MUSICAL COURIER
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May 24, 1923
He opened with Faulkes Festival Prelude, then the Air for the G String and the lively fugue in G major a la Gigue (Bach), and by way of contrast, the sedate Largo (Handel). Debussy was represented by Beau Soir; Frank H. Warner, well known local musician, contributed Sea Sketch (manuscript, and a very lovely piece of work) ; Bonnet’s Variations de Concert gave full scope for display of the organ. Mendelssohn’s ever popular Spring Song embodies the essence of spring. Mr. Baldwin closed his program with the fifth symphony of Widor.
The 900th recital was given Sunday, May 20.
The Misses Hoyt Matinee Musicale.
The annual matinee musicale, given in costume by Frances and Grace Hoyt, took place at the Morosco Theater, May 10. Frequenters of the Hoyt affairs know what unique entertainments they give, and that of this year fairly excelled those of the past. Subdivisions of the program, performed by each or together with Claire Rivers Moody at the piano, consisted of Three Folk Songs of Portugal; Songs of the East, Tableaux Chantants, Songs of Italy, Songs of the Past, Two Songs of Vermont and Two Songs of New York, all of these containing either sentiment or humor. The background of heavy velvet curtain, the living pictures and the always appropriate costumes (changed with lightning rapidity), all proved as effective as of yore. They sing better than ever, and in such skits as the Music Lesson, On Springfield Mountain and She’s a Singer But a Lady (costume of 1890), Frances is especially fine. A large audience attended and the entire affair registered another success for these capable interpreters.
Music at Free Public Lectures.
A musical program was given at each of the lectures under the auspices of the Bureau of Public Lectures, Ernest L. Crandall director, in various high schools and other centers, from May 16 to May 26. Those in charge _ of the musical programs at these lectures were Grace Weiss-gerber, Louise Lancaster, Frederick M. Tracy, Josephine Wiethan, Maria Paz Gainsborg and Sally Hamlin.
Lutheran Mission Presents Marie Sundelius.
Mrs. Ernest F. Eilert, president of the Women’s Auxiliary of the Lutheran Inner Mission Society of New York, with her board, presented Marie Sundelius in a program principally of modern songs and arias, Fillmore W. Oilman at the piano, in the Great Hall, City College, May 15. The singing of the soprano was hugely enjoyed as was the playing of Mr. Ohman, and President Dr. A. Steimle and Treasurer F. Bohlig must have received a substantial addition to their funds through this well planned and successful affair.
Musical Poster Programs and Winners.
The annual luncheon and exhibit of the New York School of Applied Design for Women took place in the school’s beautiful building May 15-21, and a noteworthy feature was the exhibit in the large ground floor room, which included musical posters. Marjorie Wheeler was awarded first prize, her musical poster design, in beautifully brilliant colors, attracting universal attention. An Egyptian figure, lyre and hieroglyphics formed the motive of her poster, and in the same room were other posters of her designing. Katherine Peters won second prize with a poster based on peacocks. This was the thirty-first annual exhibit of this splendid institution, founded 1892 by Mrs. Dunlap Hopkins, who gave a short talk on this occasion.
Hart-Hubbard Musicale.
May 11, Miss Hart and Edith Louisa Hubbard gave a studio musicale, the following composers taking part: Elena Sherman, Louis Edgar Johns, Gustav Becker and Robert Samuel Flagler. Beside Miss Hubbard, Bertha Richards, soprano, and Flora Van Westen, contralto, assisted.
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Executives of National Association of Organists Meet.
Present, on May 11, at the N. A. O. headquarters executive committee meeting were McAll (chairman), Nevin (secretary), Doane (treasurer), Weston, Adams, Farnam, Sammond, Macrum, Riesberg, Keator and Whittemore, when the secretary reported a membership of nearly one thousand. A letter from Dr. Alexander Russell anent the week of music in Wanamaker auditorium was read, stating that the official programs under the auspices• of the N. A. O. were distributed to fourteen thousand people by mail and including those in the hall; there were comments on the affairs in a dozen New York papers, and Leaflets relating to the association were distributed at every affair. Mutual thanks both to the association and Dr. Russell were exchanged, with the wish that next year might be even more successful.
Convention matters in Rochester, August 28-31, were discussed and progress made. Messrs. Noble and McAll were authorized to visit Rochester, May 19, and there collaborate with local N. A. O. representatives. Recitalists so far scheduled for this convention are Dr. Healy Wilan (Toronto), T. Tertius Noble (New York), Harold Gleason (Rochester), and S. Wesley Sears (Philadelphia). A delegation of four members was named to attend Professor Baldwin’s 900th public recital at City College May 20, these being Messrs. Farnam, Nevins, Macrum and Riesberg. Treasurer Doane goes to Los Angeles in June to spend the summer, so F. W. Riesberg was appointed acting treasurer. All bills were reported paid with a balance of $1,670.34.
