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The Washington herald., 1920-09-05
FLONZALEYS WILL
PLAY NEW WORKS

For the first time since the war
the Flonzaleys are spending the
summer in Switzerland, and word
has just come that they are busy at
LIE Tronchet, near Lausanne, prepar-
ing for next season. When the Flon-
zaleys arrive in America in the fall
their repertoire will include the
largest number of novelties they
have ever had on their programs.
Igor Strawinsky is just giving the
final touch to a new work especially
written for and dedicated to them,
which very likely will prove one of
the musical sensations of the year
Eugene Gossens, whose personal ac-
quaintance the Flonzaleys made re-
Gently while in London, is also fin
Ishing a quartet written for them.
Other novelties to be presented by
this quartet are by G. Enesco, Ar
mold Bax, Pierre Menu and Cyril
Scott
The Washington herald., 1920-09-05

was sent to Brooklyn school
teacher:
Friend techer, do not disire for
Claire shall ingage in Grammer, as
prefer her ingageing in yuseful
studies, as / can learn her how to
speke and write correct myself. l
have went through two grammers
and they have done no good. / pre-
ferr her ingageing in french and
drawing and vOkal music on the
pianna."
Announcement is made of the en-
gagement of Nobuko Hara, Japan
ese lyric soprano, as a guest artist
with the San Carlo Grand Opera
Company in Madam Butterfly" dur
ing the season of four weeks, tS-
ginning September 20 at the Man
haitian Opera House.
Virginia Rea, coloratura soprano,
will make her first extensive con-
cert tour next season. Miss Rea is
an American.
Thelma Given, the young violin
list, is spending her summer at
Taos, n. Mex.
Max Bruch, who is now in his
eighty-second year, is dangerously
ill at his home at Friedenau.
a community pageant employing
5000 persons in the cast was pre-
s2nted recently at Flint, Michigan.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-05
EDISON MONEY
PERFECTS ART
Inventor Spends $3,0OO,-
900 to Give Phonograph
Final Touch.

Thomas A. Edison gave the world
the phonograph in 1877. and then,
more than thirty years later, spent
100000 and five years Of ceaseless
labor in new research work to per-
feet it so that every home, from the
lowliest to the highest, might have
at its fireside the message of an in
spired singer, the breathing soul of
a genius bowed violin, the hearer of
the inspired music of a great pianist.
Edison found that a great defect
in the phonograph was it's made
Quate rendition Of the overtones in
music and an accentuation of Kissing
cOnsonants in speech. So he worked
for more than a year. twenty hours
every day in the week, to get a per-
feet recording and reproducing of
the one word specie"
OF practically every working day
for seven years, except during the
war, Edison has given two hours
every morning and two hours every
afternoon to listening to the com
positions of all time and to choosing
the ones that will make better the
lives of all people. 1t is probable
that he has heard more songs, musi-
cal compositions, singers and other
artists than any other living being.
If you go to the movies-thank
Edison, for he invented the modern
motion picture. You have him to
thank for hundreds of other invcn-
tions and his photograph.
Edison has one great ambition,
which is that every home shall have
the happiness, the contentment and
the inspiration to loftier ideals that
good music brings. The home with
out music in it is incomplete.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-05
THINKS MUSIC
VITALTONATI0N
Woman Authority Says
Tots Should Be Taught
At Mothers S Knee.

IF America is ever to become a
great nation musically, as she has
become commercially and political
ly, it must come through educating
everybody to know and love good
music" says Mrs. Francis e. Clark
in her introduction to Music APP
probation for Little Children" pub
lished by the Victor Talking Ma
chine Company.
This can only come about by
beginning with the children at the
mothers knee and on the kinder
garten circle, and so surrounding
them with beautiful music that it
becomes a vital part of education,
development and life, instead of the
autumn towering of a stunted. un-
developed, sterile bud, to be seen in
a frantic grasping at music culture
in later life.
Millions of dollars are spent each
season in madly rushing to concert
and opera in a vain effort to make
up for the awful deprivations Of
silent early childhood. where the
proper music was seldom heard and
never understood. Thousands of
people pathetically try to hear a
symphony or tone poem, but only
succeed in becoming vastly wearied
by a mass Of. what is to them, only
incoherent cacophony. Having ears
they are yet unable to hear because
those ears missed definite training
in childhood.
Music should be the concomitant
of every days experience in a
child's life at home and in school
not only in the music period, but
permeating every phase of his ac-
tivity and development"
The Washington herald., 1920-09-05

TUITION.
Gifted Children Ought to Be
Instructed at Public
+. Expense.

