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'Ne,o Vocal Quartet
Rec;ta1s at ArtsSC1ub

a VOCAL quartet organized for con-
cert work and specializing In song
cycles. under the leadership of George
Daland. organist Of ST. Johns Church,
Georgetown. made its initial appear
ance last Tuesday evening at tie
Arts Club. when 1t gave as its chief
Offering the peter Pam song cycle.
by Joan Trevalsa
The members of the quartet are:
MRS. Mabel Foote Whitman, soprano
Miss Thelma Smith, contralto; Ed
ward Titman, tenor, and Horace Lake,
baritone.
The Peter Pan" song cycle, given
on this occasion for the first time
in Washington, is comprised in the
following numbers: Coming of Pc
ter Pam" quartet; MY Little House."
soprano; The Crafty Crocodile" So
prano and tenor: Good Advice. /"
tenor: Bedtime Stories" quartet; "A
Pirate Bold" baritone; Spring Clean
ing. soprano and tenor: There and
Back contralto, and THE Land of
Make Believe" quartet.
Other numbers given at Tuesday
evenings concert included The salu-
tation Of the Dawn" MARY Turner
Salter), Pale Moon" Logan).' THE
Cry Of Rachel (Salter). "A Song Of
the Sword" (Charles Gilbert Spross)
and Now the Night in Starlit Spleen
DOR (DonizettD.
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DR.. Sbaeth Talks
At Central H;oh

The upperclassmen of Central High
School were recently entertained in
a special chapel by DIR. Sigmund
Spaeth, the noted American authority
on music.
Robert lawrence introduced Dr.
talk on "Old Tunes for New" Dr..
Spaeth clarified this statement by
saying that he would show how tune
full the classics were in contrast to
the popular hits of the day, contrary
to the thought of most people.
Many of our modern song hits owe
their immense popularity to the fact
that they are based upon the famous
compositions Of Chopin, Mendelssohn.
Schubert, Schumann and others Pres
ent-day writer's have found that the
greatest hits come from some beautt-
full melody of the classic composers
changed to modern fox trot or waltz
time.
As an illustration of this. Or.
Spaeth played part of last years
d RInes number 1.-The ,,a Blue Danube
Strauss BLUE Danube waltz" ex-
cept for the tempo. Two other not
able examples are the Song Of
india" the replica of "Chanson In
done" by Rimsky-Korsakof off, and the
Schubert's Unfinished Symphony"
These songs are not plagiarisms in
the full sense of the word, because
credit is given to the composer in
some way.
Two popular songs Of a few years
ago We're given as examples of direct
plagiarism. The melody of I'm AL
ways Chasing Rainbows" is taken
note for note from Chopins Fan
tasie Impromptu.'' The Castle of
Dreams" is based on the Minute
Waltz Of Chopin.
One interesting and amusing mart
of the lecture were the songs based
on chimes and cuckoo calls. Caro-
lima in the Morning" and Japanese
Sandman" are nothing but cuckoo
calls enlarged upon and harmonized.
Songs using the four notes of the
chimes as a foundation are Three
O'Clock in the Morning" and Stun
bling"
After this, three selections were
played on the Ampico electric repro
ducing piano. Two of these were the
Chopin compositions used in the Illus
trations. namely. "1antasie Inn
Raysd by l Aran and the he
D'Albert. the great European piano
virtuoso. DR.. Spaeth explained that
the name Minute Waltz" was given
to the composition because a pianist
was supposed to be able to play it in
exactly one minute, but he said that
The final selection was the pre-
Jude in G Sharp Minor" played by
the eminent composer himself. Rach-
maninoff. This last number closed
very entertaining and instructive
chapel of which the student body
indicated its enjoyment by the hearty
applause which was rendered DR..
Spaeth, Mr.. Lawrence and the electric
piano. -. .sslAH1
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'Punch;neHo" a Success

