Evening Star Newspaper, April 24, 1937, Page 20

Music of D Inspires istinction New Artists Relative Importance of Various Ages of Art Is Determined by Pe rfection in Achieving Mean Success. By Alice Eversman. since music became recognized at the present time. ‘“Are the Things Which QUESTION that must have been asked by each succeeding generation as an art is of troubling concern also artists of today as great as were those of a generation ago?” has been asked, is being and will be asked as long as audiences retain their fond remembrances of the pleasure such and such an artist has given them. And the question is difficult to answer, since there is no way of making an im-¢m—m—m-m7—"— | ing but unassailable security in musi- cianship will help the artist of the future. But, aside from these considera- tions, if we examine the fame of the great artists of history, we will find that after a certain educational point had been reached their own mentality was the cause of their reaching the pinnacle of success. A real artist can be taught just so far and no farther. From that point on he stands on what he is and the oharacter of his inward development. The world has accepted youthful prodigies with enthusiasm when they were the gifted exponents of what they were taught. A time comes in every prodigy's life when he stands at the cross-roads and the world waits breathlessly to see what will happen. Will he emerge as a real personality or will he fall by the wayside when put upon his own? The tragedy of those who have not lived up to expectations is well known. mediate comparison for many of th2 artists of the past, still living, are not in the proper form to submit to | such a severe measurement. In no sphere does life take its toll as| thoroughly as in the artistic fleld for the very basis of professional success is the vitality and conviction of youth. The success of an artist lies in his effect on his listener, and this effect may be influenced by many things. ‘There is the thrill that comes from a first stirring to the meaning of music and the quieter pleasure that is felt in finding an artist who lives | up to an already established ideal, an ideal which is the outgrowth of‘ study and experience. The moods and circumstances of the moment also count in the impression received and | these may surround an interpreter or a program with a special glamour. How to discount these influences is the problem, for even the general opinion of an artist may only be the result of his being the best before the | public at that time. It is easier to | decide upon the worth of a composer | his works remain to stand the test of diffe periods, but the a: of a performer except since the in- vention of recording remains en- schrined only in the memory of his| listener. As a matter of fact, it is unwise and unfair to compare artists of the pres- ent day with those whose art is stilled. “Sufficient unto the day,” are those | before the public now and their in- fluence on preparing the way for the ones to follow. As important as is| the character of art of the present | moment it is not nearly so importart | as the standard of the future. The responsibility of all artists points toward the future where others will| take up where they have left off.| Working toward that end is the im- | pulse which drives the sincere musi- cian and creates an eternal divine dissatisfaction within himself which is the stamp of the genuineness of his endowment. I{O“'E\'ER there are many things to be learned about the older | artist which may give credence to the idea that those of today are not quite | up to the standard of the past. Prin- cipally among these are the solidity of musicianship and the devotion to their work which were invariably at- tributes of the great musicians of for- mer years and less pronounced in those of today. To be thoroughly grounded in every angle that bore on their particular branch of music was the aim of all the great artists and their lives were one continual striving to this en As a result, we find recorded side by side with their public standing as professional performers, their fame as composers, or teachers. Their devotion to art invaded every daily activity and even their social life was organized to aid | them in reaching the goal. Can as much be said of the pres- ent type of artist? Is