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Washington, which is hampered by the titles of the three movements, as one had to stretch his imagination to find in the music any characteristics suggested by the titles, such as for example, The Railroad Station. The work lacked the atmosphere it was supposed to reveal, and though the music set down by Mr. Chislock well deserves attention, the titles of the composition should be revised and under a new garb entered in another competition. Herman Hand, of New York, entered his Danza Infernale, a very noisy output, which, if the judges had listened to the applause of the public, would have been given first prize. The Danza Infernale is a succession of climaxes built one upon the other and probably atmospheric of Hades. To conclude, each of the five compositions made friends, each had something to recommend it and Balaban & Katz are to be highly congratulated to have sponsored the cause of American music and to be the first to offer in a moving picture theater in America a prize for the best symphonic composition by an American composer.
This review could hardly be concluded- without congratulating Nathaniel Finston, conductor of the Chicago Theater Symphony Orchestra, for the splendid manner in which each composition was read, and though each member of the orchestra cannot be congratulated singly, all the members are here included in words of praise for having accomplished, after only one or two rehearsals, results such as would be expected only after many rehearsals by players of leading symphony orchestras.
May Day Celebration at Auditorium.
The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, Chicago Balaban & Katz offered one. thousand dollars for the this solely for the reason that its board believes in securing talent whenever an opportunity presents itself to entertain its members, and for those entertainments the best local, national and even international artists are engaged. Generally throughout the winter months the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America are entertained in large halls in their neighborhoods, but for the May Day celebration the vast Auditorium was secured. That every seat in the large hall was taken was no surprise to one cognizant with the membership of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, which as already told is in Chicago alone over forty thousand. Indeed the doors of the Auditorium had to be closed and special policemen called to manage some of'those who wanted to force an entrance after the hall was jammed to suffocation. Special words of praise are due James O’Donnell of the Chicago Civic Opera Company for the coolness with which, single handed, he pushed back hundreds of people who might have caused disturbance had they set foot in the packed hall. From the above one might believe that there was disorder at the celebration of the Chicago joint board of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers when they assembled at the Auditorium. Nothing of the kind took place. On the contrary, every one was seated promptly and the entertainment started as announced. The Amalgamated Clothing Workers are willing to pay good prices to secure good talent. This should be taken into consideration by managers as well as artists. Joseph Schwarz, the well known baritone, was paid $1,800 for his services, and Sylvia Tell, the dancer, $500. Then there was the expenditure for the orchestra, conducted by Alexander Zukowsky; Leon Benditzky, accompanist for Mr. Schwarz; Labell Eisen, lyric soprano, who had as accompanist Freda Dolnick, and a corps de ballet of twelve young and well trained dancers. The speaker of the day was Eugene V. Debs.
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dition. The voice is voluminous, well placed and used with understanding. The young baritone had the support of Isaac Van Grove, whose piano accompaniments were a joy to the listeners and a fine help to the recitalist. A most appreciative audience was on hand.
Civic Music Association Festival.
The annual festival of the Civic Music Association of Chicago was given on Sunday afternoon, April 29, at Orchestra Hall. The work of the Civic Orchestra under its musical drector, Frederick Stock, and assistant conductors, Eric Delamarter and George Dasch, has been given so much space throughout the season that by stating that the young players who compose the orchestra were up to the high mark reached at previous concerts will suffice fqr this time. The combined children’s chorus of the Association under Herbert E. Hyden sang agreeably and the concert was concluded with community singing led by Frederick W. Carberry.
Balaban & Katz Competition.
A few months ago, to encourage American composers, Balaban & Katz offered one thousand dollars for the best composition written in America by an American. It was stipulated that a concert would be held at which the six best compositions received would be played by the orchestra and the judges would select the winner at the time. As scheduled, the competition took place on Sunday morning, April 29, and, as already published in the Musical Courier, P. Marius Paulsen, of Marion (Ind.) and more recently of Chicago was awarded the prize after due deliberation. Mr. Paulsen’s Oriental Suite came very nearly being disqualified when Glenn Dillard Gunn, one of the judges, informed his colleagues that the work was not new, that it had been played for the first time in 1912 under his direction at the first of a series of American programs and it was then suggested by other judges that the work be thrown out. Others objected to this vehemently, stating that there was nothing written in the conditions of the contest that barred a composition already played from being entered. To make sure of this, W. K. Hollander, of Balaban & Katz, looked up the conditions of the contest published sometime ago and after a careful analysis it was found that Paulsen’s composition had a perfect right to have been entered. Paulsen’s suite is melodious, original and colorful. Second in the esteem of the judges came The Song of Chiabos by Carl Busch, which would have been given the prize had not the composition been found a little too lengthy. From a musician’s standpoint, it was more deserving of the prize, as it reveals a profound musician, fine technician and a master of orchestration. Busch further showed a great liking for the master of Bayreuth, his composition lacking somewhat in originality and being reminiscent of several of Wagner’s outputs.
Franz C. Bornschein, of Baltimore, whose symphonic scherzo, The Sea-God’s Daughter, is a beautiful composition, but unfortunately had the disadvantage of having been played first and probably due to that reason, the votes cast in its favor were not as numerous as they would have been otherwise. The work of this Baltimore musician is well worth hearing again and like the other four winning compositions, will be heard again under the same auspices next season. The winning composition will be heard again next Sunday, under the direction of the composer, at the Chicago Theater’s regular Sunday morning symphony concert. Louis Chislock, of Baltimore, had a suite descriptive of
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