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Evening star., 1937-12-12
TUESDAY EVENING
CLUB In CONCERT

THE Tuesday Evening Music Club,
Florence Howard, director, will
present its eighth annual concert of
Christmas music and pageantry at
the University Club on Thursday eve
ming at $3.50 o'clock. The program
will open this year with a prologue,
representing Christmas eve in me-
dieval England, the singers wearing
the picturesque costumes of that
period. The script will be read by
Katherine Riggs.
Soloists in the prologue are Eliza
beth Everett, Elsa Radle, Alice Hatch
and Frances Tucker. The formal
program will include carols and songs
from both classic and modern itera-
ture, with incidental solos by Helen
Perry, Gladys Wilcox, Ina Holtzschei-
ter, Myrtle Barnes and Alden Hayes
Emery, jr., flutist. The assisting ar
tist is Evelyn Scott, violinist, and
Marjorie Davis is the acco,npanist
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EOR the Wednesday concert we start
with one of Beethoven's more
rarely played overtures, the one he
wrote for ballet which was called
'The Creatures of Prometheus" It is
more than any Of the mature works
in Mozart's style. It reminds me forc-s
IDLY of that Masters overture to "Cosi
fan Tutte." 1t starts with noble, slow
introduction which is followed by
rapid, rollicking second part, full Of
typically Mozartean spirit and buoy
ancy.
The overture will be followed by the
immortal Seventh Symphony, COM
monty (and to my mind rightly +.
called the Symphony Of the Dance"
1t is above all symphony Of rhythm.
It's themes especially those Of the
first, third and fourth movements) are
more rhythmically vital than those in
any Of the other symphonies. And
the famous second movement (alle-
gretto) gives the work the deeply emo
tional, the singing. constantly grow
ing, soaringly sad lyricism which has
made it one of Beethoven's grandest,
deepest and at the same time most
simply expressive creations.
For the second half of this concert
Josef Holman will celebrate in Wash
ington his fiftieth anniversary as
| concert pianist. He will play the
Fourth Concerto Gn G Major. This
is without a doubt the most poetic
among the five concertos for piano
and orchestra. Its very start for
piano alone) sets" the mood Of the
work. I would like to call particular
attention to the end of the slow move
ment. After a constant interplay Of
beauty between the piano and or
| chestra this transition to the final
rondo reaches the very heights and
depths of music which Beethoven alone
could scale. 1t is in the fullest sense
of. the word music Of the spheres.
Nothing but the simple gaiety of the
third movement could have success
fully given the necessary contrasting
release.
1t Is not necessary for us to empha.
size our satisfaction for the fact that
Hofmann has chosen to appear in
Washington as our soloist on this an
niversary occasion. Nor can we bs
grateful enough that he has chosen
this marvellous work for our all
Beethoven concerts. 1t is an honor for
our National Symphony Orchestra, as
we'll as for all of cultural Washington,
that this auspicious event should take
this particular form. And herewith
gladly partake of the opportunity to
pay homage to Josef Hofmann, one Of
the worlds most prominent musical fig
ures, on this his fiftieth anniversary as
concert pianist. That he should
want to appear on this occasion as
the interpreter of this particular work
by Beethoven is significant Of the man
and the artist. !
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Music at Hotel.
ETHEL BLACKWELL, pianist, and

F'THEL BLACKWELL, pianist. and
Elsie Craft, lyric soprano. will
present the program at the weekly mu-
sicale in the Roosevelt Hotel this eve
ming at $50. Miss Blackwell is direc-
tor Of music at the Landon School for
Boys, Edgemoor, and has had wide
experience in concert work. Her pro-
gram will include the Brahm "Rhap-
sody in G Minor" and Chopin's Fan
TASTE Impromptu."
Miss Craft, who in private life is
Mrs. Alan M. kaufman, studied with
the late George Castelle of Baltimore,
and during her years of study she was
national winner of the Federation of
Music Clubs in Boston and of the
Victor Herbert memorial contest in
New York City. In 1881 Miss Craft
gave very successful recital at the
Austro-American Conservatoire, Salz-
burg, Austria. Since returning to this
country she has done much radio
work and for several years was a fea-
tured soloist Of local station.
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Concert Schedule
TODAY.

