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Reviews of RECORDINGS

ers of Schubert. Not only is it inter-
esting to have a collection of this
/ song cycle, but when it is performed
by an artist like Ernest Wolff. who
sings and accompanies himself at
the same time. one has perfect inter-
probation to boot. A baritone of mel
low quality, he is complete master of
the art of lieder singing and uses his
voice with the utmost ease. His deep
sympathy with the music and the text
is evident in every phrase and there
Is no flaw in his work at any moment.
He matches his ability as a singer
with an exceptional pianistic gift-'in
the way of accompanying. In fact,
he plays an ideal accompaniment full
of color and carrying out perfectly the
idea he is expressing in the song.
Such fine combination has not been
found on the concert stage, and hear
ing him bringing the music so splen-
didly in accord one can SAVIOR the full
flavor of this delightful cycle This Is
certainly one of the most welcome
albums put out, and Mr.. Wolff is an
artist one would enjoy hearing in re-
cital, so keen and delicate is his feeling
for the music.
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Among our other eminent soloists
in Washington we're such stellar Ium-
lnarles as LucreZia Bori, Mischa Ell
man, Richard Crooks, Moriz Rosenthal,
Percy Granger, the Vienna Choir
Boys, Ruth Posselt, Agnes Davis, Ania
Dorfman, the Wagnerian Festival Sing
ers, and the Ballet Russo de Monte
Carlo; while in our out-of-toWn con-
certs the outstanding sensations from
soloistlc point of view were: Richard
Crooks, Moriz Rosenthal. Josef Hof.
mann, Mischa Elman, Rose hampton,
the Vienna Choir Boys and last, but
not least, the charming Grace Moore.
OF American novelties, we presented
works by Braine, Paul White, David
Van Vactor, Deems Taylor, Nicolai
Berezowsky, DR.. Damrosch and Ru-
dolph Ganz, thereby swelling the num-
Der OF first performances of American
compositions during our comparatively
short existence to the rather formida-
Bile number of 81. Then there were
number of first hearings in Washing
ton Of other works-the London SYM
phony," by Vaughan Williams; Suite"
| by Jaubert; Facade" by Walton. and
many lesser known ancient works by
| Manfredini Frescobaldi, Corelli, Mon
teverdi and even Mozart.
| A ND Sc we end our concerts this
afternoon at o'clock with the
annual request program. This again
is the most remarkab ble experience We
have ever had, inasmuch as there is
not one single work on the entire list
that did not receive at least several
| votes!
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4"
"Won,' but by the slightest of mar
| gins over the Ninth" of Beethoven.
This in turn was followed by Brahms
Symphony No. l" and, although We
had not played it this winter, by the
'Unfnished' of Schubert. Although
the differences were very slight, JUS
tice must prevail, and the Fourth"
| Tchaikovsky will be played
! OF the overtures, it was the "Leonora
No. g. which carried the day by
| substantial margin, although, curious
to say, the "Rumanian Rhapsody" Of
Enesco, among the miscellaneous
works, had actually more votes than
the Leonora. A large number of votes
came in too late to be registered for
the making of the program, in favor
of the Rimsky- "Capriccio
Espagnol," and if We have time. I will
be delighted to play part of it any,
| how as an encore. The Strauss EN-.
peror Waltz" and the introduction to
Act III of "Lohengrin' we're way
ahead in the running of works in that
particular class. But also En- Saga"
by Sibelius, the Flying Dutchman"
and "Meistersinger Overtures," the
"Freischutz Overture" the "Toccata"
by Frescobaldi. Bach-Damrosch "Chor-
al Prelude" Dvorak's Carnival Over
ture' and the Purcell Suite for
Strings had large numbers of friends.
To end, I would like to say that it
Is more gratifying than ever to feel
so tangibly, from the number of votes,
as we'll as from the constant express
slons in letters. that the orchestra
has taken the definite hold on the
| public of Washington which it seems
! to have, and I sincerely regret that
today's concert is going to be the last
! one for some time to come.
