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lmUfiCdl revivdlharkin6 blJCK to tiqutt~

Remarkable and fascinating -Yev York American

CARNEGIE HALL MONDAY EVENING

OCTOBER 23 1911 at 815

Prices 50c 75c $100 $150 $200 Boxes $15 and $18

Seat Sale Begins Monday October 16th

THE BALDWIN PIANO USED

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copyCIA299733 1- I

Indescribable-New York Times

M Ivan Tomashevitchbull Mlle Olga Scriabina Mlle Liubov Orlova M Nicholas Vasiliev

of the Operatic Section from St Petersburg

Deified Mandolin Club-CollioJ

BALALAIKA LORE A Musical Revival That Harks Back To Antiquity

THE ROMANTIC EVOLUTION OF A HEATHEN PRAYER DRUM

Copyright 191 hy Sen H Atwell

All or any part automatically released for use in newspapers or magazines if published unchanged For pxplanation see footnote () aftfr closing paragr~ph

OlD YOU ever hear a Balalaika

If so you are one of the comparatively few so favored in this country The Balalaika is a musical instrument-the national instrument of Russia

It has a past one that loses itself in the nebulous unwritten history of the early tribes of northern Europe Its sensuous tones delighted the uncouth nomads of those parts when Greek and Roman civilization were at their height yes even

when the inscrutable sphinx was in the hey day of youth

The Balalaika is the connecting link between the primitive savagery of antiquity and the cildization of the present Every great museum attests this fart by giving the instrument representation among its ancient treasurfS singly or in classififd

groups for it has varied forms

It was the first step towards culture undertaken by what is now

a great people

Its dulcet notes were the first outpourings of the fountain of

Russian music which gives to the land of the Czar its first claim

to artistic supremacy

The Balalaikas strains inspired the pioneer Russian dancers

whose successors now hold two hemispheres enthralled by their

marvelous ballets

Whfn the primitive barbarians made war the Balalaika was

Doubtltss it helfJed to stll the hordes that all but_--=-_ the tocsin

swept the civilization of the Cresars from the face of the globe when the City of Seven Hills fell before them

In peace its sensuous notes enriched the splendor of the feast and when the soul awoke responsive to the inherent cry for some form of religion it was the Balalaika that was the prayer drum before the altars of the pagan gods

To this last circumstance may be attributed its almost total eclipse for with the introduction of Christianity a ban was issued against the Balalaika To the ecclesiastical mind it typified paganism alone Its marvelous musical possibilities and the beneficient influences it had exercised were given no thought A holy war was waged against it Not only was the instrument condemned but to listen to it brought excommunication

This drastic action banished the Balalaika to the remote corners of Russia the woods and mountains and unfrequented spots where folklore thrives and the dictates of state or church are of diminished consequence

If there were those whose good judgment protested against the destruction of so valuable an agency for the increased enjoyment of man two centuries of Tartar rule stilled their voices and completed the work of stamping out Russian musical consciousness Unfavorable historical circumstances continued to pursue the Balashylaika for in the eighteenth century during the reign of Peter the Great when continental music made its way into Russia with continental culture the simple national instruments were ridiculed

Oblivion and forgetfulness followed

DISTORY abounds with incidents proving that the right man always arises at the right time to further the general interests of mankind

When every circumstance indicated the passing of the Balalaika with the flotsam and jetsam of the dead centuries a musical genius of an explorative turn of mind analyzed the instrument as a matter of curiosity He was surprised to find in the neglected antique amazing vibratory tone possibilities Volume loo was present and the crescendos and diminuendos that could be produced astonished him

Something new in music-iVI7pound Y~)rk 7(I~JJl

The wonders of the Balalaika inspired within him the dream of reviving it as the national instrument of his land

His first step was to perfect himself as a performer upon it and his next to eliminate its crudities and to make it practical for modern musical employment

Fortunately M Andreeff was rich so he was enabled to give lavishly of time and money to attain his purpose His own marvelous playing won sympathy for his undertaking its patriotic side appealed to the Slav imagination and after twenty years of labor and the expenditure of his vast fortune M Andreeff had the satisfaction of seeing Balalaika Orchestras established throughout the Russian Empire His own organization of players was made by Imperial command the Court Orchestra

Czar Nicholas has honored M Andreeff in many ways for his unselfish and truly wonderful labor-a work that only fanatical faith and unquenchable love could have brought to a realization within the span of one mans life

But this is not all On Britains ~hrone sat Edward VII of illustrious memory His consort was Alexandra now the Queen Mother Queen Alexandra heard M Andreeff and his wonderful players at the court of her close Imperial Kinsman Czar Nicholas and importuned Edward to hear them By Imperial command of Nicholas they played before His Majesty and a distinguished retinue on a notable occasion three years ago

King Edward was captivated So pleased was he that he had M Andreeff instruct a large group of musicians in the mysteries of the Balalaika by royal command and then appointed them the regimental band for one of Englands crack army organizations

Balalaika enthusiam swept over England Schools devoted to instruction upon it sprang up In London alone there are now seven large schools devoted exclusively to the Balalaika and the instrument has a department in all the leading English musical conservatories The hold it has upon the musical public is best demonstrated by the fact that the official consular reports show that England has imported from Russia in the last two years Balalaikas to the value of

1632000 rubles

And think of it thf Balalaika was unknown in England three years ago

Russians make sweet music-New York America1~

M W W ANDREEFF

THE BALALAIKA

ORCHESTRA

Sweet music from BaJaJaika~-- -(7( - II f-elid

JHE wonderful triumphs achieved by M Andreeff in restoring the Balalaika

to its rightful position of e~teem in his native land and throughout Europe

(for the EnglIsh and RussIan enthusIasm spread over the entire continent)

only served to awaken an ambition within him to give the Balalaika world wide

vogue America remained a stranger to him and the instrument and a rich field

for development

M Andreeff felt that scores of American universities and colleges only required

an introduction to the Balalaika to seize upon it as a substitute for the minor

stringed instruments so popular with their glee clubs Also that thousands of conshy

cert goers would greet it as a welcome addition to the musical wealth of the land

A brief experimentai American tour was arrall~ed last season VI Andreeff

realized all that he anticipated His organization acheved a triumph every where

it appeared The fruit of the experiment is ihc exlcnsIve American tour now in

progress

Knowing that critics of varied tastes ill be attracted by the novelty of the

Balalaika M Andreeff has arranged hl programmes mlh a viclV to demonstrashy

ting its remarkable scope for it mmt be appreCllted that the Balalaika is as well

adapted to so called popular music as to any other In fact one may be said

never to have heard a real waltz vho has not enjoyed a Balalaika concert Mr

Andreeff and his wonderful orchestra also play the old folk music which takes us

back to the days when men dwelt in tents and counted their (alth in Rocks

Then these master musicians delight us with tht melodies of composers reared in

the present complex civilization The 13Ld a iaika l()S the kinship of Tschaikowski

with the pagan tribal minstrel who seated bcfme a goatskin tent wooed his love

with sensuou melody

It is music through the ages-a rcvivc thQI hcrks back to antiquity_

The experience of this management in dil-ecting the tour of Mlle Anna Pavlowa l1 llikail 110rdkin and the Imperial R1l3shysian Ballet last Sfason and the All-Star Imperial Russian Balld this season has caused every legal protection to be thrown about the Imperial Russian Court Balabika Or-hctra to hicid it from persons who foist imitations on the puhlh In the nanlf of Russian

artistry_ RUSSI0J t- IUSEIENT CO _ Inc ENTERFRISf5 OF lAX r~BlJOFF Inc

Good fine music-Philadrlflia ltar

The Operatic Section from St Petersburg

Q USSIAN music which at present enjoys greater vogue than that of any other country has never been sung in America by representative Russian artists in their native tongue Russian music has a conspicuous placemiddot on

the programme of every orchestra Russian singers occupy positions of honor in the great American opera houses where they are singing in French and Italian but it has awaited the enterprise of Impresario Max Rabinoff to bring to this country a group of singers from the Imperial Opera Houses to acquaint American audience with the richness and beauty of Russian vocal music

The plaintive folk songs of the far spread lands of the Czar are of course given prominence ill their programme since it is in the rendering of the melodies of the people that M Andreeff has demonstrated the supremacy of his orchestra But the singers also include in their programmes selections from all the standard Russian operas in solo duo trio and quartette Although small numerically the operatic section is thoroughly representative consisting of Mlle Olga Semeonovna Scriabina mezzo soprano Mlle Liubov Vasilievna Orlova soprano M Nicholas Georgoshyvitch Vasiliev tenor and M Ivan Tomiddotmashevitch basso Imperial Artists is the title they carry and they appear in native costume

Music lovers everywhere will welcome this novelty particularly in communishyties where local clubs have taken up the study of Russian mus-ic in accordance with the recommendation of the National Federation of Musical Clubs for the winter of 1911-12

A Few of the Many Laudatory Comments DEVOTED TO THE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN COURT BALALAIKA ORCHESTRA DURING ITS EXPERIMENTAL TOUR

A sort of deified mandolin club-Coliers TJTetNy The tone effect both in variety of color delicacy and organ-like quality IS

indescribable-lVt7U ) (irk Times A concert unique in nearly every Olle of its features -flew York Tribtme It took about two minutes to convince a New York audience that it was listening

to a remarkable and most fascinating body of musicians-New Jork American It is very easy to predict for M Andreeffs Orchestra the same success here

that it has achieved in Paris and London-iVe ) ork Evening Globe

Easy to predict success-New York Globe

SIROT A the world-famous cantor of Warsaw coming to America for eight concerts in February under the direction of the Enterprises of Max Rabinoff Inc

Simple string chorus-Baltilllore Star

THE ENTERPRISES OF MAX RABINOFF INC

Aiso Announce

Mme La Salle Rabinoff

Coloratura Soprano

The All-Star Imperial Russian Ballet MIKAIL MORDKIN Choreographic Director

30 1911

A new thing in talk tnusic-New York Tribulle

SPECIAL NOTICE

lJHE Imperial Russian Court Balalaika Orchestra and Oartette from the Impeshy

rial Opera Houses of St Petersburg and Moscow will be available for a limited number of private engagements in or near New York during the season

Detailed information and terms will be cheerfully furnished upon application

The Russian Amusement Co ============ INC ============ I45 West 45th Street New Y orlc City

