Evening Star Newspaper, May 4, 1930, Page 62

MU SIC BY HELEN FETTER. 7 HE month of May stepped s through the doorway of Spring last Thursday with the veil of Summer in one hand and the long list of student recitals in the other. The formal concert season, 1929-30, for Wash- ington is closed. It passed into history rather brilliantly with the last performance of the Metro- politan Grand Opera Co. That brief but colorful series of operas is understood to have been quite satisfactorily concluded with the smallest deficit on record. All the larger local organizations are put- ting the final touches to their an- nual Spring programs and have already begun with the Interstate Male Chorus and the Schubert Choral Club last week to set their efforts forth before large audi- ences that seem very appreciative. ‘Tomorrow the Guild of Organists has its annual dinner and pro- gram, this time at the new Uni- versalist Church, and next week the Rubinstein Club gives its last program _for the season, with a violoncellist new to Washington as guest artist. The Denishawns are following the obviously suc- cessful effort of Roland Hayes by making a return engagement this season to the National Capital. The Hayes concert last Wednesday was practically a sold-out affair. Judging from the earlier house for . the Denishawns when they ap- * peared under the auspices of the Community Institute and pre- . liminary returns since the an- ) nouncement of their program for \ May 15, they will have another large audience also. x % % x 'T'HIS is the much-heralded Na- tional Music week. This name means & good deal of effort and performing in many centers in the United States, but has never been taken overseriously in Wash- ington. The National Capital is too_often inflicted with “weeks” of various and sundry kinds to arouse itself in the midst of prep- than Woodrow Wilson, the war President, was recalled as having instigated an earnest drive for improvement in church music and the discarding of some of the less worthy tunes, and. especially lyrics, that were in use in many congregations. Today, what with the Bach Choir in Bethlehem, the West- minster Choir, now with head- quarters at Ithaca, N. Y, and many other less widely heard or- ganizations, presenting the finess church music in constantly im- proved fashion, the United States seems in fair way to c“? on the tradition started here by that first American composer. It is cer- tainly fitting that the National Capital should build a chorus that aims to present the best of sacred music with thorough preparation. * x % x THE middle of this month Dr. J. Fred Wolle and the famous Bach Choir will present the twen- ty-fourth festival of music by that genius, Johann Sebastian Bach, in Bethlehem. For the first time anywhere in the United States 10 chorale-cantatas of Bach’s will-be presented on Friday, May 18, in two sessions, one in the afternoon and the other in the evening. The following day the great “Mass in B Minor” will be given in its com- plete form by the Bach Choir for the twenty-third time. ‘The great humaness of Bach is shown so significantly in the very titles of his chorale-cantatas, which include: “There Arose a Great Strife,” “Lord, My Weeping, Tears and Sighing,” “O Lord, Re lent, I Pray Thee,” “Come, Thine Hour, Kind Death, Is Striking,” “O Praise Jehovah, Who Reigneth on Earth and in Heaven,” “Then Our Mouth Filled With Laughter,” “Lord Christ of Old to Jordan Came,” “Who Believeth and Obey- eth,” “Ah! How Weary, Ah! How Fleeting” and “Praise Thou the Lord, O My Spirit.” ‘Washington supplies one of the four soloists for the mass and also aration for graduations and final student recitals to put its music in the same list with charities and better homes, etc. The Pianists’ Club of Washington always has chosen- this week to . give its annual “festival of pianoforte music,” in which the 10 chosen students, advanced in training under various Washington teach- ers, give their miniature recitals, two an evening for five evenings. Also this year, Josef Kaspar, dis- tinguish violin pedagogue and formerly known as a conductor of worthy musical organizations, . presented his annual violin recital