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Musical Courier 1927-06-16: Vol 94 Iss 24, 1927
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1June 16, 1927
3GOTHAM GOSSIP
5WILDERMANN INSTITUTE GRADUATION CONCERT
6Town Hall was well filled, June 8, when the Wildermann Institute of Music held the annual graduation concert and conferring of diplomas. Because of a similar contemporary affair, the present writer missed hearing James Calvin Crabtree, organist; Yetta Sanctorzic, Ethel Rochford, Kathleen Bowen and Ange Rizzo, pianists; William Brielofsky and Leona Birnbaum, violinists. A double violin quartet, of whom four were borough prize winners, played a melodious andante by Bohm with altogether surprising ensemble and effectiveness. They were Martha Abramson, Leona Birnbaum, William Brielofsky, Gizella Ehrenwerth, Charlotte Hurwitz, Owen Lusak, Nestor Lusak and Sarah Swartzmann. Jane Petranich played Mendelssohn's Capriccio Brillante with fluency, and two notable solo violinists were little Gizella Ehrenwerth and Sarah Swartzmann, both showing great talent. Mildred Behlen played Beethoven concerto excerpts with good touch, and Sarah Goodman, who previously showed marked talent as accompanist, offered the first movement of Tchaikovsky's piano concerto. An ensemble for violins, piano and organ enlisted the cooperation of Martha Abramson, Leona Birnbaum, William Brielofsky, Gizella Ehrenwerth, Charlotte Hurwitz, Owen Lusak, Nestor Lusak, William Rubin, Mathilda Sanctorzic, Samuel Sanctorzic, Sarah Swartzmann, Mr. Crabtree and Miss Bowen. Miss Wildermann played accompaniments to concertos, and flowers were presented all the soloists. June 17 the recital of junior students occurs at the Staten Island Academy. Conferring of diplomas concluded the program.
8N. Y. SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND ARTS RECITAL
9Twenty-one numbers made up the June 2 recital by students at the New York School of Music and Arts, Ralfe Leech Sternner, president, the program containing piano, vocal, organ and harp numbers. A large audience listened with interest, and some new students were heard. Dorothy Hayden's pretty soprano voice and distinct enunciation were noted; Vivian Menn has a dramatic soprano voice of both power and quality, and looks well; Helen Gumpner played the Military Polonaise with accuracy and incisive rhythm; Alice Denhardt's playing of the von Weber Konzertstuck (first movement) showed broad style and effective execution; Sylvia Sobel has an excellent soprano voice and sang with impulse; Arline Felker's singing of Lullaby (Bond) was most delicate and expressive, while Ralph Barragan played with brilliant touch and style the finale of von Weber's Konzertstuck. Madelon Westervelt Eilert played the Capriccio in B minor (Mendelssohn) with fluent technic and bravura, attaining a brilliant climax. Others on the program were Anna De Cew, Elizabeth Street, Katherine Taylor, Helen Mahaupt, Inez Toledano, Margaret Noonan, Bernice Cole, Mary Muldoon, and Messrs. William Benis, Alvin Litman and James Ross. Mrs. Davis accompanied as usual. one of two readings
10Twenty-one numbers made up the June 2 recital by students at the New York School of Music and Arts, Ralfe Leech Stern, president, the program containing piano, vocal, organ and harp numbers. A large audience listened with interest, and some new students were heard. Dorothy Hayden's pretty soprano voice and distinct enunciation were noted; Vivian Menn has a dramatic soprano voice of both power and quality, and looks well; Helen Gumpner played the Military Polonaise with accuracy and incisive rhythm; Alice Denhardt's playing of the von Weber Konzertstuck (first movement) showed broad style and effective execution; Sylvia Sobel has an excellent soprano voice and sang with impulse; Arline Felker's singing of Lullaby (Bond) was most delicate and expressive, while Ralph Barragan played with brilliant touch and style the finale of von Weber's Konzertstuck. Madelon Westervelt Eilert played the Capriccio in B minor (Mendelssohn) with fluent technic and bravura, attaining a brilliant climax. Others on the program were Anna De Cew, Elizabeth Street, Katherine Taylor, Helen Mahaupt, Inez Toledano, Margaret Noonan, Bernice Cole, Mary Muldoon, and Messrs. William Benis, Alvin Litman and James Ross. Mrs. Davis accompanied as usual. one of two readings
12MRS. LEWIS W. ARMSTRONG'S SPRING RECITAL
13The annual spring recital by piano pupils of Mrs. Lewis W. Armstrong took place, June 10, in the Republican Club Hall, Washington Heights; thirty numbers were played by pupils selected from her class of forty players. Mrs. Armstrong is known as the "dean of piano teachers," and is active and vigorous.
