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President and Mrs. Harding by a group of school children. The musical program also included selections by the Male Quartet of Detroit and the Schola Cantorum of Indianapolis.
Whitney-Campanole Recital.
On May 18, at the Play House, Myron Whitney and his pupil, Elizabeth Campanole, gave a joint recital. Mr. Whitney’s art always delights true music lovers and in the Italian songs his zest and gaiety transported his listeners to Italy. Elizabeth Campanole sang charmingly. Hers is a voice full of promise, which shows the careful training of her artist master. In the duets, their voices blended well and • it was altogether a delightful hour.
Washington Applauds One Woman Cast.
On May 25, at the City Club, before an audience of several hundred, Gay McLaren gave a unique and clever presentation of “Enter Madame’’ when, by a series of remarkable changes of voice and expression, she impersonated not only Della Robbia, but the many and varied characters of the play, even giving the illusion that several were on the stage at the same time.
It is no little stunt to go through a three act play alone, yet Miss MacLaren held her audience and at the end was recalled again and again.
Recital by Pupils of Edna Bishop Daniel.
One of the most charming pupil recitals of Music Week was that on June 1 at the Wilson Normal School Auditorium, when, before a good audience, Ruth Peter, soprano, and Cleo Scanland, mezzo-contralto, assisted by Estella Thomas, violinist, gave an interesting program. The fresh young voices were delightful and both in quality and diction showed careful training.
The old English songs were well suited to Miss Scan-land’s voice and personality and in “When Daisies Pied and Violets Blue,” she made a special hit.
Ruth Peter’s voice is clear in tone, strong, full of charm and promise and she was enthusistically applauded. Gertrude MacRea was the accompanist.
Impromptu Musicale at Mock's Studio.
An interesting prelude to Washington’s Music Week was an impromptu musicale given in Byrd Mock's studio, at The Sign of the Mocking Bird in the Old Brick Capitol on Wednesday evening, May 24. About thirty well-known musicians gathered in the studio early in the evening and performed as the spirit moved them. Wilmuth Gary, composer and pianist, played “Ripples of Avon,” the overture to "Love’s Labor Lost,” which she has set to music in its entirety. This work won for her the appointment of chairman of music for the International Shakespeare Society. She also played “Valse de Concert,” one of her most brilliant compositions. Another composer, Jerome Williams, played an interesting group of his latest works, including “Valse Brillant,” variations on a theme and “Danse Caprice.’ Mrs. Richard Harvey, pianist, a former pupil of MacDowell, played a group of the composer’s best known works.
Josephine Houston, coloratura soprano, who sang “Lo Here the Gentle Lark” by Bishop and “Cuckoo” by Lehmann. She was accompanied by Mr. King-Smith, her instructor.
Col. Charles L. Frailey, violinist, played a group by Gluck, Handel, Drdla, Kreisler, Schumann and Gossac. He was accompanied by Minna Nieman and ,by Mr. King-Smith. Mary Helen Howe sang “L’Ecstasy,” by Arditti, and “Southern Song” by Ronald, accompanied by her sister, Marie H. Spurr. Elaine Sebring Ford, accompanied by Willia Pope, sang “O Dry Those Tears,” by Teresa del Riego. Armond Gumbrecht, flutist, played Schubert’s “Serenade,” accompanied by Mr. King-Smith.	E. H.
Samoiloff Pupil Wins Ovation
Constantin Buketoff, baritone, who is studying with Lazar S. Samoiloff, eminent New York vocal teacher, won a spontaneous success when he appeared at the De Witt Clinton High School Sunday evening, May 28. His program consisted of the prologue from “Pagliacci,” and a group of Russian songs, including “Doubt” (Glinka), “The Prisoner” (Gretchaninoff) and “The Wish” (Rubinstein). The audience was so enthusiastic about his unusually beautiful voice and his artistic singing that they recalled him for many encores, and only let him go when he protested that he had no more music with him.
Telmanyi to Play in Canada
Emil Telmanyi, the Hungarian violinist, will appear in six Canadian cities, starting in Toronto on November 16.
program, which was offered by the Schola Cantorum of SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral of Indianapolis; the Norfleet Trio (piano, violin, cello), of New York, and the Hudson Male Quartet of Detroit, Mich.
Nordica Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra.
That same night, at the Central High School, the Nordica Orchestra, conducted by Walter L. Holt, attracted a large audience. Features of the program were the presentation of medals to the winners of the music memory contest of the district council of Boy Scouts; a guitar solo, “Valse Caprice,” composed and played by Charles A. Conrad; a mandolin solo, “Valse Fantaisie,” played by Miss A. E. Hill, and a group of songs by the Male Quartet of Detroit.
Local Chorus Scores Triumph.
On Thursday, June 1, at the Central High School, the National Community Chorus sang the cantata “The Rose Maiden.” The leading parts were taken by Ethel Holtz-claw Gawler, soprano; J. Allen Bell, tenor; Lillian Garrison Brousseau, contralto; Benjamin J. Morrison, baritone, and Fannie E. Buck, pianist, all great favorites with Washington audiences. Charles E. Wengerl was the conductor, and the presentation received repeated applause.
That same night the Norfleet Trio (Catherine Norfleet, violinist; Helen Norfleet, pianist, and Leeper Norfleet, cellist) scored a great success when it gave a chamber music concert at the Masonic Temple, under the auspices
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of the Washington Council of Jewish Women. This concert attracted many and the auditorium was filled.
