MUSICAL COURIER
June 1, 1922
and the Boston Globe of the next day said of Harriet Ware’s song, “By the Fountain,” “It was a triumph for both Miss Chase and the composer.” This song is having wide popularity, and is of such nature that it carries general appeal.
Harriet Ware has returned from her stay in the South, and is again at her country home, Terrill Road, Plainfield, N. J., where she will remain until October.
Bryceson Treharne’s Most Popular Song
Several years ago Bryceson Treharne, after his release from a German prison camp, came to America and submitted many lovely songs to various publishers. A whole concert of his songs was given by a famous singer in New York. Many months later he came to a publisher with a song called “Mother, My Dear.” This ballad was in a simpler vein than the beautiful art songs on which he had made his reputation and it had great emotional appeal. Mr. Treharne preferred to issue this song under a nom de plume and the publishers hesitated for a long time to accept it.
The late Evan Williams, the distinguished tenor, happened to see a copy. He immediately wired for it to be sent to Camden, so that he might record it for the Victor Talking Machine Company. Mr. Williams was so touched by the beauty of the song־ that he had great difficulty in recording it. When he came from the laboratory he had tears in his eyes. This was one of the last songs to be recorded by him.
Since that time it has appeared on the records of five other phonograph companies, and has surpassed all of the other songs of Mr. Treharne in sales. It is now the best seller in the catalog of Harold Flammer, Inc. For Mothers’ Day it is a favorite.
Among the prominent artists who feature this song are Galli-Curci and Beniamino Gigli. On May 6, Mabel Rie-gelman broadcasted it by radio from San Francisco to Honolulu and all intermediate points.
Here is a song that received scant attention and neglect before publication. Perhaps many another composer has such a manuscript hidden. It remains only for some one to introduce it to the light of day.
songs were delightfully sung by her. Manuel Berenguer, flutist, was also well received.
Margaret Matzenauer on Harris Series.
Margaret Matzenauer was heard here for the first time, and her rich and colorful singing left a lasting imprèssion. Mme. Matzenauer’s affability immediately won the audience as her friends, and her singing retained them. She was recalled for encores after every group, and gave three at the close. Her program comprised well known songs by Saint-Saëns, Schumann, Brahms, Mozart, Debussy, Staub, Frank La Forge, and opera airs. George Vause was an admirable accompanist, and was very pleasing in a group of piano solos.
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra with Ganz and Namara as Soloists.
On April 25 the A. Harris Company (associated with the MacDonald-Mason Management) presented the St. Louis Orchestra in one of the most interesting concerts of the musical season. It is so seldom that the opportunity of hearing a big orchestra is given that it is a great treat. Rudolph Ganz, in his capacity of conductor, was successful and interesting, but he probably made his greatest impression with his piano playing. With the orchestra he gave the B flat minor concerto by Tschaikowsky, and it was interpreted with such brilliancy and marked rhythm and beauty of tone that even the most blasé concert listener received a distinct thrill from the performance. In the concerto the orchestra was directed by the assistant conductor, Fischer, as was also the case in the opening number—the “Phedre” overture by Massenet. Following the Tschaikowsky concerto, the orchestra gave the Beethoven symphony in C minor and the “Capriccio Italien” by Tschaikowsky. In the second half of the program, the soloist was Marguerite Namara, who won for herself instantaneous success through her beautiful voice and a personality of unusual charm. She sang the “Traviata” aria, “Ah, fors e lui” and several encores.	R. D.
DALLAS HEARS MANY
WORLD FAMED ARTISTS
Lamb and Soloman Write Another Bass Song
The new bass song, “Bells of the Sea,” published by Sam Fox Publishing Company, is believed introduced with much success by Herbert Waterous. Mr. Waterous first sang this song at the Strand Theater, New York, when he was provided with a special stage setting; it created much comment. “Bells of the Sea” was composed by Arthur J. Lamb and Alfred Soloman, writers of “Asleep in the Deep” and “When the Bell in the Lighthouse Rings,” both famous bass songs. Indications are that this new number will become a big success. Real songs of this type are all too rare.