To counterbalance the many ANA
teur productions that seem hopeless
mere are each season a few that
Dear favorable comparison with pro-
fessionaI work. Such a production is
Punchinello.' presented last Thurs
day night by more than fifty chill
dren, choir boys and girls of the I'm
maculate Conception Church. 1t is a
Juvenile operetta by Harry Wheaton
Howard. 'Punchinello,'' as the title
indicates. has as hero that lovabie,
misshapen little clown. originally
Neapolitan in conception.
Mr.. Towards operetta is only one
act, and very simple in theme. The
tiful girl, who made an old lord COM
Portable one day when he sought
refuge in the hut in the hollow"
which, In gratitude. he gave to her TO
De her own property. with the one
condition that when young Lord
Robert was of age he could claim
the hut as his own property. provided
of any substance she might name.
On bright May day, when Ethel
is crowned queen Of the May by her
friends, the young lord comes to
claim the hut. Then IL is that Pun
chinello, who is brought there by
and helps Ethel out of her delimma
by making her insist upon a Shylock
bargain and request the slippers be
made of the soft skin Of the young
lords face. She wins the hut for her
permanent possession.
The music is very pretty and we'll
suited to the theme. Frederick Nolan
makes an ideal Punchinello, Margaret
Mccarthy is a charming Ethel and
Adolph Meyer is the young Lord Rob
ert.
other children in the cast and well
trained chorus were Edward Folger
Rose Maher. Florence Yocum. Agnes
Hassen. William Stoddard. Helen
Wheeler, John Sherman. Dorothy
Carr. Virginia DeIlinger, Alice Green
valid, Helen Greenwald. Margaret
Griffin, Rose Koran. Gertrude Hunter,
Helen Kelley. Ethel Kroger, Mary
McQueente, Angela Sheehan. Mary
Ragan, Catherine Ryan, Marie Ryan.
sarah Sweeney. Bertha Trap, Helen
Walsh, Edmund Bernard, Joseph De
Marco, Leroy Demezo. Arthur Ellis,
Fred Fowler. Thomas Gallagher,
Leonard Hill. Raymond Hill, Gwynne
Horstkamp, Marion Kelley, Norman
Kelley, John Kroger, William Mat
thews. Cornelius McBrearty, Daniel
Mccarthy, Francis Mccarthy, Edward
McSweeney. George Neumann, James
Ryan. Joseph Sherman, Norris Stehle.
Arthur Tholl, Paul Urciolo and Paul
Vassar.
,, Before the operetta was presented
Ship Comes Sailing Home" Miss
Catherine Bowles played "Schoen
Rosemarie" on the violin and 1.-The
swallows Lullaby" and April
showers were sung by Miss Jo-
sephine OConnor.
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Music School and Club Notes

4 SONG recital under the auspices
"A OF the music committee of the
League Of American Penwomen will
be given at the clubhouse. 1922
H street northwest, on Thursday at
| 8 o'clock sharp, by Charles 8. Wen
gerd, baritone. Of this city.
The program will take the form Of
a lecture recital, with brief spoken
comment on the numbers. and will be
given entirely in English. 1t has
been given at Christ English Luth-
eran Church. Baltimore. but this will
be the first time in Washington.
Mr.. Wengerd is we'll known in
Washington. Before coming here he
was known in the west and south as
a concert and oratorio singer
Mr.. Wengerd will be accompanied
by Mrs. Irene M. Chainey, and the
program will include the following
numbers:
''where'er You Walk" tHandeD: two
Shakespeare songs. The Willow
Song" (from "Othello'D (unknown). at
"As You Like It'D (Thomas Morley;
Water" (Cadman): THE White Dawn
Is Stealing (Cadman; de or Ark's
a-Moverin' (Guionl; Nobody Knows
the Trouble I've Seen" tBurleighJ;
Lotus Flower" (schumannj: "oh.
Leave Me Not. Friend Of Mine"
tTschaikowskD; I.assie With the
Lips SO Rosy" (Franz); by the Sea"
(Schubert); MY Sweet Repose"
way Be Winelng GHahn): vision
Fugitive" tMassenet): "A Song of
Pelagia" Dwight Anderson): Would
God 1 Were the Tender Apple Bios
som (Old Irish folk song arranged
The Rebew Orchestra under the di-
rection of II. W. Weber, gave a pub
lie rehearsal Monday night in the lee
ture room of Keller Memorial Church
the soloists being Miss Lois Shively
pianist, and Harvey T. Townsend,
tenor.
Miss Shively's numbers included
Fantasia lmpromptu" (Chopin) and
ITO Wild Rose"
Mr.. Townsend sang Dear Love, Re
member Me" (MarshalD, 80 Lawdy"
(Strickland) and Hard Trials"
(Burleigh).
The orchestra numbers were march
'Laurentfan"; overture. Light Cav
airy (Suppe): characteristic. Wed
ding of the Rose" (JesseD: selection
from Bohemian Girl" (Balfe); plan
tation melodies. Sunny South"
UIampe): reverie, Till We Meet
Again" (Whiting), and Deed of the
Pen" march.
Mrs. Edward L. Weber was the. ac-
companist.
The Young Mems Christian Asso-
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Colgate University Music Clubs
Tomorrow.

