55 MUSICAL COURIER January 19, 1922 STEINWAY 1”THE moods and fancies of youth find sympathetic understanding in the sensitive mechanism of the Steinway. In the early years of musical effort, attainment seems so difficult and so far away. It is then there is vital need of just the encouragement which the Steinway never fails to give. Its superior worth is accepted throughout the world without question. Yet the Stein-way’s cost is moderate, and terms are made convenient. Write for illustrated literature. STEINWAY & SONS STEINWAY HALL 107-109 East 14th Street, New York Subway Express Station nt the Door Be Sweet׳’ and several other songs. His voice is of very fine Quality, full, sweet, round. He reaches the higher register with ease and assurance and these upper tones are clear and sonorous. Several encores were demanded. Morrisey’s Voice “Wonderfully Sweet” Marie Morrisey recently returned to Chicago from a tour, undertaken in the interests of the Edison Phonograph Company, which covered the entire East Coast. The last concert was given in Miami, Fla., December 8, and two days later Myrtle Ashworth had the following to say in the Miami Herald: Miss Morrisey’s voice is deep, rich and wonderfully sweet. Her range is large and her tone production is uniform throughout all of her registers. This smoothness, combined with rarely heard © Freeman Art Company, Eureka, Cal. MARIE MORRISEY, con trailo. clearness of enunciation, makes listening to her a deep pleasure. “By the Waters of Minnetonka” brought back memories of the appearance of Schumann-Heink last winter, when the veteran contralto sang this song under the name of “Moon Song." Her interpretation was so different from that of Miss Morrisey that there is room for discussion as to which is the better. From now until Spring Miss Morrisey will coach with Richard Hageman on programs which she will use when she fills the numerous engagements hooked for her during April at the various colleges. Werrenrath “A Positive Pleasure” Reinald Werrenrath appeared recently with the Trenton Male Chorus at Crescent Temple and again delighted a large audience, the Trenton Times stating: His rich, vigorous baritone was even more pleasing than upon the occasion he was heard hrre last year and he graced his art with a virile, masculine touch that was a positive pleasure. The large audience was frankly pleased with every number he gave and se.med reluctant that he leave the stage even after repeated encores. A. Russ Patterson Studio Activities Rose Dreeben, lyric soprano, gave a recital at Smith Academy, Passaic, N. J., January 1, for the Chanukkah Club, singing a number of Russian songs by Boris Levinson, with the composer at the piano. She gave a recital in Scranton, Pa., on Janaury 15, also one at Paterson, N. J., at the high school, December 29, and at the Y. M. H. A., December 25. Luzanne Kenyon, lyric soprano, has been chosen as soloist of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Jersey City, N. J., and a member of the Schola Cantorum. Lenore Van Blerkorm, dramatic soprano, was soloist at the gala concert, under the direction of Maurice Frank, at Carnegie Hall on October 22, and also gave a program at Lakewood, N. J., on January 1, under the auspices of the Beth Abraham Home for Incurables. Lewis D. Zirdler, tenor, who is soloist of Calvary M. E. Church, New York, was engaged to sing for the Westport Choral Club with the New Haven Symphony on December 20. “Holy Night,” by Brewer, and a miscellaneous program was given. Esther Keep, alto, was engaged as special soloist for Christmas Sunday at the new Congregational Church, Elizabeth, N. J., and has made appearances for the ־ women’s clubs of Westfield and Elizabeth, N. J., and also Garden City, N. Y. Magda Dahl, lyric coloratura soprano, began a series of concerts through the South with her own concert company, beginning her engagements at Jacksonville, Fla., December 12, giving scenes from the various grand ־ operas. She is booked for a ten weeks’ tour, and is meeting with great success. Idelle Patterson, the well known lyric coloratura soprano, has recently returned from Parkerburg, Pa., where she gave two recitals. She also appeared for the Evening Mail concert at the De Witt Clinton High School, New York, Sunday evening, January 8. Nine of the artists from the studio of A. Russ Patterson gave a program at one of the Evening Mail concerts board has not be?n in the least impaired, she has, during the interval w'hich has elapsed since her last visit, developed to a material and important extent in other directions, and that her playing has gained an emotional intensity and an intellectual elevation which it had previously lacked.—The Inquirer. Boston Endorses Helen Allyn Helen Allyn. who won much success this winter with the Boston Society of Singers at the Arlington Theater, has been successful also in concerts in that same city. Re- HELEN ALLYN. soprano. viewing her appearance with the People’s Symphony Orchestra the critics had the following to say: Miss Allyn has a flexible soprano of agreeable timbre and good range. With the freshness of the youth and an attractive personality, she is a distinct addition to the opera company. She sang the “Bird Song” from “Pagliacci” as an encore, and more effectively than the Meyerbeer number. The audience wanted still more, causing the patient Mr. Mollenhauer some perturbation.—Boston Herald, November 5, 1921. Helen Allyn, of the Boston Society of Singers, wras the soloist at yesterday’s concert of the People’s Symphony Orchestra at the Arlington Theater. Her work in grand opera has been admired by the patrons of the excellent season there. She gave the “Shadow-Song” from Meyerbeer’s “Dinorah” with the excellent voice and fluent technic expected by those who had previously heard her.— Boston Globe, November 5, 1921. She sang the “Shadow Song” from “Dinorah” with great beauty of tone, splendid texture and noble resonance, and was recalled for an encore.—The Telegram, November 5, 1921. Herman Devries Praises Arthur Kraft After a program rendered by Arthur Kraft, Chicago tenor, Herman Devries, the Chicago American’s excellent critic had the following to say : Arthur Kraft, again at home in his native heath, the recital stage, sang most exquisitely Handel’s “Ask If \on Damask Rose-