15HERBERT STAVELY SAMMOND PUPILS' RECITAL
16The Little Salon of the new Aeolian Hall was the scene, June 8, of a song recital by artist-pupils of Herbert Stavely Sammond. The participants were Thelma Haber, Ethel Heeren, Mrs. Reginald Reed, Beatrice Smith, sopranos; Adele Trace, contralto; Walter C. Nickolds and Charles Wallace, baritones. Miss Heeren was the 1926 winner of the gold medal, New York Music Week contest. Beside teaching a large class, Mr. Sammond is the organist of the Middle Collegiate Church, New York, and conductor of the Brooklyn Morning Choral and the Elizabeth Oratorio Society.
18BECKERS IN FLOOD SUFFERERS' BENEFIT
19Valeska and Vivian Becker (daughters of Gustav L. Becker), with Dorothy Cameron, appeared at an entertainment, dances and music, at Guild Hall, June 13; the three children gave much pleasure through their graceful activities. Others on the program were Etta Beigel, Leonardo Carriero, Ovedia Holther and Ruth Schutzman.
21MUSIC STUDENTS' LEAGUE WANTS MEMBERS
22The Music Students' League, through Alice Gates, secretary, is making a membership drive. The last meeting was held June 14, when the participants in the musical program were Suzanne Gambardella, soprano; Shirley Portnoi, violinist, and Victor Trucco, pianist and accompanist.
24FRANKLYN MCAFEE PLAYS ORGAN
25The closing organ number, evening service, Greene Ave. Baptist Church, was recently played by Franklyn McAfee, organist, of Detroit. Following several years of study, one season being in Ann Arbor, he has studied this year with Prof. Riesberg. He played Lemmen's Fanfare with much imposing brilliancy and from memory; he has undoubted talent for the organ.
27Music for the Blind
28On June 10 a concert was given at the New York Institute for the Education of the Blind in the Institute's new building, Pelham Parkway at Williamsbridge Road, New York City. The program was as follows: Coronation March by S. Svendsen, played on the organ by Mary Kleine; Andante, from Sonata, op. 49, No. 1, by Beethoven, played by Beatrice Saladino, pianist; Flow, Thou Regal Purple Stream (Old English), sung by Henry Heuser, baritone; Song, from Sea Pieces, by Edward MacDowell, played by Rose Boccia, pianist; Cantata, Snow White, by Franz Abt, sung by the chorus; Spring Song by Alfred Hollins, played on the organ by Robert Judkins; two etudes, Idylle and Hungarian, by Edward MacDowell, played by Ruth Johnson, pianist, and Hail to the Chief, by Ebenezer Prout, sung by the chorus.
30Carnahan Pupil in Recital
31Edith Ackerman Dryer, a pupil of Franklyn Carnahan, well known Cleveland pianist and teacher, presented an interesting program at the Euclid Avenue Studio, that showed to advantage the musicianly work of both student and instructor. Especially well played were the modern numbers, notably the Debussy arabesque and the Naila Waltz by Delibes-Dohnanyi, in which the pianist disclosed tone of both delicacy and depth through a remarkably well seasoned technic. The Chopin F minor concerto closed the program and was given an excellent reading. Orchestral accompaniments were played by Elizabeth Duff.
33Suzanne Keener in Forty-four Concerts
34Suzanne Keener, charming coloratura soprano, formerly of the Metropolitan Opera Company, who has just completed a successful concert season of forty-four engagements, only has the month of June for absolute rest, as she has already been booked for several summer recitals. During the 1926-27 season the popular young singer filled twenty-seven dates at colleges and universities alone. She is a great favorite with the students, and on many occasions has declared that she "loves to sing to young people because they are so enthusiastic and responsive." Her highly diversified programs—combining the strictly conventional recital program with the costume recital—have sufficient variety and charm to appeal to all classes of music-lovers.
36During the season just closed Miss Keener appeared under the direction of Andrew Baird at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., as soloist with the Orpheus Club, and at Middletown, N. Y., with the Apollo Club, on May 23 and 26 respectively. She gave concerts in North and South Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kansas, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Georgia and New York. Miss Keener's southern tour proved such an overwhelming success that she is being brought back for concerts during December, January and March in Kentucky, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and Florida. She has already been booked for over twenty concerts for next season, opening early in October with her first tour of the Pacific Coast, and will sing several concerts in the States of Utah and Colorado on her way East during the middle of November.
38One of Miss Keener's important summer engagements will be a recital for the delegates to the State Convention of Northern Ohio Music Clubs in July.
