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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-04
Boston Symphony Orchestra
to Play Here This Fall

7 ATEST musical dispatches from
- Boston indicate that the Boston
Symphony Orchestra, which will make
but single concert appearance In
Washington during the coming sea
son, is laying plans for heavy Win
ters work under the leadership of the
brilliant Russian, Serge Koussevitzky,
who starts his fourth season with the
Boston Symphony this Fall.
At the present time KoussevitZky
is comforting with composers and pub
fishers in Paris in quest of new and
significant music for American audi
ences in 1929. He has completed
his annual series of Concerts kousse
vitzky" in the French capital, and will
sail for Boston early this month to
son at Symphony Hall on October Z.
For the first time in half a dozen
years the Boston Symphony Orchestra
will play but single concert in Wash
ington this season. Under Kousse-
vitzky's direction, it will appear at
Polls as one of the attractions of
Mrs. Wilson-Greene's artists course,
which also includes concerts by
Marion Talley, Feodor' Challiapin.
Jascha Heifetz and Giovanni Marti
nelli.
A second appearance of the Boston
Symphony Orchestra was originally
scheduled at Polls. along with con-
certs by Edward Johnson, Kreisler,
Rachmaninoff and Jeritza, but owing
to conflict of dates this performance
had to be Cancelled. and Geraldine Far
rar's concert appearance was substi
tuted instead.
Announcement is made that there
will be no public seat sale for the 48
Friday afternoon and Saturday eve
ming concerts Of the Boston Symphony
in Boston this year, all seats having
been re-engaged by subscription. The
additional Monday and Tuesday series
and the Cambridge and Providence
series are likewise expected to be fully
subscribed.
The travelling itinerary of the or
chestra during the coming season will
include trip to Chicago, the first
the Boston Symphony has made in a
number of years. The orchestra will
make its usual visits to New York,
Brooklyn, Philadelphia and Baltimore,
as well as to Washington, while
Koussevitzky has arranged additional
concerts in Buffalo, Detroit. Pitts.
burgh, Springfield, New Haven, Hart
ford, and at Cornell. Smith and Wei
lesley colleges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-04

selected to direct the 50-piece orches.
ira which Meyer Davis is assembling
for the new Fox Theater in the Press
Club Building.
Director kornspan is one of the IA
yorite proteges of Roxy" Rothafel
and during the two years in which he
has directed the Philadelphia orches-
ira has won splendid reputation for
both virtuosity and showmanship-two
diverse but very important qualifica-
tons for the wielder of the baton in
Roxy" projects.
Past experience amply qualities Mr..
Kornspan for his important new post.
! The orchestra OF the Fox Theater in
Philadelphia. which he is now direct
ing, is 50-piece organization. of some
what similar orchestration to the or
chestra now being assembled for the
Washington Fox Theater.
Nine. Marie Won Unschuld will sail
for New York next Saturday after
having spent the Summer in France
with her daughter Madeleine. now
pupil in Volinine's ballet class. Dur
ing her stay Nine. Won Unschuld filled
several concert engagements. Nine.
Won Unschuld will be in Washington
in time to open the twenty fourth
school year of her university. Septem-
Der Is. Her daughter will remain in
Paris for another years study.
A. Harlem Castle. tenor. has just
completed his fifth August as guest
| soloist at old st. Johns, Lafayette
Square. assisting Mrs. Mary c. d.
Johnson, who for many years has
been organist and choir director for
the services during August. During
the month Mr.. Castle was heard in
the recitative and aria. HE That
| Cometh to Me-" by Will H. MacFar-
lane: Hawley's setting of Just AS I
AM" THE Voice in the Wilderness"
by John Prindle Scott, and at the re-
quest of several who had heard him
sing it in former years. he repeated
the recitative and aria. "If With All
Your Hearts" from "Elifah."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-04
German Forest Opera and
Dutch Symphonic Music

