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Musical Courier 1925-12-17: Vol 91 Iss 25, 1925
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1FOREIGN NEWS IN BRIEF
3NIJINSKY LIVING IN PARIS—(London) The Daily News learns that Nijinsky, Russian dancer, who was once the idol of the British people is now living in a tiny hotel in the Rue Balzac. Nijinsky's death has been reported more than once since his illness and retirement in 1916. Although Nijinsky's condition is much better—it will be remembered that his breakdown came at the height of his fame—it is unlikely that he will ever return to the stage. But he still arranges ballets, and according to a letter in a Viennese journal, his sister, Nijinska, will produce two of them this winter.
5C. S.
7ELLEN TERRY IN MUSICAL PLAY—(London) Crossings is the title of a fairy play by Mr. de la Mare for which Armstrong Gibbs has written the music. It is a charming story of four children who have drunk fairy wine, written with great simplicity and beauty and has delightful music. The performance at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, given in aid of King Edward's Hospital Fund, was up to the usual high standard of that theater and Ellen Terry's appearance was an honor that the play deserved.
9R. P.
11MUSICAL MARRIAGES—(London) William David Murdoch, well known Australian pianist who will soon be heard in America, was married on November 25 to Mrs. Antoria Meck. Percy Patt, conductor of Covent Garden fame, has also just been married to an Australian soprano, Margaret Bruce.
13M. S.
15WOLFF TO CONDUCT IN ITALY—(Berlin) Werner Wolff, conductor of the Hamburg Opera, has been engaged as guest conductor for the carnival season of opera at Parma. His chief task will be a revival of Tristan and Isolde.
17D. L.
19SCHONBERG AGAIN SERIOUSLY ILL—(Vienna) Arnold Schonberg who was recently operated on for appendicitis, has had a relapse necessitating a second operation to remove an abdominal abscess. The composer is still confined at a local hospital.
21P. B.
23AUSTRIAN MUSICAL UNION AGAINST RADIO—(Vienna) The Musical Union of Austria, at a recent general meeting, registered a strong protest against the programs of the Austrian Radio Society whose frequent broadcasting of operas and symphonies, it is alleged, is responsible for the poor attendance at orchestral concerts. The conflict between the Radio Society and the Staatsoper, on the other hand, has been settled, the members of the Staatsoper are once more allowed to sing for the radio, the society paying a monthly sum of 50 million crowns ($700) to the management of the opera for this privilege.
25P. B.
27MYRA HESS TRIUMPHS IN HAMBURG—(Hamburg, Germany) The recital of Myra Hess, following her engagement with the Philharmonic Orchestra, was an artistic event of the first order. The public paid enthusiastic homage to the extraordinary gifts of this eminent pianist.
29E. W. M.
31MOLINARI OPENS AUGUSTEO SEASON—(Rome) The inaugural concert under Molinari at the Augusteo took place on November 29, the program opening with Mendelssohn's long neglected Italian Symphony.
33D. P.
35RICHARD BULHIG IN ROME—(Rome) Richard Bulhig's concert at Sala Sgambati was a big and genuine success. From the first bars of the Bach Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, the public felt that it had not only a wonderful pianist, but also a great artist before them and applauded rapturously after Schubert, Brahms, Beethoven and Liszt, obliging the artist to present himself many times in acknowledgment.
37D. P.
39HALLE ORCHESTRA FOR AUSTRALIA?—(Manchester) Negotiations are in progress to take the famous Halle Orchestra to Australia, in accordance with a scheme worked out by Margaret Bruce, the singer, and co-director of the Dinh Gilly School.
41R. P.
43FIBICH ANNIVERSARY AT PRAGUE—(Prague) The twenty-fifth anniversary of the death of Zdenko Fibich is being celebrated by the performance of his operatic works at the National Theatre at weekly intervals throughout November and December. A tablet in his honor was fixed on the composer's house and unveiled by Dr. Kasin, former minister of finance.
45R.
47ZEMLINSKY RECTOR OF PRAGUE MUSIC ACADEMY—(Prague) Alexander von Zemlinsky, composer and operatic chief of the German Theater in Prague, has been elected rector of the German Academy of Music, here, for the year 1925-26. He is successor to Henri Marteau, the Swiss violinist, also a member of the academy faculty, who held the position during the last school year.
49B. P.
51ANTWERP FEATURING GERMAN MUSIC—(Antwerp) The Flemish Opera, which besides the Monnaie at Brussels, is the most important musical institution in Belgium, has recently been re-organized on a solid basis. Its program for the season comprises no less than seven Wagner operas, the first production of Strauss Rosenkavalier in Flemish, and Ravel's ballet, Daphnis and Chloe. The principal Wagnerian tenor roles will be sung by Jacques Urlus. The Nouveaux Concerts society has given a superb presentation of Honegger's Roi David. It announces a symphony concert under Bruno Walter.
