Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1928, Page 79

MU BY HELEN INGERS and orchestras wil form the dominant features of the professional programs to be given in Washington this week. It scems too bad that two prominent musical personali- ties should be rivals for the con- cert goers tomorrow afternoon. Emma Roberts, the American con- tralto, who has been called the J“Kentucky Cardinal” comes after long-heralded acclaim and ‘with many friends in Washington. She i1s said to have unusually compre: thensive knowledge of the litera- ture of true lieder and also noted for command of numerou Janguages. Born in Kentucky, Miss Roberts has the inherited igraces and charms for which the State is noted and combines with them the vocal gift that is claimed to be exceedingly rare. She has sung with all the great symphony orchestras of the country and at ncipal festivals in the United States. Miss Roberts’ appearance | tomorrow is said to mark her| debut here in recital, having only | appeared previously with orches- #ra. It was due to the interest ,and practical help of Miss Mary | )Callender of New York, that ‘Emma Roberts received thorough ®raining in this country and then | fifs sent abroad to complete her lucation. The other recitalist, whose pro- gram is given simultaneously :with that of Miss Roberts, Ganna | fWalska, has made many appear- :n(‘es elsewhere in this country, fand in Europe. Her name has be- ‘come widely known. will be dnteresting to see what her vocal igift is, after reading so many pinions, both foreign and Ameri- | Ean, when she appears at a local heater tomorrow afternoon. * ¥ k ¥ ARIA OLSZEWSKA, contrglto, who has become especially &mted as a singer of great Wag- merian roles—Fricka, Erda, Bran- aena, Waltraute, etc.—makes her ‘Washington debut in joint recital fwith the popular American tenor, Edward Johnson, who is one of Washington's favorite “guest mrtists.” Mme. Olszewska is on her ini- ®ial visit to America this season @nd made her debut with the §h1c330 Grand Opera Co., in the pening performance of the cur- frent season when she was fea- itured in the title role of Bizet's ‘Carmen.” The program at Mrs. frownsend’s musical event Wed- esday gives both singers in veral selections from that opera. The writer of this column first theard Mme. Olszewska in Munich, {Germany, two Summers ago when she appeared in the great con- itralto role of Brangaene in “Tris- an und Isolde,” with Karl Muck nducting. Later, she sang in a le of the ring and was heard Waltraute. She is beautiful @nd her acting is as marvelous as r warm contralto voice. She eated a sensation in her Wag- erian delineations abroad. She ould be particularly interesting ‘ednesday in her group of lieder. The United States probably first ard of her to a marked degree ue to the historic controversy she d with Mme. Jeritza after a rformance. Although she has Polish name, Mme. Olszewska ds not of that nationality, but was ‘born on a large estate on the Dan- be of wealthy, music-loving iparents. Her gifts were noted at early age and intelligently en- uraged. Her husband is the jnoted baritone, Emil _Schipper, who is with her in this first Amer- W:an tour and, on some occasions, @ppearing on joint programs. * oKk % a‘r is interesting to find that Ed- " ward Johnson, American_ (but mot United States tenor, being rn in Canada), who well earned is initial recognition in the then {necessary incognito of Eduardo #Giovanni, in Italy, has made a esture recently to try and make he path easier for musically gift- d children of his home town, 'Guelph, Ontario. He has offered $25,000 to the board of education for developing musical talent \among the school children there. Mr. Johnson, himself, was the reviewer of a unique gift when, through the generosity of Mrs. nrico Caruso, the Canadian.tenor terally inherited “the mantle of Caruso.” Mrs. Caruso gave him h!ll the costumes which remained n the wardrobe of the late Italian genius. It might be of interest to Wash- dngton music lovers and others ‘,who are keen to see musical prog- iress and general cultural develop- ‘ment in the world to read Mr. :Johnson’s letter, containing his (offer to Guelph, which was ac- weepted with the deepest gratitude. #He said: (B ta B ot Eaucat |Eecretary Bosrd of Education. ‘Guelph, Ont., Can. Dear Sir: This letter will verify what n‘lr!ldv been conveved to you by proxy— the children of our | le board will author- and organize a department of music in | e public schools. putting within reach of " regardless « or_creed or music ~ac- ern standards, 1 rovide the sum o over a veri>d five years, which sum wiil_be placed on osit “with' the Dominion Bank. and at disposal immediately upon notification