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Last week, in Manhattan, the New York Chamber Music Society gave a concert, played a new composition written for it-Portrait of a Lady by Composer Deems Taylor, scored for two violins, viola, cello, double bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, piano. In the audience, reporting the evening's entertainment for The New York World, sat Critic Deems Taylor, listened while the likeness of his lovely lady took on shape and color in the bodiless air. Wrote he: "As one of Mr. Taylor's warmest admirers, we had looked forward with considerable interest to hearing...
Outside and Inside were two sides of that startling event?the collapse of Miss Aida Jenkinson, actress, on the night on which she was to have realized her life's ambition by appearing as Viola in Twelfth Night. Instead of being page to Duke Orsino, she put on an air signifying that Duke Orsino was page to her; she cut all other parts with mighty shears; she threw out her lines like strings of sausage out of a sausage machine. But on the great night itself, after splitting her green jacket up the back, Actress Jenkinson collapsed in a heap...
This very well known quartet which is made up of Mr. Sandor Harmati, first violin; Mr. Wolfe Wolfonsohn, second violin; Mr. Nicholas Moldavan, viola; and Mr. Emmeran Stoeber, 'cello, will play the following pieces: Quartet in C major, Op. 59, No. 3 Beethoven Quartet in D major Franck...
...quartette will play music for two violins, viola and cello: for two violins, cello and flute: for four violins and piano; and duets and trios combining a number of stringed instruments. The manager for this year will be H. L. Cabbitt...
...Copley-Plaza a concert by the Durrell String Quartet, well-known and much applauded in Boston, assisted by Mr. Lee Pattison, one of the best of Boston pianists. They will play Smetana's Quartet "Aus Meinen Lebont and Chausson's Quartet in A major for piano, violin, viola and 'cello...