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The producers news., 1929-08-30

Raw Lang, who has been on an
extended trip for about three
months, \ returned Saturday. Mrs.
T'anc and daughter Margaret re-
,aa;1ed ss- at Austin, Mimi. to visit
for for a few days before returning
IL, hooe Mr. and Mrs. Lang and
family left here by car and 3 drove 70
10 ss fay as Cleveland, Ohio. At that
1S 1o;nt nj they boarded the boat anc
enioved puil,v trip down the lakes as
The producers news., 1929-08-30

AiiOe isTud Moe, who has been Wis
an ms sister, Mrs. A. C. Erick-
? Pi : and M parents, Mr.. and Mrs. N.
vasL. /, Moe for the last several
Nonts, NSs, left Monday for Simms,
M bI'ana. ~al:a!. where he has accepted
position of Principal of Schools.
The producers news., 1929-08-30

Mrs. ]. A. Charbonneau arrived
Sunday from Billings to visit with
her sister, Mrs. Geo. Wright and
father, R. B. Garrison. Mr.. Gar
risOn is in very poor health.
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New York Orchestra
Plans Brilliant Season

EOR the season of i929-30, the eighty
eighth year of its existence, the
Philharmonic Symphony Society OF
New York has scheduled a brilliant pro-
gram. This orchestra comes to Wash
ington under the management OF T.
Arthur Smith on the afternoons OF jan
uary z, January 20 and March at
Constitution Hail. Under such eminent
conductors as Arturo Toscanini, VIII
lem Mengelberg and BernardinO Mo-
linari, with personnel of Ill men, with
an increased schedule of concerts and
an European tour of five weeks planned
for the late Spring, this season of the
orchestra should become q LANDMARK
in American musical annals.
Opening Thursday evening, october
3, and closing Sunday afternoon, April
20, the season is one of 20 weeks, one
week longer than last year. Mr.. ToS-
canini ofiiciateS during the first and
last eight weeks and at the end of April
will accompany the orchestra to Europe
to conduct all of the concerts of its tour
abroad. Mr.. Mengelberg directs eight
weeks, beginning November rs, and Mr..
Molinari for the next five weeks from
January 20 through February %. Out
of-town concerts are limited to five APP
pearances in Philadelphia, four in Bal
timore, and three in Washington. This
Is Mr.. Toscaninis fifth year with the
society and his third as regular con-
ductor. Mr.. Mengelberg returns for his
ninth year with the Philharmonic and
his tenth consecutive visit to New York.
Ernest Schelling will have complete
charge Of the young peoples concerts,
comprising two series of children's con-
certs and one series Of Junior Orches-
ira concerts.
Tickets for the Washington season
may be secured at r. Arthur Smiths
concert bureau in Homer l.. kits mu-
sic store, 1890 q Street northwest
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Silent Night" is Arranged
For Banjo Band Program
A FEATURE at the Earle Theater next

A FEATURE at the Earle Theater next
Sunday will be the presentation
of the Sophocles T. Papas Banjo Band
of rs members. This organization will
appear twice, at 2:45 and pm.
The program will consist Of popular
and standard melodies and a special
arrangement by Mr.. Papas of silent
Night" which will be played by muted
tenor banjos In imitation of the human
voice, accompanied by the guitar
Very few readers perhaps know that
this immortal composition was origi-
nally written for voice with guitar ac-
compartment. Mr.. Papes gives us the
following story:
On Christmas eve Of 1918 Joseph
Mohr, the pastor of Oberndorf, visited
the schoolmaster Gruber. showed him
q Christmas hymn he had just written,
and requested him to set 1t to music
for two solo voices and chorus with
guitar accompaniment. Gruber read
the poem, composed the parts and ac-
compartment as desired, returning 1t
the same evening to the clergyman. and
on Christmas night of the same year,
in a small, insignificant church on the
lonely mountainSide this devotional and
inspiring hymn was sung for the FIRST
time, with its accompaniment of guitar.
Gruber was a prolific. composer, hav-
ing written more than a hundred
masses and a great number Of inStru-
mental pieces, many Of which were for
guitar.
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Chamber Music Contest
announced by Pen Women

