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Musical Courier 1905-03-08: Vol 50 Iss 1302, 1905
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1'Round About the Town.
3WITH Scotch and Irish songs and stories Lena Duthie, the soprano, gave a recital before a large audience at No. 3 West Ninety-fifth street last Friday evening. Miss Duthie was assisted by Florence Fox, violinist, and E. S. Roe, basso, with Ethel Taylor, Margaret Daniel and T. Arthur Miller as accompanists. Miss Duthie was prettily attired in Highland costume, and her witticisms and funny stories explanatory of each song aroused much enthusiasm. Her sweet and flexible voice was heard to advantage in "Caller Herrin'," "Laird of Cockpen," "Annie Laurie," "There's Nae Luck Aboot the Hoose," "Thir a Bhata," "Skye Boat Song," "Hundred Pipers" and "Comin' Thro' the Rye."
5In illustrating the influence of the bagpipes on Highlanders Miss Duthie told of the Scotch soldier who was wounded in a recent British engagement and who showed signs of recovery when his ears caught the homelike sound of a bagpipe. The hospital doctors noticing the fact ordered the piper to be brought indoors in hopes of aiding the other patients. He marched up and down the wards skirling every tune he knew. The Highlander soon recovered. "But, sad to say," concluded Miss Duthie, "the British patients failed to survive the bagpipe treatment."
7Miss Fox played Bohm's "Bolero" and the andante from De Beriot's concerto No. 2 with a nice tone and some technic. Mr. Roe sang "The Horn," by Fleigler; "Loch Lomond" and "Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes" very pleasingly. In singing her Irish songs Miss Duthie changed her attire to a becoming Irish peasant costume. Her selections were: "Killarney," "Last Rose of Summer," "Rory O'More" and "Kathleen Mavourneen."
9Marion Eames, soprano, and Anne Clarendon Church, pianist, gave a jolly concert, in conjunction with other students of the New York Medical College for Women, in East Fifteenth street, last Saturday evening. Miss Eames was heard at her best in Dell' Acqua's "Chanson Provençale," Weil's "Spring Song" and Chadwick's "Dandelion." Miss Church played Poldini's "Dancing Dolls," Bohm's "Staccato Etude" and Schuett's "A la bien Aimée." The program concluded with some rollicking glee's symbolical of a day at college in which the participants were the Misses E. Frech, A. S. Boyce, M. Adams, H. Kenney, A. Shelton, G. Kahrs, B. Rutenberg, E. Emmerich, E. van Buskirk, B. Johnson, R. E. Bruen, G. van de Mark and M. McGuinness.
11Hoot mon! Dinna ye ken Lizzie Cameron, the Scottish mezzo-soprano? Weel, she gave a bonny concert of songs dear to the heart of the Scotsmen's colony in Majestic Hall last Saturday evening. She sang the love and war songs of both highland and lowland, nearly a dozen in all, and had to oblige with "Comin' Thro' the Rye" as an encore. She was assisted by Jessie Gibson, contralto, who sang the war ballads "Angus McDonald" and "The Sound of the Pibroch"; Maggie Sorlie, who danced the highland fling and sword dances; Master Alton Lomax, soprano; Harry Burgoyne, baritone; Jack Naegele, baritone; C. Naegele, pianist; T. Kelly, tenor, and William G. Sorlie in bagpipe solos.
13What joy some New York musicians would consider it to be members of a millionaire's string quartet. What rapture to be able to play the classically, most deep masterpieces and get real money for it without having to worry about their music being too heavy for the popular fancy. The patron in question is Edward J. de Coppet, who has a hobby for high class music; in fact, it can't come any too high for him. For years Mr. de Coppet sought for just such a quartet of advanced musical scholiasts as he now maintains under the name of the "Quatuor du Flonzaley." Not finding his ideal musicians in New York apparently Mr. De Coppet went to Belgium, where he made up his quartet of four graduates of the Belgian School of Violin Playing. These artists are Alfred Pochon, of Lausanne, Switzerland; Adolfo Betti, of Florence, Italy; Ugo Ara, of Venice, and Iwan d'Archambeau, of Verviers, Belgium. They play the first and second violin, viola and 'cello, respectively.
15Mr. de Coppet's idea in this revival of a custom which was in vogue two centuries ago of developing chamber music by means of a private string quartet is to also provide entertainment for his friends and occasionally devote it to the use of charity. Its services for concerts have been given to several charitable institutions this season.
