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Musical Courier 1900-04-11: Vol 40 Iss 1046, 1900
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1Prouty, Mrs. Alfred P. Wheeler, Mrs. Henry Winter Davis, Mrs. Isaac E. Beach, Mrs. Charles L. Lyon, Mrs. Fred M. Hotchkiss, Mrs. Frank Hall, Mrs. Junius S. Norton, Jr., Mrs. J. Emerson Brown, Mrs. Alfred J. Betteridge, Mrs. Benjamin W. Collins, Mrs. Arthur G. Rogers, Mrs. George G. Marble, Mrs. George B. Murdock, Mrs. William E. Gard, Mrs. John L. Rutherford, Marie Cahill, Harriet Fales, Maude Kelsey, Clara Scranton, Carrie Curtis, Harriet L. Foster, H. B. Haywood, E. B. Gay, Louise McHugh, Fannie Hirschfeld, Janet Crab, Ruth Harmon, J. H. Dickinson, Charles L. Taylor, Frederick Skinner, H. W. Kibbe, H. W. Hirschfeld, T. A. Benham, J. H. Hinsdale, R. H. Bourne, P. B. Graeber, David French, B. B. Collyer, P. H. Russell, Indie M. Thomas, Alice E. Francis, Flora Tait, Antonie Graeber, Ione Benham, Mabel L. Pomeroy, Jennie Pratt, Bertha Vibberts, Agatha Brahamy, Ada Cooper, Jessie Wilcox, Susie Spencer, Dorothy Breed, Christian Silber, J. L. Porter, Dr. C. A. Hull, W. B. Blanchard, A. M. Douglas, A. B. Savage, Joseph Gerard, Burton Clark, Albert Hart, J. S. Kahler, George H. Lohman. The officers of the choral club are: President, Charles L. Taylor; vice-president, Mrs. C. L. Lyon; secretary, J. H. Hinsdale; treasurer, A. B. Savage; director, G. Frank Goodale.
3De Pachmann's Farewell Appearance.
5VLADIMIR DE PACHMANN will give his sixth and last recital at Carnegie Hall, Thursday afternoon, April 19. He will play an entire Chopin program, and the list of compositions will include the most popular in the great Russian pianist's repertory. One of the numbers will be the "Funeral March" from the Sonata op. 25. Henry Wolfsohn, De Pachmann's manager, announces popular prices for this farewell appearance.
7Some Recent Press Notices of Miss Carrie Bridewell.
9Miss Carrie Bridewell made her first appearance at the Metropolitan in concert instead of in next Friday's "Il Flauto Magico." The young woman displayed a voice that fully justified Mme. Sembrich's interest. She sang an aria from "Samson et Dalila," two English songs, and "Im Herbst," by Robert Franz.—Evening Sun, March 26.
11Miss Bridewell has a voice of much beauty, and, furthermore, sings with considerable skill and distinction. She is one of the most promising young singers that has been heard in some time.—Commercial Advertiser, March 26.
13Miss Bridewell revealed the possession of a contralto voice of considerable range and beautiful quality, and showed the effects of a good schooling in her method.—Sun, March 26.
15Miss Carrie Bridewell, the solo contralto of Dr. Parkhurst's church, made her first appearance in opera in "The Magic Flute," last Friday night. She was one of the Tre Damigelle. * * * Of course the role did not give any chance to show Miss Bridewell's full capabilities as a contralto.—Herald, April 1.
17A new star in the vocal firmament shone brilliantly at last night's Metropolitan concert. The newcomer was Miss Carrie Bridewell. * * * It was Miss Bridewell's metropolitan début, but she manifested all the self-possession of the mature artist, displaying a contralto voice particularly rich in the lower register and entirely satisfactory throughout. The young singer phrased intelligently, and her enunciation, a feature of vocalism too often made secondary, is commendably distinct.—Telegram, March 26.
19Miss Bridewell has a rich voice, well trained, and sings with taste and feeling.—World, March 26.
21Miss Bridewell's voice is a pure, velvety contralto, without a harsh note or a gasp in its whole compass. She is eminently a musicianly singer, and one of the very few contraltos whose voice hasn't had a ray of its natural warmth "method-ed" out of it in course of cultivation. There are so few highly cultivated voices in that register that aren't cold as an Arctic aurora that Miss Bridewell's warm, pulsing notes are sure to make your heart throb when you hear her among the Grau singers.—Telegraph, March 22.
23FREDERIC HOWARD,
24BARITONE.
25Concert and Oratorio—Festivals.
26Manager: VICTOR THRANE, Union Square.
27Residence: 226 East 15th Street, NEW YORK.
29KATE S. CHITTENDEN,
30Synthetic Piano School,
31332 West 58th Street, NEW YORK.
33GRACE G.
34GARDNER,
35Concert and Oratorio
36SOPRANO.
37Pupil of Blasco, Milan; Schmidt, Berlin; Heneschel, London.
38Studio: 40 West 25th St., New York.
40LEOPOLD GODOWSKY
41ADDRESS:
42CHICAGO CONSERVATORY, Auditorium Bldg., Chicago.
44JOSEPHINE S.
45JACOBY,
46CONTRALTO.
47Address: 104 West 58th Street, NEW YORK.
49MARGUERITE HALL,
50Mezzo-Soprano Contralto.
51Address: THE BROADWAY, 1428 Broadway, New York.
