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Musical Courier 1928-05-10: Vol 96 Iss 19, 1928
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1Music Notes From Coast to Coast
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5a public appeal to Mr. Huber from the stage of the Lyric to re-consider his decision to relinquish the position, and hundreds of letters have been received by Mr. Huber requesting him to accept again the appointment. Until some decision is reached no contracts for next season can be signed.
7The Baltimore Music Club will give one more concert before it officially closes its season. This organization of women has done some excellent work and has exerted a most beneficial influence in local musical circles. E. D.
9Boston, Mass. (See letter on another page.)
11Burlington, Vt. The first concert in the new Memorial Auditorium is considered the most successful of all the concerts given in this city and it also brought out the largest audience that ever attended any concert here. Joseph Lechmyr is the able conductor of the seventy-two piece ensemble and is constantly treating the public to worthwhile programs. This time he chose Beethoven's first symphony, following with works by Ketelby, Massenet, Strauss and Verdi. The soloist was Marion Keeler, local soprano, who has made a name for herself in musical circles. She was listed for five numbers and had to give eight, among her most noteworthy being the aria from La Traviata. Her voice is pure, supple and clear. She has a wide range, singing with apparent ease and abandon. Furthermore, she has a charming personality which does much to ingratiate her with her audience. Z.
13Chicago, Ill. (See letter on another page.)
15Cincinnati College of Music Notes
17Cincinnati, Ohio. Adolf Hahn, director of the College of Music, journeyed to Chicago to take an active part in the deliberations of the newly organized National Association of Music Schools which held a session there.
19Clifford Lang, pianist-composer, who studies the theoretical branches of music under Dr. Sidney C. Durst, created a fine impression with three descriptive compositions which he wrote and played for the Cincinnati Woman's Club Local Composers' program on April 18. Mr. Lang has about finished a concerto for piano and orchestra which will be performed for the first time by the College of Music Symphony Orchestra, next fall.
21Novelties in song, dance and drama are to be offered by Mrs. Adolf Hahn, Tillie Hahn and Mrs. William Smith Goldenburg, on May 19. Mrs. Goldenburg plans to do W. S. Gilbert's comedy Creatures of Impulse, employing the Ben Greet version of the play. A new departure in the dramatic department of the school is the establishment of a Tots' Theatre, in which the participants are from the ages of four and nine years. Their first performance under direction of Mrs. Goldenburg, has been set for Saturday, May 12.
23Cincinnati Conservatory of Music Notes
25For the master class in singing this summer Bertha Baur, Director of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, selected John A. Hoffmann, for twenty-six years with the school, who is a member of the artist faculty, teaching singing and repertory, and is in charge of the classes in choir singing. To those who know Mr. Hoffmann and his constructive work during these years of faithful service this recognition is highly merited for he is really a symbol of the conservatory's growth in culture and learning. He is ever in the front rank of teachers and his pupils reap success in their chosen fields. Possessing an exceptionally versatile mind and an unusually fine personality, Mr. Hoffmann is master of voice, piano, violin and organ, besides having a thorough knowledge of modern languages. Work in his master class this summer will be especially stimulating and inspiring for teachers who desire to acquire the best in methods, for singers who wish to acquire a repertoire of wide interest, and for students who are ready for advanced teaching. Mr. Hoffmann will devote the six weeks to these branches and add to them the advanced study of oratorio and operatic arias, as well as voice placement. He is himself a graduate of the conservatory, where he studied with its founder, Clara Baur, and then spent several years studying with masters in London and Berlin where he achieved a notable reputation as an oratorio singer and song recitalist, also winning high praise in Paris.
27The summer school chorus will also be under the direction of Mr. Hoffmann, who for many years has been the director of the noted St. John's Choir which turned impresario this winter, presenting the Cherniavsky Trio, Grace Divine and Daniel Ericourt in concert besides giving one itself. This chorus meets daily and gives a concert at the end of the session. Attendance is required of all students and a half credit is given for the course.
29A number of Mr. Hoffmann's pupils will again sing with the Zoo Opera Company under the direction of Isaac Van Grove and the eighteen or more different operas presented each summer afford a splendid training school for student fortunate enough to win a place in the chorus, but especially for those who attend regularly and thus become familiar with the music and presentation of these grand operas. A number of Mr. Hoffmann's pupils are usually chosen for some of the smaller roles proving that his teaching is of the sort demanded by the profession.
