Evening Star Newspaper, April 12, 1925, Page 49

By Helen Fetter. URING the past few months several who have stood in the small company of the musically elect of*the world have passed out of this life. The passing of these great personalities has been decply mourned. lhe latest is Jean de Reszke, whose death was reported from Nice, France, where he died of heart disease, April 3, following a week’s illness from bronchial influenza. Mme. Sophic Traubman, who, with Mme. Schumann-Heink, is among the few surviving members in America of the original company in which Jean de Reszke sang at the Metropolitan Opera House, expressed the | opinion of many when she said, “He was the greatest Tristan that was ever heard in this country, and one of the two greatest Sicgfrieds. He was wonderful in roles such as Romeo and Werther.” In an editorial in the New York Times April 6 eloquent praise of the great tenor is given. It states, in part: “Jean de Reszke died at an opera singer's ripe old age. For the elder generation of operagoers it is not easy to think of the great tenor as having passed his 75th birthday, He retired from the operatic stage as a young man of 52, at a time when a dismayed public was asking, ‘Why does he go now?’ instead of waiting till a wearied public should ask, “Why doesn’t he go?’ He lives in the memorics of an elder generation as the ideal artist in song; as a chief cxponent of refined and subtle and—in no invidious sense—aristocratic art; as one who embodicd. as few have ever done the greatest possibili- ties of the lyric drama. “The emotional quality of his art was kindling, cver ravishing; but there was something there above and beyond sensuous beauty of tone that tugged more strongly at the heart strings. There was a great quality of mind and heart that shone through his art and accounted for its potency. [here were a lofty intelligence, a fine culture, an artistic rectitude and n all-compelling charm_that underlay_everything he did and gave it some of its peculiar quality. Jean de Reszke leit a great mark in the record, an effulgent page in history.” * k k ¥y R. ERNEST NEWMAN, the eminent English critic, who spent last Winter in_America and reviewed the musical events of New York the New York Evening Post, has just published a book entitled ‘A Musical Critic's Holiday” (Adfred Knopf, New York). The title does ot refer to Mr. Newman's labors in New York! It is rather the sum- ming up of the views and tencts of one of the shrewdest and most capable arbiters of music now living. The book is.incidentally a course in the istening to and criticizing of music, especially cotemporary music. It is written in Mr. Newman’s crisp and readable style. * * X HE latest number of Die Musikblatter des Anbruch (Vienna) is de- voted entirely to the cotemporancous musicians of Russia. Special articles deal with Nicolai Miaskowski, Samuel Feinberg (probably the best of these newer men) and Anatol Alexandrow (a disciple of Skiabin). The, Moscow Symphony Orchestra now plays without a conductor, and plays extremely well. for * N the Musical News and Herald (London), the editor, Sir R. R. Terry, differentiates between music lovers and concertgoers: “There is a wide difference between the concertgoer and the music lover. The latter thankfully listens to cvery possible good concert, but his real education | goes on in the home. ¢ He has no belief in vicarious music, save as a means o an end—his wider culture.” A a * % * . T the Opera Comique, in Paris, the fiftieth anniversary of the first performance of “Carmen” was recently celebrated. In these 50 years d in this single house Bizet's opera has been given 1,774 times! Does any one know how many performances there have been of this opera all over the world? And vet it was the failure of the opera, its more than cool reception by public and critics when it first appeared, which hastened the untimely and ever-deplorable death of the composcr * % % k MONG the papers read last year before the Musica London, was one by Dr. ( Here is a pertinent quotation from this paper: “It is not that we who are supposed to represent instructed opinion are not of one mind, #t is that so many of us are apparently of no mind. critically considered, or at least of no mind that we are prepared to assert and uphold with con- viction. There is plenty of enthusiasm f3r music, but there is no com- mensurate exercise of judgment. Casals’ playing of an unaccompanicd suite by Bach is hailed with immense fervor by a public which, in the same place and within the same_hour, will applaud