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Evening star., 1937-02-13
TWOUnuSual
by.
Orch es ira
Symphony to Offer
Distinct Groups of
Works.
TWO unusual concerts-one Of sell

TWO unusual cornerstone Of sell
dom-heard masterpieces, the other
featuring world premieres of works by
living American composers-will be
played before National Symphony Or
chestra audiences this week.
With Maj. Loudon Greenlees, noted
Scottish baritone, as soloist, the or
chestra, under Hans Kindler's baton.
will present the five songs Of Gustav
Mahler's "Kindertotenlieder" and other
works at pm. tomorrow afternoon
in Constitution Hall. Then at reg
ular midweek concert at 4:45 pm.
Wednesday in the same auditorium
DR.. Kinder will conduct program
Of four notable American works, three
Of which will be given first perform
anceS.
The second concert Of the week
Is arousing exceptional enthusiasm
among Washington music patrons be-
cause Of its concentration on works
Of living Americans, two Of whom
are Washington musicians. The pro-
gram includes first performances Of
the Concerto in F Sharp Minor"
for piano and orchestra, by Everett
Stevens, young Washington composer
and pianist. who will appear as soloist,
and Of r. Deane Shure's Symphony
No. in D Minor" A world premiere
will also be given Pueblo, a Moon
Epic" the most recent composition Of
Lazare Saminsky, New York composer
and author. All these composers will
be in the audience Wednesday after
noon.
DR.. Kinder has announced the pro-
gram, as follows:
Pueblo. a Moon Epic -saminsky
Concerto In r Sharp Minor" for
With the the composer at the piano.
''Berkie Symphony. in D Minor" 49, Shure
Mr.. Saminsky wrote pueblo" at his
home In Rye, N. Y, last Summer, on
commission from the League Of
Composers, and composed 1t for the
National Symphony Orchestra. The
premiere here this week will, there
fore be a significant event on which
will be focused the attention Of men,
bers of the league and patrons Of
American music throughout the
United States.
Pueblo" is a two-movement work,
depicting first the Indians sense Of
restlessness at being shut in tents for
the Winter and, second, his Joy at
the coming of Spring and liberation
from his confinement. Into his COM
r. 60 them
of a moon dance of the Ute Indians,
and corn and rain songs Of the Pueblo
and Iewa tribes, all of which inspired
him. However, he points out that,
while these "tonal relics" were used
in the musical texture Of Pueblo"
they serve more as an impetus for
imagination than as material for me-
chanical music building"
In his score the composer uses In
dian drums and original thunder
sticks-rare and crude instruments,
obtained with great difficulty to lend
authenticity TO this weeks premiere
performance.
Mr.. Stevens, whose concerto will
follow the presentation Of Pueblo" is
native Washingtonian, who began
composing 10 years ago when he was
only IL years old. His unusual talents
have been recognized by Peabody Con-
serVatory in Baltimore, which for the
last five years has awarded him schol-
arships. He has played several re-
citals here and in other cities, includ-
ing Brooklyn, N. Y, anf critics con-
slider him one Of the post promising
OF young artists. In the field Of COM
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BACH SELECTIONS
AT MUSIC COLLEGE

THE following program of music of
Johann Sebastian Bach will be
played at the Washington College of
Music on Monday evening at 8:45
o'clock by William Holden, Melvin
Creamer, Lucia Perez. Grace Powell,
Lyman McCrary, Elizabeth Rankin
King and Fanny Amstutz Roberts.
''Toccata in D Major Mr. Holden
From the We'll Tempered Cavichord,"
preludes and fugues:
In E fiat minor Melvin Creamer
In G minor and in c sharp major,
Lucia Perez
Sonata in Major" for violin and
piano Grace Powell and Lyman McCrary
Concerto in G Major:
Arrangement for three pianos. from
the original writing for three harpsi-
chords and stringed orchestra. made
by Harold Bauer.
Elizabeth Rankin King William Holden.
Fanny AmStutz Roberts.
