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Musical Courier 1908-01-15: Vol 56 Iss 3, 1908
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1Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler's Varied Gifts.
3Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler laughingly lays the blame on her husband for the rumor afloat in musical circles that she is thinking of retiring from the concert stage to devote herself to the study and practice of law.
5Mr. Zeisler has a fondness for saying that Mrs. Zeisler is a better lawyer than himself, and so great is Mrs. Zeisler's versatility that her friends would not be inclined to doubt either her ability or inclination to take up law. There is no likelihood, however, that the American musical public will allow Mrs. Zeisler to give up her annual tours for a good many years to come.
7An enlightening glimpse of Mrs. Zeisler's many sided genius was given by Walter Rice in a recent issue of The World Today. He wrote:
9"No one who sees the slender, darkly Oriental woman at the piano denies her that gift of the gods, an artistic temperament, and by so much more is it recognized by her friends and intimates. With it goes an executive ability and power of self control that make the eccentricities of men and women of far less talent absurd even to themselves. For it is not as an artist alone that Mrs. Zeisler's friends value her. She is a mother whose children both worship and obey her; a wife who has given her husband constant assistance in his arduous profession; a housemistress whose entertainments are a model of their kind, as her comfortable home is an oasis of peace and beauty in Chicago's somewhat arid zone; and a friend who can be depended upon for counsel and sympathy. Not less but rather more, is she the artist on these accounts.
11"The Little Room," a Chicago organization of men and women who make a livelihood in the practice of the fine arts, quite without a parallel in other cities, and the Book and Play Club, the literary and dramatic tendencies of which are sufficiently denoted by its name, by no means bound Mrs. Zeisler's civic activities. She is a valued member of the Chicago Woman's Club, the Chicago Woman's Aid, the North Side Art Club, the Chicago Amateur Musical, the Peoria Woman's Club and the Saturday Club, of Sacramento; and nothing but engrossment in her art stands in the way of this energetic and capable woman being an honorary member of nearly every feminine organization in America.
13"At the beginning of her married life, when she and her husband were winning their way to fame and a reasonable fortune, Mrs. Zeisler took entire charge of her establishment. She was not obliged either to learn the arts of housekeeping from books or by practice on a devoted family. When the children came—there are three—the eldest a student of law—they and music compelled her to relegate a portion of her cares to a kinswoman, who has since been a member of the household. But Mrs. Zeisler still retains her charge of the house in the last analysis, and it is her talent for management that makes it so delightful.
15"Here, then, is a living reply, not alone to the charges too often brought against the eccentricities and idiosyncrasies of artists secure of their fame, but to the even less well founded attacks upon women of intellect. For it is Mrs. Zeisler's peculiar good fortune to make her musical appeal, primarily founded upon the emotions, as it must always be, most irresistibly to the intellectual classes wherever she has been heard. Her skill in interpretation, acquired while she was still a girl, from the great Leschetizky, in Vienna, has grown with her mental growth and experience until it has swept audiences everywhere off their feet—and audiences more particularly on the continent of Europe, which came to criticise and remained to acclaim."
17MUSIC IN BALTIMORE.
19BALTIMORE, Md., January 11, 1908.
21Otto B. Boise has fully recovered his health after an operation for appendicitis, and will resume his teaching at the Peabody Conservatory of Music and his musical reviews for the Baltimore News.
23Harold Randolph was the assisting pianist at the last concert by the Kneisel Quartet, at the Peabody. The works played were the Bach string quartet in G minor, the Mozart string quartet in D minor, and the Tchaikowsky trio for piano, violin and cello, op. 50. These chamber concerts are now given in the main hall of the conservatory.
25The seventh Peabody recital was given by Emmanuel Wad, the pianist, January 3. Mr. Wad is an artist who ranks with the best players of the day. His program included a hitherto unpublished allegretto in E major, by Franz Schubert. (The work was published in May, 1907.) The other numbers on Mr. Wad's list were: Variations from suite in D minor, Handel; sonata in C minor, op. 3, Beethoven; four etudes, Chopin; etude in C major, Sinding; serenade, Sinding; "Papillon," Grieg; "Puck," Grieg; prelude from "Miniatures," Schitt; "Waldesrauschen," Liszt; caprice in G major, Paderewski.
27Jews and Gentiles crowded the Ober Sholem Synagogue, Tuesday afternoon, January 7, to pay a last tribute to the memory of the late Alois Kaiser, who had served that congregation as cantor for more than four decades. Rabbi Rosenen preached an eloquent sermon, touching upon the faithfulness and devotion of the deceased. Dr. Kaiser had won an international reputation as cantor and composer, many of his works being of sterling worth. Two of his anthems were sung at the funeral by the excellent synagogue choir, under the direction of Hobart Smock.
