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men at the Coliseum. Two days later she played the Ernest Bloch string quartet (1919) and the Mozart E flat string quartet with Andre Mangeot, Kenneth Skeaping and Rebecca Clarke at a meeting of the Music Society at St. John’s Institute, Tufton street, Westminster.
At present, May Mukle is vacationing in Italy, where she will also fill several engagements before returning to England on May 1 to resume her musical activities in connection with the Classical String Quartet, of which she is a prominent member and founder.
Monica Graham Stults Has Unusually Busy Week
Monica Graham Stults, Chicago’s popular soprano, has just passed through one of the busiest weeks of her career. On a recent Monday she was engaged by long distance phone for two programs, on the following Thursday and Friday evenings respectively, at Hancock (Mich.), the occasion being the dedication of the Cleaves Memorial Organ in the Hancock Congregational Church. Leaving that point Saturday afternoon, she arrived in Milwaukee early the next morning (Sunday), where a hurried connection with the Milwaukee Electric enabled her to reach Winnetka in time to make her regular Sunday appearance with the choir of the Winnetka Community Church, after which she sang the soprano role in Dubois’ “Seven Last Words” at St. Mark’s Church, Evanston.
Incidentally, it is interesting in this connection to learn that this appearance was Mrs. Stults’ eighth re-engagement in the Copper Country.
Annie Louise David Filling Many Dates
In commenting upon Annie Louise David’s recent appear-with the Woman’s Club, the Brooklyn Eagle of April 2 said in part: “A very lovely musical program contributed by Annie Louise David, harpist, and Irene Williams, soprano, concluded an enjoyable afternoon. All of Miss David’s contributions received “hearty and merited appreciation.”
On April 2, Miss David played at St. Mark's Church and on April 8 , she gave a harp recital in Hartford, Conn. On Easter Sunday she appeared at services of three churches, and on next Sunday, April 23, she will play in the West End Church. On April 24, she will give a joint recital with Florence Hinkle in this city; on April 27, she will appear with Cecil Arden in East Orange, N. J., and on April 29 in Boston.
Henri Scott Engaged for Bach Festival
Henri Scott was engaged as bass soloist for the performance of “The Messiah” given by the Oratorio Society, Joseph Pache conductor, at the Lyric Theater, Baltimore, on March 16. One of Mr. Scott’s forthcoming engagements is on May 27 at the Bach Festival when he will take part in the singing of the B minor Mass, under the direction of Dr. J. Fred Wolle.
Salmond to Tour Here Next Season
Felix Salmond, the distinguished cellist, who scored an emphatic success at his American debut recital in Aeolian Hall on March 29, will be under the exclusive management of Annie Friedberg for the coming season. Mr. Salmond will return to America early next year for a tour which Miss Friedberg is now booking.
Simmons Sings for Vienna Milk Fund
William Simmons, the well known baritone, was heard in concert on Sunday evening, April 1, at the New York home of Mr. and Mrs. S. Adler. The concert was given for the benefit of the Vienna Milk Fund and was attended by a brilliant audience. Mme. Sembrich was present and highly commended Mr. Simmons on the splendid rendition of his numbers.
Dobkin Booking for Concert and Opera
Dmitry Dobkin, the Russian tenor, will hereafter be booked exclusively by Annie Friedberg. Mr. Dobkin will be heard in concert and opera during the coming season.
Loveland Back from Long Tour
Lo Desca Loveland, an artist of Mott training, has just returned to America from eighty-six appearances in Australia and New Zealand.
Gray Roberts Under Friedberg Management
Gray Roberts, tenor, has just signed a contract to be under the exclusive management of Annie Friedberg.
FIRST CONCERT GIVEN AT THE
AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME
Casella’s Work Spurned—Success of Casella’s Pupil—Szigeti and Other Fiddlers—“Rosenkavalier” a Tame Success—
“Losing Money”
about ten years. It was a tame success, as the stage is far too large for the action, and the artists were unable to overcome that handicap. One could not understand one single word from some of them, especially Gilda Dalla Rizza, the Octavian, who was very monotonous and sang everything with the same kind of expression. One wonders why she must always be put forward in the principal roles. Only the orchestra, under Belezza, was splendid. Carmen Melis, as the marshal’s wife, was finesse itself and looked her part. Also some minor parts were excellently cast.
It was good old “Boheme,” with Carmen Melis as Mimi and Minghetti as Rodolfo, that had the greatest success of late. A more tender and delicate Mimi cannot be found. She brought tears to the eyes of many spectators. Zan-donai’s “Giulietta e Romoe” has had many performances since its premiere; but the public is not persuaded that the music fits the subject, and, to tell the truth, the public is right.
“Losing Money.”
Rome, March 11.—The most interesting musical event of recent days proved to be the first concert of the American Academy, which attracted a large number of musicians and music lovers. The concert opened with Grieg’s sonata in major, for violin and piano, extremely well rendered by Mario Corti and Felix Lamond, director of the music department of the Academy. It was followed by a quintet for wind instrument's by Leo Sowerby, which had been performed before that at the Filharmonica, and repeated its success on this occasion. It is a work full of ideas and well put together, but the effect of this combination of instruments in modern compositions is unsympathetic. The performance was good, but Mr. Sowerby roused the greatest interest in his transcriptions of the folk tunes and country dances, which are all characteristically harmonized, yet not overburdened. He played them himself in a remarkably fine manner. Sowerby, no doubt, will give us •many a treat while he is here, and introduce a lot of good music of which America may well be proud.