on the threshold of Music week, Friday night. The grand climax of the week will be the choral program. at Epiphany Church Saturday after- noon, when Dr. Frederick Alexan- der will conduct a condensed chorus of 150 Washington singers in a “festival” event. An unusual feature will be presented the following day, when this same chorus, under Dr. Alexander, will give a program in the amphithe- ater in Arlington, to be recorded by a sound film concern for dis- tribution all over the country, to be released on Memorial day. The Washington Festival Chorus Association, organized upon an entirely new basis this year, has singers from adjacent small towns as well .many leading singers and ama! of Washington in its chorus. The group is sponsored by the District of Columbia Fed- eration of Musi¢c Clubs, the Music Council of W: n Churches and the friends music in the Library of Congress. The chief aim of the association is to arouse more interest in the performance of the best sacred music in the churches. * ok ox % 'HIS idea of “better church music” is far from new. It is interesting to glance back through the pages of history of music and find here and there éver 30 often the recurrence of —the phrase, “There was a& movement for the betterment of church music.” Among the early Greeks, Plato and Aristotle stand out as spon- sors for the theory that music in- fluenced the passions and moral nature and the distinguishing be- tween music which relaxed the morals and which led the soul to seek the good of the individual and the community. They made musical education a matter of state. In Italy, Pope Gregory I made unified church song an organized affair during his reign, 580 to 604 AD. Quite recently the Gregorian Chant has come to ‘the fore in dominant popularity in the church of that faith. About nine cen- turies later, in Italy, Palestrina rose to his own peculiar pinnacle as a genius in the writing of church music. He developed con- trapuntal perfection for singers. While he was choirmaster a con-/ certed effort swept his country for| better church music. His “Mass of Pope Marcellus” was recom- mended as a model of purity of style. He wrote 90 masses, 500 motets and much other music. A century later, in Germany, the great master of sacred music writing, Johann Sebastian Bach, whose “Mass in B Minor” is in- disputedly the greatest choral work ever written, established the highest standard for Protestant music, using the old German chorales, which, in the Lutheran faith, replaced the Latin chants of the Roman Catholic ritual. Coming to our own country, bridging a gap of many years, we find a movement for improving of the English church music to suit American needs, following _the Revolutionary War. William Bill- ings, first American composer, also was known as the “Father of Psalmsody” in New England. He wrote what was called new style church music, and one of his col- lections of songs was known as “The Singing Master’s Assistant,” or “Billing’s Best.” -The latter title was explained as being due to its contnlmns lflolo ies for errors in the first of his collections of songs. The second President of the for these works in Charles Trow- bridge Tittman, who has been as- sociated with the choir as solo- ist on many previous occasions. Other soloists will include Ernes- tine Eberhard and Esther Dale, sopranos; Mabel Beddoe, alto; Athur Kraft, tenor, and Robert Crawford, bass. T. Edgar Shields will play the organ, and the or- chestra of 32 pieces will be com- posed of men from the Philadel- hia Symphony Orchestra. The amous Moravian Trombone Choir will, as usual, play chorales for half an hour in the steeple of the Packer Memorial Church, where the mr(ormlncel are given, pre- ceding each session of the festi- Each year it grows more diffi- cult for the many new would-be pll{flm to this festival to secure tickets. This year a very small portion of the total number was available to the general public. The list of guarantors who have carried interest in this choir to their homes all over this country reserve the majority of the tick- ets. Even 8o, indications are that more Washingtonians than usual are going to attend the festival