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ganized by the leading spirits of the
Diaghileff group and maintains the
same ideals that were part Of their
training when the master was still
alive and in active directing of the
artistic policy of his dancers. Fol-
lowing the custom which has made
ballet possible in all European coun-
tries, the organizers secured the
patronage and subsidy of the hered-
1tary princes Of Monaco, thereby re-
manning true to the tradition that
the ballet is one of the branches of
artistic expression that should be
under the special guardianship of
royalty. 1t takes its name from the
capital city and the theater where
they are required to give annually a
season Of ballet.
The formation Of this ballet group
Is in reality gathering together of
the artists who, famous in the old
Russian imperial days, had been
forced to take up teaching after the
dissolution of the Diaghileff ensemble.
Col. w. De Basil, a year after the
death of Diaghileff. formed a nucleus
sine, as choreographer and the two
dancers, Leon Woizikovsky, the finest
character dancer of the Diaghileff
school, and Alexandra Danilova.
Searching throughout Paris, the re-
fuge Of most Russians, he found
David Lichine. who like Lifar, was
discovered by Bronislova Nijinsky and
danced in the Nijinsky troupe. Trina
Baronova and Tatiana Riabouchinska.
With these expert performers he
found many of the younger dancers,
trained by them in the rigorous dis
cipline of the pre-war Russian school.
For a year he experimental, aided by
Serge Grigoriev, who was formerly
regisseur with Diaghileff. then went
to Paris for a triumphant season and
to London for a stay that was pro-
longed from the original three weeks
10 five months
OF an ensemble must revert the
recognition OF the advancement of
the ballet art. 1t was he who en-
viSualized the wide scope of a proper
union of the rhythns of music and the
dance ana the interpretive POSSIBLE
tiles of the ballet beyond the senti-
mental and romantic niveau it had
occupied until his time. Two out
standing modern composers, Stra-
whisky and De Falla, were directly
Influenced by his vision and were
the first to grasp the dramatic power
of a proper combination of music
and movement and at the same time
realize that the music must have
its generating spirit in the dance
itself. For the programs to be given
at the matinee and evening perform
ances Of the ballet at the National,
the music has been written or ar
ranged by Georges Auric, Roger
Desormiere and Jean FrancaiX, while
the choreography by Massine and
Fokine is staged against a modernis-
tic background designed by Andre
Derain, Baskt, Count de Beaumont
and Raoul Duffy.
The personnel Of the Monte Carlo
Ballet Russo is made up Of men and
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piano soil. At the conclusion of the
evening an informal recital was given
by Miss Steiner, soprano; Nathan
Wasserman, tenor: Frank Olsen, BARI
tone, and Randolph Lewis, tenor.
Mr.. Thompson was at the piano for
the singers.
The third piano recital Of the sea-
son by pupils of La Sale Spier was
given last Sunday in Mr.. Spiers
studio. Those participating in the
program were Nancy Glover, Bertha
Miller, Jean McGregor. Martha Wood
well, Hugh Warren, Frances Robin
son, Thelma Callahan, Jane ESch,
Iva Loughlen Guy, Phila Belle Burk,
Lucy Frank, Jessie Blaisdeu and
Helene Finnacom.
The Washington Oratorio Society
has announced that all who wish to
participate in the singing of Gaul's
THE Holy City, which the society
is now rehearsing, will be required to
join not later than March 5. The
oratoria will be given at Central High.
on Monday evenings at that school,
under the direction of George F.
KortZenborn. Membership applica-
tions are being accepted by Mr. Kort-
zenborn at 1145 Connecticut avenue.
At the February meeting of the
District Of Columbia Federation Of
women's Clubs to be held in Barker
Hall tomorrow morning Mrs. James
Shera Montgomery, chairman Of
music, will present Vera Nicely Ross,
contralto, In a group Of songs, with
Charlotte Klein at the piano.