ur_acceptance. i 1f ‘cur plan succeeds (and I feel confi- | deat that it will), we shall find & way {r ance it through future vears. OF, 10 be Te hopeful, 50 &reat mav ba our su that the government may see fit to introduce our metrods in all schools throughout. the ¢Dominion, and who knows. in generation or 1wo, We may become a nation of Youns i Pl < ty ‘to ! & to recognized mods myself 1o p o erchy obligate ers. who will be amhassadors of peace | s on wings of song Canada’s message | ©f love and good will to all the world That no time may be lost. I beg you, sir. | |0 entreat vour board to deitberate and act | ? once. 50 that all mav be In readiness for e "opening of school in Seplember Again assuring you of mv deep desire t our children appreciate and understa t an early ase. (h beg to remain. Yours v o d | v sincere EDWARD etk - 'HE Franz Schubert symphony, which is to be the featured number on the program Tuesday afternoon when the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra will be led Iy, JOHNSON. 1 T by Ossip Gabrilowitsch, noted pi- | anist and conductor, just misses by one day being heard in Wash- ington on the 100th anniversary of its premiere. This symphony, written in the key of C major, was given its first performance anywhere December 12, 1828, in Vienna, and. 10 years later. was resurrected by Schumann, who said of it—“This heavenly long- | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, SIC FETTER. | composer — Felix Mendelssohn, | following year. | * k% % iVERY different from this Schu- bert work will be the domi- [nant composition on the program | Saturday to be given by White- Iman’'s famous Jazz Orchestra. | This is said to be a premiere per- formance. The work is entitled | “Metropolis,” and sub-titled, | Blue Fantasie in E_flat.” The )compuser is Ferde Grofe, whose | is | handiwork has developed one of | the leading styles in modern jazz composing. “Metropolis” is said to be based upon two themes, origi- nally devised by Harry Barris and | Matt Malneck, both members of | Mr. Whiteman’s group of musi- cians. Mr. Grofe took thes2 | themes and is said to have “bent |them to his purpose,” a process | which, in his own words, is de- scribed as “seeing what I could do| in the way of making a serious| composition out of two typical| Broadway bits of music.” The result must be somewhat | absorbing to listen to for it is said | that the French modernist, Mau- | rice Ravel, attended a rehearsal of utes and that instead, he re- mained all evening listening to repetitions of the Grofe work. “Metropolis” is said to be en- tirely modern in conception and treatment, following no trad the melody; the second accents rhythm. Another ambitious feature of this Saturday program which combines the aristocrats of Tin- pan Alley with the latest Broad- way flappers in “hits,” will be a performance of the Gershwin “Concerto in F,” which was first given here by the New York Sym- phony Orchestra under Walter Damrosch with the composer at the piano. A recollection of an informal in- terview with Mr. Gershwin brings to the writer’'s mind the amusing expression on the jazz- composer’s face when he told of how Mr. Damrosch had commis- sioned him to write this concerto. Why,” said Mr. Gershwin, wouldn’t have known a concerto if I had met one walking down the street. I had no idea what the style of composition was like and, believe me, I spent a lot of long hours diving into tomes on mu- sical construction. No college kid ever spent more hours in burning the midnight oil “boning up” for exams than I spent finding out what a concerto should look and sound like.” There has been a wide diversity of opinions as to how Mr. Gersh- win’s concerto looked and sound- ed but it still seems to be going strong and has not yet been laid on the shelf. * %k Xk ok AMIE MAURICE BURDETTE | is a name that has been known in local music circles for many years and is highly revered there. Mrs. Burdette, who was born in Washington in July, 1873, was one of those child prodigies who really “made good” in after! When she was only about eight! years old she played with the guest soloist, under the magnetic baton of Sousa, “the March King.” | She studied under Dr. Bischoff, | Washington organist, teacher and | composer. Later she continued piano study under Mrs. Jeannette Thurber at the National Conserv- | atory of Music in New York City.! Returning to Washington, the | young and charming Mamie Maurice fell under the spell of Cupid, and although her teacher! heard of it and came protestingly to Washington to snatch the| talented young pianist away for a | great career, romance outwitted | her and the young couple—Mamie Maurice and William W. Burdette, son