Evening Star Newspaper, August 17, 1930, Page 50

MU BY HELEN FETTER. ASHINGTON has several wide - awake choral grou that are doing admirable work. One of them has been singled out by none other than Serge Kousse- vitzky, the great Russian leader of the Boston Symphony Orches- tra, for special recognition. This chorus is the National Capital Oratorio Association. The organ- izer and leader is Dr. Albert W. Harned, who' has been active in local musical endeavors for some time. Dr. Harned is generally re- :focted for his thorough musi- lanship, his marked gift as a choral conductor and his hlgh ideals in choice of material to be performed by his chorus. The National Capital Oratorio Association has just signed the formal contract to appear in the outstanding event of the Beethov- en Festival, which will be the most unusual feature of the com- ing music season. This chorus wlfl sing in Beethoven’s famous “Ninth Symphony,” his only choral symphony, on the last day of the festival, December 6—when the Boston Symphony Orchestra will present both the eighth and ninth symphonies. It will be a Saturday afternoon performance. Now that the contract has been signed and the music scores re- ceived through co-operation of the Library of Congress, Dr. Harned is calling his singers to- gether for first rehearsal the last week in this month. In the mean- time, he is taking a rambling, vagabondish vacation, a semi- simless jaunt in_his automobile all by h 1f. Dr. Harned was very fll from a cold that went into neumonia after the strain of two glz choral efforts two Winters ago, but seems to have recovered hEhenlth quite fully now and is filled with the dynamic energy and enthusiasm that are domi- nant characteristics of his per- sonality. It will be recalled that this chorus made its public debut in a roduction of Gounod’s “Re- lemption” at the Washington Auditorium a couple of seasons ago. The next Fall, after an even more complete organization, the National Capital Choral Associa- tion presented Handel’s “Messiah” in Central High School. On bhoth occasions the excellent co-ordina- tion of the chorus in varied en- semble effects was commented on by many who heard these per- formances. THEN it group was chosen to sing the elrlgsl &;l!mln "Amerlr(i:',; fi;e symphonic poem written by est Bloch, at its first produc- tion in the Capital of the United States. Dr. Koussevitzky and his orchestra brought the work here. It will be remembered that a le(lrgll group of music lovers of this (3 * % ¥ t together under the gen- ral s‘l,ncuon of Carl Engel and several hundred dollars to build the tform necessary for Dr. Harni ingers to stand on, while participating in the Bloch work. Also there are not a few who are keenly interested in musical matters here who recall equally vividly that Dr. Koussevitzky ex- {euuod himself in no uncertain rms as thoroughly delighted with the work of Dr, Harned's group of local singers. The dis- tinguished Russian praised, to several music lovers, the imme- diate response of the chorus mem- bers to each gesture of his baton ensemble’s admirable malleability to the slightest sug- gestion for change in expression md.:i him. He mentioned that only with the most experienced and seasoned choral groups had he ever had such complete and intelligent co-operation. At t time Dr. Koussevitzky told Dr. Harned that he wanted this nu\}p to sing the choral sym- phony of Beethoven with his or- chestra. That was some time ago —March 6, 1929. In the mean- time, there have been other or- ganizations that have sent word to Boston that they would gladly attempt the choral sympheny—as soon as it was announced that this work was to be the feature of the coming festival. ‘Dr. Koussevitzky has been in Europe all Bummer. However, he told a friend who he knew was coming to Washington this month, on the occasion of a visit in Prague, to be sure to see Dr. Harned and tell him that he was pleasantly anticipating having his choral group, which had acquitted itself 50 admirably in the Bloch work, sing under his direction when the Boston Symphony Orchestra pre- sents the Beethoven “Ninth” in Washington in December. And now, from Boston direct, has come official confirmation in the per- son of the orchestra’s manager, W. H. Brennan, with the contract within the last few days. This Washington group may feel all the more pride in its se- lection and put forth all the more | S energy to live up to this unusual opportunity, as it is known that Dr. Koussevitzky vetoed a sugges- tion that the New York chorus, which sings this symphony with the Boston orchestra in the me- tropolis this Winter, be brought to Washington. Dr. Koussevitzky has shown comrlete confidence in Dr. Harned’s ability to prepare the local group for this occasion and faith In the singers’ ability to co- rate to that end. Certainly ere could be no higher or more definite praise than this. R