Evening Star Newspaper, April 10, 1932, Page 47

National Symphony M Taken Over by New Local C. C. Cappel Heads Local Symphonic Group. American Society of the Ancient Instruments to Play in Recital Here. By E. de S. Melcher. HE new manager of the Na- tional Symphony Orches- tra, C. C. Cappel, is al- things hum. Knowing the ins and outs of such things—having for long been at the helm of the U. S. Army Band—and knowing, too, the whys and wherefores of community organization—he first taking this young organiza- tion over his knee, giving it a thorough once-over, and secondly, he is taking it out and setting it ready beginning to make| in the sun where everybody will| be able to see it. There is to be a speclal ticket office and a busi- ness office solely for the orches- tra’s benefit. And, it is said, for the first time in the history of ‘Washington, an impressario is to have his quarters in a spot far removed from local music stores The office will be downtown and readily accessible to those who are out for business as well as pleas- ure. The managerial change in the history of this orchestra means only one thing—namely, that this organization has grown to be such a big child that it needs a nurse all of its own. Mr. Cappel will devote most of his waking hours to the manipulations of the vari- ous orchestral strings (non-mu- sical) and already may be seen charging through the city intent on doing the best possible for the orchestra’s at present somewhat doubtful future. There is no de- nying that while many ple have been working fast and furi- ously in the cause of its defense, there are also many people who have wanted to work—and who have asked to be allowed to help —and who have been left sitting somewheres high and dry. Now that new blood is being in- jected the result should be in- dicative of success. While finances are notably not as bright and blooming as they were last year, there is much truth in the fact that many potential blossoms of a year ago were left quite un- plucked. In other words, the list of those who would give and give and give has by no means been exhausted—and anxious patrons who would spread a few dollars here and there are now being ap- proached and their donations eagerly received. Mr. mpel is “very anxious to make a civic affair.” He mieans. by -that that he will can- vass the town from one end to the other to keep alive one of the most successful cultural ventures this city has ever known. While he is not planning to stand on the eciiy’s corners.and orate from soapboxes, he intends to take a rsonal interest in the matter 1 1 and help along the various commit and Mr. Kind- ler as much as is possible. A- newcomer to major impres- sarial ranks, he should be wished well and d along his way with cheers and thanksgiving. * k% % ‘AN interesting musical event of the near future has been brought to the attention of this department through the courtesy of Mr. P. Harlow. When the Folger espearean Library has its' ofMcial opening in the near future it'ls said that the American Society of the Ancient Instruments will present a recital during the inaugural ceremonies. As Mr. Harlow states, “the Local German Literary Society is to honor the memory of Joseph Haydn next Saturday when songs, sonatas and a quartet by this composer will be sung and played by a group of -prominent local musicians. 1 musical service ws:l b:: 'fmx;l fternoon at St. Margaret’s Churc] m:‘u pm. The program will include a tenor solo by George E. Anderson, “Come Ye Blessed,” by John Prindle Scott, & series of anthems sung by the choir, and organ selections by Char- Jotte Klein, including Bach's “Fugue in D Major,” Bonnet's “Caprice Heroique, “Mr. Ben Johnson's Pleasure,’ b: Rohln Milford, and concert prelude and “Fugue in G-Major,” by Faulkes. ‘Warren F. Johnson will give an organ vecital at the Church of the Pilgrims at 7:30 o'clock this evening. He 'fll y “Fugsl Fanfare,” Ernest H. Smith; “Sion de ta Melodie Cesse les Accords,” Adolphe Marty, and “Spring- time Mood,” by Vorls. Le Roy Lewis, baritone, will be soloist at the yClltmdon M. Church this morning when the choir will repeat the Easter cantata, “The Paschal Victor, by Mathews. Last Priday morning Anita Schade spoke on "Oo,fl.bt in Music” before the student body of American University. Minnje Volkmann soprano, sang songs by J. F. Reichardt. jward Vaccaro, violoncellist, and lhb:nu Ruckman, planist, will give & faculty recital at the Institute of Musical Art Wednesday evening at 9 o'clock. The public is invited to attend. The program will include two sonatas fo vicloncello and pisno, the Mozart Minor” and the Beethoven “‘D Major, as well as