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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09
ROAMING THE AIR WAVES

William Powell will be . guest on that coffee program Sunday when he does a one-act play with Don Ameche and matches wits with Charlie Mccarthy. He will be heard over the NBC-Red Network at 8 D. m. EST. with the other members of the programs regular cast tn- cluding Nelson Eddy, Edgar Bergen, Dorothy Lamour, Judy Carlova with Annie and Zeke, and Robert Arm brIster's orchestra. Nelson Eddy will be heard in several operatic and concert numbers, while Don AIneche and Dorothy Lamour will sing popu- lar tunes and the Canovas a htll- billy ditty. Eddy's numbers will in- clude "Invictus," ''I Love You Truly" !" 'Through Freight" and Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms"
 Four women of Bridgeport,
 Conn.,, have lost consistently at
 bridge to q quartet of Bridge
 port men, will seek revenge in
 different field when they match
 wits with their bridge opponents
 i'm Q qu.z cOnGEcte5 by Julia
 SandersOn and Frank Crumit
 during the Battle of the Sexes
 program on Tuesday at 9 P. ms
 over the NBC- Red Network. The
 women's team is composed of
 Mrs. Walter A. Ehrlich, Mrs.
 Albert Farian, Miss Marie Fox,
 a teacher; and Miss Rita Kane,
 Q sten0grapher. The men are
 Robert Verrell, draftsman; Mi
 chaeI COOney and Albert Fari-
 an, SaleSmen, and Walter Ehr-
 lich, machinery designer
 The fine art of reaching a mans heart through his stomach will be expertly discussed over the NBC- Red network from 10:30 to 11:00 D. m, EST, on Monday, when the So- ciety of Amateur Chefs talk about their favorite topic. The chefs, all of whom are gentlemen of high standing in their respective fields oi art, literature and the theater, will stroll over to NBC's Radio City stu dios after a Sumptuous meal per pared entirely by themselves, tc sing the praises of hamburger doughnuts, apple mess and other culinary delights. Tony Sarg. noted illustrator, will keep the talk flow | ing in the right channels. Those joining in the conversation will be; Illustrators James Montgomery Flagg and Dean Cornwell, Authors Ford Madox Ford, Achmed Abdul lah. and Murdock Pemberton, Lexi- cographer Wilfred Funk, and Ben Butler, secretary of the society.
 CoIorful South American nu-
 sic will be presented on that
 milk program Monday at 10 p.
 m., EST, over the NBC-Red
 Network as salute to the Ei0ht, International Conference
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6:00-Yankee Network News Serv-
 ice. 6:15-Sports Roundup. 8:30-Musical Rendezvous. 6:45-Harry Neighbers, Nitelife
 Column on the Air 7:00-United Church Services from
 Rowland Memorial Chapel,
 Rev. l.. Hoskins. 7:S0-Lone Ranger, dramatic
 sketch of the Old West. S:00-Warden Lewis E. LaweS
 Criminal Case Histories. S:30-Little Red Schoolhouse, quiz
 contest. 9:00-Brown and Williamson Pre-
 SentS.
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additional standards to meet. Be- cause television is not a static thing it demands animation" i" says MT. Martin. Like a mirror, it reflects what 1t sees. Therefore it is necessary that one have per- sonality and humor in his face or the image can have no charm"
 Experience on the stage should prove valuable to prospective tele- vision stars, MT. Martin said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09

A condensed version of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, "IOlanthe," with Ivy Scott, mezzO-sOpranO and Fred HufA smith, tenor, in the leading roles
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09

CoIorfu1 South American mu- sic will be presented on that milk program Monday at 10 p. m., EST, over the NBC-Red Network as 8 salute to the Eighth International Conference
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 children's dramatic sketch.
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Evening star., 1938-10-02
Music Clubs to Hold
Initial Meeting.

