Evening Star Newspaper, July 14, 1929, Page 51

. ¢ N MU BY HELE HIS is the season when one can enjoy musically, most thorcughly, the shadow of the substance. Vicarious sound is rather welcome than otherwise—in spite of the great popularity of the “talkies.” It is doubly interesting to read letters and other reports of the energetic performances of music abroad; cne has the soothing, direct com- fort of silence and the pleasure of perusing varied opinions on pleasingly aistant events. Quite a few such reports havé come to the attention of this desk and are be- ing passed on to any one who may care to read herewith. * * % X RS. LAWRENCE TOWNSEND, who sailed for Europe in late April, sailing incidentally on the same boat with Mary Garden and Elinor Glyn, writes most enthusi- astically of the performances of Rosa Ponselle in Covent Garden. She says: “Rosa was more glori- ous than ever.” It was particularly 1nj.erestlng that, while on this trip to’London, Rosa Melba Ponselle should first meet the great Australian singer for whom she was named when she was christened as a small girl in a church in Meriden, Conn. Both Dame Melba and Miss Pon- selle were honor guests at a sup- per which Mrs. Townsend gave at Claridge’s following Ponselle’s de- but. Mrs. Townsend writes from Bad Kreuzuech, in Germany, where she has been enjoying a rest, a letter in which she mentions other singers, new to Washingtonians, whom she found highly gifted and interesting as artists. Among them are John Brownlee, a young Australian baritone, who is plan- ning to come to the United States in a couple of years, but probably will not be here next season, and a young lyric tenor, Wolff, a Ger- man singer, of Berlin, who was excellent as Walther in a fine per- formance of “Die Meistersinger.” Mrs. Townsend also heard Lotte Lehmann, Anne Roselle and Eva Turner—a newcomer somewhat of the Austral type, having a huge vocal organ. s * Kok K EVEN more recently, clipping: have come from this discrim- inating Washington musical con. noisseur, from the Paris editions o New York papers, which give some high lights of performances there. It is quite evident from reports of the performances of the Bayreuth company in Paris that those events no more fulfilled the true Bayreuth tradition than did those of the German Grand Opera Co. which came to this country last season, who at first waved such bold banners as upholders of the Wagner festspiel traditions of Bayreuth. The New York Herald- Tribune, Paris edition, says: “But what a pity to see such wretched and ill-lighted scenery! these performances, however, there remains the remembrance of ar- tists singing: with precise rhythm and with remarkable articulation. It is not the perfection of Bay- reuth of former times. It is an ‘Ersatz,’ which is still very al preciable, and with which t gods of Valhalla were satisfied a. gods who are accessible to all hu. man feelings.” There also is mention of the premiere presentation in Paris of Franke Harling's one-act Ameri- can opera, “A Light From St. Agnes,” which had its premiere in Washington a couple of seasons ago by the Washington Opera Co. In Paris this first performance was coupled with the premiere of “Surgery,” an_operatic sketch by P. O. Ferroud, a young French composer. This latter work is based upon a short story of Che- kov's, which has been heard in Washington in dramatic form, in Russian, at the Jewish Community Center. Of these two works, the same paper says: “‘Surgery’ presents a strange plot; it is the story of a tooth un- der extraction, and that is all. M. Ferroud, who has already been heard at symphonie concerts, has been rather bold to make his first operatic effort on a libretto of this kind. He has done it after the style of Maurice Ravel in ‘L’'Heure Espagnole’ He has adopted a rhythm and a melodious line which is rather regular without interfering with the dialogue. The opera is intended to rouse laugh- ter, and from this point of view it is only half a success, as the ef- fects are always the same. Not all the talent of the baritone, Vanni- Marcoux, could hold the attention of the audience. Vanni-Marcoux was wonderfully disguised, and only he could embark on an ad- venture of this kind. The other role was taken by Eugen Tretja- koff. M. Vigot conducted very well. “The other opera, ‘A Light From St. Agnes’ contrasted sharply with the modernism of ‘Surgery.’ Mr. Franke Harling does not go as far as the dissonances of M. Ferroud. He takes after the Ital- jan composers, but does not dis- dain dance rhythms, ranging from the tango to the fox-trot. * * * ‘§t. Agnes' scores with an excel- fent cast. Miss Eleanor Painter (Toinette) has a warm soprano voice of a vibrant and sonorous timbre; her acting is expressive and intelligent. The tenor, M. Rafaelo Diaz (Father Bertrand) ‘makes his prayer in a voice which rises with ease and is colorful. Mr. Howard Preston (Michel) is a baritone who does not lack power.” ‘Anena Enters appeared in her now famous “Dance Episodes” as a “curtain raiser” for this double- barreled operatic debut program. Professional singers noted in the audience included Jeanne Gordon, Emma Eames and her husband, Emilio de Gogorza, the baritone. * X ¥ ¥ THE extraction of teeth and the saving of the soul of a young French-American girl are not the only subjects employed as themes for operatic premieres. Even mors recently comes news of Paul Hindemith's new opera, “Neues yom Tage” (News of the Day). which, according to Mary Wat- ns' report for the New York erald Tribune, “proved to .be e most interesting, if scarcely the most ingratiating, musical ex- of all| SIC N FETTER. perience offered the visitor to Berlin's festival.” She adds: “To attach the pom- pous syllables of ‘world premiere’ to such a work is to give it a spuri- ous importance, for it is no more nor less than a cabaret piece, as the Germans themselves admit readily enough, freakishly trans- planted to the opera stage. Be- yond the mild sensation of Grete Stueckgold’s familiar talents ex-! hibited in the unfamiliar frame of | a porcelain bathtub, there is little which remains in the mind and still less in the ear. Mr, Hinde- mith admits his own artistic de~ feat in the frank employment of a trivial, even flippant, medium. He, among others of his cotem- poraries, forsakes the subjective for the obvious, and offers a superficial review of the “ Zeit-, gest’ in place of any valid or| comprehensive human emotions. * * * Qf the music, there is even | less to reporf. A light and tintin- nabulating style, resulting from | technically clever and musically empty employment of counter- point, eccentric rhythms, unrea- sonable dissonances and some in- genious but perverse, and in the end ineffective, instrumentation, suffices Mr. Hindemith to match the mood of the librettist. The music patters and tinkles and stutters on pianos, winds and strings throughout the 11 scenes with little variety and less wit. The composer shows small inter- est in or sympathy for the sing- ers, and, considering the beguiling quality of the dialogue, the listen- er finds himself frequently wish- ing for that despised incongruity, the speaking voice.” In Philip Hale's page in the Bos- ton Herald, the following regard- ing Mr. Hindemith’s opera gives the plot unusually concisely: “Paul Hindemith’s latest opera is a satire on modern life, ‘chiefly on the social advantages of divorce and the material rewards of un- blushing publicity!’ The libretto, by Marcullus Schiffer, includes the employment of a bureau for | domestic affairs to provide the | necessary grounds for divorce. | The manager of the bureau, ad- | miring the young wife, decides to | make himself ‘the grounds,’ so he | | intrudes on the privacy of her bath, for in the first scene of the econd act she is shown seated in |a hotel bathtub, and singing about the advantages of having hot water. The male intrusion leads to a duet. There is a trio when | another woman enters to insist that this particular bath was or- dered for her. The hotel staff, drawn into the controversy, fur- nishes the finale of that scene. “Among the 11 scenes is one'of } typists lyrically clicking their ma- | chines; one of a museum crowded with tourists; one of a variety theater interior with a perform- ance going on. The divorce is ob- tained, but not until the husband has been jailed for smashing a statue of Venus in the museum when he was in a jealous fit. The complex finale is devoted to news |notes of the day. Grete Stuek- | gold, English by birth, sang the; | bathtub aria.” ' Thus it would seem that the Broadway revues—bathtub and all | —are invading not only the mo- | tion picture field, but also grand opera. * k% LETTER from Frances Gute- lius, Washington pianist in Paris, tells entertainingly of meet- ing Russell Bennett, Roy Harris, Quinto Maganini, whose latest work is a “Cuban Rhapsody,” and hearing a young Chicago pianist, Esther Johnssen, who, following several years’' study with Stojow- ski ang Sauer, is touring Europe. Louise Lakin, formerly of Wash- ington, gave a tea in Paris for Miss Gutelius, at which Miss Johnssen was one of the artists on an informal program. Miss Gutelius incloses a pro- gram of a concert of works by was represented by his “Vitebsk” for violin, violoncello and piane, which has as its basic theme the song used in “The Dybbuk,” and two “Pieces for Four Strings,” a lento molto and a rondino, both of which Miss Gutelius personally liked very much, although she was quite unfavorably impressed with the “Vitebsk.” There were three songs by Israel Citkovitz, of which “Bid Adieu, Adieu,” seemed to be best received. The piano sonata by Carlos Chavez, played by Mme. Tilona Kabos, was enthusiastically hissed. ~ Virgil Thomson provided some apparently harmless mate- rial in “Quelques Airs”—“La Valse Gregorienne,” “La Seine” and “Le Berceau de Gertrude Stein, ou le Mystere de la Rue de Fleurs.”