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MUSICAL COURIER
M a y 17, 1923
cinnati, Ohio; Thomas Dewey, baritone, oupil of William Wheeler of Ann Arbor, Mich.; Alma Borneman, violinist, -pupil of Jacob Goehl of Columbus, Ohio.
Simmons Not to Sing with Goldman Band
William Simmons, the well-known baritone of New York, states that he will not sing with the Goldman Band on the Mall in Central Park this summer. According to Mr. Sim-: mons, the announcement to the effect that he would do so was incorrect.
Fourteen Curtain Galls for Chamlee
When Mario Chamlee made his last appearance for the ■ season on April 22 at the Metropolitan Opera House, he-was given fourteen curtain calls and “Chamlee! bravo!} bis!” was vociferously called out from various parts of: the auditorium.
Mr. and Mrs. Chamlee (Ruth Miller) planned to leave for' London the middle of the month. Chamlee is booked for a concert in London on June 3.
May Peterson Busy Recording
Prior to sailing for Europe in June for a well earned rest after . her strenuous season, May Peterson is busy recording for the Aeolian Company. A wide selection of numbers is being “put in” by the soprano.
Two Petersburg Dates for Norman Johnston
Norman Johnston has been engaged to sing the baritone role in The Elijah at the Petersburg (Va.) Festival on May 24. The following evening he is booked for a concert in the same city with Dicie Howell, soprano.
tion of Dr. William C. Carl, will be held in the First Presbyterian Church, Fifth avenue and Twelfth street, Monday evening, May 28, at eight o'clock. These exercises will be included among the notable musical events which will take place during the Jubilee Celebration of the city of Greater New York. The entire city will commemorate the passing of three hundred years since the city was bought from the Indians.
Aside from the graduating class contributing to. an interesting program, W. Charles Hart, solo tenor of the First Presbyterian Church, is to be the soloist.
The final examinations before the examining board held by Prof. Samuel A. Baldwin and Dr. Clarence Dickinson, will begin this week, at the College of the City of New York.
Barclay Finishes Season May 28
John Barclay's active season comes to an end on May 28, when he will be heard as soloist at the Chicago North Shore Festival at Evanston, 111. Because of this late date, this successful English baritone has not yet announced his plans for the summer, which will, however, shortly be made known.
Great Lakes District Contest Winners Announced
The contest of the Great Lakes District of the National Federation of Music Clubs was held in Toledo, Ohio, May 3, State winners from Michigan, Ohio and Indiana competing. The contest was conducted by Mrs. Boris L. Ganapol, district president, and very fine local arrangements were in the able hands of Mary Willing Megley, pianist of Toledo. Following are the district winners: Matilde Garvett. pianist, pupil of Ola Dafoe Eustice of Detroit, Mich.; Emma Burk-hardt Seebaum, contralto, pupil of Daniel Beddoe of Cin-
Philadelphia Choir Gives Program
The choir of the Second Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, under the direction of N. Lindsay Norden, appeared in concert at Aeolian Hall, May 7. This choir of some twenty-six voices presented a very ambitious program, which proved it to be far above the average church choir. All are well drilled; their tone is good, they follow their conductor with facility, and there are some really outstanding voices in the organization.
One may not agree on the wisdom of the choice in all the selections, but on the whole, the concert was a very enjoyable one. Mr. Norden seemingly favors the Russian School and some of these numbers were wonderfully done. The choir has, perhaps, not reached the perfection of some of our other choral organizations, but judging solely on its merits as a church choir, this splendid organization deserves every encouragement and their efforts are most laudable and should receive proper support.
