Evening star., 1928-11-18

, viOuSIy was, there were man.
times when his works were re.
celved cody during his lifetime
One of the outstanding example,
was Wnen, due to mistake, an
other Schubert was accredited
with writing tnat dramatic claSS!t
of ong-literature, Der Erlkoenig.
The oCher Schubert got very hurry
about it and said:
Il never composed the canta Ia
'EriKoenlg,' but shall try to aScer
tain VINO committed such botcn-
cry, in order to discover the pol
troon vino has misused my name
IN such a manner"
Also, even Beethoven, who was
the idol of Schubert'S heart, re-
ceived Franz Schubert coldly at
first. Later he amended his at
titude and is quoted as having
said Truly, a divine spark dWeliS
in Schubert; he will SurpaSS me- y
1t is interesting in this connec-
ton to know that in his delirium
during the fever which caused his
death Schubert cried out re-
prOacheS for putting him in 4
marrow place underground, add
ing that Beethoven was not
there He was buried beside Bee
thoven with a monument erected
by his friends from the proceeds
Of a second concert of his compO-
sitionS which he himself had
never heard.
Franz List called Schubert "the
most poetical musician that ever
lived"
Anton Rubinstein said: "He
sang as the birds sing, always
and necessarily, from a full heart
with a clear throat. Yes, / say it
once more and repeat it thou
sand timeS-Bach, Beethoven and
Schubert are the highest pin
nacleS of music"
Perhaps none touched so accu-
rately and thoroughly on the
secret magic that is Schubert'S us
Schumann, who said: Everything
that he touched turned into
music. He has strains
for the most subtle thoughts and
feelings, nay, even for the events
and conditions of life-and in
Vulnerable as are the shades Of
human thought and action, so
various is his music"
In the National Capital there
have been Schubert programs
blosSoming into sound ever since
last Spring. A particularly i'm
pressive one was that given last
night by Der Deutsche Literar-
iSche Verein Won Washington at
Miss Schade'S houSe-a Schubert
Gedenkfeier." There was a greet
ing from DR.. J. Lohmann, Secre-
tary of the German embassy: a
trio composed of Elena de Sayn,
violiniSt; Watson Baumert, 'celliSt.
and Mary Couch, pianist. in ''Noc
turne"; a short talk on Franz
Schubert and William Mueller"
by Miss Schade; a cycle of songs,
Die Schoene Muellerin,' by Flora
McGill Keefer, ACCOMPANIED by
Mildred SchulZe, and piano solos.
"Impromptus. opus 142, Nos. 2 and
3" and "Hark. Hark the Lark,
played by Katharine Seelye
Wallace.
Mention of other special Schu-
bert programs is given elsewhere
in these columns.
YOUTH is being given many op-
portunitieS to show it's en-
thuSiaSm and talents in musical
programs in Washington this
week. Young America has fine
representatives here to give three
operate performances of familiar
works which have been metamor-
! phoSed by Robert Edmund Jones
into Sprightly operate dramas,
sung lin the language of the au-
dience" and with American ideas
of stage business" and coStuming
and settings of ultra modern de
sign. This group is known as the
American Opera Co. and deserves
the loyal support and interest OF
all who are keen to see opera eS-
tablished on practical basis for
communities generally throughout
| the country. As in the foreign
lands of muSically cultured Eu-
rope, all operas are translated into
the language of the country in
which sung, regardless of artistic
/ obstacles, so, in the United States
of America. this company is en-
deavoring to make the operate
classics available with entertain
ment quality for American audi
enceS.
The company was organized un-
der the direction of a young Rus
sian, Vladimir RoSing, who has be-
come popular in this country and
who was sponsored in the initial
experiment by that distinguished
patron, George Eastman, at the
Eastman School of Music, IN
Rochester, N. Y.
Associated with Mr.. RoSing as
assistant director and a singer
who brought definite distinction
to his roles in the opera produc-
tons is George Fleming Houston,
a young American, son of a IA
nous blind evangelist of New Jer-
sey. Mr.. Houston'S fine work as
the American representative i'll
this inner circle" of leaders OF
the enterprise allayed feelings os
those who otherwise would have
doubted the adviSability of a for
eign director for a native COM
pany. Also his marked genius for
Interpretation, especially in the
role of Mephistopheles in Faust, >
did much in creating a widespread
and popular interest in the young
company.
Mr.. Houston saw his service
during the war in the Ambulance
Corps of the French Army, and
he turned from the war service tC