Evening Star Newspaper, October 9, 1937, Page 20

Supreme Test of Music Is Found in Its Tone Performer and He arer Under Necessity of Reaching High Standard. By Alice Eversman. O JUDGE from the small amount would hardly realize that the 4 attribute that we are able to of attention pald to its cultivation, one great art of music would mean little to us were it not for our gift of hearing. It is by means of thia physical enjoy music and become professional exponents of it. Yet there is no part of musical training that is so carelessly approached as the education of the ear. Its refinement affects all divisions of musie, determines the musicianship ¢———— -——- . of an artist and, according to the char- acter of the aural reactions ef the musical layman, the personal estimate of his work or the value of a composi- tion. Too much stress cannot be put on the importance of the function of eorrect hearing either in music study or in the more passive role of listener, The question of & musical ear cannot be dismissed by the fact that oneycan distinguish tones with ease and grasp a melody quickly. This is but the begin- ning, and the more the ear is trained to fineness of perception the higher the standard of music becomes. Every one who has attended a series of concerts is conscious of the develop- | ment of his perception and, along with it, his sense of appreciation. A first | visit to a symphony concert, for ex- ample, is apt to leave an uncultured music lover with the feeling that, in the quantity of sound, it is extremely difficult to follow the thread of the| theme or gain a clear idea of what it | 1s all about. The same listener will be astonished to find how everything be- comes clarified with repeated visits. He | will not realize, perhaps, that it is his ear that is being educated. UT the status of hearing of those who form the public is not nearly #0 important as that of the performer. The character of his work and his power of projecting it for his audi- ences’ pleasure depends, in great part, on his own conception of tone qual- ity. Tone is given to the musician as color to the painter, and he must know how to use and blend it in the same manner as an artist of the brush. It is meant to represent some- thing and is capable of infinite va- riety, so that an artist who does not understand the possibilities of com- bination in tone possesses but a medi- ocre talent. The state of development of musical | hearing in both artists and music lovers is often the result of their first musical training. Most stu- dents are required to play or sing on pitch, but do they really under- stand what correct pitch is? Every tone has its own particular niche in the musical scale, technically set down in the number of vibrations required to produce it. Only a gifted few are | able to strike that perfect \'lbrnllun.‘ while others attain a fraction below or above and call it correct pitch. Singers and string instrumental- fsts have the greatest difficulty, for the proper placing of a tone de- pends upon themselves. They are | often not required to strive for that clear, high ring of the tone which gives a secure grounding on which an | artist can bring to play his refined eense of tonal color. If this founda- tion is not laid there can be no beauty injected into music, for its very es- sential is lacking. And, what is more, 8 way is laid open for time to take its toll, and very quickly the tone T IS therefore of the utmost im- portance that students be drilled in proper tone conception. The ma- jority of pupils seldom listen to themselves and, moreover, are impa- tient at being required to do so. They know they have “a good ear” and are content. But that good ear is not always the perfect ear necessary for the performance of great music. The sense of correct pitch can be cultivated, but only through the ef- fort of concentration. One cannot say, “I've got it,” and forget about it, especially those musicians who must find the piteh themselves without having it already established on their instrument. They must think about it constantly and test it un- ceasingly. Probably many gifted musicians would be surprised to learn that the do with their conception of musical tone. An audience may not be able to diagnose the trouble in that man- ner, but they will know that the tone of a performer is not pleasing and | that there is little clarity in any- thing he does. Imagine a violinist whose conception of pitch is not im- peccable playing the second move- ment of the Mendelssohn “Concerto” or a singer trying to put over a song like, shall we say, Dvorak's “Songs My Mother Taught Me.” Quality does not count, musicianship does not count; nothing counts if the tone is impure. Now the great drawback is that the majority