Evening Star Newspaper, August 24, 1930, Page 48

MU SIC BY HELEN FETTER. T is always interesting to ca an inside glim; into more intimate, home life of ‘the great ones of the world. am‘mwul artist in particular ascinating subject to the Yest of the world that lives a more goutine and sometimes drab ex- istence 2fi%s Wl'.hln the past week a letter *Iwas received by the writer of this “/golumn from Moshe Menuhin, 1, father of the boy violinist who b ‘u one of the outstanding stars of «4he world at this time, even though fie is only 13 years old. Yehudi is © #'born American and is American -“‘trained, Louls Persinger, the Colo- rado Viohnut, having taught him from the age of 4 years until con- s~ giderably after his brilliant early -":g arances in public. At pres- Yehud! and his family are lmnz in Basel, Switzerland, where is directly under the tutelage ol @ great European artist and mcher Fritz Busch. Menuhin, in this letter Buel says: “I am mcloslng a8 few cup%. Yohhdl l last concert in last season in May, just before he re- wtired for the vacation and study ?lrlod They may interest you.” (A8 a matter of fact they repeat what all critics have said in all languages, who have heard this child artist—that he is marvelous and truly phenomenal.) The let- ter continues: “We are having a delightful Summer, both of study and vaca- tion. Every lesson, or session, as Prof. Busch likes to call it, is a new occasion for wild outbursts of enthusiasm on the part of Prof. Busch. ‘Your son is self-sustain- I have nothing to point out to him. He has done more re- search of the scores of the classi- cal masters than 1’ Of course, all these fine statements will not de- ter me from keeping Yehudi for many years to come under the ce, criticlsm, and inspira- on of men like Busch, Enesco .l.nd Casals, who love Yehudi, but who, in thelr turn, &lte him to wonh their art, n ility, sin- cerity, md uncomp: , pure service at the holy temple of | was Mr. - music as it came down the ages. st exacy Tolowing along thé 1a ong the | I we, his p‘mu. outlined all along and h for, which is, after all, our t recompense. A scholar, a researcher, an artist- musician, and not merely a prod- Iq fiddler—that is our aim, “He enjoys his !‘rmeh and Ger- man and English classical litera-. ture as if he were dedicating his|opos life to literature. He loves to read though only in her early thirties, she has sung most of the Italian opera roles, including the usual Leonora, Gioconda,, Rachel, San- tuzza, Alda and Madeline, as well as the p donna role in “Le Forza del Destino,” in which she made her debut with Caruso in 1914; the extreme! difficult Norma, and now, & brilllant over- whelming success in the colora- tura role of “La Traviata,” her debut being this Spring at Covent Garden. What a Brunnhilde she will make when she goes on to Wag- nerian opera! She has the great dramatic fire and also the stature, physically as well as vocally, for every one of the three roles. And, of course, Elsa and Elizabeth. she ;}l'll be oully fitted to accomplish. e climax of them all, however, of course, will be Isolde. She should be ‘superb In that role a few years from now. Another role that invites her individual inter- pretation and for which she seems admirably suited is Carmen. * ¥ % % IN addition to the news about Miss Ponselle, Mrs. Townsend writes that she will have 16 artists in her usual series this Winter. Several of them are new. One is said to be Toscanint’s favorite pianist, who will make a premiere Bxe‘nnce in Washington at that The dates for these musical mornings are: December 3, 10, and 17; January 7, 14, 21 and 28, and February 4. Miss Ponselle will, as is customary, gpenr in the closhz program of the series. The names of the other artists to be announced at a later date, in accordance th Mrs. Townsend's custom to give the names only a short time prior to the appearance of each artist. Leading Irish Tenor Opens Celtic Congreu in London most renowned Irish tenor in the world today, John McCormack, was _given the honor of opening the recent Oeltic Congress, held in London, England. A of Celtic music iven in His Majesty's Theater. Wi provengeq. and bearty” appiause; wfi‘}m to the well known songs of to mnn