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Convinced that much musical hypocrisy exists among our symphonic and concert audiences who, impressed by the eminence of the artists, claim to appreciate what they neither enjoy nor understand, I propose a test. Let Artist Kreisler seat himself, shabbily disguised, on a camp stool at a busy sidewalk corner. A " Blind" sign above his dark glasses, let him draw his magic bow, and play, as only he can play it, the Caprice Viennois. How many, think you, of his applauding audience, as they hurried by, would pause longer than to jangle a few pennies into the tin cup strapped...
...program for tonight's concert is made up of: Concerto in C major by Vivaldi-Kreisler, Concert Piece in A major by Saint-Saens, Sonata in D minor by Brahms. Berceuse by F. Faure, Bagatelle by Scarlatesco, Chaconne by Vitali, and Tzigane by Ravel...
That whereas local dealers are buying as much music as formerly they are neither willing nor in a position to pay the fees of a few years ago. Almost the only old-time top-fee artist definitely to hold his own is Violinist Fritz Kreisler. In the U. S. as the world over he stays the greatest drawing card. Second to him in the U. S. this year have presumably been Negro Tenor Roland Hayes and the Dancer Argentina. Pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff also commands top prices, full houses, but he gives few concerts now. Young Yehudi Menuhin...
Between these two groups is a third which is relatively immune from box office inflation or deflation. Of this an outstanding example is Efrem Zimbalist* who, while not drawing the Kreisler crowds, is considered an almost perfect violinist. Others for whose talents there is a steady demand are Pianists Harold Bauer, Alfred Cortot, Ossip Gabrilowitsch, 'Cellist Pablo Casals, Guitarist Andres Segovia, Violinist Albert Spalding...
...paints, gardens, studies biology, boxes in the Chinese fashion, likes to tinker with machinery. He has written some 15% of the 400 plays in his repertoire, and his collection of books on Chinese drama, art and music is noteworthy. Among those who have admired his acting are Fritz Kreisler, Somerset Maugham, the Crown Prince and Princess of Sweden, Bertrand Russell. Tumultuously has he been received in Japan...