May 10, 1923
MUSICAL COURIER
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WHERE THEY ARE TO BE
From May 10 to May 24
Land, Harold:
Yonkers, N. Y., May 10. Hartford, Conn., May 21.
Lennox, Elizabeth:
Benton Harbor, Mich., May 15. Kalamazoo, Mich., May 18. Grand Rapids, Mich., May 23.
Letz Quartet:
Portcriester, N. Y., May 11.
Levitzki, Mischa:
Mt. Vernon, Iowa, May 11.
Macbeth, Florence:
Kewanee, 111., May 11. Rochester, Minn., May 13.
Ann Arbor, Mich., May 18.
MacLaren, Gay:
Chicago, 111., May 10.
Middleton, Arthur:
Worcester, Mass., May 10.
Nyiregyhazi, Erwin:
Greensburg, Pa., May 10. Morristown, N. J., May 11.
Ornstein, Leo:
Worcester, Mass., May 11.
Powell, John:
Williamsburg, Va., May 11.
Rubinstein, Erna:
Ann-Arbor, Mich., May 17. Ruffo, Titta:
Havana, Cuba, May 10-14. Scott, Henri:
Ann Arbor, Mich., May 16-19. Simpson, Alma:
San Juan, P. R., May 10. Ponce, P. R., May 12. Mayaguez, P. R., May 13.
San Juan, P. R., May 16.
Sundelius, Marie:
Corry, Pa., May 11.
Brooklyn, N. Y., May 12.
Thomas, Edna:
Philadelphia, Pa., May 16-17. Whitehill, Clarence:
Ann Arbor, Mich., May 19.
Addison, Mabelle:
Ann Arbor, Mich., May 17» Danise, Giuseppe:
Ann Arbor, Mich., May 18. Davis, Ernest:
Kansas City, Mo., May 10-12. Easton, Florence:
Worcester, Mass, May 10-11. Albany, N. Y., May 16.
Edwards, Elizabeth:
Brooklyn, N. Y., May 12.
Galli-Curci, Amelita:
St. Louis, Mo., May 16.
Gordon, Jeanne:
Ann Arbor, Mich., May 19.
Hackett, Arthur:
Mt. Vernon, Iowa, May 11-12. Mankato, Minn., May 17. Northfield, Minn., May 18.
Hagar, Emily Stokes:
Philadelphia, Pa., May 10, 18.
Harrold, Orville:
Worcester, Mass., May 10-11.
Howell, Dicie:
New Brunswick, N. J., May 11. Greenwich, Conn., May 20. Middletown, Conn., May 22. Petersburg, Va., May 24.
Hutcheson, Ernest:
Sackville, N. B., May 19. Jollif, Norman:
East Orange, N. J., May 16.
Keener, Suzanne:
Ann Arbor, Mich., May 18. Brooklyn, N. Y., May 22.
Kerns, Grace:
Mt. Carmel, Pa., May 14.
Kingston, Morgan:
London, Eng., May 13.
Kraft, Arthur:
Ann Arbor, Mich., May 18.
Gahier to Have Extensive European Tour
Mme. Charles Cahier, distinguished contralto, sailed for Europe, Saturday, April 21, on the S.S. Ohio, after a most successful concert season in this country. Her two appearances recently with the Philharmonic Society, Mengel-berg conducting, marked the final engagement of a season which has included, aside from recitals, appearances with practically all the leading symphony orchestras and two with the Friends of Music in New York.
Immediately following her arrival in Hamburg on April 30, Mme. Cahier departed on an extensive concert tour of Europe which will cover Germany, Holland, Austria, Poland, Sweden and Denmark. During the season she will be in Salzburg for the festival, and in addition to her concerts, has been engaged for numerous festivals and special operatic performances throughout Europe. The artist will return to this country early in October to fill concert engagements for the season 1923-24 now being booked by her new management, the Universal Concert Bureau.
Grainger Compositions Successful Abroad
Percy Grainger’s compositions are beginning to attain the same popularity on the European continent that they have long enjoyed throughout the English speaking world. This concert season has seen many performances of his universally beloved Molly on the Shore, including notable renderings at Salzburg, Vienna and Frankfurt, by the Amar String Quartet and the Rebner String Quartet. On each occasion the piece was vociferously applauded and had to be repeated. Grainger’s choral setting of Irish Tune from County Derry, has been sung extensively by Holland’s premier a cappella organization, the Madrigaal-Vereenig-ing, the members of which are all concert singers, trained and conducted by Sem Dresden, one of Holland’s foremost composers. The Madrigaal-Vereeniging is further planning to render some of Grainger’s choral settings of Kipling poems during the remainder of this season.
Cathleen Baxter Plays at Reception
Cathleen Moore Baxter, a very talented pupil of Agnes Brennan, well known teacher and coach, was the piano soloist at a reception given by the Brooklyn Circle International Federation of Catholic Alumnae, in honor of Mrs. Victor L. Zimmerman, governor, New York State Chapter I. F. C. A. Improvisation by MacDowell, was given with admirable poetic feeling and Rachmaninoff’s Polichinelle was excellently interpreted. The enthusiastic applause of the audience brought her back for an encore, her selection being the Dancing Doll (Poldini), delightfuly played. Miss Baxter plays with energy and has good power, yet she always produces mellow, singing tones.