him fa- h he in turn gave . McCormack sang ma :Hn: nirs arranged for her instru- men Anh unususl feature was & quintet for oboe and strink; written by Bax and layed by the Virtuoso mumr. d ‘Goosse! brother the news of the world, of eco- nomics, politics, labor and capital. He is w be & man—a re- , cultured twentleth ernt-llr.y.L scholar-musician—that is 1d the lines of fun and va- derful hr in Whih- this country Mme. Gadski Is in Berlin - Resting for New Season JOHANNA: GADSKI, formerly the , | the tu: as way of Geneva e Italian Riviera you have a complete ple- ture of our nn at the home of our sojourn. It will be rural—i at opén—when we get to re-establish our home in California. Another year or 8o, and then Yehudi will only to stay with his rs & few months of the the rest of the ye: t home in the United States, where, after all, we feel and live &t home. “Our coming visit to Washing- ton promises us great pleasure. With greetings from Yehudi, cor- dially “MOSHE MENUHIN.” It will be seen from the above that the life of even the most gifted genius is not onl& a busy one, but is managed an in- fiexible routined system with the ideals always a Mount Blanc for the young artist to aspire to reach. He has charming travel and healthy recreation, but study and concentration are the first fmc~ tors in his life. There is no lazi- ness possible for a genius. *x %% oFrom a Washington connoisseur of music, Mrs. Lawrence Town- send, who, since her return from abroad, has been at her Bummer home in the Adirondacks, comes some interesting news about an- other famous artist. Older than Yehudi, yet young as artists go, and also a native-born American, is Rosa Ponselle. This native rima donna of the ’rntelt opera ouse in the world, from t of stige and brilliancy of its Ku constellations, is spending the Summer since her remarkable -ucceu at Covent Garden earlier the season. quietly at a health nson.—az. Moritz Bad. Miss Ponselle has written to Mrs. Townsend from there, t.hlt. she 18 looking forward to her a arance at a morning musical e coming season’s series at the Mayflower Hotel with marked pleasure. She says she is in fine singing condition. She chose St. Moritz at Mrs. Townsend’s own suggestion as the nearest in cli- and healtful air to that of i ] ma the Adirondacks, where the prima | bl donna had a charming cottage colony all her own lt Lake Pla d a couple of B , when lhn was polishing e role of pr a climate for rest ’ snd relaxation, as it created the condition that led to the case of mr%n,lm which kept Miss Pm; ‘ rom keeping mai ng- | \foee £ 4l %g On Second our in 1931 ks JLDEBRANDO PIZZET1T, the Italian of the Grand i Clacinnai i, during, she e adjourned leglalation suthorising the &- «mu‘mmm h b 1 selections, will be in dally issues of The Star. THE U. 8. NAVY BAND. The United States Navy Band, Lieut. Charles Benter leader, :fil play at the Onpflol tomorrow night. A special fea- ture of this concert w'll be a tenor solo, “Celeste Alda” (Verdi), sung by Lloyd Prominent numbers on_ the program to be played at Thirty-seventh and U streets Tuesday night are the overtu: o “Merry Wives of Windsor” (Nloohl). “Flight of the Bumble Bee" (Rimsky- Korsakow) and the intermesso "hn- An‘n::x‘ .na" (Victor Herbert). at the Navy Yard, offering & program which includes grand scenes from the onowl Pagliacl” (Leoncavalio), Lisst's d Hungarian R:.aj ly” and se- lcs\m fmn the musical comedy “The o'.her cunum scheduled for the Navy Band this week re Tuesday and '.rhun- day, 3 p.m,, at the Navy \'u-u and Pri. day, 8:30 ‘pm., at Tuberculoss Hos- tal, Fourteenth and Upshur streets. Musician Birley Gardner, cometist, will b6 heard in solos at each of these concerts. THE U. 8. Ai- IY BAND. Activities of the Army Band for the ourrent week will include: Monday—Concert at m and Sheri- %—Mm-l& Walter Reed | Hi llguul at 6:30 p.m. gagements last yelr.nfvneluaml nl appearance ower. M:{fl u: Tmost unusual thing that | Doouar this singer has done. "y THE SUNDAY STAB WASHINGTON, New York Schools Install First Reproducing Organs : Cmm McKINLEY i spending the Summer abroad. The art of the dance, in its ultra-modern form, as ex- dance artist o( the c-’m.u City to Ger- mn{h' and for the Summer ‘There, in & group of American dancers selected from all parts of this country, she is making an intensive study of the new dance technique offered by leading artists of the modern German school. Ever since late May, when Miss Mc- Kinley sailed from New York to attend the Dance Congress in Munich, she has traveled and studied continuously throughout the German Empire, in Aus- tria and in Hungary, making her head- quarters in_Munich, in Dresden, in Vienna, in Budapest, in in Balzburg, and e stue g al t with Ma Wigman, moat widely celebrated of lrl’l' German dancers, and with Frau Trum- pey, who a school in Berlin, but who formerly was closely associated with Mary Wigman in the very earliest days of the famous Wigman Schule in Dres- uenmmuunldo!nmnm 4 Mary Wigman makes a deep impres- sion on all who come in contact with her—-a8 l‘danur [ acher and as a “personality. pmauenan of this season, mal,” mvod & sensation, and Wigman hene in it was & marvelous revelation. 3 u!nn\: fih.v‘v;:h ';l‘n'gnm‘l" is being ven an is not appearing in concert recitals at all. However, ‘Q)Ae midst of the tremendous job that she set for herself in “Totenmal” she still | managed to find time to hold daily pri- vate classes for a few privileged pupils, of whom Miss McKinley is one. In ad- dition, the group of American dancers had from four to five hours each day in he Wigman Schule, '-huroughly “thrilled” with the Wigman “work” the fleld of modern dance. Wigman Difficult to Describe. Like the rest of the world, Miss Mc- | desri o(uher as being “marvelous, a ‘perfect | ar withal the wisdom, the humility and the breadth of vision so rarely seen even llnu’ll artists of today.” t the Dance Congress in June Miss McKI.nley met dancers from all over the world who had foregathered for its ses- sions. There the great and the near great rubbed elbows throughout the week’s festivities, recitals, conferences and study. Following its conclusion, Juhe 25, Miss McKinley went to Dresden for 10 dlyl intensive work with Edgar Frank, first dancer of the Berlin Opera and chief exponent of the Von Laban School. Von Laban is recognized as the “father of the German dance.” In Dresden she also studied with the celebrated Palucca, who with Skovonel, another German, was most widely ac- claimed among all dancers at the “hese’ ¢ Dresden days were filled to overflowing with hours spent in prob- lems of the dance with one or the other of these famous teachers, and the week flew by. It was closely followed by one of the Summer’s most delightful experi- ences for the group of American danc- ers, which included Sara Mildred Strauss and Hans Wiener, both of New York Olty. Their next objective was the Helerau School. So they journeyed to Vienna, and after two days of delightful sightseeing they left for a tiny village kn ywn_as Laxanburg, where the Helle- School lies, surrounded by beautiful n'aunda. ‘There the students and danc- ers all lived in castles, the groups from the various countries occupying differ ent suites of huge rooms and having their classes privately in other apart- ments, with their meals in the private dining rooms of their own suites. In the evening the groups entertained one another in their own beautful quarters. Plays Tschaikowsky Symphony JOSEPH LITTAU. Tnl"mamphmy" of Tschaikow- sry will be broadoast by the Roxy nlm ‘This i °the first broadcast- ing ‘of * this work, mnmnmtuln childhood, Joseph !.m-u‘ wndwwt of the Roxy y lead that .ruupphm playing mu hony He new/ to the first conducwr-hlp here, yet has been with Mr. Rothafel in mo- uon picture theater work since 1913, Born in Elizabeth, N. J., Mr. Littau is purely an American product, Save for a year spent in Berlin, where he stu under the tutelage of the famous Ma: quadt, he secured his éxtensive musica) education under American teachers and in_American schools. Young Littau was brought up in a family vhou music was & practiced art, Early in his life, when most children n( his lle hAve just mastered their rithmet he works of famous com- , I-l Well as their lives, known to him. Imbued with the love for music, the evenlnn and the spare hours of the man were devoted to his pianc. were later enrolled under Alfred D. Fohs for organ and theory. Siill later he