17Thursday evening last the members of a school for the blind were the beneficiaries at 121 West Ninety-first street. The concert was largely attended and the auditors seemed to appreciate the quartet's musically playing of Haydn's quartet in B flat, op. 64; Schumann's quartet, op. 47, and a group of selections from "Les Vendredis" (Fridays), a sort of miniature musical Decameron; a collection of quartet numbers of a light and facile sort. Some of them are the product of collaboration by several composers—an instance of unselfish fraternal feeling among musicians.
19Clare Bryce is another member of society who believes in using her musical talents for philanthropic purposes. Although Miss Bryce's favorite instrument is the piano, she is much attached to the guitar, as she found it especially useful in her visits to local hospitals. Many faces brightened and spirits rose among the sick in Bellevue last Thursday when Miss Bryce and Alice Kitchener visited the various wards playing guitar solos and duets and singing old fashioned negro melodies. "Old Folks at Home" and "Dixie" were the favorite selections in the women's wards, but the men and boys would invariably ask them to sing "Honeysuckle and the Bee" and "Bamboo Tree" and other modern ditties.
21Florence Austin is meeting with success this season, both as solo violinist and first violin of the Women's String Quartet. At the ladies' day musicale, given by the Transportation Club in the Manhattan Hotel last week, Miss Austin played Hubay's "Scene de la Csardas," No. 4, and led the quartet in Beethoven's quartet in C minor and some lighter selections. She is to be the soloist of a private musicale in Passaic on Monday next.
23David Sheetz Craig, a graduate in vocal pedagogy, who studied for three years with Franz X. Arens, has just established a studio uptown in the Colonial Building. In reference to "proper teaching" Mr. Craig says: "Professional singers know the full value of the correct use of the voice, and when this is understood at the beginning of a singer's career or studies it is of inestimable worth. Therefore the first teacher of one's voice is an important factor in a student's life. There is a disposition among beginners to think that any teacher will do until one is further advanced in study. That is a serious mistake. As psychologists have discovered that it is necessary to provide the best and most gifted teachers for satisfactory kindergarten work, so it is being recognized in musical circles that fundamental instruction of vocal principles largely determine the success of the pupil."
25Marie E. Yost's daily class pupils of the Morningside School of Music entertained their friends with a "musical hour" last Saturday morning. Among the pupils who took part were Blanche Rowe, Elsie Robinson, Estelle Bach, Agnes Gilleland, Marjory Moxley, Grace Mikola, Adaline Foghill, Julian Babcock, Jennie Moxley, Elizabeth Lockwood and Pauline Goodnob.
27Theodore van Yorx, tenor; Mary Louise Clary, contralto; Lucille Bollingsley, violinist; Irwin Evelth Hassel, pianist, and the Minnesingers Quartet will take part in Club A of the People's Institute musicale in the Carnegie Lyceum next Saturday evening.
29J. Edward Owen, musical director and conductor, is also in line with a new comic opera for next season. Its present title is "The Fool Killer," but some aesthetic manager may change it to "The Lady Killer" or some such matinee idol title.
31Abe Holzman, a young East Side musician, when in his teens a few years ago, entered the office of a popular music publishing firm with a penciled manuscript of a march composition. Although a stranger to the head of the firm he was courteously received and was asked to call again concerning his doubtful looking manuscript, with its equally dubious name, "Smoky Moke." Next day he returned to the office and found Leo Feist jubilant over the music, but not satisfied with its name. Holzman stood his ground and declared that the title was appropriate to the theme he brought out in the music. Feist liked the youngster's grit and eventually published the march, which made one of the biggest successes that season.
33Now young Holzman is under contract with the firm to write one march number each year. Holzman's composition for this year is entitled "Yankee Grit" and Mr. Feist has nothing to say against this title, although his former argument was the reasonable one that "Smoky Moke" meant nothing to the average American, as no one he knew could define it. Holzman's answer was that all the South knew the meaning to be a "negro dude."
35Rudolph Aronson's new march, entitled "Our President," which was written for and dedicated to President Roosevelt, was honored with the first position on the program of the Inaugural ball at Washington. Mr. Aronson sailed for Europe last week with his wife, who has appeared abroad in Italian opera under the pseudonym of Alma Dalma. She is said to have had some operatic coaching from Jean de Reszké.
