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Musical Courier 1900-10-31: Vol 41 Iss 1075, 1900
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1MUSIC GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.
3NEW YORK, October 29, 1900.
5THE concert given by M. B. De Bor at Carnegie Lyceum last Wednesday evening enlisted the services of some excellent singers: Mrs. Fanny Kurth-Sieber, Miss Regina Belford, Miss Irene O'Donoghue, sopranos; Miss A. Jessie Liddle, alto; Isaac Meredith, baritone; James F. McCarthy, bass, with Miss Fanny Levin, violinist, and Arthur Rosenstein, accompanist, and a string orchestra. Mr. De Bor himself sang Verdi's "Celeste Aida," as well as participating in trios and duets, and showed himself a tenor of exceptional merit.
7Mrs. Hissem De Moss, the soprano, recently of Cincinnati, has been engaged for the New York Oratorio Society's performance of Bach's B minor Mass; for St. Louis, "The Creation;" for the Chattanooga Festival, when oratorios will be the principal numbers given, and for the Brooklyn Institute. The fair singer is making her way. She is much appreciated at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, where with Mrs. Elizabeth Leonard, Edward Strong and Robert Hosea, she is the soprano of the quartet. This quartet sang at Roseville Avenue Presbyterian Church last Sunday evening.
9J. Warren Andrews gave an organ recital in Lynn, Mass., lately, with what success may be seen by the following excerpt from the Lynn Evening Item:
11Central Congregational Church was crowded to the doors Wednesday evening with an audience gathered for an organ recital by a Lynn man and a musician in whom the city takes pride. J. Warren Andrews, organist of Carnegie's church, the Divine Paternity, in New York city, grew up in Lynn, and since beginning his career has played at Newport, R. I., and at Minneapolis, Minn. He is now possessor of a ripe technic, with rare command of the organ, and gives proof of thorough development as a musician.
13To many minds the Whitney arrangement of Handel's familiar "Largo" was the gem. In this the expression was admirable. The Guilmant pieces were played with musicianly skill and feeling, and the player's own composition, "Reveries of Home," showed him in sympathetic mood. Mr. Andrews was liberally applauded, and during the evening was greeted by many of his Lynn friends of former days.
15The tenor Richardson, known as one of the numerous Brounoff pupils, never having studied with any other teacher, sang recently the difficult aria from Borodin's opera, "Igor," and showed steady improvement since he was last heard. His range is extending, so that now he sings from low B to high C. His is an heroic tenor voice, of carrying quality, and a musical nature behind it all, so he does all things with taste. The evenness of the voice is a noteworthy thing—he would fit in some church choir well. He also sang an aria by Verstoffsly, the composer of the first Russian opera, entitled "Askold's Grave," and with the chorus which goes with it this is certainly most effective—in the Italian style.
17Charles B. Hawley, the composer and singing teacher, finished last summer two charming songs, soon to be issued by the Church Company, entitled "I Wait for Thee" and "Molly's Eyes"—the latter an effective encore song. The former is the more elaborate, with a fine climax, and will receive the attention it deserves; the latter is perhaps the more artistic song, and will have to be done just right to make the effect intended.
19Richard T. Percy will give his annual organ recitals on the first four Thursday afternoons of November at 4 p. m., Marble Collegiate Church, beginning to-morrow, November 1, when the program will be as follows:
20Toccata, Fluegel; Prelude, Hummel; Songs, selected; Theme and Variations, Hesse; Songs, selected; Romanze in D flat, Lemare; Serenade, Widor; two duets, Rubinstein, and Marche Religieuse, Gigout.
21The soloists will be Evan Williams, tenor, and Gwilym Miles, bass.
23Mrs. Clifford Elizabeth Williams has given pleasure to many people by her singing. Her song recital with Mr. Powers and others at Carnegie Hill will be recalled, and to show what they think of her in the South we herewith reproduce two press notices, from Georgia and Tennessee:
24Mrs. Clifford Williams gave a real treat in the cavatina, "Una voce poca fa," Rossini. Her voice is a delightful soprano, characterized by a remarkable equalness of register and purity of tone; and her charming personality at once attracts and fascinates her audience. Every note as clear and musical as a flute. In her encore, "Whither," Schubert, the beautiful, sympathetic quality of her voice was particularly noticeable.—Atlanta Constitution.
26Mrs. Clifford Elizabeth Williams never appeared to greater advantage than while singing the "Valse Aria," Gounod, her voice being a pure soprano, ample in its range, abundant as to power, and delightful as to quality. She responded to repeated encores.—Monteagle, Chautauqua, Tenn.
28Madame Ogden-Crane, the well-known and successful voice teacher, gave an "Afternoon Musical American Tea"—was this named in honor of a now defunct so-called musical paper with a name like the above?—on Thursday last, when the studios were crowded with those come to hear her pupils. There is no more enthusiastic singing teacher in the city than Madame Crane.
30Miss Alice Sovereign, the contralto who made such a success in the Maine festivals, is from the West, and sings in a prominent Brooklyn choir. Especially are her low tones praised, and the evident intelligence and sincerity of this singer, as well as the conscientious studying she does, under the Toedts, are all bound to place her in the front rank ere long.
