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Musical Courier 1903-01-28: Vol 46 Iss 1192, 1903
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1Buffalo, January 23, 1903.
3THE Elmwood School of Music, which was opened for instruction on January 12, started under very favorable auspices, and so many were the applications for admission to the various classes, that it was found necessary to secure a teacher of the flute in addition to the following corps previously engaged.
5Charles Franz Posty, late of the Wiener Conservatorium, will have under his direction the department of piano, theory, harmony, counterpoint and composition. The orchestra and band instruments are also under the direction of Mr. Posty, Mr. Kronder and Mr. Kiensi. They will have the valuable assistance of Mrs. Lillian J. Reed, a pupil of Carl Faeltin, and a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music.
7The violin department is under the able direction of Julius Singer, a pupil of Leopold Lichtenberg. That he is a teacher of remarkable ability is proven by the splendid work he is doing in George Bagnall's School of Music.
9Miss Marie Miller, who is the soprano soloist of the Richmond Avenue Church, will have charge of the vocal department. She will be assisted by Miss Louise Christine Scheer, an alto soloist, a member of the choir of St. Paul's Cathedral.
11Signor Ragone will give instruction on the harp. The mandolin, banjo and guitar will be taught by Anthony Schmidt, Jr., and Miss Bertha Smith, both of whom are well and favorably known in musical circles.
13The lessons in elocution, dramatic expression and physical culture will be conducted by Miss Edna Sprague, a graduate of the Emerson School of Oratory, Boston.
15J. L. France, whose fine pictures have attracted so much attention in this country and France, will have full scope for the display of his talent and ability in conducting the art department. Heinrich von Nettlebladt will teach languages and literature. His associate in these important studies will be Miss Jeannette Stoddard Wendell.
17Our city is chiefly noted as an industrial and commercial centre. Its growth has been rapid in all financial enterprises. Boston, New York and Chicago have outstripped us in the promotion of the fine arts. But Buffalo is improving, and will eventually take her rightful place as an art centre. Among the competent teachers who are helping to produce this result are Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davidson, of Linwood avenue. When their pupils go abroad for further instruction they have nothing to unlearn.
19Miss Marta Millinowski (daughter of Count Millinowski, of Germany, but who resides here) was one of ten who passed a brilliant examination, entitling her to enter the Hoch Schule. Her training in America qualified her to compete successfully with foreign pupils. The Davidsons have reason to feel proud of her success. It is their intention to give a series of Richard Strauss recitals. The poem, "Enoch Arden," will be given some evening, with its incidental music.
21Mr. and Mrs. George Szag will by request repeat their series of piano and violin recitals in their Elmwood avenue home, "Six Evenings with Great Composers." At each recital some vocalist will assist. The first recital will occur on January 29.
23Joseph K. Hartfeur, who is director of the Teck Theatre Orchestra, accomplishes good results, though limited to ten men. He is himself a fine musician, an excellent violinist, and an enthusiast who for three years had a large orchestra of his own. Every Sunday night first class concerts were given at the German-American Hall. The concerts were highly praised and well attended, still it was not a paying venture, and so Mr. Hartfeur wisely abandoned it, and now is fully occupied with his large class of pupils. This week while "Sky Farm" is at the Teck the following program will be given:
25With Flying Colors, March…………………………………………..Missuch
26Overture, Bohemian Girl……………………………………………..Balfe
27Waltz, Puppenfee………………………………………………………..Beyer
28The Watch on the Rhine……………………………………………..Wilson
29Chadakoin March………………………………………………………Danielson
31The twenty-third of the Pop concerts was a most enjoyable one, the audience very large and applauding so often that the concert lasted over two hours, the program being lengthened by six or seven encores and a number of recalls. The program follows:
33March Promenade…………………………………………………….Thomas
34Overture, Mignon…………………………………………………….Thomas
35Two English dances—
36Pastoral Dance………………………………………………………..Thomas
37Merrymakers' Dance…………………………………………………Germain
38Nocturne in G major…………………………………………………Chopin
39Two etudes—
40Polonaise in B flat…………………………………………………….Chopin
41Scherzo in C sharp major…………………………………………..Chopin
43Reverie, Amoureuse…………………………………………………Kraft
44The Midgets………………………………………………………..Eilenberg
45Funeral March of a Doll……………………………………………..Gounod
46Barcarolle in G major……………………………………………….Rubinstein
47Waltz in A flat………………………………………………………..Rubinstein
48Volklied………………………………………………………..Hambourg
49Rhapsodie No. 6…………………………………………………….Liszt
51Mark Hambourg.