Prof. Ross L. Finney of the Uni
versity of Minnesota, has gone on
record, as quoted by the New York
Globe, for the regulation of music
by the State. First, to educate the
specially gifted; second, because
music may be a terrible weapon for
evil.
Music in America" says Prof.
Finney, has hitherto been on an
aristocratic basis. Only those could
participate in II who were fortunate
enough to purchase expensive in
struction. So far as its democratic
distribution through the public
schools is concerned music is far
behind the other subjects. II is
nearly a century behind in the meth
DDS of instruction. A century ago
the private tutor for. other subjects
was just passing away, and the class
method coming into use. We are
only beginning to apply the class
method to music instruction in the
public schools.
Nevertheless. during the last fif-
teen years the teaching of music has
been greatly extended. This exten-
sion will doubtless go on. Music
teaching ought to be as free in the
public schools as arithmetic teach
ing. Not only should children learn
to sing, but every child except those
who are musically obtuse should be
taught at least the elements of some
instrument. Musical appreciation,
through the aid OF a phonograph
should be carried much further than
at present Specially gifted children
ought to be selected for advanced
education at public expense. This
ideal seems no more Utopian today
! than our present practices would
have seemed twent-fve years ago"
The Washington herald., 1920-09-05
ARMOUR PLANT
MUSICTHRIVES
Reports Development Of
Bands and Choruses In
Their Plants.

A report of the organized musical
activities among its workers just
compiled by Armour & Company at
the request of the National Bureau
for the Advancement of Music dis
closes the fact that employees brass
bands stringed orchestras, glee
clubs and community singing groups
are fiourishing in all the many cities
in which the plants Of the famous
meat packing concern are located.
The most spectacular of our eff
forts, however" says the report, 'is
the organization of the Girls Band
in Chicago. This band, which con-
sists of thirty-fve girls, is organized
among the workers in the plant:
that is, from among the foreign
born class-the class who do man
uaI labor. Every member of that
band is a daughter of foreign
parentage. Some of them have diff
ficulty in speaking English. None
of them ever played an instrument
before joining the band. Three
months of training and diligent
practice have made of them an as
tOnishingly efficient organization"
The report lays emphasis on what
music has done to infuse spirit and
lOSleT dleTlueSS the
1t points out that mot so long ago
when crowds of workers were gath
cred at an appointed place to listen
TO an address or a talk concerning
public affairs, they responded in a
half-hearted manner, if at all. The
talk would go over their heads
leave them cold. Today, the band is
called out at meeting time. The
music seems to enter their hearts
and communicate itself to their
brains and they stand and listen to
what is being said and applaud with
earnestness when the point of the
address is reached"
A particularly interesting section
of the report deals with the spread
of community singing activities from
the workers in the general office,
mostly Americans by birth, to the
plants" where manual workers and
foreigners predominate. These sing
ing meets are now held twice a
week. They are attended by men
and women and boys and girls. Par
ticipation in at least one form of
musical endeavor is strongly urged
upon all it's employees by the COM
pany which furnishes instruments,
training and uniforms at its own
expense.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-05
c. A. Watson Busy in the South.

Charles A. Watson, general sales
manager of the wholesale depart
ment of the Vocation branch of o.
y. DeMoll C Company, visited
Roanoke, Va. last Wednesday
where concerts were given both
afternoon and night by the Thur
man-Boone Company, agents for the
Aeolian Vocation and Duo-Art. Five
thousand invitations were mailed
by the firm. Mr.. Watson had su-
pervision of the programs. A visit
was paid by Mr.. Watson to the
plant of the Grandy Talking Ma
chine Company at Newport News,
Va.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-05
CARUSO RECORD.
ADDED TOLIST.
Artists Glorious Voice
Used to Best Advantage
In Farewell" ="

