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Musical Courier 1898-10-17: Vol 37 Iss 971, 1898
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1THE MUSICAL COURIER.
3Cotnham Gossip
5NEW YORK, October 17, 1888.
7THESE be fearsome times ahead of us, brethren; a well-known authority calculates we shall in the season before us here in New York hear over one hundred concerts of the larger order—that is, concerts with orchestra. Then there are ninety performances of grand opera scheduled at the Metropolitan Opera House, nightly operatic representations at the American Theatre, and two or three theatres devoted week in and week out to comic opera—this is the prospect music lovers are called on to face. As this writer says: "Shall it be viewed with terror or delight?" In any case, it is a lively comment on the supposed demand for music, and will be solved each for himself—pay your money and take your choice!
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11Mighty has been the scramble for a place in the brand new church and choir of the Divine Paternity, Seventy-sixth street and Central Park West, presided over by Rev. Charles H. Eaton, D. D., and the equally important musical department under the control of that genial gentleman, J. Warren Andrews. He has as solo quartet Miss Jessie Mae Keeler, Mrs. Jennie King-Morrison, William H. Squire, and for bass the gentleman who rejoices in the singular name of Oley Speaks. His octet is: Isabel Roorbach, Maud I. Wood, Emma Bradley, June Detweiler, Clinton Morse, Thomas Cole, Thomas Pennell and Mr. Whitbread. With this combination Brother Andrews should be able to produce much excellent and varied music. Last Sunday they sang West's "Lord Is Exalted," Lane's "Unseen Kingdom" and Morrison's "When I Had Read." There was a wedding in the church last Tuesday noon, and in accordance with the custom I trust the organist handed over the fat fee (?) to his better half, who, with an assortment of small Andrewses, has now arrived. His studio organ has arrived from Minneapolis, several pupils have also come from thence, and after a little vacation, following the dedication service of October 24, Mr. Andrews will be ready for business.
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15Emma Thursby writes your "Gossipier" that she will return soon, leaving Paris, where she and her sister Ina were, October 6, and opening her studios at Carnegie Hall and 34 Gramercy Park this week. The sisters write they have passed a most delightful summer in England and France, and heard some fine music; also enjoying meeting many prominent artists and teachers. Her European tour in the eighties, under the direction of Strakosch, is still remembered and referred to by many, for she sang in nearly every country of Europe then, and nowhere with greater acclaim than in France. Her pupil, little Geraldine Farrar, it will be remembered, has the special interest of Melba and Grau, and is said to be developing into a splendid singer.
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19A Russian whose name does not end with a "ski" or "off," Edward Bromberg, is nevertheless and notwithstanding just as much of a Russian. His name has been frequently mentioned in these columns, and this paper thinks it has conducted much to that gentleman's progress in financial and musical ways—for it is a great thing to be greeted by strangers with "Oh, yes, I know your name; have read good things of you in THE MUSICAL COURIER." He has been busy arranging with his many private pupils for lessons, and among the new ones are several with promising voices. George Mitchell, the tenor, who, after his arrival from Italy, studied last spring with Mr. Bromberg, now with the De Vere-Sapio company, will sing the principal tenor roles in "Faust," "Lucia" and "Rigoletto." Mr. Bromberg will sing considerably in public this winter.
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23Arthur D. Woodruff, conductor of several prominent singing societies and vocal teacher, making a specialty of preparation for oratorio and concert, is again with us, after a pleasant summer, spent as usual at Washington, Conn., where he combined business with pleasure, exchanging the bicycle suit for the "spike-tail" ever and anon; in other words, the Ladies' Singing Club gave their second annual concert, singing several part songs with and without accompaniment. The Dannreuther Quartet, augmented to a quintet, and Miss Eleanor Liebau, contralto, assisted, not forgetting the most necessary adjunct of a successful concert, the accompanist, in this instance Mrs. Mary A. Nelson. Woodruff's dignified manner of running business matters, never doing things for parade, impresses one; he is busy and successful, but making no fuss about it.
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27The tenor E. Ellsworth Giles has always done more or less vocal teaching, and has now secured a fine studio at 81 Fifth avenue, where he may be found daily. Everything in it is bright and new, and into this very central locality pupils easily find their way. He begins very well, one pupil having come to him from the interior of the State, where he last summer gave several concerts, and other city pupils having applied, had their voices tested. Giles is tenor of the Central Presbyterian Church, on West Fifth-seventh street, and possesses among his other valuables the following recommendation:
29E. Ellsworth Giles possesses an easy, tender, sweet, sympathetic voice, having a compass of two octaves, evenly developed, with the three registers perfectly united. His technic is correct and his enunciation irreproachable, which makes him the finest and most accomplished lyric tenor on the concert stage.—Emilio Belari, the distinguished vocal teacher, in an open letter to singers and vocal teachers.
