May 31, 1923
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RICHARD BUHLIG.
Mr. Buhlig has had his headquarters in Los Angeles for the last several years. He has played extensively there and in other Far Western cities and has delivered series of lectures on the programs of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, with musical illustrations. Now he is sailing for Europe where he expects to stay for two years, making his headquarters in Berlin and Vienna. He will he accompanied by a few of his advanced pupils. During his stay he will play in recital with orchestra in various foreign countries and at the end of his European trip will return to resume concert work in America.
great favorite in New England territory on account of her Boston associations and having sung so much in Massachusetts and the surrounding States.
Gutman Presents Children’s Songs
Elizabeth Gutman, soprano, has been winning success in a program which she calls_ A Recital of Children’s Songs. Among the recent places in which she appeared are New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D. C. The recitals are done in costume, and the program is so varied that it is of interest both to the older and the younger children, and even those of kindergarten age thoroughly enjoy the songs. There is a group of modern songs, mostly about fairies, then there are some Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes, songs from Shakespeare’s plays, and, to end with, three songs by Sidney Homer, Harriet Ware and Mana Zucca. At these recitals Miss Gutman has the assistance of Ruth Gervais, pianist, who also is heard in several solos.
Salmond Engaged for Bar Harbor
Felix Salmond, the English cellist, will give the second recital of the series at the Budding of Arts, Bar Harbor, Me., on August 11. Mr. Salmond will remain in America throughout the summer, having taken a cottage at New Canaan, Conn., to which he recently moved with his family.
MUSICAL COURIER
Matzenauer Cancels Passage to Europe to Sing for Veterans
Margaret Matzenauer, prima donna of the Metropolitan, has been so moved by the needs of the tubercular and disabled war veterans that she has cancelled her passage to Europe on the S. S. New Amsterdam on June 2 and booked to sad on the S. S. Berengaria on June S, in order that she may appear at the first of three all-star music festivals at Carnegie Hall, Sunday evening, June 3, for the benefit of the Veterans’ Mountain Camp in the Adirondacks. Mme. Matzenauer freely gave this generous and unprecedented cooperation despite the difficulty and expense of cancelling her sailing^ already booked and obtained accommodations on another ship leaving at a later date.
“I am always happy to serve in any way possible,” Mme. Matzenauer wrote Dr. Samuel Lloyd, president of the Veterans’ Mountain Camp, in reply to his plea that she sing at this concert, “for the brave boys who risked their lives and lost their health fighting for us. The most amazing thing to me is that some of us have so soon forgotten the debt we owe to the ex-soldiers who have escaped with their lives, it is true, but who are handicapped in their struggle for existence in this prosperous country of ours by gassed lungs, lack of arms and legs and broken health generally. I^am so glad our unfortunate‘buddies’ in the State of New York will soon have a home in the beautiful forests of the Adirondacks to regain their health and get a chance to ‘come back.’ ”
Mme. Matzenauer’s fine patriotic spirit is being emulated by other prominent artists, who have written Dr. Samuel Lloyd that they are making every effort to re-arrange their plans in order to contribute their art to the gala performance at Carnegie Hall on June 3.
The camp for the benefit of which this, and two other performances on June 10 and June 17 will be held, was established by the American Legion of New York State to provide a place for the treatment of tubercular ex-service men who are unable to attribute their disease directly to the service and for whom the Government made no provision. The camp is located in the Saranac Lake region. It was purchased by the Legion some months ago and has not been opened for the reception of patients because of insufficient funds for proper maintenance.
The three all-star performances scheduled during the month of June are the first steps taken by the Legion following the Legion Rally to raise $2,500,000 which will be an endowment fund to be used in operating the camp.
Eddy Brown Winning Success Abroad
After a successful tour of Sweden, Eddy Brown was heard in six concerts in Sofia, Bulgaria. He played in other cities in Bulgaria, and also was enthusiastically received in Constantinople. Following these engagements the violinist was scheduled to play in Serbia, Rumania and Hungary. Mr. Brown’s appearances in Europe have been so successful that he will remain abroad next season.
Gabrilowitsch to Extend Season Next Year
For next season Ossip Gabrilowitsch will extend his season beyond its usual limits, and make an extended visit to the Pacific Coast in April, where he has been booked by Behymer & Oppenheimer for California, and by Steers & Coman for the Northwest.
Sundelius to Sing in Portland, Me.
Next season, among many engagements already announced, Marie Sundelius will appear in recital at Portland, Me., on February 7, under the auspices of the Portland Music Commission. Incidentally, the Metropolitan soprano is a
prelude and finale from Tristan, and the Siegfried Idyll. As a conductor he scored a veritable triumph.
