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Musical Courier 1903-07-01: Vol 47 Iss 1214, 1903
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1NEW YORK STATE MUSIC TEACHERS' CONVENTION.
3The New York State Music Teachers' Association convention was held at Troy, N. Y., Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of last week. It was one of the most interesting and successful conventions in the history of the association. Monday was a sort of preliminary day with meetings of executive committee and vice presidents. The annual banquet, which was held at the Altruria on Monday evening, was well attended, and proved a decided success.
5Through the efforts of the program committee and the president, Carl G. Schmidt, a fine array of artists and musical men of letters took part in the programs, so that both the educational features and the concerts and recitals were of the highest character. The mornings were given over to lectures, papers and discussions, and as a rule these features attracted good sized audiences. It was gratifying to note the intense interest and good feeling which prevailed at these sessions. In some respects they remind one of Methodist experience meetings. Undoubtedly this exchange of experience and ideas is of the utmost benefit to those teachers who are present to hear, as well as to those taking active part, because of their more or less successful experience in presenting and discussing ideas and methods. Such heart to heart talks, so to speak, tend to make music teachers more charitable toward one another, because through this friendly intercourse they find they are not so wide apart after all, and that there is many another who possesses excellent ideas also. Any teacher would be a better teacher if he or she attended such a convention.
7Those who read papers on the subject of the piano were Carl Faelten, of Boston, on "Glimpses Into Fundamental Training"; N. Irving Hyatt, of St. Agnes' School, Albany, on "Making for Success," and Jaroslaw de Zielinski, of Buffalo, chairman of the specialist committee on piano.
9Papers on the voice were read by Frank H. Tubbs, of New York, chairman of specialist committee, on voice. Subject: "The Life of a Tone." F. W. Wodell, of Boston, gave a lecture demonstration on "A Modern View of Vocal Method"; Miss Lillie d'Angelo Bergh, of New York, read a paper on "Speech and Song," and I. T. Daniels, of Elliott School of Music, Utica, N. Y., led in the Round Table discussion on Thursday morning.
11Papers on music in public schools were read by John B. Shirley, of Lansingburgh, N. Y., on "Music and Singing in Our Public Schools," and Charles H. Farnsworth, of Teachers College, New York, on "The Character of Music in Our Public Schools."
13Frank H. Shepard, of New York, led the theory discussions, and papers were read by Homer N. Norris, of Boston; subject, "Modern Tendencies in the Art of Music," and T. C. Jeffers, Mus. Bac., on "Harmony at the Piano."
15A lecture was given by Waldo S. Pratt, of Hartford Seminary, on "Musicianship," and an essay by Hamilton C. MacDougall, of Wellesley College, subject, "A Plea for New Ideals and New Methods in Music Study."
17The afternoons and evenings were filled with recitals and concerts, at which such well known artists as Miss Jessie Shay, pianist; Miss Louise B. Voigt, soprano; Herbert Witherspoon, basso; Mme. Gertrude May Stein, mezzo contralto; John Young, tenor; Julian Walker, basso; Frederick Hahn, violinist; Ellis Clark Hammann, pianist; William H. Barber, pianist; Walter C. Gale, organist; Miss Lilian Carllsmith, mezzo contralto; Carl Faelten, pianist; William E. Harper, basso; Jaroslaw de Zielinski, pianist, and others appeared.
19The local committee and the people of Troy in general did much to make the teachers' stay in that city pleasant and they showed much interest by attending the concerts and recitals in goodly numbers. The members of the association were tendered a reception on Tuesday evening, after the concert, by the faculty of the Seminary Conservatory of Music, Miss Marion Sim director, in the Anna Plum Memorial.
21The officers elected for 1904 are: President, Jaroslaw de Zielinski, Buffalo; vice president, Louis Arthur Russell, New York; secretary, Frank H. Shepard, New York, and treasurer, J. Ellsworth Stille, Gloversville, N. Y. Program Committee—Carl G. Schmidt, New York, chairman; Charles A. Farnsworth, New York, and John Beale, Ithaca, N. Y. By a unanimous vote it was decided to meet in Niagara Falls next year.
23A full and complete report of the convention will appear in next week's issue.
25KLINGENFELD CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC.
27Thursday night of last week and Monday night of this week the pupils of the Klingenfeld Conservatory of Music, 108 Hancock street, Brooklyn, gave the annual closing concerts. The first night was devoted to the younger pupils in the classes taught by Alfred Walker. The pupils of the principal, Mrs. Marie M. Klingenfeld, gave the program on the second evening. During the past year Mrs. Klingenfeld and her assistants have done much to advance the ensemble playing of the conservatory and excellent results of their efforts were seen and heard at both concerts.
29The programs for the two evenings follow:
31THURSDAY, JUNE 25.
32Orchestra, Childhood's Overture (MS.)………….A. Walker
33First violin, Miss J. Little, Miss E. Walker, Master E. Christensen; second violin, Miss D. Sanborn, Master D. Smith; third violin, Miss Winnie Walker, Master Klingenfeld.
