Evening Star Newspaper, October 23, 1927, Page 65

M 1 BY HELEN FETTER. T is always interesting to note the development of individuality and so-called “trend” of styles in a new music season. For music seasons do have “styles” and “trends” just as much as other things in this world which is inhabited by humanity, in which restlessness and desire for change each year seem- ingly hecome more dominant char- acteristics. One of the features that appear to be especially developing during the season 1927-1928, musically, is that of the muwsic lecture. From time to time during past years there have been occasional lectures on musical subjects, but since the dis- continuance of the very popular and worth-while “explanatory programs” of the New York Symphony Orches- tra_with Dr. Walter Damrosch as| leader and lecturer, there has been no noticeable concerted effort along the lectural line in Washington in conjunction with music. Now, this year, several well de- fined apd separate projects have raised their heads almost simultane- ously above the music horizon and promise an intriguing m wit, knowledge and musical enter- tainment on various occasions dur- g the .coming months. The first of such programs to be presented by any group, and an ex- ceedingly distinctive predecessor for those that follow, was the lecture last Wednesday night given by Cari Engel. chief of the music division of the Library of Congress, at the \Vashington College of Music. The lecture was the first of a series out- tined by Mrs. Roberts of the college staff. The next speaker will be Dr. dwin ‘N. C. Barnes, director of music in the public schools Mr. Engel's subject was “The Be- ginnings of Opera,” a talk which he made—or rather, to quote him ex actly, a paper which he read—last Fehruary before the students of the Curtis Institute of Music in Phila- delphia. Any one who is familiar with the remarkable wit and literary ability of this writer-musician can readily see that, combined with his unusual personality in presenting any subject, a talk by bound to be both illuminating and thoroughly enjoyable. In its ad- mirable close-knit fashion, this par- ticular “paper” set forth the rea- “culturally, socially and musi- y irth and tender years of growth of that “blue ribbon brid of the arts,” opera, upon which the highly worthy dilettantes of the | Florentine renaissance did not “stumble” (as Mr. Engel stated an- other authority would express it). but rather evolved in a fashion that was quite as natural and inevitable as the discovery of America by Co- + lumbus a comparatively short time previously. The temptation is strong to go on into further quotation of some of | the many choice expressions and quirks of humor that lifted this sub- ject to a plane of color and reality for the audience of Mr. Engel’s “paper” yet never once deviated from the matter at hand though ad- vancing to the vanguards of jazz in the range of its time and territory. However, it would seem inevitable that some time or another in the near future some publication will print the paper in its entirety, which is the only just way of presenting it to those not.fortunate enough to have heard Mr. Engel read jt him- self the other night. b *® & % A OTHER distinguished musical authority who will present a lecture more in a recital form with musical illustrations, in the near future, is Sigmund Spaeth, a man who has played many parts in the diversified game of “earning one's living” in this world. Mr. Spaeth will talk on “Jazzmania.” To revert to lectures more nearly native to this soil (at the present time, at least), Miss Julia Schelling, . sister of the pianist-composer Ernest Schelling, and herself notably asso- ciated with musical matters, is giv- ing lectures—also on operatic sub- jects—in the Jordan studios, as a preliminary preparation for those, who wish to hear the festival week of opera to be presented by the Washington, Opera Company in early December. Whereas in re- ligious matters the would-be pilgrims fast in preparation for the great| festival; in matters operatic, the] method of procedure seems quite contrary and the would-be opera- goers enjoy a feast.of literary-musi- cal preparation