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Musical Courier 1903-06-24: Vol 46 Iss 1213, 1903
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1freedom in the tents and they are far cooler to sleep in at night. It can be safely said that no class of people will enjoy their summer any more than the members of the Ocean Grove Orchestra.
3A new organization this season will be a chorus of 100 young women. The chorus will be uniformed in classic Grecian robes and will sing at several of the concerts and at the Children's Festival Concert. This chorus will be in charge of Alexander McGuirk, Mr. Morgan's assistant.
5Another new feature will be a Musical Art Society, composed of forty mixed voices, all soloists, and will sing several short works like "Noel," by Saint-Saëns. Julian Walker, the well known basso, who spends his summers at Ocean Grove, has kindly consented to drill this chorus, and very fine results may be expected.
7Ocean Grove is destined to become a great summer musical centre. Mr. Morgan is already planning for a two weeks' musical festival for next season. The conditions here are ideal for such a festival. The Auditorium, seating 10,000 people, and where the very softest tone can be distinctly heard in any part of the building, is the finest in the nation. The town is only 50 miles from New York and 90 miles from Philadelphia, with an abundance of express trains all day. Asbury Park and Ocean Grove are provided with hotels to accommodate 100,000 guests. Over thirty concerts will be given this season, and the average audience will number 7,000 people. Ten thousand, and possibly more, will hear the "Elijah" on August 1, and "The Messiah" on August 20. To these performances a special excursion train will run from New York for the low round trip fare of $1.
9The schedule of the leading concerts, as revised to date, is as follows:
11June 27—Opening concert and public reception.
12July 4—Patriotic concert.
13July 8—Popular concert.
14July 11—"Prodigal Son," by Sullivan.
15July 15—Popular concert.
16July 18—Cowen's "Rose Maiden."
17July 22—Popular concert.
18July 25—Rossini's "Stabat Mater."
19July 29—Concert, "Songs of Love."
20August 1—Mendelssohn's "Elijah"; 700 voices.
21August 5—Popular concert.
22August 8—Gaul's "Holy City"; 500 voices.
23August 12—Children's festival concert; 1,000 voices.
24August 15—Oratorio; not yet decided.
25August 20—Handel's "Messiah"; 800 voices.
26August 21 to 31—The annual "Camp Meeting"; no concerts.
27September 2—Final concert.
29Besides the above there will be many other miscellaneous concerts, lectures, moving pictures, public receptions, &c.
31Ocean Grove has the only unobstructed ocean front on the coast, and a better bathing beach is not found. The wide board walk, which connects with the new magnificent ocean promenade just completed by Asbury Park, is always crowded by thousands of people, while on the sand is an ever animated scene.
33Aronson to Assist Godowsky.
35MAURICE ARONSON, the well known pianist and teacher of Chicago, will sail for Europe tomorrow on the Hamburg-American line steamer Bluecher. After visiting London Mr. Aronson will go to Germany, and at Berlin will be permanently associated with Godowsky, one of the greatest pianists and teachers.
37THE HARTFORD CONSERVATORY.
39ONE of the most successful concerts of the season was given by the pupils of the Hartford Conservatory at Hartford, Conn., on Tuesday evening, June 16, at Foot Guard Hall. The pupils were assisted by the Berman and Hatch Orchestra, of twenty-five pieces, under the direction of Devol Sanders, the violin instructor of the conservatory. An audience of 2,000 was present, and hundreds more were unable to obtain admittance.
41Artistically the evening reflected great credit upon the faculty, which includes Theo. Van Yorx (New York), vocal department; Carlo Buonamici (Boston), piano department; Devol Sanders (New York), violin department; N. H. Allen, organ department; W. V. Abell, director and voice and piano instructor.
43It is entirely due to the efforts of the director, Mr. Abell, that Hartford can boast of a conservatory of such standing. It is fully equipped and offers the best advantages to students residing between New York and Boston. Mr. Abell is a thoroughly trained musician. He studied the piano with some of the best masters in Europe, and his study of the voice was made in this country with Mr. Van Yorx. Before coming to Hartford Mr. Abell had many years' experience in Southern colleges, and this experience has been helpful in his work at Hartford. The Hartford Conservatory of Music under his directorship has grown to be a dignified and superior school of music. There is no better between New York and Boston.
