The Billboard 1924-03-22: Vol 36 Iss 12 (1924-03-22)

eee NE The Biltboarad MARCH 22, 1924 and American Achievements in the World of Musica More and More Cities Enroll for Observance of National Music Week Thru reports being received daily by C. M. Tremaine, of the National Bureau for the Advancement of Music, of New York, there is every indication that, due to observing Music Week nationally May 4 to 10, there will be a wider servance of Music Week than in any preceding year. Mr. Tremaine, who is secretary of the National Music Week Committee, in a statement’just issued declares that more and more cities are enrolling and that in many cities which had music weeks in previous years there will be even more elaborate celebrations this year. New York will make its National Music Week a memorable one, as plans include innum» concerts daily in its many concert halls, s, theaters and music settlements. itless musicians, both professional and nonprofessional, have volunteered their services and from one end of Greater New York to the other music will be available for all who care 6 listen joston, too, is busily arranging for National Music Week, and ite music clubs, Bociet‘es and civic organizations as well are co-operating heartily with Mrs. William Arms Pisher, chairman of the committee. The Mr*cians’ Union has promised a band for that week and the Music Publishers’ Association has donated a sum of money for a prize for the best advertising slogan. From the West comes word of elaborate preparations for Music Week May 4 to 10. In Omabs the music clubs and musical organizations are striving to make this Week the outstanding feature of the season. Sioux Falls, S D., has agreed to set aside National Music Week to carry music’s message into ali parts of the city, and will combine this with its local Spring Music Festival and the State convention of the South Dakota Federation of Music -Clubs. Musicians from the State University and the national off cers of he musical organizations are co-operating to ward the s ess of the week. Logan, Utah, at the invitation of the Logan Community Service, also will have a celebration in wh'ch all mu al orgar tions, elubs, churches and echor will part ite, and so the movement is g car i thruout the entire country, Strong r i endorsement has been given to the m vement for National Mus‘e Week, es y thru the acceptance of President € g f the ! ry chairmanship of the Nat M Week Committee. Another ad governmental contact estal d that with the Department of Agriculture thru the terest of Henry Israel, of the Amer n Country Life Association, a mem! of the « itive: committee. Henry C. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, wrote a letter to Mr. Israel endors'ng National Music Week, whi s being sent broadcast thru the newspapers and in a folder issued by the com mittee and entitled ‘‘Music Week in the Rural y or Small City’’ lei c ties, communities and rural » expected to form the strongest links in teh chain of the National Musie Week, and, while the observance in general is based pon the idea of city-wide organization which is manifestly unsuited to the smalier places, it is belleyed that the most spontaneous celebrat'ons of Music Week. will be in those localities, It is just in such places that the promoticn of the annual celebration of National Music Week is expected to show the most development and it is honed that within a very short space o1 time this week will be cele1 naturally as Thanksgiving and many oth of our bolidays, Musically interested sous in these smaller cities, communities and districts, thruout the country are availing themse!y of the suggestions that are contained in the “Guide for the Organization of Lo Mu Weeks” to be obtained without charge from C. M Tremaine, National Music Week Committee. organizations are secretary, Community lending valuable asthru arranging community sings, comty singing contests and other musical programs. Music memory contests which bave been held thruout the winter will form an im portant feature wherever Music Week is cele brated, as the, finals will be held and the winner announced during that week. Last seasop more than one hundred and fifty cities observed Music Week and this number, it is thought, will be far surpassed this year. Any city, club or musical organization which {s desirous of participating in National Music Week but hesitates because of lack of information as to how to put the celebration over with success can obtain all the information desired by writing either C. M. Tremaine, secretary, or Kenneth S, Clark, assistant secretary, National Music Week Committee, New York City, who will send gratis literature which explains various plans and methods for either a simple celebration or one on an elaborate scale. GREAT PREPARATIONS Being Made for San Francisco’s Music Festival San Francisco music'ans are working hard to make the city's first Spring Music Festival exceptionally successful, The festival is being sponsored by the city of San Francisco, the Musical Association and the Symphony Orchestra Association. Alfred Hertz will augment the orchestra to the number required for a proper presentation of the compositions scheduled for performance and the soloists will be Claire Dux, soprano; Merle Alcock, contralto; Mario Chamlee, tenor, and Clarence Whitehill, baritone The festival opens Tuesday evening, March 25, with Liszt’s “A me HNN LIST OF FAIRS SPENDING $2,500 : OR MORE FOR MUSIC ~ (33) Danbury Agricultnral Society, Danbury, Conn..............