The Cord-Rummel Recital Company

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The Cord-Rummel Recital Company


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Mr. William Morse-Rummel Violin-Virtuoso
ARTISTRY comes to William Morse-Rummel as a rich heritage.  His grandfather was the illustrious Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor of the telegraph, whose early life was given to art.  His greatgrandfather, Christian Rummel, was court conductor at Wiesbaden, a personal friend of Richard Wagner, and a composer and pianist of note.  Young Rummel's father, Franz Rummel, is the distinguished pianist of Berlin, who holds a firm place in modern musical history.  A brother is distinguishing himself as a composer of music, and still another brother is winning fame as an artist in Paris.  Musical education under such masters as Hartmann, Hermann and Ysaye served to ripen the musical gifts which nature so prodigally bestowed, and this talented violinist received brilliant notices upon his continental appearances.  His playing is masterful, soulful and artistic.  No American artist of the present day promises more in musical renown than does William Morse-Rummel.  Among his no teworthy American engagements in recent years was an extensive tour as a co-star with Nordica.





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Henry Kelley, Baritone
IN presenting Henry Kelley, Baritone, with this excellent combination we believe we are adding another name to the long list of stars who owe to us their introduction to the musical world, for we believe that Mr. Kelley is destined to prove one of our greatest finds.  Mr. Kelley, possesses the voice, physique, temperament and musical intelligence of the truly great singer.  It is a rich, resonant, high baritone.  It exemplifies his careful training and conscientious study with Ramon Blanchart, the famous opera teacher.



Yvonne Koniger, Pianist and Accompanist
MISS YVONNE KONIGER is a native of Paris, and, as a pupil in the Conservatory of Paris, was the winner of a Gold Medal for proficiency on the piano.  She was a pupil of Mme.  Long and Mr. Diemer.  While yet in her teens she scored a tremendous success in concert work on the continent.  She came to America a short time since, and immediately found favor as an accompanist by various artists.  Her work evidences a naive artistry which makes her deservedly popular.  She will add strength to the personnel of this great recital company.





The Cord-Rummel Recital Company
THE Cord- Rummel Recital Company is presented to our patrons with the full assurance that this splendid organization will repeat in the Lyceum the unparalleled record of successes which its individual members have already achieved upon the concert platform.

Each member of the company has appeared with some of the leading artists of America and Europe.  We feel a pardonable pride in having been instrumental in bringing together these great artists for concert work, and are confident they will more than fulfill the highest expectations.



The Personnel


Miss Fay Cord
Soprano


Mr. William Morse-Rummel
Violin Virtuoso


Mr. Henry Kelley
Baritone


Miss Yvonne Koniger
Pianist and Accompanist





Press Comment

* * * Her voice is a rich soprano, and under fine control.  In her singing of some Schubert, Brahms, Strauss and modern French songs she showed a rare gift of interpretation.—
N. Y. Musical Courier, Paris letter.


Has a light, agile, high soprano of excellent quality and her pianissimo is especially notable.  * * * Her selections showed her to be a singer of refinement and spontaneous impulse.—
Boston Transcript.


Many tried and untried singers have been heard at the Salle Pleyel, but I doubt if a debutante of foreign birth ever received a warmer welcome than did Miss Fay Cord, when she appeared last night with M. Feuillard, 'cellist, and Madame Bernaudin-Jetot, pianist.—
Paris letter.


Miss Cord is possessed of a voice of unusual beauty, and her lyric work of a quality that reminds one of Jenny Lind.  She is most at home in the lighter songs of the heart and the sprightly chansonnettes though her interpretation of the larger works are musicianly and inspiring.—
The Music News, Chicago.


Miss Cord displayed talent that is remarkable.  * * * The articulation and enunciation of the singer were almost perfect.  Not a word in her songs in English escaped its complete interpretation.  Miss Cord puts her soul into her singing.  Loyalty to country and home and friends could be plainly felt when she sang Home, Sweet Home.—
Des Moines Register and Leader.

After an extended concert tour abroad and in America, Miss Cord returned to Paris and was accepted as a private pupil of Jean de Reszke, and, after a year spent in studying the great soprano operatic arias with this great master, went to London and in turn became a pupil of Signor Paolo Tosti.


Mr. Morse-Rummel, who had never played in Richmond before, proved a complete surprise, playing in a manner that marked him as one who is certain to reach a deserved distinction.  He is at his best in pieces that permit him to employ long, sustained, phrases, for he has the gift that must be given, and can not be acquired, that of producing beautiful tones.  Even when he plays fortissimo, his tone is round as well as clear, and when he mutes his instrument, the quality that he draws from it is literally lovely.  Yet he is no mean technician, for he played one of Wieniawski's terrific tests in admirable style; and his use of harmonics is particularly skillful and certain.—
Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Va., December 13, 1914.


Mr. Morse-Rummel scored a great hit.  He responded to several encores.  His rendering of Schumann's Slumbersong created a profound impression and in an entirely dissimilar composition Wieniawski's polonaise, he proved his versatility as an artist.—
Jersey Journal, Jersey City, November 13, 1914.


William Morse-Rummel, a young violinist who has made a most favorable impression in musical circles in Berlin, has left for Brussels, whence after spending three months with Ysaye he will go to America, to be heard in concert next season.  Mr. Rummel has studied with Jan Hambourg, in London and Arthur Hartmann, in Berlin, and he recently played for Fritz Kreisler, who paid him the high tribute of saying that his playing lacked only the breath and poise which comes solely as the result of experience.—
Musical Leader and Concert Goer, Berlin.



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FAY CORD





Miss Fay Cord Soprano
MISS CORD was born in Iowa.  At sixteen she graduated from the Conservatory of Music at Drake University, and then continued her studies under Madame Colonne, wife of the conductor of the Colonne Orchestra, Paris, where she came in close touch with many leading musicians of the day—Camille Saint Saens, Jules Massenet, Madame Calve, and others.  She studied Ger man lieder with Alexander Heineman, one of the leading artists of Germany, and later returned to Paris for a year's work on the great soprano operatic arias under the peerless Jean De Reske, after which she studied in London under Signor Paolo Tosti.  While a student, Miss Cord returned to America for a visit with her parents, and appeared with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the Worcester Music Festival.  Her London debut was with Ben Davies, the eminent English tenor.  After many successful English and Continental appearances, Miss Cord returned to America, where she has won conspicuous success in appearances in private recital, and with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Harvard Musical Association of Boston, the Cecelia Society and other prominent musical organizations.  She is conceded by critics to be one of the foremost sopranos of the country.


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