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Musical Courier 1927-05-05: Vol 94 Iss 18, 1927
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1May 5, 1927
3the three members of the trio coincide and result in a surprisingly perfect and inspiring ensemble. Miss Sittig, violinist of the trio, played Vivaldi's concerto in A minor, Romance in F by Beethoven, Rondino by Beethoven-Kreisler, and Hungarian Dance No. 2 by Brahms-Joachim, all with the style that has given her international fame. She has been heralded in Germany as a genius of the violin, and no one who has heard her will doubt the truth of this estimate. In addition to a splendid technical equipment she has unusual emotional warmth and beauty of tone. Between her two groups, Edgar Sittig played Boellmann's Symphonic Variations for the cello, giving this familiar work a finely effective performance. The entire concert was greatly enjoyed and both the solo artists and the ensemble were enthusiastically applauded.
5Columbia University and Barnard College
6Glee Clubs
7There is always something fascinating about a college glee club concert that is never found in that of the ordinary choral body. Whatever it is was apparent at the concert given by the combined glee clubs of Columbia University and Barnard College at Town Hall, April 26. Exceedingly well drilled, the Columbia students made the most of every opportunity to bring out the fine shadings and attacks, and yet never once getting out of balance. Walter Henry Hall, who conducted both clubs, has long ago proved himself a master hand at this sort of endeavor, and his skill in moulding these young voices into so splendid a whole is most commendable. The program is too long to list in detail and yet one can obtain some insight into the nature of their work by the mention of Handel's Hallelujah, MacDowell's From the Sea, and Dvorak's Songs My Mother Taught Me. With the Barnard Club the club was at its best in Bach's Two Settings of a Chorale, really a treat to hear. Then there were also the lighter songs, conducted by the leader of the club, ending with Stand Columbia.
9The Barnard girls did their bit creditably, too, singing numbers by Elgar, Sullivan and Forsyth, and, with the Columbia Glee Club, the Mediaeval plainsong arranged by W. G. Alcock. Forman R. Slack, '27, sang several baritone solos extremely well, and David A. Barnett, '27, contributed piano solos also arousing much applause.
11Choral Festival
12On April 28, a choral festival and music conference by the New York State Federation of Women's Clubs inaugurated a new move in Music Week, beginning at 10:30 in the morning at Aeolian Hall and continuing until late in the afternoon. Mrs. Howard Vincent Milligan, the Federation's chairman of music, presided. Among the organizations represented were the National Bureau for the Advancement of Music, the National Music Week Association, the National Music League, the Associated Glee Clubs of America, the Intercollegiate Contest, and the National Federation of Music Clubs. The competitive spirit in choral singing as adopted in England and Canada was recommended by Dr. T. Tertius Noble, organist of St. Thomas' Church and well known adjudicator in many prize competitions. In the afternoon a program of choral music was given, the following societies taking part: The Morning Choral, Herbert Stavely Sammond, director; The Choral Art Society of New Rochelle, Charles A. Baker, director; The Chorus of the Women's Club of Caldwell, I. T. Francis, director, and the Mount Vernon Community Chorus, with Edgar Fowlston as director. The soloists of the afternoon were Paderewski, who played Liszt's Tenth Rhapsody by means of the Duo-Art reproducing piano, and Rubert Elwyn, who sang a group of songs.
14Fordham Glee Club
15The Fordham University Glee Club gave a concert in Aeolian Hall on April 28 under the direction of W. Kenneth Bailey. The soloists were Everett D. McCooey, baritone, and Howard Lally, violinist. The accompanists were George O'Grady, Edmund Holden and Mr. Bailey himself. The glee club is as large and as efficient as ever. It has improved in beauty of tone since last year and the interpretations of the many works given were uniformly excellent. Mr. Lally is a first rate violinist and gave much pleasure with several groups of pieces of virtuoso difficulty. Mr. McCooey, always popular, was vigorously applauded for his songs. Mr. Bailey shows himself a musician of fine attainments and distinguished himself both as conductor and pianist.
17University Glee Club
18The University Glee Club gave its annual spring concert on April 28 at Carnegie Hall attracting an audience that almost completely filled the huge auditorium. Marshall Bartholomew, the regular conductor, led all the numbers except one, and the most popular of the long list—Italian Salad (A Musical Jest) by Richard Genée, in which the solo part was taken by John Barnes Wells and the baton handled by the conductor emeritus, Dr. Arthur Woodruff.
20The program opened with Hadley's Song of the Marching Men, a really beautiful number and delightfully sung. Then followed a group of springtime songs by Deems Taylor, Vaughn Williams and Dowland. The next group was composed of three folksongs, two of them arrangements, and one, A Farewell, by Walter E. Kelley, a member of the club and given its first performance on this occasion. There were three Sea Chanteys, the best of which was Grainger's Dollar and A Half a Day in which Harold F. D. Loskamp sang the part of the Chanteyman, assisted by a male quartet. This seemed to please the audience immensely. One more group followed these and the program concluded with three well known college songs and The Star Spangled Banner.
22The principal soloist of the evening was Reinald Werrenrath, a member of the club, who delighted his hearers as he always does with his exquisite singing. Mr. Werrenrath offered a miscellaneous selection of numbers, the most popular of which were Salley 'in Our Alley and Boots, and perhaps the best of which were Schubert's Gruppe aus dem Tartarus and Strauss' Allerseelen. He was accompanied by Herbert Carrick.
24Soloists with the glee club beside those already mentioned, included Curt Peterson and Albert Wiederhold.
26A. Y. CORNELL
27SUMMER SCHOOL OF VOCAL INSTRUCTION
28(Nineteenth Consecutive Season)
30For Singers and Teachers of Singing
31SIX WEEKS
32JUNE 27th to AUGUST 6th, 1927
33ROUND LAKE, N. Y.
34(Nine Miles from Saratoga)
36CURRICULUM
37Normal Courses for Teachers and Singers
38Class Lessons in Technique of Voice
39Class Lessons in Song-Analysis and Interpretation
40Weekly Public Recitals and Operatic Performances
42FORREST LAMONT,
43Chicago Civic Opera
44"His diction was faultless, his singing had its characteristic sincerity and reliability."
46ROSE DES ROSIERS
47Re-engaged. San Carlo Grand Opera Co.
48Butterfly, Thais, Tales of Hoffmann, Faust, Pagliacci and Hänsel and Gretel.
50FACULTY
51A. Y. CORNELL, Technique of Voice and Singing
52CHARLES GILBERT SPROSS, Piano, Coaching and Accompanying
53ADELAIDE CAMPBELL, Voice and French Diction
54HELEN LAUHON, Piano and Voice
56EARL WALDO,
57Bass Baritone, Soloist Fifth Ave. Presbyterian Church, New York
58Staging "Hora Novissima," with Hartford Choral Club, May 10.
60DOLORES VAN DOREN,
61Contralto Dresden Opera
62"She revealed an astonishingly lovely voice."—Paris Edition—New York Herald.
64Send for Pamphlet-Circular, containing full information, to
65Secretary to A. Y. Cornell
66Carnegie Hall
67New York, N. Y.
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