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Musical Courier 1903-02-25: Vol 46 Iss 1196, 1903
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1PHILADELPHIA.
3PHILADELPHIA, February 21, 1903.
5This week is considerably more interesting musically than last. The Philadelphia Orchestra, which had its first vacation since the beginning of its season, is again this week scheduled for its usual Saturday evening concert, preceded by a Friday afternoon rehearsal. Miss Elsa Ruegger, who has already been heard here with the Boston Symphony, will be the soloist, and will play a 'cello concerto by Edouard Lalo. The other numbers on the program are the Suk Symphony, which was to have been given week before last, but was postponed on account of insufficient rehearsals by Director Scheel, who had been ill; two selections from "Queen Mab" or "The Fairy of Dreams" ("Romeo et Juliette") and the overture, "Carneval Romaine," op. 9, making in all an interesting program.
7The fourth of the series of lecture concerts will be given at the Garrick Theatre on the afternoon of March 5, when Dr. Hugh A. Clarke, director of music at the University of Pennsylvania, will lecture on "Form in Music." This lecture, as have been the preceding ones, will be illustrated with music by the Philadelphia Orchestra.
9Director Scheel announces several important soloists for future concerts, including the German tenor Burgstaller; the Philadelphia baritone, David Bispham, and at the popular concert, March 11, Mme. Lillian Blauvelt.
11Philadelphia will have the privilege of enjoying only one performance of grand opera this week, when the Metropolitan Company will sing, for the first time here this season, "Aida" on Thursday evening, with Mme. Johanna Gadski as the captive princess. The double bill of "Daughter of the Regiment" and "I Pagliacci" last week was disappointing as far as merit goes, but it was of social importance as having the first lady of the land, Mrs. Roosevelt, as the guest of one of the season's box holders.
13The Chorus of the Temple, the best known body of singers in this city, will give their eleventh oratorio concert on Thursday evening, March 12, at the Baptist Temple, Broad and Berks streets. Mendelssohn's "Elijah" will be sung, under the direction of W. W. Gilchrist. The blind organist, David D. Woods, will preside at the grand organ, and the chorus will have the assistance of the Philadelphia Orchestra. The soloists will be Mme. Emma Suelke, soprano; Miss May Walters, contralto; Nicholas Douty, tenor, and Henry G. Scott, bass, and a second quartet will consist of Mrs. D. D. Wood, soprano; Miss Alice Barnard, contralto; Joseph Smith, tenor, and Frank Shindle, bass.
15The fourth of the lecture recitals by Mr. and Mrs. Owen B. Jenkins, on "Poets and Musicians," that on Schubert and Wagner, will be given this evening in the rooms of the Orpheus Club. The lecture will be illustrated by various numbers from Schubert, including the "Erl King," "Margaret at the Spinning Wheel," "Heiden Roslein" and "Death and the Maiden"; and the Wagner selections will be the Hall Song, from "Tannhäuser"; "Elsa's Dream," from "Lohengrin," and the Spinning Chorus, from "Flying Dutchman."
17A program of unusual interest has been prepared for the next Mendelssohn Club concert, which will be given on March 5. Among the songs to be sung are: "Judge Me, O! God," Mendelssohn; "Song of Destiny," Brahms; "O Gladsome Light," Sullivan; "The Long Day Closes," Sullivan; "A Boatman's Good Night," Schirra; "Gather Ye Rosebuds," Blumenthal; "Hark, How the Birds," Lahee, and "Moonlight," Raff. Herr Anton von Rooy will be the soloist, and will sing four numbers. The Mendelssohn Club has succeeded in establishing itself in the public's favor in a way that no other choral society has ever done in this city, and it is not at all surprising that it is so, for one is always sure to be pleased by the work of this organization, and it must have been very gratifying to Mr. Gilchrist and the members of the club to hear the high praise showered on their work, on the occasion of the joint concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra, which it is hoped may become an annual event.