B THE average person with a casual interest in musical affairs often makes the mistake of thinking that only the most finished singers or instrumental- ists would be the best for en- semble work. On the contral practically the opposite of thi inion is true of good ensembles. %fln are a few exceptions. One does occasionally hear of a choral group built of established soloists that is really successful. In or- chestras, only the Boston Sym- phony Orchestra offers definite announcement that it prides it- self on the fact that practically every man in the orchestra is a artist. Moreover, it has taken half a century to build this orchestra to its present pre-emi- nent state. SIC ‘The reason why a talented solo- ist is not often good material for ensemble work is obvious to those more familiar with the music world. Any soloist who develops an individual talent to virtuoso proportions naturally develops also mannerisms, independence of thought from any other direction than his or her own, and pro- duces a tone, whether vocal or instrumental, that is. purely char- acteristic of himself or herself. On the other hand, the finest re- sults in ensemble work are se- cured by a leader who has the real conductor’s ability to blend | all individualities of the people | working under him into perfect co-ordination and play upon a lgflmup of human musicmakers as e would upon a harp of many strings of different lengths and volume or a huge, many-voiced organ. Teamwork is the pass- word of fine ensemble work. It will be recalled that in the most famous string quartets, such as the lately disbanded Flonzaley Quartet, or in a choral group of such distinction as the English Singers—even in so small a band of four or six participants, each individual was practically un-| known as a soloist-—yet each was | a good musician and had consid- | erable talent. It was always in association with the ensemble that the name of any of these artists was brought to mind. * % ¥ % N Washington, in addition to the many singers who are making several large choral groups suc- cessful in important productions, there also are many talented in- strumentalists who appear in chamber music ensembles. This latter group has been increasing most noticeably during the past season. To many people these men have become familiar only as men ‘in the motion picture or- they have had to earn their liv- ings in this very different type of work. But even these jobs are threatened with the advent of the chestras. Unfortunately, perhaps, | © Tl DUunbDAY diax, Latin-American Music for Inter-American Conference The director general of the Pan-Amer+ ican Union has announced that a concert of Latin American music will be presented by the United States Navy Band and assisting artists September 11 in honot of the delegates to the Inter- american Conference on Agriculture, Forestry and Animal Industry. ‘This &roxflm 18 to be given on the esplanade of the Pan-American Union Building, & favorite setting for warm- wn&hell'“ ;otnmsmn wh'\;hmhnd.l itself particul gracefully e giving of band programs. L Quartet Song Cycle Written by Cadman Tl{!: American composer, Charles Wakefield Cadman, who first won fame with his songs, built on American Indian motives and whose operas have also aroused much interest, has re- cently had the first public performance of his newest song cycle, written for mixed quartet presented. The cycle is called “White Enchantment.” Singers appearing in the first performance were Margaret Messer, no; Rosalie Barker Frye, contralto; Otto Ploets, tenar, and Harold Kellogg, basso. The composer was at the piano. This premiere was given at the Pa- cific Palisades July 9. A repetition pro- gram was given in the Greek Theater at Anaheim the following day. The Fubexheu of this song cycle announce t will be released in October. Musigraph RS. FREDERICK SHURTLEFF COOLIDGE, donor of the charming chamber music hall in the Library of Congress, was guest of honor Tuesday afternoon at & tea and reception given at Mountain House in Pittsfleld, Mass., by Mr. and Mrs. William Willeke. Mr. Willeke is violoncellist in the Elshuco Trio (named in honor of Mrs. Coolidge). The group played @ trio written in F major by Mrs. Coolidge, who has fre- quently appeared as active musician participant in chamber music programs, as well as having won world-wide grat- itude and recognition as an intelll t patroness of musical endeavors. On this most recent occasion, however, Mrs. Coolidge appeared in the role of com- poser. ‘Among the famous musicians men- tioned as_sttending the event, which included 180 guests, were Mme. Mar- cella Sembrich and Mme. Susan Met- alf Casals. Mrs. Coolidge left Pittsfield Thurs- day for Santa Barbara, Calif., where she will remain until October, when she goes to her Chicago home to supervise the presentation of a five-day music festival, given under her auspices, in “talkies,” and the musicians who had enjoyed training for an occa- sional classical program, as well as doing the more routine theater overtures and popular melodies, are facing a definite problem of earning their living otherwise. Last Winter 80 of these men proved, under the skillful direc- tion of the Dutch musician, Hans Kindler, who has won fame all over the world as a violoncellist of great artistry and genius, that s | they were capable of developing | $kill, produces a highly was that Dr, Harned's prowess as symphony orchestra | s layers. They have the caliber. ot a few of them have individ- ual talent and many others have | poser. She has a c! the ability to grasp the sense of artistry if it is given them by such a gifted leader tx Mr. Kindler proved himself to be. When, in addition, one recalls that Mr. Kindler said himself to the writer of this column—and also to others—that he would really like to bring his family from France to make their home in Wuhl{lmn. the Capital of the country that has given his own talent such warm recognition, and he would like to take the re- nsibility for developing a Na- tional Symgl;ony Orchestra in the Capital of the only country in the clvilized world that does nat have such an organization already es- tablished—surely, with such offer of co-operation as was demon- strated by both the local musi- cian’s sacrifice of last Winter and Mr. Kindler's earnest endeavors, it would seem as though the peo- ple of Washington might come forth and lend a generous help- ing hand to lift this gift to their own doorstep. Elda Vettori as Mignon In Atlantic City Tonight LDA VETTORI, a prima donna so- prano of the Metropolitan Opera Co,, will sing the title role in Ambr« ‘Thomas' “Mignon,” to be presented in English by the Steel Pler Grand Opera Co. in the ball room of Steel Pler at Atlantic City tonight at 8 o'clock. The cast also includes Melvena Passmore, coloratura soprano, Chicago Clvic Opera Co.; Judson House, tenor, Philadelphia Civic Opera Co.; Henri Scott, formerly principal bass-baritone of Metropolitan Opera Co., and Rhys-Reese Morgan, dis- tinguished Welsh tenor. “Samson and Delilah,” by Saint- Sael.., In which Mae Mackie, contralto, Philadelphia Civic Opera Co,, will make her_debut as Delilah, will be presented in English next Sunday evening, The principals include Leo de Hiera) principal baritone of Philadelphia Grand Opera Co.; Judson House, tenor, and Helfenstein Mason, bass of the Philadelphia Cl&lc Opera Co. ‘The chorus will be composed of mem- bers of the Philadelphia Civic Opera chorus. Sunday afternoon of are given in the Steel 3:30 o'clock. ratic concerts er ball room at Russian Manager to Visit Native Town Abroad OL HUROK, the Russian manager of many musical attractions, who last presented the German Grand Opera Co. in Washington, is abroad, gathering both operatic and concert productions to be brought to this country next Fall. How- ever, in addition to his interests in musical art, Mr. Hurok also has a sen- timental mission in this trip. He plans to revisit for the first ‘ime in a genera- tion his birthplace, the little hamlet of Pogar, in Russia. There he hopes to find in the vill of between 500 and 1,000 people s one who remembers the lad of 15 who set out for America to make his fortune those many years ago. Mr. Hurok also has stated that he is going from Moscow to the interior of the Caucasus, where he anticipates see- ing a remarkable indigenous ballet group which has never played except in its native haunts. The troupe has its own musicians, who E‘Wl strings, prim- itive Ccucasian stringed instruments, which have not yet been heard in either ‘Western Europe or America. Americ.n annr S.lll o Live in France ROLAND HAYES, the world-famous W up to helj frr:m a poor little farm, sailed August 15 for Prance on the Ile de France, with the statement to reporters that he had determined to become a citizen of that city. Franceska Kaspar Lawson, Washing- ton soprano, has just had a most suc- cessful recital at the University of Maine, where she ngpelred before the Summer session students. Daily News’ account states that: “Mrs. Lawson was enthusiasticall ceived by an appreciative audience. She ell'-ehl u: hf:'.u‘"é'"" cgu'rl dwm:a. of sympathetic g an e range, with unusual tbfl{ty for high notes, which, united with her great technical artisfic per- Mrs. Lawson has pec .tflrew the spirit of her P ucix;s in her audi- e pemmuc; which leads to her popularity as a con- cert artist. Mrs. Lawson is exce 1y skillful in selecting artistic and 1~ structive prof . She is not new to Maine, having sung at the university Summer session last year, when she met with such enthusiastic reception that she was urged to return this year." ‘The soloist for the German service at Concordia Lutheran Church this morning will be Mabel Kennedy, meszo- soprano. She will sing “Gott Wird Abwischen Alle Thraenen,” by A, 8. Sullivan. Factings Wil sing “Vesper Praver, raebner “‘Vesper . 