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Musical Courier 1899-11-29: Vol 39 Iss 1028, 1899
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1THE MUSICAL COURIER.
3MUSIC IN CANADA
5J. W. F. Harrison ("Seranus"), the clever Canadian writer, will give a reception in his honor.
7Miss Lillian Littlehales, 'cellist, when visiting this city a week or two ago was responsible for several social fêtes, including an after-concert supper at the home of Mrs. Garret (soprano) and a large reception at the residence of Miss Mary Günther, pianist.
9The following is a list of those who have won annual scholarships offered by the Toronto Conservatory of Music for the season 1899-1900:
10Piano, under Dr. Edward Fisher, Misses Maude McLean and Rose Kitchen; under J. W. F. Harrison, Miss Mary Motherwell; under W. J. McNally, Misses Jennie Williams and Mildred Marks; under Donald Herald, Miss Ida Grant; under Miss S. E. Dallas, Miss Hilda Newmarch; under Miss Maud Gordon, Miss Clara Langstaff.
11Voice, under Rechab Tandy, Frank Hancock; under Dr. Albert Ham, Arthur Morrison; under Mrs. Reynolds-Reburn, Miss S. Gilby and J. T. Heffernan; under Mrs. J. W. Bradley, Messrs. G. R. Pirie and Wainwright; under Mrs. H. W. Parker, Misses Edith McKay and Jennie Williams; under Miss Annie Hallworth, Misses Agnes Curran and Lillias Young.
12Organ, under William Reed, Miss Nellie Costello; under Arthur Blakeley, Ernest Bowles.
13Violin, under Mrs. Drechsler Adamson, M. P. Mallon.
14Elementary piano, Misses Mildred Hall, Evelyn O'Donoghue and Aileen Johnston.
16At Massey Music Hall popular price Saturday night concerts have been inaugurated, with the result that patronage and enthusiasm prevail.
18MONTREAL.
19NOVEMBER 22, 1899.
21Rosario Bourdon, a boy scarcely thirteen years old, gave a 'cello recital last week, which proved to be one of the musical features of the season, much to the surprise of all but a very select few who had followed the career of this infant phenomenon through its brief if brilliant development.
23Young Bourdon—"Rosario" rather, for by this name his friends hope he will some day achieve fame—was born in the little town of Longueuil, just across the river from Montreal, and perhaps the most unlikely spot in Canada for the birthplace of genius. It is also only a stone's throw or so from Chambly, where Miss Lajeunesse, better known as Madame Albani, first saw the light of day. Rosario first appeared in concert at the mature age of six, and it is a matter of record that the parish priest, on hearing him, clasped his hands in an ecstasy of musical enthusiasm and local pride, and observed that the boy was a wonder, which was probably true. At any rate, the youngster was very sensibly kept to his lessons, and if he made any farther incursions into the realm of solo playing they are not recorded in the musical annals of Longueuil. Dubois, a 'cellist with more than a local reputation, undertook his training, and so well did he succeed in developing the boy's talents that at the age of eleven he secured the diploma of the Academy of Music of the Province of Quebec and sailed for Brussels. His career there, it is reported, was just as fascinatingly brilliant as the careers of all Brussels students are, and he won his share of diplomas and high-sounding French titles. Then he came back to Montreal and gave a concert. There is no longer reason for doubting that Rosario has the makings of a most promising 'cellist. His technic is marvelous and he has a sober, serious way of attempting serious music which indicates modesty and a certain amount of reverence for accepted standards. His playing naturally lacks breadth and depth, but these will undoubtedly come with time.
25Rosario will give another concert here, one each in Ottawa and Quebec and will then leave for London, where he is to appear at several well-known houses this winter.
27Friday afternoon of this week the Symphony Orchestra series of concerts will be resumed, J. J. Goulet having secured a sufficient number of guarantors to safeguard him from serious financial embarrassment. Mrs. Charles Crowley will be the soloist.
29An enjoyable series of Sunday afternoon concerts has been inaugurated in Karn Hall by some enterprising members of the musical colony. Last Sunday's was noteworthy, principally for introducing a new solo violinist to the Montreal public. Herbert Spencer, up to this year known rather as a composer with some considerable claim on recognition, has won the right to be regarded from the standpoint of practical as well as theoretical accomplishments, and this accession to the ranks of good performers is a very grateful one. The supply of first-class violinists is woefully limited.
31The other numbers on the program were furnished by Mrs. Turner, a young lady organist with a passion for rococo registration. Mr. Charbonneau, an excellent 'cellist, and Mr. Lebel, tenor soloist of the choir of St. James' Cathedral.
33Wants Government to Buy Musical Museum.
35CONSUL LEBERT, at Ghent, calls the State Department's attention to the contemplated sale of the Snock Musical Museum in that city. The collection, which was commenced in 1854, is said to be one of the finest and most important in Europe, containing about 1,145 instruments of 225 kinds, including forty pianos, dating from the sixteenth century, in addition to the library of many thousand volumes. The Russian and German governments are trying to buy portions of the collection, but the heirs insist on selling as a whole.—Evening Journal, November 22.
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