The herald., 1896-06-28
MUSICAL COLUMN

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The first appearance in concert of ths
Dudley Buck club on Wednesday even
ing was in every respect a most note
worthy event. The club has only beer
IN existence a few months but is com.
posed of score of the best male voices
in the city, all earnest musicians, whc
under the skillful guidance of c. S. Cor
nell, their director, have already
achieved great success and an enviable
reputation. Their singing on Wednes-
day was thoroughly enjoyable, and it is
10 De hoped that not many moons will
pass before they announce another con-
cert. The little company of singers is
excellently balanced; with the addition
| or substitution of a couple Of tenors the
quality of tone might be improved, but
in volume there is certainly no fault to
nnd; only occasionally the tenors were
| not as smooth as the basses. Mr.. Cor
| nell certainly deserves the sincerest con-
gratulations for his excellent work, and
1T requires no prophetic instinct to de-
clare that the Dudley Buck Concert club
| Will be one of the leading musical insti-
tutions of the city. The personnel of the
club is as follows: First tenors, w. E.
DEITY, A. d. Coombs, w. ID. Middleton,
j. F. Nuelle, f. j. ProsSer; second tenors,
y. b. Caldwell, w. L. Drew, CA. Grazing
er, J. Nicholas, j. Oliver; first bass. A.
| Fl. Cogswell, j. A. Foshay, C. e. Pom
eroy, L. cinnamon; second bass, Geo.
Steckel, G. l.. Wilde, w. f. Van Gorder,
G. w. Ragland, f. D. Chipron. Prof. j.
A. Foshay is president and c. L. Wilde
secretary-treasurer.
The concert was rendered still more
noteworthy by the first appearance, at
least for some time, of two of our sweet
est songstresses, Miss Mollie Adelia
Brown, soprano, and Miss Beresford
JOY, contralto. While Miss Joy has al
ready enjoyed the great advantages of
training in Paris and London under the
very best teachers and has conquered
musical fields afar, Miss Brown has yet
to attain European experience. This
young soprano certainly has very beau
tiful natural voice of wide compass her
high notes being remarkably clear, full
and true; she has already profited by
several years training with Madame
BjorleStein, the great teacher of New
York, and with still more training with
some of the best European masters it is
no hazard to say that Miss Brown will
make a very big mark indeed. Miss
joys singing affords splendid instance
of almost the perfection in technique.
She shows great skill in the use of her
voice and also, which is not always the
case with some of the best vocalists, her
enunciation is altogether admirable and
her expression excellent. The return of
Miss Joy to this city is boon to musical
circles.
The Jonathan clubs first musicale was
very enjoyable event, and in all prob
ability the club will make these enter
%<s, - 20 q~-@ So,
ture of their pleasant life. Mrs. Albert
Carlos Jones kindly sang for the club
and her efforts were warmly welcomed.
Miss Lily Scanlon, a contralto, whose
excellent singing I'M st. Vincent's Cath
olic church is always heard with pleas
ure, sang a couple of ballads very eff
fectively. w. NJ. Stephens, one of the
very few good tenors in this commun-
ity, sang Schubert's Am Nicer, and made
a good impression. J. Bond Francisco
was in excellent form and played a
couple of violin solos in mastery fash
ion it is a pity that this successful ar
tist cannot cultivate more repose of
habit while playing
Sensational writer's in the East eterteu
groundless story that Paderewski had
lost his mind and was an inmate of an
asylum in England. William Steinway
promptly stated that il was entirely
a fabrication and concluded an inter-
view with a reporter of the New York
Press by saying: Il have prolonged my
luncheon over the usual time. 1t has
cost me 800 to deny an idle story. But
l have no doubt that the public will be
glad to learn through the Press that
PadereWsli is comfortable, at ease, en-
joying, no doubt, the society of his lit
tie son, and that he will return to Amer
lea, l suppose, in couple of years" In
the same interview Mr.. Steinway gave
some real news. He said: I'm May of
1897 the German Liederkranz celebrates
its fiftieth anniversary. and 120 of the
best singers will journey through Eu
rope, stopping first at Genoa proceed
ing thence to Gibralter, to Milan, Venice
Berlin, Frankfort, down the Rhine to
Cologne possibly Stuttgart and Munich.
In all, they will give eight concerts, pos
sibly ten, illustrating thus in the art
centers of Europe the high estate of
four-part singing in America. Helm
rich Zoellner, for six years the eminent
conductor of the Liederkranz, will ac-
the society and direct. Vocal
artists, if possible native Americans,
will appear in each city. The concerts
are to be given for charity, the receipts
in each city presented to the mayor
Thirty thousand dollars already is sub
scribed for the expense of this remark
able tour. Moreover, Ignace J. Pader- |
ewski undoubtedly will be the soloist."
OF Miss Marie Barnard, the charm
ing California singer, who has lately
leaped into fame, the Paris Messenger of |
May 9th says: 1t is interesting to note |
the advent of a new, bright star upon the
operatic horizon. Mile. Marie Barna has |
just signed a contract with Sir Augustus
Harris for three years for the seasons |
at COVent Garden AlthOl1ph very we'll
known throughout the United States as
one of the foremost concert singers
she was very reluctant to go
Into opera until her best friends per-
suaded her that such a wonderful light
as her glorious voice should not be hid
den under bushel. That her friends |
were verified was shown con-
clusively when she sang for Jean de
Rezske. At the conclusion of her audi
ton he took her head between his hands |
and, impulsively kissing her on both
cheeks, said: My child. where have