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Musical Courier 1901-12-11: Vol 43 Iss 1133, 1901
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1Boston Music Notes.
3HOTEL BELLEVUE,
417 BEACON STREET,
5BOSTON, MASS., December 7, 1901.
7THE engagement of Miss Aagot Lunde to Dr. Homer Wright is announced, and congratulations are being showered upon them. As arranged now it is expected the marriage will take place at Christmas time. Owing to her marriage, Miss Lunde will give up all thought of a concert tour abroad, as had previously been arranged for her, and will live in Boston permanently. On the 16th of the month Miss Lunde will give a concert at Steinert Hall, assisted by Miss d'Oloqui.
9The program for Carl Faelten's third recital of the present season, which takes place at Steinert Hall on Tuesday evening, is:
10Sonata, D major, op. 28 (known as Pastoral Sonata)……..Beethoven
11Miniatures, G major, op. 28………………………………………Moszkowski
12Three Romances, op. 28…………………………………………..Schumann
13Allegro de Concert, A major, op. 46……………………………Chopin
15At Carl Sobeski's "At home" on Saturday afternoon several of his pupils took part, and the musical program was greatly enjoyed by those present. Miss Margaret Coveney, dramatic soprano; Miss Evelyn Kendall, lyric soprano; Gray King, baritone; Charles Turner, bass; Herman Lythgoe, violin, and Mrs. H. Lythgoe, piano, were among those who participated. Miss Worthly and Mr. Sobeski each sang a number.
17To have or not to have a vested choir is the question that is now being discussed by those in authority at Trinity Church. If it is decided in the affirmative, the organ will be moved into the chancel, some changes will be made in the present choir and chorus. Dr. Stewart, the organist of this church, had a remarkably fine vested choir in the Trinity Church of San Francisco, from which he came to Boston, and the music was really a feature of the service, all that was best in church music being given. With the fine material in Trinity Church in this city much would be expected if so desirable a change is made.
19Miss Edith E. Torrey will give a concert at Chickering Hall on Wednesday evening, assisted by Miss Gertrude Edmands and Ellis C. Hammann. The program is interesting and varied. Among the English songs are two by Dr. H. J. Stewart, "Out in the Open Meadow," and "Awake! Dear Heart," both of which will be sung for the first time, the accompaniments being played by the composer.
21The Boston School of Church Music has been opened in connection with the Ruggles Street Church, with 250 voices in the chorus.
23On Thursday Stephen Townsend sang at a recital given by James W. Hill at Haverhill. His numbers were four Brahms songs and an Aria from "Judith." On the 6th Mr. Townsend was the soloist at the concert of the Rubenstein Club, at North Attleboro. Mr. Cheeseborough is the conductor of this society. On the 13th Mr. Townsend sings with the Harvard Musical Society.
25The December playing test for the fifth season of the Faelten Pianoforte School will be held December 14 to 21 inclusive, at Faelten Hall, Huntington Chambers. These semi-annual playing tests were established several years ago, and have stimulated the ambition of the pupils and increased their confidence. The tests take place in the presence of the director, Carl Faelten, members of the faculty, students and invited guests. Three hundred and fifty pupils are to take part in the test this year, and the occasion is one of the highest importance in the education of the students.
27Hans Schneider, of Providence, R. I., has written an article for the Providence Sunday Journal on "Piano Playing, Old and New," in which he pays a high tribute to many of the pianists of the past and present.
29Mrs. Carrie Corliss Friselle, who is well known in Manchester, N. H., as a teacher of music, has taken a course of kindergarten music with Mrs. Nina K. Darlington, of this city. Mrs. Friselle is the only authorized teacher of Mrs. Darlington's method in Manchester.
31Recitals during the week at the New England Conservatory of Music were: On the 5th, an organ recital by Homer C. Humphrey and a recital by the orchestral class, G. W. Chadwick, conductor, and advanced students.
33Miss Mabel Monaghan, of Ellsworth, Me., pupil of H. Carleton Slack, was the soloist at a recent concert at Lewiston. Miss Monaghan has a pure soprano voice of extreme clearness and purity and of excellent compass. "Her singing is marked by flexibility, purity and marked elegance of tone and splendid technical attainments," say the critics.
35William Worth Bailey.
37FOLLOWING are extracts from criticisms about the playing of the violinist William Worth Bailey, now making a tour of the country:
38• • • His playing is phenomenal, and the applause which he received was well merited. He played three numbers, and was compelled to respond to an encore each time.—Daily Free Press, Ottawa, Can., November 18, 1901.
39Mr. Bailey's performances on the violin were the star features of the program, and every number played by him as well as those who assisted him prompted encores.—Evening Repository, Canton, Ohio, November 26, 1901.
40• • • But see the conquering hero comes. Listen to the enchanting strains of the violin in the hands of William Worth Bailey. What a revelation is his playing?—Herald, La Porte, Ind., November 27, 1901.
