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Musical Courier 1898-10-17: Vol 37 Iss 971, 1898
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1with success—a series of simple rules which will require no variation on the part of the executant. These rules are based upon the simplest forms of structure and are full of suggestions to the player.
3"It will be seen that the student will not require the varied and capricious rendering of the teacher for imitation. Indeed that mode of teaching dwarfs the individuality of the student. Except where personal intercourse with the composer is possible, the written note should be the only guide, and our notation, so simple and graphic as it is, fully expresses the desires and intentions of the composer. His appeal through the notation is alike to all. The teacher does in no wise lose his position by this. He should be a careful mentor, who follows and directs his pupil in the study of the composition.
5"The book comprises several sections. The first is a succinct and carefully selected series of purely technical forms for the development of the action of the fingers. Many writers in this direction have been drawn upon for material. The progressive character has been carefully preserved, and the exercises are sufficient to prepare the student for the highest development in work for the fingers alone. This is followed by a series of formulas for the practice of the action of the wrist and forearm.
7"The application of the different motions of finger and wrist is made as simple as possible, so that the player on seeing the notation is instantly advised of the mode of striking the key. This to the author's mind is the absolutely essential practice required of the student, as there should be no hesitancy in the application of technical rules.
9"There follow these illustrations selected from the time of Bach to the present day. The phrasing is presented in many cases in the ordinary and careless notation frequently seen and compared with the exact presentation demanded by the composer's idea. In this way it will be seen that our notation does not need experiment or peculiar action to express the exact musical thought of the writer.
11"Chapters upon time, bridging and the use of the pedal complete a course of practice which we are sure will lead to the highest results in technic and execution. The book will answer as a vade mecum for the student and will best serve as an introduction to the numerous studies and solos which he may select for the application of technical methods and forms."
13"Technic and Notation" is a book of 136 pages, bound in flexible cloth, and retails at $1.25. Contrasting it with the many complicated and extreme ideas on the subject of technic that have been published, this work, because of its simplicity, will be welcomed as a wholesome relief.
15It is published by the Clayton F. Summy Company, 220 Wabash avenue, Chicago.
17Ole Bull.
19A statue to Ole Bull by the sculptor, Sinding, will be erected at Bergen.
21Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Severn.
23At a concert in Springfield, Mass., to-morrow night Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Severn will be the principal participants. Mr. Severn will play for the first time in public his new violin works, "Mazourka de Concert," in G, and "Romance," in B flat. Mr. Severn's work for male chorus and orchestra, entitled "Bold Robin Hood," is now being published by P. L. Jung.
25Harriet A. Shaw, Harpist.
27Harriet A. Shaw, of Boston, is a Maine girl who has devoted herself for the past few years to the study of the harp. She is well known at home and abroad as a splendid musician and she plays with great feeling and understanding.
29Her work at the Maine festival was of a high order, showing her absolute knowledge of the instrument.
31The critics were unanimous in their hearty words of praise for her rendering of Alvar's "Danse des Fées." Miss Shaw was highly praised by the German critics for her interpretation of this aria when she appeared before a Dresden audience.
33Season 1898-99.
35Sembrich.
37Frank Moulin.
39A MEMBER of the Castle Square Opera Company who, by his pleasing singing and effective acting, has won an enviable position is Frank Moulin. He is a native of New York and most of his life has resided here. As a boy he was regarded as a phenomenal singer, the great purity of his voice and its exceptional compass exciting much comment among musicians. Soon after the Young Apollo Club, of New York, was organized young Moulin became a member. At that time Gilmore's Band was in the zenith of its popularity, and was playing a long engagement in the old Gilmore Garden. The Young Apollo Club was singing in connection with the band, and one of the most admired of its singers was the subject of this sketch. He filled an engagement of twenty weeks with this organization.
41While still in his teens young Moulin became a member of the choir of Trinity Church. After singing with success there for a considerable time he went to Jersey City and took a position in the choir of one of the leading churches, the organist and choirmaster of which was W. F. Williams, who had formerly directed the Young Apollo Club.
43Mr. Moulin's professional career as a singer began when he became a member of the Calhoun Opera Company. This organization toured through the West and sang in most of the cities from Chicago to San Francisco.