32Miss Lucy Madison Lehmann is a Southern girl of handsome appearance and rich voice. A few years ago she won the scholarship for voice at Chicago, and since then her progress has been rapid, until now she occupies the place of solo alto in the Washington Square M. E. Church. A few press excerpts are as follows:
33Miss Lucy Madison Lehmann, of Louisville, Ky., is winning rich laurels in New York as a vocalist whose contralto voice is of the greatest richness.—Louisville Courier-Journal.
35Miss Lucy Lehmann has deservedly made herself popular at many musical "at homes" during the past season.—New York Times.
37Lucy Madison Lehmann is very talented, her voice is remarkable for its power and sympathetic quality, and her stage presence is graceful in the extreme.—Octavia Hensel, in The Critic.
39At the musicale of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Sutro, Miss Lucy Madison Lehmann sang several selections and acquitted herself with great credit; her voice is a rich and beautiful mezzo-contralto.—N. Y. Harlem Life.
41Miss Lucy Lehmann sang "Charity," by Faure, in a most charming manner, and won much applause; her voice is a rich and sympathetic contralto.—Standard, Croton Falls, N. Y.
43Miss Anna Slade, soprano, pupil of Trabadelo, is prepared to accept engagements for musicales and general concert work for the coming season. Miss Slade was chosen for the position of soprano of Rutgers Church out of a half hundred, and this in itself shows her merit.
45Signor A. Carbone, the former baritone of the Grau Opera Company, spent the summer in his home in Italy, and has now resumed his teaching at his Fifth avenue studio, where all his old pupils are again hard at work, with many new ones. Signor Carbone's specialty is operatic singing, and his large studio has a fine stage, and no doubt from him will proceed many of our future operatic singers.
47Herman O. C. Korthener, pianist, of Cleveland, Ohio, sends THE MUSICAL COURIER a very badly printed four page circular, with the following, credited to the New York World, under the cut on the front page: "Mr. Korthener is known as the worthiest and most capable of resident pianists." The circular speaks of, "poetical" and of "aesthetical," and the printer man divides the word "instructive" as follows: "instruc-tive." After all this I expected to find the word "artistical"—but there is some mistake; it is not there. one of two readings
48Herman O. C. Korthauer, pianist, of Cleveland, Ohio, sends THE MUSICAL COURIER a very badly printed four page circular, with the following, credited to the New York World, under the cut on the front page: "Mr. Korthauer is known as the worthiest and most capable of resident pianists." The circular speaks of, "poetical" and of "aesthetical," and the printer man divides the word "instructive" as follows: "instruc-tive." After all this I expected to find the word "artistical"—but there is some mistake; it is not there. one of two readings
50Quite a contrast to this is the program of a piano recital sent by Hugo Mansfeldt, the Liszt pupil, author of the "Mansfeldt Technic," so well known in the West, and particularly in California. This recital was given by Mrs. Oscar Mansfeldt, assisted by Samuel Savannah, violinist, and Louis Von der Mehden, Jr., 'cellist. The principal number of the evening was a MS. trio, composed by Master Albert I. Elkus, for piano, violin and 'cello, dedicated to Mrs. Oscar Mansfeldt. The pianist also played the Schumann "Carneval," op. 9, and in this all the peculiar terms used by Schumann to characterize each movement are noticeably correct; there is not an error in it.
52Edwin Harvey Lockhart, baritone-bass, sang in good company at the Roseville Presbyterian Church October 21—with Miss Hilke and Miss Hall—and everyone was quite delighted with him, his solos being sung with expression, distinct enunciation and in fine style. Lockhart has made many friends since coming here from California, and, what is better, he keeps them.
54F. W. RIESBERG.
56A Von Klenner Pupil's Success.
58MISS GRACE AMES, the soprano, is about to return to New York and resume her studies with Mme. Evans von Klenner. For several months last season Miss Ames assisted Dudley Buck, Jr., on his Western lecture-recital tour. In most of the towns Miss Ames captured the critics and the approval generally of the musical people who heard her sing. Besides singing delightfully, Miss Ames presents a pleasing picture to the eye. Her stage presence is most winning. With her voice and temperament Miss Ames should in time reach the highest round in the ladder of a singer's career.
60Following are some extracts from reports in the Western papers:
62The lecture-song recital by Dudley Buck, Jr., assisted by Miss Grace Ames, was given in the Auditorium last evening. It was a musical treat, and undoubtedly the highest in class of the entertainment season.—Cedar Rapids Republican, May 16, 1900.
64To Miss Grace Ames, however, much credit is due for the pleasure of the evening. The audience without exception, perhaps, had heard "The Swallows," by Cowen, but never had they heard the notes of that song ring so clear and sweet before, and with unanimous and enthusiastic applause they demanded the song repeated.—Waterloo Courier, May 17, 1900.
66Of Mr. Buck as a singer little need be said, for his reputation is already made on two continents. Not only did he live up to it, but he augmented it as far as Davenport is concerned. Miss Ames' voice is remarkably true, and in the difficult passages are these qualities especially noticeable. Dramatic power is also a feature of her singing.—Davenport Republican, May 29, 1900.
68Miss Ames sang "Sans Toi" and a canzonetta of Meyer-Helmund splendidly. Her high notes are clear and brilliant, and she won her audience at once.—Keokuk, Gates City, June 5, 1900.
70Mr. Carl announces a Class in Harmony at the Guilmant Organ School, to be formed Wednesday Morning, Oct. 24, at ten o'clock, and to meet each week at that hour. For terms and full information address
7234 WEST 12th STREET, NEW YORK
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