The Washington herald., 1920-05-09
Choice Gossip
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Music World

Edwin Hughes. pianist, gave a
recital in the Assembly Hall of
vassar College last week. Mr..
Hughes is a washingtonian by birth
but has not resided in this city for
a number Of years. He studied in
Europe and is receiving favorable
comments for his concert work
! throughout the country.
Following his tour of Europe as
soloist with the New York SYM
phony Orchestra. Albert Spalding,
| the American violinist, will make
his first tour OF South America dur
ing the coming summer. Mr.. Spald-
| ing made his professional debut
with Adelina Patti in Paris about
ten years ago.
Thirty-fve different operas were
| sung at the Metropolitan Opera
House. New York. in the season
which' recently ended. OF these
twenty three were in italian. nine
in French and three in English.
Announcement has been made of
the re-engagement of Margaret
Matzenauer for two years more at
the Metropolitan Opera House.
Antonio Scotti has completed the
plans OF the spring tour of the
Scott Grand Opera Company. which
will take him and his company on
four weeks trip throughout the
South and Southwest.
The New York Globe recently
presented it's 1000 free concert at
the Metropolitan Opera House be-
| fore an audience of more than FIVE
thousand persons.
The statement is made that Ca
russo will receive $4,000 a perform
lance in Havana, Cuba. Subscribers
will pay $35 for a Seat and $1,000
for u box for a single performance.
The season of twelve performances
opens May 10.
The Flonzaley Quartet has just
| finished it's seventeenth seasons in
America. of which this is it's four
tecnth consecutive public one.
American composers will again
occupy a prominent place on the
programs of the New York Phil
harmonic concerts next season. 1t
is also planned that some of Amer
ica's musicians will be given the
opportunity to rehearse and con-
duct their own scores.
Anna Fitziu. one of the prima
donnas of the Chicago Grand Opera
Company. will make a concert tour
with Titta Ruffo next season.
Riccardo Martin will fill twenty
FIVE performances in England dur
ing the royal season at Covent Gar
den from May to July.
Reinald Werrenrath. American
baritone. will sail for Europe May
% to give two Spring recitais ~
Queens Hall. London. The first will
be launched on June 3 and the sec
ond June II.
The Creatore Opera Company gave
two weeks of opera in Tampa, Fla,
last month. The large foreign pop
ulation and the devotion of the
Latin people to art makes possible
a longer season of opera in Tampa
than could be supported by any
other town of like size.
George II. Gartlan, director OF
music in the public schools of New
York City, is quoted as saying:
Boys as a class never like to prac-
tice the piano. We have yet to hear
any business man who can play the
piano or any other instrument re-
gret the time he spent in his boy
hood days in the gentle art of In
tensive practice"
Fortune Gallo, who is. engaged In
the presentation of grand, light and
comic opera in New York and across
the country. states that he Is gong
to be the next tenant OF the Man
haitian Opera House. Mrs. Oscar
Hammerstein. the widow of the last
impresario. will be partner in
the transaction. Gallo is the own
er of the San Carlo Grand Opera
Company.
Alice Nielsen, American prima
donna soprano. and well remember
ed for her work in light opera, has
been making a public appeal in be-
half of the work Mrs. Thomas F.
Walsh, of this city. is doing in con-
vcrting cast-off clothing and mate
rials of all sorts into wearable gar
ments for the destitute children of
Europe.
Friday afternoon and last eve
ming witnessed the closing of the
twentieth season of the Philadel-
phia Orchestra, and the eighth sea-
son under the direction of Mr.. Sto-
kOwski. The orchestra gave Bee
thOven's Ninth, or Choral, Symph-
ony. By a strange coincidence Fri
days concert marked the ninety
sixth anniversary of the first pro-
duction in Vienna on May Z, 1924.
Considerable interest is being
shown in the appearance in New
York and Philadelphia of Kwartin.
the famous English cantor, who is
visited by his daughter, Anna Kwar-
tin, coloratura soprano. and a cho-
rus of 100 voices.