In the new Victor records for
September. Caruso adds another
glowing tribute to Naples and in
turn IL pays a great tribute 70 his
glorious voice. The blithe brilliant
melody of "Addio a Napoli" (Fare-
well to Naples) would suggest to
those not familiar with Neapolitan
popular songs, a festival song or a
'brindisi" from some grand opera.
The magnificent golden voice of
Caruso rises high above the
rhythmed chords of the orchestra.
Phrase follows and answers phrase
with ever increasing strength and
splendor, reaching the climax in a
superb trumpet-like b nat. in every
way worthy Of this supreme artist
KindIer's Cello Heard.
Hans Kinder brings the camel
trodden trails of the wind-swept
deserts and the magic cities of half
legendary lands of Asia. from the
strings OF his cello The weird
thrilling melody Of the "Orientale"
is announced by a clarinet against
strong peremptory chords in "piz-
zicato" plucked apparently by hng-
ers of Chinese bronze.
The same theme is picked up by
the cello repeating IL over and over
again with its wailing cadences and
beautiful. strange exotic, forever
recurring yet forever changing har-
monies. The instrument tells its
tale far better than words ever
could and is worthy of great praise.
Gem of GaHI-CsreL
Gslli-Curci has certainly found a
gem" to add to her string OF
pearls" in The Swallows" and
truly it seems that each note holds
in II the embodiment of the bird
quality. One might call II a vocal
waltz. Beginning with a sprightIy
air the voice and a flute and other
instruments apparently banter at
one another with mutual limitations
light almost hilarious passages,
long trills and other levities. A
beautiful waltz theme appears at
intervals carrying one away with it.
The long trill Of the voice at the
end of the record is prolonged far
beyond ordinary belief.
Charles Harrison puts a delight
full breath of Ireland into his rem
dering OF Pretty Kitty Kelly" The
refrain OF the song is in waltz time
followed by a charming interlude
for the violin and harp. Drifting"
sung by the Peerless Quartet is on
the reverse side of this record and
is a lovely bit of harmony with an
exceptionally fine orchestrstion to
blend with the voices.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-05
Political Record, Good Sellers.

Alan J. Bachrach, manager OF the
Columbia department OF J. Edgar
Robinson's music store, states that
a great demand exists for the Hard
ing and Coolidge records. The
speeches to be heard are HRrding's
speech on the League of Nations"
Coolidge's oration on Law and Or
der" Harding's "Americanism," and
Coolidge's Equal Rights" There
are also records by Senator Robert
Owens on "Democracy's Achieve
ments," and Mrs. COrinne Roosevelt
Robinson's address on Safeguard
America"
The Washington herald., 1920-09-05
MU PHI EPSILON WILL
MEET HERE IN 1922

The 1929 convention of the Mu
Phi Epsilon National Music Sorority
will be held in this city. The invi-
tation was presented by Dorothy De
Muth Watson, a delegate from Rho
Beta Chapter. Last month the an
nual convention of the organization
was held on the campus of the Uni
versity of Oregon at Eugene, Greg.
During the convention the follow
ing officers were elected: Supreme
president. Doris Benson; supreme
vice president, Lillian Braden; su-
preme secretary, Persis Heaton; su-
preme treasurer, Mildred Rood; su-
preme historian, Dorothy Watson;
supreme musical advisor, Jane Scot
ford Thacher.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-05
RAPS AMERICAN.
TASTEIN MUSIC
British Writer Puzzled by
Mixture of Program
Scheme.

Robin H Legge who conducts a
column in the London Daily Tele-
graph, has expressed his opinion on
the American musical invasion Of
England. He is reported by the
Literary Digest as having said, in
part:
'T heard all that could hear OF
American musicians, becahse
wanted seriously to know. if so be
could learn from what they
achieved, what was their aim, 1 do
feel that l learned a good deal, and
u do hope that our American cou-
sin also learned something from US.
us.
To Judge by the programs offered
to us, and the general arrangement
Of the Invasion something was at
was presumed to represent our
taste
Calls Singing Exquisite.
''At one concert several fascinat-
ing old Italian and modern French
songs were quite exquisitely sung
by an American singer, who presum-
ably thought it in accordance with
our taste to sing a fearsome ballad
of a most ordinary, kind by way of
an encore. In all the vocal programs
that l heard the same idea seemed
to prevail. that it was the shop bal
led that had it
I'VE have, of course, a series each
winter of ballad concerts, many of
which are of heavenly beauty COM
pared with what was offered at sim
liar functions twenty years ago, and
our ballad masters certainly know
their business. But we do not in
terpolate these things into the midst
of Duparc. Poldowski, Scarlatti and
the like. Do the Americans in Amer
lea so interpolate their own ballads
into their more serious schemes? If
not, why try the experiment over
here?
Criticizes Programs.
"One matter that particularly at
/ tracted me was the superior clear
ness of the diction of most of the
| singers. There is no doubt of it,
As fact, the point was emphasized
/ in rather a curious fashion, for the
/ programs issued were printed. 1
| think in all cases, in English only,
/ no matter in what language the
| singer might be~singing.
In some songs, especially those of
an unfamiliar nature, it was easier,
I for the reason suggested, to follow
/ the drift of the song by listening
/ attentiyely to the singer than to
/ try to discover which particular
song was being presented by a
| search of the program-book. In a
sense 1t was this clearness of die
| tion that 1 found to be the most
/ attractive feature of the playing of
/ the DamrOsch orchestra. 1t was
clearness crystalline and in some re-
| spects reminded me of that of the
/ famous LamouTeux orchestra in
Paris"
The Washington herald., 1920-09-05
WHY Is WASHINGTON
NOT IN THE LIST? ?

