Music Trade Review
Issue: 1898 Vol. 26 N. 6 - Page 5
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
CHICAGO'S NEW flUSIC BUILDING.
A notable addition to the music hall and
studio buildings of Chicago is that of which
an illustration appears below. The Stude-
baker Art Building is located on Michigan
avenue, corner of Congress street, and will
probably be connected with the Auditorium
banquet room. The small building adjoining
the Chicago Club House (corner of Van Buren
street) has been leased to the Chicago Musi-
cal College. In the back part of this build-
ing, and extending over the north entrance
to the main building, is a small music hall on
the ground floor which will seat about 600
people, with a spacious foyer that will accom-
modate 200 extra seats. The back part of
the remainder of the main building is a large
hall which will seat about 1,500 people, with
one tier of boxes and two balconies. This
hall will have a wide foyer extending from the
back around all the seats on either side on
each floor, which is a novelty in hall construc-
tion and will, it is thought, produce a very
impressive effect.
These halls will be as perfect acoustically
and decoratively as it is possible to make
them. The south entrance to the main build-
ing will be the entrance to the larger hall,
but both entrances will be connected within
by a broad corridor.
The upper part of the building will contain,
on the tenth floor, a magnificent room for
Auditorium Building.
private concerts, assemblies, etc., seventy-
five by forty feet in dimension, which will be
beautifully decorated and furnished. The
remainder of the building will be divided into
rooms for associations, studios and like in-
terests. It is thought that the building will
thereby become the literary, educational and
art center of the city.
Since this photograph was taken, the steel
construction has been entirely finished, and
the terra cotta on the front of the additional
stories has been set. The building will be
ready for occupancy before the first of May.
Chas. C. Curtiss, the manager of the building,
has met with most satisfactory success in
the renting of space.
©
CLASSED AHONG THE GREATEST.
Speaking of the status of this country as a
musical nation, and the idea prevalent that it
is necessary to go abroad in order to secure
a musical education, Mr. Bickwell, Young
recently expressed himself in the following
words which will receive general approval:
"A singer can secure an education in the
United States such, as is obtainable in no
other country—I mean in the preparatory
training, the education which is secured by
the average singer. Of course, if one aspires
to rank among the great vocalists they can
secure in Europe what can only be describe^
New Music Halls and Studio Building.
by that hackneyed term 'atmosphere.' A
large number of the most famous of the
European teachers have removed to this
country and it is but reasonable to suppose
that their instruction is of as much value
here as abroad. The movement recently
inaugurated to secure a greater recognition
for American composers and singers is most
commendable.
While the scheme is not cal-
culated to in any way exclude foreigners, it will
secure for native composers an opportunity
for appreciation of their efforts which has
hitherto been lacking.
"Take MacDowell for an example. Next
to Dvorak, who is a naturalized American, I
consider him the greatest composer of the
day. I recently heard his 'Indian Suite' per-
formed by the Theodore Thomas orchestra
in Chicago, and if it had been heralded as the
work of a European composer the people
would still be talking of it. I have great
confidence in the future of America as a musi-
cal nation. We are still young in art matters,
but each year shows a marked improvement,
and in the near future we shall be classed
among the greatest."
The next public orchestral concert of the
Manuscript Society will be given on the
evening of Feb. 10th at Chickering Hall.
The program will be unusually interesting.
Chicago Musical College.
Chicago Club.
THE NEW MUSIC HALLS AND STUDIO BUILDING. MICHIGAN BOULEVARD, BETWEEN CONGRESS AND VAN BUREN STREETS, CHICAGO.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
CHICAGO'S NEW flUSIC BUILDING.
A notable addition to the music hall and
studio buildings of Chicago is that of which
an illustration appears below. The Stude-
baker Art Building is located on Michigan
avenue, corner of Congress street, and will
probably be connected with the Auditorium
banquet room. The small building adjoining
the Chicago Club House (corner of Van Buren
street) has been leased to the Chicago Musi-
cal College. In the back part of this build-
ing, and extending over the north entrance
to the main building, is a small music hall on
the ground floor which will seat about 600
people, with a spacious foyer that will accom-
modate 200 extra seats. The back part of
the remainder of the main building is a large
hall which will seat about 1,500 people, with
one tier of boxes and two balconies. This
hall will have a wide foyer extending from the
back around all the seats on either side on
each floor, which is a novelty in hall construc-
tion and will, it is thought, produce a very
impressive effect.
These halls will be as perfect acoustically
and decoratively as it is possible to make
them. The south entrance to the main build-
ing will be the entrance to the larger hall,
but both entrances will be connected within
by a broad corridor.
The upper part of the building will contain,
on the tenth floor, a magnificent room for
Auditorium Building.
private concerts, assemblies, etc., seventy-
five by forty feet in dimension, which will be
beautifully decorated and furnished. The
remainder of the building will be divided into
rooms for associations, studios and like in-
terests. It is thought that the building will
thereby become the literary, educational and
art center of the city.
Since this photograph was taken, the steel
construction has been entirely finished, and
the terra cotta on the front of the additional
stories has been set. The building will be
ready for occupancy before the first of May.
Chas. C. Curtiss, the manager of the building,
has met with most satisfactory success in
the renting of space.
©
CLASSED AHONG THE GREATEST.
Speaking of the status of this country as a
musical nation, and the idea prevalent that it
is necessary to go abroad in order to secure
a musical education, Mr. Bickwell, Young
recently expressed himself in the following
words which will receive general approval:
"A singer can secure an education in the
United States such, as is obtainable in no
other country—I mean in the preparatory
training, the education which is secured by
the average singer. Of course, if one aspires
to rank among the great vocalists they can
secure in Europe what can only be describe^
New Music Halls and Studio Building.
by that hackneyed term 'atmosphere.' A
large number of the most famous of the
European teachers have removed to this
country and it is but reasonable to suppose
that their instruction is of as much value
here as abroad. The movement recently
inaugurated to secure a greater recognition
for American composers and singers is most
commendable.
While the scheme is not cal-
culated to in any way exclude foreigners, it will
secure for native composers an opportunity
for appreciation of their efforts which has
hitherto been lacking.
"Take MacDowell for an example. Next
to Dvorak, who is a naturalized American, I
consider him the greatest composer of the
day. I recently heard his 'Indian Suite' per-
formed by the Theodore Thomas orchestra
in Chicago, and if it had been heralded as the
work of a European composer the people
would still be talking of it. I have great
confidence in the future of America as a musi-
cal nation. We are still young in art matters,
but each year shows a marked improvement,
and in the near future we shall be classed
among the greatest."
The next public orchestral concert of the
Manuscript Society will be given on the
evening of Feb. 10th at Chickering Hall.
The program will be unusually interesting.
Chicago Musical College.
Chicago Club.
THE NEW MUSIC HALLS AND STUDIO BUILDING. MICHIGAN BOULEVARD, BETWEEN CONGRESS AND VAN BUREN STREETS, CHICAGO.
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