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Musical Courier 1902-06-04: Vol 44 Iss 1158, 1902
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1BUFFALO.
2BUFFALO, May 29, 1902.
4THE Sunday popular concerts were finished in a blaze of glory the 25th when the wonderful boy violinist, Florizel, the popular mezzo soprano, Mrs. Julie Wyman, and the well-known male quartet of the city, the Singing Four, were the extra attractions, which drew an extremely large crowd to Convention Hall in spite of disagreeable weather.
6Florizel repeated his triumphs of the week before and received repeated encores.
8The popular Sunday concerts under the direction of John Lund and the enterprising management of L. M. Eirick are an assured success, and can be looked forward to next season.
10The eighteenth and last of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davidson's musical historical evenings took place at their home, No. 63 Linwood avenue, on Tuesday evening, May 27. Miss McClelland, soprano, and Richard Fricke, 'cello, assisted. The program follows:
12Sonata in D major, op. 12, No. 1,……………………………Beethoven
13(For piano and violin.)
14Jacob Sniger and Julius Sniger.
16Songs—
17Thy Beaming Eyes………………………………………MacDowell
18Slumber Song……………………………………………..MacDowell
19Miss McClelland.
21Piano—
22From Woodland Sketches……………………………….MacDowell
23To a Rose. one of two readings
24To a Rose, one of two readings
25Will-o'-the-Wisp. one of two readings
26Will-o'-the-Wisp, one of two readings
27Water Lilies.
28Miss Ruth Long.
30Songs—
31The Nightingale's Song………………………………….Nevin
32I Once Had a Sweet Little Doll………………………….Nevin
33The Dreammaker Man……………………………………Nevin
34Miss McClelland.
36Piano—
37Wiegendlied……………………………………………….Kjerulf
38Etude in C sharp minor, op. No. 7………………………..Chopin
39Papillons, op. 43, No. 1………………………………….Grieg
40Miss Marta Milinowski,
41Trio in C minor, op. 3……………………………………Arthur Foote
42(For piano, violin and 'cello.)
43Mrs. Davidson, Mr. Davidson and Mr. Fricke.
45The Church of the Messiah was well filled last Thursday evening, when the quartet choir of the church gave a recital under the direction of Frank Davidson, assisted by Miss Margel Gluck, violinist, and Mrs. Davidson, accompanist. The singers, Miss Hoover, Miss Sherbourne, Carl D. Stephan and Edward E. Tanner, were heard to advantage in the famous Gypsy Songs of Brahms. Miss Gluck's pleasing violin solo was most enthusiastically received.
47Last Thursday evening the pupils of J. de Zielinski gave a most interesting recital at his residence in Auburn avenue.
49The selections of Mr. de Zielinski and his pupils are never hackneyed, and this program was no exception. The solos of Misses Whitman, French and Hogan, and of Marvin Grodzinski all displayed good technic and musical interpretation.
51This season the changes in the church choirs were made May 1 instead of at Easter as formerly. Among the changes were the following: William N. Cripps becomes the tenor at the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, in place of Robert Burton, who soon goes to Paris, France.
53The choir at the Delaware Avenue Baptist Church, under the direction of Frank Davidson, now consists of sopranos, Miss Edith Sterling Nichols, Miss Clara J. Knoll; altos, Mrs. A. A. Noye, Miss Zella Kilman; tenors, Henry Tutthill, Joseph F. Steinmann; bassos, Arthur King Barnes, W. J. Mitchell.
55The Prospect Avenue Baptist Church choir consists of Miss Mary H. McClelland, soprano; Miss Winifred Bulis, alto; W. J. Slagh, tenor; George McIntyre, bass.
57The Richmond Avenue Methodist Church has the following quartet: Miss Marie Miller, soprano; Miss Blanche Fisher, alto; Herbert Pauer, tenor; Mr. McAdam, bass.
59Miss Holman, of Hamilton, Canada, has become the soprano of the First Congregational Church on Elmwood avenue.