37Louis G. Muniz, the pianist and composer, has been "stung," too. In other words, he has the comic opera bee in his bonnet and is now writing a musical score to a libretto by Roy L. McCardell. Mr. Muniz left New York last Monday for a six weeks' trip to Hot Springs, Va., where he will continue his composing.
39JULIAN WALKER.
41JULIAN WALKER, the baritone, has returned to New York from his Southern tour with his scrap book full of laudatory press notices. Excerpts from a few of these are appended:
43Julian Walker was received at the Savannah Theatre last night by a full house, which was continuously expressive of its high appreciation of the musical rendition by the distinguished basso soloist. The program was divided into groups of five songs. Theodore Sauls, of Charleston, accompanied Mr. Walker in the regular numbers. This is the second of the concerts of the Savannah Music Club and was equal to any that have ever been given here. Mr. Walker's Savannah friends were there to do him honor and he did not fail to receive the most vociferous applause. He held the audience charmed throughout the entire program.—Savannah Press.
45For the second time since his New York success Julian Walker made his appearance before a Savannah audience of music lovers last night, and as before received a warm welcome, shown both in the size of the audience and the demonstration with which he was received, one such as few artists have received in this city. He was given an ovation upon his first appearance on the stage, each song was encored, and at the conclusion he was forced to sing special numbers.
47Mr. Walker's voice retains all the old time charm and splendid qualities that have always been its peculiar characteristic, and has in addition a new flexibility and power that make possible the most artistic and delightful effects in his singing. One of the most commendable qualities of his singing is his almost perfect enunciation.
49His program was as follows:
51PART I.
52Phyllis Has Such Charming Graces…………………Old English
53L'esperto Nocchiero (Astrata) 1727…………………Buononcini
54Todtesshen……………………………………………..Bach
55False Phyllis (A Sequel)……………………………Old English
56Mighty Lord (Christmas Oratorio)…………………Bach
58PART II.
59Nachtagng (Night Mood)……………………………Strauss one of two readings
60Nachgang (Night Mood)……………………………Strauss one of two readings
61Zueignung (Devotion)……………………………..Strauss
62Im Herbst (Autumn)………………………………..Franz
63Die Rose die Lilie (The Rose and the Lily)………Schumann
64Ich Grolle Nicht ("I'll Ne'er Complain")………….Schumann
66PART III.
67Hungarian Folksong………………………………..Korby
68Loch Lomond……………………………………….Old Scotch
69Sturdy North……………………………………….Edward
70Old Sacred Lullaby………………………………..Corner
71Honor and Arms (Sannson)………………………..Handel
73PART IV.
74Love Is a Bubble…………………………………..Allitsen
75Once at the Angelus……………………………….Somervell
76Rolling Down to Rio……………………………….E. German
77Mother o'Mine………………………………………Tours
78A Man's Song……………………………………….Harris
80—Savannah News.
82Julian Walker, of New York, who last season appeared before a Charleston audience and pleased all within sound of his voice, was even more charming last night. Put down on the program as a "basso cantante," it is more easily understood when said that his voice has the high notes of the baritone and the low notes of the basso. And such control and such sweetness! Easy, graceful, smiling, he sang, and the notes thrilled through the hall, substantial and pulsating as the vox humana reinvented by the grand organ. His selections were in many moods and included songs by Bach, Schumann, Strauss, Buononcini and some delightful old English songs. His every appearance was the signal for applause and he was forced to respond to enthusiastic encores.—Charleston News and Courier.
84Julian Walker is already well known here, and no singer is more thoroughly enjoyed. Possessed of an organ of exquisite tone, he manages it with such perfect mastery that no effort whatever is manifest. This ease and spontaneity, together with an entire freedom from tremolo or other mannerism, secures for the hearer a receptive attitude of rather unusual comfort—a comfort heightened to keen pleasure by the delightful roundness of his notes, a modulation good and true, and a quality of smooth, fluid transition from tone to tone which is one of the singer's most striking gifts.—Charleston Post.
86"Elijah" Under Carl's Direction.
88MENDELSSOHN'S oratorio "Elijah" will be sung under the direction of William C. Carl in the Old First Presbyterian Church, Fifth avenue and Twelfth street, next Sunday afternoon, March 12, at half past 4 o'clock. The soloists are Ellen Fletcher Caples, soprano; Antonia Sawyer, contralto; Belle Beedle, contralto; Edward W. Gray, tenor, and Edwin Wilson, baritone. The choir of the "Old First" will be largely augmented for this special musical service.
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