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...Keiser '27, who is giving a pianoforte recital this evening at 8.15 o'clock in Paine Hall, has selected a very worth while programme for his concert, including Beethoven's Sonala in A-fiat major, opus 26. Tickets may be obtained at the door...
...program is as follows: Chromatic Fantasie and Fugue Bach Sonata in A-flat major, op. 26 Beethoven Andante con Variazione Scherzo March Fannebre sulla Morte d'un Eroe Rondo. After an intermission he will play: Two Etudes, Op. 25 Chopin No. 7, C sharp minor No. 9, G flat major La Solree dans Grenade Debussey Ravel Valee Nobles et Sentimentales Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7. Flirtation in a Chinese Garden Abram Chasins Caprice Espagnol Mosskowski
...news story, another sensational sideshow of the arts. The sophisticates or neo-sophisticates of Manhattan went, heard, were unimpressed, made no demonstration at all. The general attitude was one of puzzled indifference to a sensation-seeker. To many, this reception seemed unfair. Composer Antheil knows the classics, admires Beethoven and Handel above all others, appreciates them intelligently. He is an accomplished musician himself on orthodox instruments. His departures, though radical, are too sincere to be dismissed with a sniff for the showoff. He is, first of all, an earnest young man. Had Manhattan waxed indignant, as did Paris when...
Last week a great flood of carefully prepared talk about such composers as Beethoven, Tchaikowsky, Dvorak, Strauss, Wagner, Brahms, was heard all over the country in felt-carpeted apartments and soundproof cubicles which have for years echoed with arguments and ecstasies over Paul Whiteman, Irving Berlin, Al Jolson, Van & Schenk, Harry Lauder. The Victor Co. last week set out to make "his master's voice" the voice of the masters. Of all the factors that have made the U. S. suspicious, as a nation, of any music less candid than jazz and coon songs, no factor is more important...
...fame of Harvard as regards extra-curricular activities. Pursuing a definite artistic goal and making no attempt to cater to any other public than that of the highest artistic taste, the Glee Club has won for itself a reputation which bids fair to become international. Its participation in the Beethoven festival, its tours, its Symphony Hall concerts, have made it recognized as one of the few non-professional choruses with a distinct musical value...