April 5, 1919 > 'M ' U SICAL AMERICA .9 GANZ AND MIDDLETON ELMANA NDSH ATTUCK ~ - ,. ' STIR MINNEAPOLIS Reveals H of-mann as Skilled Machinist CONQUER BUFFALO [rJ and Inventor of Shock-Absorber ~ As Soloists with Oberhoffer Forces Russian Violinist and American and Elks Glee Club, Two Pianist App~ar in Two Artists Score Attractive Recitals MIN NEAPOLIS, MINN., Mar ch 21.-The BUFFALO, March 27.-Before a large Minneapolis Lodge of Elks presented its audience among w)'lom his own country Glee Club in its third annual concertin men figured largely, Mischa Elman gave the Auditorium before an audience of a con~ert in ;Elm-&rood Music Hall the generous proportions., which was lavish evening'o:f the 1 8th,· Since Mr. Elman last in expressions of appreciation. In tone . played here, two)} ears or more ago, he quality, balance and response this bod:/ · has taken his p1ace' among the elect. :His of thirty men has r eached in the three program pres~te!l no musical novelties years of its existence a degree of excel bu t it was inte~esti ng a'nd gave him 4; lence which might· befit an older and ample scope to display a luminous tone; more pretentious musical organization, unerr ingly true f r om its most delicate arid which is greatly due to the work of its leader, Dr. Rhys Herbert. The pr o pianissimo to its most sweeping fortis gram contained twenty-nine numbers, simo. In Joseph Bonime the Russian and so many were the r epetitions and violinist had a worthy co-worker and additions as to extend the number by valuable assist ant. ~' half. Under the local directipn of Dr. E d Arthur Middleton, bass-baritone, was ward Durney, Arthur Shattuck gave a the assisting soloist. His numbers were r ecital in the Twentieth Centur y Club properly fitting to the occasion, and . H all t he evening.,,of the '24th, before a were presented by a very beautiful and good-sized audie'tl,ce. Mr . . Shattuck pre highly trained organ. sented a program of unusual merit, which The program arr anged by Emil Ober contained as its novelties Prelude and hoffer for Sunday's popular concer t F ugue in D Minor, Glazounoff; Sonata in brought Hazel Fleener, contralto, before G Major, Tchai~nv,skY; ; ·"Rain," Emer the audience f or her fi rst appearance son Whithorne: '"': lrSaint-Saens-Gluck, fiith the orchestra, although as a local Brahms, Poldini and Liszt were the ot her ~ inger she has been favorably -heard in composers represented on his program. recital, concert and church. _Her appear In his performance of these widely dif anee with Mr. Oberhoffer marked one fer ing numbers Mr. Shattuck displayed more successful step for this sincere rar e virtuosity. He is a virile player, his musician. 'fhe Bruch Ar ia, "Andro technical equipment is ample and in addi mache's Lament," from " Achilleus," wa8 tion he has a finely developed sense of sung in English. The voice was r ich and musical proportions and values. It was pleasant thr oughout, and was used with a thoroughly enjoyable program and Mr. intelligence and dramatic effect in a more Shattuck was obliged to add several extra than satisfact or y appearance. A second numbers. Aria, "Amour viens aider" from Saint The Rubinstein Club, under the direc Saens' "Samson and Delilah" was dra t ion of Mary M. Howard, gave a con matically given as were the two encores, cert at the Iroquois H otel the morning Elgar's "Where Corals Lie" and a of the 13th, before a large audience, "Faust" aria. manifestly pleased with the musical of Of the orchestral numbers, three stood ferings. Two choral numbers, Elgar's out in exceptional beauty, Grieg's Lyric "The Snow," with its lovely violin obbli Suite from Opus 54; Rhein'berger's gato delightfully played by Franz Wis "Vision" for string orchestra (arranged Josef H ofmann, Photogra phed During Hi·s Re ce nt V isit to C a liforn ia ter, and Miss Howard's arrangement in by A. Walter Kr amer ), and Br·uneau 's four parts, for women's voices, of her symphonic poem, "The Sleeping Beauty Los Ange les, Cal., March 19, 1919. ·has already been applied to automobiles, pretty waltz song, "Love Leads t he airplanes and even str etchers. in the Woods." The opening number A S master pianist, Josef Hofmann is, Way," were especially enjoyable. Mr. was Gaston Borch's Festival March; the Speaking on the subject of pneumatics, Wister played some violin solos and Clar a last, Massenet's Overture