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Musical Courier 1903-02-04: Vol 46 Iss 1193, 1903
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1THE UNIVERSITY GLEE CLUB.
3The University Glee Club, of New York, gave its seventh "private" concert last Saturday night in the grand ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria. The stage was decorated with college flags and emblems, and there was an opulent display of hothouse plants. The audience was large and fashionable, containing many prominent residents of New York.
5The club was assisted by Mme. Marie Rappold, soprano; Paul Kéfer, violoncellist, and Richard T. Percy, accompanist, and sang under the baton of Arthur D. Woodruff, who is entitled to much credit for having so carefully trained the singers. That Mr. Woodruff is a painstaking, capable conductor and a successful drillmaster the work of the club showed.
7The program was:
8The Sword of Ferrara…………………………………………..Bullard
9(Arranged for the club by the composer.)
10Élégie………………………………………………………..Massenet
11Gavotte………………………………………………………..Popper
12Paul Kéfer,
13Gentle Slumber, from Barber of Bagdad…………………..Cornelius
14Incidental solo by Mr. Wells.
15Michaela aria, from Carmen………………………………….Bizu
16Mme. Marie Rappold.
17Forest Harps…………………………………………………Schultz
18Incidental solo by Mr. Wells.
19The Ancient Tun at Heidelberg……………………………Marschner
20Chants Russes……………………………………………..Lalo
21Scherzo………………………………………………………van Goens
22Paul Kéfer,
23Old Flemish Song…………………………………………..Kremser
24(Melody founded on a copperplate by Rembrandt.)
25Serenade…………………………………………………….Appel
26Obligato duet by Mr. Wells and Mr. Parkhurst.
27Waldzauber…………………………………………………Herrmann
28O Come With Me…………………………………………Van der Stucken
29Fallah! Fallah!……………………………………………..Van der Stucken
30Mme. Marie Rappold.
32Three college songs, Fair Harvard, Sans Souci and Columbia Medley.
34The young men who compose the University Glee Club are trained singers, and possess excellent voices. They sang with spirit, accuracy and refinement. Several of the songs had to be repeated so insistant was the audience for encores. The work of the club was so uniformly good that it is scarcely necessary to single out any particular numbers for praise.
36Madame Rappold, who possesses a light, flexible voice of good quality, sang her numbers so well that the audience compelled her to add two encores.
38An exceedingly promising young violoncellist is Mr. Kéfer. He educes from his instrument (an excellent one, by the way) a big, smooth tone, without any roughness whatever. His intonation is generally true. Mr. Kéfer made a favorable impression and had to add several numbers as encores.
40All the accompaniments were played in masterly style by Richard T. Percy. So admirable, indeed, was his work that it won praise on all sides. Accompanying is in itself an art; more difficult in some respects than solo playing. It requires musicianship of a high order to play correctly as many varied and complex accompaniments as Mr. Percy played on this occasion. He is an ideal accompanist in every respect. He is never at fault. His musical judgment is unerring, and his taste is refined. His work is always illumined by a bright intelligence and vitalized by a charming and forceful personality. The artistic success of the concert was due largely to Mr. Percy.
42The University Glee Club was organized March 8, 1894, and incorporated July 2, 1894. Its officers are Arthur M. Cox, president; James W. Walker, vice president; John C. Kerr, secretary; Frederick L. Taylor, treasurer. The music committee is composed of Arthur M. Cox, Burt L. Fenner, Charles D. Clinton and John A. Anderson. Francis J. Tyler is the librarian.
44The active members of the club are:
45A. K. Alexander.
46J. A. Anderson.
47W. Patterson Atkinson.
48E. F. Ayraut.
49John Beadle.
50E. W. Bill.
51W. P. Brandegee.
52P. M. Brett.
53U. C. Brewer.
54Victor Carroll.
55J. R. Carter.
56Edwin B. Child.
57Charles D. Clinton.
58Newcomb B. Cole.
59Arthur S. Corwin.
60Arthur M. Cox.
61W. W. Crehore.
62C. W. Culver.
63T. M. Debevoise.
64George F. Demarest.
65S. M. Dix.
66Frank Evans.
67B. L. Fenner.
68H. W. Fisher.
69Arthur H. Gardner.
70D. H. M. Gillespie.
71Henry J. Gundacker.
72George Head.
73Frederick P. Hill.
74R. H. Hoadley.
75J. S. Holbrook.
76J. W. Walker.
77W. H. Walker.
78J. Edward Weld.
79John B. Wells.
80Howard E. White.
81R. S. Howe.
82F. C. Hoyt.
83William B. Kelly.
84John C. Kerr.
85D. H. McAlpin.
86Ralph Marsh.
87P. F. Merian.
88T. H. Montgomery.
89Franklin Murphy, Jr.
90E. R. Otheman.
91Leonard Paige.
92Charles McLean Paine.
93F. A. Parkhurst.
94F. H. Parsons.
95Henry S. Patterson.
96E. W. Perkins.
97I. N. Quinby.
98C. A. Reed.
99J. H. Richards.
100E. J. Savage.
101Charles A. Sherlock.
102W. C. Sherwood.
103N. H. Swayne, ad.
104Charles I. Taylor.
105F. L. Taylor.
106E. H. Thayer.
