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to Matilda Garvett, Detroit, in piano; Constance Duin, Grand Rapids, violin; Kathryn Strong, Grand Rapids, voice, and Thomas Dewey, Ann Arbor, voice.
A NEW CHICKERING BUILDING
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erected at 27 and 29 West Fifty-seventh street. It will be a twelve-story building, and in addition to the salesrooms and office, there will be a recital hall seating about three hundred, with a private entrance on Fifty-seventh street. Six floors of the building will be reserved for the Chicker-ing interests, with special rooms for the display of pianos and demonstration rooms for the Ampico. The interior design and arrangement of the salesroom will be entirely different from that of the usual piano store, resembling more the drawing rooms of a fine private house. The building will be constructed of steel and limestone, with a frontage of forty-eight feet on Fifty-seventh street.
Trumbull in Boston
Florence Trumbull will give a recital in Boston at Steinert Hall Tuesday afternoon, April 17. Among the novelties on her program will be Arlequin, by Stierlin-Vallon, which she played with such success at her recent concert in Chicago, at Orchestra Hall. Stierlin-Vallon is a Swiss composer, considered by many of the foremost musicians of Europe as one of the most promising figures in the music world today. Miss Trumbull was one of the artists at a musicale given for the benefit of the Olivet Institute on April 3 at the residence of Mrs. Frederick Countiss.
Gabrilowitsch Signs Up for Another Year
The Detroit Symphony Society announces that Ossip Gabrilowitsch will continue another year as conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, with Victor Kolar as assistant conductor. William E. Walter will also remain as manager for another year.
Wentworth and Mueller Pupils in Recital
Pupils of Estelle Wentworth and Harry Edward Mueller gave a most interesting recital in Washington, D. C., on March 9, before an audience of about 800. Those taking part in the program were Ethyle Baker, Catherine Cable, Freda Cole, Madeline Cornish, Adelaide Field, Christine Irish, Hazel Kirk, Blanche Kerr, Nina Norman, May Nuchols, Alice Strauss, Charlotte Hobbs, Robert Hobbs, Elizabeth Thornberry, Robert M. Ruckman, Maria Val-dariso, Thurston V. De Masters, Ottonie E. Gilbert and Jessie W. Cummings. Three of Miss Wentworth’s pupils are preparing for grand opera.
Maier and Pattison to Take Part in Chickering Centennial
Guy Maier and Lee Pattison will be among the artists who will celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the founding of the firm of Chickering & Sons, which is to take the form of a gala concert in Symphony Hall, Boston, on the after noon of Saturday, April 21. The Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted for part of the program by Erno Dohnanyi, will assist, and several noted pianists who play the _ Chickering piano exclusively, will take part. Messrs. Maier and Pattison will play the Mozart concerto for two pianos.
Cortot Completes Western Tour
Alfred Cortot has completed his extended tour of the West, playing thirteen times in less than one month. A list of the pianist’s appearances on this tour follows: March 16, Prescott, Ariz.; 20, Los Angeles, Cal.; 22, Palo Alto, Cal.; 25, San Francisco, Cal.; 28, Reno, Nev.; 29, Berkeley, Cal.; April 1, San Francisco, Cal.; 2, Chico, Cal.; 4, Portland, Ore.; 5, Tacoma, Wash.; 6, Vancouver, B. C.; 9, Seattle, Wash.; 12, Spokane, Wash. Eight of these’engagements were joint appearances with Jacques Thibaud Mr. Cortot will return East to play in Montreal, Canada! on April 23 with Mr. Thibaud.
A Busy Week for Herma Menth
Herma Menth, the Viennese pianist, will play in Baltimore, Md., April 16, 17 and 18. April 19, 20 and 21 she is booked for appearances in Wilmington, Del.
PRAISE THE LORD O MY SOUL, Solo and anthem by Myles B. Foster.
FAIRY RINGS. Encore songs by Ernest Howard. CHILD OF THE MOON. Encore song, by Lewis Anthony.
Recitations with Piano Accompaniment
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THE FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL, INVY, SISTER’S BEST FELLOW, IT CAN BE DONE. All by Floy Little Bartlett.
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THE LIGHTHOUSE. By Elizabeth Gest.
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BRUSHWOOD. By P. A. Tirindelli.
WHEN WE HAVEN’T SAID OUR PRAYERS. By Paul Bliss.
