The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-09-14
LOPEZ MUSICAL
SIGN POST

tAAAOEtICA CNCttAAAss vas a00(o ~
the era of good reception by the
dial tWistefs last night and broad.
casts from low power stations ut
fair distances came into receivers
easily. North, South and West
were equally good tuning points
through practically all of the
evening. There were occasionally
crashes and r0ars, but they only
occurred at intervals and most
programs were undisturbed> save
for fading that seems TO be a
feature Of these fairly clear nights.
An inquiring person who wishes
: 10 know why the musical demands
OF the American public are becom-
ing more and more exacting has
but to listen to an hour of such a
program as Vincent Lopez gave
radio listeners at WRC last even
Ing TO find the reason.
Analysis OF the Lopez system
and it is the same system that pro-
gressive orchestra leaders are fol
lowing in all parts of the country
Levitow, Kaufman, Tupman, Selis'
man ct al-shows that such things
us the DdAACb LASS
Rachmaninoff's prelude in @ minor
are placed side by side with Lone
". and Sorry or Lets Talk
About NV Sweetie,'-and though no
comparisons are made or suggested,
thu difference is rather noticeable.
One doesn't need chisel and a
funnel to get into the head of the
average person that the first named
are music carrying real idea and
the last are merely rhythm con-
nected with fairly tunefu SOUNDS.
LOPEzES DOING
SERVICE TO MUSIC
THAT is Why / have pointed out
time and again in these columns
that the Isopezes are doing one
OF the greatest services for real
musical culture that is being per-
formed. They are taking from the
cloisters and secret places the
finest music in the world, ar
ranging It in terms so that 1T
can be understood. and thus I'M
covering its beauty and lasting
values to people who never heard
Il before. They are musical sign
posts pointing new and delight
fnI way.
The playing of the Rchmaninoff
prelude in G. minor by Lopez at
WRC last evening was fine ex
ample Of this. I believe Rachnan-
iIioff himself would have gloried
In the arrangement Lopez made
of the piece-it certainly delivered
the brilliant idea of the Russian
composer in far more certain
terms than Is usually done by the
.a-.s~5 Il
little, unintelligent bits, on the
piano. More power to Lopez, Tup-
man, Kaufman and the rest of
the musical adventures.
GR0CERS BACK
WITH GOOD TUNES
The grocery subsidy resumed
through WEAF and
WRC last evening to a slightly
modified version of The Two Gui-
tars. used as an introduction for
each concert last winter. Harry
Horlick and his men seemed to have
gathered a bit of pep during their
vacation and translated it to their
music. John Barnes Wells. the
Irish tenor, was one of the guest
soloists, and the other, a fine cellist
whose name escaped me, made
pleasant impression in the seasons
inaugural sprogram.
Singing grand opera in a hard
surface. glass enclosed cage and
doing it in a studio designed ac-
coustically for the purpose. are two
very distinct things, as Cesare So
dero learned last evening when he
presented "Manon" to the chain au-
diences of WEAF. including WRC,
from the artists showcase-like
structure at the Madison Square
Garden radio show.
Radio scientists haven't by any
means achieved the ultimate in
studio constructive. so as To pre-
serve all tones-but they have
learned that glass cases or other
hard surfaces do not help music
Of the bravura type.
Hence the production of one of
Massanets lovliest compositions
was seriously marred last evening
through no fault other than a de-
Nire IN Lot S3onV1Io