Evening Star Newspaper, September 22, 1935, Page 58

" ¥-8 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SEPTEMBER 22, 1935—PART FOUR. MUSIC PLANS NEED OPEN-MINDED CONSIDERATION’ Conductor and Singer Who Will Add Interest to Music Season Music Talent Boost Seen In Plan For “Center” Here Sirovich P}oposal of Government Subsidy to Give Impetus to Art and Literature | Commended. By Alice Eversman. Not long ago an editorial appeared in one of the city papers anent the announcement a few days previously by Representative Sirovich of his plan to make Washington “the center of world’s action in the flelds of art and literature.” Mr. Sirovich, in his Associated Press release, mentioned Aeschylus, Bophocles and Aristophanes, the famous trio of Greek dramatists, as models whose equal could be attained by Americans, if given the proper opportunity, and Government subsidy to give im-¢ — = petus to increased culture. These two points were seized upon in the editorial, to level gentle irony at the plan. The writer declared that “perhaps the best way to keep Wash- ington provincial would be the crea- tion of a Federal department designed to make it a cultural center” and that, “this can never be gained by super- imposing an appearance of culture upon & people by Government sub- sidies. Neither genius nor an appre- ciation of it is a matter of legisla- tion.” And further, “Minus the nec- essary human equation, art and let- - remain flat and meaningless, lacking the fourth-dimensional ap- peal” 3 While music is not specifically mentioned in either article and rei- erence is made solely to the Greek founders of tragedy and comedy, all art plans must include music and therefore it is permissible to take up the defense of any outline for the furtherance of art, however difficult of accomplishment may seem the first draft. The point is that every project should be considered with open-mind- edness and with the idea of encourag- ing rather than discouraging the originators and those interested in the idea. It is time that the old ap- proach to & new art idea be dis- carded, for the currents of public progress are flowing in the way of the Nation’s Capital and its citizens must be prepared to meet them Sirovich Chooses Stars. Mr. Sirovich made no mistake in holding up the three great Grecian writers as an attainable ideal, for one of the soundest bits of advice for gaining success is the well-known admonition to choose nothing less than a star to which to attach the chariot of endeavor. The efficiacy of this counsel has been proven, not only in the career of the forenamed Grecians, but since their day, in countless instances. Also he is founding his plea for a Government subsidy on precedents established when the “glory of Greece” was greatest and others put into success- ful operation many times and in many countries whose civilization fol- lowed the dimming of the Athenian state. Undoubtedly when Greece and Rome first thought out some plan for the encouragement of art there were citizens who said “It can’t be done.” They, too, perhaps argued that genius will find its own way and that the ordinary run of people could not be benefited by having art thrust upon them unless they yearned to have it #0. Art history, however, has proven the contrary and we of the twentieth century are the beneficiaries of the vision and understanding of the great | minds of those far-off days. The very fact that the writings of the three | Greeks can still be taken as examples | of fine writing after the so-called progress since the fourth century BC., the time of their flourishing, is proof that if art is encouraged it will pro- duce works that will live forever, even after the decline of all other things. Aeschylus, Sophocles—a musician 180 0f no mean ability—and Aristo- phanes each gained recognition when in their early 20s. Each fulfilled his duties as citizen, fighting for country and serving it in diplomatic and gov- ernmental capacity. Yet they found time to write innumerable works which served, not only to develop the art of the drama, but are today re- garded as inexhaustible wells from which can be drawn the style and material for great writing. Geniuses and Opportunity. | Undoubtedly also, these young men case and is less possible today. Amer- jcan talent must be encouraged to show {itself and the American puhllc‘ must be educated to realize that art can be of assistance in daily life, sup- plying the courage that is battered | down by the process of living and the | constructive relaxation that keeps the | mind and heart fresh and