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ber of unusual songs which Miss Jones always manages to seek out.
Mr. Hill brings an unusual quality to his work due to a very broad education plus musical training of the highest type to which he devoted himself entirely for several years. Before returning home from service he went to Paris and spent several months in study with noted teachers there. He holds degrees—chemistry and modern languages—from the University of Illinois and Science from Drake University.
Dumesnil and Delamarter’s Solo Choir Give Benefit.
For the benefit of its free lecture fund, the Alliance Française arranged an enjoyable concert at the Drake Hotel ballroom, Tuesday evening, February 7, enlisting the services of Maurice Dumesnil, the prominent French pianist, and Eric Delamarter’s excellent Chicago Solo Choir. At this their third public appearance this splendid body of singers did itself as well as its fine conductor proud by the admirable singing it set forth on this occasion, which gained high favor with the large and discriminating audience on hand. They rendered charmingly a group of “Provencal Carols” by Saboly, Bantock's “O, What a Lovely Magic,” Delamarter’s “A June Moonrise,” Edward Moore’s “Crabbed Age and Youth” and “Take, O Take Those Lips Away,” and Debussy’s “Trois Chansons de Charles d’Orleans.” Most artistically and skillfully were Dumesnil’s selections rendered by this splendid pianist with the refinement and delicacy of tone and admirable technical finish, which are salient points in his piano playing. He offered a group of French by Albeniz, Granados, Grovlez and Debussy, a group of four Chopin, and numbers by Vuil-lemin, Ornstein and Liszt. Pie scored heavily and had to respond to several encores.
Chicago Artists' Association's Frolic.
For its second annual frolic and dance the Chicago Artists’ Association presented a clever skit called “Stock-yards Sally,” or “A Singer’s Struggle in a Sinful City,” words and lyrics by Edward Clarke and music by Theodora Sturkow-Ryder and William Lester. Members of the association made up the cast, which included among others four reporters representing four musical papers. The show went off well and was immensely enjoyed by a crowded house. The proceeds went to the Association’s Junior
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“A SINGER S STRUGGLE IN A SINFUL CITY,” A VERY LIGHT OPERA, AMUSES LARGE CHICAGO AUDIENCE
Clever Skit by Clarke, Sturkow-Ryder, and Lester Well Given with Four Critics in the Cast—Rachmaninoff Crowds Auditorium Again and Is Given an Ovation—Prihoda Likewise Scores Brilliant Success—Edith Bennett, Ralph Michaelis and Margaret Weiland, Ethel Jones and William Hill Give Programs—Hanna Butler Sings Beach Songs—Dumesnil and Delamarter’s Solo Choir Give Benefit—Bush Conservatory Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Czerwonky—Two New Teachers for Chicago Musical College Summer Master School—Claire Dux Soloist with Symphony Orchestra
Chicago, 111., February 11, 1922.—Among the few recitalists whose drawing power is such that they can fill the vast auditorium every time they appear in Chicago, there is but one pianist—Rachmaninoff. F. Wight Neumann presented this great artist Sunday afternoon, February S, before an
has speed and superabundance of color. In fact, it would take too much space to do him full justice, but suffice it to say that there is never a moment when he is not the ideal artist in the accentuated delivery of mature, warm tone. His reception after the “Kreutzer” sonata and throughout the concert was wildly enthusiastic, and in the end reached the proportion of a tremendous ovation^ to which he responded and played six numbers in addition to those punctuating his performance.
F. Wight Neumann Presents Edith Bennett.
Edith Bennett, soprano, was presented by F. Wight Neumann on the same Sunday afternoon at Cohan’s Grand Opera House to an appreciative audience. There were several groups of Italian and English songs calculated to display the beauty if not the limitations of _ her organ. She brings a pleasing personality, with conclusive evidence of musical erudition, and sang the program with clearness of diction and every indication of artistry.
Chicago Violinist Heard.
Another recital given on Sunday afternoon, February 5. under F. Wight Neumann’s banner, was that which Ralph Michaelis, violinist, presented at the Playhouse, with the assistance of Margaret Weiland, pianist. In the Vieux-temps D minor concerto, which was all this writer was able to hear, the young violinist gave evidence of violin playing that was sincere and excellent as to technic and musicianship and skill. He was ably seconded at the piano by Margaret Weiland, a young and gifted artist, who proved herself a splendid support. Both artists were most heartiliy applauded by a very large and delighted audience.
Hanna Butler Sings Beach's Songs to Composer's Accompaniments.
At the Cordon Club’s reception for Mrs. H. H. A. Beach on Monday evening, Hanna Butler, sang some of Mrs. Beach’s songs at the request of the composer, who accompanied the popular Chicago soprano. Whether it was because she was singing on the spur of the moment—unexpectedly and thus without a moment’s preparation—Mrs. Butler sang as she has never sung before, her voice ringing clear and true and delivering the Beach message to perfection. Not only did she charm her listeners, but she pleased greatly the composer as well, who was loud in her praise for this gifted artist. Mrs. Butler sang “Ah, Love but a Day” and “The Year’s at the Spring” and so well ■were they liked that she was compelled by insistent plaudits to repeat the latter number, at the close of which an ovation was accorded her. Mrs. Beach played several of her piano selections, thus making it altogether a most enjoyable evening.
Ethel Jones to be Heard in Joint Recital.
Chicago musicians and music lovers are interested in the announcement that Ethel Jones, mezzo, and William Griffith Hill, pianist, will be heard at the Playhouse on February 19. Miss Jones, whose first Chicago recital is still recalled as one of the most attractive and successful heard here has enjoyed a much deserved popularity. This is due in part to her personal charm and sincerity as well as to her unusual voice and artistry. True to her established reputation, she is featuring new songs at this appearance, having added some of the choicest of the French and Russian to a repertory already remarkable for the large num-
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audience whose enthusiasm knew no bounds. Before the afternoon was over Rachmaninoff had doubled his program, such was the demand for extras. Nor were they content when the big Russian responded .for the fifth encore at the close of the program with his im-. perishable C sharp minor prelude. Even after that there was still another number added. One need not go into detail as to Rachmaninoff’s pianism—he is a big musical personality, a great artist whom it is a privilege to hear. He played a Handel “Aria with Variations,” Beethoven’s “Sonata Pathe-tique,” the Weber-Tausig “Invitation to the Dance,” Chopin’s “Barcarolle,” “Valse” and “Polonaise;” also “Three Fairy Stories,” by Nicholas Medtner, his own “Etude Tableau,” “Daisies,” B flat major prelude and his own arrangement of a Bizet “Minuet” and the Liszt second rhapsody with his own cadenza.
Prihoda Shows Remarkable Improvement.
Vasa Prihoda, Hungarian violinist, played a return engagement at Kimball Hall on the same afternoon and thoroughly convinced a large audience of his superlative art in a program, together with numerous encores, which ran the gamut of all classics of composition, doubly discounting his previous efforts here. This young artist possesses all there is in equipment and delivers all there is in his violin. Largely endowed with temperament, with an overwhelming force of personality, he pours out his heart and soul with deep feeling as occasion demands. His tone is large, round, smooth and mellow and his technic faultless,
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