As to Weingartner’s opera, “The Village School,” which was announced, it is very doubtful whether it will actually be performed, as Mme. Carelli says she is losing money,
“This fine artist has reached a point of finished production that makes her renditions delightful. She uses her voice of smooth, lovely quality with decided intelligence and her high notes are exquisitely clear. ”
The Erie (Pa.) Daily Times said the above about May Peterson, so-prano of the Metropolitan Opera Company.
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and does not want to go to any extra expense for new operas.
The Spanish tenor, Fleta, who gave such a fine Romeo in Zandonai’s opera, has now won a great ovation as Cavara-dossi. He is surely one of the best representatives of the role seen and heard anywhere. With this he gave his “evening of honor” and incidentally his farewell.
Dolly Pattison.
Zoellner Quartet Again Wins Favor
Charleston, 111., April 4.—On March 30, the well known Zoellner Quartet gave its annual concert here at the Eastern Illinois State Teachers’ College. It has made many appearances here and last night, as always, its perfect unison and striking dynamics fully reached all expectations. Joseph Zoellner, Jr., cellist of the quartet, further enhanced his reputation by a magnificent performance of the piano part of the Grieg sonata, op. 13, for violin and piano. This was played with Antoinette Zoellner, who rose to great heights, playing with a tone and brilliancy that aroused great enthusiasm. The sonata was very warmly received. The “Pastorale” from the Greek “Impressions” for quartet, by Emerson Whithorne, was well liked as was also the perfect rendition of the Haydn quartet, op. 76, No. S.	B. D.
May Mukle in Italy and England
At the conclusion of this season’s American tour, May Mukle, the well known English cellist, who is equally as well known in this country, sailed for England, where she appeared at the Enoch Saturday Afternoon Concerts at Central Hall, Westminster, London, on March 11. On March 12, the artist was soloist with the Klettering Glee-
Casella’s Work Spurned.
Of special interest was the orchestral concert of Alfredo Casella, just back from his American tour. Among other compositions he gave some of his own works, some of which had already been heard and discussed and—some people say —buried in America. The fact is that here, too, most of them are buried, for the public very ungenerously would not listen to them. But after the stormy disapproval which he aroused by his own things, Casella played the “Symphonic Variations” of Franck so splendidly that he was obliged to give three encores. His playing is exquisite. Anything more placid, clear and more really Mozartian than his rendition of the Mozart D minor concerto I have never heard. He was tendered an ovation at the end of it. This interesting concert closed with Strauss’ “Le ,Bourgeois Gentilhomme” suite, which Molinari conducted with great finish and comprehension of its esprit. The preceding “Im-pressioni dal Vero,” by Malipiero, was appreciated only by a small minority of connoisseurs.
Casella’s Pupil.
Considerable attention was roused by Casella’s pupil, Marcella Lantenay, a sweet little blonde of fifteen, who played Chopin’s preludes and etudes with extraordinary assurance and virtuosity. Schumann’s A minor concerto proved to be a bit beyond her powers, although her musician-ship and Wonderful talent made even that interesting. She was applauded and virtually covered with flowers.
Among the other pianists worthy of mention the most important is the gifted young pianist, Dante Alderighi, who played in the Sala Bach before the largest audience of the season. Alderighi, who makes great strides toward perfection each year, played with great purity of style Scarlatti and Mozart, and brought out some new things—a sonata by the young Prince Massino, which lacks real inspiration, and six short numbers by Dr. Ippolito Galante, which obtained immediate success. They are full of spirit, from the grotesque to the sentimental. The valse is really “fola tre.” At his own concert, a week before, Galante showed that he has genuine talent as a conductor. Among other compositions he gave his “Concerto Grosso” in B minor, for quartet and organ; Bach’s cantata, “Christ lag in Todes-banden” and “Ecce quam bonum” (motet for five voices) by an anonymous composer of the seventeenth century.
Szigeti and Other Fiddlers.
Most distinguished among recent string players was Joseph Szigeti, who played with particular verve and perfection of style a Bach partita and Brahms’ sonata in D minor. There was also a New York violinist, Anton Maaskoff. Two cellists—Lino Boni, particularly adept at romantic music, and Gilberto Crepaz, who gave a very successful joint recital with Renzo Lorenzoni, pianist—are worthy of mention.
Of vocalists the most notable was Mme. Eugenia von Klemm, the versatile Russian artist, who gave a most varied program, ranging from old classics to Neapolitan dialect songs and some “nigger music.” She sang in eight languages and all styles with temperament and taste. Of interest also was a recital of Lizy de Scalzi, the possessor of a lovely, fluent soprano. She appeared in joint recital with Marie Brambilla Milan¡, a pianist above the ordinary standard of talent. These two young girls, both very gifted and handsome, have a big future before them.
“Rosenkavalier” a Tame Success.
At the Costanzi, “Rosenkavalier” is the latest novelty, if one may call it such, for it has not been performed for
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