Music Trade Review

Issue: 1901 Vol. 32 N. 1

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GLENN PRIEST.
A MONG the most delightful of young
** violinists is Miss Glenn Priest, who,
notwithstanding her success in public, is
still studying assiduously with Franz Knei-
sel, who only receives artist pupils. Miss
Priest is no stranger to the audiences of
Boston and vicinity, where she has ap-
peared since her early childhood, and, just-
ly, she is held in high esteem by musicians
whose opinions are of value. Miss Priest's
education was for five years in charge of
IN PHILADELPHIA.
HTHE first concert of the Choral Society
* was given on Dec. 28, when the
"Messiah" was presented. Miss Tracy,
Mrs. Jacoby, Wm. McKinley and Bispham
were the soloists.
At the second concert of the Choral So-
ciety, which will take place in April, Ber-
lioz's gieat work, "The Damnation of
Faust," which has not been given in Phila-
delphia, in many years will be heard.
Henry Schradieck, now of New York,
for many years at the head of the violin
department of the Royal Conservatory, of
Leipzig, and concert master of the the
Gewandhaus Orchestra, gave an inter-
esting concert at the Broad Street Con-
servatory of Music, in which John K.
Kitzemann, viola; Charles Grebe, cello, and
Preston Ware Orem, at the piano, took
part. After (he concert Gilbert R. Combs
gave an informal reception at his re-
sidence, 1921 South Broad street to meet
Schradieck.
Harold Nason, of Germantown, a musi-
cian of promise, made his first appearance
in concert since his return from his studies
in Paris. Nason was assisted by Mile.
Inez Jolivet, violiniste, of London, who
also was heard here for the first time, and
Master Earl Gulick, the boy soprano.
Gaul's Cantata of "Ruth" by a chorus of
fifty voices, under the direction of Mr.
Myers F. Hall was given at the Westmin-
ster Presbyterian Church. The soloists
were: Miss Bertha Florence Welsh, sopra-
no; Miss Mary Keefe Cam, contralto; Miss
Laura Kennedy Baker, contralto; William
McKee Walton, tenor; Horace Paul Dor-
mon, bass; Clarence S. Miller, organist;
Miss Anna Wallin, pianist.
John W. Pommer, Jr., and Miss Annie
Dean Swift gave a piano duet recital at
the New Century Drawing Rooms. They
were assisted by Freeman Eaton Wright,
baritone.
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UNDER THE PINKHAM BUREAU.
A MONG those who have been success-
**• fully placed by the Pinkham Musical
Bureau, are Robert Hosea, Elizabeth Pat-
terson and Alice Merritt.
Robert Hosea is of an old Cincinnati
family. Musically, he first came into
prominence in the famous old Broadway
Tabernacle, New York, where he filled a
bass position made vacant by the resigna-
tion of C. B. Hawley. He studied under
Carl E. Dufft and later with James Sau
vage, developing a bass baritone voice of
splendid proportions. In the spring of
1900 the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
Church, said to be the largest and wealth-
iest church of that denomination in the
ROBT. HOSEA.
world, decided to have as fine a quartet as
they could engage, and put the selection
of the singers into the hands of Frank
Damrosch. His choice fell to Robert
Hosea, and he was engaged immediately
at one of the highest salaries paid a basso
in this country. His concert and oratorio
appearances have been with such organi-
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flARTlNUS SIEVEKINQ.
MISS FRIKST.
C. N. Allen, well known as one of Boston's
veteran and estimable violin masters. Not
content to understand her instrument only,
Miss Priest has made a thorough study of
harmony and counterpoint under Homer
A. Norris, with whom she spent two years
in hard conscientious study.
In addition to her serious application
she is endowed with rare beauty of tone,
a fine artistic sensibility, a strong emo-
tional nature under thorough control
and an extremely beautiful and attractive
personality. Her repertory for study is
indicative of her mind, as she is a devotee
of Bach, Beethoven and Brahms. Her re-
pertory for the public, however, is replete
with general favorites of absolute merit.
She has had a busy season and limits her
engagements so that her study may not be
interfered with. With her present attain-
ments and her unceasing work for advance,
there is every reason to expect that she
will be one of the great violinists of her sex.
A BRILLIANT success was achieved by
**• Sieveking, who played with the Wash-
ington Symphony Orchestra under W. H.
Santelmann, who is also leader of the
Marine Band. Sieveking played the Rach-
maninoff concerto from manuscript the
first time in this country, and the beauty
of the composition was admirably set forth
by the pianist, whose advance in art is most
notable. The concerto is a great contribu-
tion to Russian music, which is fascinat-
ing and interesting, and Sieveking. was a
worthy interpreter. It would be enjoy-
able to hear him in this work in New
York.
CLAYTON JOHNS.
HREE songs by this clever young
American composer have been pub-
lished by the Boston Music Co. of Boston.
It is not too much to say that among all
the American song writers of to-day none
has written more delightfully than Johns.
L'Apaisement, the Miller's Quest, and Oh
Like a Queen will certainly be added to
the repertory of those who enjoy good,
tuneful, well-written songs.
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MISS PATTERSON.
zations as the Bach Society of New York,
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Men-
delssohn Glee Club of New York.
Another American singer to achieve
quick but legitimate success has been Miss
Elizabeth Patterson.
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Miss Patterson is originally a native of
Pennsylvania. While very young, she
studied with Prof. Tetedoux, leaving him
to go directly to Marchesi, with whom she
worked three years, supplementing this
course by five years' hard work in Eng-
land with Santley, the authority in oratorio.
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In London, Miss Patterson lived for some
years, singing to the expressed satisfaction
of the public and critics. Last year, she
returned for a brief visit to America and
has been prevailed upon to remain over for
special appearances in concerts and ora-
torio during the present season.
