The Washington times., 1935-10-30


preserving the daily music themes:
Many teachers of music apprecia-
ton advise their pupils to clip
the daily themes, paste them on
3x5 filing cards, place the COM
poser's name at the top, and file
them in alphabetical order by
composerS)
Sing it boisterously," admon.
ished the usually dignified DR..
Leopold Stokowski, Sunday eve
ming during the progress of a
benefit concert at the Academy of
Music in Philadelphia.
DR.. StokowSki asked the audi
ence to join with the Philadelphia
Symphony Orchestra as he played
the "MarSeilles," Columbia, the
Gem of the Ocean," and Schu-
bert's "Serenade." This music
was used on a program that also
included Brahms Symphony No.
in E Minor"
Another novelty of the evening
was a piccolo solo with orches-
tral accompaniment played by
John A. Fischer, "Salarello" LA
Monaca). The concert netted
$4,500 for the pension fund of the
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.
Now that the National SYM
phony Orchestra is firmly estab-
nshed in Washington, it would
add to the future security Of the
orchestra if pension fund were
started here.
DR.. Hans Kinder, in returning
from his engagement as guest
conductor of the Philadelphia
Symphony Orchestra, has added
new laurels to his fame as a cor-
ductor. Of his Philadelphia con-
cert, Edwin SchloSS, music critic
of the Philadelphia Record said:
Thanks to his own fine gifts with
the baton, the warm response of a
sympathetic audience and the
superb support of the orchestra,
Kindler's debut came off with the
greatest eclat. The washington
maestro's reading of the Jupiter
Symphony CMoZart). was decisive
but respectful. buoyant, alive,
virile, gay and tender. There was
no elaborate busting off Of a MI
scum piece. The concluding fugue
was especially clean and epigram-
matic-the entire performanc a
refreshing delight"
DR.. Kinder has chosen for the
opening number of the concert
next Sunday afternoon at Con.
stitution Hall at 4 o'clock. a tran
scription of a deeply religious
chorale by j. S. Bach, Choral
vorspiel: Christ Lag in TodeSban-
den" Christ Lay in the Bonds Of
Death.
In the direct and simple Luth-
eran faith of Bach'S time, one
grieved as for a suffering friend,
the Savior crucified. One felt all
the personal agonies Of bereave
ment in the record of Christ's
death.
The introduction is a transcript
ton of an organ prelude which is
taken from a cantata by the same
name. The theme originated in
an old Lutheran hymn. The work
contains in a superbly simple or
chestration, the wordlesS grief
that surrounded the Crucifixion.
But at the end there is also a
tranScendent mood that tells Of
the sublime faith in the risen and
living Lord, together with the
strong Lutheran faith in immor-
tality.
Next week Washington piano
teachers will have the benefit of
hearing lectures on the art of
making music attractive to be-
ginners. John M. Williams, au-
thor of a noteworthy series of |
instruction books, has the cour-
age Of his convictions to insist |
that the best preparation for
teaching children is not attained |
by study with great masters of |
technique.
Mr.. Williams would not ask of |
a teacher the great artists he
may have studied under, but
rather whether he has studied
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