Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-10

A T last. the unusually long, con-
" tinuous procession OF musical
~ events, wi;h youthful partiei-
4" pants. known generally under
the classification OF Spring recitals
seems TO have completely passed
inso history in Washington, and the
Summer hiatus, where there domi-
mates scattering news for next sea-
sons attractions, is upon us, The
festivals abroad are getting more
and more numerous. elboWing one
another into the hmc,i2ht In this
Country the Summer colonies and
camps Tor musicians as we'll As AZ
fists of the paintbruSh. are busy reg
istering guests in New England cot
tageS, lodges in the AdrondaCkS and
scashore hotels. The Summer opera
companies. notably at Ravjr a, the
Cincinnati Zoo Park and in ST. Louis,
are in full swing. The famous
stadium concerts are OH Ill New
York. and across the continent the
equally famous Hollywood Bowl is
overAowin2 with orchestral melody,
1t is probable that the President and
Mrs Coolidge are in one OF the few
localities not humming actively with
man-made music.
Down in South America music
dominates even more than perhaps
anywhere else on the globe at this
particular time, for it is the Winter
season there, and the opera houses
and concert halls are not only in full
swing, but they are ablaze with au
diences decked in all the gorgeous
ness and Jewels OF the season.
Everywhere there are opera houses
and the companies vie with each
other iii putting on the finest per-
Torrance. from every point of view.
of each opera. Great singers from
all over the world, including our own
Metropolitan stars, consider it a
privilege to sing in the opera houses
OF South America, for they rarely
receive in other more Northern
countries the completely musical at
titude and appreciation of the audi
ences at large ,hat they receive in
these South and Central American
countries, There is wide field there
of musical activity OF which the ma
jority of people i'll Northern coun-
tries are almost totally unaware.
WHILE on the subject of Latin
w American music, it might be
epportune to suggest to Washing
tonians who are. interested that
Thursday night, via the radio, they
may hear some very individual and
beautiful music that comes from that
dams, who ruled Peru before the
Spaniards, under Pizarro, came, saw
and conquered. This race has col
1eeted wonderful metals to such an
extent that at the time of the Span
ish Conquest the native leader,
Atahualpa, imprisoned, bargaihed to
give his capters a great quantity of
gold and silver. The governor in
CURED the amount he would give
and. according to records taken from
Pizarre's seeretary's accounts, Alta
hualpa said:
Il will give gold enough to fill a
room y feet long and II wide, up
to a white line that is half way up
the wall. "a height that would be
mans stature and half He said
that up to that mark he would fill
the room with golden vessels, such
as jars, pots, vases. beside Jumps and
other pieces. AS for silver. he said
he would fill the whole chamber with
it twice over. He undertook to do
this in two months" The gold and
silver were melted in May, 1888; in
August of the same year Atahualpa
was garroted Yet such was SYM
belic of the wealth of the Incas and
the greed of their conquerors.
Musical instruments of these an
cient people included drums, light
percussion instruments such as cop
per bells, rattles made of small shells,
pan-pipes, flutes, whistles, trumpets
made of terra Gotta or conch shells
and comets that were not unlike
present-day eboes. Inca melodies
are the basis of compositions which
have become definitely placed in the
list of concert classics" for orehes-
trail use throughout the United
States.
Here in Washington, Thursday,
there will be broadcast from the i'm