Show I American Pianists Who Made Hit Ht in in Europe Return Home Homel c t m T HEnE returned recently from l lJ uX u- u X 1 rope ropo the lie pianist Gu Guy Maier Maler an anI and I Lee Patter Patterson on who two-piano two re recitals ro- ro has engrossed New ew York no le less s than Boston whence they ther derive before be- be fore fo-e the two donned the thc uniform and went to France Abroad the 1 two wo young oun artists enter enter- b by an extensive a end and nd diverse use of or their admirable art They play ed for the tho army such things as al the arm army Is supposed chicO chiefly to like Also the they in a number of French ci cl- cl ties lies including Paris In th the last their art met with the mo most t cordial kind lelnd of response lInt But thc they did more than edit edi edi- t fy the Parisians with the beauty and finish of their operative co Th They taught them several cral things thins about their own music that surprised the Frenchmen Mr Ir Maier speaks speas with enthusiasm of or the eone concert re which thc they g ave last June at the Salle Sallo men it Il was de tIe- c- c voted vOlet exclusively to French music he relates end nd amon among the patrons an and patronesses were Mrs Wilson lIson Ambassador Ambassador Ambas- Ambas and Mrs Irs Hugh Huh Wallace Colonel and lond Mrs House Mrs W. 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V K Vanderbilt the Duchess dc tIc Talleyrand Walter Damrosch Loic Fuller and man many other musical anti and social notables We c played works b by OU Guy Debussy Debus Debus- sy Saint Aube Aubert and Chabrier Of Debussy we gave ac the set sel of or pieces Fn Blanc ot et Noir lr which we wc had already alrea al al al- al rea ready done in America The Fren French h were ivere astonished Mais Mai lal rions nc no con- con pa pas isas cette the they lucy would R say It Is a fact tact that a num nuni- her ber o of compositions produced b by Frenchmen are arc not familiar to their own countrymen Some indeed are re better belter known to Amerl Americans ans in America S There was considerable musical L activity In Paris Pari but hut there is little ii In h L the wa way of sl significant musical creation crea crea- tion lion to be reported In France Just yet et The Thc best of the French music has been beer L well represented In America But I 1 I I did find much old oM an and forgotten music mu mu- tIc sic IC which wc itc have ha arranged r for ourselves our our- selves selveR and which I 1 believe can b be widely Idely popularized TI The e Pleyel firm becoming interested 1 in the thc joint piano playing layIng of the tw Americans has construct constructed d for tit th their ui lr r use a single le Instrument with two t keyboards key key- boards This instrument the they ore are re g goIng go- go Ing nr to use ue on certain occasions at a t their American concerts Mr Mater Maier has great faith in the C future of f Boston as a music mu mu- sic center Aspiring young musicIans ans ans with fresh treah Id Ideals als ou ought ht to vaLe ate the the ground nd It offers ho he say says I. I For Far For the city stands standa in need of a amu amuI amu mu I re Tc It has grown hopeless I ly iy stodgy o wn with convention L. L It Is la f fast t n asleep and will remain so s 0 until some audacious spirits awaken a S It Bosto luas has fallen in tn the artistic Ic Iche c scale and the few rew past years have ac accentuated ac- ac the torp torpor r which has over come corne It IL The P it offers I lo to 0 those who will freshen its musical at t- t and nd place it once more i in in n the van of ot pro progress res ar arc inc incalculable ic A prize c of or 1 00 IH lit offered b by Eric Ic Delamarter or organist and director oj or t music at tho ho Fo Fourth rth Presbyterian a church Chicago for a sonata or r Jhc he he hean IC modern organ The fhe only conditions are nrc ni that the tho composer must be lie American America an anen n 1 h by birth that the sonata has baa publicly not hoc been en ence Sn played before Its appearance ce in the lie w weekly recitals at the Fourth tl h Presbyterian church I and that I Us lis Is length b be he not Ic Ics less s than twelve mu min 1 ates utes and not more than twenty mu min i- i utes Ules The judges will be Frederick