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drew most heavily on those of Wagner.
Selections from his operas were
played II times and one of the seasons
high points was an all-Wagner con-
cert in which Elsa Alsen, soprano, and
Paul Althouse, tenor, were featured.
Johann Sebastian Bach was called
on eight times, twice at auspicious oc-
casions. Ethel Bartlett and Rae Rob-
ertson, the English duo-pianists, when
artists with the orchestra, gave the
Bach Concerto in c Major for Two
Pianos" a very notable performance.
Later in the season Egon Petri. the
master student Of Bach's works was
soloist in the Concerto in D Minor"
for piano and orchestra.
Although Johannes Brahms was
represented on National Symphony
programs numerically small num-
Der Of times, his place in the season
was most important. Undoubtedly
one of the highest points of the sea-
son was the event in which the Or
chestra Association presented two
programs of Brahms music. One of
these, given in the regular Sunday
series Of concerts, brought to patrons
the great Brahms Concerto for Piano
and Orchestra" with Myra Hess, the
noted English pianist, as soloist. DR..
Kinder, on that occasion conducted
the orchestra in the Brahms Sym
phony No. g." and the Tragic" over-
ture. The Brahms event also included
chamber music program, in which
DR.. Kinder, as cellist, Miss Hess and
members of the Musical Art Quartet
played sextet. quartet and a trio
from the Brahms repertoire.
Beethoven. Mozart, Tchaikovsky
and other Of the music masters we're
given many places on the seasons
schedule. Excerpts from Moussorg-
skys opera. Boris Godounov," ar
ranged by DR.. Kinder, and selections
from Bizet's Carmen" as well as
airs from other favorite operas. were
enthusiastically received and showed
decided interest in the operate as we'll
as in the purely symphonic literature.
THE season produced its quota OF
artists, for in addition to those
already named there came Roman
Totenberg, the Polish violinist; Grace
Castagnetta, the pianist: Margaret
Harshaw. young contralto; Sylvia
Lent, violinist; Frances Nash, pianist;
IRA Petina. mezzo-soprano Elizabeth
Travis. pianist; the orchestras own
Sylvia Meyer. harpist, and Efrem
Zimbalist.
An even larger list of distinguished
artists is tentatively prepared for next
season, C. C. Cappel, manager Of the
orchestra, has announced. Negotia-
tions will be completed as soon as the
Orchestra Association succeeds in its
campaign to raise the necessary sus-
tanning fund.
. Short of their goal, nearly 200 work.
ers have extended the drive, conducted
in March, and are still soliciting con-
tributions. Gifts. urgently needed to
carry on the work of the symphony.
will be received at the associations
Office. 1l13 Woodward Building.
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In Local Music Circles

TDWIN HUGHES, New York
- pianist, will give the sixth Of
his series of lectures on THE
0 Development of Modern Piano
Technique" at the Washington College
of Music Monday evening at 8:15
O'Clock.
The cantata "Eastertide," by James
Noodle, will be presented tomorrow
night in the Methodist Church, Rock
vile, Md, by the Montgomery Choral
Club, under the direction Of Mrs.
Howard Blandy.
The monthly meeting Of the Piano
Teachers Forum will be held at Co.
iumbia Heights Christian Church, 1435
Park road northwest, Thursday morn
ing at 1920 o'clock. The program
will consist of selections by pupils of
the teacher members. The public is
invited.
Iva LoughIen Guy will present her
piano class at a musical tea this
afternoon in the studio of the League
OF American Pen Women. Those on
the program are Barbara Harter,
Bobby, John and Leon Curtiss, Joseph
Benson, Robert and Richard Wiebe,
Robert, Ellen and William Hartshorn
June Ney, Jacqueline Blunt, Betty
Walker, Julia and Jane Jolliffe, Nancy
Wakefield, Julia Ann Warthen,
Frances Jett, Harris Ball, \ .tty Bean,
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Plans Benefit Recital.
MARION cHAcE and Micl

MARION CHACE a n d Michael
A Logan, American dancer now as
sociated with the Chace Dance Stu
dios, announce the presentation of a
professional program at the National
Theater Sunday night, May 8, at $50
o'clock.
The event is for the benefit Of a
group Of farmers in Cumberland, Md,
left destitute of farms and homes by
the recent flood.
This program, which will be pre-
sented on the first night of National
Music week, will be divided into two
parts. The first half will be made
up Of short numbers greatly varied
in theme and style. The second half
of the program will be devoted to q
dance satire based upon the activities
of the United States Supreme Court. 1t
will have prologue concerning the pi-
oneers of this country and an epilogue
that rounds out the motivating theme
of how this country was founded by
groups that broke away from tradi-
tions and made their own laws ac-
cordinS to their needs. always adapt
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Concert Schedule
Tomorrow.