IN FLANDERS FIELDS. By M. Janette Loudon. MAYMIE’S STORY OF RED RIDING HOOD. Poem by James Whitcomb Riley. Music by George Edwards.
M. J.
Austro-German Musicians’ Relief Fund Committee Meets in Berlin
Berlin, March 23.—The first meeting of the Berlin committee of the Austro-German Musicians’ Relief Fund was held on March 18, with Dr. Friederich Roesch, president of the Allgemeine Deutsche Musikverein, in the chair. A few urgent cases of composers known to be in need were attended to at once and the committee considered ways and means for further distributions.
Names of the German committee members are as follows: Conrad Ansorge, Sydney Biden, Dr. Rudolf Cahn-Speyer, Alexander von Fielitz, Carl Flesch, Dr. A. von Gwinner, Willy Hess, Paul Juon, Robert Kahn, Hugo Kaun, Karl Klingler, E. N. von Reznicek, Dr. Friederich Roesch, Cesar Saerchinger, Xaver Scharwenka, Dr. Max von Schillings, all of Berlin; Hermann Abendroth, Cologne; Wilhelm Furtwängler, Paul Graener, Leipsic; A. Mendelssohn, Darmstadt; Carl Wendling and Max Pauer, Stuttgart; Ernst Wendel, Bremen; Prof. J. Frischen, Hannover; F. Woyrsch, Hamburg-Altona; Prof. F. Kauffmann, Magdeburg; Ferdinand Meister, Ludwigshaven; Max Fiedler, Essen; Dr. Richard Strauss, Arnold Rose and Arnold Schon-berg, Vienna; Fritz Busch and Prof. W. Petzet, Dresden.
The San Carlo Havana Season
The 1922-23 season of the San Carlo Grand Opera Company, which opened at the Century Theater, New York, on September 18 last, will enter upon its closing chapter on April 24, at Havana, when Fortune Gallo will introduce a gala season of three weeks at the National Theater. Among the distinguished guest artists who will be heard with the San Carlo organization are Lucrezia Bori, Titta Ruffo, Giovanni Martinelli, Tito Schipa, Antonio Paoli, Anna Fitziu, Marie Rappold, and Tamaki Miura, in addition to the full strength of Fortune Gallo's company and the Pavley and Oukrainsky ballet. The works to be sung include Hamlet, Samson and Delilah, Othello, Lucia di Lammermoor, Aida, Tales of Hoffman, Tosca, Barber of Seville, Carmen, Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci, Rigoletto, Trovatore, Traviata, Jewels of the Madonna, La Gioconda, Manon, La Boheme, Faust, Martha, Madame Butterfly and Salome.
Gentle Draws Capacity House
Word comes from the Pacific Coast that on the same night that Paderewski drew $22,000, Alice Gentle, singing Carmen, drew a sold-out house at the Curran Theater in one of her guest performances with the Gallo Opera forces. Miss Gentle sings for several more weeks on the Pacific Coast before returning to Eastern points to continue a concert tour interrupted by her hurriedly being engaged to assist the San Carlo forces on the Coast. She will finish her concert season at the Springfield, Mass., Festival in May, after which she expects to go to Europe.
Wolle-Bach Choir Celebration
More than 2,000 people attended the Wolle-Bach Choir celebration on April 4 in the Liberty High School Auditorium, Bethlehem, Pa. The celebration marked the sixtieth birthday of Dr. J. Fred Wolle and the twenty-fifth year of the organization of the Bach Choir, of which Dr. Wolle is conductor. A more detailed account of the celebration will be published in next week’s Musical Courier.
Ruffo to Go to Havana
Titta Ruffo, Metropolitan Opera baritone, has just returned to New York after a two months’ tour to the coast. Mr. Ruffo was heard in many of the most prominent of the middle west towns and all of the large cities on the coast. He will give three concerts in the east before sailing, on April 17, for Havana, where he will sing six performances with the San Carlo Opera Company.
Frederick Schorr with Supreme Concert Management
Frederick _ Schorr,_ baritone of the German Opera Company, has signed with the Supreme Concert Management, and will be heard in recitals this coming fall.
Althouse with New York Philharmonic
Paul Althouse has been engaged to sing the Beethoven Ninth Symphony with the New York Philharmonic, under Mengelberg, at Carnegie Hall this evening, April 12, and at the Metropolitan Opera House on Sunday afternoon, April 15.
