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MU THE SUNDAY SIC BY HELEN FETTER. HIS last column of com- ment which I expect to write in the capacity of Mu- sic Editor of The Evening Star of Washington, D. C, is especially dedicated to all the mu- sicians of Washington. I really feel that the majority, at least,| are my personal friends through the several years of contacts which we have enjoyed, as well as %eing friends of The Star. There are some, perhaps, who do not feel friendly to me. evitable. To them I offer at leals]t the gesture of friendly fare- well. Since 1923 it has been my as- signment to try and help the mu- sical folk of Washington by giv- ing them as much space and en- | couragement in worthy endeavors along musical lines in The Star Music Page on Sundays ‘as pos- sible. I have not begun to achieve half that I would like to have done with this work. The most I can say for my efforts is that they have consistently been sincere and have involved a lot of earnest, hard work. It has been a pleasure to see the solidly | founded musical endeavors change, develop and progress. There have been some others, originated with worthy ideals, which have fallen into the dust of history. | * ok ok x AT the moment of leaving this work, I feel, personally, that there is no musical effort on foot that is so worthy of the strong, concerted support of the citizens of Washington, or will mean more to the musical development of the National Capital, than a well founded organization for a Na- tional Symphony Orchestra. There are other fine musical activities already established, both professionally and in amateur cir- cles, in this city. Now, however, is the logical and opportune time to really found a symphonic group for the Capital of the one Nation among the so-called civi- | lized countries of the world which does not have such an organiza- tion. New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Detroit, Cincinnati, Minneapolis, St. Louis, San Fran- cisco, Los Angeles, Seattle and other cities in our prosperous country all have such groups. They show that these organiza- tions are civic assets. * X x % T the present time the musi- cians of Washington are in a pecullarly fortunate posi- tion to plan for the building of a | symphony orchestra. They al-| ready proved last Winter in three | programs that they were willing to sacrifice to develop such an| organization. Also, they proved | that they had the ability—the musicianly capacity—to achieve such an orchestra. In addition, | when they got Hans Kindler to lead them, the local musicians demonstrated that they had a man who was capable of building in time to the very highest ideals for such a group, a man with mu- sicianship, leadership, gracious personality and every qualification | for making a success. Not the least of these is his desire to make his home in Washington and to make a name for himself as a leader of such an orchestra rather than being merely content with being one of the world’s most famous virtuoso artists. There are those of the old school of musicians and residents, too, who point gloomily to the failure of both Heinrich Hammer | and Reginald de Koven with or- chestras that seemed of fine cali- ber. Such people, perhaps, do not take into consideration the fact that in those days many of | the above-mentioned cities that | now have flourishing and valu-| able assets in their symphony or- | chestras had not even considered the possibility of having such or- ganizations. There is no more po- tent argument in favor of a sym- phony orchestra than the remind- er that the Boston Symphony | Orchestra, which, although found- ed and supported for a time by one great individual, is now an integral part of the cultural life of Boston and many other places that hear it on tour. This or- chestra is celebrating this year half a century of existence. Also, both radio and sound films are enhancing the apprecia-‘ tion on the part of the public of | ensemble music. There is not one | feature, even the most insignifi- | cant, that is broadcast, which | does not have its favorite tune| played—not by a soloist, but by | an orchestra—to announce that feature to its audience of mil- lions. The very fact that the sound films are working out their elaborate orchestral scores along | with the development of the pic- | ture itself is an argument in fa- Such is in- | |in the world. I am sure the musi- {cians will receive him as hos- | pitably as they have the retiring editor and show him as splendid co-operation to make The Star music page always a bigger and | better endeavor. R T has been very interesting to sit in the office chair, or the orchestra seas of a theater, and watch the artists and near-artists come and go; to hear new works performed for first times, old ones revived from dim pasts, and rec- ognized standard classics given varied and sometimes original in- terpretations. This business of sitting on the