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Musical Courier 1926-05-20: Vol 92 Iss 20, 1926
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1May 20, 1926
3MUSICAL COURIER
5Answers to letters received in this department are published as promptly as possible. The large number of inquiries and the limitation of space are responsible for any delay. The letters are answered seriatim.
7WORDS OF THE SONG
9M. A.—From what you write it would appear that you have a very good teacher, who understands what is required for a pupil. How can you sing a song properly unless you understand what it is about and know something of the words? Even if you know the music, how can you sing that properly if you are stumbling about for the right word for the right note? Diction is one of the most important things to learn when studying singing, especially if you are studying seriously, and you ought to thank your friends that you have a teacher who is thorough in her method and is trying to help you. Audiences like to hear words and not have to consult a program for them. No matter what language is being sung clearness of diction is a valuable asset for any singer. To be unable to discover what language the singer is using, straining the ear for a familiar sound, does not help one to concentrate the mind upon the song, no matter how artistic the singing or well trained the voice. There should be perfect union of music and words in order to give the greatest pleasure to the listener, if that listener is at all musically alert. A well known European singer who frequently visited this country, sang in two or three languages, but as a matter of fact she might as well have sung in Chinese for all one could tell as to which of the languages she was using at the moment. Yet the audience applauded, probably thinking she was singing in her native tongue. If you are studying for a public career, you should thank your lucky stars that you have a teacher who knows how to teach, and do your best to profit by the instruction you are receiving. Any way, you should feel that a conscientious teacher is trying to do the best for you. But if you are not satisfied and are without faith in the instruction you are receiving, it would be far better for you to change and go to a teacher whose methods will better meet your ideas.
11SIZE OF ORCHESTRA
13D. L.—A standard symphony orchestra is built on a basis of sixteen first violins, sixteen second violins, twelve or fourteen violas, eight cellos, eight double basses. There are at least a pair of each of the wood wind instruments—two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons—besides which a third flute (alternating with piccolo), an English horn (sometimes alternating with second oboe), and double-bassoon are frequent. In the brass there are two or three trumpets, a quartet of French horns, three trombones, and generally a tuba. Then there are the kettle drums and the other percussion instruments, cymbals, bass drum, snare drums, etc. Larger orchestras always have one harp (generally two), and the special instruments called for in modern orchestration, such as the celesta. The big orchestras, like the Philadelphia, the New York Philharmonic and the Boston Symphony, have over 100 players under contract, so that when necessary the entire wood and brass can be doubled, and additional strings used.
15MUSIC IN MEXICO
17Mexico.—Consuelo Escobar, coloratura soprano, sang Lucia di Lammermoor at the Iris Theater, with notable success. This well balanced actress-singer possesses everything to achieve success. After the Mad Scene, the public, which crowded the house, shouted and accorded the singer a great ovation. She was recalled eight or ten times. Others in the cast were: Luis de Ibarguen, tenor; Angel Esquivel, baritone, and Luis Saldana, bass. Guido Picco conducted.
19Beatriz Benitez, a ten-year old pianist, played at the Amphitheater of the Preparatory School, her first concert. She has rare understanding for her age and interpreted music of Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin and Grieg. The concert ended with Weber's Perpetual Movement, played with perfect mechanism and well interpreted. She was enthusiastically applauded by the audience.
21Carlos del Castillo, pianist and director of the Mexican Conservatory of Music, and Rafael Galindo, noted Mexican violinist, played Beethoven's sonata No. 9 (Kreutzer), with rare skill, at the Amphitheater of the Preparatory School.
23The orchestra of the German Musical Association of Mexico gave an interesting concert. Jose Rocabruna, intelligent conductor, prepared a fine program, viz: Overture, Hebrides, Mendelssohn; suite for string instruments, flute and piano (Cembalo), J. S. Bach; Cesar Franck's sonate for piano and violin, and J. Haydn's sixth symphony. The Franck sonate was played by Jose Rocabruna, violin, and Miguel Cortazar. They were loudly applauded by the audience. The orchestra, under Rocabruna's baton, was well balanced and obtained good effects, specially in Haydn's symphony.
