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Musical Courier 1926-02-04: Vol 92 Iss 5, 1926
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1The English Singers of London
2Flora Mann Norman Stone
3Nellie Carson Norman Notley
4Lillian Berger Cuthbert Kelly
6American Debut, October 29, 1925, at Washington, D. C., Mrs. Coolidge's Festival at Library of Congress.
7New York Debut, Town Hall, November 7, 1925.
8Appearances at Yale, Harvard, Vassar, Peabody Institute and North Carolina College for Women, Greensboro, N. C.
10The English Singers of London are regarded by all those who have heard them and by the many managers who have already engaged them as the outstanding novelty for next season.
12The English Singers bring a new repertoire to the concert hall. They have rediscovered the wonders of Elizabethan music, and their concerts of madrigals, folk songs, ballets and canzonets are revelations of beauty.
14The English Singers sing their entire program in English. Theirs is the perfect diction of British born, and the words of their songs are poems of exquisite grace and loveliness. Their work brings pride to every English speaking person. They reveal the glories of our tongue. They have proven English singable.
16The English Singers bring a new note of informality to the concert hall. Seated grouped about a table, they sing with ease and joy, and the audience reflects their feelings.
18How the English Singers appear, seated at a table
20The English Singers demonstrate the last word in part singing. Practically all of their program is rendered a cappella, and the combination of these three male and three female voices produces an ensemble of unbelievable beauty.
22AT LAST a program for both discriminating musician and the lay listener. A program every word of which is understood, full of humor, grace, charm and other indescribable qualities which bring pleasure to all. They always hold audiences spellbound during the entire concert. The New York papers wrote columns of adulation of this concert. We will not do The English Singers the injustice of repeating a few fine phrases. We have reproduced ALL their notices on a broadside which will be mailed on request.
24NOW BOOKING SEASON 1926-1927
25Exclusive Management:
26METROPOLITAN MUSICAL BUREAU
2733 West 42nd Street, New York City
29MUSICAL COURIER
30February 4, 1926
32STRAUSS CONDUCTS MOVIE VERSION OF ROSENKAVALIER
33Dresden.—The initial film representation here of Hoffmanthal's Rosenkavalier to Richard Strauss' music was an outward success, in its line, though at the same time all ardent lovers of true art regretted that it should have occurred in the Opera House, known throughout the world for its lofty traditions. In its new form Rosenkavalier impressed one as quite a new story. The plot is considerably changed, the characters reconstructed to go with the demands of a film and the accompanying music seemed almost too good for the purpose. The Marschallin is no longer middle-aged; the erotic scenes between her and Octavian are more pronounced; her husband, absent in the opera, takes an active part in the occurrences. Picturesque scenes and out-door views are effective; old castles and festivities of the Roccoco period delight the eye; yet the overabundant film views are and Norman Hollander, who gave, respectively, a De Beriot concerto for violin and a cello sonata by De Fesch. True lyric mood was demonstrated in the work of Alice Levine, Ida Goldstein and Leontine Hirsh, the latter showing the rare sensitiveness which so often characterizes the playing of the blind. Fine tone and musicianship were evident in the playing of Eva Spector, violinist, in a Leonard solo. Shirley Reismann, Elsie Feldman, Bertha Simon and Laura Binder gave admirable interpretations, in groups of various composers in which two compositions of Deems Taylor stood out in fine relief, blending well with the romanticists. The program was concluded by two splendidly-equipped vocalists, Mrs. Hans and Carleton Boxhill, who sang numbers by Reichart, Tipton, Griffes and Margaretson (M.S.) with excellent vocal control and fine phrasing. Accompaniments to the various instrumentalists were played artistically by Lillian Pierson, Laura Binder and Elsie Feldman. A large audience enthusiastically received the work of each participant.
35The pupils presented at this recital were students of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Lichtmann, Herman Rosen, Alberto Bimboni, Esther J. Lichtmann, Harry R. Spier, Percy Such, Eugene Walther and William Coad of the piano, violin, cello and voice faculties.
37Following the concert the audience visited the exhibition of Tibetan Banner paintings in Corona Mundi, International Art Center, the affiliated institution of the Master Institute of United Arts.
39Edgar M. Cooke Visits Schroon Lake
40Edgar M. Cooke, Philadelphia voice teacher, spent his Christmas holidays at the Schroon Lake branch of the De Reszke-Seagle School in the Adirondacks. He was accompanied by his wife, who is a soprano of considerable ability, and his son, Gerhart, who is studying to be a civil engineer. A houseparty had been planned, but on account of Mr. Seagle's concert dates conflicting, he and his family were unable to be there.
42Mr. Cooke has been connected with the De Reszke-Seagle School for the past eight years, each year taking many pupils with him from his Philadelphia and Washington class. The past summer twelve of his pupils went with him, returning home very enthusiastic about the work they had done with him and with Mr. Seagle and thrilled with their vacation in such beautiful surroundings.
44Chamber Music Society Honored
45The New York Flute Club, Inc., gave a musicale in honor of the San Francisco Chamber Music Society in the Chickerling Music Salon, on January 24.
47Artists featuring Carl Fischer Publications
48LISA ROMA
49Operatic Soprano
50Features with great success
51THE HILLS OF GRUZIA
52By Nicolai Mednikoff
53High Voice .50
54Poem by A. S. Pushkin, English Version by Alice Mattullath
55CARL FISCHER, Inc., NEW YORK
56Boston 380-382 Boylston St. 430-432 So. Wabash Ave.
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