sidelines of the musical game gives one many angles on each performance that merit thought. Also one learns many things that cannot safely be put into print, yet which are important clues in the unraveling of the intriguing mystery of who murdered the latest classical ethics or some similar crimes committed in the name of music. Equally, one is enabled, in this position, to as- certain the sources from which spring later sometimes the hap- plest inspirations in musical en- tertainment. It is a great life if you learn how to wield the blue pencil, and when. W e S one reviews the general sit- uation of musical affairs in the National Capital at this time, it is again forced to one’s atten- |tion how persistently, through | sometimes as long a period as a half a century, a few individuals | | have carried the backbone of in- | terest in developing musical pro- |grams. There are each season. of course, a few newcomers who | make their home here who are | seasoned musicians and bring | their background of experience | and the freshness of individuali- | ties from other places as assets | to local endeavors. On the other | hand, Washington owes a consid- | erable proportion of what it now possesses in musical events and S TAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., AUGUST 31 1 GIFTED VIRTUOSO AND CONDUCTOR COMES HERE THIS WINTER 6.0 —PART FOUR. Musigraphs ! i | ‘EDGAR PRIEST, organist and choir- ! master of Washington Cathedral, | announced yesterday that the last test of voices for boys who wish to enter| | Washington Cathedral choir will be/| held Wednesday at 10 am, in the choir | room at the Cathedral. Boys between | the ages of 10 and 12 years who are not singing in any other choir in the ecity |are eligible for these scholarships. | | Ethel Holtzelaw Gawler, soloist of the Third Church of Christ Scientist, has returned from a vacation, spent in| {Maine. Mrs. Gawler will resume her| {work at the church next Sunday. Dur- ing her vacation her place is being filled by Esther Witters in July and Frances | Cole in August. {‘ Richard T. Gore of New York spent several days in the city last week, the guest of Beatrice Seymour Goodwin. Mr. Gore was organist at St. Albans at the time he moved to New York, and | while here enjoyed playing the new | instrument that has Tecently been | placed in the church. Mr. Gore played an informal recital at Trinity Church, Takoma Park, while here, which was greatly enjoyed. Edith B. Athey sends a_ card from Brockville, Canada, where she says she is enjoying & motor trip vacation in| “great country.” Boat trips also are| part of her itinerary. The Washington | organist will return to reopen her stu- | @'o next month. Mary Helen Howe, soprano, and Wil- | lard Howe, writer for the Chicago Leader, are vacationing in the South- |land, enjoying both land and sea trips in and around Florida. Elena de Sayn has reopened her vio- lin studio at 1705 K street. She will re- sume teaching tor--rrow. Two-part scholarships are offered to school chil- | dren under 16 years of age. Applica-| tions should be made in writing. Miss de Sayn recently returned from New | | York State, where she s t the greater part of her vacation in t#e country. Warren F. Johnson will give an organ recital at the Church of the Pilgrims at 7:30 o'clock this evening. He will play “Sortie Solennelle” (Becker), “Ele~ gle” (Fahrmann), “Caprice” (Barnes), and “Pughetto” (Gulbins.) ‘The National Capital Choir resumed its rehearsals last Friday in the studios of Albert W. Harned, 1317 New York avenue. The season's program includes several concerts in other cities, as well as the regular musical setting of the services at_the Universalist Natioi 1l | Mer. ."*]1 Church. There are openings for two second basses in the choir. Ap- | plications may be sent to Dr. Harned. | “Chant of !Expressionistic Dancers Plan 2351 American Tour ARALD KREUTZBERG and Yvonne Georgl. German expressionistic dancers who interested American au- diences for the first time last season with their powerful interpretations of the modern Teutonic schools, already are planning_ their second artistic invasion of the United States. It will open at Rochester, N. Y., late In October. Mrs. | Wilson-Greene announces that she will piesent Kreutzberg and Georgi as one of the attractions of her philharmonic series of afternoon concerts at Constitu- tion Hall. Mrs. Wilson-Greene reached Wash- ington Thursday, after a Summer’s so- journ in Europe. She stated that Kreutzberg and Georgl have recently completed a series of dance triumphs at the State Opera at Hanover, Ger- many, and their sécond American tour promises to be even more successful than their first. The coming appearance in Washing- ton of Kreutzberg and Georgi will be marked by the preSentation of & new repertolre of dances conceived since their last appearance here. Ia addition, bren accepted for publication during the Summer. Tow.” and “Spirit Wind;" are being is- sued