to "Phedre." of course, known to everybody every during a recent concert visit to Los M. Diehl accompanied the soloist and the Altogether the program and t he per - where, but that he is also t rained in Angeles, Mr. Hofmann said, "Since the chorus admirably. formance was an allur ing one. , - mechanics is probably known to very few earliest civilization, mankind has mar The last chr onological progr am pre veled at the wonders the four winds could The symphony concert on the preced persons, especially in America. His play sented by the Chromatic Club, repre~ ing Friday evening was one of the most perform, but the unrestrained antics of sented moder n French and English com successful of the season. A large au ing has charmed and enthralled millions, J'Eolus must yield the place of honor to posers. Rebecca Cutter-Howe, soprano, dience responded t o the announcement of but it is doubtful if one out of a thou- t he ultra-practical devices of our modern sang a group of French and a group of the program and the appear ance of sand Amer icans who listen spellbound to civilization. How wonderful, for in English songs, making her best effect in stance, is the work of the pneumatic drill, Rudolph Ganz as soloist . Mozart's G the exquisite tones his fingers coax from the latter. She was sympathetically ac Minor Symphony, Beethoven 's C Minor with the aid of which America built ships comp•mied by Ethyol McMullen. F lor Concerto, No. 3, for piano and or chestra ; the piano knows that these same hands in her great eme:rgency! More wonder ence Wescott, in violin numbers, displayed Dukas' "The Sorcer er 's Apprentice," and are likewise capable of complicated lathe ful still, in this Hl'fe, is t he player-piano, some excellent musicianly traits. She Cesar Franck's Symphonic Variat ions work. In Europe he had fourteen ye'ar·s· · undoubtedly the Highest application of was accompanied by Alice Trot t of for Piano and Orchest ra wer e used. Mr . of pract ical machinist's experience, very the science of pneumatics. This mecha Niagara Falls. · Oberhoffer and Mr . Ganz shar ed honors, largely in the operation of the .lathe. Of nism, with its t iny pneumatic fingers, is The free municipal concert of the after- · the audience bestowing upon both of them course this was prior to his becoming a bringing joy to thousands of homes. noon of t he 23rd was a gala affair. John its expression of gratification. . world-famous pianist. With pneumatics recognized as a great Lund, the musical dir ector, presented a F .. L. C. B. More than t his, Hofmann is an inven force in the' manufacturing world, the program of more than usual inter est. tor . His invention, which has been same principles applied to the artistic re Fritzi Scheff, who had been in town dur pat ented abroad and is of comparatively product ion of the work of our modern ing the week, singing in her new light Paulist Choristers Give Program in recent dat e, is a shock-absorber which is concert pianists and possibly new comfort opera "Venture Gloriana" was the so Newark, N. J. said to be applicable to use in many dif brought to travelers through my shock loist, having graciously offered her serv ferent ways. Developed in Europe, the absorbei;,_who can say that my faith in ices in compliment to Mr. Lund, who f or NEWARK, N. J., March 22.-The Paul invent ion has not yet reached this coun the possibilities of the science of pneu- nine years was her musical director in ist Choristers, under the dir ection of try, but, having proved so successful matics is unfounded?" · light oper a . H er nam,e packed Elmwood Rev. William Finn, gave a concert in the there, it is t o be introduced here soon. It CHARLES ALMA BYERS. Music Hall, and her song offering, "Kiss Broad Street Theater last Sun day eve !t Me Again," by Victor H erbert, had to be ning. The audien~e was sm all, owing to r epeated. Organ solos were played by bad weather and the car strike, but the Imposing Program Given by Russian Saltan" suite. The soloist was Wassily · W. J. Gomph wtih h is accustomed author- performance was quite meritorious. The Symphony in East Oran ge, N. J. Besekirsky, concert master of t he orches ity. F . H. H. program ranged from Bach to Brahms, tra, who played Saint-Saens's "Ha,va and the soloists included Mark Black, EAST ORANGE, N. J., March 24.---
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