HE District Of Columbia Fedora
ton of Music Clubs will open
the season with a meeting of the
board on Wednesday evening at the
studio of the president. Eva Whitford
Lovette. All officers. department heads
and committee chairmen are expected
TO be present and discuss and arrange
important plans for the new season.
A few of these plans include the
luncheon in honor of the National
Federation Of Music Clubs as a fea-
ture OF the convention of the Music
Teachers Association at the Mayfiower
next December, the Washington day
program next May, when the dele
gates to the national convention in
Baltimore will make pilgrimage to
this city as part OF their schedule.
The board also will consider reports
from the chairmen of the Junior festi-
val, student musician and young
artists contests and develop the
schedule Of monthly broadcasts to be
sponsored by the organization this
season. The sacred choir festival, an
annual event Of May music week, will
be included in the discussions.
Clubs, choirs, dance groups or in
dividuals desiring to affiliate with the
federation may do SO by commune
eating with the chairman of extern
sion work, Miriam Bangs Hilton, 5000
Connecticut avenue NV.
Evening star., 1938-10-02
Flagstad Has
Fame as Fine
Operas First Lady
To Appear With
Philadelphians.

THE FIRST LADY OF THE
OPERA" as Kristen F1agstad Is
called. will appear with the Philadel.
phia Symphony Orchestra at Consti-
tuition Hall in the third concert Of the
season, January 81.
Even in a profession, where quick
study is almost commonplace, Kristen
Flagstad's ability to memorize is con.
sidered phenomenal Although she has
sung 68 different roles-38 in grand
opera and 80 in operettas and comic
operas, when she reported to the
Metropolitan Opera Co. for her first
season she was asked to sing three
roles that were entirely new to her
the two Bruennhildes in Die Walkure"
and "Gotterdammerung," and Kundry
in "Parsifal."
The "Gotterdammerung' Bruenn-
hide she learned in two weeks and
that was the only one of her roles for
which she had full stage rehearsal
with orchestra. Her ability to absorb
roles amazed her Metropolitan coach.
Herman Weigert, who reports that on
NAAS oSSoAu Ady VI WORKING on the
kundry role, she could read it through
without mistake.
This quick memorizing dates back
to her first operate experience, when,
at the age of l8, she learned the role
OF Nuri in D'Albert's "Tiefland" in a
few days, in order to be able to com.
pete in an addition. She won the audi
ton. On another occasion she mas
tered the role of the First Lady in Mo-
zarts Magic Flute" in "a hours, and
followed this with learning Desdemona
in week.
Eugene Ormandy will conduct the
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra Oc-
tober Is for the opening concert Of
the season with Sergei Rachmaninof1,
Russian pianist and composer, as the
guest artist. Season tickets are still
available at the Office of the T. Arthur
Smith Concert Bureau, 9lo G street
NV.
Evening star., 1938-10-02
BY ALICE EVERSMAN.

The Victor Co. has released in the
month OF September three albums
which will please every one. Two are
recordings Of all the Chopin nocturnes
by Arthur Rubinstein and the other
Is performance of Prokofieff's Lieu
tenant Kije Suite" by the Boston
Symphony Orchestra under the di-
rection Of Serge Koussevitzky.
All lovers of music, whether pro-
fessionals or laymen, love the noe
turnes that Chopin has written. They
represent the very essence of music,
al its poetry, sentiment and beauty.
Now and then one or two will be in
eluded in a concert program, but this
ss all the general public knows of
them, unless they make a special study
OF them. They are now registered
for all time in this series of discs
40 that musicians and music lovers
may have them at command to COM
pare and in this way achieve a greater
understanding of the genius of their
author.
A>o AillCi COulu
than Rubinstein, who seems to have
a well nigh perfect grasp OF the char
acter which Chopin wrote into the
nocturnes and tried to leave to the
world in his own playing His tender,
sympathetic reading, which is never
sentimental, and is outspoken when
necessary, is ideally suited to the task
which he undertook. It never relaxes
for = moment in the quality which
makes them interesting. As Mr.. Ru-
bernstein plays them, each retains its
own specific idea and his tonal color
Ing and general style is adapted to
meet every small difference. This
series will undoubtedly be regarded
as one of the most welcome of the
many interesting works set forth in
recordings.
Then. from the modern pen Of the
Soviet composer, Prokohefi, comes
Evening star., 1938-10-02
Rubinstein' Club Has
Board Meeting.

