Evening Star Newspaper, March 2, 1930, Page 60

BY HELEN FETTER. American people are hav- | mous works. Ernest Newman, fa- ing bigger and better op-|mous critic for the London Times, portunities constantly pre-|put his finger immediately on the sented to help them in de- |value of this newest device when - veloping a sense of musical values. | he said: ‘There are two main channels by| “Some years ago I wrote a lit- which these opportunities come.|tle book on Wagner in which I For the younger folks, particu-|gave the usual stories of the op- larly, lies the most satisfying way |eras, with the usual musical ‘mo- ~that of participation in musical | tives.’ A friend of mine conscien- endeavors. For older people, too, | tiously read the book through, not this way is open, but naturally to because he was particularly musi- a more limited extent. Even so,|cal, but because, strange as it may those older folk who have studied | seem, he was fond of me. He some musical instrument in their wrote me afterward that he liked youth find that knowledge con- |the stories well enough, but that venient for reviving and encour-|the quotations beat him. Every aging fingers long clumsy from |time the page was broken by a lack of practice so as to take part [stretch of music type, he said, it informally in chamber music pro- |was as if the train had gone into grams with friends. a tunnel while he was reading his The other channel for musical paper, but with this difference— education is through various me- | that when he came out of the or- chanical means. Phonograph and | dinary tunnel he could pick up radio have long since started many adults who never had had musical training along the path toward keeger appreciation, in addition to mere emotional en- Joyment, of music. Within the past two weeks it was the privilege of the writer of | this column to personally experi- ment with two of the newest me- chanical . devices of this kind. Both seem completely fascinating. One is the queer, almost uncan- ny, instrument invented by the young Russian, Prof. Leon There- min. It gives a beautiful singing | the sense of the article where he | had left it, while the musical tun- |nel made an unbridgeable gap j each time in the sense of what he was reading. This difficulty has | been surmounted at last by the new audiographic music. * * * It is the soundest and most compre- hensive thing of its kind t! has ever been put forward. * * * The plain man can now get his ana- lytical notes as of old, but instead of losing himself in.a tunnel when he comes to a musical quotation, he finds that the reproducing pi- ano plays it for him without any trouble on his part and, more- who understands its capabilities|over, it is played for him by a and limitations thoroughly. It|first-rate pianist.” * x ok % has one basic requirement for the | : would-be performer. Any one|’J'HIS is a week when orchestra music isin the air persistently. tone when played by some one‘ playing it must have a keen and | accurate ear for pitch. Otherwise The National High School Orches- the results are liable to be rather | tra, which appeared here in a awful. With accurate sense Ofipmgram last night at Constitu- pitch, however, a performer on!tion Hall, also recently gave pro- this instrument has a wide field]grams in New York (when Ernest open to him. First he must con- | Hutcheson was the soloist) and quer the peculiar gesture and control of the right hand that di- rects the melody to be played. He also must learn to gauge the dis- tances for progressing from one tone to the next and the place- ment of these tones in the air, for, unlike violin or piano, he has no actual contact with any material substance to produce these tones. Once he has his scale definitely placed for its three octaves of general possibilities, his technical mastery ~f the instrument is com- pleted. The rest is simply a mat- ter for individual initiative and artistic feeling in putting expres- sion into his readings. At present the R. C. A. There- min instrument has the resem- blance to a human voice in the higher register, a violin’s tone in the middle register and a rich cello tone in the low notes. A New York specialist who was demonstrating this instrument here recently, however, stated that already a Theremin organ is being perfected which will have stops imitative of the sounds of various other instruments, as do: the established types of pipe or-| gans which have several manu- als. Also a Theremin “piano” and “violin” are in the experi- mental stage. * Xk ¥ ¥ 'HE other instrument recently % brought to a state of unusual development is the audiographic machine, which makes it possible to hear and see the music being played simultaneously. Two elec- tric plugs control