There were also various recitals by pupils of different schools and of the Washington College of Music, Vladimir Ladovitch, director.
Friday.
Friday’s leading event was the concert by the Hendley-Kaspar School of Musical Education, with a fine program of violin and piano, including works by Pierne, De Beriot, Chopin, Mlynarski, Moszkowski and others, which drew a large crowd.
In addition to music assemblies in the schools, there was a Y. M. C. A. recital by the pupils of ׳the Associated Studios; the Temple Baptist Sunday School pupils’ recital; the Progressive Musical Club recital; the Washington College of Music graded violin recital, and the presentation of Haydn’s “Creation.”
Music Week's Spectacular Finale.
On Saturday afternoon the grand finale of Music Week took place, a serenade in honor of President and Mrs. Harding at the Lincoln Memorial. This spectacular musical event had been planned for several months. There was a concert by the United States Navy Band until the arrival of the President and Mrs. Harding, when “The Star Spangled Banner” and “America the Beautiful” were sung by a group of song leaders and a chorus of 3,000 children of the public schools.
A tribute to Lincoln by 500 children of the tenth, eleventh and twelfth school divisions, including “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” followed. Sally Hamlin, granddaughter of Hannibal Hamlin, Vice-President under Lincoln, read Lincoln’s Gettysburg address. Flowers were presented to
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SECOND MUSIC WEEK
Washington, D. C., June 6, 1922.—Washington’s Music Week, its second year historically, opened on Sunday, May 28, and closed Saturday, June 3. It was financed by popular subscriptions. With every local musical element represented, and the valuable assistance of three visiting organizations—the Schola Cantorum, SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral of Indianapolis, Ind.; the J. L. Hudson Male Quartet, of Detroit, Mich., and the Norfleet Trio, of New York— the Washington Music Week proved a great success. Scarcely an hour of the day or evening that was not filled: musical assemblies, music in the churches, musical luncheons at all the clubs.
The honorary committee was headed by Mrs. Harding as president and Mrs. Coolidge as vice-president; it included the entire cabinet and many others prominent socially. On the executive committee were Postmaster Chance, chairman; Robert Lawrence, organizing director; Alice Pollock, secretary; John Poole, treasurer; Thomas Bradley, Carl A. Droop, Henry C. Grove, Homer L. Kitt, Stephen E. Kramer, Alice Morgan, Albert Schulteis, Edgar C. Snyder. There was also a committee on school participation with Stephen E. Kramer as chairman.
Sunday.
On Sunday there were special services, special music in all the churches, and in the evening a Stadium concert at Central High Community Center, with music by the Army Music School Band, the Schola Cantorum, and recreational singing under the direction of Robert Lawrence, assisted at the piano by Helen Burkhart.
Monday.
Monday began with music assemblies in all the schools and a music week forum at the City Club. Henry E. Stringer, president of the City Club, urged the organization of a great national movement plan to make Washington the music center of the country. Robert Lawrence, director of the Washington Music Week, to whose initiative and tireless energy its success is largely due, urged greater interest in music on the part of business and professional men, while he condemned jazz. “There is no evil in music except jazz,” he said, “and jazz is not music, anyway. It is just vulgar noise, which exerts an evil effect on all who come in contact with it.”
At the City Club luncheon Mr. Lawrence was in charge of the program, which included singing by the audience, two violin solos by Margaret Canter, two songs by Friederick J. Stephens, baritone, and two splendid numbers by the Schola Cantorum Male Choir, of Indianapolis.
The concert of the Choral Art Society at Central High School, under direction of Charles Harold Miller, assisted by the Washington College of Music, C. E. Christian¡, conductor, was an important- musical event. Those who participated were Clara Young, soprano; Gladys Price, soprano; Marie C. Deal, soprano; J. F. M. Bowie, tenor; Charles T. Tittmann, bass.
Part one consisted of the adagio allegro con spirito from the symphony in E flat (Haydn), given by the Washington College of Music Orchestra. In part two the Choral Art Society of Washington gave “The Creation” (Haydn).
Another important event was the prize composition concert at the Dunbar High School, under the auspices of the Dunbar Song Leaders.
Tuesday : Memorial Day Exercises.
The ceremonies ait Arlington National Cemetery included, under the auspices of the Music Week Committee, special music by the Schola Cantorum, SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Indianapolis, Ind.; numbers by the U. S. Marine Band; Flora McGill Keefer, mezzo contralto; J. L. Hudson Company Male Quartet of Detroit, Mich.; A. E. Long, baritone.
The radio concert which was broadcasted from the Naval air station at Anacostia was one of the most spectacular accomplishments of the Naval radio up to the present time.
Tuesday included an open air concert by the Army Musical School Band and the National Community Chorus and a concert under the auspices of the Federation of Woman’s Clubs of Washington, with an address by Senator Fletcher on “A National Conservatory and Its Advantages.”
Caruso Memorial Concert.
On Wednesday, May 31, at Memorial Continental Hall, a bronze bust of Caruso, by Joseph Anthony Atcheson, young Washington sculptor, was presented to the city of Washington. The presentation was made by Senator Duncan U. Fletcher, of Florida, and the work was accepted by Col. Charles A. Keller. A capacity audience filled the great hall and gave enthusiastic applause to the elaborate musical
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