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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-07
American Singers Will
Come Into Their O1vn in
Next Years Opera Season

Though the great opera houses in
New York and Chicago are wrapped
in midsummer silence, feverish man
agerial activity is going on behind
the scenes.
1t is hard for the public to appre-
ciate the long and difficult task Of
engaging next seasons singers and
arranging the repertoire.
This work. however, is now largely
completed and we may soon expect
the impresarios to divulge some of
their jealousy guarded plans.
Americans to Appear ut metropolitan.
An interesting feature Of the COM
ing operate program. and one of
which no secret is being made, is that
both the Metropolitan and the Chicago
opera companies will include a much
greater number of American artists
next year than ever before
The list at the Metropolitan in
cludes Florence Easton, Geraldine
Farrar, Anna Case, Mabel Garrison,
Vera Curtis, Mary Ellis, Rita Fornia,
Mary Mellish, May Peterson, Rosa
Ponselle, Marie Rappold. Margaret
Romaine, Marie Sundelius, Cecil Hr-
der, Sophia Braslau, Alice Gentle,
Louise Homer, Kathleen Howard,
Helen Marsh, Lila Robson, Paul Alt
house. Rafelo Diaz, Charles Hackett,
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Chords and Records

One more indispensable use has
lbeen added to increase still further
the educational value of photograph
records.
Through the discovery of c. E. Sea-
shore, head of the Department of
Psychology, Iowa State University, a
series of records has recently been
issued by a well-known photograph
company, of inestimable value to pu-
pills and teachers Of music.
Whereas formerly it was impossible
to determine the amount of natural
talent or knowledge possessed by q
prospective music student, one Is now
able to make an accurate appraisal Of
the girls or boys advancement In
music by means of the records Mr..
Seashore has arranged. The series,
entitled Measures of Musical Talent"
comprises five records. which deal
with respectively, and test, the sense
of pitch, intensity, time, consonance
and tonal memory.
The student or listener is provided
with a pencil and a ruled set OF
blanks on which he can quickly and
conveniently make note of his de-
cisions and opinions on the questions
of musical principle illustrated in the
records.
| The intelligence displayed by the
pupil in his answers to these CLASH
fed examinations enables the teacher
| to save much valuable time by gaug-
| ing Immediately the stage of advance
| ment at which the child has arrived
Measures of Musical Talent" bids
| fair to rank among the most import
! ant educational achievements that The
photograph record has attained.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-07

Thomas Chalmers, Louis d'Angelo.
Clarence Whitehill. Reinald Werren-
rath and Henry Scott.
Fewer ItallaniEed Names.
GThe idea that a foreign name and
foreign fame are necessary to musi-
cal success has long been frowned
upon by many Americans and Is now
proving quite untenable. The Italian
iaZtion of names that once was the
fashion is rapidly dying away, and
many of our singers who did adopt
foreign names are now changing
them back to their original forms.
Thus Eduardo di Giovanni Is once
more Edward johnson, and Carlo
Hackett is plain Charles Hackett.
Henry Scott shows his good sense IN
not caring to sail under the borrowed
colors of Enrico Scotti and Thomas
Chalmers gets along as well with his
own cognomen as he would with To-
masino Cialmero.
Beside PucinPs Madame Butter
hy' and 'The Girl OF the Golden
West" English and American stories
have but rarely been used as grand
opera material. Considering the
many treasures in our literary store
house, 1t IS a surprising thing that
IT has not been drawn upon more fire.
quently for contributions to librettos.
The prospect for the future Is
brighter, however. Andre Messenger.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-07