Telephone Bryant 4864

One copy del to Cai

Div

OCT 31 HU

Makes hit at first performance--Ve7l1 ork ~Vord

COPYRIGHTED A Great Artist from the AllStar Imperial Russian Ballet WHITE r

Remarkable and fascinating -Yev York American

CARNEGIE HALL MONDAY EVENING

OCTOBER 23 1911 at 815

Prices 50c 75c $100 $150 $200 Boxes $15 and $18

Seat Sale Begins Monday October 16th

THE BALDWIN PIANO USED

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copyCIA299733 1- I

Indescribable-New York Times

M Ivan Tomashevitchbull Mlle Olga Scriabina Mlle Liubov Orlova M Nicholas Vasiliev

of the Operatic Section from St Petersburg

Deified Mandolin Club-CollioJ

BALALAIKA LORE A Musical Revival That Harks Back To Antiquity

THE ROMANTIC EVOLUTION OF A HEATHEN PRAYER DRUM

Copyright 191 hy Sen H Atwell

All or any part automatically released for use in newspapers or magazines if published unchanged For pxplanation see footnote () aftfr closing paragr~ph

OlD YOU ever hear a Balalaika

If so you are one of the comparatively few so favored in this country The Balalaika is a musical instrument-the national instrument of Russia

It has a past one that loses itself in the nebulous unwritten history of the early tribes of northern Europe Its sensuous tones delighted the uncouth nomads of those parts when Greek and Roman civilization were at their height yes even

when the inscrutable sphinx was in the hey day of youth

The Balalaika is the connecting link between the primitive savagery of antiquity and the cildization of the present Every great museum attests this fart by giving the instrument representation among its ancient treasurfS singly or in classififd

groups for it has varied forms

It was the first step towards culture undertaken by what is now

a great people

Its dulcet notes were the first outpourings of the fountain of

Russian music which gives to the land of the Czar its first claim

to artistic supremacy

The Balalaikas strains inspired the pioneer Russian dancers

whose successors now hold two hemispheres enthralled by their

marvelous ballets

Whfn the primitive barbarians made war the Balalaika was

Doubtltss it helfJed to stll the hordes that all but_--=-_ the tocsin

swept the civilization of the Cresars from the face of the globe when the City of Seven Hills fell before them

In peace its sensuous notes enriched the splendor of the feast and when the soul awoke responsive to the inherent cry for some form of religion it was the Balalaika that was the prayer drum before the altars of the pagan gods

To this last circumstance may be attributed its almost total eclipse for with the introduction of Christianity a ban was issued against the Balalaika To the ecclesiastical mind it typified paganism alone Its marvelous musical possibilities and the beneficient influences it had exercised were given no thought A holy war was waged against it Not only was the instrument condemned but to listen to it brought excommunication

This drastic action banished the Balalaika to the remote corners of Russia the woods and mountains and unfrequented spots where folklore thrives and the dictates of state or church are of diminished consequence

If there were those whose good judgment protested against the destruction of so valuable an agency for the increased enjoyment of man two centuries of Tartar rule stilled their voices and completed the work of stamping out Russian musical consciousness Unfavorable historical circumstances continued to pursue the Balashylaika for in the eighteenth century during the reign of Peter the Great when continental music made its way into Russia with continental culture the simple national instruments were ridiculed

Oblivion and forgetfulness followed

DISTORY abounds with incidents proving that the right man always arises at the right time to further the general interests of mankind

When every circumstance indicated the passing of the Balalaika with the flotsam and jetsam of the dead centuries a musical genius of an explorative turn of mind analyzed the instrument as a matter of curiosity He was surprised to find in the neglected antique amazing vibratory tone possibilities Volume loo was present and the crescendos and diminuendos that could be produced astonished him

Something new in music-iVI7pound Y~)rk 7(I~JJl

The wonders of the Balalaika inspired within him the dream of reviving it as the national instrument of his land

His first step was to perfect himself as a performer upon it and his next to eliminate its crudities and to make it practical for modern musical employment

Fortunately M Andreeff was rich so he was enabled to give lavishly of time and money to attain his purpose His own marvelous playing won sympathy for his undertaking its patriotic side appealed to the Slav imagination and after twenty years of labor and the expenditure of his vast fortune M Andreeff had the satisfaction of seeing Balalaika Orchestras established throughout the Russian Empire His own organization of players was made by Imperial command the Court Orchestra

Czar Nicholas has honored M Andreeff in many ways for his unselfish and truly wonderful labor-a work that only fanatical faith and unquenchable love could have brought to a realization within the span of one mans life

But this is not all On Britains ~hrone sat Edward VII of illustrious memory His consort was Alexandra now the Queen Mother Queen Alexandra heard M Andreeff and his wonderful players at the court of her close Imperial Kinsman Czar Nicholas and importuned Edward to hear them By Imperial command of Nicholas they played before His Majesty and a distinguished retinue on a notable occasion three years ago

King Edward was captivated So pleased was he that he had M Andreeff instruct a large group of musicians in the mysteries of the Balalaika by royal command and then appointed them the regimental band for one of Englands crack army organizations

Balalaika enthusiam swept over England Schools devoted to instruction upon it sprang up In London alone there are now seven large schools devoted exclusively to the Balalaika and the instrument has a department in all the leading English musical conservatories The hold it has upon the musical public is best demonstrated by the fact that the official consular reports show that England has imported from Russia in the last two years Balalaikas to the value of

1632000 rubles

And think of it thf Balalaika was unknown in England three years ago

Russians make sweet music-New York America1~

M W W ANDREEFF

THE BALALAIKA

ORCHESTRA

Sweet music from BaJaJaika~-- -(7( - II f-elid

JHE wonderful triumphs achieved by M Andreeff in restoring the Balalaika

to its rightful position of e~teem in his native land and throughout Europe

(for the EnglIsh and RussIan enthusIasm spread over the entire continent)

only served to awaken an ambition within him to give the Balalaika world wide

vogue America remained a stranger to him and the instrument and a rich field

for development

M Andreeff felt that scores of American universities and colleges only required

an introduction to the Balalaika to seize upon it as a substitute for the minor

stringed instruments so popular with their glee clubs Also that thousands of conshy

cert goers would greet it as a welcome addition to the musical wealth of the land

A brief experimentai American tour was arrall~ed last season VI Andreeff

realized all that he anticipated His organization acheved a triumph every where

it appeared The fruit of the experiment is ihc exlcnsIve American tour now in

progress

Knowing that critics of varied tastes ill be attracted by the novelty of the

Balalaika M Andreeff has arranged hl programmes mlh a viclV to demonstrashy

ting its remarkable scope for it mmt be appreCllted that the Balalaika is as well

adapted to so called popular music as to any other In fact one may be said

never to have heard a real waltz vho has not enjoyed a Balalaika concert Mr

Andreeff and his wonderful orchestra also play the old folk music which takes us

back to the days when men dwelt in tents and counted their (alth in Rocks

Then these master musicians delight us with tht melodies of composers reared in

the present complex civilization The 13Ld a iaika l()S the kinship of Tschaikowski

with the pagan tribal minstrel who seated bcfme a goatskin tent wooed his love

with sensuou melody

It is music through the ages-a rcvivc thQI hcrks back to antiquity_

The experience of this management in dil-ecting the tour of Mlle Anna Pavlowa l1 llikail 110rdkin and the Imperial R1l3shysian Ballet last Sfason and the All-Star Imperial Russian Balld this season has caused every legal protection to be thrown about the Imperial Russian Court Balabika Or-hctra to hicid it from persons who foist imitations on the puhlh In the nanlf of Russian

artistry_ RUSSI0J t- IUSEIENT CO _ Inc ENTERFRISf5 OF lAX r~BlJOFF Inc

Good fine music-Philadrlflia ltar

The Operatic Section from St Petersburg

Q USSIAN music which at present enjoys greater vogue than that of any other country has never been sung in America by representative Russian artists in their native tongue Russian music has a conspicuous placemiddot on

the programme of every orchestra Russian singers occupy positions of honor in the great American opera houses where they are singing in French and Italian but it has awaited the enterprise of Impresario Max Rabinoff to bring to this country a group of singers from the Imperial Opera Houses to acquaint American audience with the richness and beauty of Russian vocal music

The plaintive folk songs of the far spread lands of the Czar are of course given prominence ill their programme since it is in the rendering of the melodies of the people that M Andreeff has demonstrated the supremacy of his orchestra But the singers also include in their programmes selections from all the standard Russian operas in solo duo trio and quartette Although small numerically the operatic section is thoroughly representative consisting of Mlle Olga Semeonovna Scriabina mezzo soprano Mlle Liubov Vasilievna Orlova soprano M Nicholas Georgoshyvitch Vasiliev tenor and M Ivan Tomiddotmashevitch basso Imperial Artists is the title they carry and they appear in native costume

Music lovers everywhere will welcome this novelty particularly in communishyties where local clubs have taken up the study of Russian mus-ic in accordance with the recommendation of the National Federation of Musical Clubs for the winter of 1911-12

A Few of the Many Laudatory Comments DEVOTED TO THE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN COURT BALALAIKA ORCHESTRA DURING ITS EXPERIMENTAL TOUR

A sort of deified mandolin club-Coliers TJTetNy The tone effect both in variety of color delicacy and organ-like quality IS

indescribable-lVt7U ) (irk Times A concert unique in nearly every Olle of its features -flew York Tribtme It took about two minutes to convince a New York audience that it was listening

to a remarkable and most fascinating body of musicians-New Jork American It is very easy to predict for M Andreeffs Orchestra the same success here

that it has achieved in Paris and London-iVe ) ork Evening Globe

Easy to predict success-New York Globe

SIROT A the world-famous cantor of Warsaw coming to America for eight concerts in February under the direction of the Enterprises of Max Rabinoff Inc

Simple string chorus-Baltilllore Star

THE ENTERPRISES OF MAX RABINOFF INC

Aiso Announce

Mme La Salle Rabinoff

Coloratura Soprano

The All-Star Imperial Russian Ballet MIKAIL MORDKIN Choreographic Director

30 1911

A new thing in talk tnusic-New York Tribulle

SPECIAL NOTICE

lJHE Imperial Russian Court Balalaika Orchestra and Oartette from the Impeshy

rial Opera Houses of St Petersburg and Moscow will be available for a limited number of private engagements in or near New York during the season

Detailed information and terms will be cheerfully furnished upon application

The Russian Amusement Co ============ INC ============ I45 West 45th Street New Y orlc City