was heightened by the latter jumping
on his horse, and galloping of, in red
cloak and steel helmet, through the
woods. There were other convincing
touches not common to the opera house,
such as finding Gunther, Gutrune and
Hagen sitting comfortably outside
their palace door instead of stifiiy in
most unhomelike hall; the palace it.
self. a rustic affair with a thatched
roof; Siegfried leading his horse across
bridge, instead of suddenly appearing
alone in a boat; Alberich scuttling
away through the woods and down the
rivers bank instead of disappearing
through a trapdoor in the floor. Only
the Rhine, which one could only sur
mise by boat moored nearby, seemed
unbelievably narrow at the point. As
whole, however, the opera was beau
tiful to see. The lighting was excel
lent, giving the effect of natural sun.
light in the forest: and the actors
moved with freedom not always per-
missible on the ordinary stage. The
acoustical results, on the other hand,
were generally far from satisfactory.
The balance between the orchestra
and the voices, for one thing, was
poor-the rich burden Of the instru-
ments too often lost, or too deeply
subordinated to the voices. Whether
this was due to the conductor or to
the acoustics was difficult to say. but
the music seemed at times curiously
ineffective. The voices themselves
suffered considerably, too-the over
tones being generally lost in the open
air. Consequently, most Of the voices
were revealed as somewhat worn. For
this reason, it was not easy to gauge
the full caliber of Frieda Leider's
Brunnhild vocally. Histrionically 1t
was passionately dramatic, leaning
more, however, to the deceived woman
than to the outraged Valkyrie. Ober
was an impressive rather than an APP
pealing Waltraute, and has lost
somewhat vocally since her Metro
politan days. Gertrud Geyersbach
was a charming Gutrune. but her
voice. while beautiful, was unevenly
so.
Only one voice in the whole cast, In
fact, rang out consistently lovely,
round and true, and that was the
dramatic soprano of Gertrud Binder
nagel, who did Woglinde and the third
Morn. Every time one hears this sing
ger one is struck by the fresh lowell
ness and enforced production Of her
voice, and the musical quality of her
artistry. The mems voices sounded
without exception. rough. Much Of
this, of course. may have been due to
the open air stage, although accord
ing to the testimonials given by the
various singers, to sing on it was a
joy, acoustically. In spite of the de-
fects noted, however. the performance
was unquestionably impressive, and
well worth the somewhat long trip
from Berlin. The Waldoper, as 1t is
called, has been feature Of Zoppot's
&C.. - q
years. Why it has not been more gen.
orally adopted by German resorts,
where woods usually abound, is hard
to explain; for it is a uniquely beauti-
full experience. well justifying the Of.
forts expended upon it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-04
Local Music Notes.

Gurden Whitaker, tenor, who re-
Gently came to Washington from
Rochester. N. Y, plans to open a
studio here this Fall. W'r. Whitaker
is singing today at the First Baptist
Church, Sixteenth and o streets, and
next Sunday at the Chevy Chase Pres.
byterian Church. He will sing a num-
Der of solos over the radio Friday,
September g..
At least one Washingtonian and
several well known musicians have
been featured in the informal Sunday
evening concerts at Sykland Inn, Sky
land, Va. Included among those TAX
ing part In these entertainments are
Elphonso Youngs, cornetist: Agnes M.
Hurdle, pianist; Frieda Hauf Irwin,
Washington violinist; Victor Jaffee,
cellist. They have been assisted by
May Martin, soprano, and Norman S.
White, baritone. Miss Martin is So
loist at the Colonial Avenue Methodist
Church, Norfolk.
The Mount Pleasant Conversational
Church announces the engagement of
Miss Elsie Schulze as soprano soloist
for the coming season. The solo quar-.
tet, composed Of Miss Schulze, soprano;
Miss Mary Apple, contralto; William
p. Shannahan. tenor. and Herman
Fakler, bass, with Claude Robson. or
ganist and director, will sing for the
first time this season at this mornings
service, beginning at IL o'clock. There
will be no o'clock vesper service until
the first Sunday in October.
Miss Katherine Riggs. harpist,
lae,
in Quebec, Canada, and this week will
where they have been spending the
Summer. They will motor to Wash.
ington the middle of September.
Mr.. and Mrs Clyde M. Hammersla
have just returned to the city after
motor trip to Eagles Mere, Pa, and
Atlantic City. Mrs. Hammersla, for.
merly Helen Virginia Clark, will re-
sumo her position as soprano soloist
at Trinity Methodist Church for the
third successive season.
Miss Florida Gotten, secretary to
Mrs. Wilson-Greene, has left Wash
ington for short vacation with rela-
tives in North Carolina, following her
return with Mrs. Wilson-Greene from
q months stay in New York. Mrs.
Wilson-Greene will shortly make
motor tour Of Southern concert ter
ritory to complete concert arrange
ments for the 1928 season.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Oates and Miss
Lulu Tavenner have returned to Wash
ington after a weeks vacation at At
lantic City. While there they attended
concerts on the Steel Pier and re-
cital by Scott Brook, assisted by Caro-
line Jose.
Helen T. Murray, organist and choir
director of the Sixth Presbyterian
Church, returns to Washington this
week after spending some time at the
Summer home Of her parents, DIR. and
Mrs. M. F. Thompson, at Eagles Mere,
Pa.
Mr.. c. Rutlidge Taylor. baritone,
has been engaged as soloist for next
Sunday. Katherine Wright. soprano.
and Jean Ramsay, contralto, have
been engaged for the coming season.
The positions of tenor and baritone
have not been filled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-04
Giovanni Martina Engaged
For THE Kings Henchman'

