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Negro Singer
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Won First Recognition In '
Europe In 1933; Gained
Toscanini's High Praise
The steps by which Marian Ander-
son, who makes her second appear-
ance -here in this year's May Festi-
val, has risen to the pinnacle of con-
cert fame are those of a person who
has "made her own breaks."
Born in Philadelphia's Negro quar-
ter, Miss Anderson won her first
recognition singing in the choir of a
local church. This same congrega-
tion ultimately launched her on her.
career when it collected a "Marian
Anderson's Future" fund and paid
for her instruction under Giuseppe
Boghetti, well known voice teacher.
In a contest 13. years ago, Miss An-
derson won the privilege of singing
at Lewisohn Stadium with the New
York Philharmonic Society. Her ap-
pearance led to another with the
Philadelphia Symphony Society.
First Success Abroad
It was not in America, however, grand piano. Beneath the folds of
that Miss Anderson won her first her gown was hidden her plaster-
important success. America became encased foot. None knew of this until
aware of her through the praise of the end of the first half of the recital
Europe. For in 1933 Miss Anderson when the unusual lifting and lower-
toured England, .France, Belgium, ing of the curtain was explained.
Holland, the Soviet Union, Italy, Ger- When America had once discovered
many and Scandinavia, and in each Miss Anderson, the warm praise of
country won the admiration and ap- the'critics assured her fame. During
plause of her audiences.
Her program at the Mozarteum of last year's tour of the Uiited States
the Salzburg Festival was to cap her she travelled 26,000 miles to sing
sensational tour. And it became her seventy concerts, the longest and most
greatest victory when Arturo Tos- intensive tour booked in concert his-
canini, who was then conducting the tory for any singer.; Shortly before
Festival, rose to say, "A voice like her sailing to rest in France, Howard
yours is heard only once in a hun- University, Washington, D. C., con-
dred year's." ferred upon her an honorary Doctor-
By the time Miss Anderson had ate of Music.
sung at the Vienna Concert Hall and Miss Anderson's latest tour in Eur-
had "stupefied" Geneva by her range, ope was shortened when Ame ican
reports of her remarkable contralto audiences demanded her return, orc-
had reached America, and her native ing her to omit Eastern Europe and
land prepared to welcome her back Finland from her schedule. Yet hon-
after years of tardy recognition. ors were heaped upon her during her
Fractured Foot brief stay. The Finnish composer,
Misfortune boarded the Ile de Jan Sibelius, dedicated to the con-
France with Miss Anderson, how- tralto a song, "Solitu e," which she
ever, for on the last night aboard sang throughout her last American
as she descended one of the steel tour.
staircases her high-heel caught in Miss Anderson's farewell for the
the train of her evening gown. She season was a concert in the Great
fell and fractured one of the bones Hall of the Grand Opera House in
in her foot. The triumphal home- Paris, attended by a crowd equalled
comingseemed doomed. only by those attending the concerts
Yet when the curtain rosd on the of Kreisler and Rachmaninoff. An-
platform of Town Hall in New York other honor awarded her was the
a few days later, Marian Anderson Grand Prix de Chant for the best
was standing in the curve of the recorded voice on the Continent.
Becami
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At RadioCity
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Peerce Began
As iolin
Amansky Famous For
'Choral' She Sings Here
Selma Amansky is a Philadelphia
soprano of wide attainment. In pri-
vate life she is the wife of Saul Cas-
ton, the assistant conductor of the
Philadelphia Orchestra.
She has frequently sung McDon-
ald's "Choral Symphony", which
will be her vehicle in her appearance
here and has elicited general cri-
tical applause. She has been called
"a young artist whose future is likely
to be most auspicious."
Jan Peerce's musical career began
with public appearances as a violin-
ist. Born in New York. he began the
study of the violin when he was nine
years old and played in public at the
age of 15. Soon however he became
the leading tenor of the Radio City
Music Hall. Broadcasting regularly
in the "Music Hall of the Air" every
Sunday afternoon on a nation-wide
hookup, he participated on consecu-
tive Sundays in the concert versions
offered by Erno Rapee and his or-
chestra of Wagner's "Siegfried" and
"Die Walkure."
