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Musical Courier 1903-02-25: Vol 46 Iss 1196, 1903
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1THE MUSICAL COURIER.
3MENDELSSOHN HALL
4113-119 WEST 40th ST.
5FRANK H. PRESBY, Agent 2381 Broadway
7Greater New York.
9New York, February 23, 1903.
11ME. MARIE CROSS-NEWHAUS last Sunday evening gave another enjoyable studio musicale with the following pupils and professional friends assisting: Mrs. Beatrice Fine, soprano; Miss Mary Brennan, Miss Bessie Bonsall, altos; Clifford A. Wiley, baritone; Oley Speaks, bass; Miss Louie Wood, violinist; Miss Mary Umstead, pianist; Henrietta Weber, Miss Umstead and F. W. Riesberg, accompanists. The program:
12Piano solo, Liebestraum, Nocturne…………………….Liszt
13Etude……………………………………………..Chopin
14The Wanderer………………………………….Schubert
15Swallow, Swallow, from The Princess…………………Mr. Wiley.
16Violin solo, Hejre Kati, Hungarian…………………..Hubay
17Ach lieb ich muss………………………………Strauss
18La vie at vaine…………………………………Wright
19Sur la plage…………………………………….Chaminade
20Roses in June…………………………………..German
21Valse, Voci di Primavera………………………..Strauss
22Violin solo, Adagio from Third Suite………………..Ries
23Under the Rose…………………………………Fischer
24Lend Me Thy Fillet, Love………………………..Brockway
25Duet, Come Unto Me…………………………..Fauré
26Madame Newhaus and Mr. Speaks.
28At the close of the program Madame Newhaus produced an immense American flag and, standing wrapped in its folds, she commanded the singing of "The Star Spangled Banner," which was given with a will. Souvenirs of Washington's Birthday were distributed, and some original stories told by Madame Newhaus brought the evening to a close. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. Olin D. Grey, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Ellis, Mr. and Mrs. S. Blood, R. K. Schultz, Miss Amendt, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Schaller, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. Bartow S. Weeks, Mrs. Addison Greeley, Mr. and Mrs. M. Brennan, Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Payne, Mrs. W. F. Price, Miss Jeanne Arone, Mr. and Mrs. G. Pratt, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. O'Brien, Wm. Hawley, Mr. Merrick, Miss Ida Simmons, Wm. Goulding, Miss Laura Seiple, Henry Bendell, Clarence Meyers.
30Miss Thursby's eighth Friday afternoon musicale went off well, the usual crush of people prominent in the musical and society world coming and going during the two hours. Last Saturday night a birthday party was given to Miss Thursby, when numerous surprises for the singer and teacher kept her and the invited friends continually on the qui vive. This was the program:
31Soprano solo, Serenade…………………………..Richard Strauss
32Miss Reba Cornett.
33Soprano soli—
34English Ballad………………………………….Richard Strauss
35Selection…………………………………………Richard Strauss
36I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls…………………..Balfe
37Mrs. Jessica de Wolf.
38Soprano solo, Mystics…………………………….Tirindelli
39Miss Martha M. Henry.
40Violin obligato by Richard Kay.
41Soprano solo, Ave Maria………………………….Macauley one of two readings
42Soprano solo, Ave Maria…………………………..Macauley one of two readings
43Josephine del Prado.
44Violin soli—
45La Folia…………………………………………..Corelli
46Variations Serinus Cadenza………………………..Leonard
47Richard Kay.
49Aria from Jeanne d'Arc…………………………….Tschaikowsky
50Miss Martha M. Henry.
51Aria, Gallia………………………………………Gounod
52Miss Grace Clare.
53Violin obligato by Richard Kay.
54Duet, The Forsaken Merman………………………..Hadley
55Misses Cornett and Clare.
56Soprano solo, Laugh and Be Merry…………………Hadley
57Miss Reba Cornett.
58Soprano solo, Even Song…………………………..Hadley
59Miss Grace Clare.
60Accompanied by composer.
61Soprano solo, Aria from Mireille…………………..Gounod
62Miss Josephine del Prado.
63Soprano solo, Whene'er I Look Into Thine Eyes…..Alice Avery Gates
64Miss Lilian Doutney.