alert. | Department and Effect. | Why the creation of a Federal art | department would “be the best way | to keep Washington provincial” is hard to see. One would imagine the contrary, for it is presumable that the ‘Government would choose the depart- ment executives from among the most cultured in art in the country. |1t would seem that the very best | talent in the art world would be at-| tracted to Washington and that those | whose experience and education war- | | ranted it would be called for partici- pation and consultation. Any decision arrived at would be made known mf the entire country and reach in par-| ticular just the people who hitherto | had not had the courage to be active !in art. Anyway, what do we possess today that is better than the proposed plan {or could be harmed by its function- ing? Something must be done for art | education, if it is to be followed in this country rather than in Europe, and something is necessary to arouse | the latent talent. It is difficult to see | how this city, or the couutry, would | regress under Government art super- vision or why it is not possible to | equal the greatness of the three cele- brated Greek writers. From one of the comedies of Aristophanes can be taken a few appropriate lines: “O unwise and foolish people, yet to mend your ways begin; Use again the good and useful; 0| hereafter, if ye win | *Twill be due to this your wisdom; if | ye fall, at least 'twill be Not a fall that brings dishonor, falling from a worthy tree.” At left: Willem von Hoogstraten, distinguished Dutch conductor, who will be guest conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra on October 27 during Dr. Kindler's engagement to direct the Philadelphia Orchestra, Symphony Concert Ticket 'Sale Will Open Wednesday t - |Season Will Begin With Gala Concert on Sunday Afternoon, October 20. Preparations for launching the National Sympony Orchestra’s 1935-38 season will get under way this week with the opening of the ticket sale. The orchestra boxoffice, located in the Julius Garfinckel & Co. store, Fourteenth and H streets northwest, will be opened Wednesday morning. Tickets for two series of regular concerts in Constitution Hall, as well as for an expanded season of student concerts, will be available. The.orchestra wil] begin its season with & gala opening | afternoon, Oetober 20. | has announced a program including | famous masterworks and concert | favorites. The first of the Thursday | series will come November 7, with Dr. | Kindler presenting Roman Totenberg, brilliant young Polish violinist, as | guest soloist. All of the concerts of both series will be in the afternoon, with the ex- ception of two of the Thursday con- | certs. Programs of November 7 and |of January 9 will be at 8:30 pm. Other Thursday concerts will be at | 4:45 pm. And all Sunday concerts will be at 4 p.m. Dr. Kindler, in planning these events, has anged to bring to | Washington many great artists to ap- | pear with the orchastra. Myra Hess, celebrated woman pianist, will be a feature of the Brahms Festival jplznned for early February. Ethel « Bartlett and Rae Robertson, English and, right, William Webster, tenor protege of the late Enrico Caruso, opens a branch of his New York vocal studio in Washington this Winter. Prices Set| For Series Of Concerts As in former years, the T. Arthur Smith Concert Bureau announces spe- cial prices for the series of four Thurs- day evening concerts by the Phila- delphia Orchestra in Constitution Hall this Winter. Renewals, Mr Smith announces, should be made not later than October 1, after which date seats Mrs. Emery Enlarges Stafl., OROTHY RADDE EMERY resumes her private piano teaching and | class in music appreciation at her Silver Spring, Takoma Park and Washington studios. Mrs. Emery will | again be assisted by Willa Semple, | B. M, of the New England Conserva- | tory of Muslc, who will teach piano, | theory and solfeggio. Other additions | to the staff are Iona Hoffman, artist : pupil, who will teach piano and assist | in the music appreciation classes, and Jessamine Hartman, who lately ap- peared in recital and on the radio with Mrs. Emery in piano ensemble, as two-piano coach. New features of this year's work include a rhythm orchestra for small children, a class for the study of contemporary instrumentalists and singers and talks on the concerts of the National Symphony Orchestra. The Summer class will be heard in recital on Saturday at 3 p.m. at Mrs. Emery's home studio, 4 Manor circle, Takoma Park. ) Club fiegins 98th Season, 'HE Rubinstein Club, under the di- rection of