19Nicholas Douty, the favorite Philadelphia tenor, announces a song recital at Griffith Hall on Wednesday evening, March 4, at which he will give an entirely new program containing nineteen songs, representing thirteen different composers. The program will open with five songs by Robert Franz.
21A fine Wagner program is announced for a concert to be given by Albert Wolffungner, tenor, at Griffith Hall, on Monday evening, March 2. Mr. Wolffungner will sing the prayer from "Rienzi"; Mme. Estelle Stamm-Rodgers will sing "Elsa's Dream"; Mr. Ringeissen, "Wotan's Farewell" from "Die Walküre" and Wolfram's famous solo from "Tannhäuser."
23Mrs. Grenville Snelling, who several years ago gave interesting song recitals in this city, will give two recitals early next month at the Acorn Club, having a socially distinguished list of patronesses.
25Haydn's oratorio "The Creation" was given by the large chorus of the First Presbyterian Church, Washington square, last Wednesday evening, under the direction of Prof. S. K. Kollock, organist and choirmaster. The soloists were Miss Elsie North, soprano; Nicholas Douty, tenor; A. H. Ashton, baritone, and F. C. Gerenbeck, bass.
27The Kaltenborn String Quartet, of New York city, consisting of Franz Kaltenborn, first violin; William Rowell, second violin; Gustave Bach, viola, and Louis Heine, 'cello, gave a concert on Thursday evening at the Drexel Institute, at which they played a pleasing program. On Thursday evening, February 26, a concert will be given at the institute by David D. Wood, organist, and Mrs. David D. Wood, soprano.
29The Euterpean Club, of Philadelphia, gave their third opera at Mercantile Hall on last Monday evening, when "The Gondoliers" was admirably sung by this well known company of amateurs. The leading roles were taken by Albert M. Rihl, Jr.; Ryland W. Phillips, William S. Knox, Harvey W. Hindemyer, Horace T. Dumont, C. Bertram Regar, F. N. LaPierre, T. S. Stanley, Miss Clara A. Yocum, Mrs. N. C. Goodell and Mrs. Albert M. Rihl, Jr.
31The Orpheus Club, assisted by the Eurydice Chorus, gave their winter concert at the Academy of Music last Saturday evening. The soloists on this occasion were Gwilym Miles and Miss Shanna Cumming.
33W. W. HAMMOND.
35MOODY-MANNERS OPERA COMPANIES, LTD.
36Founded 1897.
37"A" Company is the largest English Opera Company that has ever traveled Great Britain. Guaranteed over 115 traveling in this Company.
38"B" Company is the same as "A" Company in everything, except in numbers. Over Fifty-eight guaranteed traveling in this Company.
39"C" Company is of the same high standard as "A" and "B" Companies, but less in numbers. Over Thirty guaranteed traveling in this Company.
40The present tour finishes in May, 1903.
41The next tour commences the following August 24, at Covent Garden Opera House, London.
42The two successful Prize Operas selected next May will be performed at Covent Garden.
43Everyone concerned in English Grand Opera write in.
4444 Berwick Street, Oxford Street, LONDON, W.
46GUMMING
47Western Tour Begins February 9.
48Chicago Apollo, Milwaukee Arion, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Racine.
49Other Dates Booking.
51S. FRED WOLLE,
52ORGANIST.
53THE WOLFSOHN MUSICAL BUREAU, 131 East 17th St., New York.
55GWILYMMILES,
56BARITONE.
57THE WOLFSOHN MUSICAL BUREAU,
58131 East 17th Street, NEW YORK.
59Personal address: 61 MorningSide Ave., New York.
60Phone: 2101B MorningSide.
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641424 Pacific Street, BROOKLYN, N. Y.
65Phone: 906A Bedford.
66HENRY WOLFSOHN, Manager.
68Obituary.
70Joseph Parry.
