Evening Star Newspaper, June 22, 1930, Page 50

BY HELEN FETTER. good woman may be “God's rarest blessing,” but his- tory has shown that the women who by their beauty or brains, or both, caused the most trouble in the world have won the most lasting personal publicity. George Meredith’s idea of a blessing evidently had to do with a peaceful state of mind for mankind. He did not consider the love of diversion and entertain- ment that is a quality of the hu- man race which makes any com- pletely peaceful state practically impossible. stance Collier, responsible for the original dramatization, and Mr. Taylor himself. There is no men tion of what star will be given the role of the operatic Peter, but one might venture the suggestion that Edward Johnson, the Canadian tenor, would seem the logical se- lection for the role. Other novelties announced are | “Le Preziose Ridicole,” a lyric comedy in one act by Arturo Ros- sata, after Moliere, with music by Felice Lattnada; “The Fair at Sorochinsk,” comic opera in three acts with music by Moussorgsky, Of all the women famous in the world to date for causing trouble, first place in the list undoubtedly | is unanimously awarded the “Miss Sparta” whose beauty is said to mantic interest that has never been completely burned out. His- torians vary as to the date of the 10-year Trojan War, even to the extent of 200 years. nine, caccis with music by von Suppe. over, Maria Jeritza, it attire. These novelties, with the excep- with music by Taylor, form a con- Commonly, | certed departure from the usual however, Eratosthenes’ estimate | of 1183 B. C. is taken as the date that this conflict began. | Helen, wife of Menelaus, King | the two muses of lyric drama to of Sparta, who was carried off by | Paris; a son of Priam, King of Troy, has inspired many bards, both lyric and literary. None perhaps has written more enter- | tainingly of this heroine than| John Erskine, a professor of Co-| lumbia University, in his “Private | Life of Helen of Troy,” a facetious, sparkling volume which appeared in 1925 and won Mr. Erskine fame. | Since the advent of Mr. Er-| skine’s story about Helen the pro- fessor has blossomed forth musi- cally as a pianist of ability and| thorough musical background, and | is now head of the Juilliard School | of Music in New York City. Latest report has it that he has com- pleted a grand opera libretto hav- ing as its subject the same ad- venturous beauty that wrecked Troy those many centuries ago. ‘The opera is said to carry her ad-| ventures and triumphs into the| underworld, where she has a chance to vamp many of the he- | roes who were unfortunately killed | before she had opportunity to| make their acquaintance, during| the Trojan wars. Achilles, in par- ticular, is her aim and successful | achievement while in the island | of the dead. | * k%o | 'HE music for this opera has| been written by a young man who hails from the city that has the slogan, “What Trenton Makes, the World Takes.” George An- theil is a native New Jerseyite, yet he has spent most of his recent years in Paris, and it is there, rather than in New York, that his works have received the most en- couragement. As far back as 1926 his “Ballet Mechanique,” written for six pianos, one mechanical piano, bass drums, xylophones, whistles, . rattles, electric bells, auto horns, police whistles, anvils, sewing-machine motors, two large pieces of tin and an airplane pro- peller, was the talk of all Europe. The next year it won boos and hisses from a Carnegie Hall au- dience. Mr. Antheil is said to have re- formed, however, and modified his erratic rhapsodies. The end of May his latest opera preceding the work with the Erskine libretto | — “Transatlantique” — was given | its world premiere in Frankfort, | Germany. Reports have it that the work was received “with| stormy applause” and that it is to be given a number of addi- tlon\l performances during the season. The story has a purely American subject, concerning the love affair of a candidate for the | presidency of the United States. | The villain is an unscrupulous oil | magnate. The hero has a nervous breakdown. The heroine—another | Helen, by the way—tries to com- mit suicide by jumping off Brook- lyn Bridge, but she is saved by| the hero. The last scene of this| opera, which is described as a “presentation of a jazz-mad America in the midst of a presi- | dential election campaign,” is laid | on Brooklyn Bridge, where a pa- rade struts before a background | of skyscrapers; the oil magnate is| led