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namely, Marjorie Fouts, Doris M. Hauck, Frederick J. Hanlon, Teddy Abramovitz, Nancy Hankins, Grace Hardy, Edna Oster, Charles Brandenberg, Margaret Spotz, Grace Marcella Liddane, Morris Goldberg and Irene Miller.
The ninety-eighth sonata recital, April 28, had on it a piano sonata by MacFadyen, played by Dorothy Leach; the trio in G major (Mozart), played by Em Smith, C’Zelma Crosby and Alice Nichols; the sonata in E (Beethoven), played by Samuel Prager, and another novelty, the “Triple Sonata,” op. 3, No. 1, by Douglas MacOllum Stewart, this last played by the trio. The usual large attendance and close interest was shown in this program.
Record for Bach Festival Artists
In connection with the Bach Festivals held at Bethlehem, Pa., it is interesting to note that Nicholas Douty has sung at every one since their inception, this year’s event, May 26-27, marking his seventeenth appearance as soloist. Charles Trowbridge Tittmann comes second with a record of six consecutive festivals, then Mildred Fass with five to her credit, and Merle Alcock comes fourth, having been engaged as soloist for three consecutive years.
Lawson a Welcome Visitor in Richmond
Among the recent engagements filled by Franceska Kaspar Lawson was one in Richmond, Va., and the next day the Times-Dispatch of that city had the following to say in reviewing the recital:	“Franceska Kaspar Lawson, of
Washington, gave a most delightful and artistic song recital at the High School Auditorium. . . . She completely won her audience and will be a very welcome visitor whenever she returns.”
Hayden to Sing at Oberlin Festival
Ethyl Hayden, the young lyric soprano whose New York debut was one of the successful events of the music season, will appear as soloist in the performance of Pierne's “Children’s Crusade,” to be given May 19 at the Oberlin, Ohio, Festival.
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Chicago Musical College and the Great Violinists
The return of Prof. Leopold Auer to Chicago to officiate as one of the judges at the annual competition for prizes held in Orchestra Hall, April 29, calls to mind the great service to violin art that has been performed by the Chicago Musical College in bringing to America so many of the illustrious representatives of violin virtuosity. The determination of the institution to make its violin department the first in the country began many years ago. One of the great teachers whose influence was admirable was S. E. Jacobsohn, whose genius for teaching brought forth some of the most sterling artists of a quarter of a century ago. Somewhat later Bernhard Listemann came to the fore and following him the illustrious Sauret came from Europe to head the Chicago Musical College violin department. For several years Sauret dazzled the public with his extraordinary brilliancy, and when his contract having expired he returned to Europe, Hugo Heermann, one of the most distinguished of the German violinists, replaced him and turned out some remarkable pupils. Contemporary with Heermann was Theodore Spiering, whose gifts conferred no little lustre upon the department. Leon Sametini, who now is the senior member of the Chicago Musical College’s violin faculty, joined the institution a number of years ago and has proved to be not only one of the most brilliant and polished among the virtuosi but also one of the most richly endowed teachers.
That-the enterprise of the institution is not less now than it was in its earlier days may be believed when it is stated that Prof. Leopold Auer relates with gusto how, after descending the gangplank of the steamer which had brought him to America, he met the first American citizen in the person of Carl D. Kinsey, who invited him to join the faculty of the Chicago Musical College. The acceptance of that invitation brought Prof. Auer to the great Chicago institution for several successive summers and it brings him there again for the master school, which opens June 28.
Public Recital at American Institute
Something out of the ordinary was Francis Moore’s participation in the students’ public recital at the American Institute of Applied Music, April 22, when he played Grainger’s “County Derry,” Guion’s “Turkey in the Straw” and the Verdi-Liszt “Rigoletto” fantasie. His playing started the program given by pupils of Miss Chittenden (piano), Mrs. Zedeler-Mix and Mr. Spiering (violin), Mr. Kliban-sky and Mr. Lanham (voice). The large variety contained in the thirteen numbers of this program may be surmised from the partial list of composers whose works were played and sung, viz.: Sibelius, Chopin, Leschetizky, Beethoven, Chabrier, Brahms (piano) ; Brown, Gartlan, Gounod, Wil-leby. Taylor, Ries, Handel (voice), and Bach-Burmester and Wieniawski (violin). The performers on the program were some of the well known students as well as newcomers,
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Music faculty, gave a radio concert on the evening of April 7 at the W. L. W. radio station.
A special musical program was rendered at St. Peter’s Cathedral on Palm Sunday, including some fine numbers. The choir was under the direction of Prof. John J. Fehring.
A fine program was given at St. John’s Church on April 9, John A. Hoffmann, choirmaster.
Margaret Spaulding, soprano, pupil of Dan Beddoe, and Grady Cox, pianist, pupil of Frederic Shailer Evans, gave a joint recital at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music on April 10 at the Conservatory Hall.
A special concert was given by the Orpheus Club at Emery Auditorium on April 24, under the auspices of the Cincinnati Christian Business Women’s Council. It was for the benefit of- the Virginia Asher Business Women’s Council.