to an equal degree a concerto by Prokoviev. It is conceivable that these works are of equal merit objectively, but it is hardly conceivable that they are of equal moment in the experience of any one discriminating listener.” *® ok x N Music and Letters (London) of April “a doctar of medicine” con- tributes an article on “The Ear.” in which we are reminded that “in the case of the internal car, although its structure has been very care- fully _examined microscopically, nobody has yet been able to produce a satisfactory theory as to its working which has been generally accepted Its working is, in fact, oue of the mysteries of the living body which has been, so far, rather unsatisfactorily explained.” Not very long ago a scientist in South America advanced the highly interesting and plausible theory that our ear, or our sense of hearing, was not really fully developed, and that to this gradual (and in recent times more accelerated), develop- ment we owe in a large degree the astonishing changes which have taken place in the music of the last two or three centuriess The increase of noise which surrounds us is affecting our ears, and through it affecting music. Alas, it seems too true. I Association, in AHE memory of Asger Hamerik, Danish musician, who was director of the Peabody Conservatory of Music, in Baltimore, from 1871 until | 1898, was honored on the night of April 7, when a bronze medallion repre- senting a memorial tribute by .the trustees of the institution was un-| veiled.” Tt is a likeness of Mr. Hamerik, who died in Copenhagen. July 13.| 1923. The unveiling was held connection with the annual manuscript concert of the Alumni Association, which was founded by Mr. Hamerik Among the composers present to perform their own works at this concert was Mary Howe, pianist, of Washington, D, C. * * HE musical miracle play. “The Pilgrim’s Progress,” written by Edgar Stillman-Kelley, American composer, was given recently at Covent Gar- den, London, by the joint choirs of Birmingham and Wolverhampton, numbering 500 persons, under the direction of Joseph Lewis. The concert was broadcast. The soloists were Ursula Greville, editor of the Sackbut: Tohn Coates, noted English tenor. who is shortly to be heard in recital, in New York: Harold Williams, Dennis Noble and John Farrington. The Birmingham Orchestra also took part. Kenneth Curwen, English pub- lisher, and Miss Greville made a special trip to Cincinnati when in the United States recently to arrange the details of this first English per-| formance of the work with Dr. and Mrs. Stillman-Kelley. * * A DDED inducement is given those who are particularly interested in | the works of the modernists to attend the two festivals to be held by | the International Society for Contemporary Music, in Prague May t0 19, and in Venice early in September. The announcement, as published | n the New York papers, contains the following paragraph : “Those interested, especially composers, critics. musical scholars and | conductors, are invited to attend. with reduced visa charges and hali | fares on the State railroads.’ Among the composers to be represented on these programs are Ernest Toch, Roland Manuel. Rudolf Reti, Vittorio Rieti, Paul Amadeus, Risk, Rudolph Karel, Ladislav Vycpalek, Heinrick Kaminski, Gyogy Rosa, Fidelia Finke, Bohuslay Martinu, Vaughn Williams, Krenek, Malipiero, Novak, Milhaud, Stravinsky, Bartok, Paul Duka: The Harvard Glee Club. St. Cecile Quartet. WHAT might be called “dcan of | THE St. Cecile Quartet of New York | collego glee clubs.” the Harvard | editete ilee Club, will give a program at| __ CitY Will give a concert Tuesday| the National Theater April t 4:45 [evening at 8 o'clock in the audi- p.am. The last appearance of this or- [torium of the Second Baptist Church, | zanization in Washinzton was Jan- | Fourth street and Virginia avenue| iary 1, 1924, when it gave a finc |southeast. The personnel of this or- | program. Under the leadership of | ganization is: Homer Burress, first| Dr. Archibald Davison, the club is|tenor; De Los Becker, second tenor: ngaged in ~jts sixth season as a|Alvah Nichols, baritone, and James men's chorus that unique in the | Thomas, bass. Each is a soloist. To- | high type of music presented and the | gether they have succeeded in com- inishcd style of the presentation. |bining their art and voices so that a are 230 members in the entire |rare ensemble has been secured. nd they are members because | This will be the first appearance of really enjoy singing and do not | these singers in the National Capital. mind ‘the hard work involved in|They will be accompanied by their earning difficult and worthwhile com- |director, Robert A. Gaylor, well positions. known in this city as a coach for ad- The composers represented on the |vanced singers and nationally known Harvard Glee Club programs include | through his pesition as director of Sohuetz, Vittoria, Decius, Lotti, Mor- | vocal recording at the Edison phono- ley, Rubinstein, Franck, Sullivan, Ire- | graph laboratories. land, Holst, Elgar and Handel Assisting on the program will be Tickets can be purchased from |two popular local entertainers:| T. Arthur Smith's Concert Bureau, | Arthur B. Pierce, humorous reader, 1306 G street northwest and Durwood Bowersox, violinist. The concert is given under fhe | auspices of the Simpson Bible class of the Second Baptist Church. — Rebew Public Rehearsal. 'HE Rebrew Orchestra, under the direction of H. W, Weber, gave the fourth of its series of public re- hearsals recently in the lecture room of XKeller Memorial Church. The soloists were Helen Hanlein, so- prano, who sang “The Rosary” and “Vale”; Marcel Prevost, baritone, whose numbers included “There Is Sunlight in Your ' and “Brown Birds Singing,” and F. A. Buell, who gave “The Lost Chord™ and “Then You'll Remember Me.” Mrs. John G. Klein and'Mrs. E. L. Weber, accompanied the singe; The orchestra numbers included “Battle of the Waves” (Hall), overture, “Pique Dame’ (Suppe); reverie, ‘“‘Sunset Land” (Kawepla): selections from “Lilac T}lc De Sayn Quartet. HE Elena De Sayn String Quartet, appearing Wednesday evening at the First Congregational Church, will be heard in a program of classic and modern composers. The combination of one, two, three and four instru- ments will be featured. g The concert is under the auspices and for the benefit of the Business Women's Counci The members of the quartet are: Elena de Sayn, Frieda Irwin, Lydia Brewer and Her- | man Sevely ; The program will be: = “Suite in old Style for String Quartet” (Jan| Brands Buys); duets for violin and| cello, “Berceus and “Etude” (Gliere); trio for violin, viola and cello (Beethoven) children’s tone pic- tures, “Little Gnomes Meeting ¥rog,” “In the Swing, A Frolic,” vision du Monde Antique,” “A Lit- orge Dyson on “Criticism of the Living." | | given by her at | zer. THE SUNDAY STAR, DrvorA NADVORNEY A New Pianist Here. 1ECZYSLAW M(',\'Z‘ the Polish pianist, will be "heard in recital iday evening at 8:30 o'clock at the Central High School. Auditorium un- der the auspices of the Community enter Depart- ment of the Pub- e Schools. This will be the last concert in the students’ cotirse.” This young ar- s 4 tist made a suc- ’ i3 - cessful tour of the West recently He toured Aus- traliz last Sum- mer. Recently he appeared as solo- ist with the Bos- ton Symphony Or- chestra and Kous- sevitzky. This will be his first ap- hington. Mr. Munz hel Leginska in the tal scheduled to be the time of her sud- den disappearance. His program will nclude “Organ Toccata, Adagio and Fugue, C Major™ (Bach-Busoni); “Moonlight Sonata," Opus 27, No." 2’ (Beethoven); “Mepuet" (Rameau-Godowsky), “Moment Musi- cal (Schubert - owsky), “Tango (Albeniz-Godowsky), “Prelude, G Major” (Rachmaninoft); “Etude Tableaux, B Minor” (Rachmaninoff): ‘Etude Tableaux, E Flat Major” (Rachmaninoff); “Nocturne” {Cho- pin), “Mazurka” (Chopin), “Valse" (Chopin), and “Polonaise, Opus 53" (Chopin) Tickets are on sale at Mrs, Wilson- Green's Concert Bureau, Thirteenth and G streets M. MUNZ. pearance in Wa substituted for E New York rec “Gold Star" Concert. A CONCERT under' auspices of the Gold Star Department, District | of Columbia® Chapter, American ‘War Mothers, will be given in Parish Hall Wednesday at The program will be “The Star Spangled Banner,” United States Marine Band Orchestra, under direction of Henry C. Stgphan; cornet solo, selected, Arthur S. Witcomb: soprano solo, “Yesterday and Today" (Spross), Ruby Smith Stahl: quartet, “Isle. of Beauty ¥are Thee Well”, (Behrend) and “Daybreak” (Fan- ning), Mrs. Stahl, soprano: Goldie D. Hutchins, contralto; Hilbert D. Krat- tenor. and John H. Marville, baritone, with Robert M. Ruckman accompanist: piano “Waltz in G” (Chopin) 1 Etude’ (MacDowell), Tva Bethe or solos, “The Old tefrain’ (Kreisler) and “Mother Machree” (Ball), Hilbert D. Kratzer: Nordica String Quartet “Andante Cantabile” (Tschaikowsky) and “Chanson Triste” (arr. Deloss), B. W. Delos first mandoli R. A Koontz, second wmandolin; Philip Floria, tenor mandola; Raymond Hart. cello mandola; reading, “Mac- beth,” act I, scene V (Shakespeare), Mrs. E. J. Deeds; United’ States Ma- rine Band Orchestra, medley, select- ed: contralto solos. “Dawn” (Curran) and “I Am Thy Harp” (Woodman), Mrs. Hutchins; baritone solos, “I Send My Heart Up to Thee” (Brans- combe) and “Mother o’ Mine" (Tours) John H. Marville the Night in Starlight or- dica String Quartet, “Chant Sans Paroles” (Tschaikowsky) and _“Gon- dolier Song” (Mendelssohn), Deloss; United States Marine Band Orchestra, selected. The Five-String Cello. ROF. VLADIMIR KARAPETOFF, noted.Cornell scientist and musi- cian, who -will give a musical here April 23, is credited with having de- veloped the_five-string cello. This unusual instrument, equipped with a fifth metallic string, will be demon- strated during the course of Prof. Karapetoff's concert at the National Museum under the —auspices of the Cornell Alumni Society. The usual cello has but four strings, tuned at C, G, D and A, the A being one octave lower than the violin A. Because ‘of the heavier strings and the greater distances, higher positions are more difficult ‘on the cello than on the violin, Prof. Karapetoff points out. Difficulties in playing in tune and also in obtaining a mellow tone are encountered, because of the stiff- ness of the strings. In the eighteenth century Johann Sebastian Bach strove to overcome these difficulties of higher pesitions, according to the professor, by adding a fifth string—an I, one octave below the violin E. He even wrote a beau- tiful sonata for such a five-stringed instrument.” Sporadic efforts have been made ever since to add a Epiphany 8 o'clock. its range upw: use of high positions on thick strings, but these efforts were unsuccessful because no gut required strain. Viadimir Karapetofl approached the problem from the point of view of an engineer and physicist. He found that only the best piano steel tle Girl Imploring Her Mother,” “A sad Story Which Ends Well” (Rebi- #kow);: “Scherzo” (Ippolitow-Ivanow); ~Quartet in @ Minor” (Grieg), Domino” (Cavallier), “Black Quean,” overture, and “Deed of the Pen,” march, wire was suitable for this purpose. The five-string ceflo is now consl ered & successful accomplishment. fith | string to the cello, in order to extend | The first part will start at 4 rd and to avoid the|the afternoon and last till 6 | could withstand the | arg WASHINGTON, D. 0,5 APBIL . 12, SHINGTON AUDITORIUM. Tomcorrow The Pirates of Penzance. ARRY WHEATON HOWARD, leader in local music circles, will present the choir boys and girls of Immaculate Conception Church in their fifth semi-annual operatic per. formance, in the Immaculate Conce tion School and 24, for the benefit of the chur The work performed will be Gilbert and Sullivan's popular operetta, “Pi rates of Penzance. Those taking part will include Ger- trude Becker, Elizabeth Black, Irene Bontz, Julia Burke, Louise Butler, Margaret Cullow, Dorothy Carll, Ma- bel Carll, Carrie Chilhoupe, Mary Connell, Ellzabeth Danhakl, Agnes Dowd, Margaret Dowd. Florence Driscoll, Margaret Driscoll, Margaret Fallon, Helen Garver, Dorothy Gra- ham, Ruth Hamilton, Eleanor Hop kins, Ann Loveless, Mary Catherine Loveless, Frances McDonnell, M. addern, Helen Mayer, Alexine Mitchell, Mary Moore, Catherinc Pope, Mary Powegs, Helen Russell atherine Ryan, Estelle Stehle, Annic Sweeney, ~Sara Sweeney, Louisc Sweeney, Helen Walsh, Margaret Wholihan, Florence Marguerite Yo- cum; Richard Babcock, Joseph Bar- ker, George Beuchler, Martin Boli ton, Robert Callow, Leroy De Meza, Wratt Edwards, Arthur Eilis, Thor Gallagher, William Hannan, Bernard Hillyard, Raymond King, Charles Mason, Maurice Miller, George mann rederick Nolan, Vincent Principe, Fred Ritz, B obeson John Ruane, Eddie Sheahin, Freddic Sheahin, Roland Stehle, John Swee- ney; Angelo Vammino and Paul Vassar. auditorium, 'April u- R Garsl Parsell: CAP.YL. BENSEL will be heard in Washington April 20 in the fourth promenade concert of the All-Ameri- can serles being held at the May- flower Hotel, when a program fea. turing opera mumbers will be given Miss Bensel is well known in the East and South. She is said to po sess “a yoice of unusual beauty which she uses skilfully and with under- standing of the finer clements of in- terpretation and phrasing Tickets for this cencert are on sale at the Mavflower Hotel and at Homer L. Kitt's, 1330 G street northwest. Jascha Heifetz Next Sunday. WASHI.