The New York herald., 1922-06-25
All Wagner Night
to Open Stadiuri's
Summer Concerts
Compositions of Many Amer
leans Will BE Presented
During the Season.

year the season opening
Thursday. July - will be a
Wagner Night" According to an an
nouncement made yesterday by Mrs
Charles s Guggenheimer and Mrs.
Newbold lie Roy Edgar, chairman and
vice chairman of the Stadium Com
mittee. throughout the six weeks OF
concerts this summer one night each
week will be a Wagner night and one
a symphony night.
There will be no so-called popular
nights" at the Stadium this year. Only /,
the best classical programs will be
given. with Wagner, Tschaikowsky.
Beethoven and such masters played.
In addition. there is TO be a new or
chestral movement in the systematic
presentation of new works OF Amerf-
can composers. These will be given {
by the fun Philharmonic Orchestra OF
eighty five men with the same SYM
pathetic expertness that it will devote
to the works of the masters.
For the Philharmonic next winter ;
Henry Hadley. who will be the con-
ductor at the Stadium for the frst thres
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careful research into the works OF lat
ter day American composers. Some OF
the results OF this research will be made
use of for the Stadium. On the twenty
one programs he will conduct Mr.. Had
ley will present sixteen such American I.
compositions. all suitable for perform
ance out OF doors. none OF them fa-
miliar. though some have already been
presented here and there elsewhere,
Eight. however. are absolutely new.
The American composers who will be
brought forward during the first three
weeks OF the season are Nevin. Mac
Dowell. Winter Watts. Hadley, Durham.
Chadwick, Hosmer, Barlow, Gilbert.
Brell. Deems Taylor, Dunn. Skilton. Van
der Stucken Robinson and Humiston.
The Stadium Additions at Aeolian
Hall-the finals of which will be In
Carnegie Hall on the afternoons of June
2S and June 29-have now completed
their second week. Altogether 750 con-
testants win be heard. The finals"
will oe for established artists and those
chosen from the preliminaries These
latter viii necessarily be few.
Among the judges for additions are
Henry Hadley. Inez Barbour Mrs. Ned
Kaufman. Mrs. Sigmund Adler. Mrs.
Julian Edwards. Estelle LieblinS. Mi1s
Landseer Mackenzie. Mischa Levinski,
N.
Mrs. Parks Brownrigg. Michel Piastro
and Mrs. Louis Smith.
Walter Damrosoh. conductor Of the
New York symphony Orchestra. has re-
turned 10 Paris after visits to Rome.
Munich. Vienna and Basic. He will, sail
for New York June 2S on the Majestic.
and on arrival will leave immediately
for his summer home at Bar Harbor,
where he will rest until the middle OF
September.
While In Rome Mr.. Daurosch visited
the American Academy and before leav-
ing Paris he will attend the opening OF
the Fontanebleau School OF Music,
which offers summer courses to Amer
lean students. II was through the ef-
forts of Mr. Damrosch that the Fon-
tainebleau School was founded two
years ago by Francis Casadesus and
Maurice Fragnaud. \ feature OF this
summers session will be the inausura~
ton OF an opera class
George Barrere. solo flute OF the New
York symphony Orchestra. has gone to
his summer place at Norwalk. Conn.
Arthur Rubinstein. Polish pianist
now playing in South America. has been
New York Philharmonic Orchestra, No.
vemoer "a and 2s under Josef Stransky. 1
George Hamlin has accepted posi-
tion as teacher OF voice at the Institute
OF Musical Art. beginning in October
Mr. Hanlin. who made his reputation a.
p concert and opera singer. has devoted
much Of his time in recent wears 10
teaching. He made his debut with ths
Chicago Grand Opers Company in Vie
tor Herbert's "Natoma" and later sang
such roles as PHkerton, Couordossi, Do-.
Jose and GeHnoro. He was the first
singer to introduce the songs OF Richard
Strauss In America and gave many
Strauss recitals here and In Germany.
He has never before been connected reg
ularly with a musical institute. although
he has been engaged from time 70 time
as special lecturer on vocal science. and
operate coach.
The Happy six Dance Orchestra. ons
~ tho first organizations TO give con-
certs over the radio at the Westinghouse
station fer outgoing steam ships. Will be
the first 20 give a similar concert in ths
South The orchestra Is now giving y
series of concerts AZ EdCewood Park
birmingham. and at the end OF its cons
tract will be the guests OF the WSY
station. the only radio in the State, rc-
2 series of such concerts W. l.. Baldwin
o, the Alabama Power Company who Is
much inter- s'ed In the radio stations.
believes $4,000 people will hear ths
music
The So Louis Municipal Opera Houss
presented Victor Herberts Sweet
hearts" last week. and the boz office re-
ceir,s were more than s26 900 for the
week The nine years intervening since
- vas first produced. with Christie
Macdonald az star. had no; IN the
slightest dulled tho charm ~ Herbe~t's
melodies. and Americas only municipal
opera did the biggest weeks business
in rs four wears history. This weeks
cpera will he Gilbert and suliivan's
"Yeoren ~ the Guard
Varied Attractions
Ar Suburban psrks