| The last mentioned, which Miss Gutelius designates as “having in- | teresting rhythms,” has eight poems by Georges Hugnet, set to music entitled “Lady Godiva's Waltzes.” Mme. Marthe-Marthin2 sang two more songs by Thomson, both with texts by that unique ultra-modernist, Gertrude Stein, entitled “Susie Asado” and “Pre- ciosilla.” Roy Harris provided a “Sextet for Four Strings, Clarinet and Piano,” which won the high- est praise of any. work on the en- tire program. Church Has New Director. The music at the Concordia Lutheran Church during the coming year will be under-the supervision of John R. Mon- roe, organist and choirmaster, who be- gan his duties there July 1. The choir will be reorganized, and a section of boys' voices will be added, making a mixed choir of boys’, women's and men'’s voices. It is planned to build up a festival choir for the presentation of Johann Sebastian Bach’s works. e period. wil be ghven. At reforma ven. least one master work a month will-be young Americans. Aaron Copland | Fugu T gift of the Presbyterians of the South to the Capital of the country. Many thousands of members of the de- nomination, from Baltimore, Md., Tampa, Fla., and from St. Joseph, Mo., to San Antonio, Tex,, feel the keen in- terest of partners in this Christian pa- triotic service. "The pews and seats ai ings. which of thirteenth century Gothic style, in- clude a tower 112 feet in height, the church auditorium, a religious educa- tion building and a manse. The junior choir of the Church of the Pllgrims is perhaps Washington's youngest choir, having been organized the last of March by Esther Linkins, its director, with 24 members. Its mem- bership now is 40. The choir made its initial appearance in May and is being featured Sunday evenings. It is modeled after the na- tionally known Children’s Choir of Flemington, N. J., Elizabeth Van Fleet Vosseller, director. Miss Linkins took Miss Vosseller’s in- tensive course in junior choir work and the child voice in Flemington last Sum- mer, graduating with honors. She is the only director in Washington who has specialized in this work. Miss Linkins served this, her native | city, from 1923 to 1928 as president of | the 'District of Columbia Pederation of | Music Clubs. As chairman for exten- | sion this season, she increased the fed- | eration membership from 33 to 68 or- ganizations. Miss Linkins also is organizer and director of the Chaminade Glee Club, | now completing its eighth season with a record of 91 concerts. Miss Linkins is a graduate of Wilson Normal School and taught in the pri- mary grades 13 years. She studied| voice 13 seasons in all, under some of Washington's leading teachers, her last being Miss Mary A. Cryder. She stud- ied rhythmic dancing under Alys E. Bentley, at one time director of public school music. In 1921 she trained for community song leading under Robert Lawrence, and also has taken several short courses in choir and choral di- recting with _outstanding _directors. Warren F. Johnson of Washington, D. C., the organist of the Church of the Pilgrims, received his early musical edu- cation at the New Jersey State School, Trenton, N. J., where he was graduated. He first studied organ with C. M. Ash- ton, then organist of the First Presby- | terlan Church of Princeton, N. J., and later in Washington with Edgar Priest, | organist and choirmaster of the Wash- | ington Cathedral. He was appointed assistant organist of the Cathedral and held this post for Bach Works Featured In Organ Recital Today )R. ROY DEFERRARI, director of the Catholic University Summer session, ‘announces that the second or- gan concert of the series to be given by Conrad Bernier, associate professor of music, under the auspices of the Catho- lic University School of Liturgical Music will be presented this afternoon at 4 o'clock. This concert will be played on the large organ of the Shrine of the Sacred Heart, Sixteenth street and Park road. | ‘,fiim;!li:y'.he n“!’l":be? nwhlcu:l Mr. Bernier are the follow! ‘works Johann Sebasf Bach 4 e in E ta Fiat Major,” ““Canzona in D Minor” and ‘Passacaglia and Tema Fugatum.” WA counterpoint was done with W. G. Owst of Baltimore. For the past few years Mr. Johnson has been studying concert Jewish Community Center, ‘Washington's youngest and most gifted musiclans—Sylvia and Julian Altman— left with their mother, Mrs. Jeanette Altman, and their small brother Elmer for New York City, where they were to_continue their studies. Last week the entire Altman family | returned for a short visit, renewing friendships and enjoying, as the high- light of their visit home, a call at the White House when they were pre- sented to President Hoover. Previous to their departure from Washington two years ago, they had met Mr. Cool- idge. Their good friend, Isaac Gans, a distinguished citizen whose patron- age of music is generally known, is particularly interested in the two young musicians and he accompanied them | on their visit to the White House. As a tribute to Mr. Gans, Sylvia, the old- est of the Altman children, has a ranged a march, written in his honor | o ly for orchestra presentation, so that she and Julian can play it on the plano and violin. 