New Ulm review., 1922-11-22
FAMOUS QUARTET
IS COMING HERE
FIonzaley Musicians Are To
Appear at Armory On
November 20.

The Flonzaley string quartet which
for II years has played before Amerlc-
an and European audiences will appear
at the Armory at 8:15 p. m. Wednes-
day, November 20, under the auspices
tof DR.. Martin Luther College. Dur
ing it's entire career there has been
only one change in the quartet's
personnel, when, owing to the war,
the place of the original viola player,
Mr.. Ara, was taken by Louis Bailly,
one of the most prominent viola play
ers in the world who has more than
made up for the loss.
Organized In 1908.
The quartet came into existence
during the summer of 1908 through
the initiative of E. J. de Coppet and
Alfred Pochon. The first meeting
of the newly formed organization took
place at the Swiss home OF Mr.. De
Coppet, "Flonzaley," on the shores OF
Lake Geneva. "Flonzaley" in the
Swiss patois means "brooklet.'
The quartet is composed Of Adolfo
Betti, first violin; Alfred Pochon,
Sc cond violin; Louis Bailly, viola, and
Ivan d. Archambeau, 'cellist. Bettl
was born in Italy; Pochon, Swltzer-
land; Bailly, France and d. Archam-
beau, Belgium. All have studied at
celebrated European conservatorles
and made distinguished records as
individual performers before they
entered the quartet
Limit Set To Activities.
1t is physically impossible for the
Flonzaley Quartet to give more than
hundred concerts a season. Thus mas
a limit been set to their activities which
must be rigidly adhered to, if the high
standard of the organization is to be
upheld. -.
"Some of these concerts are given IN
towns so small, one wonders that ap-
preciative audiences can be gathered
together for concert OF chamber
music" London Charlton, Manager,
recently declared. "Therein lies
surprise for the person who regards
our small towns as arid deserts OF
musical culture. The women's clubs
and musical societies which have
sprung up all over the country during
the past twenty years have been IN
strumental in developing musical ap-
probation to a point where now only
the best an artist can give will be ac-
cepted in towns outside the big cen
tres" .- ~
Appreciate Good Music.
'It is really an inspiration for us to
play in these small towns" one Of the
Quartet said recently. ut is not alone
the warmth of their applause, the lack
of which every artist can distinguish,
but it is what the people tell US after
wards. Appreciation for good music
has been growing steadily every year.
And today, it is not only Beethoven's
and Mozart's quartets that people are
interested in, but those OF Goo1sens,
Borodine, Glazounow, Bloch. Natur-
ally, no matter how we'll we played,
we couldn't get chance to be heard
in these towns, if the people were not
capable of appreciating the music we
present to them. We play for them,
not because they feel it is a cultural
duty to hear us but because they want
chamber music"
A season of such intensive travelling
means a tremendous tax on the
physical energies Of the Quartet. April
generally marks the end of their
American season, after which they
sail Immediately for Europe, where
months relaxation from the strain OF
concert-giving prepares them for an
other series of concerts in England,
France and Belgium.