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June 28, 1923
MUSICAL COURIER
LATE SEASON BERLIN CONCERTS
Berlin Tonkünstler Verein.
Another new string quartet by the Berlin composer, Carl Ehrenberg, most excellently performed by the new Deman String Quartet, was offered in the last concert of the Berlin Tonkünstler Verein. Ehrenberg, who is a conductor at the Berlin Opera, had a respectable artistic—if not operatic— success when his opera Anneliese was performed at the Düsseldorf Festival last summer. His new quartet will appeal to a serious-minded audience by its unusual musi-cianly qualities. Especially the slow movement is a very impressive and beautiful piece of a hymnic character, reminding one of Beethoven’s last quartets. The composition does not attempt to outdo the efforts of the younger generation as regards the craving for modern effects. It takes its position between Brahms and Reger, without becoming unduly dependent on these masters. As a noble composition of high artistic ideals and adequate technical power it deserves to be esteemed. A number of Reger compositions and some tiresome new songs by Kurt von Wolfurt completed the program.	H. L.
Elisabeth Schumann.
Elisabeth Schumann, known in America only as an exponent of Strauss, came to Berlin to give us a few samples of her delicious stage art in roles like Zerlina, Blondine, and Sophie in the Rosenkavalier. And incidentally she gave a song recital in which she proved herself to be a fully matured and perfectly cultivated lyricist, especially in songs of the lighter, lilting character, such as Schubert’s, Des Fischer’s Liebesglück, Der Schmetterling and Liebesbot-schaft. Her Schubert evening was a pure delight from beginning to end, and the capacity audience demanded half the numbers over again. Technically, Mme. Schumann is about as perfect as one can be and the bright, brilliant timbre of her voice suits the character of the songs she choose to a “T.” She was ably and discreetly accompanied by Robert Kahn, the German brother of Otto H. Kahn
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Erna Cavelle’s Many Appearances
Erna Cavelle, soprano, who has made her home during the past few months at Atlantic City, N. J., where she has become very popular, appeared at a large number of con-certs during the month of June at this renowned resort.
She appeared in conjunction with Phillip Gordon at three concerts there—on June 8, at Hotel Ambassador; June 9 at Chalfonte-Haddon Hall, and June 13, at Hotel Morton! Prior to this she was heard at the Million Dollar Pier, at Atlantic City Sanitorium, formal reception at the home ot Dr. H. W Carrington, Hotel Ambassador, Vernon Room of Haddon Hall, Ventnor Casino, Hotel Morton, formal reception at home of D. Frankie, Hotel Breakers, etc.
The Ventnor News says: “Miss Cavelle’s singing was characterized by the broad range of her mezzo-soprano voice, ohe is more than a vocalist. She is a woman singing with heart, soul and personality.”
Mme. Hatayeva Makes American Debut
An after-season recital was given by the Russian singer, Euphalie Hatayeva, at the Town Hall on the evening ot May 31. Mme. Hatayeva began with two groups of Moussorgskys songs, almost unknown here, and followed them with two groups of songs of olden times sung Tn t rench, Hebrew, Italian and Russian. She was well received, the Times saying that “she showed sympathetic un-clerstanding■ of songs and a very dramatic gift of presenting them. Pitts Sanborn, in the Globe, said: “She delivered them with engaging variety of expression and color throughout the recital and showed herself a lyric interpreter of insight and charm; possessed of a light and agreeable voice ” It was Mme. Hatayeva’s first appearance in America. She will remain here next winter under the Hurok management.
Ernest Toy and Mrs. Toy Inspire Musical Club
The Australian violinist, Ernest Toy, together with Mrs. 1 oy, his accompanist and contralto singer, recently gave a recital in Centralia, 111. Although .the audience was not large, the enthusiasm was very keen and their appearance was the means of setting into action a few who were very desirous of forming a musical club.* That same week their officers were elected and preparations made for a special musical column run in one of the daily papers there. To be such an inspiration is most gratifying to these artists and tney are looking forward to their re-engagement there in the l V , Lre,cent aPPearances of the Toys have been with the Guild of the Tabernacle of the St. Thomas the Apostle Church, and a private musical at the home of Charles Norman Granville, in Chicago.