by a New York house and “Cy- press Groves of Lebanon” is being brought out by a Boston publisher. A new chamber music number has just been completed and will be heard in Washington during the coming season. It is written for an ensemble of two flutes, string quartet and piano. This septet he calls “Potomac Pas- tels” with three movements bearing the sub-titles: “Wind in the Water Reeds,” the Mirrored Stars,” and “Mist Above the Whirlpool.” It is an impressionistic study of the famous river between Great Palls and Hains oint. American and Beethoven On Roxy Program Today YOUNG American composer and conductor, Lamar Stringfleld, will be especially honored by the Roxy Or- chestra today when they play selec- tions from his ‘“Southern Mountain Suite” on & program which also Will in- clude Ludwig van Beethoven's “Eighth Symphony.” This program will be broadcast at 2 p.m. today through sta- tions associated with Station WJZ of the National Broadcasting Company. Lamar Stringfield is well known in Washington as a most likable young “Kidron, Brook of Sor- | progress to a group that includes: Carl and Edward Droop, Josef and | Anton Kaspar. Mary A. Cryder, |Lucy Brickenstein, T. Arthur | Leavitt, Henry Xander, Annie L. Goodhue, Mrs. Lawrence Town- send, Harry Wheaton Howard, |Mrs. Eugene Byrnes, Howard, Albert W. Harned, Ruby Smith _ Stahl, John Marville, Esther Linkins, Mrs. Joseph Stod- dard, Lewis Atwater and others, who either have bullt organiza- tions or have vitally assisted in | founding ideas which have blos- somed. In addition, there are many others wno, as soloists nnd( teachers, have done and are con- | tinuing to do their part in provid- ing talent for local endeavors and training some of the most gifted | of the younger group so that they are now succeeding in New York and elsewhere. It is with the most sanguine hopes for the further development and future progress from current endeavors and ambitions that this sitter on the bylines for the past | seven years types the last word of ‘ appreclation of the co-operation | Smith, Katie Wilson-Greene, Amy | Florence | HANS KINDLER, The famous Dutch violincellist, who was so successful as guest conductor for the newly organized National Symphony Orchestra in Washin; the coming season. Chicago Open Tenor Wins Buenos Aires URING the intensely hot weather and drought in this country, Tito | Schipa has been in the midst of Winter | time scuth of the Equator at Buenos Aires, where he has completed 20 ap- pearances in opera at the great Colon | Theater. In many of these perform- ances his triumphs were of such mag- on the part of the musicians in | pitude as to demand special articles and Washington while she occupied | dispatches to the American press. | this desk and wishes f(;r their | Of unusual interest in connection tinued and increasin| ros- | with Schipa’s stay in Buenos Aires was ;z!;ous success. BLY PTOS” | [l first concert there, which took place | America shortly before Christmas, she Coloratura on Vacation. MELITA GALLI-CURCI is spending | the entire Summer s vacation in view of the tours she will be called on to fulfill during the coming season. Mme. Galli-Curci leaves in late Sep- tember for her seccnd extensive tour of | the British Isles cluring October, No.! vember and December. Returning 1o | will start in January on concert tours | throughout the United States, which | will engage her for the balance of the | Winter and into the late Spring. Jack Salter, who has just returned from a visit to Mme. Galli-Curci and | her composer-pianist husband, Homer Samuels, at their country home Sul | Monte in the Catskills, says the singer has new programs completed for her | coming season. He also states that he | has never heard her in better voice. “She has gained 18 pounds in weight, even though engaging every day in hiking, golfing and swimming in a big pool she has recently had built at Sul Monte: very good as reserve power for prima donna with the tours she is to fulfill during the season.” Mme. Galli-Curci is extremely inter- ested in sports. She also loves dancing, | which finds exprestion in the Chinese dance hall she has had erected near the main residence on her estate. It is| strongly contrasted with the cathedral- like grandeur of her music room. i | | has been singing in the July 13 at the Colon Theater, being the | first recital ever given in its history. It created a sensation. Demand for a sec- | ond concert resulted. This took place July 27. Schipa is just now singing a success- | ful opera engagement at the Teatro Municipale, Santiago, Chile, which will require five weeks ending September 30. The celebrated tenor’s American en- | gagements in concert and opera the coming season will extend into May, | 1931, Roselle to Sing With | Philadelphia Company VWHEN the Philadelphia Grand Opera Co. opens the forthcoming season | at the Academy of Music October 16, | with Verdi's opera “Aida,” Anne Ro- | selle, European