1t is not difficult to remember Sylvia, who is now 16 years old, and a slender young girl when she was only half that age and thd writer first heard her play with the orchestra of the Rialto Theater here. Sylvia looked | like an animated doll in a many-ruffied | frock of pink silk. She had the same | dreamy black eyes, flufly bobbed hair | and graceful poise that she has now | and -she played the piano part of a| Beethoven concerto with amazing verve and understanding. Last Wednesday afternoon Sylvia played the brilliant ‘“Revolutionary Etude” of Chopin, the beautiful “So- nata in G Minor,” by Schumann, and the very intricate “Capriccio in P Sharp Minor,” by Mendelssohn. The public is cordially invited. WEEE ol JULY 4 14 Sunday SHINGTON., D. C., her interpretation of each of them she Monday Tuesday JULY " 14, 'HE Church of the Pilgrims is the|four years. His work in harmony and | repertoire in Baltimore with Louis Rob- ert, former organist of the Harlem Ca- thedral, Holland. Mr. Johnson has given many recitals in this “vicinity, GIFTED YOUNG WASHINGTONIANS JULIAN AND SYLVIA ALTMAN. 'WO years ago, after a concert pro- K showed the remarkable progress that | gram given for their benefit at the | she has been making musically. With- | 5chool of Brooklyn, N. Y., end is as- two of |in the past 15 months she has been |sistant concertmeister of the school or- studying with Mlle. Bert of the Alfred Cortot School of Plano in New York. Sylvia shows much more authority in her attitude toward these compositions and thorough sense of musicianship such as could not have been expected of the little girl that left Washington. She shows a conscientious industry in acquiring complete control of the tech- | nical difficulties that still meet her small hands. She does the Cortot ex- ercises for wrist flexibility and also for the achievement of the ‘more difficult | passages in the compositions which she studies. She gave a lovely performance of the Mendelssohn work, worthy of an experienced artist. Her sense of tone color is excellent, too. Sylvia is the youngest junior at New York University, where she is continu- | ing the important study of other sub. jects that are to give balanced bacl ground of culture. She is “majoring’ in music. She also is said to be the youngest graduate of Central High School of this city, having entered at the age of 10!, years and made the 4-year course in 2!, years. She was graduated on her thirteenth birthday. Two days later she received a grad- uate diploma from the Washington College of Music, where she completed | the 8-year course in 3! years. Julian, the 13-year-old young violin- ist of the family, studied under C. E. Christiani, who is president of the In- stitute of Musical Art, before he left ‘Washington. At present Julian is study- ing under Hans Letz, first violinist of the Letz String Quartet, and a mem- ber of the faculty of the Juilliard Foun- dation. Julian, too, has an undeniably big musical gift. The straightforward sincerity in his manner of playing, put- In |ting his whole thought into the music he is playing, and the expression of its Wednesday Thursday ot 1929 PART 4. t where he has a high reputation as an organist. In the accompanying picture leaders in the church music will tound in the third row from the bot- tom, where, reading from left to right, beginning third from the end, they are: Mr, Johnson, organist; the Rev, Andrew R. Bird, pastor of the church, and Miss Linkins. the 1 be Rueeiafio;;;na to Sing With Philadelphia Co. RS. JOSEPH LEIDY, president of the Philadelphia Grand Opera announces the engagement of Gonitch, beautiful young from the Moscow M | co., Marianne Russian soprano Opera. Mme. Gonitch, in addition to her ap- pearance at the Moscow Opera, has |sung with great success at the Opera |in Paris, the Opera Liceo in Barcelona and the State Opera in Berlin with Chaliapin. | meaning is most attractive. He quite | obviously ‘“feels”. the music he is play- | ing end loves it. Wednesday, given ex- | eellent accompaniment at the piano by | his sister, Julian played the Mozart “Concerto in A Major,” and in spite of the fact that he is not feeling as “fit” as he might, he played with astonish- |ing maturity in the color of tone and accuracy of his phrasing. The trills were nicely rounded and his bowing | was