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To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I read and I reread Mr. Kreh- ,
bid's essay or: "Opera in the Vernacu- ?
lar" in to-day's Tribune. Will you al?
low me to reply to it in part, with the i
courtesy one critic owes another?
In recalling recent efforts in New
York to present opera in English Mr.
Krehbiel had recourse to curious meth- I
ods. Long years ago, as he has told !
me, he defended the uso of English in j
opera. Now, in his riper age, he at?
tacks it. To justify his pessimistic
views he quotes from a translation by
some unnamed writer of the libretto of
"Lucia." He picks out one weak phrase
from a translation of the "Lohengrin"
libretto and reprints a trivial rendering
of some lines from the text of "Car?
men." The faults of these cheap ef?
forts he treats as arguments. And, on
the other hand, he ignores more seri?
ous erTorts. He says nothing of the
success which attended the perform?
ances of "Les Contes d'Hoffmann"
(with my English words) at the Park
Theatre. He seems unaware of the ex?
istence of the English singing versions
of "Das Rtieingold" and "Die Walk?re"
which I made long ago for the Metro?
politan. Maybe from modesty, he does
r.ot refer to his own version of "The
Impresario" (which, I am told, is ex?
cellent ).
He is silent on the subject of my
translation of the foolish "Das Heim- :
chen am Herd" ("The Cricket on the;
Hearth") libretto, which was sung suc?
cessfully some seasons ago by the Chi?
cago Opera Company. He does not say
that "St. Elizabeth" in English charmed
its hearers, and that, despite its al?
most incredible imbecility, the original
English words of Planche sung in
''Oberon" helped Weber greatly; nor
does he mention Mr. Henderson's able
libretto which inspired "Cyrano," or
the perhaps childish, but endurable,
English textbook of "Natoma."
I do not apologize for referring to
my own translations. For I am one of
a very few men in this country who
have attempted such things in earnest
and, as a rule, for a mere crust of
bread. The sins which distress us all
in English perversions of foreign li?
brettos could be avoided if, instead of
going to poor hacks, our publishing
sweatshops and our opera manager.?
intrusted men of ability and training,
like ,Mr. Krehbiel and Mr. Henderson
i there are scarcely six of them in all
America i, with their translations.
But that is what they very seldom
(io. Rather than pay a proper price
for readable, and. above all, singable
"K'reckt vojshuns" of librettos they
hire Grub St root scribes to undertake it
task which calls for the talents of -iH-n
?aho, besides being linguists, should 'ie I
musicianly, poetic and at 'east to .on.?
extent real playwrights.
With the exception of Mr. Hin.jhw,
of the Park, what American is proiv.".
ing serious opera in this country? You
cannot hope for any living interest in
opera in English from foreign man:-.- i
gcr?. M. Gatti-Casazzi, indeed, pro- i
?luces an occasional work by an Amer?
ican: so does M. Campanini. But can
they judge the value of an English
book, and do they try to make their
singers learn English diction?
Until we have a national conserva?
tory as a foundation for our art, and
American managers to take charge of
our lyric drama, the faults which Mr.
Krehbiel finds so fatal may go unre
formed. But they can he reformed,
and they soon will be. The United
States may once have been in swad?
dling clothes. The time is near, though,
when they will insist not only on hear?
ing and seeing, but also on understand?
ing, what we call opera.
1 stand with Addison, who, as Mr.
Krehbiel reminds us, derided his coun?
trymen for enduring opera sung in for?
eign tongues. And chiefly 1 stand with
Paul the Apostle, who, in the First
Epistle to the Corinthians (chap.
xiv), wrote these illuminating sen?
tences:
"Except ye utter by the tongue words
irstood, how shall it be
known what, is spoken? For ye shall
speak into the air. . . ." There?
fore, if I know not the meaning o? the
I
voice 1 shall be unto him that ?peak
eth a barbarian, and he that speaketh j
shall bo a barbarian unto me. . ? ?
Wherefore, lei him that speaketh in
an unknown tongue pray that he may '
interpret. ... I had rather speak i
five words with my understanding, j
that by my voice I might teach others
also, than ten thousand words in an i
unknown tongue."
