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Musical Courier 1901-01-23: Vol 42 Iss 1087, 1901
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1night, and will then sing for the first time in Brooklyn Mendelssohn's "Hear My Prayer."
3Young Gulick is now singing as the paid soloist in St. Agnes' Trinity Parish, in West Ninety-first street, under the directorship of George E. Stubbs, the well-known trainer of boys' voices.
5On February 7, in Trenton, N. J., Dr. Carl E. Dufft and Earl Gulick will be the soloists at a concert in that city. On Friday last, in rehearsing duets, Earl was highly gratified and encouraged by the approbation of this noted basso on his ability as an artist. The constant applications for the festivals of the coming spring and summer are most satisfactory results for the career of a boy not yet in his teens.
7Meeting of the Tonkünstler Society.
9THE Tonkünstler Society held one of its interesting musical meetings at 114 East Fourteenth street, Tuesday evening, January 15. As is the rule at these meetings, none but original compositions were performed by the composers. The program presented was as follows:
11Sonata for piano and violin, op. 9, G minor………….Brockway
12The composer and Max Bendix.
13Baritone soli: Songs from Scheffel's Trompeter—
14Lindduftig hält die Maiennacht, op. 2, book 2, No. 1…Brückler one of two readings
15Lindduftig hält die Maienacht, op. 2, book 2, No. 1…Brückler one of two readings
16Dein gedenk' ich Margaretha, op. 1, No. 4………….Brückler
17Hell schmetternd ruft die Lerche, op. 2, book 2, No. 6…Brückler
18Hermann Dietmann.
19Piano soli—
20Gavotte et Musette………………………………………Gallico
21Mazourka, Caprice………………………………………Gallico
22Suite Mignonne (Menuet, Sarabande and Bourrée)……Gallico
23Valsé de Salon…………………………………………….Gallico
24The composer.
25Baritone soli—
26Wanderlied, op. 35, No. 3……………………………Schumann
27Don Juan's Ständchen, op. 38, No. 1…………………Tschakowsky one of two readings
28Don Juan's Ständchen, op. 38, No. 1…………………Tchaikowsky one of two readings
29Hermann Dietmann.
30Double Concerto for two violins, D minor………………Bach
31Fritz Kreisler and Max Bendix.
33Among some of the more prominent guests present were Rafael Joseffy, C. F. Tretbar, of Steinway & Sons; Edward H. Collell, manager of Wissner Hall, Brooklyn, and others prominent in musical circles.
35Louis V. Saar en Tour with Schumann Heink.
37LOUIS V. SAAR accompanied Mme. Schumann Heink at her recitals in Bryn Mawr, Troy and Hartford. Here are a few press notices:
39Louis V. Saar was a delightful accompanist, neat and unobtrusive, and two of his songs, "Harpennäher's Lied" and "Für Dich," sung last night, were so charming as to induce the audience to compel him to recognize that he shared with the singer in the applause.—Troy Times, January 11.
41Louis V. Saar's work as accompanist was as near to perfection as could be desired. Mr. Saar had two numbers upon the program, "The Harp Maiden's Song" and "For Thee." They proved to have much dramatic power, and fortunate, indeed, was the composer to have so great an artist to interpret them. They were received with great favor, "For Thee" being encored, and as Madame Schumann insisted that he rise from the piano to take his share of the ovation there was the greatest pleasure.—Hartford Daily Courant, January 12.
43Louis V. Saar, who had accompanied beautifully, not in soft Gottschalk style, but with force, decision and perfect fellow feeling of interpretation, played three numbers on the piano, two his own. It was relief from the overstrain, the exaltation of the vocal productions. And yet the play was masterly, especially in the Grieg "Shepherd" melody. There came a bright rush with the waltz, and a wondrous poetic grasp showed in the short rhapsody. One listened with delight. Mme. Schumann Heink sang "Harpennäher's Lied" and "For Thee," both by Louis V. Saar, so that they seemed Schubert or Schumann numbers, and they were worthy of it—they partook of the inspiration of both. Especially the second, "For Thee," was a composition full of sentiment, of fire, of tenderness, while the closing strains of the first were filled with a grand pathos.—Hartford Daily Times, January 12.
45Three Songs.
46Words from . . . .
47"Some Verses,"
48By HELEN HAY.
50Set to Music by
51BERENICE THOMPSON.
52Published by
53E. F. DROOP & SONS,
54925 Pennsylvania Avenue N. W.,
55WASHINGTON, D. C.
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58ELECTA GIFFORD,
59Late Prima Donna Soprano Royal Opera, Ams'erdam.
60Present Prima Donna New Orleans French Opera Company.
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63Address for Terms and Open Time,
64HANNAH & HAMLIN, Fine Arts Building, CHICAGO,
65Exclusive Western Representatives.
67The second chamber music concert by the Marien String Quartet of the College of Music was given in the Odéon on Thursday evening, January 17. The quartet was assisted by Frederick J. Hoffmann, pianist, in the following program:
68Quartet in C minor, op. 18, No. 4…………………Van Beethoven
69Trio in C major, op. 74……………………………….Dvorák
70Two violins and viola.
71Quintet in E flat major, op. 44……………………….Schumann
73The Beethoven Quartet marks a transition period in the creative career of the composer—much of it still clings to the style of Mozart and Haydn, and yet there is the evidence of the future Beethoven in it, with his characteristic individuality and freer expression of thought. The quartet played it carefully and with an appreciation of its beauties. A most interesting composition was the Trio by Dvorák. The first movement is entirely in a classic vein, and its working out is most thorough. A dream of inspired poetry is the Larghetto. The individual traits of the composer's style come boldly to the surface in the Scherzo Vivace and final movement. Outside of some unsteadiness and imperfection of ensemble in the last movement the Trio was played with fine discernment and scholarly grasp. But the Schumann Quintet was worth the whole evening's entertainment. Mr. Hoffmann played the piano part with every attention to the perfection of detail and the rules of ensemble. His playing was matured, and his interpretation had the marks of serious study. The ensemble was splendidly held. The march of the second movement was played with pathos, and the final Allegro was a tribute of art to the strings, as well as the pianist. Mr. Hoffmann is a member of the piano faculty of the College of Music and was for many years a pupil of Albino Gorno.