The Friday Morning Music Club
presents Eveline Monico, pianist: Mrs
Leon Bibber, soprano, and string en-
semble directed by Helen LeFevre
Lyons at its regular Friday program
this week at IL am. In Barker Hall
The Chaminade Glee Club will
furnish the music at an evenings
entertainment to be given by the
young people of the First M. z.
Church of Hyattsville, Md. on Friday.
Marion Alice Lancaster Of Foundry
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In Local Music Circles

THE fourth annual Lenten Concert
by the A. Cappella Choir Of Wash
ington will take place at the Hotel
Mayfower Monday night of holy
week, March 26, at 8:45 o'clock, con-
Quoted by Ruby Smith Stahl. Dorothy
Wilson Ha'ba III. cont-alto; Dale
Hamilton. basso; Louis Annis, tenor,
and Ruby Smith Stahl, soprano, will
be heard in incidental solo numbers In
the program Of the occasion. Tickets
for the Lenten concert by the A Cap
pella Choir may be had Of the choir
members, Of Mrs. Stahl and at First
Congregational Church office, OF Tenth
and G streets.
The Jesuit Mothers Guild Of
Washington will hold concert for
the benefit Of the Jesuit SemharieS on
next Sunday evening at Gonzaga Col
1ege hall at s:45 O'Clock. The artists
to be heard will be Fe1ian Garzia.
pianist; Anton Kaspar, dolinist, and
Edythe Marmion Brosius, harpist. DR..
Edward P. Donovan is the conductor.
The purpose Of the guild, which Is
sponsoring this musicale, is to assist,
in material way, the seminaries Of
the Maryland, New York province.
The third event In the series Of
weekly musical meditations" for the
Lenten season at the Universalist Ma
tional Memorial Church, Sixteenth
and s streets, will take place We'd
nesday afternoon at 4:4o. DR.. Albert
w. Harmed. organist and director Of
music at the church, will give the
program. The musical meditation on
Wednesday, March Z, will be played
by Joseph Hauber. organist and COM
poser. The public Is invited.
Milton Schwartz, violinist, will be
guest soloist at the fifth organ recital
Of Richard Bell this afternoon at S
o'clock at Christ Church, George
town.
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EXPLAINING C. w. A. AID
FOR THE MUSICIANS
Government Plan Cannot Help
Campaign for Next Years
Concerts.

4oH Oc~AAAOS
Campaign for Next Years
Concerts.
IN ORDER to clarity some confusion
which has arisen over published
reports that National Symphony Or
chestra musicians may receive aid
from the c. w. A., the board Of d.
rectors Of the orchestra wishes to
make the following statement:
1.-THE extension of Federal aid to
professional musicians has been pre-
dicted in the press during the past 10
days, and the National Symphony
Orchestra mentioned among organi-
zations scheduled to receive such aid.
In view Of the campaign now in prog
ress to secure the sustaining fund,
without which no concerts next year
will be possible, 1t is necessary that
friends Of the orchestra clearly under
stand the situation.
eff Federal funds are granted, we
understand that they will be used to
inaugurate series Of concerts in the
Summer 50 that musicians will be
helped over those musically lean
months. We hope that these Federal
! plans will materialize, as the employ
ment we afford is for only IS weeks
during the Fall and Winter.
I'VE hope that this proposal for
Federal aid for Summer concerts will
not, through misunderstanding,
temper the generosity of the many
Washingtonians who are helping to
raise the 1934-35 sustaining fund for
the orchestra, for without this fund
there can be no National Symphony
Orchestra concerts next season"
It was also pointed out that the
National Symphony Orchestra is q
non-proflt venture and exists
solely for the purpose Of bringing to
Washington the finest music at the
lowest possible cost
Coincident with the announcement
of the board of directors, members
of the women's committee have re-
ported progress in the drive to COM
plete the 100000 necessary to keep
the organization together for another
year A meeting of all committees
working in the campaign viii be an
nounced shortly.
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TINE program of the concert Of
the National Symphony Or
chestra on Thursday at 4:45
L pm at Constitution Hall will
be as follows:
"Sarabande" and "Gavotte" :. Bach
Symphony No. 2 in % Major"
Brahms
Qntermission.)
