Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-21
PROGRAM OF music
SCORES TRIUMPH.
Brilliant Presentation of Lat
IN American Compositions Be.
fore Distinguished Audience.

One Of the most brilliant and sue.
cessful programs of Latin American
music presented in Washington was
given before an exceptionally distin-
guished audience at the Pan-American
Union Building In the Hall of the
Americas last night. More than ZOO re
quests We're received for tickets for
this affair. and the hall, which seats
only little over 500 people cofortably
was packed, with some sitting in the
corridor outside
The diplomatic corps was unusually
well represented. The Brazilian Am
bassador. Senior s. GurSel do Amaral.
and the Chilean Ambassador and
sonora Don Carlos Davila were the
recipients of many congratulations on
the very talented artists from their
respective countries who were the
guest so'oists on the program. Fol
lowing the music, the two Ambassa
doris and the soloists. Sofia del Campo.
Shiiean soprano, and Dyla Josetti.
Brazilian pianist. formed an informal
receiting line. with DIR. Leo r. Rowe,
director of the Pan-American Union,
as presiding host and introducing the
guests. DIR. Rowe also made very
short speech of thanks to the artists.
the two orcllestras and their leaders.
the Secretaries of War and Navy and
the audience. The music was broad
cast via the Navy station.
Program Finely Arranged.
DIR. Rowe and Franklin Adams,
counselor of the union. are to he con.
graduated especially upon the fine ar.
fangement of the program and the va
riety OF mood and color shown i'm the
compositions chosen--all of Latin
Cuba, Mexico. Ecuador and Haiti were
represented in the music as well as
the two countries so particularly non
ored last night. Chile and Brazil
Also, az the Spanish Ambassador was
IN the audience. both soloists gave
spanish encores. Aside from these
two added numbers. every selection
given was made in America" music
not made in the United States. but in
other of the u American nations.
The Z United Service Orchestra
mace up OF rs chosen members from
the United States Army and Navy
Band Orchestras, opened the program.
and gave several other numbers. find
Opening Number.
Dyla Josetti opened her program
with Henrique Oswald's III Neige"
with its Intentionally cold, crystalline
qualities, and s'Pierrot," an eccentric,
sophisticated bit by the same com.
poser. The Music Box" by Nunes.
was charming and exquisitely played
and Gottschalk's remarkable fantasy
of variations on the Brazilian Hymn
gave the pianist wide scope to show
her very unusual talents. She has q
powerful left hand and achieves some
remarkable chordal effects in this
composition. Always she has a sing
Ing tone and marvellous sense of the
rhythms of these Latin works. She
received an ovation
Sofia del Campo. coloratura soprano.
on her first tour of the United states
has very Individual. coIorfuI natural
voice and her original method of em
ploying the ultra pianissimo in high
notes was most intriguing. Her songs
ran the entire gamut of emotions and
the famous air from I'll Guarani'' was
quite the spectacular event of her
group and won hersan ovation. She
had an samazinglz tine accomDanist IN
Milo Melendez. There were many
flowers for both soloists.