May 24, 1923
MUSICAL COURIER
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BRAGGIOTTI SISTERS AND PUPILS GIVE
HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL DANCING EXHIBITION
Hub Representatives of Denishawn School Applauded by Capacity Audience—“Pop” Concerts Draw—Stephen Townsend
Conducts—Other Notes
ÄGIDE JACCHIA
fluous to report that enthusiasm was the rule throughout the week and encores plentiful.
Marjorie Posselt and Ethel Hutchinson Qualify for Music Clubs' Contest.
The National Federation of Music Clubs, Plymouth district, has announced the winners of the recent district contest held in Steinert Hall. Ethel Hutchinson of Watertown took the honors at the piano, while Marjorie Posselt of Medford was the best violinist. The singers failed to qualify in the estimation of the judges. Miss Hutchinson and Miss Posselt are now eligible to take part in the national contest to be held in Asheville, N. C., in June. Mary G. Read had charge of the contest and Mrs. F. L. Milliken is president of the district.
Stephen Townsend Conducts Technology Chorus.
The Technology Choral Society, under the expert direction of Stephen Townsend, the eminent choral conductor of the Society of the Friends of Music and of various symphony orchestras, gave its first public concert on Monday evening, May 14, in the Walker Memorial Hall at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The chorus was assisted by the Musical Art Society, a chorus of women’s voices also
Nautch Girl (Michaelis)—Naomi Davis.
Oriental Hands (Rimsky-Korsakoff)—Francesca Braggiotti. The Buddha—T. M. Braggiotti.
Devidassi (Amani)—Rose Saks, Marion Murphy, Marion Dyke, Helen Wooden (costumes from Denishawn).
Incense (Sibelius)—Berthe Braggiotti.
Dance of the Waves (Strauss)—Eugenia Frothingham, Dorothy Frothingham, Josephine Emerson, Agnes Boardman, Helen Johnson, Rosamund Arnold, Rosamund Cutler (created by Berthe and Francesca Braggiotti).
Scarf Plastique (Elgar)—(Dance created at Denishawn) Dorothy Balcom.
Valse Ballet (Granier)—(Dance created at Denishawn) Dana Sieveling.
Fra Angelico Angel (15th Century) (Scarlatti)—(Created by Berthe Braggiotti) Berthe Braggiotti.
Sunrise (Owen)—Helen Partridge.
Moon of Love (Fisk)—Naomi Davis.	Voice—Frances Burr
Mitchell.
Sculpture Plastique (Elga)—Dana Sieveling, Christine Perry, Helen Partridge.
Spanish Suite—(1) Jealousy (Albeniz) (Created by Berthe Braggiotti) Berthe Braggiotti. (2) Tango Duet (Costa) Francesca Braggiotti and Sebastiano Braggiotti.
Part III.
“Under the Sea” (dances created by Berthe and Francesca Braggiotti).
1.	Eels (Kreisler)—Head Eel, Mary Crandon, Elizabeth Garrett, Martha Bigelow, Sally Weston, Josephine Emerson, Susan Flint, Isabel Thorndike.
2.	Mermaid (Brogi)—Gloria Braggiotti.
3.	Star Fish (Kreisler)—Head Star Fish, Ruth Swift, Cora Lyman, Cecily Livermore, Priscilla Saltonstall, Elizabeth Saltonstall, Anstiss Boyden, Eloise Weld, Sylvia Weld.
4.	Jelly Fish (Bashman)—Dana Sieveling, Helen Partridge, Adele Balkan, Barbara West.
5.	Sea Weed—-Dorothy Balcom, Rose Saks, Marion Dyke, Billie Bright. Voices—Marion Stanley, Aimee Spurr, Roger E. Nye, John S. Codman.
6.	Sea Horses (Jessel)—Louise Slocum, Harriet Morse, Elizabeth Cushing, Catherine Charming, Polly Brewster, Rachel Jackson, Edith Wolcott, Polly Winslow, Isabella Grandin, Gladys Bigelow.
7.	Oysters (Brogi)—Miriam Winslow, Alice Burrage, Betty Foster, Lucy Hill, Lois Briel, Eleanor Strickland.
8.	The Pearl (Beradi)—Berthe Braggiotti.
9.	Flying Fish (Saint-Saëns)—Francesca Braggiotti.
Big Week at “Pops.”
Sunday evening, May 13, for the first time in thirty-eight years of the “Pops,” a Sunday concert was added to the customary week-day schedule. Notwithstanding the ridiculous Blue Law which prohibits eating, drinking and smoking in places of entertainment on the Lord’s Day, Symphony Hajl was filled to capacity to hear the all-Russian program which Mr. Jacchia conducted with his characteristic ardor and rhythmic verve.
Throughout the week the concerts were attended by audiences that taxed the capacity of the hall. Features of the week were Harvard Freshmen Night, on Monday; Rad-cliff e College, Tuesday; Northeastern University, Wednesday; Boston City Club, Thursday, and Maine on Friday. With the admirable Mr. Jacchia back in the saddle, and his programs maintaining their usual variety and interest, not to add the excellence of his orchestra, it is quite super-
Boston, May 20.—The Tremont Theater was filled on	5.