53R. P.
55FRANCOISE RASSE HEAD OF LIEGE CONSERVATORY—(Liege) Françoise Rasse has been made director of the Liege Conservatory, in succession to Sylvain Dupuis, who has reached the legal age limit.
57A. G.
59AUDREY CHAPMAN ORCHESTRA DOES NOBLE WORK—(London) In these days of constant changes and spasmodic efforts a record of twenty-six years of continuous musical work is something of which one can be really proud, and this has been achieved by the Audrey Chapman Orchestra which was formed in 1898 with the object of providing classical music in poor districts, at Passmore Edwards Settlements, institutes, etc. It has come to be more and more widely recognized as a beneficent influence and has educated its audiences from scoffers into real lovers of music. On December 15 its members are giving a concert in Queen's Hall to raise funds for its further maintenance. Frank Bridge is to conduct the César Franck Symphony in D minor, the Haydn Concerto for cello and orchestra and two tone poems of his own. Guilhermina Suggia will play the cello solos.
61M. S.
63EASTBOURNE FESTIVAL CREATES NEW FIELD OF MUSIC—(Eastbourne, Eng.) The Eastbourne Festival has been filling London papers for a fortnight, and what is of such importance to Englishmen may be of interest to Americans as well. Eastbourne is a very popular summer and winter seaside resort not far from London, which has had an annual festival for the last three years, that may now be considered an established custom. It would take too much space to enumerate all the composers, conductors and soloists that were represented; suffice it to say that while English music had a very fair showing, the "classics" and "moderns" of other countries were not neglected. Captain Henry G. Amers, the municipal director of music did a large part of the work, although many composers were invited to conduct their own works, including Gustav Holst, Rutland Boughton (composer of The Immortal Hour, which had such a remarkable run in London), Dame Ethel Smyth, and William H. Reed. Some of the other guest conductors were Sir Henry Wood, Sir Lanord Ronald and Sir Hamilton Harty. The orchestra is comparatively new and, while not up to international standards, did very creditable work. The positive value of this festival is that it is creating a new field for music. The attendance each year has steadily increased and this autumn even notably increased during the festival itself.
65M. S.
67Howard Wells Pupils in Demand
69Piano students from the well known Howard Wells studio in Chicago are constantly in demand and a large number of them are making names for themselves in the professional field. Following is a list of concert engagements (solo appearances) filled recently by several pianists who are at present studying with Mr. Wells: William Beller—Lake View Musical Society (Chicago), Chicago Woman's Musical Club, Janesville (Wis.), MacDowell Club, Kenosha (Wis.), Woman's Club, West Pullman Woman's Club (Chicago), Park Ridge Woman's Club (Chicago), Neighborhood House Woman's Club (Chicago), Welles Park Woman's Club, Wheaton (Ill.) Woman's Club, Butterfield Country Club (Chicago), Crescent Star Chapter (Chicago), Southern Woman's Club (Chicago), Bryn Mawr Woman's Club (Chicago), Norwood Park Woman's Club (Chicago), Portage Park Woman's Club (Chicago); Helen Berndt—Roger's Park Woman's Club (Chicago); Else Brandt—Le Club Francais (Chicago); Margaret Erbe—concert for the Wisconsin Federation of Music Clubs (Green Bay, Wis.), Kiwanis Club (Green Bay, Wis.), Milwaukee MacDowell Club, November 9; Mrs. Frederic Gardner—Mendelssohn Club, Rockford (Ill.), Second Cong. Church Rockford, engaged for Mt. Carroll (Ill.), December 7, D. A. R., Drake Hotel (Chicago), Watertown (Wis.), Edgerton (Wis.); Agathe Haenel—Soloist, Lyon and Healy Artist Series, Week of October 19 (Chicago), Milwaukee A Capella Society concert, at Auditorium, engaged as soloist, Chicago Singverien concert in December; Winifred Kuchin—Mason City (Iowa) Woman's Club, recital at Rochelle (Ill.); Crescenz McCormack—Lake View Woman's Club (Chicago); George Seaburg—three appearances at Edgewater Beach Hotel (Chicago); Elsa Chandler—Tour with DeSellem-Folsom Company, Minneapolis and nearby cities.
71Indian Dawn Sung by Ellis Club
73One of the best ballad numbers issued by the Sam Fox Publishing Co., Cleveland, Ohio, is Indian Dawn, by Zamecnik, and while the number has had unusual success among artists and teachers it seems to have laid a foundation for a standard selection by some of our best singers. Just recently the Ellis Club, of Los Angeles, now in its thirty-eighth season, had its first concert of the year, on November 4, and prominently programed was Indian Dawn. The lyric by Charles O. Roos was also reprinted for the Ellis Club program. This is one of the oldest singing organizations in the country and it is indeed a tribute that few new numbers are accorded.