4OQdy.
National Symphony Orchestra,
DR.. Hans Kinder, conductor;
Ruggiero Ricci, violirlist, soloist;
Constitution Hall, pm.
Ethel Blackwell, pianist; Elsie
Craft, soprano: Roosevelt Hotel,
$50 pm.
Chayele Grober, recital Jewish
folk lore, washington Hotel, 8:15
pm.
Elizabeth Somers Glee Club,
Mary Burnett. director, 619 D
street NV, S pm.
Monday.
Orpheus Quartet. Otto Torney
Simon, director, Arts Club.
Navy Band, Sail Loft, Navy
Yard, 2 pm.
Army Band, Army auditorium,
1880 pm. and 6 pm.
Tuesday.
Adolf Busch, violinist; Rudolf
Serkin, pianist; Library of Con-
gress, 9 pm.
Tuesday Evening Music Club,
Florence Howard, director, Uni
versity Club, $50 pm.
Navy Band, Sail Loft, Navy
Yard, 7:30 pm.
Marine Band, Marine Barricks,
8 pm.
Soldiers Home Band Orches-
ira, $50 pm.
Wednesday.
National Symphony Orchestra,
DR.. Hans Kinder, conductor;
Josef Hofmann, pianist soloist;
Constitution Hall, $3.50 pm.
Adolf Busch, violinist: Rudolf
| Serkin, pianist: Library Of Con-
gress, 4 pm.
Marine Band, Marine Barracks,
1880 pm. Marine Band SYM
phony Orchestra, Marine Bar
racks, 8 pm.
Thursday.
Stradivarius Quartet, Louis
Krasner, violinist; Beryl Rubin
stein, pianist; John Barrows,
horn, assisting, 8:45 pm.
Department of Agriculture Or
chestra, DR.. Walter Bauer, con-
ductor; Anne Yago McGuffey,
contralto; Bejamin Levenson,
cellist, soloists; Department of
Agriculture Auditorium, $50 pm.
Navy Band, Sail Loft, Navy
Yard, 1:30 pm.
Army Band, Army Auditorium,
4:30 pm.
Soldiers Home Band Orches-
ira, $50 pm.
Friday.
Adolf Busch, violinist; Rudolf
serkin, pianist; Library of Con-
gress, 8:45 pm.
Department Of Agriculture Or
chestra, DR.. Walter Bauer, con-
ductor; Anne Yago McGuffey,
contralto; Benjamin Levenson,
soloists: department auditorium.
$50 pm.
Friday Morning Music Club,
Irene Lerch, pianist; Susan
Oliver, soprano; Grace Powell,
violinist; Barker Hall, 1880 am.
Saturday.
| Stradivarius Quartet, assisted
by Samuel Gardner, Edwin Ide-
Ter, Louis Krasner, violinists;
Conrad Held, violist; Horace
Britt, cellist; Beryl Rubinstein,
pianist. Library Of Congress,
$3.50 pm.
| Army Band, Army Auditorium,
1880 am. and 1890 pm.
| Soldiers Home Band Orches-
tra, $50 pm.
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the Dance" Symphony (7th). But also
without these enlightening titles this
difference is Immediately experienced
during the study from work to work.
The Eighth Symphony" appears to
me to be work Beethoven tossed
OF" $50 to speak) in the full ripeness
of his municianly power-as though
he had material ready at hand to be
used, rather than q very deep, tragic,
emotional or intellectual urge such as
makes several Of the others the su-
premely moving achievements they are.
This entire symphony Is fresh, direct,
simple, clear-nothing introspective,
nothing sad-at most lyrical passage
here and there (as in the trio of the
menuet). But what power, what mas
terry, what surprising gaiety and health
and charm! And then, every once in
q while, the typical Beethoven obsti-
macy, q clashing Of harmonies, wrench
back to an original tonality, as in the
finale. A master-work in the best
sense Of the word.
THE Beethoven "Violin Concerto" :"
which will introduce the amazing
young virtuoso, Ruggiero Ricci, to
Washington, is a conception Of an en-
tirely different kind. The very start,
with the hauntingly dramatic four tym-
pani beats indicates this. To talk
much about this work or to explain" ~
it is useless. He who has heard the
return Of the second theme after the
cadenza as played, for instance, by
Kreisler at his best knows once and
for all the meaning of spirituality in
music. The same is true of the tender,
slow movement. And the finale
brings us back to earth with the SIM
plicity of its gay rondo theme and the
slightly melancholy lyricism of its sec
ondary counterpart.
After that the Sixth Symphony
will show still another aspect of Bee
thovens genius-his ability to trans
late into tones the strong and vital
impressions nature and rusticity made
on him. The movements have illumi-
