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Musical Courier 1900-11-28: Vol 41 Iss 1079, 1900
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1boulevard, last Friday evening. It was a whistling recital and Mr. Bain was assisted by Mr. Bergey, baritone; Mrs. Bergey, pianist, and Addie Morrison Ebert, accompanist.
3The sixth rehearsal and concert by the Chicago Orchestra this week will present some items of musical interest to concertgoers. Of these specially interesting numbers is the new symphonic poem entitled "Song of Life," by Frederic Grant Gleason, one of Chicago's well-known musicians. It is a composition of real strength, both in form and treatment.
5The Chicago success of Dohnányi is seen in the fact of his instantaneous engagement for a return concert to be given in the Studebaker in January. The date has not yet been fully fixed, but it will be on the evening of Thursday, January 10, or the afternoon of Saturday, January 12.
7Miss Augusta Cottlow will make her first public appearance in Chicago soon after the holidays. The reports that have preceded the homecoming of this young pianist justify the interest already felt in her appearance.
9Next Saturday afternoon the advanced pupils of Miss Lila Jeannette Howell will give a recital in Kimball Hall.
11The recital by Miss Birdice Blye in Kimball Hall last Saturday afternoon was well attended, notwithstanding the inclement weather. This young lady is making quite an impression in Chicago's pianistic circles.
13A concert by the Vilim Orchestral Club is announced for Thursday evening, December 6, at the Auditorium Recital Hall, under the auspices of the Chicago Auditorium Conservatory.
15What may be termed the "feature" of the fifth Hannah and Hamlin recital next Tuesday will be the appearance of Lloyd Simonson, who has been termed the "Songbird of the West." This youthful singer has been extravagantly praised by prominent musical people, who pronounce him the most talented youth before the public. At the fifth recital the following well-known soloists will also appear: Bicknell Young, baritone; Maude Fenton-Bollman, soprano, and Arthur Dunham, organist.
17The first Strauss program in Chicago, on Wednesday evening, will be as follows:
19Overture from the operetta Waldmeister…………………….Strauss
20Fragment from the Fantaisie The Nations…………………Moszkowski
21Waltz, Wiener Blut…………………………………………………Strauss
22Entr'acte à la Rococo……………………………………………..Gillet
23Polka, Hearty and Sensible…………………………………….Eduard Strauss
24Hungarian Rhapsodie, No. 12………………………………….Liszt
25Waltz, from the ballet Naila………………………………………Delibes
26Song Without Words……………………………………………..Mendelssohn
27(Orchestrated by Eduard Strauss.)
28Characteristic march, Caucasian………………………………..Strauss
30Three "first appearances" will add interest to the annual faculty concert of the American Conservatory at Central Music Hall, November 27. These new candidates for public applause are Glenn Hall, Glenn Dillard Gunn and Howard Wells. Of this trio Mr. Gunn appears to promise much. He is a pianist who has enjoyed the advantages of study abroad and for a time served as a teacher in the Leipsic Conservatory. Mr. Gunn is an exponent of the works of Brahms and he appeared in concert before music teachers' associations during the past summer.
32At the coming orchestral concert by the Balatka Musical College, December 14, at Central Music Hall, Earl R. Drake will play for the first time in Chicago the new violin concerto by Tirindelli, the well-known violinist and composer, of Cincinnati. The author of the work will be here in person to conduct the full orchestral accompaniment.
34Frederic Voelker.
36THE decision of Frederick Voelker to make New York his permanent home means much for music in this city, where, it must be confessed, there are few capable solo violinists. Elsewhere in this paper appears a review of Mr. Voelker's first recital.
38In the audience that greeted the artist in Mendelssohn Hall Wednesday night were many of the professional and amateur violinists of New York and Brooklyn, who heard with an enthusiasm they could not repress this refined, soulful and exceptionally equipped soloist. They concur in estimating him as an artist. The fact that the violinists themselves are the warmest admirers of Mr. Voelker's style speaks volumes in his praise. While Mr. Voelker enjoys a very high reputation as a concertmaster and ensemble player, he is essentially a soloist. He has wisely determined in future to confine himself principally to the field of solo playing. His services will undoubtedly be in frequent request.
40When a boy the subject of this sketch disclosed musical talents of an uncommon order and showed a predilection for the violin. His studies began at the Raff Conservatory, Frankfort, Germany, and he pursued a full course in this famous institution, bearing off the highest honors. After his graduation he did considerable concert work, being esteemed by critics as a finished and forceful soloist. He was called back to the conservatory, which at that time was presided over by Hans Von Bülow. For a number of years he was one of the principal violin professors in this institution. During his ten years' stay in Frankfort Mr. Voelker held the position of concertmaster at the Opera House. Later he went to Hamburg, and succeeded the famous Muller-Berghaus as concertmaster at the Stadt Theatre. He made some important concert tours through Russia and Austria, winning additional honors. Wherever he played the critics gave him unstinted praise, some bestowing upon him beautiful eulogiums and comparing him to the greatest masters of the violin. After achieving a notably high transatlantic reputation Mr. Voelker came to America. For several years he has resided in Philadelphia. The Quaker City, however, did not afford him a wide enough field, so he has come to New York, where his talents will have broader scope.
42Mr. Voelker possesses all those qualities which go to make the master violinist. His musical scholarship is ripe, his taste refined and his technic so exceptional that he can play with ease the greatest works written for the violin. His repertory is unusually large and he thoroughly masters a work before he essays it in public. Mr. Voelker is so sure of his powers that he is never troubled by nervousness. He is the fortunate possessor of a Stradivarius violin, for which he paid $5,000. It is a noble instrument.
44Nora Maynard Green's Second Musicale.
46THE second musical held this season by Miss Nora Maynard Green in her Fifth avenue studio proved to be as artistic and interesting as its predecessor. Many well-known musical people were present, including H. Whitney Tew, the English basso.
48Miss Green received the guests, who expressed surprise and delight at the rapid progress being made by her pupil-artists. The latter included Mrs. George A. Smith, Mrs. E. Berrywall, Mrs. Catherine Kerr Carnes, Miss Florence de Vere Boesé, Miss Florence Mosby and Miss Augusta Rossiter. Mrs. Edwin D. Ruggles and Miss Sibyl Worthington Smith were the capable accompanists.
50No adequate conception of the work that actually is being accomplished by Miss Green in the capacity of vocal instructor may satisfactorily be given in an account of one single recital. But before the close of the present season THE MUSICAL COURIER will convey to its readers some idea of the artistic atmosphere prevailing and the vocal developments taking place at this studio. The next event will be a notable musical soirée on the evening of December 18.
52Alma Powell.
54A PROPOSITION has been made to Mme. Alma Powell, who has been singing in Brestau, Germany, for a five years' contract with the Berlin Royal Opera, to begin next September. As she has also a proposition from Vienna she has not as yet decided which of the two to accept. The probability is, however, that Madame Powell will sing in Berlin, as the salary is tempting. If our American girls cannot find the proper openings in this country they will have to follow the example of Madame Powell; namely, go to Europe and sing in Berlin and Vienna and other musical centres.
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