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MUSICAL COURIER
HE LEX LUBARSKA,
soprano, an artist-pupil of Lazar IS. Samoiloff, ivell known Sew York vocal teacher, has been engaged to sing with the De Feo Grand Opera Company in Baltimore in June. She will appear as Rachel in La Juive and as Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana. Among other artists who ivill be heard with De Feo Opera Company are Sabanieva and Knote.
melodies. His sister, Vera Stetkewicz, played his accompaniments. Young Stetkewicz has appeared on several occasions in New York and other cities with marked success and will be heard in recital in New York next season.
Philharmonic Announcements for Next Season
The eighty-second Philharmonic season will open at Carnegie Hall on Thursday evening, October 25, Willem Van Hoogstraaten conducting. The program will be repeated on the next afternoon, and on Saturday the orchestra will play in Plainfield, N. J., beginning a tour which will occupy nine days. Concerts will be given at Yale. Connecticut College in New London, Smith College, Mt. Holyoke'Seminary and Dartmouth College, and the orchestra will play in Worcester, Boston. Providence and Poughkeepsie before returning to New York. The orchestra will make another short tour in March, playing under Mr. Mengelberg’s direction in Philadelphia, Washington, Baltimore, Harrisburg and Pittsburg.
Henry Hadley, associate conductor of the society, will devote a large part of his time while at Martha’s Vineyard to the perusal of new manuscripts submitted for Philharmonic presentation next season. Mr. Van Hoogstraaten is now in Europe, returning in June for his Stadium rehearsals.
The Philharmonic Society will give eighteen Thursday evening concerts next season in Carnegie Hall; eighteen Friday afternoons, six Saturday evenings and twelve Sunday afternoons. The Metropolitan Opera series will include six Tuesday evenings and four Sunday afternoons, and six concerts will be given at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Soloists for the Philharmonic concerts will be announced in the Society’s prospectus, which will be mailed on application to the Philharmonic office in the Fisk. Building.
Inez Barbour’s Recent Dates
Inez Barbour appeared in Bridgeport, Conn., on April 17, singing in the Brahms Requiem and the Spinning Song, with chorus, and Scuta’s Ballad from the Flying Dutchman. April 5, Miss Barbour sang.in Scranton. Pa., with the Parry Male Chorus, and she will be one of the soloists at the coming Cincinnati Festival.
Some June Dates for Mellish
Mary Mellish, the Metropolitan soprano, has been booked to appear in recital at Montreal on June 23 and in Toronto on June 25. On June 27 she will sing in Pittsburgh. Prior to her Canadian appearances, on the 10th she will appear in a concert at Elizabeth, N. J., to raise funds for a local hospital.
Engagements for Maurice Dumesnil
Maurice Dumesnil, the well known pianist, includes the following among his recent engagements : April 2, St. Joseph, Mo.; 5, Iowa Falls, la.; 6, Oelwein, la.; 9, Bowling Green, Ohio; 10, Toledo, Ohio; 11, New Philadelphia, Ohio; 13, Port Huron, Mich.; 16, Streator, 111.; 17, La Fayette, Ind.
Roderick White at Paris
According to a cable just received, the American Musical Colony in Paris has bought up practically every seat for Roderick White’s first recital which is being played while this issue goes to press at the Salle Gaveau.
Levitzki to Visit Cuba Next Season
Mischa Levitzki will be heard in Havana for the first time next January, as he has been engaged by the Sociedad Pro-Arte Musical for two recitals at the National Theater.
Shavitch in New York
Vladimir Shavitch, following his successes as conductor in Berlin, Dresden and Leipzig, arrived last week in New York, where he intends remaining for the present.
Squires to Sing with Mendelssohn Choir
The contralto, Marjorie Squires, will be heard in Pittsburgh next season in an oratorio performance under the auspices of the Mendelssohn Choir of that city.
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“It_ is customary at this time of the year, the final concert, to invite renewals of ticket subscriptions for the season to open the following autumn. This׳ year it is necessary to accept such renewals conditional upon their being a next season.”
Compromise Expected.
