Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21

agery and barbariSm also become
something needed and desirable
as a reaction against the refine
ment Of the preceding epoch. Dia-
toniSm replaces chromatiSm, the
melody become childiShly simple.
To harmony is restored it's lost
right to be pleasing or displeasing
In this way completely positive
likeness of Prokofyef is the result
of negative characteristics.
"UnqueStionably as a phenome-
non, Prokofyeff is extraordinarily
brilliant. UnqueStionably much
in his music is genius provision
of the utterly new in tonal art.
But unqueStionable also is the fact
that his soul as such is INDECENT,
that it is monotonouSly poor, that
the scope of his moods is not only
exquisite, but even coarse and
primitive. 1t is impossible to be
a composer of scherzos only, it is
firing and even harmful to the
composer himself"
A MOTHER Russian sounding
"A name appears as the only
other modern stranger in COM
pany of selected classicists that
includes Handel, Mendelssohn,
Schumann, Chopin and List, on
Mr.. Hofmann'S program for
Thursday. This other lesser
known light is Dvorsky, whose
Sanctuary" is on the program.
Dvorsky, it may interest music
lovers to learn (who don't already
know much about this American
compoSer), is none other than
Josef Holman himself. For
some reason the pianist did not
relish the title so many less gifted
musicians eagerly claim-that OF
pianiSt-compOSer. Instead, he
would not at first admit the truth
of the rumor that when he first
played "Dvorsky's" compositions
arose as to the latter being Hof-
mann himself. He even fabricated
a fanciful tale to the effect that
"Dvorsky was young Frenchman
in ill health, who had studied
under an obscure Partisan teach
er, and, having gone to San Sc
bastian. Spain, for his health, sent
Mr. Holman some of his compo-
SitionS, on his own initiative"
This story appeared in a leading
musical journal in 1917. More re-
Gently, however, either Mr.. Hof-
mann has gained confidence in
the reception and intrinsic values
of his own compositions, or has
been too busy to restore verbally
the health of the young French
man." whose composing gift has
materialized continuously into
publications by leading publishers.
At any rate, it is now known that
Dvorsky is none other than this
extremely versatile pianist in
ventor- director of a musical in
Stitute.
D EPORTS from the bureau now
N handling the distribution of
tickets for Library of Congress
chamber music events indicate
that advance orders already
fill 500 of the .551 seats al
this hall for the initial concert to
be given the evening of October
80 by the Roth String Quartet of
Budapest. Also, there are those
who are so enthusiastic over this
new plan that they have sent
large enough sums to be held in
reservation and pay for seats for
each and every program to be
given during the current season,
although other dates and attrac-
tionS are not as yet available for
announcement.
incidentally, the Roth Quartet
has it's first New York appearance
in Town Hall next Saturday after
noon, when the program will
include Mozart's "Quartet in
G-major," Ravel's Quartet in
F-major," and Beethoven's Quar-
tet in E-flat Major"
MANAGERS come and managers
W go, but music goes on forever.
Washington managerial auspices
are somewhat shifting gears in
several ways. The newest man
ager, DR.. Dudley, is setting out a.
dazzling array of musical wares
for sale at bargain prices in the
National Capital. On the other
hand, two long established lead
ing managers, Mrs. Katie Wilson,
Greene and T. Arthur Smith, are
opening offices in Baltimore to
carry on larger enterprises over
there, as well as in Washington,
than previously.
BY arrangement recently COM
pleted between the Philadelphia
and Philharmonic OrcheStras ap-
pearing under the auspices of T.
Arthur Smith and the Baltimore
public school system, the entire
group of $50 extra seats obtained
through the midsummer enlarge
ment of the Lyric has been offered
to the Board of Education for dis
tribution to public school teachers
and students. Under the direction
of John Denues, of the music de-
partment, these seats will be
offered at reduced cost to the
teachers of the elementary
schools, the teachers and students
of the Eastern and Western High
Schools, Baltimore City College,
Polytechnic Institute, Forest Park
High School, the Is junior high
schools, and the Maryland State
Normal School.
There are few cities, If any, in
the country where a like situation
exists and the arrangement eff
fected by the orchestral manage
ment and the public school off,
Gals has brought congratulations
from newspapers and musical
journals in several cities.
How fine it would be to have a
c;yoiIar ctafn of affairs In Wash