TWE MICHiVAN DAIIN ianz rderson Acclaimed In Europe Capitals Before Suceess He Ar~'1 *.... ~u~r eu ~ i / Critics flailed Negro Singer During Tours :e 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 ie Featured At RadioCity fenr i 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- (Continued on Page 3) 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. . I t I i I * . I 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 III 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. plat- until ticket),. .W, , Ii mmmma NMI 1 CAST OF GREAT ARTISTS I 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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