The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-06-10
In THE MUSICAL WORLD
Last Appearance This Season of the
Fortnightlys-Concert at the
First Universalist Church.

1.-THE Fortnightly Musicales'' made its
positively last appearance" of the season
at the residence of DR.. P. j. Koonz. No.
215 Communipaw avenue. AS soon as
the parlors We're filled the society resolved
itself into a Committee of the Whole to
show Jersey City that a rival to the Phil
harmonic existed in its midst, and to i'm
phony with an orchestra which. though
of necessity abridged in numbers, Sup
piled the lack with its wild
enthusiasm and its extraordinary in
struments. 1t will be seen from the
list that there was a certain variation
in the kind of instruments employed:
Piano. Mrs. E. W. Finn; first violin, Mr..
Duncan Cameron; second violin, Mr.. AL
bert LIE Rutte; cor AnglHis, Misses Carrie
Cheslsy and Katrina Green; nightingales,
Misses Ella Woolley and Mary LANDER
tin; cornet a-piston. Misses Jessie Smith
ME Nelson and Florence Turner; tri-
angles, Mrs. r. 6. Lyle and Miss Lucy f.
Nelson; drum, Mrs. w. Hunter Brown,
and cuckoo. Miss Elizabeth Perkins.
A wAGNERIAN EFFECT.
The conductor, Mr. w. e. Carl, desired
not so much to display the power and fig
ure of the orchestra, as to make the in
struments carry out the idea of spirit and
finish in the composers work without
doing anything to produce too great a
strain on the hearers capacity. In pur-
suance OF this plan, he had q slight differ
ence of opinion with the r~attles, who
decided that if one bar with their iustru-
mont had Il good effect. six bars would be
better. and played triunphantly through
several extended pauses. As for the
Instruments, special mention should be
made of the mellow tone of the comets
a-piston, Otherwise known as quails, the
delicate pianissimo passages for the rat
ties, and the exquisite effects of light and
shade in the nightingales. The work of
cuckoo must be considered apart from
the orchestra, for although the performer
sat among the others, there was a curious
lack of connection between the incidental
solos of this Instrument, aud the body of
harmony.
THE CONCERT PROGRAMME.
The concert programme was opened by
a bright duet, merry June' Charles
Vincent). Misses Turner and Smith, fol-
lowed by Mr.. E. Geoeschel's songs. at
Was Not So to Be" and "Fruhlingszeit."
Mr.. Groeschel's voice has been head be-
f, re in the society, but never to better adj
vantage. especially in his third number.
Bohm's "My ALL" which was remarkable
for power and pathos. Mrs. Antonla H,
Sawyer of New YORK city sang the spring
song from Saint Saen's Samson and
Delilah," and in esponse to a recall.
Combs ballad. 1.-THE Journey is Long"
Mrs, Sawyer's mellow contralto shows
conscientious cultivation. and her power
order or eSpf sLnela." Is Oh ban nallat ana'u Of
Lnigi Luzzi. was her third and
most pleasing selection. Miss
Lucy f. Nelson's soprano solo, 1.-The
Robin" (Neidlinger), was an arts tic
triumph. The voice represents the bird
SONG in a series of liquid trilis and GU
ladies', mounting higher as the finale ap-
proaches. The selection Is one in which
the applause begins just before the last
note. For encore Miss Nelson sang Mr..
our audiences. Mrs. Hunter Brown
played a Gypsy Dance for piano. and Mr..
LIE Rutte a Brahm's Hungarian Dance
for violin. with a Sclavonic vigor and
b%rllliancy. Mrs. G. II. Slater sang, by re-
quest, Governs Love Me If | Live" and
Mrs. E. W. Fem played Wieniawski's
concert valse with all the delicacV and
tine effect for which the composition calls.
and Miss Green sang Nevin's 'T~serenata."
Refreshments were served, and the
symphony repeated, which proceeding
was varied by a difference of opinion be-
tween the ~violins. leading to THAR play
ing three measures apart, but in the
general melee this slight discrepancy was
not noticed. The parlors were filled with
invited guests despite the unpleasant
weather.
MUSICALE BY MISS DUGGERI'S PUPILS.
A Classical Programme Well Rendered
at the Church of the Good Shepherd.
The pupils of Miss Virginia A. Doggett
gave their annual musicale last evening
at the Church of the Good Shepherd. The
programme was opened by an overture
for two pianos arranged from Mozart's
s'Magic Flute" by Misses Ne wkirk, Crop
sew, Doggett and Wittemeyer. Little
Miss Julia Boltwood and Master Waldo
Harrison followed with a petite duo. ant
Miss Lucy Harvey played Durege's
"Undine." Other successful due IS were
Frau Marquise" (Behr), MisseSlLp II
Tompkins and Annie BlackshaWh Folks
Bohemienne"(Rubinstein), Misses CoUrtss
aud Bennett; md W arrangements rf0g
eight hands, Davis Poems d'Amop."
by Misses Harvey, Wiltshire, Melrose
and Scales, and Suppe's Light Cavalry"
Misses Harney. Hanan, Wise and Van
WH2enen.
The ~soloists were Miss Ritchle Bennett.
who PLAYED Durand's Second Valse with
spirit. Miss Clara Wittemeyer. in ham
inade's dainty "Air de Ballet" Miss Belle
Newkirk in MilPs arrangement OF Scot
fish airs, and Miss Julia c. Harvey in II
transcription rom 'L~onengrln." Inc
pupils were assisted by Miss Belle Maze,
at the piano; Miss Ida May Demorest, elo-
cutiouist; Miss Grace Patterson. So
prano, and Miss Virginia Bennett, violin
list. Miss Maze is n former pupil of Miss
Doggett, and reflects the greatest credit
on her instruction, while her playing
shows marked depth of feeling. She
played the SPINNING Song" from DER
Fliegeude Hollande." with great delicacy.
and with Miss Doggett, a fantasia from
Don Juan. Miss Paterson's solos, Come
Where the Lipdens Bloom" II Wilde's
Isl ring Song" were loudly applauled.
Little Miss Ida May Demorest rPcited
several humorous and dramatic sslec-
tions, and Miss Bennett gave Ii violin
solo.
e AT the conclusion OF the exercises n gold
medal was presented to, Miss Wittemeyer
for progress during The year, The entire
musicale was far above the average of
similar entertain ments, and added still
mdte laurels to those already worn by Miss
l3oGgett. nTheanfldence other style was
pihihly visible throughout every num-
ber.3
etMusical Performanceb by Little Pupils.
I The rSynthetic method of piano in
str ncti oAs wtsnIexDlained and illustrated
in thel presence of an interested audience
at No. 167 Bergen avenue Yesterday after
noon. The system is the c~ollanorated
work OF Mr.. Albert Ross Parsons and