8. B . There will be no hearsal of the choir this week. Theodore Harrison, head of the vocal department of Bush Conservatory, cago, I, will be guest soloist at All Souls’ Memorial Episcopal Church, on Cathedral avenue, during August. Mr. Harrison's selections today will be “The Ninety-first Psalm,” by Mne. Dermid and “The Lord Is My Light,” by_Allitsen. Frances Harrison is organist at this church. formance. 1n selecti jons ence the N, f, young Wi aged for the year as bass soloist at Girace Lutheran Church. He will give his first selections for the new seasor the first Sunday in September. a music studio early in the season at 1919 Nineteenth street northwest. After a short vacation this month both will study again in New York City, Mrs. Dowd with Mme. Luella Melius, noted coloratura soj and Mr. Dowd with Edwin Hughes, distin- guished planist and e, who was the guest of the Dowds over the week end recently. Pear] Waugh, Washington pianist and teacher, is visiting in her home town, Tipton, Indians, spending a quiet va- cation in mmrl'n& out there and in that vicinity. She return to Washing- t':nbv:nmh-rmmuflyhlep- mber. jummer series of union services lis, | National Universalist Church, will be continued for the next six Sun gmlnl today, at the Mount niyegational Church, Fourteenth strec? and Columbia road. The service this morning will be at 11 o'clock. The music, to be given by the Mount Plesant Solo Quartet, composed of Elsie Schulze, soprano; Mary Apple, contralto; Willlam P. Shannahan, tenor, and Herman Pakler, bass, with Claude Robeson at the organ, will include or- gan prelude, “Offertoire” (Hall); them, “The Lord bass solo, ton); organ postiude, (Kinder). ‘Warren P. Johnson will give an organ recital at the Church of the Pilgrims at 7:30 o'clock this evening. He will play “Pugue in E Minor” (Th. Salome), nd lerstood” (Hough- “Jubllate! Am{\l" ipromptu” “Paraphrase on a Handel (Guilmant), Hugh Ramon, tenor, who has been singing until recently in the quartet at the Keller Memorial Lutheran Church, has been enga for the Church of the Ascension during the month of August. His sister, Blanche Ramon, soprano, is also a sololst there. Next Sunday they will render Nevin's “In Peace With Thee” as & duet at the 11 o'clock lce. ‘Theme” Keep Fit! Km fit. “In bly no other industry in the world is it so vital for workers to be in perfect condition at all times as in the screen industry,” says Richard Klein, physical instructor at the Para- ‘mount studios in Hollywood. “Other professions afford possibili- tles of substitution when a worker is sick or injured,” Klein points out. ony s in an this ible. e France and make his permanent home in Paris. The singer had disagreeable experiences in securing the accommodations he felt were due him at telries in many n his nath uipped & gymnasium and ent instructor for all especially, stars and thietic to carry i va- E:'m “having uctions prod: Mary and Martin A, Dowd will open | (Horatlo Parker) and| WaouiauiuN, Do Uy, Avuuntr 1 HONORED BY TSCHAIKOWSKY SYMPHONYI ' ME. NATALIE RIMSKY-KORSAKOFF. VERY charming Russian lady, Mme. Natalie Rimsky-Korsakoff, who has made her home in Washington for some time now, has just received word that she is 6 be especially honored in the very near future in a most unusual fashion. The Roxy Orchestra is to broadcast should prove a special treat to music lovers to hear this work. Mr. Benja- min of the National Broadcasting Studios s to glve a brief sketch about Mme. Rimsky-Korsakoff and also ex- lanatory remarks about the symphony fore it is played. The first symphopy was written the year that Mme. Emk);-l(&-:lk&fl“wu; born. It was one of 0 e T e LoranCy v B | Tuchalkowsky's early works that had e. Rimsky-Korsakoff’s | §Teat success. Mme. Rimsky-Korsakoft 1s 10 be played during the Roxy hour— “Zimmie Qrewsy or between 1 and 2 o'clock, Eastern stand- ‘The Ieading theme 15 & ard time, either this afternoon or next l\mdlg‘ At the time this page went to press definite word from New York had not been recelved. Those interested in “listening in,” however, ean verify the time by referring to the radio columns of the p‘g;r. 1t will come over the local station, 5 Because of the similarity of her mar- ried name—Rimsky-Korsakofl—to that folk song mel that the great com- poser had heard when on one of the many long soitary walks which he so enjoyed. He heard a peasant woman singing this song at a small country inn in the nelghborhood of Moscow. The opening words of the song are “Zvetike, Zvetochikl” (“Flower, Flowerlet”). The symphony was first performed in Mos+ cow, and after the concert a group of of another famous Russian composer, | Tschaikowsky's friends arranged a late Nicola! Rimsky-Korsakoff, Mme. Rim- | supper in his honor and many friends -Korsakofl often is asked if she is | drank toasts