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Europe before long. As Vitaphone's
music progresses which 1t is doing right
along, the individual theater orchestras
will have to keep pace, and the COM
petition can only serve to introduce q
finer quality Of music than has yet been
heard in America.
Will music for movies copy the stage?
This I strongly doubt. The accepted
forms are too stilted and awkward for
the fast-moving and limitless lens.
Somewhere between the two extremes
Of musical comedy and grand opera a
musical Burbank will evolve a new type.
And this brings up the question of who
viii do this, II any one. maintain
that some one will rise to the occasion.
Some one always has In every line Of
endeavor and every crisis In history,
and America can and will produce its
Wagner when the time comes.
Now that the first excitement of or
ganization and mechanical tinkering
has died down, we can get to work on
the subtler phases of movie music.
Screws have been frightened, bolts adj
lusted, the wondrous machine Is ready
for recording worth while sounds. There
Is big work to do. We must stress the
coloring Of the reproduction, and we
must perfect the detail of large musical
organizations.
We have come far N the last 10 years
Of films and music. The next 10 should
be more fruitful. America should come
out Of this musical revolution with the
greatest artistic achievements of the
century. And to those timid souls who
ask us not to crow until that great day
arrives we can say even now that what
we have accomplished entities us to
great pride IN present events, while the
best Is yet to come.
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New Denishawn School
OPENS October

THE establishment here Of a branch
Of the internationally known Deni-
shawn School of the Dance Of New
York City Is Of especial interest to
Washingtonians.
The school In this city, which will be
conducted at 1719 K street, and which
opens its initial season October as, Is
to have as its directors and teachers
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Shafer. known
professionally as Marian Chace and
Lester Shafer. They come directly from
Denishaw House in New York City
where they were closely associated with
Miss st. Denis and Mr.. Shawn.
Miss Chace and Mr.. Shafer have ap-
peared In numerous concert productions
with the Denishawn company. They
we're with the company when II ap-
peared as part Of the Ziegfeld Follies
in 1928, and have danced important
roles in stadium productions in New
York City and on tour in other cities
of the East and the South. They will
be remembered here for their dancing
of the "Idyll" in the Denishawn con-
certs Of last Spring. In the stadium
production last August in New York
Mr.. Shafer assisted Miss st. Denis In
the production Of Angkor-Vat"-a
legendary ballet of a ZIMMERMAN day.
The branch to be established here is
the only one Of the kind south of New
York and Is one of the three author
lied branches In the country.
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ming, December 10. as the third attrac-
ton Of Mrs. WILSON, Greene's Saturday
evening concert series at Constitution
Hall.
The American tour Of these singing
horsemen Of the steppes," as they have
been called, will be limited to brief
six weeks-from November to De-
cember IS.
They will sing, however, IS concerts
in As days, although this is the first ap-
pearance the chorus has ever made in
the United States. The Metropolitan
Music Bureau, which Is sponsoring the
American tour, states that these con-
certs have been booked for months in
advance and that in the past i've years
the chorus has given over 1900 con-
certs in all parts Of Europe.
The history Of the Don CoSsack
Chorus goes back to days when the
men were Cossack cavalry officers in a
prison camp at Tschelengir, near Con-
stantinople, and when singing the songs
Of their homeland formed the one bright
spot in their existence Serge Jarof, a
weird. unframed beauty of the voices
of his countrymen, set to work to mold
them into a singing unit.
To these men, their homeland on the
banks Of the quiet, Christian Don"
as they affectionately call the wide river
that flows southwark through the
steppes to the Sea of Azof, Is always a
living memory, but one to which they
cannot return, now that the Soviet Is
in control
The men are said to march upon the
stage in military formation, spreading
out fan-wise in semi-circle. The mill
tary effect Is enhanced by their dark
blue Cossack uniforms, the trousers
trimmed with red stripe and with
knee-high leather riding boots. Stand
ing at attention, they await the signal
from their leader. Then, without any
giving of the note" they begin to
sing
The Don Cossack Chorus is supposed
to have mastered every variety Of choral
singing. Besides certain wild beauty
dramatic, even to the hair-raising real
ism of their shouts and calls. All that
they sing is Russian and all they sing
| is explained in well-detailed transla-
| tons
The Wilson Greene Saturday evening
concert series at Constitution Hall, Of
which the Don Cossack Chorus is an at
! traction, will open on Saturday eve
| ming. November 8. with gala program
that will present Edward johnson. Met
ropolitan Opera tenor; Maier and Pat
greatest harpist, and Edith Mason, Chi
cago Opera soprano. The second at
traction viii be Clare Clairbert, the
phenomenal Belgian soprano, with the
Don CoSSack Chorus coming third on
the list. Josef Hoffman, pianist; Ro-
land Hayes, Negro tenor, and John
Charles Thomas, baritone, are other at
fractions Of the Saturday evening
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Basil Rathbone in Play.

