Evening Star Newspaper, February 23, 1930, Page 52

L \ U SIC BY HELEN FETTER. HE second month of the year 1930 .seems destined to pass info history with a varied musical accompaniment, at least so far as Washington is con- cerned. A blind violinist, a Bel- gian ‘quartef,- @ program of glee club music, by boys from three large universities, a benefit pro- gram featuring Jimmy Meiton, youthful texfor, and the A Capella Chorus of this city in its only public . appearance this = season, the fitst pragram by a new church chorus, a song recital by the pop- ular Signor Gigli and the debut locally of the National High School Orchestra will see Febru-| ary on her way to the place where used-up months go and welcome March. F * % x 'HE coping month is even less filled than February with-mu- sical events of importance. How- ever, it prodbably will do the same thing this month- has done, and that is, as it progressed, find additional programs springing abruptly in the path for a hear- ing. . 5 Important - events listed 'for. March include the final New York Philharonic Orchestra program here. This is reported on good authority to be ‘final in . every sense -of the word. -It is said that| next season this-orchestra willnot | come to the National Capital for any. programs. - Arturo. Toscanini, | brifli.{ut “Italian genius; will con- duct- the program here March 4. It is annoanced .that his selec- tions will include: the: “Symphony in D Major,” by Mozart; “Rondo Veneziano,” by Pizzetti, the Ital- ian modernist; the Venusberg music from Wagner’s “Tannhau- ser,” and “Bolero,” by Ravel. It seems too bad, under the cir- cumstances, that Signor Tosca- nini should conduct the “Tann- hauser” music rather than “Tris- tan” or other Wagnerian music of less Hackmeyed "hearings on this occasion. . True, the memory still holds a vivid picture of the pres- entation of the “Tannhauser” music a_couple of seasons ago by Signor Toscaniniand the Phil- harmonic. However, there is even: a rieher memory of his conduet- ing of the *“Tristan” ‘music on another occasion. Also, it seems’ 2 bit disappointing, with the wide field - of musical compesition to choose -from, that this conductor should give anether hearing so soon after Koussevitzky's inter- pretation of the Ravel number, which is extremely clever writing | but nat filled with inspiration. It would.be. ;%propflabe to give Res- pighi’s “Fountains of Rome,” which hasn't been done here for sonte time. Sympheny. secongk S important event for month is also or- nature. The National ‘chestra is to give its: am under the direc- Hans - Kindler, famous and ¢onductor. ‘Pre- Kindler” has been ere elther ds soloist or .as ok, of .chamber music -+in <festivals given under auspices -of Blizabeth Sprague Coo;;dle at the Library of Con- gress. : ; Walter Damrosch, veteran of- chestra conductor and now con-| ducter rinternational radio| fame, the latest celebrity to tender~his best wishes and en- couragément to the National Symphony Orchestra, that group of more than 80 Washington mu- sicians -who are rapidly rounding into shape a symphony orchestra for the Capital. In a let wl r to Frank J. Frost, Association will present a pro- gram at the Willard. This rather weightily named organization, | when translated into its more lo- !cllly recognizable component parts, is a representative amalga- mated -group of glee clubs from Universities of this city and Johns | Hopkins University of Baltimore. | March 9 the best glee club of this | group will participate in a nation- wide contest in New York for na- | tional honors. The national or- ganization, of which these three university clubs are members, is gradually forming a link extend- ing even across the ocean to Eu- .rope, intended eventually to in- clude,all the universities of the | world. The association of young students so formed—a friendship organization—is also a gesture for. peace through one of.the highest educational mediums—music. The Carnegie Endowment Fund has recognized the value of this association to the extent of a gen- erous donation for its support. William DeLacy, head of the Law School of Catholic University, is president of the Middle Atlantic group. . | The other splendid constructive movement that urges personal participation in musical perform- ance for students is the National | High 'School Otchestra, * which ‘gives a program. at Constitution | Hall Saturday night. = The Na- tional High School Orchestra and ‘Band. Camp was organized two ears ago at Interlochen, Mich. t year 232 picked players from high school orchestras and . bands| of the entire country went. from 42 States and Alaska and Hawali to attend the camp and practice and gain rience playing in programs before audiences that almost consistently