the two definite parts of this newest mechanical device. One person can easily hold these in either hand. One electric button controls the run- ning of a roll on a reproducing piano. The other controls the running off of a film on a camera Planned to have a clear enough lens to throw this picture on any ordinary wall, & screen not being necessary. The film shown co-or- dinates with the roll used on the piano. For instance, Myra Hess' admirable recording of Debussy’s “Submerged Cathedral” will be played on the piano. On the wall one sees (before the music starts) & picture of Debussy. A brief bi- ographical sketch follows. Next comes the legendary tale that in- spired this composition, also told In concise yet interesting fashion. A short questionnaire on various points (meant ecially for chil- dren, which can briefly passed over by adults if desired) follows. Then simultaneously the roll on the piano begins to play the com- position, while the film shows the actual notes on the wall. On the left-hand side the film has sim- | Philadelphia. It is interesting to learn that the double purpose of | these programs was to raise funds |for scholarships for deserving |youngsters to attend the 1930 camp session this Summer at In- terlochen, Mich., and to win sup- port for the trip the orchestra is to make to Europe a year from this Summer. * k X X RTURO TOSCANINI, the or- _ chestral lion of Milan, makes | his only Washington appearance Tuesday with the Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York. He is announced to conduct the overture and Venusberg music to “Tannhauser.” It is interesting to remember in this connection that he has been announced as the conductor for all perform- ances of this opera and.“Tristan und Isolde” at Bayreuth this Summer. It will be his first ap- pegnnce in these famous festi- vals. Also, it is heartening to learn that all rumors to the effect that the New York orchestra will not come to Washington next year after its European tour have been laid low. The committee here an- nounces that the necessary guar- anty has been arranged and the orchestra will give some concerts here next Winter. Still a third high light that glows about this orchestra’s ap- pearance here Tuesday emanates from the fact that 60 Washing- ton boys and girls who play in high school orchestras were given season tickets to the three per- formances of this orchestra here this season. They are all on tip- toes to hear the great Arturo. That is practical philanthropy and an invaluable gesture in the cause of musical progress here. * ok k% PIZZETTI, whose latest opera, “Fra Gherardo,” was given its American premiere at the “Met” in New York earlier this Winter, will be generously represented and make a “personal a - ance” here this week. Mr. %- nini will play “Rondo Veneziano” by this young man Tuesday after- noon, and will appear Wednesday afternoon with a group of assist- ing musicians in a program of his chamber music works and songs. Signor Pizzetti is now director sic. His latest opera, just com- pleted, is entitled “The Stranger” ("'lr.gl :tnmeru"). i composer says t all Italy is keenly awai rival there a few months hence of the New York Philharmonic under Toscanini, and that most of the concerts have already been sold out for the American orches- ple, clear mention of each theme as it enters or recurs, the change | of key, the musical expression re- | quired. On the right-hand side of | the music runs a programmatic interpretation of the mood or| meaning to be conveyed by the| music. After the music has end- | ed the last part of the film roll contains suggestions of exercises | or answers to the questionnaire; given earlier. ‘These dual rolls have been pre-| pared carefully by the v\gorld's“ greatest authorities in music. A} committee in every principal country has been formed to com- pile and check over the additional material or to translate it into the language of its country. Musicians who are authorities on the particular compositions they have been asked to interpret are chosen with discrimination. For instance, Paderewski plays his own “Minuet”; Harold Samuel, authority on Bach, plays piano literature of that master; vel plays his own compositions, etc. The president of the company which has perfected this audio- graphic combination has had dec- orations conferred upon him by Belgium, France, Italy, Germany end a Papal award. The American committee - in- cludes Dr. Walter Damrosch, Leo- ol Stokowski, Frederick Stock, aniel Gregory Mason, Willem Mengelberg, Serge Koussevitzky, Nicolai _Sokoloff, David Stanley Bmith, Henri Verbrugghen, Albert Stoessel, Howard Hanson, Alfred Hertz and others. The British committee includes Bir Hugh P. Allen, Sir Henry Wood, Sir