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Musical Courier 1926-03-11: Vol 92 Iss 10, 1926
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1ARTISTS EVERYWHERE
3Alice Crane, composer-pianist, and George Walker, basso-profundo, formerly of the Berlin Royal Opera, are giving a series of joint faculty recitals at Harper Institute, Steinway Hall. The next two recitals will take place on March 11 and 18, at three o'clock. The first program will include Bach's A minor organ Prelude and Fugue, selections from Partitas, the Oratorio and Liszt's Sermon of St. Francis to the Birds. These lecture recitals are open to professional students.
5Robert Imandt played recently for the first time at Mont-Joli, and one third of the population of the town turned out to do him honor. One enthusiastic auditor wrote: "He vibrates with his violin, and that is, believe me, the best as well as the most beautiful eulogy one can write of an artist. We are yet under the charm of those delicious hours which we wish to have repeated in the near future." This is only one of the numerous tributes which testify to the phenomenal success of Mr. Imandt's recent two weeks' tour of Canada.
7"Grace Leslie made a tremendous hit," affirms the music critic of the Buffalo, N. Y. Courier, reviewing the February 1 concert of the Orpheus Club of that city, with Grace Leslie assisting soloist. "She has a voice of gorgeous quality," continues the reviewer, "and a wealth of vocal resources at her command. It is flexible and smoothly rounded, and her diction, phrasing and skill in tonal color are those of a finely schooled artist."
9Marie Miller, harpist, appeared in recital recently in Wilkesbarre, Pa. In commenting on her art the Wilkesbarre Record stated: "Marie Miller's work on the harp was indeed an artistic treat. The harp with its naturally velvety, mellow, soothing tone, has a charm unlike that of any other instrument. Then when it is played by a harpist of Miss Miller's ability the music carries conviction and rests on the human mind and heart like a benediction."
11Anna Messenie, pianist, of Quebec, Canada, gave a recital at the Chateau Frontenac on February 2, before a large and appreciative audience. Miss Messenie displayed excellent technic and interpretative ability.
13The Musical-Art Trio, consisting of Grace Barrows Warren (Saginaw) violin; Gertrude Heacox Stover (Bay City), cello, and Martha Agnew Wentworth (Bay City), piano, is a busy Michigan organization. Ever since it was founded a few years ago it has been constantly in demand for recitals in Michigan cities and has won unstinted praise wherever it appears.
15Beleska Malinoff, who recently scored heavily in a song recital in Chicago will appear in concert and recital on the Coast during the month of April. In Los Angeles and San Francisco Miss Malinoff is well known, and it was there that the young soprano first studied music, and where her family still resides.
17Nina Morgana was enthusiastically praised following her recent appearance in Concord, N. H. Lillian Ainsworth stated in the Concord Telegram: "Before she had sung a note she had captivated her audience. Exotic, charming, the warmth and vivacity of Southern Europe, the grace and sophistication of metropolitan New York are combined in her personality. With eyes black as midnight, a wealth of black hair simply dressed, exquisite hands, expressive and brought into play in every mood, the singer possesses great charm. But personality, although an indispensable asset, cannot win without the voice, and Miss Morgana fully met the expectations of her hearers in this respect. Her voice is one of power, flexibility and brilliance. Her enunciation is clear, her dramatic ability marked." According to the Concord Monitor, "Miss Morgana is a brilliant singer, who fully senses the full meaning of her selections."
19Bernardo De Muro's only March appearance in New York will be as the guest of the Newspaper Women's Club at the Newspaper Ball, which takes place on March 12 at the Ritz-Carlton. The tenor, who appeared in recital at Aeolian Hall in October, was invited by Karl K. Kitchen of the Evening World, stage manager of the festivities, to be the only singer on the program. Mr. De Muro, formerly a member of the La Scala Opera company in Milan, and guest artist of many opera companies in South America, has been in America since last spring, when he was heard in a special opera season at the Manhattan.
21Rosa Ponselle gave a concert in Bloomington, Ind., recently and the Metropolitan Musical Bureau received the following telegram from Winfred Merrill: "Ponselle sang magnificently. Three thousand wildly enthusiastic people applauded her to the tune of twenty-four recalls."
23Ignace Jan Paderewski, in the midst of throngs of people smitten with the craze for buying up Florida, is untempted by the desire to become a land owner. The famous Polish pianist has been on a protracted concert tour of Florida, and his manager, George Fngles, recently returned from a visit to him. He says that Paderewski is too busy giving concerts to interest himself in the land boom. The demand for tickets to hear the renowned artist is so great that Paderewski gave two concerts in Miami alone, as well as recitals in many other cities and towns. While on his trip he lives in his private car in order to be assured of the rest he needs to keep him fit for his strenuous work. Wherever he goes he is greeted with the same ovation, the same reverence, and enthusiasm that prove him still one of the leading figures before the public in spite of his sixty-five years of age.
25Rex Tilson, with assisting artists, will give the fourth of his illustrated talks on The Development of Song on March 14, at Guild Hall, Steinway Building. The subject at this time will be "The Lieder of the Great Romanticists."
27The Opera-Players, Inc., will open its new theater, The Grove Street, on March 15, and not on February 28 as was previously announced in the MUSICAL COURIER. The opening performance is The Immortal Hour, an operetta by Rutland Boughton. While this operetta ran for a considerable time in London, this will be the American premiere. Enrica Clay Dillon, who has entire charge of the production, is also general director and artistic director.
