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NIEMACK
Scores Triumph in Debut Recital
At Town Hall, March 23, 1922
Following are a few excerpts from her press comments:
“Her tone was large and generally firm, her intonation accurate and her technic good.”--New York Herald.
“Her tone was unusually good and her mastery of technic sufficient to permit her to be effective with authority in the Paganini concerto.”—New York Tribune.
“An absurdly young and charming maiden played upon the violin with a charm that had nothing absurd about it. A Handel sonata and the Paganini concerto offered Miss Niemack a stern test, but she came out of it with tone unflagging and lucid.”—New York Sun.
“Her performance of a Handel sonata and Paganini concerto was significant of her appreciation and understanding of the classic period of composition.”—New York American.
“There was dignity and breadth to the Handel sonata, going with a full sonorous tone . more mature than her years would seem to warrant and without mannerisms.”—New York Evening Mail.
“She was heard by a musical audience with evident pleasure in Handel’s sonata and a concerto of Paganini.”—New York Times.
“She played an exacting program, she has an abundance of talent, her tone is good and she has an ear for rhythm as well as for intonation.”—New York Evening Telegram.
“Her technical resources are sound.”—New York Evening World.
Engaged as soloist by Banks Glee Club
At Carnegie Hall, April 19, 1922
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Grieg, in which Mr. Mossberg sang the solo. One of the numbers most pleasing to the entire audience was a Ha ling,” arranged by Grieg, which was sung by the c״°™s> with its oldest member, Simon Lee, who has been m the club for more than forty years, taking the solo part. A
other particularly interesting feature of the evemn| was
the singing of a new composition by the director, Evmd U. Forseth, entitled “Aasgaardsreien”
One-of the most delightful musicales the write has ever attended was held on March 7 at Trempeleau Mr Donald Jonson, composer-pianist, was the host The Place “JL at the dinner held musical phrases which caused the guest to search their memories. The favors pianos to jews-harps and the talk from The Love for the Three Oranges” to the classics. The evening program was equally varied and stimulating. Most delightful of a11 was the singing by one of the guests of several numbers com posed by Mr Jonson, among them “To the Cuckoo״ and
^mfoTthe interests of the coming week is the meeting m this city of the Western Wisconsin Teachers Association. Music has an important place in the program both as entertainment and as subject for study. This is ainfinite attempt to follow the lead of the State meeting held ■in Milwaukee last fall, where for the first time i״ *e ^ory °f the State music was given any consi.derable aW^10״ a?‘d * definite organization was planned to carry on the wor the music section through the year.	־ ' J\
Montgomery, Ala, March 19, 1922.—A rare treat in the form of a piano recital was given the music lovers of this city and the surrounding territory when Guy Maier
and Lee Pattison were presented here March 9, under t auspices of the Montgomery Concert.Course this being the fifth concert of the series of six. One could not "elP ,Du,, think of the old lines, “Two souls with but a single thought, so perfect was their ensemble. The program given wa highly interesting, presenting varied forms of musical
*On^he night of March 3 and afternoon of March 4 the
' Junior Choral Club gave its annual public	oveH’Ty
in the form of a musical comedy, The Gipsy Kover oy May H Dodge and John W. Dodge, under the direction Mrs Earle Elmo Cobb, the organizer and regular director of the club. The cast of characters was: Nancy Garzas
fohn; TVodd!aaLsfnfor; ׳ Jack Stone, as Rob ! Mary Frames
Nina• Ben S. Gilmer, as Captain Jerome, and Julien Bel ser as McCorkle, with a chorus of gypsies, squires, etc. The whole performance was given m an artistic understanding manner and served to bring out a number of p isin״ voun״ voices, showing the excellence of their pamstak-״״ directresl Mary Frances O’Connell, a young dramatic snnrano in the star role, gave an admirable performance The first performance was given for the benefit of the club and the second for the Oracle, the paper published by the SMnev Lanier High School. The popularity of the singers was attested by the splendid attendance and applause given
