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Musical Courier 1899-10-11: Vol 39 Iss 1021, 1899
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1accompanist. The following officers have been elected: W. J. Jones, president; George Jones, vice-president; W. McClosky, treasurer, and Thomas B. Davies, secretary.
3Miss May Elliott, John Cronan, Miss Clara Wooledge, F. J. Forster, Mrs. Grace Lincoln Burnham, H. H. McNamara, C. A. McNamara, Axlie P. Rudd, Miss Lillian Roberts, Mrs. Paul de Bruyn Kops, Misses Clara and Nellie Olson and Mrs. C. H. Anheier gave a musical at Fargo, N. Dak., October 3.
5The Amphion Male Chorus, of Newark, N. J., has elected the following officers: President, George H. Denny; vice-president, Winfield S. Simms; secretary, Joseph Hicks; treasurer, Myron W. Morse; librarian, Charles A. Pierson; members of the executive committee—George W. Roe, Lorenzo Wood and the officers; director, Harris G. Crawford. The chorus will give subscription concerts on December 14 and March 22.
7President Thomas Impett has appointed the following as vice-presidents to represent Rensselaer County in the State Music Teachers' Association: C. A. Stein, Clara Stearns, Mrs. W. B. Wilson, J. Burt Curley and Ben Franklin, Troy; Frank McDonough, Rensselaer; J. Wells Herrington, Eagle Bridge; Mrs. W. H. Van Vliet, South Schodack; Miss Gibson, Hoosick Falls; J. R. McLaren, West Sand Lake.
9At the last meeting of the Goshen (Ind.) Woman's Musical Club Mrs. Mary Roach, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ogle, of South Bend; E. A. Lefebre, of Elkhart, and a male chorus, consisting of J. Shadinger, Sol Weaver, William Clark, Ben C. Bender, W. Twomey, H. Burnstein, Jacob Hattle, George Cregier, George Neideraur, W. Doty, Robert Ogle, Earl Gillispie, Myron Dow and George Riley, gave an interesting program.
11The choir of the Pilgrim Congregational Church, Superior, Wis., gave a concert September 24. The choir consists of Mrs. Delano Smith, soprano; Miss Edith Watson, contralto; H. Peterson, tenor; Orriman Ely, bass; Miss Maud E. Wolford, organist. They were assisted by Mrs. F. H. Decker, soprano; Miss Lola Montgomery, contralto; E. L. Heimbaugh, tenor; Grafton Mason, bass, and A. Hoelscher, flute.
13The choir of St. John's Evangelical Church, Columbus, Ohio, has been recently reorganized under the direction of Prof. Theodore Schneider. The members of the choir are: Sopranos, Mrs. C. Woehlert, Mrs. J. Bohlander, Miss Emma Hoelcher, Miss Marie Jagsch and Miss Francis Orthofer; altos, Miss Anna Fornof, Miss Mary Stark and Miss Haubrich; tenors, Frederick Kopp, Charles Schaefer, William Doelker; bassos, Henry Kopp, Edwin Knipfer, Charles Krieg, Henry Eger and Charles Walz.
15The Nolan Symphony Orchestra, of Reading, Pa., has just been organized by Charles T. Nolan, conductor, with sixty-five musicians. Among the soloists are Edwin A. Brill, Harry W. Meyer, Harry Fahrbach, violins; Richard Schmidt, viola; Frederick P. Greims, 'cello; Lee K. Smith, piano; Giovanni Setaro, harp; John Fasshauer, contrabass; Martin Stobbe, flute, and Theodore Kolb, 'cello.
17The officers of the Fortnightly Club, of Ottumwa, Ill., are: President, Mrs. Mary W. Lee; first vice-president, Mrs. Helen E. Morrell; second vice-president, Mrs. Sarah L. Johnston; recording secretary, Mrs. Idah M. Loomis; corresponding secretary, Miss Adine Edgerly, and treasurer, Mrs. Ida M. Pope. The members are: Mesdames Chas. Bachman, Frank B. Cresswell, W. D. Elliott, Will T. Harper, Jr., A. G. Harrow, M. B. Hutchison, A. W. Johnston, A. W. Lee, W. E. Loomis, J. Hollister Lynch, Hamilton S. McGavic, John H. Morrell, W. T. Mollison, J. F. Pope, George Pope, Catharine Carpenter Taylor; Misses Edith Bannister, Pearl E. Cory, Adine C. Edgerly, Laura H. Garner, Lena Gaston, Grace Harrow, Helen Hyatt, Margaret Mahon and Yetta Zangs, and honorary members, Mesdames J. H. Merrill, John C. Jordan, W. W. Walker, Helen M. Lang, W. F. Cram, of Des Moines; J. A. Sunderland, of Omaha; J. W. Calhoun, Jacob Prugh, Wm. Daggett, J. W. Garner, Will C. Jordan, of Des Moines; G. M. Kerns, of Rock Island, Ill.; Clement Summers, of Juneau, Alaska, and E. A. Jones, of Butte, Mon.
19H. Carleton Slack, Boston.
21In musical circles many expressions of admiration and wonder are often heard in the prominence to which H. Carleton Slack has arisen in the comparatively short time he has been teaching in Boston.