s0lo groups. Mr. Vaccaro Was untfl recently s resident of Boston, where he was & pupll of Alwin Bchroeder. The music section of the Twentieth @entury. Club, Mrs. Eugene Byrnes, ehairman, will meet at the Y. W. C. A. ®Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock for = morning of poetry and music. _Anita Schade will offer Elizabeth Barrett Bronning’s “Portuguese Sonnets” and Greta von Bayer will play selections by Clara Schumann. The Washington Mu Phi Epsilon will hoid it April meet- ing tomorrow night at the home of 8yl- | via Meyer, harpist, at 3327 P street ‘The club will have as its| students the members of Phi Gamma | the evening of April 28. northwest. ,' & sister chapter from Balti- is| . | 847, - Janice Alumnse Club of | ‘Management| founder of this society and his associates are doing a unique and commendablé work in attempting to revive a forgotten art.” This soclety, which has been founded ! by Ben Stad, has its home at Valley Forge in the Washington Memorial Chapel. It is a group |of five. Mr. W. Shaffer Jack, pro- |fessor of Romance languages al |the University of Pennsylvania, has written about it as follows | (in the Philadelphia Forum Mag- iazine): “In a sense it constitutes | & small orchestra, for its propor- tions are far ampler than those of the string quartet. On the other hand, however, it must not | be confused with the small sym- | phony orchestra, or the sym- | phonietta. It is simply the small rother of the full orchestra. The | ancient instrument group is apart. | It lacks the brass, the woodwinds the percussion, and yet, as will be seen, under certain forms it in- cludes them all, only transformed | and rebalanced. “There are four stringed instru- ments. The quinton, as its name would seem to imply, has five strings. It takes somewhat the place of the first violin in the en- semble. . . The viole d'amour has 14 strings, 7 speaking chords and 7 lying beneath to build the har- monics from those played. . . The bass side of the ensemble is made up of two: The viole de gamba with its six strings and the basse de viole with four.” Added to these instruments is the harpischord, which Prof. Jack calls “the ensemble of the en- semble.” This is the group which will appear in a recital at the Folger Library. Already it has given several highly successful concerts in its home chapel in Philadel- phia. Works by Bach, Teleman, Cupis de Camarge, Perilhon, Mouret and others (outside of Bach) comparatively unknown been played, it is said, with ex- traordinary brilllance. The mem- bers of this group include, in addi- tion to the director, Ben Stad, Jo Brodo, Josef Smit, Maurice Stad and Flora Stad. Tt is their work, says Prof. Jack, “to re-cre- ate these old, forgotten glories, and to bind them to a present patriotic spirit of beauty, to give them to America.” * X ¥ % J T seems that, perhaps, even the Zoo will have a hand in this year's. musical undertakings. Ru- mor has it that when Alfredo Sal- maggi presents his open-air pro- duction of “Aida” .on the night of June 5, certain gates of the Zoo will be thrown wide open and through these portals will emerge the necessary army of camels and other four-footed beasts. Mr. Sal- maggi, of course, knows his beasts, just as he knows his “Aida.” since he has staged similar ventures at the Polo Grounds in New York, in Havana, Montreal and other prosperous cities. And so, it is said, that even if the Zoo is un- willing to allow its incumbents to participate in this musical fiesta, the maestro knows where else to find these kindly animals—and that there is' no question but that they will appear in joyful co-op- eration with many eminent sing- ers (Martinelli is a possibility at the moment), who are being sounded out as to their willing- ness to sing in the Griffith Stadium. Notes by Greta Lorieberg von Baver, pianist, at its program this Friday, at Barker Hall. Miss Schade will read “The Cas- tle by the Sea,” miusic by Strauss; “Fair | Hedwig,” music by Schumann, and also | recitations to music by Grieg, Korner and Phyllis Fergus. Mrs. Howard Blandy. orgdnist and choir director of Christ Church, Alexan- dria, has arranged an evening of music with the juniors tonight. The junior choir, directed by Janet Picketf, will sing and Morie Thomas and Charles will be guest singers. Gertrude Lyons will furnish the musi- cal m for the Radio Travel pro- gram which will be presented Tuesday night. Hans Kindler will be the guest speaker. The Rho Beta Chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon will give a musicale next Wed- nesday evening at the Y. W. C. A, at | 8:15 o'clock. Saloists will include Grace Powell, violinist; Alice