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MUSICAL COURIER
May 4, 1922
CONCERT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Kronold Memorial Concert
Carnegie Hall, Sunday Evening May 7, 1922
Testimonial Concert. Julia Claussen, contralto, Metropolitan Opera House; Maud Morgan and Harp Ensemble; Andre Polah, violinist; Earl Tuckerman, baritone; Robert Murray, boy soprano; Leo Schulz and Cello Ensemble; Josef Rosenblatt, cantor-tenor; Will C. Macfarlane, concert organist; The Rubinstein Club Chorus, William R. Chapman, conductor.
Katharine Evans von Klenner, President National Opera Club, Chairman Committee of Arrangements; Henry Hadley, Chairman Program Committee; Harry Barnhart, Chairman Committee of Arrangements; John M. Fulton, Treasurer.
Tickets from $ .50 to $2.00. Boxes $50.00 to $100.00
Company was fifty years old, and the employees of the concern banded together and presented Carl Fischer, the founder, with a bronze plate in commemoration of the occasion. The tablet contains a medallion of Carl Fischer, with the dates 1872-1922, and this dedication:	“Presented to the
Carl Fischer music house by its employees as a testimonial of affectionate regard for Carl Fischer himself and a tribute to his notable achievement.” The occasion, in accordance with the wishes of Mr. Fischer, was one of dignity and simplicity.
It was only recently that the public at large was informed of the ceremony through the brochure, which has been sent to various friends. It contains a photograph of Carl Fischer and a record of his fifty years of service to music in America. There is also a cut showing a facsimile of the bronze tablet, and on another page the address which was delivered by W. Kretchmer at the presentation. On the next page is a complete list of all the employees, dating back to 1872. The little booklet, with its embossed cover, is an attractive bit of printing. The Musical Courier joins the host of friends in wishing the Carl Fischer music house continued prosperity.
Ohio M. T. A. and F. M. G. in Coordinate Convention
The fortieth annual convention of the Ohio Music Teachers’ Association will take place at Granville, Ohio, May 15 to 19, at which time the Ohio Federation of Music Clubs will likewise meet in convention. The program will be coordinate. Monday afternoon and Tuesday are Federation days. Contests for young professionals, with prizes offered by the Federation, will be held under the auspices of both organizations Wednesday morning. Wednesday afternoon and evening there are to be festival concerts by the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra. Thursday and Friday are Association days, but the program for the entire period will be of interest to both organizations. There will be a choral performance of Verdi’s “Aida,” with orchestra and soloists; recitals by Andre de Ribaupierre, violinist; Beryl Rubinstein, pianist; the Noel Trio in a chamber music program; a pianist from the faculty of the Cincinnati College of Music, a soloist from the Cincinnati Conservatory faculty, and several other recitalists from universities in the State. There will be addresses by Ernest Bloch; Dr. Otto Mees, president of the Capital University; Professor Baker, of Kenyon; Dunham, of O. W. U.; Mrs. Edgar Stillman Kelley, Professor Weis, J. H. Thuman, H. W. Proctor and others. A Greek pageant will be given at sundown Tuesday evening.
revealed a soprano voice of exceptional possibilities. Its range is generous, its quality warm and full and her skill in its use is for the most part adequate. What Miss Kolar lacks in style and finish, she makes up in emotional response, clarity of diction and the generally dramatic effect of her singing. She was applauded with enthusiasm and had to add extra pieces. The orchestra played the overture to “Norma” and Liszt’s first rhapsody.
Leo Conway and Etta Bradley Sing.
A new Irish tenor, in the person of Leo Conway, made his début before a Boston audience April 23, at the Arena. Mr. Conway sang the popular air, “Cielo e Mar,” from Ponchielli’s “La Gioconda,” and miscellaneous ballads and folk tunes of Irish and American origin. Although any singer would be handicapped by the vast spaces of the Arena, Mr. Conway gave clear indication that he was an artist of merit. Possessed of a light tenor voice, which he uses skilfully, Mr. Conway sings with lyrical charm and dramatic fervor. He was warmly received.
Etta Bradley, an interesting young singer from the studio of Theodore Schroeder, disclosed a pleasurable soprano voice, vocal skill and emotional understanding in “Pace, Pace mio dio,” from Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino,” and songs by Densmore, Ball, Sanderson, Stevens, Crouch and Bartlett.
Praise for Miquelles.
A significant tribute to the individual and collective abilities of Georges and Renée-Longy Miquelle was contained in a letter received by their secretary after a recent concert at the Wellesley Woman’s Club. Commenting on the success of the concert given on that occasion by these admirable artists, the president of the Club wrote to the Miquelle’s secretary as follows :
In regard to the program and Mr. and Mrs. Miquelle’s performance of it, I can express unqualified satisfaction. I have heard nothing but the most enthusiastic approval of it, and an apparently universal desire to hear Mr. and Mrs. Miquelle again on some future program. I am sure they must have felt the thorough sympathy and enjoyment of their audience in the spontaneity and the persistence of the applause. We are very grateful to both Mr. and Mrs. Miquelle for their generosity in responding to encores. Personally, I am more inspired by Mr. Miquelle’s playing than by any cellist I have heard. His evident absorption in his performance of a program is in itself refreshing and inspiring in these days when too many musicians play with an apparent lack of seriousness, and an indifference of manner which seems unworthy in any art.