Claude Robeson, begins its twenty-eighth season this year. The | first morning and evening rehearsals | will take place Tuesday, October 8, the former at the Willard Hotel at 11 am,, | and the latter at the Mount Pleasant Congregational Church, 1410 Columbia road, at 8 pm. This club is sponsor of many Washington musical debuts and gives two concerts each season. Prospective new members can obtain further information by calling Mrs. will be allotted to new subscribers. | In view of his expanding program this Winter, Mr. Smith had moved from his office in Homer L. Kitt Music House, 1330 G street, to 910 G street. The new office is accessible to all car | and bus lines and in the heart of the | shopping district. Advance sales indi- cate capacity audiences for the four concerts to be given by the Phila- | delphia Orchestra. Stokowski will conduct the first concerts in the series October 24, and December 19, when the soloist will be Frits Kreisler, world-famous violinist. Other conductors who will appear | later in the season are Jose Iturbi, March 12, and Eugene Ormandy, April 2. It is largely due to Stokowski's per- i sistent labors on behalf of good music | as well as his unflagging zeal that the orchestra has developed and grown until it has been called “the Steinway | of orchestras.” Only recently the popular conductor ascribed his success ‘ as well as the success of the orchestra to his progressive ideas, to his unwill- ingness to stand still. “Successful persons are stupid,” he declared. “They have stopped grow- ing—they have stood still. I am nota successful man. I want to grow, to progress. I want always to grow in imagination, in thought I want never to stand still, for to stand still is to| die. Without obstacles I do not be- lieve I could have gone this far. You need obstacles to carry you on BESSIE N. WILD Volee Culture, Piano and Harmony Studio, 6823 5th St N.W. Opens Vocal smd;o. VWILLIAM WEBSTER, tenor and protege of the late Enrico Caru- | 50, has opened a vocal studio in Wash- ington at 1310 Nineteenth street northwest, where he will teach several times a week. Mr. Webster will re- tain his studio in New York, dividing his time between the two cities. An artist pupil of Mr. Websters, Sara Smith, niece of Lorenz Evans concert manager, has recently signed | . contracts for concert and opera ap- pearanccs. Finckel Studios. LDEN AND ALICE FINCKEL an- nounce the opening of Pinckel Music Studios. being formed in piano, theory of music. Mr. and Mrs. several 'cello and piano programs in Colorado and Oklahoma this Summer. Mr. Finckel has been engaged by the Columbia Concert Bureau for a con- cert tour with Frank Kneisel, violinist, and Robert Turner, pianist, during the months of October and November, after which he will resume his work in Washington. Florence M. Welty substituted at the organ of the Central Presbyterian | Church the last six weeks during the | absence of John Russell Mason in the West_Indies and South America. R SS GOODWIN Teacher of Singing—1106 For Appointment. Phone Wi Attractively Furnished Part Time. Florence Vincent Yeager NEW YORK-—LONDON—BERLIN Voice Pupil of Giovanni Lamperti Teacher of Voice and Piano 1241 Shepherd Street N.W. _Phone Columbia 9798-J ALTER T. HOLT Mandolin, banjo. guitar, Hawailan gui- tar and ukulele. Pupils trained for :mme, orchestra, stage and radio play- Ing. Ensemble Practice with Nordica Clubs 1801 Col. Rd. N.W. Col. 0946 Music notices intended for publication in The Sunday Star should be received by the Music Editor not later than 9 a.m. Thursday of each week,and they should be typewritten if possible. Concerts Intimes Bureau. CONCER’I‘B INTIMES, Elena de Sayn, director, has opened a au at 927 Fifteenth street north- west, corner of K, accessible to street cars and busses. Miss de Sayn will present the em- inent Bohemian violinist, Jan Kube- lik, in recital December 3, followed the | by Egon Petri January 14 and An- Classes are | dres Segovia February 4. ‘cello and | certs fall on a Tuesday and will take All con- place at 5 o'clock at the Shoreham Finckel presented Hotel. Reservations may be made by mail. Tickets to the concerts obtainable at the office from Miss de Sayn be- | tween 12 and 1 and 5-6 p.m., room 608, at the above address. TEACHER of PIANO Pupil of Louis Potter and Weldon Carter. Graduate of Washington College of Music and affiliated teacher of The Sherwood Music School of Chicago. STUDIO 5602 39th St. N.W. Chevy Chase, D. C. EM. 4033 HERMAN C. RAKEMANN Instructor of Violin and Viola Member ) onal Symphony Orchestra tudio and Residence 1928 Biltmore St. Col 9599 * arrai when ready. For_appointment vhnnr'_"t\" consin_4119. REGINA VICARINO Opera and Concert Soprano VOICE STUDIO Beginners and Advanced Students 1712 Connecticut Ave. ELSA KOPPEL | Choral Society Meets. 