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April 27, 1922
MUSICAL COURIER
Davey sang April 12 at the Federation of Women’s Clubs, and April 9 with the men’s and boys choir at St. Ann’s P. E. Church, Amsterdam, N. Y. Lotta Madden was heartily applauded for her beautiful singing of Mabel Wood Hill’s songs at a recital given April 9 in the Hill studio. Miss Rigg will sing May 7 at the Thursday Club, New York. Juliette Velty has been engaged to sing at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, April 29, in tie comic opera, “Lucas et Lucette”; she will also appear in the leading parts in “Les Adventures de Martin Pequet,” April 22, Hotel Plaza.
Betsy Lane Shepherd sang April 24 with the Orpheus Club, Buffalo, N. Y. Dorothy Hobbie was engaged for a municipal concert, April 16, and will appear with orchestra in Buffalo, N. Y. AJveda Lofgren appeared at the Erasmus Hall High School, Brooklyn, under the auspices of the Evening Mail, April 21.
Mr. Klibansky will give a recital with his pupils April 30 at Tarrytown, N. Y. On April 22, in New York, the following pupils sang: Walter Preston, Marjarie Faust, Grace Marcella Liddance, Alveda Lofgren, Rosella Guarda, Juliette Velty and Grace Hardy.
Schirmer’s April Musical Quarterly
The April Musical Quarterly (G. Schirmer. New York) presents the usual list of interesting articles. There may be a great many persons who do not feel any particular interest today in “The Social Status of French Violinists Prior to the Eighteenth Century” (by Marc Pincherle, of Paris), and there may be a good many others who had already decided, as Edgar Istel does in his article on “Is the Marseillaise a German Composition?” that it is not. (By the way, has Herr Istel become a Spaniard? He is put down as of Madrid, but when we knew him he was one of the brilliant young writers of Munich and later of Berlin.) But there is much material which will interest anyone who writes or sings songs in “Poetry and the Composer” (by E. H. C. Oliphant, South Y'arra, Victoria), wherein the author points out how rudely even the best of composers frequently treat the best of poetry. It is too bad when a man weakens the force of his whole argument, as he does, by inserting an entirely unnecessary statement that “Im Spátboot” is the loveliest of all the Strauss songs, in which opinion not one out of a hundred will concur. The other articles are: “Music and the Grand Style,” D. C. Parker (Glasgow) ; “Some Notes on Coleridge-Taylor,” Herbert Antcliffe (London) ; “An ‘Instrumental’ Aesthetics of Music,” Howard Markel (New York) : “Bird-Music,” W. B. Olds (Decatur, 111.) ; “Notes Versus Tones,” Arthur George (Los Angeles) ; “A Reply to ‘Tonic-Sol-fa.’” W. G. Whitaker (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) ; Heinrich Heine’s “Musical Feuilletons” and “Views and Reviews,” Carl Engel (Washington, D. C.).
Dunning Normal Teacher Presents Pupils
Cara Matthews Garrett, normal teacher of the Dunning System of Improved Music Study, presented her pupils in recital and demonstration of the Dunning System of Improved Music Study at San Marcos Academy. San Marcos. Texas, on March 18. Some thirty-five children took part in the program and showed remarkable skill and training. It was truly astonishing to hear and see what these children were able to do. The program included ensemble and solo piano playing, theoretical work, songs and movements, rendered with an enthusiasm which plainly told that all were in love with their work.
On March 25 an operetta, “The Farmerette,” under the direction of Miss Garrett, was rendered in Harris Chapel by some forty children and proved to be one of the most beautiful and enjoyable events of the school life:
Miss Garrett expects to hold a normal class for teachers in San Antonio, Texas, beginning on June 5, after which she will spend several weeks in New York City, reviewing under Mrs. Dunning and also attending the New York University.	M. G.
Schelling to Play with Two New York Orchestras
Ernest Schelling. who played this season with every important orchestra in the country except the Boston, New York Symphony. Cleveland and California organizations, has been engaged for next season by both the New York Symphony and New York Philharmonic, and also with the Cleveland Orchestra. Beginning December 10 he will make a fortnight’s tour with the Cleveland Orchestra, spending the greater part of the time in the South, where among the engagements already booked are concerts in Jacksonville, Charleston, Dayton Beach and St. Augustine.
Klink Singing Another “Dream of Gerontius”
Frieda Klink, who has won an enviable record as an oratorio artist, sang Elgar’s “Dream of Gerontius” at the Church of the Ascension, New York, on Sunday afternoon, April 8. Next month Miss Klink will appear at two of the important spring music festivals—Charleston, 111.. May 4, and Keene. N. H., May 25. At the former she will appear on a miscellaneous concert program, and at the latter in the “Swan and Skylark.”
Althouse Busy This Month
Paul Althouse, tenor of the Metropolitan Opera Company, who lately returned from a comprehensive western concert tour of many states, will sing this month, among other engagements in Boston. Bridgeport. Chicago (two appearances—one with the Mendelssohn Club, the other with the Marshall Field Choral Society) and Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
Helen Stanley Sings for D. O. N. Y.
The seventh meeting of the Daughters of Ohio in New York was in the form of a president’s tea and attracted a large audience to the East Room of the Waldorf-Astoria on the afternoon of April 10. Helen Stanley was heard in a song recital, and needless to say gave much pleasure with her delightful singing.
