The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-02-26
Concerts
-Four F-isnists st Beiases sunday.


To hear Godowsky. Levitski, orn-
the real artists Of the plano OF today,
in a joint recital, will make the next
Concert Diplomatiaue, presented by
M. +. Kline, a concert unique as IL Is
interesting. These four pianists will
appear in person Sunday next at $3.50
o'clock at the Belasco Theater, play
ing a program of rare music that at =
tracted a huge audience when II was
given at Carnegie Hall. on Febru-
airy 3.
1t is a comparison recital. with the
inte rpretations of these artists given
also on the Ampico reproducing piano.
The comparison will be double in i'm
port. To compare the special indi-
viduality of each of the four pianists.
and then to discover how faithful to
these idiosyncrasies the Ampico can
be will be a feature of this concert,
that has been arranged by the Arthur
Jordan Piano Company, Of this city.
Idiosyncracies is a justinable word,
when one thinks OF the lightning IA
cility of Ornstein's playing. who will
given his own ultra modern compost
tion, Impressions OF Chinatown" as
we'll as a Chopin "Nocturne." In the
latter composition, the Ampico will
repeat Mr.. Ornstein's playing Of the
.'Nocturne."
Albeniz, the Spanish composer, will
be represented. played by Arthur Ru-
bernstein. His "Triana" and Cor
doba" are the selections. and the
latter will be reproduced BY the Am
pico, Immediately following Ornsteins
playing.
Godowsky will play four excerpts
from a new suite by hims self that is
said to promise great popularity. The
suite he calls "Triakontameron," and
it contains many more than the four
selections Mr.. Godowsky will play.
"a Vatican Paysage,"' "Old Vienna"
Resignation" and "Quixotic Errant-
ry." This artist will give the Liszt
Etude de Concert No. 2, that will be
repeated by the Ampico.
Saving Musicians from Oblivion"
is the self-appointed task OF the Am
pico. A New York editorial spoke Of
the concert as:
"a notable example of what can
be done already was given the other
day when four distinguished music
ians player before a hall full of per
sons who afterward heard the pro-
gram reproduced artificially. 1t is
astonishing to realize that a machine
tive plate, not merely the general
characteristics but the color, the elus-
i've manner the most secret and puz-
cling qualities of the original"
Levitski. the young Josef Hof-
man," will give the Liszt "Hungar-
ian Rhapsody" No. 9. portions Of II
being played by himself and portions
by the Ampico, with no apparent
change in the rendition. Mr.. Levi.-
skis playing of the Stojowsky will be
repeated in its entirety by the Am
pico.
Thus it will be demonstrated to the
skeptical how just is the claim that
through this means OF piano repro
duction thousands of people, whose
only conception OF the great must:
of the world has, heretofore. been
had through listening to 1t played by
non-professional musicians, or by
themselves. will be able really to
hear II, just as IL Is given to the
concert goers of the great art CEN
ters OF the world.
Today, music critics, In approach.
ing the question of the reproducing
piano of the present, have left be-
hind their old-time prejudices. and
more and more came to regard II as
IT is-the artist himslf and nothing
else.
Washington will hear both artist
and the art reproduction.