31One of the outstanding programs given at the Conservatory of Music during Lent, and one of which Miss Baur is especially proud, was the presentation of the Messiah by the conservatory chorus and orchestra under the direction of Mr. Hoffmann. The solos were sung by Robert Powell, Ezra Hoffmann, Mary Alice Cheney, Sherwood Kains, Iliah Clark, Ruth Carhart, Elsie Jones, Janie Ellwood, Wallace MacGill, Sam Adams and Frances Reese all of whom are members of the chorus. The accompanist was Miriam Otto who is the official accompanist for the conservatory chorus. Every music critic in the city was well pleased and satisfied with the presentation and Mr. Hoffmann received many congratulations upon the artistic success of this performance. This distinguished teacher has made a close study of oratorio and sacred music and his choir at the St. John's Protestant Church as well as the conservatory chorus are examples of his painstaking work in behalf of this type of music.
33Graduate recitals were presented at the Cincinnati Conservatory the week of April 23. Three were scheduled—one for violin and two for piano.
35Robert Perutz, teacher of violin, presented his graduate pupil, Rosalind Mundt, in a violin recital at the Conservatory Concert Hall. Miss Mundt had as her accompanist Anita Cook. Miss Mundt is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Mundt, of Helena, Ark.
37The second program, also given in the Conservatory Concert Hall, was a pianoforte recital in which Mr. Perutz presented a number of his pupils and in which Sarah Rosenberg with two candidates for graduation were featured with other of his pupils. The program included Katherine Goza in the Bach-Tausig Toccata and Fugue in D minor; Loretta Huermann in Godard's Valse Chromatique; Charlotte Louise Brownstead in Schubert's Scherzo in D flat major; Herberta Stone in Adams' Valse Impromptu; Ruth Arenstein in Rachmaninoff's prelude, in G minor; George Swadener in Schubert's Impromptu, in E flat major; Amy Ellen Howard in Smetana's Polka Poetique, in E flat major; Mary Lou Bogart in Poldini's Etude Japonaise, Helen Higdon in Haessler's Grande Gigue, D minor and Chopin's Valse, Op. 64, No. 2; Elizabeth O'Rear in Mendelssohn's Rondo Capriccioso Op. 14; Sarah Rosenberg in Schubert-Ganz Ballet Music from Rosemunde and Chopin's Valse, in D flat major; Elizabeth Powers in Dohnanyi's Concert Etude, B flat minor; Esther Von Bockern in Chopin's Scherzo, C sharp minor; Minervah Yelton in Chopin's Study in Double Thirds, Op. 25, No. 6; and Turkey in the Straw, arranged by Guion and Harold Macomber in Glinka-Balakirew's The Lark and Schloezer's Etude de Concert in E flat major.
39The third program brought Julia Cameron in a solo graduation pianoforte recital. Miss Cameron who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Cameron of Andalusia, Ala., is a pupil of Dean Frederick Shailer Evans.
41Ann Berghausen, pupil in piano of Alma Betscher, won the Ohio Federation of Music contest at Dayton in the class under twelve years of age. Jewel Litz and Robert Bernstein, both pupils of Robert Perutz in violin won in the two classes for contestants between the ages of twelve and fifteen and from fifteen to eighteen. Doris Lee, pupil of Mme. Marguerite Liszniowska, won the contest in the piano class of twelve to fifteen years of age. All are students at the Conservatory of Music. M. D.
43Cleveland, Ohio. Nikolai Sokoloff closed his season with a concert at Masonic hall in which Beethoven's seventh symphony was perhaps the high point. Interesting, too, was Brahms Song of Fate, sung by the combined Glenville High School Choral Club and the choir of the First Methodist Church, under the direction of Griffith J. Jones. The two choirs sang again in Borodin's Polovstian Dances from Prince Igor. Richard Strauss' Death and Transfiguration made up the remainder of the program.
45Pupils of the Cleveland Institute School of Opera, under the supervision of Marcel Salzinger, head of the voice department, gave an evening of grand opera at the Metropolitan Theatre, presenting acts from Faust, Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci. Vocally and histrionically the pupils were far above the amateur class and gave a performance that might have passed very creditably as bona fide grand opera.
47Beryl Rubinstein, head of the piano department of the Institute, was soloist at the last Singers' Club concert of the season, at Masonic Hall.
49The Singers' Club, under the leadership of J. Van Dyke Miller, introduced two novelties into its program in Friuli's Allah's Holiday and the finale from Gilbert and Sullivan's Gondoliers. Of a more popular nature, too, was Wake Miss Lindy, by H. Waldo Warner, and Franck's Chorus of Camel Drivers and On the Sea by Dudley Buck were high spots in the enjoyable program.