before the festival that is to open with M. Themas’ “Mignon” and continue for six nights in Washington with a lull in the mid- dle: of that time—if an opera-ball may be called a “lull,” for closer ac- quaintance between the stage-folk and the audience. Miss Schelling's lectures, which started last Thurs- day afternoon and are free to the ublic, will be held on Mondays and hursdays and begin in the after- noon at 4 o'clock. ) The Washington Community Cen- ter department, the Washington So- ciety of Fine Arts and the Public Library have gotten gheir ambitious heads together and evolved 3 series of fine lectures, including twé musi- cal events (the first the Spaeth talk above mentioned), on various sub- jects for the current season. The Jewish Community Center, too, is publishing a list 02 fascinat- ing attractions that have not a little of the educational or lecture atmos- phere in the background. Even the radio, via Station WMAL, is instituting some lecture kinks in it§ programs that seem to be meeting with marked approval from the audiences “on the air.” Frank Kimmel, in charge of the Jordan Music Forum, is adapting the Damrosch formula ta a certain extent in taking excerpts from the + composition that is to be presented and having these bjts played as illustrations of terse program note comments previous to the playing of the work as a whole. And, most encouraging symptom of all, Mr, Kimmel seems to be “getting away with it” most successfully. * % k% REAT good news! Found, at last, after long years of involved searching and much pleading for air and time on the part of music critics ~—a musical personafie willing to un- dertake the refereeship of compiling “dates” for local events musical, not only the big professional, but the emaller, local affairs, in an attempt to diminish as far as possible the complications that have arisen sca- : son after seasop over 3 muyltiplicity fr. Engel is | Ex fuch details skould. of course. be Jeft to the | ' of events on certain dates with arid spaces in between! And that personage is none other than Dorothy De Muth Watson local representative of the maga- zine Musical America. Mrs. Watson under the auspices of the District of Columbia Federation of Music | Clubs, will have a chart for the sea- son listing all dates as they are first announced and avill be glad to notify any who wish to set dates and not conflict with events that may have been scheduled for many months but not generally announced, as to what dates are free. Organizations or individuals ar- ranging concerts please telephone Mrs. Watson at Columbia 5397 or write to her at 1112 Fairmont street northwest. This generous lady who offers a real hoon to musical man- | nymns and golden er THE SUNDAY Colorfully Costumed Choir Sings Here Next Sunday HERE are people who music with their eyes. The antics of a_conductor may convey to them a good deal more about a certain com- position than the actual interpreta- tion by his orchestra. A great virtuoso sometimes falls purely hecause his ap- pearance is out of all harmony with the music he interprets. The matter of dress, for the same reason, is care fully attended to by all prima donnas who bid for public favor. No doubt, these were the considerations which prompted Basile Kibalchich, conduc- tor of the Russian Symphonic Cholr which appears mext Sunday evening at the Jewish Community Center, in Washington, to select national Rus- sian costumes for his company, which would make it a_picturesque group and harmonize with the music it sings. Indeed, it would be rather incong ous to hear the famous Volga boat- man song interpreted by a group men and women dressed in the c ventional evening frock and Thus, the costume selected by Kibalehich is a combination of old Russian dress of the nobles and the colorfulness of the peasantry of Ukraine. How eminently he succeed- ed is testified by the following com. | ment of the New York World: “It was a brilliant ter of cherubic wns and blue and scarlet costumes, for this decora- kind in Washington is chairman of the Washington Composers’ Club, | which recently affiliated with the | federation, and is very active in| Imus’iral interests of the Arts