25Dolores Pedrozo, lyric soprano, offered an interesting program at a concert given at the Preparatory School. In the Spanish group there was a new song by J. Acuña, who was the accompanist, and it seemed to please the audience.
27C. C. P.
29Vreeland "Makes a Great Hit"
31Advices from St. Joseph, Mo., following the recent concert there of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra with Jeanette Vreeland as assisting soloist, are to the effect that this popular soprano "made a great hit; she has a beautiful voice and a charming personality. Her words could be heard at the far end of the hall and she seemed equally felicitous in big grand opera arias and in the most delicate songs." This from the St. Joseph News-Press. According to the reviewer on the St. Joseph Gazette, "Jeanette Vreeland proved the most popular entertainer on the program."
33Roxas Studio Notes
35Constance Clements Carr, soprano, made her debut in concert before a large and enthusiastic audience at the Vincent Methodist Episcopal Church, Nutley, N. J. on April 22. Miss Carr disclosed a well trained, clear, lyric voice throughout an unusually interesting and diversified program of old and modern Italian, French, German and English arias and songs, including many encores. This young artist is a pupil of Leon Carson, formerly an artist-pupil of Emilio A. Roxas, and now associated with the Roxas Studios in a teaching capacity.
37Molly Rosenzweig, a Roxas pupil, recently took a prominent part in the Springtime Frolics of the Flatbush Republican Club at the Academy of Music in Brooklyn. She sang six solos and led the chorus of fifty girls in their numbers.
39CLEVELAND, OHIO
41CLEVELAND, OHIO.—Coming as a rare treat after all too many years of neglect hereabouts, Mendelssohn's oratorio, Elijah, was given at Masonic Hall by the Greater Cleveland Lutheran Chorus. Solo parts were sung by Joyce Bannerman, soprano; Marie Stone Langston, contralto; George Perkins Raymond, tenor, and Charles Trowbridge Titman, bass. F. W. Strietler led the chorus and the accompaniment was furnished by a small string orchestra. The oratorio was given an excellent presentation, and one that was eminently satisfying to a large and cordial audience.
43Edwin Arthur Kraft closed his series of organ recitals with a concert at Trinity Cathedral, May 3, playing a program that included a sonata of Salome, James' Meditation at Saint-Clothilde's, and shorter pieces by Mulet, McKinley, Rousseau, Dethier, Wood and Federlein. He was assisted by John Peirce, Cleveland baritone, who sang Jeremiah's Lament from The Destruction by Hiller, and an air from The Light of the World by Sullivan.
45Pergolesi's Stabat Mater was given a beautiful performance on May 5, at the Museum of Art, by Marguerite Lewin Quimby, soprano, and Marie Simmelink, contralto. Arthur Quimby played the organ accompaniment. E. C.
47Yost Plays Many New Works in Pittsburgh
49Gaylord Yost, violinist, has introduced many interesting works to Pittsburgh music lovers during the past three seasons. While Mr. Yost is sympathetic with the trend of modern music he is also known for his interpretation of the classics, the best of which receive attention from him in his concerts. Since 1924 he has performed the following notable list of works for violin besides many smaller compositions: Concertos by Cecil Burleigh, Saint-Saens, Mendelssohn, Juan Manen (first time in America); sonatas by Mozart, Beethoven (complete), Handel (D and E major), Veracini, Schubert, Brahms, Grieg, Franck, Lekeu, Debussy, Enesco, Whitmer, Honegger, Bloch, Pizzetti, Korngold, Bartok, Tailleferre, Milhaud, Medtner, d'Indy, Roussel, and Delius.
51Besides these Mr. Yost, who is founder and first violinist of the Yost String Quartet, introduced the second quartet by Bela Bartok and piano quintets by Brahms and Franck besides smaller works to Pittsburgh during the past season.
