March 8, 1923
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MAGDOWELL COLONY FUND
IS VERY RAPIDLY GROWING
For the first time it is possible to report real progress in the health of Mrs. Edward MacDowell. Within the past few days, she has succeeded in throwing off the pleurisy, one of the complications that followed the taxi accident in which she suffered several broken ribs, and though still confined to her room and for most of the time to her bed, she is today distinctly better and stronger than one week ago. Doubtless her convalescence has been helped by the news of the substantial additions to the MacDowell Colony Fund which have been coming in.
Immediately after her accident, Josef Regneas wrote to the Musical Courier, offering to be one of twenty-five to subscribe one hundred dollars apiece towards a fund that should be a testimonial to Mrs. MacDowell and replace for her the income lost through her illness, thus avoiding any possibility of the interruption to the work of the Peterborough Colony.
During the past week no less than three individual contributions of $100 each have come to the Musical Courier and been duly credited to the fund. They were from:
Herbert G. French, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Mrs. Frances Grover, ■Boston, Mass.
Mr. and Mrs. Carlton MacDowell, Cold Spring Harbor, L. I.
Besides these three one-hundred dollar contributions, the proceeds of the concert given two weeks ago at Mrs. Vincent Astor’s by Edward Johnson, Zelina de Maclot, and Max Pallikoss and William Reddick, are to be credited to the fund. The exact amount has not been figured out as yet, since some delayed contributions are still coming in, but it will be "within a very few dollars of $1,000.
The Musical Courier will continue to act as collector for the fund. Contributions, which will be acknowledged in these columns, should be addressed to the Mrs. MacDowell Colony Fund, care Musical Courier, 437 Fifth Avenue, New York.
monial concert given in Brooklyn to Max Ableman upon his retirement from the Federated Jewish Charities. Mario Chamlee, Zanelli, Rafaelo Diaz and Ruth Miller were also on the program.
Münz to Play Under Mengelberg March 21
Mieczyslaw Münz, the young Polish pianist, will be soloist with the Philharmonic Orchestra under Willem Mengelberg in Carnegie Hall, March 21, on which occasion he will be heard in Rachmaninoff’s concerto No. 2 in C minor. Following this appearance Mr. Münz sails for Europe, where he will remain until October, when he returns to America to begin professional activities, commencing with a New York recital in Carnegie Hall the end of October. His concert tour will take him to almost every important city in the United States.
Ida Sylvania in Madeira
Returning to the scenes of her operatic triumphs in Italy this season, Ida Sylvania, the American girl who scored sensational successes at the Bellini Theater in Naples a few months ago and who was recalled to America b■״ the serious illness of her father, recently landed at Madeira to enjoy a sight-seeing trip of the island while en route to Milan. The party of tourists from the Conte Rosso was headed by the vivacious singer, who herself proved a center of attraction.
American Soprano Winning Triumphs in Germany
Daniel Mayer has received a cablegram from Konzert Direktion Wolff und Sachs, Berlin, European managers for Harriet Van Emden, saying that the young American lieder singer has had a sensational success in her recitals in Berlin and Hamburg. Her programs were enthusiastically received and she elicited especially warm praise for her singing of Old English songs and a group of Handel arias.
Miss Van Emden, who studied with Mme. Sembrich, will return to America next season for a concert tour under Mr. Mayer’s direction.
Clement Not Engaged for American Tour
The report, printed in another paper, that Edmond Clement, the French tenor, will come here for a concert tour of the United States next season under the direction of the Metropolitan Musical Bureau is incorrect. At the present moment the Metropolitan Musical Bureau has made no definite arrangement with Mr. Clement for such a tour.
Shaw Artist Pupils in Radio Programs
Elizabeth Harrison, soprano; Lillian Hyslop Leidy, contralto, and Charles Long, basso, artist-pupils of W. Warren Shaw, have been successfully broadcasting programs of song for the Gimbel Bros.' broadcasting station in Philadelphia.
La Lettre (Louis Aubert), and the third act aria from Charpentier’s Louise. She was warmly, applauded and received lauditory notices both in the French papers and in the Paris editions of American and English papers. Miss Davidson received her early training from Mme. Saint-John Westerfelt and studied later with Jean de Reszke. She is preparing for opera.
Caselotti Artist Pupils in Recital
Guido H. Caselotti, well known New York and Bridgeport vocal maestro, presented eleven artist pupils in an operatic concert in the high school auditorium, Bridgeport, Conn., on February 19. An audience of over one thousand attended. The program contained operatic arias and songs, as well as two quartets, and also a piano solo, which was excellently played by little Marie-Louise Caselotti.
The honors of. the evening went to Lilian Boat, soprano, who hails from Mr. Caselotti’s New York studio, and to her brother, Percy Boat, baritone, soloist at the Washington Park Methodist Church, Bridgeport, Conn. Both were obliged to give encores, and disclosed beautiful trained voices as well as artistic interpretation.
Mildred Hill, fifteen year old coloratura soprano, surprised the audience with her precise runs, trills and staccatos. Josephine Patuzzi and Joseph Kochiss were next in the successful demonstration of Mr., Caselotti’s method. Ebba Myberg, Jesse Greenwald and Catherine Waterbury, although somewhat timid, gave pleasing renditions of their numbers. Last but not least, mention must be made of Helen Desmaris and Eva Hodgkins, the former winning success with an aria from Samson and Delilah, while the latter captivated her hearers with the dramatic aria, O Don Fatale, from Don Carlos, Verdi. Signor Caselotti assisted the vocalists materially with his excellent piano accompaniments.
An American Folk Song Campaign
Max^ Rabinoff, who is presenting Alexander Koshetz’ Ukrainian National Chorus to American audiences, is planning a campaign for next season that should interest not only music lovers but also all educators and true Americans as well.
