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Musical Courier 1907-11-20: Vol 55 Iss 21, 1907
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1Greater New York
3New York, November 18, 1907.
5The first concert of the Manuscript Society, at the National Arts Club, was in memory of Edvard Hagerup Grieg, an honorary member, and the program was composed exclusively of his works. It was made up of an essay by Amy Fay, interesting throughout; the sonata in G minor for piano and violin, played well by Alex. Rihm and Carl Venth; a series of four piano pieces, played by William H. Barber; three songs, sung by Vera Cameron Curtis, and the string quartet in G minor, played by the Venth Quartet. Special interest was shown in Miss Curtis, who sang in quite ideal fashion "Sunshine Song," "Im Kahne" and "Waldwanderung." She has a beautiful and expressive soprano voice, under excellent control. President Sealy made a few introductory remarks, and during an intermission every one gathered around the punchbowl. The society is in good financial condition, and a large influx of new members is to be registered.
7Hattie Scholder, known several years ago as pupil of Eppinger, deceased, has since then studied four years in Europe, and her recital at Mendelssohn Hall, November 13, went far to prove her one of the most promising of the younger set of concert pianists. She played works by Chopin, Schumann, Leschetizky and Rubinstein. The young girl has individuality, a distinguished manner, and plays with lots of dash, unfaltering, sure in bravura. As soloist with the New York Symphony Orchestra in a series of eight concerts in Pittsburgh, she is said to have achieved distinct success. Little Helen Scholder, cellist, assisted, creating wonderment in the friendly audience, as her tone and technic are well advanced. Edith Cornell played artistic accompaniments.
9"The Holy City" was sung at the testimonial concert at Mendelssohn Hall, on November 15, in celebration of Philip Hauser's twentieth anniversary as organist and director of the East Sixty-eighth Street Reformed Church. Ethel Crane, soprano; Mary Mansfield, mezzo soprano; Pearl Benedict and Josephine Miller Reed, altos; Harry L. Reeu, tenor; Andreas Schneider, baritone; Carl Hauser, piano; Joseph Gotsch, cello, and the beneficiary, Philip Hauser, in organ solos, made up an interesting program.
11Platon Brounoff's "Liberal Art Society" met November 15, and a general discussion following a lecture by Professor Hurwitch, this in turn followed by a concert, in which two vocal pupils of Brounoff sang, namely, May Daniels, mezzo soprano, and Maurice Klisto, baritone. These singers sang with style and temperament, which characteristics are found in the Brounoff pupils.
13Marguerite Kefer, soprano, a pupil of Madame Renaud, sang two seldom heard arias at a recent service of the Ethical Culture Society in Carnegie Hall, and sang so well that this paper desires to record the fact. They were "O toi, qui prolongeas," from Gluck's "Iphigenia auf Tauris," and the cavatina, "Tout mon bon heur," by Sacchini; this last named sounds like Mozart. She sang in French, with a voice of much expression.
15The second performance, twenty-fourth year, of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, on November 14, brought four plays of varying merit, "The Tempest in the Shade," a drama in one act, by Gerolamo Enrico Nani, and "When Love Was Young," comedy drama in one act, by L. G. Humphreys, being worthy of mention. In the latter Rachel Butler, John W. Russell and George Gau did especially well; the two last named were also of importance in the former play.
17Features of Marie Cross-Newhaus' Sunday evening musicale were the excellent playing of Leo Tecktonius, the poetic pianism of Rafael Navas, the correct singing of Miss Guild and Mrs. Edmund Osthaus, and a recitation by Edmund Russell. Cecil James' resonant tenor voice, Clifford Wiley's ringing baritone, and baritone Boruff, all added enjoyment to a program of just the right length, highly appreciated by a large circle of Madame Newhaus' friends. Mrs. Stanley played accompaniments.
19Estelle Wentworth, a pupil of Raffaelo de la Marca, is making pronounced hits with her audiences in Blaney's Lincoln Square Theater. A new opera is presented every week. A current paper speaks of her as "a girl with a present, who can sing like a thrush," and that "she paints pictures with the pigments of life every minute she is in the character." Later on it says: "The individual glorification was for Miss Wentworth."
21Rafael Navas gave a Sunday afternoon musicale at his studio. Several artists, among them a sister of Harold Bauer, took part.
23Lillia Snelling, the contralto, will sing in "The Messiah" in January at Reading, Pa. She gave a recital at Salem, at Ames Memorial Hall, recently, and the Salem News and Beverly Times united in praising her, mentioning her sweet, yet full and rich voice.
25Abraham Nelson, pianist and teacher, will present his Newark pupils in a recital on the evening of November 25 at Wallace Hall. On the program are works by Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Grieg, Sinding, Rachmaninoff, and a "Humoresque" by Mr. Nelson.
27Leo Tecktonius has issued cards for his second Sunday musicale, 9 o'clock, November 24, at 366 West Fifty-seventh street. His programs on tour this season consist of works by MacDowell, Olsen, Strauss, Chopin, Liszt, Grieg, Schütt, Debussy, Cyril Scott, Bach, Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Schumann.
29Miss Dunlap has been engaged as solo alto of the Clinton Avenue Congregational Church choir, Brooklyn. Thomas M. Bartlett, who was chairman of the music committee of this church, died in Maine, November 6.
31Zoltan de Takach (Gyongyoshalaszy) gives a concert of his compositions at Floral Park, L. I., November 21. November 26 he plays a miscellaneous program at St. James' M. E. Church, Harlem.
33John Prindle Scott, tenor, included old English and old Irish songs in his program at the recital which he gave at the Waldorf-Astoria Monday evening of last week. German songs and a number of English ballads completed Mr. Scott's unconventional list. The tenor was assisted by Culver King, violinist; Orville King, cellist, and Albert G. Crawford, pianist.
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