Evening star., 1933-07-02

tention of making myself ridicu-
louS this afternoon chartered the
pianist 1T is just my luck to get
one of the difficult ones 1t re-
suited in his taking the music
with him until lesson time.
Now, B. said the master al
the close of the afternoon lesson
we will finish Yankee Doodle"
The music was produced and the
comical game of hide and seek
began anew. Finally RoSenthal
with his splendid technic ano
rapid sight reading, brought the
variations to a triumphant close
and the pupils dispersed, mex
pressibly relieved to have the
piece forever Shelved.
The American flag of flowers
stood for one week on a large
table in the salon. See said List
to me at each lesson, how fresh
they are still Pauline said, 'Ach
Herr Doctor has me water them
carefully every day When
withered and dry, the flag was
relegated to the entry and con-
spicuously stood there all Sum-
/ mer."
THE concert to be given at the
Pan-American Union We'd
nesday night will be somewhat in
the nature of a national celebra-
ton. taking place. as it does, on
the date which is the national
holiday of Venezuela. The pro-
gram which will include several
compositions by Venezuelan COM
posers. will surpass in originality
any of the Winters concerts by
the introduction of native instru-
ments never before heard in this
country.
The chief interest will center
around the attempt to use the
ancient Peruvian shepherd pipes
the Incan quenaS-in coniunc-
ton with reed instruments OF
modern times. These pan-plpes.
the origin of which is lost in the
mistS of antiquity, but which are
still in use by the shepherds Of
the highlands Of Peru and Bo-
livia, have served as inspiration
for many compositions, the most
notable being the arrangement
made by Daniel Robles of the
most ancient musical composition
extant today, The Condor
Passes"
The quenaS are made OF either
bone or reed and are capable Of
producing only a flve-tone scale
with the arrangement OF inter-
walls neither true tones nor half
tones. The 1ncan scale, accord
ing to our modern system, is re,
ia, sol. la. do, with no Semi-tones
and with two intervals in minor
third, making a music that is
melancholy and sentimental with
sometimes a weird and startling
effect
Several of these instruments
were brought from Peru by
, Franklin Adams, counselor of the
union, only to find that reed in
strument players of the United
Service Orchestra were unable to
make a sound with them. 1t was
then that Maj. R. ]. Hernandez,
retired. editor of the Quartermas-
ter Review and recognized as one
of the outstanding band leaders
of the country, took up the study
of the instruments, discovered
that the quenas were played on
the lower lip. and eventually
found a method for playing them.
Since the tonal scope of the
quenas is limited to the penta-
tonic scale. the selection of a COM
position that could be played by
both these ancient pipes and
modern instruments presented
great difficulties. Mr.. Adams
finally chose a number written by
Luis Duncker Lavalle of Peru.
which Maj. Hernandez arranged
so it can be played by the entire
band, with certain strains being
carried by the quenas. A Peru
Wan harp from the Pan-Ameri-
can exhibit, and the only one in
this country. will also be used in
this composition.
The vocalist for the occasion
will be Leopoldo Gutierrez who
has appeared in opera in Italy
and the leading centers of Latin
America. He will sing selections
from nine of the Latin American
republics, including the finale of
the opera, The Contractor for
Diamonds" by Francisco Mignone
of Brazil. Liza Gardiner and her
dancers will present three MeXi-
can dances The program will be
broadcast and special arrange
ments have been made by the
official of A Century of Progress
Exposition in Chicago to amplify
the program SO that all attending
the exposition may hear it.
THE announcement last week of
the amalgamation of the
Washington Musical Institute
with the Institute of Musical Art,
Inc, brings good news of step
in the right direction in the way
of concentrating the musical
forces of the city into strong
center. BY this means a higher
standard can be maintained than
is possible to a single unendoWed
school and greater impetus
given to the development Of the
best in music.
The Institute of Musical Art
has the advantage of being three
years older than the Washington
Musical Institute which was
opened three years ago. In spite
of adverse conditions the schools
have flourished and each built
up a large representative follow
ing. Combined, they should prove
an inspiring force in the city's
musical life and be an active fac
tor in making the Capital a lead
ing city for music as well as poll
tics.
Weldon Carter will head the
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