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P R £ S T O-T I M E S
FAMOUS ARTISTS
"AT THE BALDWIN"
Among Them Cecile DeHorvath, Formerly of
the New York Symphony, Philadelphia
Symphony, and Detroit Symphony
Orchestras.
Three artists of international reputation appeared
"At the Baldwin" Sunday evening, November 10.
They were Cecile DeHorvath, pianist; Irene Williams,
lyric soprano, and Raoul Georges Vidas, violinist.
"Turkey in the Straw," which has worn out many
a fiddle string, has been given a modern arrange-
ment by David Guion, the Texas composer, and was
played by the pianist, Cecil DeHorvath, on the Bald-
win program.
Miss DeHorvath, a Boston girl, studied four years
in Berlin with Safonoff, Ignas Friedman and Gabrilo-
witsch. After European concerts, including an en-
gagement with the Munich Symphony, she returned
to America and made her debut with the New York
Symphony under Walter Damrosch. She was imme-
diately re-engaged for a series of concerts with this
orchestra and later appeared as soloist with the Phil-
adelphia Symphony under Stokowski and the Detroit
Symphony under Gabrilowitsch.
Since she has
toured the country with great success.
Miss Williams is noted both in this country and
abroad for her interpretation of prima donna roles
in Mozart's operas. Altogether she has sung more
than 200 Mozart performances, including ap-
pearances in Mozart festivals in Paris and Havana
and the. first American Mozart festival in Cincinnati.
For the last three years she has been with the Phila-
delphia Civic Opera Company. Miss Williams sang
an aria from Mozart's "II Re Pastora" on the Bald-
win program.
Raoul Georges Vidas, third artist on the program,
has appeared as violinist with the leading symphony
orchestras of Europe and the United States, including
the New York and the Philharmonic orchestras.
Mr. Vidas studied under Henri Berthelier, France's
great teacher, and received all of his musical educa-
tion in France.
The program on November 17 includes among the
artists Alfredo Oswald and Buno Rabinof, the vio-
linist.
Eugene Goossens, conductor and composer, will be
heard "at the Baldwin" on Sunday evening, Novem-
ber 24. The program will be broadcast from Station
WJZ and the associated stations of the National
Broadcasting Chain at 7:30 p. m. Eastern standard
time. Mr. Goossens will conduct an orchestra of
p'eked soloists and will be heard at the piano in two
selections of his own composition.
Eugene Goossens, conductor of the Rochester Phil-
harmonic Orchestra, although still in his thirties, has
already established himself in the front rank of orches-
tral directors and as one of the outstanding modern
composers. Born in London, the descendant of an
old Flemish family, he is the third generation of a
line of noted conductors—his father is still an active
conductor in London. In 1903 he entered the Bruges
Conservatory and in 1906 the Liverpool College of
Music. A year later he returned to London and won
the Liverpool scholarship for violin at the Royal Col-
lege of Music, where he also studied composition with
Sir Charles Stanford. He soon gained the degree
of Associate and won the silver medal of the Wor-
shipful Company of Musicians. He was elected Fel-
low of the Royal College of Musicians in 1923.
Goossens was getting practical orchestral experi-
ence as a violinist in the Queen's Hall Orchestra,
when Sir Thomas Beecham, noticing his talent, in-
vited him to conduct a performance of Stanford's
"The Critic." As a result he was permanently at-
tached to the opera company and directed many im-
portant operas at the Covent Garden, Aldwych and
Drury Lane theaters. Later he was engaged to con-
duct the Halle concerts at Manchester, the Liverpool
November 15, 1929
Philharmonic and the Leeds and Birmingham
orchestras.
He came to America in 1923 at the invitation of
George Eastman to help organize the Rochester Phil-
harmonic Orchestra, and is at present in sole direc-
tion of that organization. He has appeared as guest Southern California News and Comment About Gen-
conductor with the New York Symphony, the Bos-
eral Conditions.
ton, Pittsburgh, Detroit, St. Louis, Cincinnati and
By GEORGE N. KRAMER.
Continued prosperity for California is seen by C. A.
Burrows of the Calofirn'a Radio Manufacturers' Asso-
ciation, who said that the state's greatest development
lies in the line of modern products—the airplane, the
automobile and the radio. "Probably the most start-
ling of the giant infant industries here is the radio
industry," he said. "It has grown so rapidly in the
past few years that it now supports 40,000 people."
