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Musical Courier 1902-02-26: Vol 44 Iss 1144, 1902
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1Greater New York.
3New York, February 24, 1902.
5Continuing the giving of names of churches requiring the services of singers and organists, The Musical Courier this week prints the appended:
7Open Choir Positions.
9Organist, Fourth Congregational Church, Hartford, Conn.
10Organist, Calvary Church, Brick Church, Orange, N. J.
11Soprano, First Presbyterian Church, Orange, N. J.
12Bass, First Presbyterian Church, Orange, N. J.
13Bass, Calvary Church, Brick Church, Orange, N. J.
14Tenor, Central Presbyterian Church, Fifty-seventh street, New York.
15Soprano, Fourth Congregational Church, Hartford, Conn.
16Double quartet, Madison Avenue Reformed Church, New York. It is understood all voices are required.
17Alto, Dr. Vance's Dutch Reformed Church, Newark, N. J.
18Organist-director, Broadway Tabernacle.
20Miss Bisbee's February studio musicale occurred on the worst night of the season, last Friday, notwithstanding which the handsome rooms were well filled with appreciative listeners. No greater compliment could be paid this artist-teacher, for only those who knew they would hear something worth while would venture out in such duck weather.
22Miss Bisbee played several times during the evening, and most gracefully and poetically; the Chopin Valse in G flat especially. Other Chopin and Schumann excerpts completed her portion; while her pupils, Miss Howard and Miss Boone, did their share, the former playing brilliantly the Moszkowski Valse in E, known also as "Love's Awakening," and the latter playing accompaniments. Mme. Justin de Lisle sang some solos, displaying a clear soprano voice and style, and H. G. Hawn recited several serious and comic things. He is particularly pleasing because entirely natural at all times. Miss Olive C. Moore dropped in late and added to the evening's enjoyment by singing beautifully, playing her own accompaniment. Madame Maigille may well be proud of her pupil!
24Liquid refreshment added zest to the occasion, and as the writer left, nearing midnight, things were becoming lively. Miss Bisbee, aided by her sister, is an ideal hostess.
26The New York State Teachers' Association meets June 24 at Newburgh-on-the-Hudson, and plans are making for a fine program, exceeding, if possible, the brilliant one of last year.
28The program committee, H. W. Greene, 489 Fifth avenue, chairman, had a meeting last week, at which the following developed:
30An oratorio chorus is already organized, the members preparing "Elijah," for which famous soloists will be engaged. The Poughkeepsie choral societies will also assist, one of the three evenings being largely given up to them, under Professor Gow, of Vassar College. Reports from Newburgh indicate much local interest.
32The organ recital at the Church of the Incarnation, by W. R. Hedden, Mus. Bac., on February 19, found the church well filled. On this organ Guilmant gave a recital three years ago, and memories of Frederic Archer, that erratic, talented Englishman, also cluster about the church, of which he was twenty years ago the organist.
34Mr. Hedden plays with accuracy and clearness, with good balance of parts, taste in registration and reliable pedal technic; the program was, however, somewhat monotonous, because of the few fast numbers. Gracefully done was the Lemare Romanze, and the lovely English horn imitation in the Andante from the Dvorák "New World" Symphony was most effective. Probably the most impressive number of the evening was the "Parsifal" Vorspiel, which especially lends itself to the organ. A novelty was a "March-Fantasia on Latin Hymns," for two harps and organ, by Guilmant, and whispers of appreciation took the place in the audience of the usual applause, the Messrs. Fanelli playing the harps. March 19 is the next recital.
36Julia E. Crane was the guest of honor at the ninth annual dinner of the Potsdam Alumni Association, her portrait gracing the elaborate menu. Miss Crane, widely known as the head of the Potsdam Normal School of Music, whose graduates fill many important places, must have felt how warm many hearts beat for her, for among other toasts these were a few: "Our Guest: What We Know About Her." Response, "What the Neighbors Say: What Others Think."
38Madame Cappiani delivered the most interesting address of the evening, in which the vast experience of the madame, her memories of the first meeting with Miss Crane, twenty years ago, personal reminiscences, all told in most interesting fashion—for the listeners fairly hung on her words—all combined to make deep impression. Madame Cappiani is always magnetic, full of enthusiasm, and this, with her vigorous personality and mentality, never fails of chaining her audience. Among those present were Dr. and Mrs. Hanchett, Vernetta E. Coleman, Kate Fine, Marie Thomas (New Rochelle), Minne Stone, Jane Purves, Carl Wilbur (Tarrytown), Edgar S. Werner and Mrs. Werner and others to the number of 200.
40Kate Stella Burr reports she has never had as good a season; the certain result of her own good work. What with song coaching, afternoon musicales and evening concerts, &c., she is kept on the go, and last week she was busy every evening but one. In connection with drawing room work she plays with the Great Barrington (Mass.) Choral Society "In a Persian Garden" at Delmonico's, and has the offer of playing at a New Brunswick festival next month. These duties, with her Sunday work as organist director of Grace M. E. Church, one of the most active of all New York churches, keeps her busy.