Ciub | of Washington, the Congressional | Country Club and the Pen Women's | League. ! * X x % | HE program by the orchestra of the new Fox Theater that was given last Sunday afternoon to test the local interest in symphonic pro- grams met with unusual approval, judging by the large audience that| came the hour ahead of the theater’s regular program, though the weather | outside was most tempting and beau- tiful. It is probable that these pro- grams will be continued, though at the time this column goes to press official directions have not been re- ceived from the New York head- quarters. Incidentally, in the Roxy Theater in the “big city,” the special or- chestral programs are given Sunday mornings at 11 o'clock and are even more ambitious in the type of symphonic works chosen for presen- tation. Today the soloist with Roxy's orchestra of 110 men in the New York house will be the famaus contralto, Margaret Matzenauer. Also at the Capitol Theater in the metropolis a popular symphonic concert scheduled for a Sunday morning program lists the American spprano Anna Case. as the soloist. | * ok ok % ! ORE than one musician has risen up in righteous wrath at the idea of a contest to “finish” chubert’s famous uncompleted | ymphony in B Minor.” The latest. | and one given perhaps the most publicity of all, is Ossip Gabrilo- witsch, conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and a fine pianist. Mr. Gabrilowitsch - with- drew his name from the printed list | of those sponsoring the endeavor. with a dramatic flourish and the statement that the suggestion was as ridiculous as a plan to model arms for the Venus de Milo, In an effort to readjust any of the public mind that might have been fired to follow the irate Mr. Gabrilowitsch in his attitude, Fred- erick N. Sard, executive director of the national headquarters of the Schubert Centennial in New York has issued for publicaton the follow- ing letters that show that even the suave Dr. Walter Damrosch was a bit upset by the Gabrilowitsch inci- | dent until “reassured by Mr. Sard! himself: 1 am zencral manager ‘of this Ty it 16 as successful a U fave the recent CAR accent vo in: tion, the urpose of thy t Lfi:d@ mnu:flem:: e e ehen'd » “competition 'could e fostering 2 . proper ration: "ol ¢l genius of our i 2"but 1 feel id be tmoy that some Sonld take un the pen that Se lown _and write the two missing movements of the work in such a manner as fo make it appear as a logical and complate expres of Schubert's individual cenius. But I do think that a e mposer Who has a real adora. tion ‘and enthusiasm for Schube ¥rite two svmphonie movement without slavishly endeavoring to imitate ‘the ‘hubert manner.' could he a kingd of apothe. osia of the master of melody. They might express something of the re feel for him and for the indescriba tiful message which his m lavishly poursd out for osin_mieht today ‘hubert _laid we e by beas elodic invention * us. Such an apothi contain in loving reverence of Schubert's own melodies rio in the Scherzo movement len revelation during the finale J er as a 4 A sudd faney of o but it seems to mi Dezr Mr. e i correct that on these lines a ‘very interesting; cor briate’ for & Schubert Centennial *and ) WALTER DAMROSCH. | grajrman of the American jury."has - he piirpose Tan"aceord tribution ‘10 our symphonie 1 h made. something which would pe. apheo: priate for a_Sch {H individual Be 0t 3 Iiving composer, 0" 1o (R vy Sincerelr Vi, sncerels youss October 3. 19/ Damrosch—Your letter of in, regoonse ' ur *Invitation i1 motives and 1] Waare "t lmh)l“;::‘" views, and we shall without any | above al orthy ute o the Eanitis ‘of Schu: use 0f hin sketches for the Ssmphony or any "otber’ S.hubert mes, ia oubional. omplishing this pu we the pithii- cation of your letier Wil be Beloril. and i hore you ‘will give us permission to do so Faithfully yours. 1Signed.) FREDERIC N. SARD. | October 4. 