off to jail, and there is the| American “happy ending.” The leading roles were sung by Jean Stern, German baritone, and Elsa Gentner-Fischer, soprano. The composer was honored with 20| curtain calls at the conclusion of the first performance, even al- though there also was said to be | considerable hissing. | No information has been re- ceived as yet indicating the style or contents of the musical score for the opera concerning Helen's post-private life escapades. It is said that the work will first be iven in Germany, although the libretto is in English. There also is a rumor that the Metropoli- tan Opera Co. is keen to see the score of this work by Americans. There are sa film preludes to each act. « % JX the meantime, the Metropoli- | tan Grand Opera Co. has just announced its list of novelties and revivals for the season 1930-31. The first of these is Deems Tay- lor's “Peter Ibbetson,” which is reported as being completely com- posed, only needing finishing of the orchestration of the score. The reason that this point is stated is due to the varied rumors, that never became realized, suggesting | that Mr. Taylor was to follow his | successful first grand opera, “The King’s Henchman,” with an opera | based on one of three different subjects, the most interesting of | which was Elmer Rice’s prize- winning play, “Street Scene.”| ‘The writer of this column spent a| good hour in Mr. Taylor’s office % year ago this April, listening to all his plans as to themes and their development in making the| opera from “Street Scene.” Then, several months later, that, too, was laid on the shelf. So it is in- teresting to learn that “Peter Ib- betson” actually has been com- pleted. Not that one would blame Mr. Taylor in the least for being apparently so fickle as to libretto; it is no joke to write really fine music “to order.” tan from Mr. Taylor. producing he went with vim and vigor. he libretto Jjof the Du , Maurier novel was mhde by Con- So opera | New York company. They em- phasize the appeal of the gayer of audiences. It is not completely setting a precedent, but it is, in- deed, novel to find so many come- dies listed for performance. * W THE revivals will include Wag- ner’s “Flying Dutchman,” seen here last year with the German Grand Opera Co., not, however, produced by the Metropolitan for more than a score of years. The opera, with its splendid scope of legendary background, will have settings especially designed by the Russian Soudekine, whose set- tings for many Russian works, and especially “Le Rossignol,” b; Rimsky-Korsakoff, will be vividly recalled by all who have ever seen any of his works. Other revivals will be “Iris,” by Mascagni; “William Tell,” by Ros- sini, and “Forza del Destino,” by Verdl. The last of these has been revived various times, especially for Rosa Ponselle ever since her most successful debut in that op- era.s singing opposite Caruso, in 1918. Two American sopranos are an- nounced as added to the Met's rolls. They are Beatrice Belkin and Myra Sharlow. Miss Belkin will be remembered by many as a gifted coloratura soprano who ap- peared in Washington the first season the Fox Theater here was opened, singing both in Roxy pro- grams and, later, as soloist with the symphony orchestra of that theater in special Sunday after- noon concerts. A new French tenor is Georges Thill of the Paris opera, now sing- ing in Buenos Aires for their “Winter season.” Lilly Pons, colo- ratura, first popular as an actress in the Varieties in Paris, is re- puted to be a beauty who will come here, also from France. Faina Petrova, a Russian mezzo- soprano, comes from the Moscow Art Theater as well as experi- ence in the Moscow Grand Opera House. There also are Claudio Frigerio, an Italian - American baritone, and Ivar Andersen, a young Norwegian bass. Manager Giulio Gatti-Casazza is reported to have announced that Michael Bohnen, German bass, will return to the company next season. However, it is stated equally emphatically that his wife, Mary Lewis, will not. * ook % (VER in London Rosa Ponselle is reported to have scored an- other triumph in her first appear- ance anywhere as Violetta in Verdi’s “La Traviata.” John Mc- Cormack and many other distin- guished. persons in the audience, | including the Italian Ambassador to London, greeted her backstage and congratulated her. Miss Pon- selle is reported to have stated that she felt that this role would take its place alongside of Norma as a favorite in her repertoire, | from the point of view of her en- | joying