29Tof Trabilsee presented one of his artist-pupils, Genevieve Azar, in a song recital at Carnegie Chamber Hall on February 26. Miss Azar possesses a fine soprano voice, and her artistic singing aroused great enthusiasm from the friendly and sympathetic audience. She graciously responded to many encores and was showered with floral tributes. May Jenny was the accompanist for the occasion. Another Trabilsee pupil, Arthur Wiggins, baritone, was heard at the Hotel Plaza on February 15. He has a splendid quality of voice with considerable range. He was greatly applauded after every number.
31Mischa Mischakoff, concertmaster of the New York Symphony Orchestra, will be heard in his only recital of the season at Town Hall on March 23. Many new compositions will be featured on his program. He will be assisted at the piano by Harry Kaufman.
33Madam Caroline Lowe gave a delightful George Washington birthday party at her studio. Several of her pupils sang, among them Misses Mackay, Rhubant, Olmsted and Purdy, and Messrs. Daniels, Harold, Ehlers, and Pemberton. The guest artist of the evening was Mr. Voigt. After the musical, dancing followed, ending a most enjoyable evening.
35Emily Roosevelt, soprano; Grace Leslie, contralto; Lewis James, tenor, and Frederick Baer, baritone, form the quartet which has been engaged for the Halifax, Nova Scotia, Music Festival, which will be held in that city on April 12, 13 and 14 next.
37Howard Gilbert is a credit to the Gescheidt schooling, exemplified in his able singing of arias by Lalo and Handel at the February 18 meeting of the Daughters of the Empire State. Besides the arias, his singing of songs by Arne, Whelpton, Gretchaninoff and Tirindelli brought him applause from the discriminating auditors.
39Edward Rechlin, noted Bach interpreter, includes flattering notices from New York to Omaha anent his organ recitals. "Made a profound impression . . . played with lofty conception of style;" "the audience gave nothing short of an ovation," wrote Earl Moore, organist of Ann Arbor University.
41MYRA HESS IN ACTION.
43As suggested to our cartoonist by the quotation from the critic of the Muddleton Daily Idiot, which is quoted on the cartoon.
45Miss Hess played over Brahms' Scherzetti – rather machine-made music.
47Nevada Van der Veer, before leaving New York to fill three important spring festival dates, will sing on April 16 with the Forest Hills, L. I., Choral Club. The festivals referred to are Pittsburg, Kans., Spartanburg, S. C., and Harrisburg, Pa., where the popular contralto will sing various important works, besides appearing on artists' night.
49Harold Land, baritone, sang in Hackensack, N. J., recently, when the Evening Record called him "one of this country's leading baritones; possessing an intensely dramatic instrument, his voice ranging from grand opera power to drawing-room delicacy." March 1 he sang in Newark, and April 5 he will appear in Bogota, N. J., at the Community Church.
51James Massell's artist-pupils have been filling important engagements, among them being Flora Negri, who gave a recital in Aeolian Hall, New York, November 1, followed by engagements in Baltimore, Brooklyn, Tarrytown, and with the New York Symphony orchestra. Lillian Baker, soprano, and Jerome Molberg, basso, are singing in Princess Flavia; Lillian Kenney is singing on the Orpheum circuit; Walter Timoff is tenor with Louis XIV, and Stephen Slyepousken is basso of the Moscow Art Theater.
53May Peterson, at her recent recital at Wells College, Aurora, N. Y., February 13, was called upon to sing her customarily long list of encores. The public is always extraordinarily pleased with Miss Peterson's singing, especially with her rendition of the old familiar melodies—The Last Rose of Summer, Carry Me Back to Ol' Virginny, Comin' thro' the Rye, and many others of the same kind.
55Leff Poushnoff has decided to return next year, as he has been reengaged by several of the managers who brought him to their respective cities. The first one to telegraph to Manager M. H. Hanson that she wants Mr. Poushnoff again next year was the Dayton, O., manager, Patricia O'Brien. The second city to demand a return was St. Louis.
57Harry E. Shultz, head of the voice department of the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark., sang before the Inter-Fraternity meeting held there recently, when 300 members were present. Mr. Shultz gave great pleasure in introducing the new ballad, Just a Cottage Small, followed by Jessie Deppen's charming little encore song, Oh, Miss Hannah. Mr. Shultz will be soloist with the University Glee Club, of which he is director, when they go on tour, and he will sing this ballad at all concerts, while the Glee Club Quartet will sing an arrangement for male voices of Oh, Miss Hannah.
59Helen Stanley made a radiant and lovely picture in her recent recital at the Princess Theater in Chicago. She drew a large and enthusiastic audience that heard her in a typical program—that is, an unhackneyed, intelligent selection of songs. "Helen Stanley's singing draws Devries' praise," was the headline of the Evening American, and Mr. Devries further noted that she was a singer of "personality, plus brains and a voice." Eugene Stinson, as well as Glenn Dillard Gunn, both deplored the fact that Mme. Stanley is no longer a member of the Chicago Opera Company. Mme. Stanley is singing her third consecutive season with the Philadelphia Civic Opera Company, and will give her last guest performance April 25, singing the role of Elizabeth in Tannhäuser.
61Joseph Schwarz, Russian baritone, and Mrs. Schwarz, sailed February 27 on the Olympic. During the London
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