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Musical Courier 1909-09-15: Vol 59 Iss 11, 1909
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1of a great music festival. Here also we found a warm and cordial reception and undisputed success.
3May 15 we finally reached Buffalo, where we closed our tour, as per schedule, with a great concert marked with loud applause.
5Tuesday, May 18, we boarded the steamship Nordam, of the Holland-American line, and under the protection of calm and most of the time beautiful weather, we hurried toward our country. May 28, after a trip of eleven days, we landed in Rotterdam, and the following day, at 2:30 p.m., we reached Dresden.
7According to notes kept by one of the members of my orchestra, we traveled (effectively from March 29 to May 29) from Dresden to Dresden—during sixty days, without counting interruptions, 657 hours, 40 minutes, equal to 26 days, 23 hours, 40 minutes.
9Two days after our arrival we were again able to take up our regular concerts in the Royal Belvedere, as arranged by program.
11Our concert tour ran like a faultless chronometer without deviating one point from the fixed time. We ought to be satisfied and thankful to Destiny. But here came to us also another satisfaction. On June 11 there arrived in Dresden our excellent impresario, Mr. Johnston, from New York (stopping at the Europäischer Hof) in order to submit to us the provisory contract for a second concert tour, for the same period in the next year, through the United States of America.
13Mr. Johnston informed us that everywhere that we have been we are expected and looked for with joy. Should we again obtain leave of absence none of us will be disinclined to follow the honor call for the second time.
15WILLY OLSEN. one of two readings
16Willy Olsen. one of two readings
18MUSIC IN CINCINNATI.
20CINCINNATI, Ohio, September 11, 1909. one of two readings
21Cincinnati, Ohio, September 11, 1909. one of two readings
23The Cincinnati College of Music opened its thirty-second academic year, September 7, under most pleasing circumstances, the enrollment indicating a prosperous year. A notable feature of the enrollment is the broad area from which students have been attracted. Besides the large proportion of students from the Middle West and South, there are a number from the Pacific Coast and also from the Eastern States. Favorable comment has been made by the members of the faculty upon the standard of talent shown by the new students, who, encouraged by the association of those who have had the advantage of college instruction in previous years, may be expected to show early development in their specialties, an exhibition of which will be given in the numerous recitals in the Odeon and Music Hall. The violin department has been strengthened by the return of nearly all of last year's class and the addition of some excellent new talent, which will greatly assist the college orchestra in maintaining the standard of its performances in the series of chorus and orchestra concerts to be given in Music Hall as usual.
25Beatrice Brumleve, a local violin student of the College of Music, has been engaged to teach in Baylor College, Belton, Tex., and Louise Samms, soprano, of Gallipolis, another college product, has been offered the position of teacher of voice at Martha Washington College in Virginia.
27Inez Monfort, of this city, and a former student in the College of Music, who has held several important choir positions, returned to Maryville College, Tenn., where she has taught voice for the past several years.
29Encouraged by the success of past performances, notably those of Mascagni's "L'Amico Fritz," last April, the College of Music again will exercise its energy and continue to draw upon its resources in order to bring its school of opera even to a higher position of prominence than it has already attained as a successful and reputable training school for aspirants to an operatic career. There has never been anything suggestive of an amateurish standard in the school's operatic performances, and it even has been authoritatively declared that many professionals would have suffered by comparison, particularly on account of the freshness and buoyancy of the voices. In the professional ranks today are many successful singers who received their early preparation here. The works to be studied and performed this year have not as yet been announced, but that they will be of an important nature and that they will be given in costume with orchestra and stage accessories is assured.
31Weigester Summer School Closes.
33The Weigester Summer School of Vocal Music has just completed the most successful season in its history. Pupils from many different sections of the country were in attendance, and the programs given at the weekly recitals vouch for the high quality of the work done. Mr. Weigester will return to New York today and resume his work at his Carnegie Hall studios, and also as conductor of the Brooklyn Chorus. He is looking forward to a season of unusual activity.
35George Folsom Granberry. She has been successful in teaching the Faleten system in the picturesque section of Brooklyn, which is called Flatbush. More important news of Miss Concannon will soon be forthcoming.