Amy Neill Plays
The American violinist, Amy Neill, appeared in an interesting program which her public thoroughly enjoyed. Mention should also be made of the concerts by the Roman cellist, Arturo Bonucci, whose tremendous virtuosity has resulted in his being referred to as the Paganini of the cello; and the interesting singer of songs, Ghita Lenart, whose concerts are always worth while.
Dolly Pattison.
Swift & Company’s Annual Competition
The third annual competition in music composition has just been announced by the Male Chorus of Swift & Company, Chicago. A prize of one hundred dollars ($100) will be given for the best musical setting of the poem, The Sea, by James McLeod.
Conditions attached to the contest require that the composer be a resident of the United States; the setting must be for a chorus of men’s voices, with piano accompaniment. Compositions should be kept within a reasonable vocal compass ; parts may be doubled at pleasure.
Each composition must bear a fictitious name and the composer must enclose with his composition a sealed envelope bearing upon the outside, the fictitious name and having inside his real name and address. Loose stamps should be enclosed for the return of MSS.
Compositions must be sent to the conductor of the chorus, D. A. Clippinger, 617-18 Kimball Building, Chicago, and must be in his hands on or before July 1, 1923. The award will be made August 1, 1923, by a jury composed of Walter Keller, Noble Cane and D. A. Clippinger.
The setting receiving the prizes becomes the property of the Swift & Company Male Chorus, and will be produced by that organization during the season 1923-1924. All others will be returned to their authors within thirty days.
The poem of which a musical setting is desired follows : THE SEA By James McLeod
Titan power’s slumber hours; sleeping, restless sea.
Fitful in tranquility, with dream-toss in thy roll.
Seems thou art a life apart—Mace of Majesty;
Showing e’en in silences the gleam of super-soul!
I love to watch thy moods and ways.
To thee the ages are as days!
Now wake, O Sea!
On all the main thy anthems rain! Rejoice with me in crashing chord! In melody
Exult refrain in spindrift strain! As light set free flash bright thy sword,
Trimphant Sea!
Come, shrieking gale! Let drenching flail of surges quake the strand! O' Sea of Time, thou art sublime—in tempest wild, or calm.
Enchanting Sea! Thou art to me, the Hollow of God’s Hand—
For biting wound is gently bound, and sealed with healing balm. Transcendent Sea!
Mightiness! Humility! Can’st smite—and yet caress.
Awful in engulfing wrath; Grim Master of Distress.
Raging in thy timber from roaring rumble deep Too muted notes unechoed. O Sea, lull me to sleep.
Purdon Robinson Sings Openshaw’s Ballad
Still more singers and eminent teachers voice their praise of Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses. The following letter speaks for itself:
I find Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses, by Openshaw, to be a most grateful song not only for the studio, where I am using it among my pupils, but also as a pleasing concert number. The melody is so spontaneous that it appeals to the most discriminating audiences. ________ (Signed) Purdon Robinson.
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The recent London Recital of
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forecasts a series of brilliant concerts for her tour in America
Season 1923-24.
The beginning and end of the recital were the purely romantic moments; these were Schubert and Chopin and through each of these Miss Good-son revealed how clear and complete is her understanding. After her treatment of the emotional currents in the Schumann “Fantasie” it came as a great relief to learn that she could see her Chopin with a single eye and a simple mind. Miss Good-son can go any length when intelligence and farsight are required, and the deep impression which she left ׳behind was that she was brilliantly versatile and not a little profound. These are qualities rarely found dwelling together in unity.
LONDON DAILY TELEGRAPH.
No London concert hall smaller than Queen’s Hall would have held the people that came to hear Katharine Goodson. They were rewarded by an evening of piano playing that compelled admiration^ Among a generation of pianists who compete in personal interpretations Miss Goodson is one of those who seek means of expression in the music itself. Nothing she did in a group of works by Schubert and Brahms was not implicit in the composer’s musical ideas; yet, contrary to fashion, her expression was always interesting. The first movement of Schumann’s “Fantasie” seemed broader and greater than usual, and more finely fashioned in its detail—so well did Miss Goodson act as its interpreter.
LONDON MORNING POST.
Miss Katharine Goodson’s recital at Queen’s Hall, last night, was one of the best she has given there. Her playing is distinguished by a velvety touch and a rich singing tone. There was poetry and tenderness in her playing of a couple of Schubert Impromptus, and an exceptional sense of design ׳I! u B/ahms Sr°up. Her readings have invariably the attribute of confidence. The listener feels that she has definite effects in view, and can realize them with certainty.
PALL MALL GAZETTE.
Steinway Piano.
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