mating titles which indicate the direc-
ton from which each section of the
work should be approached by the list
ener-such as: Awakening of happy
feelings on getting out into the coun-
try; BY the brook side; Merry
gathering Of the country folk; "Thun-
derstorm"; shepherds Song; Happy
and thankful feelings after the storm.
Personally feel that more than in
any other OF his works Beethoven be-
trays his Flemish origin in the move
ment called Probes Beisammensein
der Landleute" It reminds one con-
stantly Of a picture by Breughel or
Jan Steer in the realism, the vitality
and the strength of its rhythms and
of its orchestral color.
The complete program for Wednes-
days concert:
Overture, die Geschopfe des Prometheus :"
Fourth Concerto in G Major" for piano
and orchestra.
Josef Hofmann, Soloist.
Seventh symphony"
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equipped to carry on where they left
of
What the music of Beethoven means
to the world in general, and to mu-
sicians in particular, Is without esti-
mate. Handicapped as he was by the
terrible afliction Of deafness and by
lesser but devastating ills in the
form Of family troubles and poverty,
he nevertheless remained undeterred
from following the dictates Of his
genius. How he was urged on to
greater heights in musical creation,
how he progressed on that ever-broad-
ening path Of invention, how his closed
ears heard sounds Of unearthly beauty
and grandeur, and how his mind sped
forward to freedom and largesse in ex-
preston, Is known to everyone. The
influence of his genius is not ended
with the honor accorded him In this
day, for it is the kind that is ever
lasting, ready to meet whatever de-
velopment in thought and feeling the
world may know.
BEETHOVEN was fearless in his in
novation, and composers and mu-
sicians the world over must ever re-
main grateful to him. He was able to
infuse new life into old forms, to ex-
pand their boundaries Of expression
through his innate sense Of correctness
and the strength Of his musical urge,
which could not be confined in narrow
limits. He could take the same theme
time and again, and never duplicate
his use Of it. When his originality Of
invention was in full play there was
no restriction to what he could create.
OF his own method Of composition he
once told q friend:
II carry my thoughts about with me
long, often very long, before I write
them down. Then begins the mental
working out Of this stuff in its breadth,
its narrowness, its height and depth.
1t mounts, it grows in stature, hear,
see the pictures in its whole extent
standing all Of piece before my spirit
and there remains for me only the la
Dor of writing it down.
You ask me where I get my ideas
I am not able to answer that question
positively. They come directly, indi-
rectly; can grasp them with my
hands Out amid the freedom of ma
ture, in the woods. on walks. in the
silence Of night, early in the morning,
called forth by such moods as in the
minds of poets translate themselves
into words, but in mine into tones
which ring, roar, storm, until at last
they stand as notes before me-"
Beethoven often speaks of his
spirit" It is his spirit, the part of
mortal man closer in communion with
more spiritual realm, that guided
him to reproduce a music which in
closes the essence of spirituality And
hundred years before him, Stradivari
dreamed of an instrument that would
voice such music in its most perfect
form, that would capture the timbre
of heavenly singing to enrapture and
uplift struggling humanity. Two hun
dred years ago on December 10, he
died having accomplished his purpose.
This week, with the concerts given at
the Library Of Congress and by the
National Symphony Orchestra, the
musical magic of these two great men,
Beethoven and Stradivari, will be
heard in completion Of each other in
the greatest festival Of music which
this city has known.
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NHE Orpheus Quartet, directed by
Otto Torney Simon; Hazel
Gem Hughes, soprano; Elaine

