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Musical Courier 1913-11-12: Vol 67 Iss 20, 1913
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1make a tour of America under the management of R. E. Johnston, New York. Mr. Schmidt will make his first appearance in Chicago at the Studebaker Theater, Sunday afternoon, December 7, under the direction of F. Wight Neumann. He is a native of Chicago and a pupil of Adolf Weidig, who gave him his foundation for a musical career. He studied with Sevcik four years and two years with Willy Hess, of Berlin.
3Saturday afternoon, November 15, advanced pupils of Ragna Linne, violin pupils of Adolf Weidig, and piano pupils of Victor Garwood and Silvio Scionti will give a recital at Kimball Hall under the direction of the American Conservatory.
5Louise St. John Westervelt, soprano, and Helen B. Lawrence, pianist, will give a piano recital in the Fine Arts Theater, Sunday, November 16. Miss Westervelt's program is a diversified one and includes a group of Debussy numbers.
7Josef Hofmann will be heard in a piano recital Sunday afternoon, November 16, at the Studebaker Theater, under the management of F. Wight Neumann.
9The introduction of the Dalcroze System of Eurythmics by the American Conservatory has been such a success that the regular classes have become too large and new ones are being formed. In developing the elemental features of musical expression this work is invaluable. These classes are under the direction of Lucy Duncan Hall.
11Karleton Hackett will give a lecture recital next Monday, November 10, at 2.30 p. m. in the Assembly Room, Fine Arts Building, on the new operas to be given by the Chicago Grand Opera Company, 1913-14. Musical illustrations will be given by Jennie F. W. Johnson and Susie B. Ford. The recital will be under the auspices of the Amateur Musical Club.
13The Marshall Field & Co. Choral Society, founded in 1907 with a membership of 140, has grown to nearly 200 active members. Heretofore but one concert a season has been given, but two will be rendered this season—one, composed of part songs, on December 4 in Orchestra Hall, and another, comprising two cantatas, on April 16, 1914, in the same place.
15Rene Devries.
17Egan's Brooklyn Program.
19Thomas Egan, the famous Irish tenor, will appear at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, next Sunday evening, November 16. Lillian Breton, of the Royal Italian Opera Company, Drury Lane, London; Anna Maria De Milita, harpist; and John R. Rebarer, pianist, will assist in the program which is to be as follows:
21Piano solo, prelude…………………………………………..MacDowell
22Aria—
23Prayer, La Tosca……………………………………………..Puccini
24Good Bye………………………………………………………..Tosti
25Harp, Marche Triomphale of King David…………………Godefroid
26Miss De Milita.
27Songs—
28Has Sorrow Thy Young Days Shaded…………………….Request
29The Minstrel Boy……………………………………………..Moore
30Harp solo, Irish Airs…………………………………………..Thomas Egan
31Miss De Milita.
32Songs—
33Bergere Legere……………………………………………….J. B. Weckerlin
34Ein Schwan…………………………………………………….Grieg
35Aria, O Paradiso, L'Africans……………………………….Meyerbeer
36Thomas Egan.
37Songs—
38Ich Liebe Dich…………………………………………………Grieg
39At Parting………………………………………………………Rogers
40Lillian Breton.
41Piano solo, Valse A flat………………………………………Nicholas Rubinstein
42Mr. Rebarer.
43Songs—
44Fainne Geal An Lea…………………………………………..Gaelic
45Molly Bawn…………………………………………………….Lover
46Eileen Allanna…………………………………………………Thomas
47Thomas Egan.
48Duet, Aida………………………………………………………Verdi
49Mme. Breton and Thomas Egan.
51Egan is making a record for himself in filling large auditoriums in this country, notable ones being at the Boston (Mass.) Theater and in St. Paul, Minn.
53Brooklyn (Academy of Music), Springfield, Mass. (New Auditorium), Cleveland, Ohio (Metropolitan), Toronto (Massey Hall) are only a few coming engagements, where Egan's drawing power will be tested. He is one of the opera singers equally at home and successful in concert.
55With a performance of "Mignon," the Rossini Theater in Venice was opened for the season on October 18. This was followed by "La Favorita," "Manon" (Massenet) and two operas of Andrea Ferretto, "La Violinata" and "Idillio Tragico."
57CAROLYN BEEBEE AND MARIE SUNDELIUS WIN SUCCESS WITH LONGY SOCIETY.
59New Chamber Music Organization Appears in the Metropolis—Personnel Composed of Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra—Superb Virtuosity Revealed.
61A good sized audience assembled in Aeolian Hall last Saturday evening, November 8, the occasion being the first concert in the metropolis by the Longy New York Modern Chamber Music Society, composed of members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra headed by Georges Longy, first oboist of that orchestra.
63The program of modern French music made rigid demands upon the prowess and virtuosity of the Bostonians, who gave an intelligent and finished reading of works that called for ability of the very highest degree. In the first number—Paul Juon's octet for violin, viola, cello, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon and piano—the unrelenting technical problems that beset the pianist were solved in masterful fashion by that reliable and satisfying artist, Carolyn Beebe, who sounded the intricacies of the piano score with clean-cut and crisp technic governed always by fine judgment. Miss Beebe provided wholly adequate keyboard support throughout this complex ensemble number and was rewarded at the conclusion with merited tokens of appreciation on the part of the audience.
65Marie Sundelius, who, to begin with, is blessed with a dignified and charming personality, gave a splendid account of herself in the group of three French songs named in Introduction et Allegro (for harp solo)…………………Maurice Ravel
66With string quartet, flute and clarinet.
