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Musical Courier 1901-12-25: Vol 43 Iss 1135, 1901
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1MUSICAL CLUBS.
3The Lyric Ladies, of Chicago, appeared at Lincoln, Neb., early in the month.
5The Schubert Chorus, of Cleveland and Akron, Ohio, is under the direction of Mrs. Mary Arend-Long.
7The Schubert Symphony Club, one of the musical organizations that visits the West, was in Anaconda, Mon., recently.
9The first concert by the Philharmonic String Quartet was given at Association Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, on December 10.
11The first concert of the Beethoven Club for this winter was given on December 4 at Pilgrim Congregational Church, Duluth, Minn.
13At the last regular afternoon concert of the Fortnightly Club, Cleveland, Ohio, they were assisted by the Philharmonic String Quartet.
15The concert of the Philharmonic Society, at Liederkranz Hall, Louisville, Ky., on December 11, was the last but one of the 1901 series.
17"The Messiah" was sung by the Galesburg (Ill.) Musical Union at their concert on December 6. William F. Bentley was the conductor.
19The Rubinstein Club, of eighty women's voices, announces the first of its series of two concerts for the evening of January 16, at Cleveland, Ohio.
21The first concert of the Cleveland (Ohio) Vocal Society was given in the Chamber of Commerce Hall December 12 to their honorary members.
23The Choral Club, of Troy, N. Y., will produce "The Creation" on March 12. As it is fourteen years since an oratorio has been produced in that city much interest is felt.
25The Spokane (Wash.) Oratorio Society has just given "The Messiah," with Miss Laura Mueller, Mrs. A. A. Kraft, Charles F. Orr and W. I. Hall as soloists and a chorus of 125 voices.
27At Cedar Rapids, Ia., on December 3 "An Evening with Modern Composers and Original Composition" was given by Caroline Dutton Rowley, assisted by Mrs. Frank Watson and Mrs. Lewis Benedict.
29The Mendelssohn Choral Club, of Roseville, N. J., gave a concert in East Orange last Thursday. The society had the assistance of Miss Marguerite Lemon, Miss Elsa von Moltke and E. Ellsworth Giles.
31Prof. Adolf Frey, assisted by Mrs. Frey, gave a lecture-recital at the meeting of the Morning Musicals, Syracuse, N. Y., on December 4. His subject was "Sketches on the Music Dramas of Richard Wagner."
33The Friday Musicales met at the home of E. Raphael, Houston, Tex., recently. Brahms was the topic of the afternoon. The musical numbers were all enjoyed vastly, and Mrs. Robertson read a paper on Brahms as a song writer.
35Much interest was shown in the recent production of "The Creation" by the Haverhill (Mass.) Society, on December 3. The soloists were Mme. M. Hissem De Moss, soprano, who took the place of Mme. Charlotte Maconda, originally engaged for the soprano parts; Hobart Smock and Arthur Beresford. The society will give its second concert March 25. The work to be presented is Max Bruch's cantata, "Arminius." The society will be assisted by Madame Schumann-Heink, Evan Williams and Gwilym Miles.
37Beethoven was the subject of the Woman's Club recital at Burlington, Ia., on December 3, and Linder's Hall was filled with an enthusiastic audience. About forty people came in after the first number was given, and these missed the gem of the program, a paper on the life of the great composer, by Mrs. A. M. Antrobous.
39The Houston (Tex.) Symphony Club has just celebrated its first anniversary at the residence of Charles Grumbach, who is one of its few honorary members. Officers recently elected are: President, Frank L. Miller; vice-president, S. T. Swinford, Jr.; secretary, Arthur Skelly; treasurer, Sam Fant; librarian, Harry Swinford; musical director, Prof. E. Lindenberg.
41Haydn and Tschaikowsky were the composers whose works were presented at the regular meeting of the Ladies Thursday Musicale, in Minneapolis, Minn., on December 5. The biographical sketches and analysis of their works given by Mrs. W. B. Chamberlain, in place of the regular musical notes, were a pleasant introduction to the program. Two selections were omitted on account of illness. The Haydn compositions were given by Misses Eulalie Chenevert, Zaidee Eaton, Esther Osborn and Mrs. Cleaone Daniels Bregren. Miss Cordelia Paine and Miss Ednah Hall furnished the Tschaikowsky numbers. Miss Gertrude Sans Souci, a new member, filled one of the omitted numbers delightfully with Moszkowski's Waltz. The guest of the morning was Miss Lindsley, of Chicago. Miss Lindsley sang three numbers.
43The successful organization of the Woman's Choral Club at Houston, Tex., has been most gratifying from every point of view. The active membership, which is limited to forty, was very quickly filled, and the membership committee holds a flatteringly long list of names of those waiting for vacancies. Here follows the list of active members: Mesdames E. A. Peden, Van Vleck, J. W. Maxey, H. F. MacGregor, Huber, Baltis Allen, C. W. Welch, Harris Masterson, E. A. Hudson, E. P. Davis, E. B. Cushing, Z. Lillard, C. E. Oliver, H. Booth, Lee Campbell, C. C. Beavens, Rosine Ryan, H. F. Smith, E. W. Hutchinson, Wille Hutcheson, Percy Allen, O. M. Longnecker, J. Steele and Hinds Kirkland; Misses Cora Root, Nannie Thompson, Julia Smith, Bessie Warner, Alice Gibbons, Lillian Lee, Edith Green, Edith Munger, Martha Shelby, Ena Robb, Frankie Dolen, Louise Dolen, Sharpe, L. Holmes, Emily Beavens and K. A. Wells. The officers of the club are: President, Mrs. Wille Hutcheson; vice-president, Mrs. Lee Campbell; secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Baltis Allen; librarian, Mrs. E. A. Peden; musical director, Miss Mary Kidd; accompanist, Mrs. C. E. Oliver. Honorary members—Mrs. J. C. Hutcheson, Mrs. T. W. House, Mrs. J. O. Riss, Mrs. J. H. B. House, Mrs. John Gannon, Mrs. Fort Smith, Mrs. S. F. B. Morse, Mrs Lovett and Mrs. James A. Baker.