to the young composer. related by marriage to him. She is, but| Mme. Rimsky-Korsakoff states that only through a distant cousinship. the uncertainty of the date that this lowever, - Mme. Rimsky-Korsakoff's :{l:phon 1s to be played depends upon relationship to Tshalkowsky is much lpeely arrival of the music scores, more close. She was the niece of the{ which were to be sent from California eat Russlan and knew him well in |to New York for this occasion, Cesare er childhood. Sodero dedicates the program to Mme, As for the “First Symphony"—both | Rimsky-Korsakoff, who lives in the Mon- ‘Tschaikowsky's “Pifth” and “Sixth” | tello apartments in this city, because of have so overshadowed his first four | her sympathetic appreciation of the symphonies it H in popularity that genius of her kinsman. LEADER WHOSE CHORUS WAS CHOSEN BY KOUSSEVITZKY DR. ALBERT W. HARNED, A COMPLIMENT has been paid the|ited to 200 voices, divided into 70 so- National Capital Oratorio ."sso- | pranos, 45 altos, 35 tenors and 50 basses. clation and its director, Dr. Albert W.|Malton Boyce, one of the best known Harned, in the announcement from Bos- | pianists and musical authorities of the ton that the Washington director and|city, will be accompanist and assistant his shgers have been asked to supply | director. the choral part of the immorta] “Ninth | Dr. Harned announces that registra- Symphony” of Beethoven when it is|tions for membership in the chorus will produced here next December by the|begin Monday, August 35, and should Boston Symphony Orchestra, under the |be sent to his studio, 1317 New York direction of Serge Koussevitsky. avenue northwest. The selection of Dr. Harned to direct| Rehearsals will be held in Perkins' the vocal part of the Beethoven master | Hall of the New Universalist Church, work is the result of the showing the Sixteenth and 8 streets, beginning the Washington director made in present- | second week in September. ing the vocal portion of Bloch's “Amer- | The organization and direction of ‘he ica® in 1929, when Koussevitaky and the | National Capital Oratorio Association Boston orchestra played it here for the|is one of several distinctive achieve- first time. ments in the musical world of this eity The “Ninth Symphony” as most|by Dr. Albert W. Harned. A few days music lovers know, 15 rarely heard out-|ago Dr. Harned was announced as hav- side of the very largest musical centers, |ing been chosen unanimously by musj- because it is wellnigh impossible for |cians and laymen to take charge of tHe the orchestral director to obtain choral | fourth national radio audition in Wask« assistance that will measure up to the|ington under the sponsorship of the standard he sets for his orchestra. The | Atwater Kent Foundation. He has been this presentation will be lim-'an outstanding figure in Wi , dooU—r ANl ' | It has been reported, however, that Mr. DU UL Director of Publie Parks Encourages Band Music 'OL. U. §. GRANT, 3d, Director -of Public Parks and ‘Grounds, has shown fine co-operation with the organ- izations giving band programs in Wash- ington by turning over to the George- town Associated Charities the use of the Rock Creek and Potomac parkway at Twenty-seventh and M streets for the months of June, July and August. Com- munity singing and band music have been enjoyed by increasingly large crowds, More than 1,000 people lis- | tened there to the concert given by .‘.’:fi Community Civic Center's band Tuesday night. Jnme}; E‘FMfller, director of the band, is in charge of high school bands for the colored schools Dd! wi“t)!‘llln‘:'ro:lp !{.: is icularly proud of boyls":ltho studied under him and gradu- ated from Dunbar High Sci , who now are in France entertaining with their band music. They also made suc- cessful tours in Switzerland and Ger- many. For 10 years this Community Civic Center band has given its services to this city. This year, under auspices of the park and planning committee Col. Grant’s office, this band has been designated to play at Mount Alto, Me- ridian Park, Towa Circle, Potomac Park and other places for less frequent ap- pearances. . THE U. 8. NAVY BAND. AN entire program of music by sented at the Capitol tomorrow night Charles Benter director. Soloists &t this concert will be Musiclans Birley | xylophone. A varied program will be offered at | Musician Jerry Cimera, trombonist, ap- | pearing in a solo number. ner), grand scenes from ‘“Andrea Che- nler” (Glordano) and Chabrier’s “Rhap- on the program at the Navy Yard Wednesday night. week will be Tuesday, 3 p.m., at the gaw Yard; Thursday, 3 p.m., at Naval Service Band Date American ecomposers will be 3 | by the United States Navy Band, Lieut. Gardner, cornet, and Louls Goucher, | Garfleld Park Tuesday night, with The overture to “Tannhauser” (Wag- sody Espana” are prominent numbers Other concerts by the Navy Band this and Friday, 6:30 pm., at