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Schubert and Buzzi-Peccia; the last-named was represented by his Under the Greenwood Tree, gracefully sung. Songs by Russians, by Dvorak and MacDowell, brought her a hearty encore, when she sang with refinement and taste A Lovely Little Dream. Miss Ware’s songs, The Call of Radha, Iris, and Stars, formed her closing group, and these she interpreted so finely that she was obliged to add Wells’ Possum Song and Elf-Man. Miss Marilla. sings with understanding, as if she knew the broader meaning of music, and needless to say, her pianistic support (Miss Ware) was ideal.
Zoellner Quartet on Eleventh Transcontinental Tour
This season the Zoellner Quartet is making its eleventh transcontinental tour. This distinguished organization, claiming a public career of eighteen years, has given many hundreds of concerts during those eleven years. In this splendid achievement it has helped to create throughout America, in the small communities as well as the larger cities, a rea love for chamber music. By the number of so-called local chamber music societies springing up oyer the country, one can appreciate the importance and cultivation not given to chamber music.
This season sixty concerts will be played by the Zoellners, appearing in the following cities:	Denver and Durango,
Col ־ Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, Atascadero, Pasadena, Pomona, Cal.; Great Bend, Independence, Fort
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pregram, a fantasie for string quartet by Frances M. Ralston and a serenade tendre, op. 61, of Joseph Jongen, a distinguished Belgian composer.
Grainger in Demand on Two Continents
Antonia Sawyer, manager of Percy Grainger has received the following letter from Hans Augustine, the noted Dutch manager, requesting his return for a European tour next season. Mr. Augustine says:
My dear Mrs. Sawyer:
Tust a line to tell you what a success “our Percy” has been on his tour here in Holland under my management. His old iriends, the Dutch public, have not forgotten him in the least despite his nine years’ absence. No other artist this fall has had such consistently large audiences as he. After this succsss I hope Mr. Grainger will be able to come back to us soon again, preferably next season.
With cordial greetings,
(signed) Hans Augustin.
Owing to the demand for Mr. Grainger in America next season it will be impossible to accept Mr. Augustine s offer for next season. From all over the country, clubs and symphonies have asked for his services and it now looks as though he will enjoy the busiest season since he came to this country.
Ethel Jones’ Successful Programs
Ethel Jones, mezzo, finds that her audiences greatly favor the Easthope Martin songs. She has been using Wayfarer’s Night Song and All For You. She included one of them on her programs for her Aeolian Hall recital, her recent Ohio tour, the artist series in Kenosha and recently in Chicago. A spring tour has been arranged for Miss Jones in Iowa.
THE ZOELLNER QUARTET
Scott, Eldorado, Dodge City, Kansas City, Kans.; Jefferson City Springfield and St. Joseph, Mo.; Waterloo, la.; Bemidji, Little Falls, Crookston, Fergus Falls, Faribault, Moore-head, Minn.; Janesville, Wis.; Bowling Green, Ky.; Bluffton, Mansfield, Logansport, O.; Fort Wayne, Ind.; Port Huron, Cadillac, Mich.; San Antonio, and Austin, Tex.; Bisbee, Miami, Ariz.; Santa Fe, N. M.; Chicago, Galesburg, La-Salle, 111., and Fort Smith, Ark.	.	.
The Zoellners have always been a great incentive and encouragement to the little known and worthy modern composers of this country and Europe. This season two new works will be prominently featured by them on their
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Edward Jerome Hopkins.
“Recently in reading about musicians, I found the name of Edward Jerome Hopkins, who was mentioned as a great philanthropist in the cause of music. Never having heard of him before and not being able to find any further information about him, I am asking you to tell me if there-was such a person, and what he did. Our little library does not have a specially good department in musical histories and books, for we are a small community and not able to purchase books that would not be of interest to a majority of the readers. Music happens not to be one of the topics called for, so it is not possible to do much research work in that direction. I thank you for your courtesy.
Yes, there was such a person as Edward Jerome Hopkins, an American, born at Burlington, Vt., in 1836, died at Athenia. N. J-, 1898. He was wholly self taught, the only lessons m music he ever received being six lessons in harmony from T. E. Miguel. At the early age of ten years he had a regular position as organist and began composing at fourteen. He studied at the University of \ er-mont and at the New York Medical College for three years chemistry being his subject. But at the age of thirty he gave up all other ra-terests, devoting himself entirely to music. It was in 1856 that he founded The American Music Association for performing American works. He founded and, from 1865 to 1897, supported, the New York Orpheus Free Schools with over 30,000 pupils.
