Evening Star Newspaper, April 19, 1931, Page 97

Events of the Week SUNDAY. Recital by Marion Andersom, contralto, at 8:30 p.m. at the Be- lasco Theater. MONDAY. Concert of>Russian music at 8:30 p-m. at the Willard Hotel. WEDNESDAY. Recital by FElena de Sayn and Charlotte Klesn at Stoneleigh Counrt at 11:15 am., to be repeated agam at 8:45 pm. Concert by the Rubinstein Club, Anna Hembin, soprano, assisting artist, at the Willard Hotel at 8:30 pm. Costume recital by Josephine Forsyth Meyers at the National Weoman’s Country Club. THURSDAY. First concert at the Library of Congress of the Festival of Cham- ber Music at 8:45 p.m. Additional concerts will be given Friday morn- ing &t 11:15 o’clock, Friday evening at 8:45, Saturday morning at 11:15 and Saturday eveming at 8:45 o’clock. Zonta Club benefit concert at Barker Hall at 8:30 p.m. NE of the books that music lovers will find essential to their library shelves is Romain Rolland's “Goethe and Beethoven”—well translated from the French. A fund of new information, as well as attractively furnished sidelights on the old, recommends this Hook as a dual biog- raphy which admirers of either of these two great men will find highly stimulating. Herein one will find that Goethe said, “I can always work better after I have been listening to music,” as also, “It often happens that a hid- den genius whispers a rhythmn to me, so that as I wander about I always move to it and simultaneously seem to hear faint sounds, the accompaniment of some songs which somehow pleasantly suggests itself to me.” And from the large and intensely vital pages M. Rolland has put together there is ample evidence of the guiding hand that music has had in the life gf one of the greatest authors, and, further- more, much about the master musician Bee- thoven to crowd much thought into a warm and delightful Spring evening of reading. Tfll Fox Theater, ever alert to the musical ) trends of the day, under the capable lead- ership of Leon Brusiloff, now volunteers the information that it is vitally interested in Music week—which is to be celebrated so thoroughly throughout the country. Mr, Brusiloff in a letter to this department says: “The Fox Theater, joining with others in the City of Washington, plans to do its share in the observance of National Music week, beginning May 3. This theater has al- ways co-operated in every way and wherever possible has taken the inifiative in fostering good music, We feel a real enthusiasm for the opportunities which Music week give us in stimulating an interest in and increasing a public appreciation for all that music can do for us in our daily and artistic lives. “In keeping with this spirit, the theater is inviting Washington glee clubs, choral socie- ties, choirs and groups of internationalists to in a sefies of programs to be held in the theater during that week. We intend to award at least two silver cups to the groups adjudged the best. They will be asked to sing or play during the regular overture period each evening, with each group appearing only once All of which, to our way of thinking, is good news. Although no announcement has been made as to just what organizations will battle for vocal supremacy, there is no question but that Mr. Brusilofi's plan will stir to action many interesting clubs, etc. In this way will be brought into the public gaze important local organizations which have blushed unseen for too long. And the thousand and one patrons of this great theater will be, or should be, re- galed with much that is interesting in music and much fine singing which they might by now have forgotten about. AND while ruminating on the great good that should come out of the imminent Music week, we have very nearly upon us that an- nual splurge of color, music and fashion, which, under the title “The Festival of Nations,” come to light the entire week of April 27, One of the more astute of the local scribes says about this festival as follows: “Alluring dances by highly trained groups of Washington girls, melodious musical numbers sung by the finest available singers in the Capital City, a splendid chorus, a stage band of fretted in- struments—not too fretted, we hope’—and & novel arrangement of pianos and organs piayed by Washington artists are among the delight- ful features offered by the ‘Festival of Na- tions,’ which, under the auspices of the Girl Scouts of the District of Columbia, will be presented at Constitution Hall as a great Spring spectacle and an epic of international good will, THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, APRIL -19, 1931. & 1 U Festival of Chamber Music Begins Thursday at Library of Congress—Important Recitals