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Evening star., 1936-01-12

OF Windsor" is classed definitely as
light opera, its overture is frequently
the preface to serious programs.
In The Afternoon of the Faun" DR..
Kinder and the orchestra pass on to
music more idyllic IN character. It.,
too, is light, but dreamy. languorous
and visionary. The music depicts the
caperings of faun. who wakening in
the forest at daybreak, tries to recall
his experience Of the previous after
noon. Throughout the composition
ecstatic melodies in the violins, play
against the languorous voices of the
flute and wood winds. This piece is
one of the best known and best loved
of Debussy's symphonic masterpieces.
The soloists number, the List
Hungarian Fantasy was composed
first as a piano rhapsody. based on the
gypsy themes that Liszr used so ex-
tensively in his writing. Then, to en-
rich the exotic melodies further, he
built the composition into an orches-
tral arrangement, featuring the piano
part. This gave him greater oppor-
tunity to bring out the brilliant hues
of instrumental color. which he always
saw very clearly. 1t is a stirring piece,
brittle and cracking like many the
composer wrote for his own use as
piano virtuoso.
Miss Nash comes to Washington
upon returning from sn extended con-
cert trip abroad. Since her brilliant
appearance here last year she has
score distinct triumphs in many other
cities, including music centers in Eu-
rope and South America. An ovation
followed a performance of the Liszt
Hungarian Fantasy" which she plays
today, with the Philadelphia Orchestra
in Robin Hood Dell.
The orchestra goes to Baltimore
Tuesday for another Of its series of
concerts there. The soloist will be
IRA Petina, the mezzo-soprano Of the
Metropolitan Opera Co.
Under Dr. Kindler's baton, the Or
chestra this week has another i'm
portant engagement-the launching
of the series of students con-
certs in Washington high schools. The
first concert of this series, which has
the general title of How to Listen to
Music" will be played Thursday
afternoon in Central High School,
Friday afternoon in Eastern High
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Heifetz Reports on s. 000Hours ofVion and BowWork
Life of Virtuoso Has Its
Compensations Always,
Artist Declares.

The great compensation, of course,
Is the human one. Being an artist is
like joining the Marines-you see the
world. I have been around the world
four times and know literally thou
sands of people. have two god
children, one in Australia "a delight
full little girl named Jascha) and an
other in London. I have good friends
in China, Japan. South Africa. Mex
leo, Java, India-in fact, anywhere
from Ireland to Afghanistan. My
Christmas mail this year came from
every part of the globe and opened
every envelope myself. I wouldn't let
my secretary touch a letter-each
stamp was a memory of dear, far-otf
places; each name was like a hand
clasp across seas and countries, &
happy reminder Of all the human
contacts without which fame is as
nothing.
r HAVE been a violinist ever since I
could talk, so I can't very well
imagine being anything else. But if I
were to have choice of career think
I should like to have been an indus
trial engineer or politician-a very
practical politician.
must confess right now that I
have the reformer's itch. I travel all
the time and think know this
country as well, If not better, than
almost any one have met. And I am
continually coming across things
which could be changed or improved.
In fact, keep a little book. On the
left-hand page I write down the
things which are wrong. On the right
hand side set down a plan for their
correction. There are all kinds o.
items, about parking rules and trains
that jolt, about unimaginative food IN
American hotels and thousand and
one other things ..
I'd like to tell you more about /.
because it's a most constructive
amusement. But to tell Washington
what Is wrong with the country is like
carrying Goals to Newcastle "a nice
city, by the way, where I played a
concert on election night in England
last month";. And so I shall stop writ
ing and confine all further messages
to NJ violin and bow. !
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won the name of Brazilian Night
ingale."
The tenor role of Gerald will be
sung by Armand Tokatyan, who is
we'll known in this city. His first ap.
pearance here was made as Romeo. in
Romeo and Juliet" some years ago.
Edouard Albion, general director oi
the Washington National Opera, will
sing the role of ''Nilakantha," the
High Priest. Mr.. Albiol's first con-
cert appearance in Washington was at
the National Theater, after which he
remained in this city to organize and
direct the Washington National Opera,
which operated for a period of 10
years. Twenty-six major grand operas
were produced, with the worlds lead
ing artists. such as Chaliapin Gadski
and Josef Schwartz, n the casts. This
is the first time Mr.. Albion has sung
with his own organization.