Friday afternoon, May 11, with a very large audience for	6,
the annual dancing entertainment given by Berthe and	7.
Francesca Braggiotti and the Boston branch of the Denishawn School of Dancing which they direct. The Misses 9• Braggiotti are the charming and highly talented daughters of Isidore Braggiotti, the celebrated voice teacher. They were capably assisted by Herbert Lowe’s orchestra.	1Q
The program at the end of this article is a significant commentary on the admirable work that is being done at lithe local branch of the Denishawn School under the direc- 12 tion of these girls. Their pupils, both in solo and ensemble numbers, gave an altogether praiseworthy performance, the	13.
dancing of the little children being especially fine. It is	14־
late in the day to analyze the art of the Misses Braggiotti	!5.
themselves. Suffice it is to say that they again excited admiration with the skill, grace, charm and taste of their	16־
interpretations. The audience was very enthusiastic throughout the afternoon. The program follows :
Part I.
I.	A Child’s Dream. A child dreams that she is awakened and finds the beauties of nature come to life.
Dances created by Berthe and Francesca Braggiotti.
1.	Sunbeams (Waldteufel)—Peggy Leland, Katherine Hedge, Dorothy Rogers, Virginia McNeil, Cynthia Doliber, Priscilla Hedge, Alison Hardy, Alice Burrage.
2.	Dewdrops (Waldteufel)—Miriam Winslow, Barbara West.
3.	The Child (Delibes)—Christine Perry.
4.	Three Fairies and Sprite (Durand)—Jean Ferguson, Rosalind Gould, Eleanor Swift, Herbert Roach.
5.	Apparition of the Fairy Queen (Chopin)—(Dance created at Denishawn) Mariorie Walsh.
6.	Birds (Densmore)—Robins, Rosamond Lockwood, Virginia Wight-man, Clarice Palmer, Madeleine Philips; Blue Jay—Emily Perkms.
7.	Forest Bouquet—(a) Dance of the Shamrock, Mildred Frye Cook, Grace Simmons; (b) Tulips (Delibes), Betty Pope, Polly Godfrey, Clarice Palmer, Virginia Wightman, Betty Sargent,
Mary Morse; (c) Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Gounod), Mianne Palfrey;
(d) White Violet (Catalini), Harriet Blake; (e) Dandelion (Waldteufel), Leslie Blake; (f) Pansies (Halevy), Head Pansy, Elizabeth Redmond, Frances Holmes, Marjorie Estabrook, Harriet Richardson; (g) Rose Dance, M. S. S. (dance created at Denishawn), Marie-Louise Thomas.
8.	Wood Nymphs (Zeihrer)—(Dance created at Denishawn), Dana Sievling, Marion Murphy, Martha Dunder, Adele Balkan.
9.	Autumn Leaves (Delibes)—Constance Brewer, Nancy Hallowell, Cathryn Watson. Wind (Chopin)—Barbara West.
10.	Rainbow Rain (Staub)—Berthe and Francesca Braggiotti.
Part II (divertissement).
I. Spirit of the Ampico.
1.	Nocturne, Op. 9, No. 2 (Chopin)—Berthe Braggiotti (accompanied by the Ampico). (Created by Berthe Braggiotti.)
2.	Valse (Chopin)—Francesca Braggiotti (accompanied by the Ampico). (Created by Francesca Braggiotti.)
II.	Oriental Suite. Dances in this section created at
Denishawn.
1.	Nautch (Finden)—Mrs. Thomas Gray, Mrs. Lester Watson, Joyce Brenan, Elsie Doleman, Nancy Morison. Voices—Frances Burr Mitchell, Aimee Spurt.
2.	Tunisienne, M. S. S.—Isabel Thorndike.
3.	Marche Indienne (Sellenick)—George D’Angelo.
4.	Egyptian Slave (Friml)—Miriam Winslow.
Merle Alcock
America’s Greatest Concert Contralto Another Artist Pupil of
Herbert Witherspoon
to Sing at the
METROPOLITAN
General Manager Giulio Gatti-Casazza announced last week that Merle Alcock will be one of the new artists to be heard at the Metropolitan Opera House next season.
Important engagements filled by Merle Alcock this season include appearances with:
Handel and Haydn Society, Boston—Dream of Gerontius and Redemption Apollo Club, Chicago—Bach B Minor Mass
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Detroit—Mahler Second Symphony Cincinnati Festival, Cincinnati—Bach B Minor Mass
Photo by Edwin F. Townsend.
Mr. Witherspoon will teach at the Chicago Musical College, 626 South Michigan Boulevard, Chicago, this summer from June 25 to July 28, 1923.
Mr. Graham Reed and Mr. Walter Leary will teach at the Witherspoon Studios in New York until August 1.
MISS MINNIE LIPLICH, Secretary Telephone Schuyler 5889
THE HERBERT WITHERSPOON STUDIOS
44 West 86th Street, New York