Miss Grace Preston, member of the Nordica Concert Company, has just been engaged as the leading contralto for the Southern May musical festivals for the entire month of May. Here are a few criticisms concerning her work during her recent visit with Nordica at St. Joseph, Kansas City and Omaha:
31Miss Grace Preston, the charming contralto, rendered "Amour Viens Aider" faultlessly and was also recalled. Miss Preston rendered most charmingly "Loch Lomond," an old Scotch song, and "Love Me or Not." She was again forced to respond with an extra number in order to quiet her enthusiastic admirers.—St. Joseph Daily News, December 3, 1897.
33Miss Grace Preston, a young woman with a splendid physique for the ordeals of music, is a most promising contralto. She has an exceedingly rich voice, especially in its lower tones. She is one of those singers we are bound to remember and follow with interest. She was especially effective in the little bit of passionate expression, "I Love You," which was given as an encore.—The Kansas City Journal, December 21, 1897.
35Miss Preston possesses a remarkably fine contralto voice. It is full and rich and capable of a great variety of expression. She sang the aria from "Samson and Delilah" with good taste.—Omaha Daily Bee, December 18, 1897.
37A Mariner Pupil's Success.
39Robert Colston Young, one of Frederic Mariner's large class of pupils, played a recital on the evening of December 27, at the home of Miss M. L. Boynton, Sherman street, Springfield, Mass. The audience, composed almost entirely of musical people of taste and good judgment, assembled to hear Mr. Young again after his stay of some eight months in New York, to judge for themselves whether the Virgil method was all that was advocated.
41Mr. Young in commencing with Mr. Mariner, the "Technic Specialist," gave up all his old piano work and began at the beginning of the Virgil work, performing thoroughly and conscientiously everything demanded of him by this marvelous method. As a result he has at present a repertory of twenty-three compositions, all thoroughly memorized. His program was the following:
43Prelude et Toccata……………………………Lachner
44Am Genfer See……………………………….Bendel
45Intermezzo………………………………….Schumann
46Idylle…………………………………………..Sherwood
47Prelude No. 18……………………………….Chopin
48Prelude…………………………………………MacDowell
49Andantino………………………………………MacDowell
50Gavotte…………………………………………..Aus de Ohe
51Sarabande………………………………………Aus de Ohe
52Polonaise……………………………………….Moszkowski
54The general verdict was that Mr. Young's improvement since studying with Mr. Mariner was decidedly noticeable, and the following letter received from a Springfield critic is surely complimentary to Mr. Mariner as an instructor:
56SPRINGFIELD, Mass., December 30, 1897.
58I want to write a few lines telling how beautifully Robert Young played Monday evening last at Miss Boynton's musical. I think he has improved wonderfully since I last heard him, not only as far as technic is concerned, but in interpretation. He has broadened out very much, and everyone seemed delighted with his playing. It was just fine. He played the Polonaise very brilliantly and with good effect. Also the "Prelude et Toccata," and in everything gets a beautiful tone. This is particularly noticeable in the MacDowell 'Andantino,' in the legato melody.
60Thrane, the 'Cellist, Here.
62The young 'cellist Robert Thrane, pupil of the celebrated Carl Schroeder, of Sondershausen, Germany, arrived in New York last Friday. He is a younger brother of Victor Thrane, the impresario. He will accompany Mlle. Verlet on her concert tour, beginning February 1.
64Wetzler Orchestral Concert.
66The program of Mr. Wetzler's orchestral concert, January 18, will be as follows:
67Symphony in A major………………………..Mozart
68Aria, Lungi dal caro bene……………………Secchi
69(Arranged for string orchestra by Henry Waller.)
70Quand éro paggio (from Falstaff)…………..Verdi
71Mr. David Bispham.
72Siegfried Idyll……………………………Wagner
73Songs—
74Ruhe, süss Liebchen………………………..Brahms
75Sind es Schmerzen………………………….Brahms
76(From the Fair Magellone.)
77David Bispham.
78Divertissement et Scène d'Alceste………….Gluck
79Mrs. Corinne Moore-Lawson, Miss Marguerite Hall and other eminent artists.
