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ganized over 900 years ago to sing z
daily man ut the court Of Austrian
Emperor MAMMALIAN ], and for over
four centuries, up to the general
smash-up following the World War,
Il carried on its splendid musical
traditions. Faced with the loss of
STATE patronage and support, the choir
has since become self-supporting and
has added . secular repertoire to the
church music II formerly sang ex-
clusively.
Tfae choir, which ID making its
second tour Of the United States. con-
sists of a boyS. averaging II years OF
age, who sing capella, except In the
presentation Of their costume operetta,
when they have . simple piano &C.
companiment. Recruited from al
part Of the Austrian capital and ad-
mitted only after the stiffest Of en-
trance tests. the boys are permitted to
sing with the choir only until ap-
preaching maturity deepens their
voices and units them for the rep
ertoire Of the saengerknaben.
At their performanee At Constitn-
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win o6er the following program:
Anum Sanctum:
"In Adveutu Canite tuba in Sion,
"In Nativitate Domini: Pueri con-
c1n1te %. k1Anoi
"In Hebdomada 6ancta: Ador-
emus te" %. Lassus
Elm festo Ascensionis: O Rex
gloriae" .Praenesttnus
"In festo Pentec0tes: VIRTUE mag
nam" ..................c. Porta
wedding by LAnternueht. comic
opera by Jean Jacques OnenDacn
Entire ensemble lin costume.
III.
"stehet aufi" (Arise.)
Otto Rosenberger
"wiegeniied' Gullaby)
Ffans Burkhart
Nun Win der LenS uns gruessen" (Now
Spring has come to greet us)
Karl Pflegel
"Bruderiein und schwesterlein" (waltz
nom DE fleoefmAuS)
Johann Strauss
Dean, Rector Josef Schnitt
Musical Director, Hans v. Urbanek
The operetta. wedding by Lantern
light" by O6enbach, Is entirely new
to the choir boys repertoire. 1t con-
Germs the matchmaking tendencies Of
q genial old uncle whose nephew and
niece realize, In time, that they love
each other; but not without some
droll maneuvering on the part Of theiI
romantic old kinxman.
CERGE RACHMANIOFF, pianist
~ and composer. comes to Washing
ton Tuesday afternoon ut 4:4o o'clock
at Constitution Hall.
twenty-five years have passed since
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inherent musicality Of the performer
than that they give him an oppor-
tuntty TO shine aS q technician (al.
though probably more all-roumd
technique Is necessary for those than
Schumann concerto IL . successful
combination Of both. The first move
ment especially belongs among the
great moments IN the literature Of
piano and orchestra, while the second
Is In the typical song style, the mel
ody alternating between the orchestra
and the piano. The hnAl movement,
although not - 1lne - the first, ends
the concerto IN brilliant style.
''Scherzo" from the music to the
"Midsummer Nisht's
Dream .........sss. .Menoelo9ohn
The music to Midsummer Nights
Dream" Is an amazing tour de force
when we consider that Mendelssohn
wrote 1t when he was at the (for
composers) infant prodigy age Of II.
With the exception Of Mozart, no
creative artist that we know Of has
equaled him in the precocious mas
tery Of form, invention and instru-
mentation.
The "Scherzo' from, this music
especially is the gem Of the lot. It
fairly sparkles with the spirit that Is
inherent in the work 1t describes
musicslly, and where the nocturne Is
slightly sentimental, and the we'll
known wedding march q little OBJ
vious, this movement has an aristo-
cratic sheen and, sparkle which puts
it IN . class by itself.
Fire Bird Suite. .stravinsky
TO me, no ballet or operatic music
has the lasting value which justifies
unless it can at the same time stand
on its own legs" 80 to speak.
mean that 1t should be completely
satisfying without the addition Of the
dancers and the spectacle 1t Is sup
posed to portray.
