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will play three of his own compost
tions which, up to last January, were
believed to be Kreisler's arrangements
Of early violin music by such masters
as Pugnani, Couperin and Tartini.
Mr.. Kreisler now frankly programs
his trio of compositions as his own,
adding a parenthetical phrase to each:
In the style of -"
AS usual. Carl LamSon will be Mr..
Kreisler's accompaniSt. Seats for the
concert are on sale at Mrs. Dorseys
Concert Bureau, in Droop's, 1900 G
street northwest. The complete pro-
gram follows:
Sonata. G Minor" CThe DEVILS TrilD.
"Sarabande and Clique" CPartita in
For violin alone)
Concerto, A Major, No. 22'' -Viotti
Allegro moderate. Adagio. Finale.
Prelude ana Allegro" ro"---hrt isle
In the style of PuenaniD
"Chanson Louis XIII ct Pavane" e"--Kreisler
lin the style of Louis Couperin.)
variations on theme Of Corelii -kreisler
"Habanera" 5Rhapsodie Espaenoie).
mil. . o, ,Rayel-Kreisler
Debussy Hartmann
Gypsy Caprice" Kreisier
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from the concert stage to enter the
political arena. Il adore music. but
I love my country more" he said to
one of his biographers, and in an in
terview after the war when asked
which he considered the greater, the
artist or the statesman, he emphati-
cally answered, "the statesman!
Though he gave up regular playing
he often played for benefits, by which
enormous sums were raised for Polish
and other allied sufferers.
In 1916 THROUGH Col. Edward M
L House he met President Wilson,
was entertained at the White House
and at the Presidents earnest wish
played for the group-nothing but
Chopin. The President. not noted for
his interest in music, was visibly
moved. That was the beginning OF
Wilson'S conversion to the cause OF
Poland. When the election of 1915
came Paderewski supported the Presi-
dent and in three States the Polish
vote was of special importance. On
election day Paderewsh spoke long
and earnestly with Wilson, presenting
for the first time his plea for freedom
in behalf of Poland. At the end Will
son promised him that Poland should
be freed.
On January %, 1917, Wilson ad-
dressed the Senate and said in that
famous speech declaring for a World
Monroe Doctrine, II take it for grant,
ed-that statesmen everywhere are
agreed that there shall be united, in
dependent and autonomous Po-
land"
Meanwhile, in 1915, Arthur Bal
four, England's foreign secretary. had
promised Padereweski Poland's inde-
pendence and had later confirmed
that assurance. He asked Paderewskl
to 60 to Poland to unite the Poles.
Paderewski heartily accepted and en-
tered Poland everywhere acclaimed -
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DR.. Hans Kindler's Comments on Thursdays
National Symphony Concert
Constitution Hail. at $50 PM.
Soloist: Roman Totenberg, Violinist

The work is, of course, known tc
all music lovers. Its contents. varied
as they are, ranging from the majestic
in the first movement, continuing ir
fervent tenderness throughout the
second, and concluding with gayety
and lyricism in the finale, speak for
themselves.
To me the high point of the work
(and one of the high points in all
music) comes after the cadenza in the
first movement when the second theme
of the work is sung again in trans
fguration, so to speak. No other
such effect is known to me in the
entire violin literature. The work
starts with four beats on the tympani
and Weingartner, the great German
conductor, told me once that he could
never hear these four notes without
experiencing "a holy shiver." In this
I humbly concur.
The soloist who has selected this
greatest of all tests is Roman Totem
berg, young Pole who has already
an enviable European reputation, and
who is making his American orches-
trail debut on Thursday.
"En Saga" -Sibelius
EN- Saga" of Sibelius is one of the
Finnish masters most important
works. Although one of his earlier
compositions, it shows all or nearly
all of its creators individual traits
and features. Sonorities occur which,
before Sibelius, had never been known
in music. Right at the start, the
mood of the work. a mood of "once
upon time" is established in strange
and forceful harmonies, which upon
the occasion of the first hearings OF
the work must have shocked the
purists and enchanted the more
understanding listeners.