their knowledge and influence felt in creative or edu- cational fields where the artists of the future are learning their trade? Is one impressed through their per- formances with the seriousness of their ocalling and the tremendous re- sponsibility which rests on such prominent figures? Are they preach- ing the gospel of thoroughness in musical foundation and the sub- servience of personal glory to the con- tribution toward an ideal? Is it ap- parent that they are seeking con- | stantly to develop themselves in a | more profound way than what will | appeal in a superficial degree to their | audiences? The answers to these questions may also meet the com- | parison between those of a past era and those of the present which can- not be avoided. THE past few years has seen great progress made in the develop- ment of technique and also in a knowledge of the resources of instru- ments. We have therefore a new school of artists, eminent exponents of the new trend. They are brilliant, interesting personalities, dazzling their hearers with an astonishing profici- ency, and in some cases with a new approach in interpretation. If they have brought art so far forward that their present efficiency must be the starting point from which the coming artist will be obliged to fashion his | career, then they have contributed | notably to the cause of music. If | this be true, the demand of the future will be enormous, and are the young musicians prepared to meet it? Noth- | Concert Schedule TOMORROW. ‘Washington Saengerbund, Kurt Hetzel, director, Arcadia Building, 8:15 p.m. MONDAY. Washington Choral Louis Potter, morial pm. E. William Brackett, organ re- cital, Belmont residence, New Hampshire avenue and R street northwest, 8:15 p.m. Ruth De Jarnette, soprano, St. Andrew’s Parish Hall, 8:30 p.m. Navy Band, 1:30 p.m. Army Band, 5 p.m. TUESDAY. Chevy Chase Chanters, J. Hor- ace Smithy, conductor, Pierce Hall, 8:30 p.m. Farm Credit Chorus, Robert Frederick Freund, director, de- partmental conference room, 8:30 pm. Society, conductor, Me- Continental Hall, 8:30 ‘WEDNESDAY. Schubert Singers, Mrs. Chester Adalir, director, Barker Hall, 8:15 pm. Navy Band, 11:30 a.m. THURSDAY. Ephram Rosen, piano recital, 1230 Sixteenth street northwest, 8:30 pm Army Band, 3:30 p.m. FRIDAY. Washington Teachers' Associ- ation, Nadia Boulanger, guest, Sulgrave Club, 8:30 p.m. Friday Morning Music Club, final program arrangement, Miriam Hilton, 11:30 a.m. Navy Band, 11:30 a.m. SATURDAY. | of & superior technical foundation is conductors | | Miss Hebb Presents Works. UT by far the greatest majority have won their way to fame through the sheer force and quality of their mentality. They have taken | account of their own talent and de- veloped it in the only way possible for them. To their solid musical under~ standing they have added an untiring devotion to their work, bending all the power of their minds and hearts toward perfecting themselves. They have thought, studied and analyzed and, under the strength of their de- sire, have kept the mental and emo- tional evenly balanced. The result is a performance where the beauty matched by insight and depth of feel- ing. These thoroughly personal artists, whose music is completely a part of their personality, have forged a line of communication between themselves | and their public through which to | work the magic of their musical dis- coveries. When considering artists such as these we may well look questioningly into the future, asking if the coming mmusicians are capable of such de- votion and thoroughness. Yet the history of music shows very few periods when progress was not made, and the many opportunities, so much more profuse than in former years, of hearing the best music cannot but bring new unfolding of talent and ideas. The past has been a glorious one, yes, but it is finished, and the only gain to be had in remembering 1t is to use it as a spur in working [ for an equally glorious future. CHEVY CHASE’S CHANTER ANNUAL THE Chevy Chase Chanters, under the direction of J. Horace Smithey, will give their first invita- tion Spring concert in Pierce Hall, Fifteenth and Harvard streets, on | Tuesday. Although the Chanters have been organiged for more than 10 years and have assisted similar organiza- tions in concerts, this will be their first strictly invitation Spring