Estelle Liebling a Successful Teacher
Estelle Liebling has always succeeded in displaying her thorough musicianship to any audience before which she has appeared and is now proving her ability as a teacher ot others. Miss Liebling has so capably interpreted her own gifts that two of her artist pupils have been accepted by the Metropolitan Opera Company and will be heard in important roles during the coming season.
won second place in competition with seventy-one winners from high schools all over the State. James Bush won first honors in the cello contest and Helen Collins second in the violin contest, both H. H. Ryan’s pupils. The High School Orchestra ran away with the honors in its contest.
William Walter Perry presented the following advanced pupils in piano recital, at Carnegie Library, May 19: Margaret lnsull, Anna Mae Hall, Janice Snider, Dorothea Abbott, Grace Connelly, Katherine Burnett and Elizabeth Nilsson.
Two of John Knowles Weaver’s pupils received Mus. B. degrees this month at the university. Marie Wall, pianist, gave her recital assisted by Helen D. Jackson, contralto, and Jeanette Gallmann appeared later assisted by Ruth Gordon, soprano. After fourteen years at Tulsa University Mr. Weaver has resigned as head of the piano department and will teach in his own studio hereafter.
Harry Jacob Spindler presented thirteen advanced pupils in piano recital in Carnegie Library. Mr. Spindler’s pupils always give a finished performance.
The grand opera, Xerxes, received three performances in Convention Hall, beginning May 22, under the auspices of the Hyechka Club. Master composers of the ages have been called upon to provide the setting for the dramatic story _ of Xerxes, known in the Bible as Ahaseurus. The compilation of music and the entire libretto are the work of William Dodd Chenery of Springfield, 111., and the opera was prepared and staged under his personal direction. The splendid scenery and gorgeous costumes lent realism to every scene. Mrs. H. J. Mugge took the part of Queen Esther. Never has her lovely, high coloratura voice been heard to better advantage. _ She was a delight to the eye as well as to the ear. Sylvia Latz’ fine mezzo voice was well fitted to the part of Zeresh. Her dramatic interpretation of the role showed real histrionic ability. John Harrison, baritone played the part of Xerxes very acceptably and June Collier another young baritone, made much of the role of Haman.
r u- •j MitcbeI1 found ample opportunity to make the most of his dramatic tenor voice in the part of Mordecai. The baritone part of Hegal was sung by Max Wehnert who had one big solo. Two tenors who did good work were Edwin C. Forsythe, in the part of the Herald, and C. C. 1 oonery, m the role of Harbona. Billy Thompson’s baritone voice was heard to advantage in the music allotted the Scribe of the Temple. Mrs. W. P. Z. German sang the part oi Vashti. Her solo, Oh! for the Wings of a Dove, was especially pleasing. In duets, trios, and quartets, Mrs. T. R. McFarland and Mrs. J. Ray Stebbins, sopranos, and Mrs. S. N. Potts and Mrs. W. L. Sullivan, contraltos, did some hne ensemble work. Isola Lightfoot, soprano, made an appealing Messenger Angel and sang with artistry. The cymbal and flame dancers—all members of the Gamma Delta sorority—led by Riah Fagen, and the garland dancers, mem-°?Is . °.f ™e h.’gh school physical culture classes led by Virginia Huggins, added much to the beauty of the produc-tion _A group of boys from the Holy Family School were the kings attendants and standard bearers. One of the most enjoyed features was the grand drill by the Alpha patrol of the William Ewing chapter, Order of DeMolay for boys. The chorus, composed of children from the grade schools Holy Family School and the Sacred Heart School, sang the Soldiers’ Chorus from Faust, with appropriate text, in a rousing manner. The orchestra deserves unstinted praise ■or the excellence of its playing. Mrs. LeGron was at tne piano.