Telephone Bryant 4864

One copy del to Cai

Div

OCT 31 HU

Makes hit at first performance--Ve7l1 ork ~Vord

COPYRIGHTED A Great Artist from the AllStar Imperial Russian Ballet WHITE r

Indescribable-New York Times

M Ivan Tomashevitchbull Mlle Olga Scriabina Mlle Liubov Orlova M Nicholas Vasiliev

of the Operatic Section from St Petersburg

Deified Mandolin Club-CollioJ

BALALAIKA LORE A Musical Revival That Harks Back To Antiquity

THE ROMANTIC EVOLUTION OF A HEATHEN PRAYER DRUM

Copyright 191 hy Sen H Atwell

All or any part automatically released for use in newspapers or magazines if published unchanged For pxplanation see footnote () aftfr closing paragr~ph

OlD YOU ever hear a Balalaika

If so you are one of the comparatively few so favored in this country The Balalaika is a musical instrument-the national instrument of Russia

It has a past one that loses itself in the nebulous unwritten history of the early tribes of northern Europe Its sensuous tones delighted the uncouth nomads of those parts when Greek and Roman civilization were at their height yes even

when the inscrutable sphinx was in the hey day of youth

The Balalaika is the connecting link between the primitive savagery of antiquity and the cildization of the present Every great museum attests this fart by giving the instrument representation among its ancient treasurfS singly or in classififd

groups for it has varied forms

It was the first step towards culture undertaken by what is now

a great people

Its dulcet notes were the first outpourings of the fountain of

Russian music which gives to the land of the Czar its first claim

to artistic supremacy

The Balalaikas strains inspired the pioneer Russian dancers

whose successors now hold two hemispheres enthralled by their

marvelous ballets

Whfn the primitive barbarians made war the Balalaika was

Doubtltss it helfJed to stll the hordes that all but_--=-_ the tocsin

swept the civilization of the Cresars from the face of the globe when the City of Seven Hills fell before them

In peace its sensuous notes enriched the splendor of the feast and when the soul awoke responsive to the inherent cry for some form of religion it was the Balalaika that was the prayer drum before the altars of the pagan gods

To this last circumstance may be attributed its almost total eclipse for with the introduction of Christianity a ban was issued against the Balalaika To the ecclesiastical mind it typified paganism alone Its marvelous musical possibilities and the beneficient influences it had exercised were given no thought A holy war was waged against it Not only was the instrument condemned but to listen to it brought excommunication

This drastic action banished the Balalaika to the remote corners of Russia the woods and mountains and unfrequented spots where folklore thrives and the dictates of state or church are of diminished consequence

If there were those whose good judgment protested against the destruction of so valuable an agency for the increased enjoyment of man two centuries of Tartar rule stilled their voices and completed the work of stamping out Russian musical consciousness Unfavorable historical circumstances continued to pursue the Balashylaika for in the eighteenth century during the reign of Peter the Great when continental music made its way into Russia with continental culture the simple national instruments were ridiculed

Oblivion and forgetfulness followed

DISTORY abounds with incidents proving that the right man always arises at the right time to further the general interests of mankind

When every circumstance indicated the passing of the Balalaika with the flotsam and jetsam of the dead centuries a musical genius of an explorative turn of mind analyzed the instrument as a matter of curiosity He was surprised to find in the neglected antique amazing vibratory tone possibilities Volume loo was present and the crescendos and diminuendos that could be produced astonished him

Something new in music-iVI7pound Y~)rk 7(I~JJl

The wonders of the Balalaika inspired within him the dream of reviving it as the national instrument of his land

His first step was to perfect himself as a performer upon it and his next to eliminate its crudities and to make it practical for modern musical employment

Fortunately M Andreeff was rich so he was enabled to give lavishly of time and money to attain his purpose His own marvelous playing won sympathy for his undertaking its patriotic side appealed to the Slav imagination and after twenty years of labor and the expenditure of his vast fortune M Andreeff had the satisfaction of seeing Balalaika Orchestras established throughout the Russian Empire His own organization of players was made by Imperial command the Court Orchestra

Czar Nicholas has honored M Andreeff in many ways for his unselfish and truly wonderful labor-a work that only fanatical faith and unquenchable love could have brought to a realization within the span of one mans life

But this is not all On Britains ~hrone sat Edward VII of illustrious memory His consort was Alexandra now the Queen Mother Queen Alexandra heard M Andreeff and his wonderful players at the court of her close Imperial Kinsman Czar Nicholas and importuned Edward to hear them By Imperial command of Nicholas they played before His Majesty and a distinguished retinue on a notable occasion three years ago

King Edward was captivated So pleased was he that he had M Andreeff instruct a large group of musicians in the mysteries of the Balalaika by royal command and then appointed them the regimental band for one of Englands crack army organizations

Balalaika enthusiam swept over England Schools devoted to instruction upon it sprang up In London alone there are now seven large schools devoted exclusively to the Balalaika and the instrument has a department in all the leading English musical conservatories The hold it has upon the musical public is best demonstrated by the fact that the official consular reports show that England has imported from Russia in the last two years Balalaikas to the value of

1632000 rubles

And think of it thf Balalaika was unknown in England three years ago

Russians make sweet music-New York America1~

M W W ANDREEFF

THE BALALAIKA

ORCHESTRA

Sweet music from BaJaJaika~-- -(7( - II f-elid

JHE wonderful triumphs achieved by M Andreeff in restoring the Balalaika

to its rightful position of e~teem in his native land and throughout Europe

(for the EnglIsh and RussIan enthusIasm spread over the entire continent)

only served to awaken an ambition within him to give the Balalaika world wide

vogue America remained a stranger to him and the instrument and a rich field

for development

M Andreeff felt that scores of American universities and colleges only required

an introduction to the Balalaika to seize upon it as a substitute for the minor

stringed instruments so popular with their glee clubs Also that thousands of conshy

cert goers would greet it as a welcome addition to the musical wealth of the land

A brief experimentai American tour was arrall~ed last season VI Andreeff

realized all that he anticipated His organization acheved a triumph every where

it appeared The fruit of the experiment is ihc exlcnsIve American tour now in

progress

Knowing that critics of varied tastes ill be attracted by the novelty of the

Balalaika M Andreeff has arranged hl programmes mlh a viclV to demonstrashy

ting its remarkable scope for it mmt be appreCllted that the Balalaika is as well

adapted to so called popular music as to any other In fact one may be said

never to have heard a real waltz vho has not enjoyed a Balalaika concert Mr

Andreeff and his wonderful orchestra also play the old folk music which takes us

back to the days when men dwelt in tents and counted their (alth in Rocks

Then these master musicians delight us with tht melodies of composers reared in

the present complex civilization The 13Ld a iaika l()S the kinship of Tschaikowski

with the pagan tribal minstrel who seated bcfme a goatskin tent wooed his love

with sensuou melody

It is music through the ages-a rcvivc thQI hcrks back to antiquity_

The experience of this management in dil-ecting the tour of Mlle Anna Pavlowa l1 llikail 110rdkin and the Imperial R1l3shysian Ballet last Sfason and the All-Star Imperial Russian Balld this season has caused every legal protection to be thrown about the Imperial Russian Court Balabika Or-hctra to hicid it from persons who foist imitations on the puhlh In the nanlf of Russian

artistry_ RUSSI0J t- IUSEIENT CO _ Inc ENTERFRISf5 OF lAX r~BlJOFF Inc

Good fine music-Philadrlflia ltar

The Operatic Section from St Petersburg

Q USSIAN music which at present enjoys greater vogue than that of any other country has never been sung in America by representative Russian artists in their native tongue Russian music has a conspicuous placemiddot on

the programme of every orchestra Russian singers occupy positions of honor in the great American opera houses where they are singing in French and Italian but it has awaited the enterprise of Impresario Max Rabinoff to bring to this country a group of singers from the Imperial Opera Houses to acquaint American audience with the richness and beauty of Russian vocal music

The plaintive folk songs of the far spread lands of the Czar are of course given prominence ill their programme since it is in the rendering of the melodies of the people that M Andreeff has demonstrated the supremacy of his orchestra But the singers also include in their programmes selections from all the standard Russian operas in solo duo trio and quartette Although small numerically the operatic section is thoroughly representative consisting of Mlle Olga Semeonovna Scriabina mezzo soprano Mlle Liubov Vasilievna Orlova soprano M Nicholas Georgoshyvitch Vasiliev tenor and M Ivan Tomiddotmashevitch basso Imperial Artists is the title they carry and they appear in native costume

Music lovers everywhere will welcome this novelty particularly in communishyties where local clubs have taken up the study of Russian mus-ic in accordance with the recommendation of the National Federation of Musical Clubs for the winter of 1911-12

A Few of the Many Laudatory Comments DEVOTED TO THE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN COURT BALALAIKA ORCHESTRA DURING ITS EXPERIMENTAL TOUR

A sort of deified mandolin club-Coliers TJTetNy The tone effect both in variety of color delicacy and organ-like quality IS

indescribable-lVt7U ) (irk Times A concert unique in nearly every Olle of its features -flew York Tribtme It took about two minutes to convince a New York audience that it was listening

to a remarkable and most fascinating body of musicians-New Jork American It is very easy to predict for M Andreeffs Orchestra the same success here

that it has achieved in Paris and London-iVe ) ork Evening Globe

Easy to predict success-New York Globe

SIROT A the world-famous cantor of Warsaw coming to America for eight concerts in February under the direction of the Enterprises of Max Rabinoff Inc

Simple string chorus-Baltilllore Star

THE ENTERPRISES OF MAX RABINOFF INC

Aiso Announce

Mme La Salle Rabinoff

Coloratura Soprano

The All-Star Imperial Russian Ballet MIKAIL MORDKIN Choreographic Director

30 1911

A new thing in talk tnusic-New York Tribulle

SPECIAL NOTICE

lJHE Imperial Russian Court Balalaika Orchestra and Oartette from the Impeshy

rial Opera Houses of St Petersburg and Moscow will be available for a limited number of private engagements in or near New York during the season

Detailed information and terms will be cheerfully furnished upon application

The Russian Amusement Co ============ INC ============ I45 West 45th Street New Y orlc City

Telephone Bryant 4864

One copy del to Cai

Div

OCT 31 HU

Makes hit at first performance--Ve7l1 ork ~Vord

COPYRIGHTED A Great Artist from the AllStar Imperial Russian Ballet WHITE r

Deified Mandolin Club-CollioJ

BALALAIKA LORE A Musical Revival That Harks Back To Antiquity

THE ROMANTIC EVOLUTION OF A HEATHEN PRAYER DRUM

Copyright 191 hy Sen H Atwell

All or any part automatically released for use in newspapers or magazines if published unchanged For pxplanation see footnote () aftfr closing paragr~ph