53later on and proved to be a very good accompanist, one of the best, in fact I will say the best, I have heard this season. one of two readings
54I was a clever stroke on the part of the patronesses of the concert for the benefit of the orphans and widows of our soldiers to invite Admiral Dewey and his wife, for although the Academy was well filled at the last concert, this Thursday it was overflowing, and in consequence the receipts must have been considerably greater. Whether it was the presence of the Admiral that had the dire effect on the men I cannot venture to say—they might possibly have been absorbed in the problem of how they would vote—but at any rate they fell far below the degree of excellence attained at the last concert. The Beethoven "Eroica" Symphony was played in a spiritless fashion, and as for the Vorspiel to "Lohengrin"—well, I wanted to get out. But the "Sonnenschein," by H. Hoffmann, was well played, as was also the First Hungarian Rhapsody of Liszt. The soloist, Edouard de Reszke, was, needless to say, most enthusiastically received. He sang Meyerbeer's "O Jour Heureux," from "L'Etoile du Nord," and the "Infelice" from "Hernani." Responding to the applause most generously by giving two encores, one being the "Don Juan" Serenade, by Tschaikowsky. Selden Miller accompanied De Reszke on the piano. one of two readings
56Miss Lidie Fischer Corbin gave a piano recital Monday evening, with the assistance of Carl Doell, violinist. The program was well chosen, though somewhat long, and in the hands of two such good performers was most enjoyable. one of two readings
58The mention of this recital reminds me of another which I attended Tuesday evening. It was given by Miss Charlotte M. Mawson, contralto, assisted by N. Douty, tenor; Patrick Motley, basso, and Selden Miller, accompanist. The program opened with a group of songs sung by Miss Mawson—two English, two German, and one Italian—none of which, I must reluctantly admit, did I enjoy; Miss Mawson's singing suffers from a faulty intonation, a tendency to flatten on the slightest occasion, which is most painful to the listener. Mr. Douty sang in his usual artistic manner the "Sweet May Night" of Max Bruch. The other soloist, Patrick Motley, was also very pleasing; he possesses a rich, true bass, which was heard to great advantage in his two solos, "Don Juan" Serenade, by Tschaikowsky, and "Green Leaves," by Morley. The second part of the program was devoted to selections from "Samson and Dalila," the trio from Act. I., duet for contralto and bass from Act. II., and the third scene from the same act, duet for contralto and tenor, being the numbers heard, with a most peculiar and inartistic interruption by a "Spring Song," presumably by Saint-Saëns, between the selections from first and second acts. one of two readings
60It is a pity Selden Miller was not given a solo number to work off steam, as his very loud playing in the first part of the evening was annoying; however he toned down later on and proved to be a very good accompanist, one of the best, in fact I will say the best, I have heard this season. one of two readings
62The program of the Thunder Symphony Concert this week was devoted to Wagner, and rendered especially enjoyable by the number of soloists heard with the orchestra. The concert opened with the "Kaisermarsch," followed by "Traume," well sung by Miss McGuckin, but too quiet to appeal to the audience—although the very fact of her having sung it with mezzo voce stamps her as an artist.
64"The Procession of the Gods from Walhalla," was given with a great deal of fine shading by the orchestra; it has struck me, by the way, that this organization is heard to its greatest advantage when playing Wagner under Mr. Thunder's baton.
66Wotan's "Farewell" and Magic Fire scene were sung by Mr. Reugeisen in a way that convinced me that the music was beyond him. "The Forging of the Sword," as sung by John Braun, was the gem of the afternoon. His full tenor stood out clear and strong against the heavy background of Wagner's orchestration. Mrs. M. K. Zimmerman, too, was very good in the Isolde death scene; her voice lost none of its sweetness or power since I last heard it some time ago. "Klingsor's Magic Garden and the Flower Girls," from "Parsifal," was new to me, and much enjoyed. The program was brought to a close by the Quintet from the "Meistersingers," sung by the soloists already heard, with the addition of a Mr. Clear, who possesses a very sweet tenor from the little I could catch. I was devoutly thankful when the last note died away, because the program was a trifle too long to thoroughly enjoy the quintet, which was, nevertheless, well sung.
68I heard a young singer the other day who struck me as doing particularly intelligent work. She is Miss Mary Rose Boswell. Her voice, a pleasing mezzo contralto, is not of very great range, but the manner in which she uses it compensates for this restriction. She shows her sense, too, in knowing her own ability and not attempting anything beyond it. Miss Boswell is to give a song recital at Hamilton, N. J., on April 27, for the benefit of the church in that town, and she has my best wishes for a most successful evening.
70A piano recital will be given by the pupils of Miss Susan E. Cole, on Wednesday afternoon, April 11, at 1527 Pine street. This recital will be a practical illustration of the benefits derived from the use of the Virgil Clavier system, of which Miss Cole is the authorized representative in this city.
72DOMINGA LYNCH SOUDER.
74Constance Beardsley Concert.
76The child pianist, Constance Beardsley, daughter of Mrs. M. Beardsley, the latter well known as a former Joseffy pupil, and now having her own handsome studio in the Knapp Mansion, Brooklyn, where she does a large amount of teaching, will give a concert in the large concert hall of the mansion, on Friday evening, April 27, assisted by Miss Kathrin Hilke, soprano; Mrs. Mathilde Hallam McLewee, alto; Franz Kaltenborn, Mrs. Beardsley, a string quartet, and F. W. Riesberg, accompanist.
78Pupils of C. Whitney Coombs.
80Charles Ethelbert Hall, who for two years has been studying with Mr. Coombs, has been engaged as organist of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, Brooklyn, from May 1. Ernest Theodore Martin, of Hamilton, Ont., has been with Mr. Coombs since last November, and has been engaged as tenor soloist at Calvary Baptist Church from May 1. Miss Mary Woolfolk, of Kentucky, the soprano soloist at the Church of the Holy Communion, has been a pupil of Mr. Coombs for three seasons.
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