OF Stravinsky's works in this form,
In consequence, ! consider that the
Fire Bird" is the only work which,
by the highest Of standards, would
deserve this inclusion IN an orchestral
program. It Is music which can stand
on its own in every way. In fact.
do not know any work Of StrAvinsky
that Is more satisfying from every
point Of view.
The introduction creates q mood Of
mystery which In the ballet IL sup
posed to emanate from fairy garden.
Devices, such as running very lightly
over the strings with one finger and
having In consequence Just harmonic
notes, give it sense Of unreality.
which is suddenly interrupted by the
entrance Of the dancer who performs
the dance Of the captured bird, IN
reality . prince, changed into . bird
by the magic Of the magician.
Kastchei.
It In turn Is followed by IN old
and stately Russian dance Of the i'm
prisuned princess-oue of the finest
movements melodically that have
come out Of Strayinsky's pen.
The fourth movement Is the savage
performance Of the red0ubtable
Kastchei, which ends In blaze Of
excitement and in ver-contracted
rhythms.
The "Bercellse" Is typically Russian
IN its melancholy. while the ensuing
Finale" portraying the liberation q
the captured prince, ends the work In
blaze of instrumental splendor rare
evsn IN thess days c6 orchestral e.
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Service Band Concerts.

THE U. 8. Navy Band Orchestra.
i Lieut.. Charles Benter conducting,
will play at the sail loft, Navy Yard.
Monday evening at O'Clock. The
program opens with Won Weber's over
ture "oberon." and includes two noe
turnes by DeBussy and the Caprice
Brillante," by Glinka. The soloist viii
be Musician Bernard Rosenthal. violin.
who viii play Sarasate's 'Ziguener-
weisen." The band viii broadcast from
the sail loft Monday and Thursday
mornings at II o'clock and Tuesday
afternoon at 4.
The schedule Of the United States
Army Band, Capt. william J. STAN
nard leader, and Thomas r. Darcy
associate leader, for the coming week
includes the following concerts:
Monday, February 10: The Family
Hour Of Music" concert at the Army
War College, 6 pm.
"wednesday. February II: Concert
st the Army War College, 1850 an;
concert In connection with the Land
Grant College program Of the National
Farm and Home Hour, at the Army
War College, 1880 pm.
Friday, February 23: Concert at the
Army War College, 4:30 pm.
During the coming week the United
States Marine Band and Orchestra
viii present concerts on the following
dates.
Mondays February 10, at pm:
Band concert at the Marine Barracks.
Tuesday, February 20, at IL 80 am:
Band concert, Patriotic Shut-in Dream
Hour Broadcast" at the Marine Bar
racks.
Wednesday, February IL, at pm:
Orchestral concert ut the Marine Bar.
racks. Z
Thursday. February ~, at s:45 am:
Tho United States Marine Band Or.
chestra win participate In the exercises
COMMUNICATING the birth Of George
Warrington to be held In the Memo
rial Continental Hall. sponsored by ttie
Daughters Of the American Revolu-
ton. the Sons Of the American Revo.
lutson and the Children Of the Ameri.
can Revolution.
Friday. February 20, at p.m.: Band
concert at the Marine Barracks.
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Vvk4A40 Az - Why kSS<S4h4S W. ASCSNSAA
and, to our present understandtl
on an individual, the quality Of
tered by Incorporating some Of
celebrated ones into the training
First and foremost Is the question
Of health. Today, more than for
merly, physical resistance il not up to
standard, duo entirely to the foibles
Of the present way Of living and de-
mands. Of fashion. No story viii 10
quickly touch the heart a that Of the
struggling musicians OF the past who,
proper clothing or the simple neces-
sities Of life, worked on and On under
the glowing inspiration Of their art
and the conviction Of its value to the
world. Sometimes, when the divine
inner flre was strong enough, they
survived to leave masterpieces to pos
terity, but many could not endure the
hardAhips and the world has never
known what its loss has been. Today
many artists, particularly singers,
submit themselves to the same rigor-
ous living, not from necessity, but
because Of the trend Of the times.
