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Musical Courier 1900-04-11: Vol 40 Iss 1046, 1900
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1Miss Florence Traub's Recital.
3CARNEGIE LYCEUM was the scene of an artistic musical event on the evening of April 3, when an audience which taxed the capacity of the hall assembled to hear a piano recital by Miss Florence Traub, a brilliant and well-known pupil of Mrs. A. K. Virgil.
5In the course of a few appropriate remarks Mrs. Virgil introduced the pianist, explaining in a forcible and attractive manner the aims and results of the Virgil method. The personality and talents of this gifted teacher never fail to influence and benefit those whose privilege it is to come in contact with her, whether it be in lecture hall, class room or private studio. For, possessing magnetism, intellectuality, executive ability, culture and high artistic ideals—attainment of which ideals her method facilitates—Mrs. Virgil ranks among the most prominent women and foremost educationalists of the day.
7Thus it was not surprising that the several hundred persons present evidenced a special and increasing interest in the following comprehensive program, for which, as the speaker said, "Miss Traub and I, too, have prepared."
9Concerto, op. 70. Rubinstein
10Orchestral parts on second piano by Robert Colston Young.
11Fantaisie. Bach
12Etude de Concert. MacDowell
13Death Nothing Is But Cooling Night. MacDowell
14Valse Caprice. Rubinstein
15Revolutionary Etude. Chopin
16Etude, op. 25, No. 9. Chopin
17Nocturne, op. 62, No. 2. Chopin
18Marche Militaire. Schubert-Tausig
20Miss Traub's interpretation of the Rubinstein Concerto was masterly and musically, being a phenomenal performance for one so young. Robert Colston Young, a capable member of the Virgil Piano School's faculty, played the orchestral accompaniment very effectively, though he was somewhat hampered by a thinness of tone, which, owing to the fact that the instrument was closed, existed in the second piano. Notable characteristics of Miss Traub's playing are her marvelous manipulation of exacting octave passages, especially those which involve rapid scale intricacies, complete command of all the varieties of touch, and a sympathetic and vivid portrayal of musical ideas. She is an interpreter, not a mere player. In expressive passages, where the melody is heard in recitative style against a subdued accompaniment, and in bewildering places, requiring unlimited technical resources and great powers of endurance, she excels.
22The entire program reflected credit upon Mrs. Virgil and Miss Traub, the latter receiving beautiful floral tributes and numerous recalls. The "Butterfly Etude" pleased so well that it had to be repeated, and after the "Marche Militaire," a Schubert-Hoffman arrangement of "Hark, Hark, the Lark!" was given as a final encore.
24Blanche Duffield Delights Many Audiences.
26MISS BLANCHE DUFFIELD, the young soprano, who has made the tour with Sousa's Band, has delighted the audiences with her singing. Subjoined are some additional press notices:
28With Sousa was Miss Blanche Duffield, soprano. She has a voice that combines power and cultivation with qualities of extreme sweetness and feeling. Her personal presence is also most pleasing.—Davenport (Ia.) Republican, February 28.
30Miss Blanche Duffield is one of the best sopranos heard here in a long time.—The Quincy (Ill.) Whig, March 2.
32Miss Duffield's soprano voice filled Convention Hall so that those in the extreme south end could hear every note. Miss Duffield has wonderful control of her voice.—Kansas City Star, March 5.
34Miss Duffield charmed every hearer with her fresh, bell-like soprano. Her "Spring Is Coming," which came in response to an imperative encore, was one of the gems of the evening.—The Sioux City Journal, March 8.
36Miss Blanche Duffield, soprano, who sang the Sousa waltz, "Maid of the Meadow," in the afternoon and David's "Pearl of Brazil" at night, has a light soprano voice, clear and penetrating and of considerable colorature capacity.—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, March 19.
38Miss Duffield responded to her number with "Spring Is Coming," and both songs gave effective opportunities for her voice to display its powers.—Washington (D. C.) Star, March 26.
40Marie Brema's Song Recital.
41A Deserving Benefit.
43NEW YORK music lovers should assist in making the song recital which Marie Brema will give for the benefit of the orphan children of the late Fritz Plank a financial success. Plank's sudden and tragic death has left his family penniless. Madame Brema was associated with Plank in the performance of "Parsifal" at Bayreuth, and declares that she feels indebted to him for his advice and sympathy.
45Plank was a regular member of the opera company at Karlsruhe, and for many seasons took part in the festival performances at Bayreuth, distinguishing himself in the roles of Klingsor, Hans Sachs and Kurvenal.
47The recital by Madame Brema will be given at Mendelssohn Hall Wednesday evening, April 18. Her program follows:
49Entaubet wirds in Waide. 1620
50Ein Fröhlichs Gesang Osterfreud genannt. Sixteenth Century
51Menet Chanté. Rameau. 1737
52Gia il Sole dal Gremio. Scarlatti. 1659-1725
53Come, Lasses and Lads. Seventeenth Century
54Frauenliebe und Leben. Schumann
55Cycle of eight songs.
56Der Atlas. Schubert
57Der Frühling. Brahms
58L'Heureux Vagabond. Bruneau
59An den Frühling (first time). Natalie Curtis
60Dorfmusik (first time). Ernst
61Accompanied by the composer.
62Der Kuckuck. Tchaikowsky
63Demain. Maude Valerie White
65Harry Field.
