February 22, 1923
vard to win this conest, at the same time it seems quite within the bounds of possibility that either Princeton or Yale may win the laurels this year.
All of the colleges are exerting every human effort in the development of their club into a well-rounded musical organization, and music of the very highest order will be in evidence the evening of the contest.
The contests were organized in 1914 under the direction of A. F.Pickernell, president of the Intercollegiate Musical Corporation, and have been an annual event since that time except for the war period.
Helen Teschner Tas to Play in New York
On the program of Helen Teschner Tas, the well known young violinist who will be heard in an Aeolian Hall recital, Friday evening, February 23, are included several
HELEN TESCHNER TAS,
violinist.
little-known works by contemporary musicians and one which has never before been given in this country—Lazare Saminsky’s Hebrew Rhapsody, dedicated to Mme. Tas. Emerson Whithorne, Maximilian Pilzer and Edwin Grasse are the other contemporary musicians represented, the first by his Old English Tune, the second by a Danse Legere, and Mr. Grasse by his Waves at Play. Mme. Tas will give, with Michael Raucheisen at the piano, Mozart’s sonata in F major as the first number on her program, and will play, also, Tartini’s Devil’s Trill sonata and the Chaconne of Bach.
Shaw Artists at Orpheus Club Concert
Noah H. Swayne, II, an artist pupil of W. Warren Shaw, sang at the recent Orpheus Club concert at the Academy of Music, Philadelphia. The critic of the Philadelphia Inquirer, in reviewing the concert, had this to say in commenting upon Mr. Swayne’s part in the program: “Mr. Swayne’s singing of The Indifferent Mariner brought down the house; he was recalled twice. It is no easy song, but Mr. Swayne’s fine voice was equal to its great range. Of the other songs nothing was better done than Gericke’s exquisite Autumn Sea.”
Shea President of Singing Teachers’ Association
George E. Shea, teacher of singing and operatic acting, author of Acting In Opera, corrects a misstatement to the effect that he was re-elected president of the Fraternal Association of Musicians; instead he was elected president of the New York Singing Teachers’ Association. The F. A. of M. elections occur at the end of this month.
Three Dates in Pennsylvania for Cortot
Alfred Cortot will be heard three times in Pennsylvania, beginning with an appearance in Philadelphia on February 26, before making a short tour of the South, preliminary to his long Coast tour. A recital in Reading on February 27 and another in Philadelphia on the 28th are the other two Pennsylvania appearances, and then Mr. Cortot will be heard in Baton Rouge on March 3, and in New Orleans on March S.
Elly Ney with New York String Quartet
Elly Ney will make her first New York chamber music appearance when she is heard with the New York String Quartet in its third and final subscription concert of the season at Aeolian Hall on Thursday evening, March 1. Mme. Ney recently appeared with the Chamber Music Society of San Francisco at San Francisco and made a profound impression as an ensemble player.
Novaes in All-Chopin Program
Guiomar Novaes will present an all-Chopin program at her second New York recital in Aeolian Hall, Saturday afternoon, February 24. Her numbers will comprise the fantaisie; sonata, opus 35, and a group of preludes, etudes, mazurkas, and the scherzo in C sharp.
Kindler and Marsh in Joint Recital
Hans Kindler will be heard in joint recital with Helena Marsh in Washington, D. C, on March 2.
MUSICAL COURIER
PHILADELPHIA MUSIC CLUB CONTEST
PRIZE WINNERS ARE ANNOUNCED
Stokowski Returns and Receives Warm Welcome—Mrs. H. H. A. Beach Guest of Matinee Musical Club—University of Pennsylvania and Princeton Musical Societies Combine in Concert
Philip Sousa, J. Fred Wolle, Wassili Leps, James Francis Cook, Harvey Watts, Adolph Caruso, Herbert J. Tily, Bertram Peacock, Frederic Maxson, Mrs. Edward Philip Linch and E. McKenzie. Mrs. Phillips Jenkins was chairman of the contest committee. Mrs. Edwin A. Watrous, president of the Philadelphia Music Club, entertained the judges and contestants at a luncheon following the contest.
