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MUSICAL COURIER
May 3, 1923
Burlington Orchestra’s Splendid Concert
Through an inadvertence the Musical Courier failed to print an account of a musical event of importance in Burlington, Vt., which took place there January 28. The occasion was a concert by the Burlington Symphony Orchestra, under the leadership of Joseph F. Lechnyr. It is a creditable achievement for a city of the size of Burlington to have its own orchestra, and the Chamber of Commerce of that city should be congratulated for the successful outcome of their efforts.
Irene Wilder, soprano; Louise Harris Sails, harpist, and Alice Nash, accompanist, contributed toward the pleasures of the afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Mannes in Recital at School
David and Clara Mannes, noted sonata recitalists and directors of the David Mannes Music School, were heard in a program of the three B’s in the recital hall of their school on April 12. Bach’s sonata in E major, Beethoven's in G major and the Brahms sonata in the same key were given by these two artists, who were the first to introduce to American audiences the now familiar sonata programs.
More New Dates for Levitzki
Mischa Levitzki will give a recital in the series of the Art Society of Pittsburgh in Carnegie Hall on November 2 next. He will also appear in Hamilton, Ohio, on November 9, in Des Moines in the Ogden course on November 19, and at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis on November 21, and in Montreal, under the local management of Miss M. C. Cunard, on December 6.
Marguerita Sylva Flies Home
Marguerita Sylva had to make a flying voyage from Key West, Fla., to arrive in time to sing at the Union League Club, Philadelphia, State College, Pa., and in New York at the Elks’ Club recently. A number of opera performances will end her season before she sails for Europe. Early October will see her back in New York ready for a long concert tour.
Middleton Booked for Elizabeth Concert
Arthur Middleton will sing in Elizabeth, N. J., on Sunday evening, June 10, in a benefit concert for the Alexian Brothers’ Hospital. The American baritone will sing operatic arias and song groups, including several ballads that are becoming characteristically associated with his name.
Bori in Opera in Havana
Following the Metropolitan Opera Company’s annual season in Atlanta, Lucrezia Bori will fill a series of operatic engagements in Havana. Miss Bori will visit her home in Barcelona, Spain, at the conclusion of these appearances, and will spend the rest of the summer in Italy.
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potence with the Albany Associated Glee Club at Chancellor’s Hall on May 16, thus adding to the many appearances the Metropolitan soprano will make during that month.
Scott’s Song Featured in Five States
John Prindle Scott’s popular soprano song, The Wind’s in the South, has been sung by prima donnas in five States recently. In Miami, Fla., Rachel Jane Hamilton, soprano, has sung it at two concerts with Pryor’s Band. Suzanne Keener, the young Metropolitan Opera soprano, offered it in Toronto, Can., and New Wilmington, Pa. Wichita, Kans., Pearl Hussey Flanazaw sang it at a twilight musi-cale, and Elinor Beach gave it with full orchestra in Columbia, Mo. Florence Otis, for whom the song was written, used it recently on a radio program, with a violin obligato by Milan Lusk, broadcasting from WEAF station in New York.
Griffes Group Adds “High Brow” Program
The increasingly popular Griffes Group—named in honor of the brilliant young American composer, the late Charles T. Griffes, and comprising three of the most gifted and individually popular American concert artists, namely, Olga Steeb, pianist; Edna Thomas, mezzo-contralto, and Sascha Jacobinoff, violinist—have added a “high brow” program to their repertory of more or less popular concert numbers. Sonatas for piano and violin, especially the Cesar Franck and the Kreutzer sonatas will be given a place on these programs and will be used at the many schools and colleges for which the Griffes Group will play on its second coast to• coast jaunt in January and February.
Jonas Pupil in Demand with Clubs
Irma H. Correll, a talented young pianist and a pupil of Alberto Jonas, has lately appeared with considerable success at various musical clubs. Her most recent appearance, at the Laurier Musical Club, was the occasion of an enthusiastic success for the brilliant pianist. Miss Correll’s contribution to the program consisted of the ballade in A flat and the scherzo in B minor by Chopin and the nocturne for left hand alone by Scriabin.
Activities of Haywood Institute Teachers
Mrs. Florence Basler-Palmer is starting a new class in Universal Song at Omaha, Neb. Florence Haskins directed a chorus of forty voices in Dubois’ Seven Last Words of Christ, given at the First Presbyterian Church, Bridgeport, Conn., on Palm Sunday evening. On March 24, Jane Webster’s Girls’ Singing Class from Five Points House of Industry, Pomona, New York, gave a program at the Rockland County Sanitarium.
Harriet Van Emden to Sing in Holland
Harriet Van Emden, the American soprano, who has been singing with great success throughout Germany during the past winter, has been engaged for two concerts at the Kurhaus, Scheveningen, Holland, on August 29 and September 2 next. Miss Van Emden will return to America in December and her tour here from January 1 on is now being booked by Daniel Mayer.
