Evening Star Newspaper, October 19, 1930, Page 60

HILE the week's musical eyes have been focussed | of nu poi.ntl north and west ashington, to New York, whera Erich Kleiber has risen to enormous favor, and to - Chicago, where Elizabeth apnzue Coolidge’s festival of mu- been hol forth in ai elmu 1so to the through which Conductor Stokow- | in ski played the “Bolero” with the controls under his left thumb— there have been musical rum- blings in this city which threaten to_become thunder clouds. It all happened through the ad- vent of a comparative stranger to town, who upon his arrival is said to have become so attached to va- rious local architectural frills that he vowed to remain during the cold Winter semester. Thereupon, lmmbunslhh thoughts and be- imself how best he might plnt his workless Winter, he remembered of a sudden how very fond he was of music and that he should like nothing bet- ter than to browse amidst its more ‘luminous pastures. He rg- membered, too, seeing a small ieuow card which a friend of his ad brought back to his Western city, which had on it the friend’s signature and the fact that he was subscribing for a series of B‘onln concerts to be given e National Symphony Or- axentn during the coming Win- T Mr. X said to himself, “Ha, the | e; thing!” and visioned & Targe | g an u{-unted box at Constitu- tion Hall where he could satisty his musical yearnings, as well as entertain many_equalily inclined musical allles. He recalled hear- ing about the distinguished lead- er that had done so well du: the initial concerts last year, an the 80 and more excellent musi- clans that had given the proj under him, and he was su inclined to think that perhaps he would take two boxes instead of one, and that Washington was, after all, a very fine city. * * x % During the week, Mr. X was discovered by a friend brows- ing hcndn!sluuy around the Reservoir, and when questioned confided that he was much r- plexed. He said that on the previous he had started ! t as a dalsy, his pockets with symphonic ticket change, and had gone to the agency where he had been told one eml!d buy things of that na- ture, d had been confronted by a llluy stare when he an- nounced the purpose of his mis- slon. eved. youtn beming the" counter yout asked. “To the National Symph o:- sald Mr. X to‘; &’:‘Q’m- about 1t,” | san proaticed”*no mmqm effect | ceed? “fdn m”m: then mfi ur xvupulled. Bemdm-l other agency. He was a trifle less brl(htlnhl.ldeuun ewunu,rbe because of the performance: year's Washington Sym- gh ony, which found an echo over in all artistic circles. It seems incredible to musicians, and even to the public which is interested in music, that the Cap- ital of the richest, largest and most powerful nation on earth lhflu.ld be content to remain, year ear out, without an or- chu of its own. One has to lain: ‘You see, it is so neay Phllldelphll and New York, and hhea_ send their orchestras; it has ansient population; give it time, etc., etc.’ And we receive a the ‘Oh, I see,’ in answer which mi'l a_blush of shame to our Quite often, a more prob- ing nature will continue to in- qi : “‘But how many orchestra concem are given during the year? What, 10 or 12? Is that sufficient? You see, we have about 300 here, not coum,ing the visiting ones, 50 we wouldn't be satisfied. And Washington, you say, has a transient population? Of how many thousands? Oh, there are over 400,000? But, surely, only a very small glercemage are tran- sient? Oh, ti sic lovers? Droll!’ * % % % “PIDPLE of Washington! we_goin & to admit ourselves defeated r the magnficent start of last season? After your applause, after your enthusiastic approval of the self-sacrificing orts of those 80 musicians who .gave hours and hours of their time and their art in order to arrive at the result of a wellnigh perfect performance? “I assure you that where music is concerned I am relentless in my criticism, no matter who is con- cerned. In the two concerts which I conducted we played, as you may remember, works by Bach, Bee- thoven, Weber, Wagner, Grieg, Moussorgski, Brahms, Ravel and Tschaikow: Not a bad lst, is it? And then let me assure you that, p]ylng a high critical those works from nearly every poxnt of view were played remarkably close to perfection. Naturally, there is always in art room for improvement. But the start—the flying start—was there. And you, the public of Washing- ton, seemed rightly to approve. “There we are. You have the nucleus of one of the finest or- chestras in the country (which has the best in the world). Youl! have a lovely and acoustically perfect hall. You have at last the possibility of having not only great symphony concerts, but of gopullr concerts, n-air \unmr concerts, of children’s erts. The limitless value of every one of theu institutions has by every civilized “tly in the world They | f 'd’m te publique.’ “Is this all mo for naught be- cuue of the of a few thou- Is money, then, onlo there mbe held onto? 1Is no one, who can, going to think Are | differentl: 1 Is f.he shame of an- then, not even a BQ‘QEPC to suc- other” ure, goad unnrd 2 lin eomp:flum with what is there ey are just the mu-|. THE T v s T Annguncement has Maier and Patterson, and Salvi. SUNDAY . STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, Emma OTERO- been made that Emma Otero, young Cuban coloratura soprano, will take the Greene’s concerts on November 7 at Constitution Hall. Miss Otero, who is & protege of the Presidens OCTOBER 19 1930—PART‘ FOUR. FRIEDA HEMPEL- of Edith Cubs, will be on the same Mason at the opening of Mrs. Wilson- r':'hn-wfihuw-dnh- et Frieda Hempel, at the right, needs no introduction to Washingtonians. She will be presented in a concert en this coming Saturday, October 25, at 9 p.m. Celebrate Orchestra’s Musigraphs TTO TORNEY BSIMON, who Fiftieth Anniversary Art,| ENTHUSIASTIC reports continue to courses, beginning nmw\ubellefluntlommmm mmmd'rechnlqueolth.cho\r Director” and the other will be a mmhtmflmiarchairlmm ‘The music of the Liturgies of the chrm.\-n Church and their hymns will be studied at Keller Memorial Lutheran Church on next Friday, October 24. ‘The 10 o'clock session will deal ly with the services of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. The Sparrow Plano Club, under the direction of Marie Howe Spurr, met re- cently and elected the following offi- cers: Everret Ward, president; Leonard sical 1 little is needed o JEepans. e and with what-it would | P already, bring in the future! How can any one remain indifferent in the face of all this? Is there, then, no one in Wi who is willing to want :lubncrlbem “tor the s,mwm;ehr’l mo: ony Or- indy smiled, “we haven‘t heard l!;g{hm; about it,” she sald ‘That was uond.ty 'On Tuesday Mr. X resorted to the telephone. For. an hour he called various t citizens who he had were active in the -1 zation. Three were out the city, the fourth “had been led to suspect that plans for the r were ;olnl ahead at a us lans? “Oh, jult en the tel and Mr. wcnt tling off to the man who was cally* at the heim of the m and the publicity, and should know about. gs it lny- body. did. Mr. X was gratified that here, at last, was an enormous amount of Qnthuaiump Hte ;n te:lho‘m pi and pages of printed ma- wn"fi about the orchestra; article upon article all related “to our own National Symflmny Orches~ tra.” He was told in glowing ac- counts of the tremendous success that the orchestra had had dur- ing the past season and of the many prominent people who kad helped it through its embryonic 8 Ie'ndld" sald Mr. X, with a neiw feeling of imminent musical | resilience. “And when does the orcl;estn begin work this sea- son?” “We don’t know anything about it,” sald the man, looking at him with'large, sad, round eyes. - * % % % PPROPRIATELY enough, this very moment comes a letter to Miss Helen Fetter from Hans Kindler, the distinguished leader of the National Orchestra. Miss Fetter has kindly turned the letter over to this department, and it