worked wl(.h Mortimer Wilson, American com- At “this period Littau orussed that of 8. L. Rothafel, who was blazing & new trail in theatri- cal entertainment at the Regent Thea- ter in New York. One of the features Roxy was introducing to New York was an orchestra to furnish the thematic music for the fil. and to perform as part of the entertainment the best in musie, Littau became the planist of this orchestra, and moved with it M:y when the latter opened !md, Broadway's first de luxe pie- house. Al this time Littau wrote the original score for the FamoussLasky Players in "'me Eternal Oity,” which enjoyed lueceuml englemem in New York, M falo. He eomple m ductor an chn ‘master. Oreh . h' .‘;‘ Mmo' ‘:nnh. was uu largest _orchesf re world when , u%‘u‘r‘m njo!n that Lhnuf ‘.&ifl;fi"‘“‘ !mphuuy omu-un. prevall t-!mmmauv. the u’rmnl orchestras in the York. At the same Klnchflndn it impédssible to properly | Mary Wigman, but she xmaks} nd yet utterly simple, radiating | ess and warmth, and having | | cluding beauty, histrionic abl Ho studled with Joseph Hor.des. He| the eareer of Joseph On other evenings the groups would often meet in the little village for coffee and much “dance talk” after the hard work of lessons was past for the day. Salzburg Thrills Dancer. One of the high points in the season’ the American dancers spent three thrill- weeks of music, drama and. the tival opened with Relnhardt’s magnifi- cent production of Hugo von Hoffmanns- thal's “Everyman,” the city was filled L‘l:n‘ the world’s best known artists of e stage. “Salzburg is thrilling,” writes Miss “Everybody is We see the world's best singers and! From Usher to Prima Donna Spanned by Young Contralto snmmvu the barrier from usher at the . Metropolitan. Overa. House to. prima. donns is an accomplishment rarely negotiated. Deterpination of this sort accounts for the wide interest in the meteoric r:c of Mae Mackie, contraltdo of the mx-ulpm- clvlc Opera. co., vho will make her debut the role Delliah in Saint- anm' “Samson lnd Delllah” with the Steel Pler Grand Opera 7o. this evening at Atlantic City. Apparen! born with musical sense—for at 9 was & proficlent organist—all things musical seemed easy. At 12 she pllyed difficult plano works of Liszt in public. ‘The rare beauty of her voice was acci- dcntly discovered as she to allay of an accident victim in one public squares of Philadel, v‘ho, under the spell of her voice, little realized the gravity of his condition. Scarcely out of the flapper age, Miss Mackie determined upon an operatic career, and applied for a position as usher at the Metropolitan Opera House 80 a8 to study the important operatic 1oles at first hand. Wllh the lowerin of the lights for each act she 'lmlls retreat to a secluded corner with the score of the opera in one hand and a pencil in the other to note the breath- ing, nuances and interpretations of the world’s great song birds. These un- usual lessons, coupled with constant study and a fine musical sense, have brought Miss Mackie to the very front of our appreciated American singers. Her debut. &s Delilah in the Steel Pler Gral Opera _Co.' urmnnce of "B-mmn and Delilah,” to be sung in English, will disclose anew gifts—in- w. per- u;t‘:el charm and an exceptionally fine an uncanny | i, Miss kie TR S Coates Is Writing Music To O'Neill's “Hairy Ape" UGENE O'NEILL, the American playwright, who made thinking out Joud popular in stage productions, seems | to have inspired the genial and gifted| British conductor, Albert Coates, also.| 1t is reported that as Mr. Coates e preparing to land for the pu | conducting_some performances of Lhe‘ New York Philharmonic Symphony Or- | chestra in the Lewissohn Stadium re- cently he told in uiring newspaper men that he is writing an opera in which he setting O'Neill's “Hairy Ape” to music. He indicated that some Ameri- can jazz themes would be prominent in the score. Josephine Lucchue to Sing American Premiere as Leila THE Philadeéiphia Grand Opera Co. announces the re-engagement of the brilllant young American coloratura soprano, Ji ine Lucchese, who, by| W Teason of the marvelous flexibility, clar- ity and wnu beauty of her voice, has gained the sobriquet of “The Amerjcan Nightingale.” In