CHARLES HENRY MELTZER.
Mr. Melter's letter is printed, '
partly because he is a journalist ex-,
perienced in his profession, a cham
pion of opera in the vernacular and by j
vocation a translator of works for the
stage. Now that he has been heard
we may be permitted to say that to us
he seems to have contributed to his
own confusion and that of his cause
by his extremely and inexcusably
shortsighted criticism of the article in i
last Sunday's Tribune on the vernacu- !
lar in operatic performances. That :
article was not an "attack" on the use
of the English language in opera, but
a dispassionate and, we believe, dis?
criminating discussion of the kinds of
opera which may be translated and of
the qualifications which not only a
translator of a foreign \vo,rk but the.
composer and singer of a work in the
vernacular ought to possess. The few
examples were cited to illustrate some
of the difficulties which a translator'
must meet and the kind of follies
which a translator is led to commit.
They might have been multiplied by the
dozen, by the score, by the hundred;
and since Mr. Meltzer says that he
stands by Addison in his attitude to?
ward foreign opera, which as I take it
also includes Addison's denunciation
of translations, he must not take it
amiss if 1 tell him that in some of his
books are to be found the same mis?
deeds condemned by the English es?
sayist. Having refrained from mention
of his books in the way of faultfinding
I cannot see why he should have ex?
pected me to mention them in the way
of laudation. Neither praise nor dis?
praise of Mr. Meltzer's work, nor Mr.
Henderson's (which is original), nor
mine (which is not what is impiled),
nor of the text of 'Oberon' or Miss
Bache's translation of "St. Elizabeth"
has anything to do with the case which
I presented.
I fear that Mr. Meltzer is not so:
happy as he thinks in his skeletonized;
quotation from St. Paul's Epistle to
the Corinthians. In fact, though 1
make no profession of ability in Bibli?
cal exegesis, I am inclined to think
that he has placed himself among those |
unstable and unlearned folk who were ?
told by St. Peter that they were wrest- i
ing the epistles of his beloved brother,;
Paul, in which there were hard things
to understand, to their own destruc?
tion. A little more careful study of
Paul's words (aided, perhaps, by the
new version or that of Luther), might
make Mr. Meltzer realize that the
apostle was not so much denouncing
the use of foreign languages among!
the members of the church at Corinth
as seeking to impress upon them the
superiority of prophecy over vain and
polyglot eloquence. "Wherefore, my
brethren, desire earnestly to prophesy
and forbid not to speak with tongues;
but let all tilings be done decently and
I in order." H. E. K.
I
Tbc widow of C?sar Franck died in j
Pari"* last month at the ape of ninety
four. She outlived her huaband twenty
eight years.
Ferrucio Busoni, who is living in
?Switzerland, heard two of his opera3
tun-? recently in Zurich.
Messager's riew opera, "Monsieur
fteaucairc," will be given its first per?
formance in London next month, with
Maggie Teyte in the role of Lady Mary.
Later M. Messager will go to Rome,
where he will be one of the conductors
at the only Italian symphonic season
held at the Augusteurn. Among hs as?
sociates will be Victor de Pabata and
Panizza. One programme will be de?
voted to the works of contemporary
American composers.
Harry Field, a Canadian pianist, re?
cently played a "Heroic" sonata by the
American, Campbell-Tipton, at a recital
in London.
The English impresario, ''harles
Manners, has made an impassioned ap?
peal through the British press for the
assistance of some member of Parlia?
ment or constituency in establishing
national opera. He feels that the
women's vote may mean much to this
worthy cause.
Violet Thorpe, a young violinist, re?
cently created a favorable impression
et her first recital in London.
Hamilton Harty's father is dead in
Ireland. For forty years organist and
choirmaster of Hillsborough Parish
Church, he had long exerted his in?
fluence for the ??rood of music in the
North of Ireland. A pupil of Sir Rob?
ert Stewart, Harty p<ra was the only
teacher of his con.
