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Musical Courier 1927-04-07: Vol 94 Iss 14, 1927
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1ARTISTS EVERYWHERE
3Pasquale Amato will be featured at the annual concert of the Italian weekly, La Follia di New York, at Carnegie Hall on April 11, when he will sing the Prologue from Pagliacci and the Eri tu aria from Verdi's Ballo in Maschera. The baritone was scheduled to appear at a benefit performance of La Gioconda at the Academy of Music, Brooklyn, on March 29.
5Richard Bonelli, Chicago Opera baritone, has been engaged to sing the Seven Last Words of Christ, by Dubois, at the Choral Club of Brockton, Mass., for two special Good Friday services on April 15.
7Ottokar Cadek will conduct a ten weeks' summer course of violin instruction for intermediate and advanced students at his New York studio from May 16 to July 23. Mr. Cadek is first violinist of the New York String Quartet and a pupil of Franz Kreisel and Leopold Auer.
9Palmer Christian's only New York appearance this season occurs at Wanamaker Auditorium, April 8; the brilliant organist interests many Easterners. Joseph Yasser was heard there in a special invitation recital, March 29.
11Lynnwood Farnam's March 13 Bach organ recital, Church of the Holy Communion, New York, found the edifice well filled. It was the first time that a Sunday recital was given, and the attendance and enjoyment evinced made it a great success; accordingly, Mr. Farnam will continue these Sunday afternoon recitals next season, repeating them on Monday evenings.
13Carl Fiqué figured prominently on the March 13 program (Beethoven) of the United Choral Conductors of America, New York Turnhall, giving an analysis of the dramatic overture to Goethe's Egmont; his facility of speech made it a notable talk. August Fraemcke was the pianist in the Woodwind Quintet, opus 16.
15Ignaz Friedman, Polish pianist, who crowded Aeolian Hall twice earlier this season, was greeted with a sold-out house in London, March 6, when he played his fourth and last recital there from a special platform built in the arena of Royal Albert Hall. Since the middle of January he toured England in the International Celebrity Series, and played at the Beethoven Festival in Vienna on March 20-30. Australian concerts during the summer follow. He will return to America next fall to open his season on the Pacific Coast.
17Katherine Gorin's spring season included recitals in Boston on March 12 and in Cleveland on March 14.
19The Guild of Vocal Teachers' conference, on March 14, Anna E. Ziegler president, had a varied musical program, with splendid solo numbers by The Holland Trio and Marion Carley, and papers on the voice by Margaret Dessoff, Dr. Alexander Russell and Frank J. Benedict, discussions following, with Susan Smock Boice as chairman. Ampico records by Schnitzer, Mero and others were performed. Officiating with the chairman, Susan S. Boice, as hostesses, were Rhoda Mintz, Florence de Winter, and Hilda Grace Gelling.
21Sue Harvard, Norman Jollif, and others constituting the choir of the Marble Collegiate Church, New York, united in a recital in the church, March 21, which drew a large audience, the church auditorium taking on the function of a concert hall, with grand piano on the stage, etc. Each artist sang a solo group, and closed with Cadman's song cycle, Morning of the Year. That the audience greatly enjoyed everything was evident from the long-continued applause, encores, and flowers for the ladies.
23Florence Irene Jones, teacher of violin, is conducting special classes in ensemble playing at her New York studio. She also arranges piano instruction for beginners.
25Viola F. Klaiss recently was guest organist at the Ogontz Theater, one of the newest and most beautiful theaters in Philadelphia. The program arranged was novel and interesting, and during the entire week the audiences were unusually large.
27Earle Laros, pianist, had a very busy month of March. In addition to conducting the Eastern Symphony Orchestra in an all-Beethoven program, he gave a recital in Easton and was engaged for two radio appearances for the Baldwin hour by station WSAN of Allentown, Pa. His first appearance on the air was on March 8 and his second on March 22, when he played a Beethoven program consisting of the Moonlight Sonata, the Ecosaisse and the Country Dances. On March 22 he also played the sonata in the same city before his radio appearance. On the following evening he gave a recital at Belvidere, N. J., this being his sixth annual appearance in that place. On the evening of March 28 Mr. Laros was heard in a joint recital at the Academy of Music, Brooklyn.
29George Liebling will accompany two young artist singers at Aeolian Hall on April 8 in six of his own songs, four of which will have their first hearing. Mater Intemera and The Prayer of a Thief are written to words of Father John B. Kelly, and Ruins and the Seeker is written to the words of the young poetess, Susie Boogher.
31Estelle Liebling, well known vocal teacher, and Ann Mack, soprano, one of her pupils, are collaborating on a series of articles concerning the proper use of the speaking voice.
