Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16

~ val, conference, prize award,
ballet innovation, analysis of
jazz, modern music, and many
other similar subjects for con-
stantly recurring comment. The
wheel is always turning. Ever so
often a new spoke in it catches
the eye. Even more often a
glittering new coat of paint on an
old spoke CLEANS in its mo-
nientary passing.
The Summer season invites
comments of the lighter and
more concise order. ANY attempt
to be serious and weigh the more
problematic themes extensively is
out of place. Quite a few inter
esting facts about musical per-
sonalities have come to the music
editors desk recently. They are
herewith passed along as of pos
musicians as are not frantically
rushing to see to laSt-nlinute
packing so as to catch the next
boat for Europe.
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VXTAsHINGTONIANs who at
w tended the Spring festival of
chamber music at the Library of
Congress in April, 1928, may re-
member a delightful and distin-
guished gentleman whose hair
was very white atop his rudy
face and his blue eyes of that
degree of blueness that Is gener-
ally designated as china blue"
Mr.. Percy Scholes of London,
England, an internationally rec
ognized musical authority, was
the gentleman Now, due to Mr..
Scholes' visit to this country at
that time and especially his ill
terest in the work he found in
American schools, the weight of
the coming first Anglo-Anerican
Summer holiday music confer
ence is laid at his particular front
door. It seems that Mr.. Scholes
was much impressed by the spirit
and magnitude of the conference
of the Federation of Music Clubs,
held in Chicago, and suggested
that he wished other British
musicians might have the same
kind of contacts with Americans
and their work. He told of music
conditions in England and ex-
pressed an eagerness for definite
opportunities for Americans to
meet the leaders in British music
education. The result was the
appointment of two committees,
one in England and one in Amer
lea, who were charged with max
ing arrangements for British
American conference of musicians
and music educators, which is to
be held August 2-9 Of this year
In Lausanne, Switzerland. The
place was chosen as neutral terri
tory, where American and Briton
Who travel to meet each other
will neither be host nor guest of
each other. The conference will
follow Immediately the great
World Conference of Education,
which is to be held in Geneva.
This will enable music teachers
and general educators to attend
both meetings If they desire, and
will make It possible for the two
associations to combine their re-
sources in certain events.
Lausanne. has many musical
associations; among the COM
posers who have found peaceful
opportunity for work or rest
there are Mendelssohn, Wagner.
Tschaikowsky, in the past, and
at present PaderewSki has
house at Morges and Josef Hof-
man has one above Vevey.
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MRS. FREDERICK s. COOL
VA IDGE, one of the most ia
NOUS patronesses of the musical
art in the world today, is noted
for both her prize competitions
and her festivals as leading fea-
lures of the practical aspects of
here interest in music. Recently
the results of the two Coolidge
prize competitions were an
1lounced, although there was but
one winner. Joseph Huettel of
Czechoslovakia won a prize for a
piano and wind sextet in two
parts of three movements each.
The work will be played October
z, at the Library of Congress.
The judges were Georges Barrere,
Philip Hale, Ernest Schelling,
Leopold Stokowski and Carl
Engel. The decision was an
nounced as unanimous. It was
stated that composers of 80 diff
ferent nationalities submitted 1875
scores in the contest. The other
countries represented were: The
United States, italy, France, Hol-
Mexico, Austria, Ecuador. Hun
quarry, Australia, New Zealand,
Brazil, Chile, Nicaragua, Russia
and the Union of South Africa.
The other prize was not award
ed as, in the opinion of the
Judges, none of the II works sub
r1itted was of high enough merit.
It was a $500 award for a COM
position written for two pianos by
an American citizen.
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COME news from Holland tells
~ rather amusingly of Willem
Mengelberg's troubles with the
tax collector. It is said that the
Dutch authorities insist on taxing
the musicians entire yearly in
come, although he spends only
three months of the year in Hol-
land. Also, sums paid to him by
various musical organizations of
Europe and the United States al
ready have been subject to taxa
ton in those countries. AS a re-
suit, Mr.. Mengelberg has retired
from leadership of the Concert
gebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam,
which he has conducted for many
years.
Mr.. Mengelberg should, per-
haps, feel fiattered that he is one