Although, with the exception of
his Fourth Symphony" and one or
two later works, Sibelius has not fol-
lowed the extreme modern trends, his
characteristics are so definite and so
masterfully expressed that they are
4AAA41ACoAdeSAy 4CCOSlAIdblC, CNCkl LII tiAo
early but grand work. If ever music
has the qualities of real folklore, of
bygone days, Of bardic rhapsody and
fascinating, colorful interest, it is this
saga, with its quiet beginning, its
exposition of the STORY" (although
Sibelius has carefully avoided mailing
it down with literary explanations) /,
its constantly increasing fervor, lead
ing to its hair-raising climax and its
receding epilogue of lonely clarinet
and muted strings.
1t is undoubtedly Sibelius at his ir-
resistible best, and the wonder is why
it takes so long for the world to be-
come conscious of this greatness In
an age when anything new" re-
gardless of quality, will make an 'im-
preston" Or is it because this leaves
no room for one who prefers to re-
main outside of the worlds turmoil?
One who knows that his time will
come?
Persian dances from ."Khovan-
stchina" -MoussorgSky
"Khovanstchina," with Boris Co
dounov" belongs to the best Of Nous
sorgsky's work, and this means the
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Chamber Music Society.
TOMORROW afternoon at S o'cloc

TOMORROW afternoon at o'clock
the third season of the Wash
ington Chamber Music Society will
open with the first of the series Of
five subscription candlelight concerts,
at the Phillips Memorial Gallery, 1900
Twenty-first street.
The quartet, composed of Bernard
Robbins. Jeno Sevely, Sidney Hamer
and Hendrix Essers, will present the
Beethoven Quartet in D" and Res
phigi's III Tramonto." In the latter
the artists will be assisted by Helen
Stover Of New York. This is the first
time Miss Stover has sung in Wash
ington.
The qua tet is sponsored by a dis
tinguished group of Washingtonians
and also by DR.. Nicolai Sokoloff, di-
rector of the Federal Music Project
and former director of the Cleveland
Symphony Orchestra. The concerts
ar" open to the public on a small
subscription basis. Tickets may be
procured at the door or from the
treasurer, Mrs. John NJ Sternhagen.
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Dance Lecture.
ON ALTERNATE Sunday evening

ON ALTERNATE Sunday evenings
" during the season a symposium of
the dance will be held at the Marian
Chace School of the Dance. Follow
ing the lecture re-demonstration an open
forum discussion will be conducted on
the particular phase of the dance
presented at that lecture.
Through the courtesy of the New
York Wigman School, the first of this
series will be conducted by Lucretia
Barzun on next Sunday evening at 9
O'Clock. Miss BarZun, graduate of
the Wigman Central Institute of Dres-
den and on the teaching staff of the
New York Wigman School. will speak
on the Wigman method of the modern
dance
On November "a Mary Gresham will
speak on the relation between music
and the dance. A cordial invitation
to attend is extended to all interested
in the dance.
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Overture. "Les Petits Riens" Mozart
Concerto in D Major for Violin and
Allegro ma non troppo.
! Larghetto.
Roman Totenberg.
IntermiSSlOn.D
"En Saga" Symphonic Poem) ----Sibelius
Persian dances from "Khovanstchina,"
Moussorgsky
Overture, Lies Petits Riens" Mozart
SURPRISES are so continuous with
Mozart that, in the end, one ex-
poets to be surprised, and, as one is
never disappointed, the surprise"
ceases to be one. and one starts to
take his perfection for granted
That is one Of the reasons why, in
the general estimate of the public,
he has not the position of incompara-
BILE eminence he should have. The
more we hear his works-the in
credibly high standard of perfection
and the enormous output of the man
who died at the age of 35-the more
we come to regard him no longer
as human being, but as part of
divinity itself.
middle of stress and turmoil and
trouble and difficulties, in order to
make possible the barest kind of
existence, Mozart received a COM
mission to write some ballet music.
