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Musical Courier 1902-08-27: Vol 45 Iss 1170, 1902
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1CINCINNATI, August 23, 1902.
3JOHN C. WEBER and his military band have just finished several weeks' engagement at the Zoological Gardens. It was my privilege to hear the band on Friday evening. I must concede that it made upon me a wonderful impression of completeness—more so than any military band I have ever heard.
5In listening to the music I was never once tempted to analyze or criticise any one division—it seems to me the blending of all the choirs was so well nigh perfect that this would have been a difficult task, even if it had to be attempted. The brass and woodwind were so well tempered and attuned to each other that their blending together was a positive delight to the musical ear. There were no sudden blasts and unwelcome surprises, with a hiatus here and there, such as one is accustomed to hear as a sort of "lapsus soni." But the crescendos came full and strong and towered at times to a genuine climax. The ensemble was at all times so evenly sustained and the delicate effects in expression and shading were so persistently observed that I could compare the effect only to what I had reason to expect from a well trained orchestra. Mr. Weber as a conductor is quiet but determined in his manner. He impresses one with the fact that he knows what he wants and possesses the magnetism of bringing all his players enthusiastically en rapport with him. His success is not only owing to the first class material of which his band is composed, but to the admirable control which he exercises over it. I no longer wondered why his band had been engaged for the Buffalo Exposition last year. It deserves its success and, if it continues in these high art lines, its fame will be broadcast all over the land. The program on Friday night, not of a particularly heavy calibre, was as follows:
7March, Empire State…………………………………………….Brand
8Overture, Mignon……………………………………………….Thomas
9Waltzes, Lone Star……………………………………………..Savasta
10Gems from Amorita……………………………………………..Czibulka
11Overture, 1812…………………………………………………Tchaikowsky
12Solo for Saxophone……………………………………………..Selected
14Richard M. Brand.
15Suite, L'Arlesienne……………………………………………..Bizet
16Medley, The Rogers Brothers in Washington…………….Levi
17March, Mr. Volunteer…………………………………………Dresser
18Yesterthoughts………………………………………………….Herbert
19Punchinello………………………………………………………Herbert
20Finale, Furore Galop…………………………………………Tobani
22The Ohio Conservatory of Music, located on the old site of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, corner of Fourth and Lawrence streets, announces its full faculty for the coming season as follows:
24Piano—Charles A. Graninger, Miss Jessie Gardner, Miss Dorothy Cohn, Georg Krüger, Miss Nellie T. Spain, Christian W. Dieckmann, Mrs. Charles A. Graninger.
25Voice Culture and the Art of Singing—James E. Bagley, Miss Laura A. Weiler.
26Violin—Jacques Sternberg, Joseph Surdo, Mrs. Jessie B. Broekhoven.
27Organ—James E. Bagley, Charles A. Graninger.
28Violoncello—Harry G. Kopp.
29Theory and Composition—John A. Broekhoven, Christian W. Dieckmann.
30Elocution and Dramatic Action—Virgil Alonzo Pinkley, Miss Nettie K. Oppenheimer, Mrs. Marie Louise Pinkley, Miss Lucy M. Lambdin, Frank Preston Garrison.
31History of Music—John A. Broekhoven.
32French—C. E. Duval.
33German—Miss Anna C. Langenbeck.
34Italian—G. B. Castellini.
35Literature—Miss Lucy M. Lambdin.
36Delsarte, Physical Culture—Miss Nettie K. Oppenheimer, Miss Margarette Dedekam.
37Lectures on Vocal Apparatus—Dr. W. C. Harris, Dr. A. D. Murphey.
38Lectures on Parliamentary Law—Harry L. Gordon, Lieutenant-Governor of Ohio.
39Oratorio, Church Music, Coaching of Soloists and Quartets—Charles A. Graninger, James E. Bagley.
40Classes—Ensemble, Chorus, Normal, Sight Reading, Vocal Method in Public Schools, Orchestra—Jacques Sternberg, Charles A. Graninger, Christian W. Dieckmann, James E. Bagley.