1927, | o Dear Mr. Sard—I am glad to hear from Lo that’ qur views regarding the propossd Schubert Centennial prize competition a; dccord. and I shall epnsider it a_great pl | iire 10 officiate as chairman of the American Juzy in thie tion. | hope this _competition will bring forth A work bued with the importance of the event it shall help to commemorate. Vers cerely vours, WALTER DAMROSCH. - | Mme. Schumann-Heink's “Farewell." LTHOUGH the stage career of °% Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink | is scheduled to close with the fare- | | well tour she 15 now making and which will bring her to Washington | —under the local management of T Arthur Smith—to sing October 31 at the Washington Auditorium, the pub- | lic career of this great American artist will not terminate with it. Seldom has an announcement been | of more widespread interest than the one concerning the future plans of the great contralto. Mme. Schumann- Heink has divided her plans into two classifications, with one purpose behind both: First, she will devote much of her future time to teaching young American singers the prin- ciples, technique and accomplishment of musical art, and secondly, she will endeavor to bring music to the point where it will be a dominant factor in American life, Toward the accomplishment of these aims Mme. Schumann-Heink has set hepself; but, due to the physi- cal strain coincident with the sing- ing of 75 concerts during this tour, no actual beginning of this work will be made during the current season. Her work a teacher will not be localized except for the necessity of having general headquarters in New York. From there, extending throughout the country and operating somewhat like a syndicate, she plans 1o teach the best of her art, gleaned .from a halt century of exPgIienge. be a b | bert and that the | inor emey v 1Signed.) tive group is as cheerful to look at as it is to listen t0.” The ..Harmonious Qllal’te". ! Gives Program Wednesday | HE Harmonio ley Broo White, second tenor: Jarrott B. baritone; Louis €. Minor, ba: Alice A. M. Lewis, a the following rnon Place Methodist Epis-| h South, Wednesday eve-| ning at § p.m.: Religious spirituals (quartet)— a. "Good News > in De Hehen hat a Morning, mebody's Knocking at Your Door." With solo. by J. Stanley Brooks— (quartet)— o S me " (Burleigh). lo. selected. Miss Lowis. Part Two, Tenor solo, “Wade in de Water." J. Stanley Brooks. Arrangaments by H. T. Burleizh— a p River.” b M Humorous selections— ‘a. “Story of the Tack.” B b, “Two Flies. Rasa wnolo. nlr(-'lrd Southern melo: a. “Kentucky Babe. b “Close Harmuny 8 . ." Old Kfln.vuvk irityals (uartet ) — . "’ Lord Gwine ter Move dis Wicked s Home. ace. wing Low, Sweet Chariot.” pal Away. ' . listen to ! | prano. | operatic | “Mignon” with the Washington Na- | | ovening performance of the {ning at 5:40 p.m., DOROTHY SPEARE. “a fine actress” by David | Belasco, accorded the approval of | two continents as a brilliant youns | novelist, and proclaimed by audiences, [ critics, singers and impresarios of Italy as a singer bevond the ordinary, Dorothy Speare, young American so- will make her American | debut in the title role ol tional Opera_in Poli's Theater, Mon- | day night, December 5. New not only to the Capital. hut to the Nation as an opera =inger, Miss Speare’'s apnearance in “Mignon” will add much to the interest of th opera Baltimore Vioiinist In Local Recital 4. C. VAN HULSTEYN. VIOLINIST well known to local musicians is J. C. van Hulsteyn, who is connected with the Baltimore | Symphony Orchestra and also the Peabody Conservatory of Music of the Marylahd city. Friday night of this week, Mr. van Hulsteyn will present the first of two public recitals at the Roosevelt Hotel where he also has established his residence and a studio. In the program Friday the violinist will be assisted by Alexander Sklarev- ki, pianist, who was graduated from the Tmperial Conservatory of Petro- grad, with gold medal honors in 1908, and later studied under Busoni and Wurmser in Berlin and Paris. respec- tively. Howard Thatcher will be the accompanist for Mr. van Hulsteyn. The program. which will begin at 8:30 pm., will"include: “Sonata i i o i sA"eé‘m"mfid-Mrfl:.' for Violin".....Tartini o Larghetto—allegro commodo. Mr. van Hulstes) | S . Borodine g Dorvishis | . Beethoven-Saint Saens h . Wagner-Liszt | Goldmark <. Spoh & n Hiiste: Adagio from for Two by reaue < ©.Van Hulstey Hulsteyn. “Nocturna in