'THE officers of the Washington | Choral Society and the chorus | will hold the first meeting of the | 1935-36 season on Tuesday | October 1, at Central Community Center, Auditions for new members will be | held that evening at 7 o'clock and the rehearsal will begin at 8, under the direction of Louis Potter. All choir leaders and singers, alum- ni members of college glee clubs, | visitors and residents of the city, who are interested are invited to join. The officers of this organization so far elected are: James Schick, presi- dent; Adolph Torowsky, vice presi- dent; James C. Dulin, treasurer; Mrs. Walter Hilton, secretary; Louis Pot- ter, director, and Walter Nash, ac- | companist. Columbia School of Music GEORGE VICKERS, Fretted In- struments, Trumpet. ARSENIO RALON, Violin and Piano, Ac- cordion. Call us for our instru- ment and lesson proposition. 922 17th St. Nat. 6530 VON UNSCHULD UNIVERSITY OF MUSIC, Inc. AND _INTERNATION. EXTENSION | SCHOOL Accredited by the Board of Ed - ion D. C. to confer degrees. 52 artist teachers for all dranches of music. Mme. Marie von Unschuld, Piane. Teachers' Training Course. Master Class. cent addition to faculty for : | PREPARATORY SCHOOL MR. JENO SEVELY, V from Royal Aeademy of Bu MRS. MARY HILL. MRS, T THOMAS: Gereme Inauire personally 164 b 8 CoIA. Ra. n Wednesdays. WMAL. g UNSCHULD PIANO CLUB. ee papers for broadcasting hour. lin, est, evening, | | duo-pianists, will play a Bach two- | piano concerto with the orchestra on Thursday, January 23. Paul Althouse, tenor, and Elsa Alsen, soprano, will appear in an all-Wagner program | during the Winter. John McCor- mack, Irish tenor, will be soloist for the Thursday, January 9, concert. And Egen Petri, Dutch pianist, will play on the Thursday, March 5, pro- gram. Other artists have been engaged as follows: Sylvia Meyer, harpist, for Thursday, December 12; Grace Cas- tagnetta, pianist, for Sunday, October 27; Margaret Harshaw, contralto, Sunday, November 3; Elizabeth Travis, pianist, Sunday, December 1; Irra Petina, soprano, Sunday, December 15; Frances Nash, pianist, Sunday, January 12, and Sylvia Lent, violinist, March 1. While Dr. Kindler fills an engage- ment as conductor of the Philadelphia CHARLOTTE KLEIN Fellow of the Ameriean Guild of Organists INSTRUCTION IN RECITAL AND SERVICE - PLAYING | ST. MARGARET'S CHURCH | Connecticut Avenue and Bancroft Place “The world record of being a reci at five national conventions of the A | ican Guild of Organists.” —S. E. G. DIAPASON. Dorothy Sherman Pierson Soprano, Teacher of Singing Director of Lyric Music Appreciation | Club—Affiliated With Teaching STUDIOS TELEPHONES 821 Ingraham St. N.W. e0. 06O: W, Nat'l 6530 2 3 Dist. 9193 * ' Claude Robeson Piano Organ Coaching Telephones: Adams 5121 | Adams 3472 WILLIAM WEBSTER Tenor Instructor of voice. Protege of the teacher of James Gloer. ity as leading tenor with has two openings of der ‘Scholarship | [ partial sch ips || Fund Association. ; Phone North 9711 Dr. Kindlerdr concert Sunday Orchestra, William Van Hoogstraaten, Dutch conductor who has led sym- phony concerts at New York's Lewi- sohn Stadium for 14 seasons, will take his place here on October 27, The student concert series has been expanded to include 10 concerts and will be presented according to a new plan developed by Dr. Kindler. The series will have the general title “How to Listen to Music,” each concert pre- senting an exposition of a different phase of mupical appreciation. There will be three concerts each in Central Western and Eastern High Schools and a final festival program in Con- stitution Hall. In addition to its home concerts, Dr. Kindler and the orchestra have al- ready set dates for several out-of- town engagements. This year there will be series of six concerts in Bal- timore and of four in Richmond, Va. On a tour of the East in early December Dr. Kindler and his men will play in Bqston's Symphony Hall, where the Boston Symphony gives its concerts; in Hartford, Conn. as one feature of a series in which the Boston and Philadelphia Orchestras are also booked; in Skidmore College, Sara- toga Springs, N. Y.; in Providence, R. I, and the orchestra, leaving the United States for the first time, give a concert in Ottawa, the capital of the Dominion of Canada. Before making this trip to New England and Canada the orchestra will give concerts in