MUSICAL COURIER
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May' 17, 1923
tion her “big luscious voice and beautiful, artistic style.'׳ Miss Nadworney has been engaged as contralto soloist at All Souls Church, Bruno Huhn organist. She has already booked engagements for next season.
Board of Education Lecture-Recitals.
The free public lectures, concerts and recitals given under the auspices of the Board of Education attract many listeners, and during the week May 6-12, some of those heard were as follows: Lillian Englehardt, Frank T. Molony, John T. McCaffrey, Louise Lancaster, Maria Paz Gains-borg, June Mullin, Marie Josephine Wiethan, Frederick N. Tracy, Hilda Hulling, Anna A. Flick, Sally Hamlin, Marie van Gelder, Gertrude Evelyn and the Police Quartet.
Egrid Telliere Helps Out.
Egrid Telliere appeared in the Stuyvesant High School auditorium, May 4, in the performance of Tales of Hoffmann, and as the Antonia was suddenly taken ill, she appeared in that role on short notice, as well as in her own role of Juliet. She has a clear and beautiful voice, with routine in acting, and sang the sweet and gentle part of Antonia well. She has a repertory of thirty operas, in both the original language and English and will sing in opera in Italy this summer.
Samuel Furedi At Aeolian Hall.
May S, Samuel Furedi, cellist, was soloist at the Inter-Racial concert, with Olga Bibor at the piano, playing a work of his own as well as a Popper encore. April 29 he was cello soloist at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, and is fast making a reputation as an excellent player.
Ruby Gerard Temporarily in New York.
Ruby Gerard (de Laet), who has been spending some weeks in Bermuda, returned from what she calls “The beloved isles” last week for a brief stay in New York. She is playing at many concerts and musicales, and enjoying her .stay greatly.
Ascension Day Music at St. Mary the Virgin.
Anyone happening in at the church of St. Mary the Virgin (Episcopal) on Ascension Day would have felt themselves in a Roman Catholic church, for excepting for the absence of Holy Water and the Pope there was every mark of the Catholic ritual, including quantities of incense, priests at the altar, chanting, intoning of the service, etc. Raymond Nold conducts the mixed choir, very capable singers, of which Marguerite Ringo is soprano, Dorothy Whittle the alto, Henry L. Case, tenor, and Edward Bromberg bass. An orchestra assisted in works by d’lndy, Russell, Franck, Gatty, Webb, de la Tombelle, Coswall, Housman and Roger-Ducasse. All were well held together by organist George W. Westerfield, F. A. G. O. One must however mention the very bad acoustics of the church, for not a word sung could be understood. This makes it incumbent on the choir and solo-singers to take special pains with enunciation. (A kindly hint!)
Fay Foster Pupil Surprises Audience
A pleasant variation of the "cardinal principle of the ordinary “Surprise Party,” which is usually that the guests “surprise” the hostess, was furnished by Mrs. John Moody at her home on the evening of May 2.
Mrs. Moody is a hostess of such well known entertaining power that something unusual is always expected by her guests, but even she was considered to have filled all expectations after her audience had ■been treated to a number of songs, operatic and otherwise by Rafael Diaz, the popular tenor of the Metropolitan Opera Company, and the entire advance program of Oliver Denton’s Aeolian Hall recital.
But the real surprise was yet to come. Mrs. Moody, unknown to her friends, had spent the winter in intensive dramatic study with Fay Foster, -and on this occasion, the first fruits of her work were to be submitted.
In a partially darkened room, to the music of a weird accompaniment played by Fay Foster, Mrs. Moody, artistically gowned in flowing robes of pale blue, stepped forward from a remote entrance, and recited The Waltz of the Dead, followed by How Beautiful Were Once the Roses, and The Little Ghosts.
