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Musical Courier 1907-12-04: Vol 55 Iss 23, 1907
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1Greater New York
3New York, December 2, 1907.
5Estelle Wentworth, the leading singer in the Aborn Opera Company, playing a continued engagement of comic opera at the Lincoln Square Theater, had further opportunity last week, presenting herself as Erminie. She is fast making a reputation. De La Marca, her teacher, is bringing her voice out finely. Others who deserve mention are Grace Orr Myers (Javotte) and Robert Lett and Arthur Wooley, not forgetting Max Fichandler, musical director.
7Inaugural recitals on the new organ in Randall Memorial Chapel, Sailors' Snug Harbor, S. I., served to bring Archer Gibson again before a public which highly appreciated his playing. The church was well filled on the afternoon of November 26, when he played numbers by Mendelssohn, Merkel, Guilmant, Bizet, Dubois, Grieg, Bach, MacDowell, Nevin, Wagner and himself.
9Abbie Clarkson Totten, soprano; Lois Huntington, violinist; George F. Curtis, dialect reciter, and Ethel K. Robinson, pianist, united in a concert at Hotel Endicott, in the Palm Room, December 3. Madame Totten sings brilliantly and Mr. Curtis is unique in his various dialects.
11Jan Munkacsy, violinist; Wilhelm Lamping, cellist, and Ida S. Knighton, pianist, besides the choir of twenty-seven singers, participated in the Gounod Evening at Central Baptist Church Sunday night. The "Hymn to St. Cecilia" and "Ave Maria," with organ and piano, were beautifully played by Munkacsy and Lamping. Mr. Lamping later playing a tasteful obligato to the duet, "O Divine Redeemer." The evening closed with the motet "Gallia," the soprano solo well sung by Frances Brockel, and the chorus reaching some splendid climaxes. Rev. Frank M. Goodchild, D. D., talked on "Songs in the Night," and his sketch of Gounod was of absorbing interest. F. W. Riesberg is organist and director.
13Dr. Julian M. Nova, baritone, artist pupil of Christine Adler, made a hit at a concert given at the Armory, Bedford and Atlantic avenues, Brooklyn, November 14, singing "The Rosary" as encore, with band accompaniment. William G. King, violinist, assisted at Madame Adler's studio musicale November 20, Edith Milligan, who is now under Alexander Lambert's pianistic guidance, playing the piano. At the close a chafing dish was presented to Madame Adler, Dr. Nova making a graceful speech.
15Abraham Nelson, pianist and teacher, has a class of promising pupils in Newark, N. J., who on the evening of November 25 gave a recital at Wallace Hall. Those deserving of special mention are Rose Danzis, seven years old; Hyman Rovinsky, ten years; Sadie Feingold, Garry Levitt, Alfred Jayson, H. Rose. Master Rovinsky also played a "Humoresque" composed by his teacher. Some pieces for two pianos were played.
17Mary Chappel Fisher, the Rochester, N. Y., organist, known to many New Yorkers through appearances here and at the Pan-American and St. Louis expositions, gave a series of recitals at the First Baptist Church in her home city, assisted by vocalists. She plays many standard works of modern and classic composers, including Reger, Sgambati, Elgar and others.
19Francis Motley, basso and soloist at St. Patrick's Cathedral, is singing with the Van den Berg Opera Company in Baltimore. Last week he sang the part of Mephistopheles in "Faust," and the Baltimore Sun said: "Mr. Motley was thoroughly successful; added to his fine bass voice is his excellent dramatic ability." He has already sung in "Il Trovatore" and "Bohemian Girl."
21Frederick E. Hindel, a native New Yorker, violinist and teacher, recently played solos by Godard, Marie, Svendsen and Wieniawski; his tone, the special feature, is large, expressive and of great carrying quality.
23Dr. Gerrit Smith's "With Grieg in Norway," printed in the December issue of Putnam's Magazine, is a very interesting article. Dr. Smith, whose mind and manner opens all doors, spent some months in Bergen, and was with Grieg continuously.
25Some coming events: Thursday, December 5, at 8:30 o'clock, a musical comedy will be given under the direction of Marie Cross-Newhaus, in the grand ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Madame Newhaus is the author of the libretto. Wednesday, December 11, Anna Jewell and her Trio give a concert at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Sunday, December 15, Wilhelm Lamping gives a cello recital at Hotel Astor, at 3:30 p. m., playing works by Bach, Haydn, Rubner, Simon, Tellam and Popper. December 7 he plays at the Rubinstein Club concert, and in January he gives a recital at Columbia University and one in Philadelphia. Last week he played at a musicale at Mrs. Morgan's.
27Opera in Madrid.
29At the Teatro Real, Madrid, the opera repertory for this season is "Madam Butterfly," "Sonnambula," "Carmen," "The Pearl Fishers" (Bizet), "Mefistofele," "Lucia," "Hänsel and Gretel," "Werther," "Manon," "Prophet," "Gioconda," "Samson and Dalilah," "Hamlet" (Thomas), "Aida," "Othello," "Rigoletto," "Lohengrin," "Tannhäuser," "Henry VIII" (Saint-Saëns), "Walküre."
31Madame Lankow Returning to Bonn.
33Anna Lankow, the vocal teacher, and author of "The Science of the Art of Singing," sailed for Europe Thursday of last week on the steamer Kaiserin Augusta Victoria. Madame Lankow, who has been in poor health, is returning to her old home at Bonn.
35Kreisler's Next New York Appearance.
37Fritz Kreisler will make his next New York appearance with the New York Philharmonic Society, at Carnegie Hall, the first week in January. Kreisler's second violin recital will take place at Carnegie Hall about the middle of February.
39Glenn Hall in England.
41Glenn Hall, the tenor, and Mrs. Hall spent a fortnight at the country seat of the Countess of Winchelsea and Nottingham, in Lincolnshire, prior to Mr. Hall's two London recitals, set for November 25 and December 3.
43Pablo de Sarasate was recently decorated by King Alfonso XIII of Spain with a high order.
45WANTED
46TO RENT.—Hall (48×52) to rent for musical or scientific societies, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday evenings. Apply to C. H. Kiessig. Chemists' Club, 108 West Fifty-fifth street, New York City.
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