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Died. Lilli Lehmann, 80, famed Wagnerian singer; in Berlin...
...herself has pleaded stagefright. Evidently the microphone held less terror than a sea of faces for Wisher Walska sang over the radio last week as scheduled, prettily, quaveringly, the "Dich teure Halle" from Tannhauser, Giordoni's Coro Mio Ben, and "Daddy's Sweetheart" by Liza Lehmann...
...Berlin Lilli Lehmann, famed Wagnerian soprano, celebrated her Both birthday. Special gift was the title of "professor" sent her by President Michael Hainisch of Austria for her many great performances at the Vienna Imperial Opera, for her more recent services to the annual Salzburg festivals...
...fervor of appreciation of individual performances they will have forgotten the millions whose musical sense has been awakened by Damrosch. They will have forgotten that it was Damrosch who first introduced to the U. S. such composers as Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Rimsky-Korsakov; such artists as Kreisler, Lilli Lehmann, Paderewski; that Damrosch, first of the important conductors, took stock of jazz and siphoned it off for the seriously musical to take or leave as they would; that Damrosch first took his orchestra on the road, to cities and towns which knew no music; that it was Damrosch who 20 years...
Twelve men have been selected for the editorial department of which C.M. Underhill '31 is the chairman. The sub-chairmen are Julius Birge, D.T. Field, F.H. Gade, and L.F. Percival Jr. On the board are E.S. Amazeen, Samuel Barry, E.L. Belisle, J.C. Borden, W.W. Foshay, H.W. Lehmann, R.P. McElkiney, H.W. Sibley...