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Musical Courier 1901-12-25: Vol 43 Iss 1135, 1901
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1VOORHIS-KALTENBORN IN JERSEY CITY.
3ARTHUR Voorhis, the pianist, assisted by the Kaltenborn String Quartet, gave the first of a series of three concerts last Tuesday (December 17) night at the Jersey City Club. A large number of women prominent in New York and Jersey City society have lent their names as patrons of the concerts, and thus financially, as well as socially and musically, the series will prove very successful. There is truly nothing more encouraging in the advancement of classic music than these chamber music concerts. The more of this character of music heard the better. Mr. Voorhis and the Kaltenborns played a delightful program of classic, romantic and modern composers. Mr. Kaltenborn and his associate string players performed the Haydn Quartet, No. 1, op. 77; a Scherzo by Cherubini, and the Variations of "Death and the Maiden," by Schubert. As piano solos Mr. Voorhis played a Barcarolle by Moszkowski and Liszt's Tarantella, "Venezia a Napoli." As violin solos Mr. Kaltenborn played a Romance by Rubinstein and Hungarian dances by Hubay. Both Mr. Voorhis and Mr. Kaltenborn in their solos were heard with evident pleasure and at the conclusion were heartily applauded. The concert closed with a beautiful performance of the Schumann Quintet, op. 44, a great favorite with all lovers of good music. The same quintet was played by the same artists at one of the concerts in the St. Nicholas Garden last summer.
5The patrons of the Voorhis concerts in Jersey City are Mrs. E. Bailey, Mrs. John Bain, Jr., Mrs. Hudspeth-Benson, Mrs. George H. Blake, Mrs. Cornelius Brett, Mrs. Elliot L. Butler, Mrs. O. S. Carré, Mrs. Frank Cavalli, Miss E. O. Conro, Mrs. E. H. Davey, Mrs. Joseph A. Dear, Mrs. Gordon K. Dickinson, Mrs. William A. Durrie, Jr., Mrs. James S. Erwin, Mrs. Garwood Ferris, Mrs. James F. Filder, Mrs. Edlow W. Harrison, Mrs. Elizabeth Hazard, Miss Lelia Hinds, Mrs. James Hoffman, Mrs. Leslie Hotchkiss, Mrs. R. M. Jarvis, Mrs. E. M. Johnson, Mrs. Westbrook Johnston, Mrs. John Kase, Mrs. William C. Lutkins, Mrs. Robert G. Lyle, Mrs. J. E. Müller, Mrs. A. J. Newbury, Mrs. Henry E. Niese, Miss Clover Pope, Mrs. E. A. Ransom, Mrs. William Robertson, Jr., Mrs. William P. Roome, Mrs. Henry Rowland, Mrs. Vincent R. Schenk, Mrs. Moritz Schwartz, Mrs. S. M. Seymour, Mrs. Elbridge Gerry Snow, Miss Mary Suter, Mrs. Henry Traphagen, Mrs. E. Van Winkle, Mrs. John A. Walker, Mrs. Spencer Weart, Mrs. George T. Werts, Mrs. Virginia Wooley, Mrs. E. F. C. Young.
7MINNE HUMPHREYS.—The review of music in Brooklyn for this week includes a report of the concert given by Mrs. Minne Humphreys at the Greenwood Baptist Church, Tuesday evening, December 10. All of the Brooklyn papers published reports of this concert, and accorded to Mrs. Humphreys the praise which she justly earned. We add paragraphs from three papers as follows:
9An appreciative audience listened last night to the concert given under the direction of Mrs. Minne Humphreys, in Greenwood Baptist Church, corner Seventh avenue and Sixth street. The proceeds of the concert, and they reached a substantial sum, will be devoted to the building fund of the church.
11Mrs. Humphreys is a favorite in Brooklyn musical circles, and she added new laurels to her already enviable reputation last night by her masterly rendering of Bellini's aria, "Qui la Voce," "I Puritani."—Brooklyn Citizen.
13The concert given last night for the benefit of the Greenwood Baptist Church, on Seventh avenue and Sixth street, under the direction of Mrs. Minne Humphreys, proved a complete success. The congregation turned out in full force, and the quality of the entertainment fully justified the large attendance.—Standard-Union.
15The first concert in the new Greenwood Baptist Church was given last evening for the benefit of the building fund, and was well attended. The artist for the occasion was Mrs. Minne Humphreys, the well-known oratorio soprano, ably assisted by Miss Henriette Weber, pianist and accompanist; McCall Lanham, baritone, and Charles Russell, 'cello. Mrs. Humphreys' selections were well chosen and rendered in her usual finished manner. Bellini's aria, "Qui la Voce," from "I Puritani," and Bartlett's "Come to Me, Sweetheart," showed the flexibility and breadth of a well trained voice nicely under control, and were effectively sung. "Violets," by Wright, a sweet little song, was sung with much expression and suavity.—Brooklyn Eagle, December 11, 1901.