"-Tf1e Swan Of Tuonela". =. .Sibelius
Overture to 1.-THE Flying Dutchman,"
Wagner
The "Sarabande and Gavotte" Of
Johann Sebastian Bach, with which
We are starting the concert, are
from the third of his co-called
English suites" The "Sarabande" is
one of Bach's finest, having tran
scendent quality which certain
changes in his harmony bring with
them. These harmonic changes
astound us anew every time we hear
another of those deeply moving in
spirations of his. The "Gavotte" has
as its second part "musette," called
thus because it initiates the old
French bagpipe which has that name
Symphony No in I'D Major"
Brahms
The "piece de resistance" of this
program is the Brahms second SYM
phony, which I personally would
designate as the lyric" one, in con-
trast to the heroic first, the more
introspective third and the dramatic
fourth. That, of course, does not
mean that this second symphony Is
lyric only, but the main theme, for
instance, of the first movement, or
rather, the main themes, as no one
knows exactly which one of the two
early entrances or even the preceding
three notes in the bass are actually
OF more importance, are all of lyric
character. Also the character of the
Instrumentation throughout the sec
ond part OF the adagio, the singing
character of the main part of the
scherzo, and the mysterious intro
duction to the last movement are all
quite definitely written in the same
lyric vein. The entire symphony Is
infinitely more sunny than is Brahms
wont, and the very character Of Its
tonality Cd major is radiant.
The first movement, of course, is,
as in all symphonies, the most ex-
tended In development and mood. It
is imbued with quiet strength and
power, as well as a feeling of con-
tentment, which toward the end takes
the shape Of a singing passage In the
violins of deep gratitude for being
alive on beautiful, warm and sunny
day in the open.
The second movement is more in
prospective, especially at the start, al
though later it picks up in tempo as
well as in character, to return to a
quiet, deeply felt restating of the ini-
tial mood.
The third movement is charm per-
sonified. It sings and jests and
dances and returns to its singing char
acter time and again, and leaves us
full of sunshine and conscious Of its
grace and loveliness throughout.
The last movement, as have said
before, starts in a slightly mysterious
vein, which is rudely interrupted by
the full orchestra bursting out into
q nearly martial main theme, which,
in turn, is followed by a second
theme in the violins of such warmth,
Of such lusciouSness and nearly SEN
suous delight as Brahms has rarely
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of the complete destruction of all
they stood for. Col. De Basil, q
former Imperial Russian officer, found
an outlet for his artistic leanings in
the formation of the Russian Opera
in Paris and the launching Of such
artists as Vladimir Horowitz and
David Milstein. Planning further
than the mere presentation of a
ballet troupe, Col. De Basil has been
led, through the success of his ven
ture informing the Monte Carlo
Ballet, to establish a school for
perfecting young talent and already
associations have been organized un-
der the name of Friends of the Bal
let Russe,' in London and Paris, to
help him carry out the idea. The
service that will be rendered in
vitalizing the forces of the ballet in
every country visited by this COM
pany will be of great value in keeping
alive the traditions Of this branch of
the dance art.
Leonide MasSine, maitre de ballet,
is not unknown in this country, for it
was he who staged the "Sacre de
the Metropolitan Opera House some
years ago. Between dance seasons he
devotes himself to the study of paint
ing and sculpture and this all around
artistic education Is evident in the
choreography he designed for such
theatrical geniuses as Max Reinhardt
and his production Of La Belle Hell
enc" and the staging of ''The Miracle"
in London, of Arthur Honneger's
"Amphion" in Paris and Respighis
La RENE de Saba" at La Scala in
Milan.
Diaghilef is also responsible for the
discovery Of Leon WoiZikovSky, who
has developed character dancing to a
fine degree, and of David Lichine. who
under the name of David LIGHTER
stein, began his career humbly as q
member Of the ballet. Tamara Touma-
nova has long been famous In Europe.
where she was known as the second
Pavlowa," while the other woman
dancers are all products Of the Rus
sian school as preserved in the studios
established in Paris after the war by
the famous dancers of the Imperial
Ballet.
