The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-17

Last week 1 picked up a copy of 1.-THE
Musical Leader and Concert Goer," which,
as we all know is the best musical paper
In the west, and charming little resume
of recital given by Mr.. Walter Allen
Suits and our (Which l say with great
pride) Mrs. Truman Herbert Aldrich, Jr.,
caught my eye. 1t is so well worth quot
Ing that l am going to use 1t as little
preamble to my own story, as it prompt
ed me at once to make a call upon Mrs.
Aldrich and ask her to tell me about
her summer and the progress she made in
her work.
The critique Of The Musical Leader
and Concert Goer." who by the way is
the renowned Mrs. Fischer, whose seal of
approval Is greatly sought by musicians
everywhere, says:
WALTER ALLEN STULTS GIVES
SUCCESSFUL RECITAL.
An interesting recital was given under
the auspices of the School of Music of
the Northwestern university on Friday
evening last by Walker Allen Stults, a
young basso who has come prominently
to the fore in the past season. Mr.. Stults
is gifted vocally with basso cantante of
good range and quality, which has been
thoroughly schooled. To this Is added a
sion of the eternal fitness of things along
interpretative lines, which makes his work
of decided value A well arranged pro-
gramme was offered, including THE Re-
factory Monk" Homer's THE Pauper' 8
Drive" the old Jacobite song. Down
Among the Dead Men, and one of Kor-
bays. which is seldom sung. Mention in
especial must be made of Hahn's ex-
Quisite Hour of Dreaming "a true in
spiration), and Debussy's 'rMandoline."
The last named is intensely difficult, but
as sung by Mr.. Suits and accompanied
by Mrs. Aldrich could not have been i'm
proved upon. A great part of the sue
cess of the evening lay in the accompani-
ments offered by Mrs. T. H. Aldrich, Jr.,
of Birmingham, Ala. Mrs. Aldrich has
abundant technical facility and temper
amental power which made her invariably
at one with the soloist. Better accom-
paniments could not be desired.
As / was announced at the door of
Mrs. Aldrichs attractive home the full,
strident tones from her Steinway Grand
reached my ears, and as I entered 1 said
to her:
"If you had chosen a greeting for me,
moro to my taste than anything else, I
should have preferred something of
Chopins. and methinks it would have
been the B sharp minor Mcclure, which
you are playing"
II love 1t, too said Mrs. Aldrich as
she charmingly interpreted the delicate
cadences and harmonies of this most ap-
pealing of all the great composers works.
Haven't you added that to your roper
toire this summer" I asked, as l did not
recall having heard her play 1t before.
Yes, and q number of other things
which like very much and probably you
WILL too,'' she said as 1 asked that she
tell me about them.
I'm the fret place I have been hard at
work. as you know, ever since I left
here"
Studying with?-'' importuned.
Mrs. Ella Dahl Rich who was for
many years a pupil of the great Leschet-
izky and from whom | comprehended
some good results. What 1 planned to
do when left here was to broaden my
tone-to rivet the line of demarcatiSn as
It were, so that the joints and corners
should be well rounded and melodies in
terpreted in coherent style. As you prob
ably remember, I studied with Madame