23We do not think it strange at all that he should have been so quickly successful, for Mr. Slack is one of the few who early realized the importance of a careful preparation for teaching and of a thorough understanding of the art of tone production. The years he has spent in studying the voice in all its phases make him competent to teach a method of tone production which is recognized the world over as being correct. This method is the Sbriglia, of which Mr. Slack is one of the leading exponents in America.
25Many artists and teachers have studied with Maestro Sbriglia for a limited time, but few if any have had the advantage of an intimate personal acquaintance and of several years' work with him as has Mr. Slack. Sbriglia is very emphatic in saying that those who run over to Paris for a few weeks and take a dozen or so lessons cannot even partially grasp the ideas which he considers absolutely essential to a correct method of tone production.
27One great secret of Mr. Slack's remarkable success is his attitude toward his pupils with reference to developing their capacity for thought. Is it not true that the lack of application of brains to the study of the voice is apparent in the work of a vast majority of pupils?
29It seems never to have occurred to many teachers of singing that the development of the latent mental powers of the pupil is the only true way of bringing him to the complete understanding of his work and thereby to the perfection of the voice in its fullest beauty. In any other line of study brains count in the solving of problems, and the same rule holds true in the vocal art, but unfortunately the people who work out their "vocal problem" are very few, and much of the fault lies with those teachers who fail to emphasize that fact.
31It is surprising how few singers think.
33Mr. Slack's handsome studio consists of three rooms, light, airy and handsomely furnished. They are in the centre of much that is helpful and interesting in Boston's musical life.
35De Pachmann.
37Vladimir de Pachmann, who, at the Worcester Festival, last week created quite a sensation by his masterly rendition of Chopin's F minor Concerto, will make his New York début Tuesday evening, October 17, in Mendelssohn Hall. To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Chopin De Pachmann will play a number of Chopin compositions.
39At the "house warming" of the Concordia Ladies' Society one of the most successful of the participants was Miss Hermann, a pupil of Platon Brounoff. Miss Hermann possesses an uncommonly good soprano voice, which has been trained carefully. Mr. Brounoff is having much success for his vocal pupils.
41Tristan Vocal Score.
43OFFICE OF BREITKOPF & HÄRTEL,
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46NEW YORK, September 25, 1890.
48Editors The Musical Courier:
50AMPLE copies of our edition de luxe of Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde," vocal score, for which we solicited subscriptions last May, have arrived. The work comes in a large folio volume, size 14×18. Price, $25.
52The illustrations (fourteen) from this edition are also sold separately; they are all mounted and collected in an artistically finished portfolio, size 19×23. Price, $20.
54Would be pleased to have you call at our store to examine the samples.
56Very respectfully,
57BREITKOPF & HÄRTEL.
59National Federation of Musical Clubs.
61THE meeting of the executive committee of the National Federation of Musical Clubs, held recently in Cleveland, has resulted in many plans, which are rapidly being given to the ninety federated clubs, thereby benefiting 8,000 club members.
63Mrs. Edwin F. Uhl, Grand Rapids, Mich., president of the Federation, chairman; Mrs. J. H. Webster, Cleveland, Ohio, first vice-president, and Miss Helen A. Storer, Akron, Ohio, a director of the Northern Middle section, constitute the personnel of this committee.
65Mrs. Frederic Ullmann, Chicago, vice-president of the Northern Middle section, was reappointed chairman of the bureau of registration, and Mrs. Thomas E. Ellison, Fort Wayne, Ind., recording secretary, was appointed press committee.
67Any action of Miss Helen A. Storer, as artist committee, is fully indorsed by the board of management.
69This work is purely altruistic, no commission being asked from either artist or club. All artists and managers wishing to reach the federated clubs can do so through this committee. A notable benefit to be gained by both clubs and artists is in the elimination of unnecessary expense through the arrangement of dates and carefully planned routes. Miss Storer has arranged many dates for this season with artists for clubs.
71Mrs. John Curran, Englewood, N. J., vice-president of the Eastern section, is attending to the official duties of Mrs. James Pedersen, corresponding secretary, who is abroad.
73The biennial proceedings, consisting of programs, minutes, reports, papers, and also of list of clubs, librarians' catalogue of music, suggestions for clubs, containing constitution and by-laws, with a five years' course of historical study and programs, are in the hands of the printing committee for immediate distribution to all federated clubs. Extra copies may be obtained at moderate cost by sending to the chairman of the printing committee, Mrs. Philip N. Moore, 1520 Mississippi avenue, St. Louis, Mo.
75Madame Aron.
77PROBABLY no privately arranged concert has attracted such an audience and gained such applause as that given August 5 in the Grand Hotel Kaiserhof, Mannheim, Germany, for the benefit of the building fund of the votive church or Dankeskirche. The great success was due to the fact that two artists, Madame Aron, of New York, and D'Odié, of Geneva, placed their art at the service of the fund. Around these stars were grouped the leading members of the local theatre. Naturally most of the applause was given to Madame Aron and D'Odié. The extraordinary sureness of Madame Aron's Italian school was revealed in her very first notes. Her voice possesses wonderful charm and astonishing fullness in all positions. After the lady's admirable performance, D'Odié, who is an intimate friend of Sarasate, played the latter's "Dance Espagnole" with wonderful sureness and fire. The financial success of the concert was also good, the sum of nearly 800 marks being raised for the building fund.
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