F_Minor Mazurka in € Sharp Mipor “Waltz in A Flat Major” Mr. Sklarevs Adagin from “Concerto Fariations in Mr. van Holst “Spanish Rhapsod: yh: Violin lenxtemps Vieuxtemps ‘Thatcher. - .. Liszt Jacques Samossoud Direct: “The King's Henchman' THE transcantinental tour of “The King's Henchman,” Deems Taylor's opera, begins in Washington at Poli’s | Theater, Friday afternoon, November | 4, at 3 o'clock. The production is un- | der the direction of Jacques Samos. | soud, not only musica‘ly, but the or ganization of the entire project is said | to be the practical resuit of his en- | thusiasm for the Taylor Millay opet It s not associated with the Metropoli- tan Opera Company. Before the premiere, at the Metro- politan Opera House last Winter, of this work Mr. Samassoud demon: | strated his interest and belief in *“Tha | King's Henchman” by acquiring not only the American rights (exclusive of those few cities in which the Metro- | politan regularly sings), but the world | ights. | The company has been organized , for a tour of 30 weeks or more throughout the country. Mr. Samossoud, well known here as an opera conduetor, is one of thé few members of the company not an American. Those familiar with musi- | al affairs Iny Europe are acquainted | with his naffe over thers as a con- || ductor, both of opera and symphony | orchestras. Before the war he was | well known to the operagoers of | Petrograd, while during the war he conducted the Tsar's Military Sym- phony Orchestra. Among other places where he has conducted are Tiflis. Constantinople, Athens, and, more re. cently, the San Carlo Opera of Lisbon, from which he resigned to come to America with his wife, Thalla Sable- neva, soprano of the Metropolitan. Singers engaged by Mr. Samoseoud for “The Keng's Henchman." include | Frances Peralta, Marie Sundelius, Rafaelo Diaz. Giovanni Martino, Rich- ard Hale, Henri Scott, Dudley Mar- wick, Constance Hejda, John Roberts and ' Alfredo Valenti. is a chorus of 50 and an orchestra of §0. . Samuel Shipman s announced to write the book of a musical comedy in_which Molly Picon, the Yiddish comedienne, will appear later in the 240N S S 19, and will appear in concer festival. It is Improbable that the audience kere will stand and shout “bravo.” “bravissima"” as they did when th young American made her debut as “Lucia” in Asti, Italy, for American | | audiences are more restrained in the expression of their approval. Luella Melius. who won attention here last vear In two operas, the in- ternationally known coloratura so pranc, will sing the role of “Filina.” She will be the featured star of the | performance. Miss Speare has heen engaged by General Director Albion for two ad- ditional appearances. Following her debut in ‘‘Mignon” Monday night, Miss Speare will sing “Marguerite” in “Faust” Friday night, December hefore the membership of the Saturday Eve- ning Concert'Club later in the season Mr. Albfon described Miss Speare’s voice as a “lyrie soprano, notable for | its warmth, beauty and dramatic | fire.” Back of the engagement of Dorothy Speare for the opera festival, which opens the tenth season « the Wash ington Natlonal Opera Co., ix a most | interesting “behind the sceres™ story. Dorothy Speare began writing while in high school and was still very voung when her novel, “Dancers in the Dark,” ‘was published and he- came a “best seller,” with thousands in England buying the book and | German and French publishers print- | ing translations. On the strength of | | the novel alone Miss Speare was of- fered several lucrative “movie” con tracts in Germany. Three additional | novels have follow Each has sold | {then' sat back in her chair to what ja in the thousands of coples, with such resultant profits to author and pub- lishers that the latter have persistent- ly attempted to dissuade the young soprano from going on with her career as a singer. David Bélasco attempted to per- suade her to give up both novel writ- ing and singing and let him star her in the spoken.drama. The proposal of the famous producer was made | while Miss Speare was reading to him she had written and he was She read part and hear a play considering producing. of it; she told