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Gem Hughes, soprano; Elaine
Il Sebring Ford. contralto; Jesse
Nussear, tenor, and Richard Fairman,
bass, will sing the following Shakes
peare lyrics tomorrow evening at the
presentation Of Twelfth Night" by the
Shakespeare Society. DR.. E. " Wilcox.
president: "Orpheus and His Lutte -
II Know a Place Where the Wild
Thyme Crows" and THE Lass With
the Delicate Air" After the play, in
anticipation Of the Christmas season,
the quartet will sing two numbers by
Praetorius. The Morning Star" and
ITO Us In Born Emmanuel"
"The Christmas Story in Song
Drama" with cast of rs choristers
and soloists, will be presented for the
third season at the National Baptist
Memorial Church, Sixteenth street and
Columbia road NV, today at 4 o'clock.
1t has been arranged and will be
directed by Esther Linkins, director of
children's choruses. She will be as
sisted by Katherine Winkoop. A pro-
logue has been written by Florence r.
Hinman and will be read by 1t. Maj.
H. Mills Eroh. local commander of the
Volunteers Of America. A collection
will be taken at the performance for
the benefit of the home which the
Volunteers are establishing for stranded
women and girls.
The Elizabeth Somers Glee Club of
the Y. w. c. A., under the direction
Of Mary Burnett, will present varied
program at the House of Music at
Friendship House, 6ls D street Sc,
this afternoon at o'clock. The public
Is cordially invited.
The Circolo di Cultura 1taliana
will present Amelia Cont, harp; Gle
liza Fioravanti, mezzo-soprano, and
Domenic Iascone, flute, at a musicale
in the Chinese room of the Mayflower
this afternoon from 4 to 7. Villa Sem
pie will be the accompanist.
LaSalle Spier will present a group
OF his pupils in a studio recital this
afternoon at O'Clock. Compositions
for one and two pianos will be played
by Phyllis Allwine, Frieda Bass, Phila
Belle Burk, Helen Virginia Duvall,
Helene Finnacom, Iva Loughlen Guy,
Marion Hickman, Anthony Henning,
Eleanor Hulburt, Marilyn Lauter
Nancy Leachman, Myrna Macklin,
Helen Limon, Charlton Meyer, Flor
ence O'Brien. Dolores Schultz, Alma
lee Stewart, Nancy Stewart and Char
lotte Suess.
The Piano Teachers Forum, Thelma
Callahan, president. announces its De-
cember meeting to be held next Thurs
day morning at 10:45 in the Recital
Hall Of the Homer L. Kilt Co., 1880
G street, when Helene Finnacom,
graduate member Of the Washington
Pianist Club, will be the artist.
Mrs. Dun Lewis has reorganized
her pupils ensemble club which meets
the first Sunday Of the month at
l406 New Hampshire avenue. George
Graves was made president; Jacquelin
Kitchen. vice president. and Florence
Sara Gwin, secretary. Violin numbers
by the Ensemble Glass, and piano and
violin solos Of Bach and Handel were
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Star to Appear.