"7~HE Rubinstein Club held its Sec
ond board meeting of its 3lst sea-
son Tuesday evening at the home of
the second vice president, Margaret
G. Stafford, 6806 Forty-seventh street.
The first rehearsal of the club will be
held at the Willard Hotel Tuesday eve
ming, October IL, at 7:45 o'clock, at
which time work will begin on the pro-
gram to be given at the Home for the
Incurables on November 8. Those de-
string to sing with the club should
make application to Edith M. White,
chairman Of additions, 1435 Spring
road. Columbia 3O98-J. The first
formal concert will be held at the Will
lard on January II, 1889.
The officers are Rachel w. Lang
president; Edith M. White, first vice
president; Margaret G. Stafford, sec
ond vice president; Ruth Burr Roberts,
recording secretary; Kathleen Hinman
treasurer; Everill Worrell Murphy,
corresponding secretary, and Marta
Russie, librarian. Claude Robson Is
the director and Adele Robinson Bush
the aceompaaisA"
Evening star., 1938-10-02
Shure Premiere.

Il SI1O1kc CnOTlC SVn.
phony" will be given its world
premiere by the Harrisburg Pa. svm-
phony Orchestra on November % at
the Forum in the Education Building
At Harrisburg.
The work will be conducted by
George King Raudenbush and the di-
rector of the choral group will be
Henry Mc1ver This new symphony
by Mr.. Shure is based on the legend
OF Simon Girty and employs The
human voice as an orchestral instru-
ment. The devices used are humming,
Missing. tongue rolling, choric declama-
ton, whistling and vowel singing. The
chorus never sings words and will be
seated as members of the orchestra.
The Mount Vernon Church. where
the composer has been employed for
the last 18 years. will send the Mount
Vernon Chorus to hear the concert
AS its guest, in appreciation of these
1s years OF service by Mr. Shure Ar
rangements have been made for over
100 Of the members of the chorus
and their friends to go to this concert.
Evening star., 1938-10-02
Choral Club to Have
First Rehearsal.

THE Lovette Choral Club, under the
direction of Eva Whitford Low
ette, will hold its first rehearsal for
the new season tomorrow night at 8
O'Clock in the Thomson School,
Twelfth and l. streets NV. For
half hour preceding the rehearsal the
director will give additions to appli-
cants. Private interviews may be had
by appointment
The group. which is a member OF
the National Federation of Music
Clubs. has about 100 active and as
Sociate members. The officers and
members of the Board of Directors are
Caroline Rabe, president: Mrs. Joseph
Hill, vice president: Jessie r. Blaine.
recording secretary; Kitty Hoee, corr
responding secretary: Catherine He.
berle, treasurer, and Mrs. George
Moler. librarian Others are the MEM
bers at large. Mrs. Luther j. Frantz,
Violet Hobbs, Helen NJ Vrooman. Mrs.
Rosco King and the past presidents,
Mrs. j. Lester Brooks, Mrs. Paul
Brumbaugh, Margaret Smith and LOU
ise K. Hartung Elsie L. Cranmer u
the accompanist and Florence Nielsen
assistant. The assistant director Is
Francise Bass Wilson.
Evening star., 1938-10-02
Crouch Sonatas Open
Next SATURDAY..

THE first of four sonata programs
by John Crouch. professor of piano
at Vassar College. will begin the guest
artist series of l938-3e at the Wash
lngton College of Music, 1910 Con-
necticut avenue, on next Saturday
evening at $50 o'clock.
His recitals will illustrate the devel-
opment OF the piano sonata. the first
program beginning with the works
OF Domenico Scarlatti Carl Philip
Emanuel Bach. Mozart and Beethoven
A pupil of Edwin Hughes, Mr.
Crouch has concertized extensively in
both Europe and America, his Euro
pean engagements including concerts
IN England, Holland, France, Ger
many and Hungary.
He has appeared repeatedly in Town
Hall, New York, and has given manv
1ecitak elsewhere in America, besides
being heard in numerous radio broad
casts and as soloist with orchestra
He was heard at the Washington COL
lege OF Music in recital several seasons
ago.
Evening star., 1938-10-02
In Local Music Circles

