April 20, 1922
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CURRENT MUSICAL PRIZES AND SCHOLARSHIPS
Manuscripts are submitted at the risk of the composer
[The Musical Courier will endeavor to keep this department up to date and to that end requests that all notices and prospectuses of musical prize contests be sent to the Musical Courier so as to be included in this department. It will be found that in each contest the name and address are given, to which intending candidates may apply directly for further information.— Editor’s Note.]
National Federation of Music Clubs—Nine prizes for American composers, amounting in all to $2,750. Contests end December 15. Mrs. Edwin B. Garrigues, 201 Bellevue-Stratford, Philadelphia, Pa.
Male Chorus of Swift & Co.—$100 for a musical setting (chorus of men’s voices, with piano accompaniment) for Sir Walter Scott’s “Hunting Song.” Contest ends July 1, 1922. D. A. Clippinger, 61718־ Kimball Building, Chicago, 111.
The National American Music Festival—$3,800 in contest prizes at the 1922 festival to be held at Buffalo, N. Y., October 2 to 7. A. A. Van de Mark, Americaji Music Festival, 223 Delaware avenue, Buffalo, N. Y.
The American Academy in Rome. Horatio Parker Fellowship in Musical Composition, the winner having the privilege of a studio and three years’ residence at the Academy in Rome, besides an annual stipend of $1,000 and an allowance not to exceed $1,000 for traveling expenses. Executive Secretary, American Academy in Rome, 101 Park avenue, New York.
Ithaca Conservatory of Music—One Master Scholarship (valued at $600 a term), ten full scholarships and forty-two partial scholarships. Ithaca Conservatory of Music, Ithaca, N. Y.
Chicago Musical College—Seventy-three scholarships. 624 South Michigan avenue, Chicago, 111.
New England Conservatory of Music—$450 in prizes to students of the school. Ralph L. Flanders, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Mass.
New York School of Music and Arts—Ralfe Leech Sterner offers scholarship to voice student and Frederick Riesberg offers scholarship to. piano student. New York School of Music and Arts, 150 Riverside Drive, New York.
Institute of Musical Art—A number of free prizes and scholarships awarded to students whose talent is backed up by intelligence, ability, hard work and character. The Faculty Scholarship is annually awarded to that graduate from the regular courses who has proved himself to be the best student during the year. Dr. Frank Damrosch, director, 120 Claremont avenue, New York.
Baylor College—Scholarships ranging in value from $105 to $225 for high school students only. Contest ends April 29. Baylor College, Belton, Tex.
who took up the cudgels for the new. Others are now following in his path. Theodore Szanto, who has lived abroad for years, usually includes novelties upon his programs. Nora Drewett made us acquainted with Mous-sorgsky’s “Tableaux d’une Exposition,” and with her husband, Geza Kresz, played Goossens’ violin sonata. Zdenka Ticharich and Paul Emmerich—composers both—even had the courage to give all-modern programs.
An Ancient Novelty.
One very ancient novelty, namely, Handel’s “Jephtha,” must be credited to the Budapest Choral and Orchestral Society. It was the society’s 100th concert, and it may look back upon fifteen years of artistic labor. It was some-
WHERE THEY ARE TO BE
From April 20 to May 4
Price, James:
Spartanburg, S. C., May 4. Riegger, Neira:
Harrisburg, Pa., May 2-4. Rogers, Francis:
Groton, Mass., April 21. Concord, N. H., April 22. Southboro, Mass., April 23. Concord, N. H., May 4.
St. Denis, Ruth:
Columbia, S. C., April 20. Charlotte, N. C., April 21. Winston-Salem, N. C.,
April 22.
