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Musical Courier 1902-03-26: Vol 44 Iss 1148, 1902
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1the "Eililand" of von Fielitz, by Miss Helen Heath, and "Song of the Norns," cantata by Hofmann, besides a "Quartet Night," by Schubert, by the Misses Gibson, Craig, Burns and Davidson; trio, "Song of the Rhine Daughters," from the "Götterdämmerung," of Wagner, by Mrs. McGlade, Miss Burns and Miss Davidson; excerpts from the opera "Der Freischutz," of von Weber, by Misses Heath, Cullen and Craig, aided by the chorus of "Bridesmaids," the overture being rendered by four hands at the piano and the organ, by Mrs. Arthur Lewis, Fred Maurer, piano, and Miss Mollie Pratt, organist.
3Mrs. A. Wedmore Jones.
5A FRENCH-AMERICAN PROGRAM.
6Several Notable Works Produced at the Meeting of the New York Manuscript Society.
8THE fifth private meeting this season of the New York Manuscript Society took place last Friday evening in the Art Galleries at Wanamaker's department store. The entertainment was arranged by Frederick Dean, chairman of the music committee, and Frank L. Sealy, director of the program. It was a French-American program.
10The concert opened with a sonata for violin and piano, by Smith N. Penfield, which was played by Gustav Dannreuther and the composer.
12Miss Kathleen Howard, one of Madame von Klenner's best pupils, sang "Les Griffes d'Or," by Augusta Holmès, who is an honorary member of the society. Miss Howard possesses a rich and true contralto voice, and sings with ease and surety. She disclosed her own musical nature and the excellent method of her teacher. Her singing was complimented on all sides.
14Albert Quesnel, a tenor of decided talent, sang two old French songs, "Avis à la Bergère" and "Ni jamais, ni tourjours."
16Mrs. Frank L. Sealy, soprano, sang pleasingly a group of songs by H. J. Stewart, of Boston, and "Amoureuse," by Massenet, who is an honorary member of the society.
18A suite for the violoncello and piano, entitled "Landscapes," by Carl Grienauer, was played by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Grienauer. As its name suggests, this is a descriptive piece. It is divided into four movements—"On the Shore," "Dawn," "Moonlight" and "Hunting Scene."
20The concert concluded with "Hiawatha's Wooing," a dramatic cantata for four voices and piano. Miss Minne Humphries, soprano, took the part of Minnehaha; Mrs. Tirzah Hamlin Ruland, contralto, took the part of No-komis; Charles Stuart Phillips, tenor, took the character of Hiawatha, and Percy Parsons, bass, the part of the Arrow Maker.
22The words of the cantata are compiled and adapted from Longfellow's celebrated poem by Henry Earl Hard, of Brooklyn. The music is by Carl Venth, of the same city. Both Mr. Hard and Mr. Venth have done their work well. The singing of the cantata took just forty-five minutes. The composer was at the piano.
24"Hiawatha's Wooing" is a work of undeniable merit. It is indeed one of the best things that Mr. Venth, prolific composer that he is, has done. He has caught the spirit of the words and wedded them to very bright and spirited music. Each of the singers has plenty to do. The composer has written very singable music. It was excellently sung. "Hiawatha's Wedding" will be given in Brooklyn next season. It is a work that can stand frequent repetition.
26ALICE STURTEVANT OMITTED.—Owing to a typographical error the name of Miss Sturtevant was omitted in the program printed in this paper last week, in connection with the Second Avenue Presbyterian Church concert given by Bissell pupils. Miss Sturtevant sang well, and was one of the important features of the concert.