OlD YOU ever hear a Balalaika

If so you are one of the comparatively few so favored in this country The Balalaika is a musical instrument-the national instrument of Russia

It has a past one that loses itself in the nebulous unwritten history of the early tribes of northern Europe Its sensuous tones delighted the uncouth nomads of those parts when Greek and Roman civilization were at their height yes even

when the inscrutable sphinx was in the hey day of youth

The Balalaika is the connecting link between the primitive savagery of antiquity and the cildization of the present Every great museum attests this fart by giving the instrument representation among its ancient treasurfS singly or in classififd

groups for it has varied forms

It was the first step towards culture undertaken by what is now

a great people

Its dulcet notes were the first outpourings of the fountain of

Russian music which gives to the land of the Czar its first claim

to artistic supremacy

The Balalaikas strains inspired the pioneer Russian dancers

whose successors now hold two hemispheres enthralled by their

marvelous ballets

Whfn the primitive barbarians made war the Balalaika was

Doubtltss it helfJed to stll the hordes that all but_--=-_ the tocsin

swept the civilization of the Cresars from the face of the globe when the City of Seven Hills fell before them

In peace its sensuous notes enriched the splendor of the feast and when the soul awoke responsive to the inherent cry for some form of religion it was the Balalaika that was the prayer drum before the altars of the pagan gods

To this last circumstance may be attributed its almost total eclipse for with the introduction of Christianity a ban was issued against the Balalaika To the ecclesiastical mind it typified paganism alone Its marvelous musical possibilities and the beneficient influences it had exercised were given no thought A holy war was waged against it Not only was the instrument condemned but to listen to it brought excommunication

This drastic action banished the Balalaika to the remote corners of Russia the woods and mountains and unfrequented spots where folklore thrives and the dictates of state or church are of diminished consequence

If there were those whose good judgment protested against the destruction of so valuable an agency for the increased enjoyment of man two centuries of Tartar rule stilled their voices and completed the work of stamping out Russian musical consciousness Unfavorable historical circumstances continued to pursue the Balashylaika for in the eighteenth century during the reign of Peter the Great when continental music made its way into Russia with continental culture the simple national instruments were ridiculed

Oblivion and forgetfulness followed

DISTORY abounds with incidents proving that the right man always arises at the right time to further the general interests of mankind

When every circumstance indicated the passing of the Balalaika with the flotsam and jetsam of the dead centuries a musical genius of an explorative turn of mind analyzed the instrument as a matter of curiosity He was surprised to find in the neglected antique amazing vibratory tone possibilities Volume loo was present and the crescendos and diminuendos that could be produced astonished him

Something new in music-iVI7pound Y~)rk 7(I~JJl

The wonders of the Balalaika inspired within him the dream of reviving it as the national instrument of his land

His first step was to perfect himself as a performer upon it and his next to eliminate its crudities and to make it practical for modern musical employment

Fortunately M Andreeff was rich so he was enabled to give lavishly of time and money to attain his purpose His own marvelous playing won sympathy for his undertaking its patriotic side appealed to the Slav imagination and after twenty years of labor and the expenditure of his vast fortune M Andreeff had the satisfaction of seeing Balalaika Orchestras established throughout the Russian Empire His own organization of players was made by Imperial command the Court Orchestra

Czar Nicholas has honored M Andreeff in many ways for his unselfish and truly wonderful labor-a work that only fanatical faith and unquenchable love could have brought to a realization within the span of one mans life

But this is not all On Britains ~hrone sat Edward VII of illustrious memory His consort was Alexandra now the Queen Mother Queen Alexandra heard M Andreeff and his wonderful players at the court of her close Imperial Kinsman Czar Nicholas and importuned Edward to hear them By Imperial command of Nicholas they played before His Majesty and a distinguished retinue on a notable occasion three years ago

King Edward was captivated So pleased was he that he had M Andreeff instruct a large group of musicians in the mysteries of the Balalaika by royal command and then appointed them the regimental band for one of Englands crack army organizations

Balalaika enthusiam swept over England Schools devoted to instruction upon it sprang up In London alone there are now seven large schools devoted exclusively to the Balalaika and the instrument has a department in all the leading English musical conservatories The hold it has upon the musical public is best demonstrated by the fact that the official consular reports show that England has imported from Russia in the last two years Balalaikas to the value of

1632000 rubles

And think of it thf Balalaika was unknown in England three years ago

Russians make sweet music-New York America1~

M W W ANDREEFF

THE BALALAIKA

ORCHESTRA

Sweet music from BaJaJaika~-- -(7( - II f-elid

JHE wonderful triumphs achieved by M Andreeff in restoring the Balalaika

to its rightful position of e~teem in his native land and throughout Europe

(for the EnglIsh and RussIan enthusIasm spread over the entire continent)

only served to awaken an ambition within him to give the Balalaika world wide

vogue America remained a stranger to him and the instrument and a rich field

for development

M Andreeff felt that scores of American universities and colleges only required

an introduction to the Balalaika to seize upon it as a substitute for the minor

stringed instruments so popular with their glee clubs Also that thousands of conshy

cert goers would greet it as a welcome addition to the musical wealth of the land

A brief experimentai American tour was arrall~ed last season VI Andreeff

realized all that he anticipated His organization acheved a triumph every where

it appeared The fruit of the experiment is ihc exlcnsIve American tour now in

progress

Knowing that critics of varied tastes ill be attracted by the novelty of the

Balalaika M Andreeff has arranged hl programmes mlh a viclV to demonstrashy

ting its remarkable scope for it mmt be appreCllted that the Balalaika is as well

adapted to so called popular music as to any other In fact one may be said

never to have heard a real waltz vho has not enjoyed a Balalaika concert Mr

Andreeff and his wonderful orchestra also play the old folk music which takes us

back to the days when men dwelt in tents and counted their (alth in Rocks

Then these master musicians delight us with tht melodies of composers reared in

the present complex civilization The 13Ld a iaika l()S the kinship of Tschaikowski

with the pagan tribal minstrel who seated bcfme a goatskin tent wooed his love

with sensuou melody

It is music through the ages-a rcvivc thQI hcrks back to antiquity_

The experience of this management in dil-ecting the tour of Mlle Anna Pavlowa l1 llikail 110rdkin and the Imperial R1l3shysian Ballet last Sfason and the All-Star Imperial Russian Balld this season has caused every legal protection to be thrown about the Imperial Russian Court Balabika Or-hctra to hicid it from persons who foist imitations on the puhlh In the nanlf of Russian

artistry_ RUSSI0J t- IUSEIENT CO _ Inc ENTERFRISf5 OF lAX r~BlJOFF Inc

Good fine music-Philadrlflia ltar

The Operatic Section from St Petersburg

Q USSIAN music which at present enjoys greater vogue than that of any other country has never been sung in America by representative Russian artists in their native tongue Russian music has a conspicuous placemiddot on

the programme of every orchestra Russian singers occupy positions of honor in the great American opera houses where they are singing in French and Italian but it has awaited the enterprise of Impresario Max Rabinoff to bring to this country a group of singers from the Imperial Opera Houses to acquaint American audience with the richness and beauty of Russian vocal music

The plaintive folk songs of the far spread lands of the Czar are of course given prominence ill their programme since it is in the rendering of the melodies of the people that M Andreeff has demonstrated the supremacy of his orchestra But the singers also include in their programmes selections from all the standard Russian operas in solo duo trio and quartette Although small numerically the operatic section is thoroughly representative consisting of Mlle Olga Semeonovna Scriabina mezzo soprano Mlle Liubov Vasilievna Orlova soprano M Nicholas Georgoshyvitch Vasiliev tenor and M Ivan Tomiddotmashevitch basso Imperial Artists is the title they carry and they appear in native costume

Music lovers everywhere will welcome this novelty particularly in communishyties where local clubs have taken up the study of Russian mus-ic in accordance with the recommendation of the National Federation of Musical Clubs for the winter of 1911-12

A Few of the Many Laudatory Comments DEVOTED TO THE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN COURT BALALAIKA ORCHESTRA DURING ITS EXPERIMENTAL TOUR

A sort of deified mandolin club-Coliers TJTetNy The tone effect both in variety of color delicacy and organ-like quality IS

indescribable-lVt7U ) (irk Times A concert unique in nearly every Olle of its features -flew York Tribtme It took about two minutes to convince a New York audience that it was listening

to a remarkable and most fascinating body of musicians-New Jork American It is very easy to predict for M Andreeffs Orchestra the same success here

that it has achieved in Paris and London-iVe ) ork Evening Globe

Easy to predict success-New York Globe

SIROT A the world-famous cantor of Warsaw coming to America for eight concerts in February under the direction of the Enterprises of Max Rabinoff Inc

Simple string chorus-Baltilllore Star

THE ENTERPRISES OF MAX RABINOFF INC

Aiso Announce

Mme La Salle Rabinoff

Coloratura Soprano

The All-Star Imperial Russian Ballet MIKAIL MORDKIN Choreographic Director

30 1911

A new thing in talk tnusic-New York Tribulle

SPECIAL NOTICE

lJHE Imperial Russian Court Balalaika Orchestra and Oartette from the Impeshy

rial Opera Houses of St Petersburg and Moscow will be available for a limited number of private engagements in or near New York during the season

Detailed information and terms will be cheerfully furnished upon application

The Russian Amusement Co ============ INC ============ I45 West 45th Street New Y orlc City

Telephone Bryant 4864

One copy del to Cai

Div

OCT 31 HU

Makes hit at first performance--Ve7l1 ork ~Vord

COPYRIGHTED A Great Artist from the AllStar Imperial Russian Ballet WHITE r

swept the civilization of the Cresars from the face of the globe when the City of Seven Hills fell before them

In peace its sensuous notes enriched the splendor of the feast and when the soul awoke responsive to the inherent cry for some form of religion it was the Balalaika that was the prayer drum before the altars of the pagan gods

To this last circumstance may be attributed its almost total eclipse for with the introduction of Christianity a ban was issued against the Balalaika To the ecclesiastical mind it typified paganism alone Its marvelous musical possibilities and the beneficient influences it had exercised were given no thought A holy war was waged against it Not only was the instrument condemned but to listen to it brought excommunication

This drastic action banished the Balalaika to the remote corners of Russia the woods and mountains and unfrequented spots where folklore thrives and the dictates of state or church are of diminished consequence