Frederic FrederickA ck k A. A Stock conductor of or the ChIca Chicago go ro symphony orchestra tra Clarence Dickin if II- II son organist and director ot of music lc Le Brick Urick Presbyterian ch church reh Nc New Tom York rk k rand r and Mr No o manuscripts ta t L will ILL be accepted after December 1 1 1 nl Manuscripts he be sent t to o Mr tr Delamarter at kt 6 n fl J. J Chestnut Chestnu t s street treet Chicago C The Thc Chicago o Opera a association announces an announces an- an flounces that Norman Bel G will wil l a arrange the sc scenery ner properties an and d costumes c of or Bou our the new ballet balle t b by Felix the Chicago o composer com corn p poser ser and Ind critic The Tho music Is hl highly highl hh y emotional and anti sensuous and affords afford s man many opportunities for colorful ef of erI er- er I Mr Ir Geddes l is ther therefore Core planning plan plan- ning many new stage e effects Th The e I ballet hallel will wilt bo he one ono hour in length an and d an and writers of or th the e book will with appear their own company comI com corn pan pany and the thc opera corps de do ballet b. I Felix Borow skis ski's ballet pantomime e h has as for Its subject the s sultry passions passion s j I of or the wife of an Oriental caliph has loved Jo one of her husbands husband s slaves sla an and ln hr having become tired o of ot f him has bestowed her heart upon th the e caliphs caliph's youngest oun ft C-ft brother Th The tra tragedy cd that follows I is the result of plot to remove her husband husban I and nd the frenzied Jealousy Jealous of or the slave whose hose love loie she sho has disdained Announcement Is also ma made e that Mr Geddes will provide the scenery an and costumes for Cor the hue new nci opera b by Gino Marinuzzi the tue new prin cipal conductor for nc t year car As S s Mr Ir Geddes Is now bus busy with La Nave c the nc new opera U by Itala he will make no less les than luau three productions pro pro- for tor the coming s season aon of of tim the thc e Chicago opera The production of Aphrodite tu the e tragic grand opera h by the tile late Camill e et in which Mar Mary Garden will wil l malce make her fir fr t appearance of the corn corn- In Ing sea Is be lie season on to printed by th the e scenic artist of or the company Peter J J. J Donl nn The Tho opera I Is founded on a French romance of the same name b y Pierre I Lollys Louys Jurs and the scene is in Alex Alec indria andrla Egypt t in the rel reign n of about 50 O 1 B. B C Mr Ir has jus jum t completed the time production of flip Rip Va Van Yan n Winkle the nc new De Do n la Kae c opera in English Mrs Irs Cobina Johnson formerly wife e of or the no novelist Owen Oven Johnson me met t with Ith great success in tm the title role i in n Thais at th the Casino theater Dean Deau- ville lIle France Iranee last lahl week She score scored d a a. triumph last spring when she sang saiu sangat at Monte Carlo c Uda Waldrop composer and or organist ga gave gae ae e mo most t a Interesting organ oran recital l August 10 Iii the lie l Exposition auditorium i at San Francisco Mr fr Waldrop Is la wel l known mown both hoth on tho the west ivest coast and i In n the thc cast and amid his recital was d b by a large audience S I C Under tho the leadership Ilp of or Arthur Arthur ho Bo- Bo dansky the J Friends of or Music will pre pre sent next March Schumann's P l Pilgrim T mn m- m n age of or the Rose flose Vera Vcra s has hns bee been selected elected for Cor the principal l role Phyllis Partington ton known S II In iii open ope circles as ns rn j IH I I l San 1 Francisco visiting hor sister Miss Mis 18 ss s is bc a member r of the Chi Chicago ag o Opera company and has hag won much sue sue- sueI c- c ces cess on the operatic stage GC c cDavid David has written cn the h stor story vy y of or his bis v and Ir Interesting lire lift I In jn n A A Quaker Singers Singer's cr's fie Recollection j which the company Will will ill lb publish in the latter part of or rj- rj ber jc Herman J the tho Russian Russia n tenor who for three seasons was as a. a a leading member of or the lic in ri Opera company h lIt 1119 been engaged b by ay p y Campanini o of the Chicago Chicag jo o Opera association I T r I I 1 I I 1 I j j j I 1 I j 1 i 1 4 |