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Th e Frenc h ta x on piano s is being vigorously fought by the musicians of Paris. The syndicate of composers is to take force-ful political action against the unwelcome imposition. This body has nominated Henri Rabaud, Vincent d'Indy, Paul Braud, Philipp Charpentier and Florent Schmitt to represent them in whatever course may be taken in the matter. There is already serious con-sideration of the repeal of the tax by those in power. Josep h H. Gittings, pianist, teache r an d impressario , died May 18th, Pitts-burgh, Pa., aged seventy-two. He was a public spirited man, and spared no pains, nor money, nor effort, to bring the best music to his city. The value of his teaching was well known, and hosts of pupils passed through his hands. He was organist at the Third Presbyterian Church, and for twenty years directed the music department of the Pennsylvania College for Women. He had a genius for friendliness and a kindly urge to share all the good that came to him. Hortens e Schneider, oper a singer , who attained repute as the first singer of the title role of Offenbach's light opera, La Belle Helene, in the sixties, died in Paris. Mischa Elman , th e famou s violinist , is retirin g fro m activ e concertizin g for a number of years. He will give himself over to composition. Le Mond e Musical, whose work for the reorganizing and the reconstruction of the Rheims School of Music has been so tireless, has received for its fund to that end, from Mr. Harkness Flagler, president of the New York Symphony, the entire proceeds of the last concert, given previous to the departure of the orchestra to France. The sum exceeds 30,000 francs. Th e Ne w Yor k Symphony , no w on its Europea n tour, has been received with the greatest enthusiasm in Paris, where its second concert has recently been given, under the direction of Dr. Walter Damrosch. The war work of the distinguished conductor in France is well known and highly valued, and this in itself would ensure for him and for the orchestra a warm and friendly welcome, but in addition, the French critics cannot say enough in praise of the artistry of the organization and of its leader. Dr. Dam-rosch has received the Order of the Crown of Italy, with the rank of Knight. Raymon d Roze, son of Marie Roze , died on March 30th. He was well known in London as a conductor of opera, and his own opera, Joan of Arc, and the music to Julius Cæsar had very successful performances, espe-cially the latter, which had the honor of being given "by command." Mr. Roze or-ganized and conducted the British Symphony Orchestra, composed of "demobbed" men who had served in the late war. He also con-ducted orchestral concerts in France and Belgium. Paderewsk i ha s refuse d a $l,000,00 0 concer t engagemen t in America, it is said. Eugen e Ysay e ha s been re-engage d fo r tw o year s as the conductor of the Cincinnati Orchestra. Boston ha s a ne w Philharmoni c Choir, which has just given its second con-cert, with much success. Music Festival s ar e reported fro m al l ove r the country : Syracuse, N. Y., had the most brilliant festival in all its his-tory. A super-excellent chorus of three hun-dred, under the direction of Howard Lyman, head of the choral music department of Syra-cuse University, was heard in three num-bers. Chicago Symphony Orchestra did beau-tiful work under the baton of its conductor, Frederick Stock, at all the concerts. The soloists were Titta Ruffo, Leonora Sparkes, Rosa Raisa, Sue Harvard, Edward Johnson, Louis Baker Phillips (pianist), and Enrico Tramonti (harpist). Richmond, Va., held its twenty-seventh festival under the auspices of the Wednesday Club. The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, conducted by Richard Hageman, played at all the concerts, which were attended by audiences of 3,000 each evening. The soloists were Anna Fitziu, Giovanni Martinelli and Titta Ruffo. Ithaca, N. Y., held a notable festival at Cornell Col-lege. The Chicago Symphony, under the di-rection of Frederick Stock, was the assisting orchestra. An admirable chorus did artistic work conducted by Hollis Dann. The vocal soloists were Reinald Werrenrath, Louise