of people are so positive that they hear correctly. It is true that they are not noticeably off pitch, but simply that they have not reached that secure plane of tonal production that is of the utmost beauty and purity. There may be but a shadow of difference, but that shadow may considerably alter the musical effect. So accustomed is the ordinary ear to hear the under-vibrations of a tone only, that when some one with a tonal production that sits firmly in its little grove is heard, the sound is unfamiliar. It may seem too pointed, or even cold, to the uneducated. ’l‘EACHERS and group instructors cannot be sufficiently urged to in- sist on high tone placement. The music in churches where a choir pre- dominates would take on a more spiritual hue if careless tonal place- ment could be eliminated and instru- mental ensembles could have the en- thusiastic support of greater numbers if that end could be attained. It is praiseworthy, indeed, to have as many as possible occupied with musie, but what do they gain if they know noth- ing of the real sound of music? For this art demands the best before its treasure house can be penetrated. Otherwise one is but looking through the windows at treasures one can never make his own. The most precious gift which music brings to eags more and more until it is defi- nitely off pitch. humanity is absolutely pure and har- monious tone, In Local Music Circles PPORTUNITY is to be given this season to members of the A Cappella Choir to sing solos and duets at its services in the First Congregational Church, which will also feature guest soloists who may not have been heard hereto- fore in Washington at its special mu- sical services during the season. There 4 room for one lyric soprano, two basees, one first alto and a first tenor In the choir, application for which | should be made to the director, Ruby Smith Stahl, mornings by telephone. Florence Vincent Yeager, weil-known | teacher of voice and piano, has ac-| eepted the position of director of mu- | gic at Mount Tabor Methodist Protes- | tant Church at Thirty-fitth and Wis- | consin avenue, Georgetown. Auditions | for new choir members are held every | Thursday evening at 7:30 o’clock. Louis Dreeben, baritone, accompa- nied by Henrietta Hallam, pianist, will | give the first musical program of the season for the members of the Wom- en's City Club tomorrow at 5 o'clock. Margaret Tolson will begin her ac- tivity this week at the Madeira School, where she has recently been appointed | sssistant piano instructor. Her pri- vate studio work will be continued. The Washington Alumnae Club of Mu Phi Epsilon will hold its first meet- ing of the season Monday evening at | the home of Helen LeFevre Lyon, 1740 Poplar street, who will be assisted by Gertrude Dyre Parsons, Dorothy Sorn- borger and Dorothy Russell Todd. New officers, who will assume their duties at that time, are Vera Neeley Ross, president; Ruth Bradford, vice presi- dent; Quinta Frey, secretary; Dorothy Bornborger, treasurer; Helen Lyon, his- sorian, and Mary Burnett, chaplain. The choir of the Takoma Park Presbyterian Church has resumed re- hearsals for the year. The following officers were elected at the first meet- ing: President, F. H. Townsend; sec- retary, Mrs. Walter W. Swett; treas- urer, Harold Seaman; librarian, David Brooks; custodian of robes, Mrs. G. W. Rouse; Mrs. Albert W. Volkmer is di- rector and Mrs. Dudley C. Jackson, or- ganist. Mrs. John Simmons of the Washing- ton Opera Guild and the Chevy Chase Women's Club is opening her concert season in Fort Worth, Tex., where her Jenny Lind costume recitals will be accompanied by Mrs. George Conner, who formerly toured in similar re- eitals with Mme. Van Zandt. Irene Kandrzie of the Washington Opera Guild has been engaged to give 8 costume recital in Town Hall, New York City, late in November. Betty Baum, planist, was the soloist at the opening meeting of the Junior Hadassah, which took place on Octo- ber 4 in the auditorium of the Jewish Community Center. Otto Torney Simon will present the ©rpheus Quartet in Shakespeare lyrics with the Shakespeare Society, Dr. V. Wilcox, president, to be given in the auditorium, Sixteenth and 8 streets northwest, Monday evening. The mem- bers of the quartet are Hazel Gem Hughes, soprano; Elaine Sebring Ford, contralto; Jesse Nussear, tenor; Rich- ard Fairman, bass, The Washington Civic Orchestra | Announces that Dr. Kurt Hetsel has Jjoined the organization in the capecity of conductor. Dr. Hetzel is now pre- paring programs for the season 1937- 1938. The Newcomb-Bethesda Community Singers announce the addition of the following new members for the coming season: Sopranos, Marie Martel, Mrs, L. M. Griffith, jr.; Babette Griffith, Mrs. P. F. Siling and