June 1, 1922 36 MUSICAL COURIER SUMMER DIRECTORY Prague, Czecho-Slovakia ................Europe ................Europe ................Europe ................Europe ....Easthampton, L. I. ............Europe Hannover, Germany .............Europe .......... . •Europe .....Paris, France .............Europe ..............Italy .......Europe Oil City, Pa. Paris, France .......Europe .......Europe .......Europe Europe Europe Europe .......Europe ........Europe .......Europe ........Europe South America .......Europe .......Europe .......Europe ...Paris, France ..........Europe ..........Europe ..........Europe ..........Europe ..........Europe London, England Europe ...Berlin, Germany ............Europe München, Germany ......Chicago, 111. Bartik, Ottokar.......... Bauer, Harold ........... Bodanzky, Artur ......... Bonnet, Joseph .......... Bos, Coenraad V.......... Bready, Mrs. George Lee Calve, Emma............ Casini, Gutia ......... Cherniavsky Trio Clemens, Clara ....... Coini, Jacques ....... Coolidge, Elizabeth S. Crimi, Giulio ......... D Dambois, Maurice ................... De Kyzer, Marie..................... De Sales, Regina.................... Devries, Rene ...................... Dilling, Mildred .................. Dux, Claire ........................ E Easton, Florence F Fanning, Cecil . . Flonzaley Quartet G Gabrilowitsch, Ossip ............. Gallo, Fortune ................... Garden, Mary ..................... Gerhardt, Elena .................. Godowsky, Leopold................ Gordon, Jeanne ................... Guard, William G.................. Gunn, Alexander .................. Hackett, Charles...... Haensel, Fitzhugh .. Heifetz, Jascha ..... Hempel, Frieda ....... Hirst, Minette ....... Hubermann, Bronislaw Huhn, Bruno........... Jung, Rudolph Kaufmann, Minna Klibansky, Sergei Knoch, Ernst...... Konecny, Josef .. takes great pleasure in the delightful piano playing of Mme. Stur-kow-Ryder.—Grand Rapids Press, May 4. A Triumph for Franceska Kaspar Lawson Another successful appearance to add to the many already scored by Franceska Kaspar Lawson was on May 3, when she sang in Philippi, W. Va. The Republican of that place reviewed the recital in part as follows: Franceska Kaspar Lawson scored a greater triumph in her third appearance here last Friday night than she had previously done. It takes an entertainer, a show, or soloist of rare merit to attract the same audience three times in two years. Yet that is what the Washington soprano has done in Philippi, and the enthusiasm with which she has been received is suggested by her constantly increased audiences. . . . Her voice has great beauty and wide range and demonstrates ample power and remarkable flexibility. She applies all these qualities with intelligence and temperament. Franko and His Orchestra at Willow Grove Nahan Franko and his orchestra again are drawing huge audiences to the four concerts which they are giving daily at Willow Grove Park. Mr. Franko arranged exceptionally interesting programs for the concerts of the first week, May 13-20, presenting the works of the masters in a manner which aroused much enthusiasm. Mr. Franko himself was heard in violin solos at several of the concerts, and needless to say injected the proper spirit into his playing. Athens Buckley, soprano, and Emil Folgman, cellist, were other soloists heard during the week of May 13-20. Krebs’ Song Pleases April 30, at Chelsea M. E. Church, the Baroness de Torinoff sang songs at the evening service, including S. Walter Krebs’ /‘America We Live For Thee” with the composer at the piano, the congregation joining in the chorus. May 9 the same patriotic song was sung by Robert Nevins, baritone, at a meeting of the Greenwich Historical Society. April 24 it was sung at a meeting of Tiger Post No. 23 by Mme. de Torinoff, Mr. Krebs also playing Liszt’s twelfth Hungarian rhapsody. Zoellner Quartet Receives Ovation Baldwin, Kan., May 6.—On the occasion of their reappearance at Baker University on May 4, the Zoellner Quartet was given a most emphatic ovation. Their matchless ensemble and inspiring interpretation of the modern and classic masters gave the audience an evening of pure, unalloyed joy. The classic features of the Havdn Quartet were extremely well delineated but not in a stilted style and in the Glazounoff, the bigness of technic was dazzling. g g est specialists in the country, and after all her research and careful study of the subject, Miss McLellan, still a young woman, has a system that gets excellent results. “Just before I came to Houston for this concert, I was talking with a young singer in New York, who has studied abroad eleven years and has a four years’ contract with the Metropolitan and who has been taking lessons for a month from Miss McLellan, and she told me that in those four weeks she has learned more than in all the remainder of her study put together.” Hempel Charms Her Audience The attached is culled from the Marietta (Ohio) Register-Leader of April 27: ־ Marietta music lovers turned out en masse for what proved to be one of the most brilliant musical events in Marietta for vears when on Wednesday evening the Community Club presented Frieda Hempel, termed “The Queen of Coloraturas,” “The Incomparable Nightingale” and “The Jenny Lind of Today.” Too much praise cannot be allotted this noted singer and no other artist who has ever appeared here provided more enjovment for her audience than did Miss Hempel. A beautiful woman, a handsome gown, the voice of a great artist and a program of variety coupled with encores that simply captivated her hearers greeted the packed house. Words cannot express the manner in which she was received here on Wednesday. All who were fortunate