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MUSICAL NOTES.

Visitors who wish to Give a Recital"-The Only Possible

·Advice. Lo Give Them- Danger of An Empty Hall-Youra Guller's

Experience.

[BY ALLEGRO]

What is Their Standard?

Posters were exhibited fa sta

Musicians of really first-class retions, forries, ronds, shop-windows, putation naturally put themselves hotels, yen, even ia quires" and

the hands of an agent whenever places where they sing. They give a concert, and the typo Two hundred postcards of ex of performer who descends upon hortation and commendation word the Colony without warning, song posted to people known or suppos albums or violin case in hand, eyed to be interested fa muno pecting us to take him at his face Folder-cards wore printed and value, ennast be accepted by the placed for any days on the public with any degree of contables at some of the hotels, so Sometimes I And a stranger wait.fitener. If asked for his nowapaper prominently that diners thought ing to see me in my office. In all critiques of recitals in Europe, he "Youra" Buller" was the principal,

"Dish of the Day." probability "He is n foreign-looking will say that he has not brought with him Ernest Newman's eulogy gentleman, woaring longish hair, a hunted axpression and suit of of his Queen's Hall concert, nor the clother that has obviously seen Figaro's account of his success at the Salle Pleyel, but that he has better days He greets me with n low sweeping bow, regards me more recent back, notably from the Suez Times and the Bangkok Sen rather bebocchingly, and tendera me acard, on which is printed some line, which relate that he charmok to their friends urging them not thing like the following

his audience with his brilliant ron dition of a bracket of beautiful

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Youra Guller's Credentials.

Her photograph was exhibited. in the music-shops, hotels, and the Helena May Institute, and oven in my own drawing-room, And it was not a bad photograph, other. Various enthusiasts telephoned

The Eagull.

What was the result? The seni

to miss this unique pvent. Fur thermore, the tickets were priced VLADIMIR MILCOVITUH, Vio-

linist Medallist of the Con-offerings. Pressed for further de 8 and 83, as against 85 charged servatoire of Music, Omak. tailą, bo will produce a tattered by other visiting artists.

copy of the Harbin Churchwoman, One could hardly do..more ANTONIO PUNCHINELLO, Pro- which describes him agʻ a second i ensuro ita success.

fessor of Pianoforte at Verona Paderewski.. University. On World Tour, He is passing through Hong Kong and would like to give a concert,

I have only known a fowning accomodation was two hun Perhaps he is a cellist from Muk-

Guess how many turned stances where such visiting artists dred. don, or a piccolo player from Buda have been of such calibre that they up A hundred and seventy? Pesth who has with him a dancing could fill a hall on their own merit Wrong. A hundred and thirty girl and wants to give a piccolo in an important music centre, such Wrong. A hundred Wrong rocital, interspersed with dancings London or New York. One of Sixty five tickets caly were sold items and performing dogs.

them was Michael Piastra, who has mostly at $2 Surely if justider In each case, they have been recom- since made a name for himself in tion were needed for my usual at mended to come to me by someone America, and snother was Youratitude towards poor, benighted under the impression that I am a Guller, who had already attaiand itinerant musicians, it is to be kind of impresario, or a philanto very high rank in the European found in the pitiful-reault of this thropist with a weakness. for musi- capitals, though I must confess that campaigo, cinnis in distress. In each case they being out of touch with musical expect to give a recital at about affairs at home, the name.

me sounded three days notice, looking to me to to me more like that of a race recommend the Hall, Ax up the ad horse than a concert pianist. vertisements and sell the tickets.

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bly and gave cne of the biggest Youra Gullor, who played super musical treats we have bad in this Colony, was naturally disappoint ed, but was inclined to put the to the hour of the recital: 3.15. blame for the poor attendance on If, said she, a scend one were to be given at 9.15, she was confl

especially in dent of getting a full house,

view of the thusiasm shown by those who had heard her the first time.

en.

down bar cptimism, she announced In spite of attempts to tone

her intention of giving another. concert a fortnight Inter, and as the same forces of publicity came into play a great drive was made to ensure success the se cond time. The result was that ninety-six people attended, leav! ing more than half the sente er nty. Her disappointment on this occasion was intente. Never be fore had she consented to mich a low charge for admission: nover before had she had such a poor mlioner at a second concert when once her fame bad gone abroad. The temptation to any "I told

Their One Chance:

I frst learned of her arrival through a note sent to me by a Doomed to Disappointment.

friend: There is a charming Toften wish that the people (I young lady here who is looking for hesitate to call them friends) who you: Her name is Yours Guller, faist these unfortunate individuals and she wants to give a piano rẻ on to me would have the courage bital." Of course. They all do. I

Na just to tell them the unpalatable truth

praying that she might not themselves, namely that they are find me, when her press notices doomed to disappointment, and Iar caught my eyo, and it was obvious from standing to make a little once, that she was a very great noney they would probably be bad-artist. She had played in all the ly out of pocket over the ventureuropean capitals, and with the Usually they refuse to believe it best orchestras; the comments of Have they not played to crowded

the leading newspapers were very houses in Japan.