two weeks from now. As not a few unsuccessful bidders for tick- ets have suggested plaintively, it really begins to look as though the only thing for the choir au- thorities to do to help solve the roblem would be to have two per- ormances, a week ane to catch the patrons before they go vacationing and the other for the school teachers and others who would like to attend but are not on the original list. The Bach Choir undoubtedly is one of the finest, most firmly es- tablished musical organizations in the country. When one recalls the fact that at first the choir re- fused to devote its entire efforts to the works of Bach alone and posi and that Dr. Wolle’s faith in his own conviction that only the great music of Bach was for them, final- ly won him his way, one realizes that here is a very definite lesson both in faith and in specialization. This choir has become world fa- mous_because they-do one thing superbly well. They sing the works of Bach as they cannot be heard elsewhere. What an in- spiration such well drilled, thor- ough effort along one line offers to those who attend the festivals, no matter what their own inter- ests in life. From early October till the eve of the festival the chorus rehearses continually and co-operatively. Annual Concert Successful. AN enthusiastic and appreciative au- dience attended the annual concert given Wednesday evening at the Be- thesda-Chevy Chase High School by the music section of the Woman's Club of Chevy Chase, Md., Mrs. E. Hutson Rus- sell leader. The section was assisted by the Chevy Chase Chanters, an or- ganization of male voices, with Ruth Bronson Logan, violinist, and & string trio, Rose Maxwell Dickey, violin; Mrs. James Jordan, cello, and Mrs. Dawson Olmstead, piano, as guest artists. Both the music section and chant- ers sang under the able direction of Herndon Morsell and furnished a pro- gram that was varied and well bal- anced, holding the interest of the au- dience to the iast. The tone quality, shading and enun- clation in the numbers rendered by the music section were unusually and were seemingly best appreciated in Mt kowski’s “Dance,” es in Madrid,’ by Branscombe, and “In the Boat,” by Herman. Shepherd’s “Song of the Sea Wind” was & most ambitious number and brought out fine effects, The ensemble numbers, with the sec- tion and the chanters singing together, were very inspiring, with exceptionall beautiful interpretation and tone worl in_Fanning's “Moonlight.” Mrs, Logan, & violinist of marked at- tainment, was charming in her rendi- tion of Wieniawski's “Romance” from the second concerto. —Her fine tone quality and musicianship were highly appreciated and she very graciously re- sponded with a delightful encore, “Ron- dino” by Kreisler. The string trio gave two enjoyable numbers, the Haydn “Minuet” Ahnwm? a_gond ensemtle and fine delicacy of United States, Sam Adams, often sat with Billings in the church choir. And s0 1t goes. Only as recent- 1y as the World War was there an echo of the old ecry for better ~ church music, when >ffect The “Hungarian Dance,” by was pla; with verve and m were exceptionally well supported the ex- cellent accompanying of Mrs. Dawson Olmstead, Mrs. 8. Jay McCathran and mnqomr Leon M. Davi THE SUNDAY STA WASHINGTO! [gmss GRrACE u NuAM GUEST- MAY 4, 1930—PART FOUR. LEADER AND REPRESENTATIVE SPONSORS FOR WASHINGTON MAY CHORAL FESTIVAL SATURDAY Dr.FREDERICK WashingtonFestival Chorus “Hour of Choral Music” Tln: chorus of 150 singers sponsored by the Washington Choral Festival Association will offer “An Hour of Choral Music” in honor of National Music week Saturday afternoon at § o'clock in Epiphany Episcopal Church, 1317 G street. Dr. Frederick Alexander, outstanding choral director in thi country and nationally known as the director of the Ypsilanti Normal Choir, will conduct. On this occasion, the first public ap- pearance of the newly organized group of Washington singers who have been rehearsing throughout the Winter under Dr. Alexander’s direction, the program to be given will include “Adoramus te” and “Gloria Patri,” by Palestrina; “The Only Begotten Son,” by Gretchaninoff; “The Thief on the Cross,” by Tsches- nokoff; “Gospodi