March 29, 1923
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ACROSS THE COUNTRY
his admirable rendition of Pro Peccatis. The chorus was weir balanced and effective. Mrs. Cahill’s mastery of the organ is complete and she furnished a splendid accompaniment.
A musical-tea was given at the Woman’s Club Room in Carnegie Library by the ladies of the Delphian Society. Mrs. I. R. Townsend presided and presented a program by Mrs. Lloyd Sampson, soprano; Mrs. Clyde Ross, pianist; Mrs. James Mackay, contralto, with Mrs. T. Joe Cahill, accompanist.
Emil Eyer, tenor, of Spokane, Wash., appeared in song recital on March 2, in the auditorium of the First Methodist Church. The Volga Boatmen’s Song (Bromberg) and The Light, by Vanderpool, were especially well sung. He was presented by the Epworth League. W. L. L.
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Cincinnati, Ohio—(See letter on another page).
Dallas, Tex., March 14.—Much interest centered in the appearance of Farrar here on March 13, at the Fair Park Coliseum, under the MacDonald-Mason management. Assisting artists on the program were Joseph Malkin, cellist, and Henry Weldon, baritone. Claude Gotthelf was the accompanist.
The preceding recital on the MacDonald-Mason course was that by Jascha Heifetz. So notable was his success with the large audience which greeted him that the management immediately reengaged him for a return appearance next season. Mr. Heifetz fully lived up to his reputation for artistry and his recital proved to be one of the real events of the musical year. Samuel Chotzinoff accompanied him and was eminently satisfactory.
As one of the numbers on the course of the Dallas Male Chorus, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Van Katwijk were presented in a two-piano recital, assisted by the Male Chorus. A feature of the concert was the symphonic poem written by Mr. Van Watwijk, called the Wanderings of Ulysses, which was very well received. The Afternoon of a Faun, by Debussy, and The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, by Dukas, were given interesting interpretations, made more interesting to a large part of the audience by explanation of what was portrayed in them, by Mr. Van Katwijk. Other numbers which greatly pleased were Valse Carnavalesque, by Chami-nade; Evening, by Chaminade, and A Feast at Bagdad, by Rimsky-Korsakoff. The Dallas Male Chorus, said to be the largest organization of its kind in the Southwest and of which Mr. Van Katwijk is director, and Mrs. Van Katwijk, accompanist, sang four numbers on the program and did some of the best singing of its career. The attacks were noticeably good and there was gradation of tone to make the work highly interesting. The chorus is appearing in several other cities this season and is meeting with great success. Mr. Van Katwijk is the Dean of Music at the Southern _ Methodist University in Dallas and Mrs. Van Katwijk is well known as a pianist and composer of both song and instrumental music.
On March 4, the Ball Room of the Adolphus Hotel was well filled to hear the Twilight Musicale given by the
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Albany, N. Y., March 16.—The New York Trio gave a fine program in Chancellors Hall, under the auspices of the State College Music Association. The Schubert trio, op. 99, B flat major, Theme and Variations from the Tschaikowsky trio in A minor and a group of short numbers delighted an appreciative audience. This is the first appearance of the trio here but Mr. Adler, Mr. Guidi and Mr. Van Vliet made many, friends.
Stuart Swart, pianist, was presented in recital at Chancellors Hall by his teacher, Frank Sill Rogers. Mr. Swart’s program included the twelfth prelude and fugue by Bach, Chopin’s andante and polonaise and the Liszt polonaise in E major, besides a number of lighter compositions. Mr. Swart, who has done considerable recording work, is considered one of the most gifted pianists in this section.
The new Cassavant Organ, the gift of Frances Strong to the First Presbyterian Church, was dedicated Sunday. Albert Van der Veer made the presentation and Ellis J. Staley and Alden Chester accepted it on behalf of the congregation. Harold W. Thompson gave an excellent organ program and the choir was heard in special numbers.
