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January 19, 1922
Miss EDITH BENNETT
Soprano
Writes as follows concerning the
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Piano
Mason & Hamlin Co.,
Boston, Mass.
Gentlemen:—
Let me tell you how happy I am to have the Mason & Hamlin Pianoforte in my Song Recitals this season. It has long been a dream of mine to have your piano as a complement to my singing and now that this dream is realized I write to say that all that I have for years believed the Mason & Hamlin Piano to be is proven by experience in my Recitals this year.
No wonder so many eminent artists are declaring the Mason & Hamlin Piano to be without an equal, and this voices my feelings to a “T.” The superb musical quality of its tone blends ideally with that of the human voice. In the Mason & Hamlin Piano the singer and the musician find the very qualities so much desired but not found in any other piano which I know.
Believe me,
Cordially yours,
(Signed)	Edith Bennett
of James P. Wall, and are proving interesting. Mr. Wall reports great success, especially with numbers from the famous W itmark “Black and White” series, and testifies to their adaptability for this particular line of work. He has used from time to time practically all the latest releases from this popular publishing house, as well as some of the older standard numbers which never fail to make a distinct impression.
The Universal Mixed Quartet, Fred Goodwin, manager, is now filling an indefinite engagement in Davenport, Iowa. Mr. Goodwin reports that they have been enthusiastically received, and such numbers as “Italian Street Song,” “’Neath the Autumn Moon,” “I’ll Forget You,” “Want of You,” and “Sunrise and You,” have been particularly successful.
Georges Karmino, baritone, and Lillian Vogel, mezzo, filled a successful engagement at the Terrace Garden, week of December 19, and during their appearance there sang “Awake Dearest One” (Ball), “Gypsy Love Song” (Herbert) and “Crooning” (Caeser).
Norman Duff, popular young baritone and artist pupil of Carl Craven, is filling an indefinite engagement in Adrian, Mich. As his featured solos there, week of December 25, he sang “I’ll Forget You” (Ball) and “Gingham Gown” (Penn).
Hans Hess to Give First “Radio” Concert.
The Commonwealth Edispn Company and the Westing-house Electric will give their first radio concert here, when the soloist will be Hans Hess, the prominent cellist, with the assistance of Juul Rosine at the piano. They will present a program on January 25 which will be broadcasted by the radio. So successful has the radio system been in spreading grand opera that it has been decided to try a concert, and the honor has been bestowed upon Mr. Hess.
Jeannette Cox.
COLORADO CONVENTION
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in a body. The cantata “The Story of Bethlehem,” by West, was beautifully given by the Municipal Chorus of 175, under the baton of John C. Wilcox. The soloists were Bernice Doughty, soprano; Horace Wells, tenor, and Alex Grant, basso. In addition, Edward E. Foster sang the old Christmas song “Noel;” Clarence Reynolds, municipal organist, played Christmas carols, and Mr. Wilcox directed the huge audience in community singing.
The convention opened Thursday morning with a lively discussion on the “State Examination and Certification of Private Music Teachers,” led by Edith Louise Jones, Denver, and Francis Schwinger, Pueblo, whose viewpoints on that much-discussed question differed materially. Many delegates had opinions to express and the result was that a committee was appointed to draft a bill which might be acceptable to the State and the music teacher and to present it for the approval of the next convention.
This live question took up so much time that the closing discussion, “The Music Festival in the Smaller Cities and Towns in its Relation to the Private Music Teacher," conducted by John C. Kendel (Greeley), was fairly crowded out.
At 1:30 p. m. the event of absorbing interest to the convention as well as to Denver music lovers at large was the Colorado composers’ concert. Songs and instrumental compositions representative of the most serious creative eff°rtj of the Colorado music fraternity were heard and revealed an interesting variety of subject matter and a wide scope oj treatment. All the numbers were adequately presented and they were accorded well-merited applause by an enthusiastic and sympathetic audience. The program consisted of songs by Estelle A. Philleo (Denver), words by Stockton, Principal of Garden Place School,, sung by Helen Dentler Ford, with the composer at the piano; songs by Lua Lemert Starrett (Golden), sung by Helen Harrison Bristol, with Wayne C. Hedges playing a violin obbligato and Mrs. Rinquest at the piano; songs by Henry Sachs (Denver), given by Vivien Perrin Stephens, with the composer at the piano; songs by W. E. Whigam (Denver) presented by himself, with Henry Sachs at the piano, songs by Wilhelm Schmidt (Colorado Springs), interpreted by Cleora Wood Schmidt (Colorado Springs), with composer at piano; songs by Henry Housely (Denver), sung bv Mrs. Frank I. Hollingsworth, with composer at piano; piano numbers by Francis Hendriks (Denver), played by Marion Boak Adams; two movements from a quartet in A major bv Horace Lureman (Denver), played by the Denver String Quartet, consisting of Henry Trustmau Ginsberg, Walter C. Nielsen, Morris Perlmutter and Sigurd Frederiksen. Nellie Lina Long (Pueblo) also played Charles Wakefield Cadman’s sonata in A major.
Immediately following the concert the convention closed with the election of officers for the ensuing year: John C. Kendel (Greeley), president; William A. White (Denver). vice-president; Anna Knecht (Denver), treasurer; William E. Whigam (Denver), secretary. Board of Directors: Dr. Wilbur Chase (Boulder), France Hill Smith (Denver), E. J. Stringham (Denver), Mrs. Fred Paddel-ford (Golden), E. A. Johnson (Danver).	J. T.