the creation of these roles. Local music lovers will recall remarkable success of Lucrezia Bori here this season in the role of Violetta. * wown INO opera article is complete without reference to at least one of the grand eld guard who brought out all the splendor that was grand and the music that was opera in productions preceding the present-day performances. This time it is Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink, who has just celebrated her sixty-ninth birth- day anniversary in a most up-to- date way. The great contralto sang, for the first time in her life, in a motion picture theater, hav ing 30 appearances at the Roxy with that theater’s orchestra last week. Moreover, with the orchestra. There certainly is singer who so completely would seem to deserve to have the last curtain of them all drop just after she had finished a song “out front.” With untiring energy and a persistence that has subdued mountians of obstacles, Ernestine Schumann-Heink has worked and lived and sung herself into a world-wide tradition. If there was a real trouper of grand opera, this prima donna contralto is it. Hers is a vitality that knows | no age New Music School Will Open Summer Term Tomorrow ASHINGTON is to have a school of music. The Washington Musical Institute is to open its doors at 1201 Clifton street northwest tomor- Tow. The director ie Weldon Carter, who has been head of the piano de- partment of the Washington College of Music for 11 years. The school opens its doors for a Summer term of 10 weeks, when students will be admitted for part or the entire term. Other members of the faculty will include Dr. Edwin N. C. Barnes, mu- sical education 2nd voice; Lewis At- water, organ: Katherine Riggs, harp; Mrs. Carter, violin and pedagogy; Helen Lyon. harmony and history of music; Dorothy Todd, ear-training; Dore Wal- ten, violoncello. Assistants to these heads of depart- | ments will include Roslyn Carter, Ger- An opera was |trude Dyre, Anne Smith, Mary Gast- commissioned by the Metropoli- |rock, Harriet Hine, Evelyn Scott, and | others not yet announced. Mr. Carter will hold without charge, during the for those who with him., as completed by the elder Tcherep- to be sung in Italian; “Boc- ’ comic opera in three acts, More- is an- have launched great fleets of ships | nounced, will sing the leading and started a conflagration of ro- | role in this work, wearing male tion of the tragedy by Du Maurier, type of works scheduled by the she broadcast | no other| ever | new “open_class,” written by Sigmund Romberg, was given as the opening attraction of the municipal opera season in St. Louis, Mo., recently, where it was a marked success. This is the latest in a long list of similarly successful works, some distinctly of operetta type, others so dignifying musical comedy plots that they, {00, really belong under the title of light operas. It is interesting to get a glimpse into the work shop of a successful man in any line. With so romantic a calling as the writing of lighter musical operas, it is not astounding perhaps to learn that Mr. Romberg has one of the lary est music libraries privately owned. It is located in his pent-house apartment near Fifth avenue in New York, where he and Mrs. Romberg, a former Wash- ington girl—Lillian Harris, daughter of Mrs. Harriet Harris of this city—make their artistic home. The Rombergs re- cently celebrated their wooden anniver- sary. Jean Vernon of New York describes Mr. Romberg’s library as follows: “For six years the task of collecting | these ve | been at once hard work, relaxation and | his nobb | “A bird's-eye sightseeing view of this collection proved interesting. | "“Up, up in the elevator to nis pent- house, and one steps into a spacious | studio where Romberg composes the music for the operettas that have | brought him fame and fortune. It | furnished with antique Italian fur | niture. Sunshine filtering in through the stained _glass windows touches _the | sheen of ancient woods with subdued | luster. ~ At one side of the studio on a | platform is a huge pipe organ, where | Romberg composes much of his music. Across from it is & grand piano. They | | lectric device so | Pore them over. e e ratel o the oean " tho | the various books. For me, it is won- composer can transfer his melody to the | derful pleasure, pianoforte at will. | | " “The volumes are bound in_three colors—red, green and brown. The red |ones contain rare scores of operettas and musical comedies. All the operettas | are bound in brown. The green are an this august collection. If they pass the muster of his critical eye, they will be sent to the bindery, “Romberg shrugs his shoulders and Perhaps not.’ “However, such is their potential | value that these 700 volumes are kept under lock and key! | he says, ‘I wanted a musical library not merely for the sake of acquiring an im. pressive array of first editions, but be- |cause I love them. I study them. |and ‘Jerusaleum.’ “* ‘Jerusaleum,’ almost unknown termine its worthiness for a place in | explains, ‘I may throw these away.| 1! I compare passages in | n opera in four acts, | far as present day | lodd mixture of operas and operettas. | producers are concerned, has one of | Sigmund Romberg, a leading composer of light operas today, and his wife (inset), formerly Lillian Harris of Washington, D. C. **NINA ROSA,” the newest light opera | with the selectivity of & connoisseur Still a fourth category is keot in what | the most exquisite melodies he has ever lumes, numbering almost 5,000, | Mr. Romberg calls the “rumple closet.’ | heard, | from a market cluttered with trash, has | This assortment he has not yet had | Maria’ seldom played | time to examine thoroughly "to de- | Mr. Romberg said—an ‘Ave | “It is one of the most exquisite things I have ever had the fortune to play,’ said Mr. Romberg, who, if he | were so minded, might casily become a | ranking concert’ planist. “‘Original scores of Romberg's own operettas are bound in moroccan leather lin brown and gold. They are in his (own handwriting, and for original scores, are remarkably clear. He 5 | refused exorbitant sums from would-be | “It gives me great joy—this library,’ | possessors. | “Among the rare and valuable items in his collection are the seventeenth century original edition of ‘Armide,’ written by Lully, the French composer, in the year 1686; also the first edition | of his ‘Alceste.’ performed in 1716, Two | other works of Lully’s are the first edi- “He has all of Verdi's 64 operas. He | tion of ‘Phaeton,” 1683, and the first is particularly fond of those rarely | edition of heard such as ‘Le Bravo' and ‘Rondo’ | Rameau is ‘Atys,’ written in 1689. represented by ‘Hippolyte et Arieie’ and ‘Castor et Pollux.’ Any dis- eriminating collector would rhapodize over the ballad ‘L'Europe Callante, com- posed by Campra in 1724." Service Band Dates THE U. 8. NAVY BAND. HE United States Navy Band, Lieut. Charles Benter, leader, will play at the Capitol tomorrow night. The program to be presented opens with the overture to Wagner's “The Flying Dutchman” and includes the “Andante Cantabile” from Tschaikowsky's “Fifth Symphony” and c¢xcerpts from the mu- sical comedy, “Sweet Adeline.” Musi- cians B. Gardner, cornetist, and L. Goucher, xylophonist, will be heard in solos at this concert. to be played by the Navy Band this week: Tuesday, Yard. Wednesday, Navy Yard. Thursday, 3 p.m, Naval Hospital. Friday, 6:30 p.m., Tuberculosis Hos- pital, Fourteenth -and Upshur streets Detailed programs will be printed in dally issues of The Star. 3 pm, 7:30 p.m., bandstand, THE SOLDIERS’ HOME BAND. The band of the United States Sol- diers' Home, John S. M. Zimmermann, leader, and Anton Pointner, will give three concerts as usual— Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday a ernoons at 5:30 o'clock, in the band- stand. g The full programs, which combine light and classical selections, will published in daily issues of The Star. THE U. S. MARINE BAND. The following band concerts are scheduled for the United States Marine Band during the coming week Monday at 8 p.m., Marine Barracks. Tuesday at 6:30 pm., Walter Reed General Hospital. Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., United States Capitol. The concert on Thursday, | the Sylvan Theater is canceled, | band being detailed for other official | duties, A Friday at 2 pm., St. Elizabeth’s Hos- ital. i The feature of the Wednesday night concet at the United States Capitol Wil be Richard Strauss’ tone poem, “Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks”; Opus 28 the “Fugue a la Gigue,” and the celebrated “Air" from the third | suite by Johann Sebastian Bach. | The soloists will be Robert E. Clark, trombor and Wilbur D. Kieffer, June 26, at THE U. S. ARMY BAND. Activities of the Army Band week of June 22-28 will include A park concert at Thirty-seventh and U streets northwest tomorrow at 7:30 m PThe concert soheduled for the Sylvan | Theater Wednesday has been canceled. Thursday the band will play at the | Tubercular