Music Trade Review

AUG UST 11, 1923
THE
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
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GODOWSKY PAYS TRIBUTE TO HALLET & DAVIS ANGELUS
NEW MUSIC HOUSE IN CLEVELAND
Famous PianJst, Known Internationally as Virtuoso, Composer and Pedagogue, Gives High Praise
Kinsman Music Co . Holds Formal Opening­
The Latest Enterprise of M. O. Mattlin
to Fidelity of Recordings and Reproductions of This Instrument-A Sketch of His Career
When one me nti ons the leading pianists
before t he public to-day the nam e of L eopo ld
Godowsk y s prin gs immediate ly to mind, for
during the pas t ma n y years no pian Ist has had
a g re ate r influ ence on the deve lopment of p iano
technique nor has had greate r reco gn iti on than
thi s artist. Th is assured position, no t on ly w ith
the mu s ic-l ov ing public, but 'w ith rnUS1C IanS
thems elves, th e refor e makes a ll th e more im­
be yo nd those with which it is usually called
upon to deal.
Le opo ld Godowsky ha s won fame a s a v ir­
tu oso, a compo ser a nd a mu s ical educator. Born
in R ussia in 18 70, he m ade his first public ap­
pea ran ce as a pianist a t the age of nine, im­
mediately becom in g wi dely kno wn. In 1884 he
m ad e his Ame ri can debut at the age of fourteen
after four year s of Euro pean co n ce rt ap pear­
CLEVELAND, 0., .\ugus t 6. - One mor e ne w mu sic
h ouse for C leve land makes it s bo w with th e turn
of th e month in the opening of the Kinsman
Music Co mpan y , Kin s m a n R oad a nd East 123rd
s tre et. Th e project is an M. O . M a ttlin one and
is ju s t on e 11lore add ition to the M a ttlin en ter­
prises in this di st rict. T he new stor e will be
a conse rvativ e o ne, strictly ncighborhoo d ish in
its business dealin gs w ith the populace . It is
an id ea I lo c~ tion, ina new building in a rap idl y
g rowin g se ction that was country thr ee yea r s
ago. The advent of the rapid tr an sit ha s made
th e sec tion a nd Mr. j\ {attlin was quick t o see
poss ibiliti es foi· mu sic b us ine ss in this new part
of t he c it y.
Th e new esta bli shmen t will ca rr y t h e Gu l­
bra nsen, Cable & SOliS. Packard and Bo nd
p ian os and th e Brunswick p honograph. Geo r ge
Tracht, we ll known in local r eta il m usic ci rcl es,
will be m an age r of the n ew s tore. The othe r
Mattlin enterp r ises includ e the K nabe Ware­
room s, At1Jp ico Stud ios, IVIintz Piano Co., Hom e
P iano Co. a nd Globe Piano Co.
C. E. DOWNING CO. CHARTERED
A UG USTA, MI':" A lIgust 6. -Papers v[ incorpo ra
tion fo r th e
E. Dow ni ng Co. h av e ju'! been
fi led her e. T h e co ncern w ill deal in pia nos,
organs a nd tal kin g Ill a e hines ancl will be capi­
ta lized for $.'iO,O()O, a ll of w hich is COIll1l\on
qock . Th ~ oflic er s are E. M. Le av itt, pr es ident
~.nd trea s ure r; San ford L Fogg and Frank E.
Sou thard, di r eclors.
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YOUNGSTROM CO. INCORPORATED
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G odowsky Recording in the Angelus Studios
ances an d since th a t tim e he has b ee n constantly
po rtant the following let ter w h ich 'NIr. Go d owsky
befo re ·the American publi c, as we ll as makin g
r ecently sent to P . K Van Yo rx, of the Ha ll et
lo n g E uropean to urs. Hi s reputat ion as a con ­
& Dav is Piano Co., a fter a v is it to the '\ngelus
ce rt a rtist was soon equ aled by his reput at ion
reco rdin g stud ios in Me ri de n, Co nn.:
as a pedagog u e. In 1892 he was a pp o inted in ­
"I wish to exp re ss to you the p rofo und im­
st ructor of t eac he rs at th e Droad Street Con­
pressio n Ill ) reccllt v isit to yo ur recording
servatory of P hilad e lphia; from 1894 to 1899 he
studio lllad e u pon me.
w~ s dir ector of til e. piano departnlent of th e
"N1. y )11ost san g llin e cxpcc(;,ti o ll s were far s ur­
C hi cago Lo ns e r vato ry o f .Musi c, and ill lat e r
pa ssed. Th e s trid es y o u ha ve Illacl e in attain­
yea rs, previolls to th e war, lI e wa s director o f
ill." ;, true-t o -li fe r eprodu ct io n of the arti st a re
the Meis te rsc hnle fur Klavier of Vi e nna , at that
so far in a dv a nce of a n y thing I hav e heard
tilll e probably th e forc tl tOst scftoo l o f piano in ­
he retofore that co mpari so ns with oth e r lne Cll an ­
s truction in the wo rld. La t er h e was appointe(1
ic;d Imperial l'rofesso r o f Compo s ition.