40Lyell Barbour's London Recital
41Lyell Barbour, who returned to his own country this season and made a successful re-appearance in New York, is now in England, where he gave a concert at Wigmore Hall, London, on May 10. His program included the Mozart fantasia, the Beethoven sonata in D major, a Brahms group, and pieces by Albeniz, Granados and Debussy. The young pianist was cordially received and as usual the press commented favorably on his rendition of the program. After his recital on April 6 at The Hague, Mr. Barbour was engaged at once to play with the orchestra at Scheveningen on August 7. He has also played a number of private engagements in London.
43Geraldine Calla Nolan Joins Klibansky Studio
44Geraldine Calla Nolan, a soprano with a beautiful voice, is studying with Mr. Klibansky, having been recommended to him by Walter Damrosch who is much interested in her career. Since studying with Mr. Klibansky she has made remarkable progress, as everybody remarks who previously heard her; in the fall she will go on a concert tour.
46Other Klibansky pupils too have been heard successfully in concerts, among them, Fannyne Block, in Windsor, Ont., and in Flint, Mich.; Aimee Punshon at a musicale at the home of Mrs. W. Shakmann, and in Boston, where also Grace Williams and Paul Simmons sang The Redemption; Paul Simmons, at the Daly Theater in New York; Anne Elliott, in recital at Steinway Hall on May 18; Cyril Pitts and James Phillipps, engaged at a Methodist Church and the former soloist at an Asbury Park Church during the summer months; Virginia Albin, heard at the Plaza Hotel; Alveda Lofgren, substituting at the Central Presbyterian Church, East Orange, and at the Park Avenue Church in Orange, N. J.; Mrs. Johnston Wheeler, soloist at the Community Church, Douglaston, L. I., and Paul Simmons, singing at the Presbyterian Church in Irvington-on-the-Hudson.
48Eulah Cornor Sings Carmen
49The season has not yet closed for Eulah Cornor, contralto, who has to her credit many successful appearances with the Cincinnati Opera and St. Louis Opera companies and in concert and recital. Miss Cornor's fine contralto voice has won her much praise throughout the country and her bookings for next season will doubtless be plentiful. On June 11 Miss Cornor took part in the production of Carmen at the Stadium in Minneapolis, given under the auspices of the University of Minnesota. The cast included, besides Miss Cornor, such well known artists as Edward Johnson, Ina Bourskaya and Stephanson, Metropolitan Opera tenor, contralto and bass, respectively.
51Fat Royalties for Schenck
52The H. W. Gray Company (Novello) recently paid Elliott Schenck his annual royalties, which represent big sales of his choral compositions published by them. First in the number of copies sold is The Faint Little Heart, a short cantata for women's voices; also Golden Slumbers, for women's voices. Home Coming, a marching song for male voices, with snare drum obligato, leads the male choruses, which include The Birds of Bethlehem, If Wishes Were Horses, Oh Lady Moon, etc.
54MUSICAL COURIER
56SUZANNE KEENER
57Photo by Cunningham
59From June to October
60CLARENCE ADLER
61Conducts
62Master Classes in Piano Playing
63at
64KA-REN-NI-O-KE
65His Music Camp at
66LAKE PLACID, N. Y.
67Address: Secretary, 137 West 86 Street
68New York
70VAN RHYN RENE—VOCAL TEACHER
71Studio 346 West 71st Street, New York
72Telephone: Susquehanna 9541
74The Brahms Chorus of Philadelphia
75N. LINDSAY NORDEN, Conductor
76"The Brahms Chorus Gives Fine Concert at Willow Grove"
77The Chorus, which is the newest of the important choral organizations of this city, numbered about ninety last evening, and as has been the case in its previous public appearances, sang exceedingly well, especially in view of the fact that outdoors singing was a novelty to the members of the Chorus, as well as the further fact that the acoustics of such singing are always baffling to singers. But the tone quality was excellent, the intonation and enunciation exceedingly good, and the Chorus followed the indicated wishes of Mr. Norden with clock-like precision. Many of the numbers selected by the Conductor were in from five to eight parts. Some of the more important choral numbers were: Weelkes' "On the Plains," a clever arrangement of the Negro Spiritual, "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," an exceedingly fine performance of Camille Zeckwer's "I Met With Death," "Venita," of Brahms, Fatyeff's strikingly original setting of "The Creed," Dr. Tily's "Crossing the Bar," and "The Devil's Awa," by Delamarter; these all being sung a cappella. With piano accompaniment were sung "Sleep Song" from Henry Hadley's "Music, an Ode," in which the solo part was most effectively sung by Miss M. Louise Jacoby, "The Coronation Scene" from "Boris Godounoff," by Moussorgsky, with Wilbur Evans as the baritone soloist, and the Chorale and Closing Chorus from "Die Meistersinger," Wagner.
78Philadelphia Public Ledger, June 8th, 1927.
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