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Musical Courier 1928-12-20: Vol 97 Iss 25, 1928
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1December 20, 1928
3The Platt School of Music
4Organized in 1920 by Estelle G. Platt, the Platt School of Music has established the reputation of being one of the finest and most complete schools of music to be found in New York at the present time.
6The school is the logical outcome of the splendid work of its two directors, Estelle G. Platt and Charlotte Kendall Hull. Miss Platt serves as head of the vocal department. She is especially interested in proper tone production and voice placement. As the result of her studies with Delle Sedie and Bjorksten she has evolved an original method that is undoubtedly responsible for her success in this field. Miss Hull serves as head of the violin department. Her special interest is in ensemble and orchestral work and in these branches she directs all the school's work. Miss Hull studied with Jacobsohn of Chicago and Viardot of Paris.
8The faculty of the Platt School is made up of leaders in their respective branches of music: Margaret Anderson, artist pianist, teacher and lecturer; Doris Madden, Australian pianist and teacher, who studied under Godowsky at the Royal Conservatory in Vienna and is an exponent of the Godowsky method; Bernice Erskine Nicholson, artist pianist and teacher, who studied at the Hampstead Academy of Music in London, at the Berlin University with Max Friedlaender and Conrad Ansorge, and with Kate Chittenden; Gladys Shailer, pianist of the Euphonic Trio and well known as a coach and accompanist, who has charge of courses in accompanying; C'Zelma Crosby, graduate of the Cincinnati Conservatory, who is head of the cello department and cellist of the Euphonic Trio; Mme. Trotin, of the Juilliard Graduate School, who gives courses in ear training, harmony and sight singing; and Harold Winters, graduate of the American Institute of Art, who gives courses in harmony, counterpoint and composition.
10Some of the artist-pupils of the Platt School who have entered the professional field include Winston Wilkinson, now director of violin at the University of Virginia, who has acted as assisting artist with the late Enrico Caruso, with Galli-Curci and John McCormack; Anthony Borello, now on tour with the Eddy Brown String Quartet; Marguerite Waite, founder of the American Trio; Dorothy Fox, dramatic soprano; Emeline Maxwell, soprano; Valerie Ducher, lyric soprano; Beatrice Clark and Crystal Bird.
12The Platt School of Music offers full courses in all branches of music, with several free and partial scholarships open to deserving students. Frequent studio recitals are held and each year a closing recital is held at Town Hall in New York.
14One of Miss Hull's creations, the Kendall String Quartet, was organized in 1924. At that time the boys who composed the trio were from ten to thirteen years of age—said to be the youngest string quartet in the entire country. The caliber of the quartet can be judged by the fact that it won the bronze and silver medals in the Music Week Contest of 1926, and the cup in the contest of 1927.
16Agnes Fleming Highly Praised
17Agnes Fleming, artist pupil of Ethel Grow, gave a recital on November 20 at Guild Hall under the auspices of the Washington Heights Musical Club, of which a report has already been printed in these columns. She was, as already recorded, extremely well received and The Morning Telegraph of November 22 in its final extra, under a boxed head said of her: "Guild Hall housed a promising young singer Tuesday. Agnes Fleming is a lyric soprano with a coloratura range and a freedom and elasticity of production able to laugh at high notes. O wüsst ich doch den Weg zurück, of Brahms, and Auf dem Schiffe, by the same composer, called for contrasts of vocal interpretation that were well within Miss Fleming's artistic scope. Fêtes Galantes, of Debussy, had to be repeated. In fact, Miss Fleming responded to a number of encores. Sylvia Voorhees at the piano was both an able and sympathetic accompanist."
19Elly Ney Plays at Royal Palace at Weimar
20One of the outstanding events of the Schubert year in Germany was the opening for the first time since Goethe's death of the Royal Palace at Weimar. On December 3 Elly Ney, pianist, played there in the palace of Goethe's friend, Herzogin Anna Amalia, an all Schubert program sponsored by the Goethe Society. This was the first of several concerts constituting a Schubert cycle.
