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New-York tribune., 1921-05-29
Ovation for
X reisler al
London Conce,,

Ernest Newman, in The NJ.
Guardian, gives the FOLLOWING, ~
Of Fritz Kreisler's recent r.c.,,:..
London when he appeared for tn. j.
time since the war at Queen. ~
carly this month
"Tho announcement was mad.
couple of days ago that III. bou.
sold out for the Kreisler concert
scene IN the Queens Hall Va.
most extraordinary one I have ~
witnessed suppose We shall new.
see the like again, unless. D.,s...
when Nikisch comes. In the vbo,.
my concert-going career 7 can ~
no such welcome to any artist. ana
the end the whole of the spd;...
NAMED in the hall for full ron
utes applauding literally without -,''
ment's break. Kreisler comport.a l' ,.''
self through it all with the .;as,
c1gnlty one might have cznao+o5
nim' he was pale and visibly ts,..
Tor long time. Not until moo. a.
end Of the concert, in spite Of
haps 1t was because of-tbe tu,,n,. E4'
BUSINESS of the applause. dij ss
come to his lips and bit of coIor :.
his cheeks. '''Oi 20
The program contained notbing. b..
three concertos-a Vivaldi u
and the Beethoven. Kreisler is gro.... .a...
than ever. On the afternoons NAV.
there is not violinist in tho n..-,, ,.s
who can approach him. It is good n !.
reminded now and then that co1
summate technique and perfect to-.
can be allied with temperament ri
BRAIN. If any one has been so fooli.s
as to believe that the Beethoven -,
certo was dead thing, with no mesr.
ing for this generation, he sbould har.
heard what Kreisler made Of q ".
Ronald and the Albert Hall orcbsstr.
accompanied everything with the mos,
exquisite sensitiveness .
After this experience the war :.
last definitely and finally over 50 tar
as musicians are concerned. The ma
sical public has made it clear beyon3
the possibility of misunderstandinn l.,
the most stupid or the most maIevoI.,+
intelligence that it does not iptend :,
shout any more Hymns of Hate at ,ls
bidding of any politician or apv nsn,..
paper. Perhaps the sweetest eni.oa.
OF the afternoon was when youD.
man slipped unostentatiously nm I
the foot Of the platform and banssa
Krelsler wreath. We had inst mi.
to see, as he turned away, that If Tvs,
Albert Sammons. The presentation va.
sym mbolical."
New-York tribune., 1921-05-29
A Violinist's Memorial

Rochester, N. y, possesses a monu-
ment to the memory of a musician
which is something out of the ordinary
run of memorial structures. David
Hochstein, whose career as a violinist
was ended soon after it had begun by
shell at the battle of the Argonne,
was a native of Rochester. and his edu-
cation was paid for by a family Of
music loving philanthropists. To these
patrons and other friends the young
musician had greatly endeared himself
After the she'll had done its work on
the soldier artist, there was no posi-
bility of placing r stone over his rest
ing place, for there was no such spot
discoverable. The admiration and af-
fection which he inspired in his home
town has lost none of its integrity and
has received concrete expression in the
establishment of the David Hochstein
Music School Settlement at No. 421
Joseph Avenue This house was the
home Of the young man and was pur-
chased for the permanent use Of the
school by Mrs. James S. Watson, one
of his benefactors. The school has
been open since January of last year
and now has about 800 pupils, with a
long waiting list All branches of
music are taught at fees which are
graduated according to the ability of
the pupils to pay, though they are lit
tie else than nominal at the highest,
ranging from 10 cents to rs cents a
week for one hours or an hour and a
half's work week in individual les
sons, or class lessons in ensemble play
ing, theory and appreciation Of music.
The faculty of the school comes from
the Eastman School Of Music of the
University of Rochester, and funds,
aside from the trihing tuition fees,
from membership, which cost from S.
(associate) to $1,000 (founder). The
officers of the institution are Francis
E. Cunningham, president; Miss Mar
garet Ellwanger, secretary: Arthur NJ.
Lowenthal, treasurer, and the following
directors: Mortimer Adler, Mrs. Mary
A, Allen, Francis E. Cunningham, Mrs.
Henry G. Danforth, Miss Margaret Ell
wanger, Isaac Friedlich, Mrs. Clinton
G. Fish, Mrs. Mollie Carson, Miss Marie
B. Pond, Mrs. Harold Gleason, Mrs.
George F. Johnston, Mrs. Alfred king
enberg, Mrs. Abram Katz, Arthur NJ.
Lowenthal, Mrs. Joseph Michaels. Mrs.
Edward Mulligan, Mrs. William I.
Rosenberg and Mrs. James S. Watson.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-29

