The New York herald., 1922-05-07
Music Week Ends
With Festivals and
Many Concerts
Events Held at Museum of
Natural History, Central Park
and Capitol Theater.


many events from early morning until
late in the evening. Two of these, of
particular note. were the afternoon and
evening concerts under the auspices of
the Inter-Racial Council of New York in
the auditorium OF the American Museum
OF Natural History. provided for these
two occasions through DR.. Henry Fair
field Osborn. The concerts were made
UP of numbers by the foreign peoples of
New York. each nationality contributing.
Edwin Franko Goldman was director
The concerts were arranged by Mr.. Felix
NJ Warburg and Mrs David Rumsey
chairman and vce-chairman of the coun-
cil and the details were presided over
by Samuel NJ. Auerbach, secretary.
Mrs. Osborn, Mrs. Warburg and Mrs
Rumsey were head patronesses of both
afternoon and evening, and their aids
comprised twenty American born women
and one from each of the nationalities
Of the Council for Foreign Born Women.
Guests of Honor.
N Dr. Albert Shields of Teachers Col
Icge presided. The guests of honor
were the onsuls General OF New York
Ernesto c. Perez of Argentine, Krikor
Chibouk of Armenia, Pierre Mali of Bel
gium, Hello Lobo of Brazil, Frederick
Iiudd, Canadian Trade Commissioner;
Running Suez of China, DIR. Borivoj Pru-
silk Of Czecho-Slovalkia. George Beck
OF Denmark. ]. +. Albio of Finland
CASTOR Liebert of France. Gloster
Armstrong of Great Britain, George
Dracopoulos of Greece, Louis Vaczek
OF Hungary, II. Il. Bernardo of Italy,
kyo kumasali of Japan, Arthur b.
1.ule of Latvia, r. p. de Negri of Mexi-
CO. d. J. Steyn Parve of the Neither
lands. Hans Fay of Norway, Stefen
Grotowsky of Poland. Jorge S. Duarte
of Portugal, T. T. Wells of Roumania,
Dr. Paul Karovitch of the Kingdom of
the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes; A.
Beres OF Spain. Olof ]. Lamm of
Sweden.
ELIAS Breeskin, violinist, was added to
the evening program as an additional
attraction.
The settlement houses of New York
made a substantial contribution to
Music Week yesterday afternoon when
the United Neighborhood Houses. in CO.
operation with the Peoples Music
League. presented on the north meadow
OF Central Park a spring festival and
pageant on the blessings of peace. One
n, thousand children took part in the pa
Ageant. one thousand more, costumed as
n different flowers, were in the chorus.
NJ, The executives of the day were Mrs.
Julius c.. Bernheim. chairman, arts and
festivals committee; Miss Olive Whit
son, spring festival committee; Mrs. Ar
thur M. Refs, music committee; Mrs.
William Mayerowitz, art committee;
Mrs. Ned Kaufman, prize peace song
and lyric committee: Miss A. L. Sparks.
peace banner committee; Mrs. S. NJ.
Nelson, grounds committee; Miss Mar
garet Oppenheimer, costume designer:
Miss Ida Oppenheimer. refreshment
committee.
Christian Kriens was conductor of
the orchestra and Tall Essen Morgan
chorus director.
Children Win Prizes.
Another OF the big entertainments
was given in honor sof the elementary
and high school children of New York
at the Capitol, srheater. the playhouse
and its entipe program being donated,
at ttris event the prizes for school chill
dren given by the Music Week Com
mittee were awarded. Otto II. Kahn,
honorary chairman Of music week, pre-
senting them.
The prizes were for the first and sec
ond best essay by a high school girl or
boy on Musical Appreciation from the
Standpoint Of the High School Student" I"
The prize winning essay was by Elmer
Kleefeld. 4B, Bryant High School, Long
1ond prize was Miss Celia Antopolsky
t1of the Girls Commercial High School,
Brooklyn.
Prizes also were presented to the
three best high school orchestras of
New York who went into competition
in the Washington Irving High School
auditorium Thursday evening and Fri
day afternoon and evening. the boys
crche7-yas. the girls orchestras and
mixed orchestras. The judges handed
In sealed decisions as to the winners
and the envelopes were not opened until
this morning at the Capitol.
George III. Gartlan. director of music
in the public schools; Miss Isabel Low
den, director of music week, and S. l..
Rothafel were the central figures of the
morning together with Mr.. Kahn, Mr.
Rothafel giving brief talk on the Re
Iation of Light to Music and illustrat-
ing it with special light and musical
effects.
Five thousand five hundred children
were in the audience, those selected for
the event being members of the high
school orchestras, members of the high
school choruses and the leading ten In
the department of music in each high
\ and elementary school.