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Musical Courier 1907-05-08: Vol 54 Iss 19, 1907
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1rendering. Lillian Goldstein, another girl with marked talent, sang. She showed a most marked elegance of diction, as did all of the singers. Miss Everett's programs are well conceived, and show the wide range of work being given the pupils.
3Helen True, who has been heard in several out of town song recitals in seasons past, "announces to friends" a performance of Haydn's "Creation" by the Choral Society of Everett, Mass., at Armory, Chelsea street, May 15, at 8 p.m. Miss True has a very attractive "presence," and it is said, owns a beautiful voice. She will be the soprano soloist of the occasion. Henri G. Blaisdell is to be the conductor.
5At her last "at home" of the season, Edith Noyes Porter had several of her recent compositions played. A new aria (words by Walt Whitman) was sung by George Parker; "Somebody" and "Sweetest Girl," two new songs, were sung by Mrs. Rice, and Emil Ferrir, of the Symphony Orchestra, gave several viola solos of Mrs. Porter's. There was a "crush" of musicians and social and literary people present, and praise was abundant for this clever woman composer.
7Dr. Karl Muck and Mrs. Muck have issued cards to a large number of the musical and fashionable people for a reception on Tuesday, May 7, at the Tuileries. Dr. and Mrs. Muck sail for Germany on May 14 to spend the summer.
9Carl Baerman will give a piano recital at the Somerset on Monday, May 6, the occasion being a meeting of the Bostoner Deutsche Gesellschaft. He will give Mozart's fantasia in C minor; Beethoven's sonata in F minor, op. 57; Liszt's "Legend of St. Francis Preaching to the Birds"; Chopin's etude, op. 25, No. 6, and barcarolle; Baerman's etude, op. 4, No. 7; Field's nocturne in E flat major and Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody," No. 12.
11Caroline Gardner Clarke Bartlett announces a pupils' song recital at her residence-studio, 1070 Beacon street, for the afternoon of May 13.
13Hermann Heberlein, cellist, assisted by Frank Watson, pianist, will give a concert in Steinert Hall, on the evening of the 13th. Agnes B. Goddard assists with a group of songs.
15Mrs. Robert N. Lister, a pupil of Mme. Feilitzsch, and who has been adjudged by sound critics as being the "coming soprano," will be heard in a song program in Springfield, Mass., soon. Mrs. Lister holds, for the fourth year, the place as soprano soloist in Piedmont Church.
17Ethel Walton, young woman with a most attractive soprano voice of excellent timbre, gave a program on Wednesday, April 10, in Lowell, the songs including the "Spring Love Song," Denza; "A China Tragedy," Thomas; "Swallows," Cowen; "Down the Vale," Moir. Miss Walton was listened to with much interest by a very large audience. She gave the same program in Maine recently with success, and while fast becoming a professional, Miss Walton still continues her studies with Effie L. Palmer, at the Pierce Building, with whom she has studied for several seasons, showing a voice now of exceptional beauty.
19Mrs. Orcutt, of the Chromatic Club, gave a reception to several of the club members at the Empire, Commonwealth avenue, recently. Mrs. Karl Muck, Mrs. Richard Hamlin Jones, president of the club; Carolyn King Hunt, pianist, and Bertha Cushing Child, were among the guests. Mary Fay Sherwood, who recently sang so pleasingly at Wilhelm Heinrich's morning musicale, at the Tuileries, sang a group of songs.
21The thirty-second free organ concert was given in City Convention Hall, Buffalo, on April 28, by Everett E. Truette, of Boston. These concerts are given under the auspices of the Common Council of the City of Buffalo, in which Simon Fleischmann is the official organist. The organ on which Mr. Truette played was built for the Pan-American Exposition, and finally presented to the city by Hon. James N. Adam. Mr. Truette's program included the following numbers: Toccata, in F, Bach; intermezzo, in D flat, Hollins; fifth sonata, in C minor, Guilmant; "Pastorale," in G, op. 103, Merkel; "Die Antwort," Wohstenholm; first movement of sonata, in A minor, Whiting; "Vision," in D flat, Bibl; "Benediction Nuptiale," Dubois; "Paraphrase on a Welsh March," Best. one of two readings
22The thirty-second free organ concert was given in City Convention Hall, Buffalo, on April 28, by Everett E. Truette, of Boston. These concerts are given under the auspices of the Common Council of the City of Buffalo, in which Simon Fleischmann is the official organist. The organ on which Mr. Truette played was built for the Pan-American Exposition, and finally presented to the city by Hon. James N. Adam. Mr. Truette's program included the following numbers: Toccata, in F, Bach; intermezzo, in D flat, Hollins; fifth sonata, in C minor, Guilmant; "Pastorale," in G, op. 103, Merkel; "Die Antwort," Wolstenholm; first movement of sonata, in A minor, Whiting; "Vision," in D flat, Bibl; "Benediction Nuptiale," Dubois; "Paraphrase on a Welsh March," Best. one of two readings
24The withdrawal of Willy Hess from the place as concertmaster of the Symphony Orchestra savors of other changes. What will they be and do they relate to the disbandment of the Symphony Quartet?
26The fourth annual festival, under the auspices of Acadia Seminary, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, proved of unusual brilliance this season. The chorus consisted of nearly a hundred and fifty voices under the direction of Mr. Emery. The soloists were Mrs. Andrew Hawley, of Boston, and a former pupil of Gertrude Franklin Salisbury, and Edward Strong, tenor, and Frederic Martin, basso. "Gallia" was one of the numbers given.