of the prominent Walter W. Burdette—eloped to Baltimore and were married. Later Mrs. Burdette became of- | ficial® soloist for the Rubinstein Club and proved a highly efficient one. She also did considerable solo work and numbered among her most unusual programs one that was given for Mrs. Grover Cleveland in the White House. | As this column goes to press| Mrs. Burdette is seriously ill at her home in Clarendon, Va., and it is at her special request that this word from her is put in this column today. Freder;c_l( Al;xander to Conduct Spring Chorus% b i 'HE usual monthly meeting of the District of Columbia Federation of Music_Clubs was held at the home of Mrs. Joseph Stoddard, president, Tues- 1day. Reports were made by chairmen of the various committees, showing prog- ress in such activities as entertainment for “shut-ins” home group music, junior and juvenile contests, ctc. Plans were outlined for the students and artists’ semi-final contest series for this Capital district, which will be held in | Baltimore in the Spring, preliminary to { | the final in Boston at a later date. Further plans discussed were for the masseq choral program to be presented next Spring under the general con- ductorship of Frederick Alexander of Ypsilanti, Mich. Mr. Alexander is di- % | rector of music of the State Normal School, having a chorus of 100 voices, which has had a number of appear- ances with the Detroit Symphony Or- chestra. The program here will be given during music week and will be under the joint auspices of the Church Music Council and the District of Columbia Federation of Music Clubs and is being looked forward to with much interest. It is hoped that Mr. Alexander will be in Washington the first part of Janu- |ary for a meeting with the local con- | ductors, GonceralSusenaad Unkl Mid-January Dates HE concert of Mme. Ganna Walska tomorrow afternoon, will end the concert activities of Mrs. Wilson-Greene until after the Christmas holidays. She is managing the Walska concert for { Charles L. Wagner of New York. Mrs. Wilson-Greene's next concert will be that of Jascha Heifetz, violinist, Tuesday afternoon, January 15, at 4:30 o'clock.” Another January attraction will | be the appearance of the German Grand { Opera Company from Berlin in_“Das Rheingold,” the first of the four “Ring” operas this company will give in Wash- ington late in January and early in i drawn-out symphony is like some romance of Jean Paul's which ought never to end”’—and brought to the attention of still another February. Glovanni Martinelli, tenor, @and the Boston Symphony Orchestra 4gre other January attractions, who performed it in Leipzig uml “Al it, planning to stay only 10 min- | tional form. The first theme is| and will be given in Stanley life as an excellent musician. |} United States Marine Band, as.‘ PAUL WHITEMAN- NoshAud. (Sarurcsy) Band Orchestra Dates U. S. MARINE BAND ORCHESTRA. 'HE United States Marine Band will give a band music concert tomorrow at 4 p.m. in the auditorium of the Ma- rine Barracks, Capt. Taylor Branson, leader, and Arthur S. Whitcomb, second leader. The program will include works by Sousa, Glinka, Gottschalk, Speaks (with trombone solo by Principal Mu- siclan Robert E. Clark), Mascagni, Delibes and Wagner. . Wednesday the band orchestra will give a concert at 8 p.m. in the barracks’ auditorium, with the feature a duet for flute and French horn by Principal Mu- siclans Clayton Lindsay and Adolphe Seidler. Works by Grainger, Weber, Berte, Titl, Moussorgsky, Debussy and Liszt will be played. Friday another band orchestra con- cert will be given in the barracks’ audi- torium at 3:30 p.m., when works by Santelmann, Weber, Von Blon, Mous- sorgsky, Debussy, Woods and Saint- Saens will be played. SOLDIERS’ HOME ORCHESTRA. The orchestra of the United States Soldiers’ Home Band will give the three customary programs, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 5:30 p.m., under the direction of John S. M. Zimmermann, leader; Anton Pointner, second leader. The programs will feature both classical works and lighter types of mm}l)losmon. Hall. A New Tendr Haa Arzived! FRANCESCO DELLA-LANA. THERE are many in Washington who will remember Dorothy Hutchinson, a local girl’who had a pretty soprano voice and left to go into theatrical work “on the road,” singing with a trio. Her voice needs no introduction here. Dor- othy Hutchinson during that period met and married the tenor of the trio, Fran- cesco DeHa-Lana, and they came to ‘Washington last month to make their home here. Mrs. Della-Lana is still sing- ing and does many duets with her hus- band, who has a lyric tenor voice. Mr. Della-Lana is tenor soloist at the First Congregational Church. He