28MISS CAROLYN E. HAINES, a pianist of more than ordinary ability, is a native of Ohio, and belongs to a good old Southern family. She has filled successfully several engagements in the West and South, both in concerts and private musicales, and has received many flattering press notices. As a teacher of piano Miss Haines has been equally successful. She is just leaving a large class of pupils in her home city in Ohio and is on her way to Washington, where she is to make her future home. Here she will open a studio in the near future, adding a new specialty, ensemble instruction, also sight reading classes to the usual course, and will accept chamber music and solo engagements. Some of the most successful work Miss Haines has done has been in connection with string trios and quartets. Here are a few press notices which show how Miss Haines is regarded in Ohio:
30"She showed that she is qualified to rank among the most distinguished piano artists in this part of the country."
32"She is not only a fine pianist, but a most excellent teacher, as shown by her piano students last evening."
34Here is a press notice which tells of some of the pupils of Miss Haines:
36"It was quite apparent that these young ladies have been studying to some purpose. They gave evidence of wonderful development of touch and technic."
38WASHINGTON, D. C., March 26, 1902.
40CAROLYN E. HAINES.
42Greater New York.
43NEW YORK, March 24, 1902.
45R. HEDDEN, Mus., Bac., organist of the Church of the Incarnation, continues his Lenten recitals, the last having a varied program, compositions by Bach, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Tschaikowsky, Lemare, Salome, de la Tombelle and Wagner. Duties calling the writer out of town necessitated the presence of a substitute, who reports a large audience in attendance, and evident appreciation of Hedden's playing of the Lemare Marche Solennelle, the Vorspiel to "Tristan and Isolde," and the big Mendelssohn Sonata I.
47Clarity and exquisite shading were features of Salome's Berceuse, and adequate manual and especially pedal dexterity were evident in the Mendelssohn Sonata.
49The electric motor was noisy, which ought to be remedied. Townsend H. Fellows, baritone of the choir, assisted, singing the "Evening Star" romance and a Haydn "Creation" excerpt.
51Mr. Hedden has given pleasure to a large circle of organ lovers, and as the organ is a beautiful one and the organist a lover of his work, a further series of recitals later will be sure to attract still larger numbers.
53A packed house—1,300 people—attended the vocal and instrumental concert given by Platon Brounoff and a few of his advanced pupils at the Educational Alliance last week. Louis Cohen showed talent in a Schubert Impromptu; Clara Gorn's sweet soprano as well as sympathetic appearance won her applause; Anna Gonz, a girl of fourteen, played very well indeed, and Sara Fish played a Chopin Nocturne and "March and Dance of the Flowers," from the Suite, "In the Flower Garden," by Brounoff, showing good technic and taste. Undoubtedly the most advanced and brilliant player of the evening was Miss Carlin Hecker, who looked pretty and played well a Nocturne and Scherzo by Karganoff; these were difficult things, and the young woman did them with poetic understanding and fluent technic.
55Master Mishel Shapiro repeated his customary triumph, receiving encores and recalls innumerable; he is a violin genius indeed. Finally, Brounoff sang Schumann's "The Two Grenadiers" with enthusiasm and effect, played his own Nocturne, a melodious thing of pleasing attributes, and finished the evening by singing the "Toreador" song, which always brings down the house. He also made remarks explanatory of the chief compositions done, and always had the attention of the audience when on the stage.
57Felix Hughes and Lewis Coleman Hall, baritone and pianist respectively, on Friday afternoon last finished a series of Lenten musicales at the Tillinghast studios, Washington square North, which in arrangement and detail were unique. Hughes himself sang with fine baritone voice and in finished French, Delibes' "Les Stances" and Thomas' "Chanson bachchique." He is a singer of whom more will be heard, and that in the immediate future, too. Miss Dutton followed by exquisitely finished interpretations of these songs by Nevin: "African Love Song," "Mon desir" and "The Woodpecker." Miss Dutton sang beautifully, in most artistic fashion. Her entire tout ensemble and share in the musicale was a feature not to be forgotten. She was followed by Kyrle Bellew, the well-known actor, who gave a little English classic, but what it was the writer knoweth not, for he could not get near enough to find out. To close, a "religious musical mystery with stereopticon," called "La marche à l'étoile," was given, Mr. Hughes singing, with Mr. Hall at the
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