RASn RATHBONE, making his first
stage appearance after year in
pictures on the Pacific Coast, will be
seen in person in Washington prior to
his New York premier, according to
Arch Selwyn, the theatrical producer,
in "A Paris Divorce" an adaptation by
Arthur Hornblow, jr., of the Partisan
success Monsieur st. Obin." by Andre
Picard and Tristan Bernard. Ann An
drews has the only important woman's
role. Other principals will include Mon
tague Love, Fred Kerr and Ivan Simp-
son. Lionel Atwill has been engaged by
Mr. Selwyn to direct the play.
Basil Rathbone is the cousin of Frank
Benson, the famous British actor-man-
ager, and was born in South Africa. He
started playing Shakespearean roles
with Frank Benson's company in 1912,
scoring In Romeo and juliet" and
"Otheilo" and then in "Peter Ibbet-
son." He played in He Who Gets
Slapped" for a season, then came to
America to play in "The Masked
Bride" with Mae Murray. He also ap-
peared in 1.-THE Captive" 1.-THE Com
mand to Love-" in Judas" of which
he was star and co-author, and in "The
Last of Mrs. Cheyney." For Metro
Goldwyn- Mayer he made This Mad
World" Bishop Murder Case" and
Lady OF Scandal" He also appeared
opposite Billie Dove In two First Ma
tional Aims, prior 10 being cast for "a
Lady Surrenders."
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History Of Music
In the Public Schools

AS early as 1896 DR.. Lowell Mason
"A earned the title Of Father OF Pub
lie School Music" by giving his services
as instructor of music IN the public
schools Of Boston. In Washington the
first advanced step was In 1850, when
the City Council authorized the posi-
ton of a vocal instructor. In 1873 Prof.
Joseph H. Daniel was appointed di-
rector of vocal music, and with two as
sistants established the department OF
music of the public schools OF the Dis
trict. The introduction of instrumental
music came during the regime Of DR..
Hamline Cogswell, director OF public
school music from 1916 to 1921. Glasses
on the violin, cornet and drums were
then conducted during school hours,
but under the dictatorship of DR.. Ed
win N. C. Barnes. DR.. Cogswell's sue
cessor, and the present head Of the music
department the instrumental work has
been organized on broader lines.
The class method of the school room
is being consistently extended In the
group teaching of the piano and all or
chestral instruments, in what is known
as the community instrumental classes
These classes will meet for their first
lesson during the week of October 49,
Instruction on the piano and orches-
trail instruments embraces only one sub
division of the opportunities offered in
the field Of public school instrumental
music. Last year a pre-orchestral group
made up of pupils from the first, sec
ond and third grades was organized
for the purpose of developing rhythmic
and melodic sense through the synchro-
nizing of instruments with photograph
records. The demonstration of this
group, given under the leadership of
Elsie Roche Of the music corps, proved
to certainty the justification of giving
it permanent place as first group in
the graduation of elementary, junior and
senior school orchestras.
DR.. Barnes, director of music In the
schools, has the following assistants in
the instrumental work: Ludwig E.
Mandy, in charge Of high schools; Paul
T. Garrett, in charge of bands at Cen
trail and Western High Schools and or
chestra at Business High; Franklin j.
Jackson, in charge of Junior High or
chestras; Laura F. Ward. in charge of
grade orchestras and supervisor of COM
munity classes on orchestral instru-
ments Mary Garrett Lewis, in charge
of community classes on piano, and
Elsie Roche, head of the pre-orchestral
groups.
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Film Star Invited to
Make Concert Tour

