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Musical Courier 1926-09-23: Vol 93 Iss 13, 1926
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1September 23, 1926
3Elly Ney Waxes Eloquent on Salzburg
4"The programs of the past month at the Salzburg Festival have been musical miracles," writes Elly Ney, the Beethoven Centenary pianist, from the Salzburg Festspielhaus. "No American impresario, even in his wildest imaginings, ever dreamed of getting together such an array of talent as was gathered here. The greatest artists in the world not only gave their services without pay, but even disregarded all questions of personal prestige, and performances with unbelievable all-star casts proceeded without any formal preliminary announcement of the performers' names.
6"The Festival owes its success primarily to Max Reinhardt, who made his stage debut at Salzburg twenty years ago. The new Festival Playhouse is a monument to his genius. This year the program was given almost entirely by Austrian and German stars, the only important exceptions being Lady Diana Manners, the Miracle Nun, and our own Roszi Varady, the young cellist whose work has been well-known in America since she made her debut at the White House during the last year of President Harding's life. The all-star character of these August programs has been amazing. Imagine an operatic performance with Jeritza, Max Pallenberg, Fritz Massary, and Bruno Walter as conductor. Imagine an orchestral concert directed by Richard Strauss. Imagine productions of Everyman, The Miracle, or Turandot with Max Reinhardt directing, and a list of actors including Lady Diana Manners, Lily Darvos, Alexander Moissi and others. Imagine an audience, perhaps assembled informally in the square and then driven by the rain into the new Playhouse, composed of celebrities of every nationality,—Franz Molnar, the Hungarian playwright, Hugo Hofmansthal, author of Everyman, and hundreds of others.
8"The Festival is given annually by the Vienna State Opera, the Vienna Philharmonic Society, the Rose String Quartet and other organizations, in honor of the memory of Mozart, who was born in the Salt City. The artistic directors include Clemens Krauss, Franz Schalk, Richard Strauss and Bruno Walter. The programs cover the whole field of music and drama. There is nothing like it anywhere else in the world today. The Wagner festivals at Bayreuth in pre-war days were somewhat similar, but this year the fiftieth anniversary of the first Bayreuth Festival, on August 13, found the great Wagner auditorium closed and silent.
10"Salzburg this year has proved that art has no politics. No visas are necessary for art to travel from one country to another. Perhaps the future of the world can be assured far more easily by the internationalism of art than by the feeble efforts of politicians and statesmen."
12Wildermann Institute Notes
13Mary Wildermann, concert pianist and teacher, will devote part of her time to teaching in Steinway Hall owing to the many applications that have come from students in various parts of the country. The main center of the Institute is now located at St. George, Staten Island, forty minutes travel from New York City.
15Artists pupils of the Institute are in demand as radio soloists. Miss Sara Goodman gave three programs during July over WMSG station and in August another program was given by this artist at the Hotel Roosevelt where Charles D. Isaacson is the program director of WRNY. Kathleen Bowen, winner of the senior scholarship of this season broadcasted from the Hotel Roosevelt September 3 playing the Chopin Ballad in A flat and Moszkowski Etincelles. Eleanor Banks, artist pupil of Gustave Walther, now head of the violin department of the Institute, was heard over this same station in her third program. Miss Banks is a very gifted violinist and is acting as assistant to Mr. Walther at the Manhattan Beach center of the Institute.
17The dramatic and dance departments are preparing a play to celebrate the Beethoven centennial next year.
19In order to accept the many students who desire personal instruction from Miss Wildermann in the piano department, this artist is obliged to form classes of three and four students, and instruction will be given in such a manner that the utmost benefit will be derived from them. Pupils of all grades will be accepted for these courses and the fees will be within reach of all.
21Busy Season for Flonzaley Quartet
22The members of the Flonzaley Quartet are arriving in this country earlier this season in order to take part in the Chamber Music Festival at the Library of Congress in Washington, beginning October 8. The quartet faces a busy season, its twenty-third in America, for already appearances have been booked in over eighty cities. The New York subscription series in Aeolian Hall is scheduled for November 9, January 18, and March 1. The quartet also will give its annual series of three concerts each in Chicago and Boston. An entire week will be spent in recording at the Victor Studios. Last season the Flonzaley Quartet made a record of the entire second quartet of Beethoven, and, in collaboration with Harold Bauer, a record of the Brahms quintet, the recording of which covers five double discs.
