"Innumerable Encores" and "An Ovation At End Of Recital": for Nevada Van der Veer

              1926
(Reprinted from
MUSICAL COURIER
Weekly Review OF THE World's Music
February 4, 1926


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INNUMERABLE ENCORES
AND
AN OVATION AT END OF RECITAL
FOR
NEVADA
VAN DER VEER
IN NEW YORK RECITAL AT CARNEGIE HALL ON JANUARY 22nd



Tone flowed flawless and golden.—
N. Y. Times


Few seats empty in Carnegie Hall.—
N. Y. Tribune


A beautiful contralto voice.—
N. Y. American


Won the obvious approval of a large audience.—
N. Y. World


As much at home in lyric song as in oratorio.—
N. Y. Telegram


Voice revealed all its familiar color and power.—
N. Y. Sun


An excellent contralto voice and magnetic personality.—
N. Y. Post


Nevada Van der Veer gave a successful song recital.  The beautiful evenness of her voice could be appreciated from the first.  Few singers could have exercised the same breath-control, the TONE FLOWED FLAWLESS AND GOLDEN without effort to its appointed end; slow or fast, the result was the same, the voice never wavered or faltered; broadly legato in Schubert's 'Nacht und Träume,' it became light and flexible in Schubert's 'Wohin.'  The range of her program was wide.  In all of her selections she received the applause of an enthusiastic audience.—
New York Times, Jan. 23, 1926.


The popularity of Nevada Van der Veer left FEW SEATS EMPTY IN CARNEGIE HALL.  It was an interesting program which she offered.  Van der Veer is wise to stress her talents for a broad, strong, sweeping legato; it is certainly one of her noblest assets.  There were many moments when the purity of her contralto coloring glowed with congenial warmth.  There were both repetitions and encores; in fact, mutual cordiality between singer and public, as well as the more tangible piano-load of flowers, distinguished the entire recital.—
New York Herald Tribune, Jan. 23, 1926.


Nevada Van der Veer gave a successful song recital.  Successful in disclosing A BEAUTIFUL CONTRALTO VOICE.  Successful in arranging an interesting programme of songs.  In her list of German lieder, quaint songs of the Hebrides, and groups of French and Russian romances, she revealed a broad acquaintance with the essentials of song literature, an artistic method of interpretation and the excellent gift of clear diction.—
New York American, Jan. 23, 1926.


Nevada Van der Veer, a contralto well known to the New York music public, gave a recital in Carnegie Hall last night, WINNING THE OBVIOUS APPROVAL OF A LARGE AUDIENCE.  She seemed in excellent voice, singing a fine facile tone, with taste and distinction.  Schubert's 'Nacht und Träume' provided an introduction to an unusually interesting program.—
New York World, Jan. 23, 1926.


Nevada Van der Veer gave a recital in Carnegie Hall last night.  Van der Veer is an artist of long experience and comprehensive routine; always dependable, AS MUCH AT HOME IN THE PROVINCE OF LYRIC SONG AS IN ORATORIO.  The contralto's program covered a wide range.  She was in excellent voice and her delivery of Brahms' 'Sandmaennchen,' for one thing, was of genuinely tender and moving charm.—
New York Telegram, Jan. 23, 1926.


The popular contralto's VOICE REVEALED ALL ITS FAMILIAR COLOR AND POWER OF DRAMATIC UTTERANCE.  Erich Wolff's 'Ein solcher ist mein Freund' was rendered with fine buoyance and sweep and there were opportunities galore in subsequent offerings for the varied and effective fields of mood and color in which she sings so enjoyably.  She possessed the advantage of a well arranged program and had an able accompanist in Stewart Wille.—
New York Sun, Jan. 23, 1926.


Possessed of AN EXCELLENT CONTRALTO VOICE TO WHICH WAS ADDED A MAGNETIC PERSONALITY, Nevada Van der Veer came through her song recital with flying colors.  Her voice was rich in tones.  Her two numbers, 'Nacht und Träume' and 'Wohin,' by Schubert, were well done.  It was a group of 'Songs of the Hebrides,' in which the singer, perhaps, most distinguished herself.  There was true artistry about her singing of the four songs in this group, which aroused the enthusiasm of the large audience that, throughout the concert, manifestly displayed its intimate appreciation of her singing.—
New York Evening Post, Jan. 23, 1926.


Nevada Van der Veer, the well-known artist, aroused much enthusiasm in her song recital at Carnegie Hall.  The singer possesses a rich voice which had every opportunity to show its great beauty and strength.  Like shining pearls her tones were strung together and she displayed a remarkable breathing technique which one had to admire.  The varied offerings, such as 'Nacht und Träume' and 'Ein solcher ist mein Freund' aroused an ovation among the listeners.—
New York Staats-Zeitung.

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