In an article in Musical America a
writer says that to-day, besides
Boston, Philadelphia, Rochester, De-
troit, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago,
MinnapOlis, st. Louis, San Francisco,
Portland and Sattle, very impor-
tant town Of the country has its own
permanent endowed orchestra, with
the exception of Los Angeles-which
has two, and of New York-which
maintains three principal onesw
The Washington herald., 1920-09-05
/. Arthur Smith Returns to Desk

T. Arthur Smith, who has been
circulating" as he terms 1t, be-
tween his shack" on Chappawamsic
Island in the Potomac River and his
country estate, "Rest-a-whiie," at
Carrollton, Nd, is back at his desk
preparing his Ten Star Concert Sc
ries, the Philadelphia and New York
Orchestra concerts, as well as sew
eral separate attractions.
The fact that tickets for the Ten
Star Concerts have not increased in
price during the six years they have
been in existence is evidently meet
ing with universal satisfaction.
judging from the high volume Of
subscriptions for the course that is
being received by Mr.. Smith.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-05
Miss Kincer Returns from Vacation.

Miss Locke Kincer. organist of
st. Paul's English Lutheran Church,
returned home last week after a
months vacation spent in the
neighborhood of Wytheville, Va
The trip was made by automobile
which covered more than 1900
miles. Fried chicken and Virginia
hams seem to have been the prin-
cipal attractions on the trip.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-05
Neps and Notes Of the World OF Music :: = =
MRS. ELEANOR FREER
SEEKSENCLISH SONGS

Eleanor Everest Freer CArs. Arch
ib2ld FreerJ, who has been for
twenty years ceaselessly advocating
vocal music in the vernacular as a
vitality necessary step toward the
progress of any national musical
art. said recently to a representative
of The Billboard:
do you think that when we 20 to
Italy we hear an opera sung in Eng
lish? Do we hear french singers in
Paris sing in English They sing in
their native tongue. They nationalize
their creations, and SO should we.
We train American singers who
then go to Europe, learn French
and Italian and then what? They
come back and sing to US in those
tongues"
The Washington herald., 1920-09-05
St. PauPs Choir Begins Today.

Herbert Aldridge, tenor soloist
and director OF the choir of St
PauTs English Lutheran Church,
sang GounOd's Gentle, Holy
Saviour" at last Sunday mornings
service. The choir for the season
beginning today will consist of Mrs.
p II. Smart, soprano, in place Of
Mrs. Bertha Hansen Gottsman, who
resigned after q service of nearly
twelve years: Miss Marian Larner.
contralto; ]. Z. S. Kinsella, bass and
Mr.. Aldridge.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-05
Same Choir at Calvary Baptist.

The choir of Calvary Baptist
Church for next season will be
composed of Miss Gretchen Hood,
soprano; Mrs. William T. Reed,
contralto; George A. Myers, tenor,
and Fred C. Shaefer, bass. Louis
A. Potter, jr.. will continue as or
ganist and director of music.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-05
Digest of Music News