Hurlbut Sings for Rotary
Harold Hurlbut’s singing of Neapolitan songs brought him a rousing reception at a recent meeting of the Rotary Club at the Hotel McAlpin. Entirely in character was his care free delivery of these numbers, each one closing with a climax on a high C which the tenor tossed off with astounding ease.	_________
Patton to Be Heard in Tarrytown
Fred Patton, the baritone, will sing in concert in Tarry-town, N. Y., today, January 19. Among Mr. Patton’s_ recent engagements was a highly successful concert in Pittsburgh, where he was acclaimed by the music critics as one of the outstanding bass-baritones of the day.
Mina Dolores at Ambassador Theater
Mina Dolores, the soprano of Philadelphia, sang at the Ambassador Theater in New York on the evening of January 8. Miss Dolores was heard in the “Vissi d’Arte.” from “Tosca,” to which she added as an encore “Annie Laurie.”
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CLARA NOVELLO DAATES, whose American exponents of her method of voice production have not only highly endorsed ■her as an artist and a woman, hut also claim that she is responsible for the splendid results they are achieving in their teaching.
play at the Hebrew Institute, January. 15. Robert Louis Barron, also a violin student, gave a recital at Portland, Ore.
Mrs. A. G. Wachenreuter, studying with Richard Hage-man, will give a vocal recital, January 15.
The concerts of the Chicago Musical College were resumed a week ago Saturday morning at eleven o’clock in Ziegfeld Theater. The following program was interpreted by students in the piano, violin and vocal departments:
Piano—“Country Gardens”.................................Grainger
Harold Mynning (Chicago)
Vocal—“The *Last Hour”....................................Kramer
“Major and Minor”.................................Spross
Rita Gould (Los Angeles, Cal.)
Piano—Fantasie Impromptu .................................Chopin
Mae Galter (Chicago)
Vocal—“Corti Gianni” (“Rigoletto”) ........................Verdi
Weldon Whitlock (Clifton Forge, Va.)
Violin—“On Wings of Song”............Mendelssohn-Achron
“Waves at Play”...................................Grasse
Paul Garfinkle (Chicago)
Piano—Capriccio, E major ..............................Scarlatti
Ballet Music (“Rosamund”) .................Schubert-Ganz
Velma Snyder (Wichita, Kans.)
Vocal—‘Down in the Forest” (A Cycle of Life)..............Ronald
The Lark Now Leaves Its Watery Nest”..............Parker
Evelyn Martha (Chicago)
Piano—Serenade ...................i................Rachmaninoff
“Polichinelle” .............................Rachmaninoff
Eulalia Kober (Charles City, la.)
Violin—Polonaise, A major ............................Wieniawski
Almeda Jones (Seattle, Wash.)
Vocal—“En Sourdine” .......................................Szule
“Cortege” .....................................Poldowski
“Pannyre aux Talons d’Or”......................Poldowski
Ethel Benedict (Chicago)
Piano—Andante, Spianato and Polonaise.....................Chopin
Jane Anderson-Kitti
Chicago Solo Choir to Sing Debussy.
The Chicago Solo Choir, Eric Delamarter conductor, will sing the “Trois Chansons de Charles d'Orleans,” by Debussy, at its second concert on January 25, at Lyon & Healy Half. This is a unique score of the French master, and one of the few successful ones utilizing the voice in unaccompanied singing in the modern “impressionistic” manner. The texts are in old French.
Elly Ney Scores as Orchestra Soloist. Following close upon her recent recital successes here, Elly Ney returned this week as soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, adding another triumph to her fast increasing list. If you do not like Brahms, hear Mme. Ney play and you are bound to like him, for with the dash, abandon and fire which she puts into her renditions, to say nothing of her magnetic personality and superb technic, she not only astonishes but also captivates you entirely. The Brahms B flat concerto was the vehicle on which Mme. Ney rode to success, as tremendous as deserved. Nor were all the honors of the performance Mme. Ney’s, for Conductor Stock and his orchestra came in for a great share by their magnificent accompaniment to the concerto, thrilling performance of the Tschaikowsky F minor symphony, and beautiful reading of the charming Respighi “Four Ancient Dances.” It was a beautiful program, exquisitely done.
More About Witmark Songs.
Carl Craven, tenor, appeared recently as soloist with the Lithuanian Singing Society, where he enjoyed his usual success. He gave a group of attractive numbers, scoring especially with Vanderpool’s “I Did Not Know.” Eugene Christy, Cecil Morgan and John Rankl appeared at the Central Y. M. C. A., Monday, January 2. Included in their program were the following distinct successes: "Mother of Pearl” (Ball), “Just Been Wondering” (Canning), and “The Want of You” (Vanderpool).
Alice Booth, mezzo soprano, appeared at the Congress Hotel, Saturday, December 31, where she sang “Just Been Wondering” and “Smilin’ Through.”
Anna McLauglin filled a successful engagement, week of December 18, at the Terrace Garden, singing an operatic aria and Vanderpool’s brilliant “’Neath the Autumn Moon.”	.	.
The special musical prologues being given in the outlying Ascher Brothers’ theaters are now under the supervision