The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-16
CONCERTS DRAW
LARGER CROWDS
IN ALL CENTERS
Zimba1ist Opens Season In
Chicago-Prospects Bright
For Music.
By FORREST DAVIS

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The musical season opens this
month in United States at war and.
contrary to the predictions of some,
the opening is the most brilliant in
history.
In the musical centers the opening
concerts have attracted larger aud
fences than ever before.
Those symphony orchestras which
have begun their season ticket sales
have met with an unprecedently large
response.
The opera is looking forward to its
greatest season.
New York's Metropolitan Opera COM
pany-the greatest in the world-has
prospects Of a glorious season, arts
tically and financially. The Chicago
Opera Association is selling all its
season tickets, hitherto unheard OF
feat.
And all the smaller travelling COM
panies-the San Carlo, Boston English,
CIeatore's, etc.,-are reaping rich
harvest from prosperous music-lovers.
This is due to two causes in the
opinion Of music managers.
One is the unprecedented prosperity
and the second, and perhaps the great
ct, ID IIlc AdluIdI IuIA1l6 VI IAC PCOPAO
to the more serious and substantial
forms Of entertainment.
When the people are thinking deep
ly and vitality they feel the need Of
entertainment which answers their
thought moods. Such is music Of the
sort supplied by the great artists OF
the world.
Efrem Zimbalst, whose chief claim
to fame is his mastery of the violin
and whose second claim is his mar
rage to Alma Gluck, shared the honor
of opening Chicago's concert season
Sunday afternoon with Leopold Godow-
sky Zimbalist closes the Richmond
season of music with concert at the
Coliseum, March 10.
Frederick Donaghey, music critic for
the Chicago Tribune in his review OF
the Zimbalist concert commented on
the larger size of his audience as
compared with those on his previous
recital visits to Chicago.
AS he was forced to divide his time
between the Godowsky and Zimbalist
concerts, Donaghey heard the violin
artist give only Cesar Franck's Sonata
OF this Donaghey says:
His attitude toward the austere
lOV6llu0SS VI T TdnCh bOudId WAS Iue
expected one; and he played with ex
quisite regard for what is, IL many re
spects, the finest modern contribution
to the form. Nobody else so far heard
In Chicago could do this so well a.
Zimbalist did it Sunday.
"Other matters in the program were
an unaccompanied chaconne of Bach g
Lalos familiar Spanish symphony
and a group of four pieces by Tor Au
lin Those who remained for them tolG
Of perfect playing of definite enthus
iasm, and of importantly for more thar
was successful to the extent to two
encores."
Lee B. Nusbaum, veteran conductor
who is at the desk for the Luther cele
bration at the Coliseum October %, Il
drilling his great chorus of more thar
200 into splendid shape for the festi
val. Another rehearsal Is to be hell
Tuesday evening at the First Englisl
Lutheran church.
He has the pick of Richmond's mus
zeal talent in the three Lutheran con
gregations cooperating in the celebra
ton both for his choir and his orches
ira.
Madame Galli-Curci who gave Rich
mond music-lovers a memorable nigh
last spring, is repeating her successe
of last year in fuller measure.
Everywhere this marvellous arts
appears she wins the hearty acclaim o
critics and audience. Boston again fel
at her feet last week when she opene
the concert season at the Oper
House.
A newly invented cigarette holde
has an attachment which elects tn
burned end Of the cigarette withou
danger of burning the fingers.