-ceeeeeeeeeeeeeessS 2,500 be) ee in Mie rere beanee esee «©2500 i a Lewiston-Clarkston Fair and Roundup, Lewiston, Id...............eee000e eee 2,500 bg 3 Olmstead County Agricultural Association, Rochester, Minn...............coe §©=—.: 2-500 f Ps] North Dakota State Fair Association, Fargo, N. D.........00cceeceeeeeeeeee 2.500 ; Bs) Western Washington Fair Association, Puyallup, Wash..............000.e005 2.500 $3} Northern Wisconsin State Fair, Chippewa Falls, Wi»...........eeeseeeeeeeee 2.500 fy 4] Wabash County Fair Association, Mount Carmel, Ill.............. ewieenees 2.600 bs} iS=4 ee | TD, SRI, (On cs ncedicdccccccdccsccseess atvnseestescéwe 3.000 na {33} Kokomo Exposition Company, Kokomo, Ind..................... ers weee)=— 8.00 4 {sz} Pemiscot County Fair Association, Caruthersville, Mo...............-cocccee 8,000 by (33) West Texas Es, Nn cb ccckédaveeescce<se Sdondduacth oaumetedeats 3.0400 2 | World's Greatest County Fair, Beaver Dam, We cwacvieseetins sKudwen --. 8.00 > [3s] Indiana State Fair, Indianapolie, Ind..........0.ccccscccdccccccccccnccens 3.127 x) {oz ee Ce SR I cans ehesnccncecessscaeteqeasanseseus 8,300 f j Fresno District Fair, Fresno, Calif...... sata padiricmccb case vata lesb ody east theta tae oy 3.500 Ise {<} Savannab Tri-State Exposition, Savannah, ‘Ga errr ena Peadeeokeba’She ns $8,500 Be 4 ilinois Indiana Fair Association, Danville, Ill...........-..eeeec cece eeeeeces 3.500 x ee GRRE SERN MUN. 56.05 pudiewensncnceces coenscctnsnenecsnnssensee 3.500 x) 3) N. D. State Fair, Grand Forks, N. WSs cccininduansaseien eieuswiiedoutes acc 3.500 se [3s] Petersburg Fair, Petersburg, Va......... Ee ey Hen eee ee 3.500 5 [<] Kings County Fair Association, Lemoore, Cal:f.............0.ceeeeseeees . 3.700 ipsa Gs! eer TEE EN Tree TP, TE, Kise nos onc ccc ccccccccesevctvoccccesesie . 4,000 fsa} td Oregon State Pale, Belem, Orie ccccccccccvcccccccccccscveccccccssvcecvssoses 4,000 bs Kansas State Fair, Hutchinson, Kan...........-.scceccccscvecsccese ideas -. 4,200 x x Kansas Free Fair, Topeka, Kan............0.0. 4.500 by) i} Central States Exposition, Aurora, Ill........ és 5,000 oe) x) Third Annual California Industries Exposition, 6,00 3 Sj Blue Grass Fair, Lexington, Ky............ asic emmtice aie oa stones jose, SO {3 Tri-State Fair, Memphis, Tenn......... paceman nanetenceeuas ve eelehs chook wn 7 6.000 x) $j Illinois State Fair, Springfield, Ill..........-....--sseeeeeee siphdiwan eatbuanies 7.000 By bs, Staunton Virginia Fair, Staunton, Va................0.cceeceeseceececcees ~.. «67,000 33) eed Minnesota State Fair, Hamline, Minn...................cceeccceececcecs oscce 4,98 3} [rg Eastern States Exposition, Springfield, Mi s..........0..5005 0c ccc cueeeececaee 8.000 32) f Nebraska State Fair,*Lincoln, Neb..........-.-20.0020cceccecceccecucceceseees 10,000 3) pe Rochester Exposition, Rochester, Ms Kees . 10,000 Sg) as Ohio State Fair, Columbus, 0.....p.cccescessccccccccecccccesececccscesecees 10,000 <4 3 Houston Fair, Houston, Tex.........--+...-(ance he iemeeenenneena 10,000 Ise} hd Saskatoon Industrial Exhibition, Saskatoon, Sask hewan, Canada........ . 10,000 4) as ter ne ne NS I IR gos si ad 0 0000050506 ca ceesestseacwasse acta 11,090 f bs Louisiana State Fair, Shreveport, La...............-stacy abla Ne ongbal ce tows aaa aaa 12,000 5 Gs Texas Cotton Palace Association, Waco, TeXx....-.....+-.sceceeeeees seseeee 12,000 bg} 3} The Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, Can.,.............00.0eceeeees .. 40,000 be Be ———bes a i a ee eins dekh a hee ens ene eheUehas anaes eee $160,857 4 bee (Editor’s Note—State, county ‘and district fairs are an important factor in es advancing the cause of music in the United States. Expenditures for music includes psi eas cash prizes for band contests, contests between county singing organizations, for fe | musical pageants in which local singers participate, programs for special music : %} days at the fair and many other musical events, all of which awaken and stimulate P 2} a greater interest in music.) 