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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-19
7. L. GRAHAM RESIGNS.

NEW YORK, January 10 (P).--J. l.
Graham has resigned as a director OF
r. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Evening star., 1928-09-09
Daemar Band Announces
Sixth Season of Activity

THE music season 1929 will usher in
the sixth year of existence of the
Dagmar Band, which is just terminating
a successful Summer at the new dance
pavilion at North Beach, Md.
The band was organized in 1922 and
has been active principally in collegiate
circles and giving programs, not locally,
but in Richmond, Baltimore, Win
chester, Frederick and Annapolis.
In 1925 the band filled a Winter en-
gagement at the Jack-o' Lantern Club,
in Winter Haven, Fla. and won pop
ularity in the South
The Summer season now ending has
found the band SO popular with the
residents, both young and old, of North
Beach that an extra week of its pro-
grams was extended beyond the original
closing date-Labor day. Also week end
programs will be played there until the
first of October.
The Dagmar Band, however, is re-
ceiving bookings for the Winter sea-
son that indicate this will be the
busiest year of its existence.
Evening star., 1928-09-09
Acting Federation Head
Plans for Symphony Hall

IN the absence from the city of Mrs
Joseph M. Stoddard, president Of the
D. c. Federation of Music Clubs, Mrs
Gertrude Lyons, first vice president and
acting head, has prepared the following
announcement regarding highly am
bilious and laudable project which is
the chief aim of the local federation as
the newest development practical and
necessary for the progress of music en-
deavors in the National Capital. Mrs.
Stoddard, who left early in the Summer
for Europe, where she has been attend
ing the leading music festivals in the
different countries and from which she
will not return until early next month,
thoroughly sanctioned the plan as de-
veloped by Mrs. Lyons before leaving
the city.
Mrs. Lyons says:
1T seems to be the opinion in general
of the music-loving public of Washing
ton that the time has arrived to have a
Evening star., 1928-09-09
Famous Stars and Novelties
Listed in Afternoon Series

fourth and fifth attractions, respec-
lively will be those of Doris Niles and
her ballet on Friday afternoon, De-
cember Z, and the "Revelers." famous
radio and phonograph recording art
lists, Monday, February IL.
In presenting Doris Niles and her
ballet, Mrs. Wilson-Greene has selected
an attraction which, in her opinion. Is
the closest available approach to the
ornate and elaborate choreographic
spectacles that Anna Pavlowa formerly
brought to this country. Doris Niles,
the young American dancer who has
won a tremendous following and dis
tinction abroad, where she recently
danced before the King of Spain at a
command" performance, brings to
washington this season not only Sc
ries of exquisite and alluring dance
impressions by herself and her talent
ed sister, Cornelia Niles, but an at
traction which also includes little
symphony orchestra composed of solo
artists, as we'll as ballet of almost in
comparable grace and charm. Addi-
tionally Miss Niles is bringing with her
offering the Rondalla Usandizagas
group of guitarists from the Basque
province of Spain, playing selections
from the most popular of Spanish COM
posers and furnishing charming at
mospheric background for one of the
big dance features.
In presenting the Revelers, the final
attraction in the Wilson Greene course,
Mrs. Wilson, Greene Is offering to WASH
ington music lovers a distinctive de-
velopment in American music. This
male quartet, supported by brilliant
pianist, does not indulge in the CLOSE
harmony" effects of the conventional
quartet. Rather this vocal quartet Is
comparable to fine string quartet, in
terpreting every sort of music from the
classics to the moderns and jazz.
The Revelers form one OF the most
popular recording groups, and they
have the reputation of being the high
est priced organization of radio enter
tainers now appearing before the micro
phone. For their first American con-
cert tour, the Revelers will present
Americana" a program which traces
the development of American popular
airs down to the minute. Frank Black,
VINO creates the extraordinary ar
rangements which the Revelers sing.
has conducted an exhaustive research
into early American music and has
compiled many novelties for this pro-
gram, which will include selections
| from such early American composers
| as Stephen Foster, and which also in
| cludes cowboy songs. sea chanties, Spir-
| ituals and other vigorous melodies.
| Seats for all three WILSON, Greene
courses are now available at Mrs. Will
son-Greene's concert bureau in Droop's,
1900 G street northwest.
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symphony hall. Therefore the D. G. Fed
Grafton of Music Clubs is taking the
initiative to ascertain just how earnest
all organizations, both musical and civic,
are in this desire voiced by many on all
sides.
"A QUESTIONABLE will be mailed
churches, music groups, civic groups,
clubs, schools and individuals which
If promptly answered and returned will
enable the D. G. Federation of Music
Clubs to determine whether Washington
is indeed eager to have a hall that will
be scientifically constructed for the en-
joyment of music.
"As means to this end Dean Peter
Christian Lutkin, musical director of
the Northwestern University, Evanston,
Ill, and conductor of the famous North
Shore Festival, Chicago. has agreed to
come to this city to conduct three DAY
festival the first week in May and will
also come to Washington in January
and March for two massed choral
rehearsals.
1T needs a single purpose, a single
desire to hlep to the best of our ability,
individually AS well as in groups, to
bring our symphony hall into living,
permanent reality"
Evening star., 1928-09-09