Pavloska on Coast Next Month
Irene Pavloska will spend the month of May on the coast. Prior to her engagement at the North Shore Music Festival at Evanston, III., Miss Pavloska will give recitals in many of the leading cities on the coast.
A Resume of Frances Alda’s Season
The 1921-22 season has been replete with engagements for Frances Alda, and she has been equally successful in opera, concert, recital, with orchestra, and as a member of the Metropolitan Grand Opera Quartet, also known as “The World’s Greatest Operatic Quartet.” Mme. Alda has earned hundreds of laudatory press notices during the season, such as “Mme. Alda received an ovation greater than any ever accorded an artist,” Birmingham News; “Rarely if ever has a more delightful concert been given in Chattanooga,” Chattanooga Times; “Mme. Alda is a consummate artist,” Richmond News-Leader; “One wonders if there is another songstress of such consummate and compelling art as this Metropolitan diva,” St. Louis Times, etc., etc. Appended is a partial list of the engagements filled by this prima donna from September 25 to March 20:
September 25, New York, Hippodrome, First Evening Mail Free Concert; October 3, Denver, Colo., Metropolitan Grand Opera Quartet, first attraction in the Robert Slack Series; October 5, Lincoln, Neb., Metropolitan Grand Opera Quartet, the first number in the Artists’ Course; October 7, Duluth, Minn., Metropolitan Grand Opera Quartet; October 8, Virginia, Minn., Metropolitan Grand Opera Quartet; October 11, Tulsa, Okla., first concert in the Car-son Concert Series; October 13, Okmulgee, Okla., song recital ; October 14, Oklahoma City, Okla., song recital; October 17, Des Moines, la., the first concert of the series given at the new Cotillion Hall; October 20, Raleigh, N. C., song recital; October 21, Winston-Salem, N. C., Famous Artists’ Series; October 24, Savannah, Ga., song recital; October 28, Huntington, W. Va., Metropolitan Grand Opera
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Quartet; October 29, St. Louis, Mo., People’s Concert Course; October 31, Nashville, Tenti., recital; November 1, Cincinnati, Ohio, Artists’ Series; November 3, Springfield, Mo., recital; November 5, Topeka, Kan., Topeka Concert Series; November 7, Atlanta, Ga., song recital; November 8, Chattanooga, Tenn., Chattanooga Music Club; November 10, Washington, D. C., Mrs. Wilson-Greene’s Concerts ; November 11, Burlington, Vt., University of Vermont; November 13, Lynn, Mass., Lynn Star Course; November 15, Wheeling, W. Va, Knights of Columbus Concert Course; November 16, Cumberland, Md., Hunt Concert Course ; November 17, Baltimore, Md., Mrs. Wilson-Greene’s Concerts ; November 18, Richmond, Va.. Metropolitan Grand Opera Quart.et; November 19, New York, Capitol Theater, concert in honor of Marshal Foch; November 21, Hartford. Conn., Hartford Philharmonic Orchestra; November 25, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Margherita in “Mefistofele” ; November 27, Metropolitan. Enrico Caruso Memorial Concert; December 1, Metropolitan, Mimi in “La Bohème”; December 2, New York, Biltmore Morning Musicale; December 4, New York, soloist at Father Duffy’s Silver Jubilee Testimonial; December 5, New York, Mr. Bagby’s 269th Musical Morning at the Waldorf Astoria ; December 7, Newark, N J., joint recital with Charles Hackett ; December 10, Brooklyn, N. Y., Metropolitan Opera, Mimi in “La Bohème”; December 17, New York Metropolitan, Margherita in “Mefistofele” ; December 19, Metropolitan, Mimi in “La Bohème” : December 29. Metropolitan, Margherita in “Mefistofele;” January 5, Metropolitan, Rozenn in “Le Roi D’Ys” (première) ; January 10. Philadelphia, Pa., Metropolitan Opera. Rozenn in “Le Roi D’Ys	January 21, Metropolitan, Rozenn in “Le Roi
D’Ys” ; January 27, Metropolitan, Rozenn in “Le Roi D’Ys;” January 31, New York, song recital at Carnegie Hall; February 4, Metropolitan, Margherita in “Mefistofele” ; February 9, Metropolitan, Mimi in “La Bohème” ; February 13, Pittsburgh, Pa., joint recital with Renato Zanelli; February 15, New York, Metropolitan, Rozenn in “Le Roi D’Ys;” February 19, New York, Caruso Foundation Concert ; February 22, Woonsocket, R. I., recital with Gutia Casini ; March 2, Akron, Ohio, Famous Artists’ Concerts; March 6, Metropolitan, Rozenn in “Le Roi D’Ys;" March 7, Toronto, Can., assisting artist with the Toronto Masonic Male Chorus; March 18, New York. Metropolitan, Manon in “Manon Lescaut ;” March 20, Metropolitan, Margherita in “Mefistofele.”
Klibansky Pupils’ Activities
Mildred Kemmerer gave a successful recital in the As-bury Park Methodist Church, Asbury Park, _N. J. Clair Robinson sang at the Music Settlement April 4. Gladys
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