Evening star., 1926-10-31
CRING the past week the
1862 music season of
Washington was fairly well

49, Washington was fairly well
launched into its usual hustle
OF Winter programs. The Ukrainian
Chorus brought the second big
choral organization of the year to
Washington; the Washington Trio,
a ,ocal instrumental group. was pre-
sented in public debut; the Philadel-
phia Symphony Orchestra gave its
first program here for the season :;
the famous Mordkin Ballet gave two
programs, and the week was appro-
priately closed with the Founder S
day concert in the Coolidge audi
torium of the Library of Congress,
with Alfred Cortot, noted pianist,
and Joseph Szigeti violinist, last
night
Tonight, Halloween, Sophie Bras
lau. American contral:o, will prepare
a WELCOME for November by giving
the frs: oo"cert in the series planned
by the J-w'sh Community Center
in their ha!i on Sixteenth street
Tomorrow NJ Dumesnil will play on
Chopin p.,no in a benefit program.
Tuesday the DAWSON Glee Club, as
sisted by Henri Sokoiov, vioinist
will give program Of lovely choral
music. thursday afternoon Chalapin
will bring his company in THE Bar
ber o. Seville Friday night ard
Saturday afternoon the Lcnox String
Qua-:s' will sc two programs at
the Library o. Congress. And No
vcmber VIII be well under way.
Later in the month the New York
Symphony comes. with kochans,ki as
solois,; the New York Philharmonic
will give a program under Mr.. Men
gelbcrg. TITO Schioa. Italian tenor,
and Roiaud Hayes. colored tenor, will
give T:ci'als. and the Philadelphia
Symphony Orchestra will give its
second program here. There also
will be many other musical events
spring into being before the month
of Christmas cards rolls into view.
but these are few that have been
listed ahead
1t is interesting to learn that
two leading American woman COM
posers have expressed themselves to
be admirers of the playing of that
extremely good looking Frencn
pianist. Maurice Dumesnil, who will
play on the Chopin piano which is
on is American tour at present,
competing with the Queen Of Ru-
mania.
Mrs. H. II. A. Beach. the dean of
the woman composers, is one of the
patronesses for the concert here.
She is quoted as saying OF NJ.
Dumesnil:
Il entertain a deep and lasting ap-
probation of him and have been
proud and happy that he should have
chosen one of my compositions, The
Thrush at Eve for his recital in
America a few years ago" Mrs.
Beach will shortly sail for Italy to
spend the Winter in that country
and in southern France.
Another composer, Gcna Brans-
comb, also is said to be a great ad-
mirer of NJ. Dumesnl.
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If Washington doesn't have some
choral music OF its own. it wont
be because there haven't been Or
ganizations started for that purpose.
In addition to a renewal Of the usual
number of efforts along that line by
the Rubinstein Club and the Inter
state Male Chorus, Mr.. Joseph Pache
of Baltimore has issued a call for
organizing a Women's Philharmonic
Society, and now, the latest. comes
the organization of a group TO be
known as the Columbia Choral Art
Society, by Otto r. Simon, whose
success with the Motet Society dur
ing its existence was feature of
local music circles.
The Dawson Glee Club. which is
following along the ideas developed
by its namesake, DR.. Archibald Davi-