enough to be in attendance are today congratulating the members of the Community Club Committee on being able to procure so elaborate a program. Althouse Has the Oratorio Tradition After Paul Althouse’s recent appearance with the Marshall Field Choral Society in Chicago, when Mendelssohn’s “Hymn of Praise” was given, Karleton Hackett, music editor of the Chicago Evening Post, made a notable observation on the artistic effectiveness of Mr. Althouse’s work in the columns of that paper: Paul Althouse was the tenor. He had the oratorio tradition and the voice to express the meaning. His singing was of a dignity in keeping with the spirit of the v/ork, and m his delivery of the aria, “The Sorrows of Death,” and the following recitative he attained a climax of great power. It was the true oratorio singing. If there were more of this kind, where# a man with voice and brains gives to the oratorio the best there is in him, there would be a revival of interest in the oratorio, which would be greatly to the benefit of everybody. They Want Namara Again Haensel & Jones received the following letter from A. H. Culpepper, of Port Arthur, Tex., which speaks for itself: Permit me to congratulate you on the very fine impression which your artist, Marguerite Namara, is making this season with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, and especially in this city. We enjoyed her fine singing very much indeed, and I am sure that her appearance here will make our future efforts to provide concerts for this section of the country a work of pleasure rather than a big job of worry and discouragement, as it has been in the past. Miss Namara possesses not only a very fine voice, but also a most gracious personality and we hope to have her with us again. Sturkow-Ryder Has Busy Month of May L L“־°״Ï4,E^h־r.d .•.■.■.•.•.7.7.77..............Santa MonicIuroDe Liebling, Max ..............:::::::::::: M McCormack. 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B.............................................. Europe ......................................Europe V Van der Veer, Nevada...... t«.i r> ״ ,, Van Emden, Harriet............................Làke GeorSe. N. Y. .................................Europe w Ware, Harriet.............. r»!_• t• ,, , Whitehill, Clarence . ......................Plainfield, N. J. ............................................ Europe Two Western Tours for Maier and Pattison Guy Maier and Lee Pattison, pianists, will give a recital in St. Louis on February 24, next. This will be their sec-ond visit to. that part of the country next year, as they will tour Missouri and Kansas in a series of engagements in early December, en route East from Australia and their Pacific Coast engagements. Sixty Engagements for Ruth St. Denis Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn and the Denishawn Dancers are booked for sixty engagements between October 5 and the Christmas holidays. Boston, Binghamton, Pittsburgh, Aurora and Peoria, 111., and Kalamazoo, Mich., have now been added to the list of cities which this company will visit during its fall tour. Like most of the other months of the year, May is proving a very busy one for Mme. Sturkow-Ryder, the prominent Chicago pianist. May 9 she played in Wichita (Kans.) ; Hutchinson (Kans.), May 10; Winfield, May 11; El Dorado, May 12; Enid (Okla.) May 15 and 16, returning to Chicago May 18. Recently she appeared in Grand Rapids (Mich.), where she received the following press tributes: Mme. Sturkow-Ryder played, among other selections, the Mendelssohn concerto in G minor. It was a delightful number and received well merited applause. This pianist is an artist.—Grand Rapids Press, May 1. In Mme. Sturkow-Ryder’s two-piano selections the ensemble was artistic perfection.—Grand Rapids Herald. Mme. Sturkow-Ryder is a decided acquisition to the program with her playing, her two-piano numbers being done in a remarkable manner.—Grand Rapids News. At the Empress Theater the musical contingent in the audience William Wylie to Manage Columbus Festival It has been announced that Columbus, Ohio, musicians will be united under the auspices of the Columbus Women’s Association of Commerce in a two-day Spring Festival of Music to be given as an annual event by the organization. Airs. Agnes Bryant Dickinson, vice-president of the association, and William Wylie, tenor and manager, will be in charge of the arrangements. The organization contemplates spending about $4,000 on the festival, any funds over going toward building a woman’s club house in Columbus. The plans have not been completed but the idea is to produce “St. Paul,” with a large chorus and prominent soloists for one evening, and the next one to “11,J' Samson and Delilah,” with chorus, orchestra and well known soloists. The afternoon programs will also be worked out before long. On a recent Friday evening, Mr. Wylie had much success in Springfield, Ohio, and as a result of his success has been re-engaged for a concert in Memorial Hall in the fall. Rosing to Sing in Paris Rosing, the Russian tenor, has had a busy Spring keeping concert engagements in London and other English cities. Two concerts were arranged for him in Paris in May, after which he was scheduled to go to the country for a quiet summer of work and study on his programs for his next and second season in America. His manager, Antonia Sawyer, has already booked a western tour for this unique MIQIJELLE -LONGY־ Pianist RENEE 1923 NOW BOOKING ENSEMBLE RECITALS WITH G. MIQUELLE H. A. BUTLER 103 Hemenway Boston, Mass. 1922 SEASON BEING BOOKED SOLO CONCERTS Joint Appearances STEINE RT PIANO H. B. w. VAMSAN Pierce Building Boston, Mass. 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