Alexander MacKenzie, Percy Scholes and others. There are French, German, Bpanish, Belgian and Argentine committees. Siegfried Wagner re- cently. ted to supervise the -of rolls of his father’s fa- (A tra. * % Xk X "THE Southern State of Tennes- see has the honor of present- ing two fine singers before an audience tomorrow night at Mrs. Eustis’ house in a benefit for the birthplace of that great Southern general, Robert E. Lee. One of these two singers, the young so- prano, Grace Moore, was heard here early this month in a recital. The other, Oscar Seagle. was heard in a program last Fall be- fore a necessarily small, invita- tion audience at the King-Smith School here, where he has been coming this season as guest teacher. Mr. Seagle, leading exponent of the methods of the great tenor, Jean de Reszke, is a musical in- dividual of eminence. He mnot only has a gorgeous voice himself, which has won for him hearty praise both in New York and as far as the West coast for his tour last season, but he is a great-man. He is a person who has worked out the problems of life for him- {self and found things to say that |are worth hearing. He has been | singing since he was 5 years old. He has been teaching, as he con- tinued learning and revising, for the past 40 years. Above all, he has that gift rare for musicians— an elastic sense of humor com- bined with real “joi de vivre.” Mildred_szml.ze Assists On Keefer Program { MILDRED KOLB SCHULZE, com- poser-pianist, one of the best known musicians in the Capital City, | will be assisting artist on the program of Flora McGill Keefer, who will a) | in "a song_recital at the Hotel May- flower Friday afternoon, April 4. This will be Mrs. Keefer's second for- mal concert appearance in this city and leading music lovers will sponsor many the event. ! of the Milan Conservatory of Mu- | the ar- |2 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, MARCH 2, 1930—PART FOUR. JOHN PRINDLE (Wed,) Katharyn Frost Announces Morning Lecture Series KATHARYN FROST, pianist, who has been giving an interesting series of “Ten Interpretive Music Talks” at the King-Smith Studio School. has been asked to form a morning series. Mrs. Frost will open this new series, giving six music talks, which she illustrates extensively at the piano, at the Ameri- can Assoclation of University Women's clubhouse, 1634 I street, at 11 am., opening Thussday and Friday fore- noons, March 13 and 14, with the suc- cessive lecture-recitals on April 17 and 18 and May 15 and 16, Mrs, Frost's evening series at the King-8mith Studio School are on these same dates at 7:30 in the evening. Traversing piano literature, though; not in the usual chronological order,| Mrs. Frost introduces the lesser known | moderns almost at the beginning of her | recitals. She brings one romance in Chopin and returns to form and its| analysis in Bach. Soon one discovered | that her sympathy for the “new word” in music makes her playing of Poulenc of Milhaud of the French “six,” or of the Italian Malipiere, most enticing. She has on her list of moderns the com{nner Pizzetti, who is in the lime- light in Washington this week, and also—though Schumann, Liszt and Moszkowski will be played in her fine | pisnistic style—she will present more | “current literature” for the Eehno by Prokofiev and Castelnuovo- Harp Lecture Recital At Y. W. C. A. Today - Romance of the Harp” will be con , this afternoon at 5 o'clock in the fourth floor music room of the Young Women's Christian Assoclation at Sevenicenth and K streets. This is in the series of recitals on “The Understanding of Music” which Miss Lucy Stree: arranged for the Winter and early Spring months. Miss Riggs will present her subject in intimate story-telling fashion, sketch- ing the outline of the evolution of the harp from prehistoric times, through the early Hebrew, Egyptian and Gre- cian periods, to the harps of modern times ldn France and Italy, England and nd. Following the telling of the story in words, Miss Riggs tell it in music, offering two groups of very old harp pieces, some of which have been tran- scribed from troubadour and folk sources, and others arranged specially for Ih:‘hl?ahcofgllnd clos uwlth'. group of modern compositions, ‘These w?l continue during the month of March, other events to in- clude Mrs. Down's trio of women's voices, & Russian string quartet, a song recital by Mary Apple, contralto, and a violin recital by Evelyn Scott. Choral Festival Grou Includes 200 Singers OOKING toward “better choral mu- sic for Washington,” 200 local singers, representing more than 50 choral gvups and church choirs here, have joined the newly organized Wash- n Choral Festival Association, h is to give a Spring concert in the Belasco ieater May 7 under