\‘GTO\‘ will opportunity to Heifetz, famous young nearly two vears next Sunday eve- ning at the Washington Auditorium. when he will give a_concert featuring Grieg's “Sonata in C Minor.” He ex- pects to leave the United States fo! a tour of KEurope and the shortly after this performance has already given his farewell cert in New York City. Mr. Heifet will be accompanied by Isidor have the only hear Jascha viplinist, for and | z’ | | 1 2 o 925—PART VAN IVANTZOTP “The Bgrber of_sueville.q‘ IOACHINO ROSSINT'S popular “The Barber of Seville will be presented by the Washington Opera Company under the direction of Edouard Albion at the Washington Auditorium tomorrow night at 8:15 o'clock, with Feodor Chaliapin, Tus- sian basso, as featured actor- singer. The leading roles will be played by the. following. Tina Paggi, tura soprano: Jose Mojica Devora Nadworney, soprano; apin and Paolo Ananian, bas Ivantzoff, baritone; Albert man, bass. Jacques Samoussoud duct the orchestra. The chorus has Deen training under Kurt Hetzel of Munich A feature of the performance that should have definite appcal to many who will be in the section of the audience seated on the first floor will be the raising of the seats at the back of the auditorium to make them more practical and make it possible for those seating there to see the etter. Although more radical opera, colora- tenor; Chali- Ilse Niemack, Violinist. LSE NIEMACK, a voung violinist who id to have remarkable talent and fine finish in her playing, though only 20 years of age, will be heard in recital at Rauscher's Thu day night at 8§ when she will be the soloist for the meeting of the Towa State . So- ciety at a pro- gram to be fol- lowed by dancing Miss Niemack was soloist with the Chicago Sym- phony Orchestra when she was only 14 vears old and created a sen- sation when she played with the New York State Orchestra at Car- 11 this vear. She concert work for during _ that time ILSE NIEMACK. negie Hall March toured Europe in two years and Orient [plaved with the Berlin Philharmonic | Orchestra. She is stopping in Wash- |ington to give this one recital before the West is to She for an extended native of lowa and going tour. a hron and will play Joseph Achron's|thus is particularly interested in the composition, a first time in program. Tickets for this chased from ' Peggy Bureau, in Jordan's, streets, Romanesca,’ Washington _in recital can be pur- Thirteenth and G for the |St this { Tt Albion’s - Concert | n te Society meeting at this time. probable that Miss Niemac include the Lale “Spanish Sym- phony” in her program Thursday zht. She received special praise for her playing of that work in the New York recital. will SOLOISTS WITH BACH CHOIR IN ‘B MINOR MASS’ CHARLES T. TITTMANN MABELLE ADDISON ‘With Back Choir ~ Waskungton Avditoriume. -+ Thursday THE famous Bach. Choir of Bethle- hem, Pa., composed of 2{0 singers, assisted by soloists and the Phila- delphia. Symphony Orchestra, will present what many compilers of musical works have called the greatest musical composition, Bach's “B Minor Mass,” at the Washington Auditorium Thursday afternoon and ovening. Because of the length of the work, it is given in two parts, as Wagner's opera “Parsifal” is given in it will be resumed at S o'clock be concluded about 9:45 p.m The performance is given under the auspices of the Conference Fellowship Through Music, which numbers among its members many who are prominent in official and religious lines as well as in the musical world. ~ Representatives of nearly every country which has a wmission In Washington and-governors and Then | for World | of many of the States of the-Union will be present. The soloists will be the same as have sung the leading parts in many of the performances in Bethlehem, where the mass is sung every May. This is the first time that it will be given in Washington by the choir. Charles Trowbridge Tittmann, well Xnown bass of this city, will sing his accustomed role. Other soloists are Mildred Faas, soprano; Mabel Addison, contralto, and cholas Douty, tenor. Tickets for the performances are € T. Arthur Smifh’s Concert 1306 G street northwest. While the choir is in town the members will be entertained at many luncheons and dinners. including a tea at the Women's City Club, given by the members of the Friday Morning Music Club, following the choir’s reccption at the White. House by President amd Mrs. Coolidge, Tvan | will | changes in this regard are contem- plated for next season, even the slight elevation will be welcome. An interesting story is told of the first performance of this opera in | Rome in 1815. It seems that the | opening night was one of stormy | weather. Many music lovers had de- | clared in advance that Paesiello, who Lad written an opera for