Evening Star Newspaper, April 22, 1923, Page 61

et U 4 ASHINGTON has afforded large part that children munity, and even of a co C aSh‘lé?—@— N on plenty of evidence lately as to the play in the musical life of a com- untry. Little eleven-year-old Shura Cherkassky, Russian pianist, won an ovation at his first ap- pearance in Washington within the past two weeks, and the requests have been so numerous for his reappearance here that a second rccilall has been arranged for him this season. He will return in concert carly in May and with an entircly different program of compositions by the asters of music. Little Shura, the prodigy of the instrumentalists on the professional stage today, was succeeded last week by the famous Bakule Chorus of school children of Prague, Czechoslovakia. Dr. Bakule demonstrated in his earnest conduction of the singing of these thirty-five children, rang- ing in age from tiny tots to those i that a loving conductor plays in devi n their middle teens, the great part cloping the musical abilities of chil- dren. The adoring and instant obedience of the children to the slightest Suggestion from him proved this even more than the truly marvelous “tcamwork” and clearness of their voices. ® ¥ A *® K D now. from within Washington's music circies there has come a group of seventeen children, local students of the piano. between the ages of fourteen and twenty-two years, who have taken part in a pianists’ contest, conducted under the auspices of the T. Arthur Smith Concert Bu- reau, and the six successful contestants have before them the honor of contesting for supremacy during Music week. s Beethoven's “Sonata, Opus 10, No. ants for this occasion, but, due to group to play narrowed down to se According to reports from local music dealcrs, seventy copies of | were sold to prospective contest- illness and other causes, the actual venteen. Of these, the winning half dozen are: Joyce Barker, Edna Gilbreath, Richard Gore. Bertha Luber and Be This contest was the sequel of test held in the Masonic Auditorium during the winter. njamin Ratner. the master pianists’ scries of con- The principal selection required, this sonata, was played here by Mme. Samaroff in Tanuary. The judges were: Conservatory of Music, Baltimor, the same institution Local tcachers have reported t Harold Randolph, director of the Peabody Austin Conradi of the faculty of and Alfredo Oswald, recently added to the faculty of the Peabody school and well known in E urope as a concert pianist. hat this contest, designed largely to fill the needs of students and teachers for an event where their training would receive encouragement by comparison, has proved a finc means of making local students do serious work. They noticeable in the attitude of the students toward their work. tate a marked difference is They seem to feel that they now have a near and definite goal to work for. OTHER interesting little item i interest in music is the for A * % n connection with children and their T ation by local children, unassi older person, of a club called Vipivoce. i Zven the name is original w the children, who explain it is a combination of the first syllables of vi E piano, voice and cello, and thus symbolizes all the different kinds of music which the children themselves are studying. given elsewhere on this page. * K ASHINGTON. which shares honors among the “convention cities 200 teachers. some from as far aw \ing from 100 to 150 other individua attend the instrumentalists’ convent Fuller details are * with Atlantic City as the leader of the United States, will welcome s Vancouver, B. C., each represent- Is interested in music, tomorrow to ion. The exact title of the conven- tion is the twenty-second annual convention of the American Guild of Banjoists, Mandolinists and Guitarists. The sessions will be informally reception this evening. An address retary of Labor ter T. Holt, president of the orga: through Wednesday exhibits by visitin some of tfretted” instruments, including L. Daniels-and Walter Jacobs. * 2 opened at the Raleigh Hotel with a of welcome will be delivered by Sec- James J. Davis tomorrow morning, and another by Wal- nization. The convention will las with educational sessions each afternoon, special g instrumentalists, he most noted manufacturers, teachers and others interested in two festival concerts, and talks by A. Williams, H. F. Odell, Dr. J. C. * % SHINGTON music lovers who are also radio fans may get the unusual opportunity to “listen of opera, when the San” Carlo Opera Compa Manager Gallo, will sing rangements have been made with G transmission by radio. of t to scorn the humbler trades. CONC War Mothers’ concert, Franklin Square Hotel, tomorrow “The_Barber of Seville” in Cuba. When one looks over the development of mechanical of the last fifty years, or even the past quarter of a centur interesting to notice what a great aid man proved in cultivating a general interest in the arf even the most esthetic, which is music, sh in” to a transoceanic transmission v, under the direction of Special ar- en. Crowder, U. S. A, to secure this instruments y, it is most of these inventions have ts. Truly the professions, ould hesitate and be ashamed HELEN FETTER. ERTS night. Nordica Clubs, at Raleigh Hotel, tomorrow and Tuesday nights. George Washin night. gton Girls’ Glee Club, Epiphany Church, Tuesday Tufts College Glee Club, the Playhouse, Tuesday night Cherkassky, Russian child pianist, Next seasons’ announcements, War Mothers’ Concert. A program of music and readings | will be presented in the ballroom of | the Franklin Square Hotel at 8:15 tomorrow night for the benefit of dis- abled war veterans. The concert zlven under the auspices of the Dis- trict_of Columbla chapter of Ameri- cap War Mothers. Mrs. E. D. Deeds | is chairman of the committee in | charge of the affair. The program will ductory remarks, piano solo, Edward