If there were those whose good judgment protested against the destruction of so valuable an agency for the increased enjoyment of man two centuries of Tartar rule stilled their voices and completed the work of stamping out Russian musical consciousness Unfavorable historical circumstances continued to pursue the Balashylaika for in the eighteenth century during the reign of Peter the Great when continental music made its way into Russia with continental culture the simple national instruments were ridiculed

Oblivion and forgetfulness followed

DISTORY abounds with incidents proving that the right man always arises at the right time to further the general interests of mankind

When every circumstance indicated the passing of the Balalaika with the flotsam and jetsam of the dead centuries a musical genius of an explorative turn of mind analyzed the instrument as a matter of curiosity He was surprised to find in the neglected antique amazing vibratory tone possibilities Volume loo was present and the crescendos and diminuendos that could be produced astonished him

Something new in music-iVI7pound Y~)rk 7(I~JJl

The wonders of the Balalaika inspired within him the dream of reviving it as the national instrument of his land

His first step was to perfect himself as a performer upon it and his next to eliminate its crudities and to make it practical for modern musical employment

Fortunately M Andreeff was rich so he was enabled to give lavishly of time and money to attain his purpose His own marvelous playing won sympathy for his undertaking its patriotic side appealed to the Slav imagination and after twenty years of labor and the expenditure of his vast fortune M Andreeff had the satisfaction of seeing Balalaika Orchestras established throughout the Russian Empire His own organization of players was made by Imperial command the Court Orchestra

Czar Nicholas has honored M Andreeff in many ways for his unselfish and truly wonderful labor-a work that only fanatical faith and unquenchable love could have brought to a realization within the span of one mans life

But this is not all On Britains ~hrone sat Edward VII of illustrious memory His consort was Alexandra now the Queen Mother Queen Alexandra heard M Andreeff and his wonderful players at the court of her close Imperial Kinsman Czar Nicholas and importuned Edward to hear them By Imperial command of Nicholas they played before His Majesty and a distinguished retinue on a notable occasion three years ago

King Edward was captivated So pleased was he that he had M Andreeff instruct a large group of musicians in the mysteries of the Balalaika by royal command and then appointed them the regimental band for one of Englands crack army organizations

Balalaika enthusiam swept over England Schools devoted to instruction upon it sprang up In London alone there are now seven large schools devoted exclusively to the Balalaika and the instrument has a department in all the leading English musical conservatories The hold it has upon the musical public is best demonstrated by the fact that the official consular reports show that England has imported from Russia in the last two years Balalaikas to the value of

1632000 rubles

And think of it thf Balalaika was unknown in England three years ago

Russians make sweet music-New York America1~

M W W ANDREEFF

THE BALALAIKA

ORCHESTRA

Sweet music from BaJaJaika~-- -(7( - II f-elid

JHE wonderful triumphs achieved by M Andreeff in restoring the Balalaika

to its rightful position of e~teem in his native land and throughout Europe

(for the EnglIsh and RussIan enthusIasm spread over the entire continent)

only served to awaken an ambition within him to give the Balalaika world wide

vogue America remained a stranger to him and the instrument and a rich field

for development

M Andreeff felt that scores of American universities and colleges only required

an introduction to the Balalaika to seize upon it as a substitute for the minor

stringed instruments so popular with their glee clubs Also that thousands of conshy

cert goers would greet it as a welcome addition to the musical wealth of the land

A brief experimentai American tour was arrall~ed last season VI Andreeff

realized all that he anticipated His organization acheved a triumph every where

it appeared The fruit of the experiment is ihc exlcnsIve American tour now in

progress

Knowing that critics of varied tastes ill be attracted by the novelty of the

Balalaika M Andreeff has arranged hl programmes mlh a viclV to demonstrashy

ting its remarkable scope for it mmt be appreCllted that the Balalaika is as well

adapted to so called popular music as to any other In fact one may be said

never to have heard a real waltz vho has not enjoyed a Balalaika concert Mr

Andreeff and his wonderful orchestra also play the old folk music which takes us

back to the days when men dwelt in tents and counted their (alth in Rocks

Then these master musicians delight us with tht melodies of composers reared in

the present complex civilization The 13Ld a iaika l()S the kinship of Tschaikowski

with the pagan tribal minstrel who seated bcfme a goatskin tent wooed his love

with sensuou melody

It is music through the ages-a rcvivc thQI hcrks back to antiquity_

The experience of this management in dil-ecting the tour of Mlle Anna Pavlowa l1 llikail 110rdkin and the Imperial R1l3shysian Ballet last Sfason and the All-Star Imperial Russian Balld this season has caused every legal protection to be thrown about the Imperial Russian Court Balabika Or-hctra to hicid it from persons who foist imitations on the puhlh In the nanlf of Russian

artistry_ RUSSI0J t- IUSEIENT CO _ Inc ENTERFRISf5 OF lAX r~BlJOFF Inc

Good fine music-Philadrlflia ltar

The Operatic Section from St Petersburg

Q USSIAN music which at present enjoys greater vogue than that of any other country has never been sung in America by representative Russian artists in their native tongue Russian music has a conspicuous placemiddot on

the programme of every orchestra Russian singers occupy positions of honor in the great American opera houses where they are singing in French and Italian but it has awaited the enterprise of Impresario Max Rabinoff to bring to this country a group of singers from the Imperial Opera Houses to acquaint American audience with the richness and beauty of Russian vocal music

The plaintive folk songs of the far spread lands of the Czar are of course given prominence ill their programme since it is in the rendering of the melodies of the people that M Andreeff has demonstrated the supremacy of his orchestra But the singers also include in their programmes selections from all the standard Russian operas in solo duo trio and quartette Although small numerically the operatic section is thoroughly representative consisting of Mlle Olga Semeonovna Scriabina mezzo soprano Mlle Liubov Vasilievna Orlova soprano M Nicholas Georgoshyvitch Vasiliev tenor and M Ivan Tomiddotmashevitch basso Imperial Artists is the title they carry and they appear in native costume

Music lovers everywhere will welcome this novelty particularly in communishyties where local clubs have taken up the study of Russian mus-ic in accordance with the recommendation of the National Federation of Musical Clubs for the winter of 1911-12

A Few of the Many Laudatory Comments DEVOTED TO THE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN COURT BALALAIKA ORCHESTRA DURING ITS EXPERIMENTAL TOUR

A sort of deified mandolin club-Coliers TJTetNy The tone effect both in variety of color delicacy and organ-like quality IS

indescribable-lVt7U ) (irk Times A concert unique in nearly every Olle of its features -flew York Tribtme It took about two minutes to convince a New York audience that it was listening

to a remarkable and most fascinating body of musicians-New Jork American It is very easy to predict for M Andreeffs Orchestra the same success here

that it has achieved in Paris and London-iVe ) ork Evening Globe

Easy to predict success-New York Globe

SIROT A the world-famous cantor of Warsaw coming to America for eight concerts in February under the direction of the Enterprises of Max Rabinoff Inc

Simple string chorus-Baltilllore Star

THE ENTERPRISES OF MAX RABINOFF INC

Aiso Announce

Mme La Salle Rabinoff

Coloratura Soprano

The All-Star Imperial Russian Ballet MIKAIL MORDKIN Choreographic Director

30 1911

A new thing in talk tnusic-New York Tribulle

SPECIAL NOTICE

lJHE Imperial Russian Court Balalaika Orchestra and Oartette from the Impeshy

rial Opera Houses of St Petersburg and Moscow will be available for a limited number of private engagements in or near New York during the season

Detailed information and terms will be cheerfully furnished upon application

The Russian Amusement Co ============ INC ============ I45 West 45th Street New Y orlc City

Telephone Bryant 4864

One copy del to Cai

Div

OCT 31 HU

Makes hit at first performance--Ve7l1 ork ~Vord

COPYRIGHTED A Great Artist from the AllStar Imperial Russian Ballet WHITE r

Something new in music-iVI7pound Y~)rk 7(I~JJl

The wonders of the Balalaika inspired within him the dream of reviving it as the national instrument of his land

His first step was to perfect himself as a performer upon it and his next to eliminate its crudities and to make it practical for modern musical employment

Fortunately M Andreeff was rich so he was enabled to give lavishly of time and money to attain his purpose His own marvelous playing won sympathy for his undertaking its patriotic side appealed to the Slav imagination and after twenty years of labor and the expenditure of his vast fortune M Andreeff had the satisfaction of seeing Balalaika Orchestras established throughout the Russian Empire His own organization of players was made by Imperial command the Court Orchestra

Czar Nicholas has honored M Andreeff in many ways for his unselfish and truly wonderful labor-a work that only fanatical faith and unquenchable love could have brought to a realization within the span of one mans life

But this is not all On Britains ~hrone sat Edward VII of illustrious memory His consort was Alexandra now the Queen Mother Queen Alexandra heard M Andreeff and his wonderful players at the court of her close Imperial Kinsman Czar Nicholas and importuned Edward to hear them By Imperial command of Nicholas they played before His Majesty and a distinguished retinue on a notable occasion three years ago

King Edward was captivated So pleased was he that he had M Andreeff instruct a large group of musicians in the mysteries of the Balalaika by royal command and then appointed them the regimental band for one of Englands crack army organizations

Balalaika enthusiam swept over England Schools devoted to instruction upon it sprang up In London alone there are now seven large schools devoted exclusively to the Balalaika and the instrument has a department in all the leading English musical conservatories The hold it has upon the musical public is best demonstrated by the fact that the official consular reports show that England has imported from Russia in the last two years Balalaikas to the value of

1632000 rubles

And think of it thf Balalaika was unknown in England three years ago

Russians make sweet music-New York America1~

M W W ANDREEFF

THE BALALAIKA

ORCHESTRA

Sweet music from BaJaJaika~-- -(7( - II f-elid

JHE wonderful triumphs achieved by M Andreeff in restoring the Balalaika

to its rightful position of e~teem in his native land and throughout Europe

(for the EnglIsh and RussIan enthusIasm spread over the entire continent)

only served to awaken an ambition within him to give the Balalaika world wide

vogue America remained a stranger to him and the instrument and a rich field

for development

M Andreeff felt that scores of American universities and colleges only required

an introduction to the Balalaika to seize upon it as a substitute for the minor

stringed instruments so popular with their glee clubs Also that thousands of conshy

cert goers would greet it as a welcome addition to the musical wealth of the land

