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Musical Courier 1927-01-13: Vol 94 Iss 2, 1927
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1ZERFFI
2Voice Production without Interference
3ETHEL PFEIFER, Assistant Teacher
4WILLEM DURIEUX
5CELLIST
6Mgt. Annie Friedberg,
7Fisk Bldg., 250 W. 57th St., New York City.
8Tel. 9478 Columbus
9LOUISE MAC-PHerson
10PIANO VIRTUOSA
11American Assistant to Richard Buhlig—Vienna
12490 WEST END AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY
13JOHN A. HOFFMANN, Tenor
14Member of the Artist Faculty of the
15CINCINNATI CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
16SOUSA AND HIS BAND
17JOHN PHILIP SOUSA, Conductor
18Now Booking Season 1926-27
19HARRY ASKIN, Mgr.
201451 Broadway New York
21CHARLES SANFORD SKILTON
22COMPOSER and ORGANIST
23University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
24J. FRED WOLLE
25ORGANIST
26Management: THE WOLFSON MUSICAL BUREAU,
27712-718 Fisk Bldg., New York
28MME. VARETTE TER-STEPANOFF
29Pianist—Teacher
30Studio: 22 West 88th St., New York. Tel. 5294 Schuyler
31ANNIE LOUISE DAVID
32HARP
33Now teaching with the Master School of Musical Art
34Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, Cal.
35MACBETH
36Chicago Civic Opera Company
37PRIMA DONNA SOPRANO
38Management: FLORENCE MACBETH, Inc. 606 W. 116th St. New York City
39COLTON WHITE
40ARTISTS' REPRESENTATIVE AND CONCERT MANAGER
411425 Broadway, Metropolitan Opera House Bldg., New York City
42Studio C, Suite 21 Telephone Pennsylvania 2634 Ext. 63
43Will consider artists' applications
44JOHN McCORMACK
45EDWIN SCHNEIDER, Accompanist
46Direction D. F. McSweeney
47565 Fifth Avenue New York
48Steinway Piano Used
49CLEMENTINE DE VERE
50SAPIO
51Prima Donna
52Formerly, Metropolitan Opera, New York, Covent Garden, London; Theatre Royal, Madrid; La Scala, Milan, etc.
53Address 109 Riverside Drive N.Y. City
54ROMUALDO SAPIO
55Vocal Teacher
56Formerly conductor Metropolitan Opera, New York, and European theaters. Coach to celebrities, operatic teacher of Jeanne Gordon.
57Phone Endicott 8066
58Bassi & Cannonieri
59General operatic and theatrical bureau
60(Ufficio di Affari Teatrali)
61Via Durini N. 31, Milan, Italy
62Telephone 10-345
63MUSICAL COURIER
64PHILADELPHIA, PA.
65PHILADELPHIA, PA.—The Saturday evening concert of the Philadelphia Orchestra, falling on Christmas Night, was instead given on Thursday evening, December 23, when the audience was again treated to a remarkable program. The concert opened with the Cesar Franck symphony in D minor, Dr. Rodzinski, assistant conductor, giving a very satisfactory reading of the much admired work which is becoming as much a favorite with a large majority as Beethoven's fifth and Tchaikowsky's Pathetique. In his reading Dr. Rodzinski seemed to give much attention to tonal coloring for which ample opportunity is offered especially in the low strings and in the contrast with the very beautiful parts for oboe and English horn. Clara Haskill, Rumanian pianist, made her American orchestral debut in the second number on the program, playing Schumann's concerto in A minor with Dr. Stokowski conducting. Miss Haskill's tone and technic are excellent, her interpretations convincing, and she seemed so completely absorbed in her playing that she appeared to respond, as though in a dream, to the tremendous ovation which she received at the close of the last movement which was a remarkable bit of virtuoso playing. The program closed with the Pastoral Symphony from Handel's Messiah, evidently a concession to the Yuletide season.