Huber, soprano; | Betty Gray, soprano, and Sara Becker, Margaret Oxenburg and Catherine Ben- m"%hnuh. The public is cordially All teachers entering contestants in the contest to be held April 23 by the District of Columbia Federation of Junior Music Clubs must have their ap- plication blanks filled out and in the |hands of Thelma Callahan, contest chalrman, by April 15. Teachers desir- ling to enter puplls are requested to notify Miss Callahan, Columbia 0371, immediately. Application blanks will be *Thelma, Calahan €] al ., planist, recentl: celebrated her eighth anniversary as : o radio artist by giving a piano recital WMAL. | The junior students of Tamara Dmit- jfl‘:‘fl] 'mmly presented in a re- | e at ashington College of Music. Those taking part werel:k‘lhr- | garet_Cooley, Prederick Gray, Harriet; i Burns, Pasha Slavin, Rhoda Hol- | lander, Claude Holmes, g | Wiikins, Marion Wolberg, Martha Live- Horton, Alma Shumaker over and Jean Miller. Lotts SAlkeid 5 uest OFgamst st Fiamic |line M. E. Church this | The wi esented its ast evenlal.] be given in Barker Hall The public is cordially invited. Gene Stewart will Warks by Bac! im of ensemble and | others will be - | open to the pul SUNDAY Artists Who Will Appear Here This Season and Next L STAR, WASHINGTON, Upper, Teft to right Feodor Chaliapin, bass; Lucrezia Borl and Paderewski, who are all included on Mrs Bori will aiso sing in Baltimore on Monday night, April 18, in the Metropolitan Opera Co.'s production of “The Tales of Hoffmann." Scott. in whose honor & concert is being presented tomorrow night at Barker Hall; Pearl Adams music festival; Ottorino Respighi and Edwin Franko Goldman looking over the score of Respighi's new composition premiere next Sunday night at the concert of the Bandmasters’ Association in Constitution Hall, and Mary M. Burnett, conductor of the Elizabeth Somers' Glee composers of another day, have |Club, which will be heard in its annual concert on April 14 in Barker Hal D. C.. APRIL 10, Wilson-Greene’s concert list for next season: Mme. prominent composer coming to Washington for this month's “Huntingtower Ballad.” which will have its 1932—PART FOUR. Lower, left: John Prindle Prominent Composer. PEA.RL ADAMS of New York City, a | number of whose songs will be | heard in Washington this month during the April Music Pestival of American | Women Composers, members of the Na- | tional League of American Pen Women, | is an artist of versatile talents. She is | gaining increasing fame, not only as a composer of songs, but also as the con- ductor of the Empire .State ‘Women's | Symphony Orchestra of New York City and as a conductor of festival choruses. She is, furthermore, the author of a sertes of children's song books known as “Children in Songland.” Her present career as composer, con- ductor and voice teacher follows logically her long experience as a concert singer both in this country and abroad. Her debut was made in Paris aféeér intensive study in Europe under celebrated m: and additional work in America, which she toured on the conce il ncert stage Miss Adams has served two years as | chairman of music for the New York branch of the league of which she is a member. She is first vice president of the Soloists’ Musical Club,.a member of the New York Musical Assembly, na- tional chairman of music and song- and the National Federation of Music Clubs. The Pen Women's festival of music will be a feature of its biennial conven- tion. with daily concerts from April 22 through April 28, most of which will be open to the public Ponselle in Baltimore. WHEN the Metropolitan Opera Co.'s celebrated dramatic soprano, Rosa Ponselle, comes to the Lyric Theater, Baltimore, on the night of Wednesday, April 20, to sing the role of Selika in “L’Africana,” she will have with her in the cast the same tenor who shared honors with her at her first Covent Garden appearance several London sea- That tenor is Beniamino The cast chosen for this perform- ice of “L'Afrizana” will also include the Metropolitan's famous bass, Leon Rothier; the young Central American soprano, Aida Doninelli, and Alfredo Gan- A service in memory of the late S. Edwin Moore, A. A. G. O. organist- director of Epworth M. E. Church | South, and Ida Fowler Moore will be |held at the church this morning at 11 o'clock. Louis Potter will be at the organ, and the junior and senior choirs |of the church will participate. At this lric critic of the American Poetic As- sociation and a member of the New York WEEK OF APRIL 10 Sunday service the organ of the church will be dedicated to Mr. and Mrs. Moore. Ambassador Barbara Stanwyck 18th & Columbta Ra. ‘" ~Shopworn. Barbara