81Harlem Philharmonic Program.
83The public rehearsal of the Harlem Philharmonic will be given at the Harlem Opera House to-day, Wednesday afternoon, January 5, and concert at Waldorf-Astoria on Thursday evening, January 6, under the direction of Henry T. Fleck, William H. Rieger, soloist. Here is the program:
84Symphony, The New World…………………..Dvorák
85Prize song, Meistersinger……………………Wagner
86Scherzo, new………………………………..Cui
87Feldinsamkeit………………………………..Brahms
88Thy Lovely Face…………………………….Schumann
89Frühling………………………………………Lassen
90Third movement, Symphonie Pathetique……Tschaikowsky
92Katharine Ruth Heyman.
94The Detroit (Mich.) Tribune says this of Miss Heyman's playing:
96Miss Heyman played a composition by Carl Tausig called "Gypsy Life." It was entirely new to this city, and purports to be descriptive of the wild life of the gypsy. * * * However meaningless the composition, one could not but admire Miss Heyman's performance of it. She is a pianist of such attainments that it seems little to speak of technic in referring to her performance, and yet her technic is perfect. She plays the most trying music with such ease that one almost forgets its difficulties.
98But this executive facility with her is simply a means to an end. Her tone is remarkably sweet and singing, and her playing is dictated by an active brain and a warm heart. She was encored last night, and played Grieg's exquisite "Spring Song" with such tenderness that there everything gets a beautiful tone. This is particularly noticeable in the MacDowell 'Andantino,' in the legato melody.
100Thrane, the 'Cellist, Here.
102The young 'cellist Robert Thrane, pupil of the celebrated Carl Schroeder, of Sondershausen, Germany, arrived in New York last Friday. He is a younger brother of Victor Thrane, the impresario. He will accompany Mlle. Verlet on her concert tour, beginning February 1.
104Wetzler Orchestral Concert.
106The program of Mr. Wetzler's orchestral concert, January 18, will be as follows:
107Symphony in A major………………………..Mozart
108Aria, Lungi dal caro bene……………………Secchi
109(Arranged for string orchestra by Henry Waller.)
110Quand éro paggio (from Falstaff)…………..Verdi
111Mr. David Bispham.
112Siegfried Idyll……………………………Wagner
113Songs—
114Ruhe, süss Liebchen………………………..Brahms
115Sind es Schmerzen………………………….Brahms
116(From the Fair Magellone.)
117David Bispham.
118Divertissement et Scène d'Alceste………….Gluck
119Mrs. Corinne Moore-Lawson, Miss Marguerite Hall and other eminent artists.
121Harlem Philharmonic Program.
123The public rehearsal of the Harlem Philharmonic will be given at the Harlem Opera House to-day, Wednesday afternoon, January 5, and concert at Waldorf-Astoria on Thursday evening, January 6, under the direction of Henry T. Fleck, William H. Rieger, soloist. Here is the program:
124Symphony, The New World…………………..Dvorák
125Prize song, Meistersinger……………………Wagner
126Scherzo, new………………………………..Cui
127Feldinsamkeit………………………………..Brahms
128Thy Lovely Face…………………………….Schumann
129Frühling………………………………………Lassen
130Third movement, Symphonie Pathetique……Tschaikowsky
132Katharine Ruth Heyman.
134The Detroit (Mich.) Tribune says this of Miss Heyman's playing:
136Miss Heyman played a composition by Carl Tausig called "Gypsy Life." It was entirely new to this city, and purports to be descriptive of the wild life of the gypsy. * * * However meaningless the composition, one could not but admire Miss Heyman's performance of it. She is a pianist of such attainments that it seems little to speak of technic in referring to her performance, and yet her technic is perfect. She plays the most trying music with such ease that one almost forgets its difficulties.
138But this executive facility with her is simply a means to an end. Her tone is remarkably sweet and singing, and her playing is dictated by an active brain and a warm heart. She was encored last night, and played Grieg's exquisite "Spring Song" with such tenderness that there
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