45The complete program for the concert follows:
46Overture to Oberon…………………………………………..Von Weber
47Orchestra.
48Duet, Quis Est Homo (Stabat Mater)……………………..Rossini
49Nellie Spugnardo and Annie Maher.
50(Orchestral accompaniment.)
51Violin, Romance……………………………………………..Svendsen
52Florence Sanders.
53Songs—
54Thou Art Like a Flower…………………………………….Chadwick
55Ballad………………………………………………………..Busch
56Charles Miner.
58Concerto in G minor for piano and orchestra (andante and presto)…………………………………………..Mendelssohn
59Florence Rich.
60Quartet………………………………………………………..H. Lane Wilson
61Come, All Ye Lads and Lassies.
62Gentle Dawn.
63The Country Dance.
64Minnie L. Sample, Florence Crosby Cooke, Wm. J. Carroll and Frank C. Gill.
65Piano, Frühlingsrauschen………………………………….Sinding
66Arthur Washington.
67Song, My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice (Samson and Delilah)…………………………………………..Saint-Saëns
68Florence Crosby Cooke
69(Orchestral accompaniment.)
70Violin, Prize Song (arranged from Die Meistersinger)…………………………………………..Wagner Wilhelmj
71Frederick Patience.
72(Orchestral accompaniment.)
73Song, Villanelle……………………………………………..Dell' Acqua
74Louise Richards of New York.
75Hungarian Fantasia for piano and orchestra………………Liszt
76Bernice Mallory.
77Whirl and Twirl (Spinning Chorus from Flying Dutchman)…………………………………………..Wagner
78Sopranos—Mary Botelle, Mabel Blague, Carol M. Case, Elizabeth Briggs, Margaret Allardycs, Louise Case, Minnie L. Sample and Emma Badger. Contraltos—Florence Crosby Cooke, Florence Rich, Edna Smith, Lois Barton, Marie Ryan and Janet Crabb.
80A Brilliant Recital.
82A BRILLIANT recital was given at Memorial Hall, Millbrook, last Friday, by Miss Rodgers and Miss Finley, under the direction of Mrs. Henry Flagler, Mrs. Daniel Lamont, Mrs. Calloway and other well known society people.
84Both young women are exceptionally talented, and are just beginning their professional career under the management of Mrs. Babcock, Carnegie Hall. Miss Finley is a pupil of Max Bendix.
86The program was as follows:
87Rosenweige, from Eliland………………………………….A. von Fielitz
88Mondnacht, from Eliland………………………………….A. von Fielitz
89Schwanenlied……………………………………………….L. Hartmann
90Miss Rodgers.
91Preghiera (Concerto Militaire)…………………………….Bazzini
92Miss Finley.
93En Rêve…………………………………………………….H. Chretien
94L'Ange Gardien……………………………………………C. Heckscher
95Ariona………………………………………………………..Delibes
96Miss Rodgers.
97Concerto in E minor (second and third movements)……Mendelssohn
98Miss Finley.
99Heart, O My Heart………………………………………..Victor Harris
100Spring Faith……………………………………………….Franz Ries
101The Captain……………………………………………….J. H. Rogers
102Who'll Buy My Lavender…………………………………Ed. German
103Polonaise…………………………………………………..H. Vieuxtemps
104Miss Rodgers.
105Berceuse from Jocelyn……………………………………Godard
106Miss Rodgers and Miss Finley.
108Madame Seabury Ford, Soprano.
110THE announcement that Mrs. Seabury Ford, the well known soprano, is to enter the concert field more actively the coming season will be received with much gratification. Mrs. Ford has become a concert singer of wide fame. She scored a great success in New York as the soprano of the original New York Quartet, singing the soprano part in Liza Lehmann's "In a Persian Garden" no less than fourteen times inside of three months. In oratorio she has won much praise for her singing of "The Messiah" whenever she has attempted the soprano roles of that work. At the Pan-American Exposition Mrs. Ford was one of the soloists, and was also selected to sing at the three great concerts given by the Federation of Women's Clubs at Cleveland.
112Mrs. Ford has been repeatedly sought by managers, but has steadfastly refused to make extended concert tours. It remained for Charles R. Baker, of Chicago, to secure the artist, and she will be heard in most of the large cities of the country the coming season.
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