61Mrs. Clara E. Thomas gave a recital of oratorio music at the Twentieth Century Club Wednesday evening, May 21. Following was the program:
62Oh, Thou That Tellest (Messiah)……………………………Händel
63Miss Louise Scheer.
64My Soul Is Athirst for God (Holy City)…………………….Gaul
65Edward J. Schmidt.
66In Verdure Clad (The Creation)…………………………..Haydn
67Miss Clara Taylor,
68A New Heaven and New Earth (Holy City)…………………Gaul
69George O. Booth.
70O Rest in the Lord (Elijah)……………………………….Mendelssohn
71Miss Marie Watson.
72Angels Ever Bright and Fair (Theodora)…………………….Händel
73Mrs. C. Arthur Spaulding.
74If Thou Should'st Mark Iniquities (Eli)……………………Costa
75Dr. Hubert Chester.
76Oh, Had I Jubal's Lyre (Joshua)………………………….Händel one of two readings
77Oh, Had I Jubal's Lyre (Joshua)……………………………Händel one of two readings
78Miss Alto Redans,
79O Lord, Thou Hast Searched Me Out (Woman of Samaria)….Bennett
80Miss Louise Scheer.
81Hear Ye, Israel (Elijah)………………………………….Mendelssohn one of two readings
82Hear Ye, Israel (Elijah)…………………………………..Mendelssohn one of two readings
83Mrs. Charles Davis.
84But Who May Abide? (Messiah)…………………………..Händel
85C. Arthur Spaulding.
87One of the most enjoyable closing recitals of the season was given by the pupils of Miss Matilde Raab. These young people all played with clearness, brilliancy, good phrasing and much expression. The "star" pupil was Miss Bessie Stern, who gave exceptionally well for so young a miss Rubinstein's "Kameno Ostrow."
89Miss Harriet Cohn, soprano, and Henry Lautz, tenor, assisted. Mr. Lautz was in splendid voice and received numerous enthusiastic encores for his numbers, which were all songs of his own composition.
91Henry J. Lautz, who has made Buffalo his home for several years, has just sailed for Germany, where he will study composition and directing for about three years at Frankfort-on-the-Main, in Dr. Hoch's conservatory, under Ivan Knorr and Dr. Bernhard Scholz. A host of friends in this city wish him success.
93Mrs. Alice Whepton McLeod, who soon returns to Vienna for a short period of study, recently gave a recital at the home of Mrs. F. A. Eisele, in West Ferry street, when the following numbers were given in her well-known pleasing style:
94Sonate, op. 10, No. 2………………………………………Beethoven
95Impromptu, G flat major………………………………….Chopin
96Barcarolle, F sharp major…………………………………Chopin
97Variations Seriuses………………………………………..Mendelssohn
98Intermezzo………………………………………………….Brahms
99Polonaise…………………………………………………….Joseph Suk
100Auf den Bergen…………………………………………….Grieg
102Miss Marion Hutchinson, soprano, gave several selections in a fresh, sweet voice.
104Miss Antoinette Czerwinski, one of the young pianists of the city, who has the promise of a brilliant pianistic future, gave the following program a short time since at Catholic Institute Hall, assisted by Dr. Hermann Kellner, baritone:
105Fantasia, D minor………………………………………..Mozart one of two readings
106Fantasia, D minor…………………………………………..Mozart one of two readings
107Three Inventions…………………………………………..J. S. Bach
108Spring Song……………………………………………….Mendelssohn one of two readings
109Spring Song………………………………………………….Mendelssohn one of two readings
110Sonate, op. 2, No. 1………………………………………Beethoven
111Aria from Figaro…………………………………………..Mozart
112Kinderscenen, op. 15………………………………………R. Schumann
113Songs from Winterreise…………………………………..Schubert
114Frohe Botschaft……………………………………………Jensen one of two readings
115Frohe Botschaft…………………………………………….Jensen one of two readings
116Loose………………………………………………………..Jensen
117Wedding Music…………………………………………….John Lund one of two readings
118Wedding Music……………………………………………..John Lund one of two readings
119Songs—
120Was will die einsame Thrane……………………………Schumann
121Wo ich mich zeige mit meiner Geige (aus den Rattenfangerliedern)………………………………………Hans Sommer
122Rondo Brillante…………………………………………….Weber one of two readings
123Rondo Brillante……………………………………………..Weber one of two readings
125The pupils of Albert Besser gave their first and closing recital of the season last week.