is herewith reproduced in fulk . It is dated September 27 and was" written from Sentis|is (Oise), France. “ronlsht Is my first concert of the. season,” writes ‘Mr. Kindle! _Holland, remmlu Paris on.'November 11, o concerts in halls all over Paris, The Conser- vatoire, the Colonne and the Pas- Oreu the Eacl d;-hu (and four others in'Parls alone) receives a ly from And at|tras come forward and to give the vi- nmy and enthusiasm necessary lnlgre the organization of ‘our own Washington Symphony Or- chestra’? “Most sincerély, yours, “HANS KIND)| Music Managers £ ol “constructively scope of music’s appeal v to strengthen the finan- of their profession, to ve a lot of the per(orm.\nl lbnd to provide better values to public. ‘The following music managers have become charter members of the asso- 555 § E ; 5 3 ?ég ement Arthur ‘Wolfsohn Musical Radio that of Wil H Hlys ident of the Motion Picture Pro- ducers and Distributors of America, Inc. To list the performing artists, vocal, in- strumental and symphonic, whose -d tinies are to be subserved by this as- sociation would be to nhnrse '.he names of virtually all the singers, planists, vlaltnlstl and orchu- now familiar to American music lover. ———— Local Sponsors of Two-Piano Recital Executive Committee of the Mac- Dowell Society of Washington, which is sponsoring the two-piano concert by the. Misses Sutro November 12 at the Duft ‘The concert is being pllnned as com- colony at *|Noted Singer Returns To Instruct at School ENRY K. BUSH-BROWN heads the | yprq. ;eneflz for the W. H. Humiston P!l- mnu, unor Roy = i no. At %mqhonuchdr Di divisions oose Dictatot o e 13, at 11 -.m in_the rtz'ula Lyons, 1325 G street north- Be“flce Goodwin, 5 West unnx street, Chevy Chase, Md,, chairman of the ninth biennial contests, will be held in April and the winners here will then go to the semi-finals at Charlotte, Va. Dr. Edward Donovan, head of the department of music at Geogetown an— versity, has prepared play in m:lm on Nwmbsr 23 at the university. ‘Warren F. Johnson will resume h.l.l this evening at Pligrims lt 7:30 ocloek “Entree,” by Plerne; “Sketch in F Major,” by Frost; Bruno O. Klein's “Intermezzo” and “Festal Seng” by John E. West, rge T. Thomnflu, of tha Mullc Committee of the Inter- national Ped:nflon of c-thouehm;.n- ve m for the 3 will be a meeting of the committee on Monday to make plans for the many activities of the or- befllm hfd' IM'I cogmown en nlm pndden ro mpore Fred ‘assisting on. the Membership Oommilm Owing to meulnunlun and choir director of the the Ascensl ‘Twelfth street oentul‘o. bass; Elizabeth and & large ‘The Winter lduduh has been resum- , | ed at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart, with Park wunl:h street lnd solemn high mass o'clock, the KI’I’H Me” (Casciolini), ‘honor of sc. Plullu. omflo erdotes Domini” M The soloist n the German service at Concordia Lutheran Church this morning will be Lola Gerhsrdt, s0- the the will “Hear, O Lord,” by nfluomfim Es gi g‘. come from the North. coneu-nxu tacular opening concert ony Hall, Boston, reeently, wmr,h Boston Symphony Orchestra. orchestra, incidentally, undcr baton of Serge Koussevitzky, will four-concert Beethoven fes- ... Friday October 10, by Sir George Henschel,' the symphony's first conductor, who led this famous Boston musical organization through its first concert on October 22, 1881. Bir George selected, for its first concert of its golden jubilee season, program he had played 46 years ago wn.h um single exception of & final numbe: ‘This mtwhfll dlmmr lnfl:hler of the Eng] lly for nm occasion. Apparently, it was worth the effort, for at the conclusion of the con- {on the cert the entire audience and orchestra rose en masse to applaud '.h: man who, although four-score years of Ke “con- ducted with the force and ew or-mununexulhnn.nt.he of s ‘great orchestra,” to quote thp Hale in the Boston Herald, “It TED SHAWN. THE program to be offered by the Denishawn Dancers at_ the Shu- ‘Wednesda t, will offer a group of d I.