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Musical Courier 1926-09-23: Vol 93 Iss 13, 1926
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1September 23, 1926
3Wilson G. Smith at Seventy-one
4Wilson G. Smith, American composer, pianist, and teacher, celebrated his seventy-first birthday recently at his home in Cleveland, Ohio. On that occasion the accompanying snapshot was taken, and Mr. Smith's many friends and admirers all over the country will be glad to note his youngish, hale and hearty appearance. He writes of the picture: "You will note perched upon my shoulder one of my gifted pupils. He (or she) has mastered the whole tone scale and of late seems inclined to quarter-tone scale experimentation. At any rate modernity seems to have obsessed him (or her). As for myself, I still cling to old fashioned melody as the basis of musical expression."
6Mr. Smith is the president of the Cleveland Musical Association, which will play an important part in the Music Week to be held in that city, beginning October 24.
8Some of the life members of the Cleveland Musical Association are Walter Damrosch, Galli-Curci, Gabrilowitsch, Mme. Matzenauer, Hofmann, Leonard Liebling, Elman, Martinelli, Chamlee, Ponselle, Werrenrath, Hempel, Edward Johnson, Harrold, Schipa, and Rachmaninoff.
10Lent Shows Fine Command of Situation
11Sylvia Lent, according to the Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger, gave a remarkably fine performance of the Brahms concerto on her recent appearance with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Frederick Stock conducting, at the Sesqui-Centennial. "The audience gave her the biggest reception accorded to any soloist at these concerts," said the critic of that daily. "Her technic is splendid, her tone of beautiful quality, and her musicianship as remarkable as that of any young violinist that has been heard in this city for years. Miss Lent is unquestionably one of the finest musical talents of young American womanhood today." It was an occasion in which Miss Lent again showed her fine command of a situation, by ignoring the frequent outbursts of fireworks going on outside the hall which at times partially drowned the orchestra, and by playing as though nothing were interfering with the harmony of the concert. It brought to mind her playing of the Bruch concerto at the Newark Festival a few seasons ago, when just a half-hour before the concert she arrived to find that the orchestra was on strike. However, a piano score of the concerto was sent for, and Edward Harris, the composer, volunteered to accompany her. Without ever having rehearsed the concerto together, Miss Lent and Mr. Harris went on and gave a splendid performance of the work. It was a difficult situation, but it was met with remarkable poise by both artists, and proved a triumph for each of them.
13Estelle Liebling Studio News
14Joan Ruth, soprano of the Metropolitan Opera Company, will sing the Princess in a performance of La Juive on September 18.
16Queenie Smith, star of Tip Toes, will begin her fall tour in two weeks.
18Hope Hampton, moving picture star, is to appear in the late fall in The Proud Princess, which Sigmund Romberg and Dorothy Donnelly are writing for her.
20William Cleary, tenor, has signed a contract for the whole season with Keith's as the leading man in The Story Book Review.
22Edna Walgrove Wilson, contralto, has been engaged for the Free Synagogue, Flushing, L. I.
24Rose Dreeben is the new soprano soloist at the Washington Heights Temple.
26Betty Shafer has been added to the cast of the new Harling opera, Deep River.
28Rudolph Benson Launches Campaign
29Rudolph Benson, who represents a number of musical and dramatic artists in a publicity way, has returned to New York from Des Moines, Iowa, where he launched a publicity campaign for a new civic auditorium which holds forth the promise of saving Des Moines from a threatened musical famine. The auditorium, with a seating capacity of 4,200, is being erected by Za-Ga-Zig Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, in connection with its clubhouse. On behalf of the Shrine, Mr. Benson was enabled to issue a public announcement that the auditorium would be a gift to the public, the Shriners reserving its use only for their occasional ceremonials. The announcement was welcomed as holding much significance for the cultural and musical life of Des Moines, and plans were started immediately to bring to the city several of the great symphony orchestras and leading concert artists.
31On his way back to New York Mr. Benson stopped off at Chicago to confer with Oscar A. Doob, publicity director for the Balaban & Katz chain of theaters, in regard to a plan for giving greater emphasis in general publicity to the musical programs which have become an important feature of photoplay presentations. Mr. Doob has been progressive in this direction, and the two publicity men had no difficulty in coming to a sympathetic understanding in regard to the matter.
33Lucile Lawrence Faces Busy Season
34Lucile Lawrence has been spending a busy summer in Seal Harbor, Me. While Carlos Salzedo was abroad for his European tour she took charge of his private pupils in New York and later on in Seal Harbor, a resort frequented by well-known harpists. Miss Lawrence has recently appeared alone and with other harpists with whom she has formed a permanent organization known as the Lawrence Harp Quintet. The members of the new quintet are: Marietta Bitter, Grace Weymer, Thurema Sokol and Eleanor Shaffner. They will tour under the management of the Associated Artists. Last month Miss Lawrence contributed to the Kneisel Memorial, organized by Walter Damrosch, Carlos Salzedo and Willem Willeke, in Bluehill, Me. She will reopen her studio in New York on October 1.
36Myra Mortimer Has Narrow Escape
37Myra Mortimer, American contralto, who is concertizing in Europe, had a narrow escape recently when a serious leakage developed in the gasoline tank of the plane she had chartered to take her from Paris to Berlin and the pilot was forced to make a landing at the Military Aviation Field at Liege. It was found that the pilot only had enough gas to last five minutes more, and the discovery of this fact was not made until after they had reached the ground. Their departure from the field was delayed three hours until permission had been obtained from the Minister of War allowing them to leave. As an American, Mme. Mortimer was allowed to send several telegrams to parties awaiting her in Berlin where she was to sing, explaining the delay. Mme. Mortimer was returning from a short stay in Paris and Lido, where she had been resting prior to beginning an extensive concert tour of Norway, Sweden, Germany, Hungary, and Russia, which will be made possible by traveling by airplane and following which she will come to America early in the new year to sing in New York and Boston.
39H. Nevill-Smith Active in Australia
40H. Nevill-Smith, well known Australian baritone, is giving a series of vocal recitals in Sydney. At his first recital he introduced several new French songs to an Australian audience. These included works by Ravel, Rhené-Baton and Martz. He also included new songs by several well known American composers. His excellent rendering of Geoffrey O'Hara's Living God and Leetle Batisse, called forth great praise from the press and public alike. The critics pronounced him to be a singer of great interpretative ability, every song receiving scholarly and artistic treatment, added to which he has a voice of extremely pleasant quality.
42Violin Maker's Recovery Expected
43WOLFEBORO, N. H.—O. H. Bryant, violin maker of Boston, Mass., is resting comfortably at his farm here, following a serious emergency operation undergone at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston. Mr. Bryant, who is a widely known violin dealer, was suddenly stricken at his office after closing time on July 27, and was removed to the hospital for an immediate operation for strangulated hernia. His physician, Dr. John Adams, stated that the operation is considered successful, although Mr. Bryant's condition was extremely grave.
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