2 MUSiCAL AMERICA December 20, 1919 VACCINATION RULE UPSETS = U. S. GOVERNMENT GIVES OFFICIAL TORONTO'S MUSIC SEASON PLAN MUSIC WEEK RECOGNITION TO MUSIC'S VITAL FOR NEW YORK CITY Artists Cancel Canadian Engagements = Rather Than Risk Inoculation- ] ASSISTANCE IN WINNING THE WAR Hear Damrosch Forces Seven Days from Feb. 1 to TORONTO, CAN , Dec. 5.-The recent Feb. 7 to ·Be Devoted ·to Statement Issued by Adjutant-General Harris Cites Indispen- vaccination order issued by the United States Immigration Department badly Imposing Events sable Part Played in Conflict by Music-Plan to Make it upset the musical season in Toronto, in- ~ terfering with the appearance of a num- In an attempt to stimulate further in- Part of All Army Work-Department to Encourage and ber of musicians and musical organiza- terest in music and to increase the music, Promote All Study of Music tions from the United States scheduled loving public, churches, schools, orches- to appear in this city. tras and o-ther public and private forces ASHINGTON, D C., Dec. 17.-Mu- opportunity: The result was that Ameri- The Boston Symphony was to have are co-operating for a Music Week to W can bands in the A. E . F. combined the given a concert in Massey Hall on Dec. ~ sic is at last coming into its own 12, in conjunction with Louise Homer, be held in New York City ,from Feb. 1 officially. Adjutant-General P. C. Har- best points which were found in the Al- to Feb. 7 at the same time as the Na- lied armies. contralto, commemorating the silve:t- an- ( ris, of the army, has just issued a state- "With demobilization the splendid niversary of Massey Hall, but as it would · tional Music Show. mean that the entire organization would The week is to be inaugurated on Suni ~ ment' which may be taken as the first army · musical organizations were dis- day, Feb. 1, by church services when t official recognition of the fact that music banded; nevertheless, the War Depart- have to undergo va-ccination or render i l ment-determined . to maintain a high proof of recent vaccination, on re-enter- minister.s are to g-ive · se~l?2:ps, t(l"elated helped, and helped mightily, to win the standard of music as a military essen- ing the United States, their engagement to music .and when the sounomg of ~ war. In General Harris' own words, "as tial-set about to devise a method by was canceled and the twenty-fifth anni- chimes will be heard throughout the ' a bqilder and maintainer of staunch which the remaining army bands could versary of the hall has been postponed. city and its environs for'" a radius o~ ~ be brought back to a high standard of Mischa Levitzki, pianist, was to have twenty-five miles, initiating the week. morale, as a relief for tired nerves, and appeared in Massey Hall on Dec. 2 under During· the rest of the time programs proficiency and kept permanently to con- 1 as a tonic for flagging spirits, music was cert pitch. the management of I. E. Suckling,. but will be given by schools, department found indispensable." wired when he learned of the new order, stores, industrial plants, orchestras, and · "As a result of a special study of con- all other organizati-ons in a manner to ' As: one of the direct results of the ditions surrounding: the enlistment of "Extremely regret must postpone con- essential and vital place music made for bandsmen by the Recruiting Section of cert. Cannot take risk of vac-cination in arouse much interest in music and aid in itself in the war, the War Department the Adjutant-General's Office, certain midst of season." · making this city the music. center of the has caused a special study and investi- definite conclusions have been reached. The Detroit Symphony also canceled world. It is also expected that other gation to be made into the subject of "The enlistment of trained musicians its engagement last week rather than cities in the country will emulate the maki'ng music more of a feature in our is becoming increasingly difficult because submit to vaccination, · but on Jan. 5 example of New York and dWfa.a·te one army work and organization, with the of the great demand for them in civil they are scheduled to appear in Toronto week to music. n:ol r f.!