Evening star., 1923-05-13
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the work Of his sixty-piece orchestra,
! formers. The selections given during
the pageant included PRIESTS March"
(Mendelssohn); Midsummer Nights
Dream" music tMendelssohn): "Taran-
| telle" (MoszkowskD; Turkish War
March" CHosmer); -,"Old English
| Dances" (written by Byrde in 1890;
Henry VIII Dances" and selections
from Verdi's opera, aida"
Theodore F. Cannon. local musician
| and critic. has recently accepted the
position Of Washington correspondent
of the Musical Courier, according to
| an announcement just made public.
Miss r. b. Chopin-Keith entertained
her music class at Polls Theater last
| Friday afternoon, when the party at
! tended the concert given by Shura
| Cherkassky, the little Russian piano
| prodigy.
Mrs. Franceska Kaspar Lawson re-
| turned to Washington last Monday
| from a successful concert tour She
| gave recitals at Broaddus College,
| Philippi, w. Va; West Virginia Wes-
leyan College,; New Cumberland High
school: Frostburg and Cumberland,
| Md; Walnut Lane School, German
| town, Philadelphia.
| Misses Marguerite and Bessie Brown,
| sopranos, and Nation Boyce, pianist,
| repeated last Thursday evening for the
| ladies of the Louise Home the same pro-
| gram recently presented for the benefit
Of the Russian refugees.
4 IL,
| ington soprano, will sing "Once More
| to Touch Her Fragile Hand. by
| Elizabeth Collison-Hi!l. at the George
! town Presbyterian Church this morn
ing. Miss Craig will give a recital of
Mrs. Hills songs at the Arts Club
! early next season.
Sylvia Lent, the youthful violinist
! whose parents were both well known
| in Washington music circles for maRy
4 years. gave a recital in the high
| school auditorium Of Passaic, \. j..
| last Friday night for the benefit of
| the Passaic Boys Club. and under the
auspices of the Monday Afternoon
| Club. Max Jaffe was her accompanist.
| Her numbers included a concerto by
Pietro Nardini. Kreisler's arrange
ment of the Russian Hymn to the
| SUM-, kreiSlerS arrangement of
| Chaminade's "Serenade Espagnole."
| Saint-Saens' Introduction ct rondo
/
of Romance" Burleigh's "Moto Per-
| petuo," Cuts "Orientale" and Ma
zourka" by Zarzycki.
| Nine. Hazel Bachschmidt. who was
/ an artist on number Of interesting
| programs given in Washington dur
J ing the past season is on a motor trip
! with her mother. Mrs. Ida Wegner of
| Staunton, Va: Arthur Wegner. jr., her
nephew. and Mrs. Henry Hunt Mckee.
/ nj i'm In, II, Nt rn1a
! Bachschmidt is planning a concert
| tour through Virginia next fall.
| The National Federation of Music
| Clubs will hold it's biennial festival
at Asheville, y. c., June 9-17, 1923.
| Those dseiring to attend may obtain
| information regarding transportation
| by writing to c. W. ingalls, chairman
| OF the transportation committee of
| the District of Columbia, at 1915
! street northwest. Between and 1870
pm. he may be called on phone Frank
| lin 654S-J. Reservations for rooms
should be made early with Mrs. o. C.
Hamilton, local chairman at Ashe-
vile.
! An unusual musical composition has
been selected by n. Mirskey. con-
ductor of the symphony orchestra at
the Metropolitan Theater, for this
Folks at Home and in Foreign Lands" 4"
Charles J. Roberts has skilIfully
! translated favorite American folk
song into the musical idiom Of eight
nations. He is said to have converted
| way Down Upon the Suanee River
into characteristic national express
sion representative of France, Scot
| land. Spain. Germany, Ireland, Italy
and Hungary without at any juncture
/ permitting the familiar melody and
n 10 icr,-
| obscured beyond a point of easy
| recognition.
Anna Pavlowa. the, Incompatible. !"
cation of the world with her Ballet
| Russo. Last summer they sailed from
London to America. rode across this
| continent without stopping for a sim
gle performance; and crossed the Pa
| oriental tour on September 10. After
performances in the principal cities
of Japan they danced in Shanghai.
Hongkong. Manila, Java, Bombay,
Calcutta and Cairo. Nine. Pavlowa is
| now in Paris. and will go to London
later to prepare for her next tour
OF the United States and Canada
This famous Russian was born in
Petrograd where she entered the i'm
perial ballet school. the Institute
Mariensky. It the age of nine She
became premiere danseuse at fif-
teen, and her fame soon spread out
side of Russia. Her first venture out
side the cars domains was in the
opera at Stockholm. Soon after she
danced in the opera houses of Ber-
lin. Paris. London and other Euro
pean cities, where she was honored
lie. Her first American appearance
was as guest artist in the Metro
politon Opera House, New York,
where, her, triumph was so complete
that she returned the following year
with her own company for a tour of
this continent Since then she has
made eight tours of this country. and
her next one will be the ninth. after
premiers danseurs with her this time
instead of one, as formerly.
Nine. Pavlowa VIII appear in Wash
ington next season under the man.
agement of 7. Arthur Smith, Inc.
Mrs. Wayne B. Wheeler, a leading
Washington soprano and soloist of
Washington Heights. Presbyterian
record. Mrs. Wheeler is the first of
Washington musicians to make per-
sonal records with the Electric Re
! cording Laboratories. In all, Mrs.
Wheeler has made five records. Her
first record was Of the songs Roses
Love That Will Not Let Me Co.
In making the newest record the
assisting artists, also Of local music
circles, were Miss Margaret Mansfield,
popular young violinist. and Mrs.
Chester Adair, pianist. The songs in
this record are by the Waters of
Minnetonka" (Lieurance) and open
the Gates" (Knapp).
Mrs. Elizabeth Collison-Hill, a local
pianist who has not appeared on pro-
grams for some time. has announced
! that she will give some recitals next
| season. Mrs. Hill has entered the
ranks of the composers and her song
| to mother, "Once More to Touch Her