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YOUNG CONDUCTOR
AND PIANIST PLAYS

WILLIAM PENNY HACKER, young
American pianist-conductor will
be heard in piano recital at the
kmg-Smith Playhouse on Wednesday
evening at $50 o'clock, through the
courtesy of Conti-Berenguer concert
management. His program will be as
follows:
Air :n11, and Variations Harmonious Black
Sonata in D Major Havdn
Sonata in C Sharp Minor or"----Beethoyen
Waltz in Flat rbon;n
"Fantasie Impromptu,
'Scherzo in Minor
..F FeuS ,Artifice tFireworks)"- -Debussy
"3anse p Tss. dY Meunier" from "El sombrero si,o
Transcribed for the piano by the coma cama
poSer>
A few guest cards are available and
may be obtained by calling the King
Smith Studio House.
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Nelson Eddy
In Program
Here Sunday
Great Advance Sale
Reveals Amazing
Popularity.

NELSON EDDY, baritone idol of
the screen, radio and the con-
cert stage, and one OF the most
amazingly popular singers in the his
tory of American music comes to
Washington next Sunday afternoon,
April 10, at 4 o'clock, in person, for
a recital at Constitution Hall, This
will be Mr.. Eddys only local appear
ance of the current season and his
recital will mark the close of Dorsey's
1878 concert season
Mr.. Eddy. who will be assisted at
the piano by Theodore Paxton, who
accompanied him last season, will
offer the following program:
Air. Good Fellows. Be Merry"
"Staendchen" --- Franz Schubert
''Er lists" ---- Hugo Wolf
Air. An Jenem Tag" from Hans VIVA
Heillng Heinrich Marschner
Pisno PiNno ;9l' S9lo' Hungarian Rhapsody: ,.
NO. IL Franz Liszt
Mr. Paxton.
Intermssion
"Sfea "SShe Flero Costume! @ Gioyanni Legrenz
Air. "Promesse de Mon Avenir
.. Trom lie Roi de, Lahore'5 '''
,, R. Coningsby Clarke
my Sword for the King!' Michael Head
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100 Voices
In Mozart
Requiem
Choral Union Ends
Season Here
Palm Sunday.

The National Choral Union will
close its second season Palm Sum-
day. April 10, with a performance of
Mozart's Requiem" The chorus of
100 voices will be led by Hugh Ross
at the Church of the Epiphany, in
place of the regular 8 pm. service. E.
William Bracket, organist and choir
master of st. Johns Church, George
town, will preside at the organ
In offering the Requiem at the
beginning of Holy Week, the National
Choral Union completes its special
series OF services of church music for
members of the Church Music Society,
having opened this series at the
Cathedral last November with lecture
and hymn festival under the leadership
OF Canon Winfred Douglas.
The National Choral Union will have
the assistance of four soloists: Cath
reen Carrico. soprano; Grace Berry,
contralto; George Anderson, tenor and
Edwin Steffe, bass. Hugh Ross, con-
ductor of the National Choral Union
recently led his New York organization
The Schola Cantorum, in Bach's st.
John Passion" in which Charles Trow-
bridge Tittman had an important role.
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Philadelphia
Musicians
Final Visit
Ormandy to Direct
Local Program on
Tuesday Night.
THE Philadelphia Symphony Orches.

THE Philadelphia Symphony Orches-
ira will give its final program of
the season in Washington Tuesday
evening at 8:45 o'clock. with Eugene
Ormandy conducting, at Constitution
Hall. The orchestra is presented local
ly by the T. Arthur Smith concert
Bureau, 9lO G street NV.
The opening number of the program,
Johann Sebastian Bach's "Toccata in
c Major" is particularly interesting
because it is Leo Weiner's transcription
for orchestra of this well-knoWn work.