Mrs. Walter L. Cain sailed for France June 2. She will study at the conservatory at Fontainebleu for three months returning home in time to reopen her piano studio the latter part of September.
. Mrs' H-.J• Mugge, one of Tulsa’s most loved and admired singers, will leave for Los Angeles, Cal., the latter part of June where she will make her home. Mrs. Mugge is a member of the_ Hyechka Club, a charter member of the
T,e?che!־s of ™sa and a charter member ot the Wednesday Morning Musicale.
At the last meeting of the Associated Music Teachers of l.ulsa, Ida Gardner was elected president, Adolph Kramer vice-president; Eulalie Parks, secretary, and Esther Hand-ley. treasurer.
. Jani.ce Snici?r■ pupil of William Walter Perrv. appeared m a piano recital on May 26 at Tulsa Public Library The ״,e:״J°ve" Sonata• °P■ 57, was followed by Chopin. Liszt, and MacDowell numbers. The Grieg concerto in A minor was given an excellent rendition with Mr. Perrv at the second piano.	3
Ah °4 Rr■ Pc,rry’S pup״s anoeare(i May 19 assisted *l #*	׳ JT E• Peacock soprano. Those particioating were
Margaret lnsull. Dorothea Abbott, Elizabeth Nilsson. Grace
Snider Kathryn Burne״> Ar>na Mae Hall and Janice
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Waterville. Me, June 8,-Floyd T. Mclntire, president of the combined musical clubs of Colby College, has announced that the new officers for 1923-24 have been elected as follows: President. George M. Davis ’24, Nashua N H •
CCrBra^'halTn׳e^HRbTf ’25’ Yal] Buren : mana*er, Theodore MerriMM urn B?'fast,: Leader of £Iee club. Bert L. Hehlrt • l24h War Ii!,״e:LIeader of niandolin club. Lionel Hebert, leader of the orchestra, Lee T. Nichols 25׳ Water-
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Trevisan Pupils Winning Foreign Prais«
Recent communications from foreign lands tell of
coarhSSV?/t״?iT׳r °* that PIpminent vocal instructor hnf * ■ Trevisan of Chicago. Helen Wait, soprt has been singing in South America and winning high pr; m opera there She has sung in The Barber, Rigoletto Sonnambula. The Masked Ball, Fra Diavolo m Bue
ffi Perle” and BoWhemTng Mo״tevideo L™a■ ^ca,
From Casale, Italy, Signor Trevisan has received ni of the great success of another pupil. Gaetano Vivi baritone, at Alessandria and Casale in Pagliacci.
Josef Konecny Finishes Busy Season
Kooecny, violinist, has just finished his busy se; hrniwbt V3 ״i SePtembe!• an<5 totalled 135 concerts, y Mow	c ear ac£oss the continent from coast to c
r•, ^cny has. sons to Northern Wisconsin, his annual fishing, camping and canoeing trip in the N<
rn lakes and forest, where he will also enjoy the wondi harmrmv ״f L;״!״	j ״״״,.״ * y c wonQ<
ACROSS THE COUNTRY
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brought here this season. There was a matinee performance for scnool children and music students with Carolina Lazzari, contralto, as soloist, and a splendid program at Convention Hall the same evening with Rudolph Ganz as soloist. Mr. Uanz filled the double role of conductor and soloist brilliantly, playing Liszt’s concerto, No. 1, in E flat, and the Second Hungarian Rhapsody.
Mr. Carson announces the following artists for the season 1923-24: Rosa Ponselle, dramatic soprano; Tamaki Miura and a company of seventy-two (including chorus and orchestra) in Madam Butterfly; Sigrid Onegin, contralto; Ruth St. Denis with Ted Shawn and tne Denishawn Dancers; Toscha Seidel, violinist, and Josef Hofmann, pianist.