Homer, Edward Johnson, Paul Althouse, Grace Bonner Williams, Ruth Blackman-Rodgers, Robert Steel, Thomas Chalmers, Charles T. Tittman and Enrico Tramonti (harpist). Louisville, Ky., had a three-day festival, assisted by the Minneapolis Sym-phony Orchestra, under the baton of Emil Oberhoffer and the following soloists: Harriet McConnell, Rafaelo Diaz, Lucile Lawrence, Oliver Denton (pianist). The final concert was given by the Russian Symphony Or-chestra, conducted by Modest Altschuler and Henry Hadley, who directed his own works in the second half of the performance. Springfield, Mass., held its eighteenth annual festival, five concerts and five public re-hearsals, an innovation which might well be followed in other localities. The assisting orchestra was the Chicago Symphony, con-ducted by Frederick Stock. A fine chorus, trained and directed by John J. Bishop, was heard in an interesting program. The soloists were Ruth Ray (violiniste), Sophie Braslau, Titta Ruffo, Dicie Howell, Robert Quait, Fred Patton, Irene Williams, Norman Jollif and John Hand. The sixth annual festival of Emporia, Kan., was very successful, and continued four days. The first was a fine presentation of the opera of Henry Hadley, The Fire Prince, full costumed and scened, with a chorus and cast of sixty people, di-rected by Dean Hirschler of the School of Music. The assisting soloists were Frieda Hempel, Pietro Yon (organist). The soloists for the chorus were Mrs. W. W. Parker, Ethel Rowland, E. J. Lewis and Rice Brown. The third event in the festival was a novel one, an outdoor performance of The Pageant of Life, under the direction of Ula Wishard, of the physical training faculty of the college. Galli-Curc i mad e he r onl y British Columbia n appearance in the latter part of May in Vancouver. The spring musical events here and in Victoria have been en-grossing and notable. Percy Grainger, Godowsky, Josef Martin, Florence Otis, Florence Austin (violiniste), Winnifred Lugrin-Fahey and others of eminence appeared in recital and concert. A feature of the season was the performance of The Pirates of Penzance, which ran for ten nights and two matinees at the Princess Theater in Vancouver, pro-duced by the Princess players. The entire proceeds of this theater, under the manage-ment of Reginald Hincks, were turned over to a war fund from the beginning of the recent war. Th e Ne w Symphon y Orchestra, under the direction of Arthur Bodanzky, spent nine hours rehearsing works by new American authors. CONTENTS FOR JULY, 1920 World of Music. 435 Editorials 437-8 The Know How of Singing Mary Garden 430 Summer Activities.. Mrs. Noah Brandt 440 Music and Mechanics. . .Allen Spencer 440 What Every Piano Student Should Know About Pedaling Perlee V. Jervis 441 Technic or No Technic ? Mathilde Bilbro 442 Best Remedy for Nervousness, Sym-posium : Carl A. Grimm, John Orth. James II. Rogers, Hans Schneider, J. Lawrence Erb 443-4 Johann Sebastian Bach. . E. di Pirani 445 The Good Beginning Grace White 446 Memories of Rubinstein and Liszt A. Siloti 447 Strengthening the Weaker Digits Ellen Amey 448 Where Does Father Come In? M. A. Smith 448 Arpeggio Playing. .Dr. O, A. Mansfield 449 Illustration and Story in Piano Teaching H. G. D. 450 That Loud Pedal Again J Benj. E. Galpin 450 How to Collect Bad Debts (Compe-tition) 451 Iiow to Play Phrases Edward E. Hipsher 452 Teachers' Round Table N. J. Corey 453 Boys' Week in a Music School Dr. W. A. Wolf 454 The Teacher's Greatest Strain 454 Bargain Music Lessons Arthur Schuckai 454 Homesickness and Musical Creation E. H. Pierce 483 Voice Department George Chadwick Stock Italian in Vocal Exercises Edith L. Winn Question and Answer Department Arthur de Guichard Organ Department. . George H. Howard Violin Department Robert Braine JUNIOR ETUDE Elisabeth A. Gest Making Musical Muscle What Is Musical Interpretation?. . . . Prophets in Their Own Country I. Z. Scattergood Opus 1000 The Most Wonderful Musical Instru-ment MUSIC Floretta A. W. Lansing Summer Winds J. T. Wolcott With Jingling Spurs. . ... .C. W. Kern Her Debut G. L. Spaulding Polonaise Op. 42 (Four Hands) L. van Beethoven Prelude Romantique L. J. O. Fontaine Tender Memories F. Keats Hungarian