In a recent article entitled RUS
slams must dance" Maurice Hindus
writes of the Monte Carlo troupe: Its
chief glory is its young blood-the
dancers who were yet unborn or In
their cradles when the revolution
drove their families from their ma
tive land. 1t is these dancers who
make the Monte Carlo ballet so lively,
so moving, above all so charming
spectacle. They are young girls be-
tween the ages of 16 and II, but when
they perform one forgets their youth.
They dance with an authority and an
understanding which rouses affection
and respect. Seeing them one does
not think Of old Russia and new Rus
sia, of bolsheviks and emigres, with
all their hate of one another. One Is
conscious only of something that
transcends politics, economics and all
social strife. Russians must dance
and only Russians can dance like
this"
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Operate Star, Orchestra
And Soprano in Recitals
Lotte Lehman. the National Symphony and
Nine. Dora Lappin to Be Heard in
Concert During the Week.

School Auditorium at II o'clock Sat-
urday morning, Mr. Kinder will I'm
ish his demonstration Of the different
groups of instruments. All different
kinds Of drums, cymbals, triangles,
ETC., will be used.
A number Of the instruments Of the
aforementioned groups will be demon
strated behind screen, and the chill
dren will be given the opportunity OF
writing down their guesses as to which
instruments are being played. Prizes
will be awarded for those children who
have the largest number of correct
answers.
The program:
Suite Of Sixteenth Century Dutch Tunes.
Kinder
In Times et Stress"
"see, How Strong This Struggling Ma
Descriptive music:
SHINING" Song s..::; Mendelssohn
aDrummer's Escapsde -. Bernard
Contest in recognizing instruments.
Everybody whistle and sing:
When Johnny Comes Marching Home.
procession of a Caucasian Chief"
Ippolitov-Ivanov
DORA LAPP1N. soprano, will make
her first recital appearance 10
calIy since her return from Europe in
a concert with Norman Frauenheim,
pianist. The concert will be given
in the auditorium of the Jewish Com
nunity Center. Sixteenth and @
streets northwest, next Tuesday eve
ming at $3.50 o'clock.
Nine. Lappin made her operate de-
but at Spezia, Italy, In 1881. Re-
turning to this country, she made her
American debut upon the concert
stage in Detroit, Mich.
Mime. Lappin was born In this city
and received her early musical train
ing here.
Norman Frauenheim, who will be
heard for the first time this season
on the program with Nine. Lapptn,
was a protege of Paderewski in Paris
and has studied with Stojowski in
New York and Lazare-Levy Of Paris.
Tickets are available at T. Arthur
Smiths Concert Bureau, 1880 G stre&
northwest.
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String Quartet Concert.

THE Musical Fund String Quartet Of
l Philadelphia, Emanuel zetlin and
Leonard Mogill, violins; Joel Below,
viola; Stephen Deak, violincello, will
play at the Washington College Of
Music this afternoon at 4 o'clock. The
Beethoven "Opus 18, No. in B Flat"
and a work by the contemporary Leo
Weiner, "Opus 4, No. l." are pro-
grained as are also two pieces for
string quartet by Muriel Bayard
Hodge of Philadelphia.
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all music lovers in the community.
Frederick !. Stitt will be at the
organ.
The Music Section Of the Woman's
Club Of Chevy Chase, Md, will have
musicale tea at the Brooke Farm
Tea House, 6501 Brookville road, to-
morrow at 3 o'clock, at which time
they will present an operetta 1.-The
Willow Plate" by Franz c. Born
schein. The cast will consist Of the
following:
Mrs. C. M. Jansky, Curtis Jansky,
Marguerite Jansky. Mrs. William S.
Graham, Mrs. John J. Underwood,
Mrs. August Koehler, Mrs. William F.
Henry, Mrs. Francis M. Shore, Mrs.
