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Musical Courier 1926-04-22: Vol 92 Iss 16, 1926
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1MUSICAL COMEDY, DRAMA AND MOTION PICTURES
3Clara Clemens will appear in a dramatization of Mark Twain's famous story, Joan of Arc, at the Hampden Theater for a special matinee on April 23. She will be assisted by members of the Walter Hampden company. The dramatization of Joan of Arc has been made by Donal Haines, and it is hoped that after the special showing a regular theater may be secured for the attraction.
5THE MARK STRAND
7The Sea Beast, starring John Barrymore, was shown to such capacity audiences at the Mark Strand Theater during the week of April 4 that it was held over for a second week, equally huge audiences attending every performance. The interesting and artistically given surrounding program added to the enjoyment of the presentation.
9THE RIVOLI
11The program at the Rivoli for the week of April 11 opened with the Caucasian Suite, which was excellently rendered by the orchestra, with Irvin Talbot wielding the baton. This was followed by a scenic production, The Four Seasons, and the Eton Boys appearing as novelty dancers. Harold Ramsey played the organ. Melodies Eternal, staged by John Murray Anderson, included vocal and instrumental selections of George Frederick Handel, 1685-1759, and were exquisitely played and sung. Handel's Largo was the outstanding feature and it was unusually well rendered. It is a number known and loved by all.
13A Paramount picture, That's My Baby, with Douglas McLean, was a snappy and brilliant comedy; it brought many laughs from the audience. The entire program was well balanced and proved a genuine treat. As usual, the house was packed at every performance.
15THE CAPITOL
17Kiki, starring the clever and certainly popular Norma Talmadge, was carried over for another week at the Capitol, and, as might have been expected, seats were almost at a premium. This is an interesting picture, expertly produced and indeed well worth seeing. The musical program was made up of the Dance of the Hours from Ponchielli's La Gioconda, played by the orchestra under the skillful leadership of David Mendoza; the aria, Ah Fors e Lui from La Traviata (Verdi) sung by Louise Loring, who pleased immensely; and the usual organ number, played by Mauro-Cottone. In addition there was a dance divertissement called Carnival Montmartre, with attractive setting, and in which Vlasta Maslova, Bayard Rauth, Doris Niles, Dan McCarthy, Alice Wynne and the Capitol Ballet Corps participated. The usual magazine and educational features were also enjoyed.
19THE RIALTO
21For Heaven's Sake, Harold Lloyd's newest venture into the realms of comedy, drew capacity audiences for a second week's engagement at the Rialto last week. Lovers of humor naturally flock to see this exponent of laughs, and were in no way disappointed by his latest endeavor. The surrounding program remained the same as the week before, introducing Drena Beach, Earl Carpenter, Paul Conlan and the Melody Sextet. Again Herbert Macahan appeared at the Wurlitzer with his amusing I Won't Go Home Tonight. Splendid indeed was the orchestra's rendition of von Suppe's Morning, Noon and Night, under the efficient leadership of Maximilian Pilzer; it more than deserved the warm applause that followed the offering.
23Homer Mowe to Remain Permanently in New York
25Homer Mowe is one of the younger teachers of singing in New York City, whose work is proving most successful. As a number of others in musical circles have done, Mr. Mowe started out to be a lawyer, studying three years at Cornell University. While there he played football and basketball and sang on the glee club. Becoming interested in the subject of voice training, he left Cornell and came to New York to devote himself to the study, not only of singing, but also of the teaching of singing.
27He was particularly interested in the idea of voice-building. That is, in the idea of being able not only to bring out those who had good natural voices, but also to make singers of those who were supposed to have "no voice." And he investigated the different so-called schools of singing with this idea in mind.
29This study and investigation was interrupted by service as a lieutenant in the infantry during the World War. After the war Mr. Mowe returned to New York and resumed his teaching and singing. His voice is a bass-baritone of marked power and fine sympathetic quality, and he has received many favorable notices for his singing.
31A number of his pupils are coming forward in church, stage and concert work, his methods proving remarkably successful in developing and improving the quality, range, resonance and flexibility of all the voices which come under his care. His teaching is based on a sound knowledge of the vocal instrument, and by giving special attention to the development of breath-support, coupled with correct tone-placement through proper diction, all the latent powers in the individual are developed and put under the pupil's control.
33Besides his teaching and singing, Mr. Mowe has conducted several choruses with fine results, being able, through his knowledge of voice, to produce great improvement in their tone-quality. He has occupied his present studio, at 30 West 72nd Street for the past three years. He is a member of the New York Singing Teachers' Association.