Mrs. J. P, Glandon; altos, Esther Marlowe, Eliza- beth Buckley and Catherine Terhune. The singers are preparing a program of Winter music for their first appear- ance this season which will be in the latter part of November under the di- rection of Ruth L. Morgan and with Gertrude Smallwood Mockbee, accom- panist, The Church of Two Worlds, holding services every Sunday and Wednes- day evenings in the ball room of the Continental Hotel, has & newly or- ganized choir which sang for the first time last Sunday. The soloists are Mamie Rouse, soprano; Evelyn Mitchell, contralto; Franklin Holmes, tenor; Jones Douglass, baritone; Eber Riley, bass, and Mrs. Henry Hunt McKee, director and accompanist. Carroll Marvin Fewell, youthful Washington composer, who has been studying composition with Deane Shure for the past two seasons, has been awarded the scholarship in com- position at the Peabody Institute of Music in Baltimore. He is a graduate of Roosevelt High School and has written several numbers for symphony orchestra under Mr. Shure’s tutelage. Eleanore Van Fleet, Atlanta, Ga,, composer, is spending the Winter in Washington and studying composition with Mr. Shure. Musical Opening. T THE opening meeting of the German Literary Society next Saturday evening, October 16, Eliza- beth Rankin King, pianist, will play “Edward,” ballad by Brahms; “Wid- mung,” Schumann-Lisst, and “Dan- seuses de Delphes” and “L'Isle Joy- €use,” by Debusay, and Ethel Pyne, so- prano, will sing “Weber’s “Ozean, du Ungeheuer,” from Oberon; “Morgen- Hymne,” by Menschel; “Widmung,” by Schumann, and “Fruehlingareigen,” by Fleischman, accompanied by Nor- ma T. Trummer. . Notices intended for the Saturday Music Page of The Evening Star must be re- ceived by the Music Editor not later than the preced- ing Tuesday and must be typewritten, reason of their slight success has to|. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ™ S TR TR Rosa Ponselle, the noted soprano, who will open the Sunday series of Dorothy Hodgkin Dorsey at Constitution Hall Sunday, October 17, is shown at left in a graceful pose. Above, right, Gertrude Borzi, coloratura soprano, to be heard in a song recital C, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1937, Singers Who Will Feature in Debut of Musical Season at the Mayflower Hotel on Wednesday evening, and, below, Ralph Errolle pictured as the Duke in “Rigoletto,” which role he will sing at the opera performance at Constitution Hall on Tuesday evening. Opera Here For Week Columbia Company Coming to Rialto in Popular Classics. WASHINGTON music lovers who have been forced to journey else- where for grand opera are guaranteed & Fall season in their own city this year in the announcement today that the Columbia Opera Co. of New York will present nine performances at the Rialto Theater from October 18 through October 24. ‘The season, which will mark the de- but in Washington of the highly suc- cessful Columbia Opera Co. will be presented at popular prices. The most popular operas in the repertoire will be presented during the Washington engagement, according to Armand Bagarozy, general director of the company. The entire company, in- cluding principals, chorus, ballet, or- chestra, costumes, scenic and lighting effects, will be transported here for the performances, The schedule of presentations, which will begin Monday night, October 18, and continue through Sunday night, October 24, includes: “Cavalleria Rus- ticana” and “Pagliacci,” Monday night; “Rigoletto” Tuesday night, “Faust” Wednesday night, “Barber of Seville” Thursday night, “La Traviata” Friday night, “Martha” (in English) Saturday Afternoon, “Carmen” Saturday night, “Lucia di Lammermoor” Sunday after- noon and “II Trovatore” Sunday night. Among the principals who will sing throughout the week are Ralph Errole, Louise _Cacelotti, Mario Palermo, Rocco Pandiscio, Alfredo Chigi and Luisa Coranina. Tickets will go on sale this week at the T. Arthur Smith Concert Bureau, 910 G street northwest. . Dinner Program, AT THE dinner to be given in honor of the 150th anniversary of the formation of the Constitution of the United States Monday at the Wardman Park Hotel by members of Group 848 of the Polish National Alliance music will be supplied by two orchestras, a harpist, violinist and contralto. Preceding the dinner the United States Marine Band will play for one hour. During the dinner a concert orchestra will play. Other numbers will be presented by Sylvia Meyer, harpist with the National Symphony Orchestra; W. Niesulkowski, violinist with the same organization, and Genia Sielinska of the National Opera Com- pany of New York and the Philadel- phia Civic Grand Opera Company. MADRIGAL GROUP TO GIVE PROGRAM 'HE Madrigal Singers, directed by Mrs. John Milton