MI. Weiner, who was born in Budapest
became generally known in America
when he won Mrs. Frederick S. Cool
idge's $1,000 award with his String
Quartet in F Sharp Minor" which was
performed at the Berkshire Festival in
Pittsfleld, Mass, on September 30
1922. However, Mr.. Weiner had writ
ten music that was given performance
in this country as long ago as 1903
He completed his transcription of the
Bach &C Major Toccata and Fugue," :"
scored for full orchestra, in the sum-
mer of 1927. 1t was given premiere
performance at a program conducted
by Fritz Reiner, with the Philadelphia
Orchestra, October of that year and
was further performed twice more that
season.
The orchestra will play Beethoven's
Seventh Symphony" and Ravel's
"Bclero" later in the program, and John
Charles Thomas will be the guest SOLO
ist in two groups. In the first part of
the program he will sing Fri Tu."
from Verdi's Masked Bali; later he
will sing Grieg's lovely song. Eros"
and "Phydile," oy Duparc, as we'll as
the aria "Salome." from Massenets
opera 'Herodiade" The famous Amer
ican baritone has a wide following in
all the varied fields of his professional
endeavor-light opera, grand opera,
concert and radio.
Reservations for the Tuesday pro-
gram can be made now with Mr..
Smiths Bureau, 910 G street NV.
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Music, will give the fourth OF his
series of lectures on The DEVELOPMENT
Of Modern Piano Technique" at the
college on Monday evening, April II.
conducting his regular class the same
day.
The Washington Opera Guild. di-
rected by Nine. Grrle Luise Correa.
will present I'll Trovatore, Madame
Butterfly and "Cavalleria Rusticana
in the near future.
The second of a series of student
recitals will be given by pupils of
Edward Henneberry this afternoon in
the Sale de Recital. 1925 G. street
NV, from to o'clock. The STU
dents performing will be Annie Laurie
and Virgil Barnard, James Copeland,
Pauline Duey, Allen and Mimi Brown,
David Richardson, jr: Nancy Robin
son. Opal Robinson. Henry Harmon,
Alice Price. Daniel Waters Earl Wy
song, Patsy Smith and Mrs. P.
Verrano.
The Norwich University Musical
Club will appear in Washington, D. c.,
this week, sponsored by the National
Savings & Trust Bank.
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BY ALICE EVERSNIAN.

Among the records issued by the
Victor Co. the last two months are
two by the grand old artists of the
C-2noiorte, 1gnace Jan PadereWski and
Moriz Rosentnal. Recordings by artists
Of the caliber of these two men are
priceless, since not many have been
released recently, particularly by
PadereWski. Representing an era of
piano playing that has not been
equaled by modern-day products,
these artists still maintain their
supremacy in spite of many changes,
supposedly for the better. that have
been introduced into the piano tech
nique. The standard of performance
which they exemplify was the ac-
cepted one few years ago, but not
many pianists have succeeded them
who can qualify as their equal.
Both PadereWski and Rosenthal
were masters of the grand manner of
playing. yet the numbers which they
have recorded show them capable of
extreme delicacy of execution. Pad
ereWski plays Haydn's Theme and
Variations in F Minor" and Rosenthal
the Schubert-Liszt "Soiree de Vienne 3"
The Paderewski recording is full Of
vitality and poetic nuance, while in
the "Soiree de Vienne' Rosenthal dis
plays the charm of his phrasing and
special lightness of touch in the
latter part of the work Both record
lngs were made in Europe.
Also on a single disk are two num-
bers by Jussi Bjoeling. the magnificent
tenor. vino seems definitely to be the
successor of Caruso. In "Cielo e Mar"
from La Gioconda," and 20 Para
disc" from L Africana," the free glo-
ricus tones of his voice are stirring in
their freshness and brilliancy. Moth
ing finer has been heard for some time
in operate arias than the large,
resonant dramatic tenor, who will be
heard at the Metropolitan this coming
winter.