From Buenos Ayres cornes a report
of the successful production of ? new
opera, "Jacquerie," by Oino Marinu/zi,
an Italian. It. was he who composed a
r'-'fiK-.rn mass up'./ the assassination
of the King of Italy in 1900. Later his
ojw-r* "Barbarina" was produced in hi?
nati-re town, Palermo. Now a director
C^nearvatory ot Bologna, M?rl
ii\i?;.'.\ /?.-,r.'!u? t' d performances of opera
in Madrid and fur three seasons at the
Op?r? Cotnitju?,
In "Robin Hood," at tlvc Park
Theatre
Concert Will Be Given
By Institute of
M u s i r a I Art
The institute of Musical Art will give
a concert at Aeolian Hall next Saturday
evening at 8:16. The programme will
bt as follows:
Kirnt Movement from Symphony No. 7.
A RMJor .Beethoven
Orch<_)tra of th?i Institute
Concerto for V?o?n.Paganini
JoMph Kuchu
Choriui?! for Woman's Von?-?.
Choral <;i*_? <>l tiie Imttitut?
"Le R/;u*t dOmphmla .Baint-SiUni
Or.-hwtrn of the Institute
"L?n DJInn*," t^r jiiano ?nd orcheatra,
C?Mar Franck
Arthur K?-ln
"Le? Prelado" . .LU-tj
Orchestra ol th? Inftitut?
Variety in Fourth
Week of Chicago
Company's Season
Another "Crispina" and the
Operatic Debut of
Dorothy Jardon
Variety will mark the fourth week of
the Chicago Opera Company's reper?
toire at tile Lexington Theatre, with
but one repetition from the operas
given during the preceding three
weeks.
"Crispino e la Comare," by the
brothers Ricci, which was included in
the Chicago repertoire this .season for
Mine. Galli-Curci, will be sung to-mor?
row night, with Vittorio Trevisan as
Crispino, Riceardo Stracciari as Fa?
brizio, Vittorio Arimondi as Mirabo
lano, William Rogerson, a young Chi
cagoan, who will make his New York
debut in the tenor r?le of Count del
Finre; ('?.mstant in Nicolay as Capa
rotta, Maria Claesscns as La Comare
Lodovico Olivicro as Bertolo and Cleo
fonte Campanini conducting.
Francesca Peralta will return to th<
cast Tuesday night for the first tim<
this season as Leonora in "II Trova
tore," with Alcssandro Dolci as Man
rico, Giacomo Rimini as Count di Luna
Cyrena Van Gordon as Azucena, Vir
gilio Lazzari as Ferrando, Emma No
as Inez, Octave Dua as Ruiz and (?ior
gio Polacco conductor.
The only repetition of the weel
"Thai's," will be given Wednesda
night, with Mary Garden and the sum
cast which appeared during the opcr
ing week of the season.
Meyerbeer's "Dinorah," which w<
introduced a3 a revival here last yet
by Mr. Campanini's company, will l
the opera on Thursday night, wit
Mme. Galli-Curci again in the tit
r?le, nnd Octave Dua, Giacomo Rimii
Virgilio Lazzari, Carolina Lazzari at
others. Mr. Campanini will conduct.
Giordano's "Fedora," which was pr
sented in New York first in 1906 ni
again the following season, will be r
vived Friday night. Dorothy Jardo
a young American soprano who h
been heard only in lighter music
performances and as a follower
Cadman, whose songs she has featur
in concert and vaudeville, will ma
her grand opera d?but as Fcdo
Alessandro Dolci will be the Lor
Riceardo Stracciari the Siriex, Mi
gu?rite ?amara the Olga, Gustave H
berdeaii the Greek and Constantin N
. olay the Lorcek. Mr. Polacco will cc
duct.
Massenet's "Werther" will be
vived on Saturday afternoon, w
John O'Sullivan in the title part, Ire
Pavloska as Charlotte, Gustave Hub
denn as the RailifT, Myrna Sharlow
Sophia, Alfred Muguennt as Albert,!
sire Defiero as Schmidt, and Oct
Dua us Johann, with Louis Hanselmi
conducting.
