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Musical Courier 1903-02-25: Vol 46 Iss 1196, 1903
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1BUFFALO, February 20, 1903.
3OUR present zero weather would do credit to the Klondike. It is very discouraging to managers to have such conditions arise when some stronger attraction than usual is offered, and has to be paid for, no matter how big the deficit which they must face. Unluckily for the music loving committees who have tried heroically to please the community, there has been a great drawing capacity at the theatres, the shrewd theatrical managers having played their strongest cards—Langtry, Mrs. Campbell, Francis Wilson, Mildred Holland, Annie Russell, Amelia Bingham and many others who are always assured of paying audiences.
5The event looked forward to, and in which Mrs. Brent, of Rochester, is interested, is the operatic concert, in which the features are Mme. Fritzl Scheff and David Bispham. The prices have been advanced, and Buffalo managers are speculating as to how much Mrs. Brent will lose on her venture.
7There is an organization known here as the Choir Lofters of Bethany Presbyterian Church, who will give their annual concert in the main auditorium of the church Thursday evening, February 26. The program will be furnished by Miss Lena Dreschler Adamson, violinist, of Toronto, and Miss Mabel Henderson, contralto of Christ's Church, assisted by Harry W. Hill, organist of Ascension Church, of Buffalo, and other local artists.
9Mrs. Evelyn Fletcher Copp, of Boston, Mass., is to present an illustrated demonstration of the "Fletcher Music Method," simplex and kindergarten, at the Twentieth Century Club, on Thursday evening. It is intended to show how it is possible to make music exercise her threefold power and to develop the child physically, mentally and artistically.
11Society in large numbers thronged Convention Hall on Thursday evening, when the members of the University of Buffalo Glee and Mandolin Club gave their concert. The following program was presented and was greatly enjoyed by the audience:
13Organ selection, Grand Offertoire,…………………L. Weiv
14March, U. of B. Galop………………………………….W. A. Boehm
15Glee, The City Choir………………………………….Park
16Tenor solo……………………………………………..Selected
17Glee Club……………………………………………..Glee Club
18Violin solo, Robert le Diable………………………….Rossini
19John Ragone…………………………………………..(Accompanied by Edward G. Herbst.)
21University song, Our Alma Mater by the Inland Sea..M. A. Bennet
22Glee Club.
24Organ selections—
25Pilgrims' Chorus………………………………………Wagner
26Andantino……………………………………………..E. L. Lemare
27Festival March……………………………………….Carl Fielman
28Mr. Hendy.
29Quartet, When the Corn Is Waving…………………..(Arranged by Dudley Buck.)
30Cathedral Quartet.
31(Messrs. Slaight, Hicks, Carey and Goodale.)
33(no line here) one of two readings
34Readings—
35Otto and His Auto……………………………………Edmund Vance Cooke one of two readings
36Otto and His Auto…………………………………..Edmund Vance Cooke one of two readings
37Love Sonnet of an Office Boy………………………..Kiser
38S. B. Botsford.
39Glee, Eva……………………………………………..J. B. Mullern
40Glee Club, solo by W. W. Myers.
41Medley, Popular Airs………………………………..(Arranged by W. A. Boehm.)
42Mandolin Club.
43Glee, Old Folks at Home……………………………..(Arranged by Van der Stucken.)
44Glee Club solo by W. S. Goodale.
45Tenor solo, Queen of the Earth……………………….Fred. Hicks
47The patronesses were Mrs. John J. Albright, Mrs. Tracy C. Becker, Mrs. Wilson S. Bissell, Mrs. Henry Adsit Bull, Mrs. Frederick C. Busch, Mrs. John W. Bush, Mrs. Charles Cary, Mrs. S. M. Clement, Mrs. Kate E. Conover, Mrs. Floyd S. Creigo, Mrs. Charles Daniels, Mrs. Carleton C. Frederick, Mrs. Charles W. Goodyear, Mrs. John R. Gray, Mrs. Walter D. Greene, Mrs. Alfred S. Hall, Mrs. William Hamlin, Mrs. L. C. Hanley, Mrs. Alfred G. Hauenstein, Mrs. Edmund Hayes, Mrs. G. A. Himmelsbach, Mrs. F. W. Hinkel, Mrs. Frank M. Hollister, Mrs. John Miller Horton, Mrs. William Horace Hotchkiss, Mrs. Lucien Howe, Mrs. Alvin A. Hubbell, Mrs. Arthur W. Hurd, Mrs. Harry B. Huver, Mrs. Allen A. Jones, Mrs. Robert Keating, Mrs. Maulsby Kimball, Mrs. Erastus C. Knight, Mrs. Loran L. Lewis, Jr., Mrs. E. H. Long, Mrs. Matthew D. Mann, Mrs. Herman C. Matzinger, Mrs. Edward J. Meyer, Mrs. John C. Milburn, Mrs. Adelbert Moot, Mrs. Charles J. North, Mrs. John Lord O'Brian, Mrs. J. S. Otto, Mrs. John Parmenter, Mrs. W. C. Phelps, Mrs. George S. Potter, Mrs. J. W. Putnam, Miss Putnam, Miss Kate E. Putnam, Mrs. James L. Quackenbush, Mrs. W. S. Renner, Mrs. de Lancey Rochester, Mrs. George B. Snow, Mrs. Alfred Spring, Mrs. Daniel H. Squire, Mrs. Jacob Stern, Mrs. Charles S. Stockton, Mrs. George C. Street, Mrs. Christopher C. Tiedeman, Mrs. E. Corning Townsend, Mrs. Ernest Wende, Mrs. Grover W. Wende, Mrs. Charles B. Wheeler, Mrs. Ansley Wilcox, Mrs. Frank Williams, Mrs. A. E. Woehnert.