the direction of Frederick Alexander. ‘The complete personnel of the chorus includes 100 sopranos, 50 altos, 25 ten- ors and 25 bassos, who meet twice each month from now until May 7 for inten- ive rehearsal. March rehearsals will be held March 11 and March 25. Mr. Alexander and Mr. Hetzel will alternate in conducting rehearsals, There also will be rehearsals April 8 and April 22, with the final rehearsal May 5. | At present, intensive work is being done on the Bach numbers, which in- clude “Crucifixion” and “Et Resur- rexit” from the “B Minor Mass,” and also on the Palestrina numbers, includ- ing “Adoramus Te” and “Gloria Patri.” All sf will be required to attend all rehearsals between now and the date of the concert. In cases of absolute emergency singers are requested to notify the secretary of the association, Mrs. Gertrude Lyons, in advance of the rehearsal, if possible. Pianists Give Recital. | EDWIN and Jewel Bethany Hughes will give one of their Fopullr two- | piano recitals in Town Hall, New York | City, Saturday night. The former | 'ashi n musician and his wife will | be assisted by Percy Grainger, the fa- | mous Australian pianist and composer, | in the performance of his work “Green | Bushes.” It is a passacaglia on an Eng- lish_folk song, written for two pianos, six hands. Mr. Grainger got his version | in Lincolnshire, England. This will be the first performance of this work in| New York. | Anoum;! “flxrsc perlrtnrma‘ncc"; ex;<l thc: program is of a waltz suite by Hein- rich Gebhard. In addition. the program | will include “Fugue in C-Minor,” by ; “Variations on a Theme of| Beethoven,” by Saint-Saens, and a ',nmp of three works by Rachmaninoff, “Romance,” “Valse” and “Tarantelle on an Italian Theme. ) Mari-ne Band Prog}nms. 'HE United States Marine Band, | Capt. Taylor Branson leader, will| give three programs, as usual, in the Marine Barracks this week. They. will be: Band concert, 4 p.m. tomorrow; orchestral concerts, 8:15 p.m. Wednes. day and 3 p.m. Friday. ograms will appear, Detailed pre as usual, in the daily issues of The Star. This Diatialinws Dapbars: ’rlm Community Institute will pre- sent the Denishawn Dancers in a grolnn in McKinley Auditorium ch 12 at 8:15 85. ‘The detailed list of dances will be * Foundry Methodist Church- |LDEBRANDO PIZZETTI- Library of Congress(#ed) ScorT- RICHARD CROOKs- Constitution Hall- (5&-/7) EVENTS OF THE WEEK MONDAY. Grace Moore, young American soprano of the Metropolitan Grand Opera Co., in joint recital with Oscar Seagle, concert baritone, at Mrs. Eustis’ hame, at 10 p.m. TUESDAY. Arturo Toscanini and the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, at Constitution Hall at 4:45 p.m. WEDNESDA Ildebrando Pizzetti in a program of his works, at the Library of Congress at 4:45 p.m. .mhx’:3 1l’sx'mdlta Scott program, at Foundry M. E. Church at :15 pm. THURSDAY. Maxim Karolik in benefit concert, at Mrs. Dimock’s at 9:30 p.m. SATURDAY. Richard Crooks in song recital, at Constitution Hall at 8:30 p.m. locally at Constitution Hall Tuesday at 4:45 pm. Arturo Toscanini, the bril- liant genius conductor of Italy, will lead the orchestra. Signor Toscanini will give Mozart's “Symphony in D Major.” He also will present the overture and Venusberg music from Wagner's ‘“Tannhauser,” Tomorrow. Grace Moore, charming young Amer- ican soprano, will make her second ap- pearance in concert here this season, in joint recital with Oscar Seagle, eminent baritone, at the home of Mrs. Willlam Corcoran Eustis tomorrow night at 10 MOORE-SEAGLE RECITAL— [ | | o'clock. Both artists sre natives of | "Rondo Veneziano,” by Ildebrando Piz- Tennessee. Pauline Gold, accompanist | 2etti, the living Italian composer, who of the evening, is a Virginian. It scems | also will be in Washington at that time, particularly appropriate to have three and “Bolero,” by Ravel. Southern artists for this program, which T. Arthur Smith sponsors the appear- is a benefit for the restoration of Strat- 8nces of this orchestra in Washington. ford, the birthplace of Robert E. L | JOHN PRINDLE SCOTT. Mr. Seagle will open the program with & group of German lieder including| One of & small group of distinguished e ehe st poruen’ (Brahme): | and popular song writers, John Prindle genheit” (Hugo Wolf), “Cecaclia” (Rich- | Scott, will be present at a program of ard Strauss). Miss Moore then will sing | his works to be given by local artists Mimi's most famous air from Puccini’s | Wednesday night at 8:15 o'clock at “La Boheme” Mr. Seagle’s sccond ap- | Foundry ~Methodist Church. Hazel arance will be in the air “Vision Fugi- | Farrell Adair arranged the event. ive” from Massenet's “Herodiade.” Miss | _This the second annual Scott Moore then will sing a group of Italian | Program