was for- merly solosit at St. Jean the Baptist, St. John the Divine's Church and_the International Actors’ Church in New York and has sung in Temple Bethel in Jersey City. Francesco Della-Lana first opened his eyes in that most lyric of Italtan Caruso—Naples. When Francesco was 10 years old his parents came to Amer- ica and all his education, general and musical, has been in this country. Al- though he is Italian, this singer has put his energies into singing German lieder and oratorio work quite as en- thusiastically as he has sung operatic arias and the lilting songs of his na- tive land. His voice’s individual qual- ity was discovered when he was 13 soprano in the Roman Catholic Church. During the war he was stationed in the Army group at Camp Dix and there he sang on many and varied occasfons, also singing in churches of numerous denominations in Philadelphia. Later he began the five-year tour which brought him and Dorothy Hutchinson together, with Edward Bronston, bari- tone, as the third in their trio. They sang in theaters from coast to coast and from Canada into Mexico. ‘This tenor gives much credit for his methods in voice building, Arthur Fick- enscher, now dean of music at the Uni- versity of Virginia, and Hubert Lin- scott, who has his studio in New York. It is to be hoped that local music circles will find the Della-Lanas a happy addition to endeavors here. They Salle Apartments. Wilbur Evans Sings Here For Children's Benefit ILBUR EVANS, baritone, who will sing_over the radio during the Atwater Kent hour tonight, will be the guest artist in a_concert by the music section of the Chevy Chase Women's the last week in February. Herndon Morsell is director of the chorus. The concert will be a benefit for the Central Union Mission and its Children’s Emergency Home, Mrs. Cal- vin Coolidge will head the list of pa- tronegses. cities—the city that produced Enrico . years old and singing a clear jboyish | training to two teachers of American | have thelr residence studio in the La-: Club to be given at the Willard Hotel ! . MARIA OLSZEWsKA- X \ \ | Oss1p & | GABRILOWITSCH: Wash. Aud- (Taesazy) [0 Mayflower, at 4:30 p.m. ‘WEDNI American tenor, will give flower, beginning at 11:15 Paul Whiteman, “Jazz King,” Washington Auditorium, a EMMA ROBERTS—TOMORROW. Emma Roberts, Americah contralto, will present a program of songs at the Mayflower Hotel tomorrow afternoon before a distinguished audience, begin- | ning at 4:30 p.m. Her first group of songs will be folk songs of Serbia, Lithuania, Belgium and | Alsace-Lorraine. The second group, of | lieder, includes . songs .by Bungert, | Brahms, Wolf, Schubert and Richard | Strauss. In the third group will be songs by Sachnovsky, Poldowsky, Grieg | and de Falla, The final group will be | Anglo-American and include the fa- | miliar negro spiritual, “Swing Low, Sweet Charfot,” Fraser-Simpson's ar- rangement of “Buckingham Palace,” from Milne's verse in “When We Were Very Young”; “Madonna Song,” by | willeby, “There Was a Knight of Beth- lehem,” by Thompson, and “Danza,” by Chadwick. Tickets are on sale at T. Arthur Smith's office in Kitt's music store, 1330 G street northwest. GANNA WALSKA—TOMORROW. The sensational personality that is Ganna Walska will be given a debut in the National Capital when this singer, who has sung in opera here and abroad, will give a recital, assisted by Glovanni Martino, baritone, with Walter Golde at the piano, at Poli's Theater at 4:30 p.m. tomorrow. Mme, Walska will sing the air, “Dich, teure halle,” from Wagner's “Tann- hauser,” a group of songs by Gilordani, Bach and Mozart, a lieder group by Schubert, Schumann and Brahms, and a final group by Rachmaninoff, Liszt and Niewiadomsky. Mr. Martino will sing the alr, “Il Lacerato Spirito,” from Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra” and one group of songs to include works by Gounod, Soriano and Conningsby Clarke, as well as the Chilean folk song, “Ay, Ay, Ay.” . Tickets are on sale at Mrs. Wilson- Greene's office in Droop's, Thirteenth and G, or, the afternoon of the concert, at the theater. THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA— TUESDAY. Ossip Gabrilowitsch, noted as a pla- nist and as the permanent conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, will be guest conductor at the concert to be given Tuesday afternoon at the Washington Auditorium by the Phila- deAPhla Symphony Orchestra at 4:30 o'clock. The feature of the program will be Schubert’s “Symphony in C Major.” The tone poem “Don Juan,” by Rich- ard Strauss; Moussorgsky's introduction to “Khowantchina;” and “The Sor- cerer’s Apprentice,” by Dukas, will com- plete the program. Tickets are on sale at T. Arthur Smith's concert bureau in Kitt's store, 1330 G street northwest. | OLSZEWSKA-JOHNSON RECITAL— | WEDNESDAY. | Maria Olszewska, & beautiful and fa- { mous contralto, who was born on the banks of the blue Danube, of which Johann Strauss wrote, will make her i Wednesday morning with Edward John.