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Musical Courier 1902-05-28: Vol 44 Iss 1157, 1902
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1Greater New York.
3Florence Stockwell, the contralto and artist pupil of Parson Price, sang at the dedication of the new Town Hall at Irvington, N. Y., last week, these numbers: "In Questa Tomba," Beethoven; "I Love and the World Is Mine," Johns; "Promise," Chamindae, and as an encore, "Mighty Lak' a Rose." The young singer sang with much musical feeling, and was warmly received by the audience, which showered applause on her.
5R. F. Outcault, of "Pore Lil Mose" fame, arranged a very acceptable concert at the 155th Street Y. M. C. A. last Tuesday, the violinist Leona Schultz pleasing greatly in her solo. She is a graceful girl of much musical temperament. Susanne Leonard also got an enthusiastic reception, singing "The Rosary" and other songs with sentiment; also pleasing because of handsome personality. Mr. Ford has a genuine bass voice and made a hit, while others who participated as reciters, &c., were competent. Mrs. R. F. Outcault also played accompaniment, and the International Musical and Educational Exchange (Babcock & Ingersoll) furnished much of the talent.
7At Edna Rosalind Park's last week Messrs. Haydn (tenor) and Hughes (baritone) sang some solos and duets. Mr. Hughes sang Miss Park's latest composition, "My Jean," repeating it, also her song, "Immortality." Miss Parks and Messrs. Haydn and Hughes intend giving concerts in Vermont in August.
9Madame Courtney's "Pupils' Prize Contest" exhibited six singing students, as follows: Misses Courtney, Hogan, Macomochie, Cragan, Mrs. Wallace and Mr. Day. They sang songs by Becker, Harris, Bizet, Buck and Rossini, and the "Bel Raggio," sung by Mrs. Wallace, was the winner, according to Judges Mrs. Dean, Draper and Hellenstein. There was also some very poor playing of accompaniments.
11Laura Sanford Hoffmann, erstwhile pupil of Amy Fay, was a feature of the last Women's Philharmonic meeting, playing Grieg, Liszt, Schubert and Chopin numbers. She is a young woman of much musical temperament and intelligence, and plays with exceeding effect, having also a most pleasing personality. As "Laura Sanford," a few years ago, she made quite a name. Baritone-Tenor Andrew Brooke was the special singer of the day, getting as much applause as Mrs. Hoffmann; he is a sterling artist, whose reputation is growing daily.
13Effim Bronstein, baritone, gives a musicale to-morrow, Thursday, at 365 West Fifty-sixth street.
15The Wirtz Piano School will give its annual recital at the Young Men's Christian Association Hall, No. 5 West 125th street, to-morrow (Thursday) evening. At this recital not only advanced pupils, but those who have only recently begun, will give illustrations of the school's work and methods.
17NATIONAL GUARD FIELD MUSIC.
19The question of pay for a professional musician enlisted in the National Guard has again arisen in the regiments of the city by the organized attempt of field musicians to put themselves on the same rating as members of the band. Field music in a regiment is the uniformed fife and drum corps, made up by enlisting four extra men to a company, which usually makes a detached body of from thirty to forty men. This corps is entitled to one quartermaster sergeant, one duty sergeant, and one corporal.
21When called out for duty by the State the pay of the field music is fixed by the military code as $1.75 for sergeants, $1.50 for corporals, and $1.25 for enlisted men. Previous to 1900, some of the regiments had been in the habit of adding to this pay $1.50 per man, out of the regimental fund. One or two regiments paid their field music at every parade on the armory floor or in the street. The custom was not universal, however, and since 1900 there has been a tendency to break away from the old policy and rely more upon material found in the ranks and the instruction a bandmaster could give.
23But not all of the commanding officers lived up to their intentions, and the result is, to-day, that the field music in one regiment is paid more than it is in another. This caused dissatisfaction, and led the musicians to form what is practically a "union." The dissatisfied are confident that they can so control the field music in the city that the regiments will have to pay their price or go without the fifes and drums. Commanding officers of regiments say that the men are the victims of poor advice.
25They hold every enlisted man under his oath to serve the State, as set forth in the regulations, and upon his refusal he is liable, they say, to be judged guilty of insubordination. But regiments are proud of their music, and rather than have any hitch in a parade many of them would smooth matters in the easiest and quickest way. It has been suggested by one adjutant that this question be settled at a meeting in which all the regiments in the city are represented.—Evening Post.
27Duss and His Band. one of two readings
28DUSS AND HIS BAND. one of two readings
30As was to be expected from the preliminary heralding by Manager Johnston in connection with the first appearance of Duss and his band in New York, the Metropolitan Opera House was crowded last Sunday night.