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sensitive and should be so to properly
react to the things of beauty he must
express. There Is all the more need
that this sensitiveness be kept alive
and normal and capable Of the most
complete response. II the body Is not
healthy and the nerves well noui-
ished it Is impossible, not alone to
become an artist, but even Q good
musician. The drain on physical
endurance and nervous force must be
replenished by sleep, good food and
non-taxing recreations In order that
the musician may be full bf the vitality
needed to produce music of value.
Tho tonal quality OF instrumentalist
and vocalist Is directly related to the
health OF the body and can be infiu-
enced for good or bad as this condi-
tion Is gained or lost.
Mental power Il increased when the
physical standard Is kept high. The
emotional demands Of music can 50
element in Interpretation unless It be
guided and controlled by . sane
mentality. II the mind is not the
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ordinary and Of limited appeal, and
emotion without reason has no place
In q good musicians equipment. The
keener the mental development the
more valuable the emotional, for its
meaning will be strengthened and its
capacity for projection increased.
These two extremes, the one 50 cold,
the other SO warm, must be carefully
balanced and interviewer, but 1t
cannot be accomplished without the
aid Of glowing health and we'll
tempered nerves.
It q said that Yehudi is fond Of
mathematics, economics and politics,
subjects as far away from the gentler
art Of music as can be imagined. IT
has often been felt that such lean
ings were definite sign of lack Of
the qualities that make artists, that
the two could never 60 hand in hand.
Paradoxical as 1t may seem, order and
method, system and accuracy, are the
basis Of good musicianship and have
been present in every great artist. It
Is but o resolution into its elements
Of the accepted definition Of genius.
II . young student cannot be taught
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No VI SsSAy eSfsA ssAASAAs " sAAeAcAes
% regard him and other artists
part. from the universal mold Of
tributes are entirely overlooked.
e q great artist because q special
8, diYtne gift has been conferred
General musicianship can be bet
the lesser characteristics Of the
Of the musical asplrant.
orderiineas and method In his prac-
tice, II he cannot appreciate the value
Of system and accuracy. there Is little
hope that he viii reach any height In
the musical world. What makes for
prodigies q the ability first to do ex-
actly as told and secondly, to work
out to . finished end each progressive
assignment given. Originality Of
idea comes later when the foundation
has been laid on the ideas Of others.
Many Of the greatest musicians have
followed other professions side by
side with Q musical one and the
systematic training undergone In the
less artistic calling has been Of in-
calculAble aid In their musical pro-
duction.
The well planned education Of
Yehudi includes the study Of litera-
ture. Pictures were published last
summer Of the young boy and his
sisters reading Dante's Divine
Comedy" in the original, and many
tales are told,of what books he likes
best and who are hts favorite poets.
In the poetic flights Of those who
have . gift for the musical color Of
words, there Is . lessen to be found
for every musician. Rhythm, imagi-
nation and elevation OF thought gain
impetus from the reading Of flne
poetry; an introduction, as 1t were,
Into the spheres Of light where music
Can have its being. It Il . broaden
ing experience to lend oneself to the
guiding Of inspired poets to zee
through their eyes the aura of
beauty surrounding the commonplace,
20 feel with them tho pulse q LIE In
It's most delicate and subtle beating.
In the realm Of prose, the power and
driving force OF the universe - I'm
prisoned and . squirting on to achieve
ment can be found between the covers
Of . good book. A musician should
ind the study Of literature - neces.
sary e the study Of scales, for the
two are inteTrelated more than any
other Of the 6ne arts.
And lastly comes that very special
attribute, the escence Of humanity.
that lies In the ability to give out to
others. No teacher can make this
understandable and 1t follows q the
climax to technical study. to healthy
exuberance. to an all embracing edu-
cation and must be nourished In the
soul Of the musician. It comes
from . spirit unafraid. from . lofty
outlook and . generous sympathy.
