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gave a concert, card party and dance. Gertrude White, soprano, was special soloist for the second time within three months for this well known club, which fact alone speaks volumes in her favor. She sang with limpid, clear and high voice the waltz song from Gounod’s “Romeo and Juliette,” in which her ease in singing and bright colored high C and D (above the staff) were notable. “Wake Up” (Phillips) was her encore, and in this one admired her clear enunciation and bright style. Gertrude Silber played capable accompaniments. Miss White, during her stay in New York, was soprano in the celebrated choir of the “Old First” Church, Dr. William C. Carl organist, and there made a
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name for herself for her reliability and genial personality. Others on the program were Miss Silber, pianist, who gave Liszt’s sixth Hungarian rhapsody (the finale abbreviated), and Sol Phillips, tenor, who showed his musical spirit and well controlled high notes in “Siegmund’s Love Song” and “A Spirit Flower.”
Muzio Believes in Bull Fights
Claudia Muzio, who returned to the Metropolitan Opera House on February 1 from Mexico City, where she had been singing as chief soprano in the Bracale Opera Company, has become a firm believer in the bull fight. She declares the bull ring educates the public in enthusiasm, with the result that in Mexico the opera claque is unnecessary— but, she adds, there are drawbacks.
“I never saw such enthusiasm at the opera,” said Miss Muzio, “as is contributed by the public of Mexico City, but this also means that I never saw so quick an outburst of resentment of singing it does not like. The Mexican public has been taught by the bull ring to put no restraint upon its likes or dislikes, and this attitude it carries into the opera house; but it is sometimes disconcerting.
“One night I was singing Mimi in ‘Boheme’ and the audience took a dislike to the Musetta. Before the ‘Waltz Song’ was half finished people began to whistle and complain audibly, and at the end of the act a large portion of the house shouted out that the act must be given over again with a new Musetta. And it was given over and with a new Musetta hastily summoned from her hotel, or the walls of the theater would have been pulled down. The rest of the opera went to tremendous enthusiasm and my Mimi was never applauded and cheered so vociferously. But I can tell you a Mexican opera audience is an ordeal to be faced. Bull fighting is the national sport, and an unpopular singer is just as popular as a lazy bull or a clumsy matador! Yet the singer who does succeed succeeds in Mexico as nowhere else.”	G.
Mrs. Anders Sings Mabel Wood Hill Songs
Mrs. James M. Anders, contralto, gave a costume recital February 8 in Philadelphia, Fay Foster at the piano, in which she sang songs chiefly by American composers. Among them were “Aesop’s Fables,” sung in medieval costume, namely, “The Frog and the Ox,” “The Fox and the Crow” and “The Lion and the Mouse.” One who was there wrote that “the concert was a great success and the ‘Fables’ the hit of the evening. Mrs. Anders sang the songs most attractively and everyone was delighted with them. We thought the music very wonderful and most appropriate.” Mrs. Anders sings them frequently, and on February 23 and February 28 she repeated her program. Also on March S she was heard at the Musical Art Club. These songs are unique in the song literature of America and show Mabel Wood Hill as a composer of daring and originality.
Three Anderson Artists for Springfield
Walter Anderson, the manager of New York, has secured engagements for three of his artists at the forthcoming Springfield, Mass., Festival. “Faust” will be given in concert form on May 12 with Jeannette Vreeland, soprano; Norman Jollif, baritone, and Frank Cuthbert, bass.
viola; Lester Studwell, cello; Joseph Wille, trumpet; Ray H. Harrington, organist, and Dr. Carl E. Martin, choirmaster.
Edna Moreland Gives Musicale.
Edna Moreland, chairman of the reception committee of the Verdi Club, gave a largely attended musicale at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, February. 23..	Florence Foster
Jenkins sang a program including Italian arias and English songs. Mozelle Bennett, violinist, played compositions. A tea followed the musicale and Miss Moreland was assisted in receiving by her mother, Mrs. H. D. McCowan, Mrs. John Douglas Walton, Mrs. John Hill Knox, Mrs. Frederick Clark Brown, Mrs. Charles Lee Hilliary, Mrs. Frederick Montague Taylor, Mrs. Samuel Rossiter Betts, Mrs. James Grade, Mary Oaks, Mrs. J. E. Crum, Mrs. Arthur H. Bridge, Mrs. J. Jones Christie, Mrs. C. B. Phillips, Mrs. Walter Arthur Scott, Mrs. Bruce Bushong Preas, Mrs. Frederick Pennell, Luella B. Edwards, Mrs. L. C. Mayer, Mrs. Gardner Hirons, Alma Bliss, Mrs. J. Moran, Mrs. John Sipe, Mrs. Elmer W. Gearing, Mrs. Jacob Braun, K. Meloni, Mrs. F. M. Tibbetts, Mrs. Oscar Gemunder, Mrs. Paul Kiel, Florence L. Sudlow and Beulah Louise Henry.
Elgar Program at Brick Church.