Java eulogistic; and she had had the Why should Hong Kong not honour of being one of the pianists wigh to hear them? The ap

chosen by the Pianoforte Society for their London concerts, in com swer is invariably the and the more needy the musician, pany with such as Cortot, Ruben-you so was very great, the more emphatic must be the stein and Donanyi. Obviously she advice to pass, speedily on to the deserved i get a full house in Hong next port. For the fact of the not all ever half the stats, what paign to seeuro good houses for a Kong but if Moiseiwitsch could The failure of this intense can« matter is that, in the first place, chance bad. Youre Guller, whose first-cings pianist way enough to Leveryone gets booked up so für name conveyed nothing to the gake nyono desponderit. It has

public? ahead in this Colony that it is

confirmed me in my determination to be painfully blunt when text a essential to give at least ten days

A Difcuit. Interview.. Vladimir or a Buzette comes to en or a fortnight's notice of a concort.

list my help. They may ge Secondly, very few people are go had wande a very great impression casting Studio, or a fee to play or Having ascertained that the lady small engagement at the Broad- ing to take any notice of an obscure on my friend, I began to hope the sing while people chatter and [advertisement or even a placard to would find my office and in the end guzzle their dinner at one of the the effect that some pianist, singertracking her down in the hotel, vised not to incur the expense of act out in search of her, at length hotels Bist they will be well-nd-' or cymbalist, of whom they have where she was laid up with a hiring a hall when it is so evident. never heard, is going to give a sprained ankle.

that very few people would take recitri at the Theatre Royal or Swilling to give a recital here on

She informed me that she was the trouble to come and fear the

Their one chance of avoiding Andrews Hall.

her usual guarantee of G.8200 rows of "empty seats would be to Even the artists brought to the (about. 800 H.K. dollars). Wher put on a Hawaiian dancer between East by Mr. Strük-sufficient guar pointed out that this might mean the musical items, offer a free antee of their excellence and those the guarantors would have to pay ticket in the Shanghai Champions backed by the Musical Society is perhaps 820 for their tickets, she to each person who entered the being first class, very seldom was naturally surprised. Sho had hafi, make.u. maximum adminson' draw full houses In almost everywhere (on the last occasion in free tea and buns to the audience. played to crowded houses every charge of 60 cents, and supply these unknown musicians, would fail to cover their initial gut-Manila), and/could not believe that. It would involve a certain amount. Jay. And so, with apologies for the at best, only a quarter of the Then of capital expenditure, but in dearth of musical appreciation intre seats would be filled. The ap their old age they could look back thig place, we usher the Vladimirs plication of the cold donghe in this and host that they had had the and the Antonios to the door, with instance was more nerve-racking unique distinction of playing, to the suggestion tint they try thethan usual, and only partly effcca full house in Hong Kong! Broadcasting Studio, further uphold an audience and rouss them to tive. Confident of her ability to

case

the street.

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a pitch of enthusiasm, she must have regarded me as the most pessimistic old"Suffer it had ever, been her lot to meet

Even the Ladiós,

Sometimes, this application of cold water douche to their finan- In the end, seeing that she would cial hopes and musical aspirations be staying in the Colony, for some is rather a nerve-racking business. weeks and that local music-lovers For it may happen that the itiner really ought to Heard her, the Ant pianist or violinist is not a Hong Kong Meal Booiety decid musician with trailing bow and ed to organise her concert and as baggy trousers, but some charming sured her that she would not be vision with blonde hair, a sleeve-out of pocket if abu gave it in less frock and two wonderful bright the Helena May Institute, where orbs which look even more appeal- the overhoud expenses would be ing than the men's. In her case, vory anall indeed.

a long white arm will be extended, in place of the formal bow, and I shall read on

3 +her card:

MLLE. SUZETTE LACHAMP

Pianiste, Grand Prix du Con- servatoire d'Armentieres,

"I weesh to give a ressitel. You are a big all are, not Ah Mademoiselle, if only you could 'spare a few hundred copies of your photograph I should not lid

The Publicity Campaign.

cisty, which everyone knows is Too Thus it came about that the Sc- jealous of its good name to back

“dud "turn," gave. berita map port mid embarked on a publicity campaign mere intense than any ever waged focally except shoke of the lng days and the good old.

Conto

such a dear girl to lose money. In addition to howlpaper adver Perhaps if she could spare a ptisements, letters appeared, telling ment to take a cup of tea, I might the public exactly Bow high, a give her a letion of introduction rank slip did attain

to the conductor of the Shanguni Extracts froth her

funicipal Orchestra.

quoted...

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