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Accompanied at the piano by Edwin
Macarthur, Nine. Flagstad's program
will open with four Strauss songs in
German: "Seitdem Dein Aug in
Meines Schaute," Zach, Lieb, Ich
Muss Nun Scheiden,' "Schon Sind,
Doch Kalt Die Himmelssterne" and
"Ich Liebe Dich." Then follows a
group Of three songs by Edward Grieg,
Mems teg venter" (While I Waltz,
"Lys matt" bright Night, and "Det
Gynger en- baad" "a Boat Rocks To
and Fro), Norwegian song, "Og Sc,
hun kom" (And See, She Came) and
a German song, "Es naht der Herbst,
both by Jordan.
Nine. Flagstads third group con-
sists Of two songs In German by Jo-
seph Marx: "Und gestern hat er mir
RoSen gebracht" and Hat dich die
Liebe Beruhrt," Michael Heads Noe
turne," Ernest Charles "Spendthrift"
and Frank Bridges Love Went arid
ing" the last three sung in English.
Flagstads fourth and final group con-
sists Of the two Wagnerian excerpts:
"Elsa's Traum" from Act 'Lohen-
grin" and "Du bist der Lenz," Sieg-
linde's aria from Act I, Die walkure."
MAKING her debut in Oslo at the
~ age Of l8, Flagstad was little
known outside Of Scandinavia until
1888 and 1884, when she was invited
to sing at the Beyreuth festival, where
she was heard by Giulio Gatti-Casazza,
then director Of the Metropolitan
Opera, and Artur Bodanzky, who en-
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ton that such a course Is possible
only to those thoroughly cognizant Of
the rules of musical composition and
harmony, and the majority Of every
audience is not so schooled. But it
is a strange thing about public opin-
ion, even in musical matters, that
it Is usually able to recognize the
good or point out the bad by an in
tuitive sense. For many unlearned
persons will be able to penetrate the
veneer to find the truth or the lack
of it beneath, because the old quota
tion still holds good, Truth crushed
to earth will rise again"
That holds the secret of the duty
Of a composer toward his public. AS
long as his work contains truth it will
live. No composer has right to
impose anything but what is real and
sincere on public and expect to have
it acclaimed. But does a composer
always distinguish what Is truth?
Does he not often delude himself
with the idea that in juggling har-
monies, as he may be doing, he Is
unearthing new truth that has
never been thought Of before? Many
times he does, and the world is richer
because composers have fought for
their convictions, but today the very
atmosphere of modern life would seem
to operate against a perfectly clear
vision in this respect.
THE power Of discerning truth Is
the outgrowth Of experience. not
merely the living in externalS but the
developing processes which go on in
the inner sanctuary of the soul. There
Is where the force terminates which
will bring forth great creations, and
with that as source the pathway of
truth is clear. The trouble of much
of modern composition Is that it is
built on too light a foundation and
contains none of the spice of tribu-
lation to give it substance. Yet one
has only to look around to be con-
scious of the many sources Of inspira-
ton that can stir a sensitive heart II
life has spared it its own measure of
sorrow or denied it a great Joy. The
old masters, whose works will live
forever, knew much trouble, poverty
and illness, but kept the inner flame
aglow and by its light wrote their
imperishable works.
Since time immemorial, composers
have had difficulty in gaining recog-
milton, at least during their lifetime,
for their creations. It is perhaps pre-
ordained that such should be their fate
so that they may prove their metal
and prove also the caliber of their
talent. Most of us today know at
least the outlines of the sad histories
of the great men whose compositions
dispel all our sadness or fortify our
strength and who are recognized as
immortas. 1t is therefore our duty
to believe that every newcomer is a
potential immortal until definitely
proved the contrary and listen to his
compositions in that spirit. What con-
ductors can do to assist in making
known the best of modern musical
thought is being done, and the rest Is
left to the audience, which controls
the future Of all musical art.
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Stevens Plays at Hotel.