inclyded many distinguished Ameris ‘who grais of this ‘work. The yS and. girls had eight weeks of in- tensive instruction -from expert teachers of the highest standing. Thefa played under the batons of world-famous orchestra and band leaders. Among .the prominent musicians who have been in audi- ences at that camp; or conducted the orchestra before listeners in- cluding sometimes as many "as 5,000 people, were Dr. John Er- skine, Leo Sowerby, Dr. Carl Busch, Dr. Howard Hanson, Sena- tor and Mrs. A. H. Vandenberg (who are giving A thusiastic, whole - hearted * sup- rt), Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Mrs. iberling .of Ohio and . many others. One - Wash n schoolboy, Willilam Tufts, jr. attended the camp last Summer. With three other Washington students of high .school classes at Tech and Central, he will have:part in the concert - Saturday. ~ ‘1t is ‘to" be hoped that a large #nd represent- ative group of Washington school, musicians will be able to take ad- van of . this’ ent camp during the coming Summer. An Indian Princess Sings Today and Tomorrow ‘ANOTm Indian princess who has won wide recognition for her sing- ing is to appear in programs here this; week end. She is Princess Ataloa, which means ;filfle Song,” of the Chickasaw tribe. will sing in Indian costume, and is said to have a lovely, rich con- tralto voice. . The Princess Ataloa arrived in Wash- ington ~yesterday and e, o " Iast night president of the National Sym-|Be phony, Dr. Damrosch writes that he has heard with the greatest interest of the effort to found and maintain a symphony orchestra in Washington, a city of such im- portance to the world of music that it is difficult to imagine .it without a symphony of its own. “I know from experience,” writes Dr. Damrosch, “how diffi- cult it is to set such a ball rolling, but knowing something of your enthusiasm and energy. I am con- vinced that you will succeed. ‘Those 14 cities of our country which are now maintaining sym- phony orchestras can give you abundant testimony as to the vi-| talizing and beautifying force that their orchestras have be- come. Now that Washington has a proper hall for concert pur- poses, a sympheny .orchestra is the next step. A “I shall watchZyour” progress with the keenest “interest and hope that you wifl find the right| orchestral leader “endowed with | musical authority to:interpret the masters, and a tact and persua- siveness sufficient’ to"induce your well-to-do fellow..citizens to en-| dow the orchestra liberally. S | “Very sincerely,yours, x x g : (QUEEN ELIZABETH of Belgium | is the personagé to: whom-is given the dedication ‘of “String Quartet in A Major, No. 5” which was written last year by Jean Rogister. M. Rogister is viola player in the Liege String Quar- tet, which comes to Washington for its first public appearance at the Library of Congress Tuesday. This organization is.looked for- ward to with unusual interest. The famous Pro Arte String Quartet, which came from Bel- gium and created a furore in this country, made its American de- but at a festival program at the Library of Congress. The Ambassador from Belgium to the United States is said to have a particularly keen interest in the Liege group and has indi-| cated that he would attend this concert. All three compositions to be played are by Belgian com- posers. Cesar Franck’s “String Quartet in D Major” opens the program and a serenade by Joseph Jongen, who is a living composer,*will:be-the other com- fimuan in addition to M. Rogis- T's Quartet. * & x % *TWO nationally significant or- ganizations in the group of those sponsoring musical l::\lofrm in a constructive manner ap- gln‘.r h:figmnlmx in Washington week. Tuesday night the Middle At- is to give a full concert program. This American Indian contralto fea- tures songs written by Americans, using {:: nl!lveshlndlln melodies as their 'mes. e sings songs by Charles Wakefleld Cadman, David Grunn, Lieurance, Troyer and Wilson. The singer is a eolle,e graduate, having re- ceived degrees from the University of Redlands, Calif., and also from Colum- bia University, New York City. She is & member of the faculty of Bacone Col- lege, in Oklahom: All funds raised by ler pr ms used for the educa- tion of her race. Violin and Piano Music At Y. W.C. A, Today ’I’H.! Sunday afterncon series on “The Understanding of Music” at the Young Women's Christian Associa- tion has proved successful. Each Sun- day at 5 o'clock the music room on the fourth floor of the Seventeenth and K streets buily been “crowded to capacity for programs under the direction of Lucy Street, national secre- irector of e 't of Columb! Association, 5 9% The- artists_on each worl out their numbers ncmzl‘:gw% !’