ilui” (Lord Our God Have Mercy), by Lvovsky, and “By Babylon’s Wave,” by Gounod. ‘The music will be rendered “a cappella” by the chorus, assisted by the ‘Washington Madrigal Singers, who will be heard with the chorus in two of the Sings Sheik Role ‘WILLIAM STODDARD. AN Oriental musical comedy by Harry Wheaton Howard, “The Diamonds of Abdullah,” will be given as the sec- ond current production this season to be presented by the Opera-Players Clubs of Immaculate Conception Church. This work will be given Friday at the school, on N street between Seventh and Eighth streets northwest, at 8:15 p.m. Leading roles will be sung by William Stoddard as Prince Abdullah Ben Arem, a Bedouin chieftain; Phillip Hannan, as All Hassan, his chief aide; William Hannan, as Worth Harkness, United States consul at Alglers; Florence Mar- guerite Yocum, as Adrienne de Rey- nard, the American heroine; EleAnore 3 a wealthy young English widow, and Gertrude Becker, as Hortense. Other roles will be sung by John Sherman, Frederick Nolan, George Neuman, Richard Bab- cock, Thomas Ryan, Catherine Ryan, Agnes Dowd and Grace Wiley. g There will be dances by the club's ballet, which includes: Irene Bontz, Eleanor Crory, Frances Crory, Helen Mayer, Dorothy Sullivan, Helen Sulli- van and Josef de Marco. o Mrs. Watson Chairman of Pen Women's Musie DOROTHY DE MUTH WATSON of this city has been appointed na-< tional chairman of music for the League of American Pen Women, under the new administration, Grace Thomp- son Seton, president. name was presented before the new National Executive Board at the meet- ms April 26, and was unanimously indorsed. Mrs. Watson has shown marked sym- | pathy for American composers. She is particularly interested in the creative work of American women in field. During Easter week she arranged the p of concerts given at the Arts lub, April 22; the residence of Mrs. Henry F. Dimock, April 24: the Willard Hotel, April 25, and the Congressional GrandlDeralTenariSinys Recital HQ]’C May RMANDO IANNUZZI, Italian teno! who has a voice of dramatic quali and is thoroughly &killed in the tri tions of his native opera, will make formal recilal debut in Washington o: April 29, Bignor Tannuzzi grew up in a coter! in which Benito Mussolini, now pre- mier of Ihx' who was then editor of a small and revolutionary newlplm was a good friend of the singer. latter has recently come to Washington to establish a studio and make his home here. » 29 T, Mrs. Watson's | numbers. The program will feature also two organ numbers by Adolf Tor- ovsky, organist of Epiphany Church. He will play Bach’s “Toccato and Pugue in D Minor” and Karg-Elert’s “Le Marche Triomphale” (Nun danket alle Got). Singers in the Madrigal Choir are is | Dorothy Halbach, Mary Apple, Helen Braithwaite, Helen Howison, Richie Mc- Lean, Ruby Potter, Florence Sindell and Ruby Smith Stahl, Herbert Aldredge, ‘Willlam Braithwaite, Robert R. Dieterle, H. Barrett Learned, Louis A. Potter, Horatio Rench, Don Waite, John | R C. Smith, and Myron W. Whitney. Next Sunday the Festival Chorus will make its first sound film picture in the Arlington Amphitheater for release throughout the country on Memoris day. This program also will be cos ducted by Dr. Alexander. Due to the generosity of the Wash- ington guarantors to the foundation fund of the Washington Choral Festival Association, the “Hour pf Music” at Epiphany Church next Saturday after- noon is open to the public. Music Featured in Mother's Day Program United States Army Band, under the leadership of W. J. Stannard, will present a series of appropriate se- lections to create the musical atmos- phere for the Mother’s day ceremonies to be presented by the American War Mothers and the Congressional Club at Arlington Amphitheater next Sunday. A folk melody, “America, the Beauti- ful,” and & cornet solo by Thomas F. Darcey, second leader, will be among the numbers fiven. ‘The Capital City Choristers, Dorothy Radde Emory, director, will sing “Land- sighting” from the choral drama “Pil- grims of Destiny,” by Gena Branscomb. They also will sing “Before the Dawn.” Con an Clifton A. Woodrum of Virginia will sing “The Unknown Sol- dier,” by O'Hara