Hospital, Fourteenth and Upshur streets northwest, beginning at 2:45 pm Friday the usual concert on the east steps of the Capitol will commence at 7:30 pm. W. J. Stannard, leader, and Thomas F. Darcy, second leader, will alternate in_conducting these concerts. Mr. Darcy, trumpet; Musician Eugene Hostetter, saxophone, Joseph L. Young, marimba and xylo- Song and Piano Recital At Univeuity Club Mallette Roach Spengler presented students in vocal and piano recital last night at the American Association of University Women’s Club Building. The program _included _compositions by | Beethoven, Bach, Shumann, Gregg, { Puccini, Mozart, Chaminade, Schubert, | Cadman and Victor Herbert. Those participating were Emily Bog- ley, Catherine Stevens, Marion Brinker- hoff, Eleanor Rockwell, Virginia Bur- dette, Ruthe Dale Smith, Nancy Gilliam, Eleanor Baughen, Sue Ann Dietz, Anna Wyman, Margaret Wyman, Charles Lus- by, Melvin Weaver Carrico, Irving Houghton, Mrs. Ross Johnson and Cath- Mrs. Bpengler 4 assisted by Isabelle aylor, accompahist, . " Summer erine Spengler. are studying privately Following is a schedule of concerts | bandstand, Navy | assistant, | Soloists to be featured this week are | and Musician | New BAelgian Coloratura "Tnz musical season of 1930-31 will | + offer Washington a number of out- | standing noveltfes. No musical event | | that lies ahead is likely to eclipse in | importance the debut here of Mme. | Clare_Clairbert, coloratura soprano of | | the Theatre de la Monnaie in Brussels. | | She will sing at Constitution Hall late | | in November as one of the attractions | of Mrs. Wilson-Greene'’s Saturday eve- | | ning concert series there. Mme. Clairbert is the much-discussed “mystery soprano,” whose name has been concealed for the past year under the sobriquet of “Mme. Coloratura” by | Charles L. Wagner, the American im- presario, who promises American audi- | ences a new vocal sensation in this | | captivating star of the Belgian concert | and operatic stage, Mme, Clairbert is scheduled to begin an American tour in California early in September. This will bring her to Washington two days after Thanksgiv- | ing. She has been signed by Mr. Wag- ner under a 10-year contract. Mrs. Wilson-Greene has obtained the privi- lege of presenting this singer exclu- sively in the Capital. Mme. Clairbert | is an immense favorite in Brussels and | throughout Europe. For five years she has been the lead- | ing soprano of the Theater de la Mon- | nale in Brussels, that theater of won- | | derful memories of Melba, Nordica, | | Eames and Calve, and she has sung once in a joint recital abroad with John | coloratura on this side of the Atlantic. | Charles Thomas, the American bari- | —Other attractions announced by Mrs. | tone, who is enthusiastic over her Amer- | Wilson-Greene in this same Saturday ican’ tour, | evening concert series are the Don Cos- | . Mme. Clairbert is said to resemble | sack Male Chorus of former Russian Ina Claire. She is 28 years old, is an | cavalry officers; Josef Hofmann, the | accomplished musician” and does not | pianist; Roland Hayes, colored tenor; smoke. She plays both harp and piano. | John Charles Thomas, baritone, and a CLARE CLAIRBERT. on the American concert stage seems timely, when rumors are rife of the contemplated retirement of Mme. Galli- Curci, who was considered the leading ances in opera are described as aris- | toeratic in a high degree. | ensemblists; Salvi, the harpist, and The appearance of a new coloratura 'other artists to be announced. | | | The Imperial Opera House, Vienna, Austria. EDITOR'S NOTE—The following is the | seventh of a series of articles written by the distinouished Washington architect. George Oakley Totten, ir., who points out the unusual features of opera houses all_over the world. In Washington. a National Capital without an “opera house, these articles should be of special interest, as there are in_constant attendance. The building is one of the most beau- ful opera houses in the world, many place it above the Paris opera. It was built between the years 1861-1869 and | was designed by Edward Van der Null | and A. von Siccardsburg. It is in the | 3everal ’sians"in state of heing jormu- | ‘early renaissance style and is very | lated for an opera house here. | delicate and refined in detail. It has BY GEORGE OAKLEY TOTTEN, Jr.