27
MUSICAL COURIER
March 8, 1923
ALLEN MCQUHAE
TENOR
“ A voice that seemed a recollection of John McCormack’s and a personality that was all heartiness and good
Cheer.״—The Sun.
“Sings well and shows progress in
his art.״—The Herald.
“A voice of very appealing quality, suggesting at times that of John
McCormack.’ ’—Evening Telegram.
“Singing marked by excellent legato, perfect diction and restraint.״
-New York World.
Photo by Apeda
“A voice that is clear, smooth and even, really a beautiful organ.״
—Evening Journal.
Comments on Recent New York Recital:
Allen McQuhae, tenor, gave some beautiful singing to an interesting program at Town Hall in the afternoon, when a considerable audience evinced enthusiastic approval of his voice and program.—The Morning Telegraph.
Allen McQuhae appeared yesterday afternoon at the Town Hall, equipped with a voice that seemed a recollection of John McCormack’s and a personality that was all heartiness and good cheer. In the five Irish songs, eked out with one repetition and two eventual encores, Mr. McQuhae rose happily to his best. Unaffrighted by Edwin Hughes’ sophisticated musical setting, he maintained the elfin humor, the cosy comedy and the smiling sorrows of Ireland to delight his every hearer.—The Sun.
He has a voice that is clear, smooth and even— really a beautiful organ. He sings with ׳an excellent legato style and his enunciation is almost perfect.— New York Evening Journal.
Mr. McQuhae’s voice is exceptionally pure and resonant in quality.—The World.
He has a pretty, light voice that he uses cleverly. His enunciation is distinct and he sings with considerable style, especially old Irish songs.—Evening World.
more evenly produced and his methods of interpretation are more polished. His singing of certain numbers yesterday marked him as a genuine Irish tenor. In the delivery of several of his selections he was a good second in quality of voice, style and clearness of diction to John McCormack.—The New York Herald.
His high notes had a pleasant, ringing quality, and in the arrangements of old Irish airs by Hughes, the voice was at its best. Rachmaninoff’s To the Children evoked enthusiastic response from the audience, as did Blue Are Her Eyes, by Wintter Watts.—The New York Times.
Allen McQuhae, who sang at Town Hall yesterday afternoon, seemed undoubtedly to be one of the band of Irish tenors whose leader and exemplar is John McCormack. He gave a general impression of a light voice, with a generally pleasing tone.—New York Tribune.
Since his last appearance here, nearly three years ago, his voice has increased in beauty, range and technical finish. His most pleasing contribution was a group of Irish folk songs, delivered with feeling and charm.—New York American.
One of the most enjoyable song recitals the season has brought in its course was given in the Town Hall yesterday afternoon by Allen McQuhae. The gifted tenor elected to open his programme with nothing less exacting than a group of three Handel airs, and in so doing he did not err. The first was the Ombra mae piu, from Serse, best, and incorrectly, known as Handel’s Largo; the second, Where’er You Walk; the third, The Total Eclipse of the Blind Samson. In the delivery of each of them there were abundant technical skill and a fine dignity and purity of style. In the two with English words there were also a pronunciation and an enunciation of our official language that were a sheer delight. And in the Total Eclipse, Mr. McQuhae rose to an impressive height of tragic utterance.
Another feature of the recital was a generous selection of Irish folk songs, in the Hughes arrangements, which Mr. McQuhae can sing to perfection. And the versatility of the tenor was proved further in a group of German lieder by Schumann, Hugo Wolf, and Brahms, and a group of modern songs by Campbell-Tipton, Rachmaninoff, Sharpe, and Wintter Watts.— Pitts Sanborn, The Globe.
His 'entertainment was generally enjoyable. A pleasing singer when he sang here before, he has gained in certain artistic qualities. His voice is now
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