75Society of Arts Arranges Palm Beach Series
77Mrs. Edward Stotesburg, president of the Society of Arts, has announced the society's program for the winter season at Palm Beach. On the program for this year are the names of many well known artists. The custom of holding the weekly concerts of the society at the Whitehall has been abandoned and this season the programs will be conducted at the new Alba, where the great Castillian Ball Room offers ample space comfortably to seat more than 500 people.
79BALTIMORE, MD.
81BALTIMORE, Md.—A brilliant recital, from every viewpoint, was that at which Ignace Jan Paderewski was the soloist. No opera audience surpassed that which came to hear the brilliant pianist. That the spacious Lyric was crowded, with hundreds standing, is easily attested to by the fact that over 300 moted over from Washington. Paderewski offered a stupendous program from start to finish, giving no less than five encores at the close of his concert when the audience actually refused to leave. Mrs. Wilson-Greene, under whose management he appeared here, also presented the pianist at Roanoke, Va., and Hagerstown, Md., during the week.
83After several years of effort on the part of local music lovers, the Philharmonic Orchestra of New York has been induced to give a series of concerts here and the first took place under the management of the Albaugh Bureau of Concerts. Willem Mengelberg directed and presented an interesting program. There was no soloist and Mr. Mengelberg made it apparent that none is needed when the proper program is furnished. A remarkable reading of Schelling's A Victory Ball was the outstanding number of the program.
85The Westminster Choir also appeared recently and the work of the Dayton organization was of the highest standard from a musical standpoint.
87Elizabeth Gutman, talented singer, gave an interesting recital at the Maryland School for the Blind.
89The Baltimore Music Club gave the second of its series of concerts and luncheons.
91Pasquale Tallarico, of the Peabody Faculty, was the soloist at the weekly recital of the Institute. Mr. Tallarico is a young artist of no mean achievement, and is a welcome addition to the local musical world.
93Fred Huber, our own municipal director of music, is living up to his promise of furnishing only music of first class caliber over the air.
95E. D.
97Fiqué Choral Thanksgiving Luncheon
99The annual Fiqué Choral Thanksgiving luncheon, at the Hotel Bossert, Brooklyn, with Katherine Noack Fiqué presiding, was a very enjoyable affair, including as it did various musical items. Kremser's Hymn of Thanksgiving was sung with full-voiced enthusiasm, and shorter numbers by Tosti and Smetana, all conducted by Carl Fiqué, showed the excellent qualities of this organization of women singers. Myrtle Schiffman gave a dramatic reading, and the dozen guests of honor included Angelique V. Orr, Henrietta Strauss, Nella Brown, Rubin Goldmark, Franz Kneisel, Mrs. Owen Kildare, Frederick H. Timson, Frederick W. Riesberg, Charles Wissner, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Moore Fanning, Mr. and Mrs. Cromwell Childs, and Francis Wright Clinton. These honor guests all said a few words, or told nonsense stories, the following also adding their bit: Mildred Holland, Egbert Gurnsey Brown, Mesdames Owen Kildare and Imogene King. President Fiqué's Pages were Evelyn Olson, Jean Olson, Barbara Lane and Catherine Merrill. Dancing followed and everyone voted the affair most enjoyable.
101Grandjany "A Perfection Unsurpassed"
103Marcel Grandjany, French harpist, gave a highly appreciated recital at the Chateau Frontenac on November 30. L'Evenement wrote: "He lifted his hearers to the seventh heaven in the magnificent concert he gave last night." Le Soleil stated: "Mr. Grandjany has not diminished the good name he has acquired in the musical world, and his celebrity is fully justified, on the word of the most sure connoisseurs, by a performance that was the most highly artistic of any we have heard in Quebec for a long time. Young yet, his talent is in full maturity. He did honor to French genius by a perfection unsurpassed." L'Action Catholique commented: "His play is delicate, poetic, clear and of a superior spiritual quality. Mr. Grandjany speaks to his sympathetic auditors in a language entirely poetical, and in an idiom that exclusively transcendental artists know." The Chronicle Telegraph had this to say: "It was a beautiful selection of delightful music played with incredible artistry and deep feeling by a true master on that most expressive of modern solo instruments, the concert harp."
105Eastman School Seeks More Manuscripts
107The Eastman School of Music of Rochester will present the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Howard Hanson, in a third concert devoted to a program of unpublished orchestral works by American composers in April of the coming year. The first concert this season in continuance of the enterprise undertaken by the Eastman School in behalf of American creative music was given on November 25. Manuscripts submitted for consideration as program material for the April concert must be sent to Dr. Howard Hanson, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, N. Y., and must be in his hands on or before January 15 next. It is necessary to have the manuscripts early in order that the many submitted may be carefully examined by the members of the committee of selection and that when the works to be played are chosen, time still remains for proper preparation of the orchestral parts for rehearsal and performance.
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