With a good method and charming pres-
ence, Miss Alice Merritt, of Brooklyn, is
MISS MERRITT.
ready to appear in concerts, oratorio, musi-
cales and festivals. Miss Merritt is very
young, but has acquired so much polish in
her work that one would think in hearing
her she had had public experience for
years. Miss Merritt has filled a choir po-
sition in Brooklyn for several years. She
has received no instruction save in Amer-
ica.
BERNSTEIN AND SINSHEIHER.
IN the New York College of Music Hall
*• an interesting and enjoyable concert
was given by Eugene Bernstein, the tal-
ented pianist, and Bernard Sinsheimer, the
artistic violinist, assisted by a string or-
chestra composed of Sinsheimer's pupils.
Numbers were presented by Tschaikowsky,
Wagner, Grieg and Glinka-Balakireff.
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ADELE MARQULIES.
of chamber-music matinees
A SERIES
are to be given at the residence of
Mrs. Jeanette Thurber by Miss Margulies,
Leopold Lichtenberg and Leo Schultz.
This admirable trio gave the first recital
during the month. The next is to occur
January 9.
IN BOSTON.
JVAR. TUCKER'S third concert was
*"* given on Monday, Dec. 17, when
Horatio W. Parker's new work, "A Wan-
derer's Psalm,"and Mendelssohn's "Hymn
of Praise" were presented with full chorus
and orchestra. The soloists were Miss
Gertrude Miller and Mrs. Grace Tripp,
soprano; Mrs. Helen Hunt, contralto;
Bruce W. Hobbs and Frederick Smith,
tenor, and Herbert Witherspoon, bass.
Mme. Marie Decca, the well-known so-
prano, who is now permanently located in
Boston, gave a very elaborate recital in
Steinert Hall. Mme. Decca had the valu-
able assistance of John C. Manning, the
pianist, who was a fitting companion to
her skillful work.
A commemoration service for Sir
Arthur Sullivan was held recently in the
Houghton Memorial Chapel, Wellesley Col-
lege, under the direction of Hamilton C.
Macdougall, the newly appointed professor
of music, who is a member of the Royal
College of Organists. There were selec-
tions from Sullivan's oratorios and choral
works sung by soprano, tenor and bass
voices, organ music and a brief address.
The Longy Club will give two more con-
certs of chamber music at Association Hall
on the evenings of Wednesday, Jan. 9,
and Wednesday, March 13. The program
will include selections from Beethoven,
Bernard, Rubinstein, Schumann,V. d'Indy,
Rietz and Mozart. The club is composed
of Andre Maquarre, flute; Georges Longy,
oboe; Alexander Selmer, clarinet; A.
Hackerbarth, horn; Hugo Litke, bassoon;
Heinrich Gebhard, piano.
John Herman Loud is giving a series of
organ recitals at the Harvard Church,
Brookline.
Miss Amy Ray of New York made her
first appearance in Boston at the Tremont
Temple. She is a contralto and is said
to have a sweet and powerful voice.
Mme. Helen Hopekirk was the soloist at
the Cambridge concert of the Boston Sym-
phony orchestra Dec. 27, when she played
for the first time in public a piano concerto
of her own composition.
The list of artists announced for the
second season of the Music Students' cham-
ber concerts is a very attractive one. The
opening concert occurred Friday evening,
Dec. 8, at Association Hall with Messrs.
Baermann and Kneisel. The remaining
concerts will be given as follows: Jan. 8,
Ernest von Dohnanyi; Jan. 22, Caroline
Gardner Clarke, assisted by George Proc-
tor; Feb. 12, Max Heinrich and Miss Hein-
rich, their only Boston appearance; Feb.
26, Mme. Szumowska; March 12, Mrs.
Adele Laeis Baldwin; March 26, probably
Breitner; April 2, Kneisel quartet.
Edward Baxter Perry is playing with very
great success on the Pacific Coast. He
gave two recitals to large audiences in
Spokane, Wash.
The Calumet Club of Manchester, N. H.,
will produce the operatic comedy " A
Prince of Bohemia" early in February.
The piece, by George Lowell Tracy, George
T. Richardson and William H. Gardner,
was given its original production last year
by the Boston Bank Officers' Association.
Mme. Juliette Corden Pond, who has not
been heard in Boston since her two years
absence in Europe, sang the "Prayer"
from " Tannhauser," and songs by Dvorak
and Liza Lehmann, at a concert given for
the benefit of the Musicians' Aid Society.
Gabrilowitsch played with orchestra under
direction of B. J. Lang.
The soloist for the Boston Women's Or-
chestral Society at its concert in Copley
Hall, Jan. 22, is to be Mme. Szumowska.
MacCauley Smith has issued a very neat
circular upon which appear the names of
some very prominent musicians and or-
ganizations. There is every reason to be-
lieve that Smith's enterprise as manager
will be successful.
JULIE RIVE-KINO.
A FTER a long summer rest which ex-
*"*• tended late into fall, Julia Rive-King,
one of America's most noted pianists, re-
turned to New York last month. Rive-
King has been practicing with enormous
vigor and is in better form than ever. She
is to give a number of piano recitals which
will be announced shortly, and there are a
very few fortunate musicians who have in-
duced her to accept them as pupils. It will
be remembered that she herself was a
favorite pupil of Rubinstein, which her
tremendous technic attests.
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Adele Aus der Ohe, court pianist, played
recently before Her Majesty the Empress
of Germany, at Potsdam.
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JEAN (jERARDY,
PRESENTS
The World's Greatest 'Cellist.
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Address CHARLES L. YOUNG, Townsend Building, Broadway and 25th Street, NEW YORK.
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