Stanw: in yek ‘Shopworn." Barbara Stanw; in “Shopworn." dolfi, baritone. TullioSerafin will conduct. Monday Tuesday Bicentennial Musical HE National Memorial Association { has announced that in co-operation | vith the United States George Wash- 11nglon Bicentennial Commission ar- | rangements have been completed for a Bicentennial musicale, featuring the Pisk Jubilee Singers and George Garner, | tenor, of Chicago, which will be given | Friday evening at 8:15 o'clock at the Washington Auditorium. The Jubilee Singers, who have at- tained a world-wide reputation, and Mr. | Garner, who recently was presented in recital at the Chicago Civic Opera House, are appearing for the first time here in a joint recital. They are, fur- thermore, appearing, as announced by ;Ferdmsnd D. Lee, chairman of the National Memorial Association, Inc., “as the Negro's musical contribution to the George Washington Bicentennial | Celebration.” Tickets are available at the T. Arthur Smith Concert Bureau. at Reid’s, 1026 U street northwest, or by addressing re- quests to the National Memorial Asso- ciation, 923 R street northwest, Quinta Jensen Frey appeared as piano soloist at the Northwestern Uni- | versity Alumni Club banquet given at the Kennedy-Warren last Monday eve- | ning. President Walter Dill Scott of the university was the guest of honor, Wednesday Thursday T L Five Concerts To Be Given. HE George Washington Bicentennial Music week sponsored by the National and District of Columbia Federation of Music Clubs has arranged five concerts to be given in Constitution Hall the evenings of May 9, 10, 11,13,13. Wednesday evening, May 11, the cantata, “Washington,” which has been composed by Edward C. Potter and R. Dean Shure, will be sung by a massed . |5 chorus with an orchestral accompani- ment by the Marine Band Orchestra with Capt. Taylor Branson conducting. Mrs. Elmer James Ottaway, national president, and Mrs. John P. Buchanan, chairman of American Music for the National Federation of Music Clubs, have invited all federated clubs and choirs in nearby States to augment the chorus now rehearsing in the District of Columbia under the direction of Lyons, president of the District of Columbia Federation of Music Clubs. Many choirs and clubs have accepted invitations to sing in this massed chorus. The two soloists for this cantata are Mark Shull, tenor, who is to be the soloist for the “Stabat Mater,” at the Virginia Festival, and Robert Wiede- feld, barytone, who was a winner in the 1927 national federation contest and also won the Caruso prize, who has | recently returned from Italy. Gertrude Friday Saturday Wallace Beery and Wallace Beery and Clark _Gable Clark Gable in in ““Hell Divers" ““Hell Divers." _George Arliss in Man Who Played o, Short_subject Apollo €3¢ H St NE George Arliss in Groree Aliss in Constance Bennett layed and Ben Lyon in Gor . . s Lady With « Past " Lyon in m_Summerville Pl Fimer and ZaSu Pitts in Benny Rubin comedy. ‘Unexpected Father. Song_cartoon. Serial. Short subject. Constance Bennett Chester Morris in “Cock o' the Air." Vitaphone short Arcade Hyattsville, Md Dark. Edgar Allan Poe’ “Murders " in "Rue Morgue arput Ashton Clarendon. Va. Dark. Comedy. Comedy. News. _Short_subject Subject Ben Lyon in ““Big-Timer. Short subject. Dogville comeds. Marion Davies and Clark Gable in “Polly of the Circus." Comedy. Cartoon Marion Davies and Clark Gable in “Polly of the Circus.” Comedy. _Cartoon. Richard Dix | . e Dix ‘The Los' Squad- fon."* Avalon u’-qvtmemgr in o Emma 3612 Conn. Ave. ing Crasby Ave. Grand * 845 Pa. Ave SE arie Dressier i dn ma Cartoon in “The Lost Squad- Ton."” Pola_Nesri Charles Farrell in n 1 “A Woman Com- mands. “After Tomorroy Comedy Amateur Carole Lomba “No One Man Cartoon. Jobn Gilbert and El Brendel in ““West of Broadway." Serial. _Comedy. ZaSu Pitts and in 5dy_and Bill Cody an Norman Foster in “Steady Company." ria Marie D Marlene Dietrich in A I Express.” Cab Calloway song n. mma. " Bing Crosby comedy Marlene Dietrich in “Shanghal Express Cab Calloway song Lew Ayres and Mae Clarke in Impatient Maiden." “Manchuria *_ Sh. sub cartoon Marie Dressier Loretta Youns and . 2 innie Lightner in Emma Play Girl.” Cameo. Mt. Rainler. Dark. Cartoon Ramon Novarr an, May McAvoy " “Ben Hi 1] n Novarro and May McAvoy. in Janet Gaynd Charies Parrell 1n “Delicious.” Comedy. Carolina 1ith & N.C. Ave.8.E. “‘Ben Hur Comedy. News. ay rdy comedy. Laurel-Hardy Lotetta Young and Winnie Lightner in Girl.” comedy Edgar Allan Poe's “Murders in_ Rue orgue. Comedy. News John Gilbert in “West of Broadway." ne short “Murders in Rue Morcue. " Comedy. News Siim _Summerville and Louise Fazenda in “Racing Youth Comedies. _ Renate Muller in Office Girl Lillian Roth comedy Siim Summerville and Louise Fazenda in Racing Youth Benny Rubin comeds. oan Bennett in ‘She Wanted & Millionaire. 