\uE tory and literature of various pe- riods and schools-of musie in connec- tion with their own instruments. The programs will continue during February *Poday th y the m will be in.the hands'of the mz- Chapter of the Mu Phi Epsilon Musical Sorority, with numbers ‘givén by Evelyn ‘Scott, Bet Gray, wocalat, -Ddem._phnm; 3 ANy notes by Helen Le Fevre Lyon. Next Sunday afternoon Katherine Riggs, Washington concert harpist, will give the entire p; , featuring her widely popular recital-talk, “The Ro- mance of the Harp,” which has been given so successfully in many cities in the East. The Young Women's Christian Asso- ciation extends a cordial invitation to the music-loving public to attend these Sunday afternoon programs. e s First Junior prodrnm Has Marked Success T!-ll']unlnr department of the Dis- trict of Columbia Federation of Music Clubs presented the first of a series of three concerts February 15 in the auditorium of the Department of the Interior. Over 60 juniors took part. They rep- resented 13 of the 33 federated groups. The audience was most enthusiastic over the numbers, which included a toy symphony ensemble of 20, s church choir group of 35, 8 soloists in piano, 1 in violin, 1 violin duet and an ensem- ble comprising violin, cello and piano. ‘The next concert in the series will be held March 22 and the last one April llg,hwhen the remaining clubs will - ish similar programs. The of these toncerts is to show federation ob- Jectives in junior work, to give students ying before an audi- musical co-opera- lantic Intercollegiate Glee Club| | George Washington and ‘Catholic | [ i the project en-| or, THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO:. D. C, FEBRUARY 23, 1930—PART FOUR ARTISTS PROMINENT IN PROGRAMS LISTED FOR THE COMING WEEK LOUISE CouTINHO- RooseveltHotel :%mmw) oo o 7/ JAMES MELTON- it Constitution Y Hall Festival Chorus Personnel To Be Completed Tuesday TH! personnel of singers for the Wi n Festival Chorus, which were keenly Interested in the pro-| . Community Center, Twelfth and L streets northwest, at 7:45 o'clock. In the absence of Prof. Frederick Alexander, who will return in time for the third rehearsal, Tuesday evening, March 11, the rehearsal this week will be conducted by Kurt Hetzel. ton Choral Festival Association for thi: season must register not later than to- morrow and attend the rehearsal Tues- day. tration will then be tenors and bassos who have had ora- All singers who have received Tegis- tration blanks are asked to return them singers who desire to enter the. Shorus w] sire | r the chorus and may not have received registration blanks are asked to obtain them with- out delay from Mrs. Gertrude Lyons, secrstary of the executive board of the ‘Washington Choral Festival ‘The program to be sung at the fes- tival concert includes compositions by Bach and Palestrina; Russian church compositions by Gretchaninoff, Tsches- nokov and Lvovsky; madrigals by Or- Gibbons, Thomas Werlkes and Willy von Morllendorff, and_a final %umber by Gounod, "By Babylon's ave.” Ol Siatens Resics To Play Here Saturday Ww O. TUFTS, Jr.,, a graduate last year from Central High School, is lea the music conserva- tory at Oberlin, Ohio, with special per- mission to appear here Saturday night. He will play the organ in the program to be offered by the National High 8chool Orchestra at Constitution Hall. Mr. Tufts is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William O. Tufts of 1635 Madison street northwest. He has the distinction of hat been the first Washington high school student accepted as an applicant for the high school ofchestra camp in Michigan last Summer. He spent eight weeks there in the violin section of the orchestra. He studied pipe organ with Claude Robeson of this city and is making that instrument his major sub- Ject at Oberlin, Spanish Music Features “"Honeymooners™ Play SPANISH dancers and guitarists will add color and musical charm to the presentation of the Drama Guild's fourth production, “The Honeymoon,” at McKinley auditorium next Priday and Saturday nights. This delightful comedy of old Spain at the time of Columbus will feature many alluring incidental musical numbers, both in the scene at the village fair and in the courtly palaces, with the Tchernikoff- Gardiner Dancers appearing in the au- thentic “jota” and the “pavana,” both of which Lisa Gardiner has arranged for the production this week, based u) her intimate knowledge of the of Spanish dances and her own ce. n addition to the music for the jota, ‘which is taken from the Sevillan “Fes- tival Suite,” by E. Tavan, and the “Ro- coco,” by Palmgren, which is to be used for the pavana, other musical numbers will be introduced by a quar- tet of guitarists from the Walter T. Holt Studio here. dancers who will appear in