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Musical Courier 1906-06-13: Vol 52 Iss 1368, 1906
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1OMAHA.
3OMAHA, Neb., May 30, 1906.
5The return of Kubelik was greeted here by a very large and enthusiastic audience, which was evidently receiving its money's worth, or at least, thought so. The program was very interesting and the accompaniments were an unalloyed delight.
7A recital by Dr. Minor Baldwin who modestly heralded himself as "America's greatest concert organist," was given at the First Baptist Church. The local press saw nothing to condemn and everything to praise. Methinks, however, the great American concert organists need not tremble.
9Mr. Bennett, a young man who comes from the organ school of Mr. Carl, is being talked with by the music committee of the Kountze Memorial Church as a possible choice for the position of organist and choirmaster of the church. Mr. Bennett will probably be the choice. The church has built a very handsome edifice of white cut stone, and the interior is very harmonious indeed with its sombre wood work and soft light scheme. The position will be a good one.
11And that leads to the statement that E. D. Keck, for many years the music director of the old Kountze Memorial Church, has resigned his position and will take up his permanent residence in California. Mr. Keck leaves a host of warm friends here, and he will be followed by their good wishes. He has proved himself a conscientious hard worker, and an earnest musician in everything he undertakes. His wife and daughter are also very capable musical people, Mrs. Keck being a good accompanist. Joy Keck, a pupil of Emil Leibling, of Chicago, is a very talented pianist, and while Omaha has not profited much by her work, owing to her study in Chicago, for so long, many of us have felt that she has great promise.
13The veteran Jules Lumbard has also left us, and has taken up his residence in Chicago. The "grand old man" will be missed.
15By an inexcusable and unaccountable oversight mention of Corinne Paulson was not made in my last letter anent the concerts of the People's Institute. Miss Paulson was the accompanist for the artist's recital, and she acquitted herself with glory. Miss Paulson is not usually on a program in that capacity, as she does a good deal of solo work, and is kept very busy teaching a very large class of pupils. She is a musician from instinct as well as from training, and she takes rank among the foremost musical people here.
17Mr. and Mrs. August Mothe-Borglum will leave next week for Paris, where they will spend the summer. When they return they will join the ranks of the teachers who have "residence-studios" and will no longer teach in office buildings. This is becoming quite the thing here, owing to the fact that there is no building devoted in any sense to the comforts and conveniences of the musicians. It is to be accounted for by the fact that musicians have to pay large prices for "office studios" because they are considered non-desirable owing to the noise of the work, and they must approach the rental agent "hat in hand" and beg for accommodations. Some day we will have a building. Omaha is enjoying a large amount of material prosperity, and fortunes which have been sunk in times past in real estate and investment are just now being recovered, and we are money mad for the moment. But the pendulum will swing back and then Art will be recognized. The Omaha spirit just now is in the nature of making a little hay and when it is all stacked up we will have time to think on the things that endure.
19"Where there is no vision, the people perish," and Art is vision.
21THOMAS J. KELLY.
23Grace Munson With Thomas Orchestra.
25Grace Munson, the contralto, returned to New York last week after a three weeks' tour with the Thomas Orchestra, of Chicago. Miss Munson was well received by audiences and critics. Some press notices of the tour read:
27The two sea pictures, "In Haven" and "Where Corals Lie," by Elgar, were admirably rendered by Grace Munson, who has a contralto voice of remarkable power and sweetness. Owing to repeated applause she was obliged to respond to an encore.—Daily Journal, Battle Creek, Mich., May 8.
29The two "Sea Pictures," by Elgar, were sung by Miss Munson in such a manner as to make genuine musical pictures of them, the orchestral accompaniment adding notably to their effectiveness. Miss Munson has a remarkably pleasing contralto voice which she handles with rare judgment, and as was to be expected, was given almost an ovation, being obliged to respond to an insistent encore.—Morning Enquirer, Battle Creek, Mich.
31Grace Munson, contralto, had but a short passage, but it was sufficient to justify the judgment shown in her selection, "Know Ye Not, a Deed So Daring," was given by her in such manner as to cause regret that she was not again to be heard from in solo at this concert. Miss Munson possesses a full and satisfying contralto, rich in tone and quality, and she sings with the true artistic understanding and feeling. A graceful conclusion to her number was the presentation to her of a magnificent bouquet of American Beauty roses.—Evening News, Saginaw, Mich., May 9.
33Miss Munson's voice was an unknown quantity, but it proved to be a pure contralto of range and power, and passed over the short but charming lines allotted to her with perfect command.—Courier-Herald, Saginaw, Mich., May 9.
35Grace Munson, contralto, was heard as soloist in the seldom heard aria from Rossi's "Mitrane." Her voice has a delightful quality in her lower and middle register and her compass is remarkably large. Moreover she handles it with discretion and taste and there appeared to be no good reason why she did not respond to the demand for an extra number.—Free Press, Detroit, Mich., May 12 (Special from Ann Arbor, Mich.).
37The contralto solo sung by Grace Munson was the hit of the evening.—Ann Arbor Argus, May 11.
39Grace Munson, the assisting soloist, made a happy selection in the Rossi aria, and found great favor with the audience in her skillful use of the rich contralto voice.—Michigan Daily, Ann Arbor, May 12.
41Grace Munson, contralto, displayed a voice of exquisite mellowness and full of beauty.—Tribune, Sioux City, Ia., May 24.
43Grace Munson, contralto, pleased the audience, who gave her repeated encores until she responded with a second number. Her low tones are exceptionally good, rich and clear as a bell.—Daily Herald, Clinton, Ia., May 26.
45Grace Munson, in the higher solo parts of "Olaf Trygrason," evidenced a voice of lovely quality.—Daily Star, Lincoln, Neb., May 22.
47Grace Munson's single appearance yesterday afternoon in which her exquisitely full, rich contralto voice was heard in Rossi's "Ah! rendimi," caused much regret that she has not been and was not to be heard far more frequently. She possesses a remarkable voice of the most sympathetic and resonant quality with a bell like tone of great power. To the overwhelming recall, Miss Munson responded with a song from Elgar's "Sea Pictures."—Sun-Telegram, Richmond, Ind., May 30.
49Grace Munson chose for her initial number the aria, "Ah! rendimi," by Rossi, and in doing so inevitably called up delightful memories of Madame Schumann-Heink's rendition of this same number in the Coliseum two years ago. Miss Munson's voice is full and vibrant, and she was received with much favor. For an encore, she gave a charming little song with dainty orchestral accompaniment, which was greatly enjoyed.—Palladium, Richmond, Ind., May 30.
51Recital by Rehm's Pupils.
53The annual recital by the piano pupils of William C. Rehm will take place on the evening of June 15 in the Young Women's Christian Association Hall, in East Fifteenth street.
55BREE PIANO SCHOOL
57Malwine Brée, the celebrated first assistant of Theodor Leschetizky, opened, March 1st, her piano school in Vienna under the patronage of the master. During the whole summer her assistant, Fräulein Matteau, will instruct all pupils who wish to prepare for the winter's work. Address Fr. Matteau, Vienna, II Praterstrasse, 34 bei Saphir.
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