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Musical Courier 1901-12-11: Vol 43 Iss 1133, 1901
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1SOUSA'S BAND ABROAD.
3GEORGE FREDERIC HINTON, the assistant manager of Sousa's Band, has returned to New York. He sailed from New York August 28 on the St. Paul for Liverpool, and arrived here on the Oceanic December 4. Mr. Hinton talks interestingly about Sousa's wonderful success in England and at the Glasgow Exposition. He says from every point of view the trip abroad was far more successful than was anticipated, either by Mr. Sousa or the English managers. The financial results were unexpectedly large.
5The day after the band arrived in London it opened a short engagement in the Royal Albert Hall, playing to 20,000 people in two concerts and one matinee. This broke all records.
7At Glasgow a four weeks' engagement was played. The band was the principal musical attraction there. Every concert was attended by an enormous crowd and the enthusiasm was unparalleled. Sousa's farewell concert attracted a throng which exceeded in size any audience that had gathered together on any occasion during the exposition. He was given a magnificent send-off. The diplomas which were awarded to him at the Glasgow Exposition arrived here yesterday and are now on exhibition in Mr. Sousa's office in Astor Court.
9Mr. Hinton says that the tour through the Provinces was an unmatched success. In Liverpool over $4,000 was taken in in one concert and matinee. In Birmingham the police had to stop the sale of tickets on account of the crowds. The same thing occurred at Oxford. Altogether Mr. Sousa's band gave thirty-one concerts in London, and the attendance and the enthusiasm increased to the very end. The press was very considerate, and in many instances exceedingly kind. Contrary to all precedent, the newspapers were extremely liberal in their advance notices for the Sousa concerts. The music critics in the main were fair, particularly those on the London press. The tour from the beginning to the end was a gratifying success, not only to Mr. Sousa, but to the English syndicate which backed him. This body of moneyed men, with Philip York at its head, directed the tour with great ability and achieved the best possible results. Wherever the band played a return engagement was demanded, and the entire trip could have been repeated with even greater success.
11It has been definitely decided that the band shall return to Europe next June for a twenty-five weeks' tour. Two years from now Sousa expects to make a grand tour of the world. This trip will occupy thirteen months. Sousa was the recipient of many honors at the hands of the English nobility and the distinguished citizens of London and Glasgow. He was entertained at a dinner and reception by Alfred de Rothschild. On this occasion Melba sang and Ysaye played. Many social courtesies were shown him and Mrs. Sousa. The most notable distinction conferred upon him was the command for him to play before King Edward VII. This event has been already fully described in the papers.
13Sousa and his band will sail from Southampton for New York at the close of a short engagement in some of the cities which he did not visit on his previous tour, and it is expected that they will arrive in New York December 21. Mr. Sousa will then take three weeks' vacation. He will spend most of the time in North Carolina.
15The night after his arrival in New York (Sunday night, December 22) his band will give a concert in the Broadway Theatre. This will afford Mr. Sousa's friends an opportunity to give him a fitting reception.
17The regular tour will begin January 12. After the band makes a tour through New England it will go to the South and wind up in the Middle West.
19Mr. Hinton says that the soloists who were with the band, namely, Dorothy Hoyle, violinist; Maud Reese Davies, soprano, and Arthur Pryor, trombone player, achieved considerable success and received many fine notices at the hands of the critics.
21TRIBUTE TO LEONORA JACKSON.
23LEONORA JACKSON, the distinguished violin virtuosa, has appeared during the past two weeks in the chief cities of the New England States, arousing the same enthusiasm which has crowned her efforts throughout Europe and America. Like all noted artists she is the recipient often of rich gifts, poems written in her honor, &c. The following tribute was sent her recently by a stranger, a lady who heard her at a recent concert:
25To Leonora Jackson, violinist:
26She stands in queenly pose of noble calm,
27And o'er the precious instrument she loves
28Bends low her girlish head, as in caress;
29And then with gracious curve of conscious power,
30Lifts o'er the vibrant strings the arching bow.
31And lo! the lark wheels high in Heaven's blue,
32Exulting in an ecstasy of song.
33And in an undertone, the puri of streams
34And whir of insects, fluttering wings unite
35With children's laughter, and the zephyr's sigh;
36And twilight falls, the while the nightingale
37Across the misty valley yearning calls;
38And then from out the darkness comes a cry,
39A human voice in throes of mortal woe.