An Elgar program was given at the Friday noon hour of music at the Brick Church, February 24, by Clarence Dickinson. Clytie Hine, soprano; Ernest Davis, tenor, and John Mundy, cellist, gave these numbers: Allegro maestoso, from sonata for organ: (cello) “Chanson de Matin”; (soprano) “Like to the Damask Rose” and "Queen Mary’s Song” from “Bavarian Highlands”; (cello) adagio from the concerto, and “Salut D’Amour”; (tenor) “Blind Man’s Song,” “Hope and Glory”; “Dorabella” and “Pomp and Circumstance” march.
The Friday noon hour of music at the Brick Church, February 17, brought a good portion of Mendelssohn’s oratorio “Elijah,” with the following soloists: Mildred Graham, soprano ; Mabel Beddoe, contralto; Alex Crooks, tenor, and Andrea Sarto, bass. The Brick Church Motet Choir assisted, and the usual large congregation listened to all the music with absorbed attention.
Grand Opera Quartet on Tour.
The Grand Opera Quartet (Egrid Tellieri, soprano; Claire Spencer, contralto; Ernest Davis, tenor, and J. S. Greene, baritone) was on tour during the very cold week ending February 18 in some of the smaller cities of the Cats-kill region. The Walton Reporter says the singers were all in good voice and made a tremendous hit. “Claire Spencer’s portrayal of the double roles in ‘Cavalleria’ was fine.”
Mehan Studio Musicales.
The Mehan Studio Musicales, a feature of the springtime, will be resumed “as soon as the ill ones are around again,” said Mrs. Mehan. These affairs are invariably high class.
Arts Assembly Recitals.
Mrs. Rodolphe Frese, founder and president of the Arts Assembly, introduced Bruce Meade in a violin recital, assisted by Louise Bartlette Corlies, contralto, at Magna Chodia Chambers, February 27. Two hundred listeners heard Mr. Meade, who showed real talent in his violin numbers by Wieniawski, Saint-Saëns and others. Strings and piano, under Miss Hull, furnished accompaniment to the Wieniawski concerto. The Arts Assembly is doing good work in presenting talented young musicians to appreciative audiences.
Thea Holmes Song Recital.
Thea Holmes, dramatic soprano, was heard in arias and songs at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, February 28, Walter Kiesewetter at the piano. Her singing of the aria from “Le Cid” and of songs by modern composers showed her dramatic.spirit and excellent enunciation. In the aria she sang a high B of fine quality, and her enunciation of German in songs by Strauss, Grieg, Tschaikowsky and Wein-gartner was very clear. “Ah, Love But a Day,” by Hallett Gilbert¿, was one of her best numbers, and Mana-Zucca was represented by her “Rachem.” Mr. Kiesewetter played sympathetic accompaniments.
Alexander Russell’s University Activities.
Dr. Alexander Russell, director of music at Princeton University, gave an organ recital, assisted by the Princeton Glee Club, in Newark, February 20. He played works by Guilmant, Bach, Corelli, Dubois, Russell, Franck, Dvorak, and Weber, and the chorus sang ancient works, as well as two Princeton songs, one of them being “The Orange and the. Black,” arranged by Ernest T. Carter. Dr. Russell is giving organ recitals at Procter Hall in Princeton University. His programs of January 14, January 28 and February 11 had on them many standard works. Arthur Bird’s Oriental sketch, Felix Borowski’s suite in E minor, and Russell’s own “Song of the Basket Weaver” were some of the American composers’ works. The organ was presented to Princeton University by Henry Clay Frick in 1916, and around it Dr. Russell is centering much of his musical activities.
Charlotte Lansing (Snyder) Pleases.
Charlotte Lansing, who will drop the family name Snyder, recently sang for a private audience Curran’s “Dawn” and Grieg’s “Ich Liebe Dich.” The splendidly expressive voice, musical nature and warmth of her singing, allied with distinct enunciation, gave great pleasure. With study and experience this young girl is sure of a fine future.
Kronold Memorial Concert May 7.
For the Kronold Memorial Testimonial Concert of May 7, Carnegie Hall, the committee under Katherine Evans von Klenner, chairman, is assembling leading artists and organizations. The Rubinstein Club, a group of cellists, and other items of musical importance are to be on this program.
Prize-Winner Edna Zahm in New York.
Edna Zahm, who won the prize of $100 at the Buffalo festival last October, and is a promising soprano singer, is studying with Edmund J. Myer. The young woman has a fine voice and under Mr. Myer is sure to make splendid progress.
Gertrude White Sings for Professional League
Hotel McAlpin, New York, was the scene of a brilliant affair February 28, when thé Professional Women’s League
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PRESENT FOR SEASON 1921-22
Ellen Beach Yaw, coloratura soprano; Hermina West, dramatic soprano; Lydia Lyndgren, dramatic soprano; Franklin Cannon, the distinguished pianist; Ann Thompson and Earl Meeker, pianist and baritone, in joint recitals; Marguerita Sylva, mezzo soprano; Antonio Rocca, dramatic tenor; Georgiella Lay, pianist, interpretative programs; André Polah, Belgian violinist; Mrs. George Lee Bready, xi opera recitals; Jessie Masters, All-American contralto; Leila Topping, pianist and Vladimir Dubinsky, cellist in joint recitals.