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Musical Courier 1911-03-22: Vol 62 Iss 12, 1911
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1later on the Bach-Gounod "Ave Maria," with violin obbligato, and with Miss Harrel the "Per Valli, per Baschi" duet of Bianchini. Victoria Harrel had to be excused from singing one of her program numbers owing to a recent attack of grip, but she insisted on singing her duet with Miss Whitcomb, and in the "Flute Enchantée" of Mozart and the "Contes d'Hoffmann," with Signor Caldera, in which the beautiful quality of her voice was heard to excellent advantage. Among those present were the Prince and Princesse Jean de Bourbon, Comte de Bourbonne, Comte et Comtesse de Villiers, Duchesse de Lévis-Mirepoix, Mrs. Frank H. Mason, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Mason, Comte Léon de Tinsseau, Comte et Comtesse de Bonneville, Mrs. Marc A. Blumenberg, Frances Berg, Princesse Eristoff, M. Hardy-Thé, Baron Hart de Beaumont, Frank Holman, Charles Holman-Black, Comtesse Montagu, Comtesse Spottiswood-Mackin, Mrs. W. J. Younger, Comte Ferré de Peroux, Vicomtesse de Chabanne La Palice, Vicomte de la Rivagerie, Baronne de Meirlitz, Princesse Gregorieff, Marquis d'Urga, Comte Charles Sienkiewicz, Maurice Lefevre, Don Keith Murray, Gabrielle Dziri, Baron de Fenesca, Marquis d'Abadie, Mrs. H. O. Stone, Thuel Burnham, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hartshorne, M. Delna-Heide, Major and Mrs. Hurley, Madame Johannes Wolff, Mlle. Chevailler, Frida Eissler, Madame et Mlle. Pfeiffer, M. Sousa-Lopez, Mr. and Miss Grafton, Madame Jules Hié, Madame Paule Gayrard-Pacini, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hall, Madame Dangeville, Madame George Grimaud, Oscar Bromberg, Cecil Howard, Eileen Elyce, Chanoine Davranches, Lisa d'Ajac, Mr., Mrs. and Miss Smith, Mrs. Runkle, M. et Madame André Fijian, Mr. and Madame d'Afferden, Madame Frank J. Gaynor, Mlle. Vix, Mrs. and Miss Davis, Mlle. Mondelle, Mrs. George Finck, Gloria Finck, Comtesse de la Bégassière, Princesse Bassaraba de Brancovan, Princesse Alexandre de Caraman-Chimay, Vicomtesse de la Gaye, Marquis et Marquise de Frenoys, Comtesse de Fleury, Madame de Saint-Ange, Madame Adam, Comtesse Choiseul, Baronne d'Avernas-Salvador, Madame de Bornemann, Comtesse d'Handicourt, Baron de Camburg, Duc de Cirella, Comte Piccoli, Baron et Baronne d'Arthuys, Madeline Lemaire, Comte de Saint-Guilhem, Comte et Comtesse de Spadina, Comtesse Marlet de Prévile, Madame Lefèvre de Loyes, Madame Max Nordau, Mlle. Manière, Miss Thornbury, Mlle. Friedberg, Miss Round, Mrs. Gordon, Mlle. Hanslik, Mlles. Agnew, Miss Gilligan, Miss Chapman, Mlles. Lunsill, Mlle. Elingsworth, Dr. and Madame Mesnard, Mr. and Mrs. John Fitz-Randolph, M. Galusha, Miss Brown, Miss Converse, Mrs. Stoval, Ruby Flint Hughes. one of two readings
2later on the Bach-Gounod "Ave Maria," with violin obbligato, and with Miss Harrel the "Per Valli, per Baschi" duet of Bianchini. Victoria Harrel had to be excused from singing one of her program numbers owing to a recent attack of grip, but she insisted on singing her duet with Miss Whitcomb, and in the "Flute Enchantée" of Mozart and the "Contes d'Hoffmann," with Signor Caldera, in which the beautiful quality of her voice was heard to excellent advantage. Among those present were the Prince and Princesse Jean de Bourbon, Comte de Bourbonne, Comte et Comtesse de Villiers, Duchesse de Lévis-Mirepoix, Mrs. Frank H. Mason, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Mason, Comte Léon de Tinsseau, Comte et Comtesse de Bonneville, Mrs. Marc A. Blumenberg, Frances Berg, Princesse Eristoff, M. Hardy-Thé, Baron Hart de Beaumont, Frank Holman, Charles Holman-Black, Comtesse Montagu, Comtesse Spottiswood-Mackin, Mrs. W. J. Younger, Comte Ferré de Peroux, Vicomtesse de Chabanne La Palice, Vicomte de la Rivagerie, Baronne de Meirlitz, Princesse Gregorieff, Marquis d'Urga, Comte Charles Sienkiewicz, Maurice Lefevre, Don Keith Murray, Gabrielle Dziri, Baron de Fenesca, Marquis d'Abadie, Mrs. H. O. Stone, Thuel Burnham, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hartshorne, M. Delna-Heide, Major and Mrs. Hurley, Madame Johannes Wolff, Mlle. Chevailler, Frida Eissler, Madame et Mlle. Pfeiffer, M. Sousa-Lopez, Mr. and Miss Grafton, Madame Jules Hié, Madame Paule Gayrard-Pacini, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hall, Madame