concert and it is expected to be an annual event. The Chanters will be assisted by Elsa Raner, violinist, and Helen Turley, contralto, with Mrs. J. Hor- ace Smithey as accompanist for the guest artists. The program is as follows: 1 “Now Let Every Tongue Adore Thee “The Autumn Sea" __ _ Where're You Walk" The Chanters, II. Bach Gericke Handel-Bpross | Reverler e - Sar itz in A Major” Brahms-Hochst ‘Andante' from Symphonis Espasncls: " “‘Obertass Mazurka” _ W:mln#:)]fi ‘‘Omnipoten ““Zueignun, S “Maria Wiegenlied'” Mrs, Turley, 1v. “Hark, $he Vesper Hymn Js Stealing,” “Nut Brown Maiden” ___ .:Music When Soft Voioss o1 B John Peel”_ English hunting song The Chanters. -Stickles Barnett -8anderson “Who Knows?” _ +In May" “‘Dear Land of Home"_ “Pirate Song SO _Sibelius-Manney “The Cossak” ' = 3 MacDowell The Chanters. “The Lost Chord' Sullivan-Brew (The Chianters Mrs. Turley. Miss Baner and Mrs. Smithey at the organ.) FESTIVAL WITH BOY CHOIR SONGS 'OMORROW evening at 8 o'clock there will be held a boy choir fes- tival in St. John's Church, George- town Parish. The boy choirs of St. John's Church, Georgetown, and the Church of St. Stephen and the In- carnation will combine in presenting & service of choral evensong with se- lected anthems and hymns. Sherman J. Kreuzburg, M. A, organist and choirmaster of the Church of St. Stephen and the Incarnation, will con- duct the a cappella singing. E. Wil- liam Brackett, organist and choir- master of St. John's Church, will play the service, including the prel- ude and postlude. It has been some time since a service of this nature has been presented, and it is ex- pected that a boy choir festival in this diocese will become an annual event. The public is invited to attend. The program: OB A Furte tn B masor (s major (8t. Finale (Sixth Symphiony) ~witor Hymn tunes: . Audrey” O »’ Anthems: *‘O_Brichtness of the Immortal Father's Face” __ ___ Vorls “Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in C.” Gadsb: “Rise Up. O Men of God"__ Nobre Noble Glory to the Trinity Rachmaninoft 50th Psalm’ 5 Franck “God Be in My Head —e Davies ELIZAEETH LAMBERT HEBB will present “An Hour of Inspirational Music” on Saturday, May 1, at 8:30 o'clock in Barker Hall, when the pro- gram will consist of her compositions for voice, piano and the dance. The artists appearing are Grete von Bayer, pianist; Emily Coville, soprano; Wil- fred Smith, tenor; Ann Gromley, dancer, and a quartet from Howard Army Band, 10:30 a.m. University in & group f‘ Miss Hebb's spirituals, ) } THE EVENING RTAR Local Artists in Coming Events and Pianist of Next Season Brailowsky Tours With All-Chopin Washington Recital Is Included, With New York Visit. LEXANDER BRAILOWSKY, the celebrated Russian pianist, who has already been announced in re- cital here next season, as one of the attractions of Dorothy Hodgkin Dor- sey's second Sunday afternoon con- cert series at Constitution Hall, will celebrate his ninth American tour from January through March, Hall in New York. In the course of six recitals at Town Hall Brailowsky will play, for the frst time in the United States, the entire 169 piano compositions of Chopin, and to add further interest to his single Washington appearance of next season he will play an all- Chopin program when he appears here at Constitution Hsll on Sunday afternoon, March 27, 1938. Born in Kiev, Russia, Brailowsky's first teacher was his father, who ran a music shop and also taught music. The child developed so amazingly that wealthy relatives became in- terested and transplanted the entire Brailowsky family to Vienna so that young Alexander might become a pupil of the great Leschetizky. This was in the Summer of 1911 aad less than a year later Brailowsky was the star pupil of Leschetizky's class. When the European war broke out the Brailowskys fled to Switzerland, where the young pianist continued his lessons until the armistice. The family then made another migration, this time to France, where the youth- ful Brailowsky, after one appearance, became the talk of Paris. Success throughout Europe was followed by a successful American debut, matched by similar pianistic triumphs in South America, Australia and New Zealand. In addition to Brailowsky's appear= ance, Mrs. Dorsey's second Sunday concert series will bring to Constitu- tion Hall next season Nino Martini, tenor, Metropolitan