part of the stor Mr, Belasco had to say. “Miss Speare,” he told her, “vou are n great actress. There is about vou the same quality which has dis- tinguished famous actresses. I can assure you that if you will give up singing you - will ‘become one of America's greatest actresses.” In the face of these alluring offers Miss Speare went steadily forward with her plans to make a career as singer. _She sailed for Europe, studied in France and in Italy, and was ready to make her debut whea she fell fil and for months afterward her voice was despaired of. Back she came to America and sought out other physicians and voice experts and they told her to forget the advice of Europe to keep silent and let the precious vocal chords rest but to bhegin immediately and exercise them more and more daily. Under this treatment the voice returned. Then back to Italy with her volce better than ever; the debut in a little town with a small company, the wild acclaim; the o:ffers of more and more important appearances; success and growing reputation, and, finally back to her native land to hear its verdict on her art as a singer. A story of her career, published in the Pictorial Review, which he pur- chased at the behest of a little laa who was “trying to win a gold watch,” brought Miss Speare to the attention of Mr. Albion while at his family's home in Canada last summer, There was an interview, an audition, and engagement of the young Ameri- -an soprano to make her first bow to n American opera audience in the Capital of her fatherland. sifimund Spneth Lectures 1 on Jazz November 3 | | IGMUND SPAETH, former collegs | man, journalist,'song leader, foot | ball player, radio broadcaster, and now, primarily, lecturer, will open the | cougse of programs offered hy the "l‘-l cently organized “ommurty Tnstitute | of Washington with a lecture on| “Jazzmania, a Musical Anaiysis,” No. vember 3, in the auditorium of enfral High School at &:15 p.m, Mr. Spaeth fs particularly well known for his book. “The Common | Sense of Music,” and his knack at | tracing and discussing the origins of basic melodies in modern works, those in popular “hits” often being found originally in dignified classical works. The other musical event in this series of 10 programs will be a con- | cert by the Flonzaley String Quartet, January 19. The events are given on Thursday evenings, twice a month, and include talks on_art, literature, history, drama and science, as well as the two musical events, Oba Jan Gibson, lyric, assisted by Elizabeth Gardner Coombs, pianist. endered a lecture program at the vesper services for te new Y. W. C. A. Jast Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock. A WASHINGTON PRODIGY IS ADMITTED TO CURTIS INSTITUTE EDWIN DAVIS, The gifted small son of Col. und Mrs. treet northwest, hi t been accej Samdidates for adminsion Lo e Cor the nw entrance ving, wil conliney inations, S vin S, , Je. Edwin G til | U. S. Soldiers' Home Band In Three Programs T 1E following are concerts to be given by the U. 8. Soliders’ Home Band Orchestra in Stanley Hall, John 8. M. Zimmermann, leader; all begin three afternoons . Paull Weber Hit the 26 Moon Nussbaum Fischer naldson b Fox-Trot Waltz Sweet Reflections” Finale- o o Just Once Again 3 ‘The Star Spangled Banner. Lithgow of New Zealand Th *0 L Hosmer e Pearl of Korea'. .Jensen e Des Lovelight Eyes Glittering Moonbeams '’ Miss Annabelle Lee P “The Star Spangled Banner. e American Legion!' Schauspiel” Chapel in the ¥ xcerpts from musical comedy Waltz Suite Finale—""Dawning” “The Star Spangled Banner. {Music and Drama Program i "At Women's City Club | THE Women's City sent an evening of music and drama_next Thursday at 8:20 p.m. when the following will be the p gram: | Three-part song«. | une Rhansody™ Twilight" Club will pre- ... Mabel W. Daniels {4 ong"”. Ethelbert Nevin d (Melody in F)... - Women's € v Club Chorus. ling Sol 1 e lof "ihe Song- 2 Benjamin Richmond | anet’ Coon Diefa— A Vhere My Caravan Has Rosted arden” of Hapoiness Lohr Wood _Nevin MacDowell Strickland Kreisler { the Mocking Bird men’s City Cli . ehairman of mu nd_director_of choru Charles Brooks S rector and accompa it mith, The drama nnit