New-York tribune., 1920-01-11
Music Notes

Music Notes
A group of French negro songs are
part OF the program which Edna Thom-
as, mezzo-soprano, will give at her
concert at Aeolian Hall Friday after
noon, January is, at 3:15. Miss Thorn
as is from New Orleans and has been
raised" on the "darkey" Creole songs.
which differ in character from the
other negro songs and spirituals.
The Columbia University Students
Orchestra announces concert to be
given in the auditorium Of Earl Hall
on Wednesday, January IA, att 8:15
p. m. The program, under the direc-
tien of Professor Daniel Gregory Ma
son and Seth Bingham. faculty direc
tors, and Herbert Dittler, conductor,
includes the overture, "Coriolanus, {"
Beethoven; Unfinished Symphony in B
minor, allegro moderate. Schubert;
solos for piano, by John Duke;
Gayotte, GluckBrahms; transcription
from "Alceste," Gluck-Saint- -Saens;
Rhapsody in G minor, Brahms;
"L'Arlesienne" eArst suite); Prelude,
adasietto and carillon, Bizet; solos for
the piano, by Alexander Lipsky, three
preludes and scherzo in minor
Chopin; the Country Dance, Pastoral
Dance and Merrymakers' Dance from
Neil Gwyn." Edw. German.
The concert, the first to be given this
year by the orchestra, is open to all
Nine. Frances Aida will be the So
loist at gala benefit concert to be
Hall, under the auspices of the Girls
Protective League. The concert will
launch statewide effort on the part
of prominent men and women to in
terest New York in the work now being
done to safeguard and protect the girls
Of the city.
A membership Of more than 5000
girls is represented in the Girls Serv-
ice Clubs, which last year totalcd an
attendance Of $4,000.
The New Symphony Orchestra, with
Artur Bodanzky, conductor, will appear
at this concert.
Georges True, Paris Conservatoire
frst prize winner in piano for 1912,
and Alexandra de Bruille, the Conserva-
toire first prize winner in violin for the
same year, will be heard in a recital at
the Theatre Parisien this evening. The
concert is under the auspices. Of the
Ministere des Beaux-Arts, through the
French American Association for Mu-
be rendered: Sonata, F major, for piano
and violin (Mozsrt). MN. True and
de Bruille; Sonata, Opus 35, for piano
{ (Chopin), M. True; Concerto, Opus 81,
for violin (Mendelssohn), NJ. de Bruille;
Sonata !, Opus rs, for piano and violin
(Saint-SaSns), MN. True and dc
Bruille.
Two Gregorian melodies, the famous
hymn, cave Maris Stella" and the very
beautiful "Introit" melody for the
Feast Of the Annunciation which was
utilized by Liszt in his overture to the
oratorio "Christus," will be included in
the program Of the Schola Cantorum
concert at Carnegie Hall Wednesday
evening, January 21. This will be the
first appearance, on the New York con-
cert program Of a large choral body,
Of melodies in the pure Gregorian
style.
The feature Of the evening will u be the :,
revival Of Mozart's famous Requiem"
has not been heard here in over
quarter Of century. Handel's "Ode Of
St. Cecilia's Day." in praise Of MUSIC.
from the poem by John Dryden: Joseph
Bonnet, the renowned organist, has
been engaged for the occasion, as we'll
as a notable cast Of soloists, and Mr..
Bodansky's New Symphony Orchestra.
The Elkady Trio is a new chamber
music organization, composed of Will
liam Lockwood, violinist; Julius Koehl,
pianist, and Bedrich Vaska, 'cellist.
The individual members Of the trio
have appeared in recital as soloists in
New York, but as an organization the
trio will give its first New York public
music recital at Aeolian Hall
next Saturday evening.
DR.. Fleck announces Faust" for the
hfth Of the series of free operate
nights to be given on Thursday eve
ming, January is, in Hunter College
auditorium, Lexington Avenue and 6sth
Street, at $3.50 o'clock. The cast will
Mms. Harriet Barkley, Ernest
Davis and Greek Evans. The public is
cordially invited to be present.
Nine. Destinn, soprano. will give
concert at the New York Hippodrome
this afternoon. She will be assisted by
the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra,
under the leadership of Georges La
peyre, French conductor.
The concert will be unique in that it
IL to consist entirely Of Czecho-Slovak
compositions, a good many Of which have
never before been performed here.
The New York Banks Glee Club,
Bruno HUM, conductor, gives its first
concert Of the season in Carnegie Hall
on Saturday evening, January II. Some
of the selections in which the eighty men
will be heard are "The Riders gof the
Night" Laurent de Rille; Cradle Song,
MacDowell: brakes Drum" coleridge
Taylor; Shadow March, Protheroe;
rcMolish Sailor Sonr. Vicknr Harrfa.