THE National League of American Pen
Women announces a music contest
for members of the organization under
direction of Dorothy De Muth Watson
who has been appointed chairman OF
the contest by Mrs. Busch, national
president Of the league. The contest
will close January 81, 1890, at mid
night. and the manuscripts submitted
must be compositions of chamber music
The rules formulated by the chairman
are as follows:
/. A prize. of 800 will be given to the
original composition OF chamber music.
2. Composition must have been written
within the last year.
i. Composition must be scored for two
ten. The voice may be used as an 'instru-
ment' In this consideration.
5. Composition must be submitted in the
handwriting OF the composer.
6. Composition. with all parts, must be
in the hands of the music contest chairman
7. Composition must not carry the name
OF the composer, but nom de plume. "
An envelope, sealed. containing the nom de
of the composer must be inclosed with the
8. COMPOSITIONS will be judged by three
competent Judges outside Of the member.
ship of the league.
prize Winning compositiop and f tSse f re-.
ceiVing first honorable mention, performed
at the authors breakfast IN Washington
10. The prizes win be publicly announced
and given at the breakfast.
TO the an music Contest chSiTma Hs sent o'ree'
Chamber music is defined for thi.
contest as music suitable for a private
house or a small hail." The scoring
must be done in two or more parts.
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Music Club Federation
Heads Meet In Milwaukee

THE annual Fall meeting Of the board
of directors of the National Fed
Grafton Of Music Clubs was in session
all during the past week with head
quarters at the Hotel Pfister, Milwau-
kee, Wis. Mrs. Elmer j. Getaway, the
newly elected president, presided. Mrs.
Joseph M. Stoddard Of this city at
tended. The progress Of music
throughout the length and breadth of
the United States was discussed in
Practically every state in the Union
was represented and every phase OF
music touching our social, civic and
professional life gained a fresh ina
petus. The federation now claims
500, 900 members.
Social entertainment also was en-
joyed, an outstanding event being O
banquet at the Hotel Schroeder, given
by the federated clubs Of Milwaukee
when the Lyric Male Chorus, directed
by Alfred Hilles Bergen gave a pro-
gram. At the University Of Wisconsin
Memorial Union luncheon, DR.. Glenn
Frank, president of the university, was
the speaker, and the program was given
by Jane Dudley, violinist, with DR..
Sigfrid Prayer at the piano and Louise
Lockwood Carpenter, pianist. The
guest were received by Mrs. Walter
Kohler at the executive residence In
Madison at a reception; also by Mrs.
Norris, patroneSs Of the Lyric Male
Chorus at her home in Eagle, Wis.
The concert by the Chicago SYM
phony Orchestra and q production OF
THE Miracle" were other features.
The next biennial convention will be
held at San Francisco, Calf, in June
1881, with Mrs. Edgar Stillman Kelley
past president, as national chairman.
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INTERNATIONALLY famous as one
Of the established, outstanding per-
sonalities Of the music world, the PERU
Wan contralto, Marguerite D'Alvarez,
has recently become Stanch adVo-
cate of modern American music. George
Gershwin whose Rhapsody In Blue
landed so happily within the bounds OF
the most highbrow music circles, says
"D'Alvarez sing jazz better ethan any
other great singer on our concert or
opera stage today because she inter-
prets with fidelity and enthusiasm not
merely the notes, but the spirit and
rhythm OF the music. It is marvellous
what really great voice can do, music
ally speaking. with a good jazz air.
The greater the voice, the greater its
effectiveness in jazz Interpretation, pro-
yided only that the singer has super
lative sense of rhythm"
Mime. D'Alvarez comes to Washington
as the particular star OF the concert of
Latin American music to be given with
the United States Service Orchestra in
the Hall of the Americas at the Pan
American Union Building at 9 pm
December 16.
She is q Peruvian, who was born at
Liverpool, educated in Belgium and has
become an American by adoption. As
the daughter of the Peruvian Minister
to England. she enjoyed the benefits of
an aristocratic ancestry and an early
artistic environment, together with the
educational and cultural opportunities
OF the European courts. On her
mothers side she has the traditional
nobility OF the Incas in her blood. Her
grandmother was the last Inca princess
Of Peru, and the first Peruvian battle
ship was paid for with her grand
mothers pearls.
1t was pure chance that embarked
D'Alvarez upon an artistic career. The
story has been well told by writer in
the London Times: when D'Alvarez
was about Is years old, the Colombian
Ambassador at London, who was her
godfather, gave reception, for which
he engaged the services of noted
singer. A dense fog prevented the star's
appearance, so Marguerite offered to
take the singers place and gave the au-
dience q group Of old Spanish songs,
with the result that she Immediately
became the rage, and, much to the dis
may Of her parents, declared she would
follow o career of music. Before her
parents would consent, they insisted
that she attend the Brussels Conserva-
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American Music Programs
Planned for Salon Sutrc