EVERETT STEVENS, brilliant
young concert pianist and COM
poser viii be the artist for the musicale
at the Roosevelt Hotel tomorrow eve
ming at $50 O'Clock. Mr.. Stevens was
born in Washington and received his
early music training here. He has
held scholarships for the past five
years at Peabody Conservatory in
Baltimore and has been studying
piano under Austin Couradi and COM
position under Gustav Strube.
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gagged her for the Metropolitan the
following season
Arriving quietly in New York with
little preliminary fanfare of publicity,
Flagstad swept an unprepared audi
ence almost of its feet at her debut
in die Walkure" on February 2, 1895,
and at her second Metropolitan per-
formance. few days later, all seats,
and even standing room, were sold.
Nine. Flagstad made her first WASH
ington appearance at one Of Mrs.
Lawrence Townsend's morning mu-
steals at the Mayflower last Winter.
MODERN violin music has been fire.
quently enriched by Jascha Hell
fetz's transcriptions of the works Of
early composers, and four OF these
Heifetz transcriptions are included in
the program the celebrated violinist
will give at Constitution Hall next
Sunday afternoon, February 81, at
4 O'Clock, under the management Of
Dorothy Hodgkin Dorsey.
Assisted at the piano by Emanuel
Bay, Mr.. Heifetz will play the follow
ing program:
Suite viva,di. .pu..h
Sonata No. r. &c Minor) Beethoven oven
INTERMISsION. 1-''''
La Plus Que Lente"- Debussv
Mediterranean" Rsy
Ell Puerto AIhen1s
:.Tss,dM .vses Mgrmgrs" Y castelnuovo-Te
DANA de la Gitana" sIfYter
TRANSCRIBED by Mr.. Heifetz.
seats Tor both the Heifetz and Flag
Stad recitalS are now on sale at Mrs.
Dorseys Concert Bureau, in Droop's,
at 1900 @ street northwest.
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IN LOCAL MUSIC
CIRCLES

THE program for the music hour
at the Y. w. c. A. tomorrow has
been planned in observance of ma
tional race relations Sunday. The
Howard University Mems Glee Club,
under the direction of r. w. Tibbs,
will give the program. Robert Nolan
Is the accompanist. The public Is
cordially invited to attend.
Dorothy Radde Emery is attending
symposium on Women in This
Modern World at Oberlin College,
Ohio. She will address the student
body on Women in Creative Music"
An evening with the victrola will
be held in the Music Division of the
Public Library, Central Building,
Eighth and K streets, Tuesday at
1880 pm. The program will consist
of works by Antonin Dvorak
Due to limited seating capacity
persons interested are requested to
notify the Music Division of their in
tention to attend. Admission is free.
SIX members OF the Washington
Opera Guild will be heard in concert
at the Sale de Recital on the eve
ming of February IS. The program,
to be given by Mrs. Tully, Mrs. Hardy,
Mrs. MacLain, Mrs. Kandzie, Mrs.
Wood and Mrs. Monsell, will be varied
in character and contains several
novelties"
Margaret Shaw, member of the
Washington Opera Guild, directed by
Nine. Gurle Luise Correa, was soloist
for the Pioneers Club banquet Friday
evening.
FranceSka Lawson, soprano, and
Elizabeth Darlington Simpson, pian-
ist. gave a joint recital for the Wom-
ems Club of the Y. w. c. A. last We'd
nesday afternoon.
The program at the Sunday hour OF
music at Friendship House. 324 Vir-
ginia avenue southeast, at 5 o'clock
tomorrow will be presented by the
Friendly Ensemble. The public Is
cordially invited,
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Symphony Orchestra
Concert Tomorrow
Leader Comments on Music to Be Played,
With Loudon Greenlees, Baritone, as
Special Soloist for the Event.

ing the somber nature o. this work
and the predominantly serious mood.
the voice penetrates even in the final
song which Is stormy and dramatic
and in which the entire orchestra is
used.
