The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-10
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS.

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lions OF humanity. We ahNpEhsoN'
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MoSV ANN .ne oi''"'''
The New York State Music teachers
Association is preparing to hold it's annual
meeting At Troy on June %, "a and rs.
The nres,dent ia Carl G.. Schmidt OF New
w w 20 49, proaran,,ne Committees ia
,oih. anu o,I ~. A os pmsss,I Now York
Thomas Impett. Troy. and Frank A. shearer
rocLDnrt Frank n Shepherd of New
VI 1. IN. socratarv end 7 Ellsworth
st'ils - c;loyersyille the treasurer. These
names will be recognized as among 'he
R.no,t. from nearly two hundred vice
presidents indicate that interest in the
toinrs Of the association is rapidly growing
-. II -,,,t. A. tho coming neetinv the
ss, ~ .essiona vii he devoted to round
table discussions on voice, piano, organ.
cationaf topics. The afternoons will be
Civ en- over TO essays ana Iecitais py specta,-
iMs ana al III, u ha MIA IN which the Trov
Vo,sI Society. seventy male voices the
Troy Choral Club, seventy-fvs mixed
voices. and the Philharmonic Orchestra
wiz 90 assls.ea oS reh Ios eo''''' III
"WstSn,,t douh the climax of the con-
y.",jnn Viii he reached when Gades's can
tst. .rha Crlssders." is sung by the Troy
G.~r.s ci,,b OF eighty MIXED voices, with
mi orchestra and MIME Gertrude M: Stein,
Evan williams and Julian Walker as SOLO
ists. With Allan Lindsay conducting On
the second evening Of the meeting the fla
mona male choir, the Troy Vocal Society.
directed BY c. A. Stein. will give concert.
49, Arncoo othor no rticipants are Jessie
Shay and Carl Faeten, planls's, nicHalu
NJ sro cs Jn "rnanst. Huntinedon Wood
man Chsries II. Farnsworth' Waldo S.
Pratt, E. N. Bowman, F, w. Woodell and
H. c. Macdougall, essayists'
r...--, N..io,, Association
- ne ~. .I ~. aonman.ion ~ AshevlIe on
will hold its convention ae nsneVA,e vi
June 30, July I. 2 and ,. 1t IS beleveo that
the location will prove to be more satls-
factory than that OF last years conVentlon'
which was Put In Bay.
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Frederic Lamond, the Scotch pianist,
""o yuo xso,,Jo,.sohr IJo,,
of Ave Beethoven sonatas IN a row. Accord
ing to some OF the accounts the programmes
bored not only the audience, out even 'he
pianist. for he played the last NUMBER as
u he were anxious to get through WIN ~.
Mr.. LAmond Is praised IN LonuoI' az ne
was here, for the honesty OF ms INGENIOUS
and for the profound lnteiiecLuai apphte eus
ton OF Beethoven whlch MS PiaIsris sno 70
But there appears 70 De S u,ndi end I'M n.
opE1on ~ 70 Whetner NJ is na,u a thai
is one Of the questions which always leaves
plenty Oh roolh 'oF oeoue''o''
- n.y.. oo,,rent-
ne ~. y. '.v 49,. .a,,ar.;s;ng methods Of
the manager who Is now e1Moiting ",,e'
Sordica and Edouard De hesshe, nu'
tho comments speak OF these TWO singers
a. being justly indignant at the apphcatioh
to their august names OF the typical methoos
of the American advertiser. 1t is pity
that the commentator 90 hoS nno Ar, an
could II they desired 70, Una! M r Ias
DO not approve OF Sucn awe S t thate the bar.
any more tnan t1ey an ~ It,er,io have
oarlans on tMs sioe OF t ra,her grave re-
lei Mu NJ, .Hn lac ~ mind which led the
TWO shee'' HUI 'i'e '"''
1..,i. Crottv. who was long one Of the
ronu,.r IA rvtones Of the Carl Rosa Opera
r $1,000 =. 49, Ha was horn in 1853
company, ~ ~ 100 ,.nS o,srt After sing
and began lie as q oahA oie.A 80 80 s se
ing a. an amateur aho a,x s. snd st,d;e ed at
Florence under Mabellini In 1877 he Joined
Miss Georgina Burns. one Of the sopranos
Of the company. In recent years no mas
been teacher.
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Jean Gerardy and Raoul Pugno are 70