THREE courses of FIVE concerts each
Is concerts in all--will be presented
by Mrs. Wilson, Greene at Polls Thea
ter during the season of 1928-29. All
are announced as afternoon concerts,
beginning at 4:30 pm. and, as usual,
the three courses will be the artists
the Philharmonic and the wilson
Greene.
The artists course will be opened by
the concert of Roland Hayes, the COL
ored tenor who astounded musical
Washington two seasons ago at the
Washington Auditorium, where he first
appeared before the general public in
Washington under Mrs Wilson,
cert is set for Tuesday afternoon. No.
vember 27 1t will be followed by the
only Washington appearance in 1928
20 of Fritz Kreisler, the famous vio-
linist. The Boston Symphony Orches-
ira, Serge Koussevizky conducting, will
make its first Washington visit this
season Wednesday afternoon, January
80. as the third attraction in this
course, while the fourth and fifth art
lists course concerts will be, respec-
lively, those of Sigrid Onegin, con-
tralto, Tuesday, February S, and Rach-
maninoff, the great Russian pianist,
wednesday, Marcn ZO
A decided musical novelty will open
the Philharmonic course with the ap-
pearance Monday afternoon, November
10, of Vladimir Horowitz, the sensa-
tional young Russian pianist, who will
make his first appearance before the
general public of Washington on that
occasion. The Philharmonic course will
not be resumed until after New Year,
when Jascha Heifetz, the violinist, will
make his only Washington appearance
of the season on Tuesday, January Is,
to be followed 10 days later by the
concert of Giovanni Martinelli, Metro
politan Opera tenor, Friday, January
25. Rosa Ponselle, easily the ranking
soprano of her time, will be the fourth
attraction of the Philharmonic course
on Tuesday afternoon, February 10,
while the course will be closed with the
second and final appearance of the sea-
son IN Washington of the Boston SYM
phony Orchestra Serge KoussevitZky
conducting, Wednesday, March 6.
Nine. Amelita Galli-Curci, best known
of all coloraturas, has been chosen to
open not only the Wilson Greene course
of concerts but the entire 1928-29 sea-
son of this managers series with a
concert at Polls Tuesday afternoon
October 80, which will be followed by
the appearance Wednesday, November
7, of the celebrated contralto, Nine
Louise Homer, and her brilliant So
prano daughter, Louise Homer Stires
The third concert of this course Is list
ed as John Mccormack, the tenor
Wednesday, November %; while the
Evening star., 1928-09-09

