Evening Star Newspaper, January 13, 1929, Page 61

A\l \ MU BY HELEN HIS week in Washington the dominance of chamber music endeavors in a week of numerous and varied events. would indicate that the type of art which arose to much popularity in the time of the X family in the late eighteenth century, in whose serv- ice Haydn spent 30 years of earn- est work while composing, is again coming to the fore as a type of musical entertainment. With Heifetz as the only professional artist giving a solo recital in a regular concert series, the setting sun of the concert artist as a soio artist is emphasized On the other hand the shadow | Hungarian folk songs that were | fingers stretch toward the rising popularity of intimate ensembie performances with the farewell performance here of the Flonzaley String Quartet, the debut here of the Swastika Quartet, and the in- itial of three programs by the Societe des Concerts Intimes. in a Cesar Franck program. this week. S A Washington music lovers are | looking forward to the Flonzaley | Quartet concert Thursday with | mingled feelings. It will be the last appearance in this city of the world-renowned chamber music organization that has stood at the head of instrumental quartets of two continents for 25 years. Its farewell season, which began last Autumn, has included a tour of the entire country, and now in its last lap, in the South, will conclude in the late Spring with | several concerts in New York and the vicinity. | Since the first public appearance here in October, 1904, Flonzaleys have played in more than 500 American cities and given over 1,900 concerts on this side of the Atlantic. The quartet originally composed of Adolfo Betti, Alfred Pochon, Iwan d’Archambeau, and Ugo Ara, has remained the same through- | out the 25 years with the exception of the substitute of Nicholas Moldavan, violinist, in place of . Ara, who was caused to retire because of ill health following the World War. Years of study and unhesitating self-sacrifice have brought about the “perfection of ensemble and interpretation” for which the Flonzaley Quartet is noted. I¢ stands supreme. * % % % YOUNG French 'singer, & young Hungarian pianist, and a group of two established string artists and two younger members, composing the DeSayn String Quartet, will present the Cesar Franck music that makes the first | of the three Franco-Belgian Fes- tival programs to be given by the Societe des Concerts Intimes, un- der Miss DeSayn’s direction this month and next. This first pro- gram will be presented Friday night. An imposing patron and pa- troness list, headed by the Brit- ish Ambassador and Lady Isabella Howard and the Belgian Ambassa- dor and Princess de Ligne, is sponsoring this series. The two later programs will feature cham- ber music compositions of Claude Debussy and Camille Saint-Saens. * X x ¥ ONE of the most interesting lec- i ture-recitals to have been | given in Washington in some time was that which was presented by Mrs. Gerritt Miller, jr., before two groups Tuesday, on the subject of the modernist - composer, Bela Bartok, of Hungary, and his piano music. In these programs Mrs. Miller was assisted by Miriam B. Hilton, soprano of this city, and Sidney Clark, a pianist formerly !of Washington but now living in New York. The program was given Tuesday morning before the members of the music section in the Twentieth Century Club. Tuesday night it was rgpeated at the Arts Club of Washington. Since the coming to America of Mr. Bartok to appear in programs presenting his concerto for piano and orchestra and also some of his other works, much has been writ- ten about him, especially about the thousands of folk songs na- tive to his country that are en- tirely distinctive from the gypsy \ music so often called the folk |music of Hungary. However. 