~ resul't that the army is now offering life, and the unusual large salaries and with the Oratorio Society under Dr. Ed- A community of .the most "'Prominent every facility to provide a complete mu- short hours. Much canvassing has been ward Broome. musicians and music lovers has already sical . education to both enlisted personnel done among army bandsmen during de- Therefore, the only big offering from been formed and the initial plans are l who are adapted to such activities, as mobilization by commercial bands. across the line that Toronto is to hear being laid for the work. Among those well as bringing from the outside those "Since this condition is apparent and during tbe first part of the musical sea- represented on this committee are Otto } musicians who will give their efforts to shows no sign of immediate change, it son, at least, is the New York Symphony, H. Kahn, honorary chairman; B. Neuer, under the direction of Walter Damro8eh, President of Knabe Company, chairman; } building up this branch. has been determined by the War Depart- C. N. Tremaine, Director of the Na· ment that the only certain source of which appeared in Massey Hall under the 1 Adjutant-General's Statement management of I. E. Suckling and gave tional Board for the Advancement of musicians lies in the training by the Music, secretary; other members are j The Adjutant-General's statement fol- army in all authorized bands of as many a splendid program before a ·good-sized j audience. W. J. B. Philip Berolzheimer, Dr. ~ Wjp.jam C. lows: men as possible who have musical talent Carl, Mrs. Julian Edwards,'<. JO'hn C. 1 "Among the more definite lessons or aspirations. In furtherance of this which the war taught is the vital neces- policy, orders have been issued which F_reund, Samuel Finkelstein, George H. Mascagni's First Operetta Produced in Gartlan, Rubin Goldmark, Charles D. sity ,and unquestioned value of music in make it incumbent upon commanding offi- Isaacson, Mrs. Arthur N. Reis of the the ~eld in creating and sustaining mo- cers of all authorized bands to promote Milan People's Music League, Hugo Riesenfeld, rale.. As a builder and maintainer of and encourage in eyery way the study According to a copyrighted cablegram Dr. Alexander Russell, Charles L. Wag- staunch ·morale, as a relief for tired of music and to · furnish band leaders received by the New York Times Pietro ner, G. J. Eichenberg, Oscar Saenger, nerv~s and as a tonic for flagging spirits,' every facility to offer a complete musical Mascagni's fir-st attempt at operetta, Harry Barnhart, Edward Ziegler and mus~c was found indispensable, and its education. "Sisi," created a highly favorable im- others. development was encpuraged to the ut- "Although it is as yet too early· to pression at its first performance at the most by all the great military leaders. observe the effects of this order, indirect Quirinal Theater in Milan on the evening Bessie Abott Left Fohiinef« "T,he Am~rican army, late in the field, reports indicate that its provisions · are of Dec 12. Mascagni, says the dispatch, had a splendid chance to study the being faithfully carried out and will in turning from grand opera to light The estate of Bessie Abott Story, the methods and organizations of its allies, prove productive of beneficial results." comedy is an Italian pioneer with a two- late opera singer who--died at her home and full advantage was taken of this AT. M. fold endeavor in view. The first is to in New York on Feb. 9, was appraised lead a crusade against the productions on Dec. 11 at $137,891, of which about $80,000 was the value of her estate at nounced as played by request, was ap- of the Vienna operetta. The. second aim is to encourage national composers,:some Westbury, L. 1., and $25,000 il'l jewelry. PIANIST HEARD IN plauded so enthusiastically that -it was As the soprano died intestatt ·h'er !Hbther, repeated. The Schubert-Tausig "M~he of whose achievements in operetta, Mas- cagni contends, are vastly superior in Mrs. Frances J. Pickens gets· w&ife in- Militaire" was another very well-played come from the real estate and one-half NEW RECITAL HALL number. . 0. T. quality and variety, but have been with- held from the1 public solely through t he the personalty. Mrs. Jessie P . Lyle, sister maneuvers of a purely cormnercial ca- of the singer, inherits the residue. The Germa~ne Schnitzer's Playing Great Reception Greets Lilli Lehmann on morra. singer's husband, T. Waldo Story, the Return to Munich Stage sculptor, to whom she was ma.r.l'ied in Stirs Her Audience 1912, died in 1915. -rr ;1 MuNICH, Nov. 4.-An unprecedented Horatio· Parker Sails For Tropics n ·P.rU to Enthusiasm tumult in this city was occasioned re- Daughter Born to Hulda Lashanska cently-when Lilli ·Lehmann gave a lieder Dr. Horatio Parker, dean of the· Yale Admirabie in straightforward pianism School of Music, with Mrs. Parker, left Hulda L"ashanska (in private life Mrs. that' s·tressed interpretative rather than recital. Her voice, though it has lessen- ed in its volume, is still superb in its on Wednesday on the Manoa for a two Harold Rosenbaum), of New York, be- technical gifts, though the latter were pianissimo and -tone quality. Two of the months' trip to St. Kitts, South America. ca_me t_he !flOther of a daughter a;t" ,Lenox more than ample, was the program which most celebated pianists of this city were The composer has not been in the best Hill Hospital on Dec. 15. Mme. l!itshan- of health and it was only upon the ad- Germaine Schnitzer played Sund'ay after- heard in recital, Emil Sauer and Josef ska is a favorite among'American