p OBERT WEEDE, popular American
baritone, Of considerable radio
fame, appears in recital at the Raleigh
Hotel on Tuesday evening, January 4,
under nti-Berenguer management.
Weede made a highly successful op-
cratic debut during the spring season
Of the Metropolitan Opera last April.
resulting in q recent announcement
that he had been engaged as regu-
lar member Of this famous operatic
institution.
Evening star., 1937-12-12
AGRICULTURE OFFERS
CHRISTMAS MUSIC

ON THE program of the next con-
cert by the Department of Agri-
culture Orchestra to be given on
Thursday and Friday evening at $50
O'Clock in the Department of Agriculture
auditorium (south building, Fourteenth
and Independence avenue) there will
be several rarely played Christmas Sc
lections, such as the Concerto
Crosse" for Christmas Eve by Arc.
angelo Corelli for strings, harpsichord
and harp. and the modern versions Of
an Austrian carol from the year 1923
and German carol from the year
1889, the latter by DR.. Walter Bauer,
who will conduct the orchestra.
The program features Anne Yago
McGuffey, contralto. formerly with
the st. Louis and Philadelphia Civic
Opera Companies, recently successful
as Maddalena in the "Rigoletto"
performance here in Constitution Hall
and again in the cast for "Haensel
and Gretel' to be given in the Rialto
Theater on December 26. as we'll as
Benjamin Levenson, young Washing
ton cellist, who in 1884 won the first
prize in the Music Memory Contest,
Evening star., 1937-12-12

Franceska Kaspar Lawson, soprano.
assisted by Harry Wheaton Howard,
pianist. gave song recital Friday sf-
ternoon for the faculty and students
Of Sacred Heart School. On November
80 they gave the same program at Ct.
Cecilia'g Academy.
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Joint Recital.

THE Friday Morning Music Club will
present Irene Lerch, pianist; Su-
san Oliver, soprano, and Grace Powell,
violinist, in recital on Friday morn
ing at 1880 O'Clock, Barker Hall,
Y. w. G. A. This is the last program
before the Christmas season. The
first program Of the new year, 1888
will be on Friday, January 8.
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In Local Music Circles

rendered. Papers were read on Bach
and Handel by Gladys Cooke. Jacque-
lin Kitchen and Margaret Wilson.
Those taking part were: Joyce Cham
bers, Gladys Cooke, Marcia Erskine,
George Graves. Florence Sara Gwin,
Jacquelin Kitchen, Nellie Gloy6, Ma
rianna Kyle, Vera Reid, Wallace
Oliver, Jean McElhaney and Margaret
Wilson.
Other members are: Mary Gloyd,
Ann Mundell, Jimmie Mundell, LeVar
Stair, Patsy Kyle, Thelma Ridgeway
and Culver thinner. The next meet
ing will be devoted to the music OF
Haydn.
The next meeting of the Rubin
stein Club will be Tuesday evening at
7:45 at the Willard Hotel.
Tomorrow afternoon at o'clock the
Girls Chapel Choir Of the National
City Christian Church will give their
eighth annual Christmas vesper service
at the Y. w. c. A., Seventeenth and K
streets. The choir. which Is under
the direction of Helen Turley, will
sing the cantata. Might of Holy Mem
ories." by Ira B. Wilson, and will be
assisted by Jean Shirley Albert, So
prano. and Barbara Melville, f1utist
Margaret Copeland, Marilu Reese,
Eota Russell, Dorothy Cahill, Mar
garet Clark and Betty Adams will also
assist with solos and other special
numbers, and Mrs Kelly Tatum will
be the accompanist. Men and women
are cordially invited to attend.
Evening star., 1937-12-12


