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Musical Courier 1927-04-07: Vol 94 Iss 14, 1927
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1ALFRED BLUMEN
2Pianist
3IN RECITAL
4VIENNESE PIANIST SHOWS SKILL IN RECITAL HERE
5New York Herald-Tribune.
7It is superfluous to speak of Blumen's technic—it is prodigious, but he has temperament, and the brain to control it—an admirable poise and serenity that certain more celebrated performers sometimes lack.—Chicago American.
9ALFRED BLUMEN PROVES SELF FIRST-RATE PIANIST
10Chicago Daily News.
12He has mastered all the tricks that go into the making of a musicianly style of playing. He bends and flexes his rhythms, builds up climaxes and draws out attenuated pianissimos with the best of them. He can summon a prodigiously large tone.—Boston Transcript.
14He is a technician of exceptional facility, fleetness and vigor. He revealed a fine appreciation of the melodic line and rhythm that bespoke a sense of symmetry.—New York American.
16AS SOLOIST WITH CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
17It was a fine performance, poetic in conception, with power for the broad phrases, imagination in the romanza and bravura brilliance for the climax.—Chicago Post.
19LARGE AUDIENCE ENJOYS PLAYING OF BLUMEN
20He played yesterday with what the French call "le feu sacre," the divine spark, temperament plus fine technical display, not only the admirable pianist, but the profound musician.—Chicago American.
22BLUMEN VINDICATES LISZT
23He treated the A major concerto to a delicately modelled performance of unwavering elegance. His performance was of the sort to keep his entire audience seated at the close of the program waiting for another sight of the soloist. After his ovation he played an encore.—Chicago Journal.
25November 22, 1926
26The Baldwin Piano Company
27Cincinnati, Ohio
28Dear Sirs:
29I take great pleasure in telling you how much I enjoy playing your piano. Its beautiful tone and action, its sonority, is all that can be desired by performer and listener.
30Sincerely,
31ALFRED BLUMEN
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