Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-25
Omaha Musical Notes

Chicago, are two books Of high school trios,
by Laura Rountree Smith and H. ]. Storer;
the first for two sopranos and alto and the
second for soprano, alto and bass: a Te
Deum in E fiat for congregational use, by
Stanley r. Avery; an organ 'Scherzo," by
the same composer, and a song, Vision
Fugitive" by Gladys Parvis.
Leaflets announcing the publication of
Kitty Cheatham, Her Book" and twenty
five bird songs for children. by w. B. Olds,
by q. Schirmer, New York have been re-
ceived.
A number of Johanna Anderson's voice
pupils took part in recital held in her
studio, No. 13 Wead building, last Saturday
afternoon This recital was somewhat out
of the ordinary, in that 1t consisted entirely
Of operstio aras, sung in respective places
as the stories Of the operas were told The
following operas were presented: Martha"
by Eta Young; Don Carlos" Dorothy Nc
Allister; Faust" Irene Hinman and Thyra
Johanson; ''Lucrezia Borgia," Avis Roberts;
Carmen" Rose Whalen and Johanna An
derson; 'Haensell and Gretel," Florence
Richardson. Ethel Morris, accompanist.
The following young people, pupils of
Nine. Baetens. will be heard in piano re-
cital on Thursday evening: Misses veta Pad
Smith. Messrs. NJ Kahn. Philip Berg, assist
ed by Solomon Wintroub, Misses Mildred
Bliss and Mildred Farrell, pupils of Mr..
Frank Mach, violinist. Also Misses May
o'Neil. Accompanies. Misses Anna Win
troub Bamford,, Margaret Bliss. Gladys
Munson.
A number of pleasant music surprises are
being prepared by Miss Delone for her Palm
Sunday concert at the Fontenelle. A spe-
cial arrangement of THE Palms" for three
harps as an accompaniment to the song
by Faure, will be among the numbers pre-
sented The occasion promises to be
feast OF harp music, songs and appropriate
reading with harp accompaniment
Little Miss Maria Virginia zimbalist
made her debut on the orld-stage" two
and half years ago, her first performance
being vocal In making her debut she
deducted $4,000 from the bank account
of her illustrious parents, for somehow she
appeared to be of more Importance to her
famous prima donna mother, Alma Gluck.
and her violin virtuoso father, Efrem Zim-
balist, than this paltry sum. Upon their
baby daughters appearance they cancelled
concert engagements amounting to $3.50, 900.
Fortunate indeed is this baby, for music
will surround the little ones life from the
very beginning. The lullabys her mother
sings to her, people are willing to pay IS
to hear. But science has brought these
Joys within the reach of other babies;
thanks to the phonograph and player
piano the songs of her mother and the
artistic violin playing of her father can
easily be listened to In every home Here
after, let no man with family be despond-
ent. In the future, in figuring our assets.
let US count the number of our children
and multiply the sum by $3.50, 900, for for
sooth, are our children not worth as much
as anyones children?
Mrs. Frances E. Clark, who is at the
head Of the educa tional department of the
Victor Talking Machine company, was In
Omaha Friday on her way to Lincoln to
lecture before the United States government
rural conference in session there this week.
The government Is holding three Of these
conferences, at Lincoln, Neb.. Rockhill N.
c., and Philadelphia. Pa.
Miss Marie French, for many years a
pupil of Walter B. Graham, at present
soprano soloist at the First Baptist church,
will go to Red Oak, Ia February 26, to sing
the soprano role in Hayden's Creation"
Mr.. Lynn sackett, also one of Mr.. Gra-
hams oldest pupils, will go to Red Oak
March i to take charge of the conserva-
tory at that place. He is now choir direc-
tor at the Lowe Avenue Presbyterian church
and tenor soloist at Temple Israel. Mr..
Sackett will assist Miss Loretta Delone,
harpist, at the concert at the Hote Fon-
tenelle Palm Sunday.
A class for the study and practice of the
German. French and italian languages will
meet each Saturday evening from 1880 to
at Annie Glasgows studio in tho Karbach
block. study room will be at every stu
dents disposition every day Of the week
from till 8 p. m. at 220 Brandeis theater
building.
A notable event of the music season will
be the symphony concert to be given at the
AM Itnr ri Ipht araI,
New York symphony orchestra, of which
Walter Damrosch is conductor As soloist
Mr.. Damrosch will have the famous Rus
sian violinst, Efrem Zimbalist.- who, though
young in years, already has climbed to the
top rung in the ladder Of musical fame.
Pupils Of Florence Basler- Palmer will
meet next Wednesday evening, February
2s, in her studio to organize a study club
They expect to study different compost
tions, the lives Of the composers and read
current musical events
George Compton presented number of
his pupils In song recital at his home
last Wednesday evening. Those psrtiopat-
Ing were Mrs. F. d. McGuckin, Mrs. Elmer
Nelson Miss Mildred Lofgren, Miss Lillian
johnson and Messrs. Lawrence O'Connor
Robert Womack and Gordon Wegeworth.
The Junior pupils of Mrs Mary Eggle-
ston were heard in recital at the home OF
Mrs George X. Thompson, 4S34 Farnam
street. Thursday afternoon. Those taking
part were Joseph Lawrence, Harriet Binder
Lillian Weare, Jannet Weare, Alice Gslwicks
Wylie Thompson, Margaret Price and Irene
Van Dahl.
Referring to the two piano recitals given
by Alice Virginia Davis Bergman and Cecil
Bergman before the Ladies' Music club OF
Topeka, Kan. February IA, the Topeka
State Journal said in Its notice: They are
young, enthusiastic and responsive musi-
clans with fine musical IDEAS and Mr..
Bergman is not only a pianist, but also a
composer" The Topeka Capital said: 80
nearly alike are Mr.. and Mrs. Bergman In
their technical training that many times
It seemed as II only one plano was being
used"