soprano, will be heard | in the title role. Mme. Roselle created the leading soprano role in Puccint’s “Turandot,” when that work had its premiere in Dresden. Mme. Roselle ing_opera ed success " at the Anne houses in Europe. She sh with Lauri-Volpi in “Aida’ opera in Paris in July. The opera season in Philadelphia will be inaugurated with two artists who have been outstanding successes in the National Opera in Paris this Summer, Mme. Roselle and Aroldo Lindi, the distinguished tenor from La Scala, Milan, who will appear as Rhadames. ‘Scottish Music Festival Is in Session vor of the importance of sym- phonic organizations. Condi- | tions are far from parallel at this time with conditions at the time either Mr. Hammer or Mr. de| Koven tried to succeed with an orchestra here. * % % | ALREADY both amateur and professional groups and in-| dividuals are announcing inter-| esting plans for what should vrove} a brilliant season in the National Capital, musically. It seems fit- ting for me to leave more de- tailed announcement of specific events to the able pen of my suc- cessor in the music editorship of The Star. This young man is Edward de| Selding Melcher, a graduate of Harvard University, a native of Maine, and, musically, a trained | disciple in the art of fiddling. Mr. | Melcher studied the violin from the time he was 8 years old. His| teacher was Edith Jewell of Bos- ton, an exponent of the methods of Leopold Auer. | This young American comes to Washington from New York City, where his family reside. He came to The Star several months ago and already has acquitted himself nobly as a reviewer of motion picture and stage productions. In addition, during the Spring, he proved a satisfactory and able as- sistant in the music department. Now he takes up both the black and blue pencils to try and bring the musical affairs of local folk harmoniously into print for The Star. ’ Here's wishing he all the luck | tartans, look for quiet spots in which to |p \VORD dispatched from Banff, Can- ada, ind'cates that the annual Scottish Music Festival, which wassched- uled to begin Pridey and will be con- cluded tomorrow, as the brilliant finale of the season at that famous resort, should be extremely interesting. Many of the most skilled pipers and special-| ists in Scotland’s renowned sword | dance have been secured for entertain- | ment in the festival. It is announced | that “ev.n the forest surrounding the! gray baronial castle has been vibra g/ to the skirl of the pipes and splashes of brilliant color are seen through the spruce and pines as the Scots, in gay ractice for the begpipe competitions. The hotel grounds and the entire village have an atmosphere of festivity as the | Highla: come from all parts of the Dominfon to take part in the gather- ing.” | Mabel Wood Hill of New York, noted composer, arrived in Banfl Thursday |to attend the festival. Burns' cantata, | “The Jolly Beggar,” which she has re- cently newly revised, with the original melodies and scored for solo voices, | chorus and orchestra, was scheduled to | be given yesterday. This work of Mrs. Hill was given a. the Highland gathe |ing three years ago, but many changes {have since been made. It will be pro-| duced in New York this coming s. son. | ‘Two light operas were given recently | i 8t the Banfl Srflnl! Hotel by the Alfred Heather Light Opera Co. They | were “The Plumber's Opera” and “The | Order of Good Cheer.” These were given in the large ball room, and were largely attended, many coming from | the village to hear theia. ‘The accompanving picture shows a| typical Scotchman 1e famous Black | w-u:htl:a‘lu mt who is a noted dancer of the itional sword dance. He was participating in just such a festival at Banff A HIGHLAND SWORD DANCER. w::nh h posed for Ghu“nhmzlrary i which was taken. | Miss Mary A. Ad der of this city -fl,'ft , Bootiand. | sol, | Montigny. ‘Quefibiec Plans in October gton last Winter, it is announced, will come here in a concert appearance as a recital artist during French-Cz}nadian Festival FRENCH-CANADIAN folksongs fea- | ture the annual event, the Quebec Festival, at which artists born and bred | on the soil of Quebec Province and | celebrated artists from afar rival to re- cover the spirit of both old and “New" France and the age-old culture of the Gallic race. The festival will be held this year October 16, 17 and 18, ac- cording to an announcement made by the Canadion Pacific Railway. The center of activity during the three days' festival will be the Chateau Frontenac, where, as at the two pre- ceding festivals, hundreds of visitors from all parts of Canada, France, Great Britain and the United States will gather to a feast of ballad operas, folksongs and dances, French and French-Canadian music, songs of the of village, farm and river, and the stirring, haunting “chansons” of “voyageurs” and ‘“coureurs du bols" the pioneer woodsmen of this continent. In addition there will be representa- tions