Evening star., 1923-07-08
Musigraphs.

ERANCESKA KASPAR LAWSON left
l. yesterday for Charlottesville. Va.
where she will give her third song
recital at the University of Virginia
today. Mrs. Lawson will leave there
tomorrow for Pennsylvania, giving
recitals at the summer school of
Juniata College, Huntington, Tuesday:
at the Millersville State Normal
School Wednesday. and at Cumber-
land Valley State Normal School
Thursday. She will return to WASH
inCton Friday.
Eva Gauthier Is now in Europe.
having sailed from New York early in
June She is the first singer ever
Invited especially to present American
music at the historic Salzburg Fes-
tival. She will sing the works of
some of our famous composers there
later in the summer.
Merle Alcock. popular American
contralto, will sail for Europe July
IS. Mrs. Alcock, who was chosen as
one of the four American singers to
appear the first time on programs at
the Metropolitan Opera House next
season, will make her operate debut
in Germany.
Marie Tiffany, soprano of the Metro
politan Opera Company. who sailed
for Europe the end of June, gave a
costume recital among her last con-
certs before leaving for her vacation.
She, like Lucrezia Bori and Frieda
Hempel. both of whom gave costume
recitals in Washington last season,
made distinct success with this
| type of recital and expects TO give
more along this line next year She
| sang southern songs and was gowned
in an 1880 costume.
Emerson Whithorne's suite, New
York Days and Nights" will provide
three of the numbers of representa-
tive American music on the program
be held at Salzburg August 2 TO Z,
inclusive. Although there are five
numbers in this suite. only three will
be performed at the festival.
Marie Jeritza, the beautiful Wen
nese pr.ma donna who became the
rage on the American opera stage and
concert platform last season, is
quoted in the New York Times as hav-
ing given few interesting side
lights on her opinion of America in
| nalist recently. She is quoted as
| saying, among other things:
| My interest for precision and ex-
actness ] learned in America and.
before all things, Observation-Disclosures.
The Americans never get tired. /
had to do great deal of work in
America. but | got a rich reward in
recognition of It. ] may say that /
| was as popular there as anybody
| can be in the United States. 1t is not
easy to keep this popularity for you
must achieve the utmost. the limit of
human possibility might almost
| say the impossible.
| Distances in America are so over
powering and the abundance of
everything so great as to be almost
| oppressive to a European"
Word is received from Chicago
| that the art institute of that city is
! about TO erect memorial statue to
! the late Theodore Thomas. famous as
! an orchestral conductor. Mr.. Thomas
! was musical director of the Worlds
! Columbian exposition held in Chicago
| in the summer of 1898, was director OF
| the Chicago Orchestra, .and also led
| years 1sS2-S4. such as made him
| famous in Cincinnati.
! The memorial is in the form of 2
statue of a partly draped woman
| sixteen feet high. cast in bronze ant
representing The Spirit of Music
1t will be erected in Grant Park. The
| model was made by Albin Polasek.
| George Schimmel received inform
/ ally. Monday afternoon. The guests
of honor were Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]
Brady of Buffalo. N Y. where Mr.
Brady is prominent in the hospital
and rehabilitation work of the
/ K. of c.
The musical program was given by
] Helen Gerrer, Violinist; Katherine
! Riggs, harpist: Victor Golibart. tenor
with Katherine Weber accompanist
and Ellsworth Condron. tenor. with
Mr.. Schimmel accompanist.
Among the out-of-town guests were
Mr.. and Mrs. r. F. Downham of Alex
andria. Va. and Miss Moore OF
| Charleston, $. c..
| Little Shura Cherkassky. the boy
| pianist who created such a furore
| among Washington musicians and
| others interested in music in his two
| concert performances here last May
! has been definitely booked by Mrs
] Katie Wilson Greene for two concerts
| in the capital next year.
| Frederick r. Huber. manager fol
! Shura has also booked him for con-
! cert in Richmond and one in Pitts
| burgh next season.
| AS Mr.. Huber does not permit the
child to give more than two concerts
| a month. there will be few other cities
| which will have the opportunity &c
hear the little Russian boy next year
where you will find us-The Sanctu