JOSEF HOFFMAN,, who will open the
Washington Cooperative Artist con-
cert course at the Washington Audi
torium in october. is one of the truly
great artists of the world, pianist
whose name Is linked with the giants
of the past - Liszt and Rubinstein.
First as a boy whose genius vas all but
incredible. then as a mature artist,
America has known him for 40 years,
and today he stands supreme in his art.
Although he was born IN Poland
America has special claims ON HCf-
mann. His wife is an American woman
and for many years now -" home has
been in this country. His Winter home
is in Aiken, S. c., ard -. Summer
home on Mount Desert, in Maine. His
daughter, Josefa, Is a real American
girl, born in this country, and most of
her life has been spent here.
Josef Hofmann's interest in all things
American led him two years ago to
give recitals in New York and Boston
devoted entirely to American music
He was the first of the great artists to
do this. and much comment resulted
from critics all over the country. It
was labor of love with him and a
desire to prove the merit of American
composers. In letter to a prominent
New York paper Hofmann wrote: Had
found that from purely artistic point
cf view the music did not deserve per-
Torrance, / should have felt obliged to
give up the plan. If such a program
Evening star., 1928-09-09

could not survive on its own merits, 1
should be rendering a poor service
toward achieving recognition for the
young American art of music by play
ing it,"
In planning the course of evening
music events at the Washington Audi
torium for the coming Winter the di-
rectors of the enterprise have featured
American artists in the programs of
the season. Including Josef Hofmann,
for he is a naturalized citizen, there
are such outstanding Americans as
John Charles Thomas. Paul Whiteman
and his orchestra, the American-born
Philadelphia Chamber String Sinlfo-
Meta. with Weldon Carter. pianist, and
Charles Trowbridge Tittnlann. bsSso;
Sophia Braslau, American contralto,
and Richard Crooks. American tenor.
Foreign-born artists who will appear
are Maria Jeritza, Elizabeth Rethbcrg,
Efrem ZimbaliSt and Emanuel Zetlin,
two magnificent opera prima donnas.
and two brilliant violinists, who are
equally popular in both f:reign and
American concert fields.
Season tickets for this course of eight
evening music events at popular prices
are being sold during this month at a
number of downtown headquarters, in
cluding the Willard and other hotels,
Baldwin and w. w. Kimball Piano Co.
he=S3Gfnarters, and also the A. A. A. in
the Mills Building, Jewish Community
Center, Young Women's Christian As
sociation and othqE organizations.
Evening star., 1928-09-09
THE UNITED STATES MARINE
Rand.

THIS week will see the last of the
Summer season of concerts to be
presented this year by the United States
Marine Band. Capt. Taylcc BrA1son
leader, and Arthur S. Witcomb second
leader. The band starts its annual
tour Monday, September II. which. this
year will be confined to cities on the
East Coast.
The band will not give its regular
wednesday night concert at the United
States Capitol this week. as 1t will par
ticipate in the Fort McHenry celebra-
t1ons IN Baltimore, Md, on that date.
Tomorrow the program at the Marine
Barracks will begin at 8:l5 pm. and will
be as follows:
Characteristic march, Parade of the.
Overture, Flying Ditchmaini .waSner
Suite. sseaSs Ss.IsfsS Hiids5 AAs.6.E s
..Nor,, Musician Wilbur D. Kieffer.
TrOmbone solo TSSoushts Of Love APSwor Prger
"rorc,,,IMHtp MUSICIAN En Heryey J. Clark
Marnes Hymn. The fG Hans Of MezerSseT
The Star Spangled Banner"
Tne hnal program before the tour, to
be given Thursday night at 7:30 pm,
in the Sylvan Theater of the Noun
ment Grounds, will be:
Nocturne. Dreams of Love ......... List
Cornet solo romantiaue. The Southern
0 - John P. white. - clarke
Grand scenes from Andrea Chenier'
Rhapsodic dance, "Bamboula'
Trombone solo, Loves Enshsntmsnt. PfyOI sz1OI
Prelude in q Minor -. Rachmaninon
The Star spansled Banner" ''''''eN
Evening star., 1928-09-09
Won Unschuld University
Has 25th Anniversary

