New-York tribune., 1919-11-09
Music Notes

Artur fodar1ky has errar u 3
scheme by which tie best WORKS Of
promising composers VIII be e.een
hearing lie has announced .at in
the month OF April lqeo. he Wy de-
vote six periods c. fma orf -f-i'y
used for rehearsing regular Now M
phony Orchestra programs "a a. z
selected works. Wi.l tho pros On
that score must raeer alih tie op-
proval Of the majority o. COMMITTEES
Of distinguished musicians. the roster
Of which VIII be disclosed later. ~
bodanzky agrees. as FAR as tha n.re-.
sary consideration of stamford ard
accepted Compositions 8il rri-It. .e
include as many as pr he of
1920 '2l.
The scores which composers wish 20
submit must Re sent bq roeisasa mail
to the manager of the Nv rttrrrare
orchestra, "A West forty-socand street..
New ork CITY, who wll forward ta tae
owner receipt he scores r-.f NOT
contain any writing. iDsrsiug. ur 1fhcr
insignia by which y wsl.. 1r Dos
sible for q member OF the calrrfIttoe %
identify them. kYen sac title mast De
confined to simple statement u the
nature OF the composition, Tor esampla:
Symphonic Poem" or "Scherzo
1t is expected that the personnel Of
the committee will be complete BY
January /, 1920. At which time the
scores viii be Submitted 10 each mem-
Der separately. After examining them
IN detalI, each mcmO Der OF the commit
tee VIII give the scores an inlit dual
rating based on sale OF one hundred
per cent. The genera average rating
gwen to each WORK VIII determine It's
place IN the list. For example; SIX
rehearsal periods Of tNo and one half
hours each would maan hlteen hours
OF playing time. II It is possible 20
play through TWO compositions In an
hour, it would mean that the frst
tnlrty works IN the rotation Ass gned
TO them, based on the ratings gwen
them BY the committee. will be piayed
AS they are played tnc conm tee
VIE SIT IN judgement. giving 10 each
ompcsition new rat ng after hearing
It. Prior u playing che works, "a mini
mum rating w!ll ne decided upon by
the committee. waica. ,ae work
equals or cXcels this mark ~ the nsl
ratings, viii entitie i 10 consideration
for the programs Tor l.-O ly4l.
John Mccormack WI give his one
hundredth concert in Ncw York city
this evening at the Nippoarome To-
day is also the tenth anniversary OF
his first appearance 20 Amefca with
Hammersteln Opera g. mpaay.
Ernest Blocks prize sonata for piano
and viola viii be given fer FAC nrst
time in New York AZ the kersshire
String Quartets concert oH tuesday
evening, November is. at Aeoaan Hall.
John Irelanc's phaniasy- win be
heard for the first t.re 80 Amer.ca on
Monday evening, Dcccmbel at Acol-
ian EaN. when j. V bee the feature
OF the recently organized New YORK
trio Clarence Adler, piano. Sc'pssne
Guild, yioinist, and Cornelius Van
Vliet, 'celllst.
Miss Ruth Miller. soprano - the
Society OF American Singers. was re-
Gently married 90 Mario Cham Zee.
tenor with the Scott Grand Opera
Company.
Owing to the grea. success q, the
first afternoon mlslrr. at a erfon
House, East Thirty-nialh Street the
'44tai4 > NA4a'AtN ii|r lt+t @"NI't I|'l re-
special concert stage for use be ine
music room, and an artists room viii
be specially furnished Tor Use oa IL
ture occasions.
The next musical w.il take place on
November 10. when the artists viii bs
Valentino Crespi, Italian vioiInlst,
Helen Mara. America. soprano. and
Frederic Dixon. American pianist
Michael Dvorsky. whose "Haunted
Castle" viii be played by the Pni.adei-
phia Orchestra on tuesday evening. Was
born in Pau, France. IN 1890 HIS father
was Polish and lis mother French Be
cause of the limited means Of his par
ents, he is pract cally Z seif-tsught man,
his only instruction in piano and con-
position being from Gustave Granier,
local teacher in Pau. While very little
Is known OF Dvorsky in this country. no
has written severa. orchestral pieces and
two piano concertos. of which "Chro-
maticon" is the first. IL was played by
Josef Hofmann with the principal OF
chestras of this country. Owing 10
not over strong, DVorsky -
at present residing in the Spanish
watering place, San Sebastian.