is something which awaits next sea-
sons revelation.
After the visit Of the Chicago Or
chestra last winter several concert
goers were discussing its performance,
and one remarked on the exceptional
quality of the horn quartet section
which Philip Halo once described as
"incomparablc." 81 did not notice the
horns at all" replied another.
The point was simply that the Chi
cago horn players made no effort to
make themselves heard, but, on the con-
trary, sought to the utmost for blend
ing beautiful and unobtrusivc tone
into the general tutti Of the orchestra.
There being no noteworthy horn solos,
this commentator man of much
musical learning, had failed to notice
the distinction of this section Of the
orchestra.
But in the New York bands one can
rever fail to notice the horns The
tone quality is usually forced and
brassy, the object apparently being to
make the horn part stand out regard
less of the general musical effect
Mr.. Mengelberg's effect in the Tam
hauser Overture, which so justly
aroused your critical wrath. is only an
extreme instance of the vice so COM
mon here that our ears have become
coarsened and we too often pass it by
without notice. Perhaps the gravest
transgression in this regard was the
extraordinary exploit of Mr.. Stokowski
in the ultimate concert of the Philadel-
phia series here. The final number
was the 1872 Overture. Here the con-
ductor doubled his heavy brass, using
six trombones and two tubas. When
the Russian hymn appeared at the close
he caused his trombone players to rise,
elevate the bells of their instruments
till they pointed straight at the audi
ence, and blared out the choral with
such fury that the ascending and de-
scending scale passages work of the
strings and woodwind, one of Tschai-
kowsky's happiest orchestral inven-
tions, sounded like boy whistling in
distant rain barrel.
Surely the "blond Siegfred of the
baton" could have gone only one step
further and lined up his brasses in
front of the orchestra in the manner
of Sousa, so that all might hear who.
had ears to hear, even though they
were stone deaf.
Let US have less sensationalism and
more music; fewer personalities and
more artistry; less brute force and
greater euphony; few less fffFs and
more mp's. H. B. MATTHEW'S
New-York tribune., 1921-05-29
Another Plea for LESS
Force and Greater Euphony"

To the Musical Critic of The Tribune.
Dear Mr.. Krchbiel: Let me thank
you for your article in The Tribune
of Sunday on the degradation Of taste
Of orchestral concert audiences at the
present time, Everything you say is
true and you say it in the way in which
it should be said. All this has, per-
haps, been hinted at before or dis
cussed in fragmentary way, but your
article covers the subject and to use
locution WHICH can hardly be avoided,
carries punch
1t took the visit of the Chicago Or
chestra last winter to reveal to those
who heard it the low standards to
which orchestral music in New York
has fallen. Not only the surprising
technical fluency of the Chicago blow
ers, but their cohesion and clarity and ,
above all, the unfailing euphony of
the orchestra as a whole, came to most
of us rs q revelation. Mr.. Stock doesn't
prance and doesn't pose; he doesn't
seek effects for the sake of effects;
but he revealed to US again what or
chestral music can be and ought to be.
1t used to be said when orchestras
in the United States were fewer and
better, that the truest test of any
band was the quality of it's tone while
playing in the middle dynamic register
from nj p to M +. If we were to apply
this test to our local orchestras we
would encounter great difficulties, for
our conductors seem to have forgotten
the virtues of moderation and virtually
the only dynamics we hear are pianis-
slmos and stentorian full orchestra
cIlmaXes, which could only be indicated
as Berlioz used to mark them-ftff.
Beauty of tone seems to be con-
sidered as a wholly minor element. The
thing most sought after is to shake the
electric globes in the ceiling with
tumults of sound.
We read that next year the Phil
harmonic is going to be made the
largest orchestra in the world. We
may we'll wonder if it will be, in the
words of its new co-conductor, "the
greatest in the world" We are told
that it will number 1870 players and
there will, of course, be double-horn
quartet. with doubling of the wood
wind throughout and many extra
brasses. Whether the excellence of an
orchestra grows in direct proportion
to the increase in its personnel is at
least an open question. Whether the
ends of musical art are served by
doubling and redoubling the volumes
OF crashing SOUND, which our modern
conductors hurl upon our stunned ears.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-29

