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The violinist, 1900
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1MISS KATHLEEN PARLOW
3American Guild of Violinists
4President………..Victor Lichtenstein
5Musical Art Bldg., St. Louis, Mo.
6Vice-president………..Max Gottschalk
73409 Lucas Ave., St. Louis, Mo.
8Secretary………..Elmore R. Condon
91315 Laurel St., St. Louis, Mo.
10Treasurer………..Christ Knudsen
116007 Berlin St., St. Louis, Mo.
13FROM time to time the American Guild of Violinists is made the recipient of inquiries from non-professional musicians as to whether they are eligible to membership in a society which is obviously characterized by its professionalism.
15Let it be understood at once that the Guild of Violinists welcomes to membership this class of musicians.
17The epithet non-professional is more nearly perfect in its rendering in the word amateur which denotes the idea of love for the arts rather than a commercial practice of them. Therefore, any applicant who justly may be termed an amateur is eligible to membership in the American Guild of Violinists.
19No art can thrive and grow independently of the amateur class. It is this class rather than that of the elect that makes art possible and gives it universality. It is well known that there are many amateurs who possess magnificent libraries of chamber music and are among the most sincere patrons of the art.
21The American Guild of Violinists is mainly composed of active musicians, many of whom have the highest artistic and professional rank. Their purpose in joining themselves together in an association is to advance the art of music in America. The cultivated amateur is indispensable in this national movement. He should not limit his influence nor insulate his undoubted talents.
23Attention is called to the fact that all national dues should be forwarded to the national secretary at St. Louis.
25Elmore R. Condon,
26Secretary.
28Hadley Popular in London
29Henry Hadley, conductor of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, has been conducting some of his own works with the London Symphony Orchestra. The works chosen were the overture, In Bohemia, his second symphony, The Four Seasons, and a Symphonic Fantasie. We are very pleased to record that the works met with emphatic approval. Mr. Hadley has conducted his works previously in the British capital, and there is no composer in America more worthy to represent the younger American composers abroad.
31A London Ladies' Orchestra
32The Shapiro Symphony Orchestra of London consists entirely of women, except for the conductor, who happens to be a mere man. They have been so successful that at their first concerts many people were turned away, and now the number of the orchestra has been increased to 100 performers, and the large Queen Hall has been the place selected for future concerts.
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