addition to her appearance in sev- eral roles which have made her such a favorite with Philadelphia audiences, Miss Li.hese also wilf be heard for the first time in America as Leila, the young priestess e ine in Bizet's beau- tiful opera, “The Pearl Fishers,” which will be revived and given an elaborate roduction by the Philadelphia Grand 8 ita Co. during the forthcoming sea- son, which \ 1l open at the Academy of Music October 16. Miss Lucchese recently added laurels to her crown of v 1 triumphs by Mer| success as guest artist with the Cin- cinn { Opera Co. and also in concert ;pp':r-.ncn in many cities of the United tal — e e orchestral md voel! musie. en the Roxy opened its doors in 1027 Littau came again Ill'lfll’ Mr. com] has been the Salzburg Festival, where | Th a‘nu, following in rapid succession, day | O and night. From the moment the fes- Amflma »| ber, the music as a whole really Rothafel as the assistant conductor of Symphony Orchestra. d C, actors in some wonderful production, and then just afterward we sit and watch them all over at our—and their—favorite cafes. We see Reinhardt, Ferenc Molnar and Moissi every day, Signid Oriegin 1s here for the. opeta: ere for the opera. = Princess Ileana of n’;umh:ttu:ul :: ve seen es, & she nt jultm"%om of us at the opera: lnuruun' evenu to A WaS tlu opera “ ,” for our own Hflg Gahagan, who ler:d r.r;; stage to for_opera, appear the title role llur only two years of voice study in Paris. Everybody was |stu there, and we sat in a box at 3 shillings lpha Just think of it!”. On leaving. Munich last week Miss McKinley flew to Berlin, on her way eo | e ne of Score for "Lysistrata™ X " ‘Written by Leo Ornstein Tln \uttlrpflwdeflr:m about whose com- ition, Cathedral,” _there wlnp?hou who said unkindly, “It hnd bats in its belfry,” Leo Ornstein, the seore for the current New Ym-t pm- duction of “Lysistrate.” This riotouy version of Ammhnn. comedy, which{- 1 was originally written 2,341 years ago in Athens, as arranged f Broacway _consumption by Gilbert Seldes, seems to be arousing more com~ ment than any other one ~-.luction at this time,, Mr. Orn:hh.u lllllllfi:l nmfl a8 be- ant, which grea Rt i oy e nie Pplays Oui' n performed in permits ment to obtrude, as is frequently case wllh ‘mullc of the sort. There less, t00, of the detached type of num- coming an integral part of the u.x‘t‘- #..d consequently of the action.” ‘This all sounds Dlrtlcululy interest- ing, as “detachment” and ‘restraint” would seem the least likely adjectives to be used in connection with anythm' on the theme of “Lysistrata,” or Ornstein’s musie, either. French Cross of Honor Is Given to Spanish Dancer ]LA ARGENTINA, the vivacious. and original Spanish dancer, Wh hu‘ Paris and later New Ynlrk citles in this count her ‘ pp‘n. feet and eloqllent ouuneh within the’ Iast couple of seasons, !u-t been ven a special honor by the Freneh vernment. She. is the first Spanisk woman ever to be awarded: the cross of @ Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur in| recoghition of Her art and her gener- osity’to French charities. The famous dancer was notified of recelving this honor by Foreign Min- ister Ari Briand. Gig’li Sails Saturday For Fall Opera in U. S. BE’NIAM‘DIO GIGLI, the tenor of the l‘ntrfllrollun @rand Opera Co., who is generally credited as being the suc- cessor to the late Caruso, is booked to sail from Naples on the steamship Roma Saturday for the United Stl'&. arriving in New York September 1. He is then to leave the next day for Call~ fornia to fill engagements with the Ran Franclsco Grand Opera Co, both in San Francisco and In Los Angeles. Among Signor Gig! outstanding triumphs while in his 1ve land this Summer was & concert at Bologna re- cently, in which 30,000 people heard the great tenor in the Stadio Littorio, and later carried him off in the midst of much resounding applause. It was & cohcert given for the'benefit of the Fascistl. Later this season S or Gigli will sppe.r in Washington in one of Mrs. ilson-Greene's covcert urm James Cruze Joins Tiffany. JAMEH CRUZE, one of the big out- standing directors in the motion picture industry, has entered into a| long-terin contract to produce and di rect pictures for Tiffany