Evening Star Newspaper, March 9, 1930, Page 58

MU SIC BY HELEN FETTER. ERPSICHORE returns to ‘Washington quite fittingly with the Spring time. Poets write about the Bpring. among their earliest efforts. Hardly a composer but| who has at least one Spring song, either verbal or “without words” like Mendelssohn’s most famous | example, listed among his efforts. | However, the joy of motion, danc- ing, seems the most fitting of all artistic expressions of the season. When Ruth St. Denis brings her company of young Americans to McKinley High School Wednes- day night, she will feature a “dance travelogue” giving dances of various nations. She, herself, will appear in several solo num- | bers. Probably the most novel of these is a dance characterization of Kwannon, Japanese goddess of mercy. A photograph of Miss St. | Denis’ life-sized portrait, painted | by Albert Herter, is shown else- + where on this page, depicting this character. The bejewelled crown is dazzling above shimmering golden draperies with a back- ground of midnight blue. The National Federation of Music Club’s magazine indorses a move- ment to place Theodore Thomas |in the Hall of Fame. In this fa- | mous hall are memorial tablets to 61 Americans. There are repre- sentatives of many professions— | statesmen, orators, inventors, dis- coverers, scientists, educators, | preachers, poets, actors. 8o far music is the one profession not | represented. Theodore Thomas, “father of |the American orchestra” as he has been called, spent 42 years pioneering in this fleld. As Charles Edward Russell, noted journalist, says in a tribute to this great musician: “When he began the public understood an orchestra to. mean two fiddles and-a double bass that played so folks could dance. When his tired hand laid down the baton for the last time complete symphony orchestras .in seven cities were pouring forth a flood of exalted music to comprehend- ing and responsive audiences. “All his life was devoted to this one aim, to develop the taste for teakwood base and lotus blossoms placed on either side of the figure | add authentic touches to this number. IN this age of action the dance is assuming more prominence | than ever before in the list of | formal concert entertainments. The season last Fall started local- ly quite promisingly with La Argentina. and that pair of Mary Wigman exponents, Harald Kreutzberg and Yvonne Georgi in two dance recitals that were novel for the majority of people their audiences. Later the Duncan Dancers from Moscow were listed but postponed their rograms: here indefinitely. Thus ere has been quite a hiatus and the ishawns are doubly wel- come. A In New York where the number of dance recitals listed has in- creased considerably within the past season, there was not a little rturbation aroused by the en- orcement of Sabbath day laws which would -prohibit dance re- citals on Sunday afternoons or evenings. As many of the dancers had programs scheduled for Sun- day performances, there was con- siderable excitement. As many of the ultra-modern dances seem little more than! sensible calisthenics one wonders why all the disturbance. Surely the characterizations that hap- pen to include motion such as Angna Enters and other individ- ualtistic artists present in so called dance recital are no more than vivid character portrayals. At least, if worst should come to worst in the dancer’s lot in New York, he or she can always ck a suit case and hop a train ¥o‘r Hollywood which seems to be the newest. paradise for the chorusugirl -and the trick dancer, * % & i H!'.Nlflnnll -Symphony Or- rogram at Constitution Hall Bndny afternoon. 'R | chestra will give its second These - grams are in the nature of experi- ments and not to be judged as finished products such as the Boston, hiladelphia ampd New York orchestras have brought here this season. These 80 Wash- ington musicians are getting to- ether in the few precious hours hat they can snatch from duties at motion picture houses or as teachers and trying to build something that they hope will have the quality of permanence and possess ability to grow stead- ily in importance and artistry. The new orchestra has to give its concerts in the afternoon be- cause its members have to play in the various photoplay houses during the evening hours. As a matter of fact many of them have less than 15 minutes between the time scheduled as the end of the symphony program and the time for the beginning of the program at certain motion picture thea- ters. This means that these men | are taking this effort seriously | and putting everything possible into it to make it go. They are doubly hlndicuved until they ! find a man qualified to be their regular conductor to give them | steady, intelligent drilling in playing together. It is significant that the members of the orches- tra themselves choose their-lead- ers and, when they feel it