45The active members of the Madrigal Society, of Bloomfield, N. J., are: Miss Florence Ackley, Miss Lottie F. Bush, Miss Cora B. Eveland, Miss J. I. Feltey, Miss H. R. Fletcher, Mrs. Addison Flint, Miss Rubena J. Gault, Miss May F. Hackett, Miss L. A. Johnston, Miss Carrie V. Main, Mrs. Charles W. Martin, Mrs. Robert A. Moss, Mrs. A. R. Pierson, Miss Mae W. Watson, Miss Amy Wood, Miss Edith Cook, Miss Helen M. Hoyt, Miss Helen L. Morris, Miss Gertrude M. Smith, Miss E. G. Defendorf, Mrs. R. M. Coleman, Miss Barbara Hanna, Miss Helen D. Bownes, Miss Bessie E. Amerman, Mrs. David G. Garabrant, Mrs. Horace Goodwin, Miss Ruth Kidder, Miss Nellie D. Maxfield, Miss Margaret P. Potter, Mrs. E. Walter Morris, Miss Emily Moyer, Miss Grace Crunden, Miss Paula Seibert, Miss Stella Schoonmaker, Dr. S. C. Hamilton, E. M. Healy, Charles W. Martin, E. S. Kidder, W. B. Shafer, Jr., S. M. Smith, Frank Vreeland, Robert Buchanan, C. W. Woodward, David Lyall, R. W. Coleman, Howard Biddulph, David G. Garabrant, Horace Goodwin, George E. Hoyer, T. Cecil Hughes, George Roubaud, W. W. Schouler, Crawford P. Smith, Theodore H. Ward, J. George Batzle, W. M. Maxfield and Percy Allen. The officers of the club are: President, David G. Garabrant; vice-president, Theodore H. Ward; secretary, Miss Amy Wood; treasurer, Dr. S. C. Hamilton; librarian, Crawford P. Smith; executive committee, David G. Garabrant; Theodore H. Ward, Miss Amy Wood, Dr. S. C. Hamilton, Charles W. Martin, W. W. Schouler, E. S. Kidder and C. P. Smith; membership committee, Walter S. Young and Theodore H. Ward. The club has an associate membership of over one hundred of the prominent people of the town, the list being now larger than at any time in its history.
47Mendelssohn Trio Club Concert.
49THE Mendelssohn Trio Club, organized this autumn, gave the first of a series of four concerts last Tuesday afternoon (December 17) in the ballroom of the Hotel Majestic. As THE MUSICAL COURIER has before stated, the more good chamber music concerts given the better for music and artists. The personnel of this new club includes Alexander Saslavsky, violinist; Victor Sörlin, 'cellist, and Charles Gilbert Sproass, pianist. All three are young men and musicians of lofty aims. Albert Quesnel, tenor, assisted the club at the first concert. The club played the Mendelssohn Trio in C minor, op. 66, and the Gade Trio in F major, op. 42, two works with strong contrasts. A warm musical tone marks the ensemble of these earnest young artists. Individually each one produces a good tone and therefore the concerted playing proved very enjoyable. The interpretation, too, was delightful. As this new club becomes better known it will be in demand by private societies and for house musicales.
51Mr. Quesnel, a singer with a rarely beautiful tenor voice, and one moreover who knows how to use his voice, sang the "Romanza" from "La Gioconda" and a sentimental song, "The Wildflower," by Leoni. He was enthusiastically recalled, and finally sang again, this time a dainty little gem entitled "Jeanne," by Mr. Sproass, the pianist of the afternoon. Mr. Saslavsky played as a violin solo the Romance from Wieniawski's Second Violin Concerto, and he showed in his modest performance the results of excellent schooling. The piano accompaniments played by Mr. Sproass were discreet and withal very musical.
53Considering that it was the last week of the Christmas shopping excitement a good sized audience enjoyed the concert. The next concert in the series will be given Tuesday afternoon, January 7.
55People's Symphony Concerts.
57THE second of the series of the People's Symphony concerts, which were opened so auspiciously on December 13 at Cooper Union Hall, will be given at the same place on Friday evening, January 17, 1902, and the sales of seats continue at Ditson's music store, 867 Broadway, and at the offices of the People's Institute in Cooper Union, of the University Settlement at Rivington and Eldridge streets, and of the University Extension at 244 West Fourteenth street. It is agreeable to note that the audience at the first concert of the series was one of the largest and most enthusiastic, and the managers are more than ever confident of the wide interest which the concerts are arousing among those for whose educational welfare they have been undertaken. There is every indication of the continuation of large audiences at the remaining four concerts of the series. The prices of admission have been placed at a figure within the reach of all, being from 10 to 50 cents for single concerts, and from 25 cents to $1.50 for season tickets. By this it will be seen that it is possible to hear one of these very attractive concerts for as small a sum as 5 cents.
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