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Musical Courier 1907-12-04: Vol 55 Iss 23, 1907
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1participating artists contains the names of Alfred Cortot, Jacques Thibaud and Pablo Casals as a trio combination; Félix Senius, tenor and Alfred Reisenauer; Mme. Durand-Texte, Reynaldo Hahn and the Quatuor Hayot, in "Etudes latines" of R. Hahn; Godowsky, Jean ten Have and a singer (not named); Ysaye, M. Bufaletti and a singer; A. de Radwan and the Quatuor Rosé, of Vienna; Suzanne Metcalfe and the Rosé Quartet; ancient sonatas for two and three violins, by Maurice Hayot, Jacques Thibaud and Georges Enesco; Mme. Mellot-Joubert and Joseph Slivinski; Mlle. Staegemann and the Quatuor Klingler, of Berlin; ending March 10, in form of festival with Charles W. Clark, an organ recital and oratorio selections.
3Already this season the Cortot-Thibaud-Casals Trio have given three concerts of this series, in which they performed all of the Beethoven trios; these the writer could not attend, unfortunately, owing to his absence from Paris, but it requires no stretch of the imagination to feel that he lost a great artistic treat in not being present.
5By the will of the late M. Curbaz-Marmontel, the Paris Conservatoire, will acquire several valuable portraits, as well as a sum of money to provide an annual prize for composers, to be known as the Prix Marmontel.
7Of 191 applicants or candidates, sixty-three were admitted to the singing classes of the Conservatoire; two days before twenty-nine male pupils were admitted.
9A monument to Jean Jacques Rousseau has been erected in the town of Montmorency. The ceremony was carried out by the minister of public education, who made an eloquent speech.
11A similar honor has fallen to the lot of Camille Saint-Saëns in the town of Dieppe, the distinguished composer himself attending the elaborate ceremony of inauguration.
13Jacques Isnardon has received from Jean Lassalle the following letter, which singularly honors a well known professor and pays him flattering tribute as a teacher. The letter reads: "Mon cher ami: I have among my pupils a fine young man in whom I have discovered a tenor voice of beauty, not only for its energetic timbre, but also for its penetrating charm. I am impelled to tell you, with a vanity quite paternal, that this fine young fellow is my son. * * * I have commenced to train him, but I recognize the difficulty in a parent to maintain absolute authority in obtaining submission of the pupil to the master. I come therefore to ask you, dear friend, to hear my son and I pray you to tell me if you will accept the mission of directing his studies with a view to the theater. I am certain he will do honor to the professor and artist that you are, and later he will prove to be for you a glorious pupil. With affectionate regard, your colleague and friend."
15On November 5, an informal "At Home" was given by Mr. and Mrs. Dossert at their studio in the Rue Spontini in honor of Caruso, who was in Paris only a short time before sailing, or steaming for New York, to fill his engagement at the Metropolitan Opera. There were about fifty guests present, and the musical program embraced violin solos by Jean L. Schaefer; piano numbers by a remarkable young player, Aline van Bäréitzen; tenor soli by M. Feodoroff, who also joined Madame Dossert in the grand duo from the fourth act of "Aida."
17Carrie Swain, who has been singing much in Paris salons and for the benefit of charity under her maiden name of Miss Wisler, is contemplating an early return to the stage. Miss Swain has a beautiful and well-trained voice; she is a fine comedienne and an uncommonly good dancer. Her last great successes on the stage were won in Australia under her professional name of Carrie Swain, and under the management of her ex-husband, Frank L. Gardner.
19Mary Adèle Case, a prominent contralto of California, who is now studying with King Clark, sang two selections at the Students' Hostel on Sunday last, her numbers being "Abide with Me," Liddle, and "That Sweet Story of Old." Miss Case possesses a voice of great depth and richness and her audience gave her a most enthusiastic reception. She is at present singing in the American Church, Rue de Berri.
21Edouard de Reszké, I understand, having failed to establish himself in London as a professor of singing, will come to Paris to locate as a teacher and give his brother Jean a helping hand—or vice versa.
