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Musical Courier 1928-03-01: Vol 96 Iss 9, 1928
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1Gunn School of Music Summer Master Classes
2The Gunn School of Music, Chicago, has made important announcements concerning its annual session of summer master classes, which will be held from June 25 to August 4.
3The voice department again will be headed by Percy Rector Stephens, who will enter upon the third season with the Gunn School. Mr. Stephens needs no introduction to the American public, having been recognized for many years as one of the foremost authorities upon the problems of the singing voice and vocal education. His summer classes are looked forward to annually by a large body of students, not only for the new and practical knowledge which they may gain, but also for the stimulus of association with a teacher whose enthusiasm is equalled only by his knowledge.
4A feature of Mr. Stephens' teaching will be his auditory lessons, in which those enrolled may listen to his lessons and ask for explanation or discussion of the different problems that arise. Many experienced teachers of voice have found this summer vocal clinic invaluable to their progress.
5Christian Dickson will serve as assistant teacher to Mr. Stephens. Mrs. Dickson is a graduate of the Royal College of Music of London, England, and has studied with Mr. Stephens so that she is thoroughly conversant with his ideas and principles. Helen Ernsberger, a student of Mr. Stephens for many years, will be available for practice teaching.
6Howard Preston, basso of the Chicago Civic Opera Company, who has recently joined the faculty of the Gunn School, also will teach during the summer period. Among Mr. Preston's vocal instructors were Victor Maurel, Sir George Henschel, and Frank King Clark. His own teaching experience has been uniformly successful. He is particularly qualified to impart the traditions of opera and oratorio to his students.
7Albert Borroff, American basso, and a regular member of the faculty of the Gunn School, will teach during the summer term.
8The piano department will enlist the services of Lee Pattison and Glenn Dillard Gunn. For the first time in several years Mr. Pattison's large following will have the privilege of summer study with him. He will present again his popular series of lecture recitals which have been so largely attended in the past, and will be available for private lessons, and also the coaching of ensemble work, in which field, through his association with Guy Maier, he has achieved great renown.
9Mr. Gunn, described by the late James Gibbons Huneker as "a master pedagog of Chicago," is known as one of America's most successful teachers. Among his artist-pupils who have attained success in public appearances during the past two seasons are: Rae Bernstein, twice soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Sara Levee, soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Saul Dorfman, winner of the Greater Chicago Piano Tournament; Howard Bartle, soloist with the People's Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Gunn will continue his celebrated "How to Study" classes and will deliver his usual lectures in the piano normal course.
10Arthur Granquist, pianist and teacher, will likewise continue his work during the summer session.
11George Mulhinger, American pianist and pupil of Emil Sauer, is another recruit to the faculty of the Gunn School.
12The violin department will be headed by Amy Neill and Guy Herbert Woodard.
13Leo Sowerby, American composer, is to continue his work in the theory department, a branch of the art in which his services are regularly sought by a large body of students.
14New in the summer schedule of the Gunn School is the public school music course, which will be under the direction of Robert Gomer Jones, a graduate of Trinity College of Music, London, and head of the music department at Crane Junior College, which is under the direction of the Chicago Board of Education. Two special courses will be offered during the summer, one in elementary school music and one in junior high school music. Promotional credit will be granted for each. All academic subjects in these courses may be taken in the city department of the University of Chicago or at Crane Junior College. Both music courses will be covered in six hours each week for the semester term of six weeks.
15Special work in the dramatic department will be offered under the direction of Edwin Stanley and Viola Roth.
17GLENN DILLARD GUNN
19I See That
20Loeffler's "Clowns" for jazz orchestra had its première in Boston.
21Jeanne Gordon made her first appearance with the Metropolitan this season in Aida.
22The Gunn School of Music has announced that Percy Rector Stephens again will hold master classes there this summer.
23Owing to Walter Damrosch's illness, Eugene Goossens conducted the concert version of Wagner's Tristan at Carnegie Hall.
24Michael Bohnen made a hit as Mephistopheles in Faust at the Metropolitan last week.