41Classes in Interpretation—Charles A. Graninger, Georg Krüger, James E. Bagley, Jacques Sternberg.
42Opera Chorus Training—John A. Broekhoven.
43Mandolin, Guitar, Banjo—Charles Henlein.
45Mrs. Chas. A. Graninger will be the directress of the Ohio Conservatory, and with her associated as director of the faculty and musical studies will be Chas. A. Graninger. The residence department for lady students will be under the personal supervision and care of Mrs. Graninger. It will be made as far as possible a home with all its comforts and safeguards, where students from abroad may enjoy environments in which the dramatic and social life are fostered and encouraged. It will be the aim and spirit of the home to lead and inspire to true and noble daily living, rather than to exact a mere obedience to set regulations. The family is limited, in order that each pupil may receive individual care and personal attention. A gymnasium has been fitted up for the use of the students. Dancing classes will also be formed for students who desire this healthful exercise. Musicales, lectures, receptions and entertainments will be frequently held.
47The Ohio Conservatory buildings are being put into splendid shape with all the modern up to date improvements for the opening of the academic year, September 10. More than $10,000 is being expended in these improvements.
49Charles A. Graninger, director of the Ohio Conservatory of Music, who for the past year has been active in musical affairs at Minneapolis, principally as director of the Apollo Club in that city, will return to his old home in the course of the week and be warmly welcomed. W. H. Eichman, secretary of the Apollo Club, pays the following warm tribute to Mr. Graninger's success:
51"Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's" is a good motto, and as Mr. Graninger is entitled to much credit, it should be given him. Nine months ago, if one-half of the good things said could have been credited him as a male chorus conductor, any member would have felt satisfied. What more can we say than he has come and made good all and more than these previous reports. Should any of his predecessors have suggested continuing rehearsals until 10:30, that conductor would have at once precipitated a riot. Our present director has kept the club at work week after week until 10:30 and occasionally 10:45, and since the second concert has exacted an extra rehearsal each week, yet there has never been a murmur. This circumstance alone expresses more strongly the sterling qualities of Mr. Graninger than any words of mine would convey. He has been affable, courteous and gentlemanly, and has at this moment the highest regard of every member of Apollo Club. He has shown himself in capability the peer of any conductor this club has ever sung under. In making selections of club members and in arranging concert programs, he has shown most exquisite taste and ability.
53At no time in the life of the club have the season's concerts had a more attractive array of artists than did those of the season just closed.
55Each concert has been a distinct success, the first of which, with the assistance of Signor Campanari, was pronounced by many of our regular subscribers as the best in the club's history. Probably no greater artist has ever appeared at an Apollo Club concert than Harold Bauer, the pianist, who was with us last week. Our club work was pronounced unusually fine at that time. The production of "The Desert" at the second concert made a lasting impression on a large proportion of the audience, and many requests have been made for another performance of "The Desert."
57David Davis, tenor, has removed his vocal school from College Building to more convenient and commodious quarters in No. 318 Broadway, east side, four doors south of Fourth street, where it will be his privilege and pleasure to meet his pupils. George W. Webb will continue to be accompanist and associated with him as instructor of the piano and organ.
59Frank Van der Stucken is not expected to return until the middle of October.
61J. A. HOMAN.
63It is reported that Leipsic has accepted for performance Siegfried Wagner's third and still uncompleted opera. Both the title and the contents of the work are yet a mystery. That is, the libretto is a secret—we all know what the musical contents are to be.
65Ohio Conservatory of Music, Fourth and Lawrence Streets, CINCINNATI.
67MUSIC AND DRAMATIC ART—FACULTY OF NATIONAL REPUTATION.
68Residence department for lady students conducted on home principles.
69CATALOGUE.
70Mrs. CHAS. A. GRANINGER, Directress.
72Mary MÜNCHHOFF
73Prima Donna Soprano
74First American Tour Begins October, 1902
76"Mary Münchhoff is on the concert stage what Patti was on the operatic stage."—Cologne Volks Zeitung.
78SOLE MANAGEMENT:
79HENRY WOLFSOHN, 131 East 17th Street, New York.
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