GLORIA SWANSON has been invited
- to make q concert tour Of the
United States and Canada next Fall by
the National Broadcasting Co.'S Artists
Bureau, according to word received from
the United Artists Corporation.
The star, now In Culver City, Calf,
has asked, 1t Is said, for months time
IN which to come TO a decision. George
Engles, head Of the bureau, extended
the invitation to Miss Swanson. Pre-
viously, he reveals now, he had discussed
the matter with her New York business
manager.
Miss Swanson claims that she has no
desire to become a prima donna and
has indicated that she would sing "only
some OF the simple, unpretentious songs
I know and love" If she undertook the
concert tour. Not since she sang in a
Porto Rico operetta as a child Cher IA
Their, a captain In the U. S. Army, was
then stationed there) has her voice been
heard from a stage. Last year she was
heard from 2LO, British broadcasting
station, and from WEAF in New York.
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Symphony Orchestras
Plan Brilliant Season

& INVOLVEMENT has been made by
T. Arthur Smith that two leading
American symphony orchestras will
appear in Washington bringing famous
guest conductors and promising bril-
liant and unusual programs for the
coming season.
The Philadelphia Symphony Orches-
ira will open the music season at Con-
stitution Hall with the first of q series
of four concerts on November 4, at $50
o'clock. All four programs are Tuesday
evening concerts and will be given at
Constitution Hall beginning promptly
at $50 o'clock.
Leopold Stokowski will conduct the
first two concerts and Ossip Gabrilo-
witsch the other two. The dates for
the remaining concerts are December 8,
January 20 and February II.
The New York Philharmonic SYM
phony Orchestra will make its first
appearance December Is, led by Arturo
Roscanini. The second concert of this
series on January ~ will also be con-
Quoted by Toscanini. The third concert
on March 10 will be conducted by
Bernardino Molinari the soloist appear
ing at this concert being the Russian
pianist, Nikolai Orloff.
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Music School Broadcast
Features Concert Pianist

SPONSORED by the United States
School Of Music, DR.. Sigmund
Spaeth's new Musical Enjoyment Club,
which started last Sunday evening, will
broadcast its second program over the
Columbia network this Sunday evening
at 8:15 o'clock. Featured in the program
will be Leo Dustin, concert pianist and
orchestral conductor, who has just re-
turned from an extensive engagement
at the Swedish Exposition.
Among the compositions to be played
by Mr.. Dustin will be Chopin's Fifth
Etude," popularity known as the BLACK
Key Etude." DR.. Sigmund Spaeth, pio-
neer radio broadcaster as well as must
clan, composer and author of such well
known musical compilations as "They
Still Sing Of Love" THE Common Sense
Of Music" Read En- and Weep" will
conduct the program. DR.. Spaeth will
discuss the selections played by Mr..
Dustin and will give to his radio listen
ers graphic explanation of the themes
and motifs of the compositions as well
as interesting facts both about the COM
poser and the period in which the selec-
ton was written.
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Concert by Faculty of
Missionary COLLEGE,

THE faculty Of the music department
OF Washington Missionary College
will give its annual concert next Sat
urday evening, october 10, at 8 O'Clock,
IN the college chapel in Columbia Hall.
This is the first Of series of programs
to be given throughout the school year
on Saturday evening for the benefit of
the student body,
The concert will be given entirely by
members OF the faculty of the depart
ment OF music. There will be a group
OF piano numbers by Prof. Harold A..
Miller. who will also sing a group of Sc
lections. The program will be complet-
ed by groups Of pieces on the violin,
cello, flute. clarinet and trombone.
Assisting Prof. Miller will be Victor
Johnson, violin; Verna Schuster- Met
calf, piano; Ethel Knight-Casey, piano;
Russell MacMeans, piano; Ruth Lind
up, celo; Boone Holmes, flute; H. D.
Clapp, reed instruments, and Victor
Dietel, brass instruments.
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Habitants Lend Charm
To Quebec Festival

THE Quebec Festival, scheduled to last
through october Is, II and IL, with
headquarters at the Chateau Frontenac,
seeks to celebrate the persistence Of the
songs, dances and craftsmanship that
have survived in French Canada during
the three centuries Of its settlement by
the pioneers of old France. The or
ganizers of the festival have secured the
country for talent, inviting farmers, fish
ermen, woodsmen. spinners, weavers,
singers, dancers and fiddlers TO demon
strate their specialized proves.
All ages are to be represented. A
group Of 80 Quebec school children and
an aged but sprightly Nine. Napoleon
Lachance Of st. Pierre, lie d'Orleans,
who Is to sing at her great loom as she
weaves the catalogue, are to be among
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Freiburg Passion Play
Has Interesting Score