Boston Orchestra was over commit
tee Of players asked Strauss to con-
duct the annual concert for the benefit
of the organizations pension fund. He
replied, in effect, that ordinarily he
would be glad to conduct such con-
cert without pay, but, in view of the
treatment which he had received at
the hands of the orchestra with
which the players, of course, had moth
ing to do), he would conduct the con-
cert only on condition that he receive
MS regular fee, which was $1,000.
Eventually compromise was effected
on basis of 25 per centum of the re-
celpts. The concert was successful,
and yielded DR.. Strauss $500, 1t is
customary the world over for artists
to give their services gratuitously at
concerts of this character Rubinstein
was in the habit OF iourneying every
year to Leipsic for the express pur-
pose of playing at the pension fund
concert Of the Gewandhaus Orchestra.
Whatever there was of commercialism
n the American musical season Of
10000 seems to have been introduced
into it by Herr Strauss, who brought
the indictment against New York when
he returned to his native Germany.
His personal convictions on the sub
ject found in the Wanamaker concerts
and remark made to the late DR.. Will
liam Mason in defending his attitude:
81 would polish stoves if paid for it,"
To another musician he was reported
to have said that for a consideration
he would conduct an orchestra on a
dungheap!
New-York tribune., 1921-05-29
Mengelberg and Wagner
the Editor Of The Tribune.

10 the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir; amen" to the article in to-
days Tribune in re the "Tannhsuserr
overture! l don't remember that
Seidl overdid that effect, but Safopos
certainly did. did not hear Mr.. Meng-
elberg's farewell performance Of the
overture, but did hear an earlier one
The pilgrims chorus began so SLOWLY
that it occurred to me to time him.
de took two minutes overtime. Won.
der what would have happened to any
one who showed him Wagner's explic.
writing on the subject in "Ueber dss
olr1glren a MUSICIAN.
New York. May -. 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-29
STRAUSS Music Receives
Recognition in New York

NO composer OF orchestral music
within the last forty years has had
such prompt and generous recognition
IN New York as has been accorded to
Richard Strauss. His name was nm
known to the American public (indeed
it had not penetrated far beyond the
walls of Munich), when Mr.. Theodore
Thomas brought forward his Symphony
IN f at concert of the Philharmonic
Society on December 10, 1884, playing
it from written parts. The work dis
closed amiable gifts which were
promptly and graciously recognized
Writing in The Tribune at the time
this reviewer declared that it was the
product of natural symphonist, not
of one to whom the symphonic form
was strange. "The workmanship
throughout is finished and uncon-
strained and melodies and harmonies
flow without effort. The, ideas are
plastic and though the mood of the
whole piece is permitted to droop a,
NANiSop VA VIC WIOlS Gu6 LGCnQlcai Skill
keeps pace with the inventiveness ex-
hibited and the result of their union
is work which gives the fairest prom
ise for the future career of the COM
poser" That seems to have been a
pretty good prognostic; we have not
often welcomed frst work by an un
known composer 80 warmly. Ten years
later the symphony WAS performed
again by the Boston orchestra, under
Mr.. Paur. Il still sounded to this re-
viewer like the product Of q born
symrhcn!st. Meanwhile the sersnade
for Wind Instruments (wish which Dr.,
yeH salow mads energetic propaganda
for the young eempessF), "Aus ftallsn,n
Don Susa,'' "raa und verklarung" and
"Msebath" had bsen heard In New
York, and The Tribune maa recorded
his bai!st that the composer wuula
New-York tribune., 1921-05-29
n. Y. SvnDhonv

The New York Symphony Orchestra
Of which Walter Damrosch is conduc-
tor and Albert Coates is guest con-
ductor, will open it's subscription books
to new subscribers for next season.
New applications for season tickets
that have already been received by the
Symphony Society for the twelve pairs
of Thursday afternoon and Friday eve
ming concerts in Carnegie Hall, and
for the sixteen Sunday afternoon con-
certs in Aeolian Hall, may indicate
that many music lovers who only oc-
casionally attended concerts in past
seasons have developed into regular
patrons of orchestral music. Particu-
larly is this true in regard to the Fri
day evening series in Carnegie Hall,
which to date shows a marked increase
in the sale of tickets over any previous
year.
Mr.. Damrosch will direct all the con-
certs from October 20 to December is.
inclusive, and from March 2 to March
rs, inclusive. Mr.. Coates will return
IN December as guest conductor and
will direct all the concerts from De-
cember 20 to February 26, inclusive.
Soloists engaged for appearance next
season with the New York Symphony
Orchestra are Erika Morini, Percy
Granger, Serge Prokofeff, Guy Maier
and Lee Pattison. Other soloisss in.
cluded in the list are Josef Hofmann.
VINO will make his first appearance in
New York with orchestra in three
years, Jsscha Heifetz, sergei Rachman-
ino7, Paul Kochsnski, Harold Bauer.
Florence Esston, Hulda Lashanska,
Marguerite D'Alvarez and Fritz Kreis-
lsf' Vincent d'Indy. che distinguished
FFench composer, has been engaged to
direct one gair In the Carnegie Hall
SERIES. This will be M, dTndy,s onlv
New York appearances.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-29
The Second Coming of
Herr Richard Strauss
Incidents of His Visit TO America IL Years Ago;
Symphony With Papa, Mama and the Baby I'm 1t
His Descriptive Music; Art and Commercialism

