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Musical Courier 1907-06-12: Vol 54 Iss 24, 1907
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1Los Angeles.
2Los Angeles, Cal., May 28, 1907.
3The musical season here, just closed, has been an active one notwithstanding that the San Francisco disaster of over a year ago seemed to presage a decided curtailment of transcontinental attractions to the Pacific Coast. During the season L. E. Behmyer, who has handled practically all important musical events here, has brought to Los Angeles and the Coast, among other artists and attractions, Ellen Beach Yaw, soprano; Emilio Gogorza, baritone; Arthur Hartmann, violinist; Franz Wilzek, violinist; Anton Hekking, cellist; Ossip Gabrilowitsch, pianist; Mme. Schumann-Heink, Moriz Rosenthal, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Von Fielitz, director, and the San Carlos Opera Company.
5Early in the year the Lombardi Opera Company played a successful season of opera in Los Angeles, and a few months later the San Carlos Opera Company, with Nordica, Alice Neilson, Constantino, and other artists, appeared in a remarkably successful season of grand opera, at the Temple Auditorium.
7The Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra has closed its tenth season with the best presented series of programs in its history. The orchestra during the ten years of existence has grown from diminutiveness and crudeness to a "grand" orchestra, capable of commendable artistic work. Harley Hamilton, director; Arnold Krauss, concertmaster, and L. E. Behmyer, manager, have been herculean factors in the success of the organization. This season's programs have included the following symphonies: Beethoven's fifth, Mendelssohn's "Italian," Tchaikowsky's fourth, Raff's "Lenore," Sinding's symphony in D minor, and Schubert's "Unfinished Symphony," besides which a number of important suites and other interesting orchestral compositions were presented. L. E. Behmyer will continue to guide the business welfare of the orchestra, and the personnel of the organization, including Mr. Hamilton, as director, and Mr. Krauss, as concertmaster, will remain the same for the ensuing year. Director Harley Hamilton is at present taking a four months' sojourn in Europe, and next season's symphony concert programs are likely to profit thereby.
9Frank H. Colby, organist at the First Unitarian Church, gave an organ recital on the new Spurgeon Memorial Church organ, in Santa Ana, last Tuesday. This was Mr. Colby's sixth recital on newly installed California organs since January.
11Edward S. Fuller, the talented young organist of the First Methodist Church, Pasadena, gave an organ recital last evening on the fine instrument at which he presides. Mr. Fuller invests his playing with a virility and artistic taste that makes his work thoroughly pleasing. He was assisted by Mrs. Frank Colby, soprano, whose singing of "Elizabeth's Prayer," from "Tannhäuser," and a number of modern ballads, contributed much toward the enjoyment of the affair, and by Victor Schertzinger, a violinist of marked capabilities.
13One of the most active musicians in artistic work here this season has been Margaret Goetz, recently of New York. During the past year she has filled ten or twelve professional engagements, which have included a series of historical song recitals, a number of Schubert recitals, and a MacLowell song recital, besides filling engagements in private musicales and concerts. During the season she has sung for the Friday Morning Club, Ebell Club, Dominant Club, Monday Musical Society and the Los Angeles High School.
15Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Lott, William Lott, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Stamm, Frederick Gunster and Harley Hamilton are among Los Angeles musicians abroad for the summer.
17During the past season the Temple Auditorium was opened, giving Los Angeles an opera house and grand concert hall probably unexcelled in size and beauty in the country. Among the features of the spacious auditorium is a $30,000 four manual pipe organ.
19Archibald Sessions concluded his season of organ recitals at Christ Church, Wednesday. An interesting novelty was Bessie Bartlett's reading of "King Robert of Sicily," to musical accompaniment by Cole. Assisting Mr. Sessions were Miss Bartlett, reader; Frederick Gunster, tenor; Natorp Blumenfeld, violinist, and Frank Colby, organist.
21"The Californians," the recently organized company presenting light opera at the Temple Auditorium, has made an auspicious launching. "Robin Hood" and "The Mikado," the only two operas given thus far, were splendidly mounted and costumed. The chorus is made up of a splendid array of vocal talent and surpasses that of any visiting companies heard here. Tom Carl and Manager Dewey, of "The Bostonians" fame, are responsible most largely for bringing "The Californians" into being, and apparently the venture will be a success from many desirable viewpoints.
23Mr. Behmyer has signed for the appearance here next season of Sembrich, Calvé, Kubelik, Kreisler, Josef Hofmann, Mark Hambourg, Carreño, Paderewski, Gadski, and the New York Symphony Orchestra.
25Frank H. Colby succeeds Frank Carr, as organist and choir director, at the St. Vibiani Catholic Cathedral. Mr. Carr leaving here in June to accept an important Pittsburgh position. Mr. Colby has for the past seven years been organist and director at the First Unitarian Church, prior to which for five years he was organist at Simpson Auditorium.
27Pupils of Jennie Twitchell Kempton, gave a musicale at Gamot Club auditorium, last evening, presenting an elaborate program. A large number of the prominent professional singers of Los Angeles owe their training to this eminently successful teacher, and her annual "musicales" are consequently above the level of pupils' recitals and reach the artistic plane of the better class of recital work. Among the singers participating in last night's program were Mrs. Roth Hamilton, Mrs. Frank Colby, Mrs. George Le Sage, Edith Hurst, Helen Gappe, Bessie Rank, Ethel Mullens, Geraldine Thompson, Louis Donovan and Lyndsey Bryant.
29Memphis.
30Memphis, Tenn., May 29, 1907.
31At the final meeting of the Beethoven Club, May 22, the annual election of officers took place, with the following result: Mrs. W. D. Wilkerson, president; Mrs. Jason Walker, first vice president; Mrs. John Oliver, second vice president; Mrs. John Cathey, third vice president; Mrs. M. T. Roush, recording secretary; Miss Trudean, corresponding secretary; Mrs. W. G. Giffilan, treasurer. The past year has been a most gratifying one for the club. Numerically, the membership has greatly increased. Artists' concerts have been given that were of a high degree of excellence, and the outlook for next season's work is most promising.
33Montreal.
34Montreal, June 7, 1907.
35An entertainment for the McGill Relief Fund took place in the Royal Victoria College Thursday evening last. The program included numbers by Mendelssohn, Mozart, Donizetti, Bach, Gounod, Verdi, Parry, German, Rubinstein, Borowski, Spohr, Dalton, Lully, Massenet, Sauzet, Ten Have, Wagner, Schumann, Becker, Castaldon, Hubay and some English ballads.
37The performers were Miss Colbert, soprano; Mr. Carter, bass-baritone—both possessed excellent voices, and whenever they will acquire a fine tone production, they will become accomplished vocalists. Miss Gauthier, violinist, who also took part, is an exceptionally talented girl, and her playing never fails to arouse enthusiasm. Her selections were the Bach aria (on the G string), "Adoration," by Borowski; "Allegro Brilliant," by Ten Have; "Hejre Kata," by Hubay, as well as two movements from Mozart's eighth sonata for violin and piano. Miss Lichtenstein was the associate of Miss Gauthier in the sonata, and also furnished the accompaniment for the entire entertainment with taste and excellent judgment.
39HARRY B. COHN.
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