Through his wise and sheltered man
ner Of living Yehudi has this power
Of transferring to others his own
warm feeling. which has found its
source IN his simple, direct, honest
nature. Beethoven had 1t, and
Brahms and Schubert, and others at
the moment they conceived their last
ing masterpieces. Every great artist
has It when his art b more important
than his personality and this should
be the aim Of every musicians edu-
cation. Generosity and sympathy
and an opening out Of their nature TO
give and give still more to the less
fortunately endowed but capable Of
understanding public that listens to
them, should be the superior qualities
that . musician should strive for In
his artistic culture.
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the tea held at the club rooms mi
day.
Jennie lGlennan. orsanist and d.
rector Of st. Patricia Church choir.
has arranged special music for the
wednesday and Friday night Lenten
services. The soloist for Ash Wednes-
day was James Nolan. On Friday
nights the full choir viii sing.
At the concert given Friday by the
Nordica Mandolin and Guitar Orches-
tra, walter T. Holt, director, the as
sisting artists were Catherine Scho-
neld Honse, soprano: Raymond CHS
holm. tenor, and Francis Deremer,
bass. The concert was under the
auspices Of Philathea class, Metro
politan Baptist Church.
George Wilson, pianist was accom-
PIANIST for Rosa Punselle ON February
3 ct Q recital following dinner at the
Italian embassy.
R. Deane shure, composer -organist
has Just returned from . Southern
tour, during which he played ct
Mary Baldwin College. william and
Mary College, Southern Seminary,
Green Memorial, In Roanoke, and
Grace M. T., In Atlanta, Ga. In the
last-named city the program was
sponsored by the American Guild Of
Organists.
This evening. beginning ut O'Clock,
| In the Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church, the February musical service
win be given The Mount Pleasant
chorus Of so voices, under the direc-
| ton Of Norton M. Little, with Claude
Robson ut the organ and Mary s.
Apple, contralto, and william p,
Shanahan, tenor, as soloists, viii rem
lder selections from the classic masses
The public is cordially invited.
A sacred concert will be given by
the Mohicans male quartet Of Rock
vile, wednesday, February 70, at
pm, at Christ Church In Rockville.
The quartet viii be assisted by the
Christ Church choir and accompanied
| by Mary Almony, organist.s Olive Ed
muuds, soprano; Betty Martin, So
prano; Mrs. ]. Stevens Stock, con-
tralto; Eliza Choate, contralto: Al
vim E1ey, tenor, and Joseph Piec viii
| have solo numbers. The Aohtcans
are directed BY Herbert Evisou and
the choir by J. Stevens Stock
The Music Club OF the Daniel.
School OF Music held its regular
monthly meeting at the Asbury M. z
Church last Sunday from 4 to 8 pm
A musical program was given b
Timothy Ward, IT,, guest soloist; Rev
w. N. Holt, East Falls Church, Va.
reading, and Lois Craven, essay ou
The Value Of Music Selections
were also rendered by the following
pupils: Geraldine Brewer, Josephine
Terrell, Bernice Carroll, Tavern
Lownde4 Edna white, Mamie White,
Cynthia jackson, Esther Harley,
Helen Lightfoot, Audrey Contee. RAN
dolph Bell, Jennie johnson and
Stella r. Feldon. Irone Watson q
president. Martha Davis, assistant
secretary, and Prof. r. J. Daniels
chairman Of the executive board.