The Saturday night bill will
"Carmen," with Mary Garden as C
men, Charles Fontaine as Jos/>, Geor
BaklanofT a? Fscnmillo and My
Sharlow as Micaela. Marcel Charl
will conduct.
j^acjrcrccr'&teJ^?atz-eja.acrGJs*
Buying an Operatic
C.ix\ in the Bag
In an interview published in The
Tribune more than two weeks ago
George Prokofieff informed the public
that Mr. Campanini had invited him to
compose an opera for Ihe Chicago Op?
era Company. The information has
now been officially confirmed by the
publicity department of the company,
which lays stress upon the circum?
stance that this is "one of the few
times when an opera has been ordered
for production without a preliminary
hearing or examination of the begin?
nings of the score." Mr. Prokofieff is
said to have written the libretto of the
opera in Russian, but it is to be per?
formed in a French version. Its title is
'?L'Amour des Trois Oranges," and it is
based upon a satiric comedy by Curio
Gozzi, which in turn was founded upon
an old Italian fairy tale. The play was
first performed in Venice in 1761, and
was popular for many years. Mr. Pro?
kofieff has made, extensivo changes in
the story, as much of tho satire con?
cerned contemporary fipures in the mu?
sical and political life of the period.
The opera will consist of a prolopuo
and ten short, scenes, divided into four
acts. Although he has written several
other operas, this will probably be Mr.
Prokofieff's first to be staged. His for?
mer operatic work, "The Gambler,"
based upon a novel by Dostoevsky, is
said to have been accepted by the im?
perial theatres of Petrograd and Mos?
cow and was about to be produced at
the former, when the tide of Bolshe?
vism prevented and swept its premiere
into the indefinite future.
Douglas Fairbanks Entertains
William McAdoo and Party
William McAdoo liked the Wild West
show which was staged for his benefit
recently by Douglas Fairbanks in the
hills of Hollywood, and we can prove
it. Bennie Zeidman said so, and here
is what lie said :
" 'The finest exhibition of horseman?
ship I have ever seen,' said William
G. McAdoo last week, after witnessing
the thrilling Wild West show staged
especially for his entertainment by
Douglas Fairbanks. He was accom?
panied by his wife, the daughter of
President Wilson; Frank Crane, the
actor and 'stage daddy' of Fairbanks;
Mrs. George Franklin and Mrs. Joseph
P. Cotton, after having been the guests
of Mr. Fairbanks at his Beverly Hills
residence.
"Mr. McAdoo's excitement at getting a
glimpse of the real West was genuine
.Mrs. McAdoo was enthusiastic, and
both took an active part in congratu?
lating the various rodeo stars who rode
bucking horses and threw steers fot
their boneflt."
Khnan in Brooklyn
Mischa Elman's programme at his
recital in the Brooklyn Academy of
Music this evening will be as follows:
Concerto In K minor.Mondelssohr:
Fuust Fantasia .Wicnmwsk
Ititrnil?i i Adagio) .DtHtlanea-Naehn
[Turkish March .B?at_oven-Au?i
! Screniulii . HuclimiinlnrilT-F.lriian
iKirillana ami Kigudon.Praniraur-Kreislei
ZlgaunarwoUen . Saraaat?
A. Busy Week at
The Metropolitan
"La Boheme" will begin the fifth
week of the Metropolitan Opera Com?
pany's season to-morrow evening.
Mmes. Alda and Romaine and Messrs.
Crimi, Scotti, De Segur?la and Didur
will be in the cast.
"Carmen" will be given at a special
matinee on Friday, with Mmes. Farrar,
Romaine, B raslau and Spark us and
Messrs. M'artinelli, Whitehill and De
Segur?la.
Other operas of the week will be as
follows: Wednesday, "Pagliacci," with
Mine. Faston and Messrs. Caruso, Mon
tcsanto and Werrenrath, as Silvio this
first appearance with this company).
will he followed by "Petrushka," with
the usual east; Thursday, "Cavalleria
Rusticanna," with Mme. Muzio and
Messrs. Lazzaro and Chalmers, followed
by "Le Coq d'Or," with the usual cast;
Friday, "Le Proph?te," with Mmes. Mu?
zio and Matzenauer and Messrs. Caruso,
Rothier and Mardones; Saturday mat?
inee, "II Barbiere di Sivig'io" with
Mme. Barrientes and Messrs. Hackett,
De I.uea and Mardones; Saturday even?
ing, at popular prices, "Aida," with
Mmes. Rappold and Matzenauer and
Messrs. Crimi, Chalmers and Didur.