GIOVANNI MARITIME. Metropolitan
- basso, has been engaged for the
touring company of 1.-THE Kings
Henchman," the Taylor-Millay opera,
which had it's successful premiere at
the Metropolitan last season and
which will go on a transcontinental
tour this year under the direction Of
Jacques Samossoud.
The cast of principals as 1t now
stands lists Frances Peralta. Marie
Sundelius, Rafaelo Diaz and Giovanni
MARITIME. all of whom are at present
and will continue to be members Of
the Metropolitan Opera since they will
return to New York for their special
performances with that company;
Henri Scott. formerly of the Metropoli-
tan; Richard Hale, who-music lovers
will remember--created a sensation in
Gluck's "Orpheus": Judson/ House,
Dudley Warwick, Alfredo Valenti and
Constance Hajda.
In spite of the foreign names, all of
these singers with the exception of
Mr.. MARITIME were born and raised
either in England or America with
English as their native language. Mr..
MARITIME, however, has sung at the
Metropolitan for 10 years and has
been an American citizen during as
much of that period as the laws of
naturalization permitted.
In addition to these principals, the
company presenting this American
opera will include a chorus of SO and
an orchestra of so.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-04

MRS. ANNE LILLEBR1DGE GOOD
HUE, daughter of George Lille
bridge, we'll known tenor and choir
master, has been actively identified
with the musical life of washington
for many years.
AS a girl her voice attracted atten-
ton and she sang in many amateur
performances Of light opera. she also
was for a number OF years organ1st
at Eastern Presbyterian Church. Her
musical foundation was laid in the
studio of DR.. Anton Gloetzner, and her
first singing teacher was the late An
ME Roemer Kaspar.
For a number of seasons Mrs. Good
hue was soloist In various washington
churches, principally Calvary Baptist,
Immaculate Conception and st. johns
Going to Philadelphia. she studied
singing with Michael Cross and sang
in oratorios, concerts and churches
there.
Always fond of teaching, Mrs Good
hue accepted a position at Falrmont
Seminary, but her OUTSIDE classes nau
grown so large she decided to resign
and devote herself to her studio
classes. At this time she also con-
Quoted classes in Baltimore, going
lIlGIG lWlcC d WcCh' INV VI AA~A f~E~No
in Baltimore later became teacher
at the Peabody Conservatory OF Music
and more recently was prominently
identified with the staff of Musical
America.
An engagement was offered Mrs.
Goodhue with the Bostonians as con-
tralto, but this position she declined.
However, for several seasons Mrs.
Goodhue trained the chorus and prin-
cipals of this organization and put on
a number of their productions. Dur
ing much Of this time Mrs. Goodhue
taught in Carnegie Hall. and several
of the pupils who studied with her
have since attained fame In both the
drama and light opera.
Mrs. Goodhue is closely identified
with studios in Paris, Brussels and
Milan, where her pupils are cordially
received Among these are several
well known in Washington. one of
them being Miss Gretchen Hood. Mrs.
Goodhue's principle has always been
to keep herself in the background and
exploit her pupils. This has resulted
in the giving up Of her own singing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-04
Open Air Opera
Next Wednesday Night