Although belonging to music purely
by the melody of their calls. is a charm
ing recording of native bird songs
made from nature by A. R. Brand and
the Laboratory of Ornithology of Cor
nell University. The short phrases
which have been caught and regis
tered arc of the hermit thrush. the
wood thrush. the brown thrasher, the
whippoorWill, the field sparrow, the
Phoebe. the black-capped chickadee
and the loon
X X X X
The Columbia Co. has evidently
tried to meet many wishes of musi-
clans who have particular favorites
in music literature. Their release of
a complete album of Schuberts Die
Schoene Muellerin' is one of these
gems to give constant pleasure to lov-
Evening star., 1938-04-03
In Local Music Circles
THE program for the Sunday
music hour at the Y. w. c. A..

TINE program for the Sunday
music hour at the Y. w. c. A..
Seventeenth and K streets, at
5 O'Clock this afternoon has
been arranged by Anne Yago Nc
Guftey and will be presented by Ann
Cherkassky, soprano, and Frances
Mathews McAvoy. pianist, with Mary
Mathews Taylor as accompanist.
The sixth in the Lenten series of
services of music by ST. Thomas Choir
will be given Friday at pm. French
compositions will be sung. including
four numbers from The Seven Last
Words of Dubois. quartet by Gaevert
and two numbers by Gounod. The
solo quartet consisting of Berenice
Follis. soprano; Alice Hatch, alto: Paul
CARRIER, tenor. and Marvin Gardner.
baritone) and full choir will be assisted
by Juanita' Claxon, soprano, guest
soloist.
The next meeting of the Rubinstein
Club will be Joint one held at the
Willard Hotel Tuesday evening at 7:45
o'clock.
Edwin Hughes, guest teacher of
piano at the Washington College of
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Orchestra
Of 90 for
Service Bands Join
In Observance of
Special Day.
pAN-AMERICAN DAY-the day o1

DAN AMERICAN DAY-the day of
the Americas-obseryed annually
throughout the American Continent on
April IA, will be commemorated in
Washington this year on Thursday, as
the 14th occurs during Holy Week A
concert of music of the Americas will
be presented under the auspices of the
Pan American Union in the Hall of the
Americas by the United Service Or
chestra of 80 musicians. selected from
the three official musical organiza-
tions in Washington, the United States
Army, Navy and Marine Band Orches-
tras, under the joint leadership of their
respective leaders, Capt Thomas F.
Darcy, 1t. Charles Benter and Capt
Taylor Branson. The assistant artist
will be Noemi Bittencourt. dHtin-
guished Brazilian pianist. The pro-
gram will also be featured by a brief
address by Cordell Hull. Secretary OF
State of the United States. and chair
man of the Governing Board of the
Pan-American Union.
Pan-American Day commentaries
each year the bonds of friendship unit
ing the d republics of the Western
Hemisphere. The Presidents of all
these countries have joined with the
President of the United Stats in issu-
ing proclamations calling for the OBJ
servance of the day. April IA is in
tended to afford an opportunity to
direct attention to the achievements
of each republic and the united action
of all in promoting peace. commerce
and friendship on the American Cont
nent. In broadcasting a Pan-American
Day address, Secretary of State Hull is
following a custom he has observed
for several years past. of utilizing this
occasion to deliver important state
ments on relations with the other
American republics Current develop
ments in the international field lend
particular significance to Mr.. Hull's
address at this time.
Noemi Bittencourt, guest artist in
the concert, will play several piano
solos by composers from her native
country. Brazil, as well as two num-
bers by Mcdowell She was born in
Rio de Janeiro and received her early
musical training from her mother,
who is we'll known in Brazil. and later
at the National Conservatory of Music
in Rio, where she was awarded. at the
age OF Is, gold medal. Nine. Bitten
court first appeared in Rio de Janeiro
where she gave varied recitals, and
gaining fame steadily, delivered nu-
merous concerts in many cities of Bra
zil. She then went to Italy where she
continued her studies for four years
under Frugatta at the Conservatory of
Milan. She recently made her Amer
ican debut in New York in recital at
Town Hall.
