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Bruch’s The Flight of the Holy Family. Other numbers were St. Cecile (Gounod) for string orchestra, and The Snow (Elgar) for women voices and violins. Louis Curtis, of the faculty of the Conservatory of Music, played three solos on the organ. The important feature was the presentation of Saint-Saëns’ Christmas oratorio for chorus, solo, orchestra and organ. The soloists were Catherine M. Boyer, soprano; Norma C. Steubing, mezzo-soprano; Margaret R. Baker, contralto; Richard Pavey, tenor, and Everett Marshall, baritone.
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The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra went to Dayton, O., January 24, to give a concert at the Victory Theater, and on January 25 visited Indianapolis for its second concert there. There have been a number of requests received from Eastern and Southern cities for the orchestra to appear in concerts next season.
The Norwood Musical Club gave ׳a pleasing program, January 23, at the Norwood Carnegie Library. An address was made by Augustus O. Palm, on Negro, jazz and Indian music. This was followed by a number of selections.
The musical department of the Covington (Ky.) Art Club held its regular monthly meeting on January 23. Mrs. James Ryan, pianist, and Mrs. Gantenberg, violinist, were heard.
Mrs. R. L. Flickinger, vocal pupil of Henry Lerch, was awarded the prize in a ׳contest for soprano soloists at the Eisteddfod, held at Utica, N. Y., recently. She will continue her studies in this city.
A trio from the College of Music faculty, composed of William Morgan Knox, violin; Walter Heermann, cello, and Romeo Gorno, piano, gave a concert at the auditorium of the new Hoffmann School, Walnut Hills, January 21.
Walter Heermann, cellist; Eulah Connor, contralto; Virginia Gilbert, pianist, and pupils from the class of John R. 1'Toome, Jr., of the College of Music, appeared in a program 1January 23, at the annual entertainment of the August Wil-lich W. R. Corps, in Memorial Hall.
Olive Hamer Stoll has accepted the position of contralto soloist at the Hyde Park Methodist Church.
Marguerite Melville Liszniewska has ■returned to the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music after her recital at Aeolian Hall, New York City.	w. W.
Harriet Bellman to Remain in New York
Harriet Bellman, American concert pianist, came from the West about eight years ago, and has been active professionally since her arrival in New York.
After having graduated from the Chicago Musical College, Mrs. Bellman devoted considerable time appearing as a soloist in public and private concerts not only in Chicago,
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but also in many other large Western and Southern cities. She located in St. Louis during the World’s Fair, and remained there fourteen years, where she maintained a studio from which several pupils made successful concert appearances. Later Mrs. Bellman went to Dallas, Texas, where she remained two years. In Dallas, Mrs. Bellman was musical director of the Woman’s Forum, and likewise was director of the music department at the Hardin School for boys. Mrs. Bellman was organist at the Wagoner Place Methodist Church in St. Louis for a brief period, and likewise was relief organist in many of the other leading churches there.
Despite the flattering offers made to Mrs. Bellman to locate in one of the large Western cities, she has fully decided to remain permanently in New York, and intends to devote her entire time to teaching the art of piano playing from beginning to an advanced stage. Her beautiful residence studio at 239 West 72nd street, is easy of access by subway and elevated roads, as well as by bus line and Broadway surface cars.
Barbara Maurel Leaves for Western Trip
Barbara Maurel, mezzo soprano, who elicited so much favorable comment from the English critics when she appeared in a series of recitals in' London last summer, left New York early last week to fill an extended concert tour in the Middle West. Her tour includes engagements in St. Louis, Kansas City, Omaha, Lincoln, Topeka, Wichita, Joplin, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Ponca City, Enid and other cities in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma.
Erna Rubinstein for Ann Arbor
Erna Rubinstein has just been engaged for the Ann Arbor Festival, one of the biggest musical events of the year m the Middle West. Another Daniel Mayer artist to appear at the festival will be Ernest Schelling, the pianist.
wage demands. In order to obviate this the scenery will be for the most part conventional, in that it will remain in place throughout. Otherwise the operas would have to be discontinued. Ralph Lyford, who has conducted the operas here the past seasons will very soon go to New York to obtain singers for the coming season. The repertory will be limited on account of the scenic effects.
Election of Executives for College of Music.