c'oncert Pembauer. Mr. Sauer offered a classical vice of his physicians that Dr. Parker sopranos. The baby will be named Mar. noon, Dec. 14. The recital marked the made plans to sail. garet. opening of the new Sixty-third Street program in which he proved himself a Music Hall, between Central Park West master, while Mr. Pembauer gave a and Broadway, and was liberally at- superb interpretation of modern works. ten~ed. The artist was very enthusiasti- After many years, the Rose Quartet was cally_receiY.ed and in response to pro- heard here in a recital which offered Geraldine Farrar-An lnS;~iratiiln tracted applause added several extras. .some of the best interpretation of chain- --~ ,• The new hall is of moderate size, seat- her music ever heard here. Cornelius ing about 1100. It has two balconies, Bronsgeest . appeared here recently in a to the American Operatic Aspirant and what apparently is a deep stage. song recital which offered some fine ex- .){t~ This was curtained off Sunday directly amples of contemporary works .. behind the piano. Acoustic properties OMETHI-NG to conjure with is the brich soon wa,s to s·ing her memorable seemed, in this single test, quite satis- Opera Singers Arrive from Peru S name of Geraldine Farrar. Saving farewell. . r,~-, . factory. S. E. MacMillen is the manager. · · h f I b . Popularly, · Caruso and Farrar to- The audience had more than the usual Regina Alvarez, Spanish . mezzo-so- Ca ruso, she . IS t e most po_wer u ox gether marked the beginning .of a new' number of late comers and these caused prano, and Ernest Caronna, members of . office magnet the Metropolitan Opera and changed operatic order. Farrar, some confusion, marring the first part the Bracale Opera Company, arrived re- has. This was true before her skill as alone, has stood for a new era for the of the program. Those going to the cently in New York with Impresario a moUon picture . actress brought . the American operatic artist. second balcony made such a clatter that Adolph Bracale. The singers have been · "d · f h d t" t · t th· Since that night, in 1906, when the 1\fme; Schnitzer was forced to stop and filling engagements in Peru and other VIVI ness o er . rama_ IC ar m 0 e Juliette of F'arrar stirred the staid old wait for quiet af ter she had started her countries on the west coast of South lives of countless thousands who never house, American singers have been second number, Schubert's "Wanderer". America. After a short stay in New had seen her in opera and who knew added, year by year, to the Metropoli- Fantasy. York, Mme. Alvarez will go to Havana to her voice only by way of the talking tan's roster. There can be no complaint The program began with Beethoven's sing with the Bracale company there and h . I · · ·h t · 1 d ·t today that they are few, whatever the C Major variation:$, vigorously and Mr. Caronna to Naples where he will be mac me. t Is true Wit a · np e ven Y situation with respect to the opnortu- cleanly delineated. The Schubert fantasy heard at the San Carlo. today. nities given them to sing the imnortant was .gratefully full, and was projected But the lure of this unvarnished roles. Among these younger singers, with sympathy that did not prompt t o Hempel Wins Two More Cities American name has meant s'omething there are those who will admit at once sentimentality. Mozart's "Pastorale more than standees at the opera. Far- tha-t it was the success of Geraldine Far- Variee"-on at least a fourth of the Frieda Hempel appeared in r ecital at rar, more t han any other singer, has rar which gave them their high hopes piano recital programs of the season- Memphis, Tenn., under the auspices of been the triumphant_, living symbol of and the impetus tci work hard for a like was delightfully crisp and delicate, with the Beethoven Club at Goodwyn Insti- the new day of the American artist at success. just enough rubato to give the requisite tute last week, Thursday, before a the Metropolitan. She was the fir st of To measure the importance of Geral- old-world flavor to the Mozartian phrase packed house, receiving an ovation. This the younger Americans to win her way dine F arrar one has only to think of endings. Mendels·sohn was represented was followed by a successful recital at to fame there. She paved the way. She the void in the last decade, and more, by a spirited version of the Praeludium, the Grand Opera House, Chicago, last flashed into view when the last of the if she had not been there. Try to pic- Op. 104, No. 1, and Chopin by three prel- Sunday. A special permit was obtained great luminaries of the de Reszke period t ure -the period, 1906 to 1920, without udes and a scherzo. from the Fuel Administration, so that were f ading out. Nordica was gone, Geraldine Farrar-it is inconceivable! MacDowell's "01' Brer Rabbit," an- the recital could be given. Melba and Eames were going, and Sem- 0. T. --..