Productions,| Inc., according to announcement by | that_company. “The vered Wagon,” “Old Iron- sides,” “The Red Mark” and “The Great Chbbo " all Cruze productions, rank among the best pk:turu of all time. The signing es Cruze is sald to indicate t any's product for the ‘¢oming season is to be of ah 'eéx- ‘tremely unusual quality. Already the company has signed James Whale, the man who directed Tiffany’s screen ver- sion of R. C. Sherrift's play, “Journey's End,” for which he was ranked samong the 10 greatest. directors of, 1930 in a N.uon-wme poll of crities and rm-- l‘hhl:"ll His first attempt. at id to have s number for immediate pro- AUGUST 24, 1930--PART FOUR. An impressionistic study by Bill Edwards of The Star Art Staff made of Caroline McKinley, who is studying the ultra- modern in German dancing under Mary Wigman in Dresden. Stockholm, making the trip in four hours, most of the way above the clouds, | Mr. in a plane carrying 10 passengers. They made two stops en route, one at Nurn- berg and one at Lelpsig, where the pas- sengers stopped 1 , and “had a thoroug! good fact that hardly any two of them spoke the same language.” L Miss McKinley will travel extensively | holm, the in Switzerland, Italy and France, and will return to this country in September, to reopen her studio on I street about October 1. She already has many plans fnr the mlng unnn based on her abroad Summer and uj the inspiration 'hlnh she feels she gained - through her close intercourse with the greatest dance artists of the present day. MARIA JERITZA. ALTHO'JOH dispatches. from the Austrian capital indicate that the Vienna Opera House, protessional “home” o6f Msria Jeritza, Metropolitan Opera soprano, will shortly present movie opera with sound that will in< clude the services of every member of the Vlennl‘ Opera's cast, Jeritza herself will not bé & farty to the enterprise, The famous sopranc’s refusal to take part, 1t is said, is due to & clause in her contract with the Metropolitan whic) forbids such activities. e i Jeritza is scheduled to sing in Wash- ington during the coming season as one of the attractions of Mrs. Wilson- Greene’s philharmonic course of after- noon concerts at Constitution Hall, She recently completed a season of op- era in Vienna, and also at Budapest. Bhe will sail for American shores dur- ing the emmn{ week, and on arrival at; New York will immediately depart for the West Coast, where she will begin her second season of opera with the nfelu and San Francisco opers compl ““Salome,” “Cavalleria Rusticana,” “Tannhauser” and “Girl of ‘the Golden West.” Jeritea’s " California performances of lnem-nully, will mark her first American appearances in that Strauss opera which, much to the sur- prise of Vienna during the !n Summer, she presented in the * version. Her California opera ahnl!- ment is scheduled ' to m-mln-te about October 15, and Jeritea will immedi- ately return to the East to prepare for her 1930-31 season at the }}’!tropoll'.lll and in concert. rts from the Met- ropolitan are to the effect that ‘“Die Fledermaus” will be among the new works to be offered in New York this season and that Jeritza will have the ic2ding role she has sung s> many times abroad. Jerit=a's concert appearance in Wash- ington during the coming season certainly be most welocome. mouse diva I»s not been heard here since 1928, at the close of the 1927-28 season, Jeritaa's icoal appearance. will be the concluding attraction of the phitharmonic course, which slso will guem Jose Iturbi, the sensational panish pianist;: Kreutsberg and Geor- gu‘uu retmrnhh German expression- dancers made their debut st uuon. uu Boston nyma'-cnv et che” Soy !tn boy m‘m. ‘who has m here ‘season before * these artists will be n”cnmmuuon Hall, e, in spite of the | ton heard In the -(m-noon Church. beginaing at ITMMMMMMW 1nex’;‘ n;xom,h the first ‘znhmm reprcduc pe organ ever for musical instruction in public schools musics pul velt :xl:: &m of seven n::ll:nuc pe organs now factories in Vermont for Nw York pub- "‘nfb&"'h the automatic fea- ture, using nmmud roll, exactly Teproduces the p‘flormnnce of uu art- | tict ist, since variations of which affect the registration and fnnnl in & piano have no effect upon the perform- ance of an organ. In the case of the organ" the tonal result is the same whether the key is depressed by a tut.her or a hammer. An extensive library of classical se- lections, as well as r pleces played by 'leldlnl artists, will be a e at h_organ for i and enter- mnmml. purposes. 