-, i son, American tenor, who is a great fa- 'Msynower at 11:15 o'clock, under the auspices of Mrs. Lawrence Townsend. operatic debut in America with the Chi- , cago Grand Opera Co., singing the title : the current season, Mr. Johnson will open the program }mavete” from “Andrea Chenier,” by Giordano. ater he sings another | “Carmen,” and also shares in the final duet, “La-bas, la-bas,” from the same debut in Washington in joint recital I vorite in the National Capital, at the Mme. Olszewska recently made her | ole in “Carmen” the opening night of Wednesday with the air, “Colpito qui ! operatic_air, “The Flower Song,” from opera. Mr. Johnson's group of songs Bussell; “A Page’s Road Song,” by Ivor et will include "I Hold «Her Hands,” by ! D. C, DECEMBER 9, 1928—PART %~ A BOUQUET OF SINGERS AND TWO ORCHESTRAL CONDUCTORS COME HERE I EpwaArD JOHNSON - (Wed) EVENTS OF THE WEEK TOMORROW. Emma Roberts, American contralto, in a song recital at the Ganna Walska, soprano, in a song recital, assisted by Giovanni Martino, at Poli’s, at 4:30 p.m. TUESDAY. Ossip Gabrilowitsch, conducting the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, at the Washington Auditorium, at 4:30 p.m. ESDAY. Maria Olszewska, German contralto, and Edward Johnson, a joint program at the May- a.m., sharp. SATURDAY. and his famous orchestra will present a program of classic and dance music at the t 8:30 p.m. Novello; two Irish songs, “The Next Market Day” and “Must I Go Bound,” and “To Anthea,” by Hatton. Mme. Olszewska first will sing “Che faro senzu Euridyce,” from Gluck’s “Orpheus,” then present a group of lieder by Brahms and Richard Strauss and give the “Habanera” and “Sequi- dilla” from “Carmen.” Neal Blair will be at the piano for the tenor and Solon Albertl for Mme. Olszewska. Tickets are on sale at the Mayflower. WHITEMAN'S JAZZ ORCHESTRA— SATURDAY. Paul Whiteman, who has been called “King of Jazz,” and who, with George Gershwin and Ferde Grofe, formed a successful trio in bringing jazz to con- cert hall audiences’ attention, will bring his famous jazz orchestra to the Wash- ington Auditorium Saturday night at 8:30 in a concert which will feature several unusual compositions and also present a number of the newest dance compositions. This is third in the series of Co-operative Artist Concerts, pre- sented by Dr. H. M. Dudley. Ferde Grofe's new work “Metropolis” will be given its first performance any- where Saturday, according to an- nouncement, and another Grofe opus, a band_divertissement for Wilbur Hall and Woodwind Choir, will be featured, entitled “Free Air” and. subtitled, “Variations Based on Noises From a Garage.” Gershwin’s much-discussed “Concerto in F for Piano-and Orches- tra,” written for Walter Damrosch and originally played by that orchestra in Washington with the composer at the pilano, will be played. Popular num- bers will include *‘Chiquita,” “Ameri- can Tune,” “Just Like a Melody Out of the Sky,” saxophone solos by Chester Hazlitt, and ‘“Melancholy Baby” by Norton. Tickets are on sale at the Willard Newsstand, at 1010 Connecticut avenue, and at the Washington Auditorium. Alice B. Harvey, planist, head of the Harvey Piano School, will play a com- position by Brahms at a meeting of the German Literary Society next Saturday night. Others on the program will be Anita Virginia Mueller, mezzo-soprano, and the George Washington University String Quartet. Miss Mueller will sing a group of four songs by Brahms. The Madrigal Singers Go Camlling in Costume COMPARATIVELY new group of girl singers, under the able direc- tion of Mrs. John M. Sylvester, a prominent local musician, are dated up for at least 15 engagements during this pre-yuletide period and the Christmas holidays proper, and already have made a marked success. The group is known as the Madrigal Singers, and they sing their carols in costume. Among their programs for the cur- rent week are one to be given this afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Episcopal Diocesan Home and, a program tomor- row night at the Woman's Club of Takoma Park, at the Takoma Park Presbyterian Church, when Mrs. Syl- vester will read a paper on “Christmas Carols” before the singing. A program of distinctive mierit was given by the Madrigal Singers, under the direction of Mrs. Sylvester, De- cember 3, at the meeting of the Ameri- can Guild of Organists, held in the choir room of the Church of the Epiphany. Numbers presented