22HACKETT
23VAN YORX
24LAMONT
25THEO – TENOR
26TAFURO
27TENOR NOW SINGING IN EUROPE
28CYRENA VAN GORDON
29Prima Donna Mezzo Contralto, Chicago Opera Company
30"She is fulfilling the late Maestro Campanini's prediction: 'You will be one of the greatest mezzo-contraltos of the age.'"
31GUILMANT ORGAN SCHOOL
32DR. WILLIAM C. CARL, Director.
33Thirtieth year. New features. Practical advantages. Each student receives individual attention. Free Berolzheimer scholarships. Practice organs.
34Send for new prospectus.
35Winter Term January 8th.
36Dr. Carl has returned from Paris.
3717 East 11th St., New York.
38NOTED VOCAL AND OPERATIC MASTER
39Teacher and Coach of Many Distinguished Artists
40Appointments for Individual Vocal Lessons, Coaching in Operatic Repertoire, and Preparation of Concert Programs, Can Be Made by Mail or Telephone.
41PAPALARDO
42Conductor of opera in Italy, Russia, South America, and twice on tour in the United States. Maestro Papalardo is one of the few masters who can see a pupil all the way through from fundamental tone production to the peak of an outstanding artistic career.
43New York Studios: 50 West 67th Street, New York City
44Telephone: Trafalgar 3087
45DUNNING SYSTEM of Improved Music Study for Beginners
46THE DEMAND FOR DUNNING TEACHERS CANNOT BE SUPPLIED—WHY?
47Normal Classes as follows:— MRS. CARRE LOUISE DUNNING, Originator, 8 WEST 40th Street, New York City
48KATHARINE M. ARNOLD, Arnold School of Music, 93 Madison St., Tiffin, O.
49ALLIE E. BARCUS, 1006 College Ave., Ft. Worth, Texas. 4314 Vista Terrace, Chicago, Ill.
50ELIZETTE REED BARLOW, Box 1244, St. Petersburg, Fla. August, Asheville, N. C.
51CATHERINE GERTRUDE BIRD, 658 Collingwood Ave., Detroit, Mich.
52GRACE A. BRYANT, 201-10th Ave. N., Twin Falls, Idaho.
53MRS. JEAN WARREN CARICK, 160 East 68th St., Portland, Ore.
54DORA A. CHASE, Carnegie Hall, New York City; Pouch Gallery, 345 Clinton Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
55ADDA EDDY, 136 W. Sandusky Ave., Bellefontaine, Ohio; Dec., Wichita, Kans.
56BEATRICE S. EIKEL, Kidd-Key College, Sherman, Texas.
57IDY GARDNER, 17 East 6th Street, Tulsa, Okla. Normals, Season Tulsa. Summer, Paris, France.
58GLADYS MARSALIS GLENN, 1217 Bowles Street, Amarillo, Tex. Classes June 3rd, Amarillo; July 22nd, Colorado Springs, Colo.
59FLORENCE ELIZABETH GRASLE, Michigan State Institute of Music, Lansing, Mich.
60HARRIET BICON MACDONALD, 13434 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, O. 6010 Belmont Ave., Dallas, Tex.; Aug., Little Rock, Ark.
61MRS. KATE DELL MARDEN, 61 North 16th Street, Portland, Ore.
62MRS. WESLEY PORTER MASON, 6262 Oram Ave., Dallas, Tex.
63MRS. LAUD GERMAN PHIPPEN, 3435 Asbury Ave., Dallas, Tex. July 20th, 1115 Grant Street, Denver, Colo.
64ELLIE IRVING PRINCE, 4106 Forest Hill Ave., Richmond, Va., Jan., June, Nov. of each year.
65VIRGINIA RYAN, 1070 Madison Avenue, New York City.
66ST. LEE H. SEBOLD, 1219 Garden St., San Antonio, Tex.
67GERTRUDE THOMPSON, 508 W. Coal Ave., Albuquerque, N. Mex.
68ISOBEL M. TONE, 626 S. Catalina St., Los Angeles, Calif.
69MRS. H. R. WATKINS, 124 East 11th St., Oklahoma City, Okla.
70INFORMATION AND BOOKLET ON REQUEST
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