Dangeville, Madame George Grimaud, Oscar Bromberg, Cecil Howard, Eileen Elyce, Chanoine Davranches, Lisa d'Ajac, Mr., Mrs. and Miss Smith, Mrs. Runkle, M. et Madame André Fijan, Mr. and Madame d'Afferden, Madame Frank J. Gaynor, Mlle. Vix, Mrs. and Miss Davis, Mlle. Mondelle, Mrs. George Finck, Gloria Finck, Comtesse de la Bégassière, Princesse Bassaraba de Brancovan, Princesse Alexandre de Caraman-Chimay, Vicomtesse de la Gaye, Marquis et Marquise de Frenoys, Comtesse de Fleury, Madame de Saint-Ange, Madame Adam, Comtesse Choiseul, Baronne d'Avernas-Salvador, Madame de Bornemann, Comtesse d'Handicourt, Baron de Camburg, Duc de Cirella, Comte Piccoli, Baron et Baronne d'Arthuys, Madeline Lemaire, Comte de Saint-Guilhem, Comte et Comtesse de Spadina, Comtesse Marlet de Préville, Madame Lefèvre de Loyes, Madame Max Nordau, Mlle. Manière, Miss Thornbury, Mlle. Friedberg, Miss Round, Mrs. Gordon, Mlle. Hanslik, Mlles. Agnew, Miss Gilligan, Miss Chapman, Mlles. Lunsill, Mlle. Elingsworth, Dr. and Madame Mesnard, Mr. and Mrs. John Fitz-Randolph, M. Galusha, Miss Brown, Miss Converse, Mrs. Stoval, Ruby Flint Hughes. one of two readings
4Vincent d'Indy, the well known composer, has so far recovered from his recent illness that he could be sent by his physicians to Vernet-les-Bains in the south of France.
6The death of Otto Goldschmidt occurred on February 28, in his villa Navarra, Biarritz, after a short illness. The interment was on Friday, March 3. It is well known that for many years the deceased was the collaborator of the illustrious violinist, Sarasate, whom he accompanied in all his concerts. The villa Navarra, left to him and his wife by his friend, is a museum of souvenirs. Otto Goldschmidt leaves a widow, Berthe Marx-Goldschmidt, the excellent interpreter of Beethoven and classic masters; and there is, besides the sorrow stricken widow, a daughter and other near relatives of the dead musician to mourn his loss.
8Delma-Heide.
10BUSONI CHARMS DES MOINES.
11Des Moines, la., March 13, 1911.
12The piano recital of Busoni on the evening of March 6, was the musical event of the season. Since Busoni's appearance here last year, interest in him has been very keen and it manifested itself in a veritable ovation on the occasion of his second recital. If anything, Busoni's playing seems more wonderful than a year ago, and his program afforded ample opportunity to display his wonderful skill. After the close of the recital, the audience, which packed the theater, made no move toward leaving, and finally, after repeatedly bowing his thanks, the great artist came back and played a Liszt number, which made the audience even more reluctant to take its departure. Busoni appeared here under the auspices of Dr. Frank Nagel, dean of the Highland Park College of Music. His program follows: transcription, "Chaconne," Bach-Busoni; sonata, No. 2, Chopin; Variations, op. 1, toccata, op. 7, Schumann; thirteenth rhapsody, caprice-valse, Liszt; "Der Erlkönig," Hungarian march, Schubert-Liszt.
14The initial appearance of the Hahnel Quintet (a new chamber music organization) at Fister's on Monday evening, February 28, was an artistic triumph for Mr. Hahnel and his associates. The personnel of the quintet is as follows: Eugene Hahnel, violin and director; Delmar Yungmeyer, piano; Carl Smith, cello; Willard Moore, flute; Walter Smith, French horn. A well selected program, ranging from Beethoven, Tschaikowsky and Mendelssohn to Godard and Nevin, was presented in an excellent manner, showing careful and conscientious preparation. Although this was their first public appearance, the balance of the parts was nicely kept, and the organization will, in a short time, doubtless create for itself a place among the best chamber music organizations. The assisting artist was Genevieve Wheat-Baal, contralto, who was in splendid voice, and sang in her usual satisfying manner. Her singing of "Oh, My Heart is Weary," from "Nadeshda," was one of the most artistic bits of singing that has been heard here this season. The quintet announces the second of the series of three concerts for the latter part of March.
16Genevieve Wheat-Baal, contralto, has recently filled two concert engagements—one at Chicago on March 2, and one at Yankton, S. D., on March 7. Mrs. Baal leaves in a few days to join the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra for its spring tour.