have passed since the death of Stradi-
vari and a few years more than q
century since Beethoven died-yet
during all that long interval they
have had no competitors and no
rivals. And what they have left to
posterity has grown in value and
wonder-arousing power with the years.
1t Is fltting that these two men-the
one who created the greatest music
ever to come from mortal pen and
the other who fashioned the most
perfect instruments for its express
sion-should be honored at the same
time. It is the least that we, pigmies
beside these giants Of music, can do
to give vent to our reverence and at
- the same time our humility before
their genius. They have shown us
that technical perfection Is but an
adjunct to the deeper reason for musi-
cal composition and that there Is
an element In music which must
transcend the framework as the
blooms of flowers dominate the
orderly layout in the garden.
THESE men did not go to the out
side world for inspiration They
found 1t within themselves. Stradi-
vari, working in the little town of
Cremona. and Beethoven, in his hum
bic dwelling, cared not at all for
what the world was doing or thinking
nor what their friends and colleagues
were accomplishing. They were busy
fulfilling the divine call that urged
them to creation, polishing and per-
fecting with loving diligence, sensing
their ability to reach the high ideal
Of their dreams only by hard work
and willingly dedicating their lives to
this end. And what they have left
to posterity has never been matched,
in spite of the material progress which
they world has made.
Little is actually known Of the life
Of Stradivari. He early became an
apprentice to Amati, gradually becom-
ing independent of his influence and
establishing his own style, growing in
prosperity until he could provide a
comfortable home for the children of
his two marriages and earning the
respect of his fellow townsmen. There
was nothing spectacular in his life.
He concentrated on perfecting his art,
giving personal attention to every de-
tail in the making of his instruments,
experimenting as to size and thickness
OF form and the carving of various
parts. But, unknowingly, he was to
compare with the great Beethoven be-
cause Of his innovations and his pro-
gressive ideas.
STRADIVARI enlarged the form of
the violin and Beethoven enlarged
the form of the sonata, the finest ex-
amples Of which are being played
this week at the Library of Congress
on one of the masters most perfect
instruments. Stradivari sought for
greater freedom and sorority, and in
this same direction flowed the stream
of Beethoven's inspiration. For the
broad vision of both, the form as they
knew it was not big enough to allow
full play to the sound and meaning
of music as they heard and understood
It. They gave into the hands OF the
following generations the means of
expansion; they opened the door to
treasures which any one might take
unto himself and use for still further
development, and the pity of it all
Is that few have been well enough
Evening star., 1937-12-12
NOTICE TO ORGANISTS AND
CHOIRMASTERS.

The Christmas Church Music
Page will be published In The
Evening Star Of Saturday, De-
cember 18. All notice of Christ
mas music in the churches must
be received by the Music Editor
not later than Monday, December
13, in typewriter form. Notices
received later than this date can
not be included in this special
page.
Evening star., 1937-12-12
Great Music Masters
Jointly Honored
Beethoven and Stradivari Hold
Supreme Place in Weeks
Musical Events.
By Alice Eversman.

TOT IN many years has Washington had interesting
musical events the coming will
ored
his rght-Ludvig Antonio sradvari
Though
perfection Of their
Evening star., 1937-12-12
Beethoven symphonies
In Today's Program
Hungarian Conductor to Lead
Orchestra-Dr. Kindler's
Music Comments.
By DR.. Hans Kinder.

1he CompEete 6ympnony Program Tor To-Day FOLLOWS:
"Eighth Symphony" "The Violin Concerto"
Ruggero Ricci, soloist.
"Sirth Pastoral Symphony"
NT DORAT brilliant
with the Ballet
last will be conductor concert.
One Of the most striking qualities Of
itself Immediately think Of the
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-09
WILD GOOSE
STORY NO. /

SARNIA CUP George
of the Kettle Point Indian reserVa-
ton says a wild goose flew so low
over hideout where he was lurk-
ing on a hunt that he reached out
and captured one on the wing with
his bare hands.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-12-09
L. A. STORES
REPORT RUSH
OF BUSINESS

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9. CUP)-
The city's major department stores
today reported an unprecedented
rush of Christmas buying although
teamsters at one store, the May
company, were on strike and other
retail establishments were threat
ened with strikes to effect a closed
shop.
The May company reported it
had almost a normal fleet of trucks
handling deliveries, although Gus
toners in that store and all other
leading downtown stories were be-
ing asked to carry their own par
GELS to relieve the load
Sixty Teamsters struck at the
May company last Wednesday but
quickly were replaced. The United
Parcel Delivery service became in
Volved in the strike when store
executives decided not to use that
service because of rear that vio-
lence might develop against United
drivers.