Evening star., 1928-04-08
NJ u SIC
BY HELEN FETTER.

! in New York Thursday night and
yesterday afternoon with the SYM
phony Orchestra and Choir of De-
troit, Mich. There were $50 voices;
the orchestra of 10 performers in
cluded no braSSeS or percussion,
and the SoloiStS we're well known
singers. such as Jeannette Vree-
land, Margaret Matzenauer, Rich
ard Crooks, Fred Patton and
Reinald Werrenrath. with Chand-
Ter Goldthwaite at the organ. The
so boys in the choir were directed
by T. Tertius Noble. a leading au-
thority on church choral music.
Even the audience was request
ed to participate actively by being
asked Ito appear in dark clothes" "
This occasion almost marked
the 200th year of this famous
work, as the first performance
of it was given April Is, 1929. in
st. Thomas Church in Leipzig.
A century after the masterpiece
was given a special revival per-
formance under the guidance OF
Felix MendelSSohn, in Berlin, in
April. 1929. Now. just lacking a
year of its second centennial, the
'St. Matthews Passion" is again
given an outstanding presentation
in Mr.. GabrilowitSch's special
version.
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THE famous Society of Ancient
i Instruments of Paris, newly
arrived in New York. gives its
first concert Friday evening at
the David Names Music School
for an audience of musicians and
music patrons, playing chamber
music of the seventeenth and
centuries. The society
comes to America at the invita-
ion of the United States Govern
ment to participate in the Wash
ington Chamber Music Festival
at the Library of Congress on
April 28.
Founded by Henri CasadeSus,
player of the viole d'amore, the
society includes MariuS CaSade-
Sus. Quinton player; Maurice De-
villierS. baSSe de viole: Regina Pa
torni- -CaSadeSuS, clavecin, and
Lucette CaSadeSuS, viole de
gambe. The organization was
founded in 1901 at the suggestion
of Saint -SaenS, and has since
played extensively in its own
country and in Belgium, Holland,
Germany, Austria. Switzerland,
England. Spain. Portugal. Italy,
Russia, Rumania, Bulgaria. Tur-
key, Greece, Egypt, Japan and
took only eight days
III to write "Cavalleria RuSti-
which won the first prize
in a competition. American COM
poSers who intend to submit
works in the $4,000 Schubert
contest for works
Homage a Schubert are cau-
toned that less than 80 days are
left within which to submit man
uScriptS. BY midnight April 80
all manuscripts must have been
received at the New York Univer-
Sity, Department Of Music, 80
Washington square east. 1t Is
suggested by the centennial COM
mittee that composers properly
line the mailing of their manu-
scripts. according to the points
from which they are mailing. The
West should allow at least five
iayS.
The Schubert centennial COM
mittee announces that reports
from the other zones indicate that
three European manuscripts have
been entered for every American
manuscript. Up to March Is. 80
manuscripts had been
received. InaSmuch as for the
first time American composers are
IN competition with European
more than the prize
money is at stake.
A month will be permitted the
zone jurors for the selection of
The prize winners. American
will be announced by May
Is and European awards by May
80. The final award of the grand
prize of $4,000 will be made by
the international jury In Vienna
in June and July.