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Musical Courier 1898-05-25: Vol 36 Iss 951, 1898
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1Vocal Art
2Method Completely Illustrated in the United States
3BY
4MME. KATHARINE EVANS VON KLENNER,
5Vocal Science
640 Stuyvesant Street,
7NEW YORK.
8Will conduct a Summer Course of seven weeks at one of the prominent Summer resorts. For particulars, programs, etc., address Mme. Von Klenner.
9which E. E. Schmitz is president and Henry Heyman vice-president.
10In the beautiful rooms of the Hamlin School, the most exclusive and fashionable school in this city, Miss Constance Jordan, who is the head of the department of music, gave an informal recital to the young ladies of the school and a few invited guests. The delightful program provided by Miss Jordan were songs by Miss Bessie Wall, Miss Evelyn Henry and Thos. Rickard.
11Miss Jordan, who is such an artistic accompanist, presided at the piano. Miss Wall, who is also a pianist of ability, has a fine voice, in the hands of Francis Stuart. It is well placed, and Miss Wall sings with very much taste. After the white quality disappears she will be a delightful singer. Mr. Rickard has a rich, beautiful voice that is charming, in so much as it does not seem to have been tampered with. Miss Evelyn Henry has the voice, determination, appearance and schooling to accomplish very much. Under Pasmore's training her voice has become full, rich, round and well placed, and her style is very artistic.
12Down in a spot, the beauty and romantic surroundings of which it would be impossible to describe, is the noted Mills College, which in itself is a landmark in California.
13The music department of this school is in charge of Louis Lisser, who has been there for nineteen years. His assistants are Giulio Minetti, violin, and H. B. Pasmore, voice. These three artists gave a recital yesterday which I shall not soon forget.
14I have always known of Lisser, the pedagogue and the teacher, but Lisser the pianist was a novelty, and a most delightful one. How authentic his reading, how poetic his interpretation, and above all how intelligent and valuable his conception! Lisser, the great teacher, is a great pianist as well.
15I was astonished to find in Minetti a violin soloist of the greatest importance. How a community can contain such a man and not realize that it has an artist to whom all things are possible is more than I can understand. After having heard Minetti I see no reason why San Francisco should not be perfectly familiar with every gem in violin literature.
16Pasmore was kind enough to give his numbers notwithstanding a terrible cold, but through it all his artistic style showed what a knowledge he has of the Schubert-Schumann songs and how capable he is to fill the position which he holds. The César Franck violin sonata is a splendid work, and I was delighted to have the opportunity of hearing it. The program given was:
17Sonate for piano and violin, op. 45, C minor …….Grieg
18Messrs. Louis Lisser and Giulio Minetti.
19Am Meer……………………………Schubert
20Aufenthalt………………………….Schubert
21Wohin?……………………………Schubert
22H. B. Pasmore.
23Elegie ……………………………….Bazzini
24Spanish Dance ……………………..Sarasate
25Ballade, A flat major, op. 47 ……….Chopin
26Louis Lisser.
27Come un Raggio di Sol………………Caldara
28O, Yarmouth Is a Pretty Town……..Broadwood
29H. B. Pasmore.
30Sonata for piano and violin………….Franck
31Messrs. Louis Lisser and Giulio Minetti.
32Mary Alverta Morse, a pupil of Willis E. Batcheller, gave a recital at the Unitarian Church in Oakland last night. Miss Morse has a mezzo soprano of fine quality and enormous power.
33Her high notes in mezzo voce are particularly good. In full strength they are sometimes a trifle harsh, and one or two notes have a tendency to hollowness. With these trifling exceptions Miss Morse has every qualification to insure success, for she has style, temperament and dramatic coloring.
34Mr. Batcheller was heard in several tenor selections, which he sang delightfully. He is a singer of merit, and I believe that he will make a success in the new venture, which is nothing short of coming into New York next season, where he has one of the largest church positions assured.
35William F. Jech is a young violinist well worth hearing, and Miss Belle Chamberlain, a charming pianist, is a pupil of Fred Jeck, Jr., and is as artistic as if she had studied in Europe instead of America.
36The Liszt recital of Mr. Riutti I will leave for next week, that it may receive the attention that its great merit deserves. Miss Goldman's piano recital also next week.
37* * *
38A concert was given in Sherman-Clay Hall under the direction of Charles P. von Oer, in which he had the assistance of Cecile von Sieberlich, soprano; John McAuliffe, basso; Miss Harden-Hickey, contralto, and S. Martinez. Mr. von Oer played the Spohr Concerto No. 8, and the piano numbers of Martinez were brilliant, and appreciated by the large audience.
39Mrs. Florence Scarborough has returned to her home in Los Angeles after a sojourn in San Francisco of several months. Mrs. Lottie Buck Porterfield, a soprano of Santa Cruz, has been here for six months studying with Anton Schott.
40Wray Taylor, who has been visiting here from Honolulu, returned to his home. Oscar Herold returned to Honolulu from a visit to San Francisco and took a wife back with him.