presents “Rehearsal.” by Chyis Ths rank G. Stewart: Soni Gertruds. Miss Thelma Schmidt: Marjorie. he nroperty man. Mrs. Adela Randall. Di ' ra by Miss Edith Oriani. ~ Chairman it Mie, | Patrick Gallagher: vice | Sehmidt, ter and Mrs. €ylvia Wentworth. Sings Tenor Roles in Light Opera Productions ROBERT L. MALO! ROMINENT in the cast of artists selected by T. Arthur Smith for the President Theater Light Opera Co.. is Robert Lyle Malone, a young- ster in his early twenties, who holds the.assignment of second tenor in the organization. Mr. Malone has a lyric tenor of rare quality. He has made appear- ances successfully on the concert and operatic stages of the East and the Midwest, and has heen especially well received by a discriminating public since his entry into the concert field. His recent appearance in Chica; in recital, brought unstinted praise critics when he sang the “Che Gelida Maniva,” which he disdained to transpose to the key of C, as is customary, but sang it in the original D flat. with a high C to add to the charm of the offering. Mr. Malone will appear to advan- tage In the forthcoming presentation, “The Black Hussar,” which inaugu- rates the light opera seaszon at the Presidemt Theater November 7. ol Movie Pantomime Better. HE ‘art of pantomime has pros- ressed in motion pictures, accord- in . to Paul Lenl, screen director, who ac! ieved an outstanding success with said to have sarpassed his previous affort, “The Chinese Parrot.” “It is now possible,” says Mr. Leni, “ta compress a big theme in a few reels and to eliminate a great num- ber of titles that formerly were neces- to explain the action and to fy expression on the screen. ‘Curiously, the art of pantomime, perhaps theoldest form of human ex- pression, is the last in current panto- mime drama to undergo development to bring out all its potentialities. All through the years efforts have been made to discover its secrets, hecause it i3 really a sort of universal lan- grage. 3 “The day is past when the conv iny of human emotions requires ‘wild gestures’ of the hands and arms, as was the custom in earlier dramatic expression. It would be melodramatic in the extreme nowadays to use the same modes of expression,” Leni con- erfect expression can be conveyed by the simplest movements of the| hands and arms, but I believe the eyes | and the facial muscles will always be the most effective media. Motion pic- turs expreseion is now being concen- trated on these sclentific facts.” Music Educator Gives Free Lecture Wednesday MUSlCIANS of this city will be in- terested in the announcement that John M. Williams, music educator and lecturer of New York City, is coming here to lecture at the Playhouse, 1814 N street northwest, Wednesday morn- ing, at 9:45 o’clock. The subject of the lecture will be “The Muscial Education of a Child.” Those interested are invited to attend ’ and is an authority con- mt * education of fed one _lnu“tnle n:‘ Tiernes | | Columbia. “The Cat and the Canary,” which l!l MUSIG EARL WAUGH, who has so wil- lingly and efficiently arranged reg- ular concerts for “shut-ins” in our ho-pitals, homes and institutions. is acting as chairman for that work. that is under the Federation of Music Clubs for the third season. | All music organizations or profes- sional musicians willing to contribute | their services for one or more concerts | ed to call Miss Waugh, Colum- These concerts are deeply | appreciated. Mme. von Unschuld has recently be come an artist-member of the Federa tion of Music Clubs of the District o | Frances Gutelius, chairman for ju- | nior clubs, has called a meeting of all | junior counselors at 8 p.m. Tuesday | at 2 Dupont circle. All interested in | the junior work of the federation will be welcome. | Clyde H. Edwards has accepted the | position of director of music at the Potomac Heights Community Church, Cathedral avenue and Conduit road. He will give special attention to the song service and the chorus choir Sun. day evenings. Mr. Edwards for many vears served in a similar capacity at the Brightwood Park and Towa Ave- nue Methodist Episcopal Churches. William B. Trott, who has heen the organist and had charge of the Sum- mer choir