aMn%tPeL”sCMght the Lanier Minstrels, assisted by th^LanieHHigh School Orchestra, under the able d rection S Blanche Rollings, presented their fom:th annuall gow in the auditorium of the Sidney Lamer High School belore an audfence of more than 1,000 persons, mostly students of the school. The show was one of the cleverest amateur performances that the writer has ever witnessed and the: fol-lnwin«־ students of the high school participated. George ” (interlocutor), Tom Kelly, Frank Covington BernardDickson, Ben Gilmer, Walter Adams Norwood Johnson Pierce Chilton, Jr., Fred Dreher, Jr., Wilson Reinhardt,
Frank Hinds, Arthur Maudin, Gordon Gr,ah^;Laur^wen ineton and Charles Baxter (white faces), Fred Churchwell !׳Fan Foots) John Holman (Black-Boy), George Dudderar (fnkySnow. ,Charles Covey (Sugar-Foots), Gordon Mer-riwether (Snow-Flakes), Stuart Patton (Jug-Head), Willie Yougene (Handsome) and Paul. Kilpat™* _ (ha ־ pint) (black faced comedians). The soloists were. C ton Reinhardt Patton, Preiss, Gilmer, Churchwell and Dud-derkr Mumtord de jkrnette, a former talented boy soprano, was presented (in full dress suit, long toouseirs and a P™־״
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George Dudderar gave a dance eccentric, also a clarionet
solo, and was repeatedly encored.	patr;ck׳s night
Another good program was given on St Patrick s night at the K C Hall, the program being given by the Misses Ross and Harrington, violin and piano; Mary Frances
OUonnell, soprano; Mrs. Regan, “%a^ GfX־e״e7 tenor; Mrs. J. B. Farley, contralto Patrick J. Sweeney, tenor • D P. Archdeacon, tenor, and Judge C. P. McIntyre
and Tohn C. O’Connell, speakers. 10 ־ .	.
At the Alabama Woman’s College on March 18 the; Au burn Glee and Mandolin Club, under the direction • °£_R“ Bidez, was presented to an appreciative audience in a very eniovable program. Messrs. Landrum, Cottle, Bide , Struppa, Styles, Cathcart, Bickerstaff, Mobley and Mel-
ViThePPpTesfdenVoPfeCthae ITabama Federation of Music Clubs is offering a prize of $25 for the best song contributed by a member of a federated club whose musical education has been acquired in the United States and who is now a resident Tf Alabama. In previous years this prize has been awarded to Edna Gockel Gussen (Birmingham), Florence Golson (Wetumpka), Cedric Lemont (Mobile) and Mrs. W S Wilson (Dothan), each of whom has produced a composition of genuine merit. In addition to the r?9mr®־ ments mentioned above, contestants must comply with the toltowL rules• (1) The melody, but not necessarily the wordTof the song, must be the bona fide work of the contestant• (2) the song must be in manuscript form, having never been published; (3) the name of the contestant must not appear on the manuscript. The decision of the judges will bePannounced at the Anniston convention at which time the w1nningUsong will be heard. The weak point in this contS seems to" be that all composers of the State who are not members of the federation are barred, and as the clubs are women’s clubs, a man must needs be an honorary
“fl? contesfihlt will take place:during^*¿™tio״ to be held next month is open to students of the State ai a M follows:	For piano, $25 is offered by Mrs. Victor
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house. The production, “Miss Cherryblossom,” was well presented in all details, the singing, dancing, costuming and setting all being excellent for high school talent. The operetta was directed by Katharyn Bauder, the speaking parts by Maude Shulters and the dances by Mary Milligan, Grace Young and Aileen Monahan. The pupils taking special parts were Faye Epley and Donald Hawks in the leading roles, and John Hartman, Cleland Bull, Charles Allbritten Richard Handy, Dorothy Douglass, Marion Lory, Veva Tillson, Colbert Cushing, Nellie Eastburn, Myra Turk and Helen Johnson.	F• A. H.