new chords, new orchestral effects.
The Italian seeks lovely melodies,
tunes which express in music what
the drama represents on the stage.
II, in the course OF three entire acts,
the German has succeeded in intro
ducing augmented ffths" that re-
solve into diminished ninths." or in
allotting to a tuba the kind of phrase
generally allotted to a piccolo, he is
happy. He goes to bed exulting, feel
ing that something attempted, some
thing done, has earned a nights re-
pose"
Not so the Italian. He cares not
for chords, casts harmonies to the
dogs; Instrumentation Is his hand
maid, not his mistress. His object is
to invent tunes, rhythmical tunes,
tunes that shall embody and empha-
size the action or sentiment Of the
moment and live for ever after in the
hearts of his audience. Tunes that
the public can sing, or whistle, and
cherish.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-07

the we'll known French eonducters
who with his Paris Conservatoirs Or
chestra spent the greater part o. last
winter In this country. has composed
an excellent opera from Booth Tark-
ington's early story, Monsieur Beau-
caire." This work IS now meeting
with great success in London. AmeFi-
cans sing the chief roles and the
manager Is also an American.
Another opera on q theme from
American literature Is rip Van WIN
kle," book by Percy Mael<aye and
music by Reginald de Koven. which
win be completed next winter.
As a result OF the ventures Of Mes-
sager and the two Americans. many
other stories from our own Eng
lish literature are now being suggest
ed as worthy operatic material,
among them Lord Dunsany's 'Hho
Queens Enemies." Oscar Wilde's "A
Florentine Tragedy" and John Mase-
fields ''The Faithful"
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Among the Musicians

most noted orchestra-the Paris Con-
servatoire-was sent here on a
French warship. Her best artists,
artists from her subsidized institu-
tions, came over and sang, or played
all over the United States.
And the result was Immediately
seen. Where German opera had been
sung French supplanted it. The Ital-
ian opera was already entrenched as
most of the opera managers and sing
ers are Italian. But France soon reap
ed the benefit of her wisdom, and her
artists were firmly planted on Ameri-
can musical soil.
DR.. Karl Muck, once leader OF the
Boston Symphony Orchestra, who was
reported as about to be sent back to
Europe, is still, it seems, informed in
Chickamauga Park, Ga. They say that
his former air of indifference and
supercilious dislike of everything in
this country has given way to a very
meek and sad attitude.
In a recent interview he expressed
himself as convinced that the future
holds nothing encouraging for a Ger
man, either in business or art, in
this country. He stated, too, that
he could not bear to return to Bos-
ton and face the disgrace that his
arrest has brought upon him. He said
further, that when he was deported
he had no plans with regard to the
future.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-07
GERMANS SEEK EFFECTS;
ITALIANS ONLY MELODY

When we compare the scores Of the
average German composer with those
OF the average italian we are struck
with primary differences between
them, arising from their attitude with
which they severally approach their
task. The German sets out to dis
cover new harmonic combinations,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-07

Otto.H. Kahn, chairman Of the COM
mittee in charge of the reception to
the St Cecilia Orchestra from Rome,
which Is to make an American tour
following a gala premiere at the Met
ropolitan Opera House in October, is the
foremost patron of music and dra-
matte art in the United States.
His artistic associations have been
with the most brilliant and successful
musical organizations in the world,
including the Metropolitan. Of which
he is the chairman of the board
Covent Garden in London. the Chicago
and the late Boston companies. Last
year he was decorated by the French
government for his interest in French
art.
The associates of Mr.. Kahn on the
committee to receive the Saint Cecilia
Orchestra is an indication Of the i'm
portance of the event. This group
includes Frederick G. Bourne, Andre
de Coppet, Henry P. Davidson, Henry
c. .Frick. Robert Goelet. Myron-T. Her
rick. Clarence H. Mackey. John d.
Rockefeller, jr.. Charles H. Sabin,
William K. Vanderbilt, Henry Walters
and George w. Wickersham.
The parallel between the French
and the Italian propaganda continues,
however. by the latter matching with
Pietro Yon, one of its most famous
musicians and one of the really great
organ virtuosos, Joseph Bonnet, the
greatest organist in France.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-07

