JANUARY 20, 1923

AND /AMERICAN ENDEAVOR. IN GRAND OPERA, SYMPHONY' ^ND CHAMBER. MUSIC AND CLASSIC DANCING By IZETTA MAY McHENRY

BEETHOVEN ASSOCIATION

NORTH SHORE MUSIC FESTIVAL American Operatic and Oratorio Sing Offer* Brilliant Program at Third Con er, Dies After Illness of Several cert of Series Months Thr third ronrrrt (iTro thla tpaion bj tfa* Plans Announced for Fifteenth Season—Several BoctboTPn A.wxiatlon pruTpd on* of thr moit At bis home In New York City, Oeorite J. PBjoyablp pTpDt, of the year In New York. American Artists To Be Soloists Hamlin, one of this country's beat-known The aMlatioit artUta were: Ilarold Bauer, tenors, parsed away on the afternoon of Janu¬ Pablo Caeala. Jaoquea Tfaibaud, Mme. C'barlea ary 11 after an lllnerr eitendinc over aereral Cahier and Albert Htoesael, and thla impo«lsK The datee for the fifteenth Music PeatWal Gates, eoprano; Mabel Garrison, soprano; months. Mr. Hamlin was tbe flrrt artist to array of aoloiata aenrpd to attract an audirore have beep announced by tbe Chicago North Giuseppe Danise, baritone; Beniamino Gigli, present a procram of the ronca of Rl(4iard which completely niled Aeotlan Hall on the Shore FestiTsl Aatociation as May 24 to May tenor; Margaret Matzenauer, merzo-«oprano; Btrauas In America, and be created aereral evenins of January 8. BertboTen'a Trio In 30. The feat'Tal will be held at Erankton, Edith Mason, soprano; Tito Srhipa. tenor; oratorio parts and ten oyiera rolet. Hla alnc- H Flat, Op. TO, No. 2. played by Meaara. Bauer, III., In tbe Patten tlymnaalum of Nortbweatern Bose Lutiger Gannon, contralto, and Theo. Inir was noteworthy for Its deep feellnc and Caeala and Tblbaud, waa tbe flrat number on TTnlrerilty, and this year tbe aoloiata inclnde Karle, tenor. artistry. the program. Tbe enaemble work of tbeae many American as well as foreign artists with _ three artlata bruuKbt out tbe beauty of tbe cbomtes of more than 2.000 Tolcea. Tbe en¬ cumpoaition to tbe fulleat and tbe performance tire Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Frederick 4^ waa one loo* to be remembered. Scbumanu'a Block, conductor, hat been engaged for all ■; ^ " “Frauenliebe and Leben”, Op. 42, waa siren an concerts and tbe mutlcal director, as in putt ' ^ artutic Interpretation by Mme. Cahier, wbnae yeara, will be Peter C- Lutkin, of the School , ^ _ pbrasinf and diction were particularly excel- of Music of Northwestern CnlTeraity. Tbe ^ lent. Tbe accompaniment played by Harold ChUdren't Cborua will be conducted by Os- Bauer added not a little to. tbla number on bourne McCooatby and guest conductors will tbe procram. Tbe concert waa brousbt to a be George W. Chadwick, of Boston, and Henry ■ ij|P? cloae with the playlns by Meaara. Bauer, Caitala, Hadley, of New York. Tbe choral worka to \ r -4^' Tblbaud and 8toeaM>l of Brahma' Quartet la be glTen Include Wolfe-Ferrari's “New Life", U Minor, Op. 2S. Tbe readins of tbla number Horatio Parker’s "Hora NoTlsa'ma" and Fred- -t t waa made noteworthy by tbe perfect b'endius crick Stock's new work, “Paalmodic Rhap- of tbe playins of there aterllns artiiU and aody". These choral works will comprise one- rerulted in many recalla in anawer to the half of each of the three erenlng programs Toclferoua applaure. and the other portlgn will he made np of Kacb concert ctrcn by tbe Beetboren Arao- arias orcbestral numbers, Init there will elation la aure to afford mualc lorera an ere- be no choral the 1923 FestiTal, nine of unusual and enjoyable musical ectrr- consume an entire erenlng, as baa been ^ tainment. ruitomary In Tbe orchestral compositiaa contest, for MYRA HESS, which a prize of tl.OOO baa *^n offered for - tbe best original symphonic composition by English Pianist, Repeats Success an American composer, la schednied for Sat- ^ New York, Jan. 6.