Premiere renditions Of several new
Latin American compositions will be
played by the United Service Orches-
ira, including symphony by Alberto
Williams of Argentina; Brazilian
rhapsody by Luiz Levy of Brazil, re-
vised and orchestrated by Luis Guz-
man of the United States Marine
Band; Peruvian dance by E. Lopez
Mindreau; and an Indian dance by
Prof. Alberto Galimany of Panama.
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OPERA WITH STARS
OF METROPOLITAN

TWO opera performances will be
given in Constitution Hall. April
81 and %. at $50 o'clock. by the New
York Grand Opera Co., Inc. featuring
leading artists from the Metropolitan
Opera Co. Rose hampton, mezzo-
soprano, will sing the role of Leonora
in III Trovatore.' and Rose Tetoni
will be heard in Madame Butterfly" "
Both the chorus and the orchestra
will be selected from the Metropolitan
Opera Co. with Pietro Cimara con-
ductlng both performances.
The T. Arthur Smith Concert
Bureau is bringing to Washington the
first opera performances in number
of years that will be presented by
artists, chorus and orchestra enlisted
entirely from the Metropolitan Opera
Co.
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AinfS PioyCo oO COIlCcIG ID Ill ABOUT 4U
different cities. in slightly under six
months-Which means an average OF
a concert every other day. Four OF
these concerts were conducted by
Rudolph CAM, DR.. Walter Damrosch
Antal Dorati and Sir Ernest Mac
MILAN, the balance of 81 being con-
Quoted by me. OF these concerts, 81
were played out Of town in an area
from Lima, Ohio, in the West, to
Ottawa, North, and Jacksonville in the
South, thereby covering large part
of the Eastern United States. In Balti-
more and Richmond we gave a series
OF 7 and 8 concerts, respectively. Most
of these concerts were extremely
gratifying, in that they were re-
engagements.
THE festival, which we started four
years ago in Columbia, S. c., was
again feature of our final Southern
tour, when We played three concerts
and two rehearsals in the period from
Friday afternoon until Saturday night
which meant an actual IA hours OF
conducting in period of slightly
over 25 hours. Enthusiasm at this
festival was such that there was not
one empty seat in a hall of $500 dur
ing the entire three concerts. and
people came from all over the State OF
South Carolina, as we'll as from Geor-
gia and North Carolina.
Another feature of these concerts
was the participation by a superb
chorus of 300 college students, who
had been carefully selected among
college groups all over the State OF
South Carolina. The effect of these
lovely young Southern voices singing
Mozart was moving beyond the pos
sibility of description Another gratify-
ing result was the unanimity of news
paper opinion that the orchestra had
never played as we'll as this particular
year.
These comments were all the more
pleasant. as they came at the end of a
tour where We had played eight con-
certs in seven days, and where I had
conducted a different symphony each
day, starting with the Ninth Sym
phony,' on March 2l, in Richmond
where local chorus was augmented by
members of Louis Potters Washington
choral group. who had sung the Ninth
Symphony" here. 1t was nice to have
these Washingtonians witness the
warmth of acclaim which these South
ern audiences give our orchestra on
each of the trips to that region.
On the other hand, it was wonder
fully satisfactory to hear from our
Minister to Canada, Norman Armour
that our concerts in that lovely coun-
try had done more for cultural good
will between the United States and
Canada than any other similar mani
festation.
IN OUR own city, the performance
Of the Ninth Symphony came as
the climax to our Beethoven festival.
IN which the other distinguished par
tlcipants tbesides the Washington
Choral Society and the choral societies
OF George Washington University
were the four soloists for the Ninth" !"
young Ruggiero Ricci and Josef Hof-
mann fWho at the same time celebrated
offlclally in Washington his golden
jubilee" performance of so wears of
concertlAlng in the United States.
