Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-03
STOKOWSKI GETS
FLOOD OF PRAISE
Philadelphia Conductor, Re-
luctant to Broadcast, Is
Amazed at Reception.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA in its
deepest meaning is Leopold Stokowskis
reaction to the response given his first
radio broadcast.
Hesitant for years over permitting
the Philadelphia Orchestra which ne
conducts, from going before the micro.
phone because of the limitation he felt
radio placed upon good music, the i'm
pressive conductor has been overwhelm-
ed by thousands of letters.
The correspondence greeted the broad
cast OF the orchestra in the first of a
series of three Sunday afternoon con-
certs over WEAF and coast-to-coast
network. Bankers, factory workers and
industrial leaders we're represented by
the letters.
Wears Informal Attire.
Exacting in the conduct of his Or
ehestra to the point where he has stop
ped In the middle of q number to re-
monstrate when he has heard talking in
his audience, Stokowski affected infor~
NAL attire in leading his orchestra on
the radio He wore knickers, and be-
fore the concert was completed he had
discarded his coat and necktie and had
opened his collar so that nothing would
interfere with free movement of his
baton.
He is a strikingly tall man. with
windblown white hair, the son of
Polish father and an Irish mother.
His two children, Luba. 2, and Sonya,
z, are the delight of his home life.
When he introduced himself over the
radio, he said: If you want jazz, We
will not play any more"
Then followed a request for letters
OF their impressions from the audiences
of 50 broadcast stations.
i am simply amazed at the over
whelming number of communications"
he says. II have read every one because
tive and creative, In the sense OF look
ing into the future of radio.
Men Lead in Praise.
"Men were in a ma jority. This indi-
Gates that new era is coming into
American musical life. 1t has always
been women who have organized every
thing connected with music. Now men
are beginning to be interested in music
and are realizing that one may be SEN
sitive to beauty in art and yet be manly.
while in the main I was satisfied
with our first broadcast, there was one
feature which did not reach up to my
ideal. The modern orchestra can de-
velop enormous climaxes of tone and
kklGL1 ICCCuG AuOU CAUNuCAib SOAthCoo'
I'm our FIRST concert these great con-
trasts were not completely realized, be-
cause the engineer at the control board
kept the toIlal mass more in the half
way place. When protested he replied
that many receivers were not capable
of taking these two extremes. For our
next concert I am asking him, never
theless, to give us this wide tonal range
As 1 am unwilling to restrai and re-
strict great music for any consideration
whatever"
OF future broadcaSts after the present
series, Mr.. StokowSki says:
I'VE have an intense desire to make
our future concerts better from tech
meal standpoint. Our engineers have
several ideas which we believe will lead
to broadcasting results hitherto unAt-
tanned. As soon As these new POSSIBLE
ties are fully developed we hope to play
more radio concerts. but 1t Is impossible
TO say when that will be-"
The second of the concerts is Sunday
afternoon, november 3. with the con-
Guiding program December 3.