As to the success of her unofficial debut, there could be no doubt. Extravagant praise was heaped upon her from all sides, and from such competent judges as Jane Grey, the well known actress, and Ricardo Martin, the Metropolitan Opera tenor. Miss Foster also came in for her share of the approbation, Mrs. Moody gracefully disclaiming all credit, saying to all: “If I have pleased you I owe it all to my dear teacher and friend, Fay Foster.”
Miss Foster expresses great pleasure at Mrs. Moody’s success, considering her an unusually talented and painstaking student. She says, “The end is not yet.”
Cottlow and Simmons in Concert
Augusta Cottlow, pianist, and William Simmons, baritone, were heard in an excellent program at the Bronx Y. M. C. A. on the evening of April 30. Miss Cottlow played compositions by Chopin, Liszt and MacDowell and Mr. Simmcns sang American songs and arias. Rhea Silberta very ably accompanied Mr. Simmons.
firms, and horns, rattlers, whistles, streamers, etc., which were presented to the children. The whole occasion brought pleasure to all present.
Radio Recital of Grant and Brockel.
Frances. Brockel, soprano; Frederic A. Grant, tenor, and Herbert Leffingwell, accompanist, gave a delightful program at the WHN, radiophone station, Ridgewood, L. I., April 27, for an audience in all parts of the United States, many of whom later acknowledged their enjoyment and appreciation of the recital. Miss Brockel and Mr. Grant sang two duets, Life’s Dream is O’er (Asher) and Arditi’s A Night in Venice. Miss Brockel sang Will You Remember, Until (Sanderson), a Heart That’s True (Robyn) and Musetta's Valse Song (La Boheme). Mr. Grant sang three of his own songs, Sailing Along and Cupid’s Radio, both characteristic sea songs, and Sweet Heart Roses, words by Kath-erin Ward, and also Creole Love Song (Smith). The radio audience responds by telephone messages, like the applause of an audience in an auditorium, even requesting that certain songs be sung. The same group will give their next recital on Friday, June 8, at 11 p. m.
Euphony Society Reception.
A reunion reception of the New York Euphony Society was held April 29 at the home of the president, Mrs. James J. Gormley, Brooklyn, and was attended by about three hundred members. The musical program was given by Grace Bradley, contralto; Edward Holle, tenor; Adele Lois Rankin, lyric soprano, who sang Reveries (Arensky), Snowflake (Forsythe), The False Prophet (Scott), and as encores Bo Peep, and a Love Song, and William S. Larkin, pianist, played Rubinstein’s Etude Staccato.
Following the musical program plans were made for the spring breakfast of the society, at the Hotel Plaza, May 19.
SUMMERFIELD M. E. AMERICAN CHURCH MUSIC.
Celebrated soloists have been heard at Summerfield M. E. Church, Port Chester, N. Y., F. W. Riesberg organist, during the past season. April 29 was devoted exclusively to works by American composers, and the church was well filled to hear the new minister, Rev. E. A. Burnes, and the choir.
Assisted by Rocco Sista, violinist, the following program was given; violin and organ, Serenade, (Roderick White) ; anthem, Abide With Me (Bartlett) ; solos, Cecilia H. Ferrer, soprano, and Kenneth Taylor, bass; duet, Light at Eventime (Jerome), Mrs. Ferrer and Mrs. Gregg; offertory, violin, Nobody Knows de Trouble I’s Seen (negro spiritual) ; Deep River (negro spiritual), Kenneth Taylor. Anthem, My Faith Looks Up, Schnecker; solos, Mesdames Ferrer and Gregg and Mr. Taylor, organ postlude. Professional March, Stewart.
Society of Theater Organists’ Midnight Banquet.
The Society of Theater Organists held a banquet at the National Vaudeville Association rooms, New York, May 2, at midnight, in celebration of the fourth public demonstration at Wanamaker’s that afternoon. Fifty members and friends were present, including several distinguished guests, whose remarks were of interest. President Robert Berentsen spoke with great pride of the growth of the Society to sixty-five members, and the Wanamaker and Capitol Theater recitals, before crowds of interested listeners. He then introduced S. L. Rothafel, director of the Capitol Theater, who gave a valuable and helpful talk on showmanship.
