Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-10-29
bR|LL|AN! MUSIC
DELEGATES HALL
Notable Group of Musicians
Gather at Coolidge
Auditorium.

Gather at Coolidge
Auditorium.
The most notable group of national
and even international musicians ever
seen in one gathering in Washington
met last night for the dedicatory pro
gram Of the Elizabeth Sprague Cool
idge chamber music auditorium, in
the court of the Library of Congress
near the music division. last night.
The Capital City has seen many dis
tinguished conventions of patriotic.
diplomatic, congressional and indus
trial leaders of our country. Only re
Gently the most notable group of rep
resentative American artists of the
brush met for the centennial eXhi-
hition of the National Academy of
Art works at the Corcoran Gallery.
Now music has its first true repre-
sentation in the transplantinS of the
famous Berkshire festival permanent
ly to Washington to be given in this
auditorium annually. with last night s
performance the initial program.
Dedication Charming.
The new auditorium is arranged
with perfect vision and comfort for
every one of the 51l individuals that
I'LL its seating capacity. The stage is
appropriate in size for the use OF a
chamber music orchestra and has a
beautiful russell gold curtain. There
is remarkably fine organ, too. The
walls are in excellent taste. With their
severe white paneing. There was no
speech-making or eulogizing last
night.
The dedication was unique and
charming, the music sufficing in
demonstrating most eloQuently the ad-
VantageS of such an auditorium. Mrs.
Coolidge, who donated $50 900 to make
the auditorium possible and is Civ
ing $4,000 annually for its upkeep
and the expenses of concerts, was
seated mOdestly in the front of the
audience, surrounded by her personal
guests, and was the recipient of greet
ingS and congratulations all evening.
The United States Treasury is the
custodian of the maintenance fund
FOR this auditorium under congress
slonal authorization. and all musicians
and singers appearing on programs
in the auditorium will be reimbursed
with Treasury checks. Although the
limits in the capacity of the audi
forum made it necessary to issue
cards of special invitation for the
opening festival programs. it is plan
ned to have many admirable programs
free to the public at large to stimu-
late general interest in the most diff
cult Of all the music arts-that of
chamber music. Also all these pro-
grams are to be broadcast. This is
undoubtedly one of the greatest steps
taken to make Washington the real
music center of the country.
True Musician Dominates.
A feature of the audience last night
was the dominance of the true
musician over all other types
Those present We're DR.. Frederick
Wolfe Horatio Parker. Franz Kreisel
Gustav Strube, Mrs. H. II. A Beach,
Samuel Chotzinoff. Mr. and Mrs Hans
Kinder. Harold Bauer. II. o. Osgood
Frederic J. Vessels, EVA Gauthier
John Beach, Ernest Hutchinson, Car
los Salzedo, Lillian Littlehales and
many, many others, not to mention
leaders of the music circles of Wash
ington, which We're well represented.
The program for this opening con-
cert was remarkably we'll balanced
and arranged. 1t was quite fitting
that Johann Sebastian Bach, greatest
of all music masters, should provide
the prelude. a choral prelude for or
gan, ITO God On High All Glory Be-"
Lynwood Farnum, New York organist.
whom Washington has heard several
times in recital, was the fine inter
prefer of this work. Then came three
present day American composers.
Charles Martin Loeffler, remembered
here also as a remarkable Violinist;
Frederick A. Stock, conductor of the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, who
has been here recently as a guest con-
duCtor, and Frederick jacob, whose
work produced last night won honor
able mention in the Berkshire prize
competition in 1924. All three COM
posers were present, Mr.. Stock also
acting as conductor for the orches-
trail numbers. and each received a
veritable ovation following the per-
Torrance of his work
Povla F'rijsh, a soprano who has the
type of personality and voice to inter
pref the modern music especially
well. sang the vocal part of both Mr..
Loeffler's and Mr.. Jacobs works. Mr..
Loeffler's 'Canticle of the Sun" with
words by St. Francis of Assist. seemed
to have the eXctasy of fanatic frenzy
in its atmosphere. especially emphasiz-
ed by the two harps. The reeds were
much used with orig | effect. 1t is
a work that can not well be grasped
in its entirety in a first performance.
This is also true of Mr.. Stocks work
which seemed more complete in it's
unity of perfect instrumental balance
and melodic effects. 1t was, as one
prominent musician present very apt
ly put it, a veritable American It'll
Eulenspiegel' with it's quaint humor
of theme, especially in the piano and
reed parts. Both Mr.. Loeff1er's and
Mr.. Stocks works were especially
written for this program and given
their debut last night.
Jacobs Work Vivid.
Mr.. Jacobs 1.-TWO Assyrian Pray
ers," with words translated into Eng
fish from ancient transcriptions, were
vivid, colorful works with emphasis
on the dramatic quality of pagan
worship and Nine. Frijsh gave them
dramatic Interpretation.
Handels poised and melodious Con
certo. opus 4, No in F. for organ
and chamber orchestra was a genuine
musical benediction to the perform
ance. With Bach's prelude it gave
the modern works truly gorgeous con-
trast in color and style of writing
both the old and new works benefiting
by that contrast.
Today the second and third concerts
In the series of five will be presented
This morning an entire program de-
voted to the works of the master Bee
thoven, was given beginning at III
O'Clock. This afternoon a program of
old English music will be given at
4:30 o'clock. The famous South Noun
tain Festival Quartet, assisted at the
plano by Aurelio Giorni. gave the
morning program. The noted English
singers of London make their. A war