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Musical Courier 1899-11-29: Vol 39 Iss 1028, 1899
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1heard from New York. "Tarantelle" is announced to follow.
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5One of the best local concerts I have attended was that given at Kimball Hall by Allen Spencer, Jan Van Oordt, Miss Caldwell and Miss Blish last Saturday. Old Italian composers were drawn upon and their works interpreted with entire satisfaction. Mr. Spencer, always a favorite, played with much taste and expression. He has many admirable traits in his method of playing, possessing artistic ability and power.
7Miss Blish has a voice of great promise, but at present it is difficult to know in what class to place her, as her voice is of great range, but of three distinct qualities. However, her work is always acceptable, if a trifle cold temperamentally. Miss Caldwell possesses much temperament, is dramatic and artistic, but her voice is not as yet equal to her other gifts.
9Of Jan Van Oordt it has been said that he is the most brilliant player in Chicago. His performance of the "Devil's Sonata," by Tartini, was in many respects superb, some of his work being of the highest order. The concert was under the auspices of the American Conservatory, which this season is having a series of concerts and recitals remarkable for the excellent programs and the accomplished artists interpreting them. The following is the program:
11Moderato, Allegro…………………………………………………Durante
12Sonata in A major…………………………………………………D. Scarlatti
13Gia il Sole………………………………………………………..A. Scarlatti
14Ma Presso………………………………………………………..Paradies
15Pieta Signore…………………………………………………….Stradella
16Sonata, La Trille du Diable………………………………………Tartini
17Jan Van Oordt.
18Nel Cor (La Bella Molinara)………………………………….Paisiello
19Danza Fanciulla……………………………………………………Durante
20Miss Caldwell.
21O Notte (La Faux Lord)………………………………………..Paccini
22La Folia………………………………………………………..Corelli
23La Sarabande et Tambourin……………………………………LeClair
24Mr. Van Oordt.
25Mrs. Karleton Hackett, Miss Blanche Deering, Miss Caldwell, Accompanists.
27Miss Inez Taylor, dramatic soprano, was heard in recital at Kowalski's studio in Terre Haute. Miss Taylor is a mezzo of much dramatic temperament, and one for whom Mr. Kowalski predicts a good career. The next recital at the Terre Haute studio will be given by Lyndon Kittredge.
29The instrumental and vocal concert given under the auspices of the Gottschalk Lyric School last week was chiefly noticeable for the reappearance of Gaston L. Gottschalk, the famous baritone, whose operatic work with his pupils has made him unsurpassed as a teacher.
31The eighteenth recital of the Sherwood Music School will take place at the Lecture Hall, Fine Arts Building, November 29, Mr. Blackmore and Mr. Beebe being the exponents. The program follows:
33Sonate, piano and 'cello………………………………………Beethoven
34Valse Lente…………………………………………………….Schütt
35Galatea, op. 44. No. 4………………………………………….Jensen
36Etude………………………………………………………..Chopin
37Serenade………………………………………………………Becker
38Gnomentanz, 'cello…………………………………………….Ponper
39Aubade………………………………………………………..Godard
40En Route………………………………………………………Godard
42A somewhat novel innovation was made at the musicale given by Mrs. Sadie M. Coe when Mr. Armstrong recited two songs to the accompaniment of the talented hostess. Mrs. Coe's program further included 'cello solos by Paul Beebe and songs by Miss Winifred Nightingale. Miss Stevens, a pupil of Mrs. Coe, was heard to excellent advantage in her piano work.
44News comes from the West of the extraordinary "hit" made by Geneva Johnstone Bishop at her concert at San Francisco. The critics say her voice is immense in volume and that she has unlimited range, one critic going so far as to say that "Melba could not begin to sing the 'Melba Waltz' in the superb manner that Mrs. Bishop did." The aria, "Forza del Destina," of Verdi, was a great performance, judging by the numerous accounts that have found their way to this office. Mrs. Bishop should give a concert in Chicago. She would prove an attraction.
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48Joseph Vilim's pupil, H. Dimond, and H. Burgess Jones gave a recital last week at Kimball Hall.
50Emil Liebling gave a recital at Shelbyville, Ky. He also played at Downer Milwaukee College. A reception to Mrs. Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler is to be held at Sinai Temple Monday afternoon next. Miss Carolyn Louise Willard is the newest pianist in the concert field. She has studied with Ernst Jedlizcka and Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler.
52Frantz Proschowsky, the tenor, has recently received the following notices:
54Frantz Proschowsky has a rich tenor voice of unusual compass and sweet quality, and it is safe to say that there are few soloists who have a more pleasing rendition of songs than he. We hope to hear him again.—Garretsville, Ohio, Journal.
56Frantz Proschowsky possesses an exquisite tenor voice that shows a very high degree of cultivation. He was recalled, and gave Brodsky's "Thou Art Mine All," and concluded with Schubert's Serenade.—Danville Daily Democrat.
58Frantz Proschowsky, the tenor, sings with ease, and leaves the impression upon his audience of a reserve power. His voice is strong and highly cultivated, with great range, and perfectly true in the highest tones.—Cambridge, Ohio, Jeffersonian.
60Frantz Proschowsky, a tenor endowed with a rich voice, won a flattering ovation by his work. Very few have a voice of finer quality or better range. He sings from C to B flat with equal ease. His enunciation is clear and distinct.—Dunkirk (N. Y.) Herald.
