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Musical Courier 1926-04-22: Vol 92 Iss 16, 1926
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1MUSICAL COURIER
3Franklyn Carnahan Studio Notes
4Franklyn Carnahan, Cleveland pianist, reports the largest class this season that he has ever booked, every period on his schedule being taken. The Carnahan studio includes some of the most talented Cleveland students, and their activities give evidence of the artistry that makes a demand for their services. The monthly classes for criticism have become an institution, and the studio is always filled to capacity on these days with students and professionals who are interested in work done in these classes.
6During the past month Alethe Wood appeared at Kent State College, Kent, Ohio, and Esther Kluga played at Mt. Union College, Alliance, Ohio. Miss Kluga will give a program in Cleveland on April 22, and Mr. Carnahan will present six students in recital at Carnegie Hall on April 15. The successes of Carnahan students have brought this young pedagogue to an enviable place in the profession. Notable among these pupils are Elvin Schmitt (who appeared with the Cleveland Orchestra) and Alma Schirmer, both of whom have received excellent comment from the press. These students were married recently. They are now in Europe on their honeymoon and will study and concertize before returning to America.
8"The Most Interesting Artist Before the Public Today"
9"In a good many ways she is the most interesting artist before the public today," wrote Edward Moore in the Chicago Daily Tribune following Guiomar Novaes' recital in Chicago on March 21. Mr. Moore then continued: "Whether it is for the highly personal angle that she approaches her music—she would seem to be a good bit of a feminist in her playing—the degree of allurement that she puts into it, or just technically, she is a delight at all times." Karleton Hackett was equally enthusiastic in his praise, declaring that "One of the favored children of the gods is Mme. Novaes. There is the charm of spontaneity in her playing. She gives the impression that the music appealed to her just as she plays it—that her instinct and her fingers in some mysterious way developed simultaneously and she could not do otherwise if she tried. Her Latin warmth brought fresh qualities from Schumann's Carnaval, and yet always with intuitive appreciation for the romanticism of the Teutonic spirit. The essence of Schumann's mode of expression lay in the fanciful play of thought and Mme. Novaes' exquisite delicacy in nuance enabled her to express the illusive charm. The tone was invariably lovely in all of its shadings and with a downright power when it came to the march of the hosts of David against the Philistines that boded ill for those benighted heathen. There was a tiger-like spring that had in it the fell rage of the justly offended woman. This is the great charm of her playing, its essential femininity. She is a woman of exquisite sensibility, thinking her own thoughts and expressing herself after her own fashion without bothering her head, at least while sitting at the piano, about any man who ever lived. The Andaluza of De Falla was delightful, and Le petit ane Blanc of Ibert absolutely delicious. It appears that I have used the word charm several times. Well, it was just what I meant."
11The Opera Class at Fontainebleau
12Of special interest to students of opera is Mr. Salignac's opera class at Fontainebleau. Mr. Salignac, who for a number of years was one of the leading tenors at the Metropolitan Opera House, has since then built up a reputation for himself as a teacher of opera second to none in France. At Fontainebleau he has use of the famous little theater built for Napoleon the Third, and on the stage of which American students are trained in accordance with the best French traditions.
14Josephine Martino on Tour
15Josephine Martino, whose recent debut at Aeolian Hall called for the unanimous praise of the critics, has left for Chicago and points West to fill concert dates, as the result of her splendid singing.
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