He dashed off this ballet, which,
incidentally, became a huge success
at the time, and wrote for it an
overture which is the acme Of per-
fection. It is perfectly made, from
the craftsman,s standpoint; its form
is exquisite; its melodic inspiration
as enchanting as anything Mozart
ever did. Problems there are none.
One is able to consider ones self
in a small but enchantingly perfect
garden, where everything pleases the
senses without for a moment becom-
ing material"
Such is the genius of this little
man. who, whenever the magic of his
genius touched anything, made Of it
something of irresistible beauty.
The overture to this ballet remained
lost for a long time and is, conse-
quently, not much known to the gen.
eral public It is therefore a special
privilege to be able to open our
Thursday concert with this little
master work.
"Concerto in D Major for Violin
and Orchestra" --------Beethove
The Beethoven violin concerto is
generally regarded as both the great
est work in that form for the violin
and as the severest possible test for
the virtuoso who performs the diff
cult solo part-difdcult from every
standpoint. Technique and endur-
ance, tone, style, and conception. all
are necessary to the fullest degree.
I.iszt used to say: "For Beethoven
one needs more than is necessary"
And the artist who is ready and will
ing to face the public with this work
deserves the most serious considera-
ton, as his will be no easy, super
fetal triumph of pyrotechnics, but the
genuine success Of the true inter-
prefer. ready to put his art IN the
service or that which Is greatest In
music. the spiritual message Of Bee
thoven.
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on Thursday evening at the home of
Helen Turley. Interested members
may call Hazel Brown Piers.
An informal musicale and talk on
music will be given by Felian Garzia
every Friday evening Fl $50 o'clock,
at his residence, 1881 Jefferson place
northwest.
Frank Eastman, baritone soloiSt at
the Washington Street Methodist Epis-
at the Woodward & Lothrop sing on
Saturday.
John George Klein presented Lynn
Gilmore, baritone. in studio recital
Friday. assisted by Herman r. Hoff-
man. violinist. of the United States
Marine Band Orchestra. The accom-
panists we're lone Hoffman and Mrs.
Klein.
On Friday Mary Apple of Washing
ton and New York gave concert
at Holyoke, Mass. under the auspices
Of the First Congregational Church.
Tomorrow evening Miss Apple will be
the soloist at the installation cere-
mony of Rev. Lowell. pastor of the
church. Miss Apple is the soloist at
the Second Church of Christ Scien-
tist, Brooklyn, N. Y. and is coaching
with Nine Florence VESSEL.
Warren F.. johnson. oreanist, will
play Sonata in E Minor, Op. 49," by
A. G. Ritter, before the evening serv-
ice at the Church of the Pilgrims
today.
On Tuesday, Marian Chace and Mi
| chael Logan will give lecture
| demonstration at the Francis Scott
Key Hotel in Frederick. Nd. pre-
liminary to the opening of branch
classes in that city. The lecture is
open to the public.
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DR.. Kinder
AgainLeads
Orchestra
National Symphony
in Two Concerts for
the Week.
DR. HANS KINDER, back from

DR. HANS KINDLER, back from
Philadelphia, where he scored
new triumphS in his first engagement
as guest conductor of the Philadel-
phia orchestra In its regular concert
season, resumes his place at the con-
ductor's stand of the National SYM
pEony Orchestra this afternoon in
Constitution Hall.
The orchestra has two concerts on
its calendar this week, for in addition
to this afternoons program there is
another which inaugurateS the bril-
liant Thursday series, in which there
will be eight concerts. This weeks
Thursday concert-the initial one
will be one of two to be given at
night. 1t will begin at $50 o'clock
This afternoon DR.. Kinder has
planned a colorful program. AS a
program feature he will introduce to
Capital music lovers Margaret Har-
shaw, contralto, who won Nation wide
recognition last Spring by winning
the Schubert Memorial award. She
will sing two tavorite operate arias
with the orchestra.