the same libretto, could mnot be surpassed Garcia, the tenor, was hissed when Le fumbled in tuning the strings of his guitar. Bazile (the role sung by Chaliapin in this performance) stumbled when he made his entrance and nearly broke his nose. At end of the second act a cat ran across the stage and it is recorded that the entire audience “mewed.” Rossini refused to conduct the orchestra at the second performance, time he was sought to respond tc enthusiastic applause, for the success of the “Barbiere” was positive. This opera has, in fact, been called | “the masterpicce of the Italian buffa | opera The score was written in 13 days A Prodigy Violinist. RE/ things predicted for Milton Schwartz, 15-year-old vio- linjst of this city, who will appear in recital at the National Theater next 3:30 o'clock. The York studying are | | sunday afternoon at lad s been in New | for the past five years “He is the successor of Kubelik was the spontaneous | prophecy said to have been made by | Walter Damrosch. after he had heard | Milton play in New York recently Time alone will determine the ac curacy of that prediction, but it is interesting to study the parallel in I the two careers. Kubelik was just 5 years ¢ld when his musicianship and gift for the violin first became manifest. Milton's genius became ap- parent at the same age Milton appeared in his first recital in this city when he was 9 years old. At the time he was a pupil of Josef Kaspar. His playing produced some- | thing of a sensation and he won high acclaim o e Easter Monday Music on the White Lot. | AT the White House 3330 p.m., during the traditional | egg-rolling concert by the United | states Marine Band—William H. San- telmann, leader; Tayler Branson, sec- ond leader—will be given The program will include: March, Universal Freedom” (Blankenburg): overture, “Zampa” (Herold); valse intermezzo, “Spring Zephyrs® (Ves- sella); garnd scenes from “Faust” (Gouned); waltz, “Gold and Silver” (Lehar); ballet music, “Henry the Eighth” (German); “Grand Fantasia of ‘Scotch Songs and Dances,” com- piled by Lampe; “The Star Spangled Banner. There: will be no concert at the Marine Barracks tomorrow (Monday,) afternoon, April 13 tomorrow at Frederic Dixon and James Stanley. American WO artists won hearty flower Hotel Jast Monday night in the third promenade concert. They were Frederic Dixon, young pianist from Nebraska, and James Stanley, popu- lar baritone of New York Mr. Dixon, who recéived all his training in this country, showed ex- cellent . taste, “as well as a patriotic loyalty, in opening his program with the vivid onata Eroica,” by the American composer, Edward Mac- Dowell. It is a work filled with fas- cinating melodies and is exceedingly descriptive. The big chords of the first movement are. remarkably con- trasted with” the delicate finesse of the elfin music in the second move ment. Mr. Dixon's te-“nique is clean cut and has convinc.:g -surety. His arpeggios and glissandos are clear and exquisitely done. His soft- est tones ‘have roundness and his chords are not “banged ou He also plays Chopin._.in .an individual style with the Chopin tone color, but with original interpretation. The two waltzes: were particularly enjq able. He also has a delightful per- sonality Mr. Stanley has a voice of rich quality, excellent stage presence and fine enunciation. He is an artistic interpreter of songs The audience | was especially enthusiastjc over. his clever presentation of Frank Bibb's | arrangement of the old French son | “Aved mes S&lbols“ (listed on the pro- gram as “Les'Trois Capitaines”), Val- verde's “Clavelitos,” Dobson's “Ca goes,” “The Mad Dog,” by Lehmann; Messhger's “Long Ago in Alcala” and “The Blind Ploughman,” by Clarke. IEIM\H'JI‘ Stark Stan! ‘was her hus- band's sympathetic accompanisty | for | that theater dur- | with ! York Philharmonic | season, MUSIG AROLD PEASE, organist at the| Tivoll. Theater, has won special | commendation for the fino taste he showed in music chosen for the pro- grams _arranged children at Saturday mornings this Winter. He has replaced jazz with good music, cal- culated to in- crease the chil- ren’s innate mu- sical sense and develop interest in such works as will lead later to sincere apprecia- tion of real music on the part of theso children when they are grown His last program lowe's “Ameri Kreisler's “Old “Lullaby” from works, light, value. Particularly interesting was his| accompaniment to a one-reel fantasy entitled “Voice the Nightingale,” an arrangement that included its from Bendix’s “Gentle Dove” and ‘The