Music Trade Review

NOVEMBER
THE
3, 1923
MUSIC
TRADE 'REVIEW
51
174;P~lfB
NT"VI
TWO NEW ARTISTS FOR THE WELTE (LICENSEE) LIBRARY
Heniot Levy, Well-known Chicago Pianist and Pedagogue, and Dorsey Whittington, One of the
Most Promising of Younger American Artists, to Record Exclusively fo r It
H eni o t Levy, co n cer t pian is t, compos er and
pedagogue o f Chicago , an d D orse y Whitting­
to n have b ee n rece ntl y ad d ed t o th e number
of pro min ent pia nis ts w h o a re r eco rding
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1907 in a n internationa l con tes t o f composers
his trio was g iv en high est a wa r d by th e Co n­
cours Int ernational de Musiqu e in P a ri s.
Henio t Levy was born t o th e m usicia n' s life,
his fa ther havin g b een a com poser an d teac h er,
a nd h is na tu ra l gifts w ere early deve lope d. M r.
Levy's biqhplace wa s P o la nd, bu t he is a cos­
m o politan, edu ca ted in Ge rm a n y a nd N ew Yo r k,
li vin g f or a t ime in N o r way an d E ng la nd, an d
fo r t he pas t twenty yea r s a resi d en t o f C h icago .
uO ne of th e m os t re m ar k able of t h e yo un ger
gro up of pi a ni sts o f t he p resent day," Dorsey
Whittin g ton, has also b ee n sec ur ed. He is a
y oun g m a n, a lrea dy a .mo s t accomp lis h ed pia n­
is t, w hose wo rk w ill undoubt edl y imp rove u nti l
tim e put s h im in th e fr o nt ra nk of co nt e mp o ra ry
p iani sts.
One press commen t shows h is q ua lit y. The
fol lowi n g is fro111 a review by G ilb e r t Gabriel,
.,.
bil t it is, n everth eless, a fac t, that contac t with
the b es t m us icians i n th e w orld is g ra du a ll y
deve loping a gro up of youn g Am e rica n s wh o
p ro mi ~e t o eq u a.I, i f no t su rpa ss, th e mu sica l
a ccomplis h me n ts o f any gro up now ex tan t a ny ­
where in t h e wo rld.
T he r ecog nit io n o f t his fact by th e m a ker s
of th e vVe lte-:VIi gn o n (Licens ee) is sig n aliz ed
by th e ir r ece n t acqui s iti o n o f s uch pro mis ing
yo un g Ame ri can ta lents as Edna Beac h '0--e bb,
Austi n Co nr a d i, Bende tso n Net zo rg, M ettl e r
D av is, Howard L utter, H a r riet W a re, Ruth
Bin gaman, Ce cil e d e Horva t h a nd othe rs, th e
la tes t bein g Do rse y vV hi ttington.
VOCALSTYLE DEALERS' FOLDER
Presents Interesting Arguments f.or the Han­
dling of Vocalstyle Rolls by Retailers
T he Vocals ty le ~i(u sic Co., Cincinnati, has ju s t
ma iled to dea lers a n a ttra ctive and co nvin cing
fo ur -page fold er ill co lo rs s etting forth fiv e o f
the p rincipa l sa les feat ur es of th e Vocalsty le
so ng roll s a nd emph as izin g th e profit s th a t w ill
accr ue th ro u gh t he h a ndlin g o f s uch roll s by
de al er s. The fo ld er call s parti cular a tt ention to
th e large am o unt o f a ttra ct ive publi city m ate­
ri a l provid ed by t he V oca lstyle Co . fo r th e u se
of it s d ea ler s in a p pealin g to cus tom ers.
REMODEL FALL RIVER STORE
M. Steinert & Sons Co. Hold Formal Opening
After Completion of Extensive Alterations
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Heniot Levy
selecti o ns exclusive ly for the \V elt e- Mi gn o n
(Lice n see).