An admirably arranged program was given by the vested choir of St. Peter’s Church when Barnby’s Rebekah was sung under the direction of Frank Sill Rogers. Marvin Smith, boy soprano; Edward L. Kellogg, baritone-soloist, of St. Peter’s, and Byron Hudson, tenor of the Church of the Divine Paternity, New York, were soloists. Assisting in two groups of special interest was Helen Jeffrey, violinist, a former Albany girl. Dr. Rogers again was the recipient of the thanks of a music loving assembly for an artistic treat.
Esther D. Keneston will go to Cleveland to attend the National Convention of Music Supervisors.
Elizabeth S. Ogsbury has been engaged as organist and choir director of Trinity Episcopal Church.
Mrs. Edward C. Conway has been heard in concert and recital this spring in musical centers in this section.
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Atlantic City, N. J., March 12.—The opening of the Steel Pier was another epoch in the musical activities of Atlantic City. The popular conductor, Oreste Vessella, his concert band, assisted by Annetta Ribecova, soprano, were featured at the opening concert. The program pre-. sented classic and modern composers. Mr. Vessella also introduced several of his own compositions to the delight of the audience. Annetta Ribecova was heard in the Last Rose of Summer, by Flotow, Vissi d’Arte, from Tosca, and Ave Maria, Schubert. The demonstration extended her was quite flattering.
The studio of Mattie Belle Bingey and Nora Lucia Ritter is the scene of various musical activities. The Mozart Quartet, assisted by the Schubert Choir Club, won much praise from the audience that filled the large studio.
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Bellingham, Wash.—(See Music on the Pacific Slope).
Birmingham, Ala., March IS.—Mrs. Edgar Stillman Kelly, of Cincinnati, was recently a guest of Hattie Morton, principal of the Birmingham Seminary. Mrs. Kelly was introduced at a morning meeting of the Music Study Club, where she revealed her charming personality by a brief and sparkling response. She advocated inviting men to become members of the various music clubs throughout the country, thereby enlisting their services more actively in the forwarding and promoting of musical progress in America. So many music clubs were composed of women only, she said, that men were getting the idea that musical work was for women only. In the evening she delivered a lecture on The Language of Music, which developed into a brilliant informal talk replete with humor. She illustrated her themes with frequent piano selections. Her reminiscences of the great musical people whom she had met in her varied career in Europe and America, were particularly interesting.
Mrs. Robert Patterson, of Selma, a vocalist of much talent, who has studied in Paris and London as well as in America, was a guest of Mrs. Victor C. Hanson. She was heard while here by members of the Music Study Club and guests.
Pupils of Pearl Rosenfield were heard in recital at the Birmingham University School.
Ferdinand Dunkley rendered a most excellent program on the great organ in the Church of the Advent. A feature of the program was the playing of his organ arrangement of three Southern Sketches, by Arthur Nevin, which were written by the composer as free fantasies for the piano.
A recent organization worthy of encouragement is the Students’ Club, composed of a group of young business women who are music students and lovers of good music.
Giovanni Martinelli made his premier bow to a Birmingham audience at the Jefferson Theater, March 12, being presented by the All Star Concerts. Although he responded most generously with encores, the audience refused to be satisfied and recalled him again and again. Flora Greenfield sang several beautiful arias and a group of songs and was well received. Salvatore Fucito was at the piano.
Harold Bauer, who has appeared many times before Birmingham audiences and is a great favorite, played to a capacity audience at the Jefferson Theater, March IS, appearing under the auspices of the Birmingham Music Study CIub•	A. G.
Boston, Mass.—(See letter on another page).
Cheyenne, Wyo., March 12,—-Nearly a thousand music lovers were afforded a treat, March 11, when Mrs. T. Joseph Cahill, director of the choir and organist of St. Mary’s Catholic Cathedral, presented Rossini’s Stabat Mater. The chorus numbered twenty voices; the soloists were Mrs. Thomas Cobry, Mrs. Fred D. Boice, Mrs. Lloyd Sampson and Mrs. St. Clair Riesenman, sopranos; Mrs. A. W. Woodruff, alto; Arthur Bachman, tenor, and Edward Green and James F. Seilert, basses. Mrs. Riesenman sang the Inflammatus, revealing a lyric voice of clear, sweet quality and unusual range. Mr. Green gave much pleasure with
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