34Piano—
35Sonatine in C (first movement, Spiritoso)………….Clementi
36Op. 36, No. 3, second piano part, composed by……H. C. Timm
37Miss Beatrice Hall.
38Violin, La Joie………………………………………Papini
39Violin, Hope Told a Tale………………………….Farmer
40Orchestra, Simplicity Waltz………………………..Walker one of two readings
41Orchestra, Simplicity Waltz……………………….Walker one of two readings
42Violin, Sesteta (two movements)…………………..Handel one of two readings
43Violin, Sesteta (two movements)…………………Handel one of two readings
44Miss Jean Little.
45Piano Sonate, No. 7 (first movement, Allegro con brio)……Haydn
46Violin, The Harp that Once Thro' Tara's Hall………….Farmer
47Violin, Bolero, D minor…………………………..Jensen
48Edouard Christensen.
49Orchestra—
50Intermezzo, Cavalleria Rusticana…………………Mascagni
51Children's Dance………………………………….German
52Rustic Dance………………………………………German
54MONDAY, JUNE 29.
55Piano Sonate for Two Pianos………………………..Clementi one of two readings
56Piano Sonate for Two Pianos……………………….Clementi one of two readings
57Allegro. Larghetto espresso. Presto.
58Misses A. Dietzmann and M. Christensen.
59Piano—
60Cradle Song………………………………………Jolly Boatman
61Piano duet, Walzes……………………………….Diabelli
62Misses V. Moore and E. H. Smith.
63Piano Sonatine (two movements)…………………..Beethoven
64Moderato. Romanza.
65Miss Edith H. Smith.
66Piano duet (two pianos, eight hands), Melody in F……Rubinstein
67Misses Ball, Christensen, Marshall and Dietzmann.
68Piano, Suite de Ballet Valse………………………..Denée one of two readings
69Piano, Suite de Ballet Valse……………………….Denée one of two readings
70Miss Beatrice Ball.
72Vocal, aria from the Messiah, O Thou That Tellest………..Handel
73Miss Florence Marion Marshall.
74Rondino for two pianos in G major…………………Schultz
75Miss Beatrice Ball and Mrs. Klingenfeld.
76Piano solos—
77Reverie…………………………………………….Schumann
78Romanza…………………………………………..Schumann
79Miss F. M. Marshall.
80Piano, Rondo brillante…………………………..Weber
81Miss Meta Christensen.
82Piano solos for two pianos, op. 203, Nos. 1 and 2……..Schultz
83Ballet Scene.
84The Little Horseman.
85Vocal, Recitative and Aria from St. Paul, But the Lord Is Mindful of His Own……………………………Mendelssohn
86Miss F. M. Marshall.
87Piano—
88Spring Song………………………………………Mendelssohn
89Spinning…………………………………………..Mendelssohn
90Miss A. Dietzmann.
91Piano duet for eight hands, The Charge of the Hussars……—
92Misses Ball, Christensen, Dietzmann and Mrs. Klingenfeld.
94Mrs. Klingenfeld has been successful in teaching both piano and voice. Something more will be said next week about the playing and singing of her pupils at Monday night's concert.
96Heinrich Klingenfeld, the accomplished husband of Mrs. Klingenfeld, has just returned from Toronto, Canada, where he is considered the leading violin teacher. Mr. Klingenfeld brought back flattering accounts of his work in the North. He will resume his classes in Toronto in September.
98THE DUSS CONCERTS.
100The Duss concerts at Madison Square Garden continue to be the favorite summer attraction in town. "Venice" and the music is a combination that appeals to all visitors.
102As the soloist last week Mrs. Shanna Cumming delighted huge audiences several nights. This brilliant soprano is equally successful in dramatic and coloratura arias. The quality of her voice is beautiful and very sympathetic. As an interpreter of songs Mrs. Cumming proves as happy as in the operatic and oratorio numbers.
104Miss Charlotte Walker is the soloist this week.
106Franz Remmertz Dead.
108A cable from Zurich, Switzerland, Friday of last week, announced the death of Franz Remmertz, the basso, formerly a well known figure in the musical circles of New York. Remmertz went abroad three years ago after a serious operation in the German hospital, and since that time has lived in Germany and in Switzerland. The singer was born in Dusseldorf-on-the-Rhine in 1843. He came to the United States in his youth. Remmertz sang for years in the church choir, serving his long term of service at St. Thomas P. E. Church, corner of Fifth avenue and Fifty-third street. He was popular in oratorio, and sang at many concerts of the Arion Liederkranz and other German singing societies. It is reported that Remmertz's death was due to kidney trouble, and that shortly before he died he had to undergo another operat – a.
110A Duss Soloist.
112KUN ARPAD, an eight year old Hungarian violinist, will be a soloist at the Duss concerts this week. The boy came here with letters of recommendation from the De Reszkés.
114Belgian Cellist to Come.
116It is reported that Marix Loevensohn, a Belgian 'cellist, has been engaged by Rudolph Aronson for an American tour beginning next November.
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