of every handicraft practiced in old rural France and in the Province of Quebec, Two Ballad Operas. The two ballad operas selected for presentation at the Quebec Festival represent in the one case & joyous scene of French-Canadian life, and the other a page from the history of early French settlement in Acadia. The first, "A French-Canadian Wed- ding,” was written by Alberic Bourgeols, | and vividly depicts the jollity of song and dance accompanying a country ceremony of this nature a hundred years ago. “L'Ordre de Bon Temps," the second | opera, was written by Louvigny de It achleved such remark- able success on its first production that it was translated into English and pro- duced at the Sea Music and Yuletide Festivals at Vancouver and Victoria | last winter. “The Order of Cheer” is derived from the diary of Marc Lescarbot and paints a brilliant picture of life in the settlement of Port Royal under Champlain 300 years ago. A revised French verison, by the French-Canadian poet, Robert Cho- quette, will be presented at the coming fastival by a cast selected from “La | Societe d'Operette” of Montreal, under | the direction of M. H. Valllancourt. | The music has been arranged by Dr.| Healey Willlam of the Toronto Con- servatory of Music. Traditional Folk Dances. Traditional country dances from five provinces of FPrance—-those of Nor- mandy, Brittany, Auvergne, Limousin and Poitou—will be presented by three groups of Quebec children trained by Mme. Arthur Duquest and a group of folk-dance enthusiasts from St. Henri, Montreal, under the direction of Charles Goulet. The Bytown Troubadours, a quartet of French-Canadian “chansonniers,” without whom no such festival would be complete, will entertain with num- erous songs selected from some 6,000 chansons recorded for the Natlonal Museum by Dr. Marius Barbeau, E. Z. Massicotte, Adelard Lambert and others. The death this year of Charles Marchand, leader of the quartet and one of the organizers of the Quebec Festival, was an incalculable loss to French-Canadian culture, -but the Trou- badours have found a new comrade in Lionel Daunais, a brilliant young bari- tone who has devoted much of his time to the study and interpretation of folksongs. These troubadours in their checkered shirts and ‘“ceintures flecheos” will once more bring to the Festival the gayety and romance of the backwoods of Quebec, Habitant women are never at a loss for work, and as they work they sing old songs of kings and knights and ladies fair, lovely melodies that have been preserved through the centuries. The Fostival will provide an oppor- tunity for visitors to see spinners and weavers at work, with specimens of the exquisite fabrics they make, for the spinning wheels and .Jooms have not | | yet become tant homes of Quebec, and the Quebec- woven carpets and tapestries are fa- mous all over the world. New to Music Circles EDITH VIRDEN-SMITH. WOMAN with a charming person- ality and the background of much musical study and experience recently has come to Washington to make her home here. This is ECith Virden- Smith (wife of Lieut-Gomdr. William Henry Smith), who has taken up her residence at Alban Towers. Mrs. Smith will announce the location of her studio later. This newest addition to local music | circles is a pupil of the great Mme. Mathilde Marchesi, teacher of Melda, Eames, Calve and others. also has studied with Oscar Saenger and Mme. Phillips Jenkins of Phila- delphia, the latter being another Mar- chesl pupil. For 20 years Mrs. Smith, then Edith Virden Silance, taught in Norfolk. She also has had considera- ble concert, church and operatic ex- perience. There she organized her first choral club, a group which has become famous all over this country. It was the Melody Club of 70 women. In con- nection with their public programs, Mre. Smith brought as guest artists such famous individuals as John Me- Cormack, Tetrazini, De Gogorza, Tita Ruffo, Mme. Galll-Curcl and Geraldine Farrar. Then, when the Navy life took her husband from Norfolk to the Panama Canal Zone, Mrs. Smith organized, four years ago, in Panama, the Choral Club of the Isthmus of Panama. It was an organization that combined two smaller clubs, one on either side of the Isthmus. Mrs. Smith traveled back and fourth, once a week, holding rehearsals with the two groups. The government of Panama donated the use of the Na- tional Theater for the club's concerts and Josef Lhevinne was the guest solo- ist on two occasions. There were 100 women in the club. From there Mrs. Smith followed her husband to San Diego, Calif., where she established both another choral club and held large While there, three of Mrs. Smith’s dents won Atwater Kent auditions. ‘They were Vh"slnll Ewing (who won both State and District champlonships) ; Eieen Chiles, dramatic soprano, and Stanley Kurtz, baritone. Another young San Diego student has followed Mrs. Smith East to continue study with her. This is Helen