45Mr. Moulin joined the Castle Square Opera Company last year and went on the road with it. Few members received more applause and better press notices. This season he is singing with the company at the American Theatre, and his work has been warmly commended. His singing and acting have been praised equally, for he is talented in both directions. He is intensely earnest, yet there is a captivating abandon about his finest efforts. He makes the most of his part, whether it be small or large. One of his distinguishing characteristics is refinement. He can be excessively funny without being coarse. He is very fond of comedy, yet he places the proper estimate upon the value of good singing in conjunction with good acting. As Mr. Moulin is still a very young man, it is safe to predict, judging from what he has already accomplished, that his career will be eminently successful.
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48FRANK MOULIN. one of two readings
50INFORMATION BUREAU.
52MAIL FORWARDED.
54Letters have been forwarded to the following since previous issue:
55Richard Burmeister, Mr. Arthur Mees,
56Mr. and Mrs. P. Robinson, Maud Reese-Davies.
57Dr. Ion A. Jackson,
59MAIL FOR ARTISTS.
61Mail addressed to the following has been received at THE MUSICAL COURIER Bureau of Information:
62J. T. Cowovery, Chas. Schuetze,
63"Student," Miss Villa Whitney-White,
64Miss Clark, Miss Mary M. Shedd,
65Miss C. Ignoroff, Miss Bessie Strauss,
66Mme, Kate Rolla, Miss Ollie Torbid,
67Miss Sada Iberthum, Hugo Kraemer.
69Good-Bye, Xaver Scharwenka.
71THE PUPILS OF THE PIANIST PRESENT HIM A LOVING CUP ON THE EVE OF HIS DEPARTURE FOR EUROPE.
73THE announcement published in THE MUSICAL COURIER a few weeks ago that Xaver Scharwenka was about to leave New York to take up his permanent residence in Berlin caused much regret among the pianist's friends and admirers in this city.
75Few teachers are more beloved by their pupils than Xaver Scharwenka. It was eminently fitting, therefore, that they should unite in testifying their esteem by an appropriate gift—a "loving cup." Miss Carolin Maben, one of his most earnest disciples and loyal proponents, conceived the idea, and its execution was due largely to her work. Each of the following young ladies contributed her share toward the purchase of the gift: Miss Carolin Maben, Miss M. W. Beckel, Miss T. Ettlinger, Miss Grace Lucie Henop, Miss Anna Balz, Miss C. E. Marshall, Miss M. Clover, Miss Augusta Hausknicht, Miss Lulu Horn, Miss Blanche Gordon, Miss S. Ella Boynton, Miss Cathrine Cornik, Miss Amy R. Rosenfield, Miss Nanie Davis, Mrs. J. H. Freedman, Mrs. E. B. White and Mrs. S. Smith. The following young gentlemen also contributed: Albert von Doenhoff, Frederick Beerman and George Falkenstein.
77The cup is of solid silver, very massive and thickly lined with gold. It is as chaste and beautiful a gift as could have been chosen.
79The above-named pupils, together with a number of others, repaired last evening to Mr. Scharwenka's residence, No. 149 East Twenty-first street, and gave him and his family a genuine surprise party. They provided refreshments and music in abundance, and merriment ruled the hour. While the festivities were at their height the "loving cup" was produced. The recipient had been given no intimation of his pupils' purpose, so was taken completely by surprise. Mr. Scharwenka does not speak English fluently, but he contrived to express his thanks felicitously, as every word came hot from his heart. It was difficult for him to repress his emotion; the exhibition of affectionate regard on the part of his devoted pupils touched him deeply. At a late hour the festivities ended, and the sorrowful leave-taking followed.
81Mr. Scharwenka will sail from New York to-morrow and will go without delay to Berlin to join his brother in the Scharwenka Conservatory, succeeding Karl Klindworth, who has retired from that famous institution.
83Frank H. Tubbs.
85This successful teacher has five excellent tenor voices among his new pupils this season. He returned to his New York studio but a week ago, and is already busy. His pupils are sent him by teachers in other cities and towns who wish him to continue and enlarge upon their own training. This attests Mr. Tubbs' worth as a teacher. The five tenors are from five Western and Southern cities.
87FOR CONCERTS
88ADDRESS
89GEO. W. STEWART,
90120 Tremont Street,
91BOSTON, MASS.
93Maurice Grau Opera Company.
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