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Musical Courier 1905-10-18: Vol 51 Iss 1334, 1905
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1CINCINNATI.
3Cincinnati, Ohio, October 14, 1905.
5HANS RICHARD, the new concert pianist, of the Cincinnati Conservatory, has arrived and already put himself in harness for a strenuous season's work. His youth, his enthusiasm and personality left at once a captivating impression. Mr. Richard is a native of Zurich, Switzerland, and a pupil of both Reisenauer and Pugno. After a period of serious study under the former he played the E minor concerto of Chopin with orchestra under Sitt's direction. With Pugno he was more of a companion than a pupil. As soloist at the Philharmonic Orchestra concert, in Paris, he played Pugno's new piano concerto under the composer's direction. His success was so overwhelming that he was recalled five times, and forced to respond with two encores. He was immediately re-engaged by the Philharmonic Orchestra, when he played the Schytte concerto during the same season. Subsequently he entered upon a concert tour embracing the most prominent cities of France. After these triumphs he returned to Paris, where he was requested to substitute in a concert for Moriz Rosenthal, who had suddenly become indisposed. Then followed the engagement with the Colonie Orchestra, when he played the E minor concerto of Chopin before the elite of Paris. After that he appeared with the Philharmonic Orchestra in Berlin, and with orchestras in Zurich, Berne and Paris, followed by a series of chamber concerts and piano recitals in Paris, London and Dresden. Mr. Richard's powers as a teacher were so much recognized that Prof. Dr. Hans Huber, director of Conservatoire de Bâsh, appointed him as substitute in charge of his class during his absence. Mr. Richard's success as a concert pianist brought him engagements with Lamoureux, also other concerts in Paris, Marseilles, Nancy, Monte Carlo, and a tour of twelve concerts through Switzerland and South Germany, and four concerts in London and Vienna for the season of 1905-06. Refusing these latter engagements Mr. Richard accepted a call from Clara Baur to become a member of the faculty of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.
7Mr. Van der Stucken took hold of the May Festival chorus at the first rehearsal Monday evening in Greenwood Hall. About two hundred and fifty voices were represented. Separate rehearsals of the male and female voices were held during the week, and many new voices were examined and accepted. President Lawrence Maxwell, Jr., was in Washington, D. C.; during the week, and one of the great American conductors and composers said to him: "Van der Stucken is the greatest chorus conductor in the world." The next Cincinnati May Festival will be a glorious choral success. It is likely that the chorus will be made up of five hundred voices.
9Professor Sterling, of the Metropolitan College of Music, opened a new organ at the Christian Church, in Covington, Ky., Sunday morning. G. M. Schmittheimer, manager of the college, has taken charge of the choir at Walnut Hills Christian Church. Katharine Gibbons, a former vocal pupil of W. S. Sterling, is now in New York, and having success in her concert and recital work. Richard Schliwen and Sidney Durst gave their Beethoven evening Wednesday, October 11.
11William J. Kopp's First Regiment Band furnished the music for Latonia's meeting this fall. Mr. Kopp is one of the rising young bandmasters in the country, and promises to make the best of them look to their laurels. He is a thoroughly equipped musician, and as a cornet and trumpet soloist it would be difficult to find his superior.
13Among the novelties that will be performed at the Symphony concerts this season is a symphonic poem by Pier Adolfo Tirindelli, entitled, "Tragi-Comedia." Like Mr. Tirindelli's "Legende Celeste," it aims to portray in music the contentions of two opposing entities or principles. It is a favorite construction of composers to show up the good and evil genius, one struggling with the other, until the stronger combatant triumphs at last. This affords a great variety of contrast. In his latest work, Mr. Tirindelli has conjured up for elaboration "death" and "life," corresponding to the name, "Tragi-Comedia." The musical setting opens with the tender scene of a mother singing a plaintive lullaby over the cradle of her sick child. It is, in fact, a sweet and solemn prayer offered against the encroachment of death. The latter enters by way of leit-motif, and this theme is more or less entwined with all the succeeding harmonization up to the very close. The mother's prayer is answered, and the victory of growing life asserts itself. Then follows a movement of gayety and dancing, and through it all, as a mist, is felt the taunting influence of death—a hidden force, yet possessing a grim reality. The dancer emerges a victor and grows into the maturity of manhood. Now he dashes into the thickest of the fray, and mounts upon a song of victory, but at the very apex of his glory death seizes him and holds him fast. In agony all his past life passes in review before him—it is the coda of the symphonic poem—a scale ascends as the soul is lifted to the skies and quickly descends in the same key, signifying his return to mother earth. A mere sigh—a breath in the music—and all is over. Mr. Tirindelli's composition will be performed at the third twain of Symphony Concerts on December 29 and 30, when Hugo Olk, the new concertmeister, will appear as soloist.
15Edwin W. Glover has been officially installed as director of music of the University of Cincinnati. His work will extend over two glee clubs—the Young Men's Glee Club, with fifty voices, and the Ladies' Glee Club, of seventy voices. In both organizations he has found plastic material, and with his energy and enthusiasm combined the best artistic results may be expected. The clubs will give a concert each during the season, and at the commencement the choruses will be united in a program for mixed voices.