62The Nashville Philharmonic had the pleasure of a complimentary recital from Emil Liebling. The criticisms on his playing were excellent.
64That charming dramatic contralto, Miss Minnie Crudup Vesey, shared honors on the program and sang a group of German songs, as a writer from Nashville says, "with that perfect grace and charm for which Minnie Vesey is noted."
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68One of the popular church choirs is the Fifth Presbyterian at Kenwood. Marie Hoag, Mrs. Irwin, Dr. Williams and Mr. Bryant compose the quartet, and of this quartet three are pupils of Mrs. Anna Graff Bryant. This clever and cultivated artist is doing an unusual amount of good work in her beautiful studios in the Fine Arts Building, and in her voice building and placing Mrs. Bryant is taking rank with and is even placed in front of the teachers with whom she studied.
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72At Terre Haute, Ind., a recital was given by Emil Liebling last Friday. The affair, which was well attended, took place in Mr. Kowalski's studio. Miss Marjorie Woods, a pupil of the Chicago singing teacher, was a very successful assistant to the program given by Mr. Liebling. She sang a number of songs of infinite variety and style. Among them were a group by Chaminade and "Thou Brilliant Bird."
74At Rockford much progression is noticeable in the matter of music. The Mendelssohn Club, ever active, as usual, is presenting excellent programs, and although the city has not the resources from which to draw, it is a question with the Rockford club of creating their own, which is an excellent thing in its way, but involves much hard work and time. The Mendelssohn Club is in a most flourishing condition; indeed the majority of the clubs in Rockford are in a state of prosperity, but in none is there a more enthusiastic, brilliant member than Mrs. Chandler Starr, who has probably done more for the promotion of art in Rockford than any other person.
76The first program of the season by the "Mendelssohns" of Rockford was carried to a most successful issue, the entire performance being without a flaw.
78I have received from Denver the following communication:
80The Tuesday Musical Club, of Denver, has begun its ninth season of work. It is limited to seventy-five active members, who are variously vocalists, pianists, organists, two 'cellists and several violinists. A chorus of about fifty voices is conducted by Miss Hattie Louise Sims, and their singing is a very popular feature at the club concerts. Six of these are given each year for associate members only; three of them are in the afternoon, at the Unity Church, where the Woman's Club, of over 900 members, have their home, besides being the weekly meeting place of the Tuesday Musical Club.
82At the afternoon concerts the active members contribute the program, which is made up from the best numbers rendered at the study meetings of the period. The list of artists already introduced by the club in the past four years has been a long one, considering the distance of Denver from the musical centres. Marsick, Madame Carreño, Mr. and Mrs. Henschel, Plunket Greene, Villa Whitney White, Madame Zeisler, Mrs. Katherine Fisk, besides a number of the most prominent local artists. This year the first artists' concert occurs on November 23. In February song recital, and in April Leonora Jackson is to be the attraction.
84Besides this development of musical taste in Denver, which is one of the aims of the club, it expects to gratify its own members this winter by purchasing a piano, concert size, and of the best make and quality procurable, which has been a burning desire for a long time and realizable only now.
86The Indianapolis people are congratulating themselves upon a most auspicious opening to the musical season. The Indianapolis Journal says of the Symphony Orchestra concert:
88"The promoters of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra have reason to feel gratified at the success of the initial concert of the season, given last evening at English's Opera House. There was a large and brilliant audience, which listened to a program not only of well-selected compositions, but one which was presented in a way that reflects the greatest credit on everyone concerned. Added to these were two artists—Mrs. Katherine Bloodgood and Hugh McGibeny—whom it would be difficult to excel. Karl Schneider, the director, has brought about such a surpassing excellence over any previous concert that it is difficult to realize that it is practically the same orchestra that has been giving the symphony concerts for the past seasons. The thanks of the music loving community are due to Mr. Schneider for his perseverance, for without it the concerts would not have been continued as they have been in the face of financial disaster for two seasons and only having a surplus last year, and for the introduction of the new music presented at the different concerts.
90Last night the music was that of the Northland, and the program opened with the C minor Symphony, No. 5, by Niels W. Gade. It was this symphony which brought fame to the composer. He wrote the symphony when quite young. The first performance took place in Leipsic, under the personal direction of Mendelssohn, in the winter of 1842-43. Some critics have been pleased to say that the work is not a symphony, and prefer to call it a symphonic poem or a Norseland fantaisie. As it was given last evening it will be generally conceded that both terms fit it admirably. It is full of poetry, and the orchestra responded to the director so well that all of the beauty and sentiment in the music was accentuated by the musicians. The "moderato con moto, allegro energico" might be said to represent morning on one of the fjords, where the mist veils the surrounding country. Everything is enveloped, and through this murmuring of tones comes the faint but well-defined theme of the Norseman. At its conclusion even Mr. Schneider gave his approval to the instrumentalists, and the audience applauded heartily. The second movement is the Scherzo, and it was as charming as the first. So delicate and light was it that it seemed as if it must be the notes of summer heard in the far north. The third part, "Andantino Grandioso," was in thoughtful mood, with the theme hidden in the simplest and sweetest of harmonies. The Finale was the brilliant part of the symphony, and it was announced by the sudden beating of drums. The manner in which this last movement was worked out was impressive. The expression was joyous throughout. The symphony was a splendid evidence of the capabilities of the orchestra. With the exception of twelve players brought from Cincinnati to assist, every member of the orchestra
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