Evening star., 1937-08-21
TONES FROM PAST
Music to Be Broadcast by Salzburg Has Dis
tinction to Be Given by Use of Piano
Bearing Mozart's Fame.
By Alice Eversman.

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~ during the special interna-
"A tional program which will be
broadcast from Salzburg from AIS
to 4:45. At that time the piano used
by Mozart will be heard for the first
time in the United States when Rob-
ert Scholz, pianist, will play Mozart's
Variations in A Major" and his Trio
in E Flat Major" with Ernst Mo-
rawec, viola, and Leopold Wlach.
clarinet.
Mozart's piano reposes in the Mo-
zarteum in the city Of his birth,
where his genius is commemorated
each year in the great SalZburg music
festivals There in the Summer gath
er the great musicians OF the world
to do honor to his memory amidst
the mementoes Of his life cherished
in the shrine erected for them. There
stands the unique "pianoforte" with
its reversed coloring of keys, the sharps
and fats white and the naturals
black. The case is of walnut and is
one of the best examples OF the de-
velopment of the instrument at that
time as made by Anton Walter, who
was preferred above all other makers
by Mozart. When Mozart's widow,
Constance, married the diplomat, Won
son, Karl, admonshing him to value
1t as highly as she did.
One wonders what marvellous ef-
fects would be MoZart's invention had
he the piano of today to perform on.
AS it was, his technique and his tonal
color were developed on the harpsi-
chord and resulted in delcacy OF
invention that is of inestimable value
in refining the execution of serious
artists OF the piano literature TO this
day. Mozart was constantly inter-
ested in the new departures which
preceded the perfected piano of the
present time and once wrote enthusi-
astically to his father of a model
which he had tried. Among the few
poor effects which made up Mozarts
worldly wealth at the time of his
death was the piano which will send
its voice over then-undreamed- of
invention this afternoon to countless
numbers of reverent listeners in a
country that ranked not at all mu-
sically in Mozart's lifetime.
Eugene Ormandy, conductor OF the
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra. has
been spending the Summer directing
at the Linz Bruckner Festival in
Austria. He and his artist-wife,
Steffy Goldner. brilliant harpist, have
snatched a few vacationing nome nts
in the Tyrol and enjoyed their friends,
Otto Krause and his wife, Lotte Ieh-
mann. the soprano. in mutual holiday
spent in Salzburg. Earlier in the Sum-
mer Mr. Ormandy. who brings the
Philadelphia Orchestra to Washington
for an opening concert Of the new sea-
son Tuesday evening, October rs, en-
joyed his favorite sport, bicyling, on
short vacation in Bermuda
Fritz Kresler, the great Austrian
whose violin has held more magic for
millions of people all over the world
than any other for many years. will
come to Washington as soloist on this
opening program by the Philadelphia
Symphony Orchestra. Mr.. Kreisler is
great reader and his vacation in
cludes much time spent in reading the
very old books which he loves to buy
as well as his favorite moderns,
Roman ROLAND. Anatole France.
GalsWorthy and Shaw. Mr.. Kreisler
new inventions which interests he
enjoys especially with his close friend
Albert Einstein, who, in turn, is an
excellent amateur fiddler
John Charles Thomas, baritone, who
later will appear in the Philadelphia
scheduled programs for Washington. is
a lover of the ocean and vacation time
finds him often in nautical attire.
Reservations for the five Philadelphia
programs locally-October 26, Novem-
Der 30, January II, February l and
April 5. with Ormandy conducting four
and Stokowski one, and Szigeti, kreis-
Ter and Thomas as soloists-can be
mailed to the Smith Bureau, 9l0 G
street northwest.
One hundred and ten years after
his death, Beethoven is still supreme
as a composer for symphony orchestra
His symphonies, which indeed stimu-
lated the development of the modern
orchestra, are performed because they
form the very backbone OF the roper
toire of major symphony orchestras
throughout the world
Dr. Hans Kinder, conductor OF the
National Symphony. who has always
made Beethoven's music part Of his
standard repertoire. now believes that
public demand for Beethoven's music
expressed in enthusiasm for the mas
ters works performed in the last six
years, should be answered in spe-
cial way He has. therefore, announced
a Beethoven festival for the coming
season. Completing plans for series
of festive events, DR.. Kinder revealed
last week that the National Symphony