MANY famous composers are to be
included as contributors to the music
score which accompanies the Freiburg
Passion Play" to be presented here at
the Washington Auditorium the weekpf
Monday october 81. Thirty-one. or
chestral numbers and IL choral num-
bers selected from well known oratorios
form the nucleus Of the musical ac-
compartment.
The orchestra plays a part of the
'Parsifal' overture from Wagner, fol-
lowed by the Alteration Of the Cross, /"
from Dubois oratorio, The Seven Last
Words Of Christ" During the tableaux
preceding the opening scene Mr.. Adolf
FasSnacht. the Christus Of the play,
sings the "AgnuS Del"
One of the most impressive scenes of
the play is that of the Last Supper,
during which the chorus sings ave
Verum," by Mozart Other great choral
numbers are March to Calvary" Be
side the Cross" and "Crucifxion
Hymn" by Gounod, and the "Hallelujah
Chorus" from Handels Messiah" with
which the play ends.
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Recital Announced
For November 70

A INVOLVEMENT has been made of
"A the two-piano recital by Rose and
Ottilie Sutro to be held at the May
flower Wednesday evening, November IL.
The Misses Sutro were sponsors last
season for three salon musicales, held
at the Carlton and the year before at
the Washington Club. At these salons,
American composers and their music
was presented. The first season, the
Misses Sutro played a two-piano
concert.
The concert November IL will be a
benefit for the Humiston fellowship
for young composers.
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Karolik Program.

MAXIM KAROLIK, Russian tenor
who will give recital at the Ma
tional Theater Tuesday afternoon, No
vember 10, comes. it is stated, as an ex-
ponent Of songs that are complete
dramas, such as Chaliapin made his
own. Mr.. Karolik, besides the Russian
opera repertory with "Pique Dame" has
In his repertoire Carmen and "Rigo-
letto." His program here will have
much that is unusual. Besides songs
Of Rachmaninoff, Balakirev, Borodin
and Rimski- he will sing De-
busy, Duparc. Chauson, also Pizetti.
Cezzoni and Cassella.
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Club Program Features
Prominent Artists

THE University Club Of Washington
has announced its first musical eve
ming OF the present season. Next
Thursday, October Is, the club will have
gala musical program, featuring
George O'Connor "and his gang"
Besides Mr.. O'Connor and his two
accompanies. Matt Horne and George
Wilson, there will be an imposing array
Of talent. Among those scheduled to
contribute to the evenings music are
Anton Kaspar, violinist; Prislsa Kaspa,
pianist; Jack Bowie, tenor: Thomas w.
Brahany, who will act as master of
ceremonies; Fred East, baritone, and
William F. Raymond, tenor.
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Autumn Recital Planned.

CAROLINE MCKINLEY has returned
TO the city after spending the Sum-
mer studying In the various dance
studios Of Germany ard Austria, and
has reopened her Studio of Rhythm on
I street, where the adv, Iced classes are
already preparing for The Autumn re-
cital to be given in November.
One of the features of the November
program will be the presentation of the
dramatization Of oscar Wilde's 1.-THE
Fisherman and His Soul" as a dance
pantomime Other features will be based
on the modern dance technique as
ememplified in the studios of Central
Europe.
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MUSIGRAPHS

grams for each OF the monthly meet
ings is to be devoted to music. Sophie
Snyder, graduate of the Peabody Can-
servatory of Music, is to be the sOlnast
at the initial meeting of the society on
october ID.
Edna Bishop Daniel announces that
she will open her free vocal theory class
on Tuesday evening at o'clock IN the
Daniel Studio of Singing, 1910 New
York avenue northwest.
Ray PallSin, soprano, assisted by Mrs.
Fisher at the piano, sang recently at the
Walter Reed Hospital, Circle Masonic
Club Naomi Chapter. o. E. s., and the
CONTINUED on Eighth Page.)
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Nine. Won Unschuld,
Mus. Dir, interna-
tionally known Plan
list, Author and Ped
agogue, has gained
her enviable reputa-
ton solely by SUI
perior work. People
say: "If you want to
achieve something go
and take less n 5
with Nine. Won I'm
schu1d!" Or: IT have
been told to come to
you because your
pupils show such ex-
cellent results" All
o t n e r musical sub
jects are instructed
by Professors of the
= I.E-A
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Service Band Dates.
THE SOLDIERS HOME BAND.

