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MUSICAL COURIER
January 19, 1922
Chorus” was given by the entire society of about one hundred and twenty-five members. This choral society collaborates every summer with the New York Symphony Orchestra at Chautaqua, N. Y., and is busy at the present time upon rehearsals of new works of oratorio, to be given next summer.
Esther Anderson, violinist, and Elizabeth Kauth Nelson, soprano, gave a joint recital in Norden Club Hall December 28. Both artists appeared at their best and were well received.
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TWO PROMINENT MUSICIANS TO MARRY
The engagement has just been announced of William Arms Fisher, chief of the editorial department of the Oliver Ditson Company, and Mrs. Emma Roderick Hinckle, first vice-president of the National Federation of Music Clubs. Mr. Fisher, who has been with the Oliver Ditson Company since 1897, is one of the best known figures in American musical life, and his songs are very widely sung. He is one of the directors of the Boston Art Club and the Twentieth Century Club of Boston and a member of various national organizations. Mrs. Hinckle is also widely known. She began as a professional singer, but gave up her active professional career to undertake cultural toork in a broader field. Besides being the first vice-president of the National Federation of Music Clubs she is chairman of the Department of Publicity of the National Council of Women, an organization which embraces in its council thirty-five national associations with a membership of ten million, and is affiliated with the International Council of Women of the World.
a representative from each of the eleven constituent organizations affiliated with the chamber. It will meet, with John Aspegren, chairman of the executive committee of the Foundation, to organize the active participation of the manufacturers and dealers who are members of the affiliated trade associations. There are approximately 10,000 musical instrument dealers in all parts of the United States.
M. H. HANSON has pleasure in announcing that:
KATHRYN
ME1SLE
the Contralto
has been engaged for a recital at
The Ann Arbor May Festival
1922
Management:
M. H. HANSON, 437 Fifth Ave., N. Y.
Los Angeles, Cal.-
Pacific Slope.”)
Memphis, Tenn.— (See letter on another page.)
Morristown, Pa., December 27, 1921.—
The Octave Club’s holiday concert was an artistic treat. The Erskine Club House was attractively and appropriately decorated, and there was a large audience. The patronesses for the days, Mrs. J. Lawrence Eisenberg and Mrs. Henry Derr, were the ones responsible for decorations. Mrs. John J. Foulk-rod, Jr., was in charge of the program, and Mrs. Nelson C. Cressman presided. The Octave Club chorus had a prominent part in the concert and Miss Spangler had selected very beautiful Christmas songs, all of which were splendidly rendered, some without accompaniment. The soloists were F. Willard Cornman, Jr., baritone; May Farley, soprano, and Lawrence A. Miller, violinist, all of whose performances were immensely enjoyed and appreciated. The audience and chorus joined in singing Christmas carols.
Anne Swartz was the club accompanist, while Mrs. Robert Morton Yahn accompanied Miss Farley and Mr. Miller.
The study of the symphony will be resumed at the January meeting, American symphony music being the subject, with Mrs. John Hyatt Naylor in charge of the program.
Paris, Tex., January 3, 1922.—Corinne Dargan Brooks presented a number of her pupils in a piano recital on December 17. The following took part: Katherine Tolbert, Nora Elizabeth Edwards, Margaret Johnson, Lucille Reeves, Christine Simmons, Mary Webb, Isabel Long, Lovene Dickey, Mary Sue Baughn, Estelle Gilliam, Maurie Stevenson, Bettie Jo Steinheimer, Ardath Stephens, and Helen Drummond. Henrietta Warren, reader, assisted.
Mrs. Brooks is also choir director of the Central Presbyterian Church, and under her direction a fine Christmas cantata, “Bethlehem,” was given December 25. The soloists were Mrs. James Ritchie and Mrs. Frank Fuller, sopranos; Mrs. Frean Grimes, contralto; Felts Fort, tenor; Frank Fuller, bass. Others who took part in the special trios, quartets, and so on, were Mrs. Lowery, Elizabeth McGuire and Messrs. Brock, Long, Horn and House.
Pittsburgh, Pa.—(See letter on another page.)
Portland, Ore.—(See “Music on the Pacific Slope.”)
San Diego, Cal.—(See “Music on the Pacific Slope.”)
Topeka, Kan., January 1, 1922.—The Washburn College Men’s Glee Club recently closed a tour of the state, covering the towns in the West, East and Northeast. The club dissolved at Stockton, Kans., in the western part of the state. The club sang to high school, college and city audiences. It is being coached by Theodore H. Post, a graduate of Washburn College department of music, and of Boston Conservatory of Music, and has enjoyed a successful season in concert work. Further work in concerts will be continued when school begins, January 3.
Music Industries to Aid Caruso Fund
The Music Industries Chamber of Commerce of the United States, at its quarterly meeting in New York City on January 13, adopted a resolution endorsing the Caruso American Memorial Foundation and authorizing the fullest participation in the movement for a permanent memorial endowment fund of $1,000,000. About thirty members of the board of directors of the chamber, together with representatives of the Music Merchants’ Association and the National Piano Manufacturers’ Association, attended the meeting. Richard B. Aldcroftt, president of the chamber, presiding, told of the Foundation’s plan to aid promising and deserving students of music through scholarships and to promote a wider appreciation of the more serious forms of music in America. These purposes were unanimously endorsed and Mr. Aldcroftt empowered to appoint a committee to work out plans for the practical co-operation of the chamber in the movement. The committee will include
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FRANKLIN H. SARGENT, President
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AN ASSISTANT
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NOTE:	Mr. Hurlbut’s 1922 Summer Master Classes will be held at
SPOKANE, WASH., PORTLAND, ORE., and LEWISTON, IDAHO.
