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SUMMER DIRECTORY
A
Allen, Mary............................................Milan, Italy
B
Bloch, Alexander................................Lake Placid, N. Y.
Bori, Lucrezia..................................Barcelona and Italy
c
Cahier, Mme. Charles.............................................Europe
Carrera, Olga......................................South America
Clemens, Clara...............................................California
Crimi, Giulio..........................................־..Rome, Italy
Crooks, Richard....................Villa Park, Monmouth Co., N. J.
D
Danise, Giuseppe...................................Ravinia	Park,	111.
David, Annie Louise....................................San	Francisco
Le Luca, Giuseppe...,..............................................Rome
Dilling, Mildred.................................................France
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Easton, Florence...................................Ravinia	Park,	111.
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Ferguson, Bernard..................................Cincinnati, Ohio
Foster, Frances..................................................Europe
G
Guider, Cecelia................................................  Europe
H
Heifetz, Jascha..................................................Europe
K
Kellogg, Lucille...........................................Rome,	Italy
Kingston, Morgan................................Ravinia Park, 111.
Knoch, Ernest......................................Munich, Bavaria
Kjeuns, Vada Dilling...............................Lumberville, Pa.
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Lauri Volpe, Giacomo...............................Ravinia	Park,	111.
Leginska, Ethel..........................................London,	Eng.
Lucchese, Josephine................................Ravinia Park, 111.
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McCormack, John.................................................England
Meader, George.................................................  Europe
Miura, Tamaki....................................................Europe
Morrison, Gladice...............................Lake Placid, N. Y.
Muzio, Claudia..................................Buenos Aires, S. A.
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Novello, Marie...........................................London,	Eng.
o
O'rnstein, Leo..................................Lake Orion, Mich.
P
Pareto, Graziella...............................Ravinia Park, 111.
Potter, Howard.........................................Chicago, 111.
R
Raisa, Rosa.......................................................Italy
Rethberg, Elizabeth................................Ravinia Park,	111.
Rimini, Giacomo................................................   Italy
Rogers, Francis..........Shinnecock Hills, L. I., and New York City
Rosati, Enrico.....................................Lake Orin, Mich.
s
Schipa, Tito.......................................Ravinia Park,	111.
Schwarz, Josef..................................Italy and the Orient
Scott, John Prindle...............................MacDonough, N.	Y.
Southwick, Frederick................................Minneapolis,	Minn.
Spiering, Theodore...............................................Berlin
Stuart, Francis....................................Los Angeles, Cal.
Sylva, Marguerite................................................Europe
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Telva, Marion......................................Ravinia Park,	111.
Tokatyan, Armand...................................Ravinia Park,	111.
White, Roderick........................................Paris, France
The Cincinnati Conservatory Magazine
Sharps and Flats is the name of the handsome and interesting quarterly publication issued by the students of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, and the May issue is on a par with the numbers that have gone before. Essays, news reports, verse, humorous matter, and well made illustrations furnish proof that journalistic talent seems to be combined with musical ability at the C. C. of M.
Hofmann Sails
Josef Hofmann sailed for Europe on May 26 and will be heard in London shortly. He returns in October for a tour which will last until the middle of January, after which Mr. Hofmann will return to Europe for a long series of concerts.
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DR. J. FRED WOLLE CONDUCTS
EIGHTEENTH BACH FESTIVAL
St. John Passion and B Minor Mass Given Before Audiences Which Represent Almost Every State in the Union—Soloists Include Mildred Faas, Emily Stokes Hagar, Mabelle Addison, Mabel Beddoe, Nicholas Douty, Fred
Patton and Charles Trowbridge Tittmann
ihg of Mabelle Addison, who immediately _ won the hearts of her hearers with her voice of mellow richness throughout its entire range. In everything she sang she revealed a thorough understanding of the Bach tradition. In the Laudamus Te, witji violin solo parts, her colorful voice was heard to particular advantage; the technical difficulties of this number were easily overcome by the contralto. The Yui Sedes gave her an opportunity to display her dramatic abilities. It was indeed a triumph which Miss Addison scored at this festival. Her singing of the Angus Dei was voted one of the finest solos of the Mass.
Miss Faas and Mr. Douty did some especially fine singing in the duet for soprano and tenor, Domine Deus. Miss Faas possesses a well trained and flexible soprano voice and she has a variety of vocal nuances at her command. She scored a well deserved success. Mr. Patton duplicated the fine work he had done in the St. John Passion and his art is now more admired than ever in Bethlehem.
A word of praise should also be given to T. Edgar Shields for the artistry he displayed at the organ and to the choir of trombones for its share in the success of the festival.
The attendance this year is said to be the largest in the history of the Bach Festivals.	K. D.
Bertha Malkin and the Automobile
That an automobile mishap does not always cause unpleasant consequences is proven by an incident in which Bertha Malkin became a well known singer.
Some four or five years ago a world-famous musician motoring through Grünewald was compelled by a blow-out
BERTHA MALKIN,
In Ariadne (Gluck)
to stop his car, when suddenly he heard a beautiful voice floating through the air. Surprised to hear a soprano of such unusual beauty, and forgetting his tire trouble, he sought the possessor, a charming young lady picking flowers, and none other than Bertha Malkin.