2Ars. -iMiller's sketch is quite compre- |hensive, detailing much that is of interest in the actual life of the |composer, his appearance and his mental “turnover”—one might call his idolatry of Brahms, of Wagner, and others, only to smash them each in turn and continue inch |by inch on his individualistic way. The only adverse comment that one might make about the talk is that its extreme length left too |1ittle time for the musical presen- |tations, going far beyond the hour that should have covered the en- tire program. It would be inter- |esting to hear still more and greater variety of the Bartok works—the entire sonata, for in- stance, and other works that could accustom the ear of the listener educated up tec modern ic” (if it is being educated to what this composer is ng to do in his most recent compositions. The slow imovement of the sonata of 1926 seemed for 211 the world the most disiointed. illogical piece of mus- ica) ramblings imaginable. Every one has heard children entirely untutored in the art of piano playing, sit at an instrument and with massed tiny fingers produce just such blurred chords, _disso- nant combinations and jagged tempos as this work seemed to 0ssess. ¢ - Of the “Pleces for Children” played, No. 13, written with most of the thematic development for the left hand, seemed the most original and co-ordinate: the short, comical No. 14 which fol- | Jowed was in turn followed by No. 18, which left the listener hung in the air on an unresolved chord. It preceded the most ambitious of this group, No. 41. The “Baga- telles” had their moments of interest and the most lucid of all seemed “Easy Plece No. 10” (The Bear Dance), which perhaps ap- peared the more lucid due to its | geveral previus performances here. SIC FETTER. “Allegro Barbaro” were colorful | and it was an exceptionally inter- | esting closing number. Mr, Clark, | who has won an enviable reputa- | tion for reading the moderns’ works with sympathy and an in- terpretation most likely to convey the composer’s meaning as far as possible to the audience, accus- tomed orally and mentally to the | classics, is to be highly compli- | mented upon his efforts Tuesday. He is happily remembered for the beauty of his exquisite playing of Debussy’s works when living in Washington. Between the talk and the piano pieces, Mrs. Hilton sang a group of ipamcularly fascinating in the completeness of their unity of | music and words within the brief- est possible space, and also for the originality and very real values of the music themes themselves. Mrs. Hilton’s clear, high voice was excellent in them and her diction | was in accordance with study she ihad made of the pronunciation of | Hungarian dialect under authori- ties here. In closing, it might be of interest | to recall the fact that Bela Bartok | shared with Alfredo Casella, Ital- ian modernist, in winning half of the $6,000 first prize for cham- | ber music compositions, performed | Sunday, December 30, in Philadel- phia, ufider the auspices of the Music Fund Society of that city. Samuel Laciar, music critic of that city, said, in part, of the Bartok work: . “The Bela Bartok string quartet is decidedly the best of the three works in that form that the great Hungarian modernist has com- posed. It follows his general char- acteristics in that it casts to the winds all rules and precedent of form, melody and harmonization, following no precedent except his own wishes. “It is extremely discordant in many places when listened to by ears attuned to the melodies and harmonies of the great classic composers, but, nevertheless, it s an excellent specimen of ultra- modern composition, showing all that knowledge of musical com- position which Bartok possesses to so great a degree. “The quartet is one of the most difficult compositions ever put down on paper, and every resource of the stringed instruments is em- ployed in it. It was s?lendldly performed. * * * Asis always the case with a new Bartok number, when presented before an audi- ence not composed of enthusias- tics over modern music, the com- position was recelved with consid- erable reserve.” * k k% UTH TOWNSEND (in private life Mme. Milan Petrovic, and possibly about to revise her profes- sional name to Ruth Townsend- Petrovic), is an American singer, with unique ties to Washington, the National Capital, where she has a number of distinguished relatives, active members in so- cial circles, and has herself resided from time to time when not tour- ing Europe in concerts. She will be presented in joint recital with Beniamino Gigli, tenor of the Metropolitan Opera Co., Wednes- day, by her aunt, Mrs. Lawrence Townsend. This talented and artistic mez- zo-soprano comes here almost im- mediately after a remarkable tri- umph in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she sang two solo parts in De- bussy’s “The Blessed