Opera Association, on Sunday afternoon, November 7; the Don Cossack Russian Male Chorus for their eighth consecutive annual appearance on Sunday afternoon, No- vember 28; Yehudi Menuhin, violinist, after an absence of two seasons, on Sunday afternoon, January 30; Grace Moore, soprano star of opera, concert, radio and screen, on Sunday after- noon, February 27; Lawrence Tibbett, baritone favorite of opera, conce: radio and screen, on Sunday after- noon, March 13, and Brailowsky two weeks thereafter. LOVETTE CONCERT TUESDAY EVENING TH.E: Lovette Choral Club, Eva Whit- ford Lovette, director, will hold its tenth annual Spring concert on Tues- day evening, May 18, at the Willard Hotel. William Cameron, harpist, will be the assisting artist. The choral numbers to be sung by the club include many of unusual in- terest, one being “Winds to the Si- lent Morn,” by Dorothy Radde Emery. Incidental solos will be sung by Hazel Cake and Nellie Barber Brooks, so- pranos, and Francise Bass Wilson, Soprano Gives Program. E ROY LEWIS will present Ruth De Jarnette, soprano, in recital on Monday evening at 8:30 o'clock at 8t. Andrew’s Parish §all, New Hamp- shire avenue and Bjgdreet northwesh 1938, | by playing a Chopin cycle at Town | WASHINGTON, At right is Alexander Brailowsky, celebrated pianist, to be heard here next season in an all- Chopin program, presented under the management of Dorothy Hodgkin Dorsey at Constitution Hall. Left, above, Helen Turley, contralto, who will sing with the Chevy Chase Chanters at Pierce Hall on Tuesday evening and with the Schubert singers on Wednesday at Barker Hall. E. William Brackett, organist and choirmaster o boys’ choir festival at the church tomorrow ni Monday evening at the Belmont residence. D. C, SATURDAY, In Local Music Circles SERIES of piano recitals, be- ginning tomorrow and taking place every Sunday afternoon at 4:30 until May 30 will be given by pupils of Katharine Frost at the King-Smith Studio-School, 1708 S street northwest. The first program ineJudes compositions by Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, Rimsky-Korsakov and Liszt. It will consist entirely of two-piano arrange- ments. Students participating in the second recital, on the afternoon of May 2, have made a special study of modern music. They will present works of modern composers, Ravel, Albeniz, Hindemith, Prokovieff, Shostakovitch, Copeland and Toch among others. Those who will play at the various recitals are: Florence and Josephine Henderson, Patricia Benedict, Thea- dora Stover, Ann and Gladys Watkins, Virginia Spencer, Jane Eoff, Suzanne Marshall, Jane Allen, Jane Ellison, Anne Rogers and Betty Tolbert. Mrs. J. Frank Rice will sing Greek folk songs in costume at the League of American Pen Women Studio, in the Grafton Hotel, on Friday evening at 8 o'clock. The Lyric Music Club, Dorothy Sherman Pierson, director, will hold its April program at the home of Edith B. Athey Tuesday evening. The subject for the evening will be “Spring” and its songs. The girls participating in the program are Eileen Burger and Kathryn Walts, as- sisted by Mary Ellen Folmer and Betty Steele Grant, Miss Athey at the piano. Violet Warren Pierson, reader, will present some Spring poems, Felicia Rybier, concert pianist, will leave today for New York City, where she will remain until September. Miss Rybier will conduct piano classes in New York and fill several concert engagements. Charles Burton, Judy Conklin, Weston Jones, Sylvia Radisch and Marjorie Reed, young singers from Esther Linkins’ voice studios, fur- nished the musical program for the dinner of the Anti-Cigarette Alliance Saturday, April 17. TIone Hoffman served as accompanist. Mary Park Clements presented a group of her pupils in a program of violin solos and ensemble numbers on the afternoon of April 17 in the Y. W. C. A, assembly room. Those taking part were Chester Burgess, Alan FARM CREDIT CHORUS CONCERT 'HE Spring concert of the Farm Credit Chorus, Robert Frederick Freund, director, will be given Tuesday evening at 8:30 o'clock in the De- partmental Conference Room on Con- stitution avenue between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets. The follow=- ing program will be presented, ac- companied by Riethel Grim and Edna Lee Freund. O Lovely Night”_ Offenbach-Spicker Do’ You Know My Garden’_ 00 ‘As T Went & Roaming”. Brahe #3oyt Ll n-Riegger “The Evening “The Last How “Nocturne” _ “Mountains® “Sylvia’* a2 “The Goblins® _~~~"~"© The chorly {'Old Black Joe'" ~-----Stephen Foster “Sweet and Low’ Barnby Oredit Quartet. Farm “Indian Dawn" Zamecnik “Morning” _ _Bpeaks The choru: ‘Tickets are free and may be obtained at the information desk in the Farm Credit Administration Building, Thir- teenth and E streets northwest, RSN Program by Mr. Rosen. ROBL‘RT RUCKMAN will present Ephraim Rosen, pianist, in re- cital at his studio, 1280 Sixteenth street northwest, Thursday at 8:30 pm. On Tuesday evening the first of & series of recitals will be pre- sented. i Burke, Walden Crosson, Chester Finch, Perry Fliakas, Anita Fominaya, Eloy Fominaya, Richard Goldman, Solon Kemon, Gordon Linke, Francis Staack and Leonardo Testa. Accom- panists were Maurine Burgess, Mary Ware Goldman and Olive Constant Pratt, Jean Munn, mezzo-soprano; Georgie Ramey, reader, and Ronald Eicher, pianist, will present the program at the Sunday hour of music at Friend- ship House, 324 Virginia avenue south- east, at 5 o'clock tomorrow. The public is cordially invited, ‘The program for the music hour today at 5 o'clock at the Y. W. C. A, Seventeenth and K streets, will be given by Ann Farquhar, ocellist, She will be assisted by Lois Abernethy, pianist, and Edith Marshall, acocom- panist. The public is cordially in- vited to attend. A song recital of German, French and English compositions will be given at the Davis and Elkins College, Elkins, W. Va, Friday evening, May 7, by Sanford Donaldson, baritone, of Washington, D. C. Mr. Donaldson, who has appeared in several song re- citals in Washington recently, is & grand-nephew of Mme, Lillian Nor- dica, long a star of the Metropolitan Opero Company. For the last five years Mr. Donaldson has been a pupil of Mme, Sara Flakshaar of Washing- ton. Virginia M. Eads, & pupll of Mme. Blance Renard, teacher of piano at Arlington Hall Junior Coliege, Ar- lington, Ve., will play two piano se- lections. Hazel Brown Plers has arranged a program of readings and music for the monthly musical tea of the musio section of the Woman's Club of Chevy Chase, to be held in the home of Mrs, Dwight R. Cooke, 44 Grafton Street, on Monday at 2 o'clock. Carolina Randell, violinist; Mrs. F. F. Elliott, pianist; Mrs. Henry Par- rett, soprano, and Mrs. R. R. Tink- ham, reader, will be the assisting artists. ‘The Gospel Four Quartet, assisted by other quartets, will render a spe- cial program featuring gospel and spiritual songs under auspices of the young people of the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church Friday at 8:30 p.m. The program is sponsored by Deacon George E. Onley. Rev. C. T. Murray is pastor. SPRING CONCERT AT THE ARTS CLUB THE Choral Group of the Arts Club, ©Otto T. Simon, director; Katherine Morrison at the piano, Grace Powell, violin; Lyman McCrary, accompanist, will give its Spring concert in the Arts Club auditorium Thursday eve- ning, May 6. ‘The first part of the program would suggest Spring’s awakening. These numbers, two by Dvorak, “Blossoms of Springtime,” “Around Us Hear the Bounds of Evening”; “Sun and Moon,” Gretchaninoff, and “In the Melds,” Rubete, closing with the romantic text poser, Hugh Robertson. The finale will present a group of Shakespeare fexts with music of the English school: “Orpheus and His Lute” (“Henry the Eighth”), “How Sweet the Moonlight” (“Merchant of Venice”), “O Mistress, Mine” (“Twelfth Night”), “Sign No More Ladies” (“Much Ado About Nothing”), “Where the Bee Sucks” (“The Tempest”). Grace Powell will play in connection with the Shakespeare Group two num- bers of suite by Korngold from “Much Ado About Nothing,” “Maiden's Bri- dal Dress” and “March of the Patrol.”” Also “Aria,” Schumann-Press; “Pa- van,” Kreisler; “Spanish Dance,” Gra- nados. Members of t4§ Governing Council of the Choral Group are Mrs. Charles Bittinger, Rose Bright, Mary Black, William Dunn, Ool. Charles Fer- ris and De, E. Girty. f St. John’s Churc)l‘ Georgetown, conductor of the ght. Mr. Brackett will also give an organ recital on & APRIL 2 Below, Bori Leads Solo List of Orchestra Symphony Presents Best Selections in Its History. ‘VORLD—PAMOUS artists will ap- pear in the concerts which the National Symphony Orchestra will give in Constitution Hall next Winter. Announcement of the greatest list of soloists the orchestra has yet pre- sented was'made by C. C. Cappel, manager of the orchestra, lest week, following s formal statement of the National Symphony Orchestra Asso- ciation that with $85,000 in its sus- taining fund, it is ready to gc ahead with definite plans for the 1937-38 Choral Society to Give Concert Monday Night Members to Be Assisted by Musicians Picked From Symphony Orchestra—Louis Potter, Conductor, in F HEN the Washington Choral W when Conductor Louis Potte: estival Feature. 