Evening star., 1937-06-20

Next came the opportunity to come
to New York and appear on the Co.
lumbia programs. 1t was an I'M
portant adventure for the girl, whose
future career in radio depended upon
her first broadcast. She reported to
Mark Warnow, c. B. S. symphonic
conductor.
Sing something you know, frst,"
he advised her.
The music Of Seventeen" was pro-
duced. And Hollace Shaw sang
Seventeen" Familiarity easily. en-
phasizing all It's values.
That's your song" said Mark
Warnow.
"PERFEcT1oN1sT' is the word for
Werner Jansen. When he went
to Hollywood musicians from all the
orchestras then In the movie capital
rushed to compete for the 80 odd posts
In the orchestra to be conducted by
Jansen. Many Of them left other
jobs to work with him on the hour
program once week. Yet all these
musicians knew In advance that
working with Jansen wasn't fun.
They'd heard the stories about his
sensitive ear and impatience with
careless musicians.
Time and again rehearsal for the
program has stopped because Jansen
has heard a whisper In the studio, this
while conducting an orchestra Of
more than 80 men. Time and again
1t has stopped because that Jansen
ear has detected one instrument out
OF the 80 making mistake. Perhaps
one violin natting slightly-not even
whole tone OF, just half or .
quarter.
Some Of the musicians. no doubt,
have heard the story Of the tuba
player Of Turin. Jansen was con-
ducting in Italy-a rehearsal for
Wagner concert. The tuba player
omitted low B fiat. Jansen in.
stantly raped for silence and pointed
out the error. At another rehearsal
the same thing happened and again
he caught 1t. Just before the con-
cert he went over to the mans music
stand to draw red arrow pointing
at the note. But the musician had
anticipated him: he had drawn q
ring around the note and written In
the margin: PLAY this when Jansen
conducts" 1t seems that the low B
nat was a hard note to play. -Four
rStct h - l.
lung power used.
Jansen is even more demanding on
himself than on his musicians. He
must know each score perfectly be-
fore he enters the studio for rehearsal.
When conducting for vocalists. he
learns the lyrics. He is musicians
| musician" yet at the same time the
| most businesslike Of artists. Every.
thing is planned and thoroughly Or
ganized in advance. The price he
pays Is hard physical work seven days
q week and many nights without
sleep, which is just one Of the reasons
why he has earned the respect Of
Hollywood In one month.
ROY HARRIS. one Of the American
composers commissioned by CO.
lumbia to write music for radio, was
so impressed by the perfect sense Of
timing which he observed round the
studies that he has decided to COM
pose Time Suite" as his commits.
stoned work. 1t is to be in six move
ments. and he has figured out exactly
how long 1t is going to take all to-
gether-and movement by movement
The first movement is a minute long
fanfare for brass. The second move
ment is minutes long and is hymn
for strings woodwinds and horn. The
third movement is minutes long, the
fourth minutes long, and so on, the
number Of each movement coinciding
with the number Of minutes 1t will
take. until Harris gets to his sixth
movement, to which he will add an
extra minute. 1t will be q double
fugue for full orchestra and will be
minutes long.
Harris has assured Columbia and
Howard Barlow, whose symphony or.
chestra Is going to perform the Time
Suite" sometime this Summer on
"Everybody's Music" that those time
schemes will come out. provided the
tempo Of each individual bar is fol-
lowed accurately. He has figured out
and indicated the tempo of each bar
in his own head, and says he has
written as many of these bars as
will fit into the time scheme he set
for himself. 1t will be up to the
metronome and the production mans
stop watch to find out whether Harris
was exactly right in his calculations.