The glee and instrumental clubs Of
Colgate University, consisting of
forty accomplished male vocalists
and instrumentalists, who will give a
musical program at the yesper serv-
ices today, at 4:45 pm, at the First
Congregational Church, will give a free
concert tomorrow, at pm, at the same
church.
Prof. W. H. Hoerrner, the university
director of music, has arranged a
varied program that will appeal to
all tastes. The program will include
many OF the popular campus and COL
lege songs of the day, a group Of
classical numbers. and some of the
celebrated medleys. the singing Of
which by these men has proved pop
ular.
The musical clubs have made sew
eral successful trips during the WIN
ter and spring. including a number Of
the larger Canadian cities; they are
now on an Easter tour, which has
taken them to many Of the eastern
titles; they will come here directly
from Philadelphia.
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AMERICAN COMPOSERS
EDGAR STlLMAN KELLEY.

NNE of the most representative of
" all American composers. and a
man who is taking an active part in
the development of music today, is
Edgar Stillman Kelley. Mr.. Kelley
is composer, conductor, instructor and
lecturer on musical subjects.
He is distinctly American from an
ancestral point of view. He had a
great-great-grandfather who fought
on the side Of liberty for the colonies
In the revolutionary war and one of
his ancestors made the dies for the
famous pine tree shillings. Some of
his maternal ancestors settled in this
country in 1880.
Mr.. Kelley was born In Sparta.
Wis. April IA. 1857. His father was
for her skill as a musician. She it
was who taught him piano lessons
until he was seventeen years old.
when he went to Chicago to study
under Clarence Eddy and Ledo-
chowski. Then, like most of the
American composers. he went to Ger
many to serve an apprenticeship in
one Of the famous Conservatives Of
that musical country. In Stuttgart
he studied piano with Kruger and
Speldel, organ with Ffnck and COM
position with Max Seifritz, royal
court conductor. While abroad MT.
Kelley wrote several compositions
which received warm commentator.
He returned to the United States in
1880 to San Francisco, where he be-
came we'll known both as music
teacher and critic. There he mar
ried Jessie Gregg, pianist, in 1891
There, too, he wrote what is probably
his best known work, the musical
score for Shakespeare's Macbeth"
one of the most impressive Of pro-
grammatic compositions Of any
length. Every shading of dramatic
value, every suggestion OF atmos-
pheric coloring. is brought out in
this music to q truly marvellous de-
gree. The same comments might also
apply with equal accuracy to his mu-
steal Interpretation of the fascinating
fairy tale Of CULVER and the Lilli-
putians."
One of the most unusual of the
many compositions by this skilled
and inspired musician is hts Chinese
suite for the orchestra. called "Alad-
din" Authorities have Sompared 1t
as rival to Richard Strauss works.
1t was in the most sequestered sec
lions of San Francisco's Chinatown
that Mr.. Kelley studied closely many
musical motives Of these immigrants
from the Celestial kingdom and care
t4n221e QhoM ~ thnnl0 Tor thu hnaS2tis
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Czech Composer With Bakule
Chorus.