Nelson Eddy, song recital, Con-
stitution Hall, pm.
Marine Band and Symphony
Orchestra. Easter sunrise service.
Amphitheater, Arlington Gene
terry. Z am.
Monday.
Navy Band. Hour of Memories
program. II am.
Army Band, Future Farmers of
America program, 1890 pm.
Tuesday.
Concert Of Latin-American Mu-
sic. Pan-American Union. 8 pm.
Marine Band and Symphony
Orchestra, Shut-ins' Dream Hour,
II am.
Soldiers Home Band Orches-
ira, $50 pm.
Wednesday.
Marine Band and Symphony
Orchestra, 8 pm.
Army Band, 11:30 am.
Thursday.
Marine Band, Patriotic Half
Hour, 1880 am.
Soldiers dome Band Orches-
ira, $50 pm.
Friday.
Marine Band and Symphony
Orchestra, 3 pm.
Army Band, 4:45 pm.
Saturday.
Army Band, National Grange
program of the Farm and Home
Hour, 1890 pm.
Soldiers Home Band Orchestra,
$50 pm.
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Miss Brico to Lecture.

Antonia Brico, orchestra conductor,
who has been recently acclaimed as
one of the "a outstanding women Of
America, will be in Washington May
3 and 4 to lecture on Musical Atti-
tudes Here and Abroad" and "The
Prejudice and Discrimination Against
Women in the Music World" Miss
Brico will be presented by Elena de
Sayn, director of Concerts Intimes at
Wesley Hall.
Miss Brico is q lecturer of note as
well as an outstanding conductor.
Her two performances in Washington
at the Water Gate last Summer as
guest conductor of the National SYM
phony are well remembered.
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OF the orchestra, was paid a weekly
salary.
The judgement of local patrons
that the orchestra had artistic merit
was verified by the critics in large
music centers from Atlanta, Ga, to
Boston, Mass, and Ottawa, Canada.
in which the National Symphony
played. The orchestra made more
out-of-town trips than ever before.
The 20 concerts in Constitution
Hall Excluding the students festival
concert) this year were two more
than were given the preceding year.
There were 108 performances Of
compositions in these score Of concerts,
and while the greater number Of
them were from the field Of standard
masterpieces, no less than 26 had
their first hearings in Washington.
In this group of new works we're
many compositions by contemporary
musicians. At least seven of these
composers are American. and four
Of them live in Washington, Mary
land or Virginia.
WHILE adding to its repertoire
such classics as the Beethoven
"Eroica" Symphony and the Brahms
Symphony No. l." the orchestra pre-
sented in the Capital for the first
time such notable works as the List
Faust" Symphony with the assist
ance of the George Washington Uni
versity Mems Glee Club, the Sym
phony No. l" Of Shostakovich and
several works Of Bach and other early
composers. hitherto unplayed locally.
Notable among the new works pre-
sented are those of living American
composers, who sat In the symphony
auditorium when their works were
played. Believing that only through
a sympathetic performance of their
compositions can composers, as we'll as
music lovers generally. come to know
fully the meaning Of their music, DR..
Kinder made a feature of several new
pieces. In one program he gave pre-
mieres to the elegiac overture Chat
teTIOH, Dy EDWARD FOtUeTI WdSnlng-
ton; Southern Nights" by Franz
Bornschein, Baltimore: Green Will
low" by John Powell, Richmond, and
"Divertimento," by Bernard Wagenaar,
New York. Twice during the season
was the Circles of Washington" suite,
by another Washington composer, r.
Deane Shure, played.
George Gershwin, one of the fore
most of living American composers,