37The Metropolitan Opera Company will inaugurate its second season in Brooklyn Monday evening, November 8. In all, twenty performances of opera will be given with the same casts and scenery used in the productions at the Metropolitan Opera House, Manhattan. The Brooklyn Arion will precede the Metropolitan opening with two performances of Weber's opera, "Der Freischutz," in election week. If this outline of what is to come does not arouse Brooklyn out of its habitual lethargy, then there is no hope for the progress of music on this side of the East River. The people must arouse themselves if they wish to counteract the corroding influence of the tawdry theatrical shows in Brooklyn. Talk about the "ups and downs" of life in Brooklyn. It may shock the sensibilities of many to hear that the brownstone mansion, corner South Oxford street and De Kalb avenue, formerly occupied by the late Rev. Dr. T. DeWitt Talmage and his family, has become the headquarters of a Democratic club.
39E. L. T.
41Brooklyn, N. Y., September 14, 1909.
43Brooklyn will have an exciting musical season and other forms of excitement. Both Dr. Cook and Commander Peary, the North Pole explorers, are residents of Brooklyn. Then there is the Hudson-Fulton celebration and the election of a Mayor for Greater New York, of which Brooklyn with its population of a million and a half will again become the battle ground.
45It is to the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences that the people look for the best in the way of concerts and musical lectures. Madame Schumann-Heink is to open the Institute season with a recital at the Academy of Music, Wednesday evening, September 29. The concert occurring during the Hudson-Fulton celebration will take of a gala occasion.
47The five concerts by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Brooklyn will again be given under the joint auspices of the Brooklyn Institute and the Brooklyn Philharmonic Society. The dates are Friday evenings, November 12, December 10, January 14, February 25, and March 25. There will also be five concerts by the New York Symphony Orchestra under the auspices of the Brooklyn Institute. The dates will be announced later. The New York Philharmonic Society will give a series of concerts in Brooklyn at the Academy of Music under the patronage of prominent women. Among the piano recitals will be one by Carreño, under the direction of the Brooklyn Institute.
49Carl Fiqué will open the Brooklyn Institute courses of musical lectures September 28 with "Lohengrin" for his subject. The other dates and subjects of Mr. Fiqué's able lecture recitals follow:
50October 5—"Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), the Father of the Symphony."
51October 12—"Friedrich Smetana, the Mozart of Bohemia. Review of His Opera, 'The Bartered Bride.'"
52October 19—"Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826): The Romance of a Romanticist."
53October 26—"Electra; the New Music Drama by Richard Strauss."
54November 2—"The Evolution of the Overture."
56In each of these lecture recitals Mr. Fiqué will illustrate the subject matter at the piano.
58This will be the seventh series of lecture recitals Mr. Fiqué has given before the Institute. Other lecture recitals will be given during the season by Daniel Gregory Mason, Thomas Whitney Surette, Thomas A. Humason, and John C. Griggs. Lectures on the music to be presented by the Boston Symphony Orchestra will be given in the lecture hall of the Academy of Music Thursday afternoons preceding the Friday night concerts. The lecturers engaged are: Louis C. Elson, of Boston; Howard Brockway, of Baltimore, formerly of Brooklyn; Thomas Whitney Surette, of New York, and Daniel Gregory Mason, of New York. Mr. Brockway will give two of the five lectures, the second and fourth.
60Madame Jäger has notified the Master School of Music that she will soon sail from Germany for this country. The new term at the school, now located at 96 Clinton street, will begin October 18. Voice trials are announced for October 14 and 15, with Madame Jäger in charge.
62Berta Grosse-Thomason has returned from her charming tour of Spain. Her school for piano on Degraw street will reopen this month. News of the faculty and plans will be published later.
