MUSICAL COURIER
May 11, 1922
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“Ave Maria” from “The Cross of Fire”; she is a pupil of Lino Mattioli, being a candidate for post-graduate honors this year. Another student, Ruth Morris, a talented young violinist, played the first movement from the Beethoven concerto for violin, and made a fine impression; she is a pupil of Adolf Hahn. Howard Wentworth Hess, a pupil of Romeo Gorno, gave one adagio-allegro marcato movement from the piano concerto by Grieg, displaying a splendid technic and proving himself to be a young man of talent. The concert as a whole was a real treat.
Notes.
Albert Befne presented a number of his pupils at the Cincinnati Conservatory in a song recital on April 12.
A concert was given for the Linwood Literary Club on the evening of April 11 by Edna Schoenfeld and Frances Boehler, pupils of Estelle B. Whitney, of the College of Music, and Louise Renick, piano pupil of Albino Gorno.
A pleasing matinee recital was presented on April 12 by the pupils of Amalie Staaf, of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.
The Clifton Music Club gave a program on April 17 that was in all respects gratifying.
Lillian Aldrich Thayer, teacher of voice at the Conservatory of Music, offered several of her pupils in a recital on April 13.
The Monday Musical Club gave a program of fairy music at the residence of Mrs. Charles Towne on the afternoon of April 10.
The graduation recital of Mildred Boggess, who for several years has been studying piano under Frederic Shailer Evans, was held at the Conservatory of Music some days ago. She displayed fine technic and interpretation.
A number of the pupils from the piano class of Jean Verd, of the Conservatory of Music, were heard in a recital on the evening of April 11.
The active members of the Norwood Musical Club were entertained at the home of Clara Nocka Eberle on April 2.
Special musical services were held on the evening of April 14 at the Church of the New Jerusalem, with an augmented choir, which sang Maunder’s “Olivet to Calvary,” under the direction of Grace Chapman.
“Rabboni,” by Loveland, was sung on Easter Sunday evening at the Emmanuel Presbyterian Church, Clifton.
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Verdi Club’s Annual Breakfast
Over two hundred members and guests sat down at tables at the Verdi Club annual breakfast, Hotel Astor Roof Garden (ideal quarters), May 3. Florence Foster Jenkins beamed happiness over all, with a certain coziness and geniality absent from meetings of other clubs. Guests of honor, seated at the raised table with the president, were Mesdames Betts, Marzo, Ciccolini, Pearsons, (Manhattan Study Club president), Witherspoon, Miller and Dambmann (Southland Singers’ president) and Messrs. Interranto, Waelder, Doyle, Miller, Astor and Riesberg. Mrs. C. B. Phillips was the charming and efficient chairman, and one must not forget Dr. R. E. Townsend and wife, and Frank Garroway Smith and wife, prominent members, ever on the alert for Verdi’s interests.
Promptly at one o’clock President Jenkins rapped for attention, when, just before taking seats, Mr. Waelder read an original poem, “Verdi Vittorioso.” Miss Jones contributed something unusual in her whistling numbers, of which “The Mocking Bird,” with its various bird-calls, etc., was highly effective; she is an artist in this specialty. Aurora Mauro-Cottone (daughter of the organist of the Capitol Theater), a precocious pianist, played three short pieces, a “Venetian Barcarolle” being especially enjoyed. Mrs. Guido Ciccolini, wife of the Chicago opera tenor, it was announced, was elected fifth vice-president, Mr. Ciccolini being unavoidably absent from the breaktast. Mme. Dambmann expressed her interest and enjoyment in a few words. Edna Moreland, the soprano, who has been especially in demand at women’s clubs this year, was the chief musical attraction, singing Massenet songs and the Tschaikowsky aria, “Jeanne d’Arc,” in French, receiving-big applause. Later she gave the “King of Thule” and “Jewel Song,” from “Faust,” with brilliant voice and spontaneous fervor of־ delivery. She is indeed a brilliant singer. Mrs. Marzo said a few words, and President Jenkins exhibited a beautiful framed banner, with Verdi’s features, a present to the club from the artist Witherspoon. Mrs. Betts said she was glad to hasten her return from Palm Beach so as to attend this fine breakfast, and other speakers echoed this sentiment.
Throughout the entire affair the atmosphere of kindly interest in each other and in the Verdi Club prevailed, and the wise and frequently witty introductions by President Florence Foster. Jenkins kept everyone on the qui vive. Dancing followed the breakfast, this music, as well as that furnished during the meal, being excellent, as usual at all Verdi Club affairs, for Mrs. Jenkins will have only the best. Everyone voted the occasion quite the finest of any during the existence of the club, which has had so many successful and notable musical and charitable affairs in its history.
Grace Northrop’s Many Dates
Some of the notable engagements of Grace Northrop, soprano, for the season passing included: “The Messiah,” Indianapolis, December 15; “The Creation,” Pittsfield, Mass., February 7; recital in Newark, April 19, in all of which she made a splendid success. May 16 she gives a recital at the East Orange (N. J.) high school, and the next day she leaves for California, where she will spend the succeeding three months. Engagements already booked for her on the Pacific Coast include appearances at the Loring Club, San Francisco, May 23; recital in Oakland. Cal., June 1; “The Messiah,” in the same city, June 30, with recitals in San Francisco and Los Angeles to follow. During July and August she will accept pupils in San Francisco, and it appears that this soprano will find all her time well occupied while in California.