The Ruth st. Denis Ballet, in the
dances of the Orient which Miss st
Denis has made famous, will take part
in the performance of 'Lakme." Ar
orchestra of 48, large chorus of young
voices, with Eugene Fuerst conducting
and Enrica Clay Dillon. stage director
will add interest to the first operate
event of the season.
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follow me-" and continued his prom
enade.
T HAVE more conventional nature
in fact, am a very normal hu-
man being, just like any one of you,
but my career forces me into an
abnormal life. My instincts and de-
sires, my happiness and sorrows are
Just like those of every one else. I
have a wife and children, a pleasant
home in New York and a Summer
place in California where like to
spend my holidays, playing quartets,
swimming, or best of all sailing my
yawl. But instead the routine Of my
year would Just about kill the aver
age person. You always hear talk OF
the delicate, sensitive artist" Well.
assure you that It takes the nerves
of q buS Tighter, the digestion Of .
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In Local Music Circles

+ Society at the home of Anita Schade,
president, on Saturday. Mathi!da
Kolb Bartlett, soprano, will sing. ac-
companied by Miss Semple.
The monthly meeting of the Piano
Teachers Forum will be held at the
Columbia Heights Christian Church,
1885 Park Road northwest, Thursday
morning at 1890 o'clock. Emerson
Meyers, pianist. will play Beethoven
program. Eta Schmidt Wells will give
a talk on music memorizing. The
public is invited.
Katherine Bacon, pianist, of New
York City will play at Howard Uni
versity, Rankin Memorial Chapel, on
Tuesday evening. January 81, at $50
o'clock. Her program will include
compositions by Gluck-Saint-S -Saens,
Brahms, Mendelssohn- -Hutcheson and
Chopin.
Charles Trowbridge Tittmann, bass
will assist Lewis Atwater, organiSt, in
a program of French music at All
Souls Church Unitarian) this after
noon at o'clock.
Georgia Frost Barnes, soprano, will
be soloist at dinner given by the
Business and Professional Woman's S
division of the Women's City Club on
Wednesday. Mrs. Chester Adair will
be the accompanist.
Norman Frauenheim will give a con-
cert on Thursday at pm. in the
Neighborhood House Music School
This concert is free to the public.
At the musicale of the Lutheran
Home tomorrow Edith MacCartee, So
prano, will give group of songs with
violin obligatto, accompanied by Mary
T. Wells.
Dana Crosby, soprano. will sing a
group of songs at the Depauw Uni
versity alun1nae dinner to be held at
the University Club Friday evening.
Evelyn A. Foster will give a musical
| tea at her home studio in Cleveland
Park Saturday afternoon when the
following piano pupils will play: Inez
Johnston, Doris Cone, Elizabeth
Schirmer, Betty Parsons, Esther and
Helen Norton and Margaret Lynn
Wood. Elsie Schulze, soprano, will
sing, accompanied by Miss Foster at
the piano and G. c. williams on the
violin.
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it is easy and natural for one to sing.
But both these branches of music,
so closely akin, need special attention
to correct beginning if the pleasure
of performing be prolonged through
the years.
The very essence of the art. tone
quality, is more personal for the string
inStrumentaliSt and the singer than
for any other type of musician. With
out understanding from the very be-
ginning how the tone is produced in
beauty and sweetness, and what con-
trols the mechanism of production,
the pitfalls of later troubles cannot be
avoided or overcome. The remedy is
the study of technique from its SIM
plest form, the coordination of mus
cles and ear in the mere production
of tone
1t is astonishing how faulty in gen.
erel is the human ear. and how un-
reliable in detecting what is good Oh
bad. If teachers, students and public
were blessed with unerring aural judg-
ment the character of many of the
performances heard in concert halls
would be bettered. But a dazzling dis
play of virtuosity or temperamental
rendition is capable of making most
listeners forget that the fundamental
tone quality is bad. through the neg
lect of thorough grounding in fun
damentalS. There is no excuse for
this. either in the concert hall or the
studio. for the essence of music is
sweet sound and if the mechanism OF
production operates correctly, the re-
suit will be music.
A S GREAT responsibility in this
direction lies with the audience
as with the teacher, for the au-
dience's reaction controls the work OF
the professional artist. If the public
is willing to accept whatever is Of
fered because of the fame of the
artist, and irrespective of the quality
of his work, nine times out of ten, the
artist himself is satisfied.