good. Occasionally there was a slight shriliness to a note, but more often there was mellow beauty. Julian Altman is a real musician and there is | no doubt that much more will be heard {in time from him, as well as from his sister. He is continuing. his academic studies at_the Erasmus Hall High chestra. ‘Through their own efforts and those {of an earnest and devoted mother, both | children have been successful in many | ways. They have won numerous awards | in music contests, the outstanding being | the Metropolitan Theater League gold | medal, won by Sylvia at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and the gold medal of the New York Music Week Associa- tion, won by Julian during the annual | contest last year, when 10,000 contest- ants took part. Both children play in concerts and over the radio in New | York and vicinity. Along with their general musical development has come an interest in chamber music. Mrs. | Altman has encouraged this and form- | ed the Gold Medal Trio, in which the third member is Arthur Aaron, a young violoncellist, who also has won s gold medal with his skill as an instru- mentalist. | The Altman children are most en- | thusiastic concerning the 175 programs | by foremost artists of the world which | they have heard in New York, often- | times getting last-minute seats on the | platform near the artist performing, sometimes hearing from the wings back stage. They have met, talked with and performed for such noted artists as Josef Hofmann, Leopold Godowsky, Vladimir Horowitz, Josef Lhevinne, Al- fred Cortot, Serge Rachmaninoff and Chasins, the young composer. The children particularly enjoyed & meeting | with Yehudi Menuhin, the 12-year-old | sensational violinist from California. While in Washington the Altman family were the guests of Mrs. Charles Goldsmith. - They also _spent part of their visit with Mrs. Altman’s brother and Mrs. Willlam Gussin. The family left yesterday for their home, in Brook- lyn, at 1016 East Thirteenth street. Photoplays at Washington Theaters This Week Friday Satmrday Ambassad’r Richard Dix 1n Richard DI; “The Wheel of “The, Wheel I Wheel of Comedy. Comeds. Lo H. “The’ Gamblers.” Comedy. s Wilson and Tois Wilson and B. Warner in H, B Warn Vitaphone. _ Comeds. Mae Busch and Chester Morris in i Cartaon._Vitaphone. Morton Downey in “Mother's Bor."" Vita. short subject. Comedy. _Serial T Apollo ““Close Harmon: Variety. Vitaphone. ~ Vari Buddy Rogers in “'Close Hi mcy Carroll and ichard Dix T Ri “Nothing But the rmony.” Truth.” Vita. short subject. a1 iety. _Vitaphone. v Ri “Nol chard Dix in thing But the Truth.” ‘ruth.’ ita. short_subect. Mae Busch_and Chester Morris in Vita. short_subject. Mae Busch and Chestes Morris in sy Vita. short subject. C'leou: Jessel in “Lucky Boy."” Serial. Avalon M Ch Inkwell se Busch and ester Morrls. in St “AlDL” “Thy Olive Borden a h Beer: 5 “Love in the Desert.” Cor nd Ramon_Novarro v in In “The Pagan’ medy. _Vita. reel. Roach_comedy. May McAvoy Stolen Kisses Oddity reel. Comedy. Krazy Kat cartoon. __Vitaphone subj “Nothing g:x‘ the ing Bu Trath, Oddity_reel. Ave. Grand Richard Dix in “Nothing But the i iR ““The Wild Party.” 4 Kat cartoon. Oddity_reel. short _subject. K Vits Bidney ant jordon_in_“The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City.” Vita. Clars Bow in “The Wild Party." razy Kat cartoon. a._short_subject. Carolina Alice White in “Hot Stuft.”” i ite 4 Ao aug Corinne Griffith in “Saturday's Children.” Corinne Griffith in “Saturday’s Children.” George Sidney and Vera Gordon in “The Cohens and Kell: Atlantic City.” Vita. T tschi 1 “Iafe of Lost Men " Walter Huston in “Gentlemen of the ress. Comedy. Vita. Serial. Reinald Denny “Clear the Decklxl Brook in Clive “The Dangerous a3 Central Ciive Brook The Dang n rous Tre Svaney I henn and Kel: in * Atiantic . City " Carroll and Nanc: ddy Rogers in Ruth Chatterton, in *“Thi my."” Gomeds” Dariety. reel. eay Va itaphons _reel. Nang; §x1oll and Buddy s n, m meds. " ¥ia reel Circle oman. medy. Vitaphone subject. 1 2t a Josephine Dunn {n “A Man's Man." 1 _Vitaphone reel. Dougias Fairbanks, Marceline_D; Henry B. W, “Jazs v and hall in “Uncle Tom's Cabin " Wallace Beery. Siier Conklin t ‘Maris of Bana ¥ George Meeker, Mpclorie Beebt in = Tiet in the Dark.” Ciars Bow in “The, Wid Pariz.” ‘arioon. Oddity_reel. Colony Cia ““The Wild Party.” a s Bow in armon: n. dity_reel. Vitaphone reel. Nancy Cairoll and dy Reg Ramon Nevarro in “The Pagan." Cameo _omedy. Vitaphone_reel. ‘William Haines in- “A Man’s Man." s % medy. Serial. George Jassel in k! " Col Vitaphone_subject. “Lucky Boy. Lon Chaney “East 7§ East® Fox Elite Dark. Dark. Dark, Hippodr'me %‘*é”@:-‘— lu-u’rTnfi-um “Vest Vest Fock pite Marri “Mickey's_Ath “Velled Voman." VeRehy e Tim McCoy In Richard Powell in “Overland Telegraph.” Berinl. “Canary Murder Case" “Neapolitan