3 Travelta Ker n ‘Range Law." Serial Comedy. “Tomorrow and Tomorrow." Comedy. _Cartoon. Janet Gaynor and Charies Parrell 1 Sorls Karion™ i “Delicious. i “Frankenstein. Central 425 9th Bt N W. Circle 2108 Pa aul Luk; Sidneih P‘D‘X .l’l‘wd “Strictly Dishonor- N.W. bl Comedy. James Dunn and Linda Watkins in “Sob Sister." Comedy. Victor McLaglen and Elissa Landi in cked."" Comedy. ~ Jack Holt Bob Steele in “Maker of Men.” n “Nevads Buckaroo.” Comedy. Comed y. P Grorge Arliss in “Man Who Played ol 8hort_subjects. Joe E. Brown In “Pireman, 8; Child " ‘Serial” rtslants, George Arliss in Miriam Hopkins and “Man’ Who Flayed folme i Phillips Holmes in “Two Kinds of Wom- Short_subjects. en”_ Our Gang com Paul J;ul:rlnx;l;ad Chester Morris and "!lrl(llthDllhorPol‘- o able’ n “Corsair." John Gilbert. El Brendel and Lois Moran in y Marlene Dietrich d Clive Brook George Arliss | “Man' Who Played Ga.Ave & Parragut _8h't sub. Traveltalk Marlene Dietrich n “Shanghai Express.” KAy, Frsncis and am Boyd in “The False Madonna."” edy. Dumbarton 1349 Wis Ave NW “The False Madonna." ““West_of Broad: John Gilbert in “West of Rroad Short subjec Cartoon. Tew Avres ui Anita_ Loulse Siim_Summerville and ZaSu Pitts in | “Unexpected Father. Frank McHugh_com. Marlene Dietrich and Clive Brook n in ¥ " “Shanghal Express” _“Heaven on Earth Marlene Dietrich Chester Morris in *“Cock o' “the Alr. Benny Rubin in “Shanghai Express.” " Cartoon comedy Eddie Quillan in Dogyille_comedsy. “Big Shot." Short_subect. Cartoon. Kay Prancis and SAlmrancls and — Loulse Fazenda and Evelyn Brent in “The Mad Parade.” Comedy. C Greta Ga Ramon Ni ‘Mata Carts Fairlawn e Anacostis. D. C. omeds Edna May Oliver and Roscoe Ates in “Ladies of the Jury.” Comedy. Edna May Oliver and Roscoe Ates in “Ladies of the Jury." Comedy. Lew Asres and Anita Louise in “Heaven on Earth' Greta Garbo and Ramon Novarro in 'l‘é!i Herl.” Joe E. Brown in “Fireman. Save My “Fireman. Save My Child." Jackie Caor Comedy. News Hippodrome 208 K 85t NW. Evelyn Bren “Mad Parade.” Return of Amos_and_Andy Cartoon. _ Cartoon. _Comedy. Joe E. Brown in Edw. G. Robinson Dous. Fairbanks, it . and Jjoan Blondell in ““Union Depot " News. Comedy. Tim McCoy n “Daring Danger." "Comeds. in m McCoy in - “The Hatchet Man." ““Texas Cyclone. 3. Comedy (8 ns “Shadow_Detective Constance Bennett in ““Born to Love." of Barbara Stanwyck Constance Bennett in B" n tzll.nv!'. ° arbara Stanwyc " in “Locked Door.” __“Everything's Rosie." Warner Oland in “Charlie Chan's Will Rogers in “Business and Pleasure.” Cartoon Home 13th & C 8ts. N.E Wil Rogers in “‘Business and Pleasure.” Cartoon. Marlene Dietrich in “Shangha! Express.’ Vitaphone short Amos ard_Andy. A in_“Locked Door.” Dietrich in Greta Nissen and Lionel Atwill in “Silent_Witness." Daphne_Pollard_com. Joe E. Brown in “Fireman. Bave My Comedy. Child." News. _Cartoon. Jesse isthnr RLAVNE Evelyn Brent and Irene Rich in “The Mad Parade." Comedy. Helen Twelvetrees in “A Woman of Ex- Dark. Lyric Galthersbure. Md. Wil Rogers in “Business and Pleasure.” Comedy. Cartoon. u ._Cartoon Charles Farrell in “Hearthreak * Comedy. Bill Tilden. Fishermen's Paradise Charles Farrell in s s rtbreak Comedy. Bill Tilden. Fishermen's Paradise George O'Brien and Roscoe Ates_in ““The Rainbow Trail" Laurel-Hardy comedy. Princess 1119 H 8t. NE. Robt. Montgomery i “Lovers Courageous.” Jobn, Boles in Bylvia_Sidney in “Nice Women." 8hort subjects. Robt. Montgomery in “Lovers Courageous.” John Boles in “Good_Sports.” Buddy Rosers in “This Reckless Age.” Elissa Land! in “Wickec Ed Rol ‘Screen song. | Chester Morris | Slim_Summerville “"Cock o' the Al and zaSu Pitts in “Manchuria.” “Unexpected Father. artoon Com._8hort subject die Quillan Liool Atwill and bt Armstro; Gre Nissen in “The Ti “The Silent Witness. Serial Serial Comedy. _ orge O'Brien in Ralnbow Trail " Todd-Pitts comedy. Buffalo Bill_seria) | Paderewski, [ 'Mrs. Wilson-Greene Announces List of Next Season’s Stars Paderewski, Chaliapin, Bori Among Those t Leginska, Kreisler and o Appear in Concert NCX' Year at Constitufion Hau. OME of the world’s greatest con- cert stars are announced for appearance next season at Con- stitution Hall under the man- agement of Mrs. Wilson-Greene. the great Polish pianist and Chaliapin, the renowned Rus: basso, will both favor Washington with visits here next season. Three concert series will be presented in the Capital next season by Mrs. ‘Wilson-Greene—a course of Saturday evening concerts, and two