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Music Trade Review

Issue: 1900 Vol. 31 N. 9 - Page 9

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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
A GERMAN singer has discovered that ranged for this popular American singer. grass in the summer breeze." Isn't
**• singing may be taught by the use of After her appearance at both the Maine this a gem?
the phonograph. His theory is that sing- and Worcester musical festivals, she will
ers are rarely able to hear their own voices make her reappearance in New York, at JVA ISS EFFIE STEWART, is one of the
exactly as they sound. This teacher wants Carnegie Hall on Tuesday evening, Oct. * ' *• American prime donne too seldom
to have singers correct their faults by hear- 16, when she will have the assistance of a heard in affairs of importance in New York
large orchestra.
On although in great demand throughout the
Oct. 21, she will sing continent. She is a Cleveland singer and
the soprano part in the no voice of greater power and sweetness
"Elijah," which is to was ever bestowed upon a singer Miss
be given by the Handel Stewart has met with great success in
and Haydn Society in England, both in grand opera and oratorio,
Boston. This will be the latter appearances having been more
Mme. Blauvelt's first than successful, as she created such a
appearance in that city favorable impression in the Elijah she was
since 1897. She has also engaged to sing it for eight consecutive
been engaged by most times. Miss Stewart is at present engaged
of the large orchestral as prima-donna dramatique at the Tivoli
and leading choral so- Opera House in San Francisco during their
cieties in the East and season of Grand Opera, but will return to
Middle Western cities. New York in time to fill her position as
Mme. Blauvelt's tour soloist in Dr. Parkhurst's choir, as well as
will extend as far West a special season of grand opera here. One
of the important engagements Miss Stewart
as Denver.
will fill this season is with the Apollo club
IT UGO BECKER, the of St. Louis.
* * 'cellist, who visits
this country during r\ m FFRANGCON-DAVIES the re-
the coming season, is *-^ nowned baritone, will visit America
the possessor of proba- for a series of concerts during October, be-
bly the finest violon- ginning with the Maine Festivals. He is
cello that is in ex- already specially engaged for a number of
istence. It is one of important oratorio performances, when
the very few Strad- such works as the "Redemption," "Eli-
ivarius instruments jah," etc., will be given.
that were made by
MISS MARIE SCHADE.
this master and bears T H E administrators of the estate of the
ing their voices in the phonograph. It is the date of 1708. It was found in a Span- * late J. V. Gottschalk have appointed
not always true that singers do not realize ish cloister, taken to Paris and afterwards Loudon G. Charlton to take charge of the
their own defects. Mile. Calve always bought by Villaume. Later it was se- business. The tours of Leonora Jackson,
knows when she sings sharp, and as that cured by the well known 'cellist, Elsie Katherine Fisk, Clarence Eddy and others
happens with regularity she is usually aware Christiana, and after her death it disap- will be carried out as originallv planned.
of her weakness. On the other hand, Ernest peared. It is presumed
Van Dyck is said not to realize that he rarely that it was kept in the
sings in tune.
family, and later sold
T H E young pianiste, Marie Schade, who by them to a member
* is to make a tour of the States this of the family of the
season, hails from Copenhagen. She is Duke of Marlborough,
scarcely the type one expects from this and from whom some
land of the robust, being decidedly ethere- wealthy and influential
al in appearance, with a somewhat sad se- admirers of B e c k e r
riousness of expression particularly notice- acquired it for him. In
able in a young woman in her early twen- addition to the Stradi-
varius instrument, he
ties.
Miss Schade did most of her musical will also bring with him
studying under the guidance of Prof. Au- another instrument of
gust Winding, and later with Leschetizky, the old Italian make
who pronounced her talents of a very high for which he lately
order. A very warm friend of Miss refused $2,500.
Schade's was Eduard Grieg, also Madame
Grieg, the former's compositions being very
D H I L I P HALE, of
remarkably interpreted under her able
^ Boston, has a pen-
fingers. Miss Schade's success in Europe-
chant for bringing to
an cities, particularly as an interpreter of
light quaint and curious
the "music of the North" has been very
examples of musical
marked. Although so particularly happy
criticism. He recently
in her Grieg renditions, her repertoire ex-
c u l l e d the following
tends from Bach to Chopin; her never
from a Western news-
failing technique and genuine musical tem-
paper: "She has un-
perament always impressing the audience
doubted talent and a
as little short of marvellous.
legato that does not
T H E coming concert tour of Mme. Lil- portamento in yawps,
* Han Blauvelt, which opens the latter but floats through the
part of September, bids fair to be the concert-room like the
most successful that has yet been ar- rustling wave of blue
D. FFRANGCOM-DAVlUb.

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