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Musical Courier 1926-09-23: Vol 93 Iss 13, 1926
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1September 23, 1926
3MUSICAL COURIER
5clamored for encores and repetitions and he graciously complied with their requests. Again the artist had the valuable assistance at the piano of that excellent musician, Edwin Schneider. The concert was given under the local direction of Frank W. Healy.
7William Geppert, vice-president of the Musical Courier Company and Editor of the Musical Courier Extra, spent several days in San Francisco recently. Mr. Geppert is making a tour of the United States and attended the convention in Seattle, Wash., of the Western Music Trades Association at which he made a most interesting speech. Motoring down the Pacific Coast, Mr. Geppert stopped off at Portland, Ore., and there gave an address at the special luncheon arranged by the executives of the Oregon Music Trades Association. He then visited Los Angeles, a city over which he expressed himself in the most enthusiastic terms. From the southern city, Mr. Geppert came to San Francisco, making this his first visit here in fourteen years. He was charmed with the city, and could scarcely believe that twenty years ago this magnificent and progressive community had been in ashes. Mr. Geppert was much impressed with San Francisco's commercial life as well as its artistic achievements, and made a visit to San Francisco's Chinatown which he thoroughly enjoyed. He stated that next to New York, San Francisco was the most ideally situated and highly interesting city of any he had visited in this country. Mr. Geppert was accorded a hearty welcome here by the officers and executives of prominent music houses who, with his other friends, did all in their power to make his stay in San Francisco a pleasant and memorable one.
9Music lovers turned out en masse on September 7 for the fifth event of the Summer Symphony Series, when Gaetano Merola appeared as guest conductor, directing the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra through an operatic concert. In addition to the purely orchestral numbers, there were four San Francisco soloists who, through their artistic gifts, contributed in no small measure in making this concert enjoyable. Eva Gruninger Atkinson, a decided favorite with local audiences, created a sensation. A singer whose popularity is steadily increasing in this section of the country is Charles F. Bulotti. His lyric tenor voice was never heard to better advantage than upon this occasion. John Uppman was the recipient of much applause, the depth and richness of his baritone voice making a definite impression. Elsa Garay, who just arrived from Europe where she has many artistic successes to her credit, proved another pleasant surprise with her mezzo soprano of lovely timbre and color.
11C. H. A.
13LOS ANGELES, CAL.
15Los Angeles, Cal.—Eugene Goossens, British composer and conductor, came to the Hollywood Bowl for one week, beginning August 10. He electrified both orchestra and audience in his initial program. Opening with Dvorak's Roman Carnival, he followed with Debussy's prelude, L'Apres Midi d'Une Faun, both of which were much appreciated by the audience, as was his rendering of the Beethoven Symphony No. 8, which was the chief offering of the program. Stravinsky's Fire Bird was delightfully interpreted as also was Grainger's Mock Morris. The program offered a novelty in Lord Berner's Spanish Rhapsody, but to the disappointment of many the familiar Tchaikowsky Marche Slave was for some reason substituted. It was charmingly delivered, however.
17August 12 brought the soloist of the week, Germaine Schnitzer, pianist, who is very popular in Los Angeles. She even added to her laurels on this occasion and displayed in still greater fashion her versatility, her splendid technic and her crystalline notes in the Tchaikowsky concerto, No. 1, B flat minor, in which the pianist and orchestra contended for honors and which jointly they gave a compelling interpretation. The pianist was recalled ten times and loaded with flowers. Mr. Goossens scored another triumph with the orchestra. The program opened with the Tchaikowsky polonaise, Eugene Onegin, which he snapped off with a flashingly accelerated tempo that roused the audience to enthusiasm. The Delius Dance Rhapsody made a fine contrast to this. After the concerto came the Fountains of Rome, Respighi; Molly on the Shore, Grainger, and Dvorak's Slavonic Dances, which closed the program. Approximately 15,000 attended the concert.
19The following evening possessed unusual musical charm. The Mozart overture to the Magic Flute opened the program and held the audience spellbound. The Rhenish Symphony No. 3, Schumann, produced a glamorous, mystic effect and largely appealed to the imagination. Jeux d'Enfants, Bizet, possibly proved the most popular number given. Wagner's prelude to Lohengrin, act three, often played and always welcome, came next. Ravel's suite, Daphnis et Chloe, received its Pacific Coast premiere and proved of interest. The Arthur Bliss Polonaise, and Polovetsky dances from Prince Igor, Borodine, closed a delightfully popular program.
21August 14 closed all too soon the engagement of the interesting British conductor whose concerts brought out constantly increasing numbers. The program was as follows: overture, Benvenuto Cellini, Berlioz; symphonic poem, Ultava, Smetana; Military Symphony, Haydn; Sinfonietta, Goossens; Stenka Razin, Glazounoff, and Wotan's Farewell from Die Walkure, Wagner.
23Marcella Craft entertained at a reception at Mission Inn, Riverside, Cal, in honor of M. and Mme. Pietro Cimini.
