Evening star., 1928-02-26
M u SIG
BY HELEN FETTER.

either: there was genuine COM
prehenSion and true feeling IN
this wholly satisfying perform
ancc. Her fine. singing tone car
ried all of the delicate emotion
which the composition should
have. This Sylvia was commend
ed by the swain and the SophiSti-
Gated musicians alike. It was
something very like an ovation TO
which she responded with a
youthful and almost naive bow,
! As encore Miss Lent played the
andante from the G Minor Con-
certo' of Bruch."
IN her Washington recital Sylvia
will play some very unusual
and modern works She will pre-
sent the Mario Castelnuovo-Ted-
CISCO Concerto" published III
1924. and first played by her in
her New York recital last year. 1t
was it's first presentation IL
America and was highly praised
by the critics on that occasion. Il
is written in modern Italian style
and is decided favorite with the
little Washington violiniSt. Sylvia
also plans to play work by Ravcl
and another by Milhaud. both
French moderniSts.
d ECOGNITION OF American
II composers through a wide
spread performance of their
music will be a feature OF the
National Music week on May
6-l2 next. This phase Of the cele-
braticn, which has always been
an essential part of it. is being
stressed this year more than ever
before by the National Music week
committee. For instance. in or
der to assist the local groups in
the choice of native compositions.
it is compiling a list of "Ameri-
can Music That Americans Should
Know" That list is composite
one and is based upon opinions
collected by the committee from
leading musical educators. critics.
musical artists and conductors.
The list may be obtained in
pamphlet form upon request to
the National Music week commit
tee. As West Forty-flfth street.
New York City
The photography of American
music serves double purpose
as a list from which performers
may select numbers for their pro-
grams and as one that may be
utilized for listening purposes in
music appreciation work and IN
the music memory contest. For
the latter use. the list includes an
notations as to whether the num-
Der is recorded for the phono-
graph or the reproducing piano.
A NEW musical typewriter may
IA soon he added 10 the list of mod
cru mechanical triumphs through
the ingenuity of Katharine CORN,
the composer pianist. Her nycn-
ton will enable composers 10 type
their scores instead OF writing them
laboriously in lonehaud. as thew have
been forced TO do for hundreds oi
years.
The advantages OF such machine
are readily seem says Miss CORN.
whc is working on model OF her
invention. Not only will il be a re-
lief TO the composer. hut 1t will be
a godsend TO orchestral leaders. AT
the present time. the various parts
OF an orchestra composition must he
laboriously transcribed and read
from script. Imagine the relief tina,
will come when the transcription can
be dashed off on a typewriter. As
for the composer. he need no longer
suffer from an inferiority complex
because his handwriting is illegible
as it usually is"
Miss Gorin has not revealed any
details oi the mechanical operation
Of her invention The chief trouble
which She has had TO overcome is
the necessity OF an extremely nex-
iblc SHIFT arrangement 10 allow Tor
the many variations OF notation
| The only typewriter OF the kind that
has previously been invented is a
German product. which Miss Gorin
says. is too complicated and expen-
sise for ordinary use.