Sylvester, re- sumed weekly rehearsals early in Sep- tember, opening their eleventh sea- son. Since its inception this group has made a practice of giving occa- sional programs for the charitable in- stitutions of the city, and in pursuance of this policy will on October 19 be presented at the Methodist Home, Connecticut avenue and Ellicott street, by the Reading Circlé, Madge C. Bar- tle, president. The usual program of sixteenth century madrigals and folk music will be given. ‘The personnel comprises Winifred Thomas Clark, Elizabeth Waters, Elsie Rogers Graham, Gladys Roberts, Mary Lerch Brice, George Roth, Charles T. Hiller and George F. Madgeburger. e iy Singer to Teach. MARIE BUDDE, operatic soprano, has recently accepted an ap- pointment as instructor in voice at Hood College, Frederick, Md. Miss Budde i8 well known in Wash- ington for her work as soloist with the Washington Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Antonia Brico. Bhe has also scored successes with the Philadelphia Civic Opera Company, the OChicago Civic Opers Company and the Cincinnati Opera Company. Columbia’s | Rosa Ponselle to Open To Be Given |Concert Series Here Famous Soprano to Be Heard Next Sunday, Giving Full Recital. HE new musical season of 1937- 38 will be glamoroualy ushered in locally next Sunday after- when Rosa Ponselle, famous dramatic | soprano of the Metropolitan Opera Association, will appear in full-length | recital as the opening attraction of | Dorothy Hodgkin Dorsey's first Sun- | day afternoon concert series. | Next Sunday's concert at Consti- tution Hall will mark Miss Ponselie’s | first appearance at that auditorium since her memorable appearance there on March 4, 1933, at the inaugural concert which welcomed President Roosevelt to the White House. She has appeared, however, several times in the interim as an outstanding at- traction of Mrs. Lawrence Townsend's morning musicales at the Mayflower, noon, October 17, at 4 o'clock,4 given Capital music lovers their first and in adding her to the roster of Sunday afternoon concert attractions at Constitution Hall, Mrs. Dorsey has opportunity to enjoy this great singer | at popular admission prices. Miss Ponselile will be assisted by Stuart Ross at the piano, and her program will include three noted oper- atic arias Adiew, Forets,” from Tschaikowsky's “Jeanne d’Are”; “Addio del Passato,” from Verdi's “La Traviata,” and “Chanson Boheme,” | from Bizet's “Carmen.” Seats for the concert by Miss Pon- selle, which will be the first of 17 concerts and recitals announced by Mrs. Dorsey for the 1937-38 season at Oonstitution Hall, are now available at Mrs, Dorsey’s Concert Bureau, in Droop's, 1300 G street northwest. CENTER FEATURES BY PROFESSIONALS ];L!ZAEETH K. PEEPLES, director M of the Community Center Depart- ment of the District of Columbia pub- | lic schools, announces the opening on | Monday of a brief two-week campaign to present to Washingtonians the new | national concert plan by which the Community Center is sponsoring a | series of four events at Roosevelt High | School auditorium this season. All of these programs are chosen for their educational and good entertainment features. They are a departure in | the activities of this department, for | the artists all are professionals. ‘The campaign headquarters will be in the Washington Hotel and tickets, which will be handled only on a series | basis, are modestly priced and can be secured there. Arnold Lovejoy, for- mer head of the voice department in two well-known American universi- ties, is in general charge of this series. The four programs will all be given on Wednesday evenings in the Roose- velt High School auditorium at 8:15 pm. Originally tickets were also handled by Mrs. Dorsey’s Concert Bu- reau, but are now available at the T. Arthur Smith Concert Bureau, 910 G street northwest. Mrs. Peeples states that the Com- munity Center Department is spon- soring these events because they have discovered a genuine interest among groups of citizens connected with school activities in having such events available in a school auditorium. Va- rious civic and educational local or- ganizations are lending their support to this endeavor. The opening event will be a song recital, in person, by Margaret Speaks, niece of Oley Speaks of “On the Road to Mandalay” fame, and famous in her own right via the radio as “The Voice of Firestone.” Miss Speaks will make her Washington debut in this series November 3. . Elect Organist. RUSSELL MCcKEEVER has re- cently been elected organist of Hamline Methodist Church, Sixteenth and Allison streets northwest, filling the vacancy caused by the resignation of Edith Athey. He brings with him many years of experience, having played in churches since the age of 17. An