When an artist has arrived at the
point where he is a high priest OF
IlluSlC (IIt QldIlIy VI lis dl uIloO NC
kept inviolate, and it is the duty OF
the public to see that he is made
conscious of his shortcomings when
they appear. Unfortunately, the
many demands made on popular
artist cause him to risk much to sat.
isfy his admirers. He himself may
be fully aware that his technique is
gradually deteriorating, but as long
as the public does not notice it he
will hesitate to stop for the upbuild-
ing study which is necessary.
Only by the forming and adherence
to a high standard can the art o1
a country grow. Whatever the atti.
tude toward music there is duty
implied. a duty which watches ovel
any laxness of the fundamentals thai
are the essence OF art. 1t begins
with the parents who plan for theil
children's musical education, and il
ends with the public that hears the
finished artist. And in no other de-
partment of life does honesty bring
so great a reward as in that of music
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hunger and thirst. Spiritually he was
raised on the works of artists like
Gogal, Dostoievsky, yChekhov. and in
music of Moussorgsky and Stravinsky
the forerunners Of the revolution
which upset an entire social condition.
HOW is it possible to expect from a
young talent of the magnitude
Of Shostakovich that he would not be
most vitally impressed with the ideas
which he received from these artists
and from these conditions? 1t is but
natural that the result would be en-
tirely different from what would have
happened to such talent had he
drawn solely upon the resources which
the great classics - Shakespeare,
Goethe and all the others-would have
given him. He has been nurtured
upon the desire to change what, to
him. must have seemed bitter unhap-
piness and injustice.
There is no doubt that it is this
desire which permeateS his music, and
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throughout it all, the deepest human
sympathy penetrates with a strength
and a tenderness which make of this
mans work moving experience such
as very few artists are able to give.
We do not know what the future
may hold in store for this young
genius, but I would be disappointed
indeed if the highest expectations
would not be justified by the work
we have heard so far.
1t is for that reason I am happy
that the first impression of the SYM
phony has been strong enough to re-
suit In the number of requests for
a repetition of the work which We
will give this afternoon.
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dS lS COllS2StCIlI Will SOOo
building. If possible, also, we should do
what we have done before, namely,
play compositions Of those composers
who have not yet acquired reputa-
ton, but whose works, by reason of
showing talent, are worthy of
hearing.
CHOSTAKOVICH belongs to the first
~ class. His reputation is quite
definitely established, principally due
to the sensational impression made by
his opera. Lady Macbeth of Mzensk. -
He is acknowledged to be the most
important composer among the
younger ones in the Russia of today.
His technical apparatus is complete
With that mean that, both as to his
resources of orchestration and as to
musical form, he has little to learn.
In fact. his form in itself has an ex-
citing quality in that the Sobriety of
his Instrumentation results in climaxes
all the more virile and vital.
His treatment of the instruments is
always such tina. one imagines that he
would be a performer On each one of
them himself He seems to have pene-
trated every difficulty. 1t is this very
sobriety and its contrast (when he
feels SO inclined) which, however, has
shocked number of listeners. and, on
the other hand. made fervent admirers
of others. We must look at this little
deeper than just from the point
whether we like" or dislike" what a
composer has created.
Here is young man, born in Rus
sia, who wrote this work when he was
% years of age (he is now 29). This
young man. during the most impress
sionable years. witnessed an enormous
social and artistic upheaval. He took
a part in it personally. He suffered
Evening star., 1936-01-12

-HE District of Columbia Fedora
ton of Music Clubs, Gertrude
Lyons, president, will hold its
l. mid-season general assembly
meeting on Wednesday evening at 8
o'clock in the Sale de Recital, 1925
G street northwest.
Artist and individual members and
a representative from every federated
organization are cordially invited to
attend and organizations having a
membership of so or more can send
representatives. The business meet
ing will be held at o'clock, after
which, at 9:15, a program of music
will be given by Dorothy Radde Emery
and Villa Semple. pianiSts, and AL
fred de Marco, basso, OF New York
City. ANY one contemplating join
ing the Federation of Music Clubs
can attend by making application to
Gertrude Lyons, president, at 1925
G street northwest.
The program at the 5 o'clock hour
Of music at Friendship House, 324
Virginia avenue southeast. today will
be presented by HARLAN and Charlton
Meyer, pupils of Frances Gutelius.
The public is cordially invited.