The titles and texts of the songs ex-
plain their individual character. -Four
of the five are of the most intimate
mood and expression. as deeply felt
and as beautifully worked out as the
deeply moving texts warrant. They
require the art Of completely de-
voted servant Of music in the singer
"a rara avis sD-some one who Is will
ing and able to put his gifts on the
altar Of self-sacrifice for the sake o.
art. How seldom do We find such, the
only essentially right kind, OF artistSl
1t Is probably the reason why this
work Of Mahler's will be heard for the
first tire in Washington.
THE Scriabin ''Poeme Divin" Is the
Is the exact opposite O. the NAH
Ter in many ways. 1t uses the Wag-
ner-Strauss technique in instrument
tatlon, with large and vivid strokes of
the tonal brush. and is gigantic in
scope as we'll as in execution.
Scriabin was theosophist. and al
though the work is completely pagan
in the extreme scrsuousness of its
character. it has literary program in
which the influence of theosophism is
plainly discernible. The YER titles
and sub-titles-Struggles Raptures.
Divine Effort, Exaltation, etc.-make
this evident.
In form 1t Is more like an enormous
symphonic poem than like a SYM
poony, starting out with a main theme
which might be entitled Fate" The
nrst movement represents what the
title indicates. namely, the wrestlings
OF the soul with fate, and throughout
the latte seems to be victorious. re.
turning again and again after periods
OF stress anc climax.
WITHOUT pause this first move
ment leaos into the second
(called "Voluptes"), In which earthly
loves, tenderness and passion are de-
scribed with all the voluptuous color
which the modern orchestra offers a
composer OF Scriabins characteristics
This in turn leads without pause
toward the third and final movement
which is joyous and exultant through,
out, except that shortly before the
end the cate motive" reappears onIv
to be conquered by an Overwhelming
and victorious C major.
1t is work in which he orchestra
and the Conductor can revel to their
hearts' col;ent, and it Is therefore
curious to see it appear so rarely on the
programs oi today, where IS years ago
1t was mare than staple par: of the
orchestral repertoire. The neglect
seems to M as little justified as was
the exaggeated number o. perform.
ances at tat period. However as for
the past 1!years, it has not been often
played, an as it is a work which every
one can ract to in full enjoyment ~
all the cDrful possibilities of todav,a
modern oshestra, it seemed euinenflv
worth whe to give it another bearine
Evening star., 1937-02-13

On Program
of Segovia
Greatest Guitarist
Will Appear at
Wardman Park.

A NDRES SEGOVIA, the worlds
greatest guitarist and interpreter
Of music, who will appear Thursday
evening, February 25, at 8:45 O'Clock,
at Wardman Park Theater, has con-
sented to play Bach's "Chaconne" in
addition to the program recently pre-
sented at his first recital In New York
this season.
Like all Spaniards, segovia could
play the guitar as child. At Is he
had already mastered the limited
repertoire Of the instrument, and it
was then that he determined to sup
plement the poverty of its literature
with transcriptions from the classics.
Segovia refutes the generally preva-
lent idea that the guitar is an instru-
ment Of limited possibilities. "On the
contrary" he afirms, "the guitar is
/ even more complete than the violin /;
for example. 1t does not require an
accompanying instrument or an Or
chestra. It possesses not alone the
melody, but the harmonic bass as well.
I consider the guitar, as far as musical
purity is concerned, to approximate
the string quartet, which in my esti-
nation is the most perfect expression
Of music"
Segovia was the first to enlarge the
gamut Of dynamics and of timbres,
and to develop an entirely new technic
In his hands, the instrument seems to
have no limitations: he sweeps away
all disbelief. all skepticism, all levity.
When a student he attended the
Musical Institute in Granada. His
fellow students thought him strange
because this serious youth preferred
to spend his leisure moments practic-
ing and transcribing classical music
for the guitar. In spite of his parents
misgivings, Segovia pursued his own
course, studying the possibilities of
his favorite instrument and the most
effective means Of adapting the music
Of the classics to its seemingly limited
tonal capacity. The day arrived when
he felt he had attained the goal and
he now in all seriousness went about
preparations for a concert.
