MUSICAL COURIER
February 2, 19 2 2
Australian bird. I was just crazy to bring it back East with me, but was more afraid that the climate and the changes m the atmospheric conditions would prove too much for it, so I reluctantly left it with some friends in the W est.
“It must have been almost too good to be true to have everything go along so smoothly and as if especially ordered,” I ventured.	J
“Oh, there was one minor note, but not until I got home tor my pet cat, Boobey, died just twenty-four hours before !reached New York. It was just too awful and I can hardly believe it even yet. I feel so lonesome without any pet of any kind, for dear little Dempsey died also.”
“Dempsey?” I asked inquiringly.
“Yes, Dempsey was my other cat—or rather kitten. He was the cutest little bob-tailed tiger cat you ever saw and because he was born during the big fight last July, and because he was a game little fighter, I christened him Dempsey. You ve no idea how terrible it was to get back here and not find either Dempsey or Boobey here to greet me” Knowing that Miss Byrd’s special and dearest hobby is animals, I could understand a little of her sorrow. But it is a safe wager that it will not be long before she finds a successor to Boobey and Dempsey. Anyway, one can be sure the successor will be found by the time summer comes and Miss Byrd hies herself to her lovely summer home at Sea Dirt, JN. J., for she just naturally couldn’t exist down there without some pets.
After a holiday sojourn in New York, Miss Byrd once more started on a tour, this time in Pennsylvania. Later on m the season she will give her annual metropolitan concert which is an event that attracts musicians and never fails to interest.	H R F
Bartholomew Lectures on the Orchestra at the Seymour School
1 ״'K°W i.t0,iLiften, the Mode™ Orchestra" was taken up by Marshall Bartholomew on January 25, in the first of a series of lectures on this subject at the Seymour School of -Musical Re-Education. An extremely interesting hour resulted.
Dealing primarily with the wood-wind instruments the nute as soprano of the “wood-wind choir” was selected for an especially detailed study. Illustrations were given by Ernest Williams, who, in the course of the afternoon also played some of the delightful solo music written for the flute by Bach and Gluck.
Mr. Bartholomew delved deeply into the history of the • bcm°De °J the ®arhest musical instruments, which even in OUU B. E. so charmed Confucius when he heard it at he Chinese Court that for four days he stayed and lis-tened, entirely forgetting his original errand. Mr. Bartholomew also showed a specimen of a Japanese flute which fie had picked up in Japan, and which remains just the same, as the old Japanese flute of hundreds of years ago in contrast to the modern flute of the Occident which represents the perfection of efforts reaching over hundreds • ye^S' t,,	of the flute is essentially liquid mu-
SIiC״־D ״ Bartj°l°/n,-w referred to the recent performance oi Felleas and Melisande” where flutes are used through-out the score to the best possible advantage.
Other orchestral instruments will be dealt with at subsequent lectures.
to like to have folks make a fuss over me. And that is just what people did, especially those in Salem, Ore., which is my home town. When I gave my recital there the people came in such numbers that it was necessary to seat a number of them on the stage. And when I came in, everybody rose and applauded in such a friendly way that I felt more like crying than smiling.
“And some of the people followed us about from place to place, _ for I played in a great many towns within a comparatively easy radius. They would go to one concert and apparently enjoy it so much that they would join our impromptu retinue and travel to the next town to hear the next concert. It was great fun and made me feel very happy indeed to know I was giving them so much pleasure that they were willing to travel to another city in order to hear some more.
“Of course, it was sfrenuous work, for in addition to ever so many concerts there were social functions without number, which, of course, I had to attend since I was the
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WINIFRED BYRD MOURNS THE
DEATH OF HER TWO PET GATS
Rubinstein Club’s Musicale
As is _ the usual case with programs presented by the Rubinstein Club, of which Mrs. William Rogers Chapman is president, there was a large audience on hand Saturday January 21, to listen to numbers presented by Phoebe Crosby, soprano ; Mildred Bryars, contralto, Katharine Van der Roest, pianist. Miss Van der Roest, who opened the program with the Brahms rhapsodie in B minor, is a pupil of Ethel Leginska and is a credit to her teacher. Her audience liked especially the group of Chopin which included the tantaisie impromptu, the waltz in A flat, and the “Revolutionary” etude.