THE University of Music was founded
by Nine. Marie Won Unschuld
shortly after her arrival from Europe
on a concert tour, 1904. Her artistic
| success prompted several prominent
music lovers of Washington to animate
| the young artist to found in Washing
| ton an institution similar in plan to
| European Conservatives. She was her
self first prize graduate and gold
| medalist of the Royal Conservatory of
| Vienna.
Always interested in pedagogical
work, being already at that time author
| of several pedagogical works on piano
| playing she founded the university on
thorough educational basis and has
| always aimed at the high standard.
Her greatest care was always the Sc
| lection of teachers who are experienced
artists as we'll as pedagogues. The fac
| ulty of the university has as head of
the piano department Nine. Marie Won
Unschuld herself, well known as con-
| cert pianist and court pianist of her
majesty the late Queen Elizabeth of
Rumania
The head of the violin department is
the we'll known violinist and authority
on violin instruction, j. c. Van Hull
steyn, pupil of Caesar Thompson. Mr..
Van Hulsteyn recently was honored by
being elected by the Ecole Normal in
Paris, as examiner for American stu
dents wishing to enter it.
The vocal department is under the
instruction of Myron Whitney, whose
Milan made him an expert in the
Italian method.
Edgar Priest, the excellent organist
of the Cathedral, and Nation Boyce,
both from Englands music academies,
are the instructors of organ and theo-
retical subjects
The wind instruments are taught by
soloists such as Vanpoucke, Antonio
Cello and E. Crump.
The languages are taught by pro-
| feSSorS of the respective countries
French by Prof Henry Lazard, German
by Prof. G. Schwartz, etc.
Great interest is taken in the course
of the public school normal course
The preparatory school for Begin
ners has been systematized by Nine
Won Unschuld, with special care and the
| view that the students under the i'm
mediate supervision of the professors
of the university are guided surely and
competently into the higher study of
music. Only graduates who have the
talent for teaching are selected to act
as assistant teachers. The university
has courses in chamber music and will
have its orchestra. composed of the
pupils of the university, and chorus.
A dormitory has been added this year
to the university to house efficiently the
students from other States, and the
university is now exclusively located in
its own buildings. on Columbia road.
Several lecturers have been already en-
gagged to make the evenings of the
dormitory as we'll as dav students cdu-
cationally valuable. Music history,
history of art. English literature are
among the various subjects. One of
special interest is course of music
| Journalism, as music students often will
have opportunity to act on their home
papers as music critics. and 1t is some
times possible to add this activity to
their other duties.
Having opened the university IS years
ago with concert the president con-
templates to give this Fall again a con-
cert with the faculty
Evening star., 1928-09-09
Guild Chorus Assemblies
For Rehearsal Thursday

THE Guild Chorus, American Guild of
Organists, District of Columbia
Chapter, Otto T. Simon, director; Adolf
Torovsky at the piano, will be gin re-
hearsals for the season Thursday eve
ming at 7:45 o'clock. The evening of
rehearsals has been changed to Thurs
days, to work in harmony with re-
hearsal nights of other choral organi-
cations.
The "get-together" rehearsal Thurs
day will take place In Mr.. Simon's
studio OF the newly organized Institute
Of Musical Art, at 831 Eighteenth street
northwest, where he heads the voice and
choral departments.
Members of last season are urged to
be present and new members will be
received and enrolled. There are no
dues. Members will purchase their own
music. A new program will be started
on that evening.
The Guild Chorus also will assist dur
ing the season in the recitals of visiting
and local organists and will be featured
in radio programs.
Evening star., 1928-09-09
Judges Are Announced
for Roberts Scholarships