and Johnstone. Ger- trude Lyons, a member of the District of Columbia Chapter of the American War Mothers, will sing n Door,” the beautiful lyric by Mr: - vin idge set to music by Mrs. H. K. Mouser, aunt of Congressman Grant E. Mouser, jr., of Ohio. Ranking officials of the Army and Navy, as well as members of the Amer- jean War Mothers and the Congres- sional Club, will contribute to the pro- m, which will close with a colorful t at the tomb. ALEXANDER Ruth St. Denis and Dancers Present Many Novelties UTH ST. DENIS and the Denishawn Dancers will appear here at the National Theater Thursday afternoon, | May 15, at 4:30 o'clock, under the man- agement of T. Arthur Smith. In a program of solo and ensemble dances, embracing only a few numbers popular in the past. the famous dancing | star announces that she will exhibit her latest creations. A motable novelty is the “Bas Relief PFigure From Angkor-Vat,” the inspi tion for which was gained when she| visited the city abandoned hundreds of ears ago by the vanished race of ymers, but which still ranks with the famous temples of India and the pyra- mids of wonders of the Eastern world. Another new number fs the visualiza- tion of a Tagore poem, in the course of which Miss St. Denis speaks the poet's exquisite verse. She also offers & ‘Tanagra figure to music of Schumann and a beguiling Rubinstein waltz, in addition to dances of India, Java, Japan, Ohins and Cambodia, bringing the pro- gram to a close with & colorful spec- tacle, a scene in an East Indian bazaar, in which she is supported by the entire Marine Band Programs. THI United States Marine Band will give three concerts during the com- ing week. The dates are as follows: Monday at 3 p.m., band contert; Wednesday at 8:18 p.m., symphony con- cert; Friday at 2 pm, orchestral concert. ‘The symphony concert Wednesday will be the last evening concert to iven indoors this season. The p am for that night will include ‘“S8ymphony No. 13, by Joset Haydn. The soloist will be Musician John Auer, who wil play Goltermann's violoncello concerto, “Opus 14, in A Minor.” concerts will be given in the audi- torium at the Marine Barracks, under the direction of Capt. Taylor Branson. t among the architectural | M.STopparo- For E THE following u:' m‘; :mcu:- 1:‘ X'Lfll. participan weel elmcr festival of pianoforte members of the A. M . vited. AN are free and are given at 8 p.m. tomorrow, Wednesday, auditorium of Columbia Heights Chris- tian Church, 1435 Park road northwest. ‘Teachers represented are Alice Bur- bage ch, Helen Corbin_Heinl, Arthur Mayo, Prank Gebest. LaSalle Spler, Charles Cooper of Baltimore, Amelia M. Olmstead, Austin Conradi of Baltimore and Felian Garzia. ‘The opening recital of the series was presented last night. Kathryn Latimer, presented by Alice Burbage Hesselbach, and Kathryn Beck, presented by Helen Corbin Heinl, appeared in this event. A review of the performance is given in_the news columns of today's Star. ‘The other programs are: TOMORROW. LEAH EFFENBACH. ethoven . .Gluck-Sgambatt ‘Murmurs). .. Liszt +++-Chopin . “Capriceio Brilliante. Opus 22" Mendelssohn (Orchestral part on second piano, Mr. Mayo.) GLENN CAROW. 1 and Pusve. B Flat M; . emps Bach “Prelude & ¢ chord.") -Beethoven . No. econd and firsi movements— Adaglo. allegro. “Etude, OBus. 10, No. " (“Black Key. ). 0 “Noeturne, n . el e ok No “Mllitary Polonaise, Opi J.R.DurriELD: A Scholarship Winner In Recital Mly 15 MERSON MEYERS, one of the most extraordinary pianists of the younger generation, although born and bred in Washington (Georgetown) and now for more than a year organist of one of | Washington's churches, is probably | much better known in Baltimore and elsewhere as a concert pianist than in because Emerson had been studying at | the Peabody. institute since he was 12 | years, old, and is still engaged in his studies there. Although still under vot- | ing ‘age, Meyers is considered by the faculty at the Peabody to be an unusu- ally promising pianist of the day. Mr. Meyers is being presented in a | plano recital at Barker Hall, Y. W. C. A., May 15, under the management of | the Davison Glee Club of Washington, He will play a varied and