Feature Local Artists, At top is Elana de Sayn, violinist. Lower left, Louis Potter, pianist and organist. At right, Marjorie Lowe, soprano, and in the center, Charlotte Klein, pianist. ‘All are being featured in the week’s program, except Mr. Potter, who appeared last week at the Friday Morning Music Club. NE of the most inieresting concerts of eritic of the New York Times as “a singer of natural vocal gifts far beyond that of the usual endowment of mortals,” Miss Anderson will appear here after postponing a concert which was intended for earlier in the season. Among the singer's selections will be the recitative and aria “O Mio Fernando,” from the opera *“La Favorita,” by Donisetti; songs by Dunhill, Bononcini, Donaudy, Mozart, Cadinan, Tschai- kowsky and & group of Negro spirituals. Tfl!d\uleoncertwhlchhbemgmudby the Societe des Concerts Intimes on Wed- nesday at 11:15 am. and at 8:45 pm. in the Stoneleigh Court ball room is featuring two artists especially well known in this city— Elena de Sayn, violinist, and Charlotte Kiein, Mme. de Sayne, & native of Russia, Rubinstein Club Concert Wednesday. HE Rubinstein Club is holding the last concert of its 1931 season on ‘Wednes- day at 8:30 p.m. at the Wiltard Hotel. Mme. Valentina Aksarova, formerly scheduled as the guest artist, has been called back to England. The club will present Anna Hamlin, member of a family dong famed in music and formerly soprano with the Chicago Civic Opera Co. 5 Miss Hamlin’s program will consist of: “La Pastorella” (Schubert), aria from “La Vergine del Sole” (Cimarosa), “Dieille Chanson Espag- nola” and “La Lettre” (Aubert), “Der Stern” and “Standchen” (Strauss), two Kentucky mountain songs, “Little Sparrow” and “The Nightingale” (Brockaway); “On a Hill” (a Negro lullaby arranged by Mrs. Beach), “As We Part” (Lidenfritz). The club will give the following selections: “Music of the Spheres” (Rubinstein), “The Land of Heart's Desire” (a canata from “The Quest,” by Nevin), “Dawn’s Awakening,” “Ase’s Death,” “Anitra’s Dance,” “In the Hall of the Mountain King” (from the “Peer Gynt” suite by Griég) and “Woodland Breezes” (Welser). Mrs. Adele Robinson Bush will be the accom- During the singing of “The Land of White the contralto solos. For the “Peer Heart’s Desire” Herman Fakler will carry the baritone, Miss Hamlin the soprano and Edith Gynt” suite Mrs, Howard Blandy will be the second accompanist. A’N unusual affair in the run of music events at the Congressional Country Club will be the twilight hour musical at this club this aft- ernoon at 5 o'clock, when Marjorie Lowe, one of the best known lieder singers in this city, will present a joint program with Elizabeth Gardiner, dancer, both of whom will appear in costume depicting the period and country whose music they are interpreting. As an exira added attraction will be the appearance of Laurie Merrill .of New York, young American poetess, and a recent addition to the Poetry Soeciety of London, who will read a group of poems in costume. WMiss Merrill will be assisted by Dorothy Radde Emery, com- poser, at the piano. Miss Lowe will have Malton Boyce assisting her at the piano, and Miss Gardiner’s accom- panist will be Edith Hunter, OSEPHINE FORSYTH MEYERS, soprano, of New York City is to be presented at the Natjonal Woman's Country Club Wednesday in & costume recital. As Josephine Forsyth, under the-direction of Annie Friedberg, this parlicular program is said to have been given many times successfully. Miss Forsyth is also the composer of a recent composition, a musical setting to “The Lord's Prayer.” The American Legion has recently Conilinucd on Twenty-seconil Page Musigraphs Margaret Gore, Winifred Rogers, Mary ‘Townsend, Margaret Swartzell, 4 Steer, Mary H. Milberg, Edna Braithwaite, Marie ;Sauter and many others, Warren PF. Johnson will give an organ recital at the Church of the Pilgrims at 7:30 o'clock this evening. He will play “Scenes From Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest,’” “Ariel,” “Epi- thalamium” and “The Enchanted Isle,” by H. J. Stewart, At the Y. W. C. A. music hour teday at § for, final instructions. Clubs affiliated with the Distric Federation of Music Clubs will musical evening Friday in m “choir of Christ Church, direction of Richard yer,” by Mendelssohn, Thelma Rice will be the soloist. ‘Washington Hotel Orchestra, conducted Abilio Martins, will cffer a.a intercsting proe gram tonight, beginning at 6:30 o’clock. Selec= tions by Goldmark, Chopin, Delibes, Granadas, Marquarre, Saint-Saens and Puccini will be rendered. MUSIC STUDIOS. ~ BESSIEN. WILD Vaice Culture, Piano Studio, 6824 st., Park, D. mfllc Takoma Park, D. C. 814 17th St. NW. ¢