THE public additions for the four
l. Roberts scholarships offered for
this season by the Washington College
of Music as one of the local benefits
of the Washington Cooperative Artist
Concert Course will be held on the eve
ming of Saturday. october 6. In the
auditorium of the Young Women's
Christian Association, Seventeenth and
K streets.
On the advice of the judges, this
addition, originally announced for
middle September, has been postponed
until the first week in October in order
to allow singers returning this month
to take advantage of the opportunity
The scholarships are offered in the four
voices, soprano. contralto. tenor and
baritone, and 1t Is an interesting fact
that the four voices are about evenly
represented in the registrations now
being received at the college.
The judges for the addition include
five Washlngtonians prominent in the
musical life of the city. They are
Jessie MacBride, former music critic of
the Washington Times and now direc-
tor of the educational work and concert
bureau of Arthur Jordan Company;
Dorothy De Muth Watson, local repre-
sentative of Musical America, chair
man of the Washington Composers
Club, identified with musical activities
generally in this city; Edward Dono-
van, professor of music at Georgetown
University. director of the Georgetown
Choral Club, organist and choir direc-
tor of st. Paul's Roman Catholic
Church: Charles Trowbridge Tittman
distinguished Washington oratorio and
concert basso. and Ralph Edmunds,
manager of the National Broadcasting
Co. of Washington.
Mr.. Edmonds, before coming to
Washington. was also manager for lead
ing opera companies. the Philadelphia
Symphony Orchestra and other out
standing musical attractions in this
country
Evening star., 1928-09-09
Conservatory of Music
Opens for New Season
THE Washington Conservatory of

THE Washington Conservatory of
Music, at 1408 New Hampshire
avenue, is reopening for it's thirteenth
year in the present building, with re-
vised list of subjects and enlarged
faculty, Ernst Ladovitch, president of
the conservatory and head of the violin
department, announces that the enroll
ment includes students from practical
ly every State in the Union and the
Philippine Islands. The dormitory ac-
commodations are ample and the
courses, as presented by instructors VINO
are Europeans or Americans who have
had European training, are patterned
along the same lines as similar courses
given in established schools abroad.
The preparatory department of the
school is composed chiefly of local day
students. Vladimir Vasa, head of the
piano department, is organizing a
student orchestra to learn symphonic
works, and Colin Clarke White, who
has been assistant to Lamperti abroad,
is in charge of choral organization.
There are scholarships for voice
piano and violin, Is in number. Audi
tions are now being held.
Amateur musicians who would like
10 get experience III OrCneSITdl WOrES
are invited to correspond with Miss
Queen at the school about enrolment
in the orchestra. Violinists are not
needed, but there are vacancies in other
divisions of the orchestra.
The faculty of the school includes
the following for the year l928-3;
Piano, Mr.. Vasa, Nine. r. j, Echols
Harold Hannum and Nine. Kosceova
violin, Mr. Ladovitch, L. R. Zung, @
Ladovitch. Mildred Ficklin and V
Berger; voice, Colin Clarke White
Nine. Garvin Shelley and Mrs. Stone
harmony, counterpart and musical
composition. Siegfried Scharbau, Har.
old Hannum and Isabel Shelley: pipe
, organ. Armand Gumprecht, Paul Gable
and theater organ, Nine. Echols; harp
Prosper Miraglio and Elizabeth Keyes
violoncello, M Piazzi and Dore Walten;
bass viol. j. Kimmel; brasses, Charles
Darby, Eddie Shoels. E. van Locke, Her,
bert Todd: mandolin, Mrs. Echols; eX'
preston. diction and phonetics, Hester
Bealle. There also are few other ad'
ditional classes.
Evening star., 1928-09-09
THE UNITED STATES ARMY BAND.