42The Clef Club smoker last week found about 150 men present, vocal music by W. G. Stewart and Edwin Lockhart, and the pipes, wittily doled out by H. W. Greene, together with various refreshment for the ever hungry musical soul, combining to make a merry evening. There were addresses by John Tagg, Dr. H. R. Palmer, Carl Schmidt, Frederic Fowler, H. W. Greene and President Louis Arthur Russell, and violinist Claude Trevlyn played violin solos, to the enjoyment of all. In consequence there was a good sized enrollment of applications for membership.
44J. Warren Andrews' four Lenten organ recitals begin tomorrow, Thursday, Church of the Divine Paternity, Seventy-sixth street and Eighth avenue, at 4 o'clock, with Helen Niebuhr, contralto, and Percy Hemus, baritone, of St. Patrick's Cathedral, soloists.
46The Minerva Club entertained men as well as women at the annual breakfast at the Hotel Majestic last week.
48Mme. Marie Cross-Newhaus was chairman of the breakfast committee, and had introduced novel souvenirs consisting of tiny fairy floral lamps that were lighted at each place. Mrs. James L. Burley was chairman of the reception committee, and among the guests of honor, many of whom spoke, were Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Mrs. George B. Wallis, the Rev. Phebe Hanaford, Mr. Petit, Miss Anna Maxwell Jones, Mrs. Lillie Devereux Blake, Mrs. Philip Carpenter and Mrs. John T. Van Sickle. Among those who took part in the musical program were Master Thomas Sydney Kerfut, John J. Bergen, the Minerva Choral Club and Madame Newhaus.
50Van Yorx Song Recital in New Haven.
52Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Van Yorx gave one of their enjoyable song recitals in New Haven, Conn., last week. The criticisms follow:
54The joint song recital given by Mr. and Mrs. Van Yorx, of New York, attracted a large audience. Mr. and Mrs. Van Yorx possess a most enviable reputation for their artistic work, and although the latter has never before been in New Haven, she captivated her audience last night with the artistic treatment of the numbers allotted to her. Mr. Van Yorx has been heard here at the May Festivals, and in his work of last evening added fresh laurels to his already assured position in the estimation of New Haven musicians. The program was most tactfully arranged, the heavier numbers preceding the lighter ones. Perhaps one of the most artistic renderings of the evening to which the audience gave its heartiest appreciation was the aria, "O Paradiso," from Meyerbeer's "L'Africaine." In this Mr. Van Yorx's voice showed its peculiar adaptability, because of its wide range and power, and the dramatic effects and pathos were particularly effective. Chaminade's "Trahison" afforded an opportunity to display the full, round, rich tonal quality of Mrs. Van Yorx's voice. The execution of this number was indicative of much study and careful attention to the little points that add so much to the pleasing interpretation of this eccentric composer. In the second part of the program Mr. Van Yorx entranced her audience with the dainty, light song, culminating with a charming rendering of "Polly Willis." For encore she sang Nevin's "Mighty Lak' a Rose." The climax in the program was reached in the song cycle by Mr. Van Yorx, entitled "Eliand," by Von Fielitz. The story as well as the song holds the listener to the end, and at its conclusion the singer was greeted with a perfect salvo of applause. The cycle deals with the secret love of a monk for a nun, the subsequent discovery and the denouncement by the abbot.—New Haven Register, February 20, 1902.
56The song recital by Mr. and Mrs. Van Yorx filled Warner Hall last evening. In Meyerbeer's "O Paradiso" Mr. Van Yorx displayed his most dramatic and brilliant voice. In the "Eliand" cycle the songs of the monk were interestingly and artistically given, showing remarkable control of the mezzo voce. Of the ballads, "Ninon" was most beautifully given, while the "Lass With the Delicate Air" met with considerable approval from the audience. Mrs. Van Yorx possesses delicate temperamental characteristics, which make her selections particularly charming. Especially fine were her Chaminade number, which was sung in French, and "Who'll Buy My Laverder?" Their duets were effectively done, the voices blending well. The one from "Faust" and Jensen's "O Lay Thy Check on Mine" were beautifully rendered.—New Haven Journal and Courier, February 20, 1902.
58The Munich Court Theatre has made an arrangement with the Vienna traveling bureau Schenker, whereby the latter undertakes in the next three years a portion of the Wagner Festival during the summer in the Prince Regent Theatre.
60JAN KUBELIK
61THE BOHEMIAN VIOLINIST.
63Management of DANIEL FROHMAN and HUGO GORLITZ.
64(H. G. SNOW, Representative.)
66Business Address: Daly's Theatre, New York.
68Wissner Piano Used.
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