Damosel,” singing the second of the two at almost literally “a moment’s no- tice.” It was the Christmas festival concert. One of the reviewers of the event says: ““The Blessed Damosel’ was, moreover, a unique triumph for Ruth Townsend, Cincinnati mez- zo-soprano. Originally-engaged to sing only one of the solo parts in the Debussy number, she under- took at the last moment to fill the vacancy caused by the ab- scence of Hulda Lashanska also, and actually learned and sang both solo parts. She did them beau- tifully, singing with a genuinely artsitic eye to the totality of ef- fect, rather than with the desire to meke an impression. The result was that she did make an impres- sion and a very good one, indeed.” Boys' Independent Band In Concert Tuesday CONCERT by the Washington Boys' Independent Band will be given at the Eastern High School auditorium Tuesday. at 8:15 p.m. The entire program will be directed by the l4-year-old bandmaster, Clin- ton J. Brown, jr. This is the first time in this city, and probably in the entire country, that a concert of this character, consisting of marches, overtures and specialities, has been conducted by one so young. Clin- ton also will play the saxophone com- position “Fantaisie de Norma,” by Mayeur. Merit awards will be made to 18 mem- bers who have maintained an average of 100 per cent in attendance and disci- pline for a period of from one to four years. Presentations will be made by Mr. Isaac Gans. }andred Spahr will be the guest vo- calist. The band is under the direction of James L. Kidwell and Maj. C. J. Brown. ‘The present personnel numbers 76. Festival Cho:\;s Rehearsals Tues’day and Weanesaay THE first two rehearsals for the Massed Chorus Festival concert, Conductor Frederick Alezander of Mich- igan, will be held Tuesday and Wednes- day at 8 pm, in the Central High School auditorium. Tuesday’s rehearsal is for the chorus clubs (men and women), Wednesday's for church choirs. ‘The concert, which will be given much interest and enthusiasm is be- ing shown, is under the joint auspices of the Church Music Council and the District of Columbia Federation of Mu- sic_Clubs. To date approximately 300 church voices have been enrolled for this event, The names of the choral organiza- tions that already have been heard from, are the Community Club of Vienna, Va., the Masonic Glee Club, the Women'’s City Club, the Chaminade Glee Club, Elizabeth Somers Glee Club, Emp)}n‘y‘ cémrch Girls' Friendly Cho- “The massed chord effects in| Tus, . A. Chorus, and the Louis Thompson class of women's voices, during Music week in May, in whichd THE | | JASCHA HEIFETZ. _ Polss Band Orchestra Dates S. MARINE BAND ORCHESTRA. 'HE three programs planned for the current week by the United States Marine Band Orchestra, Capt. Taylor Branson, leader, and Arthur 8. Wit- comb, second leader, will be given in the Marine Barracks auditorium to- morrow at 4 p.m., Wednesday at 8 p.m. and Friday at 4 p.m. The usual stand- ard of classic, combined with a few more simple popular numbers, will be maintained. The soloist tomorrow will be Musician Frank Wiblitzhouser, who will play as “Lanette.” The symphony for the. regular monthly symphonic program Wednes- day will be “Symphony in D Minor,” by Cesar Franck, a work which, when first performed, in 1889, met with almost universal condemnation, but now is one of the most popular symphonies on concert programs. The soloist, Musician Lugi Terzo, will play the “Clarinet Concerto, Opus 107 in A" by Mozart, with orchestra ac- companiment. The modernistic, Arthur Honegger, will be represented by his symphonic poem, “Pastorale d’Ete.” Honegger was born in France of Swiss parents. The “Pastorale d’Ete” was inspired by the epigraph “I have embraced the Summer’s red of morn” and is very simple in character though modern. ‘The program will close with the bril- liant “Carneval-in Paris,” by the Nor- wegian composer, Johan Severin Svend- sel a saxophone solo Hinton's valse caprice, | n. The above program will be repeated Priday, January 18. EVENTS OF west, at 8:30 p.m. Jascha Heifetz, young violinist, Theater at 4:30 p.m. 11:15 am. 8:30 p.m. Franck. FERNANDO GERMANI—Mdnday. ‘The 21-year-old Itallan organist, Fer- nando Germani, who has created a sen- sation both abroad and in this country, will be presented in a recital, free to the public, given under the