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Musical Courier 1902-01-01: Vol 44 Iss 1136, 1902
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1Francis Fischer Powers' Pupils' Second Musicale.
3The second of Francis Fischer Powers' pupils' musicales occurred Friday evening. Mr. Griswold, a tenor of artistic temperament, made a success. Miss Mary Matlack, a mezzo soprano, of lovely quality, delighted all. Miss Jessie May Baker is a dramatic soprano of which The Musical Courier had something to say a few weeks ago. Her place is certainly on the light opera stage. Miss Grace Thomas, not yet seventeen years of age, has a beautiful voice and sang well. Harvey Merwin possesses a beautiful baritone voice of great promise and created enthusiasm by his artistic singing. He is preparing for the operatic stage and will be a success, possessing every attribute of a great singer. Many were the expressions of delight and satisfaction at the work of Mr. Daland; a bass baritone, well placed and under good control, united with mature musicianly qualities, rendered his singing of Wagner's "Two Grenadiers" and the rare Moszkowski songs enjoyable. Miss Belle Vickers shows great improvement, and is rapidly making a name for herself.
5One of the hits of the evening was Miss Annette Langhorne. Her contralto voice, vibrant yet mellow, has doubled in volume and richness, her attractive personality adding much to the success she achieved. Her singing of the Gluck Aria will long be remembered. Mr. Searles, always a favorite, sang, as he always does, superbly. Miss Marguerite Palmier sang the "Shadow Song" with all her usual charm of voice and artistic excellence. Miss Margaret Northrop appeared for the first time at these musicales. Hers is a dramatic high soprano voice which she uses with much skill and intelligence. Her career if she chooses may be an enviable one, and will be watched with great interest. Carl Gralow closed the program. The past year has improved this remarkable voice to a degree that brings success most pronounced whenever he is heard. Later in the evening Percy Hemus was called for, responding, he gave "Where E'er You Walk," from Handel's "Semele." Musicians present pronounced Mr. Hemus' interpretation and singing of this aria perfection.
7Following is the program:
9Nocturne in E, op. 62…………………………………………..Chopin
10Oh, That We Two Were Maying……………………………Nevin
11Like a Flower………………………………………………………..Nevin
12Recitative and Cavatina (Faust)……………………………Gounod
13Spring Is Here………………………………………………………Dick
14A Fairy Song………………………………………………………..Dick
15When Daffodils Unfold………………………………………..Dick
16Stars of the Summer Night………………………………….Tours
17The Bee………………………………………………………..Liszt
18Spring Song………………………………………………………..Gounod
19Blossoms………………………………………………………..Hatton
20Una Voce Poca Fa (Il Barbiere di Seviglia)………………Rossini
21Canzonet………………………………………………………..Secchi
22Faithful Johnnie……………………………………………….Beethoven one of two readings
23Faithful Johnnie…………………………………………………Beethoven one of two readings
24Les Deux Grenadiers………………………………………….Richard Wagner
25Bitte, op. 13………………………………………………………Moszkowski
26Und Wussten's Die Blumen, op. 13………………………..Moszkowski
27Madchenauge Madchenauge, op. 13……………………….Moszkowski
28Lass Mich Dein Augen Russen……………………………Von Fielitz
29O Del Mio Dolce Ardor………………………………………Gluck
30Nicht Allein………………………………………………………Mendelssohn
31Dich Theure Halle (Tannhäuser)………………………….Wagner
32Miss Jessie Mac Baker.
33Hey Dolly, Ho Dolly………………………………………..Harvey Worthington Loomis
34John Anderson……………………………………………….Harvey Worthington Loomis
35King of Thule (Faust)……………………………………….Gounod
36Jewel Song (Faust)…………………………………………..Gounod
37Miss Margaret Northrop.
39The Horn………………………………………………………..Flegier
40The Horse………………………………………………………Hahn
41Shadow Dance (Dinorah)………………………………….Meyerbeer
42Serenade………………………………………………………..Goetz
43Keine Ruh' Bei Tag und Nacht (Don Juan)………………Mozart
44Harold Stewart Briggs, Accompanist.
46RECITALS BY SEVERN PUPILS.
48MR. AND MRS. EDMUND SEVERN gave two pupils' recitals at Pierce's Hall, Springfield, Mass., on December 19 and 20. Piano, voice and violin pupils appeared to the great credit of their teachers. Mr. Severn's specialty is the violin, and Mrs. Severn teaches both piano and voice. The Severns, although now residents of New York, continue to spend three days a week in the progressive Massachusetts city, and this leaves them with three days for their New York classes, which are increasing every term. The programs given at the Springfield recitals follow:
50Piano solo, Pastoreale Varié (Mozart), Miss Katherine Londergan; soprano solo, "When Celia Sings" (Moir), Miss Alice Malley; violin solo, Allegretto Grazioso (Wanser), Ethel Wade, ten years old; piano solo, Harpe Eoliennes (Kruger), Miss Josephine Dame; tenor solo, aria from "Reginella" (Braga), Henry M. Allen; violin solo, "Titania" (Pappini), Miss Maud Short; piano solo, Prelude (Rachmaninoff), Miss Jennie Dorion; contralto solo, "Che Faro Euridice" (Glück), Miss Lottie Gould; violin solo, Caprice Brillante (Ten Have), Roy Creighton; Eleventh Rhapsodie (Liszt), Miss Susie O'Grady; soprano solo, "Nita" (Cantor), Miss Mabel Clark. one of two readings
51Piano solo, Pastoreale Varié (Mozart), Miss Katherine Londergan; soprano solo, "When Celia Sings" (Moir), Miss Alice Malley; violin solo, Allegretto Grazioso (Wanser), Ethel Wade, ten years old; piano solo, Harpe Eolienne (Kruger), Miss Josephine Dame; tenor solo, aria from "Reginella" (Braga), Henry M. Allen; violin solo, "Titania" (Pappini), Miss Maud Short; piano solo, Prelude (Rachmaninoff), Miss Jennie Dorion; contralto solo, "Che Faro Euridice" (Glück), Miss Lottie Gould; violin solo, Caprice Brillante (Ten Have), Roy Creighton; Eleventh Rhapsodie (Liszt), Miss Susie O'Grady; soprano solo, "Nita" (Cantor), Miss Mabel Clark. one of two readings
53SECOND PROGRAM.