neces- | sary, reject them. Two famous musicians will share the baton Friday. The Dutch cellist and conductor, Hans Kindler, who has been heard here in tke role of conductor for cham- ber music events at the Library of Congress, as well as soloist, will lead standard orchestral works. Washington offers a gesture of friendly hospitality to the sister city of Baltimore, by inviting Gustave Strube, conductor of the Baltimore. Symphony Orchestra, | to lead the National Symphony Orchestra in three of his own works. This emphasizes the chief aim of the orchestra, which is to ' produce at least one work by an | American composer on each pro- gram. Originally a work by Mary | Howe of this city was announced for the current concert. It was found, however, to be too difficult for preparation for a performance music and the ardent love of it that he felt to be latent in his countrymen. Wide travels as a boy violinist had given him early an intimate knowledge of the American psychology. That faith in his people he never lost and though he died before he saw the consummation of his hopes, after- ward the world had to note the singular fulfillment of his pro- phetic vision.” * ko x NOTHER orchestral blossom new to the American scheme of the present day music courses and concert seasons is to bloom in Washington next December when, it is_announced by Mrs. Greene, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the paragon.of them all for fin- uhetf performance, will celebrate its fittieth anniversary of exist- ence. Of course Boston will get a much more elaborate and continu- ous form of celebration. The Na- tional Capital, however, is. listed for a series of four performances of works by Ludwig van Beetho- ven. These will include the ninth symphony with four distinguished soloists and a chorus of 250 voices. The performances will be given in Constitution Hall. In addition the Boston orchestra probably will make two other appearances here in coricert courses, playing works by other composers. In the “Hub,” as the New Eng- land metropolis is widely termed, orchestral music appreciation has apparently reached a particularly lofty pinnacle. It is reported that already $15,000 has been subscrib- ed and 81 concerts completely sold out for the Brahms Festival that the orchestra is presenting in Boston the end of this month. It is interesting to compare the successful value of fhis orchestra with its background of half a cen- | tury of training and building with the .earnest; sincere start .being made at this time in Washington by the National . Symphony | Orchestra, which has as hl{\z orchestra receive - the willing, practical and steady assistance of citizens of the Nation’s Capital. * X X X 'WHILE on the subject of orches- tral conductors, it would seem timely to relate here an anecdote told on Toscanini, the Italian lion who came in with the winds of March and swept. 3,500 Washini ans to a blaze of l&pllme ast Tuesday. The. tale is relayed from the pen of Lawrence Gilman. It is called “The Story of the Averted En- core.” It goes like -this: One night at La Scala the tenor, Zenatello, was singing in “Un Ballo in Maschera,” “In.the course of the performance,” writes Signor Nicotra,: “the prolonged applause for. the tenor’s -aria, ‘E Scherzo od e Follia,’ seemed to demand an encore. This Toscanini opposed. He had already made known through the press that, inasmuch as encores seemed to him to be in bad taste and harmful-to the rest of the performance, none would be allowed when he conducted. But on this occasion there were audible protests from the audi- torium—protests which grew in volumie the more evident it be- came that they were to be of no avail. The intrepid - Toscanini stood fanning himself violently with his handkerchief and wait- ing. But when the storm grew to hurricane size, he at last lost patience, stopped the fanning, dropped his baton, left the plat- form, and quit the opera house by the service entrance. Hatless, coatless, -in full dress—sweating hurried through the frozen streets of Milan and went straight home and to bed, where his pursuers found him soon after, absolutely adamant. to return. “That night the stage manager had to appear before the curtain to announce that a severe hem- orrhage had made it impossible for Toscanini to continue the per- formance, and that his place would’ be.taken. during theé re- maining two acts by his substi- tute, Signor Sormani. The officers of the Scala were quite confident that everything would be made up without difficulty on the follow- at tms time, with both conductors and men pressed for time and practice together. It would seem | quite wise to have the composer | himself conduct his own works, as Mr. Strube is going to do, while lrthe orchestra is still without a | regular leader whose direction it perfectly understands and who is famillar with the particular ' strength or weakness of virious sections and other characteristics of the members co-ordinating themselves into this organization. Moreover, Mr. Strube has been a ' conductor for many years and understands the handiing of an|b¥ orchestra as well as the meaning of his own compositions. * * % X AMERICANS generally perhaps do not realize that there are 70 symphony orchestras that play regular concert seasons all over the country from New York’s fa- mous stadium and Carnegie Hall ' to Los les’ equally distin- guished “Hollywood Bowl.” More- ‘over, the most recent issue of the ing day. But at 6 the next morn- ing Toscanini left Milan for Genoa, 'and sailed immediately for Buenos Ajres.” R Dr. Alexander Will Lead Choral Rehearsal Tuesday A Sil:‘L!