3 x (eg FSGS qhs Op <a) ahs a 54 524 THIRDS 3) GALLO ANNOUNCES Operas Chosen for Chicago Engagement Fortune Gallo has announced a tentative list of the operas to be presented by the San Carlo Opera Company during the engagement in Chicago for the week beginning March 31. That evening ‘‘Butterfly’’ will be presented with Tamaki Miura, ‘‘A'da’’ the evening of April 1, ‘‘Rigoletto’’ the evening of April 2, *‘Martha’”’ for the matinee Arrl 3, ‘‘Tosca”’ the evening of April 3, “LxBoheme” April 4, the opera for the matinee April 5 will be announced later, and on that evening “Il Trovatore”’ will be presented. The engagement will close with the presentation of ‘‘Carmen’’ Sunday evening, April 6. Among the artists to be heard in these operas will be Bianca Saroya, Conenelo Escobar, Louise Taylor, Tamaki Miura, Anna Fitziu, Alice Gentle, Anite Klinova, Manuel Salazar, G, Tommasini, Francisco Curci, Marlo Valle, G. Interrante, Pietro DeBiasi, Natale Cervi, and the conductors will be Carlo Peroni and Aldo Franchetti, Faust Symphony”’’, which wil! be presented with a male chorus of two hundred and fifty voices and Mario Chamlee singing the tenor solo part. On March 27 Mabler’s ‘‘Second Symphony in © Minor’ will be given with Claire Dux and Merle Alcock in the solo parts and a mixed chorus of five hundred voicea. The program on March 29 will be presented by the four soloists and will consist of operatic selections The climax of the festival will come the eve ning of April 1 when Beethoven's “Ninth Symphony” will be presented with the entire chorus, orchestra and soloists The advance sale Is reported to have already far exceeded the anticipations of the committee, ERNEST HUTCHESON Announces Last Concert This Season n New York Ernest Hateheson, eminent planist-composer, will give but one more concert In New York thia season. This fourth and last recital ts announced for the afternoon of March 22 in Acolian Hall. ALL-AMERICAN ORCHESTRA Pleases Large Audience at Second Concert Howard Barlow, conductor, presented the American National Orchestra, Inc., which fs composed exclusively of American-born m siclans, in its second concert of the seas Aeolian Hall, New York, the evening of Marc! 12. The Symphony Brahms No, 2 in D major was given a good reading, particular?s ) when one realizes the short time the plarers and conductor have been working together. T American compositions include@a in the program in accordance with the purpose of the organization were Huminston’s “‘A Southern Fantas Novick's “Russian Sketches"’, Fowler's som Moonlit Sky" and Schroeder's “The Journey Homeward”, the last two listed as 1 nier performances. Novick’s ‘“‘Russian Sketches’ was played with excellent effect and es] ally in the second part, ‘‘In a One-Horse Sleigh’’. Mr. Barlow and his men showed their ability and well deserved the hearty applause accorded them. That the large was well pleased was more than proven by the enthusiastic reception given the conductor and orchestra and Mr. Barlow was recalled time and again to acknowledge the applause. The American National Orchestra, Inc., gives every promise of becoming a worthy representative of American ability in the realm of music, AMERICAN ARTISTS To Be Heard in Spring Music Festival in New York City American artists are to be presented In 8 Spring Festival in Carnegic Hall, New York City, during April and May. The first of the series will be given April 11 by the Marmein Dancers, Miriam, Irene and Phyllis, assisted by a string quartet, also arrangements are about completed for the appearance of Paul W! man and his celebrated Palais Royal Orchestra. On April 22 the program will be given by derick Dixon, pianist, and Rhea Silberta, composer and pianist, and there will be a short rere by Amelia Bingham The third of the series occur April 29 when the program will be by Elizabeth Morse, dramatic reader: | Stanley, basso; Eleanor Stanley, | a guest artist whose name will be annonun later. The program for May 6 w'll be pre by Edith deLys, noted operati« soprano; Augusto Ottone, basso, and Mary Cushing Ely, pianist; and the last of the series will take place May 13, when Fanny Wash'ngton will give “Songs and Stories of the Old South"; Winston Winkinson, violinist; Mare Maloney, pian'st. The price for the Sorlng Festival series is a most reasonable one and the ventur should have the support of every person who is desirous of promoting opportunity for our native artists, AMERICAN Y VIOLINIST Sails for Europe, “Where She Willi Give a Spring Tour The American violinist, Helen Teschner Tas, sailed Saturday morning, March 15, for Europe in order to fill engagements on an early spring tour in France and Holland. In accordance with her custom of introducing American works, both here and abroad, Mme. Tas will place Frederick Jacobi's two Prelude other works on her Holland programs and will also present Paul Hindesmith's Second Sonata. Iouls Snitzler will be accompanist for the violinist, METROPOLITAN TO REVIVE “DER FREISCHUETZ” General Manager Gatti Casazza has announced the last of the revivals at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, this season will be “Der Freischuetz’" on the afternoon of March 22. Artur Bodansky will conduct and the cast will be Elizabeth Rethberg as ‘Agatha’, Queena Mario as “‘Aennchen", Gustav Schuetzendorf ag “Ottokar’, Carl Schlegel as ‘‘Cuno", Kurt Taucher as “Max”, Michael Bohnen as “Casper. New scenery by Urban will be used and the costumes, too, will be new. Not since 1910 has this opera been given at the Metropolitan Opera House. Marguerite Schuiling, mezzo-soprano: F: among