67HARRY FIELD, the Canadian pianist, gave another of his successful Leipsic piano recitals on March 9, playing an exacting program. In addition to the Variations in F major by Beethoven, a Nocturne, Prelude and Etude of Chopin, pieces by Schubert, Sapelnikoff and Liszt, Mr. Field played Otto Floersheim's dainty "Berceuse," and a new Sonata Heroic by an American composer, Louis Campbell-Tipton, of Chicago. The composer is modern, with a leaning toward Brahms both in the form and development of this interesting work, as well as in his treatment of the piano. He expresses his ideas in one unbroken movement with the sub-divisions of tempi in a forceful manner. His themes are fresh and vigorous, and well adapted to the polyphonic working out which he has so successfully accomplished. Mr. Field played the work admirably, and responded to two encores at the close of a program which afforded every lover of excellent piano playing an opportunity of admiring his touch, clear phrasing and big technic.
69Success of a Bennett Pupil.
71Vernon Stiles, a promising young tenor, a pupil of S. C. Bennett, sang "If with All Your Hearts" from Elijah and "My Hope Is in the Everlasting," by Staines," at an organ recital in the First Presbyterian Church, Morris town, N. J., April 4, given by the well-known organist, Carl G. Schmidt. Mr. Stiles' singing was notable for the purity of his tone production and distinct enunciation, which are special features of Mr. Bennett's teaching.
73Earl Gulick's Musicale.
75AJOR POND announces an afternoon of music, to be given by Earl Gulick, the boy soprano, now under his management. The affair, which promises to be as brilliant socially as musically, will be given at the Waldorf-Astoria Thursday afternoon, April 19.
77Francis Fischer Powers will contribute a group of songs to the program, and the other artists will be Miss Lillian Littlehales, the 'cellist, and Miss Augusta Glose and Adolf Glose.
79The program as arranged will be as follows:
81Piano duets—
82Feuerzauber, Die Walküre.
83Ritt der Walküren, Die Walküre.
84Adolf Glose and daughter, Miss Augusta Glose.
85Duets, from the Nibelungen Ring. Wagner
86(Arranged by Mr. Glose.)
87If in Thy Dreams. Buck
88Where Did You Come From, Baby Dear? Buck
89Hush, My Little One. Bevignani
90La Petite Roses. Czek
91Earl Gulick.
92Romance. Dinelli
93Caprice Selv. Scharwenka
94Erinnerung. Miss Lillian Littlehales.
95My Dreams. Spicker
96Ave Maria. Francis Fischer Powers.
97With piano, organ and 'cello, Wm. C. Carl at the organ.
98Piano solo. Hoffman
99Angel Spirits. Mr. Powers and Earl Gulick.
100Cantilena. Goltermann
101Serenade. Squire
102Czardas. Fischer
103Home, Sweet Home (by request). Miss Littlehales.
104Home, Sweet Home (by request). Earl Gulick.
106The musicale will be given under the personal patronage of the following: President and Mrs. McKinley, Secretary and Mrs. Lyman E. Gage, Mr. and Mrs. John Sloane, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, Mr. and Mrs. William S. Hawk, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Grau, Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Buck, Mr. and Mrs. William Shakespeare, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Sage, Mr. and Mrs. George C. Boldt, Emil Paur, Francis Fischer Powers, Henry Savage Landor, Miss Helen Gould, Judge and Mrs. P. H. Dugro, Rev. Dr. and Mrs. D. Parker Morgan, Rev. Dr. and Mrs. James H. Darlington, Rev. Dr. and Mrs. J. Selden Spencer, Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Lyman Abbott, Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Newell Dwight Hillis, Dr. and Mrs. William S. Searle, Dr. and Mrs. Frank Miller, Mrs. Henry Henschel Adams, Mrs. Ole Bull, Mrs. Edward C. Babcock, Mrs. R. Brinckerhoff, Mrs. Harry Berlin, Mrs. Maillard Myron Canda, Mrs. William Rogers Chapman, Mrs. Charles H. Ditson, Mrs. George Washington DuBois, Miss Lucy DuBois, Mrs. Charles L. Dwenger, Mrs. Charles Atwood Edwards, Mrs. Edward M. Grout, Mrs. Henry Greenman, Mrs. James E. Hayes, Mrs. John W. Horner, Mrs. Joseph Fairchild Knapp, Mrs. Joseph Palmer Knapp, Mrs. Edward M. Knox, Mrs. Franz Kaltenborn, Mrs. Julia B. Kimball, Mrs. Abner McKinley, Mrs. John Merrihew, Mrs. Orlando B. Potter, Mrs. James B. Pond, Mrs. Mary F. Park, Mrs. Thomas E. Pearsall, Mrs. Isaac Platt, Mrs. Henry Roso, Mrs. C. L. Rossiter, Mrs. Alfred M. Snedeker, Mrs. Charles H. Sheldon, Mrs. Stanley Gardyne Stewart, Mrs. Theodore Sutro, Mrs. Emma Thursby, Mrs. Joshua M. Varian, Mrs. H. Burgoyne Wilson, Mrs. Edwin Whaley, Mrs. Emma Juch Wellman, Mrs. John Whitney, Mrs. Frederick A. Yenni, Mrs. Joseph Zimmerman and Mrs. Emerson McMillin.
108Aronson.
110THE daily papers announce a number of works brought from Europe by Mr. Rud. Aronson, and also some news regarding Vogrich's "Dei Buddha." The details of all this information will, in due time, be communicated to this paper by Mr. Aronson carefully elaborated.
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