-'NDhE program of u‘uvulc is be- rehearsed by. the Washingto: chonl'mmll Mlobc’utlon in prrepsnl-‘ tion for the concert to be given duri national music week in the interests of “better choral music for Washington.” incidentally the second to be conducted Prof. Frederick Alexander in person, will be held Tuesday at 8 son Commtinity Center, 1fth and L. streets northwest. All singers are asked to be on hand between 7:30 and 7:50, in order that the correct attendance record may be made and a number given each singer by which future at- tendance may beu easily &mm As only one absence is permitted any singer during the two months’ chorus rehear- sal, correct attendance must be checked at every rehearsal. Singers co-operate closely with fecretary of the asso- ' hopes to realize if the men in the | this and fuming in the cold night—he | time any -plea for his A ‘The third rehearsal of the chorus, and | besf .m., in Thom- | R. THE SUNDAY Constitution Hall - (Friday) Artistic Singers to Appear at Congressional Country Club NE of the most artistic of the series of afternoon programs to be pre- sented at the Congressional Country Club is announced for today at 5 p.m. in the Pompeilan room of the club house. Marjorie Lowe, soprano, and Harlan Randall, baritone, will be the soloists. Mr. Randall is a Washingto- nian who has made a place for himself in the musical life of this city, to which he has only returned this year, after | acting as assistant teacher to Herbert | ‘Witherspoon, president of the Chicago | Musical College.” He will be accom- panied by Dorothy Radde Emery, com- poser-pianist. His songs will include compositions by Pranke-Harling, Sarti, Diaz, Pearl Curran, Romilli and Henry S. Gregor. Marjorie Lowe, whose artis- try recalls that famous diseuse, Yvette Guilbert, brings a background of Euro- study and experience to her sing- m:n After study in Boston with Clara Munger and Gertrude Franklin Salis- bury, Miss Lowe pursued her studies abroad, both in France and in Ger- many, where she coached with Vitto- rino Morattl. Miss Lowe sang in opera in , Germany, and had the rare experience of studying the Edward Grieg songs with his widow, Mme. Grieg, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Miss Lowe's of German lieder and French bergerettes has become distinc- tive. She will include in her groups of songs compositions by Brahms, Ruckauf, Weckerlin, Grieg (in Norwe- gn!)‘. Ronald, Massenet, Rybner and Mr. tgndlll and Miss Lowe will close this concert with a duet, Malfon Boyce, well known accompanist, pianist and choir director, will be at. the piano for Miss Lowe, It is anticipated that this will be one of the most popular of the concerts to be presented at the club season. . Army Band Leader to Speak At Bandmasters’ Convention ILLIAM J. STANNARD, leader of the United States Army Band, is listed as one of the leading speakers for the Second Annuai Convention of the American Bandmaste: will in Thursday morning and last into Sun- day, March 16, when a gala concert, to be led by John Philip Sousa and other Iunq‘ul conductors, will be the closing event. Edwin Pranko Goldman, president of the association, will preside at all meet- . Both the Governor of Ohio and the mayor of Middletown will give ad- dresses of welcome. John Philip Sousa, “the March King,” will talk o Years with the Sousa Ban Stannard’s subject is “How to l;r.:l:lgent Composers to Write for the Other speakers during the sessions —will include Karl King, A. A. Harding, xlet%r .I’!n Gnlael. Herbeg' :..m chrked. . B. Hayward, ler and Charles O'Neill. Evolution of Piano Music Subject of Tuesday Recital SADE C. STYRON, pianist, will give & unique recital for the Twentieth Century Club Tuesday, at 11 am., at Barker Hall. The program has been planned to show the evolution of keyboard music from the Tudor composers to Debussy. Miss Styron will comment on each group, showing how the composer, the instrument bullder and the performer have all had various parts in the de- velopment of keyboard music and how they have mutually affected one an- other. Several of the early composi- tions will - P ‘The program will include: Byrd, “Marche of Horsemen,” “The and the Drone” and “The Flute Droome”; Gibbons, “Ground”; “Tower Hill”; Rameau, “Tam. Couperin, “Soeur Moniqu e, Allegro”; Bach, “Gigu . “Sonata in D" Mozart, “Ah! Je, Maman” (variations); , “Rondo” (rage over the lost coin); Schumann, “Novellette”; Chopin, “Nocturne,” and Debussy, “Prelude.’ . Washingion Corfiposers to Give Program at Arts Club Mm of the Washington Com- posers’ Club will present a pro- gram of original compositions at the Arts Club evening, March 18. Edward C. Potter, one of the club mem- bers, will be the host for the evening. ‘The Chaminade Glee Club, under the direction of Esther Linkins, wil three choral numbers by Karl Holer, Dorothy Radde Emery and Henry S. Gregor. La Salle Spler will present something new in musical composition, & musi setting to a Salt Sea ballad, which will be read by Denis Connell, actor and director. Henry S. Gregor will present a group of songs for bari- tone voice and a cello and plano number, at which time he will be assisted by Richard Lcrlebflm one of Washington's t known cellists. Karl Holer will present & group of songs. He will be assisted by Francisco Della Lana, tenor. Deane SBhure will have presented for him by Grace Shannon, planist, a group of “Bird Sketches” taken from that authoritative book of bird calls by Schuyler Matthews, which Mr, Shure has made into pianistic im ns. All members of the Wash| Com- posers’ Club will be present. This or- gghmn, whose work is becoming wn_ all over the country, has been in existence over four years. Each :nl: its ‘members have created some new and usually a little better in.com- position writing than that of tRe’year be heard here for the first | bot STAR, WASHINGTON, St DENIS- MEKinley High School- (Wed) EVENTS OF WEDN! Denishawn Dancers with R School at 8:15 p.m. Strube conducting, at 4:45 p.m. THE DENISHAWN DANCERS— Wednesday. Ruth St. Denis and the Denishawn Dancers will give a program at the McKinley High School Wednesday at 8:15 p.m. It is under the auspices of the Community Institute. - The dances to be presented are sald to be varied and have authentic background. A “Dance Travelogue” is the mador offer- ing of the evening. It includes dances from Java, Algeria, Spain, India, Cam- bodia, France, Crete and ancient Greece. Other numbers will include the “Bas- Relief From Angor-Vat,” a visu;lluuon of a Tagore poem; & Tanagra figure to music of Schumenn, & Rubinstein waltz and as finale, & colorful scene in an East Idian bazaar. ‘The ensemble numbers to be ex- hibited by the latest group of. Denishawn Dancers are all new, the most recent | creations of Miss St. Denis. NATIONAL S¥MPHONY—Friday. ‘The second of three concerts which the National Symphony Orchestra, Washington co-operative ensemble of more than 80 professional musicians, is ?lvln[ this season to demonstrate the easibility of establishing a symphony orchestra in the Capital will be pre- sented at Constitution Hall, Eighteenth and C streets northwest, Friday after- noon at 4:45 o'clock, under the local management of Mrs. Wilson-Greene, Two guest conductors will direct this concert. Hans Kindler, celebrated cel- list and conductor, is one and Gustav Strube, conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for the past 14 years, is the T, Mr. Strube will conduct three of his own compositions. Mr. Kindler will conduct four addi- tional selections that will complete the program. Mr. Kindler will conduct the opening number, the overture front Von Weber's “Der Freischutz,” as well as the second, the third And the sixth—Bach’s “Passa- caglia in C Minor,” Grieg's first “‘Peer MUSIG ARY HOWE, Washington com- poser and pianist, and Anne Hull, pianist, of New York, will give one of their popular two- plano recitals for the Friday Morning Music Club in Barker Hall, Y. W. C. A, this Pridhy at 11 am. Their program is mot announced in advance, but it is sure to contain unusual and probably novel numbers. Clay Coss, pianist, has been engaged by the Institute of Musical Art as a member of the faculty. He is assuming dutles there immediately. Mr. Coss re- ceived training from Edwin Hughes, a Washingtonian, now prominent in New York musie cireles. - Theoretical work was studied with Dr. A. Madeley Rich- ardson. Mr. Coss, although young, has had considerable experience as a teacher th in New York and in St. Petersburg, Fla., where he taught at Barge Con- servatory. This pianist gave his first recital here in December. Later he played at the Arts Club. He will give a recital at the Institute of Musical Art Wednesday, March 26. Walter and Mimi Schulze-Prisca, noted as players of violin duets in Ger- many, gave a concert for a few invited guests Monday evening at the home of Judge and Mrs. Laurence Becker. The program included compositions written especially for two violins by Bach, Mozart, Spohr, Sarasate and the first movement of an unfinished sonata dedicated to them by