Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-29
CHAMBER MUSIC
ARTISTS COMING
Second Festival Here in Co.
tOber to Include Noted
Brussels Quartet.

The second annual festival of cham
Der music, designed to bring to Wash
ington the leaders in the musical life
of America. will be conducted at the
Library of Congress October Z,
and 9.
Among the artists will be the Pro
Arte string quartette of Brussels,
which is coming here in response to
an official invitation extended by the
State Department through the Bel
gian Ambassador at the request of
the library.
This, according to library officials,
represents a noteworthy departure
for the Government. 1t is the first
time that a subject connected with
the fine arts has been made q subject
of diplomatic exchange ana gives
more distinctly official flavor to the
concerts than it has been possible to
obtain before.
Europe Gives Official Aid
1t is in line with the policy of eX
tending the Governments sponsorship
of music which now is confined
largely to bands maintained for mill
tary purposes.
Library officials point out that
Government patronage of the fine arts
is the accepted status in Europe
where most of the cabinets have sec
retaries charged with the duty of pro-
noting literature, music and art.
Thus France and Germany have gov
eminent Conservatives while i'll the
United States music has been largely
in the hands Of business organizations.
Hope is expressed at the Congress
sional Library that the Music Di-
vision will form the nucleus of just
, such an interest on the part of the
United States.
Attendance at the annual festival,
which is made possible by the $780,
900 endowment of Mrs. Elizabeth
Sprague Coolidge, is governed by in
vitation. These invitations are ex-
tended to a select list throughout the
country with the object of making the
attendance as far as possible u genu
inc gathering of the greatest Ameri
can musicians, students and patrons.
Program Is Announced.
The program is as follows:
Thursday, October Z, at 8:45 PM
Bach, "Brandenburg," Concerto No. 3.
for string orchestra; Malipiero, Ricer-
carl for II instruments, and Bloch,
concerto crosse, for string orchestra
and piano. Mr.. Ernest Bloch, con-
ductor.
Friday, October 8, at IL AIM
Joseph Jongen, string quartet, op.
81; Albert Huybrechts, sonata for vio-
lin and piano &c. S. Coolidge prize,
1926; Cesar Franck. string quartet,
and the PRO Arte" String Quartet
of Brussels, and Mr.. f. Robert
Schmitz, pianist.
Friday, October 8, at 4:3O p.m.-N.
Berezowsky, theme and fantastic vari-
alton, op. T. for clarinet, string
quartet and piano; A. F. Goedicke,
five Russian folk songs for voice, vio-
lin, violincello and piano; S. I.
Tanieev, quintet, op. 30. for strings
and plano. and the "Stringwood En-
Saslawsky, baritone.
| Saturday, October 9, at 8:45 p.m.-A
program played by the Flonzaley
Quartet.
A treasured addition to the collec-
ton Of manuscripts of famous COM
posers in the music division of the
Library of Congress has been made
this month by the purchase of an
original score of Claude Archille De-
busy, the second manuscript of this
celebrated Frenchman now in the
United States.
1t has been placed on exhibition in
a glass case in the music division.
Written In Fine Hand.
The manuscript is the score of one
| of Debussy's nocturneS. 1t is written
throughout in fine, almost feminine
hand and consists of three parts.
| "Nuages," "Fetes" and "Sirenes."
| The score is written on one side of
| % detached folio sheets and at the
end Of the last sheet is the date,
"Vendredi Friday) Is Decembre. '99,
| h. du matin" tat o'clock in the
morningC On the outside cover the
period of composition is given as
| 1897-1S99.
/ The first page of the music con-
| tains a note in Debussy's handwriting
| lin French) dedicating the manuscript
| to his wife as New Year gift, Janu-
airy 1, 1901.
! The collection now contains manu-
script scores of Haydn, Mozart, Bee
thoven, Won Weber. Schubert, Chopin,
| Handel, Bach, Meyerbeer, Rubinstein,
Mendelssohn, Bartholdy, Massenet.
Gounod, List, Rossini. Wagner,
Brahms, Schumann. Saint-Saens, as
| we'll as nearly all the American COM
| posers.
Some of these have been secured
through gifts and others through pur-
! chase. Library officials watch care
fully for notices Of sales Of manu-
scripts.