k. w. . THE, MICHIGAN- DAILY I 4'" _ ____ 'sival Notes tA 4 4 MYusic and Drama Ruth 1Jr, Bauer, Pianist I Qf Note, ComingI Anong centemporary pianists, none holds\ higher rankl than Harold Bauer, and it is therefore gratifying to antici- pate his appearance here with the Chicago Symphony orchestra at the fifth Mlay Festival concert Saturday, afternjoon, May 24. Mr. Bauer wilt play one of'-the greatest {concertos in the pianist's repertory-the Beetho- ven "Emperor" concerto in E flat mna- jor, Op. 7 3. S YL VIA LENT-PUPIL OF A UER 6~'" .. > x s ..'i I ~. Prim avera Have Ame Premiere One of the modern c' Will! WILL APPEAR HERE APRIL 7 SAmong The MusiciansI Ii Not the least interesting feature of. ....'.. N* Mr. Bauer's career is the fact that hie....."w"~ first w~on fame as a violinist, abandon-j ing the violin for the piano in 1892' at the behest of Ignace Jan Paderew- R s i. lie ,was born at idralden. ,near I London, Eng;land, April 28, 1873 an a, as his name indicates, he has OGerman ancestry. As a child he evinced extra- his debut in London as a violinist atG{ the a.ge of nine! Por nine years he devoted imself to the violin, giving frequ~ent recitals with his two sisters, ..................... both talented muiscally. .. In 1892, Mr., Bauer met Pade'rewski, ,t'~'~. .. . ...~. who gave him sever'al lessons in piano sN""'J playing andl was so delighted by his (ability that he ur'ged imrn to go to t Paris to continue with that instru- N*. men Theppil. followed the master'sI4 . capvital arndafteri adutyear in the French a . caia ae i dbtas a pianist" wvith brilliant success. lie was prac- tically sq4jt-auht, being oe of th4e £~~*~ , &N few eminent piansts of the day whose name is not linked with that of some ' . great pedagogue. Mr. Baker's early, triumphs in '.~ Europe back in the '90's were dupli- cated when he made his American de- * but with the~ Boston Symphony or-! I N~t chestra in 1900., From that date his position at the 'bead of his profession . has been secure.' He has played in Tt would-seem that violin virtuosos amazed. Two years ago Erika Morini practically' every important' city in are -becoming more and more youth- ing May Festival, her first appear- this country and with every important fi. Last year at the May Festival we aneiln ro' sy mphiony orchestra in the world. heard Erna Rubinstein, and. were From her pictures, Miss Lent seems His immense repertory, tremendous:., ; ~ ,rar1 npthnncidclip is n Which will be given its American' premiere at the coming May Festival is Respighi's "Pnimnavera." tiMahnscript copies 'only'were obtained front Italy,! but the parts for the orchestra and' Choral Union are now lin' the hands of i the printer and will' be ready for re- hearsal shortly. The "'Primavera"is 11 an exceedingly modern work of iarge l dimensions.I The original text is in Ital ian, but it will be sung at the Festival in Eng- lishi. Prof. Marion C. Wier of the rhetoric department is making tse translation from the Italian. TheI work is carefully done in blank verse, and is niade syllabically comparable: to the original so as to fit the musical: notation. The translation already seen is of interest, both as to form and content, and of lyric phraseology. "Seadrift," by Frederick Delius, will also 'be given its initial performance in this country, by the University i Choral Unione Rehearsals of this number are under way and 'its ultra-j modern harmonies and its melody of almost continua,; modlatory' char - acter are rapidly being mastered uin- der the direction 'of Prof. Farl V.! Moore. Solo parts will he sung by,' Royal Dadmun, baritone. The nextj of this Work is 'taken from~ a poem by] Walt Whitman, and will be sung in e, / !Madame Clara Clemens, contrail will be the soloist at the thirteenl pair of subscription concerts of t1 Detroit Symphony orchestra at 8:; o'clock, Thursday and Friday nigh in Orchestra hall, Detroit. Madan Clemens will sing the famous ai "GCerechter Gott" from Wagner "Rienzi," and an group of other sele tions. Another feature of the concert w' be the flr, t performnce in Detrc of Richard Strauss' monumental tot poem,. "Thus Spake Zarathustra," composition founded upon NietzschE 1work. This work requires the use an organ, and until the new Murp' organ was installed In Orchest hail Mr. Gabrilowitsch was unable realize his ambition to perform it. Mr. Gahnilowitsch, as is his invai able custom, will be the soloist at tl final pair of concerts Thursday ai Fri lay nights, April 10, and 11. lN C-abrilowitsch will play the Bleet oiven fifth concerto, in E fiat, Op. known as the "Emperor." As he considered one of the world's greate pianists,; Mr. Gabrilowitsch's conce is usually the climax of the season. SCARY ''IT W ITH 'YOU Ruth, Draper's success.