P. Donovan; quar- iet. “Carmenia” (Wilson), Musurgia Quartet (Mrs. Fannie Shreve Heart- sill, soprano: Mrs. William T. Reed, contralto; Charle: Meyers, tenor; Fred C. Schacfer, bass; Harry Wheat- on Howard, pianist, conductor); read- ing, Rev. Earle Wilfley; violin_solo, Arsenio Ralon: reading, “Our Coun try's Flag,” Mrs. Edmund D. Deeds mextet from “Lucia” (Donizetti), Mu- surgia Quartet; solo, Mrs. D. Kinche- 1oe cal selections, “Dich Theure Halle” (Wagner) and “Madame But- terfly” (Puccini), Mrs. Charles Donch, | with Mrs. D. Kincheloe, accompanist tepor_solo, Willlam Shanahan: piano | soio, Edward P. Donovan. include: Intro- orge G. Seibold Nordica Clubs’ Concerts. The two annual festival concerts of the American Guild of Banjoists, Mandolinists and Guitarists will be given tomorrow and Tuesday nights at the Raleigh Hotel by the Nordica Clubs of Washington at 8:30 o'clock. The pro- | grams for the two evenings will be quite different. Monday evening’s program—Overture, “'Epmiramide” (Rossini), Nordica Man. dolin and _Guitar Orchestra =olos, “Le Songe” (Carcassi), Musical” (Schubert), Miss Margurite Lichti; banjo solo, “Caprice Herolc,"” the “Awakening of the Lion (Kontski- Rowden), Claud C. Rowden; orchestra, “‘Shifting Shadows,” “Moonlight Frolic’ (Odell), with Herbert Forrest Odell, guest conductor; soprano solo, “Angels Ever Bright and Fair” (Handel), Miss Ruth Peter; orchestra, “Unfinished Symphony” (Schubert). Part II—Ha- wailan Medley,” by Nordica Hawafian Guitar and Ukulele Club; solo, quartet from_‘“Rigoletto, companied (Verdi-Loar), Lloyd Loar: guitar solos, “Fantasie” (Bane), “Span- ish Dances,” one and two (Mosskowski), ohnson C. Bane; “Colleglans” (ar- ranged by Odell), Nordica Banjo Club. The Nordica Clubs will be under the direction of Mr. Walter T. Holt, except when announced. The Tuesday soloists are Samuel iegel. mandolin, in his own “Cradle Song’”’ and ‘“Waltz de Concert”; Charles \&Connrd. guita) 'Valse Caprice' «Conrard): Frank C. Bradbury, banjo; william Edward Foster, mando-'cello, with Miss Ruth Peter, soprano, who will sing “Elegie” (Massenet), with Ed- ‘win Hart at the piano. The orchestra, with George Ender as guest conductor, will play the composer. conductor’s idyll, lantine,” and march, “Golden Rod. They will also play, for overture, “King Midas” (Eilen- MOUNT VERNON and ALEXANDRIA, round trip, 80c Arflington, side trip, 10c additional Joctric_Cars leave 12th aud Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, on the hour and balf bour --9:00 A.M. to 3:30 P.M. Ruaning Time—355 Minutes Waffil_ngton-\’lrglnh s;"wny Co. Moment A | Mrs. Swet: | Chariot™ guitar | J. returns May 8. ,berg)and the Beethoven Fifth Symphon The Nordice Hawailan Guits Ukulele Club will play Ameriean lar medley and the Nordica Banjo ‘The Sunny South” (Lampe). and popu- Club There | will be dancing each evening from 10:30 to 12:30. Girls’ Glee Club, Tuesday. The Girls’ Glee Club of George Washington University will give its annual concert Tuesday night, at 8.15 | ‘clock, at Epiphany Parish Hal the, direction of Mre Otis D, Swetr ss Phyllis Atkinson w Miss P n will be accom- In addition to the concerted numbers, dance Specialties, a C:l!lllllg operetta’ dnd several vocal solos are listed, all of which will be rendered by, members of the club. © concert is one of the big ev of the university year. S ®_ program will i H Thee On This Mossy Pillows ¢ At Dawning (Cadman), Dances: “Pas Suel Kitty of Coleraine (0 of Rores” (Clark), “Autumn Storm” (Grieg). Ja some, Floreine Hurley, Alies. Trery Edith Finney, Theresa Lawrence. gud “Swing Low Sweet a (Burleigh), “Nobody Knows e Trouble I've Seen” (Burlelgh Gles Gub: “Thank God for g0), ‘Yesterday and ((Spross), “Floreine Hurley: poois, Plerrot ‘and Pierrette,” Mary Vacat. roa and Alice Heyl; quartet, e Fortune “Teller,” = 'Kitty Mabelle Bennett, Theresa Pyle. By reine Hurley; “Spring Song” (Wood. ), “Boat 'Song” (Abt). Edith Fin. Y PSy' Plea” (G; Alice' Heyl and Theresa Pols, ells of Aberdovey” (Waelsh he Serenade” (Tosti), Glee “Rest (Smart), Glee Clu! Mary Vacarro; 1d Trish), “Bowi Tufts College Glee Club, The Tufts College Glee Club wil give @ concert at the Playhouse T night at § o'clock. i The repertory, which includes col- lege songs, songs typical of Bullarq songs, mandolin club num. readings, together with en. % Js as follows: “Tuftonims Day,” text and music by E. W, Haue, glee and mandolin clubs; ‘Mosqur toes” music by Paul Blis. worde by Sarine Hathaway, glee; “The Crack. " by H. F. Og i a selected reading, bym)\m?:"d(gl"' & s?:;orq_{_s; Ferrara.” by F. ¥ Bullard, e Indifferent Mariner,” by Bullard, glee; “Toreador ::orx‘nn.firi:y F Totere. gleo and mandolin: reading, y Mr. Grant; “Idylle Mongoliennis: by Frederick Stevenson, gles: b Song.” by C. A. Garabedion, glee ection, from “Blossom Time," mange: lin; “omeo and Jullet,” taken oo: the “Yellow and Blue" song boow ot Michigan University, in 1908; “Brmer a " \ mulxl{)‘;:' by N. W. Newton and D. L. Russian Boy * Pianist May 3. Mrs. Wilson-Greene takes pleasure in announcing that Shura Cherk: the marvelous Russian boy . planier. who created a furore at his first con.. cert here ten days ago, will return for a piano recital, at Poli's Theater, on Tuesday afternoon, May 8, at 4:30. Young Shura will play an entirely Returns A Therese Pyle; | Musigraphs.’ George Walson, pianist, and Frank Howard, soprano, pave the musical numbers on the program presented by the literary sectfon of the Twentieth Century Club in the ‘Washington Club ballroom last Thurs- day evening. Members of local music circles are srioved to hear of the recent death of Miss Minna F. Heinrichs, one of Washington's most noted violinists. She died at a local sanitarium a week ago last Thursday after a short ill- ness. Mlss Heinrichs, who received her musical education in Washington, will be remembered for her fine musicianship. She excelled as soloist, teacher and ensemble player. The National Federation of Music Clubs {s out after a subscription of $100 each from 100 music clubs in the country, and probably, sooner or later, at least one Washington organiza- tion will contribute to this fund. It seems it was all started by the Chopin_ Club of Providence, R. I. which wrote to Mrs. Frank A. Seiber- ling, national chalrman of finance for the 'federation. stating it would be one of the 100 clubs to subscribe this amount to the fede:ation before the biennial. which will be held in Asheville, N. C., June 9-17. Already four other clubs have sub- scribed: Tuesday Musical Club of Akron. Ohfo; Tuesday Musical Club of Pittsburgh, Tuesday Muslcal Club of Milwaukee. Philadelphia Music Club of Philadelphia. l artistic production of “As You Like 1t” last week an odd anachronism was noted in the playing of the popu- lar melody “Parade of the Wooden Soldiers” during the assembling of courtiers for the wrestling match scene. This anachronism would not have besn so noticeable if the rest of the musical program had not been so strictly in character with the perfod of Shakespeare. The singing of “Under the Greenwood Tree” was ex- ceptionally pleasi Word comes from New York that the Ukrainian national chorus. which was so much enjoyed on its two up- pearances in Washington, will on a pan-American tour the fi May and will feature the introduction of “American folksongs, thus con- tributing a musical mite toward the furtherance of the union of the Amer- icas. These songs are sald to show in a striking manner the similitude of rhythmic cadence in the folksongs of the American aborigine. the North American negro, and the South Ameri- can ingidence.™ Georges Encsco, who was heard in Washington during the past season as guest conductor with the Phila- delphia Symphony Orchestra, has re- turned to Paris and Is conducting at concerts there and also playing the violin, as he did here. Word comes from London that Charles Hackett, the American tenor, made his first public appearance in England recently at the Albert Hall He has been singing in most of the opera houses of southern Europe Frieda Hempel will give one of her popular “Jenny Lind" concerts, such as she gave here during the winter, at the Hippodrome this evening. Music and the Bible" is the name given a newly organized group of musiclans who claim as their aim the demonstrating, by performan of songs used by various peoples and creeds in singing of biblical themes. Organizers of this soclety are sald to include Mrs. J. F. D. Lanier, president of Friends of Music; Mrs. Arthur M. Reis, director of the League of Composers; Margaret Woodrow Wil- son, Joseph Lillenthal, a director of the Schola Cantorum, and Lazare Saminsky. The Chickering Centennial. One hundred wears ago (April 14, 1823) the first American pianomaker made the original American piano that has lived through the century in constantly improved state and is still used on concert stages all over the | count; This first pianomaker of {the United States was Jonas Chick- ering, and today a nation-wide cele- bration is beilng held in his honor. He was just a lad in New Hampshire, a blacksmith’'s son, but he grew up into a man of great inventive genius and laid the foundation for the de- velopment of an instrument that holds an fntegral part in the life of the American people. He was a pathfinder in American musiec. Concerts of large artistic propor- tions have been especially arranged in many citles. The climax of the celebration comes this week end in Boston. Last night a banquet was given at the Copley-Plaza Hotel at which nearly 1.000 distinguished guests were present, among them being celebrated figures in musical, in- dustrial and public life. The concert given in Boston by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, con- ducted by Plerre Monteux, formed the background for five well known ar- tists,” Dohmamyi, Elly Ney, Guy Maier, Lee Pattison and Germaine Schnitzer. Previous celebrations have been held during March and early April in ew York, Chicago and Detroit, Bzltimore is holding a celebration with a special concert this afternoon. The national honorary committee for this celebration of the Jonas Chickering centennial includes many noted names, headed by Calvin Cool- idge. vice president of the United States —eee e different program than the one pre- sented at his first appearance. The ticket sale will open next {week. Not more than six tickets wiil be sold to any one persorn. Next Season’s Announcements. Mis. Wilson-Greene announces, as usual, for next season, the artists’ and philharmonic courses of five con- certs each, which will include: John McCormack, Fritz Kreisler, Galli- Curci, Marie Jeritza, Lucrezia Bori (in costume recital, by request), Rach- maninoff, Valdimir de Pachman, Hei- fetz, Matzenauer and Whitehill in a Jjoint recital, Wagnerian program, and others to be announced. For several years past Mrs. Greene has had many requests to present a series of concerts that will provide artists of the first magnitude at mod- erate prices, making {t possible for all to participate. In response to this urgent appeal Mrs. Greene has arranged such a course, and feels that {this announcement will be greeted with enthusiastic interest. This course will be known as the Wilson Greene concert series of six concerts, and will _include Mme. Frieda Hempel, in a Jenny Lind con- cert (by request), Mm Louise Homer, ‘contralto; _Josef Hofmann, planist; Mischa Elman, violinist; Sophie ' Braslau, contralto; Salvi, harpest, and the Duncan dancers in Jjoint appearance. T. Arthur Smith and Guy A. Ourand have selected an interesting array of artlsts for the ninth season of the star _concert serles, which begins in October. The course consists of seven Thursday ~afternoon concerts, to be glven at 4:30 o'clock, at the National Theater. pdme. Schumann Hein, heads the list, which includes P: Kochanskl, violinist; Pablo Casals ‘cellist; Alexander Siloti, planist and teacher of Rachmaninoff; John Charles Thomas, baritone; Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn and the Denishawn dancers in a new program: and a famous soprano, whose contract re- stricts _definite ' announcement until next September. Applications for season tickets are being received now by T. Arthur Smith, Inc., at 1306 G ltx:et, h mong the many- other im attractions 'under contract by this office are the Philadelphia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski, conductor; the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Willem Mengelberg, conductor; Fe. odor Challapin, Efrem Zimbalist, Paviowa and company; Olga Sama. roff, and the Ukrainian Natlonal Chorua, contralto, l At some of the performances of the | Prominent among the many mu- ington during the past season. was Dr. T. H. Yorke Trotter, who wa here recently. Dr. Trotter, who alco has an M.A. degree, has the degree of ford, England. Ia is principal of the Incorporated London Academy of Music, an institution licensed by the board of trado of Lngland as one cal ried on for the sake of art and not for profit. Tn 1 Dr Trotter was asked come to the Eastman School of Mu Rochester, N. Y., ideas. He brougit over with him one of his teachers from London and in September, 1922, returned to Roches ter with "two teachers, charge of iarge classes in the school there. Dr. Trotter, along with many other true musician was dissatisfled with the old methods of teaching music and has made it his life work to make a system of teaching that will con- | to form to the ideas of modern phi- losophy and_psychology. “Intuition.” said Dr. Trotter, *is the | moving power in all artistic work ' and has been too much neglected in teaching music, whereas attention has been concentrated on that which was purely mechanical. All teaching, | to be successful. may follow naturai | laws and work not against, but with, | nature. Dr. | Trotter has written several books on harmony, the rhythm of | music and other phases of musi The London County Council, a body | which controls educational matters | in London, makes a vearly grant of | money to’ the Incorporated London | Academy of Music to aid in the train- | ing of children along Dr. Trotter's methods. Dr. Trotter will return to England in June to resume his duties as prin- eipal of this academy of music in the history of oceanic) radio advancement is the projected | broadcasting from Havana, Cuba,| next Tuesday night of the opera| “Barber Seville,” the inaugural production of the three weeks' en-| gagement in the Cuban capital by the | San Carlo Grand Opera. i The performance will take place in | the famous Teatro Nacional, and it is| planned to transmit the entire Ros- | sinl score. with such dsitinguished | artists as Titta Ruffo, Tita Schipaand | Josephine Lucchese. The opera is to start at 9 p.m., New York time, the | broadcasting to be done by the Cuban Telephone Company by arrangement with Mr. Fortune Gallo of the San! Carlo organization. i The project has been given the of- fictal sanction of President Zayas of | the Cuban republic through arrange- | ment with Gen. Crowder, U. 8. A. The | former will occupy the presidential | ! box at the opera and will precede the operatic overture with a brief speech over the radio which will be heard by those atuning to the 400- meter wave. i Manager Gallo has announced his intention to offer prizes to radio en-! thuslasts who send in_ to his New York office. in Aeolian hall, the best written accounts of what they_hear of the Havana performance. These prizes will consist of box seats for | the productions of the San Carlo upon its 1923-24 tour, beginning in New York next September. The location of the prize winners will determine the time and place where the op- eratic favors will be avaflable. Other notables participating in the Havana season of the San Carlo com- | nany include Lucrezia Bori, Marie Rappold, Maria Kousnezowa, Anna Fitziu, Stella DeMette, Anita Klinova, Sofia Charlebois, Giovanni Martinelll, Samuel Salazar, Boscacci. Giuseppe Interrante, Lodo- vico Tomarchio, Rogelio Baldrich, Leonardo_Del Credo, Richard Bonelli. Pletro DeBlasi, Unique ot Na: Mario Valle, Romeo | Antonio Paoll, | 'APRIL 22 ) JOHNSON DR.T.HYORKE TROTTER> Dr. Trotter, British Musician | sical folk who have visited in V\'aslhi | doctor of music of New College, Ox- | to put forward his | who have | Children Organize Club A group of youthful students or- ganized a club, to be known as the Vipivoce, at the studio of M Fran ces Gutelius, Tuesday evening. The name i8 a composite form of the words violin, piano, voice and cello. The motto selected is Sarah Bern- hardt’s recipe for success, “If one has sincerity, all the rest shall follow, as the night the day: courage, energy, imagination, all the divine, indon itable qualities. 1 have always had faith in my sta The officers ship are: Thomas Elfman, Clayton Butler. secretary-treasurer; Thelma_Callahan, Wilhelmina Gude, Clara Bogorad, Virginia Hitcheock, Mary Pattie, Virginia Miller, Garth Beaver and Gerald Cook. Opera From Cuba by Radio. Signors Carlo Peroni, Arturo Bovi (of Havana) and Glac Spadoni, and the operas will be featured by the appearances of the famous Pavley- Oukrainsky Russian ballct. Amerr'can;zatr'on MuSIC- N organ recital and musical selec- tions are the opening features of the Americanization day program to De offered by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Department District of Colum- bia, and the posts Wednesday night at the Central High auditorium, to be fol- lowed by an imposing array of ora- torical and musical numbers. The entire musical program will be given Ly students of the Ame; zation School. who are participants with the Veterans of Foreign Wars in celebrating the day, and at the close of brief exercises conducted by Gen. ‘Anton Stephan, commander of the Veterans of