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Musical Courier 1926-02-04: Vol 92 Iss 5, 1926
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1February 4, 1926
3ACROSS THE COUNTRY
5Allentown, Pa.—Elsa Guyer was the soloist at the second symphony orchestra concert and she made a pronounced impression with her musicianly rendition of Mendelssohn's second piano concerto.
7Amy DeGroot, contralto, and Elloda Kemmerer, pianist, gave an interesting joint recital at the Hotel Traylor recently, and the appearance was a decided credit to both artists.
9The pupils of A. R. Miller gave evidence of their careful and thorough training in a recital at Grace Reformed Church in Northampton.
11Mrs. Warren Acker gave an interesting reception for the Music Club at her home. A short program by members of the club followed.
13Boston, Mass. (See letter on another page.)
14Chicago, Ill. (See letter on another page.)
15Detroit, Mich. (See letter on another page.)
16Fort Myers, Fla.—Frederic Dixon, pianist, on January 8 charmed a group of enthusiastic admirers in the Episcopal Church, with his technic and beauty of tone. He was warmly applauded, responding with numerous encores. He also gave an impromptu recital at the home of Elsa Troetschel Enos.
18Greeley, Col.—The associated students of State Teachers' College presented Eileen, a comic opera in three acts by Victor Herbert, under the personal direction of J. DeForest Cline, director of the Conservatory of Music, on January 18.
20The Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of Mr. Cline, gave a program in the Sterling Theater recently. It was assisted by the Teachers College Girls Octet.
22Indianapolis, Ind.—The Cherniavsky Trio was heard in a concert at the Columbia Club. This was the second of the series of Intime Concerts brought here by Ona B. Talbot and the audience hugely enjoyed listening to these brothers.
24Bernard Ferguson, baritone, was brought here by the Indianapolis Matinee Musciale and delighted his hearers at the Murat Theater with an unusual and diversified program. His able accompanist was Edgar Nelson. H. R. C.
26Minneapolis, Minn. (See letter on another page.)
28Norfolk, Va.—January 27, C. M. Tremaine, director of the National Bureau for the Advancement of Music, made an address before the convention of the Virginia State Music Teachers' Association, taking as his subject The Growing Influence of Music and the Value of Cooperation in Promoting It.
30Philadelphia, Pa. (See letter on another page.)
31Providence, R. I.—In the Beneficial Congregational Church, the Choral Society, under the direction of Arthur Hyde, gave Handel's The Messiah, it being the ninth consecutive year this work has been rendered. The solos were all capably sung by Esther Mott, soprano; Ruth Nichols Phillips, contralto; Stephen Mason tenor, and Thomas Owen, bass.
33At the musicale, given by the Sunday Morning Musciale Club, Emily Hanson, of Newark, N. J., a pupil of Percy Averill, of New York, pleased a large audience by her fine singing. The Vining Trio and Mrs. Richard A. Wilson, harpist, also contributed numbers.
35Vlado Kolitsch, Croatian violinist, was the guest soloist of the Chopin Club at their December Musciale, in the Narragansett Hotel. He appeared in eighteenth century costume and played several rare instruments, one of which is said to have been in possession of Mozart. An eighteenth century spinet was used by Malvina Gardner, who proved an accompanist of skill. Mr. Kolitsch's playing was marked for beauty of tone, charm and simplicity that was delightful. Jean Wilkins Berkander, a member of the club, sang with musicianly understanding and fine diction.
37San Francisco, Cal. (See Music on the Pacific Slope.)
38Tallahassee, Fla.—On January 15, at the Percy Grainger Concert, Florida State College students filled to its capacity the High School Auditorium. There was a clamoring for seats by the Tallahassee citizens, but the entire house was bought, in advance by the students. There was universal appreciation of the pianistic work of Grainger. The students enjoyed his Bach and Brahms and were thrilled over the many encores of his own and other compositions which he contributed.
40MUSICAL COURIER
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47HART HOUSE STRING QUARTET one of two readings
48HART HOUSE one of two readings
49STRING QUARTET one of two readings
50IN THE UNITED STATES
52More than seventy engagements 1925-26.
53(Twenty-nine engagements between February 5th and March 29th.)
55Twenty-two engagements already booked for 1926-27.
57Fourteen engagements already booked for 1927-28.
59Available in the United States after February 1, 1927.
