AND MRS. STEPHEN W. LEACH
Among our first singers were Stephen W. Leach and his wife, Georgiana
Leach. He was an English buffo singer. His wife was a beautiful
soprano singer and was soloist in the Unitarian Church in the days of
the sixties when the church was on Stockton. When the new Starr King
church was built on Geary street, this old church was bought by the
colored Methodist people. Mr. Leach formed a madrigal society in
that year, and we had weekly rehearsals, perfecting ourselves for
concert and other public demonstrations when required. I shall here
give one of our noted programs, given by the most prominent musicians,
both men and women, of our time. The numbers are worthy of historical
notice for the sake of the music and the musicians who took part in
this memorable concert, the first of the series.
Program of
_S.W. LEACH CONCERT_
At Platt's Hall
Monday Evening, Dec. 9th, 1878
1. Part Song. Strike the Lyre Cooke
Mr. Gee and Madrigal Society
2. Song. I Fear No Foe Pinsuti
Walter Campbell
3. Quartette for piano and stringed instruments. Sostenuto
assai, Allegro ma non troppo. Schumann
Miss Alice Schmidt, piano; Mr. Clifford Schmidt, first violin;
Mr. Louis Schmidt, Jr., viola; Mr. Ernest Schmidt, cello.
4. My Queen Blumenthal
Alfred Kelleher
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