the jota are Christina Stewart, Katheryne Mullowney, Clayton Estes, Jane Duns- combe, Anne Vucinavich, Helen Clark, Betty Holliday, Amelita Alfaro, Kath- |5 erine Vaughn, Lenore Bell, Cornelia Covington and Martha Bounds. In the court scene the pavana will be danced by the six principals in the cast, Yvonne Kushner, Dorothy Crosby, Jennette Seiler, Orme Libbey, Charles and Paul Graves, with the fol- lowing members of the Tchernikoff- Gardiner group, including Maurine Mul- liner, Elizabeth Berkeley, Anne Vucina- vich, Sally Harris, Christine Stewart and Helen Clark. John M Williams Lectures Here Tomorrow J’OH.N M. WILLIAMS, music educator, - of New York City is giving a spe- clal public lecture for the musicians of this city at the Play House, 1814 N street northwest, tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. ‘The subject will be “The Musical Ed- ucation & Child” Those interested are invited to attend. There will be no ndn\llllt;;:e fee. - ar. 301} During the past five years Mr. Wil- liams has lectured to more than 20, musiclans in a Nation-wide tour - eve c!;{y l:“flu Ufll(eg .- He appeare ipices of the New York Philadelphia Music the Piano- many Associa- | ¢ BeniAMING GiGLI- EVENTS OF Polis (Griday) THE WEEK TOMORROW. Louise Coutinho, pianist, will be featured in the program given for the District of Columbia Federation of Woman's Clybs at the Hotel Roosevelt at 2 pm. Abraham Haitowitsch, xprlonnm. and Alfredo Oswald, pian- ist, in recital at the Mayflower at 4:45 p.m. TUESDAY. Liege String Quartet at the in program of Belgian music. Library of Congress at 4:45 p.m. University Glee Club program at the Willard at 8:30 p.m. FRIDAY. Beniamino Gigli in recital at Poli’s at 4:30 p.m. James Melton and A Capella Chorus in benefit program at the Willard at 8:30 p.m. Adult Chorus concert at Woodward Hall at 8 p.m. SATURDAY. National High School Orchestra at Constitution Hall at. 8:30 p.m. LOUISE COUTINHO—Tomorrow. A musician who is new to Washing- ton this season, yet who already has be- come very popular in programs given af clubs and otger organization meetings, Louise Coutinho, formerly of Berlin, Ger-. many, will give a_program for the Dis- trict of Columbia Federation of Women's ‘lubs tomorrow. The affair is arranged by Mrs. Arthur J. Seaton. It will be at the Hotel Roosevelt at 2 p.m. Mme. Coutinho studied in Berlin with Petri and d'Albert. Later she made her home in Portugal. She has played be- fore royalty on the continent. She has concertized in both this country and abroad. HAITOWITSCH AND OSWALD— Tomorrow, Abraham Haitowitsch, a young Rus- sian violinist of wide repute in his na- tive Jand, will appear in a joint pro- gram with Alfredo Oswald, gi! young Brazilian pianist, at the Mayflower Ho- tel ball room tomorrow afternoon. The loss of his eyesight has in no way de- terred Mr. Haitowitsch in his artistic strivings. ‘The numbers will include: “Romance Op. 40,” Beethoven; “Air on G String,” | jg J. 8. Bach; “Variations,” Corelli-Tar- tini-Kreisler; “Sonate for Piano Violih,” Cesar Pranck—Mr. Oswald and Mr. Hailtowitsch; “Canzonetta,” Tschai- kowsky; “Perpetuum Mobile,” Cecil Burleigh; “Gypsy Serenade,” Valdez; “Spanish Dance,” Sarasate; “Hymn to the Sun," Rimsky-Korsakoff-Kreisler; “Rondo Capriccloso,” Saint-Saens. George Bolek will be the accompanist. LIEGE STRING QUARTET—Tuesday. A quartet of Belgian artists, new to ‘Wasl , will make their debut here in & program Tuesday at 4:45 pm. The Liege String Quartet will play in the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Auditorium ot the Library of Congress. The mem- bers are Henri Koch and Joseph Beck, violins; Jean Rogister, viola, and Lyda Rogister, violoncello. ‘The rmm will be composed en- tirely of Bel music and will include Cesar Franck's “String Quartet in D Major,” written in 1889; Joseph Jon- gen's “Serenade Tendre, opus 61, No. 1, written in 1920, and Jean Rogister's “String Quartet in A Major, No. 5" which was written just last year and is dedicated to Queen Elizabeth of Bel- glum. Both the last-mentioned com- posers are living. UNIVERSITY GLEE CLUBS—Tuesday. The glee clubs of three universities are combining their forces to present a pro- gram at the Willard Hotel Tuesday at 8:30 pm. The universities represented are George Washington University and Catholic University of this city and Johns Hopkins University of Baltimore. ‘These three have organized the Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Glee Club As- sociation, ~Willlam DeLacy, former justice of one of the District courts, now head of the Law School of Catholic University, is president of this assoclation. The purpose is to hold a ectional contest each year among uni- versities of Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, to