25Thomas Mancini, young Los Angeles violinist, has been awarded a fellowship in the graduate class of the Juilliard Foundation in New York. His education hitherto has been confined to California.
27Before leaving for his Seattle class, Arthur Hubbard was tendered an informal reception at the home of France Goldwater.
29Vera Barstow, violinist, will be the associate of Helena Lewyn, pianist, in her series of piano and violin sonata programs this season.
31Georgia Stark, coloratura soprano, pupil of Alma Stelzler and Alexander Bevani, recently received notice that she has won a scholarship in the Juilliard Foundation of New York.
33The Smallman A Capella Choir presented a secular concert at the Pacific Palisades, August 14.
35Geneve Lichtenwalter lectured recently before the Institute of Musical Art.
37B. L. H.
39Marjorie Rambeau an Excellent "Opera Singer"
41Just Life, a new drama by John Bowie, and starring Marjorie Rambeau, opened last week at the Henry Miller theater, with apparent success. The plot surrounds an opera singer—a "second Patti"—whose career, because of illness, suddenly meets with a disastrous jolt, and who, to save her husband from financial ruin attempts a "come back." The moral of the play seemed to be that one cannot do two things and do them both well, meaning that one cannot make a success of an opera or concert career and still properly bring up a family and look after a husband. The play was more or less commonplace but worth seeing if only to
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47LUCILLE CHALFANT
48COLORATURA SOPRANO
49Management R. E. JOHNSTON 1451 Broadway, New York City
50Knabe Piano Used
52PACIFIC NORTHWEST DIRECTORY
54ARMSTRONG, FRANCIS J.
55Concert Violinist
56Resident in Seattle, 1519 3rd Ave.
58CORNISH SCHOOL OF MUSIC, INC.
59Dramatic Arts and Dancing
60Nellie C. Cornish, Director
61Roy Street, at Harvard, Seattle, Wash.
63JACQUES JOU-JERVILLE of Paris
64Formerly Boston Opera
65and leading grand opera of France
66Private Voice Studios
67The McKelvey, Seattle, Wash.
69KANTNER SCHOOL OF SINGING
70Clifford W. Kantner, Director
71306 Spring Street, Seattle, Washington
73MEREMBLUM, PETER
74Concert Violinist and Pedagogue
75Head of Violin Department
76Cornish School, Seattle
78PACIFIC COAST DIRECTORY
80BEHYMER, L. E.
81Manager of Distinguished Artists
82705 Auditorium Bldg., Los Angeles
84BOGART, ANDREW
85Teacher of Singing
861001 Kohler & Chase Bldg., San Francisco
88BOWES, MR. and MRS. CHARLES
89Voice—Mise en scene
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92BRESCIA, DOMENICO
93Voice Specialist—Composition
94603-4 Kohler & Chase Bldg., San Francisco
96HARCKE, HENRY
97Accompanist and Coach
98540 Stockton St., San Francisco
100LOTT, MR. and MRS. CLIFFORD
101Voice and Piano
102Member, American Academy of Teachers of Singing, N. Y.
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105PERSINGER, LOUIS
106Management Selby Oppenheimer
10768 Post Street, San Francisco
109SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
110ERNEST BLOCH, Director
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113WARRINER VOCAL STUDIOS
114(Formerly of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City)
115702 Kohler & Chase Bldg., San Francisco
116Marie Henrietta Warriner
117Teacher of Singing
118Charles William Warriner
119Pianist, Vocal Coach, Choral Conductor
121ZOELLNER CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
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124AMUSEMENTS
125MARK STRAND BROADWAY AT 47th STREET DIR. JOSEPH PLUNKETT BEGINNING SUNDAY
126MARY PICKFORD in "SPARROWS" STRAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
127admire again the great histrionic ability of Marjorie Rambeau.
129Countess Esterhazy Dead
130VIENNA.—Countess Mysa Wydenbruck-Esterhazy who died here at the age of sixty-eight years, was a descendant of the famous prince Esterhazy, the patron of Josef Haydn. Like her celebrated ancestor, the beautiful countess played a prominent role in the musical life of the city. She was a pupil of Mathilde Marchesi and in her youth appeared occasionally in operatic roles of aristocratic charity performances. As a promoter of music and fine arts, she had only one rival in Vienna, Princess Metternich, her old-time friend, who promoted the famous Paris performance of Tannhäuser. Richard Wagner, Mark Twain, Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss and virtually all great composers and musicians of Vienna counted among Countess Wydenbruck-Esterhazy's intimate friends. P. B.
132ALEXANDER BLOCH
133Violinist
134Will Resume Teaching
135SEPT. 20th
136Address: 422 West 22nd St.
137New York City
139MARTHA D. WILLIS
140OF NEW YORK CITY
141ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF HER NEW STUDIO
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144INSTRUCTION IN PIANO—HARMONY—MUSIC APPRECIATION
145Training Course for Teachers
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