auspices of the American Guild of Organists, the D. C. Chapter, Rolla G. G. Onyun, dean, tomorrow at 8:30 p.m. in historic St. John’s Church, on Lafayette Square, Sixteenth and H streets northwest. Signor Germani has been official or- ganist of the famous Augusteo Orches- tra in Rome since he was 14 years old. He made his American debut in the New York Wanamaker Auditorium in 1928. The metropolitan critics all gave him highest praise. The program tomorrow will begin with Johann Sebastian Bach's “Toccata in F Major,” to be followed by d’Aquin’s “Noel” and a “Chorale” by Cesar Franck. The second group will be two works by the late Italian organist and composer, Enrico Bossi. The first will be a “Sciciliana et Giga” (in manu- seript), the second, “Studio Sinfonico.” The last group will include Louls Vierne's scherzo from “The Second Symphony,” “Saetas,” by E. Torres (in manuscript), and allegro and fugue, “Ad Nos,” by Liszt. JASCHA HEIFETZ—Tuesday. Jascha Heifetz, world-famous violin- ist, is listed to make his only concert appearance of the season 1928-29 Washington at Poli’s Theater, Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, as the second attraction in Mrs. Wilson-Greene's philharmonic course. He will be assist- ed by Isidor Achron at the piano. Mr. Heifetz's program will include “Sonata in F minor” (Locatelli), ‘Lar- ghetto” (Vivaldi-Heifetz), ‘“Rigaudon” (Rameau-Heifetz), “Les Petits Moulins a_Vent” (Couperin-Press), “Prelude” (Bach-Kreisler), “Concerto” (Mendels- sohn), “Nocturne” (Boulanger), “Puck” (Grieg-Achron), “Jota” (de Falla), “lat.roducunn and Tarantelle” (Sara- sate). Seats for the Helfets concert are on sale at the concert bureau in Droop's, 1300 G street northwest, and at the box MONDAY. Fernando Germani, young Italian organist, will appear in a free recital at St. John's Church, TUESDAY. ‘WEDNESDAY. Ruth Townsend, soprano, and Beniamino Gigli, tenor, will give a joint recital in the ballroom of the Mayflower Hotel at THURSDAY. The Swastika String Quartet will give a program at the May- flower Hotel in the ballroom at 3:30 p.m. The Flonzaley String Quartet will give its farewell concert in ‘Washington at Central High School at 8:15 p.m. Interstate Male Chorus in jubilee program at D. A. R. Hall at FRIDAY. The first concert of the Franco-Belgian Festival will be givent at 8:45 p.m. at the Willard Hotel, featuring the works of Cesar (as her lieder group, which she sings in | Night” SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JANUARY . 13, 1 ARTISTS WHO WILL APPEAR IN A NUMBER OF RuTH TOWNSEND, Jucsday, HARR(S& EWING MERSON. Willard Hotel Friday: THE WEEK Sixteenth and H streets north- will appear in recital at Poll’s office of the theater the afternoon of the concert. TOWNSEND-GIGLI RECITAL— WEDNESDAY. Ruth Townsend, the dramatic, so- prano, who is well known, with many friends in the National Capital, and who recently became Mme. Milan Petrovic, will make her initial public appearance here after a long absence in joint recital with Beniamino Gigli, Metropolitan tenor, in the ballroom of the Mayflower Hotel, under auspices of Mrs. Lawrence Townsend, at 11:15 a,m, Wednesday. Mary Howe (Mrs. Walter Bruce Howe) will play for Mme, Petro- \'h‘,lnnd Miguel Sandoval for Signor Gigli. Ruth Townsend will open the pro- gram with two lovely old songs by Marcello and Carissimi, and later give particularly well, two Schubert songs, “Wohin” and “Ave Maria”; Brahm'’s “Dje Mainacht” and Richard Strauss’ “Zueignung.” Her last group will be of French works, “L'Invitation au Voy- age,” by Duparc, and the famous “Mon Coeur” air from Saint Saens’ “Samson et Delila.” Signor Gigli's first group also will be old Italian in style, being familiar works by Donaudy and' Gluck. For his second group he will sing “A Dream,” by Grieg; Rachi noff's “In the Sflence of the and Donizettl’s “Una Furtiva Lagrima,” from “L'Elisir d’Amore.” He will close the program with a group of operatic airs from “Mignon,” “Romeo et Juliette” and “Marta.” The two singers will give one duet, that of the second act of “La Gilo- conda,” midway in the program. Seats are on sale at 1709 Twenty-first street northwest and at the hotel the morning of the concert. SWASTIEA QUARTET—THURSDAY. The Swastika Quartet of the Curtis Institute of Music, which is making its | first public appearances in concert