With the Bakule Chorus of Czecho-
slovakia, which will appear at Polls
April IS. is Josef Kricka, a Czech
composer of note, who will render
some of his own compositions at
the piano. One Of Kricka's most
recent compositions is called 1.-The
Gingerbread Hut" which reviews
Grimm's fairy story of "Hansel and
Gretel." and is dedicated "to the jun
iors Of the American Red Cross"
The Czechoslovaks are grateful to
America for aid given them follow
ing the world war, and the Bakule
School in Prague, whence comes the
chorus, was one Of the institutions
which was helped to its feet. In
letter of transmittal which came
with a handsomely ornamented copy
of THE Gingerbread Hut" the
Bakule School wrote:
you are to know that our people
steal conceits. Passionate longing,
cares and sorrows, as well as high
spirits and joyful fancies; find vent
in ditties and simple airs. Now, our
lots OF them-have transformed these
fine. artistic compositions, instilled
with the peculiarities of. the Czech
national spirit. Some of them are
admired even outside the confines OF
our country. One of them, Dr.. Anton
Dvorak composer of 'HpmoresqueD,
a good man with a soul that gave
forth melodies as a flower bears
blossoms, may, perhaps, also be
known to you. as some of his work
was done in the United States.
ga young Czech composer, Josef
Kricka pronounced Kritchka), a
friend of the Bakule School. has set
to music for you the story Of The
Gingerbread Hut being sure that un-
der the title of Hansel and GreteF
you know 1t, too. 1t differs from the
latter story In that our people do not
think it possible for parents to lead,
of set purpose, their children astray
in the woods in order to get y1d of
them; and so our story says it is
quite by chance that Jack and Polly
Gas the children are called in the mod
ern version) lose their way. No won
der, then, that their father is over
toyed at seeing his children again,
''Mr Kricka has added to his COM
position a full account of all the
forces Of musical expressions employ
ed by him. In this way you will not
only gain a complete understanding
Of the story itself, but will at, the
same TINA leag1 how different things
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cepted. but songs and short pianoforte
pieces will not be considered
The competition is open to unmar-
ried men who are citizens OF the
United States. The award will be
made only to musician OF excep-
ttonal promise already thoroughly
trained in technique. The stipend is
$1,000 year for three years, with an
allowance not to exceed $1,000 a year
for travelling expenses. and a studio
and residence at the academy. with
opportunity to visit leading musical
centers in Europe
Manuscripts should bear, not the
name of the composer. but a pseu-
donym. and should be accompanied
by a sealed envelope, bearing on its
face the pseudonym, and containing
within the name and address of the
sender. Manuscripts and all commu-
ntcations should be addressed to the
secretary Of the American Academy
in Rome. 101 Park avenue, New York,
n. Y.
Any one wishing to apply may OBJ
tain application blank from the secre-
tary of the academy.
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citation service department lobby con-
cert last Monday was given by the
following artists: Alice Hill, mando-
linist; Walter T. Holt, guitarist; julie
Eklund, reader; Eva Bright, mezzo-
soprano; Mrs. Adeline Bowie Carlson,
pianist; Eloise Bourdene. soprano,
and Rose Bright and Martha Bour-
dene, accompanies.
Easter anthems, directed by Mary
Helen Howe. made an appropriate
feature of the program at the League
of American Pen Women last Sunday
afternoon. A choral group of MEM
bers effectively rendered Prayer"
(MascagnI. 1.-THE Holy CITY, (Adams)
and AN Easter Prayer" by Virginia
Monroe and Wilmuth Gary. The last
song, the work of two of the mem
bers OF the league, was given it's
initial rendition on this occasion.
Later In the evening the same
Prayer" at the Art Center. where
Miss Howe sang the solo part and
directed the chorus in the refrain.
Last Sunday was the first appear
ance of the pen womens chorus and
from its enthusiastic reception IT
promises to become an important
feature of future events of the
league.
La Sale Spier. at a piano recital at
compositions by Bach, Schumann,
Gurlitt, Reinhold. Schytte, Grieg,
Schutt, Jensen. Volkmann, Hollander.
Heller. Chopin and Reinicke. played
by Arthur kidder. Louise Bebb. Eliza
beth Robinson. De Witt Feeser, Mar
jorie Garland. Elizabeth Bisselle.
Kathryn Mullowny. Phila Belle Burke,
Dorothy Achterkirchen. Marie Nor
hart. Carroll Wolcott, Virginia Shuli.
MARCEL Greenhalgh, Kenneth Null
and Martha McAdams
The music section of the Takoma
Park Civic Study Club will meet
Tuesday at pm. at Columbia Hall Of
the Washington Missionary College.
The meeting will be open to the
members of the Civic Study Club and
their guests Those on the program
are Mrs. C. ]. HUM, Mrs H. Gore,
Mrs. T.. Clyde Shade, Mrs. Kidd. so
loists; Miss Hunter. Miss Ruth
Eschelman, pianists; Mrs. Alice Nc
Pherson Morgan and Mrs. Keppler,
violinists.
Katharine Rich Fielder, soprano.
and G. A. Johnson, bass, with Mrs
Helen Crouch. accompanist, gave a
delightful short program at the
spring meeting of the Columbian
Women, held at the Travellers Club
last Tuesday afternoon. Mr.. johnson
giving one group of songs and Mrs
Fielder group of spring songs and
one of old Irish folksongs. The pro-
gram was arranged by Emile Mar
garet White.
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Fellowship in academy in Rome
4 PPLIcANTS for admission to the

