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Musical Courier 1903-02-25: Vol 46 Iss 1196, 1903
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1Strauss, for piano and violoncello, and an Arensky Quintet.
3Arthur Hochman, the young Russian-American pianist, who appeared for the first time in this city last Tuesday evening, will give a second recital on Saturday afternoon, March 14, in Steinert Hall.
5Gregory Hast will give a song recital in Steinert Hall on Tuesday afternoon, March 10.
7The Handel and Haydn Society announces an extra concert outside of the regular season in aid of the "Building Fund," which will be given in Symphony Hall Sunday evening, March 8. The program will consist of two works, Gounod's "Gallia" and Rossini's "Stabat Mater." The society will have the assistance of Mme. Kathrin Hilke, soprano; Madame Schumann-Heink, alto; Thomas Salignac, tenor, and Marcel Journet, bass. Madame Schumann-Heink will sing an aria by Mozart; M. Marcel will sing the "Laborer's Song," from "The Seasons," by Haydn, and M. Salignac will also contribute a solo.
9Mrs. Jessie Downer-Eaton, Louis Eaton and Arthur Hadley, assisted by Mrs. Alice Bates-Rice, Miss Mary Ogilvie and Clarence B. Shirley, will give concerts in Huntington Chambers Hall, March 5, March 12 and March 19. Trios by Spohr, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Brosart, Tschaikowsky and Chevillard (new).
11The concert for the benefit of the scholarship fund of the Thursday Morning Musical Club will take place Thursday afternoon, March 5, in Chickering Hall, Huntington avenue.
13Miss Emma Rossignol and Jeannette Durno will give a recital at Steinert Hall on the evening of March 2.
15On Friday evening, at Symphony Hall, Signor Rotoli's own Festival Mass, a work heard here about three years ago in Tremont Temple, was given. The soloists were Mrs. Grace Williams, soprano; Miss Pauline Woltmann, alto; C. B. Shirley, tenor, and T. E. Clifford, baritone. W. J. Kugler was at the organ and Signor Rotoli was himself the conductor.
17The Orpheus Society will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary by a concert March 9. There will be singing by the club chorus of seventy-five voices, and orchestral music will be furnished by twenty-three members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
19Mme. Birdsall Strong announces an informal vocal recital by her pupils, to take place at her studio in the Hotel Westminster next Monday.
21Beatrice Fine Engaged.
23The charming California soprano, Beatrice Fine, was soloist at the Halevy Society concert February 15, singing on the afternoon of the same day at a large musicale at the Ruland house on Fifth avenue. On the 19th she sang at Delmonico's, before the Federation of Women's Clubs' annual breakfast, and on the 20th in "Stabat Mater" in Brooklyn. Mrs. Fine's thoroughness of preparation, her artistic conscientiousness, her working out of all detail, not to mention the perfectly true and supple lyric soprano voice and admirable appearance—all these factors unite to make this artist most satisfactory; an engagement invariably leads to a re-engagement.
25MUSIC IN CANADA.
27TORONTO, FEBRUARY 21, 1903.
29DYTHE HILL, soprano, made a successful début at the Normal School, Toronto, on the evening of February 7. She was assisted by Paul Hahn, 'cellist; Frank Blackford, violinist; H. P. Blackey, reader; Mrs. Blight and Miss Hahn, accompanists.
31This season the Women's Musical Club, of Toronto, has given many well arranged musicales, and a reception in honor of Mrs. Sanford Evans, formerly of this city, and now of Winnipeg.
33Tonight, at Massey Hall, a benefit concert will be given for Harry Risch. Among names which appear on the program are W. Francis Firth, Teresa Flanagan, Ruthven Macdonald, Heinrich Klingenfeld, Arthur Blight, Owen Smily, Frank Welsman, Alfred D. Sturrock, Margherite Gunn and the Toronto College of Music and University musical clubs.
35In Massey Music Hall, on February 23, a program will be presented by the Toronto Orchestra, assisted by Eileen Millett, soprano. Dr. F. H. Torrington is the conductor.
37The musical department of today's Mail and Empire contains a letter from "Justice," who says, in part:
38"It is high time that the Government of this country enacted some law or laws controlling the practice of the musical profession; in defense of the public on the one hand and of the teachers on the other.
39"In medicine, the ministry and law the public are protected against quackery, but in the musical profession it is not so. Any persons, even if they know not the rudiments themselves, may pose as teachers; and as the public, as a rule, are easily misled in such matters, much damage is done and money wasted. In no other profession or business is there so much fraud practiced or money obtained by false pretenses as in music.
