February 2, 1922
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NOTED TEACHERS AND GUEST TEACHERS AN
IMPORTANT FEATURE AT THE CHICAGO MUSICAL COLLEGE
sides many other well known instructors in the piano, vocal, violin, organ, harmony, composition, counterpoint, canon and fugue departments.
Dr. F. Ziegfeld, who founded the school, is President Emeritus, and Felix Borowski, the well known composer and critic of international reputation, is the president. R. D.
Canadian Engagements for Anderson Artists
Following is a list of the Canadian dates booked for his artists by Walter Anderson, the manager, of New York: January 7, Frank Cuthbert sang in Montreal; January 9, Pauline Watson played in Ottawa, and Mr. Cuthbert was heard in London; January 10, Mr. Cuthbert appeared in Toronto; January 11, Miss Watson played in Kingston and two days later found her in Brantford; February 1, Mildred Bryars sang in Hamilton and the next day in St. Thomas ; February 3, Pauline Watson plays in Quebec, and April 27, Lyell Barber is booked for Toronto.
Second Philadelphia Date for Bach Choir
At an executive meeting held on January 20 a resolution was passed accepting the invitation of Edward Bok, president of the Academy of Music Corporation, for the Bach Choir of Bethlehem to sing a second time in the Academy of Music in Philadelphia, the date being fixed for November 4, 1922. The choir will of course appear under the skilful baton of Dr. J. Fred Wolle.
This afternoon, February 2, Dr. Wolle is scheduled to give a lecture recital on “Bach and His Organ Works,” before the members of the Schola Cantorum in New York. Another forthcoming engagement for this conductor and organist is at Northfield, Minn.
Marion Veryl Gaining Recognition
During her absence from this country, Marian Veryl has diligently studied the latest additions to the French and German song literature, and her recent recitals have been accompanied with much success. The report of the fine recitals which this artist is giving, usually accompanied at the piano by Carl Bernthaler, American pianist, is spreading rapidly through the country, and in consequence the number of engagements is increasing. A late addition to the list was her Detroit joint recital with Percy Grainger on January 24.
An Appreciation of Berta Reviere
The following letter of appreciation was received by Annie Friedberg, the manager of New York, after Berta Reviere’s first appearance in Columbia, S. C.:
Dear Miss Friedberg:
I have been meaning to write to you for the purpose of telling you about Berta Reviere’s recital here. She sang really delightfully.
She has so much charm and “put her things across” so well that I want to tell you just what the reaction of the audience was like. People liked her so much—she is so appealing.
Cordially,
(Signed) H. Bellamann, Dean Chicora School of Music.
of his graduate students are now occupying responsible positions in the musical world.
Mabel Sharp Herdien.
Mabel Sharp Herdien, whose reputation as a concert singer is also nation wide, and whose skill as an oratorio artist has brought her reengagements as soloist no fewer than ten consecutive times with the Chicago Apollo Musical Club alone, and she has also appeared with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the Evanston Festival and with the leading orchestra and choral societies of this country. She has been as successful in the studio as on the stage, and the success of her many students reflects credit upon her method, which is the one of her late teacher, Mrs. O. L. Fox.
John B. Miller.
John Miller has won wide recognition as a tenor, under the guidance of William Shakespear, in London, and Jacques Bouhy in Paris. He has sung with leading orchestras and choral societies in many of the leading cities of this country. He has had much experience and gratifying success as a teacher at the College.
Leon Sametini
In the violin department the Chicago Musical College boasts of one of the foremost young virtuosos of the day, Leon Sametini, who gave up a large class of students, which he was instructing in London and concert tournees in the Old World, in order to come to Chicago. To the fine reputation which Mr. Sametini has gained in Europe and Australia as a violin virtuoso, has been added new laurels achieved in this country. He has appeared as soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Grand Opera Companay, and substituted for Mischa Elman when the violinist was unable to appear at a Chicago Symphony Orchestra concert for which he had been engaged. He was also specially engaged by Eugene Ysaye as solo artist for the concerts of the Cincinnati Orchestra last fall. His unusual talent for imparting to others the knowledge which he possesses in so superlative a degree has been responsible for the development of many brilliantly equipped violinists.