First the French government and
now the italian government are send
ing the best musical art of the re-
spective countries to this country.
Every schoolboy remembers the ia
nous saying" that 81 cage not who
makes the laws of a country if I may
write its songs" Presumably our
former military associates are putting
this theory into practice. Last year
the Republic of France, through
cleverIy organized and highly effect
i've commission in this country
brought French musical and dramatic
art to a high degree of popularity
here. it was high-tide for French
popularity in everything, but 1t found
its outlet primarily in the musical
artistes sent to this country
France is not to lose the prestige 1t
gained at this time, but another for
mer associate, Italy, having seen the
deep inroads of France in musical af-
fairs in this country, has been quick
to respond, and this year the music
lovers of the United States will have
the delight of hearing the best
artists and organizations from both
countries, while close observers are
not blind to the political game which
is being waged by the two nations in
good-natured but tnsistent artistic
rivalry.
Italy will lay the barrage with its
most famous symphonic organization,
the st. Cecilia Orchestra, sometimes
known as the Augusteum Orchestra,
so named in honor of Augustus, over
whose tomb it's home is built in Rome.
This orchestra will arrive in the
United States in October, and after
brilliant debut at the Metropolitan
Opera House, will start On a tour OF
the United States. The King of Italy
and his government stand back of the
visit, and where they leave or a dis
tinguished committee will receive It
Otto H. Kahn is the chairman of this
committee, and Ii Will contain the
names of many distinguished music
patrons and masters of commerce. But
the Augusteum Orchestra is not the
only official Italian organization to
come. It is only the most important,
and because it is the most famous in
Italy is sponsored by the Oldest music
society in the world.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-07

The Czecho- Slovak festival which
was recently heard in England was
a great success, and the performer
were not less pleased with the warmth
of their reception than were their
audiences to hear the old Czech and
Slovak folk melodies sung by the
Prague and MoraVian chOirs, as we'll
as the works by modern composers.
There is no doubt that more will
now be heard of the Czecho-SIova K
music, on the English concert plat
fOrm-one of the surest ways of
learning to understand those who are
to have an opportunity of making
their independent history among
European peoples.
Sir Henry Wood has expressed mis-
intention OF including their music in
his programs at the Queens Hall.
and II is thought that, as a result Of
the interest aroused by the festival
there may. in future, be a frequent
interchange OF musical artists be-
tween London and Prague.
The whole world progresses, but
music in the United States is still
held in charge, 1t would seem, by
the retrogressiOnistsS As a result,
the foreign governments by a wise
and efficient propaganda, have made
deep inroads into our musical ex-
chequers.
The foreign way of doing some
things is better than ours. Thus
France, seeing her golden oppor-
tunity to supplant Germany as
musical mistress OF this country.
gave literally Of her funds to pro-
mote French art here last year. Her
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-07

An enterprising young New York
music manager, Gretchen Dick, has
done a rare thing for American music.
She has arranged for a series of con-
certs to be given in the Manhattan
Opera House, at which the artists are
to be "all-American." And the group
she has nominated dissipates every
yestige Of fear that she will not be
able to make up a good repertoire
from her restricted list Mary Gar
den, Marguerite Sylvia, Louise Homer,
Geraldine Farrar, Emma Eames, Olive
Fremstad, Rose Ponselle, Carolina
Lazzari, May Peterson, Anna Case,
Maud Powell, Florence Macbeth, Olga
Samarofs Mary Jordan. Dorothy Jar
don, Vera Curtis, HiIda Lashanska,
Cecil Arden, Lucy Gates. Christine
Miller, Nevada Van Der Veer, MarceIIa
Craft-these are a few Of the fair sex.
The masculine brigade is as imposing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-07

Percy Granger. the distinguished
Australian cOmposer-pianist. has Just
refused a tempting offer from Thomas
Quinlan, the English impresario, for
a series of fourteen concerts in the
British Isles during the coming sea-
son.
Mr.. Grainger's dates already booked
for him in America. by his manager,
Antonio Sawyer, made it impossible
for him to accept the British engage
ment, but he expects to make an eX-
tensiVe European tour during the
season of 1920-21.
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