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Musical Courier 1910-03-02: Vol 60 Iss 9, 1910
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1TWIN CITIES, February 26, 1910.
2It seems a strange state of musical affairs when a song recital by a pupil who is only just past her majority comes to be the chief musical event of a week in a city where symphony orchestra programs and concerts of various kinds follow upon one another so thick and fast that one can hardly keep track of them. But that is just what the recital of Tenie Murphy, at the Minneapolis School of Music, Oratory and Dramatic Art, Tuesday night, amount-
4Der Erlkönig ……………………………………………..Schubert one of two readings
5Der Erlkönig ………………………………………….. Schubert one of two readings
6Violin—Scene from the Czarde ………………………..Hubay one of two readings
7Violin—Scene from the Czarde ………………………. Hubay one of two readings
8Wanderers Nachtlied …………………………………….Ferguson one of two readings
9Wanderers Nachtlied ……………………………………. Ferguson one of two readings
10Die Schlanke Wasserlilie ……………………………Ferguson one of two readings
11Die Schlanke Wasserlilie …………………………… Ferguson one of two readings
12Der Brief …………………………………………………….Ferguson one of two readings
13Der Brief …………………………………………………. Ferguson one of two readings
14Des Mädchens Elfentraum ……………………………Ferguson one of two readings
15Des Mädchens Elfentraum …………………………… Ferguson one of two readings
16Ave Maria …………………………………………………Bach-Gounod one of two readings
17Ave Maria ………………………………………………… Bach-Gounod one of two readings
18(Voice, violin, piano, organ.)
19Lieti Signor …………………………………………………Meyerbeer one of two readings
20Lieti Signor …………………………………………….. Meyerbeer one of two readings
21My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice ………………………..Saint-Saëns one of two readings
22My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice ……………………….. Saint-Saëns one of two readings
23Disappointed Serenader ……………………………….Brahms one of two readings
24Disappointed Serenader ………………………………. Brahms one of two readings
25The Rosary …………………………………………………Nevin one of two readings
26The Rosary …………………………………………….. Nevin one of two readings
27The Years at the Spring …………………………………Beach one of two readings
28The Years at the Spring ………………………………. Beach one of two readings
30It is somewhat of a task to discuss a young singer of Miss Murphy's attainments in a program of this character without seeming too wildly enthusiastic or too severely critical, but in the writer's opinion we have to discuss an incipient operatic singer of the first magnitude, and so it would be quite natural to be very enthusiastic over her work. While Miss Murphy herself is one of the jolliest, care free young women in the Twin Cities, her voice makes her out to be a woman grown, who has tasted the cup of sorrow and who knows well the tragedy of life. There is in her beautiful voice a quality of tears that has its appeal to the human side of the listener and that will always hold an audience in closest attention, whether it be critical or otherwise. But in the matter of the interpretation of the above program, it seems almost too much to say that the writer has never heard the songs sung with more exquisite taste nor with a finer understanding of their poetic significance, yet less cannot be said, because, pupil though she is, Miss Murphy sings like an artist. Her voice is one of great range and power and her high notes have the clarion sound of a great artist, while her low notes are round and full, like Calvé in her prime. She was assisted in the above program by William MacPhail, violinist, and Donald N. Ferguson, pianist, singing four of Mr. Ferguson's songs. The writer would like to discuss at greater length these fine contributions to German lieder, but will defer that matter until some later opportunity. Miss Murphy's teacher is William H. Pontius, director of the department of music of the Minneapolis School of Music, Oratory and Dramatic Art. Mr. Pontius is well known as the teacher of several singers who have attained considerable prominence in the music centers of the East, among whom is Marion Green, of Chicago, who is making a tour with the Theodore Thomas Orchestra this spring. Mr. Pontius plans an operatic career for Miss Murphy and to that end she will leave for New York to continue her studies early in the fall.
32Richard Czerwonky was soloist at the fourteenth "pop" concert of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra last Sunday, and he played the D'Ambrosio concerto as his principal number, giving Saint-Saëns "The Swan" for an encore. This is the first time the concerto has been heard here, but it is the hope of the writer that it will not be the last time, for certainly the concerto is a beautiful work and one that you might wish to hear frequently. It was well played, too, and Mr. Czerwonky was deservedly given a dozen recalls. The balance of the program consisted of a "March Triomphale" by Mayr, overture to "Fingal's Cave," symphonic poem "The Moldau" by Smetana, "Piemontese Dance," No. 1, op. 31, Sinigaglia; ballet music from the pantomime "Les Petits Riens" by Mozart, and the Russian fantasy "Kamarinskaia" by Glinka. Mr. Oberhoffer's reading of "The Moldau" was particularly sympathetic.
34There was no special soloist at the "pop" concert in St. Paul last Sunday, but there were short solos taken by Joseph Chabr, oboist, and Emilio Ganzerla, English hornist, that pleased the audience very much. The program was as follows:
36Coronation march from The Prophet ……………………..Meyerbeer one of two readings
37Coronation march from The Prophet …………………….. Meyerbeer one of two readings
38Largo from New World symphony ………………………..Dvorak one of two readings
39Largo from New World symphony …………………….. Dvorak one of two readings
40March from Tannhäuser ………………………………….Wagner one of two readings
41March from Tannhäuser ………………………………. Wagner one of two readings
42Serenade, op. 31 …………………………………………..Seling one of two readings
43Serenade, op. 31 ……………………………………… Seling one of two readings
44Rhapsody Espagnole ………………………………………Chabrier one of two readings
45Rhapsody Espagnole ………………………………….. Chabrier one of two readings
46Overture to Mignon ………………………………………Thomas one of two readings
47Overture to Mignon …………………………………… Thomas one of two readings
48Canzonetta from violin concerto ………………………..Godard one of two readings
49Canzonetta from violin concerto …………………….. Godard one of two readings
50Serenade from Scotch scenes ……………………………Godard one of two readings
51Serenade from Scotch scenes ………………………… Godard one of two readings
52Pizzicato polka ……………………………………………..Delibes one of two readings
53Pizzicato polka …………………………………………. Delibes one of two readings
54Waltz from the Vienna Woods ………………………….Strauss one of two readings
55Waltz from the Vienna Woods ……………………….. Strauss one of two readings
57The Godard canzonetta aroused a great deal of enthusiasm, and after the members of the string section had bowed their acknowledgment they were obliged to repeat the number, also the one following it.
59During the playing of the "Piemontese Dance" and the Russian fantasy, a thought struck the writer and it will be given here for what it is worth. Is it not possible that the lack of life in most of the so-called American music is due to the fact that the composers take themselves and their art too seriously? Is it necessary to invent a new theme every time you want to compose a work for orchestra? All the greatest composers of the old countries (Wagner excepted) have gone to the tunes of the people for their inspiration and much of the music that has been received with favor both at home and abroad is built up in the form of a potpourri or fantasy on popular themes. The writer would like to present the "Maple Leaf Rag" and "Hiawatha" to Signor Sinigaglia, or M. Glazounow, or Herr Reger, and see what they would make of them. It is a standing wager that they would produce something jolly, well orchestrated, polyphonic and thoroughly satisfying from the standpoint of music, and far more enjoyable than the dry-as-dust stuff that one occasionally
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