choose the glee club most w y of representing this section in the national contest held an- nually in New York. The New York contest this year will be held March 9. BENJAMIN GIGLI—Friday. Beniamino Gigli, leading tenor of the Met mw.m Opera O:mpl‘nhi. will give a program under manage- ment of Mrs. Wilson-Greene a Pfi:’n Priday afternoon at 4:30 This is the fifth and final con- * his program t Shotwell, pianist. The be accompanied by Miguel e brogram will ‘open with an aria by Gigli—"“Una furtiva la- grima” from “L'Elisir d’Amore” (Doni- zett) —and will include the nar- rative from Act III of “Lohengrin” (Wagner) as well as the aria: “Quando le sere placido”. from Miller” (Verdi). Other Gigli numbers i1l be “O bel nidi d'amore” (Donaudy); by Gigll (Lisst) (Balfe); “Torme; (De Curtis); “Notte Venesiana” (G. Curci), and the aria “ sua pace” from “Don Gio- vanni” (Mosart). Miss Shotwell will offer Albeniz's “Se- guidillas;” Chopin’s “Berceuse,” the ‘Luisa | Josef Kaspar Priday night emian &i” | Bergame Schubert-Taussig “Marche Militaire,” Liszt's “Liebestraum” and Strauss’ “Blu Danube Waltz."” ® JAMES' MELTON—Friday. . James Melton, young American tenor, who has become an outsf ng. in the field of radio and also of lighter type concert work, will be the feature artist in a Frognm at the Willard Hotel Friday at 8:30 p.m. Mr. Melton will be assisted by the capella_choir of .the First Congrega- tional Church of this city, Ruby, Smith Stahl, director. This will be the fifth annual concert given under the auspices of the Women's Guild'of the Central Union Mission, It is for the benefit of the Children’s Emer- gency Home and the mission. . Mrs, John S. Bennett is chairman of the con- cert committee. The event will be given in the big ball room of the hotel. ADULT CHORUS PROGRAM—Friday. A mixed chorus, a volunteer organi- agun of the Calvary Baptist Sunday 00l, announces a concert to be given in Woodward Hall in the Greene Me- morial Building, Eighth and H streets northwest, Friday at 8 p.m. This group organized from the adult department of the school and this will be the first concert given by them. Andrew Clifford Wilkins, who has been singing second tenor in the church’s male quartet for two years, was asked to assist Thomas Moss, organist and director, in discovering and develop- ing vocal talent among children and young Deorlz of the church—in 1927. He immediately organized a children’s choir and, later, the adult chorus. Dorothy Seamans, violinist, will be guest soloist. The junior choir will as- sist. The accompanists will be Mrs. m, Dorothy Tolson and Stevens. Proceeds will the benefit of the junior NATIONAL H. S. ORCHESTRA— Saturday. ‘The orchestra from the National High School Orchestra and Band Camp at Interlochen, Mich,, including nearly 125 boy and girl musicians from 43 States, makes its bow in the National Capital at Constitution Hall Saturday evening at 8:30 o'clock, in concert un- der the local management of Mrs. Wilson-Greene. Prof. Joseph E. Maddy, organizer and musical director of the National High School Orchestra, will conduct the ‘Washington concert. This is one of during a short tour of the East in con- nection with its appearance before the department of superintendence of the National Education Association in convention at Atlantic City late this month. The orchestra will play in New York and Philadelphia prior to the ‘Washington concert. Famous conduc- tors, such as Walter Damrosch and Frederick Stock, have declared the Na- tional High School Orchestra, none of the members of which is over 20 years old, has attained the proficiency of many professional symphony orchestras. Four Washington . ‘They are Minnie Clipker, 16-year-old violinist and a recent uate of McKinley Manual Try 3 School; Charles Cook, bass violist; Mar- tin Emerson, trombonist, and William all from Central Hig) o gram include i . symphony, 3 Minor” and Ernest Bloch's epic sym- phony, “America.” A Junior Violin Recital. Aomwummmuumn violin will be presented in a gram at the home of Prof. and . at 8:15 o’'clock. ‘There will be solos, duets and sev- eral quartet a ents of songs. Those taking part will include Albert Meyer _ Laskin, William ia Robertson, * | and Rhode a three concerts the orchestra will give | faria trios q from variou - | Italian operas by Verdi, Bellini, Puccin! .. | and Ponchielli ;m be i J.E.MADDY- Constitution Hall- (sSav‘urday) Ameficln Tenor to Clo.e Evening Concert Series RICHARD CROOKS, American tenor, will be presented at Constitution Hall Saturday evening, March 8, at 8:30 o'clock, as the sixth and 1 attraction in Mrs. Wilson-Greene's Saturday evening series. Louise Homer, contralto, and her daughters, were previously announced to close this series. Illness in