MUSICAL ARTS CONCEjRT SERIES ·x ORCHESTRA HALL ============= 6 Concerts For $1.25-$2.50-$3.00- $4.00 =========SATURDAY NIGHTS========= Beautiful young American contralto of Lithu­ ANNA anian ancestry. Anna Kaskas has distinguished herseJf in opera and in leading festivais. "A NOVEMBER 12, 1938 · phenomenal voice," say Chicago critics. KASKAS World famous, world praised as one of the JOSEPH outstanding violinists o f this generation. "Among the noblest, the profoundest, the most enjoyable of present day artists."- Eugene Stinson, Chi­ NOVEMBER 26, 1938 cago Daily News. SZIGETI Jacques Gordon, former concert master, Chi­ cago Symphony Orchestra, has developed one GORDON STRING of the outstanding quartel ensembles in America. JANUARY 14, 1939 "As polished a foursome as we hope to hear." QUARTET Brilliant American tenor of the Metropolitan JOSEPH Opera Association, Bentonelli has been acclaimed from coas! to coast. "This was as fine an achievement as any smger may bring us."­ JANUARY 28, 1939 Chicago Herald & Examiner. BENTONELLI Dr. Georg Gruber brings from Vienna this choir of 20 voices. They provide rare entertain­ MOZART menf for their auditors. Their program will include a musical play, "Tales from the Vienna Woods." FEBRUARY 11. 1939 '' BOYS' CHOIR The greatest living 'cellist, Piatigorsky has GREGOR proved again and again that the 'cello can be "as brilliant and as sensitiv~ as the violin, as PIATIGORSKY MARCH 25, 1939 thrilling as the p1ano, as nch as lhe human voice." IMPORTANT MUSICAL EVENTS AT LESS THAN MOVIE PRICES TO SUBSCRIBERS MAKE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION N o ·w ~ -------------------------~ MUSICAL ARTS CONCERT SERIES, The Musical Arts Concert Series is de­ Rm. 536, 224 S. Michigan A venue, signed to make available great music at Chicago (Harrison 9047) the lowest possible cost, and represents Please reserve of the best seats now available an effort of the Adult Education Council to in the section indicated. Series price incluJes ali concerts. D Gallery ____________ ________ __ $1.25 D Balcony ............... .....$4.00 extend cultural opportunities in Chicago. D Balcony .................. .. 2.50 D Main Floor .............. 4.00 Subscriptions for the series will not be D Balcony .................... 3.00 D Boxes (6) .................. 30.00 sold after November 12. Subscribers to D I send herewith check for $. ______, the series will save from thirty to eighty­ Tickets also available at Box Office, Orchestra Hall. five cents per concert. and will have the Name__________ _ ___________ _ added advantage of choice locations for each event. Address_______ _______________ _ Presented by Please send me_ ___ . ADULT EDUCATION COUNCIL additional announcements for my friends. 224 S. Michigan Ave. Harrison 9047 ------------------------~ ., r- The Instrument ofthe Immortals T h e A mateur at the Piano • . • is now available for smaller homes and studios The C hicago Musical College takes cogni­ at $550 zance of the problems confronting both the young and adult amateur in quest of a more artistic and satisfying self-expression through musical study at the piano. This special non-professional approach pre­ sents music in its relation to the whole of mod­ ern American culture. The special instruc­ tional matériel is designed to alleviate much of the tedium frequently experienced by the beginner, and to orientate the individual, both technically and artistically, in musical literature. STEINWAY This non-professional piano study is under the direction of Miss Jean Clinton. Ali in­ PIANINO struction is given privately. Your inquiry is After years of research and &tudy Steinway &: Sons solicited. brings to all music lovers this beautiful Steinway at the price of little more than an ordinary instrument. In tone, accelerated action and workmanship, the Pianino is a true Steinway. • Allowance for your present piano. CHICAGO MUSICAL COLLEGE LYON & HEALY RUDOLPH GANZ, President WABASH AVENUE AT JACKSON BOULEVARD 64 E. Va n Buren Street CHICAGO ELSIE ALEXANDER Pianist ANO Teacher of the Art of Piano Playing BISSELL PADGITT • PIANIST and PEDAGOGUE Auditorium Bldg. Studio: 4757 SHERIDIAN ROAD CHICAGO Tel. LONgbeach 0132 Harrison 6546 1 ... THE ADULT EDUCATION COUNCIL of CHICAGO Presents GUIO MAR NOVAES Pianist FIRST CONCERT MUSICAL ARTS PIANO SERIES ORCHESTRA HALL - OCTOBER 18 - 8:15 PROGRAM I La tendre Nanette Couperín L'Hirondelle Daquin Sonata . Scarlatti Fantasia con fuga in D major . Bach II -·Iippromptu in F sharp major, opus 36 Chopin f. ' Sonata in B flat minor, opus 35 Chopin Grave: Doppio movimento Scherzo Marche funebre Presto (Wind over the Graves) INTERMISSION III Scherzo from "Midsummer Night's Dream" Mendelssobn-Ritter Il neige H. Oswald The Miller's Dance, from "The Three Comered Hat" De Falla Numbers on this program can be