Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-11

The ugly scars of that World Wa
never will be erased, but Singin
down that wind of devastation
came the "doughboyS" and thei
types of entertainment that fea
tured music to "Soothe the savag'
breast" This brought about :
much more practical and funda
mental interest in music amOns
people generally of every nation.
It would seem almost propheti
that today sees an all-Americar
program given in musical memory
of that first Armistice day thi
afternoon at the Washington
Auditorium. It is the first of 6
series of vesper concerts which
the director, DR.. Harold Dudley
aims to make available to people
generally, with the highest stand
ards of artists who are interna
tionally famous, combined with
the best local talent that the Ma
tional Capital has within it's own
circles, presenting the programs.
The District of Columbia Chap
ter Of the Red Cross has cooper
ated with this manager in the
matter of handling 500 seats given
free for some Of "the boys" from
Walter Reed Hospital. the Naval
Hospital and Mount Alto Hospital
The prima donna of this pro-
gram will be Louise Lerch, C
young American soprano who wor
her way into the Metropolitan
Opera House two years ago. She
is native of Allentown, Pa, ans
studied in this country under
Marcella Sembrich and Richard
Hageman. The speaker of the
afternoon, humoriSt who is q
thorough musician, is Sigmund
Spaeth, American, too, whose
book. THE Common-Sense OF
Music" is probably one of the
most popular and practical books
on music The program will be
opened and closed appropriately
with selections played by Dr.
Henry Seibert. New York organiSt.
DR.. Seibert was born in the little
town of Frackville, Pa, where he
enrolled in the church choir when
9 years old He is said to have
inherited his love of music from
his grandfather, who led small
church choir in the coal-mining
district of the State.
Elsewhere in Washington to-
day, especially by the organists
International music ic featured in
programs in honor of Armisticc
day
4 x x
4 ANOTHER indication of world
armiStice is shown in the an
nouncement sent to the United
States recently, stating that Theo-
dore StearnS, American composer,
has been engaged by Felix Pet
renZ, director of the Dresden
Opera School, in Dresden. Ger
many. to write The music for tine
Forest Festival, which it is
planned to revive next Summer,
and for which American backing
has been promised.
Fifteen years ago in this sec
tiSel of the Erzgebirge, border
land between SaXony and Bohe-
mia. folk = rivals and even grand
opera performances were regular
Summer features in q huge OPEN
air theater romantically situated
in the hills and woods above Kips-
dorf. This "Ore Mountains" sec
ton of Germany. once famous for
its tin mines and the legends we
read as children in Grimm'S Fairy
Tales, also sheltered the genius OF
Robert Schumann and Elizabeth
Rethberg.
THE close friendship of the va
riouS American countries will
be signany featured in the concert
Tuesday night, when Elodia Mar
tin-Rivero, daughter of former
Cuban Minister to the United
States, who has two sisters who
have married prominent Wash
ingtonianS and are living here,
makes her formal debut as con-
cert singer, in the United States.
Senorita Martin Rivero has won
high honorS in her numerous ap-
pearances in the capital of her
own country within the past few
years. She is a charming Young
singer and her selections will fea-
ture a group of native Cuban
songs and a second group of songs
written by COMPOSERS of this coun-
try. in which she is guest.
Recognizing the fact that Cuba
is one of the middle strands that
bring North and South America
increasingly closer together in
many WAYS. DR.. Dudley. manager,
has invited the heads OF the
Latin American corps of diplo-
mats in WASHINGTON to be the
special guests at this program.
A FEATURE of the Pan-Ameri
can Conference on Arbitration
and Cancellation, to be held il
Washington in December, will be
particularly brilliant program Of
Latin American music, to be pre-
sented by the United Service Or
chestra of chosen musicians from
the United States Army and Navy
Band Orch. cstraS, and assisting
artists from Latin America. The
program will be held in the Hall
of the Americas, in the Pan
American Union Building, the eve
ming of December l8.
X X x
A DOLPH BOLM, the distin-
guished dancer. who comes
with a group OF his own dance
company in Tuesday nights pro
gram, has been highly honoreo
recently. He has been appointed
in charge of an elaborate dance
program to be given at the
Worlds Fair centennial celebra-
ton in Chicago, in 1888. M. Boln