Concert tours in Italy, France, Ger
many, the Scandinavian countries,
Russia, South America, the Far East
and the United States followed. His
debut in Washington, three seasons
ago, made sensation, and it was then
that his extraordinary performance
of the "Chaconne" won him many
admirers who wished to hear it again
MusicologiSts maintain that Bach had
the guitar in mind when he composed
the "Chaconne" for the violin and
think it better suited to the former,
in spite Of such performers as Joachim.
Isaye and Kreisler. Segovia is linked
with those names with his interpre-
tation of the "Chaconne."
The concert at Wardman Park
Theater is under the management of
Concert Intimes, Elena de Sayn, di-
rector. Mail orders may be directed
to Miss de Sayn, 1926 Fifteenth street
northwest. Tickets are on sale at
Talbert ticket agency, Willard Hotel,
the Mayfiower Hotel, Wardman Park,
and from Sophocles Papas, 1903
Nineteenth street northwest.
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By DR.. Hans Kinder,
Conductor.

TOMORROW afternoons concert,
which introduces Mai. Greenlees
to Washington music lovers, will be
played as follows:
"Organ PASTORAL Bach
::STs9dsnsSsE SonsertO No. in r.MiSa1 p, sss5
tLoudon Greenlees)
'' Scriabin
Luttes (Allesro>.
VoIuDtes Lento).
Jeu Divin tAllegro).
The first number on tomorrow's pro-
gram Is q simple transcription Of an
organ pastoral by Johann Sebastian
Bach, one of those little known, yet
exquisite improvisations Of Bachs
where, not hampered by formal limi-
tations, the spirit seems to find direct
and perfect utterance of the emotion
engendered by deeply religious con-
temptation and faith.
This will be followed by the Bran
denburg Concerto No. q" There are
a number Of arrangements Of this
work, intended for the more or less
popular consumption of this ascetic
and archaic music. I have preferred
to let the work be heard as I think
Bach intended it, by leaving the
primitive spirit of it untouched by any
padding" The work is written for
solo violin, flute, oboe and high
trumpet. plus usual strings and GYM
balls. This trumpet quality Ca small
high F trumpet originality gives the
part written for it a severe, exalted,
and at the same time nearly emaciated
quality, which Bach doubtless in
tended it to have. Often it is trans
posed in the aforementioned arrange
ments to the clarinet (Mendelssohn's
version among others uses that in
strument), thereby depriving it of just
the original unbodily and virgin-like
transparency. I can but hope that
this reduction back to the original
will not be misunderstood. The mu-
sical value of the work, joyous in the
first movement, is deeply human in
the andante and returns to the more
abstract exultation Of the first move
ment in the finale. It Is the greatest
Of Bach's works in this particular
idiom and form.
IT WILL be followed by the Kinder
totenlieder Of Mahler. The five
songs of this cycle were inspired by
some of the most tragic poems inag-
Unable. The poet, Ruckert, wrote the
songs on the death of children, and
they are heart-rending in their poig-
nancy.
Mailer has written these songs In
chamber music rather than in purely
orchestral style. What I mean is that
although q rather large orchestra
with the exclusion of trumpet and
trombone) is used, the strings are
constantly subdued, and every wind
instrument and even harp and per-
cussion (small bells, celests, tam
tam), are given the utmost impor-
tance in their melodic line, and are
treated as solo instruments through
out. The result is that, notwithstand-
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Concert Schedule
TOMORROW.


National Symphony Orchestra,
DR.. Halls Kinder, conductor,
Major Loudon Greenless, BARI
tone, soloist, Constitution Hall, 4
pm.
Everett Stevens, piano recital,
Roosevelt Hotel, $50 pm.
MONDAY.
Emma Otero, soprano: Jose
Echaniz, pianist, joint recital,
willard Hotel, 8:45 pm.
Navy Band, Hour Of Memories
program. 2 pm.
TUESDAY.
Kristen Fagstad, song recital,
Constitution Hall, $3.50 pm.
