New-York tribune., 1920-02-15
Music Notes

Music Notes
Six hundred voices will compose the
chorus of Rachmaninof's symphony
"The Bells" at its next performance
in New York City at the great music
festival to be given by the New York
Oraterio Society from April to IL
inns remarkable composition created
sensation when given at Carnerie
Hall last Tuesday night by the Phila-
delphia Orchestra and chorus Of 2OC
voices.
Clarence Dickinson's lecture recital
on Tuesday afternoon at o'clock at
Union Theological Seminary will have
for its subject "Changing Musical
Taste; The Composer and His Age
He will be assisted by Grant Kimbe!l
tenor, and the Russian Symphony
String Quartet.
At the Friday noon hour Of music
at the Brick Church, Clarence Dickin-
son. with Marie Sidenius Zendt. so-
prano, and Carl Schuetze, harpist, will
present program of work by French
composers.
Artur Bodanzky will revive Sir Ed
! ward Elgar's famous Enigma" Varia-
tlons, Op SO, as concluding number
at the next pair Of New Symphony Or
chestra concerts, February "a and 25
at Carnegie Hall. These variations
which have not been heard lately in
New York, constitute musical Dor
tralt gallery Of fourteen of the com
poser's friends. It was Hans Richter's
production of this work in England
twenty-one years ago that had much
to do with making Elgar's reputation
The soloist at this New Symphony
concert will be Guomar Novaes. who
will play Mozart's D Minor Concerto
The opening number on Mr.. b.
danzky's program is Wagner's "Meister-
singer" Overture.
Igor Stravinsky has written Nine.
Eva Gauthier that he will come to
America for concert tour NEXT fail
Nine. Gauthier will sing his latest song
cycle of Peasant Songs at her recital
on February II in Aeolian Hall. Mr.
American ragtime and will present
some Of his jazz" music here next
season.
New York Is to hear next Sunday
evening, February %, at Carnegie Hall
a new symphonic organization known
as the New Peoples Symphony under
the direction of Louis Frohman.
At this concert the youngest of
Jewish cantors will make his first ap-
pearance before the New York public
Bernard Schram is from Russia, where
he studied with prominent teachers
He is at present cantor of the Wash
ington Heights temple He will sing
a group OF Italian opera airs and his
own traditional music
Jerome Rappaport, tho boy pianist,
and Christine Langehan will also ap-
pear.
Maggie Teyte will be heard in but q
single New York recital this season, at
Carnegie Hall tomorrow afternoon.
Her success last summer and fall in
the London production of "Monsieur
Beaucaire" extended 80 late into the
beginning of our musical season here
that when abe was finally able to
reach America numerous engagements
which had been booked as far back as
last season had to be Cancelled.
Her time in America, therefore, Is
very short, as her original plans for
her return to England in March must
be adhered to owing to the many con-
cert appearances she is to fill over
there.
This evening, at o'clock, Ernesto
Berumen, the Mexican pianist, will give
recital at the Music School Settle
ment. 90 East Third Street.
Paolo Calico will be the assisting
artist at the Franko chamber music
concert this evening at Washington
Irving High School, playing in the
seldom heard Saint-Saens septet for
piano, trumpet and strings. The other
numbers will be Bach's chorae prelude
on the melody "Whate'er Ny God Or
dalns Is Right" and Mozart quartet
in c major.
The second New York recital Of Louis
Graveure, the noted barytone, takes
place Saturday evening, February %,
IN Aeolan Hall.
In spite OF the illness throughout
the country, Mr.. Graveure has had the
busiest season of his career, having
sung at nearly fifty concerts, excluding
the orchestral appearances.
For his coming recital Mr., Graveure
will sing new group of songs by
Bryceson Treharne. The rare lyrics
of these songs were found in the
famous Bodlean Library at Oxford,
England, a few years back, but with
several others they were only recently
set to music and are the latest of his
compositions. There are six of these
short compositions.
Another group that should interest
song lovers comes from the pen of
Lodewyk Mortelmans. He was born in
Antwerp in 1858. AS young man he
was decorated by the Academic de
Belgique for large symphony Of his
composition. At twenty-five he won the
Grand Prix de Rome. For ten years