32This program was presented:
34Overture, William Tell…………………………………………..Rossini
35Andante from the Symphony in C minor…………………Beethoven
36Trombone solo, Love's Remembrance………………………..Simons
37Gardelle Simons.
38Impromptu, Allegretto, op. 142……………………………….Schubert
39The Battle of Manila in a Nutshell……………………………Duss
40A Hungarian Fantaisie on Melodies by Liszt, Brahms, &c.
41Overture, 1812…………………………………………………….Tchaikowsky
42Dance from La Gioconda………………………………………Ponchielli
43Contralto solo, Ave Maria………………………………………Bach-Gounod
44Charlotte G. George.
45Introduction and Bridal Chorus to Act III, Lohengrin…….Wagner
46Cornet solo, Facilitia (air and variations)…………………..Hartmann
47Bohumir Kryl.
48Valse, Roses from the South…………………………………Strauss one of two readings
49Valse, Roses from the South………………………………….Strauss one of two readings
51Mr. Duss has gathered about him a body of capable and experienced instrumentalists, some of whom are veterans. The band is differently constituted from most military bands, but it bears the stamp of musical efficiency, although there is a suggestion of preponderance of heavy bass instruments. The woodwind choirs, however, are unusually strong and efficient. The band's best work was done in the lighter numbers. The least satisfactory selections were the Andante movement from Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and Schubert's Impromptu. But symphonies are for orchestras, not bands, and Mr. Duss' ambition in placing such classics on his program is to be highly commended.
53Those in the audience who expected that Mr. Duss would disclose in his conducting striking originality and unique characteristics were not disappointed. He is decidedly original in his methods, showing at times eccentricities, yet wielding the baton gracefully and with decision. The little speeches which Mr. Duss interpolates are novelties, and apparently not displeasing to the audience. How far this speechmaking can be carried with impunity remains to be seen. At the close of the first half of the program Mr. Duss did a very graceful thing. After the band had given a really spirited performance of the "Stars and Stripes Forever," one of Sousa's marches, Mr. Duss paid a high tribute to the "March King," declaring that America should be proud of him. This was heartily appreciated by the audience.
55In a city where really skillful cornetters are so plentiful and where audiences are accustomed to hearing players of exceptional ability, it required some nerve for Mr. Kryl to pose as a phenomenal soloist. It is true that he has a wonderful lip, but his phrasing and virtuosity could be improved on. one of two readings
56In a city where really skillful corneters are so plentiful and where audiences are accustomed to hearing players of exceptional ability, it required some nerve for Mr. Kryl to pose as a phenomenal soloist. It is true that he has a wonderful lip, but his phrasing and virtuosity could be improved on. one of two readings
58Everything being taken into consideration, Mr. Duss and his band opened their New York engagement brilliantly.
60At St. Nicholas. one of two readings
61AT ST. NICHOLAS. one of two readings
63An audience that completely filled the auditorium greeted Duss and his band at the St. Nicholas Monday night, when the following program was given, a number of encores being added:
65Overture, Raymond…………………………………………..Thomas
66Menuetto, Pautins Vivants……………………………………Leoncavallo
67Characteristic March, The Trolley…………………………….Duss
68Fantasy on Scotch Airs………………………………………..Godfrey
69Excerpts from Tannhäuser……………………………………Wagner
70Intermezzo, Love's Dream After the Ball…………………….Cribulka
71Cornet solo, Whirlwind Polka………………………………..Levy one of two readings
72Cornet solo, Whirlwind Polka…………………………………Levy one of two readings
73Bohumir Kryl.
74Waltz, On the Beautiful Blue Danube……………………….Strauss
75Overture, Midsummer Night's Dream………………………..Mendelssohn
76Intermezzo, Flirtation………………………………………..Steck
77Two Dances from Casse Noisette (The Nutcracker)……..Tchaikowsky one of two readings
78Two Dances from Casse Noisette (The Nutcracker)………..Tchaikowsky one of two readings
79Danse de la Fée Dragée.
80Danse Russe Trepak…………………………………………F. V. Blon one of two readings
81Danse Russe Trepak…………………………………………..F. V. Blon one of two readings
83The enthusiasm of the audience was commensurate with its size, every number on the program being applauded vociferously.
85The Duss Band has made a very favorable impression in New York, and it has earned the right to serious consideration as one of the musical attractions for the summer season.
