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MUSICAL COURIER
February 2, 19 2 2
© Fernand de Gueldre
ANGELO FERRARI
Distinguished Conductor of the Chicago Opera Company
Writes as follows concerning the
Piano
Mason & Hamlin Co.,
Boston, Mass.
Gentlemen:—
As the Stradivarius violin has added to the fame of Italy, so the Mason & Hamlin Piano adds fame to America. Fortunate is the possessor of one of these unequalled instruments. Accept my hearty felicitations.
Very truly yours, (Signed) Angelo Ferrari.
assisting soloists were:	Mrs. George Eckert, soprano;
Elizabeth Brand, contralto; James Thomas, tenor, and Maurice Lucas, baritone. Helen MenMuir was the accompanist.
L. Maurice Lucas, baritone, and Dan K. Wanee, pianist, gave a program of songs and piano music at the Edgewood Community House very recently.
Vera Jean Phillips, teacher of piano in the Mason School of Music at Charleston, West Virginia, spent the holidays with relatives in this city.
Prof, and Mrs. A. A. Glockzin spent the week between Christmas and New Year’s in Detroit, Mich., attending the National Music Teachers’ Convention. Much interest is being shown in the music memory contest which is being planned by the public schools. This will lie the first contest of its kind ever held in this city.
Marie Whelan, a local piano teacher, who spent several weeks with her parents in Little Rock, Arkansas, has just returned home.
Fitchburg, Mass., January 7, 1922.■—The Fitchburg Choral Society has been actively at work for the past twelve months in preparation for the annual Fitchburg Music Festival, dates to be announced in the immediate future. The society has suffered a serious misfortune this season in the resignation of Herbert I. Wallace as president, but the high plane to which Mr. Wallace has raised the work of the society and the annual festivals is to be maintained by a group of interested and public spirited citizens. A substantial and entirely adequate guarantee fund was raised quickly in the early fall and Conductor Nelson P. Coffin re-engaged for the present season. It is planned to make the coming festival the equal in all ways of those which have gone before, and the excellent results secured in former seasons through the efforts of Mr. Wallace are to be continued by the present officers and directors. At the annual meeting, held early in December, the by-laws were amended to permit the election to the directorate of interested citizens other than those who were active members of the chorus. The following directors were elected at that time: Charles B. Smith, Gardner K. Hudson, Harry G. Townend, Henry G. Pearson, Russell B. Lowe, Myrton A. Cutler, William R. Rankin, David A. Manning, G. Burton Lord, William E. Vandell, Mrs. Richard B. Lyon, Mary Markham and Mrs. Ralph H. Fales.
The chief choral work in preparation for the 1922 festival in Verdi’s Requiem, a work given a few years ago by the local forces and proving one of the most popular given under the baton of Conductor Coffin. Among the other festival works will be a musical setting by Deems Taylor to Alfred Noyes’ well known poem, “The Highwayman.” The membership of the chorus reached 235 at the last rehearsal. The soprano and bass sections have been completed, but a few more voices are needed for the tenor and contralto sections, it being expected that the Festival Chorus, when filled, will number at least 250 voices.
Grinnell, la., January 10, 1922.■—■The faculty recitals have been given so far this season at Grinnell College, and interesting programs were arranged for both of them. On the afternoon of November 30, Elliot Griffis was heard in a piano recital, the composers represented being Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Mendelssohn and Schubert-Liszt. For the Saturday evening concert, January 7, the program was given by Bertha Shutts Smiley, pianist, assisted by Arthur Faguy-Cote, baritone, and Berry Walcutt Faguy-Cote, accompanist.
Joliet, 111., January 8, 1922. — The first post holiday meeting of the Woman’s Club occurred Friday afternoon, January 6, in the parlors of the Universalist Church. A program combining an educational feature with the presentation of the music of the American Indian was given by Mrs. E. R. Lewis, who has also been conducting a series of lectures in musical analysis for the music department of the club. Compositions of Charles Wakefield Cadman and Thurlow Lieurance were used to exemplify the remarks of Mrs. Lewis, who ably accompanied Mrs. E. C. Bassett, soprano, on the piano.
