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Musical Courier 1909-05-05: Vol 58 Iss 18, 1909
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1MUSICAL CONDITIONS IN OMAHA.
3OMAHA, Neb., April 24, 1909.
5One of the artists here, who says and firmly believes Omaha is destined to become a great musical city, is Frederick B. Patés. Mr. Patés studied in Milan under Signor Nardini and Signor Baldanza. He has been a resident of Omaha seven years, in which time he has built up a very large and lucrative class, among whom may be mentioned Julia Porter, whom Madame Nordica pronounced as having a wonderfully cultivated voice. Nordica has invited Miss Porter to study under her, and predicts a great future for her. Mr. Patés gives students' recitals every week, and is heard frequently himself in public.
7Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gahm are two of Omaha's best known artists. Mr. Gahm is a graduate of the Royal Conservatory and has spent the last three years in Berlin studying composition with Juon. Mrs. Gahm is a harpist of no mean ability, having studied under Posse, of Berlin, and Tremonti at Boston. Mr. and Mrs. Gahm have been giving joint recitals, and May 6 Mr. Gahm will give his first piano recital in Omaha since returning from Europe. Prior to going abroad he was the director of the piano department of the Academy of Sacred Heart of Omaha. He returned from Europe last October, and has been giving concerts since.
9Rosalia Saalfeld, who has a large piano class, has studied with Joseph Gahm, and is also a pupil of Jean P. Duffield. Miss Saalfeld has been much before the Omaha public, having appeared in concert and receiving very favorable mention.
11Among Omaha's vocal teachers may be mentioned Frank Oscar Newlan, who has been teaching for the past six years, and has met with decided success. He is a pupil of Francis Stuart, also of J. Harry Wheeler, of New York.
13Corrine Paulson occupies a very prominent position here as a teacher and accompanist, and was the accompanist for both Sibyl Sammis and Glenn Hall at their recent concerts given in Omaha. Miss Paulson was recently re-elected vice president of the Tuesday Morning Musical Club, this making her second term in this office. She is also the music critic of the Omaha Excelsior.
15Sigmund Landsberg will give his tenth annual students' recital early in the fall. Mr. Landsberg studied in Berlin at the Stern Conservatory and also studied privately with Frederick Gernsheim. He is a composer of merit, and has many compositions on the market, among which may be mentioned "A Song Memory," dedicated to Thomas J. Kelly, and "Elegia Appassionata," which have met with a very ready sale.
17The Borglum studios are noted for their beauty and artistic arrangement, containing many specimens of art from the Old World, the different rooms being hung with rare tapestries, all of which were brought over by Mr. and Mrs. Borglum from their numerous European trips. August M. Borglum, who is a well known artist, studied with Wager Swayne, and credits all his success to Mr. Swayne. Mr. Borglum has been teaching in Omaha eight years, and is very ably assisted by Mrs. Borglum. They give class recitals every Saturday afternoon, and hold evening recitals monthly. They will give a public pupils' recital May 5, at Schmoller & Mueller Auditorium. Mr. Borglum has been the music critic on the World Herald for the past seven years.
19Evelyn Hopper, one of the well known teachers of Omaha, having spent several years in New York under some of the most foremost teachers, is finely equipped to take up her chosen profession here. She is also choir director of Trinity Methodist Church, and during the past season conducted a series of concerts in connection with her church choir. Miss Hopper is destined to become the impresario of Omaha, and last season brought such well known artists as Arthur Hartmann, Glenn Hall, Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler and Corinne Rider-Kelsey, and to say that her efforts have been appreciated by the music loving public of Omaha is putting it mildly. For next season Miss Hopper has signed Schumann-Heink for a concert January 6, and will give a series of four other concerts during the season. The artists will be announced later.
21Anna Bishop, who is prominent in the musical circles of Omaha, studied in New York under George Sweet, Clara Munger and J. Armour Galloway. Miss Bishop has classes in both Lincoln and Omaha, making the trip between both cities each week. She is also a member of the Tuesday Morning Musical Club of Omaha and the Matinee Musical Club of Lincoln, and takes an active part in both.
23Katheryn M. Shary, a resident of Omaha, is well known as an artist of ability, both here and abroad, having studied under Madame Marchesi and Madame de Sales, of Paris, as well as several other well known tutors. Mrs. Shary has won the favor of both the press and public at every appearance she has made in concert. She is at present conducting a class here and is contemplating concerts in Omaha and the surrounding cities. Mr. and Mrs. Shary have just returned from Chicago, where they attended the opera.
25One of Omaha's rising young pianists is Martin W. Bush, who has been studying with Max Landow for the past two years. Mr. Bush was presented in a piano recital last November by Mr. Landow, and his success was instantaneous. Mr. Bush has also studied organ with J. H. Simms, and at present is the organist at the First Congregational Church. Mr. Bush and Fred G. Ellis have given joint recitals the past season, and they will give their concluding recital at the First Congregational Church, April 25.