ardent admirer of the late Dr. Fred Wolle, the famous Bach exponent of Bethlehem, Pa., he was one of the last pupils of that master of organ playing. Upon the death of Dr. Wolle Mr, Mc- Keever continued his study with Charles H. Doersman, professor of organ playing at Columbia Univer- sity, New York City. Mr. McKeever has studied piano with James Friskin and theory with Dr. Madeley Richard- son and others of ‘the Juilliard School New York City. He expects to devote & part of his time to the teaching of piano and organ. _— 2 Lucia Mackenzie Hendley School of Musical Education will give a re- cital on Friday evening at 8 o'clock, presenting Shirley Levin, Gertrude Troutman, Anna Marie Walsh and Wililam Drewry. MUSICIANS JOIN STUDIO STAFF | LICE FINCKEL, concert pianist, and John Alden Finckel nationa: ly known cellist and composer, an- nounce the addition of Frank Kneisel, well known violin soloist and teacher of New York, to their music studios. Mr. Kneisel and Mr. Finckel have | been concertizing for the past several seasons through the United States and | Canada under the management of the | Columbia Concert Corp. of New York | City snd are booked again this year | for another long tour, starting in| January. Mr., Kneisel started his career in 1926. He has had wide experience in teaching and has taught succeasfully | for the past 10 vears. He will teach | at the Finckel Studios, at 1418 Rhode | Isiand avenue northwest. Music Classes. GERTRUDDE PRICE (Mrs. Herbert Wollner) is new director of music at the Green Acres Progressive School. Recently returned to Washington, she has opened her new studio at 2700 Q street. Gertrude Price's special class, in im- provization and simple composing for children from 9 to 13, is also a special feature this season at the children's art center of the National Child Re- search Center. In this group the older children of the art center will supple- ment their private instrumental music studies by developing creative tech- nique toward original work. A demonstration class for parents, at each school, will be given this week. Instructor Emanuel Zetlin of New York, teagher of violin at the | Kindler, is any criterion. Washington College of Music, who, this year, begins his tenth season of instruction in this city. . 1 b Childhood Fame Won In Music Symphony Brings Soloists With Life Record. F YOU want to become a famous violinist or pianist, try to arrange | for your first public performance at | the age of 9. At least that seems to | be one of the right years, if the expe- | rience of a group of l'ofld-llmausj soloists, who will appear this season | with the National Symphony Orches- tra under the baton of Dr. Ricel, phenomenal Josef Hofmann, renowned pianist; Ruth Posselt, American violinist of note, and Mischa Elman, all began | their climb up the ladder of musical fame at that tender age. | Take the case of Ruth Posselt, who | makes her Washington debut with the orchestra on January 23. She made two debuts at the age of $—one in Carnegie Hall, New York, and the other in Boston's Symphony Hall. | Since then her rise to the pinnacle | young violinist; | of musical fame has been a steady one. | Born in Medford, Mass, her first actual public appearance was made | in Bosion when she was only 6, but | the real bow took place three years | later, after study with the famous teacher, Emanuel Ondricek. Her de- | but created a sensation; critics hailed her as a “child°wonder.” Unlike many | prodigies who are never heard of after their debut, her musical growth con- tinued. At 14 she appeared as sololst with the New York Symphony Or- chestra under Dr. Walter Damrosch, and with the People’s Symphony Or- chestra in Boston. Winner of the Schubert memorial prize in competi- tion against 165 violinists, and the Natfonal Federation of Music Club's | prize, she made an American tour in 1930-1. Later she studied in Paris with Jacques Tribaud. She made her Eu- ropean debut in 1932 and within a year became famous on the conti- nental concert platform. She appeared with the major symphony orchestras of England, Holland, Germany, Aus- tria, Italy, Belgium, Spajn and Swe- | den, and was the first American | woman violinist who was invited to | tour Russia. Then there is the career of San | Francisco-born Ruggiero Ricci, who, though still in his ’teens, has been | hailed by critics as one of the most astonishing musical geniuses of the age. Ruggiero, whose father plays violin and trombone, and whose six brothers and sisters are all musical, started his study of the violin as soon as he could hold the three-quarter size fiddle his father purchased for him. He was 9 when he created a furor in New York musical circles by his playing of the Mendelssohn Concerto in an appearance as soloist