Arturo Toscanini selected Jan
Peerce for the performance of Beeth-
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fered a long tour by several enthusi-
astic managers, his teacher and par-
ents decided he was still too young
to undertake anything so strenuous.
So for several years more he con-
tinued his studies, rounding out his
technical knowledge of music by
studying composition under Arnold
Schoenberg. When finally he did
inaugurate his career he quickly
established himself as an important
artist, concertizing in France, Eng-
land, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and
Austria. Making the acquaintance
of Adolph Busch, the violinist, Serkin
undertook several tours in joint re-
cital with this artist.
It was five years ago that he ap-
peared in the United States for the
first time, together with Busch, at
the Coolidge Festival in Washington.
The following winter he -made his
American debut as soloist under the
baton of Arturo Toscanini, who con-
Serkin Made Piano Debut At
ducted the New York Philharmo
Symphony.
Serkin made a brilliant impress
receiving such an ovation from bo
the critics and the exacting Carne
Hall audience as has seldom bi
witnessed in New York. The ensu
seasons have seen him rapidly est:
lish 'himself with concert audien
throughout the country.
One of Serkin's most vivid mei
ories is of his first public appe
ance, at the age of 12, as guest solo
with the Vienna Symphony Orch
tra. What he recalls chiefly co
cerns not music but dress. It see
that in preparation for the det
some well-meaning friends convinc
his mother that Rudolf would ma
a more appealing figure on the sta
if he were dressed in a Fauntle
costume, with his hair arranged
curls. So, loudly protesting, the I
was dragged to a local hairdresser
the day before his debut.
oven's Ninth Symphony at the famed
conductor's Carnegie Hall concert
in New York last year. Mr. Peerce
was chosen later in the season to3
sing Verdi's "Requiem" and has been
a frequent guest artist at Toscanini's
Saturday night broadcast with the
NBC Symphony Orchestra.
To his credit, beside the Toscanini
concerts this season, Peerce has giv-
en recitals in Chicago, Cleveland,
Pittsburgh and Baltimore, the latter
at the Peabody Conservatory, which
only presents in its course "lieder"
singers of the finest calibre. .
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NOTICES
MARIAN ANDERSON
"One of the greate t singers
of our time."-'N.Y.Times
The right is reserved to make such changes
in the programs or in the personn~el of partici-
pants as necessity may require. Tickets are
sold at purchasers' risks, and if lost, mislaid,
burned, or detroyed in any manner, the Univer-
sity Musical Society will not assume responsi-
bility, nor will duplicates be issued.
Concerts will begin on Eastern Standard
time. Evening concerts at 8:30 and afternoon
concerts at 2:30.
Holders of season tickets are requested to
detach the proper coupon for each concert and
present for admission (instead of the whole
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America's most famous contralto returns to Hill Audi-
torium on her fourth transcontinental tour. After facing
over a quarter of a million people from her concert
fm last season alone, Miss Anderson is solidly boked
the end of 1940.
FOURTH MAY FESTIVAL
Friday evening, May :12, 8 :30 P.M.
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Concerts will begin on time, and doors will
be closed during numbers. Late comers will
be required to wait until admitted.
Lost and found articles should be inquired
for at the office of Shirley W. Smith, Vice-
President and Secretary of the University,
University Hall.
Those who leave tle Auditorium during in-
termission will be required to present "rain
checks" in order to re-enter. ,
Traffic regulations will be enfoced by the
Ann Arbor Police Department and the Building
and Grounds Department of the University.
For obvious reasons, notices will not be ap-
pounced from the stage.
Rehearsals are private, and auditors will not
be admitted.
An art exhibition will be conducted in Alum-
ni Memorial Hall during the Festival.
The Steinway is the official piano of the
University Musical Society.
SEASON TICKETS
for six concerts by "Stars," Choruses, and Or-
chestra, are $3.00, $4,00,, $5.00, for those
holding "Festival" coupons; and $6.00, $7.00,
and $8.00 for others.
The prices of the individual concert tickets
will be $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 and $2.50.
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MR. CHARLES A. SINK
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Iago ........... .........RICHARD BONELLI
Cassio.................. GIUSEPPE CAVADORE
Montano, Lodovico, and the Herald .
.... NORMAN CORDON
Desdemona .................. HELEN JEPSON
Emilia ..... ...............ELIZABETH WYSOR
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