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FACSIMILE OF A LETTER IN THE HANDWRITING OF JOHN HOWARD PAYNE
promised their presence,—Madam Calderon and many others, there. The skies tonight frown awfully, but still the affair must go on.
The young person in question merits support for every reason—I feel as anxious for her success as if it were my own case, and the more so, seeing what a night she may have. I am therefore trying to insure all the patronage I can. Your name was one at the topmost on my list of applications proposed, though I deferred writing to you till now, in the hope of making time for a visit, which illness for the last two days has prevented. Now, therefore, I offer my appeal in form, earnestly hoping I may have the gratification of seeing yourself, General Towson, and others of your household among the elite that 1 hope may assemble tomorrow evening at Carusi’s.
With the most cordial remembrance to the General, believe me, my dear Mrs. Towson,
Yours most respectfully and devotedly,
(Signed) John Howard Payne.
Washington, Ap. 5, 1850, Irving House.
My Dear Mrs. Towson,
You. will wonder at my venturing to write to you, when I have been so remiss about writing;-—but, the fact is, I never visit and am always writing— and I find it so impossible to procure any good for myself, that I am absolutely driven for relief from misanthropy to the necessity of trying what (I may) do for fellow sufferers. Under these circumstances, a little Danish Damsel, full of talent and of great private worth, has been introduced to me for assistance and advice. She is the best of singers, and, after losing time and money through ignorance of our country, was some weeks ago obliged by severe weather to put off a concert which was started here for the purpose of making up for her previous disappointments, and has just announced in lieu of it. another that is to take place tomorrow. This last cannot be postponed. I have been using every possible exertion to promote it. The President’s family have
minor for two violins, viola, violoncello and string orchestra as well as in three movements from the Holberg Suite by Grieg. The ensemble work was of an exceptional high order, every minute detail of shading and coloring was brought out effectively. Aside from this, the program contained solos for piano, violoncello and violin, as well as two movements from Bach’s D minor concert for two violins with string orchestra accompaniment, all of which were played in a finished, intelligent and musicianly manner.
The program in its entirety was: Concerto in A minor, Vivaldi, played by the String Choir; two numbers played by Tilly Lobman, Nocturne in F sharp major, Chopin and Chant Polonais by Chopin-Liszt; Symphonic Variations, Boell-man, played by Carl Piscitello; Bourree Fantastique, Cha-brier, played by Morton Howard; two numbers played by David Barnett, Reflets dans L’Eau, Debussy and Humoreske, Brockway; two movements from the Concerto in D minor, Bach, played •by Claire Lanche and Parker Russell with string orchestra accompaniment; Intermezzo in E flat minor, Brahms, played by Leopold D. Mannes, first movement from the Concerto in D minor, Wieniawski, played by Fred Ruzicka; Jeux d Eau, Ravel, played by Rene Viau and three movements from the Holberg Suite by Grieg.
Walter Damrosch and Family Sail
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Damrosch, with their daughters, the Misses Polly and Anita, were scheduled to sail for Europe on the S.S. Mauretania, May 8. The conductor of the New York Symphony Orchestra and his family plan to remain abroad until August, when they will return and °o to Bar Harbor.
one with the clarity of her diction; each word being heard very distinctly. She was warmly received.
The other little singer—both are very young—is the niece of Irving Berlin, the composer. Miss Robinson sings with a certain charm that gains the favor of her hearers almost immediately. She has not a big voice but she sings extremely well and never forces, making her singing most enjoyable.
Mr. Hirshfield revealed a well schooled voice of an agreeable baritone quality, in varied songs, among which was Handel’s Where’er You Walk from Semele, given with good legato. Mr. Patterson furnished sympathetic piano accompaniments.
Miss Glass played numbers by Raff, Schubert-Liszt, Moszkowski and Liszt, showing unmistakably that she is' a young artist of the highest order. She should go far in her art.
Concert at Mannes School
An unusually interesting concert by the string choir of the David Mannes Music School, conducted by David Mannes, together with instrumental soloists was given on the evening of Thursday, April 26, in the concert hall of the David Mannes Music School, 157 East 74th street, New York. The hall was filled to capacity by a critical audience which was not slow in recognizing the merits of the performers.
The soloists (all pupils of' the David Mannes Music School) revealed in their work thorough training both from a technical and musicianly standpoint, which reflected great credit upon directors David and Clara Mannes.
The String Choir was heard in Vivaldi’s concerto in A
Those Home, Sweet Home Flutes
Regarding those “flutes in F,” in the Home, Sweet Home score of Sir Henry Bishop’s opera, Clari, or the Maid of Milan, referred to in the article, The Original Manuscript of Home, Sweet Home, appearing in the last issue of the Musical Courier, William Humiston, the well known organist, Bach authority and critic of the Brooklyn Eagle, has sent the following letter:
“I think I can explain that ‘puzzle’ about the Home, Sweet Home flutes in E flat being labelled ‘flutes in F.’ The ordinary flute is sometimes called a ‘flute in D,’ because that is its natural scale. But D is written D and not C, so it is not a transposing instrument, although the scale of holes alone, the simplest scale to play, is D major. So an E flat flute would have the same aberration and hence would be ‘flute in F;’ or perhaps I should put it the other way around. But I guess you get my big idea.”
Another Recital at A. Russ Patterson’s
On Friday evening, April 27, another Intimate Recital was given at the studios of A. Russ Patterson, those appearing on the program being Caroline Krooks, soprano; Sophie Robinson, mezzo-soprano, and Norbert Hirshfield, baritone, assisted by Julia Glass, pianist, who was the guest artist of the evening. The program began with a duet, May, Schumann, by the Misses Krooks and Robinson, and closed with another, Joy, Schumann.
Miss Krooks is the possessor of a soprano voice of sweet quali'y which she uses with taste. She was heard in two groups of songs and the Un Bel Di from Madame Butterfly, the latter being sung in English. Miss Krooks surprised
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