Greensboro, N. C., April 24. Schumann Heink, Mme.: Monessen, Pa., April 20. Beaver Falls, Pa., April 21. Des Moines, la., April 24. McAlester, Okla., April 26. Durant, Okla., April 27. Ardmore, Okla., April 28. Oklahoma City, Okla., May 1. Shawnee, Okla., May 2. Henrietta, Okla., May 3. Shawn, Ted:
Columbia, N. C., April 20. Charlotte, N. C., April 21. Greensboro, N. C., April 24. Stopak, Josef:
Worcester, Mass., April 21. Storr, Lionel:
Harrisburg, Pa., May 2-4. Sundelius, Marie:
Richmond, Va., April 24. Spartanburg, S. C., May 4. Swinford, Jerome: Philadelphia, Pa., April 28. Thomlinson, Ralph:
Raleigh, N. C., April 28. Rocky Mount, N. C., May 1. Van der Veer, Nevada: Halifax, N. S., April 24-26. Truro, N. S., April 27. Wolfville, N. S., April 28. Vreeland, Jeannette:
Red Bank, N. J., April 21. Lowell, Mass., April 25. Allentown, Pa., April 29. Boston, Mass., April 30. Malden, Mass., May 2.
Lappas, Ulysses:
Philadelphia, Pa., April 20. Chicago, 111., April 28. Pittsburgh, Pa., May 2.
Laros, Earle:
Harrisburg, Pa., April 26. Lawson, Franceska Kaspar: Shrewsbury, Pa., April 22. Weston, W. Va., April 26. Athens, W. Va., April 28.
Letz Quartet:
East Orange, N. J., April 25. Middlebury, Conn., April 27.
Maier, Guy:
Boston, Mass., April 22. Wellsville, N. Y., April 23.
Meisle, Kathryn:
Brooklyn, N. Y., April 20. Cleveland, Ohio, April 25. Mellish, Mary:
Decatur, 111., April 27. Urbana, 111., April 29. Meluis, Leulla:
Boston, Mass., April 23. Chicago, 111., April 25. Middleton, Arthur:
St. Joseph, Mo., April 27. Milligan, Harold:
Newport News, Va., May 4. Neil, Amy:
London, England, April 27. Nevin, Olive:
Newport News, Va., May 4. Nyiregyhazi, Erwin:
East Orange, N. J., April 27. Pattison, Lee:
Wellsville, N. Y., April 23. Patton, Fred:
Sydney, N. S., April 21. Halifax, N. S., April 24-26. Truro, N. S., April 27. Wolfville, N. S., April 28. Spartanburg, S. C., May 3. Pavloska, Irene:
Tacoma, Wash., May 2. Peege, Charlotte:
York, Pa., April 20. Wilmington, Del.,׳ April 25. Trenton, N. J., April 27.
De Kyzer, Marie:
Middleton, Conn., April 28. Diaz, Rafaelo:
Schenectady, N. Y., April 22. Dux, Claire:
Oberlfn, Ohio, April 18.
Cedar Rapids, la., April 20. Ellerman, Amy:
Greenwich. Conn., April 21. Conshohocken, Pa., May 1. Norristown, Pa., May 2.
Farnam, Lynnwood:
Boston, Mass., April 25. Graham, Pauline:
Little Rock, Ark., April 23. Hempel, Frieda:
New Castle, Pa., April 24. Hess, Hans:
Waterloo, la., April 20. House, Jiidson:
Antigonish, ' N. S., April 20. Sydney, N. S., April 21. Halifax, N: S., April 24-26. Truro, N. S., April 27. Howell, Dicie:
St. Joseph, Mo., April 28. Jollif, Norman:
Newark, N. J., April 24. Fitchburg, Mass., April 28.
Kerns, Grace:
Halifax, N. S., April 24-26. Truro, N. S., April 27.
Lynn, Mass., May 2.
Danbury, Conn., May 4. Klink, Frieda:
Charleston, 111., May 4. Konecny, Joseph:
Mt. Pleasant, la., April 20. Washington, la., April 21. Oskaloosa, la., April 24. Centerville, la., April 26. Knoxville, la., April 27. Kouns, Nellie and Sara: Troy, N. Y., May 3. Langston, Marie Stone: Conshohocken, Pa., April 24. Pittsburgh, Pa., April 27-28. Philadelphia, Pa., May 2. Jenkintown, Pa., May 4.
Althouse, Paul:
Chicago, 111., April 20, 25. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.,
April 28.
Arden, Cecil:
Norristown, Pa., April 20. East Orange, N. J., April 27. Barber, Lyell:
Rochester, N. Y., April 22. Toronto, Can., April 27. Baroni Concert Company: Victoria, B. C., April 20. Vancouver, B. C., April 21-22. Calgary, Can., April 24. Regina, Can., April 26. Winnipeg, Can., April 28-29. Beck, Alma:
Cincinnati, Ohio, April 20. Selinsgrove, Pa., April 24. Berumen, Ernesto:
Toledo, Ohio, April 20.