came to Washington to be soloist
when the National Symphony pre-
sented his Piano Concerto" and to
be guest conductor In a first per-
formance locally Of an orchestral
suite from music in his sensational
opera, "Porgy and Bess."
Among other contemporary mu-
sicians whose works were accorded
places on DR.. Kindler's programs were
Georges Enesco, Richard Strauss, Jean
Sibelius, Maurice Ravel, Jaromir
Weinberger and Dmitri Shostakovich.
EROM the works Of composers now
considered classic the orchestra
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istence of supermen who spent their
time in doing good and their recrea-
ton in making music.
The poets have woven beautiful
verse about the music of angels, who,
as Milton wrote, Their happy hours
in joy and hymning spent" while the
legends of angel visitations and their
aid in the creation of work. of art
are numerous. A favorite tradition,
long held true, was that Of st. Cecilia,
the patron saint Of music, who was
visited by an angel attracted to her
by her beautiful singing. Another
legend is that the lovely tone of a
bell sounds for the angels at twilight
with an enhancing sweetness. but
only those humans of great purity of
heart may hear its sound.
Whenever angels are spoken OF in
the Scriptures, there is always color,
music and motion, the elements from
which earthly music is. made. There
is no formula ever invented by which
music of immortal character can be
created unless that mystifying quality
called inspiration motivates its in
ception. 1t is not unreasonable to
imagine, nor is there any proof to the
contrary, that this uneXplalnable
something that gives life and lasting
power to music is the whisper OF
super being whose voice sounded in
the inner consciousness OF a COM
poser. How else to explain the tor
ment of many of the great masters
who heard a melody singing in their
minds yet could not find the exact
form by which its full beauty could
be revealed to others. Or by what
means was Mozart able to create the
most perfect music when, according
to human laws, his spirit was too
cast down to think in the terms OF
delicacy loveliness and happiness
which characterize his writings.
And from whence comes the power
of great artists to move the heart and
stir in its depth the longing for noble
things? It has been the experience OF
many that music awskens nostalgia
for something that life cannot give,
lIldG lldS llO lCldtlOll w ASSiAA6
and that releases the senses to a deli
cate perception of spiritual truths.
When the great feasts of the Christian
world are to be celebrated, the soul
longs for music with which to express
sentiments too deep for words alone.
The master composers, who strove to
recreate the drama of the Lords Pas
sion in music felt the profound signifi-
canoe of those events which brought
about the redemption, in tone and not
in words. For both Bach and Bee
thoven, words were hindrance in the
expression of their musical idea, and
to the listener even of today, it is the
music, rather than the text, that has
the power to move him.
+ When the Old Testament mentions
the visits of angels to this earth, music
such as the great composers have left
to us was unknown. Since Christ rose
from the dead, the human race has
found its voice and sung of His tragic
sacrifice in an imperishable manner.
Is it too great a fantasy to imagine
that to musicians is delegated the
transmission Of divine melody to hu-
manity which Carlyle calls "the speech
of angels"
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Miss Sugar to Play.