-this winter in New York can well die mea4urcd by I! technique, and supreme musicianship! also acquired a wide reputation as have everywhere elicited enthu~siastic a~ teacher. applaus e, Mr. Bauer has won particu- lar fameO as an interpreter 'of Brahmis Perhaips his greatest service to mu- and Schum'~ann 'although he has touch- sic, aside from his own art, was the ed nothing in the realm of paino' organization of the Beethoven as so- miusiq which he has not ad pnyed. elation und~er. hisdirection. This ors Unlike miost of hi - ~aai cc contn -;gar iat.iorfconsists of distinguished poraries,ltlr. Bauer is notva composer, musicians who render their services a fact fr which we must be duly ! ratuitously for the performance of thankful ,when we con sWi~sh.t which iseldon .haar'd chamibe~r music master~- so many perforxmers'have 'given Birith pieces. Theproceeds were first given to. He ]is, howvever, di% e(Ysiuf-e2to publishhthe {relibie1 translation of able wore as a transcraber o. f , arl Thayer's "'bi1c of 'Beethoven" and are comnposi -ons. hlis chi rifling tireat- now donated~fo afund for needy musti' ment of, the Bach 1).rt14 n' B iat' cian's. Mr. Dauer's genius for en- for har , chord, wcli h-, rpayed' in semble playing has for several sea- Hill auditorium in the fall.: f ,521,li- sns been one of the most, notable. lustr'ate h' lis talent. 1Mr. 3auoi has features of these concerts. American girl, but received her train- thrilled us with herj fine playing at. ar Choral. Union concert. Now Sylvia 'Lent is scheduled to play at the con-, ing abroad,, and iisa pupil of Leopold Au er, the master' teacher.; The suc- cess, achieved a't her first recital in I Berlin, .little more than a~ year' ago, has been a forerunner of repeated sur- I cesses in' other important cities in Germany and America. A recent1 article' in the Musical Corii'ier makes a point of her1 enthiusiastic, reception n mane German music centers. The Tlicat.e (Magazine writes:~ "A lissome girl, violinist slipped into AeolianI SHal on a Marchr afternoon, tucked her finally written to a German transla- the enthusiastic 'praise given her by tion., Alexander Woolcott, the famous The Introduction and ]Hymn to the! metropolitan critic. His article, in Sun, from Mascagni's "Iris," will heI part, says: also offered for the first time in this "After her shining success in Lon- country. This work 'is short but don, Ruth Draper has returnMd to this powerfully dramatic and umay be sung country. with some monologues that, With great effect. have been favorites over here in other ~x years and several new ones that will is made on youthful talent as a pre-; be. And her new program, marked by cursor of future attainments, the sig- the same astonishing variety, seemsi; nificant accomplishments of thisd to be measurably richer in hzu~ln:ta young arit tili e teensf, Zah1= 'sympathy and 'human' appeal.' ray plaehe"nth hm ofte ' "ne is tenibted to say the intcomi-f matured. 'Press com'ents characterize parable art of' Ruth' Dape r; anal yet her as having a stpnos1ciiu. the phra'se is sin ularly ineptf when,' fiddle under her chin, 'and'played' so in 'her work*,'*,he is' so imedia Ld w ell that'Leopold Auer ~a~s a pleased , n n~ial'cmprbet 3arc andi 'proud 'master. . . 1 erford,. _vhose recitals .are at;,concf.e Critics have atonce1 recognized ther1s iead ulk es as ; an artist of highest 4ttainin ants. "'Miss Tlraper~ dodges the wrd re- in this country, in addition~ to her lawn' cital. possibly as a chilling nd sl -6 recitals i'n New York' andl else~liere n'ilaying xord', ;inl 'uses in. 1,"I'r '- she has appeared on irr6~ranis wit~h inotcements and -prngrams me:'ely such tOitinguished cilleakw-3 s as'Gin. t the description, "RuLth' Draprer in (In,- r