were early Eng- lish, French and German Christmas carols, and included “The Cherry Tree Carol,” traditional Englis! “Th Angels,” traditional French; Shepherds,” traditional French; Holy Mother Sings,” fourteenth cen- tury German; “Sleep of the Infant Jest traditional French, sung by Elizabeth Waters: “Noel, Let Us Sing,” traditional French; “An Infant Lay Within a Shed,” fourteenth century German, and “The Snow Lay on the Ground,” traditional English. In addition to members of the chap- ter, several representative musicians of the city were among the guests present, and the group of singers was given a most cordial reception, not only for their sincere artistry but for their charming appearance in the colorful carolers’ costumes of red and green. The personnel is as follows: First sopranos, Dorothy Skinner, Elizabeth Waters; second sopranos, Pearl Shindel Heffner, Elizabeth Taylor Copping; first altos, Norman Hughes, Eleanor Kerns; second altos, Cordella Heftner Brown, Mary Lerch. Mrs. Sylvester is director-accompanist. oncerts At Congregational Church N interesting series of concerts are being given Sunday afternoons at 4:30 o'clock at the First Congregational Church, Tenth and G streets. The program today will be given by Elena de Sayn, John Marville, Lewis Atwater, Paul DeLong Gable and the Ampico Symphonique, December 16 the artists will be the National String Quartet and December 23 the Oberlin College Male Glee Club from Oberlin, Ohio. Admission is free (a farewell offering will be taken) and the public is cor- dially invited. Sunday Aftem.oon C Chammade Cl“b~T0day. THE Chaminade Glee Club, under the direction of Esther Linkins, with Gertrude Walter, accompanist, and assisted by Evelyn Scott, violinist, with Marjorie Davis as accompanist, will present an interesting program before the members of the Congressional Coun~ try Club and their friends this after- noon at 5 o'clock in the Pompeian foom, These programs last just one | our. The Chaminade Glee Club presented | a program at the club two years ago and was most enthusiastically received, ;«;t!}éls return concert is keenly antici- ed. Franceska Kaspar Lawson sang in Harrisonburg, Va., Thursday, returning to town Friday. The Story of a Singer Brilliant HE many Washington Iriends of Beulah Busby. Swindler will be delighted to hear her gorgeous voice again, as she sings: the soprano role of “The Messiah” to be given in the Cen- tral High School -Auditorium, Monday evening, December 17. Beulah Busby Swindler was born in the Orient, but came as a child to this country, and received most of her musi- cal education with American teachers. She was, however, graduated by Stan- ley Oliver of London, and also coached with Mme. Anna Viola Simonds of the Paris Grand Opera. She toured extensively in concert | cess was instaneous. Always her au- diences were with her, not only cap- tivated by the glory of her singing, but melted by the warmth radiating from her magnettic personality. It'is rare to find a voice of that timbre, which enables the singer to in- terpret easily taxing, dramatic roles, as well as of the flexibility necessary to handle with consummate skill the most florid coloratura passages. She was known &5 & “dramatic colors throughout the West and Canada. Suc- | and Plucky ature,” as well as “the soprano with the Schumann-Heink soul.” and her “tones | were like the chiming of full-toned bells.” After a brilllant concert in To- ronto, the Canadian papers acclaimed her as the “American Galli-Curci.” Her love of religious music led to an extensive study of oratorios, with Dr. J. Lawrence Erb, organist, composer, di- rector of music for several colleges, ex- || president of Music Teacher's National Association, now educational head of the National Academy of Music in New York City. Also she coached with the pupil and assisting teacher of Clara Kathleen Rogers, and so carried on the traditions and soulful interpretations of that world-famous oratorio singer of a generation or so ago. It was a heartbreaking tragedy when | this beautiful singer was stricken with infantile paralysis eight years ago, while | | on a trip to Italy, and left unable to walk. It was thought that she would never be heard again, but hers is the gallant spirit that fights on in spite of defeat, and Beulah Busby Swindler will make her second.debut” when she ap- pears with the4iNational Capital Ora- tario Soclety in “The Messlah.” MUSIG ONS, director of the Club Chorus, will present that organization in a program of Christmas carols before the Daugh- | ters of the American Colonists tomor- row night, when the meeting will be| held at the home of Mrs. John F. Little, | 1510 Varnum street northwest. The Women's City