The program will be presented as
follows
Introduction and chorale to 'Christus las
che 9 far; fare senza Euridice, from "ortec
~ 0 Margaret Harshaw. o'u'A
Symphonic poem. Don Juan" "-----Straus,
Two nocturnes@
.SlouoS ,,,----------------- Depuss!
Mon Occur souvIe a Ia voix. from
Margaret Harshaw.
Introduction and waltz from "Eugen Onie'
gin -IChalkOVSkN
DIR. Kinder was one of the Judge.
in the competition which resulted ir
Miss Harshaw's winning the Schubert
award. Impressed by her singing, he
invited her to make her debut ir
Washington as a soloist with the Ma
tional Symphony. That debut she
makes today. The engagement has
been made possible through the CO.
operation of the National Federation
of Music Clubs.
DR.. Kinder has planned for Thurs
day evenings concert an eventful pro.
gram. presenting one of the three OF
four great symphonies and a phe.
nomenal young violinist, Roman To.
tenberg. who comes to America after
sensational tours through every coun.
try in Europe, in his American debut
Tickets are on sale at the Symphony
box office in the Julius Garfinckel &
Co. store.
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Friday Music Club Notes.

THE Friday Morning Music Club
= will begin its fiftieth season this
year with an especially interesting
schedule of events and programs. In
the first concert, given on November %,
IL am. Barker Hall, Y. w. G. A.. a
program of chamber music will be
presented by the Washington String
Quartet, Milton Schwartz. first violin;
Paul Brightenburg. second violin;
George Wargo. violist, and Howard
Mitchell. cellist; all members of the
National Symphony Orchestra.
On Friday the first addition
meeting under the direction Of Kath-
ryn Hill Rawls at Barker Hall was
held. when candidates for active
membership were heard. On No.
vember the board of governors will
hold its first business meeting at
the home of Dorothy Sherman Pier
son, secretary of the club. On No
vember Is, the first business meeting
of the active membership will be held
in the board room of the Y. w. c. A.
Officers for the coming year include
Mrs. Eugene Byrnes, president; Mrs.
Morris Wickersham and Mrs. Walter
Hilton, vice presidents; Lucy Bricken-
stein, musical director; Florence
Howard. assistant musical director;
Mrs. Charles Fairfax, recording Sec
retary; Dorothy Sherman Pierson.
correspondence secretary, and Kath-
crime Riggs Burchard, treasurer. The
governors are Mrs. William Hum
phrey, Mrs. Hugh Brown, Kathryn
Hill Rawls, Alice B. Hesselbach and
Margaret Tolson.
Chairmen of committees include
Mrs Rawls, Active Membership; Mrs.
Paul Tyler, Reception; Mrs. Robert
LIE Fevre, Printing; Mrs. Howard,
Publicity, and Blanche Polkinhorn,
Accociote Membership
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Paderewski, at 75 Has Enjoyed Rich Life

Pilsudski had recently been received.
The two leaders differed powerfully
in every respect save in their ardent
patriotism. The first meeting between
the two convinced Paderewski that
they could never agree. He determined
to 60 to Cracow, where he would await
developments. Before he left Warsaw
he was approached by conspirators
against Pilsudski and his government.
Would he help overthrow the present
government? Paderewski, horror
stricken, refused. After he left War
saw the coup detat failed. Pader-
ewski was summoned back to Warsaw
by Pilsudski to form a. cabinet. He
became prime minister, foreign secre-
tary and his country's delegate to
the Peace Conference. He created
non-party ministry. The task before
him was to unite the different fac
tions of Poland so that Poland's case
could be presented effectively at Paris.
He was then So.