offered locally under such songs including “Gia La Notte|B8Uspices and has aroused much in- (Haydn), “Stornella” (Clamara), an “Gia il Sole dal Guag=" (Scarlatti). Solos will be sung by Helen Turley, The two singers will present the fa- | contralto; Florence Sindell, soprano; mous duet fmgmsMozaFt's “Don Gio- | Robert O'Lane, tenor, and Herman vanni,” “La ci darem la Mano.” Then | Fakler, baritone. Mary ,Apple, con- will s sy's “Bon | tralto,'and William Shannon will sing R g ey oeos I duet:. . Rose Maxwall Dickey, yioiiniet pentier’s “Loulse.” Mr. Seagle will give | Mabel Linton ‘Williams, pianist, and & group of Negro spirituals as his final | Louis Potter, jr, cellist, will give an Sroup. instrumental trio _entitled “Nocturne. The cholr of Vermont Avenue Christian ool urch, iam Braithwaite, director, ARTURO TOSCANINI—Tuesday. | will give several selections and the, The New York Philharmonic Sym- Columbian Male Quartet will sing. The phony Orchestra gives the third and | personnel of the latter organization final program of the current season |includes Francesco Della Lana and Mr. TENNESSEE ARTIST IN LEE BENEFIT GRACE MOORE, Young American soprano of the Metropolitan Opera Co., who will share a re- cital program tomorrow night with another native of Tennessee, Oscar Seagle, distinguished baritone, at Mrs. William Corcoran Eustis' home for the benefit of Stratford, the Lee birthplace. “TOSCANIN(- Constitution Hall '@ef) Braithwaite, tenors; Fred Eden, bari- tone, and Jone Chandler Smith, bass. PIZZETTI PROGRAM—Wednesday. Ildebrando Pizzetti, one of the younger group of Italian composers of the pres- ent day, will appear as pilanist in a program of some of his own composi- tions to be presented in the chamber music auditorium of the Library of Congress Wednesday at 4:45 p.m. Signor Pizzetti aroused special in- terest this Winter with his opera “Fra | Gherardo,” which was given its first performance at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York earlier this season. Edward Johnson and Maria Mueller sang the leading roles. In the prosram Wednesday the com- poser will be assisted by Adolfo Betti, violinist (formerly of the Flonzaleys): Alfred Wallenstein, violoncellist, and Olga Avertino, soprano. The works to given will include “Scnata in A for Violin and Piano,” songs, “I Pastori,” “La Madre al Figlio Lontano,” “Levommi il Mio Pensier in Parte Ov'era,” “La Pesca dell’Anello” and “Donna Lombardo”; trio, written in A, for violin, cello and piano. MAXIM KAROLIK—Thursday. A concert for the benefit of General Hospital and a small orphan asylum for | Russian exiles in Sofia, Bulgaria, will be given Thursday at 9:30 p.m. at the residence of Mrs. Henry F. Dimock, 1301 Sixteenth street. | _'The featured artist will be Maxim Karolik, Russian singer, who was heard here a short while ago in a public con- cert. Mr. Karolik emphasizes facial and gesture interpretations, as well as vocal expression, of the songs he sings. He is particularly popular for his Rus- sian folk songs and chssical numbers. RICHARD CROOKS—Saturday. Richard Crooks, the young American tenor whose ularity with concert audiences both here and abroad has rown with phenomenal rapidity during fhe last few seasons, is announced in concert by Mrs. Wilson-Greene at Con- stitution Hall for Saturday evening at 8:30 o'clock as the sixth and final at- traction of the series of evening con- certs in that auditorium. Mr. Crooks' appearance is announced to take the place of the concert sched- uled for Mme. Louise Homer and her daughters on this same date. Illness e Homer family is explained as the reason for the change. Mr. Crooks, although American born, has become intensely popular in concert abroad. He also has the distinction of having appeared as soloist nine times with the New York Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Crooks will be assisted at the piano by Rudolph Gruen. His program will include: “Nina” (Pergolesi), “Stor- nellatrice” (Respighi), “Per Pleta” (Stradella), three songs in Russian, “Lied” (Rimsky-Korsakoff), “Sorrow in Springtime” and aria from “Aleko” ( hmaninoff); “Heimliche Auffor- derung” (Strauss); “Freundliche Vision” (Strauss), “Zuegnung” (Strauss), “Ah Love, But a Day” (Protheroe), “Clo- rinda” (Morgan), and “Into the Light’ (La Forge). School Children Are buelts At N. Y. Orchestra Series QIXTY players in high school orches- tras of Washington are sending grateful letters to the ladies of the Phil- harmonic Orchestra committee, who made it possible for these young stu- dents to hear all the concerts of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra this season. The committee is composed of Mrs. Robert Low Bacon (chairman), Mrs. Hiram Bingham, Mrs. Adolph Cas- par