Club Chorus will | be assisted by Alice Drake, who will read “The Christmas Story.” | The following carols will be sung “Wrkile Shepherds Watched” (Handel), | (1685-1759); “Silent Night, Holy | Night.” German folk song (a cappella) “The First Noel,” traditional melod “It Came Upon the Midnight_Clear, (Balfe-Parks); “Holy Night, Peaceful Night,” (Barnby-Nevil) (a cappella); “Luther’s Cradle Hymn, (Martin Lu- ther, 1483-1546), (a capella); “Le Som- meil de I'Enfant Jesus, (Michacl Prae- tofius, 1571-1621), (a capella), arranged for the Women's City Club Chorus by Gertrude Lyons. ¥ Eleanor Baker Spencer will sing the “Virgin's Lullaby” from Dudley Buck's “The Coming of the King.” Mary Izant Couch is official accompanist. McHenry McChord will be guest or- ganist at Church of the Ascension at 11 am. ard 8 pm. today. Mr. Mc- Chord is well known in Washington. Mrs, Henry Hunt McKee is organist | and director of the choir. Earl Carbauh, baritone, with Lillian Carbauh at the piano, was the soloist Thursday at the reception of the Ala- bama Society to the Senators and-Rep- resentatives from that State. Dora Minovich, young Washington pianist, Mrs. Robert LeFevre, singer, ac- companied by Mrs. Gilmer Korner, jr., and David Legum, violinist, to be ac- companied by Miss Minovich, will pre- sent the program at the Friday Morning Music Club meeting this week, 11 am., in the auditorium of the Cosmos Club. Miss Minovich will play works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Smetana and La Forge, opening and closing the program with solo groups. Mrs. LeFevre will sing a group of works by Mozart, Haydn and Schubert. Mr. Legum will play the Vieuxtemps “Violin Concerto in D Minor, No. 4. ERTRUDE LY Women's City Walter Holt's Nordica Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra_gave a concert under his direction at Walter Reed Hospital Thursday. The _soloists were Bob Bories, Ambrose Durkin (baritone, ac- companied by Adolf Torovsky), Miss A. E. Hill and Anna Price. The senior class of the Master School of Piano, Grace Gilchrist, director, held a meeting November 26, when the pro- gram was one of those commenorating the Schubert centennial. Miss Gil- christ gave a short sketch of the com- poser’s life. Those present were Mrs. \Charlvs Cassidy, Mrs. India Shockey, | Mrs. Eva Rosenberg, Mrs. Cohen, Mr. |and Mrs. William Clarke, Edna and Jeannette * Rosenberg, Marie Adams, Gertrude Gilchrist, Loretta Ryder, Emma Bornmann, Eva Berman, Haskel Milstone and Gustav Weckel. The music this morning at First Baptist Church will be “The Lord Be Exalted,” by West, sung by Lucy Mac- Morland, soprano; Mrs. Bentley, con- tralto; Mr. Kent, tenor, and Mr. Moore, baritone. Mrs. MacMorland also will sing “The Ninety and Nine,” by Cam- plon. Mr. Rapp is the organist. In the evening the musical feature RAPHS Ellen Elizabeth Cannon, Grace Eliza- beth Stevens, Francis Ferguson, Lella Belle Foster, Virginia Bowman, Jean- nette Leipziger and Mary Louise Hoyt. Evelyn Gribbin Randall, soprano, gave a ‘group of French-Canadian songs in costume before the regular meeting of Petworth’s Woman's Club Monday evening. “De Captaine of de Marguerite” was especially well received. Mrs, Albert N Jones was at the piano. Thomas Moss, organist and cholr di- rector of Calvary Baptist Church, gave a recital Friday at the Takoma Park Baptist Church. when he played worl by Bach, Wagner, Handel, Rubinstein. Kinder, Sullivan, Rachmaninoff, Schu- mann and d'Evry The Wilnor Choral Club, under the direction of Bernice Randall Angelico. | will give a Christmas program at the | Congressional Country Club Sunday |afternoon, December ~ 23, when the | numbers sung all will be carols and the singers will be in costume. Ray Palkin sang for the Daughters of America Tuesday night at the reception for Loyalty Council; also for Trinity Chapter, O. E. S. Thursday, accom- panied by Florence Bell. Otto Beck has been cngaged to play the organ at the Waskington Audi- torium every Sunday. Tonight at 8:15 o'clock he will present a program com- bining both classical and jazz selections. The Singing Mothers’ chorus of the Congress of Parent-Teachers Association recently gave two successful programs for meetings under the direction of Mrs. Eppa Norris. The events were at the John Eaton and Congress Heights Schools. The chorus will sing Christma: carols at a meeting at the Hines Junior High School tomorrow at 8 p.m. Rose Pincus, a young student at th ‘Washington Conservatory of Music, wh has proved herself a prodigy in th study of conducting as well as the planc will be featured in the program to b given at Central High School Wednes day night at 8 o'clock. Other students participating in sol groups include