June 1, 1922
MARIE NOVELLO,
the Welsh pianist, snapped on shipboard while she was returning to England recently. Miss Novello will fill a number of engagements in England and the provinces this summer before returning to America early in the fall, when she will tour under the management of M. H. Sanson. Mr. Hanson sailed for England the end of last month. (Photo by Central Hews Co.)
May 22. Kathleen Ryan sang for the Daily News Radio, May 25.
Leon Sametini, of the faculty, was the soloist at the artists’ night of the May Festival, at Marion (Ind.), May 17.
Christine McCann, student of Leon Sametini, was the winner of the prize of $50.00 presented by the Chicago Artists’ Association.
The program that was given by the Chicago Musical College, Saturday morning in Ziegfield Theater was presented by students in the piano, violin and vocal departments.	Jeannette Cox.
Early Spanish-Californian Folk Songs
The beauty of California is expressed not only by its wealth of sunshine, fruits and flowers, its majestic snowcapped mountains and fertile valleys, the great redwood trees and wonderful Yosemite, but also by a rich store of Early Spanish folk songs. These melodies have come to us from before the time the United States took over the government in 184S. Some were brought over from Spain by the early settlers, others drifted up from Mexico, and many came into being as the natural expression of the beauty of this flower-laden land.
Eleanor Hague has collected many of these lovely melodies as sung by the older generation, and has greatly enriched the treasures of music by her devotion to the preservation of Spanish-American folk song. The very grateful task of harmonizing and arranging these remarkable traditional songs for solo voice and piano was placed into the competent hands of Gertrude Ross, one of California’s best known composers. J. Fischer & Bro., New York, is to publish the series and promises to have ready within the near future as the first instalment, five of the choicest melodies in arrangements for high and low voice. Three of the melodies are also to be transcribed for violin and piano and perhaps for orchestra.
Clarence Eddy Aids the American Composer
A feature commendable not only to every recital organist but also to artists in other fields, is the thoughtfulness and consideration constantly shown to the works of contemporary American composers by the dean of American organists, when deciding on the many programs he is annually called upon to prepare.
Clarence Eddy, having at his command the entire current organ music literature, it would seem only natural after his many years of honorable and active work that he should draw heavily on his repertory of the classics, etc., and ignore entirely compositions most especially of “humble” American origin. In doing this Mr. Eddy would only be following custom.
The program played at several concerts in the South during the early days of May speaks volumes for Clarence Eddy’s interest in the welfare of the present day composer. Out of the thirteen compositions enumerated, nine are from the pens of Americans.
Walter Greene’s Third New York Recital
Following his usual custom of appearing in New York every other season, Walter Greene, baritone, will give his third Aeolian Hall recital on November 6.
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Josef Konecny Returns After Long Tour—Weber Advertising Bureau Moves—Activities at Chicago Musical College—
Reuter’s Master Classes Attract Interest
known Chicago soprano, and Margaret Gary, concert pianist and pupil of Albert Ross Parsons of New York. Mr. Konecny will devote a goodly part of this summer to a canoe and camping trip in the lake region of Northern Minnesota, on the Canadian border.
Weber Advertising Bureau Takes Larger Quarters.
Owing to increased business and the convenience of a down-town office, the Henriette Weber Advertising Bureau has moved to larger quarters and is now located at 430 Orchestra Building.
Frederick Gunster a Visitor.
Frederick Gunster was among the distinguished visitors at this office during the past week. Mr. Gunster is one of the assisting artists on the Geraldine Farrar spring tour and has won individual success everywhere he has appeared, the press and public unanimously voting him an admirable artist. With Miss Farrar, this excellent tenor was heard in Aurora (111.), on Monday evening. Mr. Gunster was also one of the most enthusiastic listeners at the North Shore Festival opening night, when he witnessed the appearance of Miss Farrar. He is ever cheerful, so it is no wonder people like him and he is so popular.
Opera at the Chicago Musical College.