The program for the music hour
today at o'clock at the Y. w. c. A.,
Seventeenth and K streets, will be
devoted to informal singing by the
audience, directed by Mary M. Bur-
nett, music secretary, assisted by Dor
othy Howard, violinist. AS feature
of the program Margaret Lambie will
tell about the making of shepherds S
pipes and will play several selections.
The public is cordially invited.
Washington Alumnae Club of Mu
Phi Epsilon, national honorary mu-
sical sorority, will hold its regular
monthly meeting tomorrow night at
the home of Mrs. William j. B. Orr,
4400 Cathedral avenue northwest, at
8 o'clock. The sorority will continue
its study of the National Symphony
Orchestra programs, choosing at this
time the program to be given on
January %. Mary Burnett will be in
charge of the program.
Warren F. johnson, organist, will
play "Improvisata, by Alfons Suys,
and fantasie and fugue on "Cor Jesu.
by Isidor Stogbauer, before the evening
service at the Church of the Pilgrims
today.
Anita Schade will give lecture
on the life of Robert Schumann be-
fore the Tuesday Evening Music Club
on Tuesday at 8:15 pm. at the Flor
ence Howard Studios, 1408 New Hamp-
shire avenue. She will read the melo-
drama, "Fair Hedwig." with piano ac-
compartment by Marjorie Gilbreath,
and Elizabeth jackson Everett, So
prano, will sing a group Of Schumann
songs, with Marjorie Davis at the
piano.
The Friday Morning Music Club
will present Vera Ross. contralto:
Hazel Gibson Wood. soprano. and
:. Villa Semple, pianist, on Friday morn
Ing at 1880 O'Clock at Barker Hall.
villa Semple. pianist, will play
Schubert's Sonata in A Major" at
the meeting Of the1 German Literary
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Orchestr ira
Resumes It's
Series Today
Symphony Concerts S
Program Features
Miss Nash.
AS THE National Symphony Or

AS THE National Symphony Or
"A chestra resumes its Sunday con-
certS after the holiday recess at 4
D m. today in Constitution Hall, WASH
ington has an opportunity to hear one
of its favorite pianists. Frances Nash,
who will appear as soloist, and whom
many music lovers will remember as
one of the orchestra's most popular
soloists of last season.
The soloiSt will be presented in the
Hungarian Fantasy" for piano and
orchestra, by Franz List, and the or
chestra will play the symphony No.
l." by Dmitri Shostakovlch.
This will be request performance
of the symphony. DR.. Kinder having
given it a Washington premiere on
the last of the orchestras Thursday
concerts before Christmas. Because
of the success of that presentation
the conductor is repeating the sensa-
tional work on the Sunday series Of
concerts.
There are two other works. the pro-
gram being played as follows:
Overture, Merry Wives of Windsor"
Nicolai
"The Afternoon of a Faun" Debussy
Hungarian Fantasy" for Piano
and Orchestra ----------L List
Frances Nash.
IntermiSSion0
Symphony No. l" - Shostakovich
The melodious and light overture
of Nicolais was an instantaneous sue
cess when the opera. based on Shake
speares comedy. was first produced
in Berlin in 1849, and has been a
concert hit ever since. Its gayety and
sparkle make it an excellent opening
number for opera and concert alike.
Hence, even though the Merry Wives
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laying of proper foundation. Many
of the progressive ideas are concerned
with the advanced stages of study and
appreciation, while, as matter of
fact, further understanding is made
almost impossible for the lack Of the
essential groundwork.
It is an absolute fact that at some
time in his career. be il amateur or
professional. the musician will have to
devote himself exclusively to the de-
velopment of his technique, if he
would continue to perform.
1t may seem strange to say "at some
time" when it is generally supposed
that all students consider technique
continuously, with special emphasis in
the early years of instruction. But
this is not always the case, for often
teacher, student and family are
blinded by the ability OF the pupil and
he is pushed on to type of work for
which he is not yet ready. The re-
suit is not seen Immediately, but the
toll of such careless use of talent is
the sad reckoning of later years.
Many a musician, who finds himself
retrograding as time passes, could
remedy the difficulty by returning to a
study of the fundamentals OF tech
nique.
NHEN parents are starting their
w children on a musical education,
the greatest care should be taken III
the choice of teacher, in finding out
what his plan of education consists
in, and then cooperating with him IN
following out this plan. Seldom Is
the ordinary parent capable OF decld-
ing whether this or that manner OF
instruction is not correct for the child,
and after sufficient investigation, it
should be left to the teacher who, If
he is worth anything at all, will have
the course of study arranged progress
sively, and elastic enough to fit into
the individual requirements.
