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Musical Courier 1927-05-05: Vol 94 Iss 18, 1927
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1LINDSBORG, KANS., FESTIVAL
2(Continued from page 5)
3Franz, and Hildach were especially appealing. Mr. Rasely possesses a voice of fine quality and has musical temperament and a natural talent for singing. His interpretations carry conviction. Every one enjoyed the program and demanded extra numbers.
5Florence Austral is blessed with a voice of remarkable brilliancy and power. She gives lavishly of her vocal endowments and electrifies the audience with her forceful interpretations. Her husband, John Amadio, is without question one of the greatest flutists ever heard here and his renditions, as well as those of Mme. Austral, were received with unstinted applause. It was one of the great events of the week. Isaac Van Grove was an efficient accompanist.
7The Mid-West Music Contests have become one of the important features of the festival. Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma were represented this year. Piano and violin contests were held, as well as expression, voice, and girls' glee clubs' contests. In the individual competitions a $160 scholarship was awarded the winner for first place in each division, and an $80 scholarship for second place. Awards were as follows: piano—Ruth Barnes of McPherson, Kans., first, and Cecelia Senne of Topeka, Kans., second; violin—Dorothy Riffle, of Topeka, Kans., first, and Helen Marshall, of Joplin, Mo., second; voice—Hugo Kohrs, of Stafford, Kans., first and Iona Mull, of Great Bend, Kans., second; expression—Attilia Anderson, of McPherson, Kans., first, and Reuben Moses, of Great Bend, Kans., second; girls' glee clubs—Salina High School, first, and Hunter High School, second. The various contests were under the direction of Oscar Lofgren, dean of the School of Fine Arts. The following members of the Fine Arts faculty acted as judges: Oscar Thorsen, Arvid Wallin, Ellen Strom, Arthur Uhe, Hjalmar Wetterstrom, Laurin Frost, Thure Jaderborg, Luther Mott, Stanton Fiedler, Annie Svensson, Haggard Brase, Geneva Smith and Hildegard Lindberg.
9Students of the School of Fine Arts appeared in a recital of high standard representing some fine talent.
11The twenty-eighth annual Art Exhibition was held in connection with the festival under the direction of Birger Sandzen, head of the art department. His canvases and lithographs of western landscape have received marked attention in Eastern exhibits. The local exhibit is represented by American artists of established reputation and by a large collection of Mr. Sandzen's works. These exhibits have promoted a higher appreciation of art in the Southwest. Two years ago mid-west art contests were instituted representing the work of high schools and grades. Scholarships and prizes were awarded as follows: Tulsa and Pawhuska, Okla.; Altamont and Salina, Kans.
13Last year Dusolina Giannini made a profound impression in her initial recital here, and again in her recital this year she corroborated this impression and added new laurels. Intensely expressive was her rendition of the aria, Vissi D'arte, from Tosca. The group of Italian folksongs was exquisitely rendered and the applause resolved itself into an ovation. Numerous encores interspersed the program. Molly Bernstein played the accompaniments superbly.
15Artistically the festival was a success. President Pihlblad and Jens Stensaas, who bore the brunt of the management, are to be commended for the splendid manner in which all situations were handled.
17O. L.
19Noted One-Armed Pianist to Visit America
20VIENNA.—Arrangements have been completed for a tour of the United States by Paul Wittgenstein, celebrated one-armed pianist, under the management of Arthur Judson. Wittgenstein will appear with a number of the leading orchestras during November and December, and will play, among other concertos, the Parergon to the Symphonica Domestica, which was written especially for him by Richard Strauss. It will be the first performance of the work in America. The tour was arranged through the Viennese impresario, Georg Kugel.
22S.
24FLORENCE AUSTRAL.
25Who was heard in recital in Lindsborg, is seen at the extreme right of the photograph. The others, from right to left, are: John Amadio, husband of the singer, and well known flutist; Isaac Van Grove, accompanist; and Mrs. Ernst Pihlblad, wife of the president of Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kans.