28James Whelan, organist of the Cathedral, gave a recital in the large ballroom of the Tuileries last Tuesday morning. Lilla Ormond assisted in a group of eight songs.
30The annual meeting of the Cecilia Society was held at the Vendome on May 2, when B. J. Lang, the retiring conductor, was tendered a brilliant reception.
32There is announced for May 16, at Jordan Hall, the first performance of grand opera in Boston by negro singers. The program will include the first three acts of "Aida," with Daisy Allen Kelly Armstead, James Worham, Theodore Drury, William Richardson, Edward Rollins, and the first scene, second act of "Carmen," with Genevieve Lee, Addie Taylor, Theodore Drury and Edward Rollins as the chief singers. Theodore Drury makes the announcement.
34Some of the operas to be produced by the Castle Square Opera Company during the summer are: "Cavalleria Rusticana," "Faust," "La Traviata," "Carmen," "The Bohemian Girl," "Lohengrin," "Il Trovatore," "Pagliacci," "Dorothy," "The Mikado," "Chimes of Normandy," "Erminie," "Trial by Jury," "The Mascotte," "The Gondoliers" and "Pinafore."
36A series of receptions in the nature of a "housewarming" was given by Morris Burke Parkinson at his beautiful new studios, 603 Boylston street, on three afternoons last week, when some of Mr. Parkinson's artistic work was viewed by over a thousand invited guests, including the State's and city's most distinguished people. The music was furnished by many well known musicians, including: Lilla Ormond, contralto; Olive Whitely, violinist; Louis Schalk, baritone, and Bertha Wesselhoef Swift, soprano. one of two readings
37A series of receptions in the nature of a "housewarming" was given by Morris Burke Parkinson at his beautiful new studios, 603 Boylston street, on three afternoons last week, when some of Mr. Parkinson's artistic work was viewed by over a thousand invited guests, including the State's and city's most distinguished people. The music was furnished by many well known musicians, including: Lilla Ormond, contralto; Olive Whitely, violinist; Louis Schalk, baritone, and Bertha Wesselhoefl Swift, soprano. one of two readings
39Olga von Radecki, the pianist, appeared with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at its sixth and last of the season's concerts in Cambridge, on May 2. The program included the overture, "Euryanthe," Weber; concerto for piano, in F minor, Arensky, and Symphony No. 1, in C minor, Brahms.
41Caroline Hooker, soprano, and a pupil of Arthur Hubbard, was one of the soloists in the "Creation," which was sung by the Rochester (N. H.) Oratorio Society last week.
43Carl Sobeski leaves early in June for an extended Western tour of song recitals. He will be heard in Seattle, where several musicians have induced him to give a limited number of voice lessons at intervals during the summer. Mr. Sobeski, as is known, received strong encouragement from Mr. de Gogorza, the distinguished baritone, and with whom the former coached for a season.
45The Male Choir, of the Orpheus Musical Society, gave a concert in Jordan Hall last week, being assisted by the Beethoven Orchestral Club and Mr. Upham, the cellist.
47The Manchester (N. H.) Choral Society has engaged for its first festival, which takes place May 14 and 15, the following singers as soloists: Genevieve Clark Wilson, soprano; Katharine Ricker, contralto; Edith Castle, contralto; Dr. Ion Jackson, tenor; Stephen Townsend, baritone, and Frank Croxton, bass. Rossini's "Stabat Mater," "The Wedding Feast of Hiawatha," and "Hiawatha's Departure," and Berlioz's "Flight Into Egypt," will be given. There will be a couple of evening concerts and one afternoon.
49The Nashua (N. H.) Oratorio Society's sixth annual festival comes May 16 and 17 with Florence Hinkle, soprano; Edith Castle, contralto; Frank Ormsby, tenor; Emilio de Gogorza, baritone, and Thomas Boulger, bass, assisting artists.
51Tryphosa Bates Batcheller, whose personality and voice have won her scores of friends on the other side of the Atlantic, it is said will write another book to be called "Castles and Country Seats of Italy." Mrs. Batcheller has recently been invited to give a program at the royal palace of Her Majesty Queen Elena, who has heard the former sing and was enthusiastic over her voice.
53Olive Watson Greene, Emma Bailey, Lillian Noble, all pupils of Eben Howe Bailey, have formed themselves into the "Bailey Trio," and are booking some excellent engagements through New England, as all of the voices are well trained and balance admirably.
55Mary Desmond, the English contralto, who has been heard to advantage in Boston in her own recital, in a Cecilia concert, and in one of the Sunday chamber concerts, will return to London on May 30, to be heard there during the "season," where she has always been an unprecedented success and favorite, both musically and socially.
57WYNA BLANCHE HUDSON.
59The Motleys in Opera.
61Francis Motley will sing the principal bass parts in the operas to be given at the West End Theater, May 7, and Mrs. Motley appeared as Santuzza in Carnegie Lyceum last week, winning laurels for herself, both as singer and actress. She is also to be with the West End company. Following is a press clipping of Mr. Motley:
63Francis Motley sang the part of Fernando. Seldom one hears such a fine bass voice in this part.—Translated from New York Staats-Zeitung, June 9, 1903.
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