-'lt Mr. Shawn in 1 Incidentally Miss Day and Mr. the only American danc- to give programs at the n dance congress held in June. e wn Europe. These will include R i azzgs? a8 5 » it represented by a Cawnj pon Nautch led by Vivian 9 Cambodian solo byaulu shnml ever r “Spear Japonesque” nndp?' a Shan- g:r ," & lovely Chinese bit, by pmnmiounwl: PART I .19, No. 37 { Divine EEE;E s; #¢ the same | H! a Flamenco scene | is doubtful,” Hale continued, “whether as a g man of 31 he conducted with the same confidence and vigor.” ‘The program Sir George conducted, after he had been oflchlly ‘welcomed by Serge Koussevitzky, included Beefl.hnvenl overture to “The Consecra- tion of the Hmue Gluckl “Che faro senza Eurydice,” from “Orfeo et Eury- Haydn'’ B-mtr'tmhony (B. z SotTow, ner’s pl!|udn to The Melstersingers of by ‘This last number was "for Weber’s “Festival” over- Matzenauer was soloist. after the concert. Sir George was taken to a reception room, where he met, after a lapse of many years, & ’l;;nlnm ‘year-old widow of lhllj enry 6 man whose money made the Boston Byn:Fhony Or- chestra possible and who m: for many years and who brought slr George Henschel to Boston as its first conductor. O. A, Ellis, first msnnzzd ‘hand also Nureml| substituf ture. Nos. 16, “Homsge & Rameau” ( %"““;_3,4-',&““ iy te” (Mana Zue n-u-mu my ‘U ensemble %'uo Dance of Oreeting” o Dance.” vooation 0 the Thunderbird” VD, assisted by Campbell Grigss r-uu:n" (Strickiand-Scott) jan, |Gladze Tinker, Phoe ‘Barnett, Martha Hin- ), 14 20, and Op. “;'l‘a‘.lh"n DI! & Ted “Cawnpos “Spear Dance Japonesque” (Arr. o iGambodian n:.n::;h (Berse). ,,,,,,,,Fg,',{ ett. Ted Bhawn. mfid't'ln Bt Resent . Ernestine Day, a Beck. v Bulte": (‘m‘. o Rumba" Shavn and . $ Dance” (Ms.), an d 1l G (nath s | Japtive music Mary Garden to Appear With Philadelphia Opera THE Philadelphia Grand Opers Com- pany announces that next Thursday evening, October 23, the miracle play, “Le Jongleur de Notre Dame,” adapted by Maurice Lena from a French medieval legend and set to music by Jules Mas- nnet.r be- nruen'égma‘t the A-::ldx; of :;'Sm in_the role of Jean. 'rhh ‘be Miss Garden's only appearance l.n elphia this Philad Season. mwmflonmnumm:‘kmm Novelty Featured in racl Chicago Opera Openmg THE opening of the Chicago Civic Opera Co. will take place Monday, First Symphony Concert me STOKOWSKI will open the season of the Philadelphia Orches- |2 tra in Washington with a concert in Constitution Hall on the evening of Tuesday, November 4. The program, of | part all-Russian music, will present & con- interval. siderable contrast, mnlu with the by me"nfox:.‘“’m“’“"“’ v, gehes herazade” (after “The 'mo\lund and OM Nights”) and concluding with Igor Rimsky-Korsakow finished t.he “Sche- herazade” suite in uu' using as pro- gram guide a series of separate, un- pisodes tures from zade - herself - as telling her wondrous tales to the stern sultan. “All I had desired,” Rimsky-Korsakow wrote, “was th - the hearer, if he'liked my piece as :zmpbonlc music, should carry away |Feu. :oncepflen ky' depicts “the wvnhlp of the fertility of nature .” ‘The sub- Rod Likes 'UNNY" how one’s point of view can & why e e states, 1o in lofl.ll e form as Bflm lemonstrations by the well disposed.” The concert version of the music of the ballet was played for the first time followed it were conceived in a strong and brutal style, I took as a pretext for the evocation of this music the Russian since I am a Russian. that this idea came from the music and not the music from the idea. I have written a work that is architectonic, not anecdotal.” the Stage. that on a sound set there can't be a single window open. In show business, however, according to Mr. La Rocque, you appear for two or two and a half hours eight times & week. The rest of the time is'yours (another ahem! begging the gentleman's pardon). You can study, go to the art galleries, attend concerts or lectures, and have considerable leisure. That is is glad b be back. And who wouldn't be—with the charming Vilms tucked away as a wife as well 88 a leading lady? . “City Lights" Most Done. Ou'r of the silence that shrouds the enigmatic Chaplin comes a flash: “City Lights” will have been photo- ly within 10 days. chlpun -nntdy ,Omber?