a PPLICANTS for admission to the
competition are required to file
with the secretary of the academy an
application. together with letters of
reference as to character. education,
personality and artistic ability. They
must also submit. not later than May
/. two compositions, one either for or
chestra alone or in combination with
a solo instrument, and one for string
quartet or for some ensemble combi-
nation, such as a sonata for violin
and piano, a trio for violin, cello and
pianoforte or possibly for some less
usual combination OF chamber instru-
ments. The compositions submitted
should show facility in handling the
larger instrumental forms such as
the sonata form or free notifications
Of it. A sonata for pianoforte or
fugue of large dimensions will be ac-
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full suite. some of the loveliest num-
bers Of which are wedding of Alad-
din" Royal Pear Garden Serenade"
and The Feast of the Lanterns" He
has also written some Chinese lyrics
that are wonderfully poetic.
Another outstanding composition in
his long list Is the music for Ben
Hur," which was given in England.
Australia and the United States over
5000 times His music for Prone
theus Bound" Is also we'll known.
From 1S96-99 Mr.. Kelley was In
structor in composition in the Col
lege of Music of New York and later
acted as lecturer on music for ex-
tension work in New York Univer-
sity. He has been music professor at
Yale, teacher and conductor in Ber-
lin, director of the Cincinnati Con-
servatory of Music, as well as a pro-
life composer.
Not content with music as the me-
dunn of his inspiration, Mr.. Kelley
has also achieved q name for himself
as an author. particularly through
his book, Chopin, the Composer"
He is truly an example Of the posi-
bilities for developing . great field
p& AnexteAA mns&as -
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Shura Cherkassky at Polls Friday

stura Cherkassky. the marvellous
eleven year old Russian piano
prodigy. will be heard the first time
in Washing ton at Polls Theater next
FRIDAY afternoon at 1870, under the
management of Mrs. Wilson Greene.
His proficiency has astounded the
most exacting critics. AS amazing as
his repertoire and skill at the piano
is his gift for original composition.
His own Prelude Pathetique," which
will be heard here. was called "the
work Of q creative spirit which ia
quite beyond the. attainment Of nor
His program will be as follows.
1Ara Con Variations in D Minor
thoven).. lie Coucou"- &C. Danu,nI
"Pastoraie capricco'' tscarlatti-Taus.
sig}. Etude in e Sharp Minor" (Cho-
Fantasia Impromptu" (Chonin}
Prelude Pathetique" (Shura Cher,
kassky) and "Liebeswalzer" fN
Moszk owski) >A
Seats. are on sale at Mrs. Wilson.
Greene's Concert Bureau, 18th and q
streets.
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can be rendered in music, that is. the
joyous trotting of the children's feet
the fathers warning voice, the chill
dren's frightened calls and sundry
sounds heard in the open air-as an
echo, the rustlinG of leaves in the
forest the strokes of the ak and
others"
Mr.. kricka is scheduled to play this
tale for the piano" during the varied
program of folk songs, national an
thems. ballads. thirteenth century
hymns and humorous songs which the
Bakule Chorus will give here There
will be folk dances also, and an eXhi-
bition of the beautiful handiwork OF
the CZechoSlovaks.
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next Friday afternoon at 4:3o o'clock.
This concert marks the closing of
the eighth season of the Star Con-
cert series and will take the place
OF the one scheduled for February
2. but which was postponed owing to
the illness of Emilio de Gogorza.
The program to be presented on
Friday by Mr.. Althouse will be one
of the most interesting given this
season: He will sing "Chanson de
Barberine" Noret), ties Yeux" Ora
bey), lie Sails Tu" (Massenet),
"Chevalier Belle Etoile" (Holmes).
aria, 20. Paradise" from '.LAfri-
cana" (Meyerbeer); 1.-THE Phantom
Ships lGruen). All in Lily White
Gown" (Martin), ''Daffodil Cold (Hodg-
sony, The Blind Ploughman" (Clarke),
The Last Song (Rogers), Pleading
(Elgar), THE Little Gray Road" I4ay-
ton) and THE Great Awakening (Kra-
mer). Rudolph Gruen will be the &C.
companist.
Tickets may be obtained from r.
Arthur Smith, Inc, 1906 G street.