17Jessie Shay.
19MISS JESSIE SHAY, the piano soloist at the Kubelik concerts, receives her share of favorable comments. We add criticisms from several cities:
21Miss Jessie Shay was the piano soloist last evening. She has a good touch, musical intelligence and a pleasing stage presence. She played Moszkowski's descriptive "Etincelles" with daintiness and finish and an etude of Schloezer with grace. Liszt's Rhapsodie No. 12 was played by Miss Shay with technical accuracy and brilliancy.—New Haven (Conn.) Evening Register, December 11, 1901.
23Miss Jessie Shay played the familiar Liszt Rhapsodie No. 12. It has been done many times before. She showed a clear comprehension of the marvelous bit of composition, and her playing was a delight. She is a splendid foil to the wonderful young Bohemian—not because her technic is less studied, but because her mere presence is a relief from the tremendous nervous strain that Kubelik brings upon his hearers.
25After all, it was the performance of two children. Two children who have been given by the favoring Fates the marvelous power of interpretation. Kubelik is a fiend incarnate—playing upon one's sympathies and nerves with a mere instrument upon which some folks play Virginia reels. Miss Shay has the delicacy of the high-strung musician, coupled with the sweetness of a woman. The combination is remarkable for more reasons than one.
27Kubelik is the refinement of Fritz Kreisler.
29Miss Shay is the refinement of Aus der Ohe and Harold Bauer. Together they are wonderful.—Springfield (Mass.) Union, December 12, 1901.
31The violinist was assisted by Miss Jessie Shay, a young American pianist, who played with neatness and not a little grace Moszkowski's "Etincelles" and a concert etude by Schloezer, which showed a facile technic. Her playing had many excellent qualities, and was justly complimented with an encore, in response to which she played a brilliant etude in repeated notes with skill and finish.—The Republican, Springfield, Mass., December 12, 1901.
33Miss Jessie Shay, a very talented pianist, whose' prominence in New York is well known, gave for her portion of the concert some delightful numbers, which displayed her beautiful and artistic touch in a most pleasing manner. Miss Shay substituted for her first selection "Rigaudon," by Raff, playing Moszkowski's "Etincelles" for the second selection. Her rendition of the famous Liszt Rhapsodie Hongroise No. 12 was very artistic and her virility in execution was most praiseworthy.—Hartford Post, December 13, 1901.
35The assisting artist was Miss Jessie Shay, who repeated the favorable impression created when heard here a week ago. She played compositions by Moszkowski, Schloezer and a Hungarian Rhapsodie by Liszt. Her performance of the latter number was especially agreeable.—Boston Globe, December 15, 1901.
37The only assisting artist was the pianist, Miss Shay, who first gave with pretty deftness and bright clarity Moszkowski's "Etincelles" and a concert study, much in the same genre, by Schloezer.
39Miss Shay played in a graceful, easy fashion, and her performance of the Liszt Rhapsodie was so highly pleasing to the audience that she added another number.—Boston Post, December 15, 1901.
41Miss Shay again showed a crisp and brilliant technic.—Boston Journal, December 15, 1901.
43Miss Jessie Shay had been advertised little, but she did her part more than creditably. Her stage presence was modest and graceful, and the lack of a managerial halo did not prevent the audience from liking her and her playing.—Baltimore News, December 17, 1901.
45Miss Shay played Raff's "Rigaudon," which displayed her marvelous technic to excellent advantage, and Moszkowski's beautiful "Etincelles." For her concluding number she gave Liszt's Rhapsodie Hongroise No. 12. In the lighter passages the pianist was very effective. Her execution was beyond criticism.—Washington Times, December 18, 1901.
47Miss Shay played her selections with dash and brilliancy.—New York Press, December 19, 1901.
49Georg Liebling's Violin Sonata.
51THIS decidedly beautiful work, of which Otto Floersheim wrote last May such an interesting and favorable article in THE MUSICAL COURIER, was played lately in Warsaw, Munich, Berlin, all over England, and on November 25 last for the first time in London at Bechstein Hall by Carl Flesch and Georg Liebling. The sonata pleased immensely. It is one of the rare works which from first to last are full of inspiration. It is extremely melodious, effective, beautifully harmonized—and short. It ought to take in America. We understand from the London publishers, Messrs. Aschenberg, that Schirmer (New York), their agents, have copies in stock. At the same concert Georg Liebling scored another triumph with his Caprice, op. 45, for piano, which is dedicated to Jedliczka in Berlin, and published by A. Stahl, Berlin.
53H. W. Greene's Christmas Criticism Class.