27Lundquist Studio photo
28SOLOISTS AT THE LINDSBORG FESTIVAL AND MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY OF BETHANY COLLEGE WHO ACTED AS JUDGES AT THE MUSIC CONTESTS
29First row, left to right: Oscar Thorsen, Dolores Gaston, John Selby, Laurin Frost, Arthur Uhe (concertmaster), Haggard Brase (director of the Oratorio Society), Emma Hart (contralto), Ernst Pihlblad (President of Bethany College), and Jennie Peterson (soprano); Second row: Hildegard Lindberg, Stanton Fiedler, Geneva Smith, Thure Jaderborg, Annie Svensson (head of the School of Expression), Arvid Wallin (organist), Hjalmar Wetterstrom (director of the Bethany orchestra and band) and Jens Stensaas (treasurer of Bethany College); third row: Oscar Lofgren (dean of the School of Fine Arts), Birger Sandzen (dean of the Art School), George Rasely (tenor) and Luther D. Mott (bass).
31MUSICAL COURIER
32May 5, 1927
34FOREIGN NEWS IN BRIEF
36BEECHAM FOR LEEDS FESTIVAL
37LONDON.—Plans are already being made for next year's Triennial Festival at Leeds. The two conductors will be Sir Hugh Allen, who conducted last year with Albert Coates, and Sir Thomas Beecham, who will take Coates' place.
38M. S.
40A FASCIST OPERA SEASON AT TEATRO ADRIANO
41ROME.—The large Teatro Adriano is about to begin an autumn lyric season under eminently Fascist auspices, the initiative having come from the Fascist Roman Orchestral Syndicate. The opening opera will be Mascagni's Il Piccolo Marat. With the exception of Autunnale, by Antonio Micucci, the repertory will be the usual one.
42D. P.
44YOUNGEST ITALIAN COMPOSERS' WORKS PUBLISHED
45ROME.—Vincenzo Di Donato has completed a collection of works called Dorica, which comprises the works of the youngest composers such as Poleggi, Corti, Peragallo, Nataletti, etc. The object of this compilation is the study of their tendencies and talents. The indefatigable Roman editor, Alberto de Santis, is about to bring out the first number.
46D. P.
48MONTE CARLO TO HEAR NEW COMIC OPERA
49MONTE CARLO.—A new comic opera by Max d'Ollone will be produced here next season by Masson and Ricou, directors of the Paris Opéra Comique. The libretto, by Marcel Belvianes, is based on Molière's George Dandin.
50S. J.
52CASALS, FRIEDMAN AND HUBERMAN MADE "CHAMBER VIRTUOSOS"
53VIENNA.—Ignaz Friedman, Felix Weingartner, Pablo Casals, Bronislaw Huberman, Franz Schalk and all other prominent artists connected with the recent Beethoven Festival have been awarded high decorations by many foreign governments in connection with their collaboration. On this occasion, the Austrian government has awarded, for the first time, the title of "chamber virtuoso," obliterated since the overthrow of the old monarchy. The artists who were the first to receive this title again are Ignaz Friedman, Bronislaw Huberman and Pablo Casals.
54B.
56FORTY-FIVE NEWLY PUBLISHED LETTERS OF GLUCK
57VIENNA.—Forty-five of Gluck's letters have just been published for the first time by the Strache Verlag in Vienna. They are in one volume and were edited by Dr. Georg Kinisky. The letters are to Franz Kruthoffer, who was private secretary to the Austrian ambassador in Paris at the time of Gluck's visits, and with whom he formed a warm friendship. The letters throw much light on Gluck's attitude toward his contemporaries and the life surrounding him.
58B.
60VIENNA HAS LARGEST MUSICAL CHIMES
61VIENNA.—What are said to be the largest chimes in the world were inaugurated in the Hoher Marketplatz in Vienna on May 1. They were constructed by Prof. Matsch, and are a masterpiece of technical and artistic skill. The chimes strike every hour and have a long program which includes music from the Nibelung and Hildebrand, an old Crusader's song, an old minuet, a number of folksongs, and a piece from Haydn's Creation. Symbolic figures appear at every performance, including Marcus Aurelius, Charlemagne, Walter von der Vogelweide, Rudolf of Hapsburg, Prince Eugene, the Empress Maria Theresa, and Haydn.
62B.
64U. of Wisconsin Glee Club to Tour Europe
65M. H. Hanson has arranged to present the University of Wisconsin Men's Glee Club in a limited number of concerts in England, France and Germany. Prof. Swinney directs the thirty-five singers. The boys will sail from Montreal, June 24, after singing at Chicago, Cleveland, Buffalo and Toronto, on the way to Montreal. They will return to this country in time for the opening of the fall term of school.
67DUSOLINA GIANNINI,
68Who appeared in recital on Easter Sunday as a feature of the Lindsborg Annual Music Festival, Lindsborg, Kans.
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