The beginning of the study of music
Is always tedious for the student, and
for the family, which is anxious to
enjoy the fruits of his talent. There
is no way to hurry the progress in
music because of the dual elements OF
the physical and mental which must
be developed.
With some, the conquering of mus
cular control and its direction is ac-
complished easily, while again the
subtler feeling for the musical content
becomes paramount before the tech
nique is ready for it. In either case,
the student is pronounced to be espe-
cially gifted when, as matter Of fact
he is gifted in a one-sided way alone
The result brings to the performing
musician the criticism of lack OF
musical understanding in one case and
the bewildering sense of inefhciency in
the other.
MANY of the heartaches of broken
AA careers could be avoided if the
foundation were properly laid and
sufficient time spent on that alone
Especially is this true of violinists and
singers, the one because the mere
ability to play the instrument is a
feat in itself and the other because
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Art Forum Recital.

THE second recital on the Interna-
tional Art Forum series will be
an Evening of Song" taking place
at the Washington Club, Wednesday
evening, January 20.
The program of vocal solos, trios
and quartets will be given by Edith
Hoffman Jones, coloratura soprano;
Charlotte La Fond, contralto; Erna
Embrey, dramatic soprano; Enid
Mitchell, soprano: Earl Nolls, tenor,
and George Lambert, bass-baritone.
Jewell Downs is coaching the program
and will play the accompaniments.
Programs and tickets are available
at the T. A. Smith Bureau. BIO G
street northwest. -.
Evening star., 1936-01-12
By Jascha Heitets.

A N ARTIST writing an article
~ reminds me of Samuel john
n sons remark about the woman
preacher. According to Bos-
we'll he compared her to a dog walk
ing on its hind-legs, saying it was not
a question of how well it was done,
but "the wonder was that it should be
done at all"
I feel I ought to have something
sensational to say. something which
makes "news''-otherwise I might
better keep still and play the violin,
which is, after all, my business. But l
console myself with the story OF the
chorus girl who shot millionaire and
was engaged to sing for week at a
vaudeville house. At the close OF the
week she demanded re-engagement.
mot unless you shoot another mil
lionaire," said the manager.
Well, haven't-figuratively speak
ing-"shot a millionaire" but do
hope to come back and play here for
many years to come. This will mark
my eighteenth appearance in WASH
ington and proves, think, that while
a sensation is only good once, music
is good for long, long time.
Still, I wish for the sake OF this
article that I was better copy" like,
for instance, my friend Sir Thomas
Beecham with whom I recorded the
Sibelius violin concerto last month in
London. Sir Thomas is not only a
fine conductor but a most extraor-
dinary personality, and the stories told
about him are endless. There is one
famous tale which you may not have
heard. One day Sir Thomas was TAX
ing a stroll. It was warmish and
soon it grew too hot for him. He took
of his overcoat, hailed q taxicab,
gave the coat H the chauffeur. said
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School and a week from Monday
afternoon in Western High School.
On the initial program, which DR..
Kinder has entitled Melody and
Rhythm" he will present Schubert's
"Marche Militaire," excerpts from Mo-
zart's Zine Eleine Nachtmusik :"
"Polonaise" and "Bedinerie," from
Bach's Suite in B Minor; the first
movement of the Schubert "Unfin-
ished Symphony" Schubert's Mo-
ment Musical" Mendelssohn' Spin
ming Song" the Arabian Dance" and
Dance of the Mirlitons," from Tsch-
aikovsky's "Nutcracker" suite, and
Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla"
from Wagner's ''Das Rheingold.
Season tickets for the four concerts
of this series may be procured by stu
dents and their parents through
teachers in the several schools or at
the orchestra box Office in the Julius
Garfinckel & Co. store.
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Opera With
New Singers
For Capital
Co m ing Productions
by Albion Co. to
Bring Artists.

THE two grand opera productions,
that of "Lakme" on Tuesday eve
ming, January 81. at Sis o'clock, and
"Haensel and Gretel," special matinee
on Saturday, January 25, at 3 PM,
announced by the Washington Ma
tional Opera will bring number OF
new singers for the first time to
Washington.
Special interest lies in the appear
ance of Bidu Sayao, young coloratura
soprano from Brazil, who has a num-
Der of friends in the diplomatic cir
cles who heard her at the Opera
Comique in Paris last May, when she
sang the title role of Lakme. and