55Piano solo, Concert Etude (Ravina), Eleanor Cronin, ten years old; piano solo, Waltz (Durand), Edith McFee, eleven years old; soprano solo, "The Message" (Blumenthal), Mrs. Wilford Dumas; violin solo, Caprice (Borowski), Marion Burt, twelve years old; piano solo, "Kammenoi Ostrow" (Rubinstein), Miss Elsie Easley; violin solo, "Legende" (Wieniawski), Miss Annie Thibault; soprano solo, "Sayno" (Tosti), Miss Jennie Osgood; piano solo, Concert Etude (Chaminade), Miss Alice Hannon; violin solo, Mazourka (Severn), Rupert Flynt; soprano solo, "Convieneartis" (Donizetti), Miss Clara Dame; piano solo, Theme and Variations (Chaminade), Mrs. Edith Snell-Gardner.
57Hanchett.
59DR. HENRY G. HANCHETT contributed an analytical recital to the program of the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania State Music Teachers' Association at Reading, Pa., last Thursday evening. The Reading Times declares that the recital was "the most delightful treat the music lovers of Reading have been given for a long time. His rendition of each composition was faultless, and showed a masterful interpretation of the ideas suggested by the composers."
61The program was:
62G minor Organ Fantasie………………………………………Bach-Liszt
63Andante in B flat, op. 62, Consolation…………………….Dussek
64The Adieu, first movement from Sonata in E flat, op. 81……..Beethoven one of two readings
65The Adieu, first movement from Sonata in E flat, op. 81……Beethoven one of two readings
66Canzone, Voi che sapete (Le Nozze di Figaro)………….Mozart one of two readings
67Canzone, Voi che sapete (Le Nozze di Figaro)…………..Mozart one of two readings
68Fantaisie in Sonata Form, op. 5…………………………..Saran
69Songs—
70The Dream…………………………………………………….Rubinstein
71The Asra………………………………………………………Rubinstein
72Second Ballade, op. 38………………………………………Chopin
73Bird as a Prophet, from Forest Scenes, op. 82, No. 7……..Schumann
74Lohengrin's Reproof to Elsa……………………………….Wagner-Liszt
75Feu Follet (Will o' the Wisp)………………………………Prudent
76Galop Chromatique…………………………………………..Liszt
78Dr. Hanchett was assisted by Miss Mary R. Denton, of New York, whose singing was much enjoyed.
80Dr. Hanchett is announced for a similar recital in Chambersburg, Pa., early in January, after which he will begin work with his newly organized interpretation class for young artists and advanced piano students, who will play and study at the opening meeting in his studio on January 9 works by Bach, Mendelssohn and MacDowell. This class is a distinct addition to the opportunities for music study in this city, and should secure a very large enrollment.
82The long lawsuits about the estate left by Brahms are once more reported as being ended. The heirs of Brahms, the Czerny Society, the Society of Friends of Music, and the Franz Liszt Union are tired of litigation and appeals from one court to another and spending money on lawyers, and have come to some understanding. Brahms left property worth 202,163 florins.
84The celebrated harpist, Antonio Zamara, died lately in his eighty-second year. He was born at Milan, and went in youth to Vienna, and became a pupil of Sechter. In 1842 he was engaged as first harpist at the Imperial Opera, and held that position for fifty years. After his retirement he continued to give lessons. For twenty years he was also professor of the harp at the Vienna Conservatory. He left many compositions for this instrument, and for violin, 'cello and horn.
86The Paris Opéra Comique has accepted an opera, "The Moonlight Sonata," music by Benedictus, text by Judith Gautier, the subject being the love affair of Beethoven and Julia Guicciardi.
88At Strassburg a three-act comic opera, "Claudio Monteverde," by Adolf Oreosen, has been produced with success. It is somewhat in the style of Verdi's "Falstaff." The hero is not the title part, but the Duke of Mantua, a baritone part.
90In Weimar, a dramatic tone poem, "Manfred," by Hans von Bronsart, who also wrote the text, had its first performance lately. The story is quite modern, although the action is laid in the period of the Renaissance, being the story of a young composer who as a representative of the classical tendency is not recognized by the worshipers of the modern school. He deserts Maria in order to wed a countess. Maria dies of a broken heart, and when Manfred is just about to be betrothed formally, he breaks with the countess, is wounded in a duel, fancies himself in an attack of fever to be standing at the Day of Judgment, repents and is redeemed. The music is better than the treatment. The work had in places great effect.
92The management of the City Theatre of Leipsic is intending to supply a long felt want of persons addicted to the Christmas present habit. It will issue a booklet containing ten tickets at a mark apiece, good for a year at any performance.
94Villiers de L'Isle Adam and some of his Wagnerian friends once on a time made a pilgrimage to Tribschen, where the author of "Lohengrin" was then residing. Wagner, after his sojourn in Paris, flattered himself not only that he spoke French, but also the slang of the boulevards. Nay, so proud was he of his knowledge of the language that he loved to make puns on it. The French pilgrims arrived at Tribschen, and were invited to dinner. The chief ornament of the table was a fish with parsley trimmings. Wagner, with a sly glance at his guests, pointed to the trout and said "Gombadiode." The Frenchmen re-
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