Donofrio, coloratura so- rano, whose father is an Italian. Miss nofrio is to arrive in Washington to- morrow. It is always interesting to have local music circles augmented by people Who have already proved that they have the material and experience to bring something tg the city that be help- 'l mnf) progress Dere, man. He was brought here to con- duct an American program of ballet Felicla Rybler, planist, will return 0| anq’ orchestral music presented under Washington after Labor day. She has & number of their most successful dancas of last year will be retained | Frederich Wilkens, European composer | and pianist, who appears as assisting |artist’ on Kreutzberg-Georgi programs {and who is responsible for much of | their dance music, agamn will accom- pany them. Kreutzberg and. Georgi will be the second attraction cf the course of after- | noon concerts, which opens with the [ concert of Jose Iturbe, sensational | Spanish pianist. November 21. Other at- tractions in the same series are the Boston Symphony Orchestra, under Dr. | Koussevitzky; Yehudi Menuhin, boy | violinist, and Mme. Jeritza, ing so- prano of the Metropolitan and Vienna Opera Cos. | Service Band Dates. | U. 5. NAVY BAND. THE United States Navy Band, Lieut. Che-" ; Benter leader, v play at | South Dakota avenue and Twenty-fifth | street northeast Tuesday night. The ‘prwrlm includes the overture “Eg- | mont” (Beethoven), grand scenes from Bollo's opera, “Mefistofele,” and selec- | tions from Kalman's “Sari.” | Notable numbers on the program to | be presented at th. Navy Yard Wednes- | day evening are the tone poem, “Carni- | val in Paris” (Svendsen), the preluce to “Lohengrin” (Wagner) and the over- | ture “Preciosa” (Von Weber). | “Other concerts by the Navy Band this week are: Tuesday and Thursday afternoons at 3 o'clock at the Navy Yard, and Friday evening, 6:30 o'clock at Mount Alto Veterans’ Hospital. THE SOLDIERS' HOME BAND. The band of the United States Sol- | diers’ Home, John S. M. Zimmerman leader and Anton Pointner assistant, | will give three concerts, as usual, Tues- | day, Thursday and Saturday afternoons | at 5:30 o'clock in the bandstand. | "'The full programs, which combine | light and classical selections. will be published in daily issues of The Star. THE U. S. MARINE BAND. The concert schedule of the Marine Band for the coming week will be: Monday, Labor day—Participation of | the Marine Band in the emen's Parade. Tuesday at 3 p.n.—United States | Naval Hospital. Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.— United States Capitol. Thursday at 7:30 p.m.—Sylvan The- | ater. Saturday at 2 pm.—The band will | | -beens” in the habi- been traveling in Massachusetts and Maine. On her way down to Wash- ington she will visit Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Stieff in Atlantic City. During Miss Rybier's absence from the city Eleanor Blum and FKleanor Hulburt substituted for her in radlo programs. Saturday Miss Rybier will give her first broadcast program | since going on this trip via station | WBAL in Baltimore. ‘The Mount Vernon Chorus will hold its first rehearsal Friday night at 7. when | work will be begun on the oratorio “St. Paul,” by Mendelssohn. New members will kindly enter on the Massachusetts avenue side of the | ;hurchA Additional auditions at that| our. ‘The choir is planning to give a Christmas concert of “Carols of The Centuries,” Dean Shure, the conductor, | has done some extensive research this/ Summer and has selected a carol from each century beginning with the 12th. These will be given in order closing 'lll.hll modern 20th century Christmas carol. Marie Howe Spurr, after a quiet, rest- | ful Summer, will open her studio for the | Winter at 1417 New York avenue north- west. The Sputron Club, of which Mrs.| Spurr is director, will have its first metting of the season September 6 at 8 | o'clock, at which time will take place the the auspices of the Washington Opera play at the Griffith Stadium for the Company a couple of years ago. He has been leader of the Ashville, N. C., symphony orchestra and done much in annual base ball game between the Police and Fire Departments. The concert programs will include that part of the country. which is his ' cornet, trombone and xylophone solos. native locality, to deserve special com- mendation. His “Southern Mountain tions to be given are “Cripple Creek" and “The Mountain Song.” Both have been played here. Mr. Stringfield won the Pulitzer Prize for the best work b an American in the field of music, witl this suite, in 1928 and has since spen' considerable time abroad continuing hi study and composition, principally in Paris. In introducing Mr. Stringfield's work on today's program, Mr. Rothafel is following an announced plan to present outstanding American compositions to radio audiences. "Tiefla:d-" to .Be S\;;g By German Opera Co. EU 'GENA D'ALBERT'S opera, “Tief- land,” will be included in the | repertoire of the German