difficult pro- gram, Martha Whittemore Will Appear at Rubinstein Club THE Rubinstein Club will present Martha Whittemore, violin-cellist, at the second and final concert of the season, to be held .at the Willard Hotel May 12, at 8:30 p.m. Miss. Whittemore has but recently re- turned to her native America after four years of concert touring in' Europe. Since her return, this Toung artist h been received enthusiastically and has played to packed houses in New York and Chicago. She is heralded as com- bining unusual individuality with a flawless technique and fine interpreta- be | tive ability. The Rubinstein Club has prepared a delightfully varied program, _Am the numbers to be given will be “ 1| Ton” (Cornelius), with Herman Fakler singing the baritone solo, and “The Seraphic Song” (Rubinstein-Gaines), of which the contralto solo will be sung by Edith White and the cello obbligato played by Miss Whittemore. ‘ LEADING OPERA HOUSES OF THE WORLD I Model EDITOR'S NOTE—The following is the frst of a seties of axticles written by the 14 ighed &:tln.u i, w!ho points orge Oakiey Tot Sttt Smsun) featurss ra houses rld which he , & Nation: s _house. thes interést, as thers te of being formul here.—H. F. he wo BY GEORGE OAKLEY TOTTEN, JR. ‘THE history of music makes apparent the fact that opera is a vital and intimate part of the Germanic and Latin peoples. With the Anglo-Saxons, however, it I8 still something apart. In the United States we have the great Metropolitan and Chicago Opera com- panies. These are generally acknowl- edged to be among the greatest in the world. But how many American cities pOssess an opera company Or even an opera house? It is very different with our Latin neighbors. Every city of any sise in our of New National Theater, Mexico City, Mexico. sister republic-to the south, Mexico, boasts a beautiful opera house. Of the many beautiful opera houses of the world, the palm s awarded usually to Paris, ‘with Dresdén and Munich running a close second place. Yet here, on our own continent, in the capital’ city of Mexico, is an o] house bullt of white marble of beautiful design that compares with any in the world. The arrangement of the plan, the ornament, the mural decorations and especially the curtain, are truly beautiful. This drop curtain is without question the most beautiful in the world. Tne fire regulations all over the world require a drop curtain of fireproof material, which must be lowered in- stantly in case of fire, thus confining it to either the auditorium or stage and so preventing its spread. The drop curtain in the Mexican opera house is the handsomest in the world and truly unique. It is of iron and bronse frame and cement, deco~ curtain ra | Studios ‘out in infinite numbers of glass mosalcs. There are said to be a million tesserea in its make-up. The curtain weighs 27 tons, but is 80 accurately balanced and operated by hydraulic power that it can be raised or lowered in 7 seconds. The was executed by the Tiffany of New York some 20 years ago at_an expense of $100,000. ice now would probably be amount. The care with which the opera house was studied is worthy of imita- tion. The architect, ‘Adamo Boarie, con- ducted the author of this article about the building and showed him the vari- ous models he had made before the building was begun. First was a small- scale model of the building in mass only. Then a large model with the architec- tural details further developed as shown | washington. Undoubtedly this is largely | 1L Thursday and Saturday nights, in the | \Pianists’ Club Programs ighth Festivall, i (Orchestral part_on Mr. Spies EDWARD rlf&fl!fl piano, DAWSON. “Prelude and Puj (Prom “The Well Te “Sonata. Opus 31, No. First movement— “Waltz, A Flat Major L. “Coneerto, D Minor" (Orchestral part on second Mr. Cooper.) THURSDAY. DOROTHY 1 Pugue, C Minor” my No. 3" “Prelude and (From “The d first ‘moveme Menuetto, allegro. m “Prelude. C Minor’ “Mazurka. A Flat ‘Nightingale” ... t “‘Gnomenreigen’’ '(Dance of the Gnomes). Lisst L. “Africa Pantasia” .... .....Seint-Baens (Orchestral part on second piane, Mrs. Olmated.) SOPHIE SNYDER. % “Tocecata and Pugue, D Minor” . Bac “Variations Serieuses” .... “Berceuse' ‘Etude, Opui “Etude, Opus 25, No. 12", L. SATURDAY. KATHARINE MORRISON. 