It is possible that the College of Music will install an organ of the type now used in moving picture theaters. There are at present three organs in the institution for the use of the students. This was one matter that came up for consideration at the annual meeting of the stockholders of the college some days ago. There was but one new director elected, this being George H. Warrington. Those re-elected were Frank R. Ellis, George W. Dittman, Sidney E. Pritz and George W. Armstrong. There were four vacancies among the stockholders which were filled by W. Kelsey Schoepf, C. W. Dupuis, J. H. Thuman and W. F. Wiley. The board of trustees was organized with the re-election of R. F. Balke, as president; Casper H. Rowe, vice-president; George Puchta, treasurer, and Martin •G. Dumler, secretary. Sidney E. Pritz was appointed to serve with these officers on the executive committee; George B. Wilson, on the organ committee; Albert Schnell, on the Chamber of Music committee, and George W. Dittman on the music committee.
Concerto for Four Violins Played.
A very fine concert was given January 19, by the Woman's Club music department. A concerto for four violins was played by Ottilie Reininger, Margaret Prail, Mrs. Millard Shelt and Mrs. James Brannin. Another number was a transcription for four pianos and strings. This was performed by Emma L. Rodeter. Mary Gill Higbee, Jem-mie Vardeman and Hazel McHenry Franklin, pianists, and William Stoess, Karl Payne, Herbert Neeley and Arthur Knecht, strings. Haydn’s Scotch songs were interpreted by Mary T. Pfau, mezzo-soprano, with violin and cello obligato.
The Letz Quartet.
A concert of high character was given by the Letz Quartet at the Odeon, January 23. This was one of the series of Chamber Music concerts given by. the College of Music. The program included the Mozart C major quartet, the A minor quartet by Fritz Kreisler and two others by Bach and Debussy. The men who compose this organization are musicians in every sense of the term. They are Hans Letz, first violin; Edwin Bachman, second violin; Edward Kreimer, viola, and Horace Britt, cello. The latter played two solos, which were enthusiastically received.
Opera Club and Conservatory Orchestra Concert.
One of the most interesting events of the year in the musical activities of the Hyde Park Community was the joint concert given on January 21, in the East High School Auditorium, by tne East High Opera Club and the Cincinnati Conservatory Orchestra, under the direction of Mod-este Alloo. The orchestra opened with Pomp and Circumstance (Edward Elgar) followed by Beethoven’s overture, Egmont. The mixed chorus of the Opera Club presented
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Orchestra Gives Bartok Suite Its American Première—Many-Local Organizations Offer Excellent Concerts
Cincinnati, Ohio, January 26.—Paderewski played at Music Hall .before a large audience, on January 24. The audience, large in numbers, was most eager to honor the pianist and the applause was such as is not often accorded an artist. The opening number, Variations Serieuses, op. 54 (Mendelssohn) was the beginning of a most delightful concert. The Fantasia, op. 17, by Schumann, the Beethoven Sonata, op. 57, a Chopin group and several sparkling Liszt numbers made up the program. Mr. Paderewski was generous with encores.
Orchestra Offers Bartok Première.
The patrons of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Fritz Reiner, were given a novel program at the last pair of concerts, January 19 and 20. An unusual number was the First Orchestral Suite by Bela Bartok, this being given its initial hearing in any American city. For some years Bartok has been known abroad and the composition heard proved to be much more than a mere novelty. Another number was Krazy Katt (John Alden Carpenter), which has been described as a jazz pantomime. The Berlioz overture, Benvenuto Cellini, under the baton of the able director, was given an excellent rendition. The soloist was William Bachaus, who played the ■concerto in E flat major by Liszt. He gave, as encore, a fine transcription of the Sylvia ballet, by Dohnanyi.
Morini with Musical Art Society.
Those who heard Erika Morini, violinist, at the concert given at Emery Auditorium on January 17, were appreciative in the fullest measure. She gave a varied program, opening with the concerto in G minor by Bruch. Other and lighter numbers were selections by Svensden, Beethoven, Kreisler, Hubay, Sarasate and Zarzcki.
She was assisted by the Musical Art Society, under the direction of John J. Fehring. This musical organization is composed of a well balanced body of singers and Mr. Fehring was able to obtain very gratifying results from it. The numbers included works by Brahms, Boss!, Elgar and Gericke. The solo part of In Heavenly Love (Grieg) was sung by George J. Mulhauser, tenor.
Revival of Dippel’s Scheme.
There is some possibility of the United States Opera Club again giving grand opera here and in other cities. Andreas Dippel, who was the moving spirit in this organization, was in Cincinnati several days ago and a meeting has been planned to take some action. It is believed that the new plans will include a larger number of cities than before.
Summer Opera.
It has been decided to have another season of grand opera at the Zoo garden this summer though there will be some changes in the plans. This is due to the fact that the stage hands have been making what appear to be unreasonable
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