A new work will be added to the repertory of the Chicago Musical College Opera when Wolf-Ferrari’s “The Secret of Suzanne” is given at the Ziegfeld Theater, Saturday morning, June 3. In the course of its existence nearly the entire literature of dramatic music— as it is known today—has been publicly performed by students of the Chicago Musical College School of Opera. Either in the Auditorium Theater, the Studebaker, the Black-stone, the Central or in Ziegfeld Theater, the landmarks of opera, from “Fidelio” to “Die Walküre,” have been set before audiences.
At the performance which will be given in Ziegfeld Theater, June 3, “The Secret of Suzanne” will be preceded by the Garden Scene from Gounod’s “Faust” and will be followed by •Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana.”
Rudolph Reuter’s Master Classes.
Great interest is being shown in the forthcoming summer master session to be held at the studios of Rudolph Reuter, pianist, at the Fine Arts Building, beginning June 19. There will be private instruction as well as many classes, and requests for time are coming in so rapidly that most of it is already booked. In connection therewith, and for the benefit of the many summer students in Chicago at that time, Mr. Reuter will give a recital on the evening of June 29, at the Fine Arts Recital Hall, playing another of his interesting programs. This will mark his tenth public appearance in Chicago this season.
In his master session, Mr. Reuter will have the co-operation of several assistants, and some of Chicago’s best teachers of theory.
Haydn Choral Society in Concert.
On Monday evening, May 8, the Haydn Choral Society of which Haydn Owens is the able director, was heard in concert at the Y. M. C. A. Hotel in a miscellaneous program. The fine program was enthusiastically received by the listeners.
Chicago Musical College Notes.
A highly successful program was given by students of Dora Owens in the Recital Hall, Steinway Hall Building, last Saturday evening. John Barcus, student of Walton Pyre, gave a recital in the same hall, Thursday and piano students were heard there the following evening.
Teresa Huening, student of Mrs. Gannon, gave a program at the Auditorium, May 19. Solveig Sherelson, also studying with Mrs. Gannon, sang at the Pilgrim Church,
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Chicago, 111., May 26.—Owing to the holiday (Decoration Day), and the fact that the Musical Courier goes to press earlier this week, a complete review of the North Shore Festival, which was brilliantly opened by Geraldine Farrar at the Northwestern University Gymnasium in Evanston, Wednesday, May 24, and continued through to Tuesday evening, May 30, will not appear until the next issue. Despite considerable rain during that period —especially the first few days—large audiences were in attendance and the festival’s success was another feather in the cap of Business Manager Carl D. Kinsey, than whom there is none more successful nor more efficient.
Columbia School Collegiate Class Concert.
A splendid concert was set forth at the Playhouse, Sunday afternoon, May 21, when the Collegiate Class of the Columbia School of Music participated in an exceptionally interesting and well balanced program. That part of the program heard by this writer was presented by Evelyn Wienke, who gave a good account of herself in two arias—one from Mozart’s “II Re Pastora” and Herbert’s “Natoma;” Arlene Hartl, who held her own in Palm-gren’s “The Swan” and Rachmaninoff’s “Humoresque Martha Cruikshank, who displayed splendid talent in selections by Zeckwer, Palmgren and D’Albert; Elizabeth Houston, who disclosed an excellent contralto of wide range and lovely quality in Secchi’s “Lungi dal caro bene,” Sharp’s “Japanese Death Song” and the “Spring Song of the Robin Woman” from Cadman’s “ShanewisFannie Anson, who gave Schubert-Liszt and Scott numbers; Ruth Birenbaum, who played admirably Ireland, Schumann and Chopin selections, and Marion Capps and Geraldine Rhoads, who accomplished some splendid duet work in Gretchan-inoff’s “Dreams,” the duet of the shepherds from “Dinorah,” and “Every Flower” from “Madame Butterfly.” The Misses Houston, Capps and Rhoads are from Louise St. John Westervelt’s class and in their work certainly proved excellent exponents of the Westervelt method.
Josef Konecny Returns After Long Tour.
One of the week’s visitors to the Musical Courier Chicago office was Josef Konecny, the Bohemian violinist, who has just completed a long and successful tour of one hundred and sixty-six concerts. The states covered were Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota, Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Wyoming, Missouri and Iowa. With two months of next season already filled solidly, and new bookings steadily coming in, the outlook for 1922-23 is splendid.
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