65Accompanied by the composer.
67These singers are known as possessed of beautiful voices, and in time will, no doubt, take prominent places in the musical world. They are studying with Miss Thursby, and provided they are both diligent and persistent they will attain this end.
69Miss Thursby's last "at home" is to be this Friday afternoon.
71Shelley last Friday evening, their violin, piano and vocal pupils taking part, as well as the orchestra.
73Peter William Dykema is in charge of the music at the Ethical Culture School, and increased familiarity with his work begets much respect for the same. At the Patriots' Day exercises an adaptation of Hale's "The Man Without a Country" was given by pupils of the sixth grade, and interspersed were numerous songs, such as "A Sailor's Life Is Bold and Free," "Sailing," "Home, Sweet Home," "America," "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp," Mr. Dykema leading in singing, and the school or portions of it singing in good style, with prompt attack and good taste. Even in the kindergarten department, in charge of Miss Haven, the music is excellent, no common grade music being tolerated; it is all carefully selected, and Miss Jacobs' share in this work is also important. When one thinks that what these little ones learn here goes with them through life it is indeed important; the work of these teachers lives after them.
75The Women's Philharmonic Society, piano department, gave the program published in these columns last week, at the rooms, 19 East Fifty-ninth street. The program was arranged by Julia E. Hard. The participants were Miss Marie Paulsen, Miss Fannie Levy, Oscar Gareissen, in songs and piano pieces, with Miss Margaret McCalmont at the piano. The room was crowded with interested listeners. The board of directors of the society is composed of the following musical people: Miss Amy Fay, chairman; Miss M. F. Sinclair, first vice chairman; Miss J. E. Hard, second vice chairman; Mrs. G. Washbourne Smith, secretary; Mrs. C. C. Alden, treasurer; Mrs. E. P. Scholl, auditor; Mrs. K. J. Roberts, Miss A. E. Smith, Miss I. Simmons, Mrs. G. W. Richardson and Miss G. C. Balch. The next concert of this department is to be on March 17.
77Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Sutro gave a musical at home last Saturday afternoon at their handsome home, 320 West 102d street, near Riverside Drive. Some fifteen artists participated in the musical program, their names as follows: Mme. Selma Kronold, Miss Maud Louise Kennedy, Miss Rosabelle Schroeder, Miss Clementina Tededoux, sopranos; Mrs. Antonia Sawyer, contralto; Jacques Landau, Signor Capri, tenors; J. P. Boruff, baritone; Miss Flora Finley, violinist; Hans Kronold, 'cellist; Miss Minnie Topping, John Francis Gilder, pianists; a quartet (organ, violin, voice and piano), uniting in Gounod's "Ave Maria," with Misses Fannie M. Spencer, Rosabelle Schroeder, Flora Finley and Minnie Topping participating. The accompanists were Elizabeth Weller, Gisela Frankl, Miss Capri and the hostess. The rooms were crowded by the social musical friends of Mrs. Sutro, who is known as a charming woman of pronounced musical ability and executive talent.
79At the artistic home of Mrs. Percy Edwin Dunlop Malcolm, on East Twenty-sixth street, good music forms the chief attraction of their Sundays at home, Theodor Björksten, tenor, singing there some weeks ago. Last Sunday Miss Clara Ludvigh was the only singer, selecting these songs: "Pastorale," Bizet; "A Madrigal," Harris; "The Lass with the Delicate Air," Dr. Arne; aria from "The Daughter of the Regiment," Donizetti. The fresh and clear soprano voice of the singer, united with beautifully distinct articulation, musical temperament and sympathetic appearance, won interest from the outset. Many of the guests went to Miss Ludvigh with expressions of warm enjoyment, and the charming hostess is to be felicitated on the hour of music and sociability. Among those present were Mrs. H. Holbrook Curtis, Mrs. Laura R. Green, Mrs. Charles Phelps, Mrs. Brauch, Mrs. Rodrigues, Mrs. James Henry Parker, Dr. and Mrs. R. E. Payne, Dr. Catesby, Ap. C. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Makley, Misses Wrucks and Howard de Forrest, and Dr. and Mrs. Humbold.