Harriet Ware Returns from Tour
In all the concerts on the recent tour from which Harriet Ware has just returned, the critics have been enthusiastic over her_ compositions, both for piano and voice. Only one of her piano works has been published, and these flattering comments on them, as well as on herself as concert pianist, naturally delight her.
Following her recent concert for the Contemporary Club, Broad Street Theater, Newark, March 20, attended by over 1,000 clubwomen, press comments were most enthusiastic.
Ruth Deyo Plays Paderewski Sonata
On Tuesday, April 24, Ruth Deyo gave a reception in honor of Ignace Paderewski, at her home, 5 East Fifty-first street, and during the afternoon played the composer’s sonata in E flat minor. The audience was one of the most distinguished of the season—society and musical circles being equally represented.
Estelle Noel made him a desirable fiancee and Lou Stowe and Edith Noel revealed excellent wits. Other parts were taken by Marie Kuckens, Genevieve Applegate, Margaret Anders, Mae McCormick, Dorothy Curley, Anna Maier, Alice Holmes, Margery Bradley, Ethel Anderson, Mrs. S. C. Harris and Clara Blohm.
Warford’s Professional Pupils’ Engagements
Joseph Kayser, baritone, filled engagements last month in Jersey City and in New York. May 2 he and Marjorie Lauer, soprano, gave a joint recital at Haworth, N. J. Ralph Tomlinson, baritone, is touring for Keith in The Wall Flower; Frank Ronan, baritone, had three Newark appearances in April; Bradford Newcomb, baritone, was the soloist for the D. A. R. at Hotel McAlpin on April 2. Arthur Herbert, tenor, has been with the Greenwich Village Follies all season; Jack Leahy, tenor, has been engaged for leading roles with the Maude Fealy stock company of Newark. Florence Otis, soprano, sang for the Contemporary Club of Trenton recently; Tilla Gemunder sang for the Colonial Heights Club in Tuckahoe, N. Y., April 28, and on May 1, was soprano soloist at the concert given in memory of her grandfather, the late George Gemunder, famous violin maker, in Long Island City, N. Y.; Anna Flick, soprano, is giving a series of lecture song recitals for the New York Board of Education; Margaret Haase, soprano, appeared as soloist for the Lyric Club of Brooklyn; Gladys Burgette, soprano, is with the Jack and Jill Company at the Globe theater; Constance Roe, soprano, scored an emphatic success in Newton, N. J., April 8.
Claire Dux Chooses Klibansky as Vocal Guide
Among the eminent artists who believe in continued study with the great masters in order to perfect their art is Claire Dux, the well known recital artist and former member of the Chicago Opera Company.
Mme. Dux has selected Sergei Klibansky as her vocal guide, and is studying with him as her opera and concert duties permit. Mme. Dux’s selection of Mr. Klibansky was due to the high praise of his work by her Berlin teacher, Freytag Frey.
Fay Foster Interpreters Successful
Having spent an evening with the Fay Foster Interpreters in the ballroom of the Carroll Club, April 29, one is full of admiration for the originality, talent and accomplishments of this charming teacher, coach and composer. In spite of stage hands which balked and curtains that had only contempt for cues, Miss Foster’s unruffled composure and well-directed music gave pleasure to a great many interested friends and guests. All of the participants in the diversified program were from her New York or Philadelphia studios and many displayed marked talent.
The first section of the program was made up of songs and cantilations, most of them in costume. The accompaniments were played in fastidious fashion by Miss Foster. The Whistlin’ Thief was recited by־Mrs. S. C. Harris, assisted by Dorothy Curley; two French chansons were sung by Helen Deeter: Gladys Hill followed with three interpretations^ In the Life of a Princess; Stephen McGrath offered an aria from Manon; Lisa Lissoni appeared in Spanish numbers, and Howard Applegate sang three negro numbers. His last spiritual was so well sung that the hearers demanded a repetition. Another high point in this first section was Lou Stowe’s impersonation of A Little Bride of Japan. Very poignant and convincing was her depiction of the little Japanese girl who didn’t want to be married.
The Enchanted Beard, an operetta in two scenes, the book and lyrics of which were by Alice Foster and the musical setting by Fay Foster, was presented as the last half of the program. The plot has to do with Bluebeard whose matrimonial felicities have been celebrated for some time. The scene opens with village chatter about a new victim who is shortly to be offered up. It is discovered that the famous gentleman’s beard is a curse set upon an otherwise harmless individual, and that if removed all murderous instincts will disappear. The second scene shows Bluebeard at his evening repast waited upon by two excellent humorists, Addle Wit and Nimble Wit. The village maids appear to him dressed as ghosts and, frightening him into submission, shave off his beard whereupon the curse is broken and he becomes a desirable mate. The little concerto is ingenious and full of humor and Miss Foster’s music is apt and pleasurable. Eugene Gravel wore the beard gracefully,
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