A brief experimentai American tour was arrall~ed last season VI Andreeff

realized all that he anticipated His organization acheved a triumph every where

it appeared The fruit of the experiment is ihc exlcnsIve American tour now in

progress

Knowing that critics of varied tastes ill be attracted by the novelty of the

Balalaika M Andreeff has arranged hl programmes mlh a viclV to demonstrashy

ting its remarkable scope for it mmt be appreCllted that the Balalaika is as well

adapted to so called popular music as to any other In fact one may be said

never to have heard a real waltz vho has not enjoyed a Balalaika concert Mr

Andreeff and his wonderful orchestra also play the old folk music which takes us

back to the days when men dwelt in tents and counted their (alth in Rocks

Then these master musicians delight us with tht melodies of composers reared in

the present complex civilization The 13Ld a iaika l()S the kinship of Tschaikowski

with the pagan tribal minstrel who seated bcfme a goatskin tent wooed his love

with sensuou melody

It is music through the ages-a rcvivc thQI hcrks back to antiquity_

The experience of this management in dil-ecting the tour of Mlle Anna Pavlowa l1 llikail 110rdkin and the Imperial R1l3shysian Ballet last Sfason and the All-Star Imperial Russian Balld this season has caused every legal protection to be thrown about the Imperial Russian Court Balabika Or-hctra to hicid it from persons who foist imitations on the puhlh In the nanlf of Russian

artistry_ RUSSI0J t- IUSEIENT CO _ Inc ENTERFRISf5 OF lAX r~BlJOFF Inc

Good fine music-Philadrlflia ltar

The Operatic Section from St Petersburg

Q USSIAN music which at present enjoys greater vogue than that of any other country has never been sung in America by representative Russian artists in their native tongue Russian music has a conspicuous placemiddot on

the programme of every orchestra Russian singers occupy positions of honor in the great American opera houses where they are singing in French and Italian but it has awaited the enterprise of Impresario Max Rabinoff to bring to this country a group of singers from the Imperial Opera Houses to acquaint American audience with the richness and beauty of Russian vocal music

The plaintive folk songs of the far spread lands of the Czar are of course given prominence ill their programme since it is in the rendering of the melodies of the people that M Andreeff has demonstrated the supremacy of his orchestra But the singers also include in their programmes selections from all the standard Russian operas in solo duo trio and quartette Although small numerically the operatic section is thoroughly representative consisting of Mlle Olga Semeonovna Scriabina mezzo soprano Mlle Liubov Vasilievna Orlova soprano M Nicholas Georgoshyvitch Vasiliev tenor and M Ivan Tomiddotmashevitch basso Imperial Artists is the title they carry and they appear in native costume

Music lovers everywhere will welcome this novelty particularly in communishyties where local clubs have taken up the study of Russian mus-ic in accordance with the recommendation of the National Federation of Musical Clubs for the winter of 1911-12

A Few of the Many Laudatory Comments DEVOTED TO THE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN COURT BALALAIKA ORCHESTRA DURING ITS EXPERIMENTAL TOUR

A sort of deified mandolin club-Coliers TJTetNy The tone effect both in variety of color delicacy and organ-like quality IS

indescribable-lVt7U ) (irk Times A concert unique in nearly every Olle of its features -flew York Tribtme It took about two minutes to convince a New York audience that it was listening

to a remarkable and most fascinating body of musicians-New Jork American It is very easy to predict for M Andreeffs Orchestra the same success here

that it has achieved in Paris and London-iVe ) ork Evening Globe

Easy to predict success-New York Globe

SIROT A the world-famous cantor of Warsaw coming to America for eight concerts in February under the direction of the Enterprises of Max Rabinoff Inc

Simple string chorus-Baltilllore Star

THE ENTERPRISES OF MAX RABINOFF INC

Aiso Announce

Mme La Salle Rabinoff

Coloratura Soprano

The All-Star Imperial Russian Ballet MIKAIL MORDKIN Choreographic Director

30 1911

A new thing in talk tnusic-New York Tribulle

SPECIAL NOTICE

lJHE Imperial Russian Court Balalaika Orchestra and Oartette from the Impeshy

rial Opera Houses of St Petersburg and Moscow will be available for a limited number of private engagements in or near New York during the season

Detailed information and terms will be cheerfully furnished upon application

The Russian Amusement Co ============ INC ============ I45 West 45th Street New Y orlc City

Telephone Bryant 4864

One copy del to Cai

Div

OCT 31 HU

Makes hit at first performance--Ve7l1 ork ~Vord

COPYRIGHTED A Great Artist from the AllStar Imperial Russian Ballet WHITE r

Russians make sweet music-New York America1~

M W W ANDREEFF

THE BALALAIKA

ORCHESTRA

Sweet music from BaJaJaika~-- -(7( - II f-elid

JHE wonderful triumphs achieved by M Andreeff in restoring the Balalaika

to its rightful position of e~teem in his native land and throughout Europe

(for the EnglIsh and RussIan enthusIasm spread over the entire continent)

only served to awaken an ambition within him to give the Balalaika world wide

vogue America remained a stranger to him and the instrument and a rich field

for development

M Andreeff felt that scores of American universities and colleges only required

an introduction to the Balalaika to seize upon it as a substitute for the minor

stringed instruments so popular with their glee clubs Also that thousands of conshy

cert goers would greet it as a welcome addition to the musical wealth of the land

A brief experimentai American tour was arrall~ed last season VI Andreeff

realized all that he anticipated His organization acheved a triumph every where

it appeared The fruit of the experiment is ihc exlcnsIve American tour now in

progress

Knowing that critics of varied tastes ill be attracted by the novelty of the

Balalaika M Andreeff has arranged hl programmes mlh a viclV to demonstrashy

ting its remarkable scope for it mmt be appreCllted that the Balalaika is as well

adapted to so called popular music as to any other In fact one may be said

never to have heard a real waltz vho has not enjoyed a Balalaika concert Mr

Andreeff and his wonderful orchestra also play the old folk music which takes us

back to the days when men dwelt in tents and counted their (alth in Rocks

Then these master musicians delight us with tht melodies of composers reared in

the present complex civilization The 13Ld a iaika l()S the kinship of Tschaikowski

with the pagan tribal minstrel who seated bcfme a goatskin tent wooed his love

with sensuou melody

It is music through the ages-a rcvivc thQI hcrks back to antiquity_

The experience of this management in dil-ecting the tour of Mlle Anna Pavlowa l1 llikail 110rdkin and the Imperial R1l3shysian Ballet last Sfason and the All-Star Imperial Russian Balld this season has caused every legal protection to be thrown about the Imperial Russian Court Balabika Or-hctra to hicid it from persons who foist imitations on the puhlh In the nanlf of Russian

artistry_ RUSSI0J t- IUSEIENT CO _ Inc ENTERFRISf5 OF lAX r~BlJOFF Inc

Good fine music-Philadrlflia ltar

The Operatic Section from St Petersburg

Q USSIAN music which at present enjoys greater vogue than that of any other country has never been sung in America by representative Russian artists in their native tongue Russian music has a conspicuous placemiddot on

the programme of every orchestra Russian singers occupy positions of honor in the great American opera houses where they are singing in French and Italian but it has awaited the enterprise of Impresario Max Rabinoff to bring to this country a group of singers from the Imperial Opera Houses to acquaint American audience with the richness and beauty of Russian vocal music

The plaintive folk songs of the far spread lands of the Czar are of course given prominence ill their programme since it is in the rendering of the melodies of the people that M Andreeff has demonstrated the supremacy of his orchestra But the singers also include in their programmes selections from all the standard Russian operas in solo duo trio and quartette Although small numerically the operatic section is thoroughly representative consisting of Mlle Olga Semeonovna Scriabina mezzo soprano Mlle Liubov Vasilievna Orlova soprano M Nicholas Georgoshyvitch Vasiliev tenor and M Ivan Tomiddotmashevitch basso Imperial Artists is the title they carry and they appear in native costume

Music lovers everywhere will welcome this novelty particularly in communishyties where local clubs have taken up the study of Russian mus-ic in accordance with the recommendation of the National Federation of Musical Clubs for the winter of 1911-12

A Few of the Many Laudatory Comments DEVOTED TO THE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN COURT BALALAIKA ORCHESTRA DURING ITS EXPERIMENTAL TOUR

A sort of deified mandolin club-Coliers TJTetNy The tone effect both in variety of color delicacy and organ-like quality IS

indescribable-lVt7U ) (irk Times A concert unique in nearly every Olle of its features -flew York Tribtme It took about two minutes to convince a New York audience that it was listening

to a remarkable and most fascinating body of musicians-New Jork American It is very easy to predict for M Andreeffs Orchestra the same success here

that it has achieved in Paris and London-iVe ) ork Evening Globe

Easy to predict success-New York Globe

SIROT A the world-famous cantor of Warsaw coming to America for eight concerts in February under the direction of the Enterprises of Max Rabinoff Inc

Simple string chorus-Baltilllore Star

THE ENTERPRISES OF MAX RABINOFF INC

Aiso Announce

Mme La Salle Rabinoff

Coloratura Soprano

The All-Star Imperial Russian Ballet MIKAIL MORDKIN Choreographic Director

30 1911

A new thing in talk tnusic-New York Tribulle

SPECIAL NOTICE

lJHE Imperial Russian Court Balalaika Orchestra and Oartette from the Impeshy

rial Opera Houses of St Petersburg and Moscow will be available for a limited number of private engagements in or near New York during the season

Detailed information and terms will be cheerfully furnished upon application

The Russian Amusement Co ============ INC ============ I45 West 45th Street New Y orlc City

Telephone Bryant 4864

One copy del to Cai

Div

OCT 31 HU

Makes hit at first performance--Ve7l1 ork ~Vord

COPYRIGHTED A Great Artist from the AllStar Imperial Russian Ballet WHITE r

THE BALALAIKA

ORCHESTRA

Sweet music from BaJaJaika~-- -(7( - II f-elid

JHE wonderful triumphs achieved by M Andreeff in restoring the Balalaika

to its rightful position of e~teem in his native land and throughout Europe

(for the EnglIsh and RussIan enthusIasm spread over the entire continent)

only served to awaken an ambition within him to give the Balalaika world wide

vogue America remained a stranger to him and the instrument and a rich field

for development

M Andreeff felt that scores of American universities and colleges only required

an introduction to the Balalaika to seize upon it as a substitute for the minor

stringed instruments so popular with their glee clubs Also that thousands of conshy

cert goers would greet it as a welcome addition to the musical wealth of the land