cast over WMAL every Tuesday at
HAS am.
Maxwell Galloway has accepted the
position of soprano soloist at the
National City Christian Church.
Thomas Circle. Miss Galloway is
from the Helen Turley Studio, 1926
Massachusetts, avenue NV.
The A Cappella Choir makes its
first appearance of the season at the
First Congregational Church this
morning. There is room for one low
bass. an alto and a first tenor. appli-
cations for which should be made to
Ruby Smith Stahl.
Effective September l. Lenna Orr
Gauss took over the duties as the new
contralto Soloist at All Saints Epis-
copal Church. Chevy Chase, Md. Mrs.
Gauss has teachers diploma and
bachelor of music degree in voice, and
has done special work in art, poetry
and philosophy at the University of
Maryland. She has held solo positions
in some of-the city's leading churches.
has given recitals and has been teach
ing voice for the past four years.
This year she is continuing her the
oretical work at Peabody Conservatory
and voice in New York City.
I~N MI
list Of Army circles. has rejoined Mai.
Villaret at Mississippi State College
after spending the summer coaching
with Henry Kaspar in preparation
for her recitals in the South this
season.
Sergt. Agnus L. Hays. business
manager of the Tempo Choral So
ciety of the Dunbar Community Gen.
ter. Public Schools of the District
OF Columbia, announces that the first
meeting of the society, by order of
the director. DR.. w. Scott Mayo, will
be held Friday at the Dunbar High
School, First street. between O and P
streets NV. The presence of all
members is requested. Sergt. Hays
has recently returned from an ex-
tended trip South and has arranged
Tor several out-of-toWn concerts which
Will carry the chorus through North
Carolina, Tennessee and to New jersey.
There are vacancies for five lyric
sopranos, several altos and tenors.
Registrations will take place Friday
at the Dunbar High School music
room at 7:30 pm. The objectives of
the 1889 season are the light opera
Merry Milk Maid" and several new
spirituals by Dawson of the Tuskegee
University.
Evening star., 1938-10-02
Reviews of RECORDINGS

his delightful suite, which was given
its American premiere on October Is,
a year ago, by Koussevitsky. The
music, from which the suite was as
sembled, was written for motion
picture by that name produced five
years ago by the Russian film COM
pany BelgoskinO. The story of the
hlm is an amusing one, having to
do with a mistake made by Gar
Nicholas I in reading military re-
port and the subsequent invention Of
an officer to fit the mistaken name
by the group of fawning courtiers.
The trouble that ensueS is the theme
of the picture and the inspiration for
some of the clevereSt music to be
produced for some time.
One should be grateful to a great
composer who has sense of humor
and the ability to put it into his music
to arouse a chuckle in his hearers.
What Prokofief1 has written is fresh,
ingenious and spontaneous, besides
bringing into play his great skill in
composition. The work is divided
into The Birth Of XIII" Romance"
Kills Wedding" ''Troika' and
Burial Of XIII" Thoroughly Russian
in character and psuedo-serious
throughout, the fun Of it Sparkles
constantly, even when XIII is finally
laid to rest. 1t is most refreshing
in the splendid performance which
the Boston Symphony gives it and is
another fine opportunity to realize the
worth of this outstanding composer.
On single disc is a recording by
Igor CORN of two songs by Albert
Hay Malotte, The Twenty third
Psalm" and The Beatitudes." This
young baritone's voice comes through
with rare beauty in this recording.
From the strength. timber and clarity
OF his voice, he should soon be &C
claimed in the front ranks of vocal
artists, for he has much to give in
the way Of musical feeling, backed
up BY . well grounded technique.
Evening star., 1938-10-02
Series of Lectures
In Layman Course.
MRS. EDWIN B. PARKER. chair

MRS. EDWIN B. PARKER, chair
man of the Washington Lay
mans Music Course, announces the
following series of 10 lectures to be
given by Harriet D. johnson of New
York. artistic director of the Layman's
Music Courses. Inc, at Barker Hall,
Y. w. c. A. Building, Seventeenth and
X streets.
October 20, "The Fugue";; November
3, THE Symphony; November II.
The Symphony; December l, "The
Concerto; December Is, THE Ro-
mantle Period; January II, "The
Symphonic Poem; January 26,
Chamber Music; February 9, "The
Opera, From Gluck to Wagner; Feb
ruary %, "Impressionism," and March
9, Modern Music" Whenever possible
the works for illustration will be taken
from the current program of the Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra.
In addition to the 10 classes. the two
study groups so successful last season
will be increased to nine. These are
to be conducted by assistants working
under the direct supervision OF Miss
johnson and will begin Thursday eve
ming, October 27, continuing on alter
nate Thursday evenings for discussion
OF Miss Johnson's lecture of the pre-
ceding week. These classes will be in
formal and give additional opportunity
for drill and questions.
The fundamentals and various forms
OF music will be studied from the lis
tener's viewpoint at the regular lee
lures. This course in active listening
has been devised for the layman and
musical training Is not necessary in
order to understand the material pre-
Evening star., 1938-10-02

