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Musical Courier 1898-05-18: Vol 36 Iss 950, 1898
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1and the recital which he gave with his pupils was truly charming, because he presented some of the compositions of his pupils, making a novel and highly interesting program, which I append. Robert C. Newell played very delightfully the fourth group, which compositions were written by Mr. Allen's pupils.
3D minor Suite (first movement)………….Schütt
4Wallace Von Helms, violin; Robert C. Newell, piano.
5March, Canon, Fugue, piano……Elsa von Manderscheid
6Miss Elsa von Manderscheid.
7Chanson d'Amour…………………….Rehfeld
8Miss Madeline Todd.
9Berceuse, piano…………………….Miss R. M. Trumbull
10To a Mountain Chickadee, piano……..Adolph Cheek
11Ma Yome, piano…………………….Adolph Cheek
12Robert Newell.
13Ballade et Polonaise, violin………….Vieuxtemps
14Walter Leimert.
15Canon, Fugue, string quartet………….S. Savannah
16Savannah Quartet.
17Robert Clarence Newell, pianist.
19The first invitation musicale was given by the Oakland Trio Club at the residence of Mrs. Edward H. Benjamin, a charming patroness of music in this adjacent city. Mrs. Beatrice Fine, soprano, and Miss Marie L. Heine, accompanist, assisted. The entire entertainment was artistic and delightful.
21Mrs. Fine is a charming singer; her voice is most beautiful and well placed and her style original and altogether taking. She was a pupil of George Sweet, and shows it in every tone of her fine range, her high notes being especially agreeable. Mrs. Fine is going to New York this fall to join the rank of singers, and truly she ought to be a success.
23Miss Heine is also a clever little violinist. She is a pupil of Sauret, and has a clean technic.
25Mr. Von der Mehden, 'cellist, has a good tone, but in soli showed a slight tendency toward portamento. Miss Hagar played with superb technic, but her ritards and phrasings would be improved by attention and hearing good and many pianists. The following program was given:
27Trio, No. 5, E flat major…………………Haydn
28Miss Nellie Davenport, Miss Heine, Mr. Von der Mehden.
29Soprano solo, Aimez-Moi…………………Chopin
30Mrs. Beatrice Fine.
31Piano solo, Valse op. 34, No. 1………….Moszkowski
32Miss Helen J. Hagar.
33Violin soli—
34Romance………………………………….Beach
35Ellentanz………………………………….Popper
36Miss L. Florence Heine.
37Trio, Op. 1, No. 2………………………..Beethoven
38Miss Flora Kendall, Miss Heine, Mr. Von der Mehden.
39Soprano solo, Spring……………………..Henschel
40Mrs. Beatrice Fine.
41'Cello soli—
42Nocturne………………………………….Popper
43Spanish Dance…………………………….Popper
44Louis Von der Mehden, Jr.
45Trio, op. 42……………………………….Gade
46Miss Charlotte Collins, Miss Heine, Mr. Von der Mehden.
48The portrait exhibition at the Mark Hopkins' institute has just closed. During these few weeks the music given on Saturday afternoons and evenings was in the hands of Henry Heyman, who is one of the directors of this great institution. I heard some of the concerts, and retain a very agreeable remembrance of Mrs. David Milroy, a clever young violinist, who is a pupil of Mr. Heyman's, and of whom he expects important things. Mr. Heyman has turned out very many pupils who are prominent in musical circles, and when his assistance is enlisted as concert director the entertainment is an assured success, as these have been. Those who participated in the affair were:
49Miss Mae Cullen, Miss Emily M. Spencer, Mrs. David Milroy, Miss Jennie B. Tuttle, Benj. Tuttle, Frank Howard, Miss Caroline H. Little, Miss Mattie Ornstein, Oscar S. Frank, Frank Hamlin, Mrs. H. V. Dickey, Miss Ida Lee Spencer, Miss Georgie W. Cope, Mrs. C. A. Gwynn, Miss Flora Howell, Mrs. G. T. McDonald, Albert W. Nielsen and Emilio Cruells.
51Frank Stuart, one of the prominent vocal teachers of this city, left last week for London. J. T. Fitzgerald, who has made such great successes of the concerts of little Paloma Schramm, has returned to his home in Los Angeles. Mr. Fitzgerald is making a name for himself as manager, and has control of the appearances of the Kneisel quartet and the Ysaye-Gérardy-Lachaume combination in Los Angeles.