1 Soclety presents its annual Spring Festival Concert Monday night at D. A. R. Memorial Continental Hall, one of the high points of the program will be the moment r steps down from the podium to take his place as soloist in the only instrumental number of the evening—Cesar Franck’s “Variations Symphoniques for ber, Hendrick Essers will conduct thed* orchestra to be made up of members of the Choral Society and members of the National Symphony. Mr. Potter, whose untiring efforts have had a | large part in bringing the Washington | Choral Soclety to its present out- standing position among Washing- ton’s musical organizations, is dis- tinguished also as & pianist of splen- did achievements. ; E 150th PSALM,” which will open the concert, offers a choral dialog between the singers and the orchestra, the chorus introducing each verse whose theme is then de- veloped by the instruments—orchestra, harp and organ. It has never been offered in Washington before, as far as is known, as it is a difficult work to perform. On Monday night, the| harpist will be Sylvia Meyers, solo | harpist of the National Symphony; and the organist will be Lyman S. McCrary, at the Hamomnd Organ, kindly provided by the E. F. Droop Sons Co. for this occasion. This work was composed by Saint Saens, in 1906, | and dedicated to his American friend, | Whitney Warren, a distinguished ar- | chitect living in New York, but noted | for his work in the re-building of the Louvain Library. Then will come a group of madri- gals and part song, to be sung by the chorus, unaccompanied. Dowland's “ Plano and Orchestra.” For this num- “Come Again, Sweet Love”; Arcadelt's “Now Spring In All Her Glory” (both of the sixteenth century), will be fol- lowed by Cesar Cui's “Radiant Stars,” & nocturne for men's voices; Palm- gren's “Sorrow”; Moellendorf’s “Night ‘Whispers” and Taneyef's “Sunrise.” IN THE “Bridal Song” from Cha- brier's “Gwendoline,” the solos will be sung by George Myers, tenor, as Armel; Mildred Colvin, soprano, as Gwendoline, and Sam Cotton, bari- tone, as Harald. A solo quintet will be composed of Fiorence Ludy, so=- prano; Bertha Morgan, contralto: Paul Ledig, tenor; V. D. Kennedy, baritone, and Harry E. Yeide, basso. The final number on the program will be “The Chambered Nautilus,” Deems Taylor's splendid work, in which the chorus of 100 voices will be assisted by the orchestra and a solo group, comprising members of the chorus—Ruby Potter, soprano; Vera Neely Ross, and Bertha Morgan, con- tralto; George Myers and Francis ‘Townsend, tenors; John Stinson, bari- tone and Harry Yeide, basso. The concert will take place at 8:30 o'clock and music lovers are informed that it is necessary to i in advance either at ti the A. A. A. ticket bureau, as no tickets may be obtained at Continental Hall. Half-Yearly Session Day Of Leaders Music Teachers’ Full Attendance Likely at Special Event. 'HE semi-annual business meeting of the Washington Music Teachers’ SINGERS TO GIVE SPRING CONCERT HE Schubert Singers, under the direction of Mrs. Chester Adair, will give their Spring concert on Wed- nesday evening at Barker Hall. The | program, as is customary, will include | a Schubert group, consisting of “The | Erlking,” “Hark, Hark, the Lark” and the “Ave Maria.” An_ arrangement of Rac “Prelude,” Jensen's Zephirs" will also be sung, while will be made up of pop: from their ma with The guest ‘“Serenade” he last.group selections Association will take place tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock at the Wash- ington College of Music, 1810 Con- necticut avenue. A full attendance of members is desired for participation in the election of officers of the as- sociation, Mrs. Frank Byram, chair- man of the Nominating Committee, | Turley, contralto, and the singers will | be further assisted by