Miller, Mrs. James Parker and Mrs. Lawrence Townsend. L. E. Manoly, director of the junior orchestras of the public schools, writes to Jessie MacBride, who distributed this gift that came through the courtesy of T. Arthur Smith, who sponsors the Philharmonic Orchestra in Washington, and the ladies of the committee: “The members of the high-school or- chestras and myself wish to thank you for so generously furnishing the tickets to the Philharmonic S8ymphony Orches- tra concerts. “I wish that you could have seen their faces when the orchestra begnn to play, as some have never heard a real orchestra. If the maestro had only been there to see their keen in- terest. nyway, I do most sincerely thank you and I only voice the opinion of the students. They all unite with me in very hearty thanks to you and for those kind musical friends who gave so gen- erously.” ‘The “maestro” chanced to be, for the first concert, Willem Mengelberg. Fol- lowing him these aspiring young players heard the fine concert given under Ber- nardino Molinari’s baton, and Tuesday they will hear the famous Toscanini. Lucy G. Lynch, head of the music department of Western h School, sent in a list of 11 students chosen from Western, with a letter from these stu- dents to the ladles of the committee. The list is: From the fifth semester in orchestra: Leah MacArthur, first vio- lin; fourth semester, Willlam Rodler, concert master; Katharine Smith, first violin; “third semester, Dorothy Dono- van, Horace Drury and Evelyn Padgett, first violins; Chloe Estes and Arthur Latterner, second violins, and Anna Belle McBath, flute; second semester, an riet 3 planisis, " F 3 Bach's “'St. John Passion” In New York March 9 TH!.' only performance this year of Bach's “St. John Passion” by the Soclety of the:Friends of Music will be given next Sunday afternoon in Mecca Auditorium in New York. Last year an additional performance was given in St. George’s Church, before an audience which thronged the edifice, but this year the work will be heard but once. "m- vived by the soclety in 1924, this has been performed annually since slon that time, | Baltimore Comicu r's Work ¥ To Be Played by Orchestra 'RANK J. FROST, president of the National Symphony Orchestra, an- nounced that Gustav Strube, copductor | of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, | will conduct his own composition, | “Homage to Schubert,” at the second | concert which the orchestra is to give at Constitution Hall Friday afternoon, March 14. Hans Kindler, noted cellist, who is guest conductor for this program, will conduct the other numbers to be given. “Homage to Schubert” is an orches- | tral suite of three movements—"Noc- | turne,” “Serenade” and “Little Sere- | nade.” It is a comparatively recent composition. It is sald to reveal its | composer’s individuality and mastery of | orchestral form. It reflects, too, ac- | cording to report, the technique and |stle of . the gréat “Liedersinger” — | Schubert — himself. Mr. Frost states | that under present arrangements Mr. Strube will conduct two final rehearsals of his number with the National Sym- phony just prior to the date of the| concert, Mr. Strube is & native of Ballenstadt, in the Harz Mountain region of Ger- | many. He studied with his father and began orchestral work at the age of | 10, entering the Leipzig Conservatory at’ 16, where he studied under famous | masters of harmony, composition and | technique. He joined the Boston Sym- phony Orchestra in the late 80s and for nearly 24 years was first violinist and assistant conductor of that fa- mous organization. | Coming to the Peabody Conservatory | of Music at Baltimore as a teacher of violin harmony and composition, Strube became conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in 1916, in which position ne has attracted considerable attention. He also has become promi- nent through his compositions for vio- | lin, voice, choruses and orchestra. An | opera, “Ramona,” is among his best | known works. Mr. Strube has a thorough knowl- | edge of all sorts of orchestral scoring. His style is individual, though for a| time it showed the influence of the French school. His compositions in- clude four overtures, three symphonies, three violin concertos, one cello con- certo, two symphonic poems for viola and orchestra, a “Hymn to Eros” for male chorus and orchestra and a large number of shorter compositions. The concert is under the manage- ment of Mrs, Wilson-Greene. 