53Mrs. Carmichael-Carr is making preparations to go to London. Mrs. Carr has long been identified with the best work in San Francisco.
55C. H. Randall is planning to sail for Honolulu June 4. Mr. Randall is a teacher of piano who has not been here very long, but has been successful, and is well satisfied with his location.
57John Marquardt, the violinist, has added to his work by accepting an engagement at the Louvre.
59Ernest Lent, of Washington, D. C., is teaching in this city. Hother Wismer, a young violinist, said to be remarkably clever, has been compelled to return from Europe, where he was studying with Carl Halir, owing to an operation to a finger which was giving him trouble, but he is so far recovered as to appear in public again.
61EMILIE FRANCES BAUER.
63Oratorio in Brooklyn.
65The oratorio of "The Creation" will be given at the Simpson M. E. Church on Thursday evening, May 19, by the Bayonne Musical Society and the Simpson M. E. choir, E. J. Fitzhugh conductor. The soloists are Mrs. Anna Burch, soprano; George Leon Moore, tenor; Dr. Carl Martin, bass. Mrs. Blanche F. Whitaker will be the accompanist, James C. Crabtree organist. The chorus will number eighty voices.
67Last Appearance of Hofmann.
69JOSEF HOFMANN made his farewell appearance this season Sunday night last at Carnegie Hall. The audience was unusually large and enthusiastic and the young virtuoso was recalled many times. His program was this:
71Concerto (D minor)………………………..Rubinstein
72Concerto (E minor)………………………..Chopin
73Piano solo—
74Legende (St. Franciscus walking on the water)…Liszt
75Waldelfen………………………………….Schytte
76Variations (from the Suite in D minor)……..Raff
78Casimir Hofmann, the father of the pianist, conducted the orchestra with unobtrusive musicianly skill.
80Naturally the Rubinstein concerto did not go with the same precipitous passion as at Josef's first concert with the Thomas orchestra. On the other hand, his cantabile in the romanza was richer and more velvety, possibly because of the acoustic differences of Carnegie Hall and the Metropolitan Opera House. The final allegro was played too fast for the orchestra, and so both brass and wood choirs suffered. The entire composition, however, gave an impression of largeness, of conception, and a technical grasp that was astounding. The performance of the Chopin concerto was awaited with considerable interest. Naturally the reading was virile rather than poetic, but there was much that was delicate in the romanza, and the rondo was crisp and brilliant. Hofmann used the old version of the concerto, introducing the Tausig octaves at the close of the rondo.
82His soli were agreeable and well played. The Liszt legende is not new, and it invariably suggests the Wagner of "Parsifal." Schytte's "Waldelfen" proved a dainty wood study with genuine touches of fancy. The Raff variations are grateful alike to virtuoso and are musicianly. For encore Josef played Liszt's transcription of Schumann's "Widmung" and the Tannhäuser overture. The latter was tremendous, coming as it did at the end of a very exhausting program. Altogether the farewell of this remarkable young man was satisfactory, and there could be no mistaking the temper of the audience. Hofmann will be welcome back next season if he chooses to come.
84Ruben's Scheme.
86L. M. Ruben has gone to Scandinavia to manage a concert company consisting of Constantin von Sternberg, the pianist; Emil Fischer, the basso remeniscendo, and Mlle. Camille Seygard.
88Publisher's Announcement.
90This week Robert Burns Wilson's stirring battle song, "Remember the Maine," will be issued with fitting music by Charles Crozat Converse, the well-known composer, whose compositions, notably the universally known hymn, "What a Friend We Have In Jesus," are so widely known.—Evening Post.
92Scharwenka Summer Term.
94Attention is again called to the fact that Xaver Scharwenka, the composer and pianist, will be prepared this summer to accept pupils, as he will omit his customary European visit this year. This is an opportunity to be grasped by many student-teachers, themselves busy the rest of the year, and which will no doubt be appreciated. Mr. Scharwenka will give summer students his special attention and interest, and guarantees success to those who place themselves under his care.
96Beside Xaver Scharwenka, Emil Gramm, violin and theory, and Richard Arnold, violin, will be here to teach throughout the summer. The several opera companies now playing and the summer concerts planned are another educational advantage not to be underestimated. A few students can find board and comfortable family life at the conservatory. Early application to Mr. Gramm, 35 East Sixty-second street, is advisable.
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