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Musical Courier 1898-06-22: Vol 36 Iss 955, 1898
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1splendid testimonial to the high character of the Conservatory training.
3Frank T. Baird left Chicago for Europe this week and while abroad will follow his custom of gleaning some points of study from the best masters. Mr. Baird's reputation as an oratorio teacher is known far beyond Chicago and he is recognized as an authority by some of the finest artists in Europe. Accompanying Mr. Baird is his pupil, Arthur M. Burton, who sang so successfully at many of the best musicales this season. Mr. Burton will make a long stay abroad and will have with him later on in the year another well-known Chicagoan, Clarence Dickinson, who goes to Germany for two or three years.
5Mrs. Minnie Fish Griffin has just returned from a series of recitals in Iowa, under the management of Mildred Webber, which were very successful.
7Jennie Osborn sings at the Omaha Exposition June 21, 27 and 30. "Elijah" the 21st, "Rosemaiden" the 27th and is soloist with the Thomas Orchestra on the 30th.
9Mrs. L. M. Dunn, with the assistance of Mrs. Nellie Bangs Skelton, gave a song recital at Steinway Hall on Friday. Among Mrs. Dunn's pupils taking part in the program were Miss Laas, Mrs. Gebhard, Miss Louise Kellogg, Miss Virginia Hunkins, Miss Jennie B. Taylor, Mrs. Alice Warhurst and Miss Etta Maclay.
11Mr. and Mrs. Bicknell Young announce an evening musicale at Kimball Hall Thursday evening, June 23, at 8 o'clock. Miss Florence Loomis, soprano; Charles Fulton, tenor; H. Burgess Jones, baritone, and a chorus of advanced pupils.
13It is announced that the De Pasqualis are to sing in "Faust" at the Schiller Theatre the week commencing June 26.
15A contralto who will be eagerly welcomed next season is Mrs. Frances Carey Libbe. Her singing and voice have been remarkably well spoken of both for church work and concert work. Among other notices received were the following from St. Joseph, Mo.:
17The Christmas music was much enhanced by the singing of Mrs. Frances Carey Libbe, of Chicago. Mrs. Libbe's voice is marvelous, of wide range, sympathetic and deep in tone. She sang "O, Rest in the Lord," from "The Elijah," and it was much appreciated by the large audience that attended the services.—St. Joseph Herald, January 3, 1897.
19To many of the musically inclined Mrs. Libbe's name is a familiar one. She is the leading contralto of Chicago, and has won for herself an enviable reputation as an oratorio singer in national musical circles. During the past few months she has been filling engagements in the East, and the flattering notices received from the press were sufficient to turn a head less evenly balanced than her own. At present she is singing in the Sinai Congregation choir, which is considered by far the finest musical organization of Chicago. Her voice is marvelous, a rich, full contralto of even quality, at once pure and flexible. Her tones are deep and full and her compass of wide range. In addition to her ability as a songstress of exquisite voice she is a charming young lady of prepossessing appearance and fascinating personality.—St. Joseph Herald, December 27, 1897.
21The Sherwood Piano School will not be closed during vacation, as Walton Perkins and Miss Georgia Kober (piano), Mrs. A. J. Goodrich (harmony, musical analysis and theory) and Mrs. Gertrude Grosscup Perkins (voice culture) will conduct a summer term, beginning June 20. Next fall term begins September 19, 1898.
23The closing concert of the Sherwood Piano School took place Tuesday last at Steinway Hall. Members of the faculty and advanced pupils gave the following program:
25Concerto in C minor, op. 37. Beethoven
26Second piano by Miss Blanche E. Strong.
28Capriccio in B minor, op. 22. Mendelssohn
29Miss Emma Siegmond.
31Second piano by Miss Blanche E. Strong.
33Concerto in A minor, op. 16, first movement. Grieg
34John J. Blackmore.
36Second piano by William H. Sherwood.
38Polonaise Brillante in E major, op. 72, arranged by Liszt. Weber
40Second piano by William H. Sherwood.
42Concerto in F minor, op. 2, first movement. Arenski
43Miss Emma Payne.
45Second piano by William H. Sherwood.
47Concerto, op. 16, larghetto and rondo. Gernsheim
48Miss Frank Blymyer.
50Second piano by Miss Harriet Johnson.
52Concerto in E flat. Liszt
53Miss Stella La Zalle.
55Second piano by William H. Sherwood.
57Concerto in E minor, op. 11, adagio. Chopin
58Reno B. Myers.
60Second piano by William H. Sherwood.
62Scherzo from Second Concerto, op. 23. MacDowell
63Miss Blanche E. Strong.
65Second piano by William H. Sherwood.
67Invitation to the Dance (for eight hands). Weber
68Misses I. a Zalle and Hartman.
69J. J. Blackmore and Theodore Teepe.
71In a recent number of The Courier mention was made of two very talented pupils of Indianapolis, Misses Lyda and Catherine Bell, pupils of Oliver Willard Pierce. At a recent ensemble recital they played the following program:
73Concerto, C minor. Bach
74Andantino Pastorale. Brüll
75Vorspiel, Tristan und Isolde. Wagner
76Ave Maria. Bach-Gounod
77Novellette. Gade
78Feu Roullant. Duvernoy
79Hungarian Dances, Nos. 6 and 5. Brahms
80Where'er You Walk. Händel
81Winter Night. Hollaender
82Light. Hawley
83Les Preludes. Liszt
85Miss Georgia Kober, of the faculty of the Sherwood Piano School, will play Grieg's A minor concerto with the Thomas Orchestra at the National Congress of Musicians at the Omaha Exposition.