Speakers at Cleveland Supervisors’ Conference
Among those giving the principal addresses at the Music Supervisors’ National Conference, at Cleveland, April 9-13, were Nicolai Sokoloff, Charles Farnsworth, David Snedden, Walter Damrosch, Hollis Dann, Leonard Liebling and Ernest Bloch.
Michigan Winners
As a result of the Michigan contest of young artists, recently held at Grand Rapids under the auspices of the National Federation of Music Clubs, prizes were awarded
April 12, 1923
GOOD-BYE. By Tosti.
THE CARAVAN. By Pinsuti.
THE DAY IS DECLINING. By Jaxone. EXCELSIOR. By Balfe.
STILL AS THE NIGHT. By Carl Bohm.
HAIL! FESTAL MORNING. By Auber.
THE CARNIVAL. By Dr. Parry.
IN APRIL-TIME. By Pinsuti.
CARMENA WALZ. By Wilson.
MARCH OF THE PRIESTS. By Mendelssohn. ESTUDIANTINA. By Lacome.
THE LARK OF THE MORN. By Louis Ganne. HAIL BRIGHT ABODE. (March and chorus from Tannhäuser.)
SOLDIERS’ CHORUS. (From Gounod’s Faust.) PRAISE YE THE FATHER. By Gounod.
NIGHT FALL IN GRANADA. By L. Bueno. GLORY. March from Aida. By Verdi.
PEASANT WEDDING MARCH. By A. Soderman. THE MILLER’S WOOING. A choral ballad. By Eaton Faning.
SONG OF THE VIKINGS. By Eaton Faning. ELDORADO. By Pinsuti.
WHEN THE GOLDEN SUN IS MELTING. By Paul Bliss.
Vocal Solos
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THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR THE SUNRISE. By Seitz.
SMILE THROUGH YOUR TEARS. By Hamblen.
IF WINTER COMES. By Tennant.
WONDERFUL WORLD OF ROMANCE. By Havdn Wood.
THANK GOD FOR A GARDEN. By Teressa Del Riego.
WHERE MY CARAVAN HAS RESTED. By Hermann Lohr.
SONG OF SONGS. By Moya.
WHEN THE GREAT RED DAWN IS SHINING. By Sharpe.
SOME DAY YOU WILL MISS ME. By Max Da-rewski.
ROSES OF PICARDI. By Wood.
0	DRY THOSE TEARS. By Del Riego.
ROSE OF MY HEART. By Hermann Lohr.
LOVE’S GARDEN OF ROSES. By Wood.
ROSE IN THE BUD. By Dorothy Forster.
A LITTLE LOVE, A LITTLE KISS. By Silesu. HOMING. By T. Del Riego.
LITTLE GREY HOME IN THE WEST. By H Lohr I’D BUILD A WORLD IN THE HEART OF A ROSE. By Horatio Nicholls.
LAND OF THE LONG AGO. By Ray.
BECAUSE. By Guy D’Hardelot.
GRAY DAYS. By Johnson.
BOWL OF ROSES. By Clarke.
1	KNOW A LOVELY GARDEN. By G. D’Hardelot. BELLS OF ST. MARY’S. By A. Emmet Adams.
I FOUND A PARADISE. By Dorothy Forster. BIRTH OF MORN. By Leoni.
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LOVE SENDS A LITTLE GIFT OF ROSES. By Openshaw.
A KISS IN THE DARK. By Victor Herbert.
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SUN AND MOON, OTHERS, SMILIN’ THROUGH THE MAGIC OF YOUR EYES, and SUNRISE AND YOU. By Arthur A. Penn.
COMFORT YE ONE ANOTHER. Lyric by Caro Roma, with music by Jessie Mae Jewitt.
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BIRD OF PASSAGE and THE NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES. By Edward M. Young.
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ONLY IN DREAMS. By Frank Grey.
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WHEN BLOSSOMS COME. By Frank H. Grey.
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LITTLE GREEN GOD WITH EYES OF JADE. By Sidney King Russell.
NON M’AMI PIU. By Ernest De Curtis. GRANDMA. By Henry Sachs.
THE FRIENDLY MAN. By Henry Sachs.
FAIRY HILLS OF DREAMS. By Elinor Remick Warren.
THE HEART OF A ROSE. By Elinor Remick Warren.
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THE CALL OF HOME. By Rene Armond.
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THREE IRISH FOLK TUNES. With violin obligato. By Henry Tolhurst.
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