of St. Ma Episcopal Church for more than 20 years, cele- brated his 87th birthday anniversary October 12. He was born in New London, Conn., and when a young man went to Cin- cinnati, Ohio, where he engaged business. While there he was organ- ist and choirmaster at St. John's Eplscopal Church. From there he went to Cleveland, Ohio, and was or- ganist at one of the Episcopal churches. About 1898 he came to Washington and was organist and choirmaster at St. Mark's until 1908, when he retired from active duty as choirmaster and organist, but has had charge of the music of the Summer choir since that time. He has always taken an active part in the Sunday school as a teacher and is still the ac- companist for the music of the church school. Rho Beta Chapter, Mu Phi Epsilon, national honorary musical sorority, has held two business and one special meeting at the Washington College of Music to plan for thé current season. Two newly active members are Emma Louise Thompson, organist and teacher in public school mysic, and Frances Bronson, accompanist. The first program to open the new season formally will be directed by Ruth Ayler Morgan in the concert hall of the college Wednesday eve- ning at 8 o'clock. : Founders’ day, November 13, will be celebrated with a party at the home of Emily Bradley Elkins, in | Woodside, Md. A benefit performance will be given vember 22 to raise funds for the local chapter. m | Wea | and in| at Keith's Theater the week of No-| RAPHS Clara Young Brown is the new . president of the group. It was voted that they join the Federation of Mu- sic Clubs and send a delegate to the monthly meetings. . Marie Zalipsky presented a program in her studio last nesday evening in celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of her beginning a musical career. Those presenting the program fn. cluded the trio, Dr. Alicja Simon, yio- linist; W. Zyrazoglon, viola player, Mme. Zalipsky. at the piano, in Mozart’s “Trio in E Flat Major”; the two latter in Rubinstein’s “Sonata in F Minor"; Dr. Simon in violin selec- tions. and Viadimir Vasa. planist, in selections by Liszt and Smetana. Ray Palkin has among her current dates programs for the Order of the Eastern Star, the Hebrew Home for the Aged and the Naval Hospital Oc- | tober 24 and November 2, re- | spectively. Miss Pglkin will sing | classical selectl: and be accom- panied on the piano by Mrs. B. Hoff- man. The first musical service of the sea- son will be given this evening at 8 o'clock at the Church of the Cove- nant. The evening ch Claude Robeson, director: Harvey Murray, or- | sanist; Mrs. Howard Blandy, pianist, {and the solo quartet will render selec- tions from “St. Cecelia Mass,” Gou- nod. The choir will sing he “Credo.” “Sanctus” and “Agnus Moore will sing “There Is a Green Hill Far Away,” by _Gounod. From 7:30 to 8 o'clock the Colum- bian Male Quartet will render a pre- liminary musical program. The public is invited. For the morning service at 11 o'clock | the music is given by the solo quartet under the direction of Mr. Murray, organist. The choir of the First Congrega- tional Church, under the direction of Ruby Smith Stahl, wi lowing numbers todas of Sinners,” Grieg, and * Lord,” Bischoff. The first number will be sung a ca- ipella and is arranged by Dickinson, The quartet, composed of Mrs. Stahl, traito! R. H essed Are les. y Prologue,” Ganne, and reat'Is the | Soprano; Dorothy Halbach, | J. Madison Tayior. tenor. and Harmon, bass, will sing “R the Merciful,” by I Paul D. Gable will pl | Leoncavallo; | “Fantasie in E, h The choir is composed of 60 trained voices and is one of the few choirs in | the Eastern part of the United States which does a capella work. A program of fretted instrument music will be given under the di- rection of Walter T. Holt at the Evan. geline Hotel Friday evening. The Nordica String Quartet will play (a) Russian Romance” (Friml), (b) “Two Guitars,” arranged by B. W. De Loss, and () “To a_Wild Rose™ (MacDow- {Continued on Ninth Page.) STUDIOS OF ; 3. 3. THOMAS Plano, gnd Harmdny " (Frogreesive Series) 3ESSIE N. WILD Votce Culture. Plano and Harmons Studio” 6824, i st.. 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