After ardent persuasion he induced the young lady to study singing, and now she is creating a sensation in Berlin, which fact is attested by press notices. In view of her success it seems only a question of time before she will visit America.
Berlin papers of recent date are full of praise for her singing and acting in such operas as The Czar’s Bride, etc. The Tageblatt says she was “splendid in the role”; the Borsen-Courier states “She deserves the crown, for her magically beautiful, sweet and deeply expressive tones contain also style and character”; the Morgenpost mentions her “extraordinary pure cantilena”; the Russische Zeitung speaks of “her unusual dramatic talent, with soulful, stirring characterization.” No less an authority than Conductor Furtwängler recommends her as “gifted with a voice of most unusual beauty, combined with personal and artistic gifts.”
Anna Case at Carnegie
Anna Case will sing at Carnegie Hall this evening (June 7), before the convention of the National Electr*': Light Association delegates who will meet in New York at that time. Miss Case gave a musicale last Saturday at the home of Judge Elbert H. Gary.
Giannini Honored by Philharmonic Society
Dusolina Giannini enjoys the distinction of being one of the only two vocalists who will appear as soloist with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra next season at the Academy of Music, Brooklyn, on March 2.
Bethlehem, Pa., May 28.—Many festivals are held in the United States each year, but perhaps the Bach Festival in Bethlehem, Pa., draws the greatest number of people from all parts of the country. One of the reasons for this may be that such music is not offered elsewhere, and another may be that the choir has been called the best in the United States. Dr. J. Fred Wolle is the man who has made Bethlehem musically famous, for in 1882, when a youth of nineteen, he formed the Bethlehem Choral Union. This organization began the Bach movement and later became the Bach Choir.
The eighteenth Bach Festival, held in the Packer Memorial Church, Lehigh University, on Friday and Saturday, May 25 and 26, again drew music lovers from almost every State in the Union. There is no question but that this is an ideal place for such a festival, with its attractive green lawns and its atmosphere of learning. Those who attended the concerts appreciated to the utmost the painstaking work of the choir and its devoted leader, Dr. Wolle, not to menuon the soloists and instrumentalists.
The festival was opened as usual by the call of the Trombone Choir, following which the audience gathered in and around the church. The St. John Passion was given on Friday afternoon and evening, and as interpreted by Dr. Wolle, his choir of 250, an orchestra of fifty members of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and soloists of the first rank, it gave the keenest musical delight to the large audiences. Many of the singers in the choir have been rehearsing with Dr. Wolle for years, and therefore it is not surprising that they have absorbed the true Bach spirit and reverence for the work of the master. As is well known, Dr. Wolle has devoted many years of his life to the study of Bach, and his interpretations of that composer’s works are now inspired. He and his choir are in perfect accord, the singers responding readily to his baton, and his range of dynamics and varied nuances command admiration. The remarkable results achieved are even more remarkable when one considers the fact that Dr. Wolle had. been ill for a month, and was compelled to direct the performances seated in a chair.
The soloists in the Passion Music all were splendid, for each of them sang his or her lines with the true Bach spirit. The majority of the solo work was done by Nicholas Douty, that dependable artist who has sung at every one of the Bach Festivals. It was the consensus of opinion that the tenor never was in better voice and never in the history of the festival had he sung his Bach with greater artistry—a truly fine compliment for Mr. Douty.
Emily Stokes Hagar won an individual triumph at the afternoon performance for her splendid rendition of I Follow Thee Also. Mrs. Hagar possesses an exceptionally beautiful voice and she uses it at all times with intelligence. The soprano also has personality and her diction is impeccable.
Charles Trowbridge Tittmann was not found wanting when it came to the singing of the bass parts. Mr. Tittmann is a great admirer of Bach, and his interpretations of the master’s music are sympathetic. His is a rich voice of luscious quality, and he has excellent poise and a fine stage presence. Fred Patton, baritone, also was a soloist in the Passion music. Whatever role this sterling artist undertakes, it is a foregone conclusion that he will make a success of it. He is a very versatile artist, and is capable of interpreting with the finest artistry music calling for the most delicate or the most tragic emotions. His singing of the aria Haste, Haste, was especially commendable. Mabel Beddoe also did fine work in the Passion music, but it was in the Strike, Oh Strike, Long Looked for Hour that she won her greatest success, singing it with such feeling that several in the audience were moved to tears. Incidental solos in the St. John Passion were sung by Geneva Morgan, H. T. Vannatta, Ann Sharer, Howard J. Wiegner and C. Earl Nonne-macher. At the afternoon performance the orchestra gave a musicianly reading to the second movement of the Second Brandenburg Concerto.
The B Minor Mass.
On Saturday afternoon at 1 :30 and 4 p. m. the Bach Mass in B minor was given. All the participants entered into the work whole heartedly, with the result that this rendition was probably the best given by the Bach Choir. The soloists were Mildred Faas, soprano; Mabelle Addison, contralto; Nicholas Douty, tenor, and Fred Patton, bass.
One of the high lights of the performance was the sing-
Florcnce
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PARIS BERLIN VIENNA LONDON
Few women know how to display such manifold intensities of feeling.—Le Menestral, Paris.
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