Forelgn Wars, Depart. ment District of Columbia, and staff, following the musical numbers, the ladies' auxiliaries of the numerous posts of the Veterans of Forelgn Wars and the students in the Amer- icanization School will parade. Bugle call—"The Colors"—and sing- ing of “America” will precede the in- troduction of the department com- mande; ¥. W., by the chalrman of the Americanization day commlittee, Maj. G. A. Wold, after which musical selections by the students will be given. Dr. J. W. Hill of Lincoln University will deliver an Americanization day address. and a tableau—" The Birth of | the Veterans of Foreign Wars"—will follow en. Amos A. Fries, chemical war- fare service. U. S, will talk on “Americanization All are welcome. —_— Laurette Taylor will head the cast !in the ffth production of the Equity Players, opening in New York early |in May. 3. Hartley Manners wiil ani- tale Carvi and Francesco Curci. conduct the Cuban performances— AMERICAN GEORGE W. e EORGE WHITFIELD CHAD- WICK, who in 1897 became di rector of the New England Conserv- atory of Music—that most famous of all American musical training in- stitutions—is generally considered by American musicians and ecritics, and jalso by many foreign critics, as a leading figure in the development of the music of our country. His career has been one of ever-increasing ac- tivity as composer, organist, conduc- tor and teacher. In the latter ca- pacity he has listed among his pu- pils such well known musiclans as Horatio Parker, Frederick S. Con- verse, Henry Hadley, Arthur Whit- ing, and Wallace Goodrich. Chadwick was born in Lowell, Mass., November 13, 1854. He studied under Stephen Emery and Eugene Thayer in this country before going to Germany in 1877, where he studied with Richter, Reinecke, Rheinberger, and Jadassohn. Three years later he returned to lthe United States and became organ- ist of St. John's Church, in Boston. At that time he joined the staff of the New Hngland Conservatory of Music. In 1897, when he became di- rector of this organization, he_ also received the honorary degree of M. A. from Yale University and in 1905 re- ceived the dégree of LL.D. from Tufts ‘ollege. c!n'! 3 he wrote the ode which was used for the dedication of the Chicago Exposition. Chadwick is generally considered as among the most sophisticated of composers and his concert overtures and three symphonies are the works which_are usually listed as his great- est. Yet he has written a few de- lightful works for,the plano and at- tained a place of distinction among writers of glee-club tyg'e of music with his “Vikings' Last Voyage.” Probably the greatest of his six Three well known maestros will | direct the production. The play, the name of which is to be released later, lis by an American playwright. COMPOSERS CHADWICK. ; overtures is “Melpomene,” which is described as “an overture to an imag- inary tragedy,” even as “Thali is overture to an imaginary com- edy.” “Melpomene” has been played by many orchestras and is a composi- tion that blends artistically inspira- tion and scholarship. Other overtures include “Rip Van Winkle,” “The Miller's Daughter,” “Adonais,” and “Euterpe.”” His most ambitious work was the lyric drama, “Judith.” He has also written some lovely folk songs and a number of ‘songs with foreign flavor,” such as ‘Song from the Persian. 1923—PAR In the Churches The music for the services today at First Baptist Church will be given by Mrs. Florence Howard, director land soprano; Mrs. Willlam T. Reed, contralto; Willlam G. Atherholt, tenor; Arthur Chester Gorbach, bat and Charles T. Ferry, organist. The morning program will be: Or- ®an prelude, “Festival” (Flagler); quartet, “Awake, Thou That Sleep. est” (Nichol), “Like as the Hart (Klein); organ postlude, “Triumphal March” (Dalby). At the evening service, with twenty- minute organ recital, beginning at 7:40 o'clock, the program will in- clude: “Pastorale” (Lemaigre); “Mel- edy in F” (Rubinstein); “Maestoso’ { (Burton); anthem, “Evening and Morning” (Burton); quartet, “The ! Radiant Morn Has Passed” (Wood- ward); and organ postlude, “Lar- ghetto” (Grey). The music for the services today at Hamline M. E. Church, Miss Edith B. Athey, organist and director, will include: Organ, “Prayer” (Boelmann) quartet, “Approach, My Soul” (Wie- {gand): offertory soio, “O Jesus, Thou Art Standing’ (Gelbel); organ, ost - lude in A Minor” (Calkin). Musical service: “Organ, “Concert Overture | (C minor) (Holiins): “An April Song” (Brewer): “Lamentation” (Guilmant) “Fanfare” (Lemmens); “Evensong’ (Johnston): ~ offertory = anthem, O (Gounod). The music at the afternoon service at the Church of the Covenant, begin- ning at 3.15, 1s under the direction of Harvey Murray, the organist of the church. The soloists today will ibe: Miss Elsa Raner, violinist; Mr. Richard Lorleberg, violoncellist; and Mr. Charles Tittmann, bass. The numbers will be: Organ prelude, violin solo. “Noec- turne” (Chopin-Auer); cello solo, arabande” (Bach): bass solo, “Like as the Hart” (Allitson); base solo, | “Oh How Fair This World” (Schu- bert); offertory trio, ~“Romance” (Schumann); organ postlude. The music for the evening service, beginning at 8 o'clock, is given by the evening choir (100 voices), Claude Robseon, director; Harvey Murray, or- &anist; Mrs. Howard Blandy, planist; and the solo quartet, composed of Miss Ruth Peter, soprano; Miss Richie McLean, contralto; Ross Farrar, tenor; and Herman kler, bass. Following is the program Organ prelude. anthem, “Seek Ye the Lord” (requested) ' (Roberts); quartet, “Blessed iy he that cometh in the name of the Lord” (benedictus from 16th Mass) (Havdn): soprano 1e That Dwelleth in the Secret ace of the Most High” (91st Psalm) (MacDermid); _offertory anthem, “Abide With Me" (Goodearl); organ postlude. Luther Place Memorial Church music today will be: Morning service, 11 am.. prelude (Gullmant), an them, With Glory Clad (Wagner); offertory, “Morning” (Hollins): an them, “Glorfa in Excelsis” (Buck); postlude (Silas): In the evening the church choir will sing at the St. Paul Lutheran Church, 11th and H streets northwest, “Gloria in Excelsis” from the “Twelfth Mass” (Mozart): “O Faith Supreme,” from the cantata, ‘The Soul Triumphant” (Shelley). The musical vespers at the First Con- gregational Church will be rendered this afternoon at 4:45 p.m. by John L. Wilbourne and Harry Edward Mueller. They will sing “The Publican” (Van de Water), loria” (Buzzi-Peccia) and “Evening” (Spickler). At Christ Church, Alexandria. Va.. to- day, at the evening service at § o'clock, an organ recital will be given by the organist, George Middleton, Assoclate of the Royal College of Organists. The program will include: “Fugue in Three Sections on St. Anne’s Tune” ( J. S. Bach); Variations on the Austrian Na- tional . Hymn" (Haydn): ‘“Marche Funebre et Chant Seraphique” (Alex Guilmant); “Bridal Chorus’ from Loh engrin’’ (Wagner); “Marche des Peter- ins,”” “Harold en Itade” (H. Berlioz); “Cantilene in A Minor” (Salome); “Thi Lost Chord” (Sullivan) Today at the Mount Pleasant Con- gregational Church the music at both services will be given by the solo quartet, composed of =M Frances Scherger, soprano: Miss eo Scanland, contralto; William P. hanahan, tenor, and Herman Fakler, bass, with Claude Robeson at the or- an. ®¥usic at the morning service will be: Organ prelude, “Prelude” (Wag- ner): duet, contralto and tenor, “Crossing the Bar,” requested (Ash- quartet, “Lord, Wi | Pray Thee,” “Agnus Del, Third Mass” | (Haydn); organ postlude, “Coronation | March,” from “The Prophet” (Meyer- beer). At the vesper service music will in- lude: Organ prelude, “Romance (Franzhoft); bass solo, “Gloria,” Her- iman Fakler (Buzzi-Peccia): offertory | Quartet, “The Day Is Gently Sink ing to a Close” (Nevin); organ post- {lude, “March” (Roberts). { { The musical service at Ingram Church this evening will include num- bers by Prof. Gordon Cameron, who 15 instructor of electrical engineering at Catholic Umiversity. He will ren- der several flute solos. Prof. Cameron also has a voice of unusual range and sings tenor or baritone with equal ease. He Is a Canadian by birth and has been flute solofst with the Royal Thirteenth Band of Toronto, the prize band of Canada, and also sololst with the Fourteenth Prince of Wales Rifles’ Band of Ontario. He was soloist snd iCity Band at Boston, Mass.; flutist with Moirena Concert Orchestra, in Boston, and spent two years with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Dr. Muck. E His method of playing has rounded tone of pure flute color without sug- gestion of thinness or harshness. Prof. Cameron will be quite an ac- quisition to musical circles of the city. At the Calvary Baptist Church Walter H. Nash will preside at the organ at both morning and evening services today, during the temporary absence of Louis F. Potter, jr., the regular organist of the church.” The male quartet, composed of W. F. Ray: mond, tenor; John Martyn, tenol Fred East, baritone. and Edgar Gray, bass, will render “Hasten, Lord, the Glorious Time,” by Adams, morning service, and also Berwald's “Lead Us Gently Home, Father.” At the evening service the male quarte: will sing “O Bless the Lord, My Soul, ;by Paine, and a gospel hymn by Palmer, “Memories of Galilee.” { Much interest is being evinced by jthe boys and girls of the junior { church, with its attendance on Sun- jday mornings of over 300, in the junfor cholr movement, under the jeadership of the general director of music, Mr. Herbert F. Aldridge. The choir furnishes a unique opportunity for the boys and girls to receive musical training without charge. | Fountainebleau Summer School. FROM June 26 to September 26 are the dates recently announced by American Friends of Musicians in France as the period during which the summer music school of Foun- tainebleau will be open to American artists, teachers and advanced stu- dents. In order to stimulate more intimate musical relations between the United States and France, this school was founded immediately after the war, and the French government donated for this purpose an entire wing of the historic palace of Fountainebleau. The newest innovation planned for this summer, is the further reserva- ition of another wing of the palace for a school of painting and archi- tecture for American students, ‘The school in no way competes with institutions or teachers in America. Its object is to offer a post-graduate course to advanced students and ar- tists, and give American teachers an opportunity to acquaint themselves with French pedagogy in order that they may carry such of its character- istics as appeal to them to America. The tuition is low, the difference in cost of maintainence being supplied from the French government and the city of Fountainebleau. Woman stu- dents are lodged in the palace and assistant bandmaster of the Malden | Music Club and School Notes 4 NEORGE DALAND, organist, and| L JF Netta Cralg, weli known soprano, will give a Cadman recital at the Arts Club of Washington next Tuesday night at § o'clock. Mr. Daland, who is a per- sonal friend of the American composer of Indlan music, has arranged an entire program which will include a number of Mr. Cadman’s more recent composl- tions as well as some earlier work of his which i{s comparatively unfamillar to eastorn audiences. Among the latter is the “Thunderbird Suite,” an ideali- zation of Indlan melodies that is just now attracting much attention in Eu- rope. Miss Craig will sing Cadman’s song cycle, “Birds of Flame,” and four rarely heard and beautiful songs of his. Mr. Daland will also play Cadman's onata in A Major,” and a short com- position, “The Pompadour Fan.” An unusually well balanced and ver- satile program, including vocal and in- strumental musical selections, will be presented by well known local artists at the soiree