8ix New York schools and New York Training School for Mau will center much al their musjcal activ- ities lrolmd the "ml'ch of all instru- ments,” ly constructed, balanced i vlod S ment educational needs in musical appreciation, orchestration and registration. Six Others Listed. ‘The installation of Theodore Ruose- velt High School will be followed at short intervals by similar installations at New York Training School for Teach- ers, 135th street and Convent avénue, Manhattan; Richmond Hill High, Eighty-ninth avenue and 113th street, Queens; Far Rockaway High, Ocean- cren avenue and Beach ty-fifth treet, Queens; Jamaica High, Gothic drive and 108¢h street, Qugens; De Witt COlinton High, Nosholu parkway and Sedgwick avenue, the Bronx, and James Monroe High, Boynton avenue and 172d street, the Bronx. The combined registration of these high schools last year was approximately 85,000, and the Teachers’ Training hool had a registration of 787 lut The concert organ offers student and audienze all the notes of an orchestrs, | 7 as well as many notes of the human voice, and makes possible studies of & range of tonal quumu and combina- tions not obtained through any other le instrume: Organs in Theaters. Only within the past few the public become conscious of t-he ornn !ur -ny'.mnl except sacred mu the growing public acceptance ol Ihe organ was originally due to the silent fiim theaters, where the public became familiar with the pipe organ as an instrument which could play secular musie, too. ‘With Ilu advent of the talking flims the need is organ & basic vehicle courses. value of the complete formance is enhanced by t the performer can also play the same roll with his own regis- tration and expression. He is able to cut off the control over the stops operated semi-automatic _operation the " while not physically controfling th tempo, r-istration and expression, will fndicate these, allowing the person at the keyboard to make changes and con- tribute additional omunenuum. coun- ter melodies and other notes at will. ‘The seven organs will be identical under the specifications, which call for electric pneumatic action, three man- uals, or keyboards, and 31 stops or sets of . ese are contained in four own as great, swell, choir and pedal organ. The n'nes i1. the four ol"ln divisions total 2,181, of which are in the great organ, 864 in the swell organ, 511 in the choir organ and 88 in tr 1 organ. Twenty-three couplers make possible combinations of tone coloring between the various organ divisions. organ will be com- nt. e perfection of the automatic fea- ture not only offers concert and enter- MUSIG Dvmo the vacation of Louis Potter, organist at Calvary M, E. ohuuh Miss True O. Gossette of Oklahoms. City, Okla.,-is Acw;i in the umuy of mm for f“ the current month. Miss Gossette is the house [\lm of d Mrs. Carl Williams. Wil- mmu-mmmumn«wm Board. Franceska Lawson, Washing- 80prano, en, & brief sojourn during herump dh ?:‘llnl f&r concert ngagement AN visiting Eames- h besutiful residence of lnml Eamés and Emilio de Gogorza, home is as & unique hostel present. It is located about iway between and Bar Harbor, Me. Mrs. Lawson writes that it is & mag- n | nificent place and that she enjoyed in Emma inging music from “Faust” ! drawing M and sif in her lovely garden, pictures used as munuuons in gorza's luwbincnphy. Xander, who is, usual, in New York Clcy, Philharm S bathing at ud] daytime, writes favorably Coates’ newest symphony, "uneem. W v e at o hICaT pérHGrmARe I thia ceived at its try last ht. It is & hly ine o M:'a, Bull, who for 47 (a- veritable major within those portals) at the ouopeuhn Opera House in Now York. A You will £ d‘:’;t neonfl. “You np doul eran - dmrrmn Metropolitan Opera House. Ha wu an - institution and well lnm to all patrons of that theater. I khew him for. over 40 years:” ‘The clip) _?in‘ states that Mr. Bull, who was 78 years old, was stricken with what proved to