49Special mention is due Miss Agatha Bennett, the composer of the first glee ever written for the University of Buffalo. It is entitled "Our Alma Mater by the Inland Sea." The words are by Samuel Botsford, of the School of Law. Miss Bennett is not yet twenty-five years old and is showing considerable promise as a composer, having written and published a communion service, an evening service, several anthems and a "Kyrie," which have been sung on special occasions. Miss Bennett is the organist of St. Mark's Episcopal Church, and an associate of the Guild of American Organists. Her father has for years been choirmaster of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church.
51There are quite a number of women composers in Buffalo, among whom Miss Mary M. Howard takes high rank. She has given a musical setting to Tennyson's exquisite poem known as "The Bugle Song." Last week this song was given besides these other selections: "Funiculi, Funiculi," by Denza; "Juanita" (old air), "The Bumble Bee," by Jessie Gaynor; the solo, "Obstination," by F. de Fontenailles, sung by Mrs. Harriet Welch Spire; "Spring Song," by Becker, sung by Miss Nenah Lapey. The occasion was an invitation musical under the direction of John Lund, of the music department of St. Margaret's School. The Harmonie Quartet furnished the program; the other ladies participating were Mrs. Julia Agnes O'Connor and Mrs. Robert H. Tuessler.
53Emil R. Keuchen's pupils gave a recital at St. Paul's Church on Thursday evening, February 12, assisted by Dr. J. O. Frankenstein, tenor, and Thomas Downs, violinist. The program follows:
54Piano, Sonate, op. 10, No. 1 (first movement)………….Beethoven
55Miss Olive Breitwieser.
56Violin solo, Adagio from the Ninth Concerto…………..De Beriot
57Piano—
58Polonaise, op. 40, No. 1…………………………….Chopin
59Miss Charlotte Pirson.
60Arie…………………………………………………….Bach
61Miss Ariadne Lull.
62Song Without Words (duetto)…………………………Mendelssohn
63Miss O. Breitwieser.
64Tenor solo—
65At the Making of the Hay…………………………..Lehmann
66A Red, Red Rose…………………………………….Lund
67Piano—
68Schmetterling………………………………………….Merkel
69Miss Mathilda Speyser.
70Etude…………………………………………………..Burgmuller
71Der Lustige Bauer……………………………………Schumann
72Tarantelle……………………………………………..Heller
73Miss Irma Mueller.
74Violin solo, Sonate…………………………………..Kreutzer
75Piano, Sonate in F (for two pianos)…………………Mozart-Grieg
76Miss O. Breitwieser.
77Piano, Murmuring Zephyrs……………………………Jensen-Niemann
78Miss C. Pirson.
79Tenor solo, Bid Me Live……………………………..Rogers
80Piano, Wedding March (two pianos, eight hands)……Mendelssohn
81Misses Clara Speyser, O. Breitwieser, C. Pirson and E. R. Keuchen.
83The near approach of the Lenten season causes a deluge of musical and social events; unfortunately many arranged for the same date. People who observe the solemn season of prayer are anxiously trying to cancel social debts before Ash Wednesday. Others seeking either diversion or health are hastening to New Orleans, Florida, California or the West Indies to escape the rigors of a Buffalo March, when the only garden attraction we possess is snowballs gently fanned by Lake Erie zephyrs.
85On Saturday last at Aeolian Hall Tracy Balcom presented the following program:
86Meistersinger Vorspiel………………………………..Wagner
87Aeolian Pipe Organ.
88Preludio, op. 47, in G minor………………………..Moszkowski
89Spanish Dance, op. 21, No. 3, in F sharp minor……..Moszkowski
90Three Dances from Merrie England………………….German one of two readings
91Three Dances from Merrie England…………………..German one of two readings
92Jig, minuet, hornpipe………………………………Tausig
93Pianola.
94Prologue, Pagliacci…………………………………Leoncavallo
95Arthur King Barnes
96(Accompanied by Pianola.)
97Ballade, op. 23, in G minor………………………..Chopin
98Impromptu, op. 29…………………………………Chopin one of two readings
99Impromptu, op. 29………………………………….Chopin one of two readings
100Waltz, Man Lebt Nur Einmal………………………..Tausig
101Pianola.
103These informal recitals familiarize one with the best composers. Much interest is felt in young Arthur Barnes (a brother of Clara Barnes Holmes, the well known contralto). He sang the prologue from "Pagliacci" delightfully.
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