concert of the Washing- ton Salon and United Arts Soclety Thursday evening. at the Playhouse, under the direction of Rudolphe de Zapp, president. Dr. T. 8. Lovette, director of the Lovette ‘School of Music, will present Miss Gladys Hillyer in plano _solo, Etude en Form de Valse,” by Saint- ens; Miss Edythe Crowder, soprano solos; “La Colomba,” folk song of Tus- cany (Schindler); “Yesterday and To- day” (Spross); “Love's in My Heart” (R Huntington Woodman); Miss Zehma Brown, plano solo, “Tarantelle” (Mosz- kovski), and Mrs. Lorena Stockton Gawler, soprano _selections. *Porgl Amor”’ (Mozart), “The Night Wind” (Ball), and “Ho! Mr. Piper” (Curran). Cello solo, “Concerto, No. 1, Op. 10,” by Hadyn, will be presented by George Finckel, accompanied on the plano by Miss Frances Finckel. The dance arts will be represented by ballet numbers, interpretative movements, rhythmic and character dancing by Miss Ethelwyn Johnson, Miss Dorothy Burr, Miss Peggy Mor- genweck and Miss Louise Perkins, with Miss Marie Rcady at the piano. An interpretation of Russian dancing will be given by Rudolphe de Zapp. Mlle. Desirce Loubovska. president of the National American Ballet, will glve a brief resume of her metho Capt. Luke McNamee, U. S. N., direc- tor of naval intelligence. will speak on “The Importance of the American | Navy,” and Harvey Fergusson, the author of “Capitol HilL” will give a short talk on “Reallsm and Satire in Current American Fiction. George Jullan Zolnay, former presi- dent of the Arts Club. who has just returned from Rome, Italy, where he has completed a monumental war me- morial, will be presented as the guest of honor of the evening. The Soixante Singers will give their annual concert in the First Congrega- tional Church Wednesday night at 8:15 o'clock. The Glee Club of mixed voices will give an unusual program this year, including an original med- ley and a skit _called “Grand Opera Up-to-Date.” The soloists are Dur- ward Bowersox, violinist, and Robert M. Ruckman, pianist. The program. givén under the di- rection of Harry Ddward Mueller, will be: Glee Club, “The Nights o' Sprin (McCollin) and “Love’s Benediction” (Irish folk song); violin solos, “Swing Along” (Barnes) and “Perpetuo Mo- bile” (Bohm); “An Act of Up-to-Date Grand Opera” (Smith), with three principals and a well trained chorus; a_comic-tragedy by the minister and the organist; “Scraps of Familiar Tunes” (Hurlbut); plano solo, “Hun- garian Rhapsody, No. 67 (Liszt); Glee Club, “In Sapphire Seas” (Friml) and | ‘The Songs of the Vikings” (Cole- ridge-Taylor). The public is cordially invited to attend. The Chaminade Glee Club, under the direction of Miss Esther Linkins, accompanicd by Miss Winifred M. Michaelson, contributed a group of songs at the seventieth birthday ex- ercises of the Northminster Presby- terlan Church last Wednesday. A_concert will be given May 3 in St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 11th and H streets, at which time the Chami- nade Club will be assisted by Miss Netta Cralg, soprano; Mrs. Flora Bry- lawskl, contralto, and David Nemser, violinist. Mrs. Frank Howard entertained at a musical tea at the home of Mrs. Patch, in Chevy Chase, last Saturday afternoon. An informal program was glven by Mrs. Carrie Jacoby and Misses Margaret Cassells, Azalea Lunsford, Lilllan Marceron, Laurai Schlensker and Lucille August Noack presided at the tea table. A concert program will be rendersd by @ group of the Columbia Conserva- tory of Music, Wellington A. Adams. director, tomorrow evening at Florl Avenue ' Baptist Church at 8 o'clock, and at the Third Baptist Church Mon- day evening, April 30, under the aus- pices of the Morning Host. Mr. Stew- art Minor, president, and Mrs. Bessio Taylor, secretary. = The following will_appear: Voice, Misses Janie Greene, Gertrude Gibson, Sarah Lewis, Mrs. Beatrice Johnson and Theodore Cannady; plano. Misses Vivian Walker and Laura Tross and Mesdames Violet Lewis and eneva Brown; violin, Messrs. John Glbson and Edgar Redmond: reading, Misses Mary Reeves and Janie Grecne &nd Mrs. Violet Lewis. The public is cordially invited. The Columblan Male Quartet will be heard in concert at the Park View Christian Church Wednesday ecven- ing; at the Raleigh Hotel Friday at :30, and again Saturday cvening at the ‘Arcade, singing for the Mou Pleasant Masonic Lodge. The members of the quartet ars Paul G. Ledig, first tenor; W. E Bralthwalte, second tenor and direc- tor; W. 8. Haynle, baritone, and B. A. Linebach, bass. The club will sing Tuesday evening at the Rhode Island Methodist Church under the auspices of the North Capi- tol W. C. T. U. The American feature of the day matinee program of the all-n tionality jubilee week at Keith's Theater was rendered by a selected chorus of children, who sang a groun of patriotic songs under the direc- tion of Miss Helen Burkart of the Community Music Assoclation. The Capltal Male Quartet, J. 11 McCready, first tenor; W. W. Gantz. second tenor; Earl = Carbauh, first bass, and Edwin Callow, second bass, sang several quartets and solo num- bers at the dinner of the Internal Revenue Duckpin League, City Club last Wednesday night. B. Frank assisted by Mr Clara Young Brown, soprano; 1 Virginia Cureton, violinist, and a se tion of the Washington College of Music Orchestra, directed by C. I Christiani, presented the following in recital at the Temple Baptist Church last Friday night: Miss Lily Alpert, Miss Kathlee: Miss Marfan Barkley, Miss Ruth Baxter. Mrs. Edith Evermann, Humph- rey, Miss Elizabeth Muldrow, Mi: Claire Philomene Sgueo, Martin A Dowd, Paul Sokolove and Glenn R Carow. Miss Frances Cureton acted us ompanist for Miss Virginia Cureton The program was given under auspices of the missionary society the church atur best, t Alice Garrett and the Evergreen Trio will g a concert under the auspices of the Montgomery County Federation of Women's Club in auditorium of the Rockville High