29Baltimoreans have been attending opera of all sorts. There have been excellent performances by the San Carlo Company, the Van den Berg Company, and a season of Gilbert and Sullivan. Large and appreciative audiences have been the rule. C. Bertram Peacock, one of the best resident baritones, made his debut as the captain in "Pinafore," and the young singer acquitted himself with credit.
31B. M. H.
33Minneapolis School of Music.
35The Minneapolis School of Music, Oratory and Dramatic Art is giving a series of high class and interesting entertainments. In the music department piano recitals are announced by Gustavus Johnson and Margaret Gilmore; song recitals, by Ednah Hall and Ethel Warner, and a violin recital by Alfred J. Speil. A list of lectures on musical and literary subjects are also among the recent announcements.
37Albert Rosenthal to Play in Buffalo.
39Albert Rosenthal, the young cellist, who has made such a favorable impression under Loudon Charlton's direction, is to play in Buffalo on February 10. Rosenthal's appearance there will be under the auspices of the Orpheus Club.
41Musical News of Montclair, N. J.
43As announced in THE MUSICAL COURIER last week, the Montclair Oratorio Society engaged Alice Merritt Cochran as the soprano soloist for the performance of "Elijah," given last night (Tuesday, January 14) at the First Congregational Church.
45Robert Gehrmann, violinist, has organized an orchestra made up of resident musicians.
47Helen Haydock, who has been the piano accompanist for the Montclair Oratorio Society, has removed to New York.
49The Tuesday Musical Club met last night (January 14) at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. John McGhie, on South Mountain avenue.
51At his last organ recital in the Methodist church, Alfred Appling Butler devoted his program to the works of French composers, the list including numbers by Dubois, Bach, Gounod and Saint-Saëns. Lillian Lopez, soprano, sang the "Jewel Song" from "Faust" and the Bach-Gounod "Ave Maria."
53Schumann Honored in Atlanta.
55Oscar Pappenheimer arranged a Schumann celebration at his home, 46 Ponce de Leon avenue, Atlanta, Ga., on January 13, at which some of the well known works of the immortal master were presented, including excerpts from the E flat quintet; the B flat quartet; the A minor sonata for piano and violin; the piano concerto, and G minor piano sonata. The selections given in their entirety were the songs, op. 79; the cycle "Frauenliebe und Leben"; the canon for piano, op. 56, No. 5; the chorus "Gypsy Life," and a number of detached songs. The participants in the program were: Eda E. Bartholomew, Marguerite Bartholomew, Lanora Hardman, Anna E. Hunt, Lillian MacArthur, Mrs. Kurt Mueller, Louise Van Harlingen, Caroline Westmoreland, C. N. Anderson, C. E. Buchanan, Frank Cundell, C. W. Dieckmann, Joseph Maclean, Kurt Mueller, John H. Mullin, Oscar Pappenheimer, Richard Schliwen and E. A. Werner.
57Harold Bauer's Recital Program.
59Harold Bauer will play the following program at his first New York recital Tuesday afternoon, January 28, at Mendelssohn Hall:
61Sonata Eroica, op. 50 ………………………………………….. MacDowell
62Fantasiestucke, op. 12 ………………………………………….. Schumann
63Prelude, Fugue and Variation, op. 18 ……………………….. Cesar Franck-Bauer
64Barcarolle, op. 60 …………………………………………….. Chopin
65Prelude in D flat, op. 71 ……………………………………… Emanuel Moor
66Variations on a Theme by Paganini, op. 35 ………………… Brahms
68HOWARD D. SALINS
69COMPOSER-DIRECTOR-LECTURER
70Teacher of Theory, Composition, History of Music.
71Mark Gorden, Solo Violinist. A dress care of Mr. Howard D. Salins
72Regensburgerstr. 25 III.
73BERLIN W.
75MRS. Wilhelm Eylau
76PIANO INSTRUCTION.
77Martin Luther St. 88, Portal II BERLIN, W
79GEORG FERGUSSON
80BARITONE.
81Vocal Instructor
82KLEIST STRASSE 27, BERLIN W.
84AUGUST SCHARRER
85for past three years conductor Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, is now free for orchestra engagements.
86A limited number of talented pupils in conducting, interpretation and composition will be received.
87BERLIN—Wilmersdorf Rosberitzer Str. 1
89PIANO SCHOOL FOR THE LESCHETIZKY METHOD
90AND SCHOOL OF INTERPRETATION
91Pupils received in the house and practice supervised.
92In charge of MRS. POTTER-FRISSELL, pupil of Stepanoff, Pretner (certificated) and Leschetizky. Highly endorsed by Emil Sauer and leading Dresden musicians. Dunning System of Improved Music Study for beginners also represented. Instructor in Ehrlich's School of Music, Dresden.
93Apply Nurnbergerstr. 54. Pt. r. DRESDEN
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