87J. Fred. Wolle.—J. Fred. Wolle opened the fifteenth Cincinnati May Festival with the rendition of Bach's Toccata in F on the great organ in Music Hall. Theodore Thomas' Orchestra, augmented by the Cincinnati Symphony, and an immense chorus, rendered César Franck's oratorio, "The Beatitudes," to a brilliant audience drawn from three States. The selection of "The Beatitudes" was an experiment, but its reception more than justified it.
89Andrew Black and Ben Davies were among the principal soloists.
91Wolle was a revelation to his audience. He is a Bach master, the like of whom has probably never been heard in Music Hall, and his conception of the Toccata was a revelation even to the famous musicians with whom he was associated. Theodore Thomas exhibited the best trained orchestra and chorus that has ever been assembled on such an event.—Chicago Tribune, May 15.
93Early Days of Philharmonic. one of two readings
94EARLY DAYS OF PHILHARMONIC. one of two readings
96A Veteran Recalls the Music and Musicians of Half a Century Ago.
98[From the New York Sun.]
100I WAS more than delighted to read in the Sun of Sunday last the account of the celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of the grand old Philharmonic Society of New York, and the reading of it awoke pleasant memories.
102My early recollections of the Philharmonic Society are centred in its concerts given in old Apollo Hall in the year 1847. The hall was located a few doors below Canal street on the east side of Broadway, and the society was just five years old at that date. No one was admitted to the rehearsals except a few friends who were smuggled in by members of the orchestra. I frequently used to gain admittance by carrying George F. Bristow's violin until I passed the doorkeeper.
104The private entrance to Apollo Hall, which was the stage door, was through the New York and New Haven Railroad Station, which at that time was on the south side of Canal street, about 100 feet east of Broadway.
106At some of the rehearsals the hall would be so cold that the members of the orchestra would rehearse the music clad in their overcoats and hats.
108George F. Bristow was the first of the first violins, and I was never more surprised than when he laid down his violin at one of the rehearsals and took his seat at the piano, and that evening at the concert Mr. Bristow made his début as a pianist when he played Hummel's Concerto in A flat, and he was recalled and repeated the last movement.
110The next move of the Philharmonic Society was a peg higher up town, as Niblo's Concert Room was engaged for its concerts, and the rehearsals were given in public, with tickets at 50 cents.
112The great throng wishing to attend the concerts and rehearsals could not be accommodated in the small concert room at Niblo's and the next pilgrimage up town was to the Academy of Music, in Fourteenth street, and it was during the concerts given in the Academy that George F. Bristow resigned his seat in the Philharmonic Orchestra and joined Julien's Orchestra in Castle Garden.
114There was some little friction regarding a symphony composed by Mr. Bristow, which the management of the Philharmonic Society declined to perform. The symphony was played by Julien's Orchestra and Mr. Bristow soon after resumed his position as first of the first violins in the Philharmonic, and his symphony was later given by the Philharmonic Orchestra.
116I have had the pleasure of knowing ex-President R. Ogden Doremus, of the Philharmonic Society, for more than two score years. The University Quartet Club, of which I was a member, once serenaded him when he resided in Fourth avenue, between Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets. On this block all the residences stood far back from the street line, leaving a foreground of flower gardens, which, in this instance, were embellished with fountains. It was a most charming place for a serenade amid the flowers, fountains and sweet scented shrubs, and the first quartet we sang was that exquisite serenade, "I Love the Night," composed for the University Quartet by the eminent composer and pianist Herman A. Wollenhaupt, who was our conductor, and who was present on the occasion of the serenade. The words are so intensively descriptive of the scene of the serenade I cannot refrain from giving one of the verses:
118I love the night when the moon streams bright
119On flowers that drink the dew,
120When cascades shout as the stars peep out
121From the boundless fields of blue;
122But dearer far than moon or star or flowers of gaudy hue,
123Or merry trills of mountain rills,
124I love, I love, love you.
126After the serenade Mr. Doremus invited us into his house, made us welcome and opened wine. This serenade occurred years before he had the high honor of being elected president of the New York Philharmonic Society.
128I preserve in my scrapbook, and highly prize the yearly receipts for $5 each for associate membership in the New York Philharmonic Society. The receipts are signed "L. Spier, secretary." Mr. Spier was long the secretary of the society, as the receipts in my scrapbook attest.
130I have also in my scrapbook this humorous clipping from a New York weekly paper, the New York Musical World, of Saturday, February 7, 1857:
132"The following quiz on Philharmonic manners was sent
134EDNA GOCKEL, Pianist.
135Now touring the South. Address, Birmingham, Ala.
137"Organs and Tuning." A practical handbook for Organists. by Thomas Elliston. Third Edition. 330 pages. 8s. 6d. net. Weekes, 14 Hanover St., London, W., England.
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