Mr. Burroughs also added that conditions on the
west coast are admitted by experts to be different and
offer greater problems than those of any other sec-
tion in the United States. The success of the man-
ufacturers who have understood and solved the prob-
lems that enabled the radio fan to get the service
he expected accounts for the rap : d growth of the
radio industry in California, he said.
Fresh impetus to the nation-wide campaign for
new members has been shown by the announcement
of Edward A. Geissler, vice-president of the National
Association of Music Merchants and recently ap-
pointed chairman of the membership promotion com-
mittee, that several have been added to the Los
Angeles branch of the organization. They arc Clar-
ence L. Morey, of Morey's Music Store, Long Beach;
H. S. Helley, of Redlands; and F. A. Jones, of San
Pedro.
Tracing development of the piano and the concur-
rent evolution of piano music as the range of the
instrument increased, James H. Shearer gave an inter-
esting discussion of the subject before the members
of the Pasadena Opera and Fine Art Club, who met
at the home of one of the group. He began with a
El'GEN 10 GOOSSENS.
description of the "Ke" of Queen Elizabeth's time,
played charming little numbers to illustrate the lim-
Philadelphia orchestras. He has also made guest itations of the instrument and traced the evolution
appearances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in through the clavic'.iord to the present day achieve-
the Hollywood Bowl.
ments The speaker then gave excerpts from Scar-
On Sunday evening "at the Baldwin" Mr. Goossens latti, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms and
will present two of his own compositions, Pastorale Goossens. At the same time, he urged that a sym-
for flute, oboe and piano, and Selections from "Ka- pathetic attitude be taken toward the sincere modern
leidoscope." Both of these offerings will bring him composer. "He is usually serious and something good
to the piano. He will be heard conducting Mozart's is bound to result—exactly what it will be we do
"Allegro Molto," Schubert's Scherzo from octet for not know," he said. Mr. Shearer also led in an old-
strings and double horn, and Lalo's Two Aubades for fashioned sing around the piano and offered to direct
strings, flute, oboe and clarinet during the rest of the the group in mixed chorus in the future. A great
deal of interest was manifested by the members who
program.
were given a renewed interest in the piano by the
Program for November 24.
resume of its history of more than two hundred
1. "Allegro Molto'' (from Divertimento No. 11
years.
D major
Mozart
The McKinley Junior High School of Pasadena,
(Strings, oboe and horns.)
2. Pastorale for rlute, oboe and piano
Goossens Calif., has organized a piano dub among the stu-
dents, who recently elected officers for the year, with
(Composer at piano.)
Willard Peggs as president. Each Friday, the club
3. Scherzo from Octet for strings, double bass
Schubert will give a program at the school. These will consist
of piano and vocal numbers, together with special
(Clarinet, horn and bassoon)
4. Selections from "Kaleidoscope"
, Goossens features, including life sketches of the great com-
posers.
(Played by composer.)
"Why California-Made Radios Are Advantageous
5. Two Aubades for strings, flute, oboe, clarinet,
to
Californians" is the subject of a prize contest
bassoon and horn
Lalo
which was conducted by the California Radio Manu-
facturers and which closed November 12. The letters
were reqir'red to be between 200 and .700 words.
Many letters pointing out the industrial, adaptation
to coast conditions, price and other advantages were
received, although the winners of tic radios given as
prizes have not yet been announced.
President of Grigsby-Grunow Company Contem-
plates Building a Fine Residence.
FIRM CELEBRATES REMOVAL.
MUSIC BUSINESS
IN FAR SOUTHWEST
GRIGSBY BUYS ESTATE
AT BARRINGTON, ILL.
B. J. Grigsby, president of the Grigsby-Grunow
Company, makers of Majestic radios, who now lives
at 601 North Prospect avenue, in Park Ridge, 111., is
going to move farther northwest into the Barrington
estates district. Last week he purchased a 98-acre
tract just northwest of the Barrington Hills Country
Club from D. C. Schroeder, and contemplates build
ing a residence shortly.
Several hundred people attended the Hallowe'en
party given by the Music Shop at Robinson, 111., to
celebrate returning to their old location on the north-
east corner of the square. Fire forced the Music
Shop to move to a temporary location several weeks
ago.
Mablc Poling and T.ela Turnipseed won the
Portable Phonograph which was given for the best
masked couple.
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