53Institute of Hazanuth Graduates Active
55Reports have reached Cantor Jacob Schwartz, director of the Institute of Hazanuth, concerning the activities of graduates of the institute. From Houston, Texas, comes the announcement that Cantor Louis Kushell has been re-elected for a period of two years by Temple Beth-El. A concert was given with success by Cantor Jacob Mason of Hoboken.
57Glowing tributes from Philadelphia speak of the excellent work that has been done by Cantor Jacob Raisen in the training of his choir and in the arrangement of an impressive and beautiful musical service. Cantor Louis Anisman of Coney Island, and Cantor Abraham Silverman of Los Angeles, Cal., are both busily engaged in helping their respective congregations complete the erection of their new temples. The manner in which they have executed the service has helped materially to attract large numbers and thus made it necessary to provide larger quarters.
59Phonetics for the Cornish School
61A special feature of the Cornish School Summer Session, introduced for the first time this year, will be a two weeks' course in Phonetics, with special emphasis on the pedagogy of the subject and the application to voice and speech improvement. This course will be in charge of Margaret E. A. Crawford, M. A., who was a pupil of Prof. Wm. Tilly of Columbia University.
63EUROPEAN MUSIC FESTIVALS
64Visiting Amsterdam, Cologne, the Rhine, Wiesbaden, Nuremberg, Zurich, Lucerne, Munich, Salzburg, Vienna, Paris.
65ROUND TRIP
66Cabin Class—$864 Tourist Class—$764
67Price covers all expenses of entire trip, including admissions to festivals, operas and concerts.
68Write, call or phone for details.
69TRAVEL ADVENTURES
70920 Steinway Hall 314 Penna Bldg.
71113 W. 57th St., N. Y. 15th & Chestnut Sta., Phila, Pa.
72N. Y. Phone: Circle 9153 Phila. Phone: Locust 1334
73Seats on sale for Munich, Salzburg and Baden-Baden festivals.
75ERWIN NYIREGYHAZI PIANIST
76Management: R. E. JOHNSTON 1451 Broadway, New York
77KNABE PIANO USED
79Wilson LAMB
80BARITONE
81TEACHER OF VOICE
82Available for Concert, Recital and Oratorio
83Studio: Metropolitan Building, Orange, N. J
84N. Y. Branch: 105 West 130th Street
86MUELLER
87Soprano Metropolitan Opera Co.
88Available Concerts—Recitals December 1st to January 10th Only
89Exclusive Concert Management, R. E. JOHNSTON, 1451 Broadway, New York.
90KNABE PIANO
92THE FIRST CHORAL EVENT OF THE
93Sesquicentennial International Exposition
94AUDITORIUM, PHILADELPHIA, JUNE 9, 8 P. M.
95THE CATHOLIC CHOIRS' FESTIVAL
961000 Voices—The New $150,000 Organ—The Philadelphia Orchestra
97UNDER THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF NICOLA MONTANI
98Choirs under the Direction of Rev. Wm. S. Kane, Rev. Wm. Murphy, Rev. M. Koltutsky, Mr. W. Rybka, Mr. Philip Bansbach, Mr. Albert Dooner, Mr. Leopold Syre and Mr. A. Grigaitis, M. Mauro-Cottone, organ soloist.
100Summer Session — Syracuse University
101Six Weeks, June 28 to Aug. 6
102Piano, Voice, Violin, Organ Public School Music one of two readings
103Sight Reading, Ear Training Harmony, Composition one of two readings
104Piano, Voice, Violin, Organ one of two readings
105Public School Music one of two readings
106Sight Reading, Ear Training one of two readings
107Harmony, Composition one of two readings
108Heads of departments in the winter session engaged for the summer
109Organ and piano practise facilities
110Dormitories for either men or women
111Syracuse University is an endowed institution offering the best instruction at a reasonable tuition rate.
112For Catalog Address Dean H. L. BUTLER
113College of Fine Arts, Syracuse University
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