The programs to be presented during
the current week by the United States
Army Band, Capt. William j. Stannard
leader, and Thomas F. Darcy second
leader, with Prof. Galimany of Pana-
ma as guest conductor on several occa-
sions, will be as follows:
Monday at Anacostia Park at 7:30
pm. ct. F. Darcy conducting):
Overture. "Hsrod'' Omitted States Hadley
Southern Rhapsody" Omitted statesl
DANA IncaiGa, "Huanca"" Peru,
Diana, S24 de Junio; iichiisj -, Dom!nsuez
Msnc5 psntRSa Tntsd states s56et
The Star Spangled Banner
Tuesday, Prof. Alberto Galimany,
leader of the National Band of Panama,
guest conductor, at the Walter Reed
General Hospital at $50 pm:
March. Panama" ................G Galimany
Galimany
Dsnza. Luz Graciela" ,Galimany
Senor Dor. Rodolfo Chiari
NV G., ,,d PRESIDENT - Of Panama nIun .,
waltz. Besos Pesos lMexicoj. Martines aGnes
Fox trot, Rain or Shine" UNITED statesl
March, The Pathfinder of Panama"
(prof. Galimany ic;ondutcting.Ji 0O"'~
"Himno Nacional de Panama. :. Santos Jorge
Francis Scott Key
Wednesday. Prof. Alberto Galimany,
guest conductor at the Sylvan Theater
at 7:30 pm. concert to be broadcast
via WTFFD:
Panama March. .................G Galimany
n 1Dedicated H to the % daughter Of His ExcelIency
Senior Don Rodolfo Chiari, President
pasilla, mi panimenita Gi nns"'' ..... .Galimany
u,. !W: J. stannard conductingj
Elesia; Lament and Glorif1cation',' -
Arransed for band by Mr. Thso sinssrt
Solo for corret. The Commando
Thomssa s Darcy. second leader oae%NsfS soIoistJ
Waltz; Remembrance Hondurena' Hon: a,,,a
os,.,c aa cr.F Darcy conducting A"a''0
Prayer at Eventide" HATH. hosRfe Eie
American Fantasia" Omitted statesl
HmDo ESt EssoSs eigfRg IL or..
Francis Scott Key
Thursday, Prof. Alberto Galimany.
Capitol at 1880 pm. concert to be
broadcast via WMAL):
March. "Lindbergh in Panama" Galimany
Dedicated to Col Charles A. Lindbergh)
Obertura, "Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Galimany
Damon. Mi Nata' ........... .Quesada
wv. J. Stannard conductingD
Waltz, Remembrance Hondurena" Hon
Solo for cernet. The Commander, ' ~
fr,n S'arsS, c.a OnaInine.rS OIni.
March; The Pathfinder of Panama
'o"'s' II. F. Darcy conducting '0"S'
Hosmer
Prayer at Eventide" (HaitO .......... Ellie
American Fantasia Omitted Stetes). Herbert
(Prof Galimany conducting.l
"Hmno Nacional de Panama. Santos Jorge
Francis Scott Key
Friday, Prof. Albert Galimany of
Panama. guest conductor, at the Army
War College at $50 PM.
March. "Lin6bergh in Panama" Galimany
Dedicated to Col Charles A. Lindbergh.)
DANA, Luz Graciela .......... .Gafimany
dedicated to the daughter of His Excellency
Seccr Don Rodnlfo Chiari,
President OF Panama.)
PaSila. Mi Panamenta" .Galimany
wv. J. Stannard conducting.)
Selection, THE Fortune Teller" Omitted
S'a'eSj .'''''..'.'....'.... Herbert
Evening star., 1928-09-09

Lynch Luquer, Washington musician,
will be host at the first of the new sea-
sons Club dinners" at the Arts Club
of washington this Thursday night.
Mrs Robert LIE Fevre. soprano, and
Helen Crouch. pianist, will be musical
guests of honor and an informal mu-
sical program will be given following
the dinner.
Evening star., 1928-09-09

through these festivals and other
programs of the Capital of the
United States of America as the
center of a music-loving and
music-producing people.