Phillip Gott, Mrs j. II. Dellinger.
Mrs. George v. Graham, Mrs. Harold
Dotterer, Mrs. Howard Hosmer, Mrs.
Louis Boekhoff, Mrs. Roger Wells. The
accompanist will be Mrs. Dawson
Olmstead.
Savons Griest, teacher of piano
and voice, will present q group Of
her pupils in recital Saturday night
at her residence studio, 5000 Seventh
street northwest.
Those participating will be:
Irene Tayman, Paul Ernest Gott-
walls, Robert Dawson, Margaret Meme,
Dolores and Priscilla Griest, Barbara
and Harriet Frishett, Mary Barnard,
Jenny Jorg, Mackie Duvall, Clarence
Adams. Mary Warner Hall, Evelyn
Fankhauser, Virginia Wittstatt, Helen
Summers, Doris McKimmie and Sadie
Jarvinen.
At the celebration to be held at
the Lafayette Hotel In honor Of st.
David, patron saint Of Wales, the
music will be furnished by Marga-
retta Ecklof, Ruth Darling, Erbin G
Thomas and Wilfred Smith. Elizabeth
Gardner Coombs will be the accom-
panist.
An Illustrated lecture on Chopin,
his life and works, was given by Helen
Steiner Of the Louis Thompson Music
Study Club last Friday evening. Miss
| Steiner included in her lecture on the
great Polish master both vocal and
Evening star., 1934-02-25
OTTE IEHMANN, German
neder and operate star, whose
recent debut at the Metropoli-

T OTTE LEHMANN, German
neder and operate star, whose
recent debut at the Metropoli-
- tan Opera House in the role Of
Sieglinde in Richard Wagner s
"Die Walkuere," was one Of the high
lights of the current Metropolitan
opera season, comes to Constitution
Hall Tuesday afternoon at 4:40 o'clock
in a song recital as the second at
traction of Dorothy Hodgkin Dorsey's
Tuesday afternoon recital series at
that auditorium.
Up to the time she joined the Chi
cago Civic Opera in 1880, Lehman
was practically unknown in the
United States. In Europe, however,
Lehmann's name has long been a
symbol for the acme of vocal and in
terpretative artistry in the field Of
neder song. She enjoys the rare dis
tinction Of honorary membership with
the Vienna Staatsoper Estate Opera 4,
and in addition she has been a guest
artist of the leading opera houses Of
Germany, a member of the Covent
Garden company in London and the
first Teutonic singer to appear In
opera in Paris after the war. She
has, since 1880, had engagements
with the Chicago Civic Opera and
now the Metropolitan Opera In New
York.
Nine. Lehmann's first group OF
songs will include Franz Schubert S
Der Lindenbaum" and "An cine
quelle," as well as two Brahms num-
bers, "Wir wandelten" and Meme
liebe ist gruen." Another group of
four songs will offer Franz's ''F'uer
Musk" and "Im Herbst," Cornelius
"Komm, wir wandeln" and Mendels-
sohn's "Auf fiuegeln des Gesanges. u
A third group offers two Hugo Wolf
selections, "Gesang Weyla's" and In
dem Schatten' meiner Locken," as well
as Richard Strauss "Allerseelen" and
"Standchen." An English-language
group at the close will include Hage-
mans do Not Go, My Love-" H. H
Gums "Iie There, My Lutte" Marion
Bauer's "Only Of Thee and Me" and
selection by Nine. Lehmann's ac-
companist. Emo Balogh, do Not
Chide Me-"
4 4 + 4
EOR the final concert Of the chill
dren's series Of the National Sym
phony Orchestra, in Central High
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0CARk44l4C 1CnAO, SC144SI, 641k4 SA4d1 ASo
Wilfred Smith, tenor, will give the
musical program at the travelogue to
be given by Helen Lyon Wednesday
evening at the Covenant-F1rst Pres
byterian Church.