THE production by the Washing
tonians, whose scheduled per-
Torrance for last Wednesday was
postponed on account Of the inclem-
-ent weather. will be given next
Wednesday night with the presenta-
ton of THE Chimes of Normandy"
in the garden. at 456 N street south
west.
This production of Planquette's
romantic light opera will have in its
cast Elsie Schulze, Gayle Hunt, A.
Arancio, Harry Myers, DR.. Charles
Gordon, Wesly b. Peckham, Oswald
Barber, Gladys Hunt, Dorothy
Davenport, Betty Waters, Bessie
Doolan. and the chorus that has dis
tnguished the So previous perform
ances of this civic opera company.
Tickets for last weeks perform
ance will be honored "Wednesday
night and other may be purchased at
the Stieff piano store. 1910 G street,
and at the door.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-04
Nj u SIGR Apis

Mildred kolb Schulze has returned
to Washington and opened her studio
at 1928 / street. after spending the
past four weeks in her cottage at Tall
Timbers. Md.
AT a recent outdoor production of
LA Boheme." given by the students of
the SeaGle Musical Colony. at Schroon
Lake, n. Y. Miss Ruth Peters, we'll
known in Washington as a soprano,
was cast as Mimi. Miss Peters was
the first woman to broadcast over
WCAP, the former Bell Telephone ra-
dio station.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis A. Potter who
were visiting in Washington, returned
Thursday to their work in the First
Baptist Church in Charleston, w. Va.
where Mr.. Potter is organist and
prano soloist. Mr.. and Mrs. Potter
and their two children motored to
Washington and We're guests for a
week at Mildred Kolb Schulze's cot
tage at Tall Timbers Md While
there they were called to Harrison.
burg. Va, by the serious illness and
death of Mr.. Potter's mother.
The Washington College of Music
begins it's twenty-fourth year Monday,
September IL. The faculty has been
enlarged in the piano, violin and voice
departments. A theater organ de-
partment has been added to the school
and a new Wurlitzer organ will be
installed in October, Miss Irene Juno
will be in charge of the new course.
Mrs. Frank Byram is visiting friends
and relatives in Bloomington, Ill. Dur
ing the absence of Mrs. Byram her
place at the console of the Westmn-
ster Presbyterian Church will be
| taken by Miss Claudina Ferguson and
Mrs. Harry Test.
Announcement is made from the
Meyer Davis offices that Adolphe Korn
span, present director of the Fox Thea
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-04
BY HENRIETTA STRAUS.

BERLIN, Germany.
IT is a far cry, if counted by miles,
from Bayreuth to Zoppot. and
even farther if reckoned politically.
The one tucked away quietly in the
heart of southern Germany is in
tensely. even fanatically, nationalistic.
The other, situated conspicuously and
perhaps too advantageously on the
Baltic coast, divides her favors, not
altogether willingly, between the Ger
mans and the Poles. Zoppot is, in
two. Before the World War she, like
her neighbor, the old Hanseatic
town of Danzig, belonged to Ger
many. The treaty Of Versailles, how.
ever, changed matters by making Dan
zig free" and giving the customs and
railroad control to Poland. AS Top.
pot came under this ruling, the Poles
flock there in great numbers, for Zop-
pot Is not only Poland's sole outlet at
present to the sea, but also her only
seaside resort. Nevertheless, in spite
of their numerical preponderance, the
Poles have not wholly nationalized
Zoppot. They may, perhaps, have cap
tured the water front. but one mile
inland the German influence still pre-
walls in neat and orderly sentinel rows
OF pine and birch and clean-swept for
est beds. Here, in a theater that has
no confines but the woods and no
covering but the sky, the spirit of
Bayreuth has found northern shrine.
And so long as this shrine remains
inviolate. so long will Zoppot in part
belong to Germany.
This year the opera chosen was
"Gotterdammerung," and the cast for
the last performance, which took place
August 2, consisted of five singers
from the Berlin State Opera-Frieda
Leider, Marguerite Arndt Over. Ger.
trud Bindernagel, Max Roth and Otto
Helgers: three from the Berlin City
Opera-Erik Enderlein, Desider Zador
and Emma Bassth, and one from the
Breslau Opera-Gertrud Geyersbach
The musical director was Max Won
Schillings, formerly Of the Berlin State
Opera and composer of the opera
Mona Lisa" and the stage director
was Hermann Merz.
"Gotterdammerung" proved an ideal
choice for a forest theater. The
primeval quality Of Wagner's back.
ground here assumed reality, and there
was little to break the illusion. A
high wall of leaves. fianked by the
natural woods on either side, served
as drop-curtain. Between this wall
and the audience was the orchestra,
sunk below the level of the stage, so
that only the conductor and the tops
of the mems heads We're visible, and
then only to those sitting fairly near.
A fanfare of trumpets, as at Bayreuth,
called the audience to attention with a
leading motif" from the opera, and
as the last notes of the overture died
away. the wall of leaves parted, dis
closing the three Norns, seated on
rocks in the foreground, with back
of them the forest itself. 1t was diff
cult, in fact. to discern just where ma
ture had left off and man had begun.
In the second scene. which is between
Brunnhild and Siegfried, the illusion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-04