Efrem Zimbalist, violinist, will ap?
pear nt to-night's "opera concert" lie
will play Mozart's concerto in A major
and several pieces. Miss Muzio, Miss
Braslau and Mr. Chalmers will sing.
Mr. Hageinan will conduct.
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"Fedora" will not be given by the
Chicago Opera Company next Friday
| evening, consequently Miss Dorothy
j Jardon will not make her first ap
I pearance here in opera as announced.
I The opera that evening will be "Car
, men," with the cast already announced.
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i tore"; Saturday matinee, "Madam
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j stead of "Carmen." The casts will re
j main unchanged.
Park Theatre
The revival of "Robin Hood" by the
Society of American Singers is crowd?
ing the Tark Theatre at every per?
formance. Wednesday matinees will be
added, beginning this week, to accom?
modate the. increased demand for
tickets. The cast remains unchanged.
It is evident that in spite of nearly
thirty years of fame, besides '.he 4,250
performances by the Bostonians and
countless other presentations in this
country, England and Australia, "Robin
Hood" is still a name to conjure with.
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It has been supposed on this side of
j the ocean that Mr. Paderewski had beer ?
, appointed Prime Minister of a pro
? visional government of a provisional
; Poland. But "The London Times" of
' January 18 would appear to have an
i nounced that he has been elected Pres
| ident of Poland. Commenting on the
I pianist's entry into politics "The Musi ?
cal Times," of London, says:
"Musicians will view the fact with
j mingled feelings: Poland's gain is
i music's loss. Will Paderewski find
? time to compose the finale to his B
minor symphony? The work was pro?
duced ten years ago by the Bo.-ton :
Orchestra, and played at Queen's Hall
by the London Symphony Orchestra,
under Richter, in November, I90i>. It
dealt with the political troubles of Po?
land, and broke off at the third move
| ment, the composer having deferred
the writing of the finale -a song of tri
', umph?until his country was free. As
, patriot, Paderewski makes a better fig?
ure than Chopin. The latter wn? at
1 Vienna when Poland began one of hey
! struggles for freedom. Chopin's com?
panion, Woyciechowski, hurried home.
, but Chopin hesitated, and finally con- .
? tented himself with expressing his de
\ votion to his country in the tremen- !
j dous C minor ?tude."
This is not in accord with the state?
ment made by Mr. Paderewski when the
symphony received its first perform?
ance in Boston. The Tribune's musical
' reviewer, who was present on the oc
! casion Mit was on February 12, 1909),
reported that by the composer's own
confession he had in the work paid
' tribute to his native land and set a
! memorial of the revolution of 1863-'64.
? The missing movement was not a '
| finale, but a scherzo?"The uprising
, and its woful outcome," said H. E. K..
in his telegraphic report, "receive
musical delineation in the final move?
ment, which is frankly programmatic;
but there is also a hymning of Po- I
land's heroic neriod in the first move
ment and of the musical nature of the
Polish people in the second. There are
only three movements in the symphony
i at present, but a fourth movement,
which, it is to bo supposed, will body
? forth the happy side of the Polish
! nature, since it is to be scherzo, will
| be added when Mr. Paderewski takes
the symphony in hand again."
Nevertheless, we can imagine that
if Mr. Padercwski's patriotic heart's de?
sires are realized, and if he ever takes
up the symphony again, he will write
a new finale. Nine-tenths of the work
is freighted with melancholy. "It tells
of a great, corroding longing."
our reports ten years ago. "of vain ef?
fort and hope, which never shines re?
splendent, but appears even at the end
as only a flickering light. In the last
movement the voice of the people,
striving to throw off the yoke of op
' pression, finds expression in the fre
! quent recurrence of a suggestion of
: the Polish national hymn. 'Poland is
i not yet lost,' but the suggestion re?
mains only a suggestion. The device
has been used by other composers in
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138-130 ?East .'.?Hi St.