40"This does not pertain to cities as much as to the smaller towns and villages. All honor to the conservatories and colleges. These, with some exceptions, do much to overcome the evil; but everybody who wishes to study music cannot go to these institutions. Furthermore, there are many first class teachers outside of them. All cannot teach in them; and it is in defense of these good ones outside, and for the safety of the public, that this letter is written.
41"In any of the small towns, one, or sometimes two, good teachers could make a respectable living, if it were not for the present laxity of the law. As it is there is not a decent living for anyone. It is a crying shame that those who have spent time, money, thought and care upon the study should have to be fettered and crowded by the unworthy and incompetent, which are 'as the sand on the seashore for multitude.'
42"Many 'pianists' are daily filling the air with sounds that are heartrending, under the pretense that they can play. A goodly number of these later on pose as teachers. 'Shades of Mozart!' what hypocritical deception.
43"But still the law allows it, and until our legislators come to the rescue and control the practice of the profession, as they do in the other professions, the matter is simply going from bad to worse."
45At the Toronto Conservatory of Music an artistic program was presented last evening by pupils of the Misses Gordon, Perry, McMurtry, Hayes and Hallworth; Messrs. Hardy, Klingenfeld, Tripp, McNally, Harrison and Vogt.
47W. O. Forsyth's most prominent pupil this season is Abbie May Helmer, who has given a comprehensive public recital and played at a musicale given in her honor by Mrs. Z. A. Lash.
49A musical festival, arranged by C. A. E. Harriss, of Ottawa, will be held in Toronto on April 16, 17 and 18. Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie will conduct, and Madame Blauvelt is announced as one of the soloists. There will be a "Mackenzie Night" and a "National Night." These events will be of a brilliant and patriotic nature.
51Under the auspices of the Round Table Club, Greta Masson, soprano, and Agnes Knox Black, reader, gave an admirable recital in the Conservatory of Music Hall on the evening of February 2. Both artists are from Boston.
53The Ontario Ladies' College, Whitby, held its annual conversazione on the evening of February 13. Nearly 1,000 people attended the interesting event, at which Dr. and Mrs. J. J. Hare presided.
55The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, skillfully conducted by A. S. Vogt, presented exceptionally fine programs in Massey Hall on the evenings of February 11 and 12. George Hamlin came from Chicago to take part, and his beautiful tenor voice and finished style proved worthy of special mention. The Pittsburgh Orchestra assisted. The Mendelssohn Choir, under Mr. Vogt's baton, which seems to be inspired, is exerting a noble influence on behalf of music in Canada.
57Mr. Bromberg's Song Recital.
59FEBRUARY 12 Edward Bromberg gave a song recital at the famous Pomfret (Conn.) School, and scored a real artistic success. He was very fortunate in having the assistance at the piano of such a musician as Elliott Schenck, director of music at the school. There was such correct understanding and sympathy the entire program between Schenck and Bromberg that the recital could not be other than successful. After the program the applause did not stop until he returned to sing two more songs; then the students of the school gave in honor of Bromberg the deafening college yell. The head of the school and Mr. Schenck expressed their desire of having Mr. Bromberg soon again.
61Here is the program, consisting of popular songs and arias:
62Honor and Arms…………………………………………..Handel
63Rose Marie…………………………………………………….Molloy
64Good-by………………………………………………………..Tosti
65All Through the Night………………………………………Old Welsh melody
66O, Happy Day……………………………………………….Götz
67Cuban Love Song…………………………………………..Wellings
68Monotone………………………………………………………Cornelius one of two readings
69Monotone……………………………………………………..Cornelius one of two readings
70Bedouin Love Song………………………………………..Pinsuti
71Thy Dear Eyes……………………………………………..Bartlett
72The Two Grenadiers………………………………………Schumann
73War Song…………………………………………………….Cavalli
74Papageno aria, from Magic Flute………………………..Mozart
75Aria, The Evening Star…………………………………..Wagner
76I Turn My Eyes, O Love, to Thee (MS.)………………Elliott Schenck
77Over the Sea to Skye………………………………………Elliott Schenck
79Manuscript Society's Reception.
81THE fourth in the series of the afternoon receptions by the Manuscript Society will be given today (Wednesday) in the parlors at Carnegie Hall. A number of prominent artists will be heard, among them being Edmund Varnier, violin soloist to the King of Sweden. Mrs. Theodore Sutro, chairman of the reception committee, will be assisted in receiving by Mrs. Gustav L. Becker, Mrs. S. N. Penfield, Mrs. Frank L. Sealy, Mrs. Henry G. Hanchett and others.
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