41Miss Eileen O'Moore, the violinist, left for Chicago, where she will join her mother. Miss O'Moore is not on a professional tour.
42Miss Alice Bacon, one of the leading pianists of this city, has announced her engagement to Frank Washington, a well-known club man. James Hamilton Howe is working to reorganize the old amateur Philharmonic Orchestra. Howe is an indefatigable worker, and he will probably accomplish something.
43Owing to the tragic death of Remenyi, Pietro Marino is playing at the Orpheum, and I understand that Camilla Urso has accepted an enormous figure to appear there also.
44Mrs. Fannie Meyer-Ellis has returned from a sojourn in Europe, where she studied with De Pachmann. Mrs. Ellis will take a class in San Francisco, where she was well known as a girl.
45The pantomime company closes on Saturday night, after a two weeks' engagement at the Baldwin. Those who did attend were charmed with the delicacy and refinement of the work done, and are loud in praise of the artistic work of Pilar Morin, Mlle. Severine, Edward Star Belknap and Edmond Morin, as also the beautiful music of Aimé Lachaume.
46Everybody says:
47"Ysaye next!"
48EMILIE FRANCES BAUER.
49From the Lankow Studio.
50Miss Marie Van Gelder, who was introduced by her teacher, Anna Lankow, at last year's festival in Bayreuth to the principals of the Festspiele, and who sang for Musikdirector Julius Kniese, has been accepted by Mme. Cosima Wagner to study Wagner roles with her this summer in Bayreuth.
51Miss Van Gelder just closed her season's engagement in Amsterdam as Elsa in "Lohengrin" and was called out five times at the end with the Lohengrin, Mr. Urdo.
52Miss Lulu A. Potter.
53"It is no small undertaking," says the Morning Post, of Raleigh, N. C., "for anyone to present a program entire for an evening, but Miss Potter sang no less than sixteen songs of love, pathos, tenderness, emotion and recitation in the most enjoyable and effective manner. Her stage presence is decidedly good, her technical work of a high order, and her voice is of remarkable purity and sweetness."
54Miss Potter, who is a pupil of Madame Von Klenner, has charge of the vocal instruction at Peace Institute.
55Hastings' Songs in Brooklyn.
56Frank Seymour Hastings' beautiful song, "If All the Skies Were Sunshine," and "A Red, Red Rose," both mentioned before in our columns, were sung by basso Forrest D. Carr at the Brooklyn Teachers' Association (chairman, Edward B. Shallow) concert last Friday evening. They earned the singer a hearty recall, the truly musical folk commenting on the harmonic and melodic beauty of the first song, and the general public pronouncing the "Red Rose" "great." Mr. Hastings has just finished three new songs, one of which is to be issued at once.
57Miss Bergh's Song Recital.
58Miss Lillie d'Angelo Bergh gave on Monday afternoon a delightful song recital at her studios, the "Albany," Fifty-second street and Broadway, assisted by Miss Josephine Walton, who read a number of selections from the Southern humorists. Miss Bergh's songs in French, German, Italian and English were all interpreted with that style and charm of manner peculiar to herself, and with the clearness of enunciation and purity of voice which attest the value of her method. She was accompanied by Miss Bertha O'Reilly.
59Miss Lillie d'Angelo Bergh will hold summer classes for professional singers, and lecture classes with special synthetic course for teachers in America this season, instead of resuming the professional classes which she held in Paris last spring. There will be three terms: Until July 15 in New York city; from July 15 to September 1, Colorado Springs and Denver, Col.; from September 1 to October 15, Lincoln and Omaha, Neb. Miss Bergh will resume her New York city instruction by November 1.
60For particulars address Secretary Lillie Bergh School of Singing, "The Albany," Fifty-second street and Broadway.
61WILLIAM ARMSTRONG,
62LECTURES, 1897-98:
63"Unpublished Interviews with Great Musicians."
64"Imaginations of Contemporary Music and Musicians in England."
65Limited engagements in America until May, when return London dates will be filled. Address
66FRED PELHAM, Manager Central Lyceum Bureau.
67Inter-Ocean Building, CHICAGO.
68MAX DECSI (Late of Vienna),
69VOCAL INSTRUCTOR.
70Teacher of Alice Neilson, present prima donna of the Bostonians, and other prominent singers.
71Studio: 10 West 36th Street, New York.
72GEORGE LEON MOORE
73ORATORIO, CONCERT and SONG RECITALS.
74TENOR,
75address HENRY WOLFSON MUSICAL BUREAU, 191 East 17th Street, or 57 West 39th Street, New York.
76CONCERT
77ANITA RIO
78SOPRANO.
79Address: 102 West 136th Street, New York City.
80ORATORIO
81ELIZABETH LEONARD,
82CONTRALTO.
83For Terms, Dates, Etc., 158 West 83d St., NEW YORK.
84Kaltenborn – Beyer-Hané
85STRING QUARTET; also KALTENBORN SEXTET.
86Solo work by Messrs. KALTENBORN and BEYER-HANÉ.
87Musical Agents, or 148 West 91st Street, New York.
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