25Mauro Cottone has left the Capitol Theater and will hold a large organ class.
26Rudolph Ganz was made vice-president of the Chicago Musical College.
27John Hutchins discusses in this issue the problem of the proper weight for singers.
28The Philadelphia Civic Opera Company gave Die Walküre with success.
29The League of Composers will present Stravinsky's Histoire du Soldat at the Jolson Theater on March 25.
30Levitzki's Paris debut proved a triumph.
31The women's luncheon of the American Guild of Organists was attended by 120 people.
32Brailowsky, Friedman, Egon Petri, Beatrice Harrison and the Fiske Singers have been giving concerts in London.
34The Philadelphia Operatic Society has started a drive for 50,000 members.
35Edwin Hughes will give a piano recital on March 10 at Town Hall, New York.
36Ernesto Berumen celebrated his tenth anniversary as a concert artist.
37Ruth Shaffner will sing Schmitt's Forty-seventh Psalm with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra on April 26 and 27.
38Herma Menth will give her New York recital at the John Golden Theater on March 25.
39K. H. David's opera, Traumwandel, had a successful première in Zurich.
40Paul Wittgenstein is to tour this country next season.
41Artur Schnabel has been acclaimed in London.
42There is an interview with Dimitri Tiomkin on modern music in this number of the Musical Courier.
43Edmond Clement is dead.
44Schönberg conducted his Gurrelieder in London with success.
45John Erskine was elected president of the Juilliard School of Music.
46Marie Rappold has been engaged to sing with the Chicago Civic Opera Company on its present transcontinental tour.
47George Liebling scored a personal triumph with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
48Brailowsky played before a packed house in Paris.
49John McCormack has been elevated to the Papal Peerage by Pope Pius in recognition of his position in the world of art.
50Alexander Raab is to teach at the summer master session of the Chicago Musical College.
52New European Triumphs of PHILIPP SCHARF AMERICAN VIOLINIST
54VIENNA
55"A great violinist" (Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung).
56"Splendid artistic taste . . . unfailing technique" (Neues Wiener Tagblatt).
57"Excellent talent . . . fine personality . . . a most notable violinist" (Neue Freie Presse, Dr. Julius Korngold).
58"A great virtuoso" (Arbeiter-Zeitung).
59"A sensational success . . . An artist of the very first rank" (Der Tag).
60"A great young artist" (Die Stunde).
62GERMANY (Tour with Chaliapin)
63"An excellent violinist" (Berliner Tageblatt).
64"A remarkable violinist" (Frankfurter Zeitung).
65"Beautiful violin playing" (Hamburger Nachrichten).
67BUDAPEST
68"Warm, sweet tone . . . noble phrasing . . . depth of expression, unfailing technique" (Neues Pester Journal).
69"Excellent bowing and imposing dexterity . . . noble, refined tone and interpretation" (Pester Lloyd).
71POLAND
72"A full-fledged artist of the first rank" (Chwila, Lemberg).
73"Deep musicianship, dazzling technique . . . tremendous success" (Kurier Lwoweski, Lemberg).
74"Played marvelously . . . stupendous technique, strongly individual style" (Wick Nowy, Lemberg).
75"Held his hearers spellbound . . . thrilling interpretations . . . a triumph" (Poranna Gazeta, Lemberg).
77After three triumphant European seasons, Mr. Scharf will be available in America for a limited number of concerts during the spring and fall of 1928. For terms and dates apply to
78Secretary of Philipp Scharf, Obere Donaustrasse 77, Vienna II, Austria
79or
80Philipp Scharf, care of Musical Courier, 113 West 57th Street, New York City
82"Great master of his instrument . . . phenomenal success" (Slowo Polski, Lemberg).
83"Stands in front row of violinists" (Wick Nowy, Lemberg).
85ITALY
86"A true virtuoso" (Gazzetta del Popolo, Torino).
87"Electrifying bravura" (Il Progresso, Milano).
88"Great artistry, astounding technique, masterly interpretations" (Giornale d'Italia, Rome).
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