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Musical Courier 1903-08-26: Vol 47 Iss 1222, 1903
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1hard to tear oneself away and return to the noise and movement of the street again.
3Between Schubert and Brahms—what a gap! But yet Brahms, whom change of fortune never changed, who had but to stretch out his hand to grasp comparative luxury, led the same simple, unostentatious life of his immortal predecessors, beside whom his remains now lie in that ring of immortals in the Central Cemetery. He and Strauss, the waltz king, were boon companions—so alike and yet so different. For thirty years Brahms lived as a lodger in a cheerless house in Karls street, and was blessed with more landladies than worldly goods. Strauss built himself a mansion and occupied it exclusively. Brahms composed at a simple standing desk which would not have fetched more than 2 shillings at an auction as the utmost worth of its intrinsic worth. Strauss had a composing desk of glittering elegance, illumined by the subdued rays of an exquisite electric shade. He lived in lavish comfort, surrounded by friends, with his own billiard room, magnificent reception rooms. Brahms, loving association, stuck preferably to an old worthless chair for a music stool. Strauss died in a bed of ebony inlaid with mother of pearl—in a salon rather than a bedroom. Brahms' deathbed was the usual German wooden, coffinlike affair, in a plain, unpretentious room. Old fashioned to the last, he used two candles on the day of his death, even with the electric light in reach. There they all are as the gruff but kindly hearted Brahms left them—candles, piano, lamps, cigar stumps, cigarettes, clothes, pens and pencils, even his coffee cup. For though, like Strauss, he left the bulk of his fortune to the muse from which he had derived it, his will was unsigned and in law is invalid. But if Brahms was a simple, honest soul, his friend, the Waltz King, was a real chip of that old, fast fading Vienna whose proudest boast is its jovial good nature, its frank amiability, and its pure love of life's honest pleasures. He lived amid and loved luxury, but never seemed actually of it.
5It may be that the souvenirs of the great ones of the past have only a fascination for the few. But the rest will ever consider them and their loving preservation as an unavoidable duty to posterity. As such, one cannot but regret that their keeping should be left to the city or country on which the obligation happens to fall. Circumstances, local conditions, or a blind indifference, often prevent the fulfillment of these obligations, and we and posterity are the sufferers.
7Why, then, in view of that, should it not be feasible, if not advisable, to form some international society which could undertake the control of these things? It ought to be a labor of love for which mankind in general would be abidingly grateful.
9Miss Amy Murray.
11THE song and harp recital which was given by Miss Amy Murray at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., August 15, was the event of the summer season. It was given under the patronage of Judge and Mrs. Roger A. Pryor, and among those present were Mrs. H. Clay Browning, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. J. A. Hodges, Richmond, Va.; Judge Findley, Baltimore, Md.; Captain Robert E. Lee, Charlottesville, Va.; Mrs. J. B. Pirtle, Louisville, Ky., and Miss Stevenson, Lexington, Ky. Mrs. Pryor intro-
13duced Miss Murray to the audience in a most felicitous speech, concluding with these words:
15"Her harp is a copy of the harp of Mary Queen of Scots, with which she charmed the hapless Rizzio, but her manner of singing her songs is her own, copied from no one, and not to be copied."
17Bauer Will Come Next Month.
19HAROLD BAUER, to whom critics and public have acknowledged a leading place among the great pianists of the world, will soon visit America for the third time. Bauer is now in South America, where he is winning new laurels. He will return to his home in Paris early in September, and then he will sail for the United States in time to open the musical season of 1903-4 at the Worcester Festival, September 30. He will play the Saint-Saëns Concerto in G minor, with orchestral accompaniment under the baton of Franz Kneisel.
21Brounoff to the Liberal Arts Society.
23PLATON BROUNOFF read a paper on "The Opera and Wagner Music Drama—Absurd Forms of Art" at the meeting of the Liberal Arts Society. The force, logic and eloquence of his reasoning were appreciated. The paper was warmly discussed. It will appear in print soon.
25Mr. LOUDON G. CHARLTON, Carnegie Hall, New York, ANNOUNCES THE RETURN OF Mme. Katharine FISK ESPECIALLY ENGAGED FOR THE DUSS ORCHESTRA—Nordica Fall Tour. CONTRALTO, AFTER A YEAR'S ABSENCE IN EUROPE. ORATORIO, CONCERT AND RECITAL DATES NOW BOOKING.