Reger before his untimely death. The intimacy of tone and the precision ‘of 'their ensemble playing won enthusiasm from the audi- ence, consisting mainly of musicians. The Schulze-Priscas sailed on the Dresden for Germany. They will return l’: g‘lce United States for a concert tour Warren F. Johnson will give an organ recital at the Church of the Pllgrfma this evenlnr at 7:30 o'clock. He will play chorale prelude, ‘“Rejoice, Thou Christian Soul” (Bach), and introduc- tion, fugue and magnificat from the sfi:&};ony to Dante's “Divine Comedy” (Liszt). The second of a series of thrée con- certs given by the District of Columbia Pederation of Music Clubs for its Jjunior members will be given Saturday, March 23, at 8 o'clock, in the Interior Building auditorium, between Eight- eenth and Nineteenth and E and F streets. The program will include a toy symphony, a choral srou and piano and violin solos and duets: A great deal of interest is being shown by the teachers of the District in these con- certs and appreciation by them of the opportunities they offer. The choir of All Saints’ Church, Chevy Chase, will give the cantata “Penitence, Pardon and Peace,” J. H. Maunder, at the evening service at 8 D. C, MARCH 9, 1930—PART FOUR. HANS KINDLERs Constrtution Hall - (Fridsy) THE WEEK ESDAY. uth St. Denis, at McKinley High FRIDAY. National Symphony Orchestra, Hans Kindler and Gustave Gynt” suite and Ippolitov - Ivanov's “Caucasian Suite.” Mr. Strube will conduct his own “Homage to Schubert,” “Prelude No, 2" and “Serenade.” These six numbe:s, | it is said, will afford one of the most | novel and fascinating orchestral pro- | grams presented in Washington in | months. “Homage to Schubert” the first Strube composition, was completed by Mr. Strube in 1927, on the eve of the Schubert centennial. It consists of two pleces, the sesond of which will be played here Friday. 18 & fan based on Schubert's song “Am Meer” (“By the Sea”), The Schubert melocy | is not used in its original form, but can be traced through various alterations which form the basis for the set of va- riations from which the fantasia is developed. ‘These allusions are heard first in the wood-winds and horns, next in the bassés and then in the brasses, being sounded Iater by flute, oboe and solo cellos, then again in the basses and finally in a little fugue for the entire orchestra. “Prelude No. 2” is & nocturne, the second of a set of small posed in 1919. The first section con- sists of a melody (quasi adagio), given out by the clarinet. A moderato of lighter character follows and leads to the reappearance of the first theme, this time played by the Prench horns. A] short coda brings the prelude to a close. The “Serenade” is cast in the typical three-part dance form and is one. of the early works of the composer, writ- ten some 25 years ago, wi was conducting “pop” concerts of the Boston Symphony in the New England metropolis. It opens with a graceful theme for the viclins against a lightly rhythmical characteristic accompani- ment. The middle section begins wit a violin solo, with the melody repeated later by the cello. As this continues it is interwoven with the return of the first theme, given this time to the oboe. RAPHS ‘é'fl,‘?f" K’x‘he lwlmo :‘gt:', sung by Mrs. ce Kingsley soprano, and Robert H. Davidson. baritone. At the morning service the music will include “Benedicite,” by Stokovski, and “Sanc- tus,” by Gounod, as the offertory, with tenor solo by Prank E. Kingsbury, Beatrice Seymour Goodwin sang a pr?nm of songs before the essors and students of American University Friday mq . The audience was most enthusiastic. Her numbers included se- lections by Mozart, Bohm, I -Hel- mund, Campra, Rimsky-Korsakoff, Pearl Curran and Frank La Forge. Amy Alki Bustin sang at the Wash- ington Hotel Tuesday for the Wheel of Progress.. Lieut. Charles Benter of the United States Navy Band was composer of her encore—‘Call Me Henry Now.” Miss Bustin also was soloist last night at Pythian Temple for the Masonic Craftsman Council. Other writers of songs on the Tues- day program were Mrs. Amos Fries, Mrs. Ralph Lozier and Mrs. 8ade Coles and Mrs. Mary 8. Parker. Leslie Coule, tenor; Alice Huber, so- prano, and Gilbert Clark, baritone, will be soloists with the choir tonight in music chosen by the director, Mrs, Henry Hunt McKee, to represent the first of a series of pictures pertaining to the life of Christ, which will be pre- sented Sundays through Lent at the Church of. the. Ascension. ‘The public is invited. Lillian Harmon Burke presented a group in a recital at her studio last Sunday. Compositions by Beethoven, Grieg, Paderewski, Massenet and Mac- Dowell were played. Those were Helen Howard, Betty Rodrick, Mabel Howard, Elizabeth Howard, Grace Raub, Belmont - Farley, Nfl{ T, Peggy Spain, Dorothy ip, len Cooper and-Rita Fellers, ‘The jupior students.of the Master School of the Piano had & class musicale for parents and friends at the school Friday eve . An educational and in- |formative lecture was given by Grace G. Glichrist, director. A musical pro- gram _followed. Students who played were Bette Jane Cassidy, Fannye Kres- sin, Helen Garfinkle, Barbara Rudolph, Barbara Cohen; - Mollye Herson, Anna Rachlin, . Paye - Greenberg, Arlene Schoenberg, Lucy Shirley Greenberg, Dorothy Bramow, Josephine Bertolini, Naomi and Margaret , Marguerite Cave, Hilda Frances and Americo Pittiglio, Michael- son, Catherine Coulon, Doris Klesner, glnfllh Stein, Bernice Stein and John rennan. Elena de Sayn will present a groy, of students ltynlh. next meeting of thz gl:ywm:: n{.::'.