Word: violins
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...adapted to harp and orchestra. Chicagoans listened with interest to this novelty. Sweet were the strains they heard, filled with all the dreaming melancholy, the tender elegance, of another day. Yet they were glad when Conductor Stock led something else. For sentiment cannot long garble truth; the viol, the violin, the pianoforte are all superior to the harp; nor can that gracious instrument any longer move men as it could long ago when jongleurs played, by candlelight and firelight, in shadowy halls...
...figure with a perfect back, lifted his eyebrows at the audience, his baton at the orchestra. Unrivaled is the popularity of the Philadelphia Orchestra this year; unapproached the position of Conductor Stokowski. Novelty of this concert was the playing, for the first time in the U. S., of a violin concerto by Karol von Szymanowski which the composer dedicated to "mon ami," Violinist Paul Kochanski. Ami Kochanski was there himself, chin on instrument, to play the solo part...
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...
...disappointed. Mr. Auer had done his work well; and the pupil was worthy of the teacher. Miss Breton drew a rich, accurate tone from her violin. There was a splendid freedom in her bow arm, a deft skill in her fingering. Notable on the program were the Vitali Chaconne and Lalo's Symphonic Espagnole. The latter Miss Breton played with warmth and charm...
...evening in the 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...