the Southern | String Ensemble, to be heard in two | groups, | e o |MUSICAL OFFERED BY SAENGERBUND HE Washington Saengerbund will will present the names chosen by that committee and nominations from the floor will also be entertained. A vote will be taken as to wishes of the members regarding June 10 “birthday celebration.” The program meeting of the month has been arranged for Friday at 8:15 o'clock. It will be held at the Sul- grave Club, 1801 Massachusetts ave- nue. For this occasion the associa- tion is presenting Mile. Nadia Bou- the the bleau School of Music for American Students in the palace of Fontaine- bleau, France. The Boulanger family for more than a century gave the Paris Conserva- toire many outstanding students. The grandfather of Mlle. Nadia won the first violoncello prize in 1797; Her father, a Roman prize winner, taught singing at the conservatoire for 27 season. Final arrangements have been made to present Lucrezia Bori, most beloved of all opera stars. Miss Bori is gener- | ally regarded as the orchestra’s god- mother among the soloists, since she was the first artist ever to appear with the orchestra. She retired from & brilliant opera career last year, but tour for next season. Joseph Hofmann's appearance will also have more than ordinary sig- nificance. The world’s greatest pianist will be with the orchestra during a tour celebrating his 50th anniversary as & ooncert artist. Plans to present Moris Rosenthal as sololst with the orchestra are now definite. The veteran pianist was engaged to appear with the symphony during the last season, but conditions of a contract for another perform- ance in Washington prevented him from joining the orchestra. He will, therefore, give Washingtonians their first opportunity to hear him as an orchestra soloist next year. Among the violinists will be Mischa Elman and Joseph Szigeti, the Hun- garian violinist who scored so bril- liantly with the National Symphony last season. Other soloists will in- clude Helen Jepson, Metropolitan Opera star; Richard Crooks, distin- guished tenor of the Metropolitan Opera, and Betty Jaynes, young so- prano who made a sensational debut with the Chicago Opera Co. last Win- ter; Percy Grainger, world-famous pianist who appeared in the orches- tra's last concert this year, and Ru- dolph Ganz, the popular pianist, con- ductor and composer. Negotiations are now underway with several other artists of equal importance, The Monte Carlo Ballet completed 80 successful an engagement with the National Symphony last November that plans are now made to present the famous troupe of dancers in two more concerts in which an entirely different set of ballets will be given. In another special event, the Vienna | Boys Choir will be featured. This| group of singers has appeared in the | Capital several times in recent years. ‘This, however, will be their first ap- pearance with a symphony orchestra. Among other features, Hans Kind- ler is planning a Beethoven festival. He expects to devote three concerts to the series and use special soloists, ‘The crowning event of this will be a performance of the Ninth Symphony. STAGE NUMBERS BY MUSIC CLUB 'HE final program of the Friday Morning Music Club, season 1936- 37, will be presented on Friday at 11:30 am. in Barker Hall, under the direc- tion of Miriam B. Hilton. It will in- clude scenes from the musical comedies of Germany, England and America, done in costume. All of the active membership will participate, On May 7T the club will entertain at luncheon at the Oolumbis Country Club. On May 14 the final board meet- ing will take piace and on May 31 the &%mmumn is now planning a farewell concert | | years and in 1908 Nadia won second grand prize, while in 1913 her young sister, Lili, was accorded the first prize, these awards being the first of that rank made to women Nadia renounced vote herself entirely to teaching. in | which she discloses the wonderfully gifted intelligence which has gained her world-wide reknown. Aaron Cop- land studied in France with Nadia Boulanger, as did Roy Harris and Walter Piston. Arrangements have been made for Mile. Boulanger to conduct teaching sessions for eight hours on Friday at the Washington College of Music, when she will examine for criticism works of several local composers. She will also meet in class those students desiring