| 8 splendid setting, facing the open ring close to the imperial palace. | HHAVING shown in The Star the most ° The important feature of the facade important opera houses of South |is the beautiful loggia, the ceiling of trations of famous opera houses of the Old World The magnificent Imperial Opera House | tragedy, fantasy, comedy and love, by of Vienna has been the scene of many | Haknel. The winged horses above the of the most gorgeous operatic perform- | loggia also are by him. The building ances ever given. Not only has the | contains many beautiful masterpieces music been the finest that has been|of sculpture and painting. produced but the audiences have in- The grand staircase contains medal- cluded the Emperor and his imperial | lion portraits of the architects by court, rated as the most brilliant of all Europe. The late Francis Joseph was a devotee of the opera and was Schwince (scenes from “The Magic the | She is sald to speak English beautifully. | gala opening performance that will |4 She is a natural blonde. Her perform- | present Edward Johnson, Metropolitan | a; | Q tat, opera tenor, Maler and Pattison, piano | Quartet America, it seems logical to give illus- | which is richly decorted in color by | Flute”), and bronze figures of heroism, | Joseph 3 N Ay %rlflmmce o the_opera was given members of the Eighth buil | :The King of Love My Shepherd Is." “Souls of : Comes Here Next Season| Musigraphs H Montreal Thursday for Antwerp. Mr. ARRY WHEATON HOWARD, who has just completed his thirtleth year as organist and choir director of Immaculate Conception Church, sailed from Howard will make a three months' automobile tour of continental Europe with a party of friends. Helen Turley, contralto, will close her studio for the Summer the last of June. She plans to motor through the New England States, spending some time at ;'he MacDowell Colony at Peterboro, H. While in Newport, Vt. she will give a_concert, and will stop in New York on her return frip {o coach with Charles Baker, her former coach. Mrs, ‘Turley presented the chapel | choir of the Vermont Avenue Christian | Church last Sunday in a final ap- | pearance this season. It appeared in | conjunction with the Children's day program, when the pageant, “The Church,” written by Mrs. Turley, was given. Warren P. Johnson will give an organ recital at the Church of the Pilgrims at |7:30 o'clock this evening. He will play “Allegretto con moto,” *Andantino,” and “Pinal-Marche” from “Second Suite, Opus 27,” by Boellmann; “Com- munio by C. H. Kitson. | _The choir of the National Baptist Church will close its activities of the | season with a musical service shis eve- ning. The program, which is largely made | up of request numbers, is as foliows: Awake. Put_on Strensth vatchman, What of Anthem, Roger. Duet, N n Skies’ nthem ight, Sarjeant ; “Savior When Night Involves g G +..8h he. “The ity Go Day Marks ‘The, numbers of this morning’s serv- ice are: Shelley he Rishteous Foster ‘The incidental solos will be sung by Inez Miller, soprano; Herbert Aldridge, tenor; Betty Lowenburg, contralto, and Henry Magnuson, bass. Mrs, Emily G. Dickinson Is organist and director. Anna Sloan teacher of and the history of music, gave a mus- |ical tea at her residence studio, 1507 Lamont street, for her students, closing the Winter season. Miss Sloan announces that her Sun- mer classes and private instruction will begin July 1. Gertrude Smith, chairman of music at Temple Heights during the Summer, announces there will be a duct today by | Ethel Martin, president of the 1930 as- | sociation, and Gertrude Smith, worthy | matron of Columbia Chapter. ‘The Brahms Trio, composed of Lor- raine Esputa Bentley, soprano; Adessa (Continued on Ninth Page.) International Congress of Architects which was held in Vienna in the Spring of 1908. ‘The foyer is richly decorated with mural paintings representing operatic scenes. ‘The auditorium is richly gilded and painted. The ceiling was painted by Rahl as was also the curtain with the legend of Orpheus. Another curtain representing comedy was painted by Fred Lanberger. The building has a of 2.270. It is truly a wonderful pleasure to | hear an opera In one of these great royal buildings and what adds o much to the scenic effect is the euormous size of the stage, particularly the depth. The parcimony of our Ameri- can theater builders produces the smallest stages in the world. America leads the world in many things and is beginning to have some good music, but its people have not yet come to the realization that a beautiful opera re- quires a beautiful setting. We spend millions of dollars on other varieties of dings, but not yet on opera houses. seating capacity violoncello | HE Spurron Planists’ Club, Marie Howe Spurr, director, will give the final recital program of its current season Monday, June 30, at 8 o'clock at the Women's City Club. The music-loving public is cor- dially invited to attend. Mrs. Spurr recently presented Dorothy Graham Talbott in a_piano recital, sisted by Clarence Ruebsam, reader. Both _were enthuslastically 'received. Miss Talbott was presented with & gold medal for this, her first recital. Le Salle Spler will present Jessle | Blaisdell and Eleanor Callan Craun in | individual _recitals at the University Women's Club, 1634 1 street northwest, Friday evening at 8 o'clock. Al those Interested in musical education are cor- dially invited to attend. The program follows: ELEANOR CALLAN CRAUN. Program. Prelude and Pugue. C minor_(froj Well-tempered Clavichord, Book Ballade. B major..... Intermeszo, E fia Symphonic’ Etudes Concerto, C minor Allegro con brio (first movemen Mr. Spler at the second pia JESSIE BLAISDELL. Program. Prelude and Pugue. C minor_(from the Well-tempered Clavichord, Book I1). Bach | nata ADDASSIONALO...............Beethoven the Bach no. 1 Waltz, A minor A ..Chopin Prelude. B flat m! Chopin s Chopin | . Tschaikowsky Mr. Spier at the lecond'nhmu. brrevsorsge | The closing recital for the season of | the Virgil Piano School, Georgla E. Mil- | ler, director, will be held Wednesday | evening at Barker Hall, Y. W. C. A. Building, K at Seventeenth street, at 8:30 o'clock. Wilma Benton McDevitt presented students at a recital in the auditorium of the Arts Club of Washington Friday night. Srhose participating _included Grace and Mary Wilma McDevitt, Helen Imogene Golden, Eleanor Miller, Ned Schmitt, Norlaine Lewis, Conway Mc- Devitt, Martha Frances Thomas, George Lewis, Tracy Thomas, Robert Horner, | Jane Page Menefee, Rae Alice Abner, Helen Levitov, Grace McDevitt, Kath- leen Johrden, Prederick Fryer, Nancy Brehm and Louise Menefee, R. B. Chopin-Keith presented piano students in the twentieth anniversary recital of plano music at the Women's City Club June 12. The members of the class, known as the Peter Pan Trouba. dours, who participated, included Eleanor | Frances Mitchell, Margaret Eva Lewis, Marie Abigail Brandstedt, Jane Lorimer Boswell, Morgan Jerome Quinn, Janet Matilda Brandstedt, Harry Arthur Bos- well, Tony Forrest, Barbara Katherine, Louise Lowe and Mary Rose Manning, Jackson Raymond Lynn, Ruth Mary Quinn, Prank Taylor Mitchell, Josephine Margaret Wohlihan, Enid Victoria Julihn and Yvonne Forrest. An interesting recital was given re- cently at the Institute of Musical Art by students of Dr. C. E. Christiani and Emille Bishop. They were assisted by Margaret B. Keyhoe, who gave a humor- ous reading. One of the other features of the evening was a duet for two pianos played by Edward Frazier and Chirchill Downing. Other young pianists who took part were Marian Love King, Dorothy Jack- son, Helen Harper, Marjorie Cassey, Victoria Kuhn, Elizabeth Hughes, Au- drey Beekman and Ella Fraser. Those contributing violin numbers were Richard Russell, Louls Ottenberg and Willilam McCain. Eunice Kellogg Graves presented a group of students in a piano recital Sat- urday at 3 pm. in the fourth floor as- sembly room of the Y. W. C. A. head- quarters. ‘Those taking part were: Edward Faw- sett, Margaret Fletcher, Herbert Fuchs, Gwendolyn Jones, Mary Kengla, Anna Quinn, Irene Sacks and Elaine Young. Celia G. Luce will present piano stu- | dents in a recital Friday at 8 pm. in the Sunday school auditorium of the Presbyterian Church at Twenty-second street and Rhode Island avenue north- east. Herman Fakler, baritone, will assist, | accompanied at the piano by Claude | | ficers Robeson. A free will offering taken. Students who will play are: H Banks, Elizabeth Blumer, Marion Nellie Clark, Betty Clarke, Betty-ann , James Merrick Hall Thomes Hall, Mae Higdon, Ruth Hyde, Louise Marsh, Alice Morgan, Beulah Murnan, Dolly Murnan, Helen Myers, William Spangon, Ruth Stowell, Billy Sutton, Robert Bus- ton, Gwendolyn Sutton, Wilma Swift, Elleen Thornton and Elizabeth Verm.l- on. ‘The June recital by puplls of s, Albert N. Jones was given in the teach- er's studio Friday evening. Compositions by Bach, Chopin, Liszt, Beethoven, Mac- Dowell and Mozart were played by Mar- Yin m-euMMn‘, Moore, Evelyn Sha- an, Alice Manning, Sylvia Combs, M Dunn, Catherine Cronenburg, M'lr:,ll}l Braver, Catherine Church, Helen Espey, Frank Espey, Wilhelmina Cronenberg, Helen Gallagher, Richard Peck, Robert Farr, Marion Gallagher, Dorothy Nie domanski, Robert Hurley, Beth King, June Mehifelt, Margaret Rice, Gwen« dolyn Magill, Jane Winklehaus, Ger- trude Grant, Lula Lippard and Murrell Lank. Wilhelmina Cronenberg and Jane Winklehaus received the gold honor medal, presented by the Rev, Robert Wood. Gwendolyn Magill, Mil.