7,000 S\lperviu_ors Confer In Chicago March 24 THE second biennial meeting of the Music Supervisors' National Confer- ence will be held in Chicago the week of March 24. Seven thousand school music super- visors from the ends of the United States are expected to attend the ses- sions. The program, as announced by Miss Mabelle Glenn, president, is comprehen- sive. Speakers will include Dr. Walter | Damrosch, Dr. Edward Howard Griggs, | Dr. John Erskine of the Julliard Foun- ! dation, Peter W. Dykema, Dr. Harold Rugg and Dr. E, J. Stringham of Co- lumbia University, Percy A. Scholes of Montreaux, Switzerland; Dean Harold L. Butler, Syracuse University, president of the National Association of Schools of Music; Mrs. Ruth Haller Ottaway,| president of the National Federation of Music Clubs; Joseph N. Webber, presi-| dent of the American Federation of Musigraphs| + RISH music will be presented at the Priday Morning Music Club program in Barker Hall this week. rothy Tyler, soprano, with Kathryn Rawls, {anist, will present old folk songs. therine Riggs, harpist, will play ol and new music on the harp. Mme, Hanenfeldt announces that a class in ether wave musi¢ is being or- nized. The first meeting was held last Wednesday at the Washington Col- lege of Music, 2107 S street northwest. ‘The Tuesday Evening Music Club will give the second of its shut-in con= certs Tuesday at the Tuberculosis Hos- pital. This is one of a series sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Washington. Elena de Sayn will present students in a recital in her studio, at 1705 K street northwest, this afternoon at 4 o'clock. The participants will be chil- dren between the ages of 6 and 18. Ad- mission cards will be mailed upon re- uest. b Those taking part will be Keith Covert, Timon Covert, Adeline Furness, Donald McLenan, Wilmer Colwell, Vir- ginia Groomes, Howard Bachly, Mark Claflin, Joan Fuller, Douane Covert and Miss de Sayn, the director. Mrs. Hugh McKinnle, soprano of the ‘Takoma Park Baptist Church, was guest soloist at the Silver Spring Bap- tist Church last Sunday. She sang t “Ninety-first Psalm,” by MacDermid. Dr. Mitchell and Mrs. Beebe sang “Hold ‘Thou My Hand,” by Briggs, with violin obbligato. Dr, Mitchell is organist and director. Franceska Kaspar Lawson, soprano, and Edwin Moore, organist, both of this city, presented a program under the auspices of Mr. Brooke Payne in the Presbyterian Church of Fredericksburg, Va., February 21. Mr. Moore opened and closed the program. He played works by Faulkes, Handel, Stebbins, Neustedt, Coleman, Schubert, Gillette, Sturges and Claussman. Mrs. Lawson sang songs by Gounod, Mendelssohn and Handel. Mme. Ludmilla Vassiliev, formerly of the Imperial Ballet of Peirograd and the Ballet Russe of Diaghilicil's, pres sented a recital of students in Pierce Hall February 22 that was highly successful. The performers showed grace and understanding of the dance. These characteristics were particularly true of the dancing of the littlest chil- dren, Lilly Zalipsky, Ludmilla Plavsky and Tenia Vassiliev. These three dis- played talent and acting ability in such numbers as “The Fickle Parrot.” Other very young students who showed mark- ed ability are Nelly Madden and Irene Vassiliev. The ‘outstanding performance of the recital was given by Tania Gnoocheff, a charming young dancer in her 'teens Her intrepretation of “The Swan,” Pav- lowa’s immortal creation, shows deep understanding of this emotional music by Saint-Saens and graceful, easy com- mand of technique. Her hand moye- ments are especially, admirable, Other promising young dancers were Pauline Pariseau, ‘Tamara Dmitries, Jeanne Spencer and Ariadna Petrenko. A meeting of the Iowa Juni of the lnstl‘tuu of Musical Arcoi'u‘ln‘: held -Priday. There will be several novelties, notably a demonstration of thythmic dancing under the direction of Ann Watts, Musicians; Rudolph Gans and Guy | Maier, internationally famed pianists; Franz Proschowski, voice speclalist; Howard Hansen, president of the East- | man School of Music; Helen Hay Heyl| of the State Department of New York, Eugene Stinson, W. Otto Miessner and Edgar Nelson of Chicago and Will Ear- ‘| hart and Russell Morgan, prominent music_supervisors. No less impressive will be the musical features of the conference. These will | include a program by the Paulist Choristers, a huge band derhonstration by five prize-winning bands, two con- certs by the Nati chestra of 300, under leadership of J. E. Maddy and Henry K. Hadley, with Dr. Erskine and Mr. Maier as soloists: a concert by the National High School Chorus_of 400, under direction of Dr. Hollis Dann and Frederick Alexander: the Flint (Mich.) a Cappella Choir, directed by Jacob A. Evanson: an all- Chicago school chorus and orchestra, recruited from the best talent in the city’s 24 high schools; a complimentary concert by the Chic: Symphony Or- chestra, under direction of Dr. Fred- erick Stock, whose silver anniversary with this famous organization is being ~hserved this year, and a