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Musical Courier 1911-03-22: Vol 62 Iss 12, 1911
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1pear in the Dreyfus Theater, Saturday evening, April 1, and will be the principal musical event of the season.
3Students of the Lafayette Conservatory of Music gave an interesting program of songs and piano solos Friday evening, February 10. An enthusiastic audience listened to the work of the students, which was presented in a most artistic manner.
5The Mountain Ash Male Choir from Wales gave a second concert in Fowler Hall on February 2, and was enthusiastically received, especially the solo work of D. C. Evans and Godfrey Price. The Purdue Mandolin and Glee Club is to be complimented in bringing this organization of singers to Lafayette for a second concert.
7An interesting musical event was the concert given by the Kneisel Quartet in Fowler Hall, Thursday evening, February 24. On the program were the Beethoven quartet in G major, op. 18, No. 2 (Taneiev); theme and variations from the quartet in D minor, op. 7 (Tchaikowsky); sextet in D minor for two violins, two violas and two violoncellos. The assisting artists were Franz Esser and Carl Bruckner, of the Theodore Thomas Orchestra.
9L. M. B.
11Nina Dimitrieff Praised by Press.
13Nina Dimitrieff, now on tour with the Russian Symphony Orchestra, of New York, has been praised by the press wherever she has appeared. A few of the late criticisms follow:
15Madame Dimitrieff offered a group of three songs. She revealed a voice of remarkably sweet quality and received a good share of applause for her effort.—The Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Times-Leader, March 7, 1911.
17The solo work of Madame Dimitrieff, the great Russian operatic soprano, was a marvel of brilliancy and consummate art.—Oil City, Pa., Derrick, March 11, 1911.
19Nina Dimitrieff returned to the stage for a solo aria from "Aida." The number gained much appreciation.—Canton, Ohio, Record, March 12, 1911.
21The clear soprano notes of Nina Dimitrieff in the aria from Verdi's "Aida" created a good impression on the audience. Her voice is of extensive range and of good quality throughout.—Morning Post, Jamestown, N. Y., March 10, 1911.
23Nina Dimitrieff, the Russian soprano, was a notable member of the Quartet.—The Bradford, Pa., Era, March 9, 1911.
25Verdi's aria from "Aida" was delivered in full strong tone and pleasant recitative by the solo soprano, Nina Dimitrieff, and received many recalls.—Elmira, N. Y., Star-Gazette, March 8, 1911.
27SEATTLE MUSICAL EVENTS.
29Seattle, Wash., March 2, 1911.
31Seattle is feeling justly proud of young Leopold Rosen, the boy violinist, who is concertizing in New York with great success. Leopold created a furore when he appeared here a few years ago in the Moore Theater. He is the talented son of Moritz Rosen, the Polish violinist, who has resided in Seattle about four years. Mr. Rosen was born near Warsaw, Poland, and reared amid the surroundings that witnessed the boyhood and early manhood of Paderewski. The families were on terms of intimacy, and united by strong ties of friendship. A man of broad culture and experience, Mr. Rosen gives of his best to the musical public, as witness a few evenings ago, when the violinist appeared on a local concert program, giving selections that aroused the audience to keen enthusiasm, and though suffering the discomfort of a wounded finger he showed not the slightest trace of being handicapped, but instead brought forth from his violin tones that fairly scintillated with brilliancy.
33A piano recital was given by pupils of Sarah K. Yeagley, assisted by Forrest la Barre, violinist, Friday evening, February 24. The program, an excellently selected one, was splendidly rendered and received.
35The Seattle Center of the American Music Society announces a "Composers' Competition," open to the composers of Washington State.
37A recital by the choir of St. Joseph's Church was given Monday evening, February 27, in the auditorium of Holy Name Academy, with the following program: "Tonight" (Zarde), Mrs. G. W. Rourke; melodies from "Martha" (arranged by Oberthur), Hazel Ramy, harpist; "Si Tu Sa-
39vais" (Balfe), Mrs. F. M. Collins; "Out on the Deep" (Lohr), Howard J. Schage; "La fleur que tu m'avais j'etee" (from "Carmen") (Bizet), "I Hear You Calling Me" (Charles Marshall), William Francis Hughes; sonata (J. S. Bach), allegro, adagio ma non tanto, gavotte (for violin alone), Moritz Rosen, violin, Miss Zimmermann, piano; "Night and Dawn" (Fairfield), Florentine J. Schage; country dance from "Robin Hood" (de Koven), double quartet, Ethel Schage, accompanist.