35WHERE THEY ARE TO BE
36As Announced
38ALTHOUSE, PAUL—Dec. 20, Chicago, Ill.
39ALLEN, ELSA—November 4-5, Cleveland, Ohio.
40BARE, FREDERICK—May 3, Albany, N. Y.
41CROOKS, RICHARD—May 1, Hamilton, Can.; Nov. 13, Danbury, Conn.; Dec. 26, Detroit, Mich.
42DAVIS, ERNEST—May 5, Utica, N. Y.; 14, Springfield, Mass.
43DIAZ, RAFAEL—April 22, San Antonio, Texas; 26, Jefferson City, Mo.
44DOR, ROY—April 22, Madison, N. J.; 30, Newton, Mass.; May 7, Newark, N. J.
45EASTON, FLORENCE—May 11, Montreal, Can.
46FARNAM, LYNNWOOD—April 22, Oberlin, Ohio; May 7, Wanamaker's Auditorium, May 11, Chicago, Ill.
47GIANNINI, DISONARIA—April 26, Buffalo, N. Y.; May 5, Newark, N. J.
48HILBERG, IGNACE—Nov. 5, Mansfield, Pa.
49LAND, H. B.—May 5, Amsterdam, N. Y.
50MAIER, GUY-PATISSIER—May 2, Philadelphia, Pa.
51NECHE, CHARLES—April 26, Jefferson City, Mo.
52REINHARDT, BEVIL—May 7, Columbus, Ohio.
53SIMONDS, BRUCE—April 23, Holyoke, Mass.; 26, New Haven, Conn.; May 7-8, Westover School.
54STRATTON, CHARLES—April 23-4, Boston, Mass.; May 4, Canton, Ohio.
55WEISER, CONSTANCE—May 7, Newark, N. J.
56WELLS, PARADE—May 1, Cleveland, Ohio; 4, Des Moines, Ia.; 6, Burlington, Ia.
58MUSICAL COURIER
60HOMER MOWE.
62I SEE THAT—
64McCall Lanham has finished twenty-five years as vocal teacher with the American Institute of Applied Music. Edward Rechlin's organ recital at Aeolian Hall was crowded to capacity.
66Mrs. Bruce S. Keator produced the Indian operetta, Seawana, at Asbury Park, April 8.
68Rose Tomars, hitherto known as vocal instructor, gives her own song recital at Steinway Hall, May 16.
70Louis Greene, violinist and instructor, has so many pupils that he has engaged an assistant, Milly Bentley.
72The National Association of Organists, Henry S. Fry, president, will have an Organists' Music Week at Wanamaker auditorium, May 3-8.
74Louis Siegel recently appeared before the N. M. S. C., at Detroit.
76Charles Stratton will fulfill his third engagement this season with the Boston Symphony, April 23-24.
78Sylvia Lent, violinist, was among the guests at a reception given by the President and Mrs. Coolidge at the White House.
80Leo Cherniavsky, violinist with the famous trio, was married on April 14 to Gertrude Ewing of Vancouver.
82Royal Albert Hall has just received the resignation of Hilton Carter, who was responsible for the policy of the Sunday afternoon concerts.
84Othello is to be given at Covent Garden, Giovanni Zenatello starring.
86Ravel is to be honored by King Leopold.
88Paris is to have a new ballet in the premiere of Aurie's La Pastorale.
90Owing to a huge deficit, it has been decided to close the Coblenz State Theater.
92Beethoven's Centenary in March, 1927, is to be festively commemorated in Vienna.
94Dr. Robert Haas has rediscovered two unknown Offenbach operas.
96A Middle-Rhenish festival is to take place at Saarbrucken, from May 14 to 16.
98Glasgow proposes to adapt the Athenaeum as a National Academy of Music.
100Turin heard an interesting revival of a fourteenth century play.
102Busoni's Indian Fantasy completely overshadowed Respighi's Fontane di Roma, at a recent performance in Cologne.
104Kurt Weill has just had his first opera performed in Dresden.
106Clara Clemens will appear in a dramatization of Mark Twain's Joan of Arc.
108Providence, R. I., will revive the comic opera, Rip Van Winkle.
110Vittorio Trevisan has been re-engaged by three opera companies.
112Castelnuovo's Hebraic Rhapsody is considered the richest in inspiration of all his compositions.
114Marcel Dupre is to succeed Gigout as professor of organ at the Paris Conservatory.
116Stokowsky and the Philadelphia Orchestra created quite a furore in the presentation of Varese's Ameriques.
118The Lindborg annual festival proved an artistic delight.
120The Metropolitan Opera House has closed its doors for the season.
122Newark is to have an extensive opera season.
124A greater Columbia School of Music for Chicago is one of the important announcements.
