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Musical Courier 1928-12-20: Vol 97 Iss 25, 1928
41 lines. Read by computer on 29 September 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. Printed page 18. See the scan on archive.org.
1Libushka Bartusek, Disease
2"There is but one thing harder to live down than having been a Ziegfeld Follies' beauty, and that is, having been a dancer and then aspiring to the career of a singer."
3Thus runs the lament of Libushka Bartusek, formerly premiere travestie of the Chicago Grand Opera and now heading the ballet department of the Chicago Musical College.
4However, all this activity in one direction, namely, terpsichorean expression, has not dampened the ardor of Libushka's innate love of expression through the medium of the word spoken and sung, and the years spent in improving the agility of her feet and the feet of others have been devoted to the cultivation of her voice as well. Under the tutelage of Mme. Herman Devries, Libushka Bartusek has developed into something unique as an artist—a disease— one of two readings
5in the Daily News was none the less favorable: "Dai Buell, a Boston pianist, who has visited here on several occasions, was playing the B Flat Partita by Bach during her recital when the Playhouse was visited yesterday, and there was an easy technical style, a certain facility, and an unrestrained manner in her playing of this and also of the Scarlatti Capriccio. She pleased her audience with her fluent manner." one of two readings
6However, all this activity in one direction, namely, terpsichorean expression, has not dampened the ardor of Libushka's innate love of expression through the medium of the word spoken and sung, and the years spent in improving the agility of her feet and the feet of others have been devoted to the cultivation of her voice as well. Under the tutelage of Mme. Herman Devries, Libushka Bartusek has developed into something unique as an artist—a disease—in the Daily News was none the less favorable: "Dai Buell, a Boston pianist, who has visited here on several occasions, was playing the B Flat Partita by Bach during her recital when the Playhouse was visited yesterday, and there was an easy technical style, a certain facility, and an unrestrained manner in her playing of this and also of the Scarlatti Capriccio. She pleased her audience with her fluent manner." one of two readings
7"The Bach Partita was neatly played," was the opinion of Karleton Hackett in the Post, while Eugene Stinton in the Journal commented: "She gave a performance delightfully neat and spirited." Herman Devries in the Evening American wrote: "She is so popular here and her art is so familiar to us that I need but record her usual success."
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10Juilliard Graduate School Notes
11Reports are received frequently of recitals or debuts in the United States and abroad of students of the Juilliard Graduate School. During the winter William Beller, pupil of Josef Lhevinne for the past three years, was heard in recital in Grand Rapids, Mich., on November 2 and on November 30 in Waco, Texas.
12Pearl Besuner, a pupil of Mme. Sembrich, who has also been at the Graduate School for three years, was scheduled to make her debut at the Metropolitan Opera Company in the role of Siebel in Faust on December 8. Miss Besuner won the Juilliard Dresden Opera Fellowship but did not take advantage of it because she was accepted as a member of the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York. However, she did not sever connections with the school and its activities, and is being assisted with her coaching, in this country instead of in Europe, to aid her with her Metropolitan roles.
13On November 27, Harold Triggs made a successful New York debut in Town Hall in a piano recital. He is a pupil of Josef Lhevinne and has been a student of the school for four years.
14Muriel Kerr, pianist, and Sadah Shuchari, violinist, appeared with the Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra at the inaugural concert of the Schubert Memorial, Inc., at Carnegie Hall on December 5. Miss Shuchari appeared at the Schubert concert given at Town Hall on November 16 in the trio with Isabelle Yalkovsky, pianist.
15Nicolai Berezovsky, pupil of Rubin Goldmark and Paul Kochanski, and student at the Juilliard Graduate School for three years, had his Hebrew Suite played at the pair of Philharmonic concerts on December 6 and 7, and his quintet, Suite for Wind Instruments, will be played at Town Hall on December 19 by the League of Composers. one of two readings
16Nicolai Berezowsky, pupil of Rubin Goldmark and Paul Kochanski, and student at the Juilliard Graduate School for three years, had his Hebrew Suite played at the pair of Philharmonic concerts on December 6 and 7, and his quintet, Suite for Wind Instruments, will be played at Town Hall on December 19 by the League of Composers. one of two readings
17Dorothy Kendrick, piano pupil of Josef Lhevinne and for three years a student at the Graduate School, has appeared in many concerts in Texas this year.
18On December 15, the second of the 1928-1929 series of the Juilliard Graduate School concerts will be given in the Engineering Auditorium under the direction of Albert Stoessel. It will be given by the entire String Orchestra of the Graduate School.
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21Prof. Truck Pupils in Recital
22In the auditorium of Public School No. 217 in Brooklyn, on December 5, the pupils of Prof. A. H. Truck appeared in recital. Prof. Truck again proved his skill in developing talent in a short period of time. This was clearly indicated by the playing of all of his and his daughter's pupils who offered piano and violin solos.
23The program opened with two selections by a six piece orchestra composed entirely of students. This was followed by a piano solo, Rachmaninoff's Prelude, by Stella Zietarska, and a violin solo by her brother, Rudolph Zietarski, Kujawiak (Wieniawski). Both brother and sister have only been studying with Prof. Truck for slightly over two years, and showed exceptional talent and technic. Miss Zietarska then played, with Julia Makowska, the Radetzki March, arranged for piano (four hands). Other solo numbers were equally well played by Eugenia Gudanowska, Dorothy Gross, Deborah Matlow, Sophia Zuriek, Lillian Zuriek and Miss Makowska.
24Prof. Truck played the concerto by Hofmann with Miss Matlow. This concerto for two violins and piano was beautifully performed and well received. The selections given by the orchestra included the Faust Waltz, the Light Cavalry Overture, the Calif of Bagdad, and the Poet and Peasant Overture. Prof. Truck will be remembered as being the only one in the United States having a diploma from the celebrated Jacob Dont.
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27Annie Louise David Returning Soon
28Annie Louise David will fulfill a re-engagement at Stamford University on December 16, among the numbers on the program being Horatio Parker's Dream of Mary. Miss David is booked in Oakland on December 19, in a joint recital with Laurel Bias, after which she will leave for New York for additional engagements. She plays in Hartford, Conn., on January 22, at the Woman's Club.
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31Darmstadt Hears New Heger Work
32DARMSTADT.—Robert Heger, conductor of the Vienna Staatsoper, has scored a notable success here with the first public performance of his new symphonic work. The first movement is dramatic in mood, the second a Perpetuum Mobile.
33R. P.
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36LIBUSHKA BARTUSEK one of two readings
38Dai Buell Again in Chicago one of two readings
39November 4 was the date of Dai Buell's Chicago recital, when the gifted Boston pianist received warm praise from the critics. Said Glenn Dillard Gunn in the Herald and Examiner: "Dai Buell, energetic American pianist, gave a fluent, clean-cut, sharply accented account of the charming B flat Partita of Bach, which she treated, quite properly, as a bright and spirited suite of dances. Fleet fingers and delicately emphasized rhythms marked her account of a Caprice by Scarlatti." one of two readings
40The following is an excerpt from Grace Moore's review in the Tribune: "Miss Buell played her chosen numbers in good style with intelligence and taste." Maurice Rosenfeld one of two readings
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