be fatal iliness while on a trip at cuttyhunk, Mass. He realized that he was ill and returned to New York, where he was sent to St. Vincent's Hospital. His case was disgnosed incurable, and he was unconscious 48 hours prior to his death. Mr. Bull was at the door of the brand-new Metropolitan when it opened for the first performance October 22, xm. It was s performance of “Faust,” ith Qampanini and Ohrhtlna Nflmln tall, sol- 1«. am'ih'nma hn in full eve- % hst became a land- mntmm‘w from then on, all the 47 years he missed only 14 per- il for two the _f Upfl‘dhg) S md. of ‘amous " use and stars. In it he even oonfmnd thnt :t first he was di ted Caruso, and also that he really dld not enjoy munc At the end of & season he used Audibly for the Summer, when mfid go fishing. He was quoted as lf, water flowing ner music than ln,nhlnc I hear in the house.” April 11, lo , Mr. Bull wn honoud at a dinner which more than 1 orn goers, including the dluewnk o Metropolitan, attended. guished doorman was pruenud 'l& . pl-tlnum watch and chain. Esther Linkins sent a card last week from Daytona Beach, Fla., stating that she is ueflwnlnl on a trip to gnum and refwn water. She also is en- joying lneldenul side Mp- by motor bus. Charlotte Klein and Hasel Gibson Wood are mowrlnz with Miss Klein's th Oanada. The “Al “for m; little (llll Il ticularly mmuud in !.he del which is called the Gibraltar Canada and cost the sum of $25,000, and also in_the Abraham where Last season, when Oscar Seagl guest teacher at the King-8: mim lchool hfl‘e Miss Wood coached with the noted baritone. Robert H. Greenwell, who recently re- turned from a tour of Canada, has just completed his latest work for orchestra, entitled “Pa; and.” This is a suite should | 3 The_fa- | 70! Elizabeth m va., 1‘:’.’&‘; il nfi”&f&”n’“’n‘ 8. Jo Eplscopal Church, on Lafs at the Bunday morning Aem"'g? iabetn Paz omming Bergies ab Bh: Jona's Bpiscoma) " Square, * mc re ‘rmnl.my. SAXOPHONE. BANJO, pletely finished, voiced and played in the factory before shipment. RAPHS yolos mlum in Washington for about m years, has & coloratura soprano ice. i v 0 Washington wi rn September 1, after an absence of sev- eral months in Salem, Va. MacMorla 1 has returned to n after a visit of two weeks in the vicinity of Asheville, N. O. Dur- ing her absence she presented a pro- gram of songs at Weaver College. A Teport in the Asheville cmnn says, in part: MacMorland has a mmy trained voice of great sweetness wer, backed by a strong and at- She has the in- lon which can exist only with h order of intelligence, md is b!uad with real operatic talent. Her technique is excellent, enabling her to produce pure, sweet tones under perfect control, tly without effort. She reached th C without the slightest strain, as she has’'a range of two and one-half octaves.” ‘Warren F. Johnson will give an roclmnunchurcnofmn aom) and “Toscatina” (Alcock). Cecil De Mille's La: (ICIL, DE MILLE'S latest produce tion, “Madam Satan,” ready for its Ve re- turned to the “glitter and glory” of such early su u "Olfl ives for " “Don’t Husbands,” 'w Ch Ymnr Wlf " ete. adam tan,” written by Jeanie Macpherson, i described as a marital comedy of high society. His piece de resistance in the new M-G-M produc- tion is & masked ball aboard l.um!e- Paisengers Gropping rrom the.eralt i crt parsehutes. ‘The burden of the :my 18 urflfi 'fi prineipals, Kay Johnson, R!{ ] Roland » Yolm{ and Roth. 'Tt borders closely on nrce A wife and & husband have grown :n ., The wife, of the coldly ef- t type, finds that the eyes of her somewhat. A In | oraft nnr and Elsie Janle wrote There are song numbers erbert. Stothart. and CHItora Grey, Elsie Janis and Jack King. United Artists Outlets. NITED ARTISTS PICTURES of the as the result of contracts re- OM In addition to the Warner Theaters. United Artists Plct\lr‘:l will be exhibited N are, also, the houses of the United Aflkfi “Theater-eirouit. Mr. Al Litchman of United Artists says that itions are now in prog- ress with other theater groups. Musical Studios of Washington desires church position, quartette or_soloist: _severa) <P ekseriants Pesitively Taught Any Person IN 20 LESSONS l.‘.'GUITAl Marie Howe Spurr Ovens Her Studies for Winter Term r 1. 1930