Washington, among other cities.
so it is said. has expressed itself en-
Enthusiastically regarding a project of
Milton Aborn to turn the attention
of organized choruses to operas. For
this purpose Mr.. Aborn will organize
"a complete cast of well-known
operatic eingers who are to be
placed at the disposal of these diff
ferent communities in a presenta-
tion of opera. 1t is the plan of Mr..
Aborn to have the various COM
Imunity song leaders drill the
choruses of their respective COM
munities in the choruses of the
operas to be presented.
]. Humbird Duffey. formerly of
this city, was cordially received
in San Jose, Cal, where he was
heard in a revival of popular comic
operas with an organization known
as the New Bostonians."
Composers who desire to have
their works on file permanently will
be interested in an announcement
sent out by the music division of the
New York Public Library. The Ii
brary wishes to receive, either from
the composers, or the firms that is
sue, their music, complete sets of
their published works.
A report comes from Rome that
Giacomo Puccini is contemplating
another visit to the United States
to obtain at mosphere for a new
opera which will have life in Old
Virginia as its theme.
1t is stated that John Mccormack
is having a triumphal tour of Aus
tralia-
Josef Schwarz, the Russian barry
tone, is coming to America for
concert tour next January.
Kansas City, Mo, is planning a
symphony orchestra, which will re-
quire an annual appropriation for
three years of 100000 a year.
Mary Jordan, contralto. will open
her season with a Carnegie Hall re-
cital on October 21.
Anna Fitziu, the soprano, sang re-
Gently to an audience of over 5000
in the New York Stadium.
Caruso, Farrar and Mary Garden
are among the many celebrated
artists who have been engaged for
the Biltmore Friday Morning Musi-
Gales.
If the Society Of Artists, Authors
and Composers of Paris have their
Af a1
lied nations, will have little chance
Paris Opera.
Rumor says that Edwin Franko
Goldman, conductor of the Goldman
Concert Band, which for the past
three summers has played on the
Columbia Green, plans to make the
band a permanent organization and
tour the country.
George Washington Schumann-
Heink, the youngest son of Nine.
Schumann- II eink, enlisted in the
United States navy at San Diego,
Cal, recently.
Owing to the increase in the pay
of the orchestral musicians it is be-
lieved that nearly $4,000 will be
added to, the expense of producing
opera at the Metropolitan next sea-
son.
Prominent New York managers
are of the 0sinion that concert
gcers away from the prime musical
centers will be the ones to suffer
because of the increase of railroad
rates.
Gen. Allen, commanding American
forces in Germany. has invited
Walter Damrosch to CobIeIiz for the
purpose of examining our army
bands. 1t is announced that the con-
ductor of the New York symphony
Orchestra intends to bring with him
a considerable number of new works
which Mr.. Damrosch received from
the composers own hands for first
performance in this country next
season.
The New Success says this letter
The Washington herald., 1920-09-05
GOOD ROADS AID IN
HEARING BETTER MUSIC

Good roads pave the way for
better music, according to Florida
music dealer.
Good roads engender community
spirit, and stimulate musical gather
ings," he said when the members
of one community are interested in
music, this interest, IL there is con-
slant Intercourse, soon spreads to
other communities. Good roads
make community ties stronger. and
they make the value and Joy of
music more far-reaching. Conse-
queQtly in communities where there
are good roads, ths country house
is seldom withsAl a piano, and
weekly musician anA community
sings are an established custom"
The Washington herald., 1920-09-05
Charles Bright Soloist Today.

Charles Bright, formerly bGry-
tone soloist at St Johns Episcopal
Church, Georgetown. but now ac-
lively engaged in concert work in
New York. will be the soloiSt to-
day at Wilson NJ. L. Memorial
Church Mr.. Bright will sing
BLOW Ye the Trumpet in Zion" BY
Charles C. Spross. This compo-
sition has just been published and
IL is believed that this will be its
frst presentation in this city.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-05
Richard Lohebers at Covenant.

The music for the special musical
service at the Church OF the COVE
nant tonight will be given by Miss
Mary Beisser, contralto; Miss Esteua
Thomas. violinist; Richard Lorle-
berg, 'cellist; William r. Schu-
mucker. precentOr. and Claude Robe
son, organist. The preliminary must
ersl service begins at 7:l5 o'clock
and the regular service at s o'clock.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-05
Harry Wheaton Howard Changes.

Harry Wheaton Howard, for
more than twenty years orgauist of
the Immaculate Conception Church.
has accepted the position of organ
list of the Christian Science Third
Church, which meets in the Masonic
Temple Auditorium. Mr.. Howard
begins his services at this morn
ing's session.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-05
H. c. Keeler Motors Long Distance.

of Charles NJ Stier, Inc. returned
TO his duties last Monday after a
two weeks automobile tour with
his family, They visited Valley
Forge, Delaware Water Gap, took
the Mohawk Trail into Boston, saw
Long Island Sound, New Haven. and
enjoyed stop in New York City.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-05
Mrs. Howard Enjoys Motor Trip.

Mrs. Florence Howard, soprano
soloist, and director of the choir of
the First Baptist Church, has been
enjoying a motor trip through sew
eral of the Eastern States.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-05
Miss StiIlwell Visits Canada.

Miss Nancy W. Stillwell, contralto,
is on a vacation to Montreal, the
Thousand Islands, Lake Champlain,
Lake George and other points in
Canada.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-05
Fakler Sings at Mt. Pleasant.

At Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church this morning the musical
program will be furnished by Her
man Fakler, bass, and Claude Robe
son. 0rganist. The vesper services
will not be resumed until October.