aftsrnoon series of five concerts each. All per- formances will be given at Constitu- tion Hall ‘The Saturday evening series, the| only one definitely formed to date, will consist of six attractions, headed by Ethel Leginska and her woman's or- chestra. Other artists will include Lucrezia Bori, prima donna soprano of the Met- ropolitan Opera Co., who will appear in a costume recital on November 26; Jose Iturbi, Spanish planist, who will be heard on Saturady evening, Jan- uary 14; the Don Cossack Russian Male Chorus, “the singing horsemen of the steppes,” who return on Satur- day evening, January 21; Yehudi Menuhin. that sensational youthful master of the violin, playing here on Saturday evening, March 25, and Law- rence Tibbett, vocal star of opera, concert and the screen. jcitalists at afternoon concerts will inclide Fritz Kreisler, violinist. on November 15; Lily Pons, coloratura soprano of the Metropolitan, on No- vember 30: Jascha Heifetz, violinist, on December 6, and Feodor Chaliapin, the great Russian basso, on December 12. After new year there will be after- noon concerts by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, with Dr. Koussevitzky con- ducting, on January 31; Paderewski, the pianist, on February 21; Rachmaninoff, the famous Russian pianist and com- poser, on March 15, and Rosa Ponselle, dramatic soprano of the Metropolitan, and Beniamino Gigli, Metropolitan tenor, as well as other noted artists, on dates to be announced later. Res- ervations may be placed at Mrs. ‘Wilson-Greene's Concert Bureau in Droop’s, 1300 G street N.W. SCOTT PROGRAM TOMORROW. LOCAL musicians are to honor one of America’s best known song writers in a program of his works tomorrow evening at Barker Hall Y. W. C. A, Seventeenth and K streets northwest. This is the lovers have met to pay tribute to this internationally known writer of song who is spending his Spring season in our_ city. ‘The group of artists participating this year include such well known soloists as Ruby Potter, soprano soloist of Cal- vary Methodist Church; Helen Turley, contralto of National City Christian Church; Floyd Jennings of Atlanta, Ga.; Herman Fakler of Mount Pleasant Congregational Church, Oscar Kuldell, third season that music | bass, of Metropolitan Presbyterian Church, and the quartet of the Mount Pleasant Congregational Church, Claude Robeson, director: the Elizabeth Som- ers Glee Club, directed by Mary Ben- nett, and the male chorus of the Ches« n |apeake & Potomac Telephone Co.. un- der the capable direction of Robe: | Davidson = S Also appearing on the program will be Robert Ruckman. concert pianist and organist, and Edward Voccaro, one of the newer of local musicians coming to us from Boston as a teacher of violoncello, who will play the cello ob- ligations. The public is cordially invited BANDMASTERS' CONCERT. “HUNTINGTOW!’R BALLAD,"” a new composition by Ottorino Respighi, which will have its premiere at the concert of the American Bandmasters® Association in Constitution Hall the evening of April 17, is dedicated to Edwin Franko Goldman, president of the American Bandmasters' Association. “Huntingtower Ballad" is the first work by a great internationally known com« | poser to be written directly for band, Later in the season this production will be featured in concerts by the Goldman Band in New York In addition to this, a number of other | productions will be played for the first | time at this concert, which is to be | Biven in Constitution Hall. Several | widely known composers will be pres- izm to conduct the playing of their own productions. A part of the pro- | gram will be given in direct tribute to the memory of John Philip Sousa. The concert will be the closing event of a four-day session of the American Band- masters’ Association at the Willard Ho- tel. The concert is being given under | the auspices of the District of Columbia | Chapter of the American Red Cross co-operation with the Greater National | Capital Committee. RICHMOND FESTIVAL. | TWO important artists not heretofare | mentioned in connection with the | Virginia choral festival, to be held in | Richmond, April 25 to 30, inclusive, will sing during the festival, according |to a recent announcement. They are | Charles Trowbridge Tittmann, bass- | baritone, of Washington, D. C., and | Joanne de Nault, Canadian contraite. | They will appear on April 28 on Choir Festival night when 600 voices from choirs all over the State will present a program of unusual interest. The Choir Festival night will be only one of ten great events planned for the festival, the greatest of which will be the singing of Dvorak's “Stabat | Mater” by the Virginia