‘l ‘with & presentation of Er-| nest Moret's opers,.“Lorensaceio.” TThis |: famous drama of the same name. was written, it is said, for Mr.”Vanni. Marcoux, the famous singer,. who Faris. ‘M. lnreoux the same mhlnnuproducuanw Chicago m drama, which was used almost in its’ entirety by Moret, was written llu, but was not produm until after ‘Musset' Bernhardt, for & new vhy for her 1896 nd drama in an old col- {opm, which s something of = movelty, Pnnm- the title ‘the | Ehone Pot. 4720-J Theremin Concert Will Take Place October 30 ZENAID! HANENFELDT, well known' musically in Washington for her first concert of ‘“ether wave music,” given here last , is to give another con- cert at the D. A. R. Memorial Hall on ‘Thursday, October 30. Miss Hanenfeldt, whose interpreta- tions of this. in/ in~ strument have been will offer a new program rialized music produced solely by del ‘cate movements of the hands and fing. ers in the air.”” This event is undér the lou.l‘ m‘luaplcu of Mme. M. M. Hanen- el ] First English Lectures Held at Bayreuth ULIA E. SCHELLING, sister of Ernest Schelling, prominent planist, com- poser and conductor, nunny returned Washington after a Summer spent lectunnc at Bayreuth, Germany. yreuth. Miss Schelling is well known in this country as s writer and lecturer on ‘musie. SR On Musical Faculty. ASSOCIATED with the fakulty of the pew Weshington Musical Institite, established recen! Clifton street, opposite Central Hi !cw and ‘Whittemore, Club Program Announced. National Woman's Country Club T season, and Mrs. beh-wdh-nmberolm-oh& 2 s e g uu:%. il e °3'|fi' Omnimla H b'I‘UDLOb OF McCALl. LANHAM N.Y. BARITONE: Teacher of Singing Head Voice Dept. Chevy Chase School Wednesdays b; Appdnlment Studio 131019th North 7305 MAY ELEANOR SMITH 2215 Mth St. N.W. ¢ Becitals Avalnu for Concerts. B ofraims Brraged. Theoretical and laneuage co Te open to jgny music " student ‘and the " sencral || ALTER T.HOLT School of Mandolin, Guitar and .lll]., Hawaiian Guitar and Ukulale [Ensemble .‘ L Nordiea Clubs 1801 Columbia Rd. N.W.. Col. 0948 Ruby Smith Stahl |~ European and American Tralning 104k & G STS. N.W. . Appointments made—The Portner Decatur - 2721 Aimee Cellarius Gay Pianiste Teacher, Coach and Accompanist SCHETIZKY METHOD Four Years' Finishing With European oo B . : Positively Taught Any Persen IN 20 SAXOPHONE, uuu% GUITAR g HE Y | Violin SS ‘; Hlmlmy :‘..':."5.."'...‘.".‘.;.1:..2 CUR™ ™ [ WASHINGTON’ m.e. L0UISE “goumno 1800 Kalorams Rd. N. (m» JASPAN STUfiid Besinners N te Earl Institute of Musical Art 5 PN GEARST. Direcior. ALL BEANCHES OF MUSIC. Courses_leading to TEACHER GRADUATE_diplomas. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. 8t N.W. Met. 2511, 831 _18th Edith Virden-Smith Teacher of Smm Vamen's Volces Exolasively Voice Trisls Without Charge For Appointment Telephone Alban Towers w VEDNESD. 28 o R eleonong the "Secretary for Period or for Audition. _ Grete Lol'leberg von Blyu' Planist and Teacher Stidled plano with Carl Leimer, Director, Hanover Conservatory, ant Professor Msrie Bender. Royal High \"for Music, Berlin-Charlotten~ f— I I I | - = 14 Years Head of VIOLIN DEPARTME! of Wi on Conservatory of Musie struction _in ne setion: eom'l g “technicne; soul- interpref !lx nu estral practice (be- 1) nd 'znnmu'rml CO! IIVA’IOII OF MuSic jew_Hampshire Ave. ELSA LOUISE RANER VIOLINIST Leovold Auer f and =luul 7 "him 'as concert soloist and iSeh_Strest N.W. North 7129. * Adoll’l'oflvnky,A.A.G.O. Tosehing Piano, Organ, Harmony Studie, Epiphany Parish House 1317.G Street N.W, PIANO STUDIO." The Washington College of Music Potanc 1848 lor A A Te Announces & Coursé‘in the History and Appreciation. of uue IAWG.SIWAH.I.LO-O. m at Five ' Besianiag praie g o A