67A. Holy, harp.
69Following is the personnel of the Longy New York Modern Chamber Music Society: J. Theodorowicz, violin; A. Bak, violin; K. Rissland, viola; J. Keller, cello; A. de Voto, piano; A. Brooke, flute; G. Longy, oboe; G. Grisez, clarinet; F. Hain, horn; P. Sadony, bassoon.
71In the Ravel number, Mr. Holy, the new harpist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, gave a performance that immediately established his reputation here as a finely equipped exponent of this difficult instrument of strings and pedals.
73Mr. Longy's ensemble is a welcome addition to the chamber music organizations in New York, and the monthly visits of these Boston Symphony men will undoubtedly prove delightful features of the present season in the busy metropolis.
75ANNIE FRIEDBERG ANNOUNCEMENTS.
77Tenor Urlus to Sing in Concerts—Violinist Arrigo Serrato to Tour Next Season—Bookings of Friedberg Artists.
79Annie Friedberg Concert Direction, 1425 Broadway, Metropolitan Opera House Building, is busy booking artists, and endeavoring to fit their many engagements to the dates desired by societies, etc. She makes announcement as follows:
81Jaques Urlus, the great dramatic tenor, who achieved a wonderful success at the Metropolitan Opera House last year, when a newcomer, and who sang at the Boston Opera two years ago at special Wagner performances under Weingartner, will arrive next week for his second season at the Metropolitan Opera House.
83He has been heard only in opera, so far, but this year will appear in concerts, and will be the soloist at the next concerts of the Philharmonic Society, in a Wagner-Strauss program. He will sing "Gebet" from "Rienzi" and "Schmiedelied" from "Siegfried."
85Mr. Urlus' concerts before and after his opera season are handled exclusively by Concert Direction Annie Friedberg, who announces a number of excellent dates for this artist.
87Miss Friedberg announces the first American concert tour for the season 1914-15 of the Italian violinist, Arrigo Serato, with whom she closed a contract this summer. He is one of the youngest living violinists and is recognized in Europe as a wonderful master of his instrument. He arrives next October, will make his debut with one of the largest orchestras in the country, and will be heard in concerts and recitals from coast to coast.
89Below are bookings of Friedberg artists for the immediate future:
91Frieda Hempel: November, Hartford, Springfield, Boston.
92Jaques Urlus: November, Philharmonic Society, November 13 and 14.
93Lillian Wiesike: January 14, Troy Vocal Society; January 15, Plainfield; January 26, Indianapolis Musik Verein; February 1, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; Chicago recital, Marshall, Tex.; New Haven, Cleveland, Wausau, Wis.
94Lilly Dorn: November 2, Beethoven Maennerchor, New York City; Orchestra concert, New England tour, Boston, Philadelphia, and later, coast tour.
95Bertha Christians Klein: Buffalo, November 17.
96Karola and Romeo Frick: November and December, joint recitals, New England.
97Nana Genovese: November, recital, Plainfield; January, Aeolian Hall, New York.
98Violla Ellis: November 4, Milwaukee Maennerchor, Ohio, Chicago recitals; St. Louis, Symphony Orchestra.
99Umberto Sorrentino: January 5, Springfield Orchestra; December, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.
100Samuel Mensch: Aeolian Hall recital, December 10.
101Marguerite de Forest Anderson: New England tour in November.
103"Musician Slain."—Headline over news despatch. Look for the critic.—Rochester Post Express.
105R. E. Johnston's Trio of Great Artists
107YSAYE GODOWSKY GERARDY
109Singly or as follows:
111Ysaye and Godowsky,
112Godowsky and Gerardy,
113Ysaye and Gerardy,
114Gerardy, Godowsky and Ysaye.
116This Trio in exclusive Beethoven programs is booked to appear as follows:
118CARNEGIE HALL, NEW YORK, JANUARY 7th
119ACADEMY OF MUSIC, PHILADELPHIA, 8th
120CONVENTION HALL, ROCHESTER, 13th
121LYRIC THEATRE, BALTIMORE, 22nd
122NATIONAL THEATRE, WASHINGTON, 23rd
123ORCHESTRA HALL, CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 10th
124SYMPHONY HALL, BOSTON, 21st
125ARMORY, DETROIT, 24th
127For information, address:
128R. E. JOHNSTON, 1451 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY
129Knabe Piano Used
131the program below. Mme. Sundelius is the possessor of a pure and sympathetic soprano voice, the warm timbre of which is a source of unalloyed pleasure to her listeners. Here is a singer, too, who understands the subtle art of creating "atmosphere," which accounts for the variety of moods, shades and tints enacted and portrayed in each song. A magnetic and compelling presence is a valuable attribute of Mme. Sundelius, who made a brilliant impression upon her New York audience last Saturday evening in the delivery of songs that called for rare skill.
133Here is the complete program:
135Octet, op. 27, for violin, viola, cello, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon and piano………………………………………Paul Juon
136Carolyn Beebe at the piano.
138Three songs—
139Ballade………………………………………………………..Claude Debussy
140Le reve du petit chaperon rouge…………………….Louis Aubert
141(From The Blue Forest.)
142Des Harpes dans le soir……………………………Henry Woolflett one of two readings
143Des Harpes dans le soir……………………………Henry Woolfett one of two readings
144Marie Sundelius, soprano.
145A. de Voto, piano.
147LAURA E. MORRILL
148Teacher of Singing
149IN ALL ITS BRANCHES
150AEOLIAN HALL, 33 WEST 42nd ST., NEW YORK CITY
151TELEPHONE 6761 BRYANT
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