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Musical Courier 1903-01-28: Vol 46 Iss 1192, 1903
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1MUSIC IN MINNEAPOLIS.
3MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., January 17, 1903.
5MR. AND MRS. W. M. CROSSE have returned from a month's sojourn in New York, where they enjoyed the many treats of music and dramatic art. They will give a series of individual recitals in Minneapolis and other cities of the Northwest, beginning in February. Mr. Crosse gives his eighth Bach recital next week. The program will be selected from the miscellaneous works of this great master, and will include the Sonata in D minor, the Chromatic Fantaisie and Fugue and the Italian Concerto.
7The next regular meeting of the Ladies' Thursday Musicale will be held on Thursday at the Unitarian Church. The composers represented are Brahms and Saint-Saëns. The program is as follows: Two pianos, "Variations on Theme by Beethoven" (Saint-Saëns), Miss Blanche Strong and Miss Jean Wakeman; duet, "The Gypsies" (Brahms), Miss Myn Stoddard and Miss Mabel Rouge; song, "Printemps qui commence," "Samson and Delilah" (Saint-Saëns) ("Fair Springtime Beginning"), Mrs. C. W. Gardner; piano, "Rhapsodie," op. 79, No. 2 (Brahms), Miss Edith Wines; song, "Bell Song" (Saint-Saëns), Miss Myn Stoddard; violin and piano, Sonata, op. 100 (Brahms), allegro amabile, andante tranquillo, allegretto grazioso, Mr. and Mrs. Carlyle Scott; songs (a), "Liebestreu" ("Faithfulness"), (b), "Wieglenlied" ("Cradle Song") (Brahms), Edna Chamberlain Randall; quartet (a), "Lullaby" (Brahms), (b), "Goodnight" (Goldberg), Miss Elizabeth Brown Hawkins, Mrs. T. D. Bell, Miss Mabel Otis and Mrs. Floyd S. Muckey.
9Willard Patten will give a private reading of his latest work, "Footsteps of a Nation," some time this month. The words of the composition are by George Bertrand, the well known local architect. Some of the most prominent soloists will sing the solos, and a double quartet will give the chorus.
11Hermann Zoch, the talented pianist of Minneapolis, will give his sixty-first piano recital Tuesday evening, January 27, in the Unitarian Church. The program will be made up of some of the most time tested works from Handel to Grieg.
13The opening meeting of the Ladies' Thursday Musicale will be given February 6 in the First Baptist Church, when an interesting program will be presented.
15Miss Francesca Beneke, the young violinist, after a number of years in Europe studying, made her first public appearance in Minneapolis Friday evening at Plymouth Church before a large audience. Miss Beneke has much talent, expression, fullness of tone and breadth of bowing. She played Saint-Saëns Concerto in B minor. Miss Beneke was assisted by Miss Esther Osborn, soprano, and Miss Constance Osborn, pianist. Miss Esther Osborn sang Strauss' Serenade and the familiar aria from Weber's "Der Freischütz." Miss Constance Osborn opened the program with a double number, a Schumann "Nachtstück" and Chopin Scherzo. Miss Beneke and Miss Osborn gave a fine performance of Grieg's Sonata, op. 8, which was encored. Miss Edith Abell was a sympathetic accompanist.
17The members of the senior class, piano and oratorical departments of the Johnson School of Music, Oratory and Dramatic Art will give a recital Thursday evening in the school auditorium. Miss Grace Golden will assist in the program, and others who will take part are Olive Francis, Lillian Taft, Clara Rohm, Markie Christiansen, Nellie Nolan, Isabelle Hendrecks, Minnie Weidman, Ruth Trabert, Josephine A. Hansen, Katherine Eichten and Clara Kreidman.
19Minneapolis violin lovers are promised a treat Wednesday evening, January 21, when Ole Theobaldi will be heard in concert at the Swedish Tabernacle.
21At Wesley Church, Sunday morning, Mrs. Maud Ulmer Jones will sing "Adore and Be Still," by Gounod; Carl Reidelsberger will give a special violin solo, "Romance," Rubinstein; Miss Gertrude Sans Souci will preside at the organ; prelude, "Sanctus," by Gounod; postlude, "Grand Chorus," by Handel.
23Mrs. Carlo Fischer and John Parsons Beach will give "Enoch Arden," with the Richard Strauss musical setting, at Red Wing, the latter part of the month.
25Miss Ednah F. Hall, soprano, a member of the Ladies' Thursday Musicale, also a member of the faculty of the Johnson School of Music, has been invited to coach the University Glee Club.
27C. H. SAVAGE.
29Mrs. Ellison's Musicale.