THE Misses Rose and Ottille Sutro
announce that the first of the
series of three musical programs PLAN
ned to present works Of American COM
posers will be given at the Carlton
Hotel Friday, December IS, at 4 pm.
The artists are not announced but the
music is to be of the Colonial period
in American history.
The other dates are: January 10
when Charles Haubiel, composer and
pianist, and the Norf1eet Trio will pre-
sent the music; and February IA when
Harold Morris, composer and pianist,
will present works by the late Charles
T. Critics.
The object designated by the Misses
Sutro for these events is to bring to
washington the best native American
talent with a view to building an Amer
lean Art Center as each European
country has in It's capital city. The
proceeds above expenses are to start a
fund for composers who have not the
wherewithal to devote more time to
creative work.
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The Duncan Dancers.

TWO profound and lasting passions
dominated the life of Isadora Dun
can-her art and children. Both are
said to be re-incarnated in the group
of 10 Russian children, headed by Irma
Duncan, one Of ISadora's adopted
daughters, who come to washington in
January in three dance recttals, pre-
sented by T. Arthur Smith at Polls
Theater.
The emphasis is made on the youth
of these dancers. In ISadora'S phi
losophy the dance was the natural
heritage of every child, the supreme
art, embodying within its field all Others
music, drama, painting and even
sculpture. The teaching Of the dance
was to her the foundation Of child'S
education.
They interpret some Of the delight
full Scenes from Childhood" of Schu-
mann, with his Blindman'S Buff, his
Soldiers March. They give the andante
and Scherzo from Schubert'S Syn
phony," c major, or Schubert waltzes,
the Irish Jig a moment musical and
Marche Militaire. They have a group
of Chopin and also some 'Etudes" of
Scriabine.
The novelty of the October program
in New York, were Russian folk songs,
which they sing as they dance, and
some Impressions of Modern Russia
that even include a Russian Girl Scouts
song.
Tickets for the Duncan Dancers and
for the German Grand Opera Co. S
season in January are on sale at the
Office of T. Arthur Smith in the Homer
l.. Kilt Store, 1880 G street northwest.
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Stokowskii's Other Program
For Washington Dec. 10

THE second concert Of the season to
be given by the Philadelphia SYM
phony Orchestra, Tuesday, December
10. at 4:30 pm, in Constitution Hall,
with Leopold Stokowski conducting,
offers a program Of interesting con-
trastS.
Anton Dvorak,s Symphony No. S. in
minor, Prom the New World" with
its "reminiscences of Indian and Negro
melodies, is matched in the second half
of the program against the old-world
music of Gluck, Bach and Haendel in
the first.
The Ballet Suite" of Christoph Wilt
bald Bluck, with which Mr.. Stokowski
will open the program, consists OF four
movements from Gluck's operas put
together by Felix Motif and published
in 1900. The first combines contrast
ing passages from "Iphigenie en- Aulide"
with an Introductory passage taken
from Glucks ballet-opera Don
Juan, oder das steinerne GaStmahl."
The second excerpt is the famous
Dance of the Blessed Spirits" from the
second act of "Orfeo ed Euridice," ar
ranged by Motif for strings, two horns
two flutes and an English horn.
The Bach prelude is transcription
for string orchestra Of the twenty
fourth prelude from book OF The
Well Tempered Clavier." The prelude
Is in two sections with repeat, and Is
written in "A time throughout.
Haendel's Overture in d minor" wa
composed to be an Introduction to his
musical settings for passages from tn
ninth, eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth
Psalms. There is an opening slow
movement followed by fugued allegro
the orchestration being entirely fol
strings and oboe.
From the New World" by Dvorak
the Bohemian composer, features melo-
dies of which he made close study
when he came to America.
While the contents of his symphony
have been suggested by music of the
Indian and Negro, the symphonic form
has been carefully observed, the COM
poser creating a work in accordance
with the highest type of music. The
second and third movements were writ
ten under the influence of Longfellow'f
1.-The Song of Hiawatha," for which the
composer had q profound admiration
In the second movement and In the
finale "reminiscences Of the first move
ment are to be found.
The famous largo" movement Is alsC
popular, as Is the choral number Coin
Home"
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Roland Hayes Sings Tuesday