Swedish Joint Recital.
A large audience, composed mostly of Swedish-Amer-icans assembled at Carnegie Chamber Music Hall, May 13, to listen to an interesting recital given by Josef Toft, violinist, Erik Leidzen, composer-pianist, and Lillian Gustaf-sen, soprano, under the auspices of the St. Eric Society. The artists selected for the occasion showed themselves truly artistic, and, in ensemble, a fine blending of tone, and the right spirit of interpretation and expression. Messrs. Toft and Leidzen gave Grieg’s sonata in F major; Miss Gustafsen sang three songs in Swedish, also by Handel, Palmgren and Petersen-Berger; Mr. Leidzen played two piano compositions of his own, all fine descriptive tone pictures. Mr. Toft rendered Schubert’s Ave Maria (for violin by Wilhelm) very effectively, also Rimsky-Korsa-koff’s characteristic Chanson Arabe (Ivreisler), Dutch Song (manuscript, Kriens), and Schon Rosmarin (Kreisler). He roused his audience to enthusiasm and gave as encore Gluck’s Andante.
Miss Gustafsen very beautifully sang Lieurance’s By the Waters of Minnetonka, Brewer’s Fairy Pipers, Kriens’ Vision, and Thrane’s Norwegian Echo Song, and, as encore, a Swedish folksong arranged by Lambert. Her voice is responsive to the requirements of all her songs. Mr. Toft gave the final number, Aulin’s Berceuse, and Polska; Bach’s Air on the G String, and Romance by Leidzen.
Fraternal Association of Musicians Meets.
At the seventh monthly meeting of the Fraternal Association of Musicians, April 24, at the Ethical Culture Hall, a large audience had the pleasure of hearing a varied and unusual program. Irene Shirley, with the assistance of the skillful accompanist, May Fine, sang numbers by Dvorak, Dr. Arne, Reinhold, Becker, Johann Strauss, and Ah fors e lui (Traviata), revealing by a fine soprano the training received from her instructor, Mme. Sembrich. Miguel Castellanos, pianist, presented one of his advanced students, Louise Girard, who convinced by her brilliant rendition of the Castellanos arrangement of Delibes’ Pizzicati, difficult numbers by Liszt, Karganoff and Moszkowski, that she was justified in making a public appearance. An unusual feature of the evening was the playing of the Spies Quartet, which consists of guitar, zither, first and second mandolin. This quartet music, led by Theo Spies, zither virtuoso, sounded like fairy-like arabesque, in contrast to the fullness of grand piano and voice.
George E. Shea, president, directed the concert. Mrs David Graham was reception chairman, and Mrs. E. Bronx Southwick the chairman of press.
Women’s Philharmonic Society Musical Tea.
A musical tea was given for the Women’s Philharmonic Society, Leila Cannes president, by Mrs. Edmund Bronx Southwick, May 5, in honor of its twenty-fifth season, and was musically and artistically a great success. The following •artists kindly entertained the guests: Ethel Grow, soprano, who sang Forever and a Day (Mack), There Is No Friend Like an Old Friend (manuscript, Cathcart), Noon and Night (Hawley), and Banjo Song (Homer) ; Lillian Croxton, soprano, who sang Rain (Curran), and The Wren; Georgia MacMullen. soprano, who gave Verge-bliches Standchen (Brahms), Der Lindenbaum (Schubert), and Le Moulin (Pierne) ; Alice Bergen, soprano, offering Over the Way (Marshall), The Bloom Is on the Rye (Bishop), and In the Time of Roses (Reichardt) ; John A. Carpenter, tenor, who contributed a fine interpretation of Handel’s Where E’er You Walk. Jane Cathcart, pianist, played Beethoven’s Country Dance, Mason’s Silver Spring, and Grieg’s Pappillon. The rooms were crowded with people who showed their appreciation of the artists by hearty recalls. Mrs. Kate Roberts is chairman of press.
Boice Pupils and Plans.
Susan S. Boice plans a summer session for voice, with special regard to the needs of out-of-town students and teachers; she will have special French and Italian classes during the period by native teachers. Porter F. At Lee, baritone, sole product of the Boice studios, sang during Music Week in White Plains, and in a notice of a concert given in St. Bartholomew’s Parish House of that city a local paper said as follows: “His voice is of the rich, vibrant quality, powerful and properly placed. His singing of the Prologue (Pagliacci) was a wonderful piece of work, and his art in songs of lighter vein was of the highest.”
Baldwin’s “Spring” Recital.
Spring came to City College on Sunday, May 13, when Prof. Samuel A. Baldwin, organist, searched through his library, and played all the spring-like numbers he could find.
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