Evening Star Newspaper, April 26, 1932, Page 7

Music and Musicians Reviews and News of Capital‘s ngrams. Prize Compositions Played at Musicale. RS. H. H. A. BEACH carried off the honors last evening in a program of new com- positions by American woman composers, given as a part of the hiennial convention of the League of American Pen Women. The concert was given in the home of Mrs. Eleanor Patterson. Mrs, Beach’s compo- sition was & quintet for piano and strings. The composer played the difficult fano part bril- iantly, and the Ferrara String Quartet assisted her. The quin- tet as a whole has continuity and form, with a definitely dra- matic value in the second movement. . Se enthusiastic were her hear- ers that she finally played a solo for an encore. Mary Howe, Washington com- Eonr. played the piano part for her Plutct Melancolique,” & suite for wviolin, 'cello and piano: Louis Fer- rara, violinist, and Sydne Hamer, cellist, assisting her. The suite is a well built composition, the second movement, “Plainte,” containing a vivid wail, and the third movement & carefree Thythm with a lilting theme. Mrs. Howe's suite was given first honorable mention in the Jeague's music contest for 1932, “An April Bridegroom.” written by Reah Jackson Irion of Arkansas, which received second honorable mention in the contest of last year, is written for tenor, string quartet and harp and was given last evening by Edmund Caldwell, tenor: the Ferrara String Quartet and Alfred Manning, harpist. It is an inter- esting composition and the words also were written by the composer. After this number R. Deane Shure was. introduced, having been one of the judges for the 1932 contest, and he paid a glowing tribute to Dorothy De Muth Watson, national chairman of music for the league, for her untiring and successful ef- " forts in the arranging of the many rograms given during the week of he biennial convention. Mrs. Wat- son acknowledged the tribute with 8 brief and graceful speech. Mary Carr Moore of California has much of the Indian rhythm and intonation in her suite for voice, strings and flute, which is composed of “Four Love Songs.” Of these the song of grief, “Desolation,” was the most beautiful from a standpoint of theme and harmonization, the rich- ness of the accompaniment being marked. Harlan Randall. baritone, with Louis Ferrara, violinist; Mr. Hamer, cellist, and Domenico Ias- cone, flutist, were assisted by the composer at_the plano. The suite was given the first award of the contest in 1932 Phyllus Fergus of Illinois gave two of her compositions, a short song, “Wings," which is very effective with its accompaniment for string quar- tet. which was done by Mr. Randall snd the Ferrara String Quartet. The song was awarded first honor- able menbion in the 1931 contest The othér number was “To the Top of the Star-Swept Hill,” written for small chamber orchestra and piano, the compeser playing the piano part and the small orchestra composed of members ‘of the Nitional Symphony Crchestra of Washington The sulte “Cantos Hondos” or “Deen Songs” by Francesca Vallejo of California is written for flute, viclins, .‘gello, bass. Spanish guitar and piano, and received second hon- orable ition in last year's contest. Shiss IR played the plano part with Mr. Iascon Quartet. and Spanish guitar, The four movements have grace_end charm, particularly the first and last, “Condos Hondos™ and “Seguidilla” The program as a whole was of much interest and no little beauty and was one of the long scries of concerts arrenged through this week by Mrs. Watson for the League of American Pen Women, K. B. Mrs. H. H. A, Beach. the Ferrara String hocles T. Pappas Julia E. Schelling Lectures on “Parsifal.” \ 1SS JULIA E.SCHELLING, tal- +¥% ented sister of her talented brother, Ernest Schelling, and the recipient of considerable fame due to the fact that she is the first per- son to lecture in the English tongue at Bayreuth at the invitation of the late Siegfried Wegner, gave one of her noted talks on Wagner yes- | ROOFING| Trouble Corrected CALL COLBERT And Your Troubles Are Ended We are adequately equipped to give you prompt and efficient serv- ice. MAURICE J. OLBERT 1908 M St. N.W. Repairing Roofs 25 Years Pain Vanishes Instantly! A new discovery! It ends every trace of pain in one minute! It removes the entire corn in 48 bours! That’s the magical efiect of Dr. Scholl’s Zino-pads used in conjunction with the new Medi - cated Disks, included at no ex- tra cost! They also remove the cause—rubbing and pressing of shoes — preventing corns com- ing back; soothing, healing the sore spot. Thin, easy to apply, 1009 safe. This complete treat- ment costs but a trifie. Get it today at your drug or shoe store. DrScholls Zinopad: terday afternoon at the Mayflower. Presented by the board of managers of the Gentlewomen's League, Miss Schelling, sided by the scholarly piano playing of Fanny A. Roberts (who seems to know her Wagner down to the ground) lec “Parsifal” and preceded a talk on the life of oser himself. Miss Schelling's brief the private life o particularly stimul showing of some of M own collection of stressed most esp: ence of Cosima band’s affairs. duction Miss J the varisus motives while M erts skipped back and f wed on with great com- Schelling’s slides, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY, the musical score to fit the music to the words. To those who are anxious to learn their Wagner these lectures are earnestly recommended. There will be another one next Sunday after- noon. The subject will be “Tann- hauser,” and besides Mrs. Roberts at the piano there will be Mme. Stalicky to sing the role of Eliza- beth. E. de 5. M. Gutelius Pupils In Recital at Barker Hall FRANCES GUTELIUS presented her young students to a large and receptive audience at Barker Hall Saturday night. The program was divided into three groups. The first group were youngsters of 6 to 10, h cne tot of 3'., Ger- trude Troutman. She was a de- light not only bscause of her poise, but because of her full legato and crisp staccato. Charlton Meyer, who has been soloist with the National Symphony, appeared as a composer of a “modern” number containing alternate measures in two-four and three-four time. Mary Ketcham, Lucille Randall, Home Stephens McAllister and Ruth Alice Davis completed the “sixes.” Little Miss Davis was very impressive with some Mozart variations and com- plied to vigorous appreciation with an_encore. The second group—the 12-year- olds—were Betty Marshall, Frances Alderman, Marshall Hicks, Janet O'Leary, Judith De Lima, Barbara Bolling, Ralp Davis, Karlian Meyer and Margaret Nanagita. These youngsters gave the clear impres- sion that they have the beginning of the mastery of the piano almost in hand and were for this reason the most delightful of the evening. They are, obviously, learning their instrument, not merely taking mu- sic_lessons. 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