MRS. WILSoN-GREENE'S philhar-
monte course of afternoon musical
events at Polls Theater will be formally
inaugurated Tuesday afternoon at 4:30
O'Clock, when Roland Hayes, celebrated
Negro tenor. is scheduled to make his
only Washington appearance OF the
1929-30 season in one Of the most pre-
tentious programs ne has ever given
here He will be accompanied by Per-
cival Parham at the piano.
Roland Hayes opening number will
be the aria "Dolcimente in tuon leg
giadro" from Haendel'S opera, "Alexan-
der's Feast" He will next offer three
selections from an old English song
cycle, arranged by Henry Coleman
Pack Clouds Away lHaendeD, Love
Me or Love Me Not" CDR. Arne) and
Love in My Youth" CHoward).
Cesar Franck's "Nocturne," Saint
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Saens' "Tournoiement" and two Brahms
selection. MIGHT mehr zu dir zu gehen"
and "Ruhe SuSsliebohen," comprise a
group which precedes a group of four
selections by Sir George Henschel, for
mer conductor of the Boston Symphony
Orchestra, The HenSchel numbers are
"Siehst du daS Meer?" "The Angels
Dear" MY Weary Heart Can Find No
Rest" and "She Comes Not" AS is
customary, Hayes will close the program
with group of four Negro spirituals-
Done Made My Vow," Lord, Wish
Had a-Come." Keep Me From Sink
ing Down and Good News"
Seats for this concert and for the
philharmonic course in its entirety may
be obtained at the concert bureau in
Drops, 1900 q street Tickets for the
current event may be obtained at Polls
Tuesday afternoon.
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Marine Band Orchestra
Opens Winter Series

THE first of the Winter concerts to be
given by the United States Marine
Band Orchestra will be presented We'd
nesday at 8 pm. in the auditorium at
the Marine Barracks.
The Marine Band returned to Wash
ington last Sunday from its annual
Fall concert tour when 124 concerts
were played in 81 cities in 16 States.
During the absence Of the band the
auditorium at the barracks has been
redecorated and the acoustics greatly
improved by Recommendations of ex-
)erts from the Bureau of Standards.
There also will be a concert by the
United States Marine Band Orchestra
each Friday afternoon throughout the
Winter at 3 o'clock in the barracks
auditorium
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Two December Concerts.

7 OVERS of the best in violin music
are eagerly anticipating the annual
appearance in Washington in concert
Of Fritz Kreisler, the great Austrian
violinist, whose hold on the affections of
Washington music devotees never
loosens. Kreisler is announced for an
appearance at Polls Theater Friday
afternoon, December 6, at 4:30 o'clock,
as the second attraction in Mrs. Wilson,
Greene's philharmonic course, which
! opens Tuesday with the concert OF
Roland Hayes.
Another interesting concert scheduled
: for next month by Mrs. Wilson Greene
is the appearance at Constitution Hall
Daughters of the American Revolution
Saturday evening, December IA, OF
Ethel Leginska and her Boston Women's
Symphony Orchestra, with Leginska
= not only as conductor, but as soloisi
and composer as well. This will be the
second event in Mrs. wilson Greene:
saturday evening course Of concerts al
that hall.
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''Lakme' to Be Given
As THANKSGIVING Opera

Tor. Thanksgiving night the Phila-
delphia Grand Opera Co. has Sc
lected Delibe's beautiful opera "Lakme'
for presentation at the Academy OF
Music. This opera has not been given
in Philadelphia for about 20 years.
Josephine Lucchese, American color
atura soprano, will sing the title role.
The cast also includes Ralph Errolle
Ivan Steschenko, John Barclay, Albert
Mailer, Lucia Chagnon, Helen Jepson,
Agnes Davis, Rose hampton, Arthur
Holmgren, Daniel Healy and Abraham
RobofSky.
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BEATRICE SEYMOUR GOODWIN.