out- RIED PROGRAMS HERE THI BENIAMINO GIGLI, AMaytower- FERNANDO GERMANI. St. Jokn: ; o'clock under the local management of Mrs. Wilson-Greene. ‘The program will include Beethoven's “Quartet in P Minor, Opus 95”; Charles Tomlinson Griffes’ “Two Sketches for String Quartet,” based on Indian themes, and Mozart'’s “Quartet in D Minor, Kochel No. 421.” ‘The Swastika Quartet is composed of Gama Gilbert and Benjamin Sharlip, violins; Sheppard Lehnhoff, viola, and Orlando Cole, violoncello. Seats for the Swastika Quartet are on sale at the concert bureau in Droop's, 1300 G street northwest. FLONZALEY STRING QUARTET— Thursday. For its final conceri appearance in the National Capital, Thursday at 8:15 p.m, at Central High School audi- torium, the Flonzaley Quartet has an- nounced one of the most interesting programs of its career of 25 years. The opening number will be Bee- thoven's Quartet in B Flat Major.” The second number, Haendel's “Sonata a Tre,” has been arranged for the con- cert by Alfred Pochon, and will be played by him, with Mr. Betti, first violinist, and Mr. d’Archambeau, cellist. In its original form this sonata, com- posed and published in 1739, was made up of the following parts in the order given herewith: Largo, come alla breve, larghetto, tempo giusto, air and bourree. The only one of these original parts not used in this present edition is the come alla breve, and in its place four short movements from other of Handel's sonatas have been inserted. These movements, retained in their original key, are a gavotte and minuet (from “Sonata VII”), a gigue (from “Sonata IV”) and an allegro (from “Sonata V"), from the “Book of Sonatas” by Handel, first published at Amsterdam in 1751, As arranged the various movements of each of the three sections are to be played without pause, complete stops being made only after sections 1 and 2. Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden” will be given and Erwin Schulhoff’s “Serenata Grottesca” and “Danza Slo- vacca” (from “Quartet No. 1), ‘The Community Institute announces that the tickets for this farewell ap- pearance of the Flonzaley Quartet may be had at the Willard Hotel news- stand, the Ameypican Automobile Associ- ation and the’Community Center De- partment, in the Franklin Administra- tion Building, at Thirteenth and K streets northwest. INTERSTATE MALE CHORUS— Thursda ursday. The Interstate Male Chorus, Clyde B. Altchison, conductor, now in the ninth season, offers the twenty-fifth jubilee concert at the Daughters of American Revolution Continental Memorial Hall, Thursday at 8:30 o'clock. side of Philadelphia this season, will be heard in the b:?lmom of the Mayflower Hotel Thursday afternoon st 3:30 thal The first concert was held March 2, 1921, and of the 20 men who sang on ¢ program, Willlam H. Bonneville, Wednesd&% : o FLONZALEY QUARTET Ceniral Higr School .%ar.rdayn- Harold M. Brown, Felix E. Early, An- drew C. Wilkins, A. E. Heiss, Howard Hosmer, J. Paul Kelly, Thomas E. Pyne and Burt L. Smelker are still active members of the chorus. The chorus has had the same con- ductor throughout, Clyde B. Aitchison. William A. Maidens has sung in every concert until the present one, when business compels him to be absent from the city. The membership of the chorus is now increased to over forty, and these men, who are officials and employes of the Government, have formed a close bond of friendship in their many years of association singing together. Harlan Randall, baritone, guest soloist Thursday. He will sing “Arioso de Benvenuto (“Benvenuto Cel- 1ini”), by Diaz, and a group of light numbers, including “Marietta,” by Ro- milli, and “Hymn to the Night” by Campbell-Tipton. Mr. Randall will also sing the melody in Jessie L. Caynor's “Slumber Boat,” which has been espe- clally arranged by Mr. Aftchison for the Interstate Male Chorus. Mr. Randall was the soloist appearing with the chorus at its first concert eight years ago, and because of the fact that this is the twenty-fifth jubilee concert the program will consist of many numbers which have proven favorites with the audiences. Robert L. Feuerstein will accompany chorus and soloist. Gertrude Small- wood Mockbee will be organist and as- sisting accompanist. CESAR FRANCK PROGRAM— Friday. The Franco-Belgian Festival will be opened with the first program dedicated to the works of