1 “Prelude and Fugue. F Major’ (Prom “The Well Te “Sonata. Opus 7. Second and first mo 5 Andante molto, allegro moderato. 11, “Concerto, C Major, Opus 15, No. 1. Beethoven !‘gll‘ and third movements— rgo, allegro scherzando. OB ewteaY port-in second piaso, M G Nent q ‘WEDNESDAY. HELENE FINNACOM. % “Sgnetto Pelerins “Ballade, r. ““Concerto, C Minor, Opus 37, No. 3. Pirst movement—Allegro con brio. (Orehestral part on second Pia: M Garatag VIRGINIA SHULL. I " | “Prelude and Pugne, ¥ Masor”. Ir “Nocturne, O Sharp Min VRS aarp Minor “:Alhorady;” “Leyends’ “Concerto, A Major SR Mozart First _movement—Aliégro. Linder. r Cadenza by ANDRB BEGOVIA, the great Spanish guitarist, in an interview with Sophocles T. Papas, well known Wash- ington soloist on that instrument, has given the material for a series of ar- ticles, entitled “The Romance of the Guitar,” which Mr. Papas has written for The Etude. The first of the series appeared in the April issue and, begin- ning with the quotation of Beethoven, ~The guitar is & miniature orchestra in itself,” also includes an entertaining short sketch of the life of Segovia him- self and deals with the ancestry of the instrument. The second of the series, recent from the press, continués with blographies of other famous men — musicians and others who have had the instrument as | their hobby rather than profession. The articles show charm of style as well as authentlcity of material. _Mrs. Emory T. Ozabal, who is now living in Honolulu, but who was for- merly Marie Belt of this city, is studio planist at the radio station KGU. Mrs. Ozabal has a sister familiar to all who are members of Washington music circles, although she has not recently made many publi¢ appearances. ¢ | She is Helen Belt, violinist. Sophie Snyder, graduate of Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, presented a group of students m recital in her studio, 810 Decatur street northwest, recently. Those participating included: Bella ht, Sylvis Abramson, Fannie Jacobs, David Ciomel, Debra Freilicoff, Frieds Shatenstein and Freda Denison. Pranceska Kaspar Lawson, SOprano, gave a song recital for the new Century Club of Smyrna, Del, April 24. She also sang for the Woman’s Club of Mid- dletown, Del.,, the following day. This was her third recital in Middletown. Mrs. Lawson also sang recently in Mount -Holly, N. J., for the Woman's League, and in Fayetteville, N. C. Alice Eversman, soprano of this eity, formerly with the Metropolitan Grand Opera Co. of New York, claims the dis- tinction of being the only American to have established a concert bureau for American artists abroad. She has such a bureau in Paris. Miss Eversman has delayed her sailing for Europe to com- plete a course of vocal instruction which she is giving in Washington this Spring. Merzella Julus gave a group of songs before the members of the Federation of Women's Clubs in the Hotel Roosevelt last Monday. She is a mezzo-soprano. She appeared with marked success in a recital in Takoma Park a few weeks ago. The program at the Roosevelt was sponsored by Mrs. Arthur James Seaton. A duet selection was sung by Miss Julus with Gladys Manchester Walin. Gonzalo de Arango, young Cuban tenor, will give a festival of Latin Amer- ican songs some time within the next few weeks, the exact date to he an- nounced shortly. Fol this pro- Seno: leave for fram, r de 'w York, where he plans ta continue his musical studies with Enrico Rosati. A musical program presented at the meeting of the German Literary So- ciety April 26 included selections for plano, played by Sophie Snyder, and songs by Gertrude Lyons, soprano, as- sisted at the plano by Margaret B. Grant. Miss Anita Schade, president of the society, announces that the last meeting for the current season, in May, will be dévoted entirely to music. D. P. Cone of the Art Publication So- ciety of Bt. Louis conducted a musical party last Thursday evening at the Dorothy Henneman School of Music. Elizabeth M. Baublits, a guest in- structor from the Progrssive Series Teachers College of Missouri, gave a class demonstration. ‘Those students