School at 8 o'clock Friday night. The trio is composed of Vivienne Cordero violinist; Bart Wirtz, cellist, and Sylvan Levin, planist. The program will be: “Caucasian Tove Song” (Rachmaninoft) (sung i ‘Song of India,” from op (Rimsky-Korsakow) (= In Russfan). Alice Garrett a Evergreen Trio ‘Serenade” (Block), (Mar- tinl), Evergreen Trin; “Song of Love and Death,” words by Tennyson (Ber- ry), “Carissima,” waltz song (Penn). Lullaby,” from the opera “Jocelyn” (Godard), Alice Garrett and ‘the Evergreen Trio; “Elegie” (Arensky). “Hungarian Dance” (Brahms), Ever- green Trio; “Four Chinese “Moth. Goose' Songs” (Bainbridge Crist), Allce Garrett and the Evergreen Trio An audience which filled the hall at 14th and Kenyon streets last Wed- nesday night showed great enthusi- asm for the singing by both Helen gar Lancaster, contralto, and Leslte Coyle, baritone, in the selections i ave in recital. Mr. Coyls 3ive a Man a Horse Ile Iisted on the program, and the number was well rec His rendition of “Danny Decver’ (Damrosch) was full of dash 1 spirit. and his interpretation of the famous prologue of T Pagllacei” was very favorably received. Mrs. Lancaster's songs seemed equally_enjoyed, and the duet, “Oh. Divine Redeemer” (Gounod) was given hearty applause. The artists respond- ed with generous supply of encores. - Miss Erma Storm also won admira- tion with her piano numbers. Charles T. Ferry was the sole accompanist of the evening and Mrs. Henry Hunt Mc- vas in charge of the program. Russian Stage Art T a time when the Russian dra-| matic vogue is being held aloft as an example of all that is best in dramatic rendering, and as_ an ex-l ample of the helghts to which the! American stage has vet to ascend, | Harry Manners, stage director of the | President Players, comes forward | with a word for the poor, downtrod- | den drama in the United States. | Without attempting to disparage | the art of the Russian players in the | slightest, Manners advances the con- | tention that what is all right for the | Russian players is all wrong for the American actor. “The Russlan method of stage in- terpretation is probably the best | method of interpretation,” Mr. Man- ners admits, “and it contains much that the director can utilize, but little | that the actor can _make use of. The eloguence of the Russians has been highly praised, and. complaint has been made that American players lack a similar degree of eloguence. Such critics, however, seem to lose track entirely of the fact that if American players were as demonstra- tive with facial expressions as the Russians are they would be Russian | and not American. In brief, such act- ing would not be true {o Anglo- Saxon {deals and types, for Anglo- Saxons do not reveal thelr emotions with such outward freedom, and.| Beauty Parlor at Work A MODERN, even ultra-modern, beauty parlor in full operation will be one of the scenes in “Prodi- gal Daughters,” Sam Wood's new picture, starring Gloria Swanson. Therein will be seen all the appl: ances commonly employed by ex- perts in the gentle art of restoring “youth” to the fair sex, so far as ap- pearances go. Louise Dresser, who lays the mother of the prodigal aughters, is having her face “lifted” while her husband (Theodore Rob- erts) is abroad. ‘There are many mysterious-look- ing implements that give one the im- pression at first glance of a sort of date inquisition chamber. A strange-looking instrument for put- ting permanent waves in waveless tresses, vibrators, kneaders, all kinds of curlers and things for manicuring, chiropldizing, scattered about. This scene is said to be one cal- culated to be fascinating to the feminine contingent, while mere man will gaze in wonderment and some- thing akin to awe. It was necessary to get an experi at “beautifying” to set up the ap- paratus and arrange it correctly. —— men in the neighboring villas. Meals for all are provided in the dining room of the palace. The cost for this and for tuition is 1,200 francs per month for a three-month course and 1,600 per month for two months. Also the French steamship line has granted a reduction of 30 per cent on {its rates for the students of the school. M. Charles Marie Widor and M. Max d'Ollone are directors of the school. M. Widor is composer, organist and secretary of the Institute de France. M. d’Ollone is a grand prix de Rome composer and professor at the Paris Conservatoire. Many other famous musicians are included in the teach- ln; staff. rancis Rogers is chairman of the American committee, National Arts building, 119 East 19th street, New York city, should they do so. they would be re- garded as unnatural, ill-bred, vulgar and_ridiculous. “The Russians have also been highly praised for’ their remarkable ensemble work, but the chief reason for ensemble work of such a high order lies in the way Russian plays are written. American plays must coalesce, must have unity; Russlans are very little concerned with th development of a unified story. Thel chief interest lies in merely paint- ing a picture, in achleving a repre- . sentation of what may be called a state of affalrs, like ‘The Lower Depths’ In so far as the complete plcture is concerned. all the charac- ters are equal, yet no individual theme comes to a conclusion. “Thus, with all the characters de- manding an equal interest, the en- semble effect automatically becomes interesting and even impressive. Ido not refer, incidentally, to the skillful handling’ of so-called ‘mob scenes': I refer to the intrinsic features of modern Russian dramaturgy, which are chiefly instrumental in making the ensemble so remarkably impres- sive. MUSICAL INSTRUCTION. WASHINGTON CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC. 1408 N._H. Ave. . 788 ALl Branches Vocal—Myron W, Whitney Violin—Auer Mothod. Piano—Leschitizky Baxophone, Tenor-Banjo & Banjo-Mandoli Start Your Children in Musio! 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