40An anguished prayer outreaching toward relief,
41Yet mellowed by a throbbing note of trust,
42And lighter grows the darkness toward the dawn,
43And sweeter, fuller, stronger grow the chords,
44'Till faith, and hope, and love, and prayer, and praise
45Unite in noble strains of victory,
46And Heaven's choir is opened, and we hear
47The note that satisfies our long desire.
48• • •
49And thus, upon our hearts' vibrating strings,
50Her supple fingers delicately play;
51Her bow a mystic spell doth o'er us cast,
52Till, at her lightest touch, our ravished souls
53To hers respond, with melody ahrill.
55AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED MUSIC.—The informal recital given by the students of the American Institute of Applied Music passed off with great success last Friday evening. The following program was given:
56Echo …………………………………………………….Bach
57Miss E. Blankenhorn.
58Allegretto, op. 27, No. 2 ………………………………….Beethoven
59Miss E. N. Marshall.
60Barcarolle ……………………………………………..Scharwenka
61Loure …………………………………………………….Bach
62Miss S. B. Perry.
63Songs—
64The Night Has a Thousand Eyes …………………….Foote
65Thy Beaming Eyes …………………………………….MacDowell
66Song Without Words ………………………………….Mendelssohn
67Nocturne ……………………………………………..Chopin
68Spinning Song …………………………………………Raff
69Caprice ………………………………………………….Foote
70Pierrette ……………………………………………….Chaminade
71Miss Lilian Kreutzer.
73BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
74Carnegie Hall, Thursday Evening, December 12.
75PROGRAM.
76Concert overture, In the Spring, in A major, op. 36 ……………………………………………..Goldmark
77Concerto for violin, No. 5, in A minor, op. 37 ……………………………………………..Vieuxtemps
78Ein Heldenleben, tone poem for full orchestra ….Strauss (First time at these concerts, but fifth time in New York.)
79Symphony No. 2, in D major, op. 36 ………….Beethoven
80Soloist, Charles Gregorowitsch.
82Carnegie Hall Saturday Afternoon, December 14.
83PROGRAM.
84Overture, Cockaigne (in London town) ………….Elgar (First time.)
85Concerto for piano in E minor, op. 11 ……………Chopin
86Symphony No. 2, in D major, op. 73 ……………Brahms
87Soloist, Josef Hofmann.
89Gertrude Bennett's Recital.
91MISS GERTRUDE BENNETT attracted a fashionable audience to her dramatic recital at the Waldorf-Astoria last Thursday afternoon. The young actress gave a program including sketches, poems and recitations by Austin Dobson, Oliver Herford, Georges Boyer, Anthony Hope, Henri de Nousanne, W. W. Story, Carmen Sylva, Maeterlinck, Bliss Carman and Mrs. Sarah Bolles. There was much variety in her list and in the interpretations the versatility of her fine gifts was marked. Dudley Buck, Jr., who assisted, sang his father's dramatic song, "Creole Love Song"; "Medje," by Gounod; "Junker Knabe," by von Fielitz; "The Old Plaid Shawl," by Haynes; "Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes," and Schubert's "Erl King." Mr. Buck was in good voice and sang with his usual intelligence. Mrs. Francis Blossom accompanied for the singer.
93BY THE PIANO DEPARTMENT.—An interesting program has been arranged by the piano department of the New York Musical League (Women's Philharmonic Society) for Tuesday evening, December 17. The artists and their numbers follow:
94Piano soli—
95Nocturne, G minor, op. 15 ………………………………….Chopin
96Rigoletto Transcription ………………………………….Verdi
97Amy Fay.
98Songs—
99Mirage …………………………………………………….Lehman
100Dear Sweetheart Mine ………………………………….A. L.
101Sans Amour ……………………………………………..Chaminade
102Chevalier Belle-Etoile ………………………………….Augusta Holmès
103Marguerite Hall.
104'Cello, selected—
105Hans Kronold.
106Piano, Concerto, op. 69 ………………………………….Heller
107Second piano by Leila Young.
108Songs—
109Romanza (L'Africaine) ………………………………….Meyerbeer
110Canto, Mistero ……………………………………………N. Celega
111Chevalier Del Papa.
112Songs—
113To the Queen of My Heart ……………………………A. Grondahl
114Eclogue …………………………………………………..Delibes one of two readings
115Eclogue ……………………………………………………Delibes one of two readings
116Rebecca Mackenzie.
118BROEKHOVEN HERE.—John A. Broekhoven, the Cincinnati composer, was in this city last week, and a caller at the offices of THE MUSICAL COURIER.
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