October 16, 1916 MUSICAL AMERICA 209 STIRRING SINGING ·BY McCORMACK IN BOSTON 'When P. To Barnum Was a Concert Famous Tenor's Exceptional Artistry in · Evidence Throughout His Inter Manager and Jenny Lind His Star esting Program BosTON, Oct. 11.-It has perhaps been the mistaken O}Jinion of the supercilious that John McCormack, the Irish tenor, was well content to sing a few Irish TREMONT TEMPLE, BOSTON. ballads in a- "popular" manner, make a ~ great deal of money, and depart rejoic I ing. That is not the case, as Mr. Mc Cormack showed very clearly, both by l5Jl
The program sung by Mr. McCorma.ck was OVERTURE,-" O.stave," Au~tr as follows: "Where'er You Walk," Handel; ARIA-" Vi raY..iao,"-Sonnambula., IJtllini. "Fair Irene," H a ndel ; "Come, Child, Beside Me," Bleichmann ; "The Seraglio's Garden," SIGNOR BELLETTI. Sjogren ; "Long Ago," MacDowell ; "If I Were ARIA-'' C~a~Diva,"-Nonna. Jhllini. King," Liszt; "Old Irish Songs," Stanford ; II'LLE JENNY LIND. "The Leprechaun," Dr. Joyce; "P ulse of My Heart," Alfret Moffat; "Nellie, My Love, and SOLO on the Piano Forte.-National Airs, • lloffmJulius Benedict it is show respect to Jenny Lind, who is justly stad's Scandinavian songs found special related that this German musician was a regarded as being at the head of the pro favor with the audience, who gave her a Civil War. A friend of MuSICAL AMER pupil of Weber and accompanied that fession to which Mr. D. belongs." warm welcome and many encores. ICA has lately put at its disposal a copy master to Berlin and Vienna for the first K. s. c. Miss Hertenstein made her debut at of the program of a concert given by performance of his "Euryanthe" and this concert and acquitted herself well. Jenny Lind in 1860, at T remont Temple, "Freischiitz." He also had a lasting THORNER PUPILS IN OPERA She has a clear touch and adequate tech friendship with Mendelssohn. Malibran nique. Among other t hings she played Boston. Of this booklet the front cover took a warm interest in his career and two of Korngold's compositions, "The and the page containing the evening's brought him to England, where he con Lertora Sings in "Princess Pat" and Real Princess" and "Brownies," which program are reproduced he~ th. ducted the concert in which Malibran and Eva Didur in "Tre Re" were interesting. Mr. Zoller's accom Grisi for the first time sang together. paniments were artistic. Shown on the front One ~ f the principals in the produc Two thousand season tickets were sold famous "Swedish Nightingale," and be From Dwarf to Prima Donna tion of the Henry Blossom and Victor Herbert light opera, "Princess Pat," at for the Tuesday Musicale evening series, low her the conductor, Julius Benedict, The biography of Barnum concludes which includes the Tuesday Musicale the Cort Theater, New York, is Joseph and the assisting baritone, Giovanni Bel with an account of his taking the dwarf, Lertora, baritone, whose excellent voice membership, now numbering a thousand. General Tom Thumb, on a European The success of this concert series at leti, while at the bottom is P. T. Barnum, made a splendid impression. Mr. Ler the circus king, who was the impresario tour. The sketch closes thus: "The re tora is one of the products of William popular prices seems assured. ward of this experiment, on the public M.E.W. of the tour. The program shows . that Thorner's studios. Besides Mr. Lertora both of Europe and America, was suf a number of other singing actors are the fair J enny's numbers were of the ficiently large to place Barnum so far in studying with Mr. Thorner. Among advance of the world that he was en Edgar C. Sherwood's Organ Recital kind that sopranos of her type would be other pupils is E va Didur, a daughter using to-day. Indeed, the closing offer abled to embark in his present prodigious of Adamo Didur, who sang a minor Opens Spokane's Music Season ing is the Swedish ·"Cow Herd" song, or enterprise, and to step forward as the role with the Rabinoff forces in SPOKANE, WASH., Oct. 3.-The Spo "Echo Song," which Mme. Sembrich so only man in this vast country who was "L'Amore dei Tre Re" in Chicago, her kane music season opened to-day with often uses as an encore. both able and willing to be the medium father being the Archibaldo of the per an organ recital at the Central Chris of introduction between the greatest formance. tian Church, given by Edgar C. Sher Quaint Flourishes singer of modern times and the Amer Mr. Thorner's large studios have been wood. The church was well filled. Mr. Except for its quaint marginal orna ican public." still further enlarged and now are Sherwood gave an introductory lecture mentation this program is somewhat sim Perhaps the most enlivening portion of among the best appointed in the city. on the nature, origin and capacities of ilar to the book of words issued by a the booklet is that devoted to the ad They are located in 2128 Broadway. the organ. He showed admirable com modern recitalist. The words of Miss vertisements. Here we find that the pub mand of his instrument in a well chosen Lind's songs are given in both the origi lic of this time, even if it did not have program, the chief number of which was its "movies," could take .enjoyment in Beatrice Harrison, 'Cellist, with Melba nal tongue and an English translation. In in Toronto a Bach "Fantasie and Fugue," played their places the instrumental numbers the following : "Whipple's Grand Origi in a masterly manner. The vocal solo have equal prominence, with a whole page nal Exhibition of Dissolving Views, Now Reports of Beatrice Harrison's success ist, Mrs. Herbert A. Griffith, made her devoted to the mere statement, the whole Open at the Tremont Temple and Will in Toronto, where she appeared with initial conc~rt appearance here in Men set off with "the Spencerian flourishes Continue for Two Weeks, Every Evening Mme. Melba, on Oct. 4, have reached New delssohn's "Hear Ye, Israel" from with which our forefathers used to adorn Except the Nights of Jenny Lind's Con York. The young English 'cellist took "Elijah." She has a mezzo-soprano their autograph albums. certs." The synopsis of these views part in a concert with the diva in Mas voice with full resonant tones in the Appended to the musical program are shows that in content they covered the sey Hall, Toronto, before an audience of lowsr register and made a good impres- sketches of the lives of the three artists same field as do our modern motion pic 6000 persons, for the benefit of the Cana sion. M. S. and of the manager, Mr. Barnum. In ture animated weeklies. This exhibition dian Red Cross. She played the Boccher the sketch of Jenny Lind we find an indi had a musical accompaniment. ini Sonata in A Major, the "Preislied" cation of the publicity given her, which $626 for First Ticket from "Die Meistersinger" and Cesar Cannot Do Without It would not seem sensational to-day (as it Cui's "Orientale," and was recalled many To the Editor of MUSICAL AMERICA: treated of her many private virtues); but One of the cards in the program is time~ and obliged to respond with en Enclosed find check for subscription which had that effect in this early period. headed "That First Ticket," and reads cores. for another year. I cannot possibly do She is described in the sketch .as "a thus: "As the sum of six hundred and without your very valuable musical pub- woman, the spotless virtue of whose life twenty-five dollars, premium, was paid The Norwegian composer Schjelderup's lication. JOSEPHINE GILMER. and whose extraordinary and splendid for the first choice of a seat to this Con opera "Spring Night" is to have its first Waynesville, N. C., Oct. 1, 1916. charities entitle her to the admiration cert, and as it is a higher one than was performance in Christiania this winter.