Brokenheart, Sparrow,” To bani’s ¥Nightingale and the Minstrel and Lake’s “In a Bird Store Several plans for more elaboratc music for next year's children’s pro- grams are now under consideratior by Mr. Pease and Mrs. Locher ing HAROLD PEASE. included McFar- the Beautiful,” Refrain,” the famous “F and other | t ¢ musical | but o Esther Dale, American soprano, has just been announced as the soloist of | the first Sunday conc o w n New York next with Mr. Mengelberg as con- ductor. Last Summer Miss all-French program for the Frenct School at Middlebury, Vt., where t audience was made up entirely of tive Frenchmen Last week this versatile singer pre sented an all-German program at the Liederkranz Society in New York and now comes a request from Dale sanz arn an- ! know. the | vet at that| the great | applause from the large audience | that filled the ballroom of the May- | other Summer school in Vermont an all-Spanish program. Nowadays knowing how to not the only thing sing a singer mu Alice Eversman, opera and con singer, who has taught in Washin ton this season, left Central Ametica to flll operatic engagements Miss Eversman, well known through | her former connection with the Met- | ropolitan and Chicago opera | sing in “Madame Butterf “Il Trovatore,” “Tosca,” * Boheme,” valleria Rusticana Pagliacci” and other standa operas. in 8- 1 Jack Charlton Ward will be the so- [ 1ofst at the 11 o' | Myer Chapel, | Hom singing “Al A. Norris, uia,” by Friends of Delphine Desio. | street northwest, will be to learn that she appeared in a recital given in the auditoriu | of the Combs Conservatory of Musi | Philadeiphia, where she is studying | ptano. Miss Desio p! umann’s “Warum 211 E Don Jose Mojica, Mexican tenor of the Chicago Civic Opera Co., the { guest of Victor L. Boenau at his stu- | dio on Nineteenth street. Mr. Mojica will sing a leading role in t ington Opera Co.’s product Barber of Seville,” Thomas McGranahan shaw Opera Co.. who has been | guest of Mr. Boenau for the { week, has returned to New York. Mrs. J. J. Underwood entertained the Dalgleish Music Study Club Mon- day night, when the musical program was given by Margaret Hughes, El Snelling and Mrs. Underwood. Clara Stack read an interesting sketch of the life of Schumann. Thejaccompanist of the evening was Paulhe Knoeller. | May Hunter Wilbur, who for a num- ber of years past has been organist {of the Central Presbyterian Church {has been granted an extended leave of absence, during which time place will be filled by Kath 1t Fowler and Letitia Elliott Stew i n of the rt | |3 | | Shreve Heartsi ock service at Fort | interested | e Wash- | J her | RAPHS John R. Monroe presented Fdith Miller Haring, soprano, in a recital a Advent Parish Hall recentlv. Kath erine Riggs, harpist, assisted Tie singer's numbers included w Arditi, Barthelemy, Veracini, Brahms, Schubert, Bizet Massenet, Handel, Burleigh and Chadwick s Wagnes de Lars Ronald J. P. Matthews, a resident ington for several years xnd by profession, has just had a published by th sitable Corporation ~entitled “An Aecr Heaven of W Beginning September New England Conservator Boston, Mass., will offer courses leading to the bachelor of music and ba school mu The former plates an extension of work in a major advance of requirements ploma as they have been recent years, together with adva work n harmony, theory count point, etc., and the addition of nume ous cultural courses ingl psychology, histors guages and fine The course for the of school music of work in add hensive three-ye came effective of Mus four-y degree elor of cour: two subject for the odern degree bachelo provides a full 3 to the which 1 September r course At the ann the Knig Re Quartet, sustained Koontz, contralto; tenor, and Francis P. accompanied by Mrs at the organ and by several pieces Ibert J. Gerr orchestr. The Imperial Male Quartet, cor posed of W. Arthur McCoy, first tenc George . Andersor d_teno J. Benton Webb 1d ¥ P. Heartsi give an ir terosting Wednesday ev ning at 1l Heights' Chris tian Park road nor west heard in t mbers, and w a Botkin, vic reader, and t J. Benton W This concert auspices ¢ church. wil “lude ins by the De bar ¢, 3 bass, progr. m = will t Church st; Alida Johnson De Koven Mr will be piano. | to be unde numbers selec Gleaners The mental Trio; (Thompson Parks), “A (O'Hara), the q ed, Alida Johnso ing” (Speaks), Mr. Still With Thee Rested” (Loeh violin solo, “Ador: Eugenia Bot nderson) | mental Trio; quartet (Borowsk Mr. Selectio tenor M: M | Miss Johnso | Down to Rio™ | “Asleep in the I (Petrie), “Ken