Evening Star Newspaper, October 9, 1929, Page 4

FESTIVALTOEND " WITH 2 PROGRAMS Wrs. Hoover and Miss Mac- donald Heard U. S. Folk Music Yesterday. ‘The last two programs of the fourth Coolidge festival of chamber music, to be held in Washington at the Library of Congress, are listed for today, one being held at 11:15 this morrning and the final event at 8:45 tonight The first of these events was pre- sented by the Gordon String Quartet of Chicago, Harold Bauer, planist, and Gabriel Leonoff, tenor. The music will a “sonata” written by Ernest Bloch in 1920; a group of songs, “La Bonne Chanson,” by Faure to poems hy Paul Verlaine, and “Quintet in A Flat, Opus 48, written last year by Emerson Whit- horne. Stokowski to Lead Group. In the evening, Leopold Stokowski, conductor of the Philadelphta Sym- phony Orchestra, which broadcast for the first time earlier this week, will lead a chamber orchestra composed of men from his organization. Lynnwood Farnam, organist, and Frank Bibb and Lewis Richards, harpsichordists, are the other artists of the evening. The selections presented, both of | which will have first public performance in America, are a “concerto” by Paul Hindemith, written for organ and chamber orchestra, and_ Wolfgang Graeser’s orchestration of Bach's “Die | Kunst der Fuge.” Tonight's audience promises to be particularly brilliant, many out-of-town organists of note and other musicians who could not be here for the earlier programs making a point of attending this one. Yesterday, Mrs. Hoover graced the festival with her presence for the first since she has been mistress of the White House. She attended the morning pro- gram of American folk music, bringing 1in her party of guests, Miss Ishbel Mac- | donald, the British Ambassador and| Lady Isabella Howard. The audience arose in honor of Mrs. Hoover, when she entered and waited, standing, until she left at the close of the program The entire party seemed to agree with the audience generally that this was an unusual and interesting program. Miss Macdonald seemed particularly interested in the Negro and “Hill Billy” | folk songs, which were excellently done by Marion Kirby and John J. Niles, the latter assisting both instrumental and vocally as he sat at the piano. They gave authentic examples of re- vival songs and mountain songs. Both | artists are Southern born. Niles Emphasizes Sincerity. Mr. Niles, who hails originally from Kentucky, attended many Negro camp meetings in his youth. He based the: songs on traditional tunes, not the s called spirituals. He emphasizes tk sincerity of such music and the gre: mistake that is frequently made of tak- ing them as light amusement. During | the World War, when he was a pilot in the U. S. Air Service, Mr. Niles also | uncovered many of these American folk tunes adapted to war situations with | themes such : “Deep-Sea Blues,” “Jackass Song,” “I Don’ Want No More France,” and “Soldier Man Blues.” Miss Kirby brought out in the singing the real beauty and originality of the religious numbers, “Jus’ Like a Tree,” “Hold On,” and “Deep, Dark Troubled ‘Waters.” The Kentucky mountain songs | had moments when they suggested old Irish melodies, especiall in “If T Had a Ribbon Bow.” The native quality was more pronounced in “I'm goin’ to Married Tomorrow” and Top. ‘The hit of the morning w: ‘Man Noah and His Ark.” It won an ovation. Later in the morning Nathaniel Shil- kret led his orchestra ably through what one musician labeled, “glorified lowbrow music.” These compositions seemed to reach the same level as Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in_Blue,” but were not so original, although Rube Bloom’s ong of the Bayou” won $5,000 and Thomas Griselle's “Two | American Sketches” won $10,000 in prize competition for popular numbers. Mr. Shilkret's own ‘“Paraphase on Three Negro Spirituals” was musicianly jazz, with excellent use, particularly, of “Ne body Knows de Trubbel Ah Seen. ‘Werner Janssen's “Obsequies of a Saxo- phone; or the American Mercury” is| amusing writing, with a touch of “"Till | Eulenspiegel” in the beginning and a | satirical use of Chopin's “Funeral | March” theme. W. C. Handy’ Louis Blues,” parent of the jazz “blues, was given in Mr, Shilkret's arrange- ment. Roth Quartet Gives Program. In the afternoon the famous Roth String Quartet of Budapest, Hungary, gave the program. This quartet made its American debut at the festival given at Mrs. Coolidge's South Mountain Auditorium in Pittsfield, Mass., last Fall. ‘They created a furore of admiration with thelr playing, especially of a Mozart quartet. Later in the season they gave a program at the Library of Congress, giving the same quartet in that program, Yesterday they played only one quartet number, a light, but not particularly significant “Italian Berenade,” by Hugo Wolf. It seemed too bad that a so beautifully balanced quar- tet, & group which it seems likely may fill the vacancy left by the disbanding of the famous Flonzaleys, should have been heard in only one quartet number. ‘They were most ably assisted later by Egon Kornstein, viola, and Victor de Gomez, cello, in the two other num- bers, “Quintet in F,” a composition not unusually inspiring, and “Sextet in B Flat, Opus 18,” by Brahms, the really satisfying and beautiful music of the afternoon. It seemed as though the Bruckner work might have been re- placed to advantage with a quartet by Bela Bartok, one of the leading pres- ent-day composers of Hungary, whose compositions this group is said to play particularly well. The members of the TEXT OF ARMS INVITATIONS Notes Were Delivered to Ambassador Dawes and Agents of France, Italy and Japan by Aruthur Henderson on Monday. Following is the text of the note de- livered by the British Government to ‘Ambassador Dawes on Monday, October 7, 1929, signed by Arthur Henderson, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs: Your excellency: I have the honor to transmit to your excellency herewith copies of the notes which I am today addressing to the French, Italian and Japanese ambassa- dors in London inviting the French, Italian and Japanese governments to participate in a five-power conference to deal with the question of naval dis- armament, which