Dmitri Shostakovich and Lady Macbeth of Mzensk (Literary Digest, 1935)"The Cleveland Orchestra, on February 5 (1935), with Arthur Rodzinski conducting, will introduce to New York 'Lady Macbeth of Mzensk', an opera by twenty-eight year-old Soviet composer, Dmitri Shostakovich.""Shostakovich completed the work in December, 1932. It is the first of a projected cycle of four operas in which the composer plans to trace the condition of women in Russia..."
Sweet Words for Maestro Toscanini (Stage Magazine, 1938)Arturo Toscanini (1867 – 1957) is believed to have been the greatest conductor of the Twentieth Century। He was bestowed with a 'Palm Award' by the well-meaning swells at the now defunct "Stage Magazine" during the summer of 1938। This article appeared during a time when a "Palm Award", granted by such a crew was a reliable form of social currency and would actually serve the highly favored recipients in such a grand manner as to allow them brief respites at dining tables found at such watering holes as New York's Stork Club. Nowadays, one "Palm Award" and one dollar and fifty cents will afford you a ride on the Los Angeles City subway system (one way).The attached article explains why Maestro Toscanini had met all requirements for this award.
Unsuspected Qualities of Native American Music (Literary Digest, 1908)
A short article on the topic Native American music and the studies of Alice Cunningham Fletcher (1838 - 1923), who had overseen a number of Native American archival recording sessions around the time this article appeared in print. Fletcher once wrote:"We find more or less of it in Beethoven and Schubert, still more in Schumann and Chopin, most of all in Wagner and Liszt."TOPIC INDEX: Similarities Between Classical Music and Native American Music,Comparisons of Classical Music and Native American Music,Similarities Between Schumann Compositions and Native American Music,Comparisons of Beethoven with Native American Music,Similarities Between Liszt Compositions and Native American Music,Similarities Between Wagner Compositions and Native American Music,Similarities Between Liszt Compositions and Native American Music,Similarities Between Schubert Compositions and Native American Music,
A short article on the topic Native American music and the studies of Alice Cunningham Fletcher (1838 - 1923), who had overseen a number of Native American archival recording sessions around the time this article appeared in print. Fletcher once wrote:"We find more or less of it in Beethoven and Schubert, still more in Schumann and Chopin, most of all in Wagner and Liszt."TOPIC INDEX: Similarities Between Classical Music and Native American Music,Comparisons of Classical Music and Native American Music,Similarities Between Schumann Compositions and Native American Music,Comparisons of Beethoven with Native American Music,Similarities Between Liszt Compositions and Native American Music,Similarities Between Wagner Compositions and Native American Music,Similarities Between Liszt Compositions and Native American Music,Similarities Between Schubert Compositions and Native American Music,
Leo Ornstein and Futurist Music (Vanity Fair, 1920)
A profile of Futurist composer Leo Ornstein (1893 – 2002). Ornstein appeared on the New York music scene at a very young age; hailed as a genius by many, he performed to packed houses. In 1917, music critic James Huneker(1860-1921) remarked:"I never thought I should live to hear Arnold Schoenberg sound tame, yet tame he sounds—almost timid and halting—after Ornstein who is, most emphatically, the only true-blue, genuine, Futurist composer alive."Leo Ornstein left the public eye by 1925 and was soon forgotten until the 1970s. This Vanity Fair article was written by James L. Buchanan, who had written a number of pieces on Ornstein and his music throughout his career.TOPIC INDEX: Leo Ornstein Magazine Article 1920,1920 Leo Ornstein Magazine Article,Leo Ornstein Interviewed at the Peak of his Fame 1920,James L। Buchanan Magazine Article Regarding Leo Ornstein 1920,Vanity Fair Magazine Article Concerning Leo Ornstein 1920,Vanity Fair Music Article 1920,Vanity Fair Music Reviews 1917-1922,Futurist Composer Leo Ornstein 1920
A profile of Futurist composer Leo Ornstein (1893 – 2002). Ornstein appeared on the New York music scene at a very young age; hailed as a genius by many, he performed to packed houses. In 1917, music critic James Huneker(1860-1921) remarked:"I never thought I should live to hear Arnold Schoenberg sound tame, yet tame he sounds—almost timid and halting—after Ornstein who is, most emphatically, the only true-blue, genuine, Futurist composer alive."Leo Ornstein left the public eye by 1925 and was soon forgotten until the 1970s. This Vanity Fair article was written by James L. Buchanan, who had written a number of pieces on Ornstein and his music throughout his career.TOPIC INDEX: Leo Ornstein Magazine Article 1920,1920 Leo Ornstein Magazine Article,Leo Ornstein Interviewed at the Peak of his Fame 1920,James L। Buchanan Magazine Article Regarding Leo Ornstein 1920,Vanity Fair Magazine Article Concerning Leo Ornstein 1920,Vanity Fair Music Article 1920,Vanity Fair Music Reviews 1917-1922,Futurist Composer Leo Ornstein 1920
Edoardo di Giovanni: Tenor (Vanity Fair, 1915)
This is a small Vanity Fair profile regarding the Canadian opera singer Edward Johnson (a.k.a. Edoardo di Giovanni, 1878-1959) who turned a good many heads in the world of opera when he made his debut in 1908. He enjoyed a glorious career as a tenor singing both in Europe and the United States until he resigned from the stage in 1935, replacing Herbert Witherspoon as the general manager of New York's Metropolitan Opera, leaving that position in 1950.This article, that pictures him costumed for his roll in Puccini's "Fanciulla del West" (The Girl of the Golden West) covers the highlights of his musical education as well as the grander moments of his career up until the year 1915.TOPIC INDEX: Opera Stars 1915,Opera Tenor Edoardo di Giovanni,Opera Tenor Edoardo di Giovanni,1915 Magazine Article Concerning Edoardo di Giovanni,1915 Magazine Article Concerning Opera Tenor Edward Johnson,Edward Johnson Changed his Name to Edoardo di Giovanni Magazine Article 1915.
This is a small Vanity Fair profile regarding the Canadian opera singer Edward Johnson (a.k.a. Edoardo di Giovanni, 1878-1959) who turned a good many heads in the world of opera when he made his debut in 1908. He enjoyed a glorious career as a tenor singing both in Europe and the United States until he resigned from the stage in 1935, replacing Herbert Witherspoon as the general manager of New York's Metropolitan Opera, leaving that position in 1950.This article, that pictures him costumed for his roll in Puccini's "Fanciulla del West" (The Girl of the Golden West) covers the highlights of his musical education as well as the grander moments of his career up until the year 1915.TOPIC INDEX: Opera Stars 1915,Opera Tenor Edoardo di Giovanni,Opera Tenor Edoardo di Giovanni,1915 Magazine Article Concerning Edoardo di Giovanni,1915 Magazine Article Concerning Opera Tenor Edward Johnson,Edward Johnson Changed his Name to Edoardo di Giovanni Magazine Article 1915.