v Babe” (Geibel), “De Sandma (Proth e quartet Googins, organist at gave an interest organ Apr Handel dley Buck, James Dawes | numbers includea Boellman . Du Schubert dent C Roge Pr Cen time home Mrs. on ear! Mrs. F: that period Paul Bleyden I sing the tenor so be presented by Maryland Orator | fourth annual fest 12 M. soloist from W sololsts are New gers. Homer ofithe sroaustion University « Choru and 14 | Plans are under way for an eve- ning of music under the Lincoln Circle, April 22, at 1223 Fair- mont street northwest. Both Army and Navy will be represented on the program. Mrs. E. J. Deeds s in charge of the affair. Franceska Kaspar Lawson has just been engaged as soloist for the con cert to be given by the D. A. R April 24, during the convention. Ma- =1 uspices o | Helen | has been udy work: | modern composers for th | this Winter with Kat will sail for Italy Apr 15 to spend the Summer in Italy and Paris She will probably return shington_to work here early next Fall Gans of Phi & the Princeton The AR bel Finch Rawlings will be her ac companist. Among her numbers wiil be included Candlyn’s song, “Little { Tell-Tale,” the words of which were written by Caroline Sumner, a mem- |ber of the New York State D. 4. R | Plays New Tone Poem. HE United States Marine Band Or- chestra will give its Apri at 8:30 p.m n at the Marine racks A tur 1 the i phony Friday, band auditorium special fea- of this cert will be first performanc of the tone-poen: “Indians of Amer- ica” by Principal Musician Sieg- fried Scharbau | Mr. Scharbau has been a member of | the band for over | eighteen vears. He has several meritorious com- positions his credit. Principal Musician Robert E. Clark, the trombone soloist - Verdi's “Celeste 5. SCHARBAU. of the band, will pl Aida.” The overture to “The Roman Carni- val,” by Berlioz, will open the pro- gram Capt.. Santelmann's _waltz suite “The Debutante,” and Dvorak's fifth symphony, opus 85, popular under the title “The New World Symphony,” will complete the program k 7‘\. l'.- VA‘ Blue Triangle Hut 20th and B Sts. N.W. Thursday, April 16th 6:00—S:00 P Table d’Hote Dinner, 75¢ For Patrons of Bach Festival MUSICAL INSTRUCTION. Expérienced Vocal Teacher, ally for diction and tone placement, has a e ‘oped leason hours. $2 per jggson. N. 5316, MISS AMY CLEMENT LEAVITT PIANO, VOICE AND HARMONY Coaching and _Accompanying 706 Fleventh Street N.W. Apartment 5 SUMMER SCHOOL Washington Cellege of Music —Twenty-First Year— Special term from June 22 to September 7. OHRISTIANI—CARTER—ROBERTS— OWST and & full corps of assistants will teach. 71417th St, Year book Fr.4491 C. A. will | evening tomorrow | o’clock. when me stein Club will | Mrs. Charles ¥ Rock Cheek Ch enjo. a m 8 to 10 of the Rubin the home Hughes 3 = w at r ph road 1ic Week. ire A Danish Mus DANISH X the R Denma auspices of Copen hagen the | under ma jes Denmark _are and the Danish of state, the secretary of educatio and the lord mayor of the City openhagen ave honorary president the committee The feature of this “week” is a pro gram of characteristic national Danish scenic compositions as well as operas. operas comiques and ballets. The pro gram will consist exclusively of Danish music represented by such wel known composers as I. P. Har ma; Niels W. Gade, Peter Heis P. E. Lange-Muller, Carl Nieclsen | sust Enna, Fini Henriques and | kon Boerresen Invitations to attend the have been extended to foreign cal experts and repres International Music Press inary program has bee drafted containing such Danish music | .iden Kirsten” (Little Christie), | “Et Folkesagn” (A Legend), “Drot o& Marsk” (King and Liege), “Der var engang” (Once upon a time), “Den Lille Havfrue” (The Little Mermaid), Masquerade,” “Kaddara” (an opers. with a subject from Greenland), and other compositiens. ___MUSICAL INSTRUCTION. _ ‘Washington Conservatory of Music 1408 New Hampshire Ave. Adjaining No. 1 Dupont Girole OLIN _PIANO—VOICE AND % OTHER DEPARTMENTS EDGAR T. PAUL—Voice (Now teachin; member_of our SPRING TERM —APRIL 18th 7858, YEAR BCOK. PRACTICE ROOMS. SAXOPHONE Piano, Tenor Banjo, Guitar, Drums, etc. | In 10 to 20 Lessons Rag, Jazz and Popular Music a specialty. Come 'in, write or phone for booklct. Free lensons it yon buy instrument from us. CHRISTENSEN SCHOOL OF MUSIO 1322 G Bt. N.W. Main 1278, BESSIE N. WILD Yoice Culture, Piano and Harmony Studio, 6 Walter T. Holt Studios TENOR BANJO, MANDOLIN, GULITAR, BANJO. HAWAIIAN SUITAR AND UKULELE. Engemble Practice with the Nordica Clube. Established 1894. PHONE COL. #46. 1801 COLUMBIA *9 Que of this H fa.