ospital, Walter Reed Hospital. THE U. 8. MARINE BAND. States Marine Band will play concerts at the following places: Monday—Marine Barracks, 8 &m, Tuesday—Tuberculosis Hospital, " at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday—United States Oapltol, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday—Sylvan _‘Theater, ment Grounds, at 7:30 p.m. Friday—St. Elizabeth's at 2 pm. Trombone solos b; and clarinet solos will be featured. THE U. 8, ARMY BAND, The activities of the Army Band this week will include: Monday, con- cert at Anacostia Park, start! it 7:30 pm.; Tuesday, concert at ter Reed Hospital at day, concert at Sylvan ment grounds, at 7:30 8 concert at Army War College, starting at 7 p.m.; Friday, concert at East steps, Capitol, 'um lth'l::ll .m. x will Pn?vnmn ughout the weel include both classical and num- bers and several solos for different in- struments, Nina Koshetz's Sister Will Sing in Philadelphia ARIE KOSHETZ, sister to the fa- mous Russian dramatic soprano, Nina Koshetz, who has been heard much in this country and proved a favorite in Washington in concert ap- pearances with the Philadelphia m phony Orchestra, has been sign appear with the Philadelphia Grand Opera Co. next season. Unlike better known sister, Marie Koshets is a contralto. She has been at the cele- ated Moscow Art Theater for several seasons and proved & popular member of that famous company of lyric artists. Willlam Hammer, manager of the Philadelphia company, also announced Monu- Hospital, Robert E. Clark During the coming week the United |t .m.; Wednes- | oq)° What Is Wron g About the Musical Shows in Films? Editor's Note—One of the most noted writers of scores for musical shows on Broadway, Sigmund Rom- berg, who now is in the group o experienced in this line :’llmmc ’“lly ‘ked Gin“:l%;‘ Ing ng.ch worked ouf = wooJ‘ as written the following article, which gives authentic in- sight into some of the worked out in this field. He writes as follows: BY SIGMUND ROMBERG. WHAT is wrong with the musical on the screen and do not belong in pic- tures, and that the spoken word is the only logical survival of the three? To give a coherent answer is a large order. take music first and try to ascertain just what part it plays in our daily life. Is music & Juxury, or is it & nnenlt{r Isn't it & fact that rio joyful occasion can pass without the help of music? Did you ever hear anywhere, even in the remotest corner of the earth, of & wedding without music? If there should be no instruments or mechanical repro- ducing instruments or musicians to be had, guests themselves start sing- ing to express the joyousness of the W:::‘SE' imagine chureh, e no matter what creed or religion, without music? Is there anything more beauti- ful in one's life than the hymns in church, with all the e belief and faith behind them 8o it goes also with state banquets, Wars, y public or private function requires music. Even in the days of the silent pictures the theater was indeed unfortunate which couldn't at least afford some one to play piano music during the show. The first-run houses employed large orchestras and had scores compiled by distinguished musicians as accompaniment for the silent screen play. Having established this, we find that music has been accepted as a necessity. We also call attention to the fact that music is the only link between different nationalities which needs no transia- tion and which is understood wherever people are. The same melody may even have different words in different lan- jon Siegeskranzs’ , "Tis of Thee” in America. But in the analysis that makes no difference. Regarding Broadway Successes. let's pictures? Wi does _everybody say that music and qancing have Taiied | S nnk on | gameness and monotony of not, in order to have them made into singing and movies. Price was a secondary co: A mad scramble to tity followed. Time and the factor of demand and ;,\:sply being essential, any- who A “tinkle the piano or ‘write lyrics on Broadway was signed up and put to work. This being a new fleld, with no standard pattern, no form of portraying musical shows hav- ing been invented, every studio had to invent its own me! . Songs, the primitive form of & mbsi- cal score, first were simply employed. Stars with no voices at all were made . And they sang songs written overnight about any sul —bathtubs, 8] moons, flowers, shoes. No pic- ture, no matter what the subject, could g0 _without a song being interpolated. Successful operettas and musical comedies, bought under the gnvlmuly described conditions from roadway jucers; operettas which were world ts, playing in London, Paris, Berlln, Australia, besides the United States and Canada, were being operated upon and broken down in order to conform to movie _technique. Everything was changed in & hurry in order to satisfy the looks of a star or the mood of a director. The score whi;x; ‘:nua u::z