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Musical Courier 1902-01-01: Vol 44 Iss 1136, 1902
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1Boston Music Notes.
3HOTEL BELLEVUE,
417 BEACON STREET,
5BOSTON, MASS., December 28, 1901.
7Miss Elsa Heindl, who for the past three years has studied with Mme. Gertrude Franklin-Salisbury, sang with the Boston Symphony Orchestra yesterday afternoon and will sing again this evening. Those who have heard Miss Heindl say her voice is "angelic" and rave over her singing. It is expected that she will be heard in concerts in New York during the winter.
9Miss Adelaide Griggs, contralto, will sing at the Worcester Festival next autumn unless something unforeseen occurs. Miss Griggs won instant favor last September, when she made her initial bow to the Worcester public, and the news that she will again appear has been received with satisfaction.
11Homer A. Norris recently gave a lecture-recital on "The Evolution of the Art of Music," assisted by Walter Drennen, vocalist, and Miss Linda Ekman, pianist. Mr. Norris' illustrations ranged from Palestrina through Bach, Beethoven, Wagner and others down to songs by himself and Mr. Drennen.
13Miss Adah Campbell Hussey will be one of the soloists at the concert of the Euterpe Club in Chickering Hall, on February 18.
15A recital was given in Sleeper Hall Wednesday evening by the students of the advanced classes of the New England Conservatory of Music. The program embraced selections from Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Händel, Verdi, Wagner, Bizet, Rubinstein and Chopin, and were well rendered by Miss Zelda Rotali, Boston; Miss Zula Doane, Roxbury; Miss Evelyn Helen Dolloff, Roxbury; Miss Alberta Chadwick, Clifftondale; Miss Florence Louise Avery, Newburgh, N. Y.; Miss Christine Miller, Pittsburgh; Miss Margaret Wither, Port Patrick, Scotland; Edward Kingsley, Westhampton, and John Gerling, Cleveland, Ohio; and on January 1 Miss Avery, Mrs. Grace B. Williams, Taunton; Samuel Gorodetzky, Boston; Mr. Gerling and Miss L. Marion Watkins, Dallas, Tex., all of the advanced classes, will give the program.
17The Christmas vesper music given on the last Sunday evening of the term at Wellesley College was repeated, with the exception of the choir parts, on Christmas Day afternoon, in the Memorial Chapel, by Professor Macdougall, and was greatly enjoyed.
19Jan Kubelik, the violinist, will contribute some of the most notable of Paganini's compositions for the violin at his recital in Symphony Hall next Wednesday afternoon. Miss Maria Victoria Torrillhon, pianist, is to assist at the recital. Herr Friml will again play Kubelik's accompaniments.
21The first piano recital of the season by Harold Bauer will be given in Steinert Hall on Tuesday afternoon, January 21.
23George Hamlin, tenor, will give his recital of Richard Strauss' songs on Monday afternoon, January 27, in Steinert Hall. On Thursday afternoon, January 30, Mr. Hamlin and Sydney Biden, baritone, will give a song recital with a miscellaneous program.
25Gregory Hast, a well-known tenor from London, England, will give a song recital in Steinert Hall on Tuesday afternoon, January 7. His program will consist of selections by Brahms, Ruckauf, Cornelius, Dr. Blow, Sullivan (1870 and modern), Goring Thomas, Arthur Nevin, Mendelssohn, S. Coleridge Taylor, Norman O'Neill, F. Clay and Maude Valerie White.
27George W. F. Reed has been appointed musical director and organist of the Commonwealth Avenue Baptist Church to take the place of the late Norman McLeod. Mr. Reed has had a large experience, having held several positions in prominent out of town churches, his last one having been as organist and choir director at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Dedham. He is also conductor of the Chelsea Musical Society. The evening oratorio services that have been carried on so successfully for many years by Mr. McLeod will be continued by Mr. Reed, who has had experience in giving services of this sort. For several years Mr. Reed has been connected with the M. Steinert & Sons Company as the manager of their Aeolian department.