! benny, that The Tribune's music re-
viewer (who is now writing these
reminiscences) somewhat Indignantly
refused to comment seriously on the
affair At the second concert Herr
Strauss again shared the conductors
baton with Mr.. Wetzler, reserving for
himself the direction of his tone-poem
Don Quixote"-which till then had
been heard only in Chicago, Boston.
Philadelphia and at concert of the
Boston Orchestra in this city. Under
It's composer the performance of the
work came to grief. Herr Strauss 'qos,
control of the band and catastrophe
resulted, which brought all soaring
fancies to the ground" was the curt
remark of The Tribune's reviewer. 1t
was obvious that the composer had
been the careless of the artistic ele
ment in the enterprise, aud the break
down aroused him to q consciousness of
his duty, for at the third concert. at
which Nine. Strauss sang some OF his
songs with orchestral accompaniment,
the music went much better and The
Tribune's writer said in his report:
Neither at the conductors desk nor
at the pisnoforte was there q trace of
that inditferentism which marked Dr.
Strauss's attitude toward the work
which he had in hand last week. He
was alert, commanding and authorita-
tive, and secured better results from
the orchestra than have been hear.
thus far. 1t was pleasant to note as
perhaps the chief characteristic Of his
readings that he was in nothing ex
travagant or fantastical. He is willinr
at times to sacrifice euphony for the
sake ,of picturesque effect, or to play
on the nerves of his hearers; but. as
a rule, he is quite content with clarity
Of articulation and such defamation of
phrase as will present clearly the mu-
slcal idea and its development"
New-York tribune., 1921-05-29

talent. Once after a performance of
Elm Hildenleben," in which, by quot
ing the themes of some of his earlier
works, he unshrinkingly proclaims him
self his own hero, he said to an Eng
lish writer: "You have never met my
wife, but you know her now and will
recognize her when you visit us in Ber-
lin"
New-York tribune., 1921-05-29

Visitors to Brighton Beach will be
entertained by two daily band concerts
during the summer. The band, con
Quoted by Harold Stern, is composed Of
members of the Russian Symphony,
New York Symphony, Cleveland SYM
phony, St. Paul Symphony and Boston
Symphony orchestras.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-29

The annual concert Of The Big
Stick" will take place this evening at
the Manhattan Opera House. Cecil
Arden, contraito, of the Metropolitan
Opera House; Sara Sokolsky-Freid,
niaist; Joseph Vinegradof, barytone-
and others will appear.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-29
In the World of Music and Musicians &.
Music Notes

The sixty third Worcester Festival
will take place at Mechanics Hall,
Worcester, October 3 to 7. Among
thosc taking part will be the Worces-
ter Festival Chorus and sixty must
clans from the New York Symphony
Orchestra, conducted by Rene Pollain.
BerIioz's "Damnation of Faust" will be
given at the first concert, when the
soloists will be Estelle Liebling, George
Meader. Charles L. Gallagher and Fred
Patton. At the second concert sym
phonic works viii be performed, with
Estelle Licbling as soloist. Edgar Still
man. Kelly's "Pilgrim's Progress" will
be the feature Of the third concert,
when Grace Kerns, Ottilie Schillig,
Arthur Middleton, Harold Land, Jud-
son House and Fred Patton will be the
soloists. The fourth concert will again
be devoted TO symphonic music. Ottilie
Schillig will be the soloist. Rosa Pom
selle ansI Arthur Middleton will be
the leading attractions at the fifth and
fnal concert, artists night.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-29