operetta popular and which was the essential gckbom of a production was changed over night by song writers ‘with new songs. ; Did the movie producers realize the difference between a score and a song? d any of them stop to think that a score is a unit of melodies, written after careful consideration by graduation to bring an audience into a certain mood or nfnmc of mind, as the book may require? Nobody knew or cared that in & score & composer from the opening note to the closing bar for two and a half hours through skiliful manipula- tion of different tempos with different instruments, through different songs, plays with an sudience and sells them something so satisfactory that by the end of the evening they go out whist- ling his numbers and recommending the show to their friends. Songs Versus Scores. Songs, of course, are part of a score. But not even a successful song will make a bad score good, while in a clev- erly manipulated score one or two good songs, written, of course, by the same composer who writes his own score, will satisfy the demand. the same ratio as comparing a with a score. At first the sound of music, the nov- elty, surmounted the handicap. But fl:a an at the wrong tion. produce in quan- dancing in the wrong pi 60| time and in the wrong way got past the y Lugaresi Terso sot In & musi- ides & huge cast, & singing and dancing chorus— ¥: | sometimes as many as 80 persons in the ensemble—big orchestra, electricians, stage hands, etc., the outlay slone for s single musical number in an opere sometimes costs as much, and if not more than the entire cost of ducing an entire dramatic It is ob it the gamble one un- dertakes who produces musical shows with that under- e production. Few producers, therefore, will attempt musi- cal shows. road the producer has put in at least $70,000 to $100,000. He must also plan to spend an addi- tional $20,000 or $50,000 in “!l,hwh“ he invested. her | o that Charlotte Boerner, a young lyric | vy soprano of German and Bolshn parent- age, will be with the Philadeiphia Grand Opera Co. this col season. She has sung with marked success at the Staats- oper in Berlin and other famous opera houses of Europe. Both these singers will American debuts with the company. The opera season open at the Academy of Music on October 16. make thelr g Philadelphia Chaliapin Rcf\;el to Sing Broadcasted Opera Roles F EODOR CHALIAPIN, the great Rus- sian basso, has been filling some recent operatic engagements for what is the Winter season in Buenos Alres, Argentina, at the Colon Opera House. Chaliapin refused to appear on the stage if his singing voice were broad- cast via the radio. He was adamant about this, although much pleading was done to try and make him change his mind. The operas had been announced as to be broadcast, so broadcast they were, although every time the big Rus- sian came on the stage the radio fans had only static to a.iuse themselves with until he exited n:un. As one report stated, “‘considering the fact that he (Chaliapin) sings only the leading roles in operas and is on the stage most of the time, the broadcasts must have been exceedingly full of in- terruptions.” New Screen Travel Talks. * GEEING THE WORLD WITH THE title of a series of 13 single-reel travel films to be released by Columbia Pic- tures during the coming year. They are to be produced by Bray Pictures Corpo- ration, which has been in existence since 1913 and is recognized for spon- soring the novel and unusual in pic- tures. Travel and exploration films have been one of the company's specialties for a number of years. ‘The talks and sound effects that ac- company the travel pictures are to be supervised by Malcolm LaPrade, for five years an entertainer on the Na- tional Broadcasting chain, sald to be noted for his travel talks. At present he has charge of the Collier radio hour. He has delivered travelogues covering almost every spot on the face of the earth and is one of the ploneer radio o laio: effects usic effects will be supervised b; Tom Griselle, winner of lhou\plrcwr 'l‘lll! ing Machine Co.'s $10,000 prize for the best composition in popular style. musical life since 1913 through his chorus and church choir work. He has won distinction as an organist, and is & leading .vocal teacher here. Dr. Harned received train! in the ele- mentary principles of al leader- ship under such eminent directors as W. W. Gilichrest and Charles Schmidt, directors of the Philadelphiz Choral Soclety. With the latter he also studied orchestration and orchestral direction with the Philadelphia Germania Or- chestra. He conducted the Choral So-| Hi clety in Altoona, Pa. Later he was director of the May Festival Associa- tion productions in Roanoke, Va. In Washington the National Capital Choir, a mixed chorus of 30 voices, that has been heard in concert and by radio, attracted considerable attention and led Dr, Harned to the