Cesar Franck, Friday night at the Willard Hotel, in the Wil- lard room, at 8:45 o'clock, Elena de Sayn, director. Miss de Sayn will present Max Mer- con, Hungarian planist, in his formal debut in the National Capital, in this program. Mr. Merson has been heard informally in local circles previously during the past Winter and has made friends here. He will play Cesar Frank’s famous violin and piano sonata which was dedicated to Eugene Ysaye, played here last season by Josef Hof- mann and Lea Luboschutz. Miss de Sayn, of course, will play the violin part. This work will open the program. Joseph Barbecot, & young French baritone, will sing & group of Franck’s songs, “Panis Angelicus,” ‘“Nocturne” and “Le Marriage des Roses.” be accompanied by Mrs. Roberts. The program will be closed with the playing of Franck's “String Quartet,” which was the great composer’s “swan song.” The members of the quartet are Miss de Sayn, first violin; A. G. Zanoff, second violin; Lydia Brewer, viola, and Watson Baumert, violoncello. The second program will be given January 31 and the final one on Febru- ary 18. Tickets are on sale at the Willard Hotel social bureau and also at the de Sayn Studio, 1705 K street northwest. Washington College of Music Presents 54th Concert INVITATIONB have been issued for the fifty-fourth concert for the public, to be presented by the Wash- ington College of Music. Thursday. at 8:15 pm. in Barker Hall of the Y. w. . C. A, Owing to the limited seating capacity of the auditorium and the large en- rollment at the college this year, cards of admittance will be required. These may be gotten at the office of the col- lege, upon request. The program will feature three young singers who won scholarships last Fall. They are Dorothy Sawyer, contralto; Robert Eldridge, tenor, and Charles Eldridge, baritone. Qthers on the program will include, from the preparatory department, Janice Levitt, Pauline Slavin, Evelyn Eibender, Ruth Diamond, Irving Phil- lips and Isadore Fischer; college department, Maxwell Short, Herman Weihe and Anne Smith. will be from the | Eh Mary Gastrock, MUSIG RETE Lorleberg von Bayer will| play the following piano selec- | | tions at the meeting at 8 p.m. Saturday of the German Liter- ‘ ary Society at the home of Miss Anita Schade: “Sonata, Opus 49, No. 2,” by Beethoven; “Grillen,” by Schu- mann; “Nocturne in F Minor,” by Schumann, and “Prelude and Fantasie Impromptu,” by Chopin. ' Mrs. von Bayer also will accompany the reader, Miss Schade, in the melo-| drama “The Minstrel's Curse,” a ballad | by Ludwig Uhland, with music by Mar- | tin Roeder. | | _ Julia Culbreth Gray presided at the | | January meeting of the Washington Readers’ Club Tuesday, wearing an old- fashioned costume and illustrating the | | subject, “Auld Lang Syne.” Mrs. Gray recently entertained at a banquet given | for the retiring controller of the cur- rency, Mr. McIntosh, at the Carlton | Hotel. She also has sung for the Ki-| | wanis Club of Frederick, Md., and the | Haywood class of Foundry M. E. Church for its annual party, given at | the Chastleton. The Columbia Music Co., Inc., of | which Sophocles T. Papas is the head, | announces the issue of a catalogue of | imported guitar music. This catalogue is sald to contain the works of all the | guitar masters and transcriptions of works by other classical composers, in- cluding all compositions in the reper- toire of Andres Segovia, Spanish guitar- {ist, who is now touring this country. | _Katherine Riggs, concert, harpist of ‘Washington, gave a recital last night { at the National Cathedral School be- fore the faculty, students and their friends. Miss Riggs played some old harpsi- chord numbers, including compositions by Scarlatti, Perilhou, Daquin, Beau- joyeuse and Rameau, as well as several groups of modern numbers by Loukin, Borodin, Tournier and Prokofieff. This afternoon at 5 o'clock, in All Souls’ Church (Unitarian), Sixteenth and Harvard streets, Lewis Atwater, organist, will play & program of Ameri- can music. He will be assisted by Flora McGill Keefer, mezzo-contralto, who will sing “Allah,” by Chadwick, and “Light,” by LaForge. ‘The public is cordially invited. ‘The Washington Conservatory of Mu- sic, which is incorporated as a public institution, is (following the idea of European conservatories controlled by state governments) offering