obtained from Universal Music Company, 59 East Van Buren Street Publicity: Len Arnold and Julian Jackson ., The secret of piano playing lies in your own hands. A radical new theory of touch­ VITALY SCHNEE mechanics is presented in this book - PIANIST and TEACHER THE RIDDLE OF THE Studios: _PIANIST'S FINGER :1 2052 N ~rth Orleans Street By ARNOLD SCHULTZ ...:-r and 728 Kimball Hall EuGENE STINSON , Chicago Daily News, says: , For lnformation a scientific discovery in aesthetics. Mr. Schult2: has formulated an argument which hits upon the truth Call Diversey 6223 and which, vigorously as it may be contested in some quarters must sooner or !ater be accepted as axiomatic in the training of pianists .. A wonderful tre~tise." The New Yor~ Times says: " . .. explodes ali forme r theories and offers an entirely new one. One of the most revolutionary phases of Mr. Schult2:'s new approach is his demolition of the The Adult Education Council generally prevailing notion among pianists of the effi­ OF CHICAGO cacy of complete relaxation at the keyboard." is a private service organization created to serve A University Professor o f Physiology says: " . this book will be a turning point in the revised the eduéationai and cultural interests of individuais pedagogy of the future. No serious student of music and the community. Its membership is made up of will dare to ignore the presentation. " ninety of the city's ieading educationai organiza­ 317 pages, $3 .50 tions and interested individuais. Tl!e autl10r is a private piano teacher in Chicago. Information on educationai opportunities may be secured from the Council without charge. See projessional amrouncement e/sewlrere in tlris program. 224 S. Michigan Avenue THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS Harrison 9047 CHICAGO I ' ARNOLD SCHULTZ HAROLD BAUER Pianist Author of "The Riddle o/ the Pianist's Finger" ORCHESTRA HALL A revolutionary pedagogy of technique based upon November 1, 1938-8:15 P.M. mechanical law and centered, for the first time in the PROGRAM history of piano-teaching, in the physiological struc­ ( By Request) ture of the finger- its division into the large and small muscle groups. A direct teaching of the coor­ I dinations of movement which condition velocity, tonal Suíte ....... .. ...... .. ...... ........... H andei control, and tonal duration (lega to). ( Selected and arranged by Harold Bauer) Ouverture Allemande Room 622 Fine Arts Building Sarabande Courante Piece Air varié (The Harmonious Blac~smith) II Prelude, Chorale, and Fugue ......... .. ... César Franc~ LAURA STROUD BARTSCH INTERMISSION Pianist III (Pupil of Harold Bauer and Elizabeth Quaile) Fantaisie, Op. 49 .......... .. ........ .... .. Chopiu IV Teacher of advanced and junior students. Only Nocturne in F sharp } Chicago exponent of Diller-Quaile system of musi­ Fantaisie lmpromptu ..... ...... ..... Chopin cal education. Scherzo in C sharp minor v 525 FINE ARTS BLDG. (by appointment) Berceuse } Etude, Op. 10, No. 4 . .... .. ..... .. .. Chopin Ballade in A flat major Res., 1422 N. Sedgwick St. Tel. Lincoln 6473 Baldwin Piano "1 MUSICAL ARTS CONCERT SERIES ORCHESTRA HALL ========== 6 Concerts For $1.25-$2.50-$3.00- $4.00 = ========= SATURDAY NIGHTS======:====== · Beautiful young American contralto of Lithu­ ANNA anian ancestry, Anna Kaskas has distinguished herseJf in opera and in leading festivais. "A NOVEMBER 12, 1938 phenomenal voice," say Chicago critics. KASKAS World famous, world praised as one of the JOSEPH ou\standing violinists of this generation. "Among the noblest, the profoundest, the most enjoyable of present day artists."- Eugene Stinson, Chi­ NOVEMBER 26, 1938 cago Daily News. SZIGETI Jacques Gordon, former concert master, Chi­ cago Symphony Orchestra, has developed one GORDON STRING of lhe oulstanding quartel ensembles in America. JANUARY 14, 1939 "As polished a foursome as we hope to hear." QUARTET Brilliant American tenor of lhe Metropolitan JOSEPH Opera Association, Bentonelli has been acclaimed from coas! to coas!. "This was as fine an achievement as any singer may bring us."­ JANUARY 28, 1939 Chicago Herald & Examiner. BENTONELLI Dr. Georg Gruber brings from Vienna this choir of 20 voices. They provide rare entertain­ MOZART ment for their auditors. Their program will include ,, a musical pJay, "Tales from lhe Vienna Woods." FEBRUARY 11, 1939 I• BOYS' CHOIR The greatest living 'cellist, Piatigorsky has GREGOR proved again and again that lhe 'cello can be "as brilliant and ~s sensitiv~ as lhe violin, as PIATIGORSKY MARCH 25, 1939 thrilling as lhe p10no, as nch as lhe human voice." IMPORTANT MUSICAL EVENTS AT LESS THAN MOVIE PRICES TO SUBSCRIBERS MAKE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION NOW ~ MUSICAL ARTS CONCERT SERIES, The Musical Arts Concert Series is de­ Rm. 536, 224 S. Michigan A venue,