75CINCINNATI, January 19, 1901.
77A PIANO recital which elicited extraordinary interest among the professionals and dilettanti was that of Miss Emma Brand a few evenings ago in Smith & Nixon Hall. Miss Brand, who is not yet eighteen, was assisted by her teacher, H. G. Andrés, in the following difficult program:
78Andante con Variazione……………………………….Schumann
79Two pianos.
80Sonata, D major (Pastorale)………………………….Beethoven
81Andante Spianato and Polonaise………………………..Chopin
82Concerto, A minor………………………………………Schumann
84Miss Brand played all the numbers from memory, and technically her work was without a flaw. But in addition to the technical equipment she played with an intelligence and maturity that are away above her years. In this respect her reading of the Schumann Concerto, which she played entire, was a veritable surprise. There can be no doubt about Miss Brand's future. It is already assured. Her talent is of the exceptional kind, and her present development reflects honor upon her teacher, H. G. Andrés. Miss Brand is a daughter of Michael Brand, the 'cellist and conductor, of this city.
86On Wednesday evening, January 16, Mrs. William McAlpin presented her pupils in recital in the elegant parlors of the McAlpin homestead, Fourth and Pike streets. The improvised stage was a scene of aesthetic beauty. The program was published in my last letter. The operatic selections, comprising the trio and chorus, followed by "Cielo e Mar," from "La Gioconda"; the intermezzo from "Cavalleria Rusticana," and the sextet from "Lucia," were given in a style that showed the most careful preparation and attention to detail. There was nothing of an amateurish cast in the delivery. The chorus was well balanced, of musical quality, and sang with precision. The talent of Mrs. McAlpin in the domain of teaching opera was emphatically in evidence. The voice of authority spoke through the work. Among her pupils who deserve special mention may be named first Miss Nannie Flack, whose range of voice capacity was best measured in her selections, "O Don Fatale," from "Don Carlos," which requires dramatic delivery, and the "Voce di Primavera" of Strauss, which reveals in the most difficult of colorature passages. Miss Flack can put dramatic expression into her work, and her colorature singing is not without merit. Miss Naomi Chapman, who sang the aria, "Romeo and Juliet," by Vaccai, has a genuine contralto voice of fine possibilities. Thomas G. Wright is to be congratulated upon his rapid improvement in voice development. He has a baritone voice of musical quality. He sang "Cielo e Mar" in a manly, dignified style. Miss Jessie Langlands Thomson, who sang Proch's Variations, has a soprano voice of much promise. Miss Marjorie Harmon is a deep mezzo who made a good impression. In the operatic selections the chorus was assisted by Miss Henrietta Orr, violin, and Miss May Cassidy, harp.
88Mr. Van der Stucken has accepted an invitation to conduct his own composition, "William Ratcliff," at the Boston Symphony Concert, February 1 and 2. Five offers to conduct orchestra concerts in New York during the month of January have been extended to Mr. Van der Stucken, but home duties have prevented his acceptance. At one of these concerts Miss Clara Clemens, "whom the public persists in remembering as 'Mark Twain's daughter,'" is to be the soloist.
90"The Merry Wives of Windsor," under direction of Miss Mannheimer, will be presented in the Odéon in February. Of the thirty-six persons in the cast twenty have speaking parts. This is probably the most ambitious thing yet attempted by the dramatic department of the college, which has done much this year to add to its excellent reputation.
92The popular evening classes will soon take up new work. A. J. Gantvoort, of the faculty of the college, who has charge of these classes, delivered a lecture in Anderson, Ind., on Friday evening before a convention of teachers. Mr. Gantvoort had as his subject "Our National Songs."
94A new class in Delsarte culture, under the direction of Clara Zumstein, was organized on Saturday, the 19th.
96Another recital by pupils of Miss Mannheimer will be given on the evening of January 26 at the Young Women's Club, Wesley avenue. Miss Mannheimer herself will give recitals at the same club on the evenings of February 16, March 23 and April 20. J. A. HOMAN.
98Anita Lloyd.
100Mme. Anita Lloyd, the dramatic soprano, has been engaged as one of the soloists for the concert of the United German Choral Directors of America, to be given at the Grand Central Palace February 3.
101(no line here) one of two readings
103HEATHE GREGORY, one of two readings
104BASSO. one of two readings
105DRAWING ROOM CONCERTS. one of two readings
106Address: GOTTSCHALK & ALPUENTE, 21 East Twentieth Street. one of two readings
107Personal address: 76 Manhattan Avenue, New York. one of two readings
109BROADWAY THEATRE, one of two readings
11041st Street and Broadway. one of two readings
111Every Evening, 8:15. Saturday Matinee, 2:15. one of two readings
112GRAND PRODUCTION OF one of two readings
113"VIENNA LIFE" (WIENER LEUT) one of two readings
114The latest and merriest Operetta by JOHANN STRAUSS. one of two readings
115Special Cast. Chorus of Seventy. Augmented Orchestra and sumptuous scenic effects. Management of RUDOLPH ARONSON. one of two readings
117Kindergarten Music Building. one of two readings
118The Science of Music for Children. one of two readings
119Kina L. Darlington one of two readings
1201069 Boylston St., Boston, Mass. one of two readings
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