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Show REUTER PLAYS I NEWER II Young American Pianist Not Afraid to Champion Late Compositions Rudolph Iteuter, the young American Amer-ican pianist who gives his fourth New York recital on Thursda eenlr.g, No-, vember IS, in Aeolian Hall, is too well known from his many recital and Joint re Ital appearances everywhere to n.ed introducing. His ear-er ha-s I .cm such a successful and Interesting one that a brief biographical word, how-ver, how-ver, is not amiss Rudolph Reuter is a native of New York City where ho, received his early musical training As a boy ho was soprano soloist at St. James church in Manhattan, and at the age of fourteen, organist of the North New York Congregational church In the Bronx. While here his playing attracted unusual attention. Sol rapid in fact was his artistic progress that within a short time he was pre-pared pre-pared to go to pre-war Berlin for the, serious study of piano It was In Germany Ger-many that his plantlc training was ! received at the hands of the great j master, Barth. and from Ruduiff. l'ohnunyl and Max Bruch; and It was hero also that he began his real mu-; cat career, playing the Brahpis Con-; certo with the famous Hamburg Philharmonic Phil-harmonic orchestra in 1910 when only nineteen years of age. The reception, accorded him on thte occasion was such that his future was asaufed. I in-1 mediately he found himsell the reclpi-; ont of many offers for concert en- Lgementa which he filled with signal; success before later accepting an ex-j optional position an Master of Uiano; ami Theory at the Imperial Academy of Music In Tokio, Japan. In the flowery kingdom Mr. Reuter enjoyed an enviable repute. He returned to America in 1913. In this country Rudolph Ru-dolph Reuter waa the first pianist to bring out novelties by Busoni. Scho-enberg, Scho-enberg, Scott and Ravel, and the Americans, Am-ericans, Grlffes, Carpenter, Kramer. I Marlon, Bauer, Bernard Dieter. Adolf Bruno and Thorwald Ottkerstmm. Of I Grlffes' he played a new sonata and other pieces, of Carpenter's a piano and violin sonata, polonaise and additional addi-tional compositions that had not been performed here before. But what Is perhaps more important, he gave Dphnanyl's Concerto here for the first timo in Hm entirety and will pluv this : master's suite, " Wintcrrclgen." for the 'first time at his Aeolian Hull recital ii November IS, all of which certainly certain-ly gives him a right to the honorary' ; title of champion of new music Rudolph Ru-dolph Reuter Is very popular throughout through-out the middle west where ho appears I much In concert His Chicago recitals I he gave as many as five there last season always attract large and en- -.. q 11H t rnr r TTr hn q lien so loist three times with the Chicago Symphony orchestra, a like number of j lines with the Minneapolis Symphony orchestra and has given recitals all over the United States, winning exceptional ex-ceptional pralso from the press ever;,-, where. Yet In splto of his brilliant j success, Reuter has remained a true American artist, unspoilt and modest, devoted to his talent and working Iti-defatlgably Iti-defatlgably for the furtherance of his art. Mr. Reuter makes his home In Chicago where he Is particularly well known n la much Interested in mechanics me-chanics and electricity he almost be-ame be-ame an electrical engineer and n a good tennis playor which Is his favorite favo-rite sport The groat American music mu-sic going public has put its stamp of enthusiastic approval on Rudolph Reuter- Ho, on his part. Is young, genius-endowed a hard worker In America Am-erica the field of musical art Is broad with the few artists ot Mr Reuters pronounced abilities at the top. oo |