64Gertrude Concannon, a pianist of extraordinary ability, whose home is in Kansas City, Mo., gave two recitals at the studio of Mrs. Randolph Beardsley, 1491 East Seventeenth street, Flatbush, Monday and Tuesday evenings, August 23 and 24. Miss Concannon played with skill and musical insight, winning for herself more enthusiastic endorsements. Her numbers included: Toccata, Bach-Tausig; fantaisie, op. 49, Chopin; fantaisie impromptu, Chopin; berceuse, Chopin; scherzo, Mendelssohn; "Erl König," Schubert-Liszt; "La Campanella," Liszt. Mrs. Beardsley the hostess of the two evenings, is a professional pupil of
66Williams-Parmelee Recitals.
68Helen Gauntlett Williams, the pianist and contralto, and Syrena Scott Parmelee, dramatic reader, have planned to give joint recitals throughout the season. Both of these artists have won reputations in the East and their programs show that the entertainments they provide are highly educational. Schools and clubs particularly have engaged them, and more bookings are reported by their managers. A sample program follows:
70Jeanne D'Arc—5 acts, 2 scenes…………………Percy Mackaye
71With music arranged by Miss Williams from Tchaikowsky's opera, "The Maid of Orleans," and other sources.
72Midsummer Night's Dream…………………….Mendelssohn Music
73Enoch Arden (with Strauss music)…………….Tennyson
74Act I—Departure of Enoch.
75Act II—Philip and Annie.
76Act III—Return of Enoch.
77Preciosa, the Spanish Dancer—2 acts (with Spanish music), Longfellow
78The Canterbury Pilgrims……………………..Percy Mackaye
79Music by Damrosch.
81Miss Parmelee and Miss Williams also announce the following short stories and juvenile readings with music:
82Rhymes of Childhood with Music.
83The Happy Prince…………………………….Oscar Wilde
84Music by Liza Lehmann.
85Hiawatha, Rosseter Cole music………………..Longfellow
86Spinning Wheel Song…………………………Wagner Music
87Bergliot………………………………………Grieg Music
89Some testimonials and press notices here appended give further details of the exceptional successes of the afternoon and evening entertainments presented by these talented artists:
91Helen Gauntlett Williams and Syrena Scott Parmelee delighted a cultured audience at the Seaside Hotel, Ocean Grove. Miss Williams and Miss Parmelee are superior entertainers, who have won for themselves a place in the hearts of the people. We shall hope to hear them again, and it is with pleasure I recommend them to others.—S. E. Ross, president of Old Folks' Home, New Brunswick District, N. J.
93Syrena Scott Parmelee, a dramatic reader, is gaining laurels constantly by her association in refined and classic programs with Helen Gauntlett Williams, a pianist and contralto who has achieved success in her profession wherever she has appeared.—Asbury Park Press.
95The event of more than usual interest was the reading of "Jeanne D'Arc," with music, by Syrena Scott Parmelee and Helen Gauntlett Williams. The music was derived from various sources, largely from the opera, "The Maid of Orleans," by Tchaikowsky. Miss Williams has selected from the many beautiful themes those which best express the text of the play. Miss Parmelee is very dramatic and her characters were charmingly and convincingly portrayed. The large and cultured audience were enthusiastic over the beautiful work. Both reader and pianist received a very generous amount of applause, and at the close many congratulations were given.—New Haven Register.
97"Jeanne D'Arc" was presented in a most novel form by two very fine artists, Syrena Scott Parmelee and Helen Gauntlett Williams, both of New York. The real descriptive part of the story was left in the hands of the musician, and the music told the story most eloquently. The dialogue, the personal conceptions and the run of the story were in the reader's hands. She impersonated each character. Miss Parmelee's manner was most pleasing and her reading was considerably above the average professional. Her gestures and facial expressions were calculated to depict the harrowing scenes experienced by the French martyr and her art rose to every emergency.—Wallingford News, Wallingford, Conn.
99Grace Ehrlich in Munich.
101Grace Ehrlich, the pianist, has been spending the summer in the Bavarian Alps, and expects soon to give a concert in Munich, probably in November, in conjunction with the singer, Otti Hey. Before returning to her Paris work she will spend some time in Berlin. She is arranging for a later concert in Paris, in March.
103The Brahms Festival in Munich was scheduled to include a song recital by Dr. Wüllner, an authority on the Lieder of the great Johannes—and all other composers also.
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