18The Handel Choir, composed of students and faculty of Drake University, will give an excellent program on Thursday evening, March 16, under the direction of Dean Holmes Cowper. Besides several choruses by the choir, solos, duets, etc., will be sung by Grace Jones Jackson, Genevieve Wheat-Baal, Helen Saum, Holmes Cowper, Tolbert MacRae, Torlief Young and others. The list of singers guarantees the artistic success of the evening.
20The choir of the First Methodist Church, under the leadership of Frederick Vance Evans, will give the oratorio "The Creation" next Sunday at 4 o'clock. It will be repeated the following Sunday evening. The soloists will be Adda Blakeslee, soprano, Paul Gilbert, tenor, and Harry R. Murison, basso. Mrs. J. S. Barnett is organist. The choir numbers sixty voices.
22Heinrich Pfitzner, head of the piano department of the Midwestern Conservatory of Music, has announced a recital in Y. M. C. A. Auditorium on the evening of March 23. This will be Mr. Pfitzner's first public appearance in years and the event is therefore of increased interest. His program includes three groups of piano numbers.
24The date of the de Pasquali concert has been set for May 1. Madame de Pasquali comes to Des Moines under the auspices of the Women's Club Chorus, which organization will give some numbers on the program. Dean Frank Nagel, of Highland Park College of Music, is director of the chorus.
26Margaret Lovejoy-Weber has been reengaged as director of Plymouth Congregational Church Choir for another year.
28Mrs. Jefferson Polk sang a number of groups of children's songs by Gaynor, Neidlinger, Chadwick and others at the fairy tale matinee given in the Y. M. C. A. Auditorium, Saturday, March 11. These served very beautifully to illustrate and embellish the program as given by Miss Edna Lyman, the noted storyteller.
30The Fortnightly Musical Club held its last meeting at the home of Miss Evelyn Dissmore. The program was in charge of Mrs. Kranth Witmer and was devoted to "American Composers." She included among those worthy of mention, Miss Dissmore, who has done some very creditable work in the line of musical composition. Mrs. Jefferson Polk sang a group of songs by Miss Dissmore and the young composer-pianist later played a double number of her own compositions, a scherzo and a capriccio, and received many sincere compliments on the originality of her work. Others taking part in the afternoon's program were Mrs. Jack Agar, Mrs. Grover Hubbell, Mrs. Robert Bell, Elsa Rehmann and Mrs. W. H. Yonkers. The club is now preparing for its second "Guests Day" which is scheduled for March 31. The beautiful home of Mrs. F. M. Hubbell, "Terrace Hill," has been tendered the club for that occasion.
32The faculty recital presented by Mr. Harry R. Murison in the chapel of Highland Park College proved to be an evening of great pleasure to those in attendance. The program was one of innumerable difficulties, but was handled in a manner which proved that the singer was entirely competent to render the different numbers to the entire satisfaction of his audience. The program was almost entirely new, so far as Des Moines is concerned. Opening with the aria "Mighty Lord and King" by Bach, the singer presented a variety of numbers which showed to advantage his excellent preparation. The program closed with a stirring reading of Chadwick's "Bedouin Love Song." Mr. Murison's improvement is steady and he is rapidly making a place for himself among the leading bassos of the State.
34C. Y. S.
36George Hamlin Praised by New York Critics.
37George Hamlin, the tenor, was the soloist at the pair of Philharmonic concerts in Carnegie Hall week before last. His numbers (songs by Richard Strauss) delighted the fine audiences and the critics, as usual, praised Mr. Hamlin's beautiful renditions. Some brief extracts read:
38Three songs by Strauss—superb songs—magnificently orchestrated, were most eloquently sung by Mr. Hamlin.—New York Tribune.
40Mr. Hamlin sang with much passion and enthusiasm and with a keenly intelligent interpretation of the music.—New York Times.
42The Strauss songs were sung by Mr. Hamlin, the eminent Strauss specialist, with good voice and exemplary delivery.—New York Evening Post.
44The appearance of Mr. Hamlin at the concert was one of the most enjoyable features. Many of those present had undoubtedly heard him at his recital in the same auditorium some weeks ago, but his artistic execution and production of tone are always appreciated. The art with which he sings is indeed more striking than his vocal powers, although his tones are of a distinctly superior quality—fine enough to have made him one of the foremost concert tenors of the country.—New York Globe.
46Dalton-Baker at Alton.
47Dalton-Baker sang on March 15 with the Dominant Ninth Choral Society at Alton, Ill. His April bookings include appearances with the Troy Choral Society, Troy, N. Y.; with the Orpheus Club, Toledo, Ohio; with the Rubinstein Club, Cleveland, Ohio; the Morning Choral Club, St. Louis, Mo., to name a few of the important ones. His singing, distinguished by sound musicianship and a dignity suggesting the serious school of English oratorio in which he was reared, has made him especially popular for spring festivals. Unlike many English singers, who seem to know no literature other than oratorio and sentimental ballads, Mr. Dalton-Baker, on account of his excellent singing of the German lied, is also much in demand by the German societies. One of his important engagements for May is with the Atlanta (Ga.) Sängerfest.
49The pronunciation "Thighs" for "Thais," while atmospheric, is incorrect.—New York Morning Telegraph.
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