23At the American Church in the Rue de Berri, impressive services were held in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of its foundation. The congregation was largely a reunion of old and new members and friends, including the presence of the Rev. Edward G. Thurber, D. D., who had come from America specially to participate and deliver an address.
25The order and composition of the jubilee services were particularly elaborate, the pastor, the Rev. Chauncey W. Goodrich, officiating.
27In the evening there was another service, preceded by an organ recital given by the organist and choir director, Frank M. Church. An anniversary reception was held the following evening at the Galerie des Champs-Elysées in the Rue de Ponthieu, Mr. Frank H. Mason, the American Consul-General, acting as chairman. Greetings were received from Henry White, the American Ambassador; the Rev. John B. Morgan, the Right Rev. Bishop Ormsby, Henri Merle d'Aubigné and the Rev. Ernest W. Shurtleff. A fine musical program was rendered with the collaboration of Minnie Tracey, soprano, and Oscar Seagle, baritone, and the Henri Colin Orchestra.
29Two celebrated singers have quit the earthly stage and departed for the great beyond. The Vicomtesse Vigier, née Sophie Cruvelli, one of the greatest singers of her time on the Italian stage, has died at Nice in her Villa Vigier, at the age of seventy-nine years. She died on the 6th of this month. Deceased is survived by an only son, the Vicomte René Vigier, who is married to Mlle. Double de Saint-Lambert.
31Sophie Cruvelli was born at Bielefeld in Westphalia, and had been a veritable star among singers. She made her début at Venice in 1847, with immense success. Came to Paris in 1851 and was acclaimed with enthusiasm in Verdi's "Ernani." Later in Paris she celebrated triumphs in "Norma," "Lucia," "Linda," and in nearly all the operas of the Bellini, Donizetti and Verdi schools. And in Beethoven's "Fidelio," she knew no rival. In "The Huguenots" and "La Vestale" she rose to the sublime in musical art and tragedy. After creating her role in the "Vespri Siciliani" of Verdi, the celebrated artist married the Vicomte Vigier and retired to live at Nice and thence appeared only as a singer for sweet charity's sake.
33The other celebrated singer is Marie Sasse, who died the following day at noon at Sainte-Périne. Marie Sasse, who created the role of L'Africaine, was born at Gand, January 26, 1838, the daughter of a bandmaster, who throughout his life opposed his daughter's entrance to the theater. After the death of her father, she entered the Conservatoire of Gand and gave lessons for a living; later she appeared with success at the Galeries Saint-Hubert. Following that she came to Paris where she sang in café concerts—at the Ambassadeurs, at the Café Jacquin, the Café du Géant—after having taken lessons from Madame Ugalde. One evening Marie Sasse was heard by Carvalho, who divined in her a cantatrice of great promise, and engaged her at once for the Théâtre Lyrique. The singer then made her debut October 1, 1860, in the "Noces de Figaro." The next day she had become celebrated, and a year after that she entered the Opéra. There she sang the role of Alice in "Robert le Diable," with which she scored a triumph. After instituting an action at law against M. Sax, the well known manufacturer of musical instruments, Marie Sax changed her name to that of Sasse. For some time the artist was also Madame Castan, called Castelmary, the name of a singer to whom she was married three years, 1864-'67. However, she was always admired and loved as a grand opera favorite under the name of Marie Sasse. Of late years she had withdrawn from the gay capital to live at Sainte-Périne, where she died.
35Etta de Montjau, a well known soprano, has cancelled her European engagements and left for America November 2 on La Touraine to visit her mother, who is ill at New Orleans.
37Jane Noria, of the Paris Grand Opéra, engaged for a tournée in America as leading prima donna of the San Carlo Opera Company, and her husband, Count Centanini, who is one of the musical conductors of the company, are leaving Paris this week to embark at Cherbourg aboard the Kronprinz, which will steam for New York on the 20th.