DEALINGS with the Seym (Parlia-
ment were complicated, as the
parties were undisciplined and many
members were wholly unused to par
liamentary procedure. But the Seym
gave Paderewski q vote of confidence.
At last these stormy days passed;
Paderewski found himself in Paris,
where a new set of problems awaited
him.
Here he found many friends
among the delegates only Lloyd
George. was scornful and aloof at
first. He later came to feel the charm
of Paderewski' and to appreciate him
and his political talents at their true
worth. Not only did Paderewski sue
ceed in winning many Of the points
which his fellow delegate Dmowski
and himself were fighting for, but
his advice on many other matters
was frequently sought. Wilson threw
his weight into the scales for Poland,
as he had promised he would. Pader-
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Recital on Organ.

A DOLPH TOROVSKY. organist and
choirmaster at the Church of
the Epiphany will give the first public
recital in Washington on the new
Hammond electronic organ, recently
installed in old Christ Church, on G
street southeast. between Sixth and
Seventh, Lear the Marine Barracks.
on Thursday, November IA. at pm.
The Hammond organ differs so rad
ically in construction from the pipe
organ, while giving the same effects.
that a great deal of interest has
been manifested in Mr.. Torovsky's
recital. This musician has been ex-
perimenting with the instrument
since Droop's music store first dis
played it. A cordial invitation is ex-
tended to music lovers of Washing
ton to attend the recital.
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Son to Be Accompanist.

WITH Jan Kubelik at the Shoreham
w Tuesday afternoon, December g.,
will be his son Rafael conductor OF
the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra,
as accompanist.
Rafael Kubelik Is perhaps the
youngest of the composer r-conductors
today graduate of the Prague Con-
servatory with highest honors, he
received degrees in conducting, COM
posing, violin and piano. Rafael
Kubelik appeared as guest conductor
with leading orchestras in Europe.
While in this country he was a guest
conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony
last season and also appeared on the
program of the General Motors broad
casts when the elder KubeliF was the
soloist. He is scheduled for some
early appearances with symphony
orchestrcs in the East.
Tickets for the Kubelik concert.
also those by Petri January IA and
Segovia February 4, are on sale at
the Talbert Ticket Agency. Willard
Hotel, Shoreham, MayfloWer and
Dod~e Hotels, the Columbia Music
Co. Mail orders, Concerts Intimes,
Elena de Sayn, director. 927 18th
street, room 608.
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In Local Music Circles

O'Clock at the Y. w. C. A.. Seventeenth
and K streets northwest. Mr.. Creamer,
who is a graduate Of the Maryland
School for the Blind. will explain the
us of Braille in connection with his
study of music. J. Delany Nash, vio-
linist, accompanied by Riethal Grimm.
will assist with the program. Men and
women are cordially invited to attend.
Edwin Steffe, baritone. will sing at
the Elizabeth Somers Residence of
the Y. w. c. A., ll04 M street, at 6
o'clock today.
Gilbert W. Linville, formerly pupil
of Charlotte Lippitt. is now a student
in the Juillard School of Music, New
York City, and a voice pupil of Paul
Reimer.
This evening at s o'clock the Con-
cordia cantata choir will give pro-
gram of sacred music by Bach and
Handel at Concorula Church, Twen-
tieth and G streets northwest. The
soloists will be Esther c. King and
Jean M. Coe. sopranos: Henrietta
Flynn and Margaret Kreig. contraltos:
Robert Volland, tenor. and Howard
Samsel, basso.
The Washington Opera and Radio
Guild is now holding weekly meetings.
Work has already, started on La Bo-
heme" and Carmen" and the Radio
tones are preparing several trios, to be
given in the near future. Those TAX
ing part in last Fridays program were
Evangeline Tully. Mary McLaine, Ruth
Lo Bianco, Irene Grow. Thelma Hardy,
Mildred Robinson, Patricia Mathews,
Verna Harper. Mary Pauls, Margaret
Mickler and Ruby Howard.