EXPERT INSTRUCTORS
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ac-copi pupils for Grand Opera Reper
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267 W. ?Otli St. Tel Gran
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SINGING TAUGHT ?n FOUR LANGUAGES
58 WEST 37th ST. Tel. Greeley Hit..
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VOICE PLACING. BREATHING.
Preparation for Choir. Concert and Oratorio.
8TUD10, 810 CARNEGIE HALL. NEW YORK.
Baritone
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801 CARNEGIE HALL. Tel. C?rci? 135?.
BLITZ
SCHOOL
OF
Classe? Monda>i and Thursdays, I to S P. M
?334 Carnegie Hall. N. Y.
^?TROEMELIS,!
PI*I'll. OF LEOPOLD A! Eli
870 RIVERSIDE DRIVE, Apt. 5A, nr. 160th
v'slBt-E HARMONY TABULATOR
^TMPTeTE SCALE AND C H n R D~Fe"?TgR E E~
WRITE G. WARREN AMERIGE- "THE OAKS "
FREMONT, NEW HAMPSHIRE
MAUD MORGAN hat
INSTRUCTION.
?'The Rocklnfrham." 21(1 WEST ftHTH ST
COR. BROADWAY. TEE. CIRCLE 1503
MRS* CALDWELL p1ftno '
76 W. 94th St.
JANET BULLOCK WILLIAMS
TEACHER of SINGING, 122 Carnegie Hall.
THEO. VAN Y0RX TENOR
VOCAL STUDIO. 12 WKST 3.1TH ri
grace ANDERSON ??'
104 WEST r.Tth ST. T? I. Cll 3 l?
nathan GREEHWALD L? wA7*i?
Instruction. 223 Riverside Drive.
Music School.
139 W 1361. SL
MARTIN SMITH M
MICHAEL POSNER SSiSagjoH
Studio: 28U 1'IFI'H AVE., N. V.
Mrs, RATPHFII FR V(),CE
I WILLIS E. Dr\ltn?.tL?.IV PUC?IHENT
| I BO MADISON AVENUE. Tel. 699 Murray Hill
GUSTAV JEHr/^eLTD PIANIST AND
L ?> E. Ks ft. ?.K TtACiER.
Htuillo: Melnwiy Hall. 10? Ca?t 14ttl St., N. T.
a. GiUFFRi?A te-(\:;;:;-lt,on.
JOACHIM SYSTEM, S'-'i K. Mtli St.. N. V.
MUSIC COMPOSED ?5S.
Prmiiinl Harmony Lea?ons liy Muii
Dr. A. WOOLK1I. SUS W, Uile? St.. 111. Fi-'ALO, N. Y,
treating patriotic and political thera
-by Litolff in hia 'Robespierre' ove!'
ture, by Tschaikowsky in his !isi?v '
ut generally there is a swelling nreT
amation of the typical hvmn ? tk"
end. Mr. Paderewski has ?0 cons *
mation which he can hvmn; his ???
is only of longing: still cherished asd
pride unbroken. To mo at a first _.
ng the most moving portions of th"
music were the buoyant procl_mati '
of the ?second theme in the first mot
ment, which seemed to tell of anciem
glories, and a heart-searching thiwjod,
in the last movement after the d'
of a lost battle and before a dirge for
the heroic dead. . . . Tt (the U|t
movement) might bear a super?rriptlon
like Tschaikowsky's overture airead
mentioned; 'Poland: 1863' might h_v?
been its title. It is a delineation of
the stirrings of popular unrest, tha
zeal of youthful patriotism, the un?
heeded admonitions of wise conserva?
tism, of warfare begun with heedleis
daring and enthusiasm, of defeat and
lamentation ending with a glimmer of
hope.''
?-a??? .
Bowery Mission Concert
Eleanor Patterson, contralto, as
sisted by Arma Milch, violinist, vr?'?
give a concert al the Bowery Mission
on Tuesday evening. The programme
will include songs by Oley Speaks, Del
Riego, Cadman, Lieurance, Woodforde
Finden, Turner others, and
violin pieces by Mendelssohn, Chopin.