Edward Dawscn was one Of the
artists playing before the German
Literary Society Saturday evening
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appearance IN the United States. His
contention that modern music is
retrogressiop and that music without
heart finds no place on his program
was never better exemplifed than IN
the program which he will offer here
Tuesday afternoon. It viii be as
follows:
Variations" ............... Mozart
Moonlight Sopata" ...... Beethoven
Adagio sostenuto. Allsrstto, Presto
agitAto.
q. "Nocturpe" ...............C Chopin
b. 'sTarantella" Chopin
c. "Scnerzo" .CnOp1n
"Children's Corner Suite. .Debussy
Doctor 0radus I'd Parnassum"
"6erenade Of the Doll"
sThe Snow Is Dancing
THE Little Shepherd"
"Golliwog's Cake Walk"
Three Etudes Tableaux"
Rachmaninoff
q. "sonnetto del Petrarca. z major"
List
b. Voices of the Woods. ....... .Liszt
c. 'Valse Oubliee, No. 3"...... .Lfsxt
d. "Rhapsodie, No. 11"..........Liszt
|0NE Of the few evening concerts
- Of the National Symphony Or
chestra is scheduled for next We'd
nesday, at $50 O'Clock, with the cele-
brsted pianist, Guiomar Novaes, as
soloist.
Guiomar Novaes was born In the
state Of Sac Paulo. Brazil. She was
something of child prodigy, playing
with talent and understanding when
she was years old. Her first public
appearance was at the age Of 2. The
Brazilian Government sent her to
Paris, and after being admitted TO
the Paris Conservatoire, she won first
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TURNING to q more prosaic, but
= none the less important phase Of
the National Symphony concerts, the
management reports that there was
. gratifying response to the plea
made at the last Sunday concert by
Michael Strange, poetess, playwright
and authoress, for generous support
IN raising the orchestra's sustaining
fund for the Winter season Of con-
certs next year.
1t is also announced that ~ teams,
made up Of members Of the Women's
Committee, have been organized, and
are already busy on the campaign
Mr.. C. G. Cappel, manager Of the i.
orchestra, announced today that Mrs.
Vincent Astor of New York and Mrs.
n. z. Talbot of Dayton. Ohio. patron
l~Ek ~ N, vry<ft
here recently, have become members
Of the National Symphony Orchestra
Association.
Contributions should be sent to Mr..
Robert v. Fleming, treasurer OF the
National Symphony Orchestra Asso-
citation. In care Of the Riggs National
Bank.
THE third In the series Of students
= concerts will be given Saturday
at, the Central High School Audi
torium, at II O'Clock In the morning.
Mr.. Kinder has arranged particu-
larly interesting program, In which
he win further discuss and demon
strate the development Of the SYM
phonic form In musical composition.
The program:
More about the symphony. the 7sIis'
Andsn.s con moto. from 18th SYN,
tn. sssSss.e Miilst:: from London zss;s: ss%s;
seS:sss; from ';MididnIs:..n Is..naiII:6sn Si:ss,,
Unusual Instruments. the Accordion.
Solo by d. Crocker.
An the xfris sing, .Robin Adair.-
1 All the boys sing, "Annie Laurie"
sNarehe Hongroise" "........... .Berlio3
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Vienna Boys Choir to I
Sing Here This Afternoon
RachmaninoG and Lehman At Later Dates,
While National Symphony VIII Give
Concert Wednesday Evening.

E rst and only concert appearance 4. washington this
Of the Vienna Boys Choir (Wieer Saengeknaben)
program OF sacred music secular songs OF tner own
operett wedding BY Lanternght WIN presented
tuition Dorsey.
This performance win the sixth and final attraction Of Mrs.
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TINE soloist at the National Sym
phony Orchestra's evening con-
cert wednesday ut Constitu-
4 ton Hall win be 01iomar
Novaes, Brazilian pianist The
program viii be as follows:
''sY,s. TS...s sf Sixteenth osnsur, pstss Hsns,.,
In Times Of Stress"
Ohofale: Our Sorrow"
Nation"
"oSnssrt9 r A Minor for pians and
ALLEGRO anetuoso."
mtermezEo."
"Allegro vivace."
Guiomar Novaess soloist.
0ntermission.)