At the recent annual business meet
ing of the Georgetown Presbyterian
Choir the following officers were elected
for the ensuing year; President, Theo-
dore Field; secretary, Grace Gapen;
treasurer. John Page; librarians, Cert
rude Weitzel and Mrs. John Page.
Franceska Kaspar Lawson, soprano.
accompanied by Harry Wheaton How
ard, will give a song recital on Tues
day for the faculty and students of st.
Cecilia's Academy.
The alumnae group of Sigma Alpha
Iota, national professional music fra
ternity, will give an informal musicale
Evening star., 1935-11-03
AWRENCE TIBBETT, American

T AWRENCE TIBBETT, American
baritone of the Metropolitan
Opera, will make his only appearance
in Washington this year at Constitu.
ton Hall next Sunday afternoon, Mo-
vember 10. at 4 O'Clock, as the first Of
a series of 10 Sunday afternoon con-
certo and recitals u--ler the auspices
of the Dorothy Godgkin Dorsey
Bureau.
The program that Tibbett offers
will include several operatic ariaS. as
well as songs by Schubert. Hugo Wolf,
RachmaninCff, Moussorgsky. Sidney
Homer, Vaughn Williams and others.
7 UCREzIA BoRI, soprano of the
Metropolitan Opera, will make
her only concert appearance of the
current season IN Washington at Con-
stitution Hall Tuesday evening. No
vember 10, in a costume recital as
the second attraction of Mrs. Dorothy
Hodgkin Dorsey's evening series at
that auditorium. Bori has not been
heard in recital locally for two sea-
sons.
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students from singing it. .
However, the matter could not end
there, and indignant outburst came
from various sources, but particularly
from Baltimore. That city, whose
native son wrote the words under the
stress of emotion and during the bonn
bardment of Fort McHenry, could not
restrain its wrath at the sacrilege
done to the national anthem.
There has been much discussion as
to the suitability of The Star
Spangled Banner" for national
hymn, but the criticism has hereto
fore been confined to the singability
of the music. 1t is doubtful il ever
before its power to incite warlike
sentiments was even thought Of. In
fact, aside from its high tonal range
and the difficulty for Americans to
learn more than one verse. it has al
ways been considered a noble and
inspiring hymn.
RUT in these days, when nations are
discarding old anthems for newer
ones of Warlike tone, it is inevitable
that the critical eye should ferret out
such tendencies in this peace-desiring
Nations national song.
Few. perhaps. realize that both the
composer of the music and the author
of the words were churchmen of posi-
tive convictions. Francis Scott Key
was Low Church layman and
founder of a seminary at Alexandria,
who once desired to prepare himself
for the ministry. Not able to carry
out his wish, he shared in all church
activities, speaking at church conven-
tions and Sunday school rallies. He
wrote two hymns which appear in the
Episcopal Prayer Book, one, Lord,
With Glowing Heart I'd Praise Thee. &"
being popular to this day. 1t is said
of Key that he not only was the first
person to introduce the system of
Sunday schools in this country, but
taught himself in the first one to be
established.
John Stafford Smith, whose melody,
ITO Anacreon in Heaven" was chosen
for the setting of Keys words, was
also a churchman like Key, lay
vicar of Westminster Abbey. organist
of the Chapel Royal and composer Of
collections of chants and anthems for
the Church of England.
x X x X
1T SEEMS a pity that this song.
which took form under the inf
ence of the noblest sentiment that
can be conceived, springing spon-
taneously from the deeply stirred
heart of a man to whom the mean
ing of the national flag was revealed
at a moment rarely experienced,
should be labeled Warlike.
Seldom has any poem been born
under such stress of noble sentiment
as brought about the composition of
the words of The Star Spangled
Banner" Through a long and ter
rible night. Francis Scott Key paced
the deck of British warship, where
he was held in courteous detention