27Among the young concert pianists of Omaha may be mentioned Jean G. Jones, who is a pupil of Wager Swayne, of Paris. Mr. Jones also studied organ and voice with Thomas J. Kelly, and piano and harmony with August Borglum, of Omaha. Mr. Jones has given several concerts in the different cities surrounding Omaha, also several concerts before the Women's Club of Omaha. He expects to give a series of five or six recitals in and around Omaha early in May, and next fall will make several short tours.
29Thomas J. Kelly is recognized as one of the leading vocal teachers of Omaha. Having had a wide and varied career in the music world, no one in Omaha is better technically equipped to claim that distinction. Mr. Kelly makes annual visits to Europe for the study of the classics, and is now planning his next trip. Last Sunday he gave Haydn's "Passion Music" at the First Methodist Episcopal Church, the first time this work has been sung in the West. Mr. Kelly is the musical critic of the Omaha Bee.
31Emily Cleve, who has a large violin class here, studied with Robert Cuscaden, who is now first violinist of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Miss Cleve has taken up Mr. Cuscaden's work here, and is director and conductor of the Cuscaden Orchestra, composed of twenty members. Miss Cleve has also given several violin concerts, and it is hoped that she will be heard again in the near future.
33Vernon Claire Bennett, one of Omaha's recognized organists, is a pupil of William C. Carl, the celebrated organist of New York. This is Mr. Bennett's third year in Omaha, and besides being an organist at Temple Israel and the First Church of Christ, Scientist, has gained a prominent position in musical circles here through his organ recitals, having appeared before the Women's Club the past season, to say nothing of his other numerous concerts given in and around Omaha.
35Jean P. Duffield, another of Omaha's aspiring young pianists, studied under Oscar Raff, of Berlin. Mr. Duffield has been teaching here three years, having a large class, and has met with success. He is planning a pupils' recital for next month. Mr. Duffield is the composer of "Spring's Blue Eyes," which has met with quite a ready sale.
37R. E. R.
39Song Recital by Maude West Bransford.
41Maude West Bransford, a young mezzo soprano, whose voice and style of singing are beginning to attract notice, was heard in a song recital Saturday afternoon, April 24, at the Hurlburt Studio, 151 West Seventeenth street. Miss Bransford is a soloist in the choir of Hope Baptist Church. She is very intelligent as well as musical, and these gifts, combined with a voice of rich and sympathetic quality, have resulted in adding another singer to the ranks of those worthy of critical attention. Miss Bransford's program included: "Thou Art Like Unto a Flower," Schumann; "Moonlight," Schumann; "The Silver Ring," Chaminade; "Madrigal," Chaminade; Lullaby from "Jocelyn," Godard; "Wilt Thou Be My Dearie," Grossmann; "Ozymandias," Grossmann; "Invocation," d'Harleldot; "The Rose," Johnson; "The River and the Sea," Johnson, and "May Morning" by Denza. The young singer interpreted the songs with warmth and understanding, and several times during the afternoon many of her listeners were moved by the sincerity and feeling of a voice that is remarkable for its sweetness and wholesome timbre. Miss Bransford is a pupil of Ella Powell. At her recital she was assisted by Margaret Beverley Jackson, a young violinist, pupil of Karl Feininger. Miss Jackson played numbers by Tschetschulin, Auer-Popper, Vieuxtemps and obbligatos for Miss Bransford for the Godard and d'Harleldot songs. Mrs. Karl Feininger played the piano accompaniments. After the recital Miss Bransford was surrounded by an admiring host, who congratulated her and predicted a career for the charming young singer.
43Those who heard Miss Bransford for the first time on this occasion were at once captivated by the freshness and beauty of her voice. With further study, Miss Bransford will in time become a singer for whom a demand will spring up among those ever on the alert for a beautiful voice allied to exceptional talent.
45Haensel & Jones to Manage Marie Zeckwer.
47Marie Zeckwer, the young Philadelphia soprano, will be under the management of Haensel & Jones next season. Miss Zeckwer belongs to a family noted for musical achievements during several generations. Her father, Richard Zeckwer, is the director of the Philadelphia Musical Academy, and is one of the prominent musicians of the Keystone State. Camille W. Zeckwer, brother of the soprano, is a composer of more than local renown. Miss Zeckwer, after completing her studies in this country, went abroad, and for several years studied in Paris under Madame Marchesi, Frank King Clark and Walther Straarum, formerly leader of singing at the Lamoureux concerts and stage manager at the Paris Opera.
49Bruno Huhn's New Studio.
51Bruno Huhn has removed his studio to more spacious quarters. He is now located at the Wollaston, 231 West Ninety-sixth street (phone 1404), where he will continue his lessons in style, repertory and diction to singers. Mr. Huhn will remain in town until July 1.
53Schumann's "Ruth" was sung by the Hamburg Singakademie under Prof. Dr. Barth.
55MANHATTAN CONSERVATORY of MUSIC
56A SCHOOL OF RAPID PROGRESS
57VOICE CULTURE, PIANO, VIOLIN
58PIANOS FURNISHED FOR PRACTICE
59TERMS AND BOOKLET ON APPLICATION
60141-143 East 26th Street
61NEW YORK
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