Word: lieder
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...made her U. S. debut in Manhattan's Town Hall month before last, few U. S. concertgoers had ever heard of her. Last week, as Soprano Pitzinger finished her first U. S. tour, delighted critics went back a whole generation for their comparisons, acclaimed her as the greatest Lieder singer since Wüllner, Gulp and Gerhardt. Thirty-two-year-old Soprano Pitzinger learned Lieder as a girl from Bohemian peasants, studied more with Vienna's famed Lieder composer, Joseph Marx. Five years ago she braved a Berlin recital, became an overnight sensation. In London last...
Miss Emmy Heim, noted Viennese Lieder singer, will give a lecture-recital accompanied by D.J. Grout in Paine Hall tonight at 8:15 o'clock. The public will be admitted free of charge...
...Edward Johnson, the "Met's" affable general manager, welcomed them, introduced the company's new artists. Mrs. August Belmont, chairman of the Guild, disclosed that it had gained 500 new members since this time last year, pledged the Opera 25% more support. Rose Bampton sang two Strauss lieder. Radio Announcer Graham McNamee made arch announcements for a burlesque of opera in 2000 A. D. wherein Dancer Paul Draper, as "Gohengrin, the Flying Dutch-man," arrived in an airplane instead of a swan-boat, twinkle-toed around his bride while the Orchestra played Wagner's Wedding March...
Summary of Concentrators comments on men in the German Department: Walz, Howe, Lieder, Cawley older men in the department who are authorities in their field but tend to be rather uninspiring to undergraduates as lecturers. Starck--clear lecturer, con- genial. Heffner--stimulating, gives the literary angle. Nolte--good tutor (especially for divisional), knows his literature, material somewhat disorganized in German 6. Herrick--stimulating personality. Hawkes--progressive, interesting, good in composition courses. Cross--brilliant and interesting, the power of the Department. Vietor--good lecturer. Shelley--good younger tutor
...aviator's outfit Baritone Crawford was frankly out to cater to his audience. He distributed a list of 100 songs, offered to sing any 14 that were most in demand. His repertory was impressively wide, ranging from Brahms lieder to Smoke Gets in Your Eyes. Three of the loudest requests were for the Toreador's song from Carmen; De Glory Road, now popular because of Baritone Lawrence Tibbett; and The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, a Crawford composition...