A cordial reception and much applause was given Phoebe Erosby tor her two song groups, the jewel aria from Faust and the duet from Puccini’s “Madame Butterfly” in the latter number her voice blended with that of Miss Bryars most satisfactorily. Miss Bryars likewise gave two song groups, and the aria “O Don Fatale” from Verdi’s Don Earlos, her fine voice, rich in tone, and the artistic worth of her renditions, establishing her firmly in the high regard of her auditors. Miriam Allen proved an excellent accompanist.
Members oc the club are looking forward with anticipa-tion to the program which Mme. Calve is to present to that organization on February 18, when she is to repeat those numbers which were heard at her New York recital.
Tells of Her Great Successes in the West and of Her Strenuous Work—Off Again on Tour
“Make it Snappy” might very Well have been the title of an interview with Winifred Byrd, the gifted pianist, whose diminutive stature and splendid art lend added truth to the oft-heard assertion that good things always come in small packages. There is nothing small about Miss Byrd’s art; however, perhaps it is a case of the smaller the artist, the bigger the art-.
. Some days before the writer met Miss Byrd, an interesting clipping had come to notice. It was from the Spokesman-Review of Spokane, Wash., and these were the words which at once caught the eye: “An audience which went wdd ?7-er her׳” Further perusal revealed the fact that it was Miss Byrd who had caused this stir, for “it was not only her command of technic, her tremendous energy, but her personality made an instantaneous impression on the Spokane public—she looked so fragile and she attacked the instrument with such relentless ferocity. On the other hand she produced the most rippling of pianos and in all her numbers she was absolutely individualistic.”
It was only natural, therefore, that our conversation should turn to the very successful tour which Miss Byrd only recently completed in the great Northwest.
“It is my home,” she said with a little laugh, “so naturally I am very fond of that section of the country. And it is growing so fast, and because it is big it is demanding the big things and the big broad outlook which you people in the East are apt to think is an attribute peculiar, to yourselves. And it was such fun coming home again, and despite the fact that I am an artist, I’m quite human enough
WINIFRED BYRD, pianist.
guest of honor, and which were loads of fun, but rather hard on one’s constitution. I played as many as four concerts in one week, and in Seattle and Spokane I was soloist with the symphony orchestras, so you can see I didn’t have much time to be a society butterfly. Only one concert did I miss and that was because of a washout on the railroad, and through no fault of mine you must agree.
“Marechal Foch need not think he is the only one who gets queer presents given to him while on tour, for in addition to being deluged with the most gorgeous flowers whenever I played, one admirer presented me with a beautiful
“An unusual artist.”— New York Tribune.
Management HAENSEL & JONES, Aeolian Hall, New York
Helen Moller Dancers in Recital
The recitals being given by the Helen Moller Dancers at their unique “Little Theater Within a Theater,” are attracting the smart set and lovers of the artistic. On Sunday evening, January 29, a large audience gave evidence of warm approval of the various numbers given by the young dancers and their talented instructor, Helen Moller. During the first half of the program Miss Moller appeared personally in two dances, a gavotte in D by Gossec and another to music by Ponce. She was charming and aroused her audience to rounds of applause. After one had witnessed this American dancer’s skill and grace, he did not wonder at the pleasure the pupils were able to convey. The program was long and varied, but never dragged. Each number was a delight and left the audience in eager anticipation of the next one. All in all, the evening was uniquely re-
M!yra Hess Soloist with Philadelphia Orchestra
Myra Hess played the Schumann concerto with the Philadelphia^ Orchestra last week and repeated her New York success in that city. A sold-out house greeted the English pianist and she was recalled a dozen times. Her next orchestra appearance will be with the Boston Symphony under Pierre Monteux, early this month. Miss Hess’ second New York recital takes place at Aeolian Hall on Monday afternoon, February 6.
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