concert by *he famous baritone, Emilio DeGogorza. ‘A Hymn-P]n);ing Contest. A HYMN-PLAYING contest will be in- cluded in the annual junior con- tests this year conducted by the District of Columbia Federation of Music Clubs, April 26, for which lists will be closed April 19. ‘The following hymns have been se- lected for the contest: ‘“Fairest Lord Jesus” (crusaders’ hymn), Munster- Silisian folk song; “Fierce Was the Wild Billow” (mountain wave), eighth cen- tury, Beethoven; “When Morning Gilds the Skies” (Laudes Domini), translated by Caswell-Barnaby; “God Bless Our Native Land,” tune “America”; “The King of Love My Shepherd Is” (Domi- nus Regit Me), Baker-Dykes; “God of Our Fathers, Whose Almighty Hand"” (national anthem), Roberts-Warren. Application blanks may be obtained for contest and all other groups and classes from Lois Marshall Hicks, chairman of junior contests, 5004 Thir- teenth street. Adams 8180. Continue Voice Auditions. IGNOR ANGELO LIGUORI, head of the vocal department at the Wash- ington Conservatory of Music, an-| nounces that auditions for the awarding | of scholarships will be continued for a while longer. Many voices have been | heard, but no decisions reached as yet for the awarding of the scholarships. Some dramatic sopranos for ‘par scholarships have been tentatively se- lected. The full scholarship for this type of voice is still open, as well as those for lyric and coloratura sopranos. Contraltos and all types of maile voices also are welcome to tryouts. It/ is planned to work out operatic scenes, or maybe entire productions. Applica- High School Or-; Mayflower. " | works, dedicated, to the Saint-Gaudens | George V. Graham were in Warren F. Johnson. will give an n recital at the Church of the Pfl:;gl ILH'T :!Omo'cg:ck hl;h‘s cvening. e will play the toccata, “Lord Jesus | Christ, A'n.\m Thysell to Us,” Elert; “Pugue in G Minor,” | “Angelus du Soir,” Bonnet. Mr. Johnson will play ude, e and Varlation,” by Cesar Franck, before the service at 11" o'clock this morning. Ths Parthenon 2 the B. B. French | entertainment. Jast NG The members of the quartet arer .l’-f;h:. 1\‘4‘“2}’1’ nnb?l H. G. Eeer. (enora; arville, baritone, g e ne, and Thomas Quartet sang at ge ladies’ night 2dnesday,- at e | Mr. Marvilie, well-known local solotst, | sang in the place of Howard Moore, who 1s on a vacation in New Orleans. Raymond E. Rapp was at the piano. Two newly ‘issued organ works Deane Shure, Washington cnmbpm'r and director of music at Mount Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal Church South, are written to Biblical texts, They are “Spjrit Wind” and “Kidron, Brook of ows.” ‘“Peace of God,” another of Mr. Shure's more recent statue in Rock Creek Cemetery, seems to be finding favor in many cities. Re- ports show that his organ works are being produced constantly all over the country. A New York publisher has l"\lnl"; extra ‘:‘u&ogsln! his organ suites comm: ed four new organ num- bers for the coming year. BRI Kurt Hetzel delighted the members of the music section of the Woman's Club of Chevy Chase at their February musi- cal last Monday afternoon, when he gave his own arrangement of Wagner's “Tristan and Isolde” ands the ‘“PFire Music” from “Die Walkuere.” He also ::lcoo.‘mplnled Mrs. Edwin Hahn for her The trio, Mrs. Dawson Olmstead, pianist; Mrs. James B. Gordon, cellist, and Mrs. Rose Maxwell Dickey, violinst, played “Deep River,” Karl Reishard's interpretation, and “Extase” by Louis Gonne. Mrs. Francls M. Shore, contralto, sang Handel's “Largo” with violin obbligato by Mrs. John A. Logan, and “‘On Wings of Song,” by Men hn. Mrs, Carlton Edwards sang “Without Thee,” by Guy d'Hardelot, and “The Old Refrain,” by Kreisler. The introduction to this program of music written by composers born in February was read by Mrs. Willlam L. Orem, jr., who gave a short account of the lives of Handel, Mendelssohn, Kreis- ler and Herbert. Mrs. Roland White- hurst, Mrs. S. Jay McCathran and Mrs, charge of the program, Friends of the Capitol Choral Club will be interested in learning that this organization, Prof. Claude Robeson, leader, is meeting with marked success and has a steady increase in member- ship. There are still openings for good voices in all four parts, and applicants will be cordially welcomed on any re- tions may be made to Signor Liguori's . T. Lloyd Nola, at the con- servatory. » | hearsal night. Rehearsals are held Wednesday eve- (Continued on Ninth Page.) e Ensemble Irlt'fi!‘::'u'.la‘ l&?‘fl. lica Clubs 1801 Columbia Rd. N.W., Col. 094 RYTHYM and TEMPO By actual plasing with * in orchestra rehearsing 'No ‘charge | ny stars. Teaching Erolusively at the Washington Conservatory of Music BESSIE N. 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