Days. ramount_News. Corinne_Griffith “Saturday’s Children.” Comedy. % in Dark. Dark. Dark, Emil Jannings i “Sling of the Fathers.” Serial. rind. __“Pair_and Muddy.” Leader Lewis ftone In “Freedom of the 4 Presn. Paramount News. “Lion and the Mouse.” . Lila Lee in T e o “Little Wiid Girl.” t s, Comedy. “%’om’:"m"' Short _subjects. “ “Honeymoon.” Flash, the dox. in News. “Him MeGoy ) “Riders of the Dark.” jeoTze Bancroft i OFhe wolt of Wall Victor MacLaglen in “Byds ‘of the Earth.” Liberty Lois Moran “Joy Street N Audrey Ferris Tin - “Fancy Bai 22 “Uphill and Bown.” Helen_Twelsetrees in I piue “Eikies. me edy. Comedy. shovt s shiect. Short _ubject. Charles Murray in “Do’ Your Duty."” “Movie Nanc il 1 Comedy. t."” Short_subject. Ralph Forbes in “The Apache.” Comedy. Short subject. ' ina_Elaver.’ “Fast Freight.! “Qugen ot the North “West of 'Ssnta Fe. Sl “ " ‘Woods.” No. . Bertals Deloy Victor MeLag] Comedy. ‘News. “The Womas Fom ‘Hen.” *Comed: r§' Del Rio in “The fiflmflm“flmm bt oty o T gt g, G O T e News. “To! e M Vitaphions_subject. Comedy. ' News. T - “wild Orchids.” Song_cartoon. Eadie “Noiss, ?‘::?"Mr‘-n Cos Tom Mix in “Outlawed.” Comed: “Blue Skies."” Comedy. News. me ‘New! at both ser . Weekly choir re- hearsals are held Thursday evenings. Soloists will be selected from the per- sonnel of the choir. AL o Each morning this Winter 50 women at Cannes, France, take physical culture srercls By vAlkng n & lene St i pole laid Wiliiam Powell in “The Canary Mur- Case.”” Nevs., Comed: Wil ““Th News. iifan Powell i Cbai 2 R gl Comedy. in 4 ot 2 East Is East.” ned > i ) “The Desert Song. “The g Fox Movietons News. Pox Movietone News. Comedy. Comedy. John Bcles_in i, $ Desert Song.” re of Bachelors' ¥y in “ éflma ‘Telegraph.” ores Dol i York nd Dolores Costello and Geo) Dolores Costells and George O in “Noah's ATk." Movietons News. in e Kat ‘toon. Nitisnone subject: Tion Downey in Morton 1'owney in “Mother s _Boy.” “Mother's Ergfl Krazy Kat cai 3 Vitaphone subject. Claudia Colbert in “The Hole in the Comedy. Wall Vita.reel. _Serial. i, Tl T . Vitapbane reel. Boston Symphony Orchestra Plans European Tour Tfl!h:olwn Symphony - Orchestra, which will appear in Washington once during the coming season .as an attraction of Mrs. Wilson-Greene's artists’ course,. has announced that a European tour is planned for next Spring. Serge Koussevitzky, conductor of the orchestra, recently returned from Eu. rope for a three-day sojourn in Amer- ica to receive an honorary degree from Harvard University. Newspaper writ- ers who greeted Mr. Koussevitzky as he landed were assured that an itiner- ary has been completed for a two- month tour to include Great Britain, France, m, lland, Germany, fizedchuhvmn. Austria and Switzer- The only details lacking, Mr. Kousse- vitzky told the reporters, were the con- | sent of the orchestra’s board of trustecs iand the necessary financial backing. | The conductor betrayed no concern over surmounting these difficulties. i _ Mr. Koussevitzky desires to take the Boston Symphony on a European tour to obtain international recognition for the merits of the so-called “American orchestral idea,”. the “idea” consisting, it appears, of the American method of orchestral rehearsing which does not permit the easy-going European prac- | tice of permitting players tc send sub- i stitutes to rehearsal. | _As Mr. Koussevitzky presented the | matter, a European tour of the Boston Symphony should provide pleasure to European listeners and satisfaction to American musicians and those who ! have fostered the development of American orchestras. It is thought that Mr. Koussevitzky would _enjoy demonstrating the efficiency of Boston rehearsal methods, especially in Paris, for it is at the Paris Opera where, ac- cording to reports, Mr. Koussevitzky declined to go on with preparations for a performance on the ground that the players who were rehearsing might not, under the Paris rules, be the same players at all who faced him when the time came for the regular performance. The amount necessary to take the Boston Symphony abroad has been esti- mated as being anywhere from $100,000 to $200,000. Judge Frederick P. Cabot, president of and spokesman for the rd of trustees, has shown himself favorably disposed toward the enter- prise. A European tour is an ambition | which has existed within the ranks of | the Boston Symphony for 25 years. The New York Philharmonic-Sym- phony Orchestra, not to be outdone by Boston, is said to be planning a Euro- pean tour of its own. Walter Dam- | rosch took the New York Symphony | on a similar tour on the close of the World War. Musigraph Mmp“h?np : NIEMdsAN“N. ‘Washington » sends a line along from the Eastern Illinois State Te'u:hm' College, where she is spending at least part of the Summer. She recently took rt in a concert given in the assembly hall of the college. The other artists were Fred Wise, tenor, and Aldo De};‘ Missier, violinist. Miss Niemann played two groups of solos which included works by‘r Ch%p&n, Brahms, Paganini and Mendelssohn, ar- ranged by Liszt, Walter Niemann. Poldini, Debussy, Repper, Liszt, and Strauss as arranged by Godowsky. 