Dance (Violin & Piano) A. Franz Serenade L. Strickland Two Musical Recitations. .W. H. Jones Madrilena G. Horvath Good Night Song M. L. Preston Elevation O. Floersheim When I Can't Sleep. Mary Gail Clark Fraternity March (Pipe Organ) F. Lacy When Dolly Sleeps P. Lawson Love is a Song (Vocal) . .Lenore Lieth Lullaby Low (Vocal) R. H. Terry God Keep You (Vocal). .J. R. Gillette 484 486 487 488 492 496 498 581 583 584 584 455 456 458 459 460 464 465 466 471 472 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 481 482 Home r Newton Bartlett , organis t an d composer , died on April 2d, at Hobo-ken, N. J. He was born in Ulster County, New York State, in 1845. He was educated entirely in America, having been the pupil of S. B. Mills, Braun, Jacobson and others. Mr. Bartlett was the composer of many artis-tic and well-known songs, as well as com-positions in the larger form, cantatas, sex-tets, and opera in three acts, La Valiere, and an oratorio, Samuel. Mr. Bartlett was the initial founder of the American Guild of Organists. Joh n Anderson , one of th e best -know n musician s in Canada an d the United States, is dead at Toronto at the age of seventy. He was at one time cornet soloist with the royal Grenadiers and the "Queen's Own" Bands of Toronto, Nevin's Band of Chicago, Ill., and the 65th Regiment Band of Buffalo, N. Y. Some years ago he organized and conducted Anderson's Concert Band which toured in the States and the prov-inces with brilliant success. He was asso-ciated with the late Dr. Torrington in the production of oratorio and symphony con-certs. Carl R. Stasny, pianis t an d musica l theorist , died on April 21, 1920. He was born at Mainz-am-Rhein in 1865. Previous to 1891 he toured Europe as concert pianist. Afterward he came to America as professor of piano instruction at the New England Conservatory. He was one of four pianists chosen to play at the World's Fair concerts with the Theodore Thomas Orchestra. He also played with the Boston Symphony and the Kneisel Quartet in concerts and recitals throughout the country. At the time of his death he was the director of his own con-servatory of music in the city of Boston, Mass. Negr o musi c dre w a n audienc e of 5,000 to the civic auditorium in Charlotte, N. C., the active participants being the Cole-ridge-Taylor Oratorio Chorus and the Or-chestra of Biddle University, under the baton of Thomas A. Long. The program included Hiawatha's Wedding, Coleridge-Taylor; Lis-ten to the Lambs, Nathaniel Dett, and Deep River, as arranged by Harry Burleigh. Willia m C. Bridgman , one of Dr. Walte r Damroseh' s assistan t conduc -tors in the New Y®rk Oratorio Society, has been invited to assume the directorship of the chorus of the Chautauqua Institute. This office includes the training of all choirs connected with the Chautauqua Institution, the direction of the New York Symphony Or-chestra at the Sunday services and at all public appearances of the choir. Mr. Bridgman is the choirmaster of St. James Epis-copal Church, Brooklyn, N. Y. He will suc-ceed the late Alfred Hallam in this work as director. Melbourne , Australia , stage d a grea t Beethove n Festiva l from May 10th to 15th. It was held at the town hall, and included seven concerts, orchestral and choral. It was conducted by Henri Verbrugghen, director of the New South Wales State Orchestra. A fine program of Bee-thoven's works was presented with notable soloists and a large chorus. Th e Music Teachers ' National Asso -ciatio n ha s electe d officers for the sea-son of 1920-21 as follows: President, Peter Lutkin, Northwestern University, Evanston. Ill. ; Vice President, J. Lawrence Erb, Uni-versity of Illinois, Urbana, Ill.; Secretary, R. G. McCutcheon, dePauw University, Greencastle, Ind.; Treasurer, Waldo S. Pratt, Hart-ford. Conn.; Editor, Karl W. Gherkens, Ober-lin College, Oberlin, Ohio. Dr. Irvi n J. Morgan , formerly active in musical affairs in Philadelphia, gold medalist at the St. Louis Exposition, has been ap-pointed official organist to the city of Port-land, Ore. This city has, under his direction, recently celebrated the centennial year of Oregon as a State. 435
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