ETITE Prof. EhrIioh, Expert Ts,.s
LIZ 1T. 6i9 West isath ST. ssritss
with flute literature Mailed tF
New-York tribune., 1921-05-29

.. RARTH Piano, Organ, Harruors
- csl West 3ath ST
New-York tribune., 1921-05-29
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED AOSi
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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-03-31
DISARMAMENT START
. BY GREAT BRITAIN
If u. S. HESITATES

Washington, March 26.-Great
Britain has decided tentatively upon
the program she will follow in ne
gotiations to be opened shortly with
the Harding administration. Ad-
vices reaching Washington indicated
today England in approaching the
United States on the question Of
world policies apparently will OBJ
serve these decisions.
/. Proposals to the now admints-
tration will be guided SO far as pos
sible by the reaction which will fol-
low the visit here Of Rene Viyi-
ami, former French premier.
52. Sir Auckland Geddes, British
ambassador to the United States,
likely will be designated head Of the
British mission to Washington.
$gFs3 8 Unless the United States in
.dicates. she is ready to inaugurate q
movement for world disarmament
England may take the initiative, and
suggest q disarmament conf ference.
II s, Britain will consent to elimin-
alton Of Article ] 0 from heHleague
nf nations but will urge that the
main body of the covenantsbe 9retaip-
ed. She will not go az Sfar#as France
;in modify fying the lee que. hi
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-03-31

. lRevamping the industrial COM
: ssion to place 1ndependent-en-
.orsed state officials in charge Of the
c commission instead Of Nonpartisans; !;
2-Liquidation Of the Bank Of
North Dakota down to a state de-
partment or a rural credits bank.
and,
3-Practical abandonment of the
state Industrial program, with ex-
ception of the state mill and eleva-
tor at Grand Forks
When these and similar bills met
defeat thru efforts Of the Nonparti-
san faction, the Committee Of Twen-
ty-One, representing all factions op-
posed to the Nonpartisan League,
decided to call d statewide conven-
tion to consider the recall proposal,
and this action was approved by an
Independent caucus at Bismarck.
1t had been planned to present to
the voters the group of measures in
troduced by the Independent faction
and which the Nonpartisan group
defeated and the proposal to initiate
these laws will be acted upon by the
convention.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-03-31
HAIL INSURANCE
WARRANTS CALLED

Bismarck, March 30.-Hail insur-
ance warrants for 1920 losses issued
to claimants in Trail, Towner and
Stutsman counties were called for
payment today, it was announced by
Manager Martin S. Hagen OF the
state hail insurance department,
The call includes warrant y. H.
779.
Mr.. Hagen is making the an
nouncement urged that farmers in
these counties hold on to their war;
rants and don't sell to spectators
who. he says, make a practice OF
purchasing warrants in counties
about to be called at big discount.
q Today's call brings the number of
counties cleared up to seven. Ward.
Williams, Wells and Walsh have pre-
viously been paid off. The total FOR
all counties paid TO date is $4S9.-
1904 distributed as follows: Will
liams. $123,S43: Wells, $9S,725;
Ward, $91.994; Walsh, S1G.11O:
Trail. s11. .4O2: Towner, $$5,s17
and Stutsman s11O.S17.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-03-31
LISTS OF SL.ACkEItS
SENT OUT APRIL FIRST

indianapolis, March 3d.
Lists OF men claSScil by the
war department as draft cv;ld-
crS will Ec furnished all ~
ncrican Legion posts in the
United States beginning about
April 1st, J.. {. Harris, adju-
tant general OF the army an
nOliuced to the national head
quarters.
\ copy OF each local deaf,
boards list OF rvadcrS will be-
furnished national hcatiIiIuri-
crs and copies Of board lists
containing names of offenders
in their localities will bc for
warIcd direct to legion posts.
Publication OF the 4,1jl board
lists will extend over several
months. Local posts will
check list carefully so innO-
cent men may he protected, and
the guilty placed in jail.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-03-31
JOHN BURKE SUES
FOR HALF MILLION

Chicago. March 30 Damages OF
100000 We're sought in Iihcl suit
begun today in circuit court by
John Burke, formerly treasurer of
the United States and at one time
governor of North Dakota. anl Lo;,is
NJ. Kardos against r. II. McMas.or
q local broker
McMaster. PhilliD r. Davis. aI:or-
ney for Burke said had opened
his offices and is trying to regain
The business Sivcn Burke and kHr-
dos and had called their concern "a
bucket shop