New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 23, 1930, Page 7

Artists Active in Music Federation Convention |7 /o JOHN A. LINDSAY THERON W. HART WALTER J. ARBOUR MUSICIANS GATHER ATSTATE EETING * (Continued From Page) club, Bridgeport Director, Mrs Wednesday Afternoon Musical club Charles Davis as the senior clubs in m 19 juniors and thoigh several new senior clubs are on the verge of affiliation with the federation 6 Work among the juniors as repre- senting the musicians and audiences of the future was begun in the state after the genior movement had gain- ed headway and the or club 18 senior c al- he junior clubs frequently choose ve ling another affiliated the Never B Flat club. The New Britain M President Fowler stated the three senior clubs in the tedera- tion to show a substantial inc ership last year. Some of the clubs, however, have a limited mem- bership and have waiting lists In reports of cl ivities for | the season, the Wednesd noon Musical club of Bri tracted much attention and con ulations, the club sponsorin certs by the world's great artis having a half dozen booked fo season. The cost of the club's sea- son’s activities was between $6,000 and $7,000 In making the report for the N Britain Musical club, Preside bert 8. Woods declared that th mary object §f the local club was to cultivate a taste for good music in the community and to this end the club's free publlc concerts were giv- en The finances of the federation were satisfactory, President Fowler declared, no calls for additfonal sums to operate the federation having been made. But the circulation of the monthly State Bulletin among the clubs, and the Music Club Magazine, which is published b » nal Federation of Music Clubs, has been problem. The executive board last night voted to send out no more free copies of the State Bulletin except to a restricted official list. The com- plete program of the local convention the State Bulletin for he pri appeared in May. Connecticut, it was shown, had a larger list of great artists within its horde:s and members of the federa- tion than any other state. This fact is dua largely to the fact that many of | the nation’s greatest artists. having their headquarters in New York, are residents of Connecticut, commuting 10 the metropolis Mrs. Horatio Parker and Mrs. Eth- | wrote elbert Nevin were lected honor members of state federation were Dea sgeveral o state. Decorations of flow imation and amo 1ainted that time he ose. Others in the ence were swept wih emotion From first to last the music ting o Elegy jhas been Ha o wonderful lines o! followed with thougn modern, is Best of Two Settin So far as local conr been able to determine only one other setting mous Elegy, one n ¥ poser. An examination be what is known as d music,” meanir the eurs have there has slight texture, one would expect to vine poem Hart's setting of the poem has not been a commercial venture. He it primarily for the Britain Musical cl under aegis it was first presented. he was not restricted by any siderations save club at the time. cored f five solo vaices, ircluding two ten- ors, two pianos, and violin. Such = combination is virtually unsaleabl in the public music marts. vally, of course, the Rt whos Hence con- reduce tha acco piano and possibly eliminate the tenors who will present th ht are the Horto® contralto: ir Mag- Lind- fer- foron Those following Goodr Sartori tle, Waller scprano first tenor; Philip ( nuson, second tenor; John A say, baritone; Herbert E. son, violin: Theron W. Hart piano: and Walter J. Arbour, sec ond piano All the foregoing are members of the New Britain Musical club ex- cept Mr. Walln, the widely known first New | soloist of Harttord will be the first num- |her on tonight's program, which | will include a chorus of 100 femal voices under the ard F. Donovan of the the Yale School of Music ano numbers by E. Rhe and Harold Dart, who have been a two-piano team for a consider: period; the Ambrose quartet; Dr. Alexander Manke, ist, only a few vears ago was identifiel with leading symphonic organiz | tions in Germa culty of two-pi- and who The Complete Program The complete program at the fr | public concert a' the state norr school auditorium tonight will be as follows Gray's Elegy—Musical setting by Theron W. Hart Presented by Music New Britain Morning Hymn The Silver Swan The Dark . Solo by Ruth To Agni Lin Chorus Morning o Le Carnaval Des ) Marche Rovale Two Clocks Londondetr The Stannard, mezzo-soprano; Caroli SPECIAL OFFER ’5 DOWN Phone Hartford 2-7922 For An Evening Appointment direction of Rich- | Garrison | contralto. Fowler Variations ccor Dr. Alexander Manke oup of Folk Song The Wwh Big Chorus Club noon Mu olonion. Mrs NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1930. 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