127The Buffalo Orchestra, under the direction of Josef Hartfuer, was assisted at its fifth and last Sunday evening concert by Mrs. Clara Barnes-Holmes, contralto, in selections by Saint-Saëns, Hawley, Bohm and Somerset. A pleasing program of mostly light music was given in a satisfactory manner by the orchestra.
129N. G.
131Recent Success of William A. Willett.
133William A. Willett has a voice of great resonance, richness and power, trained to produce the highest results, and he has the true musical instinct and sympathy, without which no music reaches the hearts of the hearers.—Sycamore True Republican.
135As Elijah the heaviest work fell to William A. Willett, of Chicago. His voice is one of great power, combined with rare sweetness. All his tones were rich and yet so even and clear that at times one wondered if the rich notes did not belong to a tenor rather than a bass voice. It is safe to say that Michigan City has never before heard such a magnificent bass voice. The dignity and beauty of the sacred story were wonderfully interpreted by this man of great talent.—Michigan City Evening News.
137The recital that was given last evening at the Y. M. C. A. Auditorium by William A. Willett was one of the most pleasing exhibitions of power of a single voice to delight an audience that has ever been given in Freeport. Mr. Willett has a voice of unusual flexibility and range and seems to be able to modulate it in a way we have seldom heard surpassed, to the low, sweet notes of a love song and to the martial blast of a Judas Maccabaeus. There was no indication of effort or strain; but there was a spontaneous and easy flow of music from beginning to end, and we are certainly that all who heard this recital must have been impressed that they were listening to one of the master artists of the day.—Freeport Daily Journal.
139Mr. Willett has a fine and carefully trained voice, and sings with much expression. His program showed his versatility, for he sang songs of all sorts.—Freeport Daily Bulletin.
141Mabelle Crawford.
143MISS MABELLE CRAWFORD, the contralto, is becoming famous as a singer of Händel's "Messiah." During last season Miss Crawford sang the contralto parts in this work with the oratorio societies of Chicago, Galesburg, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, St. Paul and Cincinnati in less than two weeks, and is now filling an important engagement at the Lindborg Swedish Festival, where she has been engaged to sing in "The Messiah" five times. Miss Crawford has had a splendid season, and will work all summer except three weeks. Her engagement this year at the New York Chautauqua will be her fourth, and the remainder of her work will be in Kentucky and the West. Eleven Chautauqua dates have been offered Miss Crawford for this summer, which she has been unable to accept, and several offers for 1903 have been received. In the past two weeks Miss Crawford has appeared with the Arion Club, of Fort Worth, Tex.; the DeKalb Festival for two days; a concert in Bloomington, and is now in the West.
145Dunstan Collins will star Miss Crawford for a limited tour next season, a great honor for so young an artist, and the balance of her work will be under the direction of Mrs. L. E. Griffin, who is already booking dates for the coming season.
147Blanche Duffield.
149MISS BLANCHE DUFFIELD was the principal soloist at the concert given Decoration Day evening in Carnegie Chamber Music Hall, for the benefit of the Metropolitan Dispensary for Women and Children. The soprano was in fine voice and sang in brilliant style, "Nightingale Song," by Nevin; "Songs My Mother Taught Me," Dvorák, and "A Toi," by Bemberg. She was recalled again and again and compelled to respond with encores. Her extra songs included "Dreammaker Man," by Nevin; "His Favorite Flower," and "A Fair Exchange," by Lowitz.
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