A program of sacred music by the combined choirs of St. Patricks Church, Chicago, was given in _St.^ Mary’s Church, Sunday evening, January 8. The choir is under the direction of Dr. J. L. Browne, also director of plain song at Notre Dame University. Beside chorus and motet numbers, there were: A soprano solo, the Bach-Gounod “Ave Maria,” by Master John Shaw; soprano and tenor duet, by Mae Carter and William Kent; bass solo, by Frank J. Flood; baritone solo, by John A. Monahon; contralto solo, by Veronica Krebs'.
Lima, Ohio, January 7, 1922.—The Cleveland Symphony Orchestra was received enthusiastically by members of the Music Club on November 10. Memorial Hall was entirely sold out for he occasion and Conductor Sokoloff, with his most gracious and pleasing personality, received hearty response from the entire audience. The César Franck symphony in D minor, never before heard in Lima, was perhaps the most popular number on the program, although the overture (fantasy) from “Romeo and Juliet,” by Tschaikowsky, was especially well received. Victor de Gomez, cellist, was the only soloist. His brilliant performance of Popper’s Hungarian rhapsody was repeated.
On December 22 the Michigan Union of the University of Michigan presented “Make It for Two” in Faurot Opera House, under the local management of Ralph P. Mackenzie.
Trinity Choir, under the directorship of Mark Evans, sang “The Messiah” Christmas afternoon.
Lincoln, Neb.—(See letter on another page.)
Los Angeles, Cal.—(See “Music on the Pacific Slope.”)
Millen, Ga., January 3, 1922.— Mrs. R. H. Brinson entertained the Woman’s Club of Millen at her home on Monday afternoon, January 2. Mrs. Cleveland Thomas, Mrs. F. A. Brinson, Mrs. F. S. Boyer (president of the club), and Mrs. S. C. Parker took part in the program. Mrs. Parker chose for a piano solo the march from “The Ruins of Athens,” by Saint-Saëns, and Mrs. Dean Brinson sang “My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice,” by the same composer, in honor of the great French musician.
Minneapolis, Minn.—(See letter on another page.)
New Haven, Conn.—(See letter on another page.)
Superior, Wis., January 13, 1922.—The Superior Musi-cale presented Leopold Godowsky in recital recently to a capacity audience. His numbers were enthusiastically received and he graciously responded to encores.
Washington, D. C.—(See letter on another page.)
ACROSS THE COUNTRY
Atlanta, Ga.—(See letter on another page.)
Boston, Mass.—-(See letter on another page.)
Canton, Ohio, January 14, 1922.—A concert was given by Olive Kline, soprano, and John Quine, baritone, in the City Auditorium. Mr. Quine opened the concert with Massenet’s aria from “Herodiade,” “Vision Fugitive,” and while it was enjoyed and applauded, yet he received far greater applause when he sang Sidney Homer’s “Uncle Rome.” Miss Kline was liberally applauded after the aria from “Mignon,” and was given an ovation when she sang the old southern melody, “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny.”
Father Finn’s Paulist Choristers sang to over 2,000 persons at the City Auditorium. Canton has not heard a choir that can equal it, Father Finn demonstrating his ability as a director. The program was divided into two parts, the first made up of compositions of medieval Roman and Spanish composers and to writers of the modern Russian school. It was interesting to contrast these selections. Master Edward Slattery was one of the soloists. The concert was given under the auspices of Mount Marie Alumnae Association, which is raising a building fund to complete Mount Marie College. The fine technic of the singers was revealed in “The Judgment Day,” by A. Archangelsky, and “Fugue,” from “Sing Ye to the Lord.” Ovington Moyle, baritone, concluded the first part of the program by singing Waddington’s “Salve Regina.” As an encore he sang the "Invictus” by Huhn, and “The Pretty, Pretty Creature,” a little number by H. Lane Wilson. Mr. Moyle has a pleasing personality. Master Adolf La Moult, boy soprano, delighted when he sang “Holy Night”; John Finnegan, tenor, gave the “Ingemisco,” from Verdi’s “Requiem,” with the "Rosary” for an encore. Masters Slattery, Guilfoyle, Co-motis and Huber, sang Mozart’s “Letter Song” from "The Marriage of Figaro.”
Chicago, 111.—(See letter on another page.)
Cincinnati, Ohio.—(See letter on another page.)