55THERE is always some definite thought discussed at and carried away from Mr. Greene's classes. Thursday it was the normality of singing as a mode of expression. Before an audience which taxed the seating arrangements of Mr. Greene's ample studio Mr. Greene gave his solution of the question, which was that singing as a mode of expression was not normal when that word means "ordinary" or "average," but that it was normal when that word means "natural" and signifies that which is part of our human endowment. Singing is speech carried to a more exalted emotional plane. That emotional plane is normal, hence singing is normal; for if the cause be so then the result cannot be otherwise.
57The following program was given to illustrate this point, as well as other minor ones of tone and interpretation:
59Violets ……………………………………………………………………………………………….White Butterflies ……………………………………………………………………………………………….Miss Bessie Hoople. Love Me If I Live ……………………………………………………………………………………………….Hahn Miss Ella Beck. Arabian Song ……………………………………………………………………………………………….Max Vogrich Miss Julia Fackler. Blanche ……………………………………………………………………………………………….Kucken Miss Ruth Wood. Nativity (Tenor Recitative) …………………………………………………………………………Stewart Claud Selby. Nativity (My Soul Doth Magnify) …………………………………………………………………..Stewart Miss Cecile Stollberg. Thou'rt Like Unto a Tender Flower …………………………………………………………………..Arthur Farwell Robert Bruce Pegram.
61The improvement in the voices was marked and in one or two cases a delight. Watching the development of the voice gives the same pleasure that the unfolding of a flower does. The subtlety of the process is fascinating.
63FANNY RICHTER.—Mme. Fanny Richter will give her first recital in Mendelssohn Hall on Wednesday, January 8, at 2:30 p. m. Her second recital will be given Wednesday, January 15, at 8:15 p. m.
65The program of her first recital will be as follows:
67Variations, Weinen und Klagen …………………………………………………………………..Bach-Liszt Nocturne, C minor, op. 48, No. 1 …………………………………………………………………..Chopin Papillons ……………………………………………………………………………………………….Schumann Appassionata Sonata, op. 37 …………………………………………………………………..Beethoven Carneval ……………………………………………………………………………………………….Grieg Caprice ……………………………………………………………………………………………….Mendelssohn Legende, St. Franciscus on the Waves …………………………………………………………………..Liszt
69Among her patrons for these recitals are Miss Bliss, Chas. T. Barney, F. K. Vanderbilt, Chas. Barnes, Mrs. F. L. Burton, Miss E. Lieb, Mrs. Mortimer, Mrs. P. Rockefeller, Mrs. J. J. Knox, Mrs. M. Dudley, Mrs. C. Ranay, Miss M. Simmons, Miss M. Hoey, Chas. Aug. Williams, Mrs. Wezendorf, Mrs. H. Brooks, Mrs. D. H. Davis, De Witt Knox, Mrs. J. W. Miller, Mrs. Ph. V. Allis, Mrs. Th. Sutro, Mrs. Ogden Rood, Mrs. G. Chickering, Mrs. A. Schermerhorn, Miss B. Hornblower, Mrs. R. Dow, Miss C. Henderson, Mrs. E. I. De Logget, Miss Trumbull.
71ELECTA GIFFORD one of two readings
72SOPRANO. one of two readings
73Dates Booking for Concert, Recital and Oratorio. one of two readings
74WEST: CHARLES R. BAKER, Fine Arts Building, CHICAGO. one of two readings
75EAST: WOLFSOHN MUSICAL BUREAU, 181 East 17th Street, NEW-YORK. one of two readings
77ARTHUR HOCHMAN one of two readings
78THE EMINENT PIANIST. one of two readings
79TOUR NOW BOOKING. one of two readings
811901 ANNUAL TOUR OF 1902 SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, one of two readings
82EMIL PAUR, Conductor. one of two readings
83Conductor New York Philharmonic. one of two readings
84Formerly Conductor Boston Symphony Orchestra. one of two readings
85Miss ANNA MILLAR, Manager, 540 Fulton Street, BROOKLYN, N. Y. one of two readings
87EDWARD STRONG one of two readings
88TENOR. one of two readings
89ORATORIO and CONCERT. one of two readings
90Concert Direction REMINGTON SQUIRE, one of two readings
91125 East 24th Street, New York. one of two readings
93JEANNETTE DURNO one of two readings
94PIANIST. one of two readings
95Management DUNSTAN COLLINS, one of two readings
96740 Fine Arts Building, CHICAGO. one of two readings
98LACHMUND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, one of two readings
99133 WEST 85th STREET, NEW YORK. one of two readings
100CARL V. LACHMUND, – Director one of two readings
101(DIRECTOR WOMEN'S STRING ORCHESTRA SOCIETY.) one of two readings
102All branches. Faculty unsurpassed. Private instruction. Special course for students preparing for a public career. one of two readings
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