with the Manhattan Symphony Orchestra. Nu- merous concert and recital appear- ances followed, but his parents wisely refused to let Ruggiero play more than a dozen concerts a year, in order to emable him to balance the study and play of & normal boy with the development of his musical genius. Mischa Elman, supreme master of the violin, who will play with the National Symphony on February 16, was also & child prodigy. He began his study of the violin at the early age of 5. Three years later came his first public performance at & school oconcert in Odessa, where the celebrated Leopold Auer heard him play. Success followed rapidly, and by the time the young violinist was 13 he was famous throughout Europe. The opening concert will be given on Sunday afternoon, October 31, in Constitution Hsll, when the Wag- nerian Festival Singers appear s soloists with the National Symphony. Season tickets for both the Wednes- day night series of eight evening concerts and the Sunday afternoon series of 12 concerts are now on sale at the symphony box office on the main floor of the Julius Garfinkel & Co. store, Fourteenth and F streets northwest. “Rigoletto” to Be Sung On Tuesday Evening Washington ‘Associ Performance With HE OPERA “RIGOLETTO" opens the Washington musical seassn next Tuesday evening At Constitution Hall. Based Victor Hugo's novel, “Le Roi s’Amuse,” ation Giving Populdr Cast. Venezuela with a company compossd of Metropolitan Opera atars. The rols i0f the Duke brings the well-known operatic tenor, Ralph Errolle, who last “Rigoletto” is esteemed to be one of | appeared here in Faust with Feodor the finest of the Verdi operas, despite its horrible plot and array of despic- able characters. Important numbers in the hr]llinnt-l ly melodious score include, in Act I, the Duke's aria, boasting of his in- constancy, “Questa o quell Rigo- letto’s soliloquy, after his interview with the assamsin, “Pari 8iame”; in Act II, the duet for Gilda and the Duke, “Addio” and Gilda’s florid love song, “Caro nome”; and in Act III occurs the Duke's graceful aria, “La donna e mobile” and one of the most perfect ensembles to be found in the entire range of opera, “the quartet singing “Lovely Maiden, to thy charms.” The leading role will be sung by Angelo Pilotto, baritone of La Scala, just returning from a trlumphal three weeks opera engagement in Chaliapin. 8ylvia Grazzinl, promising colora- tura soprano, makes here her debut as Gilda and Anne Yago McGuffey, resident contralto, will be heard as Maddalena. Metropolitan Opera chor- | isters and Washington symphony mu- | sicians will be under the direction of Maestro Fulgenzio Guerrieri, veterar | conductor of the San Carlo Opera and other companies. A “Minust"” {5 danced in the first act by dancers of the Marian Chace studios. The performance is sponsored by the new Washington Popular Opera Association and is under artigtie di- | rection of Amelia Conti, of the Metro- | pglitan and Chicagn Civie Opera com- panies. Tickets are available at the | Opera Association's nffice in the Ra- leigh Hotel and at the Homer L. Kitt | Co., 1330 G street. RECORDS ARE MADE IN CHAMBER MUSIC LAUNCHING of a project of un- usual interest to music-lovers nationally was made known today, in & joint announcement by the New Friends of Music and the R. C. A. Victor Co., that arrangements have been completed for the co-operation of the two organizations in recording on phonograph discs the larger pro- portion of the musical works tc be played during the 16 chamber music concerts sponsored by the New Friends of Music in New York’s Town Hall As far as it is practical, the an-| nouncement stated, the recording of the chamber music and lieder of such composers as Mozart, Schubert and Schumann will be made by the same great artists performing these works in the concerts. It is hoped that a majority of these works will be made available to music lovers simultaneous- ly with the performances at Town Hall. To make this possible, R. C. A. Victor has already begun recording the music wherever the artists are within reach of its recording slud‘m‘ in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, | and in London and Paris. An an- nouncement of the compositions al- ready recorded and the dates of their issuance will be made shortly. Among the artists who will record under the present arrangements are the following ensembles: The Buda- pest, the Kolisch, the Pro Arte, the Kreiner quartets and the Pasquler Trio; also Artur Schnabel, Rudolf Berkin, Hortense Monath and Kar! Ulrich Schnabel, pianists, and Fried- rich 8chorr, Elizabeth Schumann and Ris Ginster, among others. The importance of the new project to music lovers everywhere was stressed in statements by I. A. Hirsch- mann, founder of the New