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Musical Courier 1908-04-01: Vol 56 Iss 14, 1908
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1fessional classes. The present plan of first suffering the interruption, and then sending a servant into the street to order the perpetrator of the nuisance to move away (a disagreeable piece of police duty which should not be required of a domestic servant, and therefore has often to be done by professional men in person), is in itself a nuisance even when it is efficacious—which it seldom is—as the offender rarely goes out of earshot. It is clearly desirable that the police should, upon their own initiative, put a stop to street music as they now put a stop to the far more bearable nuisance of street games.
3The South London Musical Festival is to be held at Battersea Town Hall on April 2, and the prizes will be distributed by Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, who is president of the society.
5Sir Frederick Bridge is to make a tour of Canada in the spring with the object of establishing musical reciprocity between Great Britain and Canada.
7The program that Charles Clark sung at his second recital yesterday afternoon included Schumann's "Dichterliebe," which was sung by "special desire." Any criticism of Mr. Clark's singing is quite superfluous, as he has "won his spurs" over and over again, and is well known as one of the serious young singers who is ever artistic in what he does. The "Dichterliebe" was delightfully sung and greatly enjoyed by the audience that crowded every part of Aeolian Hall. A fine voice combined with fine technic makes Mr. Clark's singing a pleasure to musicians, alike as to the public.
9Three French songs by Gabriel Fauré and Georges Marty began the interesting program, which ended with four songs in English, two of them by American composers—"How's My Boy?" Sydney Homer, and "The Eagle," Carl Busch. The singing of the latter song evoked so much applause that Mr. Clark sang a little one that is still in manuscript. "Wooing," by Hermann, had to be repeated, and altogether the concert was most enjoyable.
11A. T. King.
13Lemberg produced "Rheingold" in Polish some weeks ago, with Bandrowski as Loge.
15The next novelty at the Prague Opera will be Puccini's "Madam Butterfly."
17MOSCOW MUSICAL NOTES.
18Moscow, March 10, 1908.
19Three performances of three new symphonies took place here in three weeks—on Saturdays, February 8, 15 and 22. The works were by Ippolitow-Iwanow (director of the Conservatoire at Moscow), by Sergei Rachmaninow and by Wladimir Metzel. All three composers are closely connected with Moscow musical life. The symphonies were excellent, of real musical value, splendidly orchestrated, and of a kind to do high honor to the cause of Russian music. They were received most enthusiastically.
21ELLEN VON TIDEBOHL.
23Thoughts for Vocal Students.
24There is a certain quality or attitude of thought in connection with singing (not generally understood) that generates life and health giving forces and is potent in helping to restore normal physical conditions. This thought has a wonderful influence on the quality of tone in singing and is one of the most valuable aids in securing perfect voice control.
26Ideal tone quality in a singer's voice (technically speaking) depends upon the perfection and evenness of movement in vocalizing to the same extent that purity of tone in violin playing depends upon the perfection of technic.
28Achievement in musical proficiency does not depend wholly upon the amount of time given to study. Twenty minutes of vocalizing, guided by right thinking, is worth hours of practice without any definite concentration of thought.
30The difficulty with a majority of vocalists, professional or otherwise, is that they are pursuing methods which are contradictory to natural principles, and this is one of the prominent reasons why so few, among the multitudes who sing, ever rise above the standard of mediocrity.
32Singers have always (with a few exceptions) been looking largely to material or physical conditions as causes, when the real or first cause is to be found in the mind, the physical being simply the means through which the thought of the singer finds expression.
34It is a very easy matter to obtain the required breath for singing, but the secret of good breath control lies in the proper adjustment of the column of air, and the correct focusing of the sound waves, otherwise called "voice placing."
36S. C. BENNETT.
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