Hanover, N. H., March 14, 1922.—Prof. E. Harold Geer of Vassar College, demonstrated on the newly augmented Streeter organ in Rollins Chapel at Dartmouth College his mastery of organ technic before a collegiate audience. The program was characterized by a pleasing variety beginning with selections from Rameau, an old French master of the clavecin, and writers of operas and ballets, and from the works of Le Froid De Mereaux, another old French opera composer, and included the great G minor fugue and fantasia of Bach. Among the modern composers Saint-Saëns was represented with his “Improvisation in E flat major, and Wagner with the “Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde.” Widor and Vierne, both figures in modern French organ supremacy; Parker, the American, and Borodin, the gifted Russian writer of Oriental music, were ■ given place on a program of great interest.	B W
Jacksonville, Fla., March 14, 1922—Elly Ney played last night to one of the most enthusiastic audiences evei noted in the city. Mme. Ney very obligingly responded to
re Johnstown ^Pa., March 17, 1922,—All departments of the Johnstown College of Music were represented m a recital in Cambria Library Auditorium, January 23 Vocal and instrumental numbers, dramatic readings, and an exhibit by the musical kindergarten were included on the
PrTohn Gunder, local !pianist and a member of the faculty of the College of Music, appeared in his second recital this season at Library Hall on the evening of February 9. He was assisted by Mrs. E. E. Colliver, one of the city s favorite contraltos. Mr. Gunder’s principal number was the sonata in G minor (Schumann). Mrs. (Mlliversang three of Mr. Gunder’s latest songs—“On the Hull, Light Shadows” and “Eurydice to Orpheus. Mrs. H. R. Coleman was accompanist.	.	־
Word has reached Johnstown of the success m Cleveland Ohio of Mary Martinides, of this city, mezzo soprano, who’ has been studying in Cleveland. Miss Martinides was selected from a group of 280 singers as soloist for
the Cleveland Sylvian Sextet.
The Gettysburg College Glee Club and orchestra gave a creditable concert in the lecture room of the new Lutheran church on Vine street, Sunday evening, February 10■
A musicale was conducted Wednesday afternoon, February 15 at the home of Minnie Bolsinger. The best talent in Johnstown and vicinity participated in this event.
The White Concert Company of Boston was the attraction at the closing session if the University Night Course at the Methodist Episcopal Church, February 17. The musi cians included Ruth Collmgbourne,
Palme, cellist; Leona Kennelly, soprano, and Harold Logan,
PiaMrStand Mrs. Andrew B. Cricleton entertained at a novel musicale at their beautiful home Westmont on February
17 The program included numbers by Geor&e L,. is. r , Pittsburgh, baritone soloist; Eleanore Shaw, of New York, and Herman H. Fleer, pianist, of Pittsburgh. A ““tol of splendid renditions by famous artists recorded on the Steinway Duo-Art added variety to an exceptionally mter-
eSEmma°Louise Raab, of this city, a student ״ the Margaret Horne studios, Pittsburgh, and one of six students playing under the especial tutelage of Dr. Thaddeus Ric■ .
If the Philadelphia Orchestra was soloist HeLnumbe״'' in-Church. Sunday evening, February 19. Her numhers in cluded “Andante Religioso” (Thome) and nocturne in
flaGemsh°from a dozen operas were rendered by a^chonis and orchestra of local talent at Library Hall, bebruary ¿0■ Taliesin Griffith and Silvio Landino, choir and orchestra Hi rectors conducted the concert.
Gordon Balch Nevin, Johnstown’s most prominent organist and composer, has aceepted the offer to offiaate^ the orean in the new Lutheran church. The instrument at which he will preside is a magnificent affair, a four manual and echo Skinner organ, the largest between Bj^urgh and Harrisburg. Edward Melvin Harris, a pupil of T. Carl Whitmer, of Pittsburgh, will be successor to Mr. Nevin at
1bThLmfuToStoffitorif'the Fortnightly Musical Club was held in the First United Brethren Church March 1. The club is rehearsing the opera, “Cavalleria Rusticana, which will be presented at a public performance m the ״®a future. Prof. Silvio Landino is directing the rehearsals, having taken part in the opera in Italy some years ago.
T a Crosse Wis., March 11, 1922,—The concert given by HaSd Bauer aAd Pablo CasaE established a new record in the history of the La Crosse Music Study Club, these two artists played to a packed house composed not only of tol patrons but also of those coming from nearfiy owns and several even from Minneapolis, since it had not been oossible for that city to secure these two ^together. I he oro°־ram included a Brahms sonata and a Grieg sonata for 5KX Bach suite for cello and Schumann and
1Sffru concert of the Music Study Cffib course, the club made public a financial statement which has aroused considerable comment. The net profits from the season’s concerts were $18.16. Far from being discouraged, the women of the club are determined to continue with their nesent policy of giving their city the best music obtainable at cost price. Arrangements are already being made tor mndiictino־ the course in 1922-1923.
The first big public concert given by the Normanna Sanger-kor in several years was a success. It was given in the Normal School auditorium, and the Sangerkor was. assisted by Joel Mossberg baritone, and Louise Knudson, pianist. The club gave a varied program, consisting largely of Scandinavian numbersITmong *em’“Lief Eriksson’’ by Oscar Bprg which was excellently rendered, and Sigurd Jorsaliar ot