The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-04
MUSICAL MATTERS.

Pianists, Sopranos and Composers New
to Fame-Hoboken's New Union.
Miss Jessie Marvin, pianist Of the
Mozart Orchestra, has entered a
conservatory III New YORK city,
where she will continue her study of the
piano. Although Miss Marvin has but
just graduated from school. she has at
tracted much favorable attention from
the critics for the delicacy and accuracy
of her execution, as we'll as for her evil
dent artistic feeling. She is doubly gifted
with a mezzo-soprano voice of wide COM
pass.
Mr.. John Watson, our well known
chorister. is plotting another young and
promising musical society in its first
cruise. 1t is called the "Epworth Musi-
cal Society" and its members are selected
from the Epworth League OF the Gem
lenary NJ. E. Church. The membership
is limited to twenty-five. Rehearsals are
held weekly, and from the first a high
standard has been maintained in the
choice of compositions rendered. The
club is to be commended in that il aims
at conscientious musical study.
Among the sopranos whose voices are
not so well known to his music loving
public is Miss Emile Schroeder. Her
voice is especially noteworthy for its
sweetness and tender quality. which
makes it best adapted TO ballads. Miss
Schroeder is now studying under compe-
tent Instruction, although she has not yet
reached the stage when her voice is heard
in public.
nightly Musicales are Miss Maud Brett,
Miss Carrie Clarke and Mrs. Frank
Cavallt: AS Miss Ella Kimball,
Mrs. Cavalli won high honor as a
pianist, both in this CITY and in New
YORK. She was a pupil of S. B. Mills.
and reflected much of his brilliancy OF
technique. especially in Liszt and Mem
delssohn. Since her marriage she has
played but little, and the Fortniohtly is
fortunate in adding her name to its list.
At last Saturdays musicale, in the
First Presbyterian Church, the audience
were given an opportunity to judge of
the merits of Mrs. w. Hunter Brown as
a composer. Like Liszt and Rubinstein.
Mrs. Brown is bound to be remem bered,
in this locality at least, rather as a pianist
than for her record as a composer, but
that she has valid claims to the title was
proved by the beauty of the Barcarolle
which she has written.
Mr.. Moritz E. Schwarz, assistant
organist of st. Johns Free Church. is
the most noteworthy composer of church
music in the city. The Communion Ser
vice which appeared last spring was
enough to prove this. In addition, Mr..
Schwarz has published several songs,
among them O graceful lullaby. Among
his unpublished works are several for the
violin, which evlnce a breadth of con-
ception and strength of treatment that
promise wonderfully we'll.
Next Sunday is the day for praise-ser-
vices OF song in q great number of the
churches. Mr.. Louis r. Dressler has
been preparing for a remarkable pro-
gramme at the Bergen Reformed Church
in The evening. Mr.. Victor Baier pro-
poses TO agreeably astonish everyone at
the Tabernacle, and the choir of the
Park Reformed and First Baptist
Churches promise unusually attractive
services. There Is no more certain sign
of the advance in musical sentiment in
the city that the attention paid to the
choral and instrumental part OF the
church services. It was not so long ago
that choirs of note were to be found only
IN Episcopal and Roman Catholic
churches, aud when the Park Reformed
Church inaugurated evening services of
song. the practice aroused no little in
terest from its novelty. There has been
an advance all along the line in the tone
of church music, the selection of vocaIisUs
and the importance attached TO this de-
partment of pu bile worship.
The john Knox Sunday School has a
new piano. The Lafayette Reformed
Sunday School needs one badly enough
Hoboken has a new Choral Union,
which was inaugurated last Tuesday
evening under most favorable auspices.
Prof. Neuendorf is the conductor, now
in testing the voices of some
three hundred applicants for admission.
The enterprise is under the patronage OF
the Rev. Father Corrigan.