24Duncan R. Cumming's Watch Hill Recital
25One of the most important musical events at Watch Hill this season took place September 1, when Duncan R. Cumming, New York tenor, gave a varied program of operatic and oratorio arias and songs in English. Mr. Cumming's appearance at the Ocean House was keenly anticipated by a number of the hotel guests and cottage colony, as he had been a guest of honor at a musical tea in Watch Hill. His program included arias and songs by Handel, Mendelssohn, Reichardt, Quilter, Puccini, Dvorak, Watts, Brown, Wood, and Clough-Leighter.
27Harold Tenor—Voice Teacher
28Frances Seddon Soprano—Diction Specialist
29320 West 91st St., New York
30Phone 8577 Schuyler.
32Van Duzee
33Piano and Vocal Instruction
34Vienna School
35Studio: 344 Fort Washington Ave., N. Y. City
36Telephone Waldsworth 9983—911 A. M.
38Polia Melides-Hermides
39Russian Composer Pianist
40Accompanist to Charles Hackett
41Mary Lewis, Maria Kurenko, Florence Austral
43Myron Jacobson
44Voice Builder
45Coach & Accompanist
46Studio: 28 West 78 St. N. Y.
47Phone: Endicott 7631
48Member of the New York Singing Teachers Association
50Meta Schumann
51LaForge-Berumen Studios
52Composer-Planlist
53Voice Coach
54Concert Pianist and Pedagogue Specializing in Interpretation and Technique
55Studio: 14 West 68th St., New York
56Phone Trafalgar 8993
57Fall Term Begins September 1st
59The Longy School of Music
60TWELFTH SEASON
61Private and Class Instruction in Solfege, Harmony, Counterpoint and Rhythmic-Gymnastics
62All branches of Instrumental Instruction
63SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS OCTOBER FIRST
64Office open for registration September 15th
65Catalogue sent upon request
66103 HEMENWAY STREET
67Telephone KENmore 1328
68Steinert Pianos Used
70OPPORTUNITIES
71The Vanderbilt Studios of New York
72Branches:
7313-15 East 38th Street, near Fifth Avenue.
7415 East Ninth Street, near Fifth Avenue.
75342-344 West 56th Street, opposite new Metropolitan Opera House site.
76Renting office, 342 West 56th Street, Columbus 1070
77Columbus 5089
78Hourly piano sub-leasing at 15 East 38th St. branch.
79Several resident studios with piano for summer sub-let. Inquire at renting office.
80Mrs. Mabel Duble-Scheele, Proprietor
81DRAMATIC SOPRANO just returned from four and one-half years' study in Germany seeks good field for activity. Prepared for opera, concert and teaching according to a wonderful newly-discovered principle of singing. Address: "C. A. L." care of MUSICAL COURIER, 437 Fifth Avenue, New York.
83METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE STUDIOS—Several large studios are available unfurnished on yearly lease, also sublet part time. For particulars inquire of Manager, Mr. Black, 1425 Broadway, New York. Tel.: Penn 2634.
85OSBORNE STUDIO BLDG., 57th St. and 7th Ave. Part time use of large music studio. Excellently appointed for teachers. Telephone Circle 6057, Suite 10 C. A.
87BERLIN, GERMANY: Music students will find large rooms with full board, and reasonable terms, at home of distinguished family. References, Editor-in-Chief of MUSICAL COURIER. Address Prof. Dr. M. Schaefer, 24 Klopstock Strasse, Berlin, Germany.
89NEW YORK MUSICAL CLUB offers part scholarship. Eight months of vocal training in New York City. Auditions now. Address "A. C. S." care of MUSICAL COURIER, 437 Fifth Avenue, New York.
91EXPERIENCED pianist and teacher wishes to affiliate with conservatory or private school in or very near New York. Address "S. V. B." care of Musical Courier, 437 Fifth Ave., New York.
93STUDIO TO RENT one or two days a week or by the hour. For information address Apt. 7-A, 29 West Fifty-seventh Street, New York City. Telephone: Plaza 2690.
9557 WEST 58TH STREET—Studio for rent by the month, week, day, hour or evenings. Grand Piano. Shown by appointment. Phone: Plaza 9172 or address "H. S. L." care of MUSICAL COURIER, 437 Fifth Avenue, New York.
97MUSIC STUDENT desires studio for practising evenings and Sundays. Must be reasonable. Address: "J. W. B." care of MUSICAL COURIER, 437 Fifth Avenue, New York.
99MARGUERITE POTTER will sublet her large attractive studio in Steinway Hall for part time. Full information by calling Raymond 6795.
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