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33How many sopranos can point to fourteen years' continual service in the same church? This is what Miss Marie S. Bissell can do, she having sung in the Broadway Tabernacle that length of time. She is kept very busy with numerous pupils, two of these, both from the far West—Iowa—being Miss Nellie Brewster and Mrs. M. L. Smith. Of the former a local paper said, July 12:
35Miss Brewster sings the most difficult music, Latin and French operas, not often undertaken by a lady of seventeen. Her first number last night, "Ave Maria," captivated the audience and won for her great applause. She also sang "L'Eté," another difficult selection, in which she displayed wonderful talent.
37And of Mrs. Smith the Creston (Ia.) Advertiser says:
39Mrs. Smith has just returned from New York, where she has been studying the past year with Miss Marie S. Bissell. The change in her voice by the instruction she received is wonderful. It is full, rounded out and musical, and the way she ascends and descends the scale with such evenness of tone is marvelous.
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43The Froehlich School of Music is recognized as one of the most completely organized and best equipped institutions in New York. The best evidence of the excellence of the methods of instruction taught in this conservatory is the rapid advance of the numerous pupils, who have made greater progress under its teachings than during many years before under the ordinary methods. Many of its pupils have successfully appeared in public concerts, and some occupy fine positions as piano and violin teachers, others in orchestra and church choir. This is the result of careful and efficient teaching, and because the teachers employed at the conservatory are among the first in their profession.
45Prof. Severin Froehlich had the special interest and endorsement of Anton Seidl, during his life, and he proposes to maintain the high standard then attained. This school is permanent; owning the building, it is a fixture of Harlem, and Mr. Froehlich has won the warm regard of all by his superior teaching and amiable personal qualities.
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49Edward Mayerhofer, the well-known and much beloved piano pedagogue, of Yonkers, a composer of merit, vice-president of the New York State Music Teachers' Association, may now be found at his studio, No. 15 North Broadway, Yonkers, where he has a fine grand piano, Virgil clavier and other adjuncts of the up to date teacher. Mr. Mayerhofer is also engaged in much absorbing literary work, and indeed the genial man is being called upon to soon decide as to which life shall be his, music or literature. A man of broad culture, traveled, of polished manner. Edward Mayerhofer wins the regard of all.
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53Hausrath's concert, soon to occur, will, besides those already mentioned, have as participants Albertus Shelley, violinist; Miss Anna O'Ryan, reader; George Belder, baritone, and Johanna Fillian, a young and talented pupil of Hausrath. This combination assures the hearer of variety galore, and surely a pleasant evening of music, song and story. Hausrath will also play soon for the Seventy-first Regiment, at the Rogers Mansion, 166th street and Boston avenue. A capital solo pianist, organist and accompanist, Hausrath is also busy teaching, his studio, on the ground floor of 65 West 115th street, containing a brand new grand piano, and several modern up to date appliances for assuring progress to the student.
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57The following has been issued by the parties named therein:
59Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hauser wish to inform their pupils and patrons that they will resume their violin and piano lessons on and after Monday, September 26, 1888.
60The Webber, 1364 Lexington avenue, New York.
62I am sure nothing here written can add to the already excellent reputation of Mr. and Mrs. Hauser, but a word of information may be interesting. In 1880, Leipsic, Germany, Hauser was studying music and had as pupils the children of Director (Intendant) Max Staegemann, of the City Theatre. He frequently played in the Gewandhaus Orchestra when it was enlarged, as on the occasion of Rubinstein's and Brahms' visits to conduct their new works. All this gave him much valuable experience; no wonder he is now one of the first violins of the Philharmonic Society. * * * In 1884 May Hootge was a favorite Liszt pupil, at Weimar, Germany; a couple of years later these young people met in Cincinnati, where Hauser went to become first assistant teacher of the violin at the college. Now the two are one, and the romance has resolved into a most comfortable and happy home, where music is the divine ruler!
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66Last Friday evening, at the Mollenhauer College of Music parlors, a lecture musicale was given by Jos. B. Zellman, the subject being "F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy," illustrated by vocal and instrumental solos. Both the Messrs. Mollenhauer and Mr. Zellman have some most promising pupils, and as I presume these assisted, the evening was doubtless an enjoyable one. I recall Miss Tietjens, Mr. Dreher and Miss Frobisher, all studying with Mollenhauer-Zellman, and all far above mere pupil advancement.
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70Charlotte Walker is well known as a concert and church singer, in the latter capacity in Shelley's choir, but not everyone knows of her charming young sister Marion.
72REMINGTON SQUIRE,
73MANAGER.
75KATHRIN HILKE, MARY LOUISE CLARY, LILIAN CARLLSMITH, SHANNAH CUMMINGS,
76SOPRANO. CONTRALTO. CONTRALTO. SOPRANO.
78J. H. McKINLEY, E. C. TOWNE, HEINRICH MEYN, LEWIS WILLIAMS, CARL E. DUFFT,
79TENOR. TENOR. BARITONE. BARITONE. BASSO.
81CHARLES RICE, TENOR. CLEMENTE BELOGNA, BASSO. DAVID MANNES, VIOLINIST.
83And Other Leading Musical Artists.
85Sole Direction: REMINGTON SQUIRE, 125 East 24th St., New York.
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