31MRS. J. S. ELLISON gave a musicale at her residence, 56 West Ninetieth street, recently, at which a number of clever artists contributed a delightful program. The compositions played and sung during the afternoon were:
33Violin solo, Romanza, op. 42……………………………Max Bruch
34Fred. W. Schalscha, accompanied by Henry Levey.
36Piano soli—
37Sea of Peace, op. 55 (A. D. 1620)……………………MacDowell
38Czardas, op. 24…………………………………………MacDowell
39Etude, D flat……………………………………………..Liszt
40Miss Ida I. Bremen.
42Songs—
43Pensée d'Automne………………………………………Massenet
44Kypris…………………………………………………….Holmès
45Mrs. Emma Aron, accompanied by Mrs. J. Hirsch.
47Violin soli—
48Abendlied……………………………………………….Schumann
49Two Hungarian Dances……………………………….Brahms-Joachim
50Fred. W. Schalscha.
52Songs—
53Se tu m'ami, se sospiri, 1710-1736……………………Pergolesi
54Aus meinen grossen Schmerzen………………………..Franz
55In the Boat……………………………………………..Grieg
56Little Swallows………………………………………..Madame Skabo
57Miss Rebecca Mackenzie, accompanied by Madame Renard.
59Piano soli—
60Etude, D flat, op. 35…………………………………Chaminade
61Polonaise, A flat, op. 53……………………………..Chopin
62Miss Ida I. Bremen.
64THE MacCARTHY RECITAL.
66AT her recital in Mendelssohn Hall Thursday afternoon Miss Maud MacCarthy, the rarely gifted Irish violinist, established herself as an artist of more than merely respectable rank. She possesses the three essential T's of the virtuoso—tone, technic and temperament. She is blessed, too, with exceptionally correct musical instinct, with a sense of rhythm extremely rare in women, and last, but by far not least, with a bow arm agile, strong and graceful. one of two readings
67A T her recital in Mendelssohn Hall Thursday afternoon Miss Maud MacCarthy, the rarely gifted Irish violinist, established herself as an artist of more than merely respectable rank. She possesses the three essential T's of the virtuoso—tone, technic and temperament. She is blessed, too, with exceptionally correct musical instinct, with a sense of rhythm extremely rare in women, and last, but by far not least, with a bow arm agile, strong and graceful. one of two readings
69The Beethoven Sonata in C minor, op. 30, for piano and violin, opened the interesting program. Arthur Whiting played the piano part, but strangely enough he proved to be the lesser partner of the musical firm. Miss MacCarthy took the lead on all occasions, indicated the tempi and accents, and gave the whole performance force and vitality. All graduates of the London Royal Academy of Music are first rate chamber music players, and the little Irish violinist is no exception to this rule.
71The Saint-Saëns Concerto was in every particular an admirable performance. The dramatic first movement revealed breadth and sincerity, the andantino was sung with tenuous and multi-colored tone, and the martial finale enabled the player to display to full advantage her firm grasp of chords, her expert command of the bow, and her nimble and accurate fingers. She was rewarded with unmistakable evidences of popular favor.
73The "Airs Russes," by Wieniawski, afforded Miss MacCarthy further opportunity for technical display, and she gave a brilliant exhibition quite à la Kubelik. Her double stopping and her harmonics were particularly happy. The applause made imperative several encores.
75Mr. Whiting gave a dry reading of several pieces by Brahms. A course of Chopin and Liszt would do him much good just now. Max Liebling's accompaniments to the violin numbers were exceptionally artistic.
77Electa Gifford in Kansas.
79WHEN Electa Gifford sang in Emporia, Kan., recently, the Gazette said:
81Albert Taylor Hall was well filled last evening to listen to the song recital by Miss Electa Gifford, assisted by William Allen Schofield, accompanist. The program consisted of three groups of songs, and for an entertainment consisting entirely of one kind of music was undoubtedly interesting.
83The feature of the evening was the reception tendered Miss Gifford by the Monday Music Club at the residence of its president, Mrs. Kate Jordan Hewitt, after the entertainment. At the reception most of Emporia's musical and social leaders were present, and the guest of the evening was greatly pleased with the courtesy extended.
85One Opinion of Burmeister.
87THE appended paragraph refers to Richard Burmeister, who soon leaves New York to assume his new place in Germany:
89Richard Burmeister, of New York, who was the piano soloist of the Maine Music Festival of '99 and 1900, has accepted an offer from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Dresden, Germany, to become head instructor of the piano department. Mr. Burmeister has become widely known in this country as a pianist of brilliant attainments and a fine musical sense. He has been especially proficient as an interpreter of Liszt's works, which fact he amply demonstrated at the Maine Festival concerts. He is also known as a composer of considerable gifts.—The Journal, Lewiston, Me., January 12.
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