Evening star., 1937-08-28
BY Alice Evwsman.

ME LIl1IO ana COllCluQlu8 OuJQOO1
concert Of Latin American
music OF the Summer series
will be presented in the Aztec
Gardens Of the Pan-American Union
on Thursday evening, from to 1890
o'clock. The instrumental portion OF
the program will be rendered by the
United States Marine Band under
the leadership Of Capt. Taylor Bran
son, with featured guest artist Mario
Silveira, Argentine baritone.
Arranged by Capt. Branson, the
program includes variety Of selec-
tions by many of the outstanding CON-
posers Of Latin America and also fea
turing instrumental solos, duets ano
trios, by various members OF the band
The vocalist, Mario Silveira, made
his debut at the Colon Theater in
Buenos Aires in 1888 in Wagner Z
opera, THE Meistersinger," in which
he played the role Of Hermann Ortel
He was engaged by the Colon Theater
for the season of 1933-34 after win
ming contest at the Colon and after
his debut appeared in many operas
including Wagner's "Parsifal," In
which he took the part Of Knappe. Mr.
Silveira has sung in numerous con-
certs in Buenos Aires, as we'll as being
soloist with the Buenos Aires SYM
phony Orchestra, and some OF the
leading broadcasting stations Of that
city.
He studied several years in the
Buenos Aires Conservatory under some
Since coming to the United States Mr.
Silveira has been awarded a scholar
ship in voice at the Louisiana State
University, where he has been the pro-
tege and pupil of Pasquale Amato
former baritone Of the Metropolitan
Opera Co. He has been in Hollywood
doing picture work for the past year
and recently made concert and op-
cratic tour Of the West, meeting with
marked success in his numerous ap-
pearances.
Mr.. Silveira will sing three groups OF
songs on Thursdays program, which
will include an aria from Carlos
Comes opera. "Il Guarani" entitled
THE Song of the Adventurer." and
"Hindoo Love Song" by Herman Benz
berg Of Argentina, both with band ac-
compartment.
AS usual, portion of the program
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cast over the facilities Of the National
Broadcasting Co. blue network) and
also will be carried by the short wave
stations for the benefit of Latin
American listeners.
ONE of the outstanding events OF
the 1878 music season in Wash
ington will be the return to the con-
cert stage of Yehudi Menuhin, the
violinist, after a two-year holiday on
the Menuhins' California ranch. He
will be heard in a full-length recital
at Constitution Hall on Sunday after
noon, January 30 next, as one of the
attractions of Dorothy Hodgkin Dor
sey's second Sunday afternoon recital
series.
Already the two-year holiday OF
the Menuhins draws to close and
within a few weeks the entire fam
ily-mother. father. Yehudi, Hephzi-
bah and Yaltah-will again turn theil
faces toward the East to accompany
Yehudi on his travels Mrs Menuhin
leaves with great reluctance. 1T is
heavenly here she says of their Los
Gates ranch, in the Santa Clara Val
ley of California. Il wish We never
had to set foot off the place again u
The father is concerned with Yehudi's S
career, while Hephzibah and Yaltah
the two girls. would like career. but
take not unkindly to their moth
er's idea Of home and families 0!
their own.
Mrs. Menuhin quite frankly wants
the children, especially the girls. to
marry early She believes there is
little happiness in a musical career for
women, unless it is for pleasure and
not profit that they play. Home
comes first, in Mrs. Menuhin's opin-
ion, and there can be little home life
for an artist.
Yehudi, himself, worries consider
ably over the fact that some may re-
gard his two-year withdrawal from
the concert stage as a Sinking Of the
obligations Of a career. He insists il
was a very urgent necessity to avoid
staleness. The routine of concert
izing, coupled with the demands OF
incessant travel inevitably react
against the artist, so Yehudi decided
that after II years of public appear
ances, he would go off and play for
two whole years before resuming his
concert career.
When I come back this season." he
says. lit is my fervent hope that all
of my friends will feel that this holi-
day has been worth while and that
it has contributed to my artistic stat
ure."
At this time Menuhin stands as
one OF the principal fosterers of the
reincarnation of Robert Schumann' s
last violin concerto which has re-
manned buried in the Berlin Stats
bibliothek since 1907.
Joseph Joachim. the famed violin
ist and friend of Schumann, in whose
hands the composer placed the con-
certO chose for uncertain reasons IN