who played were: g-t&mne“:)ox‘ who rendered “Santa ucia”; rjorie ) p Thomas MecMain, = and Geraldine Parent, “Moment Mus- xmrlgn of sight reading, ear end rhythm orchestra :l:;e ctap‘:nmxhr interest M:Q;hem nug:- e. puplls participa rhythm dance, “Norwegian Folk ‘Dance.” lm'l'hery v}fl’““ wlnmu" in a contest in L Jug tors, were An The pri double that | DuBusky, Helen Louise Bald: McConnell, _Virginia Betty McGettigan, ‘Warren F. Johnson will give an organ recital at the Church of the Pligrims at _7:30 o'clock this evening. | He will play & sonata by Becket Williams, the movements of which are, (1) Quasi Allegro, (II) Andante, (III, Scherzo, (IV) Passacaglia. This is new work by an English composer and in the illustration, and, finally, still larger detall models showing the orna- ment ready to be executed. rated on auditorium side landsca) showis the dulon Mountain in the distance. This ous scene is not nfi', but is carried This magnificent building has a set- fln{:mhy of its importance and beauty in the beautiful Alemeda Park, one of t‘l‘az many charming spots of this splen- eity. is the first public performance of it in this country. Dorothy Henneman, the director of the Henneman School of ), e before th ma Park Mothers and Children’s Cl The subject was, “The Value of Study of Music in the m‘ | m “The Well Tempered O ade, G Minor" m “Sonata Erolca, Opus 50". 1. Slow with nobility. fasi 3. Elflike, light and swift as possible, 3. Tenderly, yet with ps 4. Flercely, very fast. L “Variations_for Two Planos" (Mr. Spier at the, secon ¢ “Ball Developement of the Child.” Miss Hen- neman illustrated her lecture with Jisno solos. i ‘The junior class of the Master S¢hool of the Piano held its monthly menm! Cohen, last Saturday afternoon, Those were: Barbara Rudolph, Barbara Adele Nicholson, Helen Garfinkle, Herson, Dorothy Bramow, Fa; berg, Lucy Higgins, Arlene Sel Betty Ray, Ellen Gardner, Josephine Bertolini, Blanche and Hilda Siegel, Margaret and Naomi Hais, Antoinette and Doris Klesher, Frances and Amer- ico Pittiglio, Rosalie Michaelson, Bere- nice Stein, Winston Payne and John Brennan. Josephine Loukuf, contralto, was solo- ist last week for the monthly tea of the Catholic Daughters of America. She will again under the same auspices at another event this month. Gayle and Gladys Hunt, the colora- tura twins, gave a successful concert Thursday in Bradbury, Md. ‘The Slattery Trio appeared in an fn- teresting concert of trios, duets and solos last Suniday afternoon in Hyatts- ville, Md. The members are: Margaret Eugenia and Mary Slattery. Felicla Rybier, pianist, has returned from a recent visit to New Yark and announces that, aithat she . will re- tain herd:tudtig in :V she I: now under le concert of the Standard Booking m‘% York City. Helen Miller ted & piano. students In- e recital Felday, et gk Siicgare B, “Song es , Margaret Burns, | Ladson, Carolyn - Barnsley, Cecelia ‘Thomas, Jean and Cornelia Thomas, Jay Authier, Barbara Cornwell, Ruth | Knight, Patt; wton, Bey, | Eleanor Henderson, Betty McGowan, Marion Mansfield, Betty Jacobson and Ellen Cook. McCall Lanham of New York and Washington will present John Chandler Smith in a song recital at the Che; Chase School Tuesday night at 8: o'clock. Mr. Smith is bass soloist of the Church of the Covenant Chofr., The program will include familiar tlassical numbers by Giordani, Mosart, mnx, Bl;ubm;um, scglumnlz.h Hawley, r, argetson songs, "Ry 'Lovely Gelia"and “The Slighted Swain,” as well as the popular “Song of the Volga Boatmen.” Amy Albi Bustin was Soloist for the Wheel of Progress Club Monday at the Washington Hotel. She will give & recital in Baltimore May 15. Lucy MacMorland, soprano: 1da | Stickney, reader and accompanist, and Mary ker, pianist, gave & recital for " (Continued on Fourteenth ) Musical Studios of Washington \WALTER T. HOLT School of Mandolin, Guiter and Banjo, Hawaiian Guitar and Ukulele Est. Ensemble praciice with the Nordles Clubs 1801 C um!-g__kd. N.W,, Col. 0046 LOUISE COUTINHO Latest and Most Effcient bitne 1hsteaction: Ttoods WILD ;e.“ngpo and Harmony ma » D. 8 bark, D. 0. 2 _Ave BESSIE N. 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