66The Monday Morning Musica, December 27, was the occasion of the appearance of two artists, Gitta Gradova, pianist, and Karin Branzell, contralto of the Metropolitan Opera Company, who has never been heard in concert in Philadelphia. Miss Gradova opened the program with a group of classics—In Thee is Joy (Bach-Busoni), Gavotte, op. 49, No. 3 (Glazounoff), and the Rhapsody in B minor (Brahms), each number magnificently given with power and beauty of tone and yet with all delicacy when demand required it, and always with ease, command of keyboard and control of contrasts—certainly the playing of an artist. Even in her group of modern compositions, her rhythm was excellent in its clearness, by no means an easy achievement in works of the modern composers. The Gavotte and the Rhapsody were notably fine and it was felt that not one of those in the modern compositions could have been improved upon, so well were they played. In response to the appreciative applause were given several encores. Mme. Branzell possesses a beautiful voice of great range, rich and warm and yet of immense power, while at the same time as flexible as any coloratura and remarkably clear in diction even when singing in other languages than her native Scandinavian. She sang two numbers by Brahms and Schubert's Serenade and Tod und das Madchen, the last being the outstanding one of the four. Her second group was made up of songs in French, the last of the three (Les filles de Cadiz by Delibes) so well received that an encore was demanded. Mme. Branzell closed the program with four Scandinavian songs by Backer-Grondahl, Sibelius and Grieg, responding again with two encores by Grieg. Because of the indisposition of Mme. Walter, Miss Marshall filled the place of accompanist in an admirable manner.
67M. M. C.
68Competition for Rome Fellowship in Musical Composition
69The American Academy in Rome announces its seventh annual competition for a fellowship in musical composition, to be known this year as the Frederic A. Juilliard Fellowship. This was awarded three years ago to George H. Elwell.
70Candidates must file with the Secretary of the Academy, not later than April 1, two compositions, one either for orchestra alone or in combination with a solo instrument, and one for string quartet or for some ensemble combination such as a sonata for violin and piano, a trio for violin, cello and pianoforte, or possibly for some less usual combination of chamber instruments. The compositions must show facility in handling larger instrumental forms, such as the sonata-form or free modifications of it. A sonata for pianoforte or a fugue of large dimensions will be accepted, but not songs nor short pianoforte pieces.
71The competition is open to unmarried men not over thirty years of age who are citizens of the United States, but the Academy reserve the right to withhold an award in case no candidate is considered to have reached the desired standard. The stipend is $1,000 a year for three years with an additional annual allowance of $1,000 for travelling expenses in visiting the musical centers of Europe. The winner will have the privilege of studio and residence at the Academy.
72For circular of information and application blank address Roscoe Guernsey, executive secretary, American Academy in Rome, 101 Park Avenue, New York City.
73Italian Folksongs Sung at Stephens Studio
74Percy Rector Stephens' New York studio assumed a gala appearance on the evening of December 30, the occasion being the opening recital of the series given during the special Christmas session for teachers and singers, held from December 27 to January 8. There were gathered new students who had come from distant points for the special session, former students returning to "brush up" their vocal technic, and to renew old acquaintances, and many of this year's pupils who continued their studies through the holidays altogether representing an enrollment from ten states.
75The artist of the evening was Mme. Geni Sadero, composer and singer, in a program of Italian folksongs composed on folk themes by Geni Sadero and interpreted by the composer. The numbers representing a wide diversity of mood and including examples of the Venetian canzonetta of the Seventeenth Century, a Neapolitan tarantella, and various characteristic Sicilian songs, were presented so vividly and with such genuine dramatic feeling as to elicit time and again sincerely enthusiastic applause.
76Herbert Goode at the piano ably assisted Mme. Sadero in these portrayals, recreating sympathetically the varied fleeting moods of the songs in accompaniments that were unusually exacting.
77Another Zan Pupil Popular
78Alice Gates was one of the soloists at the last concert of the Marclair Music Club on December 14. Miss Gates sang a group of songs, the excellent rendition of which completely won her audience. Miss Gates was compelled to repeat the last song, Ah Love but a Day, in spite of the no-encore rule. She is an artist-pupil of Nikola Zan.
79Steinway
80The Instrument of the Immortals
81YOU may purchase a new Steinway piano with a cash deposit of 10 per cent, and the balance will be extended over a period of two years. Used pianos are accepted in partial exchange.
82In Greater New York Steinway Pianos are sold only at Steinway Hall
83PRICES: $875 AND UP
84There are several Steinway styles and sizes, but only one Steinway quality.
85STEINWAY & SONS
86STEINWAY HALL
87109 West 57th Street
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