1. Z. Phillips, formerly a bandmaster in the United States Marine Corps, an- nounces that 47 Washingtonians re- goned Tuesday night for the first re- earsal of the newly organized Citizens’ Band of Washington. He is much en- couraged and again extends the invita- tion to participate to any one who may play an instrument and is interested in participating in such an organization. ‘The rehearsals are held every Tues- day at 8 pm. in the armory of Central High L, on Clifton street, be- tween Eleventh and Thirteenth streets northwest. Among the last of the long list of student recitals given this Spring was a plano recital given at Columbia Heights Christian Church by members of the Spurron Club, Marie Howe Spurr, director. It was a very successful event. All th: wor’lu wre‘r: memorized and certifi- cates of merit were given with a medal to Elizabeth C’lxnnon. i Soloists on the program were: Frances ;mher. B”';Z Lee Rutherford, ances Ferguson, Ma uise Hoyt, Virginia Bowman, ul{ly Belle Mmy‘, Jeanette Liepziger, Ellen Elizabeth Cannon, Leonard Dordan, Evelyn Brum- lg‘lil‘gh, Harriet Weiler and Virginia Lee er. Dorothea Bohmanson Olsen, who' will be remembered by many: friends in local music cireles as one of the most prom- ising of the young groups of pianists, is in Washington for a few weeks vis- iting her mother, Mrs. S. Bohmanson, at her home, 3207 Thirty-eighth street northwest. Mrs. Olsen is “carrying on” with her interests in music in her new home. She is music editor of the Tulsa Trib- une, where she also does the notes on the kindred art of painting, and she is a keen enthusiast over the Tulsa Civic Symphony Orchestra. Mrs. Olsen will be in Washington till about August 15. The production “Musicana.” which was scheduled to be given in August at the Wardman Park Theater by the Charm Club of Washington, has been postponed and rehearsals discontinued Service Band Dates. | THE U. S§. ARMY BAND. The newly returned United States | Army Band, Capt. W. J. Stannard, leader, and Thomas F. Darcy, second | leader, will present concerts during the | coming week as follows: | Tomorrow—Reservation 313-A, South Dakota avenue, Twenty-sixth and Irving streets northeast, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday—Walter Reed General Hos- pital at 6:30 p.m. | . Wednesday—Sylvan Theater, Wash- ington Monument Grounds, 7:30 p.m. Thursday—Army War College, 6:50 pm. Friday—St. Elizabeth's Hospital, pm.; United States Capitol, 7:30 p.m. | Saturday — Tuberculosis = Hospital, | Fourteenth and Upshur streets north- | wg‘s_ht, 7 pm. | e complete programs will be prin in datly issues of Ahe Star. -7 e | 2 U. S. SOLDIERS’ HOME BAND. | The military band at the United | States Soldiers’ Home will give the usual three programs in the bandstand Tues- | day, Thursday and Saturday afternoons | this week at 5:30 o'clock, under direc- tion of John S. Zimmermann, leader, and Anton Pointner, second leader. ! The programs will include the usual | combination of light and classical works and will be printed in full in The Eve- | ning Star. THE U. S. NAVY BAND. A special concert in honor of the Naval Academy graduating class of '91 nesday night by the U. S. 5 Lieut. Charles Benter, ‘Three nautical marches, including the “Class gf '91,” and a_descriptive number, Strike Up the Band, Here Comes a Sailor,” all written by Lieut. Benter, will be played at this concert. Musician Ralph Ostrom’s solo for cornet, “Bride of the Waves” by Clarke, is appro- priately included in this sea-going pro- gram. Lillian Fairchild Jesso, soprano, in will be guest soloist with the bl!:g‘lt the Capitol tomorrow night. She will sing an aria from Verdi’s “Traviata.” Characteristic Russian music will be | represented on this program with Ip- politov-Ivanov's “Caucasian Sketches,” a selection of Russian folk songs. A novelty in a lighter vein will be Alford's humorous musical romance, “The Wed- ding of Heinie and Katrina.” The concert at Twelfth street and Michigan avenue. northeast Tuesday night will open with the overture “Joan of Arc,” by Sodermann. A solo for piceolo, “The Song of the Nightingale,” P‘umwlky. will be played by Musician ‘William Meyer. Among the numbers on this program are Ketelbey's “In a Per- slan Market” and selections from Vic- tor Herbert’s “The Fortune Teller.” COMMUNITY CENTER BAND. A concert will be given this afternoon at 4 o'clock by the Community Center { Band, James E. Miller, director, at the Elks' Home, Third and Rhode Island avenue northwest. A cordial invitation is extended to all who care to attend. THE U. S. MARINE BAND. ‘The