Columbus, Ohio, January 8, 1922.—Under the auspices of the Columbus Wellesley Club, and before a large audience, Louise Homer gave a recital at Memorial Hall, on October 24. Mme. Homer’s program was especially well chosen, having a splendid grouping of songs and arias. She sang Handel’s “He Shall Feed His Flock” (from "The Messiah”). An operatic contribution was “Me voici Dans Sans Boudoir,” (from “Mignon”), into which she put vivacity and spirit. Her encore number was “My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice.” Sidney Homer’s songs and other American composers were honored on the diva’s program. Homer’s voice seems to grow richer each year.
Amelita Galli-Curci sang at Memorial Hall on October 28.	3,600 people, the complete capacity of the hall, ac-
claimed this great singer with riotous applause. The aria, “Ah, fors’ e Lui,” from “Traviata,” was the most noteworthy number listed. It was sung magnificently and received tumultuous applause. Her encores were well chosen and proved to be favorites. Manuel Berenguer played flute obligatos for a few of her songs and also gave an independent group of his own, showing superb musicianship, and interpretative ability. Homer Samuels played splendid accompaniments.
Kate M. Lacey has received word that the Adolph Bohm ballet and the Little Symphony concert, which was to have been her next attraction, had to be postponed. The next Quality concert will be the joint recital by Theo Karle, tenor, and Frances Nash, pianist, on February 28.
The Men’s Glee Club of Ohio State University has given three concerts thus far this season. On November 17 the men sang at the “Fog-Raiser,” an elaborate festival for the alumni; on December 5, an appearance in Springfield, about which the critics wrote that the program had a wide diversity of interest; and on December 21, a concert was presented at the North High School Auditorium. Karl H. Hoenig is director of the Glee Club.
Samuel R. Gaines, composer and director, will give the regular lecture which precedes every symphony concert offered by the Women’s Music Club. A lecture was given preceding the concert of the New York Symphony, on January 13.
Jessie Peters, a Columbus pianist, has just returned from studies with Artur Schnabel in New York.
The Saturday Music Club admitted the following to membership on December 30:	Faith Kochensperger, piano;
Hope Housel, harp; Louella Hemsteger, violin; Vashti Jones, Mrs. C. R. Neiswander, Paul Young and H. H. Shively, all voice. The Junior tryouts were held on December 10 and the following were admitted to membership in the club: Frances Fanning, Thelma Kent, Bronwen Richards, Catherine Brunning, Beatrice Toebert, Dorothy Tyack, Helen Lawson, John Converse, Dorothy Gohdes, Dora Ellen Mills, Catherine Savage, Thomas Davis, Hazel Schaad, Dorothy Fuller, Virginia Scott, voice; Loretta Zettler, cello, and Robert Ziegfeld and Edith Chauncey, violin.
Connersville, Ind., January 9, 1922.—The Chaminade Club was recently reorganized at the local high school. The Club has thirty-nine members including the following: Wilma Aber, Mary Routh Bottles, Aloise Baehner, Kathryn Beemer, Ruth Burkhard, Ruth Cloud, Dorothy Dodson, Lucille Forbes, Martha Fettig, Fedelis Feigert, Nellie Fries, Clara May Gasell, June Gorton, Bernice Hyde, Aria Hart, Marcella Holter, Irene Hudson, Margaret Jordan, Julia Liest, Virginia Lenglade, Dorothy Lambert, Elizabeth Mungavin, Elizabeth Moore, Elizabeth Mount, Ellen Over-hiser, Margaret Peters, Lucille Rouse, Helen Smith, Frances Spilman, Mildred Scholl, Dorothy Schuler, Freda Snyder, Jean Trussler, Elizabeth Tatman, Margaret Torr, Zella Tucker, Quinta Turner, Wilna Thomas and Esther Wise. Quinta Turner is president of the club and Wilna Thomas is accompanist.
A. A. Glockzin, tenor, sang a group of songs at the Sixth District Teachers’ Convention at Rushville, Ind., recently. Hazel Murphy was the accompanist.
Rowena Rosendale-Fruth, teacher of piano, presented a number of her advanced pupils in a recital at her studio.
Handel’s “Messiah” was given by the Connersville high school chorus of 120 voices under the direction of A. A. Glockzin, supervisor of music in the public schools. The