Betty Kassow, J Siegel, Marietta Eckam, Mary Melic Watson Alenfeld, Elizabeth Drew, An- gelo Bagattin, Catherine McEneany Christine Vermillion, Paul C. King, Ber tha Carroll and Jack Jester. The selections will be vocal, viol! and piano solos, and the public is cor dially invited. Mme. Regina Vicarino, soprano, as sisted by Elizabeth Witter, accompanist will give a program of songs for thc Italian Club of Washington in the ball- room of the Raleigh Hotel December 1 at 8 p.m. ‘The songs will include works by Scar latti, Rossini, Dalcroze, Faure, Fo drain, _Schubert, Rimsky-Korsako' Scott, La Forge, Puccini, Respigl Strauss and folk songs. Dale Haven, pianist, was assisted § a recital at the Willard Hotel give last week for members of Abraham Lir | coln Cirlce, No. 3, Ladies of the G.A. P by Roydon Dixon, tenor. Mr. Dixon sub stituted for Gertrude Arnold, who w. taken ill suddenly and could not aj pear. Mr. Haveh played works by Baci d’Albert, Chopin, Gottschalk, Godowsk | Gounod-Raff and a “muisc box” of h own composing. . MacMorland and | _Mr. Dioxn, accompanied by Miss Je e v | nie Glennan, sang songs by Brahe, Lol = | McGill and Speaks. The junior class of the Master School Gene Stewart, organist of Stantc of the Piano held its monthly meeting [ Theater, will be the guest organi last Saturday afternoon. Grace G. Gil- [at Trinity P. E. Church, Takoma Par christ, direcfor of the school, was pres- at this morning’s service. ent. The meeting was conducted by| Mr. Stewart announces that the St Gustav Weckel, ton Theater will soon feature or ‘Those present included Marie Adams, Gertrude Gilchrist, Betty Jane Cassidy, Margaret Murray Cassidy, Fay Green- berg, Arlene Schoenberg, Fannye Kres- sin, Josephine Bertolini, Marguerite Cave, Margaret Hais, Hilda Siegel. Catherine Coulon, Antoinette Klesner, Betty Ray, Rosalie Michaelson, Frances Pettiglio, Berenice Stein, Hannah Stein, John Brennan, Leo Oftenstein and Americo_Pittiglio. Fay Greenberg recited an original musical poem and Hannah Stein read a sketch on the origin of the “Moonlight Sonata.” The Carbauh Concert Co., composed of Earl, Bob and Lillian Carbauh, is a busy organization this season. Besides many banquet engagements here in the city, they appeared in Richmond, Va., at the Union Theological Seminary, where Mr. Carbauh is teacher of singing and elocution, in a recital Wednesday. They expect to appear next Wednesday in Piedmont, W. Va., and Friday in Ash- land, Ky. novelties, consisting of song overtures to important pictures, s musical scores for technicolor pict ete. Some New Children's Son COLLECTION of children’s so: “New Songs for New Voice edited by David and Clara Mannes the David Mannes Music School, an Louis Untermeyer, has just been issuc by a leading publisher. More than 7 of the 100 songs were written espe cially for this volume, and are set t contemporary poetry. Tllustrated by Peggy Bacon, the col lection is the first to bring togethe: modern music, modern poetry and mod- ern art. - Some of the verses selected by Mr. Untermeyer were given thei: settings by notable composers at the invitation of Mr. and Mrs. Mannes and others were received as the resu! of a country-wide competition in which pamphlets of the verses were dis tributed. Mr. Carbauh appears on the program, | as well a8 acting as master of ceremonies. | oL QmPOsers range from an 11-year old boy and an 18-year-old college gir ! WASHINGTON C. Maurice Weidemeyer, baritone solo- | ist_of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, will appear as guest soloist tonight at | the Woodside M. E. Church, Silver | Spring, Md. _He s singing “Teach Me | to Do Thy Will,” by Eville. Mr. Weide- | meyer has lived in this city about two years, coming here from Baltimore, where he was well known in music circles. ‘The members of the new group en- titled the Spurr-On Club, Marie Howe Spurr, director, enjoyed a program No- vember 30, when works by composers as diverse as Bach, Liszt, Schumann and Gershwin were among those presented. The students appearing on the program included Evertett Ward, Francis Fisher, to a group of university professors Among these latter are Daniel Gregor: Mason of Columbia University, Cecil Burleith of the University of Wisconsin W. B. Olds of the University of Red- lands, Douglas Moore of Columbia Randall Thompson of Wellesley College May Strong of the University of Michi- gan. The American composers includs |also Charles Wakefield Cadman, A Walter Kramer, Sandor Harmati (con- ductor of the Omaha Symphony Or chestra), Abram Chasins. Mana Zucca Newton Swift, Arthur Farweil, G. A Grant-Schaefer, Leopold D. Mannes Mildred Couper, Carl Bricken. 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