Nine. Marie Zalipsky will present
Sylvia Shapperio, Sola Holmen and
Marjorie King in recital Wednesday
evening at $50 at Christ Church
parish hall, Thirty-flrst and o streets
northwest.
Minnie Volkmann, soprano, and
Dorothy Andrews, pianist, gave q pro-
gram Of music for the chapter tea at
the Y. w. G. A Monday afternoon
Elizabeth Bernheimer, chairman of
the muSic-appreciation group Of the
Council of Jewish Juniors, has pre-
pared a program for the meeting
scheduled for tomorrow at her home,
1421 Crittenden street northwest, at
8 o'clock, which will be devoted to
Russian music. Sonia Berman will
render a group of songs.
This evening at o'clock, In Con-
cordia Lutheran Evangelical Church,
the Concordia Cantata Choir will sing
"Actus Tragicus" by Bach. The
chorus numbers about 40 voices and
the soloists are: Henrietta Flynn,
contralto; Howard Bursley, tenor:
Howard Samsel, bass. AS the offer
tory EllieS Murray, soprano, and Rob-
ert Rathvon, bass, will sing a duet.
John r. Monroe Is organist and choir
director.
The George Washington University
Glee Clubs, under the direction of
DR.. Robert H. Harmon and assisted
by Justin LAwrie, tenor. will give a
musical vesper service this afternoon
at 4:30 in the Chevy Chase Presby-
terrain Church, Chevy Chase Circle
A cordial invitation Is extended to
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Service Band Concerts.

THE United States Navy Band, Lieut..
Charles Benter conducting, will
play at the sail loft, navy yard. Mon
day evening at 8 o'clock.
Included in the program Will be the
overture "Mignon," by Thomas; "Rou.
manian Fantasia" by Dim1triescu, ano
excerpts from FrimlS Three MUS
keteers." Musician Charles Brendler,
clarinetist, will play Won Weber's
"Concertino."
Other concerts at the sail loft this
week will be Monday and Thursday
mornings at IL o'clock and Tuesday
afternoon at 4.
This weeks schedule of the United
States Army Band, Capt. William J.
Stannard, leader; Thomas F. Darcy,
associate leader, includes the following
concerts, to be given in the band au-
ditorium at the Army War College:
Monday, February 26-Concert in
connection with the Women's Over
seas Service League program. to be
broadcast over an N. B. G. network
from S to $50 pm; the regular "farn-
ily hour of music" from 6 to $50 pm.
Wednesday, February 28-Concert
and ceremonies attending the retire
ment Of Master Sergt. Philip Kohn, a
member Of the band, who will have
completed 80 years Of service IN the
Army, 1880 am.
Friday, March 2-Concert at $3.50
pm
The schedule Of the United States
Marine Band and Orchestra for the
coming week will include the follow
ing:
Monday, February 26, at 8 pm
Band concert, Marine Barracks.
Tuesday, February ~, at 1850
a.m.-Band concert, Marine barracks;
patriotic shut-ins dream hour.
Wednesday, February %, at 8 pm
Orchestral concert, Marine Barracks.
Friday, March 2, at pm.-Band
concert, Marine Barracks.
Saturday, March 8, at 1880 pm
Band concert, sponsored by the De-
partment Of Agriculture; broadcast
from Marine Barracks.
Saturday, March 8, at 10 pm
Band concert, sponsored by the De-
partment Of the Interior; broadcast
from Marine Barracks.
The concert will be under the direc-
tion Of Capt. Taylor B-enscn. ',ader
Of the United States Marine Ba d.
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Monte Carlo Ballet Russo
Maintains Ideals of Old
Spirit of the Once-Famous Imperial Ballet of
Russia-Formation of the Group, Sched-
uled for Appearance Here March a.
BY ALICE EVERSMAN.

T Monte Carlo Ballet Russo which will come to the
March Of the baletS to
be seen in country since Pavlova Diaghilen
stirred devoees of the dance with the superior work
troupes the passing of these artists,
this particular ended
but to those still the ballet proper
artistic expression of dance FORM the coming Of the Monte