41• • • But the star artist was William Worth Bailey, whose playing was simply superb, soul lifting and heart inspiring.—Argus Bulletin, La Porte, Ind., November 27, 1901.
42Mr. Bailey is a marvel. He has delighted the most cultured audiences in this country and abroad.—Dispatch, Reading, Pa., November 21, 1901.
44HEATHE GREGORY'S SUCCESS WITH NEVADA COMPANY.—The young basso has made most pronounced success with the Nevada concert company, and has been engaged for the entire eight months' tour. The Worcester Daily Telegram, the Boston Journal, Daily Globe, Worcester Evening Gazette, Providence Daily, Portland Daily Press, and other important papers give much valuable space chronicling his successes.
46Luigi Von Kunits.
48LUIGI VON KUNITS was the soloist at the Pittsburg (Pa.) Orchestra concert on November 30, and the critics of that city had only words of praise for the work done by this young violinist, who is concertmaster of the orchestra, as the following show:
49As for Luigi von Kunits, his work was a revelation. It had always been known that Mr. Kunits had the technic of the violin thoroughly mastered, and the fact that he played the first movement of the Tchaikowsky Concerto, perhaps the most difficult violin work written, was evidence of his mastery of the acrobatics of that instrument.—Pittsburg Dispatch.
51Pittsburg Orchestra audiences have not yet recovered from the astonishment awakened by the splendid work of Concertmaster von Kunits at last week's concerts. The earnest face of this superior artist had been seen so often at the first violin desk that familiarity had bred a sort of forgetfulness of his real abilities, and nothing out of the ordinary was expected from him as solo performer. When, therefore, on Friday night he played his way through the supremely difficult Tchaikowsky and Paganini numbers with the ease, confidence and technical perfection of a consummate master, little wonder that the audience, forgetting for the moment that he was just plain "concertmeister," overwhelmed him with such enthusiastic approval as it generally reserves only for the finest of artists.—Pittsburg Post.
53Our hats off to Luigi von Kunits, the Pittsburg Orchestra's brilliant concertmeister who was the soloist at last night's concert! • • • Luigi von Kunits is a brilliant and a wonder—mark that—and the magnitude of his work would stagger and appall the greatest performers on the solo violin whatever their name or reputation.—Pittsburg Post.
55Von Kunits' matchless execution in the intricate Tchaikowsky composition cast all the other portions of the program into comparative shade. • • • Mr. Kunits has done much good work since his coming to Pittsburg, but that of last night surpassed any former effort and set a standard that will require great things in future performances.—Pittsburg Gazette.
57The soloist of the occasion was Luigi von Kunits, concertmaster of the organization, who is a great favorite with the audiences. Never in previous seasons was he given such bountiful applause as last night, and it seemed as if his smooth, round and virile tones had even improved since last year. There was a maturity about his playing that seemed to come as a revelation to the audience, and the result was most gratifying applause for the performer.—Pittsburg Times.
59Frieda Stender's Continued Success.—Miss Frieda Stender's talent as a singer is more and more recognized, and those in musical circles who have heard her in public and on whose judgment a young artist may rely, predict for her a brilliant future. Everybody praises her artistic temperament, her good method, which enables her to sing with perfect ease and breath control, and to show her certainly extra ordinarily fine voice to the best advantage. Miss Stender returned to town last week from a short trip to neighboring cities, where she filled professional engagements and earned new laurels. Her recent city engagements were at the fair at the Waldorf-Astoria, for the benefit of the Hospital for Crippled Children, and last Sunday with the Quartet Club in Hoboken. The young artist has for December, January and February a large number of concerts and private musicales already booked, and several engagements of importance are now pending.
61Messiah Quartet: Harris, Cornu, Smock, Bushnell.—This is the quartet for "The Messiah," at Goshen, December 26, under the direction of Robert Bruce Clark, the founder and conductor of the Goshen Vocal Society, now in its sixteenth year.
63New Hotel Bellevue.
64NEW, MODERN, FIREPROOF HOTEL.
65BEACON STREET (near Tremont Street),
66BOSTON, MASS.
67Central Location. European Plan.
68HARVEY & WOOD.
70New York College of Music,
71128-130 East 58th Street.
72ALEXANDER LAMBERT, Director.
73Private Instruction in Piano, Singing, Violin, 'Cello and all branches of music, by a faculty unsurpassed for its excellence.
74SPECIAL DEPARTMENT FOR BEGINNERS.
75All instrumental and vocal students receive free instruction in harmony, counterpoint, vocal sight reading, ensemble playing and free admission to concerts, lectures, etc., etc.
76Students received daily. Catalog sent on application.
78GLENN HALL
79TENOR.
80Address: CHAS. R. BAKER, Fine Arts Building, or Kimball Hall, Chicago.
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