it is proposed to hold in London in the latter part of Jan- uary next. 2. As I understand that the Govern- ment of the United States concurs in the terms of the inclosed notes, I shall be grateful if your excellency will be so good as to confirm my impression that they will find it possible to participate in the conference above mentioned. Note to Other Nations. Following is the text of identic notes, signed by Arthur Henderson, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, delivered by the British Government to the French, Ttallan and Japanese ambassadors in London on Monday, October 7, 1929: Your excellency: 1 have the honor to inform your ex- cellency that the informal convers: tions on the subject of naval disarm: ment which have been proceeding in London during the last three months between the Prime Minister and the Ambassador of the United States have now reached a stage at which it is pos- sible to say that there is no point out- standing of such serious importance as to prevent an agreement. From time to time the Prime Minis- ter has notified ybur excellency of the progress made in these discussions, and I now have the honor to state that provisional and informal agreement has been reached on the following prin- Jeno Antal, second violin; Ferenc Mol- nar, viola, and Albert van Doorn, cello. They go to California shortly on . their tour, going from Washington this after- noon to New York to _make a phono- graph record of the Debussy Quartet before going West. Artists Are Reception Guests. Last night all the chamber music artists were the honored guests at an informal reception held at Grasslands by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bruce Howe. Late in the evening Miss Kirby and Mr. Niles were encouraged to give & few of the folk songs which they did so well at the Library in the morning. Another social event in connec- tion with the festival last night was a reception given at the LaFayette Hotel by the District of Columbia Federation of Music Clubs, Mrs. Joseph Stoddard, president, in honor of Mrs. Edgar Sti man Kelly, former president of the n: tional organization, and also honoring Mr. and Mrs. Crosby Adams of Mon- treat, N. C., other guests here for these events. Music was® given by Oscar Levine, Washington violinist, who won in the District of Columbia and later the Dis- trict finals for Maryland, West Vir- ginia and Virginia, in contests offered by the federation; and_the Potter trio, composed of Louis Potter, pianist; Ruby Potter, soprano, and Louis Potter, jr., cellist; local musicians, who won the Home Group Cup in a local contest last Spring. H. F. SUPERIOR GARAGES IN ALL MATERIALS TIN ROOFS PORCHES BUILT WE_BUILD. REBUILD, BEPAIR ANYTHING ~AND TERM: ONEBRA CONSTRUCTION _ -:mmwuu;vuuuufi S 'New 1st Quality Per square foot. ... 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It has been agreed to adopt the principle of parity in each of the sev- eral categories, and that such parity shall be reached by December 31, 1936. Consultation between his majesty’s gov- ernment in the United Kingdom and his majesty’s government in the domin- fons has taken place, and it is contem- plated that the program of parity on the British side should be related to naval forces of all parts of the empire. 3. The question of battleship strength was also touched upon during the con- versations, and it has been agreed in these conversations that, subject to the assent of other signatory powers, it would be desirable to reconsider the battleship replacement programs pro- vided for in the Washington treaty of 1922, with the view of diminishing the amount of replacement construction im- plied under that treaty. 4. Since both the Government of the United States and his majesty’s govern- ment in the United Kingdom adhere to the attitude that they have publicly adopted in regard to the desirability of securing the total abolition of the sub- marine, this matter hardly gave rise to discussion during the recent conversa- tions. They recognize, however, that no final settlement on this subject can be reached except in conference with the U. S. and Britain Agree. In view of the scope of these discus- sions, both governments considcr it most desirable that a conference should be summoned to consider the categories not covered by the Washington treaty, and to arrange for and deal with the questions covered by the second para- graph of article 21 of that treaty. It is our ernest hope that the (blank) government will agree to the desirability of such a conference. His majesty’s government in the United Kingdom and the Government of the United States are in accord that such a conference should be held in London at the begin- ning of the third week of January, 1930, and it is hoped tHat the (blank) gov- ernment will be willing to appoint rep- resentatives to attend it. A similar invitation is being addressed to the governments of (blank) and the United States, and his majesty’'s gov- ernments in the dominions are being asked to appoint representatives to take part in the conference. I should be grateful if your excellency would cause the above invitation to be addressed to the (blank) government. In the same way as the two govern- ments have kept your excellency infor- mally au courant of the recent discus- sions, 50 now his majesty's government will be willing in the interval before the proposed conference to continue infor- mal conversations with your excellency on any points which may require eluci- dation. The importance of reviewing the whole naval situation at an early date is 50 vital in the interests of gen- eral disarmament that I trust that your excellency’s government will see thel: way to accept this invitation and that the date proposed will be agreeable to them. His majesty's government in the United Kingdom propose to communi- cate to you in due course their views as to the subjects which they think should discussed at the conference, and will be glad to receive a corresponding com- munication from the (blank) goverm- ment. 1t is hoped that at this conference the principal naval powers may be suc- cessful in reaching agreement. 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