Much more could be written here regarding the controversy between the union and the orchestral management, but probably by the time these lines see cold print, the matter will have been adjusted to the interests of all concerned. The management’s statement has sent scare into the ranks of the players. The players’ firm attitude, on the other hand, has much disturbed the followers of the organization. Thus, a compromise is in sight and using space to publish the different statements of both sides would throw but little light on the difference between the two parties. Chicago will have its orchestra as is. A sixty-five man orchestra could not do. The union’s demands may be found excessive, but probably the management will meet them half way and thus adjust the trouble, calling upon the subscribers of the organization to pay an increase. The last statement, of course, is not official in any way, but in the opinion of this reporter, it is the public who holds the bag; and, as in everything else, it will be the public who pays.
R. D.
Seydel and Simmons in Recital
A joint recital was given on the evening of April 12 at Columbia University by Irma Seydel, violinist, with Marion Carley at the piano, and William Simmons, baritone, accompanied by Meta Schumann. Miss Seydel, who■ has been heard in concert and with orchestra abroad and in this country; draw's a full rich tone and handles technical difficulties with fine assurance. She has recently received recognition as a composer and two of her original works appeared on the program—“Chopsticks,” from the Chinese Suite, and Song Without Words. The last mentioned■ was so well liked that it had to be repeated. A tarantelle by Jacchia was also warmly applauded. The Devil’s Trill sonata (Tartini), two Brahms Hungarian Dances, Waltz, No. 15 (Brahms-Hoch-stein) and Indian Lament (Dvorak-Kreisler) were her other programmed numbers.
Mr. Simmons’ voice is of rich quality, well used. His excellent enunciation and fine musical intelligence combine to make his w'ork interesting. Two •Handel oratorio excerpts and Lungi del Caro Bene (Secchi) comprised his opening group. The next group was made up of unhackneyed numbers by Di Stefano-Donaudy, Strauss, Wolf and Arnold. When Night Descends (Rachmaninoff), O, Didn’t It Rain, (Burleigh), O, That It Were So (Bridge) and The Ringers (Lohr) concluded his printed program, to which several encores were added.
Lettie Byttom Programs Seismit-Doda Songs
When Lettie Byttom appeared in joint recital with Mary Wildermann at the Curtis Lyceum, St. George, she programmed two songs by her teacher, Seismit-Doda. These w'ere Dream and Old and Young, both of which were well received.
Helen Bock to Close Season in Harrisburg
Helen Bock, the young American pianist, was scheduled to make her initial bow to Washington, D. C., on April 10. She played before the Philadelphia Manufacturers’ Club on April 23 and tomorrow, April 27, she is booked for an appearance in Middletown, N. Y. Her season closes in Harrisburg, on May 4.
Pupil of Max Olanoff Plays
Joseph Daniel Stetkewicz, twelve-year-old violinist and pupil of Max Olanoff, took part in a Ukrainian concert given ־in Passaic, N. J., recently, arousing great enthusiasm by his fine rendition of some classical solos and Ukrainian
CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA STRIKE
Players Demand $15 Raise—Management Threatens Disbandment—Compromise Expected
Two weeks ago the Chicago American ran on its front page a story to the effect that the musicians of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra would strike for higher pay. At the time a reporter of this paper saw Frederick Wessels. business manager of the Orchestral Association, and what this astute manager had to say, though vague, conveyed the idea that a great deal of what had been written was true. After the Friday afternoon concert it was learned that the Chicago American indeed had a scoop, and that the players of the orchestra had made demands upon the organization for an increase in their salaries. The answer of the officials of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra was to announce that this may be its last season.	-
The union and the management of the orchestra are at variance over a wage scale for the 1923-24 season and it was said in knowing centers that the orchestra might be disbanded. The musicians ask an increase of fifteen dollars per week over the present minimum wage scale of $60. The union, through President James C. Petrillo of the Musicians’ Federation, said that unless the players’ demands were met, Chicago would not have its orchestra next season. Mr. Petrillo further said that the orchestral management had been willing to give the raise at first, but would have to drop twenty men from the ranks of its orchestra if the raise was granted. “This we refused, but compromised at $7.50. The management took the matter under advisement, and now informs us that they could not agree to this and were through.” Mr. Petrillo in his statement also informed the general public that, though there are sixty men in the orchestra who make only $60 a week, loop movie theaters pay their men $67.50 a week.
Raise Impossible.
The orchestral management states that the raise is impossible and even though the season of 1923-24 should be one of unusual prosperity, the orchestra would face a deficit estimated at $40.000. If the increase were granted, it would be necessary to reduce the orchestra one-third or go out of business. That the Orchestral Association has made up its mind to stand by its guns is indicated by its statement:
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