41An excellent program was presented by pupils of the piano department of the Washington College of Music on Wednesday evening, March 1, at the Capitol Hill Branch, 921 Eighteenth avenue, North.
43The first concert of the Verein Arion was given Thursday evening, March 2, in Fauret's Hall, when an all German program was offered to an audience two-thirds American.
45The eighth popular concert by the Seattle Symphony Orchestra was given Sunday afternoon, February 26, in the Moore Theater, with J. M. Spargur and Albany Ritchie, violinists, as soloists. Several encores were given, and the concert was keenly enjoyed.
47The Margaret Olsen School of Expression and Dramatic Art presented a recital by junior classes Tuesday evening, March 7, before an audience that taxed the seating capacity of Fauret's Hall. An excellent program was splendidly rendered, and all participating acquitted themselves with credit to the school. Two one-act plays were given during the evening.
49The third quarterly meeting of Seattle Center, A. M. S., was held Wednesday, March 1, in Eilers' Hall.
51The pupils of Paola Giorza are to present "Faust" and "Romeo and Juliet" during the early part of April. Rehearsals are progressing, and the event is eagerly anticipated. The wide experience of Signor Giorza in directing and staging opera in foreign as well as American countries should guarantee a success of the venture. Some of the finest voices on the Coast are to participate in the program.
53Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Graham, who have been East, returned last week to Seattle, much to the pleasure of the musical public here.
55The Seattle Symphony Orchestra gave its sixth concert in the Moore Theater on Monday evening, March 6.
57Annie Herald gave a dinner Tuesday evening, March 7, at her residence in honor of Frederick W. Zimmermann, the well known tenor soloist, who leaves shortly for New York. The dinner was attended by notables from musical circles anxious to bid "God speed" to the favored tenor. Mr. Zimmermann presented an excellent program, Monday evening, at the new home of Dr. Fritz, and received an ovation.
59The writer is in receipt of a program from Arthur Foote of the first private concert of the Morning Choral Club of St. Louis, Charles Galloway, director. The program, a splendidly arranged one, was sung by the club, assisted by Edmond Clément, tenor. Numbers were presented from H. Bemberg, Gounod, Arthur Foote, Edward MacDowell, Pessard, Diemer, Massenet, Damrosch, Jessie L. Gaynor, Edward Elgar, G. Schindler, Wekerlin and Charles Wakefield Cadman. "Gray Twilight," part song by Arthur Foote, is from a lyric by Agnes Lockhart Hughes, and of it Mr. Foote writes the author: "It was most effectively sung and received cordial greetings."
61The sympathy of the community goes forth to Mrs. H. H. A. Beach, whose mother, Clara Imogene Cheney, passed away on February 18. Mrs. Beach's husband, Dr. H. H. A. Beach, died a few months ago, and this double bereavement comes as a great shock. The writer's little son, named Beach, after the noted composer, received from Mrs. Cheney what she termed "his first love letter," when he was but a few weeks old, and prizes it as one of his greatest treasures. While a resident in Boston the writer enjoyed the friendship of Mrs. Beach and her lovable mother, and up to the time of Mrs. Cheney's illness kept in correspondence with her. Her demise comes like a keen personal loss, and heartfelt sympathy is extended to Mrs. Beach in her sad bereavement.
63AGNES LOCKHART HUGHES.
65"The Oldest Concert Room in Europe" is the title of a substantial volume just published in London by John Lane. This room is not, as most people would guess, in Venice, Paris, or Leipsic, but at Oxford. It is used at present as the headquarters of the Oxford University Musical Union, and its record in the service of the art goes back almost uninterrupted over 150 years.—New York Evening Post.
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