6cherl0 from the music to the Mid
=. summer NIGHTS Dream. .Mendelssohn
Dame de- poiseau de feu."
Ronde des princesses"
'.psnse infernale du roi Kastchei."
"Berceuse."
finale.
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Dora Lappin to Make Debu.

DORA LArFM. soprano. win make
her flrst appearance since her 10
turn frum H1rope n concert IA wash
ington on TueedAy evening. March 8,
IN the auditorium of the Jewish Com-
mnnify Center.
Norman Yfauenheim, pianist, win
appear cn the program with Nine.
LAppin.
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Baltimore Recital.

NORMAN FRAuKNHEIM win give =
: recital at the Rex Theater in
baltimore the evening Of February ~.
The program VIII Be compgissd Of
vueis ~ Chopin. Schubert Bee-
tl3ovsn, xiuk and voe1D q tho modern
xunch ~ nponi1h saheolA
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The composers OF the pre-Bach
era are relatively unknown to the
general public. The reason Is because
Of their writing largely for voice
combinations or for now obsolete in
struments, such as the virginia. and
the lutte, or because Of the intimate
style Of their compositions.
Who knows today the works Of
LAsso and De Pres, Of Dowland,
Weelkes and Orlando Gibbons, Of
Schultz and Buxtehude- yes, even
those Of Marcello and Monteverdi,
certainly two of the greatest and
most universal masters in the history
Of music. Recently efforts have been
made to bring back to the conscious
ness OF the public some OF the works
Of these composers, and the English
singers have reSllrrected some Of the
Elizabethan part songs. In France
one can hear occasional performances
OF slch works as Monteverdi's master
piece, "Orpheus," which I had the
good fortune Of witnessing under
Vincent dTndy's leadership.
In Holland We had In the sixteenth
century two composers who did ex-
traordinary work, namely, Sweelinck
and Valerius. The latter Is respon-
sible for q collection Of national songs
of great and lasting value. Their
value was not q purely musical one
only, but . patriotic one as well, In
the fullest and finest sense Of the
word. Their message encouraged the
people and strengthened their faith
in their struggle for political and re-
lgious liberty during the Eighty Years
War with Phillip II of Spain.
The three songs, the melodies Of
which ! have used for treatment
which I hope Is in the simple and
expressive style Of the period, are all
three representative Of the intense
fervor with which the tiny struggling
nation was imbued, besides being
splendid tunes" Of the period. The
mg Tor spiritual release: the second,
. feeling Of resignation for the IN
evitable losses which the people suf-
fered. and the third IL song Of in
domitable courage and the win OF
victory.
coneerto in A Minor for Piano
A' edISnsssss dSiomsr nov.:;. i.;oioi;s. sehunAn1
The concerto by Robert Schumann
belongs among the great piano con-
certos Of the repertoire. It Is bril-
liant, romantic, and deeply musical.
BY this mean that 1t has not
exclusively one cf those qualities
only. Where the Iisxt concertos, for
instance, give the virtucso . chance
par excellence. and the Brahms con-
eegsos ere unrs dependent a. ths
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Lesson to Be Learned
From a Violin Prodigy
Young Musicians. Looking Forward. Do Well to
Follow the Ideas and Training Of Yehudi
Menuhin. Who Played Here Last Week.
!. BY ALICE EvERSlfAN.

HERE elements In the personal makeup and th
Yehudi Menuhn, the consideration which might
OF benet to musicians Of OF music
In the natural tendency him other artists
Of great as beings apart from the universal mold
While only possible to become great artist spec
and to dYne gift has been coet
Individual the quality OF general muscanship
incorporating the lesser characteristics
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Wednesdays Symphony Program
BY DIR. HANS KINDLxR

Conductor National symphony OEchestraJ
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The Congressional Country Club
presented Eva Whitford Lovette, mez-
so-contralto, and Edythe Marmion
Brosius In joint musical program at
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the tea held at the club rooms Fri
day.