53The orchestra played unusually well; the Mignon Overture is always well received. Fred Krafft, a member of the orchestra, must have felt gratified by the applause which greeted him when he took the baton to direct the playing of his "Amoureuse." It was serious and melodious, and it was evident that Mr. Krafft's knowledge of instruments was correct in his full scoring for the orchestra. So great was the applause that a part of the composition had to be repeated. Another local musician, Mr. Sticht, was represented on the program in a bright march, called "Floral Fete."
55The encores given by the Philharmonic were: "On the Piazza," "Under the Bamboo Tree" and "Pan Americana." Mr. Lund's "Wedding Music" was the favorite.
57Mark Hambourg's work as the soloist, of course, excited admiration and enthusiasm beyond bounds.
59Miss Eleanor M. Dambmann, contralto soloist of St. Paul's Cathedral, will sing at the concert Sunday, February 1.
61VIRGINIA KEENE.
63SYMPHONY CONCERTS.
65PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA.
66FESTIVALS
67FRITZ SCHEEL, Conductor.
68OFFICE: 1520 CHESTNUT STREET.
70THE LACHMUND CONSERVATORY,
71132 West 85th Street, NEW YORK.
72All Branches. Fourteen Teachers. Private Instruction.
73Mr. CARL V. LACHMUND teaches exclusively at this Conservatory.
75ORATORIOS.
77JUST PUBLISHED.
78THE NEW JERUSALEM
79A Sacred Cantata by CHARLES ERWIN DAVIS.
80Written for Four Solo Voices and Chorus. Send for Prospectus.
81AMERICAN CHURCH CHOIR PUBLISHING CO.,
82150 Fifth Avenue, NEW YORK.
84Season 1902-1903
86FANNIE BLOOMFIELD ZEISLER
87Mrs. ZEISLER will be available in America only after January 15, 1903.
88Applications for Terms and Dates should be sent to
89DUNSTAN COLLINS, 55 Auditorium Building, CHICAGO.
91LOS ANGELES NOTES.
93Los Angeles, Cal., January 17, 1903.
95HE Eugene Cowles Concert Company, composed of Eugene Cowles, basso; Miss Elizabeth Blamere, soprano; Miss Clara Farrington, violinist, and Walter A. Pyck, pianist, are touring the Pacific Coast under the management of Blanchard & Venter, of Los Angeles. Their tour began December 19, ending January 24, every night during the interval being filled, and a number of matinees. Two concerts are to be given in Los Angeles on the 19th and 23d respectively, and two in Pasadena.
97Mrs. Calvert Wilson entertained a goodly number of musical people at her home on Bush street, New Year's night, in honor of her sister, Mrs. Hillman Smith, of San José, and the Laurel Quintet, a pleasing musical organization from the same city, which was in attendance at the State Teachers' Convention.
99Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Beckett entertained a large number of physicians and their wives and other friends with a musical at their home January 7. Those participating in the program were Miss Blanche Rogers, pianist; Mrs. Wuerker, Mrs. Le Sage, Mrs. Bellman, Miss Richards, Mr. Weyl, vocalists, and Oscar Werner, violinist.
101Edward MacDowell's concert appearance in this city, December 30, was a matter of unusual interest to the musical fraternity here. The compositions of the eminent American composer, orchestral as well as piano and vocal, are familiar to our concertgoers, and Mr. MacDowell's reputation as a pianist is such that his program, composed in part of his own works, made his performance doubly interesting. He was greeted by an appreciative and flattering large audience of music devotees and music lovers.
103The Bostonians recently closed a season of very successful opera at the Los Angeles Theatre. The operas presented were "Robin Hood" and "Maid Marion."
105A Chamber Music Concert.
107MISS ALVINA FRIEND, pianist; Bernard Sinsheimer, violinist, and Paul Kefer, 'cellist, gave the first of two chamber music concerts at the Waldorf-Astoria Tuesday evening, January 20. They were assisted in a fine program by William A. Wegener, tenor; Alexander L. Sinsheimer, second violin, and Arnold Volpé, viola.
109The Rubinstein Trio in G major was played as the first number by Miss Friend, Mr. Sinsheimer and Mr. Kefer, and in the performance the artists gave great pleasure to the audience. Mr. Wegener sang three songs by Schumann—"Frühlingsnacht," "Du Bist wie eine Blume" and "The Two Grenadiers"—and Schubert's "Erlkönig." César Franck's Quintet for piano, two violins, viola and violoncello, was the other ensemble number.
111The second concert will be given Thursday evening, March 5.
113From a Youthful Critic.
115THE New York Herald printed a news item last week about a poor little lad named Oscar Muller who sang Mascagni's "Intermezzo," and then fell dead.
117ANTONIA SAWYER,
118Contralto.
1191690 Broadway,
120NEW YORK.
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