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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
IN WASHINGTON, D. C.
JV A RS. K E N D A L L , whose musicales are
* ' * quite the events of Mount Pleasant,
will give one early in December. Miss
Cummins and Charles Rabold, soprano
and baritone, respectively, both of the
Peabody Institute, will be the star artists.
Miss Marie Grice Young, who has made
an excellent reputation as a pianist, made
her debut as a church singer last Sunday
morning in St. Matthew's Church. She
sang an "O Salutaris," by Raff, and made
a distinct impression. She has a soprano
voice of much sweetness.
The Damrosch Society opens its season
on Dec. 3, at the Congregational Church,
when it will present Mme. Teresa Carreno,
the unrivaled pianist. The society will
sing Mohr's " H y m n of Praise" and Men-
delssohn's setting of Schiller's poem, "To
the Sons of Art."
Earl Gulick assisted Mr. and Mrs. Lent
at the first concert of the Philharmonic
Club on the 30th of November.
Mrs. Ivy Herriott Shade has returned
from her studies in New York and decided
to remain in Washington this year, as Dr.
Shade has opened an office here. They
were studying under the same teacher in
New York, both with a view to becoming
professional singers. Their marriage was
quite a surprise to all their old friends in
Washington.
The first concert this season of the Rake-
mann String Quartet took place in the ban-
quet hall of the Shoreham. An audience
which completely filled the room listened
attentively throughout the program. ' 'Ele-
gie," by Busch, was given. Messrs. Bran-
son, Schloz, Stearns, Finckel, and Kruger
assisted the quartet in this number. S.
Monroe Fabian and E. H. Droop appeared
as soloist and accompanist. The Rake-
mann String Quartet is one any city may
be proud of, and its soloists will rank with
the best.
HE1NRICH GEBHARD'S RECITAL.
"T^HIS rising young pianist gave a magni-
* ficent recital at Steinert Hall, Boston.
B. E. Woolf, the master of all American
critics, said in his column on the Boston
Herald:
"Here was an excellent program, inter-
esting, in admirable taste and sparing the
listener the usual infliction of two or three
solidly severe and, accumulatively consid-
ered, wearisomely long pieces of a pro-
found classical turn. Mr. Gebhard had a
large audience. His playing showed a
marked advance in smoothness, maturity
of style and easy fluency in technique, and
these distinctions were manifested particu-
larly in the selections by Bach and Beet-
hoven.
"Mr. Gebhard is to be cordially compli-
mented on his performances, and is not to
be classed among the rapidly growing
ranks of the 'play-it-faster-than-anybody-
else' group of artists. The applause he
received was very hearty and justly be-
stowed."
This from Woolf means much and is re-
garded as such through the entire country.
JOHN D. BUCKINGHAM
A N E of the most notable teachers in
^ - ' Boston is John D. Buckingham, who
was for many years connected with the
New England Conservatory while that in-
stitution was at its height. He came to
Boston at the age of eighteen to perfect
his musical education, subsequently en-
tered the Boston University (College of
Music) and graduated in 1879. During his
training he evinced talent of a high order
as a performer on both the piano and or-
gan, and was much thought of by the di-
rector of the New England Conservatory,
the late Dr. Eben Tourjee, who employed
him to teach as early as 1876. He became
full professor of the pianoforte in the in-
stitution iipon his graduation in 1879 from
the Boston University. He has also served
as superintendent of the Normal Depart-
ment of the Conservatory.
Many of his pupils have established rep-
utations as concert players and teachers
throughout the West as well as in New
England. He has composed much, but
published little. He is especially well
known as an organist, having held promi-
nent positions in Boston churches during
the past twenty years. He has traveled
quite extensively, making several trips to
Europe, and has met many distinguished
European musicians. He was president of
the Alumni Association of the New Eng-
land Conservatory in 1894, and, resigning
after one year's service, he became chair-
man of: the board of directors, which posi-
tion he had held for a number of years
prior to his election as president.
After Buckingham left the Conservatory
he was even more successful, for he
was enabled to work according to the dic-
tates of his own intelligence and desires.
He now holds the position of director of
music at the Woodward Institute for Girls
at Quincy, he is organist and choirmaster
at St. Michael's church, Providence, R. I.,
where his music is rated as the very best
in the State.
Buckingham is also head of the piano
and harmony department of the Y. M. C.
A., and he has a large class at his studio
in Steinert Hall. Among his pupils are
those who are holding important positions
to-day in Boston and elsewhere, some of
whom are F. A. Porter and Wm. Sackett
of the New England Conservatory; Mrs.
Marie Dewing Faelten of the Faelten
Pianoforte School; Alvah Glover Salmon,
pianist and composer; Miss Laura Haw-
kins, teacher in Boston; Mrs. Lillian Lord
Wood, pianist; Mrs. Amy W. Bagg,
teacher at Norton, besides over fifty pupils
holding positions in institutions through
the West and South. At present he has
many pupils of great promise who play in
public and who are teaching while pursu-
ing their studies. Among these are Louise
Dunham, Ralph Pendleton, Katherine
Falny, Bertha von Cramer, Agnes Laffey
and Mrs. Otto Hayman, who is a fine
player.
SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN.
T H E death of Sir Arthur Sullivan re-
* moves one of the most interesting
musical personages from a life which, while
devoted to music, was one which was cease-
lessly giving pleasure and brightness to a
larger number of people than any other
musical composer of his day.
Sullivan was a unique figure. Thorough-
ly a master of form and of the grammar of
music in its greatest intricacy, the spirit
of humor was so great and his devotion to
simplicity so pronounced that these ele-
ments formed a school altogether his own.
No man ever lived whose works are so
well known to the people as Sir Arthur
Sullivan's, and few accomplished so many
works that live so long, being written, as
they are, in lighter vein.
Among his well-known operas are:
"Thespis; or the Gods Grow Old," suc-
cess of a hundred nights; "Trial by Jury,"
1875; "The Sorcerer," 1877; "H. M. S.
Pinafore," 1878; "The Pirates of Pen-
zance," 1879; "Patience," 1881; "Iolan-
the," 1882; "Princess Ida," 1884; "The
Mikado," 1885; "Ruddygore," 1887; "The
Yeomen of the Guard," 1888, and "The
Gondoliers." 1889; "Utopia Limited,"
1893; "The Grand Duke," 1896.
Sir Arthur Sullivan was instructor as
well as composer. He was principal of the
National Training School from its founda-
tion in 1876 to 1881. Under his super-
vision was conducted the Leeds Triennial
Musical Festival from 1880 to 1889, and
the Philharmonic Concerts in London in
i885-'86. He was created British Com-
missioner for Music at the Paris Exposition
of 1878, winning there the decoration of
the Legion of Honor. In 1881 he was
president of the Birmingham and Midland
Institute.
Simultaneously with Professor McFar-
ren, in 1883, he was knighted by Queen
Victoria on the occasion of the opening of
the Royal College of Music, of which he
was a member. He was also a Knight of
the Order of Coburg and a member of in-
numerable foreign musical societies.
He was born in London, May 13, 1842,
and at the time of his death he was at work
as enthusiastically upon a new Irish opera
as he had been in the early da}-s of his
career.
jt
Julian Pascal, pianist, will give a Chopin
recital in Sherry's on Dec. 12. Mr. Pascal
is a native of Barbadoes, and made his
debut in England, where he was very
favorably received.