“Terrible or Remarkable”
Florence Trumbull, during her long sojourn abroad, became well acquainted with many famous artists. Among these was Godowsky. In a discussion one day as to the achievement of virtuoso success in the eyes of the public, Godowsky stated: “It is the death of an artist to get a middling criticism. They must be either terrible or remarkable.”
American Institute Recitals in April
April 9 there was a studio recital by pupils of the piano, violin and vocal departments of the American Institute of Applied Music, Kate S. Chittenden, dean, in which a large variety of music by leading classic and modern composers was heard. Teachers whose pupils appeared were Misses Chittenden, Wood, Mrs. Zedeler Mix and Messrs. Spiering, Lanham, Moore and Tebbs. These players and singers were Sidney Shapiro, Samuel Prager, Grace Gordon, Caroline Moore, Leo Linder, Geraldine Bronson, Charles Brandenburg, Florence Church, John Passaretti, Rosalind Ferger-son, Charles Joseph Oliva, Irene Harvey, Esther Adie, Margaret Spotz and Grace Cottrell.
April 13 the Euphonic Trio, consisting of the Misses Smith, Crosby and (a new name) Shailer, gave trios by Mozart and Haydn, and cellist Shailer played a sonata by Cervetto which interested the good sized audience. _ Miss Spotz, pupil of Miss Chittenden, who had appeared in the April 9 recital, gave her own solo recital at this institution April 23, and as this program is thoroughly representative in its thoughtful and interesting contents, it is here quoted:
Prelude in F minor, Samuel P. Warren; Les Collines d’Anacapri, 'Debussy; On the Holy Mount, Dvorak; Humoresque, a la Tarantelle, Parsons; Rondo in G, op. 51, No. 2, Beethoven; Shadow Dance, MacDowell; Nocturne in E, op. 62, No. 2, Chopin; Danse des Elfes, Sapellnikoff; Two Intermezzos from op. 116, Brahms; Melodie Appassionata, Moszkowski; Krakoviak, op. 9, No. 5, Paderewski; Coronach—A Highland Lament—Barratt, and Grande Valse de Concert, op. 88, Moszkowski.
Hugo Kortschak) violin, and Francis Moore, piano, were heard in an artist recital on Thursday evening, April 26, playing sonatas by Beethoven, Brahms, and the new violin concerto by Albert Stoessel, conductor of the Oratorio Society.
Celia Turrill Engaged for London
Celia Turrill, an English mezzo-soprano who has sung in grand opera at Covent Garden and the “Old Vic,” and who has been touring this country for the past year in the Beggar’s Opera, sailed for London a short time ago to take the leading feminine role in Six Oswald Stoll’s new musical production at Covent Garden. Her engagement resulted from her appearance here at a function under the auspices of the Eclectic Club, when she happened to be heard by Mrs. A. L. Erlanger, who is a connection of Sir Oswald Stoll. She at once approached Miss Turrill, whom she had not previously met or heard, and after inquiring as to her experience as a singer, engaged her on behalf of Sir Oswald. Miss Turrill, before coming to this country, studied three years with Mme. Lilli Lehmann, and while here coached with Estelle Hutchinson.
Phradie Wells a Well Liked Soprano
Phradie Wells is one of the most popular church singers in New York, and is constantly in demand for special services and for substitute work. On Easter Sunday she sang at the First Presbyterian Church, South Orange, N. J., in the morning, and at the Congregational Church, Bound Brook, N. J., in the afternoon. She also sang excellently the Inflammatus from Rossini’s Stabat Mater, at the Wednesday afternoon concert at the Wurlitzer Auditorium, and at the monthly musicale at the Saenger studios, April 5. Miss Wells has a beautiful, round, full, dramatic soprano voice and a broad style. She would make an excellent Sieglinde, not to mention several other roles in which she would be very effective.
Elizabeth King in a Quandary
Elizabeth King professes to be in a quandary. She humorously bemoans the fact that her social and professional duties are so mingled that she finds great difficulty in determining just what is her actual status. When Miss King attends a tea or some other purely social function, her many friends who enjoyed her beautiful voice on past occasions, insist that she sing—and she must. “Now, if I am giving a concert,” confides Miss King, “I must be on my guard after every number, or I am afraid I will find myself joining the audience, and commencing to chat.” But sympathy is not for Miss King; it is for those who have never heard her delightful singing, and so cannot realize that she more than deserves her popularity.
George Engles to Manage Many Artists
In addition to the Paderewski tour for next season now being booked, George Engles announces tours beginning in the fall for other artists and attractions under his concert direction. These include the New York Symphony Orchestra, Walter Damrosch conductor; the Barrere Ensemble of Wind Instruments; the Little Symphony Orchestra, George Barrere, conductor; Emilio de Gogorza, baritone; Paul Kochanski, violinist; Alexander Siloti, pianist; George Barrere, flutist; Arthur Rubinstein, pianist, and Samuel Dushkin, violinist.
Easton to Sing in Albany
Florence Easton, who recently returned from a very successful Western concert tour which she started the middle of February, has been engaged to sing Schubert’s Omni-
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