REATRIcE SEYMOUR GOODWIN.
~ well known in Washington as q
singer, choir director and teacher, has
just added another department to her
studio work, that Of teaching tone deaf
children.
Miss Goodwin has had such success
with the boys she has trained for choir
work that she has established repu-
tation for this work and the demand
has come for her to add this to her
other activities at her studio. Miss
Goodwin finds this work most inter-
esting, though exacting, and the chill
dren enjoy learning to carry a tune"
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audience under the patronage of the
American Women's Association, with
Miss Anne Morgan and Mrs. w. K.
Vanderbilt in charge. This will mark
the beginning of transcontinental tour
of is weeks that will take the dancers
from coast to coast.
Both KreutZberg and Georgi are
graduates of the famous Mary Wigman
School in Germany. Both worked in
the ballets of the Berlin and Hanover
operas, and both had a keen desire to
express themselves emotionally rather
than conventionally in the dance. 1t
was this mutual desire above all else
which attracted them to each other.
Reservations for the Washington re-
cital are being filed at Mrs. Wilson,
Greene's concert bureau in Drops, 1900
g street northwest.
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D IGHT on the heels, as it were, of La
~ Argentina's brilliant dance recital
at Polls last Tuesday afternoon, under
the local management of Mrs. Wilson,
Greene, comes the announcement by
the same manager that Harald Kreutz-
berg and Yvonne Georgi, foremost ex-
ponents of the modern German express
sionistic school of the dance, will make
their debut in Washington at Polls
Theater Monday afternoon, December
8, at 4:30 o'clock.
The announcement of this Kreutz-
berg Georgi recital was as unexpected
as it Is interesting. This. youthful team
of terpsichorean modernists did not ar
rive in America until last Tuesday, and
their first American recital of their
present tour will be given at New York
this evening before brilliant society
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MRS. MARY LOUISE CURTIS BOX,
IA chairman of the Philadelphia
Grand Opera Co., announces that
Alexandra Kourganoff, celebated Rus
sian tenor, will make his American de-
but with the Philadelphia Grand Opera
Co., in the role Of Canio when
"Pagliacci' is presented at the Acad-
emy of Music Monday evening, Decem-
Der o. M. Kourganoff is coming d.
rectly from Barcelona, where he has
Just finished successful season with
Chaliapin- q
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Organ Recital Tomorrow.
r GUY LUCAS, organist and choir

II GUY LUCAS, organ1sC ana cholr-
master Of st. Johns Church, La
fayette square, presents the following
recital program tomorrow night at the
church at 8:l5 o'clock, when he will be
assisted by Cathreen Carrico and James
McLain, singers: "Toccata in c." by
Bach; prelude on tune Hanover" en-
titled "Our Shield and Defender" by
Parry; "Open Wide My Heart, Thy
Portal" (Bach), Miss Carrico; Con-
slider, Oh, My Saul" (Bach), by Mr.
McLain; suite by Clewell, including
overture, menuet, air, gavotte and
finale; II Seek Thee, My Life" duet by
the singers, by Bach; "Scherzo In A
Flat" by Bairstow, and "Postlude," by
Roberts.
AS usual. at 8 pm, preceding the re-
cital, there will be a short talk in the
choirroom upon the music to be played;
The next recital will be December 80.
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tory Of Music and wins honors. This
she accomplished so easily that she I'm
iShed the five-year course Inc three
years, winning the priced medal for
highest efficiency, which carried with it
an appointment as court singer to the
King of Belgium"
From this time the singers career
shaped itself rapidly. She made her
operatic debut in Rouen as Delilah, a
role she learned in three weeks. APP
pearanceS at Paris, Milan, London and
other European music capitals followed
D'Alvarez was the first woman ac-
corded the privilege of giving q recital
in Westminster Abbey. Her first ap-
pearance in America was with Oscar
Hammerstein's Manhattan Opera and
in 1921 she was heard for the first time
with the Chicago Opera Co.
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Soldiers Home Orchestra.

THE orchestra of the United States
Soldiers Home Band will give only
two programs this week, giving none on
Thursday, as it is Thanksgiving night
Tuesday and Saturday, as usual, under
the direction Of John S. M. thinner
mann, bandmaster, with Anton Point
ner, assistant leader, the orchestra will
play in Stanley Hall at $50 pm. The
programs will be chiefly of semi
classical music.
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Berlin critics found Journeys End
dangerously near to the comical. One re-
viewer had Ito choke his laughter in
his throat" Another said. What is
out of date in Germany excites admira-
ton In America" Elsewhere in Ger
many and In Paris the play has won
appreciation. 1t Is being presented, one
might add, In eight different languages
in II different countries. Six companies
are Offering it in America.
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New appointments for the District of
Columbia Federation of Music Clubs
settlements are announced as: Chair
man. Miss Pearl Waugh: vice chairman,
Mrs. John Gable: national magazine,
chairman, Mrs. Alfred Anthony; juniors,
Mrs. Mary Ware Goodman chairman,
Mrs. Walter Hicks vice chairman.
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Charles Googins
Substitute Orqanist

Experienced in all Forms Of Services
and Choir Training
Credentials Furnished Upon Request
Address, sos Goth Sc. NV.
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The Sherwood Music School OF Chi
Bethesda Thu ter, Bethesda. Md.