87Miss Harriet Johnson, of the faculty of the Sherwood Piano School, will play the Saint-Saëns G minor concerto at the meeting of the Illinois Music Teachers' Association.
89Miss Blanche E. Strong, of the faculty of the Sherwood Piano School, will play MacDowell's Second Concerto and a group of compositions by Frederic Grant Gleason, Walton Perkins and P. C. Lutkin at the Illinois Music Teachers' Association meeting.
91Miss Georgia Kober, of the faculty of the Sherwood Piano School, will play the Godard concerto at the annual meeting of the Illinois Music Teachers' Association.
93Wm. H. Sherwood will play a number of solos and in trios with the Listennants at the Illinois Music Teachers' Association meeting. He will be the solo pianist in the concert of the M. T. N. A. at the Waldorf-Astoria, in New York, playing the only concerto with orchestra and giving a recital besides. This is the second year in succession that Mr. Sherwood has been chosen as chief solo pianist by this association. Mr. Sherwood also has been assigned a prominent place in the National Congress of Musicians to be held in Omaha June 30 to July 4.
95The Illinois Music Teachers' Association meets June 28, 29, 30 and July 1 at Handel Hall. Active preparations are being made to render the meeting one of the most successful ever held. Among others taking part will be:
97Pianists—Leopold Godowsky, William H. Sherwood, Emil Liebling, Allen Spencer, August Hyllested, Arne Oldberg, John Alden Carpenter, Miss Georgia Kober, Miss Harriet Johnson, Miss Blanche Strong, Miss Jennie Evelyn Munn, Miss Myrtle R. Fisher, Miss Maude Jennings, Miss Lillian Roemheld, Mrs. Nettie R. Jones, Mrs. Edwin Lapham, Jaroshaw de Zielinski, Walter Spry and O. R. Skinner.
99Vocalists—Mrs. Genevieve Clark Wilson, Mrs. Christine Nielson Dreier, Glenn Hall, Frank King Clark, Mrs. Clara G. Trimble, Cyril Bruce, Frank Webster, Sidney P. Biden, Mrs. Viola Frost Mixer, Holmes Cowper, Miss Eva Emmet Wycoff, Miss Elaine De Sellem, Miss Frances Crow, Mrs. Ada M. Sheffield, Mrs. Wm. D. McIlraine, Mrs. O. R. Skinner, Miss Lillian Brown Ingraham, Arthur Bassett and Herman Walker.
101Violinists—Bernhard Listemann, Leon Marx, Aleck Ostrander, Earl Drake and Master George Jones.
103Organist—Harrison Wild.
105Cellist—Franz Listemann.
107Lecturers—Frederic Grant Gleason, Calvin B. Cady and L. Gaston Gottschalk.
109Accompanists—Mrs. Florence Hackett, Mrs. Eleanor Fisher and Miss Sadie Kraus.
111The annual commencement and concert of the Gottschalk Lyric School will take place Monday evening, June 27, at 8 o'clock, at Kimball Hall. The prizes have been awarded to the following students:
113Vocal
114Miss Mae Baker, gold medal.
115Miss Lottie Boyd, silver medal.
116A. E. Borroff, gold medal.
117Vincent Fischer, A. G. Cone gold medal.
119Piano
120Post Graduate class—Gold medal, Miss Mamie Jacobowsky.
121Graduating class—Gold medal, Miss Dagmar Andersen.
122Graduating class—Highest average, silver medal, Miss Ingeborg Sorensen.
123Teachers' certificate class—Gold medal, Miss Gertrude Williams Mace.
124Teachers' certificate class—Highest average, silver medal, Miss Emma Louise Howe.
125Third grade—Silver medal, Irene Framheim, first prize.
126Third grade—Silver medal, Stanley Mills, second prize.
127Second grade—Silver medal, Helen Mendel, first prize.
128Second grade—Silver medal, Hershel G. Shaw, second prize.
130The American Conservatory announces a recital by Miss Helen B. Lawrence, assisted by Miss Louise E. Blish, at Kimball Rehearsal Hall, Friday afternoon, June 17, 1898, at 3 o'clock. The following program will be given:
132Andante. Scarlatti-Tausig
133Pastorale. Scarlatti-Tausig
134Gavotte G major. Niemann
135Song Without Words, No. 14. Mendelssohn
136Song Without Words, No. 3. Mendelssohn
137Miss Lawrence
138Were I a Gard'ner. Chaminade
139The Silver Ring. Chaminade
140The Quest. Smith
141Miss Blish
142La Fileuse. Raff
143Mazurka, op. 33, No. 4. Chopin
144Berceuse. Chopin
145Valse Ermine. Chopin
146Miss Lawrence
147Irish Folksong. Foote
148Violets. Woodman
149Daphne's Love. Ronald
150Miss Blish
151Scherzo from Concerto, op. 102. Litolf
152Miss Helen B. Lawrence
153Orchestral parts on second piano, Mrs. Gertrude Hogan Murdough.
155The commencements of the Chicago Musical College are among the musical events of next week. Next Tuesday evening, June 21, the thirty-second annual commencement exercises and concert will be held at Central Music Hall. A full orchestra of forty musicians will take part and an excellent program has been arranged. There are some 200 pupils in the graduating and teacher's certificate classes and forty-four students will receive medals for exceptional proficiency. The diamond medals were donated
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