Organ Department.
The fame and the wide experience of Clarence Eddy make this distinguished organist a notable acquisition to the organ department of the institution. His name is known from coast to coast and his accomplishments have also won him distinction in Europe. His success as a teacher has been extraordinary and his pupils are constantly achieving new success as a result of his teaching.
If the above mentioned teachers are particularly mentioned in this article it is due to the fact that only their pictures were available to the writer. However, there are many other instructors at the Chicago Musical College, whose reputation is also far spread. Among them may be mentioned Maurice Aronson, Edward Collins, Vera Kaplun-Aronson, Max Kramm, Alexander Raab, Louis Victor Saar in the piano department; Belle Forbes Cutter, Arthur Dunham, Rose Lutiger Gannon, Richard Hageman, Theodore Kratt and Edoardo Sacerdote in the vocal department, be-
The Chicago Musical College, one of the oldest musical schools in America, was founded in 1867 and incorporated under the laws of Illinois in 1877. One of the most notable features of its plan to make the course of study as complete and as attractive as possible, has been its engagement of noted teachers as guest teachers, including, in the vocal department, Oscar Saenger, Herbert Witherspoon, Florence Hinkle, Mme. Delia Valeri, Percy Rector Stephens; in the piano department, Percy Grainger; in the organ department, Clarence Eddy, and in the violin department, Leopold Auer. The plan of inviting guest teachers has been of such triumphal success and has accomplished so much for the students who have availed themselves of the guidance of famous artists, that the Chicago Musical College has made it an annual feature.
Carl D. Kinsey, who was for ten years secretary and treasurer of the Apollo Musical Club and is now business manager of the Chicago North Shore Music Festival, is also vice-president and general manager of the Chicago Musical College, and he sees fit to make the regular school year as attractive to students as the summer master school. A feature of great interest and value, which has been added to the curriculum, is the course for teachers and the repertory class conducted by Glenn Dillard Gunn. The course comprises eighty hours, two hours a week for the full school year of forty weeks. A lecture of one hour’s duration is followed immediately by a demonstration class of like duration. The theories developed in the lecture are thus given immediate and practical demonstration. Mr. Gunn’s notable accomplishments as a pianist and a teacher are too well known to the musical public of America to require enumeration here. Among his pupils may be mentioned Moissaye Boguslawski.
Moissaye Boguslawski.
Mr. Boguslawski is now teaching at the Chicago Musical College, where he is one of the most successful instructors in the piano department. His brilliant achievements have brought him an enviable reputation as a performer who is more than ordinarily gifted. His recitals in New York and Chicago have won eulogistic reviews from the critics, and remarkable interest in his work has been manifested by the public. As an instructor he has accomplished results as brilliant as those which he has accomplished as a performer.
In the vocal department are to be found such artists as Adolf Muhlmann, Mabel Sharp Herdien and John B. Miller.
Adolf Muhlmann.
The name of Adolph Muhlmann is well known to every lover of operatic art. He was leading baritone of the Metropolitan Opera in New York for many years, and sang for six years at the Breslau Opera House in Petro-grad, also at Covent Garden in London, and in all the principal theaters of Europe. As a teacher he has won reknown in Berlin, where he instructed a large class and where he laid the foundation of an enviable reputation in the pedagogic branch of his art. Throughout America and especially in Chicago he has a large following and many
SOME OF THE TEACHERS AND GUEST TEACHERS AT THE CHICAGO MUSICAL COLLEGE
CARL D. KINSEY,
vice-president—general manager of the Chicago Musical College. (Moffett photo.)
Above: Clarence Eddy (Hartsook photo), Mabel Sharp Herdien (Matzene photo). Glenn Dillard Gunn (Matzene photo), Adolf Muhlmann (Daguerre photo). Below: John B. Miller (Beidler photo), Moissaye Boguslawski (Apeda
photo), Leon Sametini (Schroeder photo).