Angelus not on ly gi ves a 11l0 st faithfu l pict ure
Godowsky is also w id ely know n as a CO Ill­
of the pianist 's mcchanism ane! tech nique , but
pose r. ll cs idcs or ig inal \y o rks, whi c h to-d ~y find
it al so il!lhu es eac h reprod uction with. the he art
reguJ and so ul, th e spirit an d cha ract er is tic s of the
g ra m s , his lo ng sc~ies o f ar ran geme nt s an d
interp re te r. Even hi S lllannerisms and idiosyn­
tran scr iptions have w on him an e nvia b le posi­
cras ies are faithfu ll y repro clu ced.
t io n and h is ped agog ica l wo r ks ha ve co me to
"An instrum e nt of s llch superlative arti sti c:
be r egarded as sta nd ard in th at field. .\ 11 the se
lll erit together with t he re co rded r o lls wh ich
factors must be g iven consideration ill con sider­
you dev elop \.\lith s Ll ch lovin g ca re and su r­
in g his tribute to the H a ll e t & Dav is ,\nge lu s
passing s kili sho uld be in every hom e to fi JI
r ep roducing piano.
it with joy and cu lture and to enable the hu mble
as well a s the m os t fa vo r e d l!l ortats to st udy,
learn a nd enjoy m as terpiec es of musi c inter­
WM. J. CONNELLV ON MOTOR TRIP
pre ted by lllas te r hand s. Yo u ha ve t he best
Mana ge r of P iano Department of Bamberger's
il; s trument and th e best r eco rd ed roll.
on Vacation Visit to Canada
"Wi th the best of w ishes to the Han et &
Dav is P ian o Co. a nd to you pe rsonally, I am,
Wm. J. Connelly, man ag'e r in til" piano d e·
"Sinc e rely yo ur s,
part m ent 01 Ba mber gcr's Department Sto r e,
" Leopo ld Godowsky .
)Iewar k, N. ] ., left thi~ w eek 'with hi s w if e Oll
"New Yo rk, Jun e 23, 1923."
a motor trip to Ca nacla. rd r. Conne lly pla ns to
Probably th ere is no li vin g piani s t at t he
go as far as Mon t rea l and w ill be gone about
pre se nt tim e wh os e techniqu e and interpre ta­
two weeks.
D urin g his absenc e t he allnu a l
tion s p resent a m ore ex acting te st to the reco rd­
\u g us t sale o f used-p ianos will be' put undn
ing a nd reproducing mechan isms than tbo se of
way in Bamberge r' s by Charles Sctlnbal in o, sales
Leopold Godow s k y. It is stated by co mpet ent
manager, and .Mr. Connelly will return in tim e
a nd au thorit ative critics th at he ha s ca rri ed the
LO offici t ech nical mas ter y of th e keyboard to g reate r
l'vf r . Sa lllb a lin o takes his v aca tion .
heig h ts than has eve r bee n the ca se previ ousl y
an cl that he is one of t he few artists who arc
abl e to cxhaust th e possibilities of the 111 0 d c rn
BOUSMAN OPENS NEW STORE
piano. 1'0 record his wOI'k requires a lll cc ha n­
1 \(J wlI ~(; Lr /\ full lin c o f
i,," th at . . vill ca tch ti ,e s lig-ht t' s t nuance a nd
pianos allli o r gans will be ca rr ied in t il e 11(\\·
d y nami c s hading, w hil ~ :-tt th e sa lil e time it Illllst
In usi .. s t o re ju s t open cd h y ;vl. Bou s l11an.
ur aule to cope with technica l rcq uir c Ill cnt;., feu'
SEATTLE, 'vVASH ., Aup-us t 7.- The Youngst rom
Co. , Inc., h as ju st been incorporate d w ith a
capita l stock of $50,000 and wi ll deal in musical
in st rum ents and phonographs. T he in co rpor a­
to rs are J. F. Y ou ngstrom, J o h n Rose n an d
Langley.
J ames
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MUSIC SERVICE CO. CHARTERED
Ti, e
,'vlll ~ i c
Sc ni ce Co., vVi it nington, D e l.,
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I,cell c h g" "ph s, w ith a capital of $10,000.
CHARACTER
"Aduirable Quality; Acknowledged Reputation"
-(Standard Dictionary)
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PIANOS
Manufactured by
Smith, Barnes
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Strohber C08
have for 33 years
justified their right
to be called
Pianos of Character
FACTORIES
North Milwaukee, Wis.
Chicago, III.
OFFICE
1872 Clybourn Avenue
Chicago, III.