THE SOLDIERS HOME BAND.
THE band Of the United States Sol
diers' Home, John s. M. thinner
mann, leader, and Anton Pointner, as
sistant, will give three concerts, Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday after
moons at $50 o'clock at Stanley Hall.
The full programs, which combine
light and classical selections, will be
published In daily issues Of The Star.
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Don Cossack Male Chorus
To Have American Debut

THE forthcoming American debut in
Carnegie Hall, New York City, on
November 4 Of the Don Cossack Rus
sian Male Chorus, is of especial interest
to Washingtonians, since under the
leadership Of Serge Jarof this chorus
will be heard here on Saturday eve
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IMPORTANT

All copy for the music
page of The Sunday Star
must be delivered to the
Music Editor not later than
10 am. the Thursday pre-
ceding.
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Won UNSCHULD UNIVERSITY
OF MUSIC Inc

Nine. Marie Won UnSchuId, Pres.
1914 Columbia Rid. NV, Phone Col. secs
Twenty-Seventh School Year
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Music of the Future
Played by the Screen

Editors Note.-An erstwhile member
OF the famous Roxy stan and before that
prominent composer and conductor, Emo
Rapee is now devoting himself to sound
film production in Hollywood. He writes
as follows:
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Theoretical and language courses are open
to any music student and the general
public.
Harmony, Music History, Counterpart,
half school year; $500
French, German in limited classes,
DeErees. for Artist and Teacher Course.
preparatory School Anliated for Children
and Adults.
Inquire o to 6, 1914 Col Rd NV
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were demonstrated here during the past
season. She is a young and capable
artist to whom her local admirers ex-
tend heartiest congratulations.
Mccall Lanham has announced the
opening of his studio at 1910 Nineteenth
street, Mr.. Lanham gave his first re-
cital of the wear at the Chevy Chase
School on Sunday, September %.
According to plans made by the Ger
man Literary Society," half of the pro-
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@NGdpG1E
STUDIOS OF WASHINGTON

SAXOPHONE, drums and xylophone, begin
ners, advanced pupils; pvt. inst; no classes;
instruments at discount to pupils. N. 30S9-J.
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JTSTANDING among the news
items of the past week is the
report from Berlin concerning
the debut of Sylvia Lent. Miss
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such as loans, protection from bandits

such as loans, protection from bandits
and so on.
This agricultural movement may open
a market for American agricultural ma
chinery in Mexico, but IL will take few
years, even If the government remains
stable.
Business Men Afraid.
Mexican and American business men
still are afraid of Mexico. Today fac
tory-tomorrow a pile OF ruins. That
has been the experience Of too many in
the last 20 years.
American industries in many cases
find 1t profitable to maintain branch
houses in the City Of Mexico, even
though the exactions of the labor
unions sometimes make employment
problem. The majority OF employees
must be Mexican, and many OF them
are unqualified to serve. And then. TO-
morrow. manufactured manana--
it Is not until then that anything can be
done. Americans who fly into Mexico to
transact business in 10 days f1nd them
selves lingering for month, two
Notwithstanding unfortunately.
American companies manufacturing
motor cars, sewing machines, vacuum
cleaners, radios. electrical household ap-
planes. all have branches in the city
Of Mexico. and, indeed, so they say on
sunny days, do f1ourishing business.
Buying Power Small.
The mining and Oil interests still are
dissatisfied. They wait in vain for as
surance Of perpetual subsoil rights But
the constitution says no. The govern
ment makes promises, offers to modify
but many large investors still wait in
the City of Mexico for their titles.
1t is possible to sell In Mexico, but the
buying power of the 100000 or 49,
000,000 fnhabitants-the population OF
Mexico varies considerably with the au-
thority-is very small.
(Copyrisht, 1890. by North American News
paper AlliAnce.)