A brief experimentai American tour was arrall~ed last season VI Andreeff

realized all that he anticipated His organization acheved a triumph every where

it appeared The fruit of the experiment is ihc exlcnsIve American tour now in

progress

Knowing that critics of varied tastes ill be attracted by the novelty of the

Balalaika M Andreeff has arranged hl programmes mlh a viclV to demonstrashy

ting its remarkable scope for it mmt be appreCllted that the Balalaika is as well

adapted to so called popular music as to any other In fact one may be said

never to have heard a real waltz vho has not enjoyed a Balalaika concert Mr

Andreeff and his wonderful orchestra also play the old folk music which takes us

back to the days when men dwelt in tents and counted their (alth in Rocks

Then these master musicians delight us with tht melodies of composers reared in

the present complex civilization The 13Ld a iaika l()S the kinship of Tschaikowski

with the pagan tribal minstrel who seated bcfme a goatskin tent wooed his love

with sensuou melody

It is music through the ages-a rcvivc thQI hcrks back to antiquity_

The experience of this management in dil-ecting the tour of Mlle Anna Pavlowa l1 llikail 110rdkin and the Imperial R1l3shysian Ballet last Sfason and the All-Star Imperial Russian Balld this season has caused every legal protection to be thrown about the Imperial Russian Court Balabika Or-hctra to hicid it from persons who foist imitations on the puhlh In the nanlf of Russian

artistry_ RUSSI0J t- IUSEIENT CO _ Inc ENTERFRISf5 OF lAX r~BlJOFF Inc

Good fine music-Philadrlflia ltar

The Operatic Section from St Petersburg

Q USSIAN music which at present enjoys greater vogue than that of any other country has never been sung in America by representative Russian artists in their native tongue Russian music has a conspicuous placemiddot on

the programme of every orchestra Russian singers occupy positions of honor in the great American opera houses where they are singing in French and Italian but it has awaited the enterprise of Impresario Max Rabinoff to bring to this country a group of singers from the Imperial Opera Houses to acquaint American audience with the richness and beauty of Russian vocal music

The plaintive folk songs of the far spread lands of the Czar are of course given prominence ill their programme since it is in the rendering of the melodies of the people that M Andreeff has demonstrated the supremacy of his orchestra But the singers also include in their programmes selections from all the standard Russian operas in solo duo trio and quartette Although small numerically the operatic section is thoroughly representative consisting of Mlle Olga Semeonovna Scriabina mezzo soprano Mlle Liubov Vasilievna Orlova soprano M Nicholas Georgoshyvitch Vasiliev tenor and M Ivan Tomiddotmashevitch basso Imperial Artists is the title they carry and they appear in native costume

Music lovers everywhere will welcome this novelty particularly in communishyties where local clubs have taken up the study of Russian mus-ic in accordance with the recommendation of the National Federation of Musical Clubs for the winter of 1911-12

A Few of the Many Laudatory Comments DEVOTED TO THE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN COURT BALALAIKA ORCHESTRA DURING ITS EXPERIMENTAL TOUR

A sort of deified mandolin club-Coliers TJTetNy The tone effect both in variety of color delicacy and organ-like quality IS

indescribable-lVt7U ) (irk Times A concert unique in nearly every Olle of its features -flew York Tribtme It took about two minutes to convince a New York audience that it was listening

to a remarkable and most fascinating body of musicians-New Jork American It is very easy to predict for M Andreeffs Orchestra the same success here

that it has achieved in Paris and London-iVe ) ork Evening Globe

Easy to predict success-New York Globe

SIROT A the world-famous cantor of Warsaw coming to America for eight concerts in February under the direction of the Enterprises of Max Rabinoff Inc

Simple string chorus-Baltilllore Star

THE ENTERPRISES OF MAX RABINOFF INC

Aiso Announce

Mme La Salle Rabinoff

Coloratura Soprano

The All-Star Imperial Russian Ballet MIKAIL MORDKIN Choreographic Director

30 1911

A new thing in talk tnusic-New York Tribulle

SPECIAL NOTICE

lJHE Imperial Russian Court Balalaika Orchestra and Oartette from the Impeshy

rial Opera Houses of St Petersburg and Moscow will be available for a limited number of private engagements in or near New York during the season

Detailed information and terms will be cheerfully furnished upon application

The Russian Amusement Co ============ INC ============ I45 West 45th Street New Y orlc City

Telephone Bryant 4864

One copy del to Cai

Div

OCT 31 HU

Makes hit at first performance--Ve7l1 ork ~Vord

COPYRIGHTED A Great Artist from the AllStar Imperial Russian Ballet WHITE r

ORCHESTRA

Sweet music from BaJaJaika~-- -(7( - II f-elid

JHE wonderful triumphs achieved by M Andreeff in restoring the Balalaika

to its rightful position of e~teem in his native land and throughout Europe

(for the EnglIsh and RussIan enthusIasm spread over the entire continent)

only served to awaken an ambition within him to give the Balalaika world wide

vogue America remained a stranger to him and the instrument and a rich field

for development

M Andreeff felt that scores of American universities and colleges only required

an introduction to the Balalaika to seize upon it as a substitute for the minor

stringed instruments so popular with their glee clubs Also that thousands of conshy

cert goers would greet it as a welcome addition to the musical wealth of the land

A brief experimentai American tour was arrall~ed last season VI Andreeff

realized all that he anticipated His organization acheved a triumph every where

it appeared The fruit of the experiment is ihc exlcnsIve American tour now in

progress

Knowing that critics of varied tastes ill be attracted by the novelty of the

Balalaika M Andreeff has arranged hl programmes mlh a viclV to demonstrashy

ting its remarkable scope for it mmt be appreCllted that the Balalaika is as well

adapted to so called popular music as to any other In fact one may be said

never to have heard a real waltz vho has not enjoyed a Balalaika concert Mr

Andreeff and his wonderful orchestra also play the old folk music which takes us

back to the days when men dwelt in tents and counted their (alth in Rocks

Then these master musicians delight us with tht melodies of composers reared in

the present complex civilization The 13Ld a iaika l()S the kinship of Tschaikowski

with the pagan tribal minstrel who seated bcfme a goatskin tent wooed his love

with sensuou melody

It is music through the ages-a rcvivc thQI hcrks back to antiquity_

The experience of this management in dil-ecting the tour of Mlle Anna Pavlowa l1 llikail 110rdkin and the Imperial R1l3shysian Ballet last Sfason and the All-Star Imperial Russian Balld this season has caused every legal protection to be thrown about the Imperial Russian Court Balabika Or-hctra to hicid it from persons who foist imitations on the puhlh In the nanlf of Russian

artistry_ RUSSI0J t- IUSEIENT CO _ Inc ENTERFRISf5 OF lAX r~BlJOFF Inc

Good fine music-Philadrlflia ltar

The Operatic Section from St Petersburg

Q USSIAN music which at present enjoys greater vogue than that of any other country has never been sung in America by representative Russian artists in their native tongue Russian music has a conspicuous placemiddot on

the programme of every orchestra Russian singers occupy positions of honor in the great American opera houses where they are singing in French and Italian but it has awaited the enterprise of Impresario Max Rabinoff to bring to this country a group of singers from the Imperial Opera Houses to acquaint American audience with the richness and beauty of Russian vocal music

The plaintive folk songs of the far spread lands of the Czar are of course given prominence ill their programme since it is in the rendering of the melodies of the people that M Andreeff has demonstrated the supremacy of his orchestra But the singers also include in their programmes selections from all the standard Russian operas in solo duo trio and quartette Although small numerically the operatic section is thoroughly representative consisting of Mlle Olga Semeonovna Scriabina mezzo soprano Mlle Liubov Vasilievna Orlova soprano M Nicholas Georgoshyvitch Vasiliev tenor and M Ivan Tomiddotmashevitch basso Imperial Artists is the title they carry and they appear in native costume

Music lovers everywhere will welcome this novelty particularly in communishyties where local clubs have taken up the study of Russian mus-ic in accordance with the recommendation of the National Federation of Musical Clubs for the winter of 1911-12

A Few of the Many Laudatory Comments DEVOTED TO THE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN COURT BALALAIKA ORCHESTRA DURING ITS EXPERIMENTAL TOUR

A sort of deified mandolin club-Coliers TJTetNy The tone effect both in variety of color delicacy and organ-like quality IS

indescribable-lVt7U ) (irk Times A concert unique in nearly every Olle of its features -flew York Tribtme It took about two minutes to convince a New York audience that it was listening

to a remarkable and most fascinating body of musicians-New Jork American It is very easy to predict for M Andreeffs Orchestra the same success here

that it has achieved in Paris and London-iVe ) ork Evening Globe

Easy to predict success-New York Globe

SIROT A the world-famous cantor of Warsaw coming to America for eight concerts in February under the direction of the Enterprises of Max Rabinoff Inc

Simple string chorus-Baltilllore Star

THE ENTERPRISES OF MAX RABINOFF INC

Aiso Announce

Mme La Salle Rabinoff

Coloratura Soprano

The All-Star Imperial Russian Ballet MIKAIL MORDKIN Choreographic Director

30 1911

A new thing in talk tnusic-New York Tribulle

SPECIAL NOTICE

lJHE Imperial Russian Court Balalaika Orchestra and Oartette from the Impeshy

rial Opera Houses of St Petersburg and Moscow will be available for a limited number of private engagements in or near New York during the season

Detailed information and terms will be cheerfully furnished upon application

The Russian Amusement Co ============ INC ============ I45 West 45th Street New Y orlc City

Telephone Bryant 4864

One copy del to Cai

Div

OCT 31 HU

Makes hit at first performance--Ve7l1 ork ~Vord

COPYRIGHTED A Great Artist from the AllStar Imperial Russian Ballet WHITE r

Sweet music from BaJaJaika~-- -(7( - II f-elid

JHE wonderful triumphs achieved by M Andreeff in restoring the Balalaika

to its rightful position of e~teem in his native land and throughout Europe

(for the EnglIsh and RussIan enthusIasm spread over the entire continent)

only served to awaken an ambition within him to give the Balalaika world wide

vogue America remained a stranger to him and the instrument and a rich field

for development

M Andreeff felt that scores of American universities and colleges only required

an introduction to the Balalaika to seize upon it as a substitute for the minor

stringed instruments so popular with their glee clubs Also that thousands of conshy

cert goers would greet it as a welcome addition to the musical wealth of the land

