New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-07
Music% Notes

The Music School Settlement, IS East
Third Street, will give the first of it's
course Of Sunday afternoon concerts
to-day at 4 o'clock. The Senior
Orchestra, under tho direction of
Melzar Chaffee. will play an overture
by Gluck and part Of Haydn's Sym
phony No. 2. There will be solos from
each department Of the school. The
public Is welcome.
Henry Hadley will conduct his own
symphonic poem, "Salome." at the next
pair of New Symphony Orchestra con-
certs at Carnegie Hall, Tuesday even
ing and Wednesday afternoon. Mr.
Bodanzky will conduct the other num-
bers on the program as usual.
Unusual interest has been shown
by composers in the so-called econ
test" which Mr.. Bodanzky has planned
for April, when six of the New SYM
phony Orchestra rehearsal periods will
be devoted to the playing through of
new works, with the idea of including
some Of the best of them In the New
Symphony Orchestra programs for
next season.
Already the scores Of many of the
new compositions have been delivered
at the office of the orchestra, rs West
Forty-second Street, and hundreds of
letters have been received from com
D.
danzky has arranged, providing they
conduct their own works.
John Aubert, the Swiss pianist, ar:
rived in America this week.. He will
give several recitals in New York dur
ing January, February and March.
M. ALBERT was the winner of the "Prix
Musica" in Paris in 1912.
Julia. Claussen, Swedish contralto of
the Metropolitan Opera Company, who
has been singing in opera and concert
Norway since April, has received the
decoration of Literis ct Artibus from
the King of Sweden after one of her
operate performances. Adelina Patti
and Christine Nelson received similar
recognition. Nine. Claussen will re-
turn to America the first part of De-
cember to fill concert engagements in
this country.
Eva Gauthier will give series of
song recitals at the Greenwich Village
Theatre. The first will take place on
Sunday evening, December IA, at 8
songs by the modern Spanish CON-
posers, Albeniz, de Falla, Turina and
others. Miss Gauthier will also sing
the famous Cat Songs" by Stravinsky
which will be specially accompanied
by three clarinets.
Nina Tarasova, the Russian folk
song and ballad singer, will give her
third Carnegie Hall recital this season
on Saturday evening, December IS.
Miss Tarasova will give some musical
novelties on this occasion in the shape
Of two Russian songs Of the seven
teenth century, one of the eighteenth
century and monastery song which
she discovered by accident and to
which Arnold Volpe has set piano &C
compartments.
Edwin Frankie Goldman, conductor of
the New York Military Band, offers a
for band by an American composer.
one and one that has never before been
played in public. No prescriptions or
new arrangements Of published works
in other forms will be considered. The
composition must be conceived orig
inally for band, and may be in the
form of an overture, grand march or
suite in three short movements.
Besides receiving the prize which is
offered by Mr.. Goldman the winning
composer will have the assurance of
having his work accepted for publica
ton on royalty basis by the Carl
Fischer Music House, the foremost
publishers of band music in America.
The judges in this contest will be
chosen rom among the foremost must
clans in the country, and their names
will be announced later. All manu-
scripts must be submitted in score form
before May /. The prize-winning COM
position will be given its first perform
ance some time in June at Columbia
University by the New York Military
Band, and Mr. Goldman will grant the
fortunate composer the privilege of
conducting his own work. The prize
check, together with the publishers
contract, will be presented to the COM
poser on this occasion.
Owing to the large number who could
not be accommodated at the first per-
Torrance of aida" DR.. Henry T. Fleck
has decided to repeat the opera on
Thursday evening, December II, at
$3.50 o'clock, in Hunter College Audi
torium, Lexington Avenue and Sixty
eighth Street. These series of operate
nights are under the auspices of the
Evening Sessions of the college and
the American Art Education Society,
and are open to the public: The cast
will be as follows: Nine. Modesti,
Miss Haessler, Signor Tore, Pierre
Remington, Signor de Gregoria, with
Mrs. Chase-Bulgin at the piano.
Edwin Frankie Goldman and his con-
cert band have been engaged by Marius
McGuffey. the general director Of the
Exposition of Public-Sprited Activi-
ties to be held at the Grand Central
Palace for the week beginning Mondav,
December % Mr.. Goldman and his
band will appear on the opening even
ing, Monday, December %. and will
render an all-American program,
favorite works of Mcdowell, Victor
Herbert, etc.