A mn SUGAR, pianist, will render
an evening of piano music on
Sunday, April 10, at 8:15 o'clock at the
home of DR.. and Mrs. M. I. Bierman,
1401 Floral street northwest. Miss
Sugar, who is a pupil Of Felian Garzia
and a member of the Washington
Pisnists' Club, has on number of oc-
casions performed as soloist with our
own National Symphony Orchestra.
This concert will be benefit con-
cert under the auspices Of the Zionist
Forum and the direction of Theodore
Rosenfeld. The proceeds will 60 to
the Jewish National Fund.
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angel messengers appeared from time
to time to Gods people, with word
from the God Head, keeping alive in
the hearts of men the hope for a
future existence.
The first angelic messengers were
sent on harsh missions, unaccom-
panied by celestial music. But when
the Christ Child was born and the
redemption of mankind started toward
the quality of celestial music was
made known to humanity for the first
time. Before these long-awaited
events transpired there was little
singing of any value except the Psalms
of David, but with the glorious finale
of the resurrection great music took
form in the souls of men inspired by
the tragic sufferings of the Man who
had but to ask to have the resplendent
SORROWS with the strains of perfect
melody.
In the Old and New Testaments,
the existence of angels and the works
performed by them are mentioned in
Vulnerable times The cherubim, of
whom We sing with special emotion,
as in the old Ambrosian hymn, THE
Cherubim and Seraphim and all An
gels Serve Him." are alone spoken of
IS times in the Old Testament. The
ministry of angels and their employ
ment by God to carry out His inStruc-
tions are part of the teachings Of
Holy Scriptures and whenever music
Is mentioned it is through the sing
ing of angels. Martin Luther, who
had deep belief in the blessed spirits
says: "All that We know of angels
Is that they serve on earth and sing
In heaven"
Today the materialism of the world
leaves little place for faith in celes-
tial beings as mediators between this
world and the next Yet when music
Is heard. when the marvellous melodies
which only gifted few have been
able to assemble for our enjoyment
and spiritual stimulation are per-
formed, the reasonableness of heav-
enly source of inspiration cannot but
be impressed upon us.
The primitive church believed in
and taught the doctrine of ministry
by angelic beings, and the early artists
and musicians found material for their
compositions in the imagery of their
occupations, which were invariably
associated with music. Ruskin, ir
writing of the paintings of Fra An
gelico. who reproduced faces seen ir
visions and which he never retoucheo
once he had transferred the outline
to canvas, describes them as ''the an
gelic choirs of Angelico-listening ir
pauses of alternate song for the pro-
longing of the trumpet-blast and the
answering of psaltry and cymbal from
oil the star shores of Heaven"
Since the beginning of the eight
eenth century the belief in super
natural beings, whose mission was to
provide music in the heavenly spheres
and to assist man with their greater
wisdom. has become less and less a
part of religious belief, until in this
prosaic day such a teaching borders
on the fantastic. Yet the heathens
had their ideas about some heavenly
creatures, and even the great Socrates
spoke of his angel and his messages
The Mohammedans held to the ex-
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ing and readjusting them to meet
changing conditions.
Miss Chace and Mr.. Logan will be
assisted in this program by group
Of the advanced pupils in their studio
who are ready for professional ap-
pearances. Miss Chace was long as
sociated with Ruth st. Denis and Ted
Shawn and travelled with them as a
solo dancer in the famous Denishawn
tours here and abroad. Mr.. Logan
has been associated with Charles Wied-
mans group and danced in the pro-
fessional Life Begins at Eight-forty."
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SeasonLeads
Capital to New Heights
Record Shows Great Variety of Achieve
ments Which Bring Credit to District
De-
Music Patrons.

REVIEW the ssSsS season which the National symphony Orchestra
/ for the organization that
the
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GRACE ADAMS EAST,
Well-knoUn 10oman trumpet
ist of Berkeley, Calf, 10ho a0iH
take part in the Easter mu-
sical program OF CalUGry Bap-
tiSt Church tomorrow and 10lL
be soloist 1oith the NdUy Band
on a Nation -wide hook-up on
Monday.
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hundreds of young singers and pianists
are completing their musical educa-
tion
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Glory Of Resurrection
Offered Music to World
Strains of Perfect Melody Came to Mankind
Angel Figures in Teachings of Old
and New Testaments.
By Alice EverSman.

surround
exalted
your worship while His saints earth
their Redeemer-God-wth humble tongues
with lofty His head
that mortals that music the
Heavenly Kingdom by the angels have played in the
drama of Christianity The feast of Easter which celebrated
throughout the world today with special musical services the
the humany struggle the truth
The times-news., 1936-10-28
DO SOMETHING
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