Some id ea of Mr. L ev y 's sta nd ing as a m u­
s ician may b e gaine d fr om th e foll owin g quota­
ti on f rom th e M usica l Co ur ier of O ctober 18:
"H e ni o t L evy, ge n era ll y recognized a s one of
Ame rica's for emos t mu s icia n s, pia nis ts and ped­
agogu es, return ed rece ntl y fr om a Summe r' s
sojourn in Europe to res um e hi s duti es a t th e
American
Con sen'ator y, Chicago, enteri ng
ll Pon his t went ieth season at t h is musica l insti­
tu tion, w h ich is famed bot h h ere an d a b road,
and of wh ic h h e is an associate directo r . A
t hr on g of st ud e nts from a ll pa rt s o f th e co unt ry
awaite d hi s ret urn a nd fill ed hi s ava il a bl e les­
so n h ou rs. "
As a co n ce rt piani st Mr. L evy's ac hi eve m e nts
a ro use su ch comm e nt s fr om hi s h ea r e rs a s " At
m os t a rti s tic players," " sy mpat h y and em o­
ti o na l insight," "has th e interpretati ve gift,"
"m a ste r o f piano playin g ." Hi s a nnual r ecita l
in Ch icago is on p of the m us ica l eve nt s of th e
seaso n a nd a lways a ttr ac ts a la rge a nd en t hu­
siastic a tt e nda nc e, Mr. L evy ha s a lso a ppea red
as soloist wit h t he Chi cago Symph ony O rches­
t ra (T heo dore T ho mas ' Orc h e; t ra) wi t h g rea t
su ccess .
As a com pos e r h e is w ell and favo rab ly
k nown in Am erica a nd abroad. He h as r ece ive d
hono rs fro m both Germ a ny a nd Fra nce, as we ll
as from his native cit y o f W a rsaw, P ola nd. In
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PEERLESS PNEUMATIC ACTION CO.
46e048S E •• I 133rd Su.... !
New York
F ALL RIVER, MA SS., Oc tober 29.- .T he fo rmal
open in g of t h e r enovated sto re of M . Stei n ert
& S on s at 52 Nort h Mai n s t reet was h eld h er e
re cen t ly a nd a spec ia l m us ica l progra m was
~,rran ge d .
Th e a lt era ti o ns to th e s tore in cl ud e
a new glass f ro nt, wh ic h a dd s mu ch di g nit y
to the en sem bl e. O n th e fir s t fl oor seve ra l pa r­
ti_tions have b ee n rem6ved, whi ch giv es more
room , but th e m os t m a rk ed impro v eme nt is th e
openin g of the new M us ic Sa lo n. H e re severa l
beautiful gra nd s a nd upri g ht s w er e di s pl aye d.
The Recognized Standard
Dorsey Whittington
in The Sun, Ne w York, on th e occasio n of Mr.
Vv'hi ttingto n 's fi rs t r eci ta l ,
"Dorsey W hi tt ingto n, a yo u ng Amer ican
pia ni st, ma de h is local debu t in Aeo lia n H a ll
las t n ight. Ther e was n o do u bt by t h e time h e
go t t h rou gh that h e is a n u n usua ll y fine pia nis t
with m uch to say, a nd a yo un g ar d or whic h
colors hi s say in g of it. H e has th e to uc h o f a
poe t ; ye t w h en occa sion d em a nd ed , he could
turn ca ptai n and m a rshal hi s not es in s t ern e r
moo d s. Mr. Wh ittin gton's debut w as a m o n g
th e mos t promisi n g of the season . H e belon gs
amo n g th e fe w n ewcomers whom r evi ewe rs will
recog ni ze a t ne x t appea rances with out hav in g to
refer to th e scra pbo ok."
In co nn ect io n w ith the en gagement o f Mr.
Whittin gto n by th e Welte- Mi g no n· (Lice nsee)
it is wor thy of n o te that he is a n Am e ri ca n.
It is a ma t te r o f co m mo n kn ow led ge amo n g
m usicians th a t Am erica is to -day t h e ce nt er of
t h e m u sical un ive rse. It is not so we ll k no wn ,
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