39Caruso met recently at Budapest, where he had been singing at the Opera, with a legal adventure, which was not quite as serious as the one he had to contend against in New York, but nevertheless caused him great annoyance. Just before leaving the city he was visited by an attorney and a marshal, who served him with an execution on a judgment. As a matter of fact Caruso was not liable on this debt at all; the real debtor was Carlo Mueller, his impresario, who since several years owes 300 kronen to a milliner for hats furnished his wife. When the servants of the law appeared, Caruso was out and the levy was made in his absence.
41JACQUES ISNARDON
42Ex-artist of the Opéra and of the Opéra-Comique (Paris); of the Scala (Milan); la Monnaie (Brussels); Covent Garden (London).
43PROFESSOR AT THE CONSERVATORY OF PARIS
44Numerous first prizes in the singing. Publicly engaged in all lyric theaters of the world. SINGING, ACTING, REPERTOIRE.
45VILLA MALESHERBES, 112 Boulevard Malesherbes (Parc Monceau), Paris.
47PARIS ADVERTISEMENTS.
49DOSSERT VOCAL STUDIOS
50PARIS: 57bis, RUE SPONTINI
51Cable Address: "Fradossier"
53M. et Mme. JULES CHEVALLIER STUDIOS
54TEACHERS of Mlle. Julia Lindsay (Grand Opera, Paris); Jane Margy (Grand Opera, Paris); Mendès (Grand Opera, Paris); Mary Garden (Opera-Comique, Paris); La Palme (Opera-Comique, Paris); Jane, Henríquez (Opera-Comique, Paris); Dalbany (Brussels); Anne Vila (Concerts du Conservatoire); MM. Swanfeldt (Leipsic-Munich); Ralph Osborne (Boston Concerts), etc.
55ACTING AND MISE-EN-SCENE 6 Rue d'Offemont (near Park Monceau and Place Malesherbes) Paris
57WAGER SWAYNE Pianists Prepared for Public Appearances
5889 Rue de Prony Parc (Monceau), Paris
60FRL. ALLIS van GELDER, Contralto Pupil and Assistant of Mme. R. de Sales one of two readings
61FRL. ALLIS van GELDER, Contralto one of two readings
62Pupil and Assistant of Mme. R. de Sales one of two readings
63SINGING, REPERTOIRE AND GERMAN DICTION
6488 Avenue des Ternes. PARIS
66OSCAR SEAGLE VOCAL INSTRUCTION Pupil of Jean de Rembe one of two readings
67OSCAR SEAGLE VOCAL INSTRUCTION one of two readings
68Pupil of Jean de Rembe one of two readings
6927 RUE DES SABLONS, PARIS
71Mme. Regina De Sales SINGER AND TEACHER one of two readings
72Mme. Regina De Sales one of two readings
73SINGER AND TEACHER one of two readings
74Particular Attention Given to Voice Placement
75Villa Stella, 39 Rue Guersant, Paris
77BREATHE WELL, YOU WILL SING WELL!
78FENDALL PEGRAM, Baryton
79Officier d'Académie.
8076 Avenue Malakoff, Paris.
81POSE DE VOIX, OPERA, ORATORIO, LIED.
83GIRAUDET VOICE SINGING OPERA
84Rue Eugène Manuel 20, Paris
86DUMARTHÉRAY'S Special School for French
8735 Rue de Berri (Champ-Elysées, Paris)
88DICTION FOR SINGERS A SPECIALTY
89Phonetic Pronunciation, Conversation, Grammar, Literature, Declamation
90Collaborateur: LOUIS DELAURAT, Sociétaire de la Comédie-Française.
91Pupils: Mlle. Jane Noria, of the Paris Opéra; Mlle. Gertrude Sykes of the Brussels Opéra; Mme. G. Whistler-Misick, American contralto; M. Oumiroff, Bohemian baritone; John Silvester James, of New York; Captain Saxton, Professor of French at West Point Academy; also the Editor of THE MUSICAL COURIER.
93King Clark Studios
948 Rue Bugeaud, Paris
95Cable Address: "FRANARK, PARIS"
96Address GEORGE L. BACKUS, Secretary
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