“ uu\;a.o( American WO L, X, o . young finunh" ‘will e lections between a Strube | M B R Pianist to Give Concert At Aubury M. E. Church GLADYS THOMAS, concert pianist, an honor graduate of Oberlin Con- servatory of Music last year, will be esented in a concert program at As- ury Methodist Episcopal Church, Elev- en K streets, under the auspices of the Sunday school, Willlem T. Parker, superintendent, Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. Assisting the planist will be the Radio Artists’ Quartet, composed of John Dorsey and Levington Smith, tenors; Lester Dorsey. baritone, and Abner Dorsey, bass, with Maurice Tibbs at the plano. They will sing songs by Coombs and Charles W. Cadman. Miss Thomas will play “Theme and Variations,” Chevillard; “Aufschwung,” Schumann; two preludes by Chopin; “Nocturne in D t Major,” Debussy, and “Impro; g:u in C Sharp Minor,” Reinhold; “Concert Etude,” Lisat. “Claire de Lune,” Debussy, and “Scher- 20 in P Sharp Major,” by d’'Albert, with g?l]dee from Schumann’s “Symphonic udes.” Young Violinist Writes Concerto for Violins M ILTON SCHWARTZ, well known young violinist of Washington, has written a concerto for two violins without accompaniment. It is modern in type and taxes the resources of the in- struments. d ‘The first performance of this compo- sition will ‘be given at the Ki artists’ recital in May. It will be played by the composer and Isaac Minovich. I. On the same program Mr. Minovich will play the first movement of the Joachim cadenza, and Mr. Schwartz will play, for the first time in Washing- ton, & new concerto by d’Ambrosio. Pizzetti Compositions on Katharyn Frost's Series KATHAHYN FROST'S third pair of “Ten Interpretative Music Talks” to be given Thursday and Friday eve- nings of this week at the King-Smith Studio School at 7:30 o'clock, will in- clude some music of the modern Italian , who 0 in Washington during Frost also opens a morning of “Six Inte tative Music t 11 o'clock, Thursday and Fri- day, at the American Association of University Women'’s Club house, 1634 I street northwest. Both series are pre- sented by Jessle MacBride. —_— AR Soldiers’ Home Orchestra. THE orchestra of the United States Soidlers’ Home Band (John §. M. Zimmerman, leader, and Anton Point- ner, assistant) will give three concerts, as usual, Tuesday, Thursday and Satur- day afternoons at 5:30 o'clock in Stan- ley Hall. The ams will, a8 usual, combine classic and lighter numbers, Marine Bn:d ‘Programs. THI United States Marine Band, fl"c:hlzt‘:' Taylor Branson, lflldegrfi 'J‘ll programs, as usual, in the Marine Barracks this week. They will be: Band concert, 4 p.m. tomorrow; orchestral ‘concerts, l:l? pm. Wednes- day and 3 p.m. Priday. talled programs will appear, as -Det usual, in the dal y issues of The Star. by Prof. Corbin and & one-act play by Mrs. Cullum, & member of the league. The Capital City Choristers will the conversion cantata by Mathews at Lyon Park Chris Church, Lyon Park, Va,, Thursday night. Mrs. Henry Hunt:!ucxu will be organist accom- panist. The next regular meeting will be h tomorrow in the choir goom of '-.Illg ‘Church of the Ascension. All members ""l Tuufiew :.'ffi"ge promptly at 8 o'clock as there rtant business meeting. SR * Rose Green, soprano soloist of St. Stephen's Church, will sing at the wed- ding of Dorothy Blum and John Maurice Cooper at the Episcopal Church in Ta- ::nmi:t Park. Margaret Slattery is or- A_program of old and modern music of France, Italy and Spain will be given Friday evening at the residence of Florence Howard by a grou; students. Maude Sewall, wel lecturer and music authority, will talk 3’1! ;h;o clzar-cumughol the music of uthern countries. Evelyn Scott, violinist, will be the assist; litni.!t‘ ‘The Tuesday Evening M Open the program with two choruses. tons Vous Chantons,” s fragment ‘Sappho” by Rameau, and the Italian folk song “Santa Lucia.” Early. troubadour songs of the thirteenth cen- tury will be sung by Marjorie Brockett. The air from “Orphea” by Jacopo Peri, the first Italian opera composer, will be sung by Helen Neumeyer. Arias’ from the operas of Massenet, Bizet.and Puc- cini, and songs from the literature of Goundd, Debussy, Dalcroze, Respigl, Veracini, Nogero