Orchestra Engagement for Meldrum
John Meldrum, pianist, will play the Saint-Saëns G minor concerto on May 14 with the Buffalo Symphony Orchestra at Buffalo.
known as the Cincinnati Choral Union. It is under the direction of David Davis. The object of the choral union is to study and perform only the better class of compositions. The first work taken up for rehearsal is the cantata, “Melu-sina,” by Heinrich Hoffmann, which is being rehearsed every Friday evening. An invitatipn has been extended to Cincinnati singers to become members. A permanent organization has been formed with the following as officers: president, George J. Stegemeyer; vice-president, Laura Louise Lang; secretary, Helen Louise Belmer; treasurer, Louis F. Brossard; librarian, Charles E. Stenken; board of governors (three years), Laura Louise Lang, David E. Griffith, George J. Stegemeyer, Frances C. Jones, Louis F. Brossard; (two years), Edith Gertrude Weaver, William Beor, Helen Louise Belmer, George Marion Clark, Charles E. Stenken; (one year), Charles C. Adams, Mrs. C. E. Stenken, Frances A. Roegge, Mrs. L. F. Brossard and Mary Faye Whitteker.
Covington Woman’s Club Program.
The music department of the Covington Woman’s Club gave an enjoyable program on April 10. The program included a talk by Mrs. J. Tupman Stephens on “Beethoven’s Works,” a paper by Mrs. E. J. Winterberg on the “Life of Beethoven,” and the story of the “Moonlight Sonata,” by Mary Elizabeth Green. Several musical selections were rendered.
Westwood Opera Club Presents “The Mikado.”
“The Mikado” was presented by the Westwood Opera Club, under the direction of Cora W. Higdon, at Emery Auditorium on April 15. While the performers were amateurs, the opera was effectively sung. It was given for the benefit of the mess fund of Company C, 147th Infantry. The chorus was made up of sixty well-trained voices. The participants deserve credit for the artistic effects produced.
Recital at the Cincinnati Conservatory.
A song recital was given on the evening of April 13 at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music by Frances Esley, Mrs. Harry Reese and Genevieve Kleinknecht, pupils of Lillian Aldrich. They were assisted by Howard Fuldner, baritone, pupil of Alfred Blackman, and Clifford Cunard, tenor, pupil of Dan Beddoe.
College of Music Orchestra’s Concert.
The second concert of the present season to be given by the College of Music Orchestra was held April 18, at Emery Auditorium. Under the direction of Adolf Hahn the orchestra has made notable advancement, as this concert made evident. The fact that this is a student body adds to the charm of the concert. The results were indeed satisfying. The first number was a fine rendition of the B minor symphony (“Unfinished”), of Schubert. Both movements were given with warmth and finesse. This was followed by the Raff march from the “Leonore” symphony, and by the delightful performance, accompanied by Adolf Hahn and William Morgan Knox, of the air on the G string by Bach-Wilhelmj.
In addition to the concert proper, several soloists, students of the College of Music, were heard and added much to the success and pleasure of the event. Edna Weller Paulsen, a lyric soprano, sang in an artistic manner the intricate Bruch
CINCINNATI SYMPHONY
GIVES FINAL “POP” CONCERT
New Choral Union Formed-—Westwood Opera Club Presents “The Mikado”—College of Music Orchestra’s Concert—Notes
Cincinnati, Ohio, April 19.—The final concert of the popular series played by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra was enjoyed by a good-sized audience on April 16, Easter Sunday, at Music Hall. The closing program was up to the high standard set in the season just ended, and was a fitting close to this very popular form of entertainment. There were several features about the concert that added to the delight of the same, one being the playing of an orchestra suite in five parts, composed by Ewald Haun, first flutist of the orchestra, and played for the first time in public. The various parts of the composition, which was directed in person by Mr. Haun, were quite diversified, offering some pleasing and meritorious musical effects. Last season Mr. Haun directed the orchestra when one of his compositions was enjoyed. Mr. Ysaye very generously permits a composer on *such occasions to direct his own works.
The soloist was Oscar Colker, a young Cincinnati tenor, who gives more than ordinary promise of a career in music, demonstrating an ability as a singer of future distinction. He sang effectively three numbers and responded with an encore. These were “Rachel quand du Seigneur,” from the opera “La Juive,” by Halevy; “Come un bel di di Maggio,” from Giordano’s opera, “Andre Chenier,” and the aria, “When the Stars Are Brightly Shining,” from “La Tosca.”
The opening number on the program was the popular “Oberon” overture by Weber. Other numbers included tie fantasy “Wallonne,” by the director’s late brother, Theo. Ysaye, effectively played, and two of Wagner’s numbers— the prelude to act 1, “Lohengrin,” and the overture from “Tannhäuser.”
Cincinnati Choral Union Formed.
One of the latest additions to the musical organizations here, and one that gives promise of a notable future, is
Mme. LAURA MORRILL
Teacher of Singing SUMMER SESSION, JUNE 15th to AUGUST 1st
Professionals and students
Special course for teachers
Programs planned
148 West 72nd Street, New York, Telephone: Columbus 2118
Bloch
Will Teach at Lake George, N.Y.
During July and August Address, 37 W. 87th St., New York City
Mr. ALEXANDER
VIOLINIST
Mrs. ALEXANDER
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	In reviewing this season’s concerts—Deems Taylor writes in the New York World of April 30, 1922:	
“Amy Eller man was the best of the new contraltos—good voice and a real gift for song interpretation. The BEST voices that this Chronicler heard during the season were . . . contraltos Sophie Braslau, Calve, Schumann Heink, Merle Alcock, AMY ELLERMAN.
Address: Amy Ellerman, 570 ־7״^?B״״״fl~^3York