107Francis J. Tyler.
108F. L. Underhill.
109Morris Underhill.
110J. D. Voorhees.
111J. T. Walker.
112Roger Williams.
113H. M. Wilson.
114George E. Wood.
115William Young.
117Mrs. Boice's Musicale.
119MRS. HENRY SMOCK BOICE gave her first afternoon musicale of this season at her New York studio, 28 East Twenty-third street, last Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Boice has a large number of professional pupils whose names are well known to the readers of this paper. Those who sang were Miss Bessie Cheney, Miss Elsee Swezey, Miss Caroline C. At Lee, Miss Susan L. Eastman and Porter F. At Lee. Mrs. Edward W. Fenn, a pianist, played Moszkowski's Melodie in G flat and the Wieniawski "Concert Valse." Miss Allen, a violinist, played Saint-Saëns' "The Swan" and a Mazurka by Ovide Musin.
121Among those present were Dr. and Mrs. Henry G. Hanchett, Mrs. William R. Chapman, Mrs. New, Miss New, Mrs. Swezey, Miss Swezey, Mrs. Cheney, Miss Cheney, Miss Emma Krum, Miss Nellie Bedell, Miss Lilie Kipling, Miss Fannie van Deusen, Miss Marie Peterson, Miss Waterbury Miss Ethel Pickford, Mrs. Edward Jenkins, Miss Jessie Fitter, Miss Frances Figgis, W. Herbert Dole, W. H. Tuckhorn, Miss Ayer, Miss Merriam, Miss Eastman, Miss At Lee, Mr. At Lee, the Misses Haines, Miss Boice, H. S. Boice, H. W. Boice, Miss Jennie Ditmas, Wright van Brunt and Mrs. B. F. Knowles.
123Sunday Music.
125AT a Sunday night concert in the Metropolitan Opera House the only interesting features were the appearance of Kocian, the violinist, and the performance of a melodious and well scored Indian Rhapsody by P. J. Miersch. Kocian displayed to the best advantage his comprehensive technic and his splendid musicianship in Joachim's Hungarian Concerto. Kocian will start at once on his Southern tour, which is to include Memphis, Montgomery, Richmond, Birmingham, Atlanta, Nashville, New Orleans; and then Omaha, Denver and San Francisco, where he is booked to appear for the first time on March 2.
127ALBANY NOTES.
129ALBANY, N. Y., January 31, 1903.
131HERE was a large gathering at the First Reformed Church Sunday evening January 4, when Buck's Christmas cantata, "The Coming of the King," was given by the quintet and chorus under the direction of Samuel B. Belding, organist and choirmaster. Mr. Belding has been in charge of the music of this church for more than a quarter of a century, and many special musical services have been given under his leadership. The quintet is as follows:
132Mrs. G. Douglas Winne, soprano; Miss Mayo Cunningham, alto; Franklin Davenport, tenor; Roy V. Rhodes, bass; Henry Bell, first bass.
134An organ recital was given January 13 at the Church of the Holy Innocents by Miss E. L. Perry, organist, assisted by Miss Hilda Swartz, soprano. The organ numbers were well rendered and included selections from noted composers. Special mention is given to Miss Swartz for the manner in which she rendered "Hear My Prayer" and "These are They," from Gaul's "Holy City." Miss Swartz is one of Albany's young singers and is soloist of the Temple Beth Emeth.
136The Holding String Quartet, consisting of Claude J. Holding and Wm. J. Holding, violinists; Gabriel Califano, violist, and Arnold R. Janser, 'cellist, scored a triumph January 15 at the second St. Agnes recital, given at Graduates' Hall. Each soloist received hearty applause.
138The String Orchestral Society of Albany is preparing for the concert to be given the latter part of February in Odd Fellows' Hall. Charles Ehricke will be its conductor.
140H. B. Ewell, formerly organist of Grace M. E. Church, has accepted the position as organist of the North Reformed Church, Watervliet.
142An enthusiastic audience greeted the twelfth midwinter concert of the Albany Musical Association in the Cathedral of All Saints under the leadership of Arthur Mees with the assistance of Miss Shanna Cumming, soprano; Miss Mary Louise Clary, contralto; John Young, tenor; G. Miles, basso; Master Decatur Griffin, soprano; Dr. Percy J. Starnes, organist. The work produced by the association was Mendelssohn's "Elijah," the masterwork of his oratorios. Mr. Miles made a grand Elijah. "Samson and Delilah" will be sung by the association at the May festival.
144About March 1 Gaul's "Holy City" will be given by the choir of the Second Presbyterian Church.
146The wedding of Miss Jeannie L. Dexter to F. Morse Wemple is announced for Monday, February 2. Mr. Wemple is a baritone of note and has been engaged to teach in the New England Conservatory of Music at Boston.
148Wm. Sedgwick Roor.
150The Manuscript Society Concert.
152THE Manuscript Society gives the third concert of its present season this evening at Carnegie Chamber Music Hall. The program will include double quartets for women's voices, to be sung by the Cecilian Quartet organized by Mrs. Stella Prince Stocker; songs by S. N. Penfield, Miss Alice Getty and Ethelbert Nevin; piano solos by Fraulein Kathe Huttig, a pupil of Karl Klingworth and Josef Hofmann.
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