Evening star., 1928-04-29
AUSTRIAN QUARTET
DELIGHTS HEARERS
Visitors Give Impressive Pro.
gram at Chamber Music
Festival Here.

The second program OF the Elizabeth
Sprague Coolidge festival of chamber
music was opened impressively yester-
day morning when the audience of dis
tinguiShed visitors and leaders in local
/ music circles rose, led by Mrs. Frederick
S. Coolidge-patroneSs of the events
and gave applause. standing. to welcome
the members of the Rose String Guar
tet OF Vienna. Austria. who presented
the music OF the morning. The men,
herS OF this quartet are: Arnold Rose
| flrst violin: Paul Fischer. second violin
Anton RuSitzka, viola, and Anton Wal
/ ter. violoncello.
! This quartet of musicians became
noted throughout Europe as second only
| to the quartet headed by Joseph
Joachim No music festival in Vienna
or Salzburg is complet without pro-
| grams by them. For years many efforts
made by American managers TO bring
/ this group OF musicians over here for
concerts hare proved futile, 1t re-
| mained for Carl Engel, chief of the mu-
sic division Of the Library Of Congress,
| in his official capacity as a representa-
| tive of the United States at the
! Beethoven Festival in Vienna last year.
70 achieve the feat. The Rose Quartet
made its first appearance in America
at the performance yesterday. The
audience showed its realization OF this
honor and appreciation by prolonged
applause at the end Of the program
Play Schubert Classic.
The ability OF the players could be
judged best by the last of the three num-
| befS played, the Quartet in d Minor. I"
by Franz Schubert, written in 1925. and
iiiled with the righteousness which is
that composers dominant character
istic.
The program opened with Quartet
No. l." by Franco Alfano. modern Ital-
ian composer. II was the first Ameri-
/ can performance Of this work, written
IN 1918. which is so repiete with con-
| tinuous, sustained dissonances that
there were many even in the special
| musical audience yesterday who did not
receive this work with enthusiasm. II
obviously has amazing contrapuntal
effects. but seems 10 be music written
almost entirely for intellectual appre-
clatlon by the musical craftsman The
oance motive that appears In varied
/ treatment in the second movement is
cleverly interviewer and provides an
outstanding, fascinating bit OF melody
OF the two modern works the ma
lorlty OF the audience seemed inclined
10 favor Quartet In Three Movements. +"
written IN 1927 by John Alden Carpen-
Ter. American composer residing in Chi
cago. Mr.. Carpenter was present at
/ tnis. the first performance anywhere of
MS quartet. He was given an ovation
al Its conclusion. The work is flied
with the kaleldoscopic coiors Of Ameri-
can themes--jazzy syncopation. barbaric
Lnolan and negro rhythms and melodies
WIN one lyric theme that seemed AL
most cloying in It's righteousness.
NJ the third program last night. an
other famous foreign musical group
/ was heard. BY special invitation the
societe des instruments Anciens Of
PaflS. france. presented q program Of
/ rare compositions on the quaint instru-
ments for which they were written.
owing to the sudden illness Of M.
MariuS casadesys. vino plays the quin-
Ton IN the group, slightly different
program than that originally planned
/ wa substituted. Those who did APP
pear we're Nine. Regina Pstorni- Casa
deguSs clsVecin: Nine Lucette Casa
desuS yiole DE gambe; Henri Casadesus.
Yios damour, and Maurice Deviiiiers,
base de yiole
Several Eneores Demanded.
! The music was all so melodious,
/ cfafningly light and excelIentIy in
/
after practically every number. The
! two group numbers by all four mu~
| siciails opened and closed the program.
the former wa a Petit Divertigse-
/ neDt," by M r. deMonteclaiF 1866
/ l15J, the latter was Suite en- re-" by
| Francesca 0sleazzi ~ the second half
Of the eighteenth century.
/ M, Henri Casadesuk proved q remark
/ ably gifted artist on the seven -stTinged
| ylols dam0uT and, In addition ~ "Di-
yeitlssemsnt' by CimafOSa aud Con"
| cert Ell Ia maJeur" by Benifacto Asi0ii
| both eighteenth century c0mpOseTgj
/ De vas required 10 give several en-
| cores. In the faciie handling of the r0in
piicated haTmonics on this instrument
+ he Yas ably seconded IN excellence 0f
technique and discrimination IN the
/ bletEdSDg 0f tone by Nine Pat0Tni Ca
/ sadesus on the ciagecln Later, IN neT
/ SOLO Numbers on that instrument, this
| artist showed the thorough technique
/ required for thst exacting master,
/ Johann Sebastian Bach Ia his Pre-
Iude and Flgue la II minor" Ehe also
has the poise required by the art of ac-
| c9mpaDying one Of her enc0res, a
| "CQncertetilck" by Handel won special
Admiration. She was always complete
mistress of the double keyboard and
multiple pedals with which this instri.
meHt is equipped
This afternoon 1T 3:ib O'Clock the
fourth program viii be- presented, when
feature viii be- the appearance of The
Italian nl0dernist, Alfredo CaeeIia, III
pianist III the first public performance
ip America u his "BOHsts IN g" writ
ten IN 1927. foT piano and yi0l1pcelIo
Hans Kidier Will play the stfinged in
siTnmeGt w X KiHcsid of the Phila-
deipbio Symphony OrchegtIs VIII play
The fuL IN compositions by nBmeali
Msreejio and Pifrne, the last mentioned
written fof piano. flute and cello, Ia
1927
Tonight The closing program NJ The
festival VII De presented by sil 1r-
cnessFa eonlpossd of hnsmbsrs VI the