Festival Choir | of 2,000 voices, assembled from all parts {of the Old Dominion. A symphony concert, a folk musical program, a Vir- ginia composers’ program and concerts and programs by such famous organiza- tions as the Kedroff Quartet and by Myra Hess, world's greatest woman pianist, will be other features. Philharmonic Conductors. of the Philharmonic-Symphony So- ciety of New York, the board of direc- tors has announced three conductors, Arturo Toscanini, Bruno Walter and Issay Dobrowen. Maestro Toscanini, re!umll‘l‘s for his eighth consecutive year, will conduct the first eight and the last eight weeks of the season. Mr. Walter, who officiated for seven weeks of this past Winter, will lengthen his visit this time to nine weeks. Mr. Do- browen, who has never before conducted in New York, has been engaged for four weeks. Hans Lange continues his work as assistant conductor. In Mr. Dobrowen New York will have the privilege of learning to know one of the outstanding younger conductors of today. Born February 27, 1894, in Nijni-Novgorod, Russia, he studied at the Moscow Conservatory and at the age of 16 was graduated with the gold medal for composition and for the piano. In 1917 he was made a professor as_conductor of the time was e fos In 1922 he went to the Moscow Opera. Dresden Opera. Berlin was the next step. ‘There, dur- ing the season 1924-25, he was first con- ductor of the Volksoper. During 1926-27 Dobrowen was gen- eral musical director in Sofia. The fol- lowing two years he succeeded Schnee- voigt as conductor of the Philharmonic concerts in Oslo and also appeared in many of the Unpoméxtcgumpnn music centers as guest conductor. In ll:!O‘g\ll he came to the United States for the first time as guest con- ductor of the San Francisco Symphony. He was re-engaged for the first half of the season 1931-32. He will return there once more next year. Gardiner Dance Recital. ISA GARDINER and her advanced pupils will be seen in a dance re- cital at Wardman Park Theater, the evening of Saturday, May 14, at 8:30 o'clock, presenting a widely varied pro- gram of ballet numbers and divertisse- ments, all of which are based on the traditional classic technique. Opening with “Chopiniana,” arranged and costumed in the period of 1845, the program will include Miss Gardiner's own arrangement of Keats' poem, “Jamia,” as well as several dances in the style of famous painters, a group of Spanish numbers, and some comedy dances, one of which “Theme with Variations” will be danced to a recorded is famed as a guitarist. Miss Gardiner's Children’s Recital will take place on Saturday afternoon, May 7, at the Arts Club. Erskine Lecture. Tm Community Institute season of 1932 will close with two events featuring music in one way or another. John Erskine, novelist, essayist, poet and likewise librettist of for the childlike,” *“Jack Beanstalk,” will be heard on Tuesday evening at 8:15 in Central High Auditorium, in a talk on “Music in Our Daily Lives,” and on Friday after- noon, April 29, in the National Theater, Buddy Fogers in *“This Reckless Age." Elissa Landi in “Wicked.” Tim McCoy in_ “‘ShotgunPass. Clark and McColloush comedy Richmond Alexandria. Va. Dark. Clark Gable and Wallace Beery in "Hell's Divers " Comedy._News. Clark Gable and Wallace Beery in “Hell's Divers." Comedy. News. Loretta Youns and Norman Foster in “Play Girl."" Comedy. Loretta Young and Norman Foster in “Play Girl Comedy. _News. Marion Davies and Clark Gable in “Polly of the Circus.” *Pi News. _Comedy. Marion Davies and lark Gable in olly of the Circus.” medy. Chester Morris in “Coek o' the Walk.” Bing Crosby comedy. Savo 3030 14th Bt N.W. ‘hester Morris in «Soster Mortls 1 e Mo Marie Dressler in Bing Crosby comedy. Vitaphone short subject Frederic March in “Dr. Jeksll and Mr Hyde.” subject. Cartoon. B Ke: Rt it Short_sul A News. _Cot Harry Carey in aton in “Border Devils.” umber " Pitts-Todd comedy. Jackie Cooper in ews. E Champ.” TR Wallace Beery and Wallace Beery an James Cagney and Loretta Youn in “Taxl.” d Jackie Cooper in *The Ch: ‘ Com._News. Novelty. o Comedy. " Rews. Dorothy Revier and . Jack Holt in . "‘l'l#‘f_ro Me! y. Greta Garbo in Minta Hon toon. Ruth Chatterton in “Tomorrow and Ruth chnnmn‘ln n . Tomorrow.” News._Comedy. “Tomorrow Tomorro News.Comedy. ohn_Gilbert “West of Broadw: “Sportland.” No. 3, ws. Stanton 6th & C Sts. NE “Private Lives." Norma Shearer, Buster Keaton and ntgomery and Una Merkel in “Private Lives.” Liy Damita and Adolphe Menjou * “Friends and Lovers. velty. Joe E. Brown “Broad-Minded. “Shadow Detective™ mystery. n “Frederic March in Sylvan D, Jekvil and Mr. 104K 1 Ave N.W. Frederic March in “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.” " Come: Screen song. _New: Junior Coghlan and on Janney in “Penrod and Sam." Comedies. News. Junior Leon Janney in “Penrod and Bam." Comed Linds ins and i Wal John Boles BUl Boyd and Robt. Armstrong in ‘Good Sport o Sulclde Feet Serial. Com. Cart'n Serial._ Com tes e May Oliver ‘Roscoe Ates Edna May Oliver and Roscoe Ates James Cagney in in “Taxi.” “'Ladies of the Jury." Will Rogers in “Business and Pleasur James Cagney in Will' Rogers in “Busincss Mirjam Hopkins and B Mirtam Hopkins and Marion Dlvillz'l llnd “Dabeers 3 the Dark” -»‘:fiy"u'x?' Circhs.” Sommeds: ‘Travealk. _ Boy Friend comedy. Keaton and _.. fi fl“&, - Marion Davies and Jack Hol “poliy ‘ot {he Clrcys." Gaas Boy Priend comedy. Willia d at 4:45 pm. the world-famous Kedroff Quartet, will be heard in their final American concert, before leaving for Europe. mp:m for both "fl:{,{'&"’g‘f hlld at the -Community ute office in s Seaith Ticket the T. ur ;eumu :I. illard and the American A OR the ninety-first season, 1932-33, | of the Moscow Academy and at the same | accompaniment by Andres Segovia, "who | Glee Club COHCC". USSIAN and Old English numbefs by the Elizabeth Somers Glee Club will be featured in the forthcoming post-Easter concert by this organization, on Thursday evening at 8:30 o'clock in Barker Hall, in the Young Women's Christian Association, Seventeenth and K streets. “The Lonely Pine,” and “Glorious | :ure\:r." by R.uhm;nlnufl, and ’I‘;c’hu- | kovsky's “A Legend,” arranged N. Clifford Page, will be the Russian | pleces, while Edward Purcell's “Pass- | ing By,” Henry Purcell's “Nymphs and | Shepherds,” and “May Day Carol™ | arranged by Deems Taylor, will comprise the English group. As its third group Sylvia Meyer, harpist, who will be the guest artist of the occasion, will play two groups of numbers, including compositions by Rameau, von Gluck, Brahms, Pierne, Grandjany, Debussy, and Salzedo, the Ilatter's dans la Nuit” and completing Miss Meyer's contribution to_the program. The concert will be conducted by Mary M. Burnett, director of music |of the Young Women's | Association of this city. e Marine Band Concerts. 'HE concerts scheduled to be played by the United States Marine Band during the coming week will include the following: Monday, April 11, at 3 pm, band | concert. Wednesday, April 13, at 8 pm., ore chestra concert. Friday, April 15, at 3 p.m., orchestra concert. The above concerts are to be given in the band auditorium at the Marine Barracks. Thursday, April 14, the United States Marine Band Orchestra will participate in the Pan-American concert to -be |given at the Pan-American Union by the Inter-Service Orchestras. Producers’ Judgment. “NO less than 27 well known man- | agers and stars read and re- jected Rudolf Besler's “The Barretts of Wimpole Street’ in America,” says Richard J. Madden, representative of the author. | “The reasons given ranged from & general disinclination to have any traf | fic with a period drama to a belief | that the play lacked general appeal because it was ths love story of Eliza- | beth Barrett and Robert Browning and | helnoe of interest only to the Browning | cult “In England ‘The Barretts of Wim- | pole Street' was refused by two pro- | ducers before Sir Barry Jackson de=- cided to produce it at the Malvern fes- tival on August 18, 1920. The drama recently was presented in Sydney, New South Wales. Cable accounts say that | 1t is a ‘brilliant success.’ " | Already Besier's Barrett-Browning romance has been acted in the state theater in Copenhagen, Denmark, and is scheduled for Winter production in the state theaters in im ard Oslo. Vienna, Berlin and dapesy have announced it for Autumn presen- tation and negotiations are under way for its appearance in Paris and Rome. MUSIC STUDIOS. g BESSIE N. WILD ey e et 5ih. Be N PHONE GEO! the W! utomobile Association Headquarters. . Today's Y. W. C. A. Music Hour. 'HE Sunday music hour program at § o'clock at the Y. W. C. A. today include numbers by Willa Semple. hale And Miss. Beal no. Miss Semple An e m include an m'zrmm combination of selections by Mosart and Bach, as well_as lnoddemwllhtuenl by Debussy, | others. ul:?%‘:n "oee of the music hour Mrs. | Adams Slade, president of the | . €. A., will announce the opening of “South American week” in the Y. Slieed 1y the. singing. of *South by WO American folk mng the i Girl RA-‘ Armando Jannuzz Grand Opera, Dramatic Tenor Voice Specialist Italian Method From La Seals, Milan, Haly 3 Col. 4608 3403 14th St. NW. * g ROBERT RUCKMAN Organist National City Christian Church TEACHER OF PIANO Institute of Musical Art 831 18th St. N.W. MEL 3511,