to discuss specific theoretical matters. JUNIOR CONTEST AT BARKER HALL E junior contest of the District of Columbia Federation of Music | Clubs this year will be held on May | 15 at Barker Hall, both afternoon, at 1:30, and evening, at 7:30. The time for receiving applications has been | extended to May 8, but positively no entries will be considered after that | date and counselors are urged by the junior contest chairman, Mrs. R. E. Espy, to get their applications in at once. The general musical public is cordially invited to attend. Music Feature of Council. THE music program for the Forty- fifth Associated Council, National Society of United States Daughters of | 1812, for the week of April 26 at the Willard Hotel, is as follows: The United States Marine Band Orchestra, under the direction of Capt. Taylor Branson, will play several numbers. Dorothea Lawrence of New York City will sing “Ah Love But a Day,” by Beach; “The Call of the Maytive,” by Brahe. ‘Tuesday morning Mathilde Kolb Bartlett will sing several patriotic numbers accompanied by Dorothy Radde Emery. Tuesday afternoon Ethel Pyne of New York will sing “Above the Clouds,” by Beecher, and the aria “One Fine Day,” from the opera “Madame Butterfly,” by Puccini. The accompanist will be Dorothy Radde Emery. — Informal Recital. ILTON SCHWARTZ, violinist, member of the National Sym- phony Orchestra and first violinist of the Washington String Quartet, and Betty Baum, pianist, will give a joint recital at the home of Miss Baum, 3520 Edmunds street northwest, to- morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. The program will feature a suite for violin and piano written recently by Mr. Schwartz, which will be given a first performance. Miss Baum will play Bach's “Partita in B Flat Major” and the program will close with the langer of the faculty of the Fontaine- | Mile. | composing to de- | | give a musical, under the auspices | of the Ladies’ Chorus, tomorrow eves ning at the club's concert hall, Ar- cadia Building, Fourtee road. The begin 8:15 o'clock and friends of the club are advised to come early in order to secure good seats. | " The program contains several inter= esting features. The Saengerbund and the Ladies’ Chorus will be heard both singly and united in mixed chorus. Kurt Hetzel, leader, will contribute seve eral of his own Wagner arrangements for piano, for which he is widely known, and will also play one,of the new Hammond grand organs, shown for the first time at the club. Ludwig | Otterbach will be tenor soloist, | ‘WOMEN'S CLUBS' | BENEFIT PROGRAM A PROGRAM entitled “The Eight= “ ™ eenth Century in Art and So was git Mrs. George B. Hinm on Fri April 16, for the D! | of Columbia Federation of W s Clubs Proceeds from the concert were for the foundation fund, esigned to support the work of the genera) federation, Mrs. Hinman, who is chairman of art of the fifth district of the Georgia federation, took as her premise, “Art Reflects Life,” and through the pic- tures from the famous art galleries of the world gave a comprehensive idea of the spirit of the times and the national characteristics. Mrs. Hinman was assisted by her daughter, Cara Hinman, soprano, who sang gs of each nation's costume in & reproduc- tion of one of the gowns of Mme. Pompadour. The pictures used in the | lecture were sent especially from the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the occasion, Children to Sing. ’l‘H’E Children’s Community Chorus, directed by Esther Link Aaug- mented by a group of other bovs and girls in Miss Linkins' own class of singers, and by the “mothers” of the | members of the chorus, will be heard lin a preliminary program of songs, | preceding the third annual children's festival circus, to be staged by the Community Center Department in Central High School Stadium, Satur- day afternoon, May 8, in which 2,500 boys and girls of Washington will par= ticipate. The Children's Community Chorus will be accompanied by four young violinists, Elizabeth Conklin and Ann Louise Dubs of Daisy Picken- scher’s class, and Leon Testa and Francis Staack of the class of Mary Parks Clements. " Warren F. Johnson, Organist Church of the Pilgrims Sunday Evening Fantasie . . . Canzona [PIANO TUNING | EXPERT WORK 37 YEARS EXPERIENCE SCHAEFFER 1428 IRVING ST. N.E. 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