61Charles Aylett Photo
62GEZA DE KRESZ, First Violin
63HARRY ADASKIN, Second Violin
64MILTON BLACKSTONE, Viola
65BORIS HAMBOURG, Violoncello
67AMERICAN CRITICS ACCLAIM NEW QUARTET
69NEW YORK
70The New York Times, Nov. 29, 1925
71HART HOUSE ORGANIZATION JUSTIFIES AN EXCELLENT REPUTATION
72The Hart House String Quartet, which gave a recital at Aeolian Hall last night, came with a reputation from Toronto. Its members are Geza de Kresz, first violin, formerly leader of a quartet in Europe; and a known from Berlin to Vienna; Boris Hambourg, 'cello (both of them pupils of Ysaye); Harry Adaskin, second violin; and Milton Blackstone, viola. Their programme consisted of three quartets of widely diversified styles: Debussy, Bela Bartok Opus 7 and Beethoven Opus 135. They could not have given themselves a better task, and they emerged from the test with flying colors.
74Their work hinged well together; it was individual yet cooperative. The tone was exceptionally good, and they had evolved a piano which they used with excellent effect.
76The New York Herald Tribune, Nov. 29, 1925
77TORONTO CHAMBER MUSICIANS APPLAUSED AT AEOLIAN HALL
78Another musical export from Toronto, the habitat of the Mendelssohn Choir, made its first New York appearance last night in Aeolian Hall. This was the Hart House String Quartet, named for and affiliated with the Hart House Theatre of Toronto University. The Canadian quartet introduced itself to New York with a performance that showed that the group is one of distinct merit. The four players seemed to have attained a thorough unity in spirit as well as in execution, and their playing was sensitive and expressive as well as skilled.
80BOSTON
81The Boston Evening Transcript (H. T. Parker), Dec. 4, 1925
82Hart House, center of light and leading in the practice of the arts at Toronto, maintains a string quartet. It played at New York last Saturday; at Boston yesterday afternoon. On both occasions it set itself a testing programme. As a string quartet should be the Torontoans are both a highly individualized ensemble. Mr. de Kresz's tone has both shimmer and substance. Its vitality and elasticity react upon the music in hand. Mr. Blackstone is sensitive to the penetrating voice, the shadowing, the coloring of the Adaskin and the violin is more than fill in patterns. Mr. Hambourg keeps his violoncello full, rich—in balance. The tone of the quartet is warm, vivid, widely ranging, and finely graduated. Never does it obscure the design of the music; always it is quick with rhythmic life. As with one mind the four instruments assimilate the music in hand; as with one spirit reciprocate each to each.
84The Boston Herald (Phillip Hale), Dec. 4, 1925.
85The visitors played with requisite piquancy and fancy, their interpretation was enchanting… They are serious musicians, who, as a quartet, have already acquired marked proficiency.
87The Christian Science Monitor, Dec. 4, 1925
88They displayed smoothest ensemble work, splendid rhythmic vitality, individual excellence in solo passages, and a lyric fluency which was truly admirable. Emotion and expressiveness, passion and fire proceeded from a musicianly performance. A sharp biting incisiveness of attack, softly lustrous tone, and brilliant and striking reading.
90Rochester Times-Union (A. J. Warner), Nov. 25, 1925
91HART HOUSE QUARTET GIVES FINE PROGRAM
92The performance of the Hart House Quartet showed it to be an organization of notable excellence, whose playing the quartet's ensemble and the production of the fine spirit of chamber music are present in rich abundance.
94They play with a contagious vigor and brilliancy, in which are commingled delicacy of detail, admirable balance, and complete understanding and sympathy. Their work is the result of long and careful rehearsal, backed by intelligence and inspiration, and their interpretative viewpoint is both arresting and scholarly.
96Editorial in Musical Courier, Dec. 10, 1925
97The Hart House Quartet came down from Toronto a few days ago and proved to an interested and much pleased NEW YORK that CANADA has a second musical organization with a standard in its own branch of music as high as that of the famous Mendelssohn Choir of the same city which, years ago, first called the attention of the world to the musical development of our northern neighbor. This new and excellent quartet sprang into immediate popularity. It plays from coast to coast in Canada, and is literally swamped with requests and dates for re-engagements. An idea of the quartet's activity may be had from the fact that for next March it is scheduled for twenty-one dates in twenty-nine days.
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