Kreisler and other composer?.
Alice Joyce. Jr., Disapproves
Of Mamma's Profession
Henrik Ibsen's famous character
asked ;'"i4 '
But little Alice Joyce, the three
year-old da ' the Vitagraph
star, only wanted a college education.
The new Alice Joyce picture- "The
Girl Without a Heart," was being
filmed on the Columbia campus lagt
week. When the star returned to her
car to rest she was warmly greeted
by lier round and rosy daughter.
"Do you want to ho a movie star?"
asked Miss Joyce of the child, but
little Alice's attention was being di?
verted by two girl students entering
Barnard. College across the street. They
had books under their arms and wore
the convei id eve
glasses.
''No! No!'" cried the precocious
daughti r, pointing 1 ? ! the college
building. "! wanna book!"
MUSICAL INSTRl (TIO.V
infallible Method of Memorizing"
PIANO I"liV?wi4?HAJMf0iVr
CONCENTRATION?? ?-|ll_Ld ?"?,"0Rr
DEVELOPED ? ? _r? ? ? HS* TRMNED
'1 In- pitblM- i- invite?! t^> h( tend the-todlu
R?-<-it?ls _i\--n ti? the nrti-t ptiplli of An
tiiiiiiitti- Ward on Iriil.i?-. ut 3 u'rlocW,
Talks bj Mi-- Ward <>n
Concentration?Memory Training
Tone Production-Technical Freedom
interpretation?Sight Reading
Demonstrations
IM VYKRS: ?M-'I.I N UlI.SMAr4., COX
STANCH HIT.S.MAN. GORDON rillLl.ll">.
iimil N \ -< OV M.l.f.. lit I'll (.OK, AUK
I.Aim: \ IAI INI) n III I RS.
S1_X Van Dyck Studio?, N.Y. SSS?
M I ' S I C
p t a o or.
IT \V. ?Uli St,
INTERNATIONAL
C. NICOSIA, Director
PIANO, MOI IV \M> VOI \l UESSONS.
?il'l.H \ t?)A< HING.
II BSOAYM. I in i:-H W--, 1RIDATS.
PARADISO
DONATO
A.
GRAND OPERA 1 r.NOH.
VO?CE SPECIALIST
announce? that Is i ''??' located
807-8IIH CARNEGIE HAI.I. >. *?
TELEPHONE 1350 t IKCLE.
?? ELSENHEIMERSs.
^ E22 W. IS6TH SI I l?? "?fif
PIANO SCHOOL,
633 CARNEGIE HALi., Ni , V rl
l,in ?at ?_ C r.?-.'-'OT Ot
eugenKLEE: ^4
Coaching North?-*,
851 WEST lHlht 6T. Tel. St_ Nlch. ?1^
Teacher
ANNA DI PIETROr?anfl
StudJo, 403 ?iimi-gii- Hall. Wed, ?ft S??t. f. *
c?i^MITTELL?&
BEST ANt) MOST SIMPLIFIED M ET H00.
"VAN DYKE.4' 93S EIGHTH AVE... NEAR M?.
L0?I.S STILLMA?
rnxisT S Tifi? hrr of Piano I.iterator??
118 U EST ?.iul ST. Tel. 6156 Columb*
-? D00LITTLE2
5SS W. 112th ST. Tel Cathedral MM.
BELMA BJORCO "f^JSVS
13? WEST 80th St. ?' i)lar aW
henry LEFKOWITCH ?SJgft i^i*
50 ST. MARK'S PLA< I [______
FLORENCE McMILLftN 'j Wilt??**
.?..si-i'.. P I Z Z A R E L LO
Teacher of Binning. Studio *'*?fi_!_!__
_ French
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INSTRUCTION. S9 ? est J^Jt^
h\V,a CONRAD,E<;\%
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UESLET MART?N m? Bread??. ?*? 6
RUSSELL ST?DI^c??;
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Planist ft
f:FREGKELTON,Jr.Wri
Tha Pooh Gallery. ? ?h?d",\,?,? H
??& Clinton Av?. i HtvUr* *