Atlanta, Ga and in Asheville, N. C., in early No- vember. A third tour next April will include Columbia, S. C., and Duke University, Durham, N. C. BASS SOLOIST a: able for church quar- Over 15 years' experience. Refet Good salary. Adams 2958-W. * Armando Jannuzz’ Grand Opera, Dramatic Tenor | Voice Specialist | Italian Method ! School of bel cante Di St. N.W. Lucia Mackenzie Hendley | Will Open Her 1935-36 Season on September 16th ssolution of the Hendl 00l of Musical Art on Augu 15th. 1935, Mrs. Hendley will continu her work at 185K Kalorama Road, under the name of THE LUCIA MACKENZIE SCHOOL OF MUSICAL EDUCATION. * Lois Abernethy | PIANIST TEACHER Private and Class Piano Since the Kasper Studios: Telephone 1349 Iris St. N.W. Georgia 8thand H Sts. NW. 4010 Florence Howard Studios of Singing 1408 New Hampshrie Avenue Phone North 6705 Musical appreciation of song literature developed in_individual 1 and ensemble Director: The Tuesday Evening Music Club The Burrall Choral Ensemble idual clas: Vera Neely Ross, B.M. VOCAL INSTRUCTOR were geniuses and would have been Jorwerth J. Roberts, president, 1330 233 * heard from no matter what OPPOSi- | Jefferson street northwest. Adele Rob- PHONE GEORGIA 3233 | | | Teacher of Voice tion they encountered. But they were given the opportunity to enter con- | tests to prove their talent and the competitions were eagerly followed by & public which had been encouraged to think in terms of art. The writer of the editorial is right when he says that the “human equa- tion” is necessary and that esteem for | art can not be forced upon the ordi- [ nary individual. Yet how can one be | eure that there is not a deep, latent @esire among the masses in this coun- try for art, and especially music, which, if the way were opened, would reveal itself. What artists have been trying to impress upon the people of this country—and they bring European indorsement to their contention—is that America is magnificently rich in talent whether of the kind that seeks | public display or prefers to be passive | in the actual performance of art. Cer- | tain evidences of appreciation are known, but there remains an un-| touched vein of true love of art ready to supply the “human equation.” How | to get at it? How to give it the im- pulse to function? Surely Government subsidy of art enterprises will help solve the problem. ; The psychology of Government handling of any question is great. ‘There attaches immediately an impor- tance and a value to the idea of the kind that often is the only thing to influence some minds. This makes a good beginning for those who vaguely desire but seldom do. Of course the ideal procedure would be for talent and genius to pursue their way to the heights by their own power, but that has seldom been the, I MUSIC LESSONS IN THE HOME. Piano, Theory, Harmony, MAMIE MORGAN. 1422 R. L Ave. N.W. Phone North DRAMA RUTH PERROTT =OOEan HOmEMa » 2040 S St NW. inson Bush is accompanist. CHARLES L. BOYD Instructor. ~ 111 Willow Ave.. Lessons at pupil's Lome. ep. 1710-W. 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Edwin Hughes Julia Schelling Washington College of Music, and Preparatory School 32ND YEAR—DAY AND EVENING COURSES IN ALL SUBJECTS—PRIVATE AND CLASS INSTRUCTION YOUR MUSICAL INCLINATIONS. whatever they are. will be INTELLI- GENTLY directed at the WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF MUSIC by our distinguished faculty of 30 artists and assistant teachers, —1If you have PROFESSIONAL ambitions the carefully correlated courses under TEACHERS of INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION will carry you to s Bachelor of Music Degree or an Artist's Diploma. —If you are & MUSICAL AMATEUR your pursuit of musical under- standing and participation will be guided by faculty members of broad social outlook whose high artistic standards do not prevent them from appreciating the efforts of the non-professional. —1t you are s BEGINNER, child or adult, you may well be relieved to know that all unmusical drudgery has been replaced by a wise selection of teaching material which will give you satisfaction from the first lasson. The College has a definite policy of forwarding the professional careers of its sraduates. Guests are welcome at the Thursday Evening Repertoire Class. meet- ing under the supervision of Fanny Amstuts Roberts each Thursday at P —————— EDWIN HUGHES of New York, guest teacher of piano, will conduct his first teaching session September 30. EMANUEL ZETLIN, head of the violin faculty, resumes his teaching September 28. POTOMAC 1846. William Cameron