33Guy Maier made several individual appearances in California in concerts for young people while touring that state with Lee Pattison in two-piano recitals. On February 6 he also appeared as soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, playing the Liszt E flat concerto and scoring a great success. Mr. Maier and Lee Pattison will sail on April 6 for Europe for recital appearances in Holland, Germany, France and England.
35George Perkins Raymond has already sung over half a dozen oratorios since he entered the concert field not quite three years ago. His repertory includes Elijah, Creation, The Messiah and many other oratorios. He will sing Stainer's Crucifixion on Good Friday at Orange, N. J.
37Emma Roberts, contralto, is now under the management of Annie Friedberg. Miss Roberts has appeared with the principal symphony orchestras in this country as well as at important festivals and concerts. She will be heard again in New York in one of her interesting programs next fall.
39Rosemary's recent appearance over WMCA inspired William H. Fletcher, violin maker of Richmond Hill, N. Y., to write to the Radio Station as follows: "I wish to tell you of our pleasure in listening in on Rosemary. Her lovely sympathetic voice seems to be without technical flaw. Please congratulate her for me." Following the young soprano's appearance in Carnegie Hall, New York, a short time ago on a program with the Goldman Band, one of her unknown admirers wrote that she sang "exquisitely."
41Anton Rovinsky, pianist, played the Grieg concerto with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in that city on March 29.
43Rubenstein Club's April 9 afternoon musicale will feature four women artists in Brahms waltzes and solo numbers. The last choral concert is planned for April 19, and the annual White Breakfast on May 7. Dr. and Mrs. Chapman returned from their California visit, April 4.
45Alfredo San Malo gave his first Chicago recital on March 14 and was enthusiastically received. He will be heard in a second New York recital at Carnegie Hall on April 18.
47Edna Sheppard was the young pianist who acted as accompanist for the artists who appeared at the recent tea and musicale which Mrs. George Liebling gave at the Hotel Murray. Miss Sheppard is an accomplished figure in the field of accompanying, and after this recent event received the congratulations of Beniamino Gigli for her splendid work with the various artists.
49William Simmons, baritone, has been engaged as instructor in the master classes for the six weeks' summer school of the Cleveland Institute from June 20 to July 30.
51Rudolph Thomas conducted the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in a concert at Emery Auditorium, Cincinnati, Ohio, on March 8, presenting a program which included numbers by Wagner, Schubert, Liadov, Rimsky-Korsakoff and Bizet. The critic of the Inquirer, in reviewing the concert, stated that "Mr. Thomas had firm command of the orchestra, and his readings were distinguished for warmth and vigor."
53Betty Tillotson reports an unusually busy season for artists under the management of the Tillotson Bureau. Marion Armstrong, Scottish-Canadian soprano, has made twenty-two appearances this winter and has a number of spring dates yet to fulfill. Anna Hamlin, now on tour with the Chicago Civic Opera Company, will return to Chicago to sing in the production of Falstaff in April for the National Federation of Music Clubs. Stella Wrenn is busy fulfilling engagements in the vicinity of Chicago. March 11 she was soloist for the Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs at a concert given by an orchestra and chorus of four hundred voices. Louise Loring is booked for many appearances at spring festivals, her dates being confined almost exclusively to orchestral appearances.
55Nevada Van der Veer, who sang at Koussevitzky's performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in Boston, March 29, also sang solo contralto in the Missa Solemnis, given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, March 27, during Boston's Beethoven Festival Week. She has been engaged to sing her sixth Ninth Symphony this season with major symphony orchestras, this being with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Frederick Stock; other conductors who engaged the popular contralto for this monumental work within the past three months include Henri Verbrugghen and Vladimir Shavitch.
57Alice Lawrence Ward's artist-pupils are nowadays greatly in demand. Margaret Northrup gave a song recital in Aeolian Hall, New York, March 31, and Helene Forker, soprano, with Janet Bush-Hecht, mezzo-contralto, were recent winners of the Federation contest, State of New Jersey. Miss Forker sang March 26 for the New Jersey Federation of Music Clubs, and Janet Bush-Hecht appeared as follows: March 18, Station W A B C, New York; 24, Women's Club Erona; 26, Men's Club, Caldwell; 27, Hotel Vanderbilt, New York, and on April 11 will be heard at the British Women's Club, West Caldwell Country Club.
59Reinald Werrenrath's recent recital in Portland, Ore., inspired Emil Emma to write in the Portland News as follows: "Werrenrath is perhaps the most popular baritone of the concert stage today, by reason of his splendid vocal equipment and genial personality. He has the happy gift of choosing program numbers admirably suited to his style, presenting his program with a certain dash and sparkling individuality. His is a voice of rare mellowness, beauty and
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