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mental strain and even paralysis
Folk songs not only appeal to children
but arouse their curiosity so that a
desire is awakened to know more about
the characters or the period which
these songs represent. Underprivi-
legged children do not respond in the
question of concentration to the mere
listening to music, but by performing
themselves their interest will increase
and concentration can be prolonged.
MUCH help has been given to the
blind and the crippled by provid-
ing them means to pursue the study
OF music. The blind have now Braille
editions of music scores which they can
read and the cases where blind persons
have developed their musical talent to
the artist stage are many Musical in
struments are now being made for
cripples and the Project reports a little
girl without hands or legs whose am
bltlon was to play the trombone. BY
means OF various devices a trombone
was made which the child could ma
nipulate ana today she is a proficient
musician
The knowledge that music is a
help for both physical and mental
conditions is not new, however, al
though 1t has not had the approval
OF the medical profession until recent
ly. The story of how King Philip v
OF Spain vanquished his melancholia
by listening to the tenor Farinelli and
his ultimate return to good health is
we'll known. In 1893 DR.. Hunter
found that quiet music would reduce
the high temperature in fever cases,
and a few years later DR.. Xavier
Vernier proved that music not only
dlspelled fatigue. but was a stimulant
to greater activity.
EV1DENCE such as has been lately
advanced by the Federal Music
Project disproves for all time the old
theory that music was purely a cul-
tural asset and belonged to a specia
class OF interested persons. 1t should
also answer the oft-mooted question
as to whether children should be
forced to study music if they did no,
SHOW a particular aptitude for it.
Adults who believe themselves too old
to begin the study of music can be
encouraged to do so by the knowledge
that if they do not attain any out
standing proficiency in it they are at
least contributing to their physical
Well-belng by having music as a hobby
The power of music is predictable
and at the same time unpredictable.
For those who love it it is a spiritua,
force they could never do without
and to those who have not had the
opportunity to know its effects a lit
tie study will show them that it has
both physical and a psychical value
to which they will find themselves
responding involuntarily. There i,
more reason for music to be a ma ior
part OF community life than the fac
that it is cultural, as scientists anc
physicians are recognizing more and
more each day.
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Concert Schedule

TODAY.
National Symphony Orchestra,
DR.. Hans Kinder, conductor,
Constitution Hall, 4 pm.
Nadia Boulanger, composer-lect-
urer. 1910 Connecticut avenue,
8:45 pm.
Ann Cherkassky. soprano. Fran
ces Mathews McAvoy, pianist,
Y. w. c. A., pm.
MONDAY.
Henry Gregor, pianist-lecturer,
Phillips Memorial Gallery, $3.50
pm.
Army Band, Army Band Audi
torium, pm.
Soldiers Home Band Orchestra,
$50 pm.
TUESDAY.
Philadelphia Symphony Or
chestra, Eugene Ormandy, con-
ductor; John Charles Thomas,
baritone, soloist; Constitution
Hall, 8:45 pm.
Eta Moten, song recital, Arm
strong High School, $50 pm.
Marine Band, auditorium, Marine
Barracks, 3 pm.
WEDNESDAY.
William Penny Hacker, piano re-
cital, King-Smith Playhouse,
$3.50 pm.
THURSDAY.
n-American Day concert, No
emf Bittencourt, pianist soloist,
Pan-American Union, 9 hrn.
Internal Revenue Symphony Or
chestra, Leo Wiener, conductor,
Commerce Department audi
torium, 8 pm.
Wilhelmine Spanhoofd Walter,
soprano; Joseph Martin, pianist,
Arts Club. evening.
Soldiers Home Band Orchestra,
$50 pm.
FRIDAY.
Friday Morning Music Club,
Mabel Frost, pianist; Rose Max
well Dickey, violinist; Mary