but for many years she was prominent
in concert work.
Asked about Washington's needs
musically, her reply was: along the
lines of the teaching profession no
need is so great as that of studio
building, with hall where we could
teach and give recitals and be more
united. Scarcely a large city in the
United States is without such a build.
ing and / would gladly welcome one
here. AS it is we teach in small rooms,
with low ceilings, and it gives pupils
no adequate opportunity to show
their voices"
AS testimonial to her own singing
Mrs. Goodhue values most highly the
words of Capt. Carey, brother Of the
famous Annie Louise Carey, who told
her: Your voice is the most like my
sisters of any 1 ever heard-and I've
heard them ALL"
Few concert performances in Wash.
ington but are represented by the
pupils of Mrs. Goodhue's studio. and
many of her pupils are from distant
cities. Her work has been particu.
larly successful with men singers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-04
Latin American Music on
Program at Pan-American
Union Friday Night

embodies folk songs from the lands
of the south. Senior Zelaya has only
just returned from an Australian tour
and comes to Washington especially
to take part in the program.
Nine. Milla Ybarra Dominguez,
Mexican soprano, who has been ia.
vorite with Pan-American Union au'
diences, will sing group of Latin
American songs. She will play her
own accompaniment.
Capt William ]. Stannard, leader
of the United States Army Band, will
head that organization in program
of Latin American music. Capt. Stan.
nard will conduct the first rendition
of his transcription for the band of
Ave Libertas." by Miguel of Brazil,
at this concert
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-04

The concert Of Latin American music
at the Pan-American Union on next
Friday night, which, it is expected,
will be given on the esplanade. at 8
o'clock, and will be broadcast by Sta
ton MA, $50 kilocycles. Is the thirty
seventh concert of Latin American
music to be given by the Union.
Alfred Zelaya, recognized as one Of
the outstanding pianists from the
southern republics, will offer numbers
not previously played in this country.
Senior Zelaya is one of the foremost
opponents of the music of the indig-
enous people of Central America. Be
sides the Magyar selections. he will
play for the first time his sonata
THE Pan-American Union which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-04
SOLDIERS, HOME BAND.

a The programs to be given during the
%coming week by the United States Sol.
oilers Home Band, John S. NJ. Zim.
snerman, leader, and A. Pointer, assist.
1ant leader. each concert to be given at
$40 p.m., and in the upper band stand,
will be:
Tuesday Evening.
March; The Boy Scouts o., America, :sopsa
Suite d concert; scleoDairs" 80. .oehmier
< 3 :aIeo 5sS.''i'P b. Danss'"
Grand selections from the opera "L2hen.
Fox trot lin NY Gondoia'' warren
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Thursday Evening.
Noble: e the Mystic shf9s soSsa
E. siziiIs ssis Story zm HGm sSn
potpourri. sons of scotland" .... ;LamIp e
wsts snite Monfns ' strauss
lReouesto
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Saturday Evening.
1.stre Berl.n ef In Joy and Sorrow
eSsSocturne "A Nishtinsaies serenade:"
x.l.nse Victor Herbert. ravoriie @nt Iafs
oa suise Ensnen: 'sSsduete
.Fins Ieeo InVinsible America, ;. .Lesey
THE Star Spangled Banner
9UNITED STATES MARINE BAND.
= The schedule of concerts to be
given by the Marine Band, Taylor
: Bra son, leader, and Arthur 8. Wit
comb, second leader, will include the
following programs:
$3.50 pm.
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2D omsnce Ara sqsba snai MiideaSers
Cornet solo. Lost Cnord ''''''' sullivan
4scenes from "Bohemian Girl. 800. d Bsdlfe
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The Star spansled Banner"
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