126AMUSEMENTS
128MARK STRAND BROADWAY AT 47th STREET DIR. JOSEPH PLUNKETT BEGINNING SUNDAY "MADAMOISELLE MODISTE" with CORINNE GRIFFITH A First National Picture
130STRAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA World's Largest and Foremost Motion Picture Palace
132CAPITOL B'way at 51st St. "Subway to Door" Maj. Edw. Bowes, Mng. Dir.
134SECOND WEEK MARION DAVIES in "BEVERLY of GRAUSTARK" With Antonio Moreno
136CAPITOL GRAND ORCHESTRA The CAPITOL BALLET CORPS AND SOLOISTS
138RIALTO BROADWAY at 42nd STREET THIRD CAPACITY WEEK HAROLD LLOYD in "FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE" A Paramount Release A DeLuxe Program of Diversities
140GREATER RIVOLI BROADWAY at 45th STREET Beginning Sunday, April 25th CLARA BOW in "THE RUNAWAY" John Murray Anderson's Spectacular Revue "THE BRIDAL VEIL"
142The General Federation of Women's Clubs is to have a national campaign for musical appreciation.
144Goldman's Band has been engaged for Atlantic City.
146Stuart Mason has accepted the conductorship of the massed concert of twelve New England glee clubs.
148Deems Taylor has written an opera which will be produced by the Metropolitan next year.
150Gatti-Casazza has announced the new operas and revivals at the Metropolitan for next season.
152NEW YORK CONCERT ANNOUNCEMENTS
154APRIL 22—American Music by American Artists, afternoon, Carnegie Hall; Evelyn Cheilborg, song, evening, Chickering Hall; Virgil Piano Conservatory Artist pupils, evening, Rumford Hall.
156APRIL 23—Fordham University Glee Club, evening, Aeolian Hall; Able Putman Morrison, song, afternoon, Villa Venice.
158APRIL 24—Helen Barlow and Ossip Gabrilowitsch, two-piano recital, evening, Carnegie Hall; Florentine Von Renner, solo, afternoon, Aeolian Hall; Elizabeth Quaile, pupils' recital, evening, Steinway Hall; Dr. Melchiorre Mauro-Cottone, assisted by Sophie Halska, morning, Capitol Theater.
160APRIL 25—College of New Rochelle Glee and Choral clubs, afternoon, Town Hall.
162APRIL 27—Reinald Werrenrath, evening, Carnegie Hall; Harold Samuels, song, evening, Town Hall; Hans Merx, song, evening, Chickering Hall; Crystal Waters and Cornelius Van Vliet, afternoon, Town Hall. one of two readings
163APRIL 27—Reinald Werrenrath, evening, Carnegie Hall; Harold Samuel, song, evening, Town Hall; Hans Merx, song, evening, Chickering Hall; Crystal Waters and Cornelius Van Vliet, afternoon, Town Hall. one of two readings
165APRIL 29—American Orchestral Society, afternoon, Town Hall; Mila Wellerson, cello, evening, Aeolian Hall; Nadia Reisenberg and Bruce Benjamin, afternoon, Lotus Club.
167APRIL 30—La Forge-Berumen Noonday Musicale, Aeolian Hall.
169MARY CRAIG, soprano, one of Adelaide Genscheidt's artist-pupils, has had a season of many engagements, including performances in opera, concert and oratorio. Miss Craig's beautiful voice, magnetic personality and excellent musicianship make her a much sought after artist. She has been re-engaged as soloist of the West End Collegiate Church, New York. March 27 she sang selections from Traviata at the Academy of Music, Brooklyn; April 4, Rossini's Stabat Mater, in Englewood, N. J., and April 16 the role of Nedda in Pagliacci, with the Brooklyn Musical Society under the direction of Dimitry Dobkin. Miss Craig broadcasts from Station WFBH at 3:30 p. m. on Wednesdays. (Apoda photo.) one of two readings
170MARY CRAIG, soprano, one of Adelaide Gesechid's artist-pupils, has had a season of many engagements, including performances in opera, concert and oratorio. Miss Craig's beautiful voice, magnetic personality and excellent musicianship make her a much sought after artist. She has been re-engaged as soloist of the West End Collegiate Church, New York. March 27 she sang selections from Traviata at the Academy of Music, Brooklyn; April 4, Rossini's Stabat Mater, in Englewood, N. J., and April 16 the role of Nedda in Pagliacci, with the Brooklyn Musical Society under the direction of Dimitry Dobkin. Miss Craig broadcasts from Station WFBH at 3:30 p. m. on Wednesdays. (Apoda photo.) one of two readings
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