the | Homer family makes the change neces- sary and enables Mrs. Wilson-Greene fo present an ‘American singer whose vogue with concert audiences is one of the most remarkable developments recent seasons. Richard Crooks is New Jersey born. He made his first “hit” on W‘I:.hwulne mmlnn-sfl val before 14,000 persons. Enlistf in with improved voice. He won an important church mfion in New York, which brought to the attention of Walter Dam- rosch, then conductor of the New York iphony. He had nine appearances en’gflny!le:r or:;yrlnphmu Sacred Music Program To Dedicate New Organ EIMON MEYERS, director of the choir of the Lutheran Church of the ‘Atonement, North Capitol street Island ‘avenue, will the new pipe organ Wednesday at 8:15 p.m. Rol Ruckman, organist of the church, will play the instrument in two groups of organ selections interspersed between choral groups. On the instru- ment will be played Bach's “Fugue in E Flat Major,”" | mant's fifth sonata, Brahms), “Reverie cata” (Rogers) and finale from Widor's second symphony. The choir will sing selections by Stainer, Bach, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Boreh, Tschalkowsky, Rachmaninoft and Gounod. ‘The public is invited. Marine Band Programs. THI concerts to be given by the United States Marine Band during the coming week will be as follows: Monday, at 4 p.m., band concert; Wed- nesday, at 8 p.m., symphony concert; Friday, at 3 p.m., orchestra 3 All the concerts will be given in the auditorium at the Barracks. ‘The feature of the Wednesday night symphony concert will be Cesar Franck's celebrated “Symphony in D Minor.” An added feature on the program is a composition by an American composer whose promising career was cut shor: by his untimely death in 1920 while still a yuunf man. Charles T. Griffes' “Poem for Flute and Orchestra” will be given. Principal Musician Clayton Lindsay will be the soloist. This will be the first time that this number is played here in Washington with orches- tra accompaniment. The “Entrance of the Fauns,” from the ballet ' ‘Cydalise, by Gabriel Plerne, is included in the program, which will close with Berlioz' brilliant overture, “Benvenuto CellinL.” Organ Recital Tomorrow. T GUY LUCAS, organist and choir- 1 ‘t;n::r of :gi!.':lhn'l Church, La- aye uare, ive a program af 15 p.m. tomorrow at the church. As usual, a short talk on the music to be presented will be given in the choir room at 8 p.m, The program will include: “Toccata in D Minor” (Bach), three on Welsh tunes, “Bryn Cal- ‘Rhosymedre” and “Hyfrydol’ “Harmonies du Soir” (Karg-Elert “Melodie” (Rachmaninoff), “Finlandia” (Sibelius), “Pastorale” (Faulkes) an “Passacaglia” (West). In addition to the organ numbers, Wilfred Smith will sing “Be Thou Faith- ful Unto Death” “Lead, Kindly Light (Pugh-Evans), Italian Opera Program. SPECIAL program A : i presented at the Arts Club of Washington Thursday eve- participating will include Flor- ence Sindell, soprano; Christine Lind- bergh Levin, contralto; George Meyer, tenor, and -John Marville, baritone. Lewis canln’.:t'-wr. director of the m& will play the accompani- —- Junior Contests Announced. annual junior contests for the District of Columbia conducted by the Federation of Music Clubs will be held on April 26 and the lists of en- trants will be closed the 19th of April. Application blanks with a complete list of the numbers in the different classes can be obtained Lois Marshall Hicks, chairman, 5004 Thirteenth street, Adams 8180, Soldiers’ Home Orchestra. orchestra of the United States Soldiers’ Home Band (John 8. and Anton Point three (Mendelssohn) and | . eJ National Orchestra to Play Work by Local Woman. MM. WALTER BRUCE HOWE, prominent Washington soclety woman and a member of the orchestra committee of the National Symphony Orchestra, is the composer of the Amer- ican number which that orchestra will P at its second concert at Consti- tution Hall, Friday afternoon, March 14, at 4:45 o'clock, according to an an- nouncement just made by Frank Frost, president of the new Washington sym- phonic ensemble. “Poema Romanesca” is the title of Mrs. Howe's composition, which will be conducted by Hans Kindler, the cele- brated concert cellist and conductor, whose appearance as guest conductor with the National Symphony at its next concert was announced a week ago. Mrs. Howe, who is at present in Havana, Cuba, is not only an enthus- iastic Washington music lover, but un- Boston Syinhiiy-Obshautiv In Beethoven Festival Here Mrs. Wilson-Greene announces that the Boston Symphony Or- chestra, under Serge Koussevit- zky, will give a festival of four performances of Beethoven music in Washington next December. ‘The “Ninth Symphony,” with 250 in chorus and famous soloists, will be a feature. This is