ACROSS THE COUNTRY
Albany, N. Y., January 3, 1922. — The Russian Isba Singers, favorites in this section, were heard in a fine program in the First Presbyterian Church, where Governor Nathan L. Miller attends. There has been some little discussion about Sunday “pop” concerts for Albany. Some have expressed themselves in favor of the project although there is a concerted movement on the part of several churchmen and committees of laymen protesting. A general committee has been formed with Roessle McKinney, Laura Spencer Townsend and Mary V. Hun, issuing a call for a meeting in the State Education Building to discuss the project. Various Albany organizations have received letters outlining the plan for the proposal.
The Students’ Music Study Club gave a recital recently at the studios of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Kerner. Mrs. George Curtis Treadwell, well known in musical circles here and in New York, will pass several months in Europe, sailing early in the spring.
Ignaz Friedman, Polish pianist, will appear here in recital under the management of Ben Franklin.
Edna Komfort Tiedemann, of Americus, Ga., is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Komfort, for a month, before sailing with her husband, Walter J. Tiedemann, for the Philippines.
Grace and Regina Held, students at the Boston Conservatory, have been in town for a holiday visit with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Held.
Elaborate and pleasing programs are being given frequently at the Academy of the Holy Name, under the direction of Sister Alphonsus and the Harmonic Circle.
Weekly “sings” are being planned for Saturday mornings for the school children of Albany. The work is to be fostered by the Women’s Roosevelt Memorial Association, of which Mrs. James Q. Barcus is chairman for this district. The “sings” are planned for children of sixteen and under. Already city officials have promised their cooperation.
The work of the Albany Community Chorus, under the efficient directorship of Roessle McKinney and William B. Eddy, and with scores of leading Albanians lending their aid, has met with widespread approval. Chancellor’s Hall, where weekly and special “sings” are held, is frequently taxed to its capacity.
Berkeley, Cal.—■(See “Music on the Pacific Slope.”)
Boston, Mass.—(See letter on another page.)
Burlington, Vt., December 28, 1921. — The Boston Symphony Orchestra, at its first concert in Vermont, held in the University of Vermont gymnasium recently, was given a fine reception by a large holiday audience. Mon-teux received great applause and at the end was called back three times. The orchestra played the “Eroica” symphony, the Rimsky-Korsakoff caprice on Spanish themes, the ballet music from “Rosamunde,” and the “Rienzi” overture. The “Eroica” was greeted with a fine demonstration, and after every number Monteux had to bow many times. The concert was under the Dow management.
Frances Alda sang recently in the University of Vermont gymnasium to an audience of 1,430 people, being presented by Arthur W. Dow. Great enthusiasm greeted the diva and she had to sing many encores. Gutia Casini, cellist, was the assisting artist, and he, too, was warmly received, giving several extra numbers. Theodore Flint, accom-pianist, played two solos.
Charleston, S. C.—(See letter on another page.)
Chicago, 111.—(See letter on another page.)
Cincinnati, Ohio.—(See letter on another page.)
Cleveland, Ohio.—(See letter on another page.)
Columbus, Ohio, January 1, 1922. — Victor Herbert appeared at the James Theater during the week of January 8 as conductor of a forty-piece orchestra, that is being organized now in preparation for his performance. The program contains Herbert compositions.
Columbus music lovers are at present looking forward to three première attractions during the month of January, in addition to the Victor Herbert showing. Albert Coates will appear as the guest conductor in a concert by the New York Philharmonic Society, January 13, sponsored by the Women’s Music Club; Adolph Bohm, with his Russian ballet and the Little Arts Symphony Orchestra, is being presented by Kate M. Lacey, in the Quality Series, on January 24; and Fritz Kreisler plays on January 30 under the local management of Ralph D. Smith in the Music Series. All these concerts will be given at Memorial Hall.
Ruth Basden, soprano, left for New York today for further study there. Miss Basden has been soprano soloist at Franklin Park M. E. Church and at Broad Street Presbyterian.
Denver, Col.—(See letter on another page.)
Detroit, Mich.—(See letter on another page.)
Jamestown, N. Y., January 2, 1922.—Jean Talbot Miller, pianist, formerly of Kansas City, Mo., who has recently opened a studio ■here for the purpose of concert work and teaching, gave an enjoyable recital New Year’s Eve at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. J. Delevan Curtiss. Mr. Miller’s rendition of “Lotus Land,” by Cyril Scott ; “Reflection on the Water,” by Debussy, and “Perpetual Motion,” by MacDowell, were perhaps most worthy of mention, while the F minor etude by Liszt and a group of Chopin numbers completed the program. Mr. Miller has coached with Hutchinson and is an artist indeed welcome to this city.
Régna Ahlstrom, who has been studying in New York, gave a comprehensive and delightful debut recital in the Ahlstrom Piano Music Hall last week. She has a soprano voice well qualified for a future career.
The Jamestown Choral Society, under the direction of Samuel Thorstenberg, gave its annual contribution of Handel’s “Messiah” January 1, in the Congregational Church, before a large audience. The solos were impressively sung by Régna Ahlstrom, Myra Shaffer Lovejoy, Mrs. Berger Anderson, Esther Seaburg, Mrs. David Lincoln, Mrs. Leonard Chidgren, Sidney Carlson, Harold Ahlstrom, William Swanson and William Tefft, while the accompaniments were creditably played by Victoria Swanson, organist, and Mary Wilson, pianist. The “Hallelujah