and Alvarez will com- Pose the program. "5 Prances Tuck- Liil L A gn Appearing are: e rs, Oatherine Gross, t] in| . Adelaide Harbe: lian lewellyn, Ina Holtzscheiter, Helen Neumeyer, Helen Williams, Williams and’ Cecile Littlefleld, Donna ‘Taggert is the accompanist. ‘The District of Columbia Chapter of ;::e a.mmrn‘:;lnml c\éngp ?rhornnm’: n}'fi onday ni a phan: co} Church, In addition to GlB‘“mm session, during which plans were dis- custed for approaching recitals, Ger- trude Lyons 'e_an_excellent resul (Continued on Fourteenth Page.) ; | her little Pinnera. I eng: the | perience uo! seeing her own. Detroit Soprano Will Sing “Aida” at Berlin Operz BY AGATHA BULLITT GRABISCH. | esp0 The Star and th e BOnnt {Shepaer Allance. " | BERLIN, March 8 (NANA)~— | “America at present produces the nicest-looking women and the best ! volces for " says Dr. Hoerth, man- | ager of the Staatsoper.’ Germany's | greatest opera house, and leading au- | thority here on things musical. | This statement was rhade in connec- | Gina Pinnera, who has swept all be- | fore her in her triumphal tour of Europe. ““Will Pinnera be a success at opera?” d. | Dr. Hoerth is no lover of superlatives, | He weighs his words carefully. | “It is hard to tell” he said. “I do! not know Pinnera's mentality well enought to judge. Success depends on many things. She has a beautiful voice, but that is not enough.” He de- liberated & moment. “Of course, she may be a sensation.” “Do you think there is a possibility of her becoming world great, like Leh- mann. or Gadski?” I asked. “I do,” was his measured reply. “The voice is there, but it depends on what she makes of it. She is still quite young. “Her voice is truly remarkable, In addition to its tremendous volume and sweetness it has a quality all its own, that can be compared neither with mu~ sical instrument nor with any voice I have heard. I can only say it is human. In it throbs humanity. When Pinneras sings, she laughs, she cries, she sobs, then she laughs again.” This conversation with Dr. Hoerth impelled me to interview Gina Pin- nera. She is a blonde young giantess, whose radiant smile lightens the entire room. My first glimpse of her was at an informal social gathering, A couple of meén were hovering about her while she was holding the hand of a white- hafred old lady, entertaining her with anecdotes of New York life. Everybody. was laughing, the old lady the most merrily of all. Later I talked with Pinnera alone., “I would like you to tell me some- thing about yourself before you became famous,” I said. “I—famous? How funny!” she laughed. “Such a thing surely could never happen to me. Am I an Ameri- can? Of course I am. Even if my mother was Italian and my father'’s mother ch. I was born in Detroit. Shall I sing you “The Star Spangled Banper"? “The licity urge took hold of me early in life. I was just 4 when I went to see the n'?m minister, without my mother knowing it, to ask if he would let me sing an Easter carol in our Sun- day school. I felt the thrills of & prima. donna when I stood up all alone on Easter Sunday and warbled ‘The Lily Bells Ring’ At 12 I wanted to make some money so I could give par- ties. I asked mother if I might get up & concert, She thought I wanted to have it in our backyard and sell the tickets for pins. But she didn't know “Deadica to the I aske aged sonic Hall for $5 and then poonle who. e heughe fr people who t popcorn from me for the Foreign Missionary Society. I collected $150, and when the evening came the hall was full. “ The next day the p:.?er called me a ‘youthful im- esario.’ “At 16 came my first tragedy. My mother died. My mother was my in- spiration in all things. After her death came hard » For a moment silence fell. Over Pin- Composer and Author Gives Program for League Today DA HOYT CHAMBERLAIN, a young author and composer who | from the West and who has enjoyed to presented this evening at Stoneleigh Court at 8:30 o'clock. She will be as- sisted by Predda Fayre, coloratura so- prano. The event is sponsored by the League of American Pen Women, Miss Chamberlain will give three groups of her own compositions. She also will sing songs by Debussy and Rabey and 1 accompany Miss Fayre. ‘The latter will sing numbers by Jomnn] Strauss, Rossini, Schubert, 8, Miss Chamberlain and Sir Henry 3 Soprano Directs Operetta To Be Given Saturday here, will appear in a new role ‘when she * will honors of recting the Isis,” with W tion will be p: School Saturday n the following M fund rlllod"l! th be given to charities. Half a Century of IM\IIRG. Dl{ OSCAR M. WHITE, professional- ly known as Cav. Bianco di Pa- lermo, will celebrate Wednesday the forty-eighth anniversary of his entrance into the musical world b{ making his debut as conductor of Italian gmand opera at Amsterdam, Holland, at the Industyial Palace. Friends and admir- ers of Dr. White who celebrate with him at this time