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Musical Courier 1899-11-29: Vol 39 Iss 1028, 1899
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1WESTERN NEW YORK OFFICE THE MUSICAL COURIER.
2749 NORWOOD AVENUE, BUFFALO, November 22, 1890.
4THE music directors of the Pan-American Exposition are busily at work making up a vast program for the musical part of the Exposition.
6They are fully cognizant of the mistakes other directors have made in past expositions, and are trying to avoid them and make the music at the Pan-American Exposition a credit to the enterprise. As soon as plans are formulated I have been promised the first news for publication. I am, however, permitted to state that the music will be absolutely free to the public, the gate receipts being depended upon to defray expenses.
8Mrs. F. W. Taylor, the wife of one of the directors of the Pan-American Exposition, is a new arrival in Buffalo, coming from Chicago, her former home. During the past summer she studied with Trabadelo in Paris, and has been a pupil of Francis Fischer Powers in New York. She sings before the Daughters of the American Revolution November 25, at the Twentieth Century Club. She will be a valuable acquisition to musical circles in Buffalo.
10A concert was given in Kopp's Opera House, Hamburg, N. Y., on Thursday evening, November 16, under the management of Miss Abel. The program was furnished by the Concert Cinque, Frances Doane-Lake, soprano; Herbert G. Powers, tenor; Kathleen Howard, contralto; Walter S. Cursons, baritone; S. S. Sakolski, violinist; under the direction of Wilbur F. S. Lake. It included a pleasing variety of concerted numbers, duets, songs and ballads by standard composers, and the De Beriot Concerto for violin, all of which were rendered in a very acceptable manner. The audience, while not entirely filling the theatre, was a musical and critical one, which expressed its appreciation of the work by many recalls.
12The Concert Quinque appear this week, Thursday evening, November 23, at the Sumner Place M. E. Church, Buffalo, in the main auditorium. A large audience is assured by the present advance sale of tickets and the prestige established at a concert in this church last year.
14The Concert Quinque also have an engagement for an evening at Fort Erie, Tuesday evening, November 28.
16A part of a Sunday cannot be spent more delightfully than by attending the musical hall hours at the First Church. Last Sunday the choir gave a particularly fine program, consisting of Sullivan's "Prodigal Son." Miss Tyrell was at her best in the solos for soprano; Messrs. Williamson and Riester are singers of note. Most potent are the qualities in their musical temperament, which is of vital warmth. The exquisite trio by Mr. Waith, "Now the Day Is Over," sung by Mrs. Clara Barnes-Holmes, Mr. Williamson and Mr. Riester, closed the vocal part of the program. Mr. Waith, the organist and director, began by playing "The Pilgrims' Chorus" and ended with the "Tannhäuser March" (Wagner).
18Mrs. Clara Barnes-Holmes had a charming concert in London, Ont., November 8, sharing the program with Miss Lillian Littlehales, 'cellist, under the auspices of the Woman's Morning Club. She has a return engagement December 12. She sings with Mr. Hartfeur's orchestra November 26.
20Mrs. Edith Risser McKay has accepted the position of solo soprano at the Prospect Avenue Baptist Church.
22The choir of the Delaware Avenue Baptist Church will sing Stainer's "Crucifixion" at their service of church music Sunday evening, November 26, under the direction of the organist, W. S. Jarrett.
24An evening of song was held at the Cedar Street Baptist Church November 14. The choir of fifty voices were assisted by Mrs. Nellie Hibler, soprano; Miss Kate Sherbourne, alto; Joseph Phillips, of New York, baritone; J. E. Anderson, tenor; William J. Gomph, pianist, and Jerome S. Moore, director. It was a very successful concert.
26The first concert of the Orchestra Society occurred November 12 at German-American Hall. The hall was crowded with an appreciative audience. Mr. Hartfeur showed good qualities as a conductor. He held his men well in hand and brought out the best that was in them. Mr. Marcus is the concertmeister, filling the place to the satisfaction of both audience and orchestra. Selections from Kretchnner, Rossini, Strauss, Wagner, Ziehrer, Herbert and Bizet were given. The soloist, Oscar Frankenstein, has a baritone voice with a good range and shows proper training. Take it all in all, the concert was a great success. All success to the Sunday night concerts!
28It is with regret I acknowledge I made a wrong statement in regard to Mr. Hartfeur being only temporary conductor. My informant seems to have voiced the wish of many, that he ought not to give up his place as concertmeister, as he was too valuable a man to be spared from this position. However, Henry Marcus fills the place now, to the satisfaction of everyone, and Mr. Hartfeur is the director of the orchestra.
30Many organists and students attended the organ concert given by Clarence Eddy at the Lafayette Presbyterian Church November 20. The general verdict is that Mr. Eddy's technic is great, his pedal phrasing and registration without a flaw; the program was very interesting, particularly on account of the many unfamiliar numbers which he gave; some of them in manuscript and one of them dedicated to Mr. Eddy by M. Enrico Bossi.
32The first Saengerbund concert of the season will be held in German-American Hall November 27. The society has recently added many fine baritones to its chorus, and under the very able directorship of Henry Jacobsen and the excellent selections we find on the program the public is anticipating an enjoyable evening. The soloist will be Fräulein Flancon. Report of the concert will be in a later letter.
34The choir of the Church of Our Father will give a concert some time next month for the benefit of the organ fund.
36The greatest event of the season will be Vladimir de Pachmann's concert at Concert Hall November 24. The program consists of selections by R. Schumann, F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdi and F. Chopin. At this writing every available seat is sold.
38ROCHESTER NEWS.
40While calling on musicians in Rochester recently I met Forrest Cheney, who is one of the finest violinists I have heard in recent years. Clippings from the Salt Lake News, Detroit Free Press, Denver Rocky Mountain News, Oil City Derrick, New York Tribune, Elmira Telegram, Post Express, Rochester, all agree that the man is an artist. The Los Angeles (Cal.) Tribune says: "Those who are familiar with music will at once see what a wide scope this 'Wizard of the Violin' selected to exhibit his wonderful capacity as an artist. The sweet strains and marvelous executions of Vieuxtemps and Ole Bull still linger in our memory, and at this distance of time for comparison we are not able to see wherein Mr. Cheney loses anything by associations." Mr. Cheney gave his first Students' Musicaie in Rochester November 21.
42A lady who commands my special admiration as a faithful, painstaking teacher is Miss E. Theo. Manning, of Rochester. Much of her life has been spent as principal of music schools. She has had a teachers' class during the winter term and throughout the year classes in musical history and biography, chord spelling, harmony, counterpoint, musical form, musical acoustics and also scale classes, in which tone production was a prominent feature of the work. She had public examination (oral) and fortnightly recitals. Her graduating classes always composed the music for the Sunday services of commencement week. She has scale classes for piano pupils, which also study history and biography.
44Before a large audience at Cook's Opera House, Rochester, to view the biograph pictures of Pope Leo XIII., Miss Wera Ress sang Gounod's "Divine Redeemer" magnificently. Prof. Henry Greier's quartet, composed of Misses Wera Ress, Elisabeth Krautwurst, Louis Reiss and Fred Schulik sang Nuno's "Jubilate."
46A musicale in honor of the delegates to the State Federation of Women's Clubs was held at the First Baptist Church in Rochester, in charge of Mrs. Mary Chappell
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