The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-04
WATERMAN PRESENTS
 CONCERT. TO-NIGHT

Paul Whiteman, long favorite l of radio listeners, once again will take his orchestra into the formal atmosphere of Carnegie hall to present concert of modern American music.
 Tonight, and again on December 5, Whiteman will perform the lat- est compositions of American com- posers which utilize current dance dhythms in serious musical forms. The concert this evening, will mark the premiere performance of Concerto in Three Rhythms, by ! the young song writer, Dana | Suesse, as well known as the pres-
 entation of George Gershwin's
 "second Rhapsody" and Ferde
 Grofe's Grand Canyon" suite. Whitenlan, whose orchestra is | heard several times each week | over National Broadcasttng conn I pany's networks, will present his concerts under the auspices of the NEG fArtists service.
 | Miss Suesse's Concerto in Three l Rhythms" will have it's premiere during the Carnegie hall perform arlce with the composer herself at ! the piano. The concerto deals with 1 three different phases of Jazz
 ragtime, foxtrot and blues.
 Also appearing as solo artist in
 performance of his own compo- sition will be Michael Gusikoff, violinist, whose American Jazz
 Fantasy" appears on the program
 with compositions of other 2 well
 known American composers. l
 Whiteman will conduct his or
 chestra in a special arrangement 9f 1 RaveEs "Bolero," and will include George Gershwin's An American in Paris" as feature of the eve ning's entertainment. Whiteman will augment his usual orchestra with about ten additional stringed | instruments to meet the require. ments of the concert arrangements of the compositions he plans to present. This is not the first time that Whiteman has attempted Ian ex- pertinent in modern music" as he describes his ventures into the for nal concert field. His first concert, eight years ago, made a deep im- precision on the concert world. It was in that concert that he brought
 Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" into the limelight.
 Whiteman believes that his two concerts this fall will represent a significant musical advance over those he has presented on previous programs.
 American composers have not had sufficient equipment to write music of concert hall calibre," Whiteman said. "That is why Americas musical contribution have been so meager. believe that among composers of So. called popular music lie the seeds of whatever we have to offer as America's contributions to great
 music. Composers have to be made
 as well as born. and our compos-
 CTS are still in the making. They should be encouraged by having are becoming familiar with their
 new medium"
 Compositions of both Grofe and
 Gershwin are familiar to millions
 of National Broadcasting com.
 pany radio listeners. During his.
 Sunday NEG concerts, temporarily
 abandoned in order that Whiteman
 may prepare for his Carnegie Hall
 concerts, the dance band leader
 American composers. They also
 presented many works by the two
 have been presented by leading
 symphony orcllestras.
 Gusikoff's American Jazz Fan-
 tasyn first was presented last seo-
 son by Efren Zimbalist, vioiinist. Whiteman's concert will mark Its
 first orchestral performance.
 Occupying boxes at the concert
 will be Serge Rachmaninoff. Maria
 Jeritza, Waiter Dafarosch, John Erskine, Arthur Bodanzky, Josef and Rosina Lhevinrie, Mischa Lev itzIi, and George Gershwin. Society and the theatrical world will be represented as well.