Carl Winslow Pleases.
Carl Winslow, baritone, was recently heard at a concert of the Masonic Club of this city. Mr. Winslow sang numbers from Handel, Whelpley, Densmore, McGill and O’Hara. He was assisted by Hildred W. Polley, soprano, Mary Rollins, pianist, and Rita Bowers, accompanist.
Boston Conservatory Recital.
An elaborate program is being arranged for the final students’ recital at the Boston Conservatory, to take place Sunday afternoon, May 14, in the Conservatory auditorium.
Contest for Young Musicians.
The Massachusetts F. of M. C. (Mrs. S. D. Whittemore, president) announces a state contest for young musicians, to be held in Steinert Hall on Friday, May 26. This contest is held as an auxiliary to the biennial contest of the National Federation of Music Clubs, which will take place next year, and at which a prize and concert engagements are awarded the winners. The Massachusetts federation offers four prizes to its winners, and the cooperation of the teachers of Boston is earnestly solicited. For full particulars address Mrs. Mary G. Reed, chairman of the contest, Room 530, Huntington Chambers, Boston.	J. C.
Carl Fischer Co. Celebrates
Its Fiftieth Anniversary
A few days ago an attractive brochure was received at the Musical Courier office, entitled “An Appreciation.” On January 14, last, the publishing house of Carl Fischer
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enabled it to continue through an uninterrupted life of 115 concert seasons. The founding of a department of music at Harvard—the first in America;—was due to the untiring efforts of the Sodality. And it was a serious of concerts by the Harvard Musical Association, created by Pierian graduates, which prompted the late Major Hig-ginson to found the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Cora Chase In Recital.
Cora Chase, the attractive young soprano of the Metropolitan Opera,-was heard for the second time in this city, April 22, in Jordan Hall. Ably assisted by Walter Golde, Miss Chase sang the following program:	“Nobles Seig-
neurs, Saluti !”, Meyerbeer ; “Guarda ehe bianca luna,” Josten; “Ah, mai non cersate” and “Vayhissima Sembi-anya,” Donaudy, “Villannella,” Sibella; “Song of the Woods,” Strauss; “Les Roses ¿’Ispahan,” Fauré; Serenade, Tschaikowsky ; Romance, Sturani ; “Chanson de l’alouette,” Lalo; “Charity,” Hageman; “Will o’ the Wisp,” Ganz; “By the Fountain,” Ware; “Song of the Open,” LaForge.
Miss Chase renewed the impression that she made here in a joint concert with Mme. Homer last season. Miss Chase sings in tune and knows how to sustain a phrase in thoroughly musical fashion. A friendly audience gave her a cordial welcome.
New Converse Work Played By Symphony.
A new symphony by Converse, the second, in E major, was played for the first time at last week’s concerts of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, April 21 and 22, in Symphony Hall. The symphony comprises three movements, in the second of which the customary slow movement and the conventional scherzo are combined. Of interest is the note printed in the program book to the effect that Mr. Converse omitted all percussion instruments save kettledrums “because I am tired of the cheap conventional effects obtained by their use;” also: “There is no program to my symphony although it is a succession of many moods of suffering, of resolute defiance,of consolation, hope and joy, which moods all of us experience in life ; to which I have tried to give expression in this form.” This symphony is the work of a careful musician. Indeed, the music of this composer is generally characterized by a scholarly knowledge of musical tradition and of the possibilities of the orchestra—although the work in question might have been rendered more effective by a less disdainful attitude towards the instruments of percussion without cheapening the symphony in any way. The new work was well received, and Mr. Converse, who was present, was forced to rise and bow his acknowledgements.
The balance of the program comprised these excerpts from Wagner:	Introduction and Bacchanale from “Tann-
hauser ;” Forest Murmurs and Siegfried’s Passing Through the Fire to Brunnhilde’s rock from “Siegfried,” and Morning Dawn, Siegfried’s journey up the Rhine and Close from “Götterdämmerung.”
Schubert Anniversary Concert.
A concert to note the 125th anniversary of the birth of Schubert, and to help the Quakers’ Fund for feeding undernourished German children, took place April 20, in Jacob Sleeper Hall. The. program was drawn altogether from Schubert, eight of his songs skilfully and pleasurably interpreted by Mary Louise Ford, with Arthur Fiedler as an altogether sympathetic accompanist, and the trio in B flat, for piano (Mr. Ebell), violin (Mr. Hoffman), and cello (Mr. Barth). Prof. Marsh of Boston University delivered a brief and interesting address on Schubert and his music. A distinguished list of patrons sponsored the concert.
Ella Kolar Heard.
Ella Kolar, a soprano born in Chicago of Bohemian parents and trained in Italy, sang for the first time in Boston, April 21, in Symphony Hall. She was assisted by the Italian Symphony Orchestra, Raffaele Martino conductor. Miss Kolar sang operatic airs from “Cavalleria Rusticana,” “Mignon,” “Trovatore” and “La Favorita.” The singer
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SUMMER position wanted by excellent accompaniste. American and European experience. Languages. With school or
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FOR RENT, whole or part time, large, well furnished studio on third floor (elevator) ; two pianos; telephone. Apply any day but Sunday, 2-5 p. m., to Miss J. R. Cathcart, 27 West 57th Street. Telephone : Plaza 5859.
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