Katherine Reece, a pupil of John A. Hoffmann, gave a song recital at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music on April 20. Her program included a varied list of songs, which were suited to her fine voice.
A number of pupils from the class of Mme. Liszniewska, of the Cincinnati Conservatory, were heard in a piano recital on April 23.
The Meltone Musical Club presented a request program at the residence of Mrs. Frank Woodward on April 26.
An enjoyable musical program was rendered at the West-wood M. E. Church on April 24, in celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the present building. The musical was under the direction of Edward F. Myers.
Alma Betscher presented a number of her pupils in a piano recital at the Cincinnati Conservatory April 21.
Elizabeth Cook, a teacher of piano at the Cincinnati Conservatory, left recently for New York City where she will attend the rehearsals of her cantata for women’s voices. "The Sea Fairies’ Song,” to be given by the Parnassus Choral Club on May 1. Besides acting as accompanist for her own composition, Miss Cook will be presented by the Parnassus Club in a piano recital.
The pupils of Romeo Gorno of the College of Music were heard in a program in the Odeon on the evening of April 26. They were assisted by several pupils from the violin class of Adolph Hahn.
Dan Beddoe of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music gave a song recital at Berea College, Berea, Ky., April 21. He was in splendid voice and gave one of his happily arranged programs.
A recital was given by the pupils of Ottilie Dickerschied in the Odeon on the evening of April 24.
The choir of St. John’s Evangelical Protestant. Church presented the “Gypsy Rover,” a three-act musical comedy, at the Odeon on April 19 and 20. A chorus of thirty-five voices, under the direction of Henry Thuman, was heard.
A very delightful musicale was enjoyed at the Hotel Sinton on April 25, for the benefit of the building fund for the Friendless and Foundlings. The soloists appearing on this occasion were prominent in Cincinnati musical circles, being Marguerite Melville Liszniewska, pianist, and Dan Beddoe, tenor. The concert was given in the ball room, which was crowded with admirers of the principals, and the numbers, which v׳ere much enjoyed, included the Beethoven rondo, op. 51, No. 2; the Chopin fantasy, op. 49, and the Schubert-Liszt “Soiree de Vienne,” and Handel’s recitative and aria, “Love Sounds the Alarm,” from “Acis and Galatea.”	W. W.
Many Engagements for Emily Stokes Hagar
Emily Stokes Hagar was soloist with the Bethlehem Steel Company’s Male Chorus, John T. Watkins, conductor, at a concert given in Easton, Pa., April 7. In reviewing the event the following day the critic of the Express stated that Mrs. Hagar delighted all by her singing and showed that she is an artist of the highest type. Her charming personality is also greatly in her favor. The Easton Free Press was of the opinion that a great deal of enjoyment was added to the program by the singing of Mrs. Hagar, who has a wonderfully rich and sweet voice. One of the items in the review which appeared in the Bethlehem Times was to the effect that the soprano was overwhelmed with applause whenever she appeared.
Other April engagements filled by Mrs. Hagar were as follows: 22, private musicale, Germantown, Pa.; 24, annual concert, Chambers Wylie Church, Philadelphia; 25, reception, Philadelphia; 26, noon, Rotarian Club, Bethlehem; 26, evening, Bethlehem Steel Company’s Male Chorus, Bethlehem. May 1 Mrs. Hagar sang at the Music Supervisors twenty-fifth anniversary celebration at the Bellevue Stratford, Philadelphia, and May 2 she was soloist for the West Philadelphia Musical Association. Thursday, May 4, she was booked for “The Golden Legend” with the Frankford (Pa.) Glee Club. May 8 there was a recital at the Bellevue Stratford, Philadelphia, and May 8 she was soloist with the Concordia of Wilkesbarre. Forthcoming engagements include May 19, Camden, N. J., and May 27, when she will be one of the soloists in the Bach B Minor Mass at the Bach Festival at Bethlehem. ----------
Raymond Simonds Having Active Season
Raymond Simonds, the young tenor, has been active in New England lately after a successful tour of the South. Mr. Simonds was heard with the Boston Symphony Orchestra on March 26 in Symphony Hall, and at a recital with the Duo-Art in Boston on April 28. He is engaged for a recital in Beverly, and will appear as soloist with the Harvard Alumni Chorus in its forthcoming production of fragments from John K. Paine’s “Oedipus,” May 19 and 21, at the Harvard Club, in Boston. On May 18 Mr. Simonds will be heard in a joint recital in Southbridge with Laura Littlefield, and the well known soprano, for the benefit of the Radcliffe Endowment Fund.
Martucci Pupils Heard
Beginning on March 27, and on every Tuesday afternoon during the month of April, a series of piano recitals was given at the studio of Paolo Martucci, at which some of his artist pupils have appeared before a number of musical people and friends. At the last one, on April 25, two of Mr. Martucci’s youngest and most talented pupils were heard. They were Dorothy Mansfield and Michael Lepore, both fifteen years of age, and who, one could say, were almost finished artists. They played compositions by Scarlatti. Mendelssohn, Chopin, Martucci, Ferrata, etc.