Kirpal Musical News.
Musicales were given by pupils of the Kirpal-Lindorff School of Music in the League Building, Flushing, L. I., April 28, afternoon and evening, with programs which were played and sung by many pupils. Piano, flute, violin solos, duets and vocal numbers made up long programs.
News from Josephine Kirpal, now in Berlin, is to the effect that she will return to America next month. She sang recently at a wedding in one of the largest Berlin churches, and also in the Centrum Theater. The same evening her teacher, Mme. du Jong, gave a musical tea, when she was heard by the banker Mendelssohn, as well as the Gewinners, Mrs. Carl Flesch, Cassirers, etc. The young woman was praised by all, and her fri6nds in America look forward to hearing her sing.
Devora Nadworney in Three Concerts.
It was a coincidence that in three different cities, on successive appearances of Devora Nadworney, the newspapers ,men-
GOTHAM GOSSIP
Warren Gehrken Organ Recital.
One of the best of the twenty-seven organ recitals of Warren Gehrken, A. A. G. O., was his last, given at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Brooklyn, May 2. He interpreted in the right spirit the brilliant and dramatic prelude and fugue, based on the tones B flat, A, C, B, (which in German is Bach), by Liszt. The other numbers were treated in artistic style, true to the intentions of the composers. They were Rachmaninoff's Grusenian Song, An Elizabethan Idyl (T. Tertius Noble), Chibiabo’s Love Song (August Walther), An Indian Legend by T. Frederick H. Candius, of Albany, N. Y., Scherzo (Storm King Symphony) by Dickinson, and the Bells of St. Anne de Beaupré, by Dr. Alexander Russell, organist of Princeton University and concert director of Wanamaker’s. The young organist was completely at home in his interpretation of the Wagnerian numbers which composed the second part ׳of the program, including Forest Murmurs (Siegfried), Liebestod (Tristan), Ride of the Valkyries (Walkure) ; all were rendered most artistically. With an organist equal to the most intricate interpretation and technic, a mammoth organ responding to every requirement, and an auditorium most beautiful and spacious, it is surprising that the audience is not larger. It would be, if these recitals were more prominently brought to the attention of music lovers of Brooklyn.
Harold Land Shares St. Thomas’ Recital Program.
Harold Land, solo baritone of St. Thomas’ P. E. Church, shared the April 29 evening program with organist Dr. T. Tertius Noble, M. A., singing seven songs, as follows: The Trumpet Shall Sound (Handel), Whosoever Drinketh (Bennett), From the Accursed and Rejected (Verdi), Give, O Give Me Back My Lord (Bach , Souls of the Righteous (Noble), The Bells of Rheims (Lemare), and Rolling in Foaming Billows (Haydn). His altogether unusual range and quality of voice were well brought out by these classic and modern songs, and was heard by a large congregation, which always enjoys the baritone’s singing.
Amy Grant in The Blue Bird at Heckscher Theater.
Amy Grant presented the opera, The Blue Bird, with Roger Deming at the piano, in the children’s theater of the Heckscher Building, May 1 and May 4, when all the characters of the opera appeared in person in tableaux and dances. This presentation of the story, with the appearance in the pantomime and dance of the various characters, simultaneous with the music of the opera (played by Mr. Deming), gave great pleasure to the audience, largely made up of children. Following this The Blue Bird People came down from the stage into the audience and gave presents to everyone, consisting of candy, donated by various well known
Seven Original Etchings
By Marianne Hitschmann-Steinberger
*Mozart: Voi Che Sapete !Beethoven: Sonata Pathetique *Schubert: Wanderer’s Night Song Mendelssohn: Spring Song *Strauss: Voices of Spring *Bruckner: Adagio from Eighth Symphony
*Brahms: Cradle Song
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