free courses in music to children between the ages talented youngsters—the musicians of the future. Applications may be made in person bv the child’s parents or by telephone, North 6244. The Conservatory of Music is located on New Hampshire avenue adjoining Dupont Circle. The free courses are in violin, piano, voice and sight reading. ‘The Washington College of Music has organized a string-wood ensemble. ‘The best music has been selected at the Library of Congress, with the as- sistance of Carl Engel. Mrs, Fanny Amstuts Roberts, head of the theater organ department of the college and in charge of the theory department, brought back with her from Cleveland, Ohio, where she and Dr. Roberts at- tended the music teachers' convention during the holidays, a number of com- p(‘:‘l(!ilons arranged for strings and wood- wind. ‘The college cordially invites string and woodwind players to attend the rehearsals Tuesday evenings at 7:45 o'clock, feeling that it has something worth while to offer serious musicians. “Two Centuries With the American Composer” is the title of a college and conservatory text book Dr. Edwin N. C. Bornes, director of music in the public schools, is preparing for the publishers. He also plans to present a course of similar_title at Washington College of Muslc, beginning February 4. ‘The book is divided into 11 periods and contains the biographies of over 200 composers. The periods are “Pre-Revo- lution 1,700-1775"; “Post-Revolution, 1775-1800"; “Early Nineteenth Century, 1800-1840"; “Middle Nineteenth Cen- tury, 1840-1860"; “Civl War Decade, 1860-1870"; “Decade After the Civil War, 1870-1880"; “Decade of Artistic Awakening, 1880-1890"'; “Closing Decade of the Nineteenth Century, 1890-1900"; “Opening Decade of the Twentieth Cen- tury, 1900-1910"; “World War Decade, 1910-1920"; “Decade of Reconstruction, 1920-1930." ‘The book is profusely illustrated with reproducing piano and talking machine T Each weriod i preced: ch pel led by a “Fore- " ‘These short introductions are B ! S, e orm a shoi ry of the of music in America. [N Mrs. John Milton Sylvester, director- accompanist, announces the following changes in the personnel of the Madri- gal Singers: Pirst sopranos, Lois Lillle, Elizabeth Waters; second sopranos, Pearl Shindel Heffner, Elizabeth Taylor Copping; first altos, Lucy Hopkins, Norma Hughes; second altos, Cordelia Heffner Brown, Mary Lerch. Miss Lillle and Miss Hopkins take the places of Miss Skinner and Miss Kerns in the first soprano and first alto sec- tions, respectively. This afternoon at 4:30 the vested choir of St. Margaret's Church, Con- necticut avenue and Bancroft place, will render the Christmas cantata, “The Holy Child,” composed by John Adams, organist of St. Alban’s Church, Holborn, London. ‘The soloists will be Mrs. R. J. McFall, soprano; Mrs, Willilam H. Beck, con- tralto; George Anderson, tenor; E. Kid- well, bass. ‘The event will be under the direction Dr. Albert Harned, director of the National Capital Oratorio Association, is recovering satisfactorily from a se- vere attack of double pneumonia and of 4 and 14. | This is done to discover and foster | of Donald B. MacLeod, organist and | choirmaster. | RAPHS has issued the announcement to the members of the association that he hopes shortly to be well enough to re- sume rehearsals for the Spring per- formance planned. . ‘The date and place of the first re- hearsal will be announced in these col- umns as soon as available. The Singing Mothers’ Chorus of the Congress_of Parent-Teachers, directed by Mrs. E. L. Norris, will give a musical program at a meeting of the Henry- Polk group tomorrow evening in the Henry School at 8 o'clock. The open- ing song will be “Hail and Howdy-Do," to be followed later by “T o Mother, composed by Kathryn Hall of Washing- ton and dedicated to the chorus. Mrs. Daniel C. Pratt, soloist, will sing Tosti's “Good-bye” and Schubert's “Slumber Song.” The finale will be the Parent-Teachers’ Associaton song. The chorus will give a program at tae Hamilton Hotel Tuesday night at 9 o'clock for the Gold Star Mothers. Albert Summers, baritone; Clarice Summers, soprano, and Grete von Bayer, planist, with Burrus Willlams and Florence Squiers, accompanists, will present a program at the All-States Hotel Wednesday at 8:15 p.m. Each of the singers will present groups of songs as