Britt, Horace:
East ; Qrangè, N. J., April 25. Middlebury; Conn., April 27. Bryars, Mildred:
Flushing, N. Y., April 22. Lowell, Mass., April 25. Allentown, Pa., April 29.
New Brunswick^ N. J., May 3. Cherniavsky Trio:
Winnipeg, Can., April 22. Port Arthur, Can., April 24. Sudbury, Can., April 25. Parry Sound, Can., April 26. Hamilton, Can., April 27. Toronto, Can., April 28. Montreal, Can., April 29. Quebec, Can., April 30. Coxe, Calvin:
Greenwich, Conn., April 21. Southampton, L. I.,
April 26-27.
Conshohocken, Pa., May 1. Norristown, Pa., May 2. Cuthbert, Frank:
Allentown, Pa., April 29.
D’Alvarez, Marguerite: Rochester, N. Y., April 22. Toronto, Can., April 27. David, Annie Louise:
East Orange, N. J., April 27. Boston, Mass., April 30.
NEW OPERA BY ABRANYI TREATS CONSERVATORY EPISODE
D’Albert Precipitates a “D’Albert Week” in Budapest—Hubay’s New “Brood”■—Dohnanyi the Young Ones’ Ideal
musical and autobiographical, treating an innocent love episode from the life of the conservatory students. The milieu is charming. The scene is laid in the organ auditorium of the old Academy of Music in Budapest. The characters comprise two amorous couples and a chorus of students. But real action there is none, and the chief attraction is the fact that two familiar contemporary figures—the former director of the Academy and one of the professors—actually appear on the stage. The opera ends with a great “Ave Maria” for chorus and orchestra (whence the title), the prize composition of the hero, being no other than the composer himself, who twenty-two years ago actually took a prize with the identical piece.
Little New Music.
This susceptible young generation makes up the nucleus of a small but growing community willing to support contemporary art. The dispute about new music, which is rife everywhere, may be reduced to a very simple basis here: young talents, with something to say, will find sympathy only among their own generation. To the older ones their work lacks all meaning.
Despite a certain amount of understanding, however, comparatively little new music is heard in Budapest. This is due largely to the economic condition of the country. Our own Waldbauer-Kerpely Quartet is nevertheless doing its share. It gave Debussy’s sonata for harp, flute and violin with great success, and repeated the second string quartet of Milhaud, played last year. Another modern work, Joseph Jongen’s two serenades, was played by the Lehner Quartet.
For the past ten years it has usually been Bela Bartók
Budapest, March 15.—The rehearsals of Dohnányi’s new opera, “The Tower of the Voy.evode,” seem to absorb the energies of our Royal Opera so completely that no other novelties ■have been ventured upon since the production of D’Albert’s “Dead Eyes.” Interest upon this opera and its composer has recently been stimulated by the presence of D’Albert himself, in his capacity of pianist, for the first time after an absence of many years. He not only witnessed the performance of his work, but conducted that of an earlier opera, “Tiefland,” himself. Together with his two piano recitals, which proved that time has left no traces upon the vitality of his art, these performances combined into a regular “D’Albert Week.”
Empty Halls.
An enormous quantity of concerts (from four to five daily) are being given here—in half empty halls, with the exception of only those of the very big names. The most genuine demand is for Dohnányi’s incomparable evenings, for which he finds time despite his preoccupation with the production of his opera, out of a sheer sense of duty. Besides him, Emil Sauer, Theodore Szántó, Emeric Keéri-Szántó, among the pianists, manage to find their public. Leonid Kreutzer and I. Achron have added their names to the list. Of well known fiddlers we have recently heard Burmester and Flesch; of cellists Buxbaum, who introduced a Reger solo suite, and Griimer, who played Dohnányi’s cello concerto and Strauss’ “Don Quixote.”
A One Act Novelty.
At the Municipal Theater, now also devoted to opera, a one act novelty by the director, Emil Abranyi, has had a fair reception. It is called “Ave Maria” and its subject is both
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