27S. C. BENNETT. Voice Culture, . . . Art of Singing, . . . Choral Conducting. CARNEGIE HALL, NEW YORK. one of two readings
28S. C. BENNETT. one of two readings
29Voice Culture, . . . one of two readings
30Art of Singing, . . . one of two readings
31Choral Conducting. one of two readings
32CARNEGIE HALL, NEW YORK. one of two readings
34Mme. von Klenner. VOICE CULTURE, STYLE AND REPERTOIRE IN FOUR LANGUAGES. Teacher of Grace Ames, Katharine Noack Fiqué, Frances Travers, Kathleen Howard, Adah Benzing, Aimée Michel, Lillian Watts, Katharine S. Bonn, Lulu Potter Rich, and many others distinguished in opera, concert and church work. STUDIO: 230 West 52d Street, New York. NOW IN EUROPE. Will return September 18th. one of two readings
35Mme. von Klenner. one of two readings
36VOICE CULTURE, STYLE AND REPERTOIRE IN FOUR LANGUAGES. one of two readings
37Teacher of Grace Ames, Katharine Noack Fiqué, Frances Travers, Kathleen Howard, Adah Benzing, Aimée Michel, Lillian Watts, Katharine S. Bonn, Lulu Potter Rich, and many others distinguished in opera, concert and church work. one of two readings
38STUDIO: 230 West 52d Street, New York. one of two readings
39NOW IN EUROPE. one of two readings
40Will return September 18th. one of two readings
42JOSEPHINE S. JACOBY CONTRALTO. ADDRESS 104 West 58th St., NEW YORK. one of two readings
43JOSEPHINE S. JACOBY CONTRALTO. one of two readings
44ADDRESS one of two readings
45104 West 58th St., NEW YORK. one of two readings
47OSCAR SAENGER, VOCAL INSTRUCTION. Teacher of Mme. Josephine Jacoby, contralto, the Conrad Grand Opera Co.; Mme. Sara Anderson, soprano and Opera Elberfeld, Germany; Mme. Pasquali, soprano, Grand Opera Italy; E. Leon Rains, basso, Royal Opera House, Dresden, Germany; Joseph Bernstein, basso, Grand Opera, Elberfeld, Germany; Allen C. Hinckley, basso, Grand Opera, Hamburg, Germany; Elizabeth I. Leon, contralto, concert, oratorio and song recital; Mme. Maude Rappold, soprano, concert, oratorio and song recital; Mme. Martha Rappold, soprano, concert, oratorio and song recital; John Young, tenor, concert, oratorio and song recital; Henri G. Scott, basso, concert, oratorio and song recital, and other prominent singers now before the public. Studio: 51 East 64th Street, NEW YORK. Telephone: 3669 Plaza. Will resume teaching September 14, 1903. one of two readings
48OSCAR SAENGER, VOCAL INSTRUCTION. one of two readings
49Teacher of Mme. Josephine Jacoby, contralto, the Conrad Grand Opera Co.: Mme. Sara Anderson, soprano and Opera Elberfeld, Germany; Mme. Pasquali, soprano, Grand Opera Italy; E. Leon Rains, basso, Royal Opera House, Dresden, Germany; Joseph Bernstein, basso, Grand Opera, Elberfeld, Germany; Allen C. Hinckley, basso, Grand Opera, Hamburg, Germany; Elizabeth I. Leon, contralto, concert, oratorio and song recital; Mme. Maude Rappold, soprano, concert, oratorio and song recital; Mme. Martha Rappold, soprano, concert, oratorio and song recital; John Young, tenor, concert, oratorio and song recital; Henri G. Scott, basso, concert, oratorio and song recital, and other prominent singers now before the public. one of two readings
50Studio: 51 East 64th Street, NEW YORK. one of two readings
51Telephone: 3669 Plaza. one of two readings
52Will resume teaching September 14, 1903. one of two readings
54GEORGE SWEET The Renowned Baritone. VOCAL STUDIO: 304 WEST 72D STREET, NEW YORK. (October 1, removes to old address, 489 5th Ave., near 42d St.) Some of his Pupils: George Ferguson, Carl Dufft, Shanna Cumming, Maude Lillian Perri, Florence Mulford. New York College of Music 128-130 East 58th Street. ALEXANDER LAMBERT, Director. Private instruction in Piano, Singing, Violin, Cello and all branches of music, by a faculty unsurpassed for its excellence. SPECIAL DEPARTMENT FOR BEGINNERS. All instrumental and vocal students receive free instruction in harmony, counterpoint, vocal sight reading, ensemble playing and free admission to concerts, lectures, etc. etc. Students received daily Catalog sent on application. ACCOMPANIST. LOUIS DANNENBERG, 1845 SEVENTH AVENUE, NEW YORK. TELEPHONE: 954 MORNINGSIDE. PIANIST-TEACHER one of two readings
55GEORGE SWEET one of two readings
56The Renowned Baritone. one of two readings
57VOCAL STUDIO: 304 WEST 72D STREET, NEW YORK. one of two readings
58(October 1, removes to old address, 489 5th Ave., near 42d St.) one of two readings
59Some of his Pupils: one of two readings
60Georg Ferguson, Carl Dufft, Shanna Cumming, Maude Lillian Perri, Florence Mulford. one of two readings
61New York College of Music one of two readings
62128-130 East 58th Street. one of two readings
63ALEXANDER LAMBERT, Director. one of two readings
64Private instruction in Piano, Singing, Violin, Cello and all branches of music, by a faculty unsurpassed for its excellence. one of two readings
65SPECIAL DEPARTMENT FOR BEGINNERS. one of two readings
66All instrumental and vocal students receive free instruction in harmony, counterpoint, vocal sight reading, ensemble playing and free admission to concerts, lectures, etc., etc. one of two readings
67Students received daily Catalog sent on application. one of two readings
68ACCOMPANIST. one of two readings
69LOUIS DANNENBERG, one of two readings
701845 SEVENTH AVENUE, NEW YORK. one of two readings
71TELEPHONE: 954 MORNINGSIDE. PIANIST-TEACHER one of two readings
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