Navy Band Symphony Orches-
ira, Sail Loft, Navy Yard, 2 pm.
Soldiers Home Band Orchestra,
$50 pm.
WEDNESDAY.
National Symphony Orchestra.
Everett Stevens, pianist, soloist,
Constitution Hall, 4:45 pm.
THURSDAY.
Soldiers Home Band Orchestra,
$50 pm.
FRIDAY.
Lovette Choral Club, benefit
concert, Petworth Methodist
Church.
Friday Morning Music Club,
Florence Howard Studio Ensem-
bic, Ina Holtzscheiter, Elsie Ra-
die, Lisa Gardiner Dance Studio
group, soloists, in Spanish pro-
gram, Barker Hall, 1870 am.
SATURDAY.
Soldiers Home Band Orchestra,
$50 pm.
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outside his native city. The third I'M
portant work is Pueblo" by Lazare
Saminsky, a naturalized American citi-
zen, highly gifted man, who discard
ed a scholarly career for music and was
encouraged in his decision by his mas
ters in Petrograd, Rimsky- -Korsakoh
and Liadov. Until 1920 he was a part
of the new musical circle. Of Paris, al
though he was well known also in Eng
land.
Whenever an orchestra goes to the
length of allotting an entire program
to compositions Of modern writers it
is an important event, and to this
worthwhile end DR.. Kinder has con-
tributed his share in every season of
the National Symphony. Perhaps often
the audiences would have preferred to
hear again their old favorites, but DR..
Kinder has persisted in reminding
them of their duty toward those who
are trying to do their bit toward the
progress of musical creation.
NATURALLY, when people pay to
hear an orchestral concert, they
are entitled to programs that they will
enjoy, either because of their novelty
or Of their great musical value. Un-
known names-that is, names in the
making-are sometimes looked at
askance, and this attitude has been
the basis Of hurt complaint by the ma
jority Of the sincere workers in the field
of composition. But there is something
to be said on both sides, and the obli-
CATION of one to the other cannot be
overlooked.
The fate of music at all times is in
the hands Of the public. Were it not
for those who have to listen to it
there would be little music written, for
1t is an art which, while giving intense
satisfaction to the individual, what
ever his ability, needs the opinion Of
many minds to determine its value and
durability. Nor can it be disposed of
with one hearing. as numerous exam
Piles prove which dot the pages of
musical history. Of rejected works
which, when heard in later years,
proved to be Of immortal texture.
Most musicians have their ears
tuned to accustomed sounds and their
minds to certain forms, and anything
different must bring first feeling of
distaste. 1t is only with repeated hear
ings that correct judgment can be
arrived at even by the most trained
musical minds.
TT Is therefore an audiences duty
to be willing to lend itself to the
trial Of a new composition and main
tain an open mind as to a decision.
It should be willing to have the ex-
perience Of listening to what is new
and Of doing its best to judge fairly
Rather than start from the premise
that because the music is in an un-
familiar idiom 1t must necessarily be
bad, an audience should reverse the
initial attitude and, with every good
feeling toward the new work, only
decide against 1t when after sufi-
cient deliberation 1t can honestly
voice that opinion. And only then,
with clear reasons other than OBJ
vious ones, why it has arrived at
such q conclusion.
Naturally there will be the objec-
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Sister Pianists Play.

THE Sisterhood of the Washington
Hebrew Congregation will present
Gertrude and Leah Effenbach in
two-piano concerto program in cele-
bration of its thirty-second birthday
anniversary Monday at 1890 pm. in
the vestry rooms Of the temple. The
Misses Effenbach recently gave a
concert at the home of Nine. Olga
Samaroff Stokowski in New York and
were also guest artists at the Congress
sional Club in Washington. Gertrude
Efenbach is a pupil of Alexandria
Sklarevski and Washington repre-
sentative Of the Musical Courier.
Leah Effenbach Is an artist graduate
Of the Peabody Conservatory and at
present scholarship pupil Of Nine.
OLGA Sama3f StokoWsH-