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Musical Courier 1927-05-05: Vol 94 Iss 18, 1927
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1PLAN CONSUMMATED FOR BOOKING ARTISTS THROUGHOUT WORLD
3Arthur Judson of New York Announces Novel Arrangement with Samuel Bottenheim of Amsterdam, Wolf & Sachs of Berlin, and Lionel Powell & Holt of London, the Combined Agencies of Which Cover Practically Entire World—International Tours for Artists Now Simplified
5Arthur Judson announces that managers of American and European musicians have consummated plans for cooperative booking of artists throughout the world. Mr. Judson, who is the American member of the affiliation, has been in negotiation with European impresarios for several years and arrangements have been completed by which it will be possible for a singer or an instrumentalist to have mapped out for him a tour of the world without being compelled to deal with a great number of managers whose various problems may make a consecutive tour impossible.
7Associated with Mr. Judson are Samuel Bottenheim, of Amsterdam, whose sphere of activities covers Holland, Belgium, Russia, France and Spain; the firm of Wolf & Sachs of Berlin, which directs concert tours in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Italy, Switzerland, and the Balkans; and the firm of Lionel Powell & Holt of London, which represents artists for Great Britain and, through its affiliations, in the British colonies.
9"The somewhat chaotic conditions now prevailing in the concert world have made it necessary to work for a better distribution of artists," said Mr. Judson, "and I believe that this association will help to make matters easier both for artists and for sponsors of concerts throughout the world.
11"Although the plan originated here and was suggested by the problems of American artists, it applies equally to the requirements of European musicians. It must be made clear that no attempt is being made to create an 'American invasion' of Europe or a further 'European invasion' of America. My associates and I have affiliated simply to work for a better distribution of concert artists in accordance with the law of supply and demand."
13Mr. Judson is the American manager of Feodor Chaliapin, Efrem Zimbalist, Giovanni Martinelli, Pasquale Amato, Alfred Cortot, Cecilia Hansen, Sigrid Onegin, Guiomar Novaes, Wanda Landowska, Joseph Szigeti, Carl Flesch and many other noted European artists. Among the well known American artists whom he represents are Mabel Garrison, Louise Lerch, Nina Morgana, Harriet Van Emden, Sophie Braslau, Charles Stratton, Frances Berkova, Ruth Breton, Gitta Gradova, Ernest Schelling and the New York String Quartet. He also is personal manager of The Philadelphia Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Stadium Concerts and is advisory manager of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
15"Mr. Bottenheim, who is secretary to Willem Mengelberg, conductor of the Philharmonic Orchestra here and of the Concertgebouw of Amsterdam, is acting as our direct representative in his territory," added Mr. Judson. "With Wolf & Sachs, which has the largest list of artists in Europe and represents in Europe the Metropolitan Opera Company and many other organizations, we have an agreement for the mutual interchange of artists. Our arrangement with Lionel Powell & Holt is a cooperative understanding under the terms of which we shall look after the affairs of their artists here and they are to act in a similar capacity in behalf of our artists in British territory.
17"Our arrangements with these three European agencies means world representation for our artists. I hope to be able to announce shortly the names of the first artists to appear abroad under the terms of this new plan. While there has been no merger of the businesses of the several firms above mentioned, their combined operations represent the greater part of the artist bookings of the world. The affiliation is not an attempt to control the supply of artists but is rather an effort to promote efficiency and a proper distribution of artists already under contract."
19Mr. Judson said that the extension of his activities to Europe was only part of a comprehensive scheme for efficiency and economy in the operation of concerts, and that further details might be expected in due course.
21Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
22INCORPORATED
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25Announces a
26SUMMER MASTER CLASS
27in pianoforte technique and interpretation to be given by the brilliant Italian pianiste
28MARIA CARRERAS
29June 20th to July 30th, 1927
30Mme. Carreras will give one free scholarship
31All departments of the Conservatory, including artist and normal teachers in all branches of applied music as well as Theory, Public School Music, etc., are open during the summer.
32Eight weeks grand opera season by the famous Cincinnati Summer Opera Company in the Auditorium of the Zoological Gardens, at special student rates.
33Spacious dormitories on beautiful wooded campus.
34Special Summer Announcement on request to
35BERTHA BAUR, Director
36Burnet C. Tuthill, General Manager
37Highland Ave., Burnet Ave. and Oak St.
38Cincinnati, Ohio
40BALDWIN PIANO USED
41February 15, 1923.
