MUSICAL COURIER	April 6, 1922
WHERE THEY	ARE	TO BE
From April 6 to April 20
St. Denis, Ruth:
17,	Lynchburg, Va.
18,	Greenville, S. C.
19,	Anderson, S. C.
20,	Columbia, S. C.
Schumann Heink, Mme.:
6,	Jamestown, N. Y.
9, Boston, Mass.
18,	Montclair, N. J.
20, Monessen, Pa.
Shawn, Ted:
17,	Lynchburg, Va.
18,	Greenville, S. C.
19,	Anderson, S. C.
20,	Columbia, S. C.
Siloti, Alexander:
6,	Cambridge, Mass.
7-8, Boston, Mass.
Smith, Ethelynde:
6,	Wolf ville, N. S. .
15,	Grand Rapids, Mich. Stopak, Josef:
16,	Chicago, 111. Swinford, Jerome:
9, Brooklyn, N. Y.
18,	Auburn, N. Y. Vreeland, Jeannette:
18,	Bridgeport, Conn. Williams, Irene:
7,	Bluefield, W. Va.
Martel, Joseph:
8,	Douglaston, L. I.
Namara, Marguerite:
6,	Shreveport, La.
7,	Texarkana, Texas.
8,	Memphis, Tenn. 10, Columbus, Miss.
Patterson, Idelle:
19,	Scranton, Pa. Pattison, Lee:
9,	Wellsville, N. Y. Patton, Fred:
6,	Meadville, Pa.
8, Plainfield, N. J.
14,	Brooklyn, N. Y.
19,	Sackville, N. B.
Peege, Charlotte:
8, Altoona, Pa.
10,	Harrisburg, Pa.
13, Williamsport, Pa.
15,	Reading, Pa.
18, Lancaster, Pa.
20,	York, Pa.
Reuter, Rudolph:
18, Chicago, 111. Reyes, Juan:
7,	Buffalo, N. Y. Rubinstein, Erna:
16,	Lindsborg, Kan.
15,	Bound Brook, N. J.
16,	East Orange, N. J.
Diaz, Rafaelo:
6,	Baltimore, Md.
7,	Washington, D. C. Dux, Claire:
13, Emporia, Kan.
18,	Oberlin, Ohio.
20,	Cedar Rapids, la.
Farnam, Lynnwood:
10, Montclair, N. J.
17,	Newark, N. J. Harvard, Sue:
19,	Scranton, Pa.
Hess, Hans:
20,	Waterloo, la. House, Judson:
8,	Plainfield, N. J. Howell, Dicie:
18,	Pottsville, Pa. Jeffrey, Helen:
7, Buffalo, N. Y. Jollif, Norman:
16, Boston, Mass. Konecny, Josef:
18,	Ft. Madison, la.
19,	Keokuk, la.
20,	Mt. Pleasant, la. Maier, Guy:
7, Cleveland, Ohio.
. 9, Wellsville, N. Y.
Althouse, Paul :
16, Boston, Mass.
18,	Bridgeport, Conn. 20, Chicago, 111.
Arden, Cecil:
7,	Bridgeport, Conn.
9,	Jersey City, N. J.
20, Norristown, Pa. Baird, Martha:
9,	Detroit, Mich. Beebe, Carolyn :
9, Englewood, N. J. Beck, Alma:
20, Cincinnati, Ohio. Berumen, Ernesto:
20, Toledo, Ohio. Besler, “Miss Bobby”:
8,	New Haven, Conn. Bryars, Mildred:
9-16, Lindsborg, Kan. Curtis, Vera:
7, Buffalo, N. Y. Cuthbert, Frank:
9-16, Lindsborg, Kan. Dambois, Maurice:
10,	Englewood, N. J. David, Annie Louise:
19,	Portland, Me.
De Kyzer, Marie:
6,	Meadville, Pa.
7,	Oil City, Pa.
in the Academy Foyer, Philadelphia, April 25, when she will have the assistance of Ellis Clark Hammann at the piano.
BARCELONA
Ashley Pettis’ Success Deserved
Ashley Pettis, of San Francisco, is a young American pianist whose success both with the press and with the public has been so great that he is already reckoned as among the most promising of the younger generation of musicians. He began his music very early, taking charge of the organ at church services when he was only ten and drifting into music quite naturally as his undoubted vocation. He studied
ASHLEY PETTIS,
pianist.
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immediate. The people filled the theater every night and the principal numbers were enthusiastically applauded each time.
French Poly-Harmonists Invade Spain
Somewhat of a sensation was created by the first visit to Barcelona of the French “Quatuor Provence,” a fine string quartet consisting of Messrs. Derbessy, Rey, Botti and Maurech. They introduced to us a new quartet by Darius Milhaud, the most distinguished representative of the “Group of Six” (now reduced to five), a group which champions the “poly-tonic” ideal and abhors the Wagnerian sonorities as well as the effeminate Debussyan delicacies.