—Last year Myra Hess. nrday nigbt. May 28. Forty-aeren composi- English pianist, made ber debut la this coun¬ tlona baee already been entered In the con- / try at Aeolian Hall, scering an Immedats and tbe judges are George W. Chadwick, . bit and later was beard ibm tbe West as far Henry Hadley and Gustave Strube. Tbe so- as the Coast, establishing a great reputatlsD loiats engaged are John Barclay, baas; Lucy wherever beard during her all too abort sea¬ son. She returned recently and found not only her warm admirers of last season, bat THEATER ORGANISTS many others at .Aeolian Hall last night when DEMONSTRATE she agreeably astenisbed and delighted all by her marteloualy executed program. T%e Society of Theater Organists gave a Opi'Ding with Bach's Italian Concerto, fol¬ second demonstration of tbe ideal a8soc:ation low ng with Prelude, Chorale and Fugue by of music and pictures in tbe Wanamaker Au- Cesav Frank, Miss Heaa then gave three ;4psn- dltorlom. New York, Friday aftemnon, Jan¬ Ish numbers of Albenlz, “El Puerto". "Eroea- uary 12, when a large and appreciative audi¬ tion" and “Trlana". These were odd, tricky ence of nearly 2,000 persons was present. and beautiful and were the feature of the After Introductory remarks by Alexander evening. Schumann's Symphonic Etudes. Op Bussell, auditorium director, and Robert Berg- 1.3. were supposed to be tbe finale of tbe pro¬ enaen, prea dent of the Society of Theater Or¬ gram. tho even her added encores but partly ganists, Miss Vera Kitchener, organist of tbe kstisfled tbe cravings of the Inslatrnt bean-rs. Lincoln Square Theater, played the Fantaste Miss Hess Is blessed with a most gracious Sympbonique by Cole. She dlspla.ved consid¬ stage presence, free from affectation, a flaw- erable knowledge of organ and feiries. and lets terhnkioe and a rare power of plrasing technique, easily showing her mastery of the interpretation, all of which will keep her up requirements of the modern theater organist. with the very leaders amnag piano racltallsta Walter Wild played the Moonlight Sonata, a of the present generation. Prlama film. He showed great akin in adapt¬ ing selections from Beethoven's sonatas to the A SNOW FIGHT—ORVILLE HARROLD AND DAUGHTER ENJOYING EXCELLENT MUSICIANSHIP varying moods of the picture. Tbe Scbetxo FIRST SNOW OF YEAR of tbe Moonlight Brmata lent itself admirably Marks First New York Concert Given to the dancing fairies and the last movement Orville Harrold, of the Metropolitan Opera Company, and kit daughter, Patti Harrold. of tbe sonata was equally effective in the who is at present atarring in “Glory", a popular musioal comedy, enjoying the first fall of by Baehaus thunderstorm. An Inkwell cartoon, “The anow of the year in Central Park, New Yorrti. The ainger and hit daughter have a standing Mechanical Doll", followed, which Mr. Wild engagement to meet whenever there is a full of snow. Tobogganing it their gieateet delight. Interpreted to the great delight of tbe audi¬ —Wide World Photos. ence. The feature film was "Sherlock Holmes'*, CHICAGO CIVIC OPERA MORITZ ROSENTHAL tor which John Priest, of tbe Cameo Theater, supplied an accompaniment peeuliarly 'appro¬ Will Commence Eastern Tour To Return to This Country for a Con' priate, improvialng In a masterly manner on cert Tour themes from Sullivan's “Pinafore”, St. Saen'a The Cbirago Civic Opera Company closes the "Henry the Eighth" ^and Borch’s "Creepy Chicago season on January 20 and leaves Im¬ Creeps". Mr. Priest followed closely and ac¬ mediately for Boston, whe-re the Eastern tour curately the dramatic progress of the plot, will r(«imenre. TTie company will play Bohton hla registration and musical style being at all for two weeks, he,;lnning January 22, then Is times satisfactory. echeduhd for a three-day engagement in Wash. Ington. starting February fi, following which CHALIF STUDENTS S. L. ROTHAFEL they will appear In I’Ittt'burg. Tliere la a prsisibility that Cleveland and Detroit may be Has Honor Bestowed Upon Him To Be Presented in Annual Recital at visited also. Carnegie Hall Managing Director S. L. Rothafel, of the JEAN STOCKWELL CICCOLLINI New York Capitol Theater, has been made an honorary member of Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians. This baa been con¬ ferred upon Mr. Rothafel “for dlstingulsbing himself thru act or deed for tbe benefit of thla local,'* and be baa the distinction of being the only theatr'.ral manager in New York to have been granted that privilege. He also la one of the only two honorary members of the local ffluaiclana* aalon.