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Musical Courier 1913-05-28: Vol 66 Iss 22, 1913
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1At these musicales a number of choice and rarely heard chamber music compositions will be heard. Classes in sight singing, diction and musical theory will be inaugurated for the benefit of active and associate members. Detailed information will be mailed to those sending their names to the secretary, C. Saerchinger, 17 Madison avenue. The active membership is to be increased, and more associate members and patrons are desired at once. Musical and social functions combine to make the society unique in New York's musical life.
3Elizabeth Kelso Patterson, teacher of singing, has had many interesting musicales and entertainments at her residence-studio, enlisting the artistic service of some well known singers and instrumentalists, especially within two weeks past. In chronological order these affairs were: May 14, pupils' recital; May 20, recital by Geraldine Holland, soprano, assisted by Florence Austin, violinist; May 21, Florence Marsh, lecture-talk on Wolf-Ferrari's opera "Le Donne Curiose." The last named was most interesting and instructive, bringing out the musical and literary parts of the opera. May 23, Fletcher-Copp method demonstration. The young lady students living in the Patterson home have many unusual opportunities to hear new music and to meet eminent soloists.
5T. Scott Buhrman's two organ recitals on successive Monday evenings, May 19 and May 26, presented interesting programs. The first had on it works exclusively by former American Guilmant pupils, James H. Rogers, G. Waring Stebbins, Edward Kreiser, Clarence Dickinson and J. Victor Bergquist. The second was devoted entirely to works by Guilmant, whose musical grandson Mr. Buhrman may be said to be, inasmuch as he is a pupil of Dr. William C. Carl.
7Today, May 28, Samuel A. Baldwin plays his 318th recital on the big organ at City College (4 o'clock), Bach's fantasia and fugue, G minor, being on the program. The finale from Tchaikowsky's "Pathetic Symphony," Schubert's "Am Meer" (a wonderfully effective transcription of this sad song by Baldwin) and Widow's fifth symphony, concludes the program. Sunday, June 15 (4 o'clock), the baccalaureate services, class of 1913, are to be held, with an address by President Finley. There will be a special recital by Professor Baldwin.
9William R. Crawford, organist, played works by Wagner, May 26, at Arlington Avenue Presbyterian Church, East Orange, to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of his birth.
11Waldo S. Newbury gave an organ recital at Trinity M. E. Church, Norwich, Conn., April 30, assisted by Pearl Jackson, soprano. The Norwich Bulletin says "Mr. Newbury's playing charmed a large audience; he displayed admirable command." The organist was but seventeen years of age on the day he gave the recital.
13H. Rawlins Baker, whose specialty is piano instruction, has added another future pianist to the family, a fine baby boy having come to the Bakers, op. 2, about ten days ago.
15Norah Drewett's Success in Switzerland.
17During the season just closing, the success attained by Norah Drewett, the eminent pianist, has been most marked. Those who have followed her press criticisms during the months just past, will find much similarity in those published abroad at the time of her last tour in Europe. The appended comments followed her appearance at an orchestral concert in Lucerne, and are fine examples of her success across the Atlantic:
19The name, Norah Drewett, and her art are not foreign to Lucerne. That the public had again come in such numbers to the Kursaal was a proof that the best art is also appreciated here. The pianist, Drewett, is indeed in the first rank; she who can play equally perfect Saint-Saëns, Liszt, Chopin and Schumann, with her own individual interpretation, is more than a brilliant player, she is an artist. In her playing is not only technical bravura—there is mentality, life, sometimes fire and almost masculine strength, sometimes soul and feminine softness. Our public was quite fascinated and demanded loudly and successfully extra pieces.—Luzerner Vaterland, Lucerne, Switzerland, May, 1906.
21The individual manner of her interpretation, her fire and her depth of feeling, the truly womanly charm in spite of all thoughtfulness and technical bravura, are eloquent proofs of her being a true pianist. The scherzo (G minor concerto—Saint-Saëns) once again truly French music—was quite exquisitely played by Norah Drewett.—Luzerner Tagblatt, Lucerne, Switzerland, May, 1906.
23Norah Drewett, a young and sympathetic pianist, played the fiery, sparkling, truly French "esprit," betraying second concerto in G minor by Saint-Saëns with such fascinating temperament that after the passionately moving presto, the jubilating applause of the public would not take an end until the artist consented to give an extra number. In the solo pieces, the melodious F sharp minor nocturne by Chopin, the original romance by Huber, and the powerful twelfth rhapsody by Liszt, Miss Drewett had opportunity to show not only the whole range of her touch, which is so rich in gradations up to the massive fortissimo, but also to give proofs of her individual power of thought. Her playing is full of beautifully scented poetry and yet of grandeur which surprises in so youthful a player, and if one might had wished for a deeper conception of the Schumann encore surely this young pianist, who has already obtained such a high degree of artistic perfection, will in riper years be able to do justice also to the composer "of unconquerable grief"—Luzerner Tages Anzeiger, Lucerne, Switzerland, May, 1906. (Advertisement.)
25Kroeger School Summer Course.
27The Summer Normal Course of the Kroeger School of Music, St. Louis, Mo., Ernest R. Kroeger, A. G. O., director, is to begin on Friday, June 20, and extend until Tuesday, July 29, 1913. The following shows the outline of the twelve lecture-lessons, which are especially adapted to the needs of the teacher:
291. Fundamental Work: Ear Training. Sight Reading, Rhythm, Elementary Piano Playing.
302. Music in the Second Grade.
313. The Great Composers of the Early Classical Period: J. S. Bach, Scarlatti, Handel, Gluck, Em. Bach.
324. Technic, Touch, Tone.
335. Music in the Third Grade.
346. The Great Composers of the Later Classical Period: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven.
357. Harmony, Counterpoint, Composition.
368. Music in the Fourth Grade.
379. The Great Composers of the Romantic Period. Schubert, Weber, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Chopin.