include Herman C. Rake- mann, Robert E. Clark, solo trombonist of the United States Marine Band; Lud- wig Manoly, “tellist; Signor Bimboni, orchestra ‘conductor, and other celebri~ tles in the musical firmament. Since he opened his studio at 524 ‘Tenth street northwest Dr. White has resented sing | struction. Enid | tice Pias been unusually successful. His linguistic abllity and high educational standards enable him to give high scholarly in- Dr. White has spent the greater part of a haif century in the of Co- lumbia, and his friends wish him con- tinued success in all of his undertak- ings for many years to come. iy Music at the service Sunday in the newly decorated Holy Rosary Church was directed by Eugenia Slattery. So- loists were Regina Larezzo Simi, Gilda ARJORIE LOWE, popular singer| " tion with the approaching debut of | k g GINA PINNERA. nera's face had come a shadow, but quickly it was gone and she was her ‘buoyant self again. “What else do you want to know about me?” she inquired. “It would be interesting to hear how you leaped into fame overnight,” I replied. “Again that word—fame! I repudiate it. Before the leap there were heart- breaks enough, I can tell you; and there was hard work and hunger, too. I went to New York to study. There I sang in Central Park at the band con- certs and over the radio and at .teas and receptions and bridge parties—al- ‘ways for nothing, of course. “One night at a reception I met the Viennese critic, Maurice Halperson. He heard me sing without accompaniment. ‘You have the most glorious voice of any woman alive!’ he sald. ‘You must give a concert at Carnegie Hall.’ “All that night those words echoed in my_ears—glorious voice, Carnegie Hall. By morning my plans had crys- tallized. I would hire Carnegie Hall and give a concert there. n’l‘:a ladies sell the seats, but at the end of that time Carnegie Hall was sold out. “One of the most touching things of my life happened while I was getting ready for my first concert. It was at ‘Temple Beth-El in Jersey City, where I was singing for a charity bazaar. A man, showing traces of deep emotion as he came to the stage to shake hands with me, told me that he had lost_his little boy three days before and had not been able to shed a tear. ing of ‘Might; g ened the tension and he had cried, ‘I want the first three rows for your Car- negie Hall concert,’ he said, and on the spot he wrote me out a check for $250. But Pinnera is quicksilver. Of a sud- den her smile flashed through the room “And now I am in glorious Ber- lin and going to aing ‘Aida’ at the Staatsoper. Ishake myself. Is it really me? en I think of opera, :“l;l.ch is .:m m‘: ‘world !arlnne. a thrill up wn my spine and I sa; ?h.mmm.la: ‘Pinners, Y:uu do m’: Yoice answers, ‘You can, you must.’ g od (Copyright, 1930.) Glee Club- Will Present Third Concert March 18 THE Elisabeth Somers' Glee Club of Washington will give its third annual public concert March 18 at the Young. Women’s Christian Association . be | Building, in Barker Hall, Seventeenth and K streets, under the direction of . TG lub was 1926 singers living at the Elizabeth lom; Residence, under the gna B. Ireland, r Y. W. C. A, concerts guest artists were M Holmes, log:‘no of New York City, and Evelyn t, violinist, of this ¢! .hl”,‘l.n'.gmunthe artists were erine Riggs, Emily Coville, soprano, an e Morits, violinist, all of this 0 this year's concert the glee club will be assisted by the “Trio Intime,” including Evelyn " Scott, violin: Alice Allen Merrell, cello, and Catherine Be; son, pano. > Rachmaninoff Will Play Chopin-Liszt Progra S!Ml! Shoe & RACHMANINOFF, ous pianist and composer, - ual concert appearances in are always events of the first musical importance, is announced to make his only concert appearance of the 1929-30 musical season at Poli's Theater Wednesday afternoon, March 19, at 4:30 o'clock. This will be the fifth and final attraction of Mrs. Wil- son-Greene's philharmonic course. Mr. Rachmaninoff has arranged an interesting Chopin and Liszt program. ‘The first half will be devoted to seven . Ohopin selections and the last half to four Liszt numbers. The Chopin num- bers to be given are: “Ball; F s “Réndo, E. Flat Major” B Major”; “Valse,” promptu,” “Scherzo, E Major” and “Scherzo, E Minor.” ‘The Liszt program includes: “Ballade, B Minor”; “Val lnwmm;w ; . “Son- netto 104 del Petrarca” and “Polonaise, E Mafor.” ALL WHO SING Or Wish to Sing—Correctly’ will find guidance and fmspiration in & little booklet entitled “The Volce—Helj i Send 10c Baritone Minor”; “Nocturne, Fantasie - Bonicelli, Giovanni Melice and Baldo | Balducci. i ints_ for ngers.” n to Roval Mcllveen, W., Washington, v, 2811 14th St. N. STUDIOS OF BESSIE N. WILD TS e tha Harpery o Studlo $8 b Rone Georaia 3333 . LOUISE COUTINHO Pupil of Eugene d'Albert & Foon” ettt Berth d, Most. e 2013 N. 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