17At the last educational piano recital (first of the season) George Schneider presented the following program: Handel suite, G major; Rust's sonata, D flat major; Mendelssohn's variations and etude, op. 104; Paderewski's melody and minuet; Ph. Scharwenka's intermezzo and impromptu, op. 18, and Schubert's sonata in A major, op. 120. J. A. HOMAN.
19Bookings for Shotwell-Piper.
21MADAME SHOTWELL-PIPER'S success last year in concert and oratorio bids fair to be eclipsed this season, for her engagements are of a character bound to bring this beautiful young soprano into the prominence that her attainments so well deserve. At the conclusion of the twenty-four performances of the Shakespeare Cycle, Grace Wassall's musical setting to the lesser known sonnets, Madame Piper will make a tour of the South and Middle West.
23Marcella Sembrich gave a song recital in Berlin, on October 13.
25HANSLAM
26Professeur de Chant.
27POSE, TECHNIQUE, STYLE, RÉPERTOIRE, OPERA, CONCERT
28Direct Communication with European Managers.
292 Rue Maleville (Parc Monceau), PARIS.
31F. de FAYE-JOZIN
32Officier de l'Instruction Publique
33Prix du Conservatoire de Paris
34Author of "Evening Bells"—poem with musical setting—(Schirmer, N. Y.); Pieces pittoresques; Berceuse, etc.
35LESSONS IN PIANO AND COMPOSITION
36117 Rue St Lazare, PARIS, FRANCE
38MARGUERITE HALL,
39MEZZO CONTRALTO,
401425 Broadway, NEW YORK
42GRACE WHISTLER MISICK
44Mme. SAMAROFF
45Russian-American Pianist
46Mme. SAMAROFF is engaged by The BOSTON SYMPHONY, PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA and the ST. LOUIS SYMPHONY SOCIETY
48VICTOR HARRIS
49TEACHER OF SINGING
50in all its branches, from the rudiments of tone formation to the highest finish and Completion of Public Singing.
51Among the many who have studied with him are: Mrs. Seabury C. Ford, Mrs. Morris Black, Miss Martha Miner, Miss Ethel Crane, Miss Feilding Rosele, Mrs. De Wolf Hopper, Mrs. Julie Wyman, Miss Anna Bussert, Mrs. Marian Van Duyn, Mrs. Bertha Harmon Force, Mr. MacKenzie Gordon, Mr. Julian Walker and Mr. Eugene Cowles.
52Telephone: 6120-38th
53Studio: THE ALPINE, 55 West 33d St., New York City
54Season 1905-6
55IN EUROPE.
56(Contralto.)
57Address: Care "CRÉDIT LYONNAIS," PARIS, FRANCE.
59Hanchett Lecture Recitals.
61IN the course of "free lectures" provided by the Board of Education at the Commercial High School, West Sixty-sixth street, west of Broadway, Dr. Henry G. Hanchett, of this city, is giving a series of six analytical piano recitals on the general subject "Studies in Musicianship." His subject for this evening, October 18, 1905 (when, it is well to remember, the doors are to be closed promptly at 8 o'clock), will be "Merits of Musical Composition," and the program of illustrations to be performed is as follows:
63Weber, "Invitation to the Dance"; Beethoven, adagio (first movement) from the "Moonlight" sonata, op. 27, No. 2; Mendelssohn, andante and rondo capriccioso, op. 14; Chopin, "Cradle Song," op. 57; Grieg, "Norwegian Bridal Procession," op. 19, No. 2; Gottschalk, "The Last Hope"; Wagner-Liszt, "The Love-Death of Isolde"; Schubert-Tausig, "Military March."
65Safonoff's Orchestral Tour.
67SPECIAL interest centres in Safonoff's third visit to America during January and February, as he will then be heard for the first time outside of New York. Following his appearances as "guest" conductor with the Philharmonic Society, Safonoff will go on tour with the Russian Symphony Orchestra, an organization that has enjoyed his interest, as it is largely composed of graduates of the Imperial Conservatories at Moscow and St. Petersburg.
69In view of the enthusiasm evoked by Safonoff's previous appearances in New York, Safonoff's coming orchestral tour stands out as one of the overshadowing events of the musical season. During his visit Safonoff will present to the American public his piano protege, Josef Lhevinne. Lhevinne is professor of the piano in the Moscow Conservatory, and was the first winner of the Rubinstein prize.
71Rudolf Richter, director of the Conservatory of Music connected with the Southwestern Baptist University, Tuesday evening, September 26. The other artists were F. L. Drake, tenor; Jewel C. Smith, violinist, and Sadie Jay and Rose Haydn Hess, accompanists. Mr. Richter's piano numbers included a Beethoven sonata (op. 26), and pieces by Schytte and Chopin. Miss Smith played numbers by Wieniawski, Godard and Papini. Mr. Drake sang songs by Schubert and two Handel arias.
73Arens Vocal Studio
74Send 12 cents for booklet, "MY VOCAL METHOD," giving rates of tuition, etc.
75STUDIO: 305 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY
77FRANK KING CLARK
7828 Rue de Ponthieu, PARIS.
79Singing, Acting, Repertoire
80WITH THE COLLABORATION OF
81PAUL STUART, de l'Opéra Comique.
82WALTHER STRARAM, Chef de Chant des Concerts Lamoureux.
83TOUR NOW BOOKING
84Season 1905-06
85Direction of J. E. FRANCKE
86Steinway Hall, New York
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