Matinee Musical Club Entertains Mrs. Beach.
The Matinee Musical Club had Mrs. H. H. A. Beach as its guest on January 30, at its regular concert and preceding luncheon. Several of Mrs. Beach’s compositions were included in the afternoon’s program.
Pennsylvania-Princeton Concert.
The^ combined musical clubs of the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton gave an unusually interesting concert in the Academy of Music. Princeton’s orchestra opened the program with a Romance, by MacDowell, and the andante from Haydn’s Military Symphony. R. M, Crawford sang O Peaceful Night (Edward German) and The Song of the Peddler, and D. R. Dengler sang Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes. These numbers had choral accompaniment under direction of H. Alexander Matthews. The Pennsylvania Symphony Orchestra, directed by Richard Weaver, played several of Wagner’s operatic selections. The Princeton Chorister Glee Club of eight voices, led by Dr. Alexander Russell, closed the first half of the program with three numbers. The University of Pennsylvania Orchestra played operatic selections by Puccini, and Mendelssohn’s Processional March was played by the combined Princeton and Pennsylvania orchestras and was enthusiastically received. John Norris, soloist of the Pennsylvania Glee Club, sang Clan Alpine, which was followed by The Bell Man and Old Uncle Moon sung by the entire club. The program closed with the Princeton Marching Songs and Ave Pennsylvania.	M. M. C.
Judges Announced for Intercollegiate Glee Club Contest
The seventh Intercollegiate Glee Club contest, to be held in Carnegie Hall on March 3, will be judged by H. E. Kreh-biel, Walter Damrosch and Mme. Marcella Sembrich.
Represented in this contest are Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Dartmouth, Columbia, New York University, University of Pennsylvania, Penn State, Wesleyan and Amherst, and although many of the musical critics look to Har-
Philadelphia, Pa., February 6.—A royal welcome was given Leopold Stokowski as he appeared on the stage February 3, to lead the orchestra for the first time since his return from Europe. His ship did not arrive in time to permit him to reach Philadelphia for the Friday afternoon concert. _ The program included the Brahms Symphony No. 1, in C minor, La Nuit sur le Mont Chauve, by Moussorgsky; Gymnopedies, by Satie, and the tone poem Finlandia, by Sibelius.
Philadelphia Music Club Contest.
The biennial conest of the Philadelphia Music Club took place at the Art Alliance, January 30. Out of twenty-two young artists who competed, the following were selected as winners: violin—first prize, Jules Sternberg (a pupil of Leopold Auer and Otto Meyer) ; second prize, Oscar Lang-man (a pupil of J. W. F. Leman) ; female voice— first prize, Bessie Phillips Yarnall, contralto (a pupil of William H. Green of Philadelphia) ; second prize, Veronica Sweigart; male voice—first prize, Arthur Gracy; piano— first prize, Florence Adele Wightman (pupil of Maurits Leefson of Philadelphia) ; second prize, Louise Jenkins (who studied under Josef Lhevinne).
It is interesting to note that ever since these contests have been held, the first prize in piano has gone to one of Maurits Leefson’s pupils, and also that Otto Meyer (teacher of Jules Sternberg, the winner of the first violin prize this year) is a member of the faculty of Mr. Leefson’s conservatory. The judges of the contest were John
ALFREDO CASELLA
Returns
Appears with the New York Philharmonic in Vincent d’Indy’s Symphony and Albeniz’ Spanish Rhapsody.
(The latter orchestrated by himself and given its first American performance.)
Other Orchestral Appearances This Season with
BOSTON CHICAGO CLEVELAND PHILADELPHIA
Symphony Orchestras
Owing to European Engagements, in America until April IOth
Will not return to America before Season 1924-25
For Three Remaining Dates This Season, Address
LOUDON CHARLTON, - Carnegie Hall, New York
BALDWIN PIANO