A brief experimentai American tour was arrall~ed last season VI Andreeff

realized all that he anticipated His organization acheved a triumph every where

it appeared The fruit of the experiment is ihc exlcnsIve American tour now in

progress

Knowing that critics of varied tastes ill be attracted by the novelty of the

Balalaika M Andreeff has arranged hl programmes mlh a viclV to demonstrashy

ting its remarkable scope for it mmt be appreCllted that the Balalaika is as well

adapted to so called popular music as to any other In fact one may be said

never to have heard a real waltz vho has not enjoyed a Balalaika concert Mr

Andreeff and his wonderful orchestra also play the old folk music which takes us

back to the days when men dwelt in tents and counted their (alth in Rocks

Then these master musicians delight us with tht melodies of composers reared in

the present complex civilization The 13Ld a iaika l()S the kinship of Tschaikowski

with the pagan tribal minstrel who seated bcfme a goatskin tent wooed his love

with sensuou melody

It is music through the ages-a rcvivc thQI hcrks back to antiquity_

The experience of this management in dil-ecting the tour of Mlle Anna Pavlowa l1 llikail 110rdkin and the Imperial R1l3shysian Ballet last Sfason and the All-Star Imperial Russian Balld this season has caused every legal protection to be thrown about the Imperial Russian Court Balabika Or-hctra to hicid it from persons who foist imitations on the puhlh In the nanlf of Russian

artistry_ RUSSI0J t- IUSEIENT CO _ Inc ENTERFRISf5 OF lAX r~BlJOFF Inc

Good fine music-Philadrlflia ltar

The Operatic Section from St Petersburg

Q USSIAN music which at present enjoys greater vogue than that of any other country has never been sung in America by representative Russian artists in their native tongue Russian music has a conspicuous placemiddot on

the programme of every orchestra Russian singers occupy positions of honor in the great American opera houses where they are singing in French and Italian but it has awaited the enterprise of Impresario Max Rabinoff to bring to this country a group of singers from the Imperial Opera Houses to acquaint American audience with the richness and beauty of Russian vocal music

The plaintive folk songs of the far spread lands of the Czar are of course given prominence ill their programme since it is in the rendering of the melodies of the people that M Andreeff has demonstrated the supremacy of his orchestra But the singers also include in their programmes selections from all the standard Russian operas in solo duo trio and quartette Although small numerically the operatic section is thoroughly representative consisting of Mlle Olga Semeonovna Scriabina mezzo soprano Mlle Liubov Vasilievna Orlova soprano M Nicholas Georgoshyvitch Vasiliev tenor and M Ivan Tomiddotmashevitch basso Imperial Artists is the title they carry and they appear in native costume

Music lovers everywhere will welcome this novelty particularly in communishyties where local clubs have taken up the study of Russian mus-ic in accordance with the recommendation of the National Federation of Musical Clubs for the winter of 1911-12

A Few of the Many Laudatory Comments DEVOTED TO THE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN COURT BALALAIKA ORCHESTRA DURING ITS EXPERIMENTAL TOUR

A sort of deified mandolin club-Coliers TJTetNy The tone effect both in variety of color delicacy and organ-like quality IS

indescribable-lVt7U ) (irk Times A concert unique in nearly every Olle of its features -flew York Tribtme It took about two minutes to convince a New York audience that it was listening

to a remarkable and most fascinating body of musicians-New Jork American It is very easy to predict for M Andreeffs Orchestra the same success here

that it has achieved in Paris and London-iVe ) ork Evening Globe

Easy to predict success-New York Globe

SIROT A the world-famous cantor of Warsaw coming to America for eight concerts in February under the direction of the Enterprises of Max Rabinoff Inc

Simple string chorus-Baltilllore Star

THE ENTERPRISES OF MAX RABINOFF INC

Aiso Announce

Mme La Salle Rabinoff

Coloratura Soprano

The All-Star Imperial Russian Ballet MIKAIL MORDKIN Choreographic Director

30 1911

A new thing in talk tnusic-New York Tribulle

SPECIAL NOTICE

lJHE Imperial Russian Court Balalaika Orchestra and Oartette from the Impeshy

rial Opera Houses of St Petersburg and Moscow will be available for a limited number of private engagements in or near New York during the season

Detailed information and terms will be cheerfully furnished upon application

The Russian Amusement Co ============ INC ============ I45 West 45th Street New Y orlc City

Telephone Bryant 4864

One copy del to Cai

Div

OCT 31 HU

Makes hit at first performance--Ve7l1 ork ~Vord

COPYRIGHTED A Great Artist from the AllStar Imperial Russian Ballet WHITE r

Good fine music-Philadrlflia ltar

The Operatic Section from St Petersburg

Q USSIAN music which at present enjoys greater vogue than that of any other country has never been sung in America by representative Russian artists in their native tongue Russian music has a conspicuous placemiddot on

the programme of every orchestra Russian singers occupy positions of honor in the great American opera houses where they are singing in French and Italian but it has awaited the enterprise of Impresario Max Rabinoff to bring to this country a group of singers from the Imperial Opera Houses to acquaint American audience with the richness and beauty of Russian vocal music

The plaintive folk songs of the far spread lands of the Czar are of course given prominence ill their programme since it is in the rendering of the melodies of the people that M Andreeff has demonstrated the supremacy of his orchestra But the singers also include in their programmes selections from all the standard Russian operas in solo duo trio and quartette Although small numerically the operatic section is thoroughly representative consisting of Mlle Olga Semeonovna Scriabina mezzo soprano Mlle Liubov Vasilievna Orlova soprano M Nicholas Georgoshyvitch Vasiliev tenor and M Ivan Tomiddotmashevitch basso Imperial Artists is the title they carry and they appear in native costume

Music lovers everywhere will welcome this novelty particularly in communishyties where local clubs have taken up the study of Russian mus-ic in accordance with the recommendation of the National Federation of Musical Clubs for the winter of 1911-12

A Few of the Many Laudatory Comments DEVOTED TO THE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN COURT BALALAIKA ORCHESTRA DURING ITS EXPERIMENTAL TOUR

A sort of deified mandolin club-Coliers TJTetNy The tone effect both in variety of color delicacy and organ-like quality IS

indescribable-lVt7U ) (irk Times A concert unique in nearly every Olle of its features -flew York Tribtme It took about two minutes to convince a New York audience that it was listening

to a remarkable and most fascinating body of musicians-New Jork American It is very easy to predict for M Andreeffs Orchestra the same success here

that it has achieved in Paris and London-iVe ) ork Evening Globe

Easy to predict success-New York Globe

SIROT A the world-famous cantor of Warsaw coming to America for eight concerts in February under the direction of the Enterprises of Max Rabinoff Inc

Simple string chorus-Baltilllore Star

THE ENTERPRISES OF MAX RABINOFF INC

Aiso Announce

Mme La Salle Rabinoff

Coloratura Soprano

The All-Star Imperial Russian Ballet MIKAIL MORDKIN Choreographic Director

30 1911

A new thing in talk tnusic-New York Tribulle

SPECIAL NOTICE

lJHE Imperial Russian Court Balalaika Orchestra and Oartette from the Impeshy

rial Opera Houses of St Petersburg and Moscow will be available for a limited number of private engagements in or near New York during the season

Detailed information and terms will be cheerfully furnished upon application

The Russian Amusement Co ============ INC ============ I45 West 45th Street New Y orlc City

Telephone Bryant 4864

One copy del to Cai

Div

OCT 31 HU

Makes hit at first performance--Ve7l1 ork ~Vord

COPYRIGHTED A Great Artist from the AllStar Imperial Russian Ballet WHITE r

Easy to predict success-New York Globe

SIROT A the world-famous cantor of Warsaw coming to America for eight concerts in February under the direction of the Enterprises of Max Rabinoff Inc

Simple string chorus-Baltilllore Star

THE ENTERPRISES OF MAX RABINOFF INC

Aiso Announce

Mme La Salle Rabinoff

Coloratura Soprano

The All-Star Imperial Russian Ballet MIKAIL MORDKIN Choreographic Director

30 1911

A new thing in talk tnusic-New York Tribulle

SPECIAL NOTICE

lJHE Imperial Russian Court Balalaika Orchestra and Oartette from the Impeshy

rial Opera Houses of St Petersburg and Moscow will be available for a limited number of private engagements in or near New York during the season

Detailed information and terms will be cheerfully furnished upon application

The Russian Amusement Co ============ INC ============ I45 West 45th Street New Y orlc City

Telephone Bryant 4864

One copy del to Cai

Div

OCT 31 HU

Makes hit at first performance--Ve7l1 ork ~Vord

COPYRIGHTED A Great Artist from the AllStar Imperial Russian Ballet WHITE r

Simple string chorus-Baltilllore Star

THE ENTERPRISES OF MAX RABINOFF INC

Aiso Announce

Mme La Salle Rabinoff

Coloratura Soprano

The All-Star Imperial Russian Ballet MIKAIL MORDKIN Choreographic Director

30 1911

A new thing in talk tnusic-New York Tribulle

SPECIAL NOTICE

lJHE Imperial Russian Court Balalaika Orchestra and Oartette from the Impeshy

rial Opera Houses of St Petersburg and Moscow will be available for a limited number of private engagements in or near New York during the season

Detailed information and terms will be cheerfully furnished upon application

The Russian Amusement Co ============ INC ============ I45 West 45th Street New Y orlc City

Telephone Bryant 4864

One copy del to Cai

Div

OCT 31 HU

Makes hit at first performance--Ve7l1 ork ~Vord

COPYRIGHTED A Great Artist from the AllStar Imperial Russian Ballet WHITE r

30 1911

A new thing in talk tnusic-New York Tribulle

SPECIAL NOTICE

lJHE Imperial Russian Court Balalaika Orchestra and Oartette from the Impeshy

rial Opera Houses of St Petersburg and Moscow will be available for a limited number of private engagements in or near New York during the season

Detailed information and terms will be cheerfully furnished upon application

The Russian Amusement Co ============ INC ============ I45 West 45th Street New Y orlc City

Telephone Bryant 4864

One copy del to Cai

Div

OCT 31 HU

Makes hit at first performance--Ve7l1 ork ~Vord

COPYRIGHTED A Great Artist from the AllStar Imperial Russian Ballet WHITE r

One copy del to Cai

Div

OCT 31 HU

Makes hit at first performance--Ve7l1 ork ~Vord

COPYRIGHTED A Great Artist from the AllStar Imperial Russian Ballet WHITE r

Makes hit at first performance--Ve7l1 ork ~Vord

COPYRIGHTED A Great Artist from the AllStar Imperial Russian Ballet WHITE r

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