81The sixth monthly popular concert by the Albertus Shelley Orchestra, of the Harlem Y. M. C. A., takes place Friday night, February 27. The management has issued the following: "On account of the packed houses for the past concerts, and having turned away several hundred patrons each time, we concluded to reserve a number of seats and still retain our plan of having popular concerts at popular prices."
83A complimentary concert was given to Mr. and Mrs.
85Organ recitals during Lent are numerous. The following already announced: February 25, 8:15 o'clock, Charles Heinroth, Church of the Ascension, Fifth avenue and Tenth street; February 26, 3:30 o'clock, pupils' organ recital, Church of the Divine Paternity, Seventy-sixth street and Eighth avenue, Helen Molloy, soprano, and Christine Adler, contralto, assisting; March 2, 9 and 16, 4 o'clock, Walter C. Gale, All Souls Church, Madison avenue and Sixty-sixth street.
87March 5 J. Warren Andrews begins his regular series of five recitals on consecutive Thursdays, at 4:15 o'clock; preceding each recital there will be a brief Lenten lecture by the Rev. Dr. Hall or the Rev. Charles F. Patterson, ministers of the church.
89The next musical hour for piano students at the Wirtz School takes place this Friday evening, February 27, with this program:
90Lecture V of the series on "The Means of Expression Employed in Piano Playing," Topic, "Pedals."
91The Damper Pedal, Its Mechanism and Effect.
92Gondoliera…………………………………………Liszt
93Use of the Damper Pedal Governed by (1) Harmony, (2) Melody, (3) Pitch, (4) Movement.
94Concert Study in D flat…………………………..Liszt
95Barcarolle…………………………………………MacDowell
96The Lark…………………………………………..Glinka-Balakirew
97Ich Liebe Dich…………………………………….Mildenberg
98Serenade de Don Juan……………………………Tschaikowsky one of two readings
99Serenade de Don Juan…………………………….Tschaikowsky one of two readings
100The Soft Pedal,
101Berceuse…………………………………………..Chopin
102The Sostenuto Pedal.
103Prelude, A minor…………………………………Bach
104Some Special Pedal Effects.
105Rhapsodie No. 2…………………………………Liszt
106Children's Recital, Friday, March 13, 1903.
107Lecture VI, on The Emotional Spirit, will be given Friday, March 27, 1903.
109Open church choir positions: Mount Morris Baptist Church, entire quartet; Calvary M. E. Church, bass; St. John's P. E. Church, Yonkers, alto and tenor; First Presbyterian Church, Orange, N. J., alto; Westminster Presbyterian Church, Bloomfield, N. J., alto and tenor.
111Miss Cady's Recital.
113MISS HARRIETTE CADY, the pianist, assisted by Raymond A. McGee, basso, gave the following program at the Waldorf-Astoria last Friday afternoon:
114Gavotte…………………………………………..Bach-Saint-Saëns
115Impromptu………………………………………Schubert
116Rondo……………………………………………Weber
117Miss Harriette Cady.
118Mephisto Serenade (Faust)………………………..Gounod
119Raymond A. McGee.
120Nocturne…………………………………………Chopin one of two readings
121Nocturne……………………………………….Chopin one of two readings
122Etude (by request)……………………………..Chopin one of two readings
123Etude……………………………………………Chopin one of two readings
124Waltz (by request)……………………………..Chopin one of two readings
125Waltz (by request)………………………………Chopin one of two readings
126The Sword of Ferrara…………………………..Bullard
127Mr. McGee.
128Barcarolle, G major…………………………….Moszkowski
129Im Troika…………………………………………Tschaikowsky one of two readings
130Im Troika……………………………………….Tschaikowsky one of two readings
131Stemninger (first time)………………………….Sjögren
132Prés de la Mer…………………………………..Arensky one of two readings
133Prés de la Mer…………………………………Arensky one of two readings
134Polonaise (Le Bal Suite)…………………………Rubinstein one of two readings
135Polonaise (Le Bal Suite)………………………..Rubinstein one of two readings
136Miss Cady.
138Mary H. De Moss Returns.
140THE favorite concert and church soprano, Mary H. De Moss, soloist of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, has returned from a tour South and West, singing seven recital engagements, and meeting with such success as is invariably hers, consequent on her brilliant voice and admirable method.
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