Friends of Music, and E. Wallerstein, head of the R. C. A. Victor record division, who pointed out that this is the first time that an entire series of non-commer- cial concerts devoted to music of a type which is usually available to only & comparative few in the larger music centers will be put in permanent form by the most advanced technical Hans | methods and made available to music | Ruggiero | lovers everywhere exactly as performed by the most outstanding musical virtuoses. RUBINSTEIN CLUB HAS REHEARSALS UNDER direction of Claude Robe- son, the Rubinstein Club will be- gin reheaysals Tuesday evening at 7:45 at the Willard Hotel. Applica- tion for membership may be made by communicating with the president. Mrs. Leon E. Truesdell of 3429 Ordway | street northwest. Arrangements may be made through her for auditions. The club is made up of a chorus of solo voices and is rounding out its twenty-ninth year. Two concerts a year are given. The first is January 25. A number of events are being planned for both active and associate members. . Sunday Concert. 'T'HE second in the series of Sunday evening concerts at the Roosevelt Hotel will be held tomorrow at 9:30, when Rita Rozada, dramatic contralto, will present a costumed recital. A native of the Basque province of Spain, Senorita Rozada, will sing a group of Spanish folksongs. Classicals, spirit- uals and silhouettes in costume will 4180 be presented. " Warren F. Johnson, Organiet Church ef the Pilgrims Sunday Evening Fantacie Choral, No. 1_ ADOLF TOROVSKY Announces the Reopening of His Studio—Teaching PIANO, ORGAN, HARMONY G 8t N.W. Phone Distriet 5185 ~ William Webster ‘Tenor, Teacher of Singing Protege of the late Caruse. has opened new, Dartial scholarships. Competitors Phone Dec. 3646 for appointment. 1635 Conn. Ave. N.W. PEARL HAUER PIANO STUDIO 1827 Ontario PI. N.W. Adams 10278 Vincent E. Slater Announces the Opening of Washington’s First Hammond Organ Studio 2110 19th N.W. No. 3083 KNGSAITH Private and Class Information at 1751 New Hamp. Ave. Telephone North 10885 iy Wiiilest | Ormandy’s Season to Open Soon Programs Offered By Philadelphia Orchestra. | JLUGENE ORMANDY, who will wield the baton over the Philadelphta | Symphony Orchestra at its first Wazh- ington program this month Tuesda; | October 25, at 8:45 pm, has j | returned home to Philadelphia afte | conducting Summer festivals in Vi- lenna and Linz, vacationing | Salzburg in August and cor near ducting opening programs of the season in Copenhagen and Stockholm September 13 he led the Koen liche Hofkapelle in its first program in the Danish capital. September 17 through the 19th Mr. Ormane launched the Swedish capital's m season, leading the Stockholm Sym- phony Orchestra. This was the sec- | ond time Mr. Ormandy has condurted this organization in programs. Sep- tember 22 he returned to the United | States and has resumed rehearsals for the Winter programs of the Philadel- phia orchestra. Fritz Kreisler, beloved violinist, world famous and will be soloist on this first Washington program, play- ing two concerti, the Bach E major and the Mendelssohn E minor, | The T. Arthur Smith Concert Bu- | reau, which has presented the Phila- | delphia Symphony Orchestra since the turn of the century, is again present- | ing it in five programs locally. Leo | pold Stokowski conducts the second program November 30, The three others, under Ormandy, will be given January 11, February 1, when 87i- geti, Hungarian violinist, is soloist, and April 5, with John Charles Thomas as guest artist. Reservations for the season can be made at the Smith Concert Bureau, 910 G street north- Dorothy Remington Leading Soprano Chicage Chicago Civic Opera Bel Canto and Operatie Studios Professional Connections Public Performance for Capable Students Scientific Corrective Work cton Ktodie N. Y. Ktudin A5 Conn. Ave. 500 Bth Ave Dec. 3616 Near 42nd St° Violin and Viola INSTRUCTION, SAMUEL FELDMAN Member of the National Srmphony Orchesira 1538 Ogden St. N.-W. Col. 9621 FLORA McGILL KEEFER Soprano and Teacher of & scientific tech blished upon recognized For Autisian Autharity 1814 G St. Confidence __Met. 1773 Freedom Frank Kneisel Teacher of the Violin Finckel Studios of Music 1418 Rhode Island Ave. N.W. Telephone Pot. 1948 Lessons by appointment UBLIC ORGAN RECITALS Washington Chagprl 16th St. & Columbia Rd. N.W. Mon., Wed., Fri.—8 P.M. (No Collections) By D. Sterling Wheelwright ArmandoJannuzzi Grand Opera Dramatic Tenor Voice Specialist * Italian Method School of bel eante Adams 3687-J) 1519 Oak St. N.W. (Cor. 16th) * RINGSMITH Courses for Children Music @ Dalcroze Eurythmics Expression @ Art e Dancing Special Classes for Boys Modern Methods Information at 1351 N. 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