The plan is for the Chorus to study and include in the concert program presented on its tour of America next season—after its return from South America, where the Chorus will sing during the summer—our own American folk music, such as Negro Spirituals, Cumberland Mountain “Lonesome Tunes,” of English and Scottish origin, and Indian love songs, chants of war, death, the hunt and legendary tales of tribal heroes, all of which will, of course, be sung in English.
During the Chorus’ recent successful tour of Mexico, where all the concerts were given under the patronage of Minister of Education and Fine Arts Vasconcelos and Minister of Finance de la Huerta, both of whom are fine musicians, two of the Mexican folk songs were sung, in patois Spanish, and were widely acclaimed by the people.
Herbert Witherspoon Pupils’ Recital
Pupils of Herbert Witherspoon, well known vocal teacher, were heard in an interesting recital at the Hotel Majestic, Saturday afternoon, February 17. Those participating were Mildred Seeba, Jeraldine Calla, Mary Craig-Pigueron, Rosa Hamilton, Adelaide Spies, Manton M. Marble and Raymond Frank. The program opened with a quartet from Elijah (Mendelssohn). The solo numbers included arias from Ernani, Traviata, Lohengrin, and Dinorah, and songs by Handel, Liza Lehmann, Liszt, LaForge, Josten, Rimsky-Korsakoff, Mozart, Haydn, Carmichael, Guanieri, Horn, Saint-Saëns and Curran. The work of the soloists was such as to reflect credit on their instructor. Helen Wolver-ton was at the piano. Each winter from eight to ten recitals such as this are given by students from the Herbert Witherspoon studios, the pupils taking part being those who have not yet been introduced to the public, but are getting experience in this way.
Maier and Pattison Dates for Next Season
Guy Maier and Lee Pattison will make their first appearance with the Minneapolis Orchestra next season on January 31 in St. Paul and February 1 in Minneapolis. Meantime they will make their Minneapolis debut in recital at the University of Minnesota Armory on March 19. Adding this orchestra, their list will include practicaly every orchestra of importance in this country as they have already played with the Boston, St. Louis, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago and Los Angeles orchestras. On February 22 and 23 in Carnegie Hall, they will be soloists for the third year in succession with the New York Symphony. On November 30 and December 1 next they will fill their fourth engagement with the Chicago Symphony. Other re-engagements for next season include the Fritschy concerts in Kansas City and the Civic Music League course in Dayton, Ohio. They will also appear in the Flint Philharmonic course in Flint, Mich.
Cecil Arden Sings in New York and Brooklyn
On the eve of her departure for a concert tour of the far West Cecil Arden, of the Metropolitan Opera Company, sang the aria from La Juive, Ilva Venir, on Sunday’s Opera concert program, February 25. She also sang at a testi-
pianist, who will !live an interesting program at Aeolian Hall on Tuesday evening, March 20. It will include the Mendelssohn variations serieuses; the Beethoven sonata, op. 57; Deems Taylor’s poem, op. 5, No. 2, from Two Studies in Rhythm, and two preludes, op. 15, No. 5 and 6, besides other short pieces.
Mrs. Heizer Sponsor of Sioux City MacDowell Club
Mrs. Frederick Heizer of the Heizer Music School of Sioux City (la.), sponsored the MacDowell Club in that city some years ago and now it is the oldest music club in that city. It was organized in 1897 by Mrs. Heizer for the benefit of students too young to affiliate with the Beethoven Club, of which Mrs. Heizer was at one time president. Then it was known as the Home Music Club and grew rapidly, perpetuating itself from year to year as new members were initiated. In 1907 the National Music Teachers’ Association asked Mrs. Heizer to interest musicians of the Middle West in the cause of Edward MacDowell, America’s well known composer, who had then been stricken with a fatal illness. The Home Music Club decided then to change its name to the MacDowell Club and to encourage efforts of American composers and artists. Two years ago fifty members of the Sioux City MacDowell Club joined the National Federation. The past and present active and associate membership now runs into the hundreds. A large number of young Sioux City musicians have made their debut under the auspices of the club. Mrs. Heizer has been appointed representative for the Musicians’ Fund of America in her territory.
Edith and John Braun in Joint Recital
It was a delightful program, artistically rendered, which Edith Evans Braun, pianist, and John F. Braun, tenor, presented in the foyer of the Academy of Music, Philadelphia, on the evening of May 15. Mr. Braun is well known in Philadelphia, where for a number of years he has given much pleasure with his beautiful voice and artistic singing. Mrs. Braun was formerly widely recognized as a pianist and accompanist of considerable ability.
Mr. Braun opened the program with songs by Handel and Hahn and César Franck’s Paris, presented as a novelty. It was given a fine dramatic rendition, enhanced by Mrs. Braun’s splendid accompaniment. His second group showed Mr. Braun at his best. Songs by Brahms, Schubert and Strauss revealed him as a sympathetic Lieder singer, all being delivered with lyric smoothness. Numbers by Gret-chaninoff, Thomas Smart, Nathaniel Dett and Leoni made up his last group.
Mrs. Braun, besides playing artistic accompaniments, revealed her brilliant technic and admirable interpretative ability as a pianist, playing a Beethoven sonata and numbers by Chopin, Ravel and Debussy, the latter’s Jardins sous la pluie being especially enjoyed.
Tess Davidson Heard with Paris Orchestra
Tess Davidson, an American girl, being a native of Sioux City, Iowa, winner of the first prize at the American Conservatory at Fontainebleau, sang recently with the Orchestra de Paris under the direction of Francis Casadesus, offering the aria of Pamina from the Magic Flute (Mozart),
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