Evening star., 1922-04-16
Musical Mention

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Musicians. more than members of
other professions, are often charged
with being biased in their judgments.
jealous in their actions and ungener-
Gus, II not actually unfair. to their
confreres In their promotion of musi-
cal activities and movements, but the
facts do not always substantiate these
lights, and practically never among
the master minds Of the profession.
The season just drawing to a close
has witnessed a most unusual inter
change of professional courtestes,
among the great orchestral leaders OF
the world, and the unstinted praise
and free acknowledgment OF the. su-
perior caliber of the American SYM
phony organizations by men of such
broad culture, wide experience and
musical acumcn as Vincent D'1ndy,
and william Mengelberg cannot fail
to impress the public with their large
minded fairness and to be a great
source Of pride and qualification to
American music lovers.
Each of these visiting conductors
has presided over one or more of the
best of the American organizations.
and one and all are reported to have
admitted that this country now has
the greatest orchestras in She world.
DIR. Strauss, who caine from Ger
many to conduct series Of concerts
by the Philadelphia Orchestra, pro-
nounced It an orchestra of superla-
tive quality. Vincent D'Indy. the vet
eran French composer conductor, VINO
welded the baton over both the new
York and the Boston symphony or
chestras, affirmed that both had been
great inspiration to him and that
he wished he could transfer them 10
his own country.
Albert Coates, when he ieft rev
York a short time ago after conouct-
ing the New York Symphony for sew
eral weeks, said that, although ne
had presided for years. botn IN RUS
sia and In England. over sucn orsaHi-
cations, he had never conducteo q
finer orchestra than the New YORK
symphony. ..
William Mengelberg, who came TO
this country from Holland. after many
times refusing to do so. ana VINO -
now conductor of the New YORK Fhl.
harmonic Orchestra. says that ne
would have come here long ago II ne
had had any idea that such mag
nificent orchestra awaited his oaton
here. AS a matter of fact. 1t mas iong
been claimed by musical connoissears esns
who have heard such musical organ
izations, both here and abroad tnae
American orchestras are more care
fully organized than those OF e1tner
England or Europe and that IN lot
eign countries. there Is not the co
slant wedding out process in the .prc Per
sonnel that takes place here. Also.
and this Is practical point not 10 pc
lost sight Of salaries in TINS couhtss
are much higher. consequently .me
best orchestra players OF Europe ,ransrerrine
tba;r activities to this more lucrative
field. ...--
Friends and pupils of Mr.. and MRS
Hugh E. SALESMAN spent a most en-
ioyable evening at the SALESMAN studio
last Saturday. when they were enter
tanned with the following program
of piano and vocal numbers,
Overture. Der Frieschutz Me9. .n
er). for four hands. Misses - Mar.s re
SBeethoven). Ralph Bentome: nGypsie
Dance" (Bohm), Louise Deacon;
asextette from Lucia" tDonizettil:
saronelle Wilson: WALTZ in z Fiat
(Durand). yallis 1 KNOX; * pls K4inizoKs: LoKs:
prs,uas lsy sssei1s,c In { sharp ss Minos n tRseh:
maninoff), Miss Morgan: Rustic OF
avaise Arabesque" Gach). Jessie
Eastman: Hungarian Rhapsody. NO:
L. Gis.t); Marie nsnfs1 Bishop SUSAN pI,h Free
mani Pearl Elloser: I'll Bacio"
(Arditti). Ninon viguier; MY Heart
at Thy Sweet Voice" from samson
and Delilah" (MassenneO. Angelina
Cliffo. - ,,r.
SALESMAN will be given May s, in the
AUDITORIUM of the Y. w. c. A., to
which the public is invited.
Miss Mary Eyre MacElree. pianist.
and Miss Louise Hill, reader. were
heard in a joint program at the Ma
tionai Cathedral School for Girls Sat
urday evening. Miss MaeElree.s num-
hers included 'Nocturne In D & Eat
"Wsltn wa in E Flat Major" by alssou-
now. and May. Might" by Pain.
creme. Miss Hill gave one-act
sketch by Stephen Phillips and a.
group Of poems by English authors.
A recital of unusual interest will
take place next Friday at the parish
house of the Church of the New Jeru-
salem. when Albert Schott, formerly
tenor of the Royal Opera at Munich,
Germany. will be heard in a program
Of song. He will be assisted by Nine.
Crete Lorleberg Won Bayer, who Will
accompany him at the piano, as weil
as render several solo numbers. the
program will include several Wagner
numbers.
The last of the Lenten organ re-
citals at the Church of the Epiphany.
which took. place last Wednesday
evening. was given by Adolf Iorov-
sisted by Mrs Hugh Brown, soprano;
Mrs. Nancy Stillwell. alto; John Mar
tyn. tenor, and Ambrose Durkin, bass,
who gave the following program:
Fsas 81, aoi1%snf from dqf tse
.pastorale" and "Elfes" (Bonnet);
quartet, "God So Loved the World"
from Stainer's "Crucifxion; "Orien.
tale" (CuD; 'Traume" and "Vorspiel,
from .Lohengrin" 3Wagnerl; duet.
poem (Sibelius).
At the dramatic entertainment
presented by the Lafayette Players
the pleasure Of the occasion was
much enhanced by the incidental
music furnished by ar orchestra.
composed of J. ]. Muir. Brockett
Muir. Emory Dougherty, Donald
Dudley, with Miss Louise I evils at
the piano.
Mrs. Bessie Birch Haycock gave a
musical program at the luncheon Of
the Patriots Memorial Chapter,
D. A. X, laet' TUESDAY, Wheh tho
president general and treasurer gem
eral were the guests Of honor.
The; Rubinstein Club will give q
card party and dance Wednesday.
April 26, at the Hadleigh Hotel.
Those who went to the lobby con-
cert at the 7. M. C. A. last Monday
evening expecting to be entertained
found that they were to consider
- he f,Iaiv
tainers. as the program called for
three groups of community songs by