| dred Callan and Margaret Rice received) the sunburst gold medal for generall improvement, presented by Mrs. Mabe Winklehaus and J. L. Carr, Mary Gastrock, & teacher of piang at_the Washington College of Mus presented a group of students in a cital Priday evening, June 13, at Doug: las M. E. Church. Flora Clayton, violinist, assisted in the recital. The students playing_were: Louls Whitney, Lois Martin, Grace Marti Grace Louise Elliott, Maurice Rawlin Wilbur Rawlings, Kenneth ~ Kinsell and Charles Gastrock Effie A. Collamore Yrrs‘nttd her pu pils in_annual recital Friday evening, at the Wallace Memorial United Presby terian Church, y The following took rt: _Elal O'Flaherty, Frances me:.. Mildre Friedman, Marie Fowle, Mary Hamilton,| Frances Davis, Dorothy Snyder, Grace| Waldecker, Helen Kirks, June Pigman, Dorothy Karmel, Vivian Smith, Mary Lois Rice, Bessie Buchanan, Janet Fisher, Annella Robinson, Eugene Allen, Kathryn Magdeburger, Joe Comer, Dor+ othy Schaeffer, Mildred Shackelford, Ruth Edith Buchanan, Bernice Hick- man, Elizabeth Holcer and Jessie Becker. The class is organized under the name B Sharp Club,” with the following of- President, Annella Robinson; vice president, Elizabeth Holcer; secre tary, Mary Lois Rice; treasur Mary Hamilton, and sergeant - at - arms, Frances Rives. ‘. Frances Gutelius has issued cards for individual pairs of plano recitals by Margaret Marie O'Meara and Waltdt Drummond Swank, Wednesday at 8 Barbara and _ Janel ry, Friday at 4 pm., and Karlian Meyer and Margaret Yanagita, Monday, June 30, at 8 p.m. These programs will be given in the Dupont Circle Studios, and Miss Gute« lius will mail cards upon request to in« terested friends of music. Edwin Moore presented a group of plano pupils and the Epworth Mal¢ Quartet in a joint recital Tuesday eve: nln{ at the studio, 1325 G street north. wes Pupils taking part included Samuel Goodson, Jeanne Baade, Patricia Beat. tle, Barbara Sweet, Margery Leaus and Dorothy Dodge. The Epworth Male Quartet, composed of George W. Goodwin, first tenor; Ben D. Thomason, second tenor; Paul F Fox, first bass, and W. Cameron Bure ton, second bass, sang the “One Hun. dred and Twenty-first Psalm,” by L4 Noble egTo itual, arranged by Burleigh; * Farewell” a German folk song, . by Jungst; “Volga Boatmen's ng.” a Russian folk song, arranged by Page, and “Gently, Johnny,” ay gglhh folk sorg, arranged by Bing. m. Laurette Marks Hullings presented students in a piano recital at Barker Hall June 14, assisted by Sara Bergling (Continued on Ninth Page.) Virgil Clavier Piano School ||| Georria E. Miller, Director Barker Hall, K at 17th N.W. Wednesday, June 25th; 8:30 The e s invited INSTITUTE | MUSICAL ART Open All Summer VIOLIN PIANO L voud HARMONY EXPRESSION Practice Pianos et. 2511 REBECCA DIAL .. Orchestral Instruments 831 18th St. N.W. WALTER T.HOLT School of Mandolin, Guitar and Banjo, Hawaiian Guitar and Ululcl-‘ Ensemble pract! diea Clube 1801 Columbia Rd. N.W., Col. 0946 BESSIE N. WILD Voice Cuiture, Piano and Studio 6824 5th st, Takoma . D. O e LTODS _Georsia B8 = J AZZ PIANO PLAYING Positively Taught Any Person IN 20 LESSONS SAXOPHONE, BANJO, GUITAI Clarinet, Trumpet, Ukul Oreh 'a Trainin Opening of . WASHINGTON MUS 1201 Clifton St. N.W. WELDON CARTER, Director (Eleven years head of piano dept Ten Weeks' Summer Term, Beginning June 23rd, 1930 (Students may enroll any time) FACU PIANO Weldon Carter Roslyn Carter Gertrude Dyre Anne Smith Dorothy R. Todd Mary Gastrock EAR TRAINING Dorothy R. Todd +Dr. Edwin N Harriet D. Hil ORG. fo! nced students i Carter will be hel Open class for ad M *These teachers will join the faculty in September VOICE *Lewis Atwater . HARP Katherine Rixss SECRETARY, VIRGINIA 7t teachers who are studyin the New ICAL INSTITUTE Phone: Adams 7891 , Washington College of Music) LTY VIOLIN Marguerite Carter Evelyn Scott CELLO *Dore Walten HARMONY AND HISTORY OF MUSIC “Helen LeFevre Lyon and assistant. C. Barnes ne AN CRAIG g privately with er. ly during the Summi 21079 S St. SUMMER Beginning, PIANO Miksa Merson ¥ Amstutz Roberts Becker VO Hugh R. Robert: Dorothy Neft Ts! Washington College of Music Potomac 1846 SESSION June 23rd Teachers in All Departments Available ICE Ethel Hicks Fritz Maile