one of many specialties planned to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of that orchestra. Scott Program March 5. OHN PRINDLE SCOTT, distin- guished American writer of songs, will be honored for the second consec- utive year by a program of his works being presented by a group of leading members of Washington music circles, This program, which is being arranged by Hazel Farrell Adair, will be given the evening of March 5 at Foundry Methodist Church. The unusual ensemble selection of Mr. Scott's, entitled “Nocturne,” will be Tepeated, Helen Turley, contralto; Rose Foter, . "cetlt, presonting 1. T, jr., 'cellist, ni X Florence Sindell, soprano soloist of the Pirst Church of Christ Sclentist, will sing the ever popular “Wind's in the South.” A male quartet, com- posed of Francesco Della Lana, Willlam Braithwaite, Fred Eden Smith, will present sacred and secular selections. ‘The rest of the program is yet to be announced. 3 \V————O—— N. Y. Friends of Music Announce March Programs last month of the current Priends of Music season in New York will Artur a et ‘The March 16 program will 1 the ‘Brahms-Haydn “Variations for Orchestra,” the Elgar celio concérto Salmond, and - Brahms' considered one of the |- It was | ‘Parzengesan composer’s _finest choral works. mee:“ Spring at'a Friends of Music concert. Mr. Farnam's selection of organ music which will precede the March 30 performance of Purcell's opera in- cludes sixteenth and seventeenth cen- tury works by Byrd, Purcell, Alwood and Redford. The soloists in “Dido and Aeneas” will be Dorothea Flexer, | Margaret Matzenauer, Marion Telva, George Meader and Carl Schlegel. Toscanini to Conduct Bayreuth Performances An'rm\o TOSCANINI will conduct all the performances of “Tristan and Isolde” and “Tannhaeuser” at the Bayreuth Wagnerian Festival this Sum- mer, ©of merely one perform- ance of each work, as first planned. ' haeuser” will be given July 22 and August 1, 5, 9 and 20; “Tristan,” July 23 and A and 10., This will be Toscanini’s appearance at Bay- reuth as conductor. Slegfried Wagner and Elmendorf will each conduct one .ring” series; Muck will conduct the “Parsifal” performances alone. A book- let dealing with the whole history of the festivals has just been issued in several languages. It can be had from any tourist bureau. ‘The cast for the leading parts in all the works to be presented has been made up. The part of Tristan will be taken by Lauritz Melchior and Gotthalf Pistor; Isolde, Nanny Larsen-Todsen; Marke, Alexander Kipnis; Kurneval, Rudolf Brockelmann, and Brangaene, Anny Helm. ‘The “Parsifal” cast will be: Parsifal, Gunnar Graarud and Fritz Wolff; Kun- dry, Frau_Roessler-Keuschnigg from Stuttgart State Theater, Gurnemans, Kipnis and Andresen. R The “Ring” will bring Karin Bran- zell as Fricka and Waltraute; Enid Zanther from the Vienna State Opera as Erda; Harald Kr Wotan; Larsen-Todse! de; Melchior and Eduard Habich as Sleg- fried; Fritz Wolff as Loge. ‘The main parts in “Tannhaeuser,” which is to be presented in a new stag- ing, will be: Tannhaeuser, the rian tenor, Siegmund Pilinsky; El beth, Maria Muell Venus, Frau Jost- Arden; Landgrave, Ivar Andresen. ‘The management of the festival an- nounces that all tickets for the first three performances have been sold. Siegfried Wagner will conduct the " in La Scala in Milan, either March 9 or 11. This will be the first time he has conducted this work outside of Bayreuth. It also will be the first performance in the Scala of the work as Richard Wagner composed it, without any cuts, a condition imposed by Slegfried Wagner. John | Will 8 | Terrell, Hugh of | Venable. der the name of Mary Howe is a com- poser of distinction. Mr. Kindler him- self had considerable to do with the selection of Mrs. Howe's number as the American work which the orchestra is pledged to give on each program. This work was first played by Bar- rere's Little Symphony in New York City. It was then in chamber orchestra form. Later it was scored for full or- chestra, in which form it was presented by the New York Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Kindler is due to arrive in ‘Washington Thursday, March 6, in order to conduct a series of rehearsals at Musicians’ Hall for the second con- cert. The first of these rehearsals will be held Priday, March 7, and will con- tinue through the early part of the week until Thursday, on which day Mr. Kindler has a concert engagement. He will return here the following day, March 14, for the concert. Musigraphs KEDWAH..D JOHNBON of the Metro- | politan Opera Co. will interrupt | his present opera season for a special concert at a formal function to be given in homor of the Secretary of War and | Mrs. Hurley at the Washington home of Mrs. George