The Sunday afternoon concerts given by the American Guild of Organists, sponsored by the Eastern Oklahoma Chapter, have been most successful from an artistic standpoint and have drawn large audiences. John Knowles Weaver gave the first one at Tulsa University assisted by Corinne Baker, soprano, and Mrs. G. Garbedian, violinist. Mrs. Ernest E. Clulow gave the second assisted by the Boston Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church quartet—Dorinda Bruce, soprano; Nettie J. Huggins, contralto; Edwin C. Forsythe, tenor, and Marshall Eakin, bass; Mrs. J. T. Forster, violinist, and Frederick Warner, cellist. Esther Handley was assisted in the next recital by Ruth Gordon, soprano, and the Laughton Orchestra. Mrs. A. W. Hine, for the fourth recital, presented the full Episcopal Church choir in the cantata, Christ Triumphant, which was composed by Mrs. Hine. The soloists were Mrs. E. H. Balch, soprano; Mrs. S. N. Potts, contralto; Roy Harrison, tenor, and R. E. Howe, baritone. Imogine Bierly played the fifth program assisted by Mrs. H. J. Mugge; soprano, and Mrs. C. C. Covey, violinist. Marie Gardner Swift gave the sixth of the series assisted by Helen Yates Scott, soprano. Caroline Dunn closed the season with Mynn Cogswell, violinist; Eulalie Parks, pianist, and Albert Lukin, baritone, as assistants.
The Tulsa Little Symphony Orchestra presented an interesting program in the Central High School auditorium, recently, under the direction of W. K. Hawkinson, a former member of the Minneapolis Symphony, Rachel Watson Shaffer, soprano, was the soloist.
The Wednesday Morning Musicale is sponsoring a series of recitals in connection with the Duo-Art. The first artists to appear were Eleanor Shaw, pianist, and Fred' Sheffield Child, tenor. The first part of the program was given in costumes of 1882 and music of that time was played and sung. The second part was supposed to be fifty years later with music characteristic of that period. The third part of the program was devoted to music of the present day with modern dress.
Mrs. C. G. Spindler recently presented Dorothy Renfru in piano recital assisted by Ora DeShane, soprano, pupil of Mrs. H. J. Mugge. Both of these young musicians show much talent and careful training.
The Seven Arts Club had its first open meeting at the Tulsa University auditorium. The first part of the program consisted of musical numbers given by Miss Moelenbrock and Sylvia Latz, contraltos; Mrs. Lapp, violinist; Albert Luken, baritone; Ted Warner, cellist, and David Aaronson. pianist. The second part was a one act play, The Open Door, by Sutro, with Caroline Smith Heid and R. M. Dickinson in the principal roles.
The Associated Music Teachers of Tulsa met with the former president, Josephine Storey-White, recently. Mrs. William H. Crowdder, state chairman of Junior Club work, read a report of the Missouri Federation convention which she had attended. Esther Handley, the Association’s delegate to the Oklahoma Federation convention, at Shawnee, gave a very comprehensive report. Of special interest to the Association was the mention of the splendid work done by pupils of teachers in the Association. Kenneth Pass-more, piano pupil of John Knowles Weaver, won first place in the Junior Young Artists’ contest and Katherine Burnett, of Sapulpa, pupil of William Walter Perry, won second place.
A program of much interest was given at the Tulsa Jewish Institute by Cantor M. Levine. His dramatic tenor voice was heard to advantage in old folk songs and sacred music.
The perennially popular cantata. The Rose Maiden, by Cowen, was presented by the combined glee clubs of Tulsa University assisted by the soloists and chorus choir of the First Presbyterian Church under the direction of Albert Luken, head of the music department at the university.
Ida Gardner presented twenty young pupils at the Library. Miss Gardner’s ■ special class for teachers in the Dunning System began June 4.
The junior pupils of Eulalie Parks were heard in piano recital at the Library, May 12.
. The Tulsa High School is very proud of its achievements in the inter-scholastic contest at the State university, at Norman, recently. Kenneth Passmore, youthful pianist,
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