Newark post., 1920-07-21
ARTISTS OF
UNUSUAL MERIT
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tional reputation. MIR. Gurney has
sung with great success in Eng
land and Italy where he studied
under Walter Mattern. He sang
last summer at Willow Grove with
such artists as Schumann-Heink,
Florence Hinkle, David Bispham
and Henri Scott, with whom he
shared an ovation in "The Mes
siah." Particular interest centers
in this concert for Delaware peo-
pie, owing to the fact that the
quartet includes the celebrated
basso, J. Helffenstein Mason,
formerly aNewark boy, and we'll
known here. Mr.. Mason has been
referred to by one distinguished
critic as the successor to the cele-
brated Polish basso, Edouard de
Reszke. He has a voice of large
volume without harsh note in dts
profundities. His tone quality is
fine and sweet and one of the fine
features of his work is the clear
ness of enunciation. William Sill
vano Thunder, accompanist to the
quartet, has played for the worlds
greatest artists and his work is
widely known to the music loving
public. The evenings program
is published elsewhere.
The Schmidt Quartet
On July 23rd the Schmidt String
Quartet, Emil F. Schmidt, first
violin; Louis Angeloty, second
violin; Alfred Lorenz, viola, and
William A. Schmidt, cello, will be
heard in concert. The quartet
represents one of the most accom-
plished chamber music groups in
America, and its coming to the
Delaware College is an event in the
cultural development of the insti-
tuition. The players combine the
individual ability for which they
have won recognition as prominent
members of the Philadelphia Or
chestra i'm the conscientious and
sympathetic manner essential to
effective ensemble playing.
Their program for Friday even
ing has been carefully planned
and adapted to the Summer School
audience. 1t will include the most
characteristic and representative
group of the various nationahties
in the string quartet form repre-
sented. The program is according
ly divided into four distinct parts;
the first by Dvorak, often called
the American group because it is
built on original themes of the
American Negro; the second is the
best representative quartet music
of Scandinavia, the third Of Bo-
hemia, and the fourth of Russia.
In order to add to the pleasure of
the evening as we'll as bring out to
the full the educational value Of
Mr.. Schmidt will introduce
the various groups with brief ex-
planatory remarks. The program
covers wide scope and will afford
much contrast, so that whatever
the musical taste, it will include
something for everyone.
Sunday Evening Concert
The finest musical program for
evening has been reserved
for July 25th, when the Rev. Philip
Cook, Bishop-elect of Delaware,
will for the first time since the ac-
ceptance of the Office to which he
has been called, address a large
and representative audience The
Bishops sermon will be preceded
by the rendition of the "Stabat
Mater" by Rossini, by "a quartet of
Philadelphia ARTISTS, under the di-
rection of William Silvano Thun-
der, organist at "The Cathedral"
Philadelphia. The "Stabat Mater"
is sung every year on Thursday of
Holy Week at Rome, and is recog
nized the world over as one of the
great classics in church music.
The personnel of the quartet in
cludes Eleanor Gerlach, soprano;
Alice McPoyle, contralto; Henry
Gurney, tenor; John yandersloot,
basso. Eleanor Gerlach is soprano
solist at the Holy Trinity church
and has sung with all of Philadel-