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received very favorable comment from the papers. The following appeared in the Daily Princetonian:
Before a large and enthusiastic audience, May Peterson, the popular operatic soprano of the Metropolitan Opera Company, gave the third concert of the University series in Alexander Hall last night. She was accompanied by Stuart Ross at the piano.
Music of a different kind was heard last evening when Miss Peterson sang her way into the hearts of Princeton’s music lovers. Miss Peterson’s voice overflows with warmth.
Miss Peterson rose to her best in Korngold’s melody, “Gluck das mir verlieb,” from “Die Tote Stadt,” an opera which made a sensation lately at the Metropolitan. The soprano sang with all the warmth and sympathy of the greatest Marietta.
The program was well balanced with lighter numbers, artistically done, and included “Le coeur de ma mie” by Dalcroze and “Wi-um” (an Indian Lullaby) by Lieurance.
From the enthusiasm of the audience there is little doubt that Miss Peterson made an impression which will always insure her a hearty welcome in the future. The soprano was materially aided in her presentation of the program by the able accompaniment of Stuart Ross.
Praise for Dambois as Cellist and Pianist
“He is one of the best cellists that has been heard in this city for a long time. His technic is impeccable, his artistry excellent and his tone sweet but not large.” The foregoing is one of the tributes paid to Maurice Dambois in the Evening Public Ledger of April 4, following the cellist’s recent appearance in Philadelphia. In reviewing his New Orleans concert the critic of the Times-Picayune stated that Mr. Dambois used an exceptionally fine cello, drawing from it a tone of singular mellowness and volume which made his scholarly interpretation of the concerto (Saint-Saëns) unusually effective. The work was filled with fascinating detail, such as the clarity and rapidity of the trills and the bexibility of bowing in the coda, but it also was finely conceived as a whole, leading logically to the scintillating-close that brought a big response from the audience. Mr. Dambois also received high praise for his fine piano solos, in which he alternated with the Duo-Art piano.
Glaussen an “Enticing” Kundry
On April 11 Julia Claussen appeared as Kundry in “Parsifal” with the Metropolitan Opera Company in Philadelphia. “Superb,” “thrilling,” “noteworthy,” “enticing” were the keynote adjectives used by four of the Philadelphia music critics to describe her performance, short excerpts of whose notices follow:
Mme. Claussen’s dramatic interpretation of Kundry, a superb vocal effort, was the most moving part of the performance.—Record.
Mme. Julia Claussen was the Kundry. Her rich, full, sensuous voice was admirably adapted to the part; there was great dramatic color in all she sang or did. Mme. Claussen did not fail to thrill her audience.—Inquirer.
Julia Claussen in the temptation of Parsifal made the scene in Klingsor’s magic garden noteworthy for the fire of her lyric speech and the dramatic fervency of her gesture and pose.—Morning Public Ledger.
Mme. Claussen was an enticing Kundry.—Evening Ledger.
Bayerlee Studio Artist Wins Success
Devora Nadworney, national prizewinner of the Federation of Musical Clubs, 1921, sang at the Rubinstein Club in Washington, D. C., March 21, and so great was the sensation she created that she was reengaged within a fortnight, when she sang at the Music Club of the Government hotels, April 6. While in Washington she also sang for the radio and her beautiful voice was heard with great delight in many states. The Washington Times of March 22 says:
Like a luminous star in the promise of music “out of” America, came the exquisite voice of Devora Nadworney, contralto, first in
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Accompanying are extracts culled from the press notices which Helen Buchanan Hitner received on the day following her successful song recital in Witherspoon Hall, Philadelphia ;
For Mrs. Hitner, bringing to the platform a presence of ease and poise, sings with the authority conferred by marked natural talent and the best of training. There is no rasping edge nor rasping fiber to spoil the limpid and translucent tones. The effect of the songs was greatly enhanced by the singer’s amiable personality, and all she gave her auditors was received with convincing evidence of genuine pleasure.—Public Ledger.
Mrs. Hitner’s program, comprising a pleasing mixture of French, German and English songs, was exceptionally well rendered.—North American.
It was a program requiring fine singing and was beautifully carried out.—Record.
Mrs. Hitner has the aid of an attractive personality and an ingratiating manner, and her voice is a soprano of unusual purity and sweetness, of fair volume and good range, which she employs with ease and pliability.—Bulletin.
On April 12 Mrs. Hitner was heard at the Cookman M. E. Church, singing the soprano part in Maunder’s “From Life
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Federlein Scores in Baltimore
Gottfried H. Federlein gave an organ recital recently in Old St. Paul’s Church, Baltimore, Md., under the auspices of the Baltimore Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, and scored a decided success according to press notices at hand. Excerpts from criticisms covering this recital and also Mr. Federlein’s appearances in Summit, N. J., and Cortland, N. Y., are reproduced herewith:
Mr. Federlein is an organist of considerable ability and embraces in his playing several notable qualities, chief among them being clear technic in manuals and m pedaling and excellent taste in his registration which is at all times colorful and effective. The organist’s own composition, “Scena Campagnuola,” was ־ a really interesting work, containing much excellent material which was well developed. It was more particularly in the works that appeared later in the program that the recitalist evinced his artistic taste for tone color in his registration.—Baltimore News.
Gottfried H. Federlein scored a triumph.—Baltimore American.
The organ recital given by Gottfried H. Federlein in All Souls’ Church was a great artistic success. Mr. Federlein plays not only with splendid technic but with the soul of a musician as well. His treatment of certain of the great masterpieces was particularly impressive.—Summit, N. J., Herald.
Gottfried H. Federlein, the organist, is certainly a master of his instrument and every number showed that he was thoroughly familiar with the management and technic of the organ. . . . It is safe to say that when he visits Cortland again the auditorium will be packed.—Cortland, N. Y., Standard.
Zoellners Win Tulsa
The Zoellner Quartet, now on a. spring tour, was recently presented in Tulsa at Convention Hall by the Male Chorus. Its success on this third appearance in that city was a most emphatic one. The following press notice speaks in glowing terms of its playing:
The second concert given by the Tulsa Male chorus was an interesting event of last evening in Convention hall, the feature being the appearance of the famous Zoellner String Quartet. The program consisted of six groups, two of which were given by the chorus.	, . .	_ ,	,.	,
This chamber music quartet has played before Tulsa audiences before and fully lived up to their musicianly reputation on this occasion. with a magnificent rendition of their Haydn number, the first on the program, also “Andante Cantabile,” op. 2, (Tschaikowsky) and other deeply intricate and beautiful numbers. The Zoellners have reached perfection in their art, not only as soloists, but also as ensemble players. Tlieir perfect unison, striking dynamics, delightful association of the four instruments, suffice to fully reacti all expectations.—Tulsa (Okla.) World, March 23, 1922.
Peterson Endorsed by College Paper
When May Peterson appeared in Princeton, N. J., recently, in a very successful song recital, she not only made a splendid impression upon the large audience but also
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