A.
eighth season under DR.. Hans Kinder.
actually began his operate career as a
baritone and 1t was only after winning
triumphs in the traditionally villain
Gus roles associated with the baritone
voice that developed the upper
reaches of his magnificent vocal equip
ment to become the portrayer of he
roes. Melchior will sing with the Ma
tional Symphony on Wednesday, No
vember 8.
MELCHIOR'S career began at the
Royal Opera in Copenhagen and
1t was there that he played over 80
important baritone roles. including the
fiery Escamillo. 1t was later, as he
toured the Scandinavian countries
with a Danish opera company. of
which Nine. Cahier was the star, that
he began to make the transition. With
vocal range of full two and one
half octaveS. Melchior was persuaded
to work on reducing the middle voice
and developing the lighter tenor quail
ny AA VIC SLieAl6 Va lIIC 4llSll tOIlCS.
His debut as tenor came in the lead
ing part of Wagner's "Tannhauser,"
subsequently to become one of his most
famous characteriZationS.
Since becoming a tenor Melchior has
established a string of records for
number of performances in the Wag-
merriam roles He has sung more
''Tristans," "Siegfrieds" and Tam
hausers" than any other artist since
the operas were compassionate that
includes Jean de Reske. too. He has
sung "Siegfried' more than 100 times,
no inconsiderable achievement when
one realizes that the actual singing
OF the name part requires some two
hours in the uncut version. Tristan"
he has given more than l25 times-in
ferent conductors-including 50 times
under Bodanzky, II under Furtwangler.
8 under Sir Thomas Beecham and 4
under Toscanini
THE distinguished Danish tenor is
only one Of the great vocalists
to pe presented by the National SYM
phony Orchestra during its eighth
season. Also appearing in the mid
week series is Rosa Ponselle, great
American soprano and world-famous
musical personality, who has achieved
as distinguished reputation in the
French and Italian repertoires in the
opera houses of the world as Melchior
has In the German.
On the Sunday concert series the
schedule calls for the appearance Of
Evening star., 1938-10-02
Gigli, Tenor,
Is Coming in
December
Has American Tour
After an Absence
OF Six Years.

REN1AM1No G1oLI, world famous
Italian tenor, who is returning
to the United States after An absence
Of six years, was expected to reach
New York late in the past week, to
begin a concert and opera tour of the
country tnat will bring him to Wash
tngton for Constitution Hall recital
early In December as one of the attrac-
tions Of Dorothy Hodgkin Dorsey's
second Sunday concert series.
Up to the present time, no definite
answer has been made by Gigli's
American management concerning the
possibility of the noted tenor's re-
appearance with the Metropolitan
Opera, but it is believed that arrange
ments have already been made for
the great Italians appearance on the
same stage where he made operatic
history after succeeding to the mantle
OF the late Enrico Caruso.
Since he was last in the United
States, Gigli has constantly appeared
IN Europe and South America in con-
cert and opera. and even made an ex-
in German picture called "Vergiss
mein nicht," which was called Fore
ever Yours" in this country, and
which the magazine Time called by
AL odds. the best operatic picture of
the year"
Gigli's American tour is expected to
open on the Pacific Coast, where, in
addition to number of recital appear
Ances, he Is scheduled to make five
appearances with the San Franciso
Opera Co. in San Francisco and one
appearance with the same company
In Los Angeles.
Gigli will appear here at Constitu-
tlon Hall on Sunday afternoon, Decem-
ber 4, at 4 o'clock, the second attrac-
tion in Mrs. Dorsey's second Sunday
afternoon concert series at that audi
torium. which opens on Sunday after
noon, November 20, with the recital OF
Lawrence Tibbett, American baritone
OF the Metropolitan Opera, who is
currently returning from an Australian
tour
Other attractions OF Mrs Dorseys
second Sunday series will be Yehudi
Menuhin, Violinist, Sunday afternoon,
January %; Lily Pons, coloratura So
prano OF the Metropolitan Opera,
Sunday afternoon, February S. Bidu
Sayao. Brazilian soprano of the Metro
politan. Sunday afternoon, March 5.
and Josef Holman, pianist, Sunday
afternoon, April 2.