51Annabel Hess, Cleveland pianist, gave a recital in the ballroom of Wade Park Manor, playing an interesting list of pieces. Miss Hess, who has an enviable following in the city, played in her usual musicianly way.
53The Fortnightly Chorus, singing under the direction of Zoe Long Fouts, gave an evening recital in the ballroom of Hotel Statler, singing Strauss-Braun's Zueignung, Moonlight by Schumann-Saar, Serenade by Strauss-Saar, The Bridegroom by Brahms-Saar, Waltz of the Flowers by Tschaikowsky-Bornschin, Mirage by Kramer, Next Market Day by Bornschin, and Arthur Foote's Recessional.
55Clarice Balas, Cleveland pianist and teacher, played two groups comprised of the Albeniz Tango, Cyril Scott's Danse Negre, Debussy's Clair de Lune, the Chopin Revolutionary Etude, Am Meer by Schubert-Liszt, Menuetto by Schubert, Impromptu in B flat, also by Schubert, and Liszt's Hungarian Khapsody No. 11. Grace Toy Davidson, contralto, sang a group of songs by Alice Barnet, with Mrs. Harry Goodbread at the piano.
57The Passion According to St. Mathew, by Bach, was beautifully sung at Masonic Hall by the Greater Cleveland Lutheran Chorus, with F. W. Strietter conducting. Soloists were Florence Waasson, soprano; Marie Stone Langston, contralto; Arthur Kraft, tenor; John Samuel, bass-baritone, and Thomas Belden, bass. The Cleveland Symphonic Ensemble, under the baton of Walter Logan; Estella Woehrmann, pianist, and Albert Reinschneider, organist, furnished the beautiful accompaniment.
59Laura Bender, Pittsburgh pianist, was soloist at the concert of the Schumann Club in the ballroom of Hotel Statler. The chorus, under the direction of Almeda C. Adams, sang songs by Verdi, Donaudy, Schumann, Brahms, Moussorgsky, Borodin, Rachmaninoff and others.
61Henschel's Stabat Mater was given at the Museum of Art by the choir of the First Baptist Church, C. B. Ellinwood, director, with Hazel Lawrence, soprano, Marie Simmelink Kraft, contralto, Richard Bovington, tenor, and Plummer Giffin, bass, as soloists. Roy Crocker was at the organ. E. C.
63Easton, Pa. The second concert of the season was given by the Orpheus Male Chorus, in the Senior High School Auditorium, before a very appreciative audience. Ralph Johnson conducted the gathering of about forty voices. Listed on the attractive program was George B. Nevin's composition, Smile Again My Bonnie Lassie, the composer being an Easton resident. The Easton Express commented that "this song possesses the simplicity and lyric quality which are the hall marks of Mr. Nevin's music." V.
65Harrisonburg, Pa. The men's glee club and banjo orchestra of Otterbein College, Ohio, gave an excellent concert at Assembly Hall.
67Ernest L. Loude, well known organist of the valley, was heard in recital on the new Estey organ in the Catholic Church of the Blessed Sacrament.
69The Methodist choir, under the able direction of Mrs. A. K. Fletcher, gave Stainer's Crucifixion, with great effect.
71L. A. Potter, organist, and Mrs. Potter Sopa, recently gave a joint concert at the Methodist Church. Mr. Potter also gave an organ recital at Dayton on the new four manual organ.
73A delightful program was presented at the Frances Calvert Thompson Studios, the occasion being a piano recital by Josephine Hutcheson of Edinburg, assisted by Dr. Schwanenfeld and Earl Heatwole. Miss Hutcheson showed unusual talent and played with style and finish. She played compositions of Bach, Beethoven, Nevin, Mendelssohn and Chopin. F. C. T.
75New Orleans, La. Preliminary announcement of Music Week in New Orleans created considerable interest. Arrangements were made for ten band concerts, all of them to take place on the balcony of the Grunewald Music Store on Canal Street, and representing the different businesses and clubs of the city. G.
77Omaha, Neb. The Omaha A Capella Choir gave its first concert recently, with Gilbert W. Uhler, conductor. The choristers had as assistants Tom Blanchard, tenor, and Emily Davis, violinist. The selection of numbers included names famous in the literature of music and testified to the musical appreciation and competence of the participants. I.
79Gordon Campbell in Kansas
81Gordon Campbell, Chicago accompanist, was at the State College in Manhattan, Kans., on April 23 to assist in the program given by Florence Austral, soprano, and John Amadio, flutist. Mr. Campbell served as accompanist for both these accomplished artists.
83AMERICAN SOPRANO
84In America 1927-28
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86Tel.: Susquehanna 9490
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