42Following my New York debut and the twenty recitals which I played in Mexico during the past three months, in which time I have become well acquainted with Baldwin Concert Grands, I desire to express to you my entire satisfaction and admiration of the supreme qualities of the instruments you furnished me. I shall be delighted to use the Baldwin in my future recitals in America.
43There is something particularly beautiful in' the quality of tone of the Baldwin, a quality which corresponds entirely to my intention and desire.
44After having heard the Baldwin played also by my colleagues, Wilhelm Bachaus and Alfredo Casella, I can heartily and definitely state that in my judgment the Baldwin stands in the front rank of artistic pianos.
45Most cordially yours,
46Maria Carreras
48LISA ROMA
50THE ELSHUO TRIO OF NEW YORK
51"Such undertakings are a liberal education for young musicians and for those music-lovers who wish to develop in themselves a real understanding of the art, and of its literature."—N. Y. Evening Post.
52The Elshuco Trio uses the Steinway piano and records for the Brunswick Co.
54KROLL-WILLEKE-GIORNI
55William Willem Aurello
56"A programme all replete with the ineffable charm and romance of the chamber-music Schubert. It was very beautiful and held a large audience in rapt attention until the last note was played."
57N. Y. Herald-Tribune.
58Management: Emma Jeannette Brazier,
59100 West 80th St., New York, N. Y.
61Program of Three Choirs Festival
62LONDON.—The program for the 207th meeting of the choirs of Hereford, Gloucester, and Worcester, taking place this year in Hereford, September 4-9, has now been announced. Among the vocalists will be Dorothy Silk, Muriel Brunskill, Tudor Davies, Stewart Wilson, Robert Radford and Horace Stevens; and the instrumentalists will include Albert Sammons, Lionel Tertis and Beatrice Harrison. The program will follow: Sunday, September 4, an opening service in the Cathedral with chorus and orchestra; 6, Parry's motet, There Is an Old Belief, Mendelssohn's Elijah, Brent-Smith's Christ's Nativity (new work), Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius, Parry's motet, Never Weather-beaten Sail, and Bach's Mass in B minor; 7, Vaughan Williams' Pastoral Symphony, Bainton's Hymn to God the Father, Parry's motet, I Know My Soul Hath Power; 8, Vaughan Williams' The Shepherds of the Delectable Mountains, Beethoven's The Choral Symphony, Elgar's Symphony in E Flat (No. 2), Holst's The Hymn of Jesus, Charles Wood's 'Tis the Day of Resurrection (New Work); 8, Parry's motet, My Soul There Is a Country, Elgar's concerto for violin, Elgar's The Music Makers, Franck's symphony in D minor; 9, Handel's Messiah. On Wednesday Sept. 7, an orchestral concert (all British music) will take place in the Shire Hall; Delius' violoncello concerto, Reed's rhapsody for viola and orchestra; Walford Davies' A Children's Symphony (new work), orchestral works by Elgar, Bantock, McEwen, and Napier Miles; A. Herbert Brewer's Songs with Orchestra (new work). On Friday, Sept. 9, there will be a Chamber concert, The Snow String Quartet, Walford Davies' Pianoforte Quintet (new).
64Sunday Concerts at Eastman Theater, Rochester
65Popular Sunday afternoon concerts, given as part of the regular motion picture program, have been started at the Eastman Theater, Rochester, and will continue as long as public interest seems to justify them. The plan was conceived as an experiment by Eric T. Clarke, general manager of the Eastman Theater and the interest in the first concert convinced him that the activities of the Eastman Theater, centering around the large orchestra which is permanently located there, are bearing fruit. The conductors are Victor Wagner and Guy Fraser Harrison. The program for the first of the Sunday concerts included the finale from Tchaikovsky's No. 4 symphony; Johann Strauss' waltz, Wine, Women and Song; Schumann's Träumerei; The Bee's Wedding by Mendelssohn, and the intermezzo and farandole from the L'Arlesienne suite of Bizet. The plan is to keep the music within the range of popular interest, without cheapening it.
67Annette Royak Debut, May 15
68Annette Royak, Russian soprano, will give her American debut recital on May 15 at Chickering Hall, New York. A leading member of the Berlin Volks Opera, she sang Agathe, Elvira, Mignon, Marguerite, Nedda, etc.; her program for May 15 will contain arias and songs by classic and modern composers.
70American Soprano
71This Season's Recitals
72NEW YORK—LONDON—PARIS
73Booking now—Season 1927-28
74Bogue-Laberge Concert Mgt., Inc., 130 West 42d Street, New York
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