29Many of the musical instruments in the great collection, which is to be exhibited by Chickering & Sons in the new Horticultural Hall during the fortnight beginning Saturday, January 11, are obsolete, and when they were first brought to Boston no one could be found able to play them. But as there was great curiosity as to how they would sound, Chickering & Sons engaged a number of musicians, whose mastery of the modern instruments of a similar nature qualified them to take up the study of these antiques. As a result, a number of instruments that have not been heard in a hundred years or more will be played in the concerts that are to be given in connection with the exhibition. The collection includes nearly 2,000 specimens, the majority being the earliest obtainable examples of each variety, and among them are many formerly owned and played by famous musicians and other celebrities, thus giving them historic as well as educational value. Every morning during the exhibition a lecture will be delivered by some eminent authority on music and musical instruments, and the concerts will be given in the afternoon and evening.
31"The Nativity," an oratorio appropriate to Christmas time, composed by H. J. Stewart, was sung at Trinity Church December 26. The soloists were Miss Jennie Follett, Mrs. H. E. Sawyer, Frederick Smith and Arthur Beresford. Claude Tinker was the violinist and V. V. Rogers the harpist. The performance was under the personal direction of Mr. Stewart, organist at Trinity. The purpose of the oratorio was to give expression to the great events attending the advent and birth of the Redeemer. There were the Annunciation, the birth of Christ and the Epiphany, or the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles. At the beginning and end there were chorals, in the singing of which the congregation joined. The audience was very large, entirely filling the vast interior. The oratorio was listened to with deep attention and evident appreciation.
33Musical at the Professional Woman's League.
35A MUSICAL of unusual interest was given Monday afternoon, December 23, at the new club house of the Professional Woman's League. Josephine Mildenberg, soprano, and Mary Louise Gehle, contralto, gave the following program:
36Life ………………………………………………………..Blumenthal
37A Dream ……………………………………………………Bartlett
38Where Blooms the Rose ………………………………….Clayton Johns
39Pussy Willow ……………………………………………..Albert Mildenberg
40Duet, Heavenly Love …………………………………….Gounod
41The Quest ………………………………………………….Smith
42Si Mes Vers ……………………………………………….Hahn
43Serenata ……………………………………………………Massenet
44Miss Fanny M. Spencer, accompanist.
45A large number of friends of the club members were present, and the guest of honor was the eminent English actor, Charles Hawtrey.
46Miss Gehle's numbers gained for her unlimited praise and applause, and her singing of "The Quest," a popular ballad, was much enjoyed. Here is a contralto of unusual beauty. Just watch this young woman's name—for she surely has a future before her.
47Josephine Mildenberg is another singer that bears the stamp of success. Her voice is a rich soprano of extensive range and good volume, and all her numbers were given in excellent style. Her brother's latest song, "Pussy Willow," was heartily applauded.
48Particular mention should be made of the Gounod duet, in which the two voices blended exceedingly well. Mme. Doria Devine, who was present, was heartily congratulated upon the success of her two pupils.
50Dudley Buck, Jr., at Home Literary Circle.—Last Saturday evening Mr. Buck, assisted by his pupil, Miss Emily F. Walsh, who has a beautiful soprano voice, sang for Miss Walton's Home Literary Circle, this being being the program:
51The Lass With the Delicate Air …………………………..Arne
52The Young Rose …………………………………………Macpherson
53Song of Spring …………………………………………..Mendelssohn
54The Old Plaid Shawl ……………………………………Haynes
55From Out Thine Eyes …………………………………..Ries
56Daphne's Love …………………………………………..Ronald
57Songs selected from Eililand ……………………………Von Fielitz
58Mr. Buck.
59The audience, numbering some 100 people, listened with rapt attention to both singers, and Mr. Buck received many congratulations on both his and Miss Walsh's singing.
60Henry Gaines Hawn, president of the New York Association of Elocutionists, lent variety to the program by several enjoyable selections, and Miss Josephine Walton is to be credited with an evening of much charm.
62New Hotel Bellevue.
63NEW, MODERN, FIREPROOF HOTEL.
64BEACON STREET (near Tremont Street),
65BOSTON, MASS.
66Central Location. European Plan.
67HARVEY & WOOD.
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