Haywood Artists Sing for Radio
Thomas Fuson, tenor, and J. Uly Woodside, baritone, sang at the radio broadcasting station in Newark, N. J., on May 28. Mr. Fuson sang the “Rose Maiden,” by Cowen, at Morris Plains, N. J., on May 26.
“Vanderpool Night” at WJZ Station
May 8 might almost have been called “Vanderpool Night,” so many of that composer’s songs were used from the WJZ Station at Newark. The eight o’clock recital was a joint recital by Clark Morrell, tenor soloist of Dr. Cadman’s Central Congregational Church, Brooklyn, and Mabel Empie, well known concert soprano. Miss Empie included in her program “The Thrill of You,” “Come, Love Me” and “That Night,” all songs of Mr. Vander-pool’s, and then Mr. Morrell repeated the “Come Love Me,” a sure evidence of the popularity of this song when two singers decide to do it on the same program.
Arthur Penn was also fairly well represented on that program, for Miss Empie used “Smilin’ Through,” and the Vanderpool song, “That Night,” is written to Mr. Penn’s lyric.
Ware’s “By the Fountain” Sung in Boston
Cora Chase, coloratura soprano of the Metropolitan Opera Company, gave her second Boston recital a fortnight ago,
Russian Grand Opera Enjoyed—Hempel in Jenny Lind
Recital—Titta Ruffo Thrills—Flonzaley Quartet Gives Artistic Program—Huge Audience Greets Galli-Curci—Matzenauer Heard for First Time—
Namara and Ganz Soloists with St.
Louis Symphony
Dallas, Tex., May 18.—The visit of the Russian Grand Opera Company to Dallas proved of great interest. The operas presented were “Pique Dame,” by Tschaikowsky; “The Czar’s Bride,” by Rimsky-Korsakoff; “Boris Godou-noff,” by Moussorgsky, and “Eugen Onegin,” by Tschaikowsky. The music in all of these was colorful, the orchestra was excellent and the individual singers on the whole were satisfying. The company was brought here by the MacDonald-Mason management.
Hempel Receives Ovation in “Jenny Lind" Recital.
Frieda Hempel, on March 11, attracted another large audience, having made a tremendous impression here last spring when she sang the leading role of “Traviata” with the Chicago Opera. In recital, with Coenraad Bos accompanying, she repeated her success. In a duplicate of a Jenny Lind costume she was a beautiful picture, and her singing of old familiar songs and coloratura arias proved delightful. The Dallas Male Chorus, under whose auspices Miss Hempel appeared, offered a group of songs during the program and displayed marked improvement in its ensemble since it was last heard and since it has been under the direction of Paul Van Katwijk, eminent local musician. Viola Beck accompanied the chorus. Incidentally, the engagement of Viola Beck and Paul Van Katwijk, both amongt^jie most prominent of Dallas artists, has recently been^afifiounced. The wedding is to take place in the early summer.
Titta Ruffo Thrills in Recital.
On the A. Harris course, Ruffo was presented in song recital, creating great enthusiasm. The great baritone sang numbers from operas in which he excels and numerous light songs as encores. Many additional numbers were demanded and graciously given.
Flonzaley Quartet in Concert.
The last of the series of concerts at the Adolphus Hotel Palm Garden, which was given this year by Mrs. MacDonald, brought the Flonzaley Quartet in an exceptionally artistic concert. Beethoven, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Borodin and Goossens were the composers represented on the program, with encores of simple classics.
Audience of 3,500 Greets Galli-Curci.
Singing with great ease and charm, Galli-Curci in her recent recital completely captivated the largest audience of the season. Coloratura airs, some with flute accompaniment, modern French and Spanish songs, and a few in English, made up her interesting program. Homer Samuels, accompanist, shared honors with the singer, and two of his own