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Modern violin culture in America, 1916
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1YOUNGER SCHOOL—Continued.
3Another player who has been before the American public almost continually for a long number of years is Francis Macmillen. His reputation has been firmly established as interpreter of the classic and modern masters, while recent concert arrangements and original violin works of his own are giving surprising evidences of his abilities as a writer. Last season much of the success of his concert programs was due to such of his own numbers as the Causerie (Prairie Flower), the Serenade Negre, a most exceptional bit of concert writing, a Barcarole, justly acknowledged as one of the most attractive modern pieces heard within recent years, and a number of concert arrangements (Hunting Song, Spinning Song, Venetian Gondola Song by Mendelssohn and Chopin's Waltz Song, Maiden's Wish) all of which testify to his refined artistic sense and judgment in arranging such works for the concert platform.
5This year he has added to these numbers with two original compositions, a Liebeshymne (Hymn to Love) and a captivating Nijinski Mazurka, both of which bear further evidences of his talents as a composer of brilliant violin music. A third novelty in shape of a so-called Gavotte des Ecoliers by an old French writer, Chantrelle, was originally found by Macmillen among a lot of old manuscripts in Paris and has now been transformed by him into a modern solo number of indescribable charm and effectiveness.
7Another highly gifted player, the Russian, Efrem Zimbalist, who will be heard extensively throughout the United States during the forthcoming season, has also done some creditable work as a contributor towards the literature of his instrument through his Suite in Alter Form including a Prelude, Sicilienne, Menuet, Largo and Finale. In this work Zimbalist has given us a most unusual demonstration of how the rigid, majestic forms and musical idioms of the classic writers can be utilized in connection with modern ideas to wonderful effect. It is a work along lines of classic grandeur and should be highly
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