Grand Opera Co. in its third American tour, starting in January, according to announcement by J. J. Vincent, managing director. M. d'Albert will be remembered by American audiences as a pianist who toured this country several seasons ago. “Tiefland” has been produced at the election of officers for the coming year. | Metropolitan Opera House. The Ger- | The object of this club is to give the man Grand Opera Co. has engaged pupils poise and confidence in playing, | especially for the role of Sebastiano to broaden their knowledge of music one of the greatest exponents ‘of this and musicians, as well as to promote role in Europe, Max Roth, foremost at atmosphere of sociability among | baritone of the famous Berlin Staats- | Suite” is based upon mountain folk ANSWER TO YESTERDAY'S PUZZLE. | tunes of the Carolinas. The two selec- ) BIO|VI[E] [ I SIAIVIEIS] (CIO[NIT/! INIEIN|T] IMO| [RIV[E] Musical S;udios of Washington SOPRANO | ce. desires church 5, duartet PIANO | With experiens w5 soiois: Address_Box 38 0 PLAYIN position— Mrs. Smith | the members, Last season the mem- | bers of the Spurron Club played a| number of times over the air, while| | Mrs. Spurr herself was presented 18 | | times over WRC. Three new organ numbers by Deane oper. The role of Nuri will be sun by Mme. Karie van Kullberg, wife of the Swedish consul at Stettin, Ger- many, who has also attained a repu- tation in Europe for this part. It is expected that Dr. Max von Schillings, former director of the Staatsoper in Shure, Washington composer, have Berlin, will conduct the d'Albert opera. | Young Violon 'HE Washington College of Music, | ing the past Summer, under the able administrative ability of Dr. Hugh R. | Roberts, president of the college. There | are notable additions to the faculty, | numbering many outstanding musicians well known here. | Washington musicians who have | made their mark in the music world have from time to time been added to the teaching staff of the college, which now takes pleasure in announcing that John Alden Finckel, cellist, and Samuel Feldman, viola soloist, will this season join the faculty of the college. Alden Finckel began a brilliant musi- cal career while still a student. He first studied violoncello at Peabody Conservatory under Bart Wirts, then with Alvin Schroeder in Boston and with Willlam Willeke in New York. Taking the post-graduate artist's course, at the Institute of Musical Art in New York City, .he was graduated there with highest honors in 1926. He was awarded the much-coveted Morris Loeb prize of $1,000 and the Institute Medal for the best example of artistry and the highest average in all subjects throughout the course. Mr. Finckel's position on the Wash- ington College of Music faculty will in- clude that of instructor of violoncello and teacher of eral theoretical courses, including cla: in harmony, counterpoint and composition. Texts used in this department of the college are those written by Percy Goetschius of the Institute of Musical Art in New York, and Mr, Finckel’s close associa- tion with Mr. Goetschius for five years glves him an authoritative teaching viewpoint on these essential subjects in_music. While at the institute Mr. Finckel | studied ensemble playing_ with _such distinguished teachers as Franz Knei-| sel, Louis Svecenski, Dr. Frank Dam: rosch, and Chalmers Clifton. He also studied with such eminent authorities as Henry Krehblel, W. J. Henderson, | and George Gartlan. ‘This season Alden Finckel will be- come a member of the National String Quartet, in association with Henri Sok- olov, Samuel Feldman and Max Zinder., This Washington organization, partici-] pating in the series of concerts pre- sented at the Elizabeth Sprague Cool- ldge Chamber Music Auditorium at the | Library of Congress, in conjunction with the most notable artists in the musical profession, has achieved an en- viable reputation in the fleld of cham- ber music. During the coming winter the National String Quartet, three of whose members, including Henrl Soko- lov, are now on the regular faculty of the college, will play a series of pro- grams the college. Samuel Feldman, viola player with the quartet, will join the faculty of | the college to teach viola and violin. | He is well known in this city, having been a member of the National String artet since 1920, and last season played first viola in the National Sym- phony Orchestra. He has appeared FaculEy pf : cellist Joins L_()El_l College with marked success both as viola and violin sololst, and has had many years' experience as a teacher. efore coming to make his home in this city Mr. Feldman toured Russia and_the European Continent as soloist, as, well as playing first viola in the Kiev Opera House. Mr. Feldman, born in Russia, was graduated with honors from the Conservatory of Music in Odessa, under Professor J. Karbulka in 1910, and later comple his studies :un J. 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