soloist and will sing Thomas’ “Night Hymn at Sea” as a duet. Mrs. von Bayer will play Beethoven's “So- nata in G Major,” opus 49, No. 2, and two groups of shorter selections. All the numbers are by classical composers, both of the past and present. ‘The Friday Morning Music Club will present a program of folk songs at the meeting this week. Those appearing will be Mrs. Walter K. Wilson, Mrs. Frank Howard, Dorothy Wilson Hal- |bach and Mary Apple, with Mrs. Paul Bleyden accompanist. Unusual songs | from Hungary, England, Russia and | Sweden will be included. . Katherine Floeckher Cullén, planist, will appear on this program in solo selections by Grainger, Debussy, Mos- kowski and Liszt. W. E. Braithwaite, director; Mrs. H. C. Grirges, organist, and a group of vocal soloists, including Mrs. B. D. Shreve, Mrs. H. C. Littlefleld, Mrs. Hclen Turley, Mrs. Leo Tooley, Thomas P. Russell and W. G. Sindell, presented a special program of music at the Ver- mont Avenue Christian Church last Sunday night. Protheroe, Shelley, Ber- nard and Reimann-Dickinson were the composers represented. Mabel Linton Williams, pianist, and Floyd Williams, tenor, have been en- gaged as soloists for the W. C. T. U. rally and banquet Wednesday at 7 p.m. at_the Hotel Roosevelt. Senators and Representatives are in- vited and there will be speeches from prominent politicians. Marjorie Lowe, soprano, and Malton Boyce, pianist, will appear in a joint program at the Arts Club of Washing- ton Thursday night at 8 o'clock. Miss Lowe g three qups of un- usual songs by Weckerlin, Gretchani- now, Grieg, Schubert, Brahms, Tschaik- owski, Rueckauf, Rybner, Hamblen, Squire and Ronald. Mr. Boyce will play two groups of works by Chgx, , Palm- gren, Arensky, Weber and Liszt, ‘The Rubinstein Club has begun final preparations for the first concert of the season, to be held at the Willard Hotel Tuesday, February 26. Mrs. Elmer Carleton Smith, chair- man of the audition committee, urges that those desiring to join the club and participate in the first concert make appointments with her immedi- ately for voice trials by calling Cleve- land 2693, Apartment 307. Fifth Program Today at Congressional Country Club TH! Congressional Country Club will resume its Sunday afternoon mu- sical programs this afternoon at 5 o’'clock, when the fifth concert in this series will be presented in the Pom- pelian room of the club, with Elvina Neale Rowe, soprano, and Felian Gar- zia, planist, as joint artists. ‘The program will include piano com- positions by Chopin, Mendelssohn, Debussy and Liszt; and songs by De- libes, Debussy, Carpentier and Mozart. Mr. Garzia received the prize at the Paris Conservatoire, and has made a ."name for himself in New York and ‘Washington. Mrs. Rowe is one of the favorite artists at the private events given by members of the diplomatic corps. She also is soloist at the Mount Vernon Church. Mrs. Rowe will sing some of Mari- anne Genet's songs, which she has sung from manuscript for this com- poser, and for which she has received much commendation, Marianne Genet lives in Pittsburgh. Lectures on "The Ring." LECTURE-RECITAL on the first two operas of Wagner’s “Der Ring des Nibelungen"—"Das Rheingold” and “Die Walkure"—will be given by Miss Maud G. Sewall before the members of the Business and Professional Women's Department of the Y. W. C. A, in the fourth floor assembly room of the Y. W. C. A, Seventeenth and K streets, Tuesday at 7 p.m. Miss Sewall will illustrate her lec- ture with phonograph records. January 29, at the same hour and place, Miss Sewall will give a similar lecture on the remaining two operas of “Der Ring.” ‘Those interested are cordially invited to attend, whether or not they are members of the Business and Profes- sional Women's Department. Hans Kraly, the noted scenarist of the UFA Studios in Germany, who pre- pared the script for “The Loves of Pharaoh” and “Deception,” was the director of “The Doll,” which is shown at the Little Theater this week, and this, by the way, is said to be the only picture he ever directed. STUDIOS OF SOPHOCLES T. PAPAS TEACHER OF Banjo, Mandolin, Guitar Hawaiian Guitar and Ukulele Personal Instruction ENSEMBLE PRACTICE WITH THE ‘OLUMBIA CLUBS. 1221_CONN. AVE. DECATUR 737 WALTER T. HOLT School of Mandolin, Guitar and Banjo. 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