Now our public does not shun the most extreme of artistic daring, if there can be discovered in it sincerity and some real art; it therefore heard the Milhaud quartet without prejudice and with the wish of finding something in it. But it found mighty little real merit in the work, though the first three movements gave pleasure because of the fluency of their melodic treatment. However, the musical merits of the piece are not sufficient to warrant all the noise that is being made about this ultra-modern school There are intentional infractions against harmonic laws without which music cannot exist, and sometimes an honest man might well question himself whether the four musicians really played what was in the score or anything that occurred to them on the spur of the moment. ...
I know full well that similar things were said about Wagner forty years ago, and about Stravinsky even within the last five years. Nevertheless, I think that all things have an end. Beauty can be found in Bach’s austrities and in Ravelian mists, but the man who creates it must have genius enough to transmit his vision to his fellow men.
Sauer Says Farewell.
For the rest concert life has taken its usual course. One old favorite, Emil von Sauer, the veteran German pianist, is soon to be heard no more. Sauer, intending to retire from the platform, is giving a series of “farewells” all over the peninsula, for Spain is one of the countries where he has had his most brilliant triumphs. The public has a warm affection for him, and it showed its feelings again a few nights ago, when the illustrious artist delighted us once more by means of his marvelous fingers—fingers which retain all the strength of youth with the ripe artistry of age. Flexibility, vigor, agility, and especially a feeling for beauty which does not solely depend upon these^ fingers, are Sauer’s peculiar qualifies.	Tomas Orts Climent.
with Oscar Weil, the noted composer-pianist, who resided for many years in San Francisco; spent a few years in Berlin, and completed his educational period with Paolo Gal-lico, of New York. He has played many times on the Pacific Coast, and gave a series of interesting historical recitals in San Francisco. He also played with the California Theater Orchestra at one of its popular Sunday morning concerts under the direction of Hermann Heller.
Mr. Pettis is keenly alive to the musical side of piano playing as distinguished from the merely technical side. He has played much chamber music and has done considerable composing, as well as having introduced with great success some new works, among them De Grassi’s “Rhapsodic Prelude,” a choral, prelude and fugue by Albert Elkus, and a barcarolle by Mary Carr Moore. Mr. Pettis says the audience is the sole arbiter in these matters. He tries the works. If they are successful he continues to play them; if not, they must, of course, be dropped. The De Grass¡ prelude has been especially successful, having been repeatedly encored; Mr. Pettis is recording this prelude for the Duo-Art piano. Mr. Pettis also played the piano part of the only performance on the Pacific Coast of Chadwick’s piano quintet. He is a very worth while American! F.
Johnson Acclaimed in Opera
Edward Johnson, tenor of the Chicago Opera Association, created a profound impression in Portland, Ore., recently in the title roles of Wagner’s “Lohengrin” and Gounod’s “Romeo and Juliet,” and' as Radames in “Aida.” He was acclaimed as much for־ his dramatic characterization in all three operas as for his splendid singing. Mr. Johnson appeared in “Aida” in San Francisco with Rosa Raisa on March 27, the opening night of the company’s engagement in that city, and was heard in “L’Amore dei Tre Re” and “Tannhäuser” later in the week.
Sylva Honorary Member Rotary Club
Marguerite Sylva, prima donna, has been in the south for the last few weeks. Her husband is the manager of the Aeromarine Airways, Inc., the principal activities of which are in the south during the winter, and she has been doing a lot of flying as well as singing. In fact, she has flown over a thousand miles since she went south, including a trip to Cuba. Mme. Sylva was the house guest of Mrs. E. T. Stotesbury, of Palm Beach, Fla., and while there was unusually successful in a recital given for the. benefit of the Good Samaritan Hospital. Another appearance was on March 10 at a concert given under the auspices of the Woman’s Club of West Palm Beach in aid of the Caruso Memorial Foundation. At Key West she was the only soloist at the annual ladies’ night banquet of the Rotary Club, and the local paper, speaking of her, said: “Mme. Sylva, the prima donna, whose voice is a world asset, who has sung before the crowned heads of Europe, the incomparable Sylva, so captivated the Rotes with her charm, her wit and her God-given gift of song that she was unanimously elected an honorary member of the Key West Rotary Club for life.”
Ginrich Presents “The Golden Sickle”
“The Golden Sickle,” an operetta by Lacey and Marzo, was given at the Century Collegiate Institute, Hackettstown, N. J., on March 17, under the direction of Lillian Ginrich. The presentation was artistic and successful, the chorus singing with spirit and confidence and the solo work being excellent; there was an unusually attractive stage setting. The performance was carefully drilled and reflected much credit upon the director, Miss Ginrich. A large audience thoroughly enjoyed the operetta.
Miss Ginrich was the soprano soloist at a recent vesper musicale held at the institute. She is booked for a recital
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