3810. Orchestral Instruments; Orchestration.
3911. Music in the Fifth Grade.
4012. The Great Modern Composers: Liszt, Wagner, Brahms, Tchaikowsky, Verdi, Strauss.
42Edward Risler played all the Beethoven sonatas at Madrid this spring.
44Topeka Pupils in Song Recitals.
46The following attractive programs are those of Jennie Blinn's pupils at Topeka, Kansas:
48Duet of the Swallows (from Mignon) …………………….Thomas
49Miss Shaver, Mr. Searle.
50A Dream of Egypt ……………………………Amy Woodforde-Finden
51Beside the Lonely Nile.
52Within the Sphinx's Solemn Shade.
53Pomegranate Is Your Mouth.
54I Envy Every Circle.
55I Wakened When the Moon.
56Miss Shaver.
57Boat Song ………………………………………Harriet Ware
58The Minstrel ………………………………………Isadore Luckstone
59Mignon …………………………………………..Mr. Searle.
60Margaret at the Spinning Wheel …………………….Schubert
61Hedge Roses ………………………………………Schubert
62My Sweet Repose ………………………………….Schubert
63Eiland …………………………………………….Miss Shaver.
64Silent Woe.
65Secret Greetings.
66By Moonlight.
67Frauenworth.
68By the Strand.
69Dreams of Roaming.
70Sprays of Roses.
71Child Voices.
72Anathema.
73Resignation. ………………………………………Mr. Searle.
74Love Is the Wind ………………………………….MacFadyen
75Slumber Song ………………………………………MacFadyen
76Ah! I Would Linger (from Romeo and Juliet) ……….Gounod
77Miss Shaver.
79The above program was given by Helen B. Shaver and Howard S. Searle, April 22, 1913, in Unity Church.
81This program was given by Frank Ripley, bass, assisted by Beatrice Burge, contralto, April 29, 1913, in Unity Church:
83O Isis and Osiris (from the Magic Flute) ……………..Mozart
84To Scenes of Peace Retiring (from the Magic Flute) ……Mozart
85Hear Me, Ye Winds and Waves (aria from Scipio) ……….Handel
86Mr. Ripley.
87In a Boat …………………………………………Grieg
88Sapphic Ode ………………………………………Brahms
89Allah ……………………………………………..Chadwick
90Maiden and Butterfly ……………………………..Chadwick
91Spring Serenade …………………………………..Holmes
92Phosphorescence …………………………………..Miss Burge.
93The Trout …………………………………………Schubert
94The Wanderer ………………………………………Schubert
95Mr. Ripley.
96Lilacs ……………………………………………..Cadman
97The Lamb …………………………………………Denmore
98The City of Sleep (words by Kipling) …………………Kernochan
99Miss Burge.
100Two Roses …………………………………………Gilberté
101I Will Give You the Keys of Heaven …………………Old English
102Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes …………………..Old English
103Exhortation …………………………………………Cook
104Light of the World …………………………………Jennie Blinn
105Requiem (words by Robert Louis Stevenson) ………….Homer
106Mr. Ripley.
107A Cavalier Song, Marching Along (words by Robert Browning), Stanford
108Bernerd McNown, Theodore Post, Howard Searle,
109Frank Ripley.
111This program was rendered May 13, 1913, in Unity Church:
113A Cavalier Song, Marching Along (words by Robert Browning), Stanford
114Bernerd McNown, Theodore Post, Howard Searle.
115Frank Ripley.
116To Music …………………………………………Franz
117The Lotus Flower ………………………………….Franz
118The Birthday ………………………………………Woodman
119Iona Buchanan.
120To Night …………………………………………Franz
121Song of the Rushes ………………………………..Franz
122The Asra …………………………………………..Rubinstein
123Thou Art So Like a Flower ………………………..Rubinstein
124Theodore Post.
125Widmung …………………………………………Schumann
126In Wunderschönen Monat Mai …………………….Schumann
127Wenn ich in deinen Augen sehen …………………..Schumann
128Die Rose Die Lillie ……………………………….Schumann
129Ich große Nicht ……………………………………Schumann
130(Sung in German.)
131Mrs. Guy E. Owens.
132Marie ……………………………………………..Franz
133The Lotus Flower ………………………………….Franz
134Autumn ……………………………………………Franz
135Bernerd McNown.
136'Neath Southern Moon ……………………………..Parelli
137June Morning ……………………………………..Willeby
138Mrs. Harry Tillinghast.
139I Am Thy Harp ……………………………………Woodman
140Wilmot Stevens.
141My Task …………………………………………..Ashford
142Through Love to Light ……………………………..Ashford
143Charlotte Eldridge.
144Poppies …………………………………………..DeKoven
145Bernerd McNown.
146One Fine Day (from Madame Butterfly) ……………..Puccini
147Iona Buchanan.
148Nymphs and Fauns …………………………………Bemberg
149Mrs. Harry Tillinghast.
150The Cry of Rachel …………………………………Salter
151Mrs. Guy E. Owens.
152Elysium …………………………………………..Oley Speaks
153Why I Love You …………………………………..MacFadyen
154I Hear You Calling Me ……………………………Marshall
155Theodore Post.
156Victorious My Heart Is ……………………………Carissimi
157We Long for the Land ……………………………..Sinding
158Chorus of Pupils.
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