72JOSEPH PARRY, head of the music department at University College, London, died at his home in that city February 17. Parry was born at Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, May 21, 1841. His father was a laborer, but a natural musician or singer, as many Welshmen are. Joseph went to work in a puddling furnace when he was ten years old. Soon after his parents and he came to the United States. The boy's talent for music developed, and opportunity came for him to go to Wales and compete for an Eisteddfod prize. He was successful. Through the kindness of Brinley Richards Parry entered the Royal Academy of Music in London and there studied under Bennett, Garcia and Steggall. In 1871 Cambridge University made him a Mus. Bac., and seven years later he was appointed musical lecturer at University College. Mr. Parry's published works include four operas, the oratorios "Emmanuel" and "Saul of Tarsus" and the cantatas "The Prodigal Son," "Nebuchadnezar" and "Cambria." He wrote many hymns for the church, a string quartet and some piano and orchestral music. one of two readings
73JOSEPH PARRY, head of the music department at University College, London, died at his home in that city February 17. Parry was born at Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, May 21, 1841. His father was a laborer, but a natural musician or singer, as many Welshmen are. Joseph went to work in a puddling furnace when he was ten years old. Soon after his parents and he came to the United States. The boy's talent for music developed, and opportunity came for him to go to Wales and compete for an Eisteddfod prize. He was successful. Through the kindness of Brinley Richards Parry entered the Royal Academy of Music in London and there studied under Bennett, Garcia and Steggall. In 1871 Cambridge University made him a Mus. Bac., and seven years later he was appointed musical lecturer at University College. Mr. Parry's published works include four operas, the oratorios "Emmanuel" and "Saul of Tarsus" and the cantatas "The Prodigal Son," "Nebuchadnezzar" and "Cambria." He wrote many hymns for the church, a string quartet and some piano and orchestral music. one of two readings
75Friedrich Gruetzmacher.
77Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Grützmacher, the violoncellist and composer, died at Dresden, Saxony, on Monday, February 23. Had he lived until March 1 Grützmacher would have celebrated his seventy-first birthday. He was born at Dessau in 1832. His father was his first teacher, and later he received lessons from Drechsler and Schneider. The latter taught him theory. Before he was seventeen years old Grützmacher was engaged to play in an orchestra in Leipsic. In 1849 he became the first 'cellist of the Gewandhaus Orchestra, and later he succeeded Cassmann as instructor in the conservatory at Leipsic. Grützmacher began to make concert tours, and in 1860 he removed to Dresden, where he had since resided. Among his distinguished pupils were his younger brother Leopold, Brückner, Fitzenhagen, Hegar and Hilpert. Grützmacher's compositions include a Concerto for 'cello and orchestra, studies and short pieces for the 'cello, orchestral music, piano pieces, songs and chamber music.
79Hugo Wolf.
81Hugo Wolf, a talented song writer, died Monday at a sanitarium near Vienna. Wolf studied at the Vienna Conservatory, and as young man gave promise of becoming a great composer. As it is he wrote several hundred songs, many of them popular in Germany and Austria. His comic opera, "Der Corregidor," was sung for the first time in Mannheim in 1896. The terrible affliction that clouded his life developed rapidly, and for years the composer was confined in the institution where he died. Wolf was born in Vienna about forty-five years ago.
83Madame Schiller's Reception.
85MME. MADELEINE SCHILLER, the pianist, gave a reception at her residence, 272 West Eighty-sixth street, Friday afternoon, February 20. Miss Gertrude Bennett, a daughter of the hostess, assisted in receiving.
87WANTED—Male organist and choirmaster for city Presbyterian church. Apply, stating salary expected and reference, ORGANIST, 143 Eighth avenue, New York city.
89JUST PUBLISHED
90BY—
91G. SCHIRMER, New York.
92JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH:
93The Organist and his Works for the Organ.
94By A. PIRRO.
95With a Preface by CH. M. WIDOR,
96Translated from the French by WALLACE GOODRICH.
97CLOTH, $1.85 NET.
98A literary contribution to the understanding of the spirit of Bach's works, as well as of the practical interpretation of them.
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