Ellis Clark Hammann proved a very sympathetic and capable accompanist and gave splendid assistance to the soloists: Ruth Gibb, Maybelle B. Marston, Charles Stahl, and Ammon Berkheiser, all of whom proved themselves capable artists. The program follows:
Ave Verum (three parts).................................׳.Josquin de Pres
Adoramus Te (four parts).......................................Palestrina
A Blessing (eight parts, bass solo)...........................Traditional
I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (six parts)............J. M. Bach
Open Unto Me (eight parts)............................Malashkin
A Song in the Night.......................................Bartholomew
Charity .....................................................Hageman
A Forest Song...............................................Whelpley
Ruth Gibb
The Lea Shore (eight parts).........................Coleridge Taylor
An Eriskay Love Lilt (eight parts)........................Robertson
Hymn to the Sun (eight parts)................................Chapius
Death and the Maiden........................................Schubert
The Brooklet..................................................Cadman
Ammon Berkheiser
From My Youth (nine parts).................................Kastalsky
Song of St. Simeon (eight parts)........................Tsehesnokotf
Now the Powers of Heaven (eight parts)..................Arkhangelsky
Glory Be to God on High (eight parts).............Ippolitoff-Ivanoif
Break, Break, Break...........................................Martin
Rhapsodie ...........................................Campbell-Tipton
Maybelle B. Marston
Nymphs and Shepherds (four parts)............................Purcell
Milking Song (eight parts, alto solo)........................Bantock
Dusk of Night (four parts)..............................Arkhangelsky
Una Furtiva Lagrima..........................................Donizetti
When Night Descends...................................... Rachmaninoff
Charles Stahl
In the Lord Doth My Soul Rejoice (eight parts).............Balakireff
We Praise Thee (nine	parts)...............................Kastalsky
Come, Pure Hearts (four	parts)...................................Tinel
Praise the Name of the Lord (eight parts)..................Kastalsky
Georgette Leblanc to Tour America
Georgette Leblanc, the distinguished French artist, will make her first American concert tour during the season of 1923-24. Madame Leblanc’s appearances will be under the management of the Art Direction, Georgette Leblanc, Inc., Fisk Building, New York City. Louise Davidson, until recently connected wtih the promotion department of the Brunswick Phonograph Company, is the personal representative.
Madame Leblanc sailed for Europe on May 16 and will be heard in recital at the Champs Elysees Theater, Paris, early in June, assisted at the piano by Walter Straran, conductor, who is now directing the orchestra being promoted by Ganna Walska. In November, Madame Leblanc returns to America.
Erwin Nyiregyhazi Sails
Erwin Nyiregyhazi, the young Hungarian pianist, sailed for Europe on May IS, on board the S. S. Pittsburgh. For the first time since arriving in America about three years ago, Mr. Nyiregyhazi will join his. family in Europe. He will visit Germany, Norway, Sweden, Hungary, France and Italy. Arrangements are being completed for a series of concerts throughout Italy during the month of August. He will return to this country in September, making his first appearance here next season at the Maine Festival early in October. During the coming season, Mr. Nyiregyhazi will be heard in concerts and with orchestras throughout the country.
Mme. Liszniewska’s Symphony Engagements
Marguerite Melville Liszniewska, pianist and head of the pi’ano department'of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, has been engaged to play the B minor concerto of Brahms in the regular Cincinnati Orchestra series of subscription concerts next season, under the direction of Fritz Reiner. This season Mme. Liszniewska appeared twice with the orchestra, once in Cincinnati and once in Dayton, playing The Emperor concerto. Two seasons ago she also appeared twice with the orchestra in Cincinnati and in Washington, D. C., playing the concerto by Theo Ysaye and the same season also playing this concerto in Detroit, with the Detroit Orchestra, under Ossip Gabrilowitsch.
Goodson Scores Fresh London Success
London, May 13 (by cable) : Katharine Goodson, pianist, appeared Thursday, May 10, at Queen’s Hall for the third time this season, playing a concerto by Beethoven, the Delius concerto and the Liszt Hungarian Fantasie. She played brilliantly, with authority, and great tonal'beauty. She was accorded an overwhelming reception and given-many recalls. The orchestra was the London Symphony, under Albert Coates.	(Signed) Lucas.
Friends of Music Under New Management
The Society of the Friends of Music will be under the management of the Universal Concert Bureau next season. The first concert will be on October 15 when, for the first time in this country, Pfitzner’s romantic cantata, Von Deutsche Seele, will be performed as a preliminary to the regular season, which begins November 11 with a Bach program.
Guilmant Organ School to Celebrate Twenty-Second Graduation Exercises
The twenty-second annual commencement and graduation exercises of the Guilmant Organ School, under the direc-