Northern Pacific, ] thinks said
to tell its employees, "ln case of
emergency. YOU do something.
Should you do the wrong thing.
you may be forgiven; but if you
do nothing you will not be for
given"
There is that which is miracu-
lous about doing something; the
mere fact Of making sincere ef-
fort seems to draw to the docr
the help of mysterious powers.
Most persons who make real
successes do something-and keep
on doing something even when
they see no hope of accomplishing
anything. Fate seems either un-
able to hold out against such per-
sons or will not.
4 friend of mine was plotting
around Washington Il representa-
tive for Il foreign company. The
foreigner was trying to get GER
tain concessions in import duties;
should he fail, his company would
suffer a heavy loss. In spite of
the influence Of my friend, which
was considerable, the foreigner
was turned down cold by the of
ficialS.
Its no use" said my friend
finally. We have covered the
ground - not once but several
times. There is nothing more we
can do
"Ycs, there is," insisted The for-
cigncr. I'VE can cover the ground
again"
"Wcll get the same answers, y
protested my friend.
Maybe not" said the foreign
er. Let us try once more"
So once more the two went over
the same ground with the same
arguments. Then the miracle hap
pcncd. The foreigner was given
exactly what he wanted.
"How do you account for it?'
! asked my friend.
81 don't account for it," was
The times-news., 1936-10-28
CLASSIFICATION

Most dsinterested authorities agree that the leg
slative ought to have constitutional power to claS-
sify property for taxation; that is to say to tax
different classes of holdings different percentages;
to be free from the requirement of a uniform levy,
which means uniform percentage of the money
value A great amount of wealth escapes taxation
because it is in such form that taxation can be
evaded. The theory is that if these "intangibles"
were taxed at much lower rate, they would come
out of hiding This is strongly supported by the
experience of other states The opponents Of clas-
sificaion say the intangbes ought to pay taxes at
the existing rates Cat least until all rates are
changed). They ought to, no doubt; but they do
not, and there is no probability that they WILL II
has always seemed to the Daily News that change
of policy in this respect would be wise. Without
any particular pride of opinion, this newspaper still
fockS with those who think the people are unwlse
and unmindful of their own interest, in that they
do not permit classification which would give these
intangibleS inducement to come out and De taxed
But this newspaper is also OF the opinion 'ha'
another class of property could be set ASIDE III the
taxation scheme with more profit to the state Ae
tua and potential timber lands ought to be taxed
if at all, without regard to the timber on thein' OF
the ability to grow trees. Timber ought to be un-
taxed. w ~
fuel, bark; wood that has been cut and is ready
for thc market. 1t ought to be taxed according to
it's sale price.
This is because we have in this state a great deal
of land that can grow trees with more real profit
than it can grow anything else. There is needed
a thoroughgong system of protection of tree crops
against fire. so that they may be insured for nom-
inal sum. The timber crops should no doubt be
taxed sufficiently to provide for this protection, and
the owner would have in addition to pay for his
insurance; but the system of uniform taxation hav-
| ing operated so long against tree culture, there
would be sound, longrange ethics in subsidzing
| the crop for time
We are persuaded that classification of timber
lands for taxation will be of more permanent profit
to the state than the liberation of intangbles from
high rate which forces them into furtive courses,
immensely profitable as that will be.-Greensboro
| News.
The times-news., 1936-10-28
By RODNEl BUTCHER

NbN service >taH correspondent
{ CLEVELAND. O.-Among the
big FIVE" states whose elcc-
toral votes arc so vital TO Cover
nor Landon. Ohio is the only ono
which has voted with the winning
side in every presidential election
since 1892.
You will find some Ohio Demo-
Gratis fearing that the unpopular
ity of Democratic Gov. Martin
Luther Davcy will pull President
Roosevelt down to defeat and
some Ohio Republicans will tell
you they're worried lest Davcy
ride on RooSeveltS coat tails TO
victory over their candidate, At
torney General John w. Brickcr.
Generally speaking. however,
there arc certain points on which
most politicians and political ex-
pertS agree:
1-Bricker will defeat Davcy
l. and run we'll ahead of Gov
ernor Landon.
O-The winners margin in the
q presidential contest will be
very small.
O-Roosevelt will receive large
- urban majoritieS and destina-
tion Of Ohio'S 26 electoral votes
will depend on the extent IN
which rural and small town vot-
erS feel outraged concerning tho
New Deal.
New Deal partiSans who bo-
heved month or two apo tbo,
Landon would win Ohio now hoN
lieve otherwise. Some Ror,Ib
licanS agree with them. concod
ing recent swing to Roosevelt
But the so-called rura, To,o
usually dominates Ohio and e ~
though large cities formorlw Do
publican now obviously are Den
ocratic, the rural areas on,,oor '',. -
have returned 10 at least 90, ="
RepublicaniSm. "o' maj