Mesta tonight. Following a banquet Mr. Johnson will present a recital of concert songs, to- @ether with a few request operatic arias. The tenor will leave for New York immediately for appearances the following week at the Metropolitan Opera House. Ella Mintz and Edith Beebe, so- pranos; Alice Huber, mezzo-soprano; Gilbert Clark, baritone, and Mrs. Henry Hunt McKee, organist, presented the music at the wedding of Doris Hadlow and Robert B. Riley at high noon yes- terday at the Church of the Ascension. Elena de Sayn will present a group in student recital next Sunday at 4 p.m. Joan Fuller, a 6-year-old child, who has studled since was 4, will play :l&ugmmn ‘Sonatina,” written for the The combined glee clubs of Washington University are announced to appear in their annual concert at Mount Vernon Place M. E. Church South, Wednesday night. The program begin at 8 p.m. The next monthly recital by pupils of La Salle Spler will be held next Sunday at 3:30 p.m. in Mr. Spier's stu- dio, 2235 Bancroft place northwest. Visitors are welcome. Cnmgouuoru for one and two pianos, by Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Mozart, will played by Jessie Blaisdell, Phila Belle Burk, Thelma Callahan, Rachel Clarke, Eleanor Callan Craun, Helene Finnacom, Mrs. Julla Fischer, Lucy Frank, Anna and Bertha Miller, Ches- ter Morrill, Mary Annette Mulligan, Vir- ginia Shull, Berenice Spicer, Jeanne Warren and Margaret others, “T¢ Rose,’\ by MacDowell, and * g8 Night,” by Watts, Mrs. McNerney end- ed the program with a French walts, This - afternoon at 5 o'clock, at All Souls’ Church, Unitarian, Sixteenth and Hnmrcd‘ Lewis Atw;;kr, organist, fl present & p%rm modern Engl! ‘music: - He be assisted by Leonard Davis, baritone. The program follows: “Ode Heroique “Evening Idyll” Cyril _S8cot an Imaginary Balle Coleridge-Taylor, and “A Kingdom by the Sea,” Somerville, Mr. Davis; “Sec- dantino,”: Lemare; “The White Arnold Bax. Mr: Davis; “Coun: try-Tune,” Arnold Bax. Catherine Passero, soprano, and Eliz- abeth Gardner Coombs, pianist, ve rogram in honor of former Gov. Nel- lle Ross at the Women's City Club last Sunday. 2 Cornelia Harl , soprano, assisted by Christine Chindblom, pianist, will be presented in a recital in Barker hall Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. by Leroy Lewis. The public is invited. Miss Harkness will sing songs and operatic airs by Handel, Monteverde, nte, Mozart, Gretry, Horn, Ware, (Continued on Eleventh Page) i e e 10 . . Tiefland' Wednesday Night, D'm“ romantic opera “Tie- fland,” will be presented in German at the Academy of Music in Philadel- phia Wednesday. will mark. the second revival of this work in that city, the first presentation in more than 20 years having been given May 12, 1929, by the Curtis Institute of Music. Fo, the current performance by the Philadelphia Grand Opera Co. Pavel Ludikar, through the courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera Co., will be heard in the role of Sebastiano. The princi- g;.l soprano role of Marta will be sung Gox ‘Wilkomirska; Albert Mahler will as Pedro; Selma Amansky will be Pepe, and Antonia will be sung by Natalle Bodanskaya. The role of Rosalla will be sung by Paceli Diamond; Nuri, by Eleanor Lewis, and Nando, by Daniel Healy. Mr. Mlynarski will conduct 60 mem- bers of the Philadelphia Orchestra. The beautiful scenery and splendid lighting effects especially designed for the pro- duction last season will be used. New Trio Makes Its Bow In Program This Afternoon A NEW trio, organized by well known ‘Washington musiclans, will make its bow in a program this afternoon the Pen Women's League headquarters in Stoneleigh Court at 4:30 o'clock. The members are Mrs. Olmstead, pi- anist; Mrs. Jordan, violoncello, and Rose Maxwell Dickey, violinist. The trio is called the Olm-Jor-Di Trio. They will be assisted by Teresa Veaio Schrader, contralto. ‘The trios will include works by Grieg, Svendsen, Parades, Resland, Ganmme, Packe and Schubert. The singer will give songs by Kreisler, Brahms and Charles Gilbert Spross. STUDIOS OF RMAN'S SCHOO] -Accordi e b t‘n'"nm“fi. i’%fi.g Naf1 WALTER T. HOLT School of Mandolin, Guitar and Banjo, Hawaiian Guitar and Ukulele Ensemble l-nc.' PR’ (b Nordies Clube 1801 Columbia Rd. N.W., Col. 0946 BESSIE N. WILD Voice Culture, Plano and y Studio 683¢ Sth st., Takoma Park, D, C. $hone Georsia 3233 PIANO PLAYIN! Positively Tausht Person IN 20 SAXOPHONE, BANJO, GU Oréhestra TraImINesend T Boo WASHINGTON PART SCHOLARSHIPS IN VIOLIN AND PIAN( der Ten With ELENA DE.SAYN Student Reeital March 2 Admission by card enly: mailed upon re- quest_to 1705 K Street. i LIGUORI VOCAL SCHOLARSHIPS W ottt g B e Master Pupil of Eupene & atvert and Egon Petri, Berlin Most, Efcient Methods in 4280, ® '