It was also he who originated the popular Lecture-Concerts. He made many tours of the United States and also •of England. He was indefatigable as a composer and from the above you can judge the great influence he had in the advancement of music. In all he composed over 700 works, few of them having been published. Of the published works there were two collections of church music, an Orpheus Class-book, operas, symphonies, etc.
A rather extraordinary musician, whose career was something like the above, was also an Edward Hopkins, but he was Edward John, an Englishman, born in 1818 and died in 1901.
He also was a self taught organist, playing at several of the London churches, his last post being at the Temple Church where he went in 1843. remaining until 1898 when he was succeeded by Dr. Walford Davies. His compositions for the church are considered ot sterling quality and his book on the organ, its history and construction, is a standard work.
He contributed articles to Grove s Dictionary of Music and edited many series of English compositions, ancient and modern.
The Pianoforte.
“There are so many people who speak slightingly of the piano as a musical instrument, that I often wonder how it is the piano has managed to survive so much criticism. What instrument is there that could take its place? Certainly we receive much enjoyment from the piano when played by
artists, and even for our own amusement	.	.	.
as a parlor institution and fixture, how much pleasure is given to those who can play even a little. Do. you think pianists criticise the instrument so severely, or is it just that there is a sort of legend to the effect that a piano is not much of a musical mstru-ment?”	, ,
Criticism of the piano as a musical instrument is often heard but when it comes down to facts there is such a large proportion of the world owning, using and enjoying the piano that the 1״ ‘ seem to have affected its popularity. It will probably continue to flourish and hold its place in the hearts of the P־■»״ or many year to come, whatever criticism mav be made. We are all so used to it that we either forget its limitations, or do not understand what they are Tot being exferts in that special direction Enjoy your piano and do not bother about what it will not do. The ,gre^*	vf!
it is, that it can produce complete music—melody and harmony which is true of only one other recognized instrument, the organ. A violin or other solo instrument requires some accompanying instrument As a matter of fact great musicians have praised the piano, Liszt having said: “To me my pianoforte is what to the seaman is h.s boat, to thegArab his horse; nay more—it has been until now my eye, my speech, my life.”
Spell It Either Way.
“It is so often that I see the word baritone spelled withia V instead of ‘i,’ that I wonder if there are two ways of spelling the word and if they have different meanings. Alto and contralto always puzzle me, but that is hardly a case of different spelling. Which is the correct way?”	.
Both ways are correct. The dictionaries refer the definition of baritone to barytone, and the musical dictionaries say that there been an attempt made to make baritone the word applied to ‘ustru ments while barytone indicates a singer. The attempt has not been particularly successful, for both spellings are 3״^..Uv'irEngla^d spelling with “i” seems to be the favorite here, with y in England.
Haywood Studio Activities
Charles W. Green, tenor, has been engaged by the Central Community Chatauqua for the season 1923 (Indiana-Ohio-Ulinois and Michigan) as soloist and director of the band Mrs Frederick H. Haywood, soprano, sang a group ot French songs at the Park Avenue Baptist Church, New York City, on January 24, for the Y. P. S. E. C. social hour, with Sol Alberti as accompanist Mrs. Florence Basler-Palmer, contralto, will smg on. March 10 for the Omaha Branch of the American Association of University Women at Omaha, Neb. Frank Slater, tenor, has been engaged as soloist at the Church of the Heavenly Rest, New York-City, with Dr. Christopher Marks as choir director.
Wilhelmina Baldwin of Boston, Mass.,, has organized her new classes as part of her studio activities. On January 27 a radio program was given by her classes and Miss Baldwin spoke about Universal Song and the value nf Voice Culture in class form. After several solos, lneluclmg one by Miss Baldwin, and. a song by each class, the classes sang America, the Beautiful.	( r
T Oscar Miller, head of the voice department of Greenville Woman’s College, Greenville, S. C., has completed his class work at the Y. W. C. A., and there was such a demand for another that he has.decided to contnue the work with Universal Song beginning this month. As a part of his college work, he is directing rehearsals of the Rose Maiden, by Cowen, to be given by a chorus of 13U singers at the Fine Arts Building auditorium
Mrs Florence Basler-Palmer of Omaha Neb has two new classes in Universal Song as part of her studio activities.
Zanetta Manila Recital with Ware
Zanetta Marilla, a young soprano, pupil of JHarriet Ware, gave an invitation recital at Hotel. Plaza, February 10, wit her teacher at the piano. She is a sweet and *arming singer, as war demontrated in the opening group by Giordam,