following dates are scheduled ‘{g: United States Marine Band, Capt. Taylor Branson, leader, and Arthur S. wi b, second leader: ‘Tomorrow, at 8 p.m., at the Marine Barracks. Tuesday, at 7 p.m., at Tuberculosis th and Upshur streets Hospital, Fourteen! northwest. Wednesday, at 7:30 p.m, at the United States Capitol. Thursday, at 7:30 p.m., in the Sylvan ‘Theater, Monument Grounds. The soloists featured on various of the programs are Musician Winfred Kemp, cornetist; Musician Emil Rada, clarinetist, and Musiclan Wilbur D. Kieffer, xylophonist. The complete program for each date ;Trh pul ed.m daily issues of The will be given at the Navy Yard Wed- | Tschaikowsky's “Caprice Italien,” and | for the time being, due to a serious in- jury Incurred in an accident by the pro- ducer, Frank Banniser of New York City. The club will resume its activities in the Fall. The choir of Gunton Presbyterian Church, under the direction of John George Klein, with Mrs. Klein at the organ, sang for the last time this sea- son on the last Sunday in June. They will resume their duties again the first Sunday in October. During July, August and September Mr. Klein, tenor, will act as precentor and soloist and will be assisted from time to time by guest soloists. Mr. and Mrs. John George Klein closed the season with two studio re- citals, presenting Viola M. Bartz_and Plerce Perkins, sopranos, and Ruth Tuckey Shear and Dora 1. Payne, con- traltos. Evelyn Scott, violinist, was the as- sisting artist at the first recital and Dorothy Houchen Bexter, pianist. for the second recital. Mrs. Kiein was the accompanist. The young singers each gave two groups of songs displaying their ability in both the modern and the classic. Hope for _Ct;;lcert Field. | OPI'MSM for the musical future of | America, especially in the concert | field, is expressed in the report of Har- | old Vincent Milligan, executive direc- tor of the National Musical League. “New life has come into the concert | business,” reads the report, “owing to | the necessity. of organizing this business | as it should be organized, cutting out the waste. We can thank the radio and the movies for this new stimulus. These developments in our community life furnish healthy competition to the concert fleld. They are the means of familis the public with music as it has never before known good music. It is an acknowledged fact that the more that is known about music, the greater the demand for it. And last this competition forces concert ma: | gers to present music to the public I\Li]h as little economic waste as pos- sible.” | " Figures in the current report show | that the National Music League, which | conducts an up-to-date booking depart- | ment along business lines, has pro- | gressively increased its business during the year ending in April, 1929, over the previous year. The figures shown for recent months, based on both the num- ber of engagements and the monetary value, are as follows: February, 1929, totaled 45 per cent increase over Febru- ary, 1928; March, 1929, totaled 102 per cent increase over March, 1928: April. 1929, totaled 300 per cent increase over April, 1928, The National Music League, & mon- profit-making organization, sponsors and presents to the American public musical artists of distinguished ability who have passed severe qualifying tests in auditions in which the judges are | renowned musicians and educators. Many of these artists are concert and operatic performers of highest rank. Prominent music patrons lend their support to the league, so that it be- comes, in effect, an endowed institution, devoted to fimmoung musical activities and appreciation throughout the coun- Devastating Tears. (CHARLES DELANEY. playing op- posite Sally O'Neill in the Tiffany- Stahl production “Kathleen M:voui- neen,” discovered, while making a love scene, how devastating a woman's tears can be. He was singing a song called “Blarney” to Sally while the sound recorder and camera were in action, Tears were in order for Sally but they weren't supposed to be the real thing, They were, however, for when Delaney gathered the emotional young star in his arms and pressed her head against his chest, he beheld upon releasing her, black trickles down his white sl front. “Retake!” STUDIOS OF ORGANIST WANTED Permanent Position, Rorthwest Seotton, Dr .o INSTITUTE of MUSICAL ART Summer School Now Open Special Courses in All Depart: 831 18th St. NW. Positively Taught Any P i IN 20 LESSONS SAXOPHONE, BANJO, GUITAR Clarinet, Trumpet, Ukulele, Ete. Orchestra nd for Booklet A WASHINGTON MUSIC itar, M: WALTER T. HOLT Vielin, Gi “Fian School of Mandolin, Guitar and Banjo, Hawaiian it and Ukulele Established 1894 dractice: with the Nordies Clubs umbia Rd. N.W., Col 0946 Sophocles T. Papas o ey i coNn Ve, Chrcata iarle BESSIE N. 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