organization of the larger and more ambitious National Capital Oratorio Association, which dis- RAMBLING REPORTER” is the | bra: Chicago Fest WHIN Mrs. Frederick Shurtleff Cool- idge presents her next festival of chamber music, it will be given in Chi- cago, Ill, in October. The dates are October 12, Oolumbus day—most appro- priately chosen as representative of ploneer efforts—to October 16. Modern composers of various nationalities will be featured on the program and many distinguished musicians of world-wide repute will t these works. The scene of will be James Simpson ‘Theater in the Field Museum of Chicago. Music lovers will remember that fl Coolidge first instituted these chamber music events in her Temple of Music, on South Mountain, at Pittsfield, Mass., where she & Summer residence. For 10 years they were were so successful that she cently donated the mone; build the chamber music more re- ry of Congress in Washington, in 1925 the first of another series of chamber music festivals was held. Since then Mrs. Coolidge has made ble similar programs in less pretentious se- ries of events in some of the European countries, too. Now, for the first e, in Chicago, where she has another resi- dence, she is presenting such a festival this October. The modern composers of different Latest of Evelyn Laye. smu time within the next year the beauty and chivalry of almost any amall town west' of the Alleghanies—or east of them, for that matter—will be gathered together 1o amusement in the old' the carved facads roof. There will Samuel Goldwyn signed to make movin tures last ;ur the same who de: lighted New York ll"l't' ‘Winter in the “Lilli,” ‘the musical drams in which lead of “Bitter Miss Laye and her voice and her uun; only through “Bitter Sweet,” is an old hand at Danube h, made ccess in London in first ’I’el! U lead of a revival of “The Merry Widow. to be one of N'l"lglahtd itself and its director espc clally in productions of “The Redemp- tion and “The Messiah” before the 0 mnunny of Bloch's “America” brought e organizaf to the attention of first umpiu of the new cosmopolitan amusement world, which includes both held there and | perf % | Pilats (sonata for off¢ mark of endurance, and people refused to see movie musical shows. e song writers were the first to realize that something was Unfortunately, nobody wanted to to them. The s figure of or 300 new songs & month also reached a condition impossible to u utterly impossible to sell to one’ Not so with the movie producer. Onos something was recorded and photo- graphed it had to stay, because the clamor for pletures was so and the demand for 80 ent that -nrnhln&hnd to be released at once. Gradually every studio head realived that their procedure was wrong; that In order to produce & successful musical show picture different technique and knowledge must be employed; it 1t is one of the hardest problems with the spoken word; that every emotion in the pleture uires thought, and that only B ey Wty are e ignt oo udy are t T e 8 v complete change of policy resulted. Instead of producing 40 musical shows, each studio will three or four Soven Writer, ricita and ses Soitecs 3 ici and song writers write something for the same picture, L e 5 chard Rod; d et serenoed it . Bl com)| O 1 pictures, to vmh'unm o tl,nl:oo:: are made Hammerstein, Otto Harbach, Ernest Vajda, - Plelds, Anne Caldwell, efc. o Will the movie sudiences like this new of work? Time alone will tell. 'htol;.l-lt it will Ib:l tried by ve spec and experience. i ival of Music FeaturesModernComposers nationalities who will contribute music to this festival are: American—Charles Martin Loeffler of Boston_ (pattita for violin and piano, new), Frederick Stock of Chicago (con- certante for solo string quartet and an orchestra of wind instruments, new), Gustav ‘Strube of Baltimore (plano-cello sonata, written in 1926, but being per- formed for the first timb). English--Frank _Bri¢ (piano trio, new) and Arnold Bax (! d for plano and viola, new). German-—Paul Hindemith has written for Mrs. Coolidge and dedicated to her is devoted ice ), Mario America, flute and plano, which Mrs. Coolidge in t1 ; first performance in Amer- Inuovo-Tedesco (string quar- tet, new), Ildebrando Pizzetti (songs for soprano and string quartet). French—-Albert Roussel (trio for flute, comumwtn,p“z Tepre- m&d by a sonatina for violin and Swiss—Conrad Beck (concerto for string quartet and orchestra, new). an-—Th Szanto (chore- c suite for string quartet, 1929). com| tions hy dedicated"to M. Seotidgs. T D¢°P Musical Studios of Washington Soprano Soloist WHB experien: TS setea— Office. ddress Box 307-E, PIANO PLAYIN JAZZ PN FLATING IN 20 LESSONS » leor:i.ouz, BANJO, GUITAR §| Christenssn Schoai o School of Mandolin, Guitar and lonlu..:l‘m‘ha Guitar the stage and pictures. And she is headed both directions here~—note MM‘IB‘MMI & Ukulgle 1801 sflfiw W Cols 0046