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Evening star., 1938-06-05
BoyChoir Festival.
BOY, CHOIR festival servi

A BOY CHOIR festival service by
- the combined choirs of st. Johns
Church, Georgetown. E. William
Bracket, organist and choirmaster,
and the Church of st. Stephen and the
Incarnation, Sherman j. Kreuzburg,
organist and choirmaster. will be held
at the latter church this evening at 8
O'Clock The service will mark the
second year that such an event has
taken place. The program will con-
sist of the "Magnificat" and "Nunc
Dimittis in D Flat" by Thiman, and
the anthems to be sung will be THE
Kings Highway" by David williams;
"Disposer Supreme" by Croft-Stewart:
81 Will Lay. Me Down in Peace" by
Percy Cox, and the famous Mendels-
sohn Motet, Hear My Prayer
David Schreiner. solo boy at st.
Stephen and the Incarnation, will be
the soloist in the Mendelssohn work.
Young Schreiner recently appeared
with the Motet Choir of Susquehanna
University as their soloist at their
spring concert. He has been engaged
to sing at the Mountain Lake festival
this summer at Mountain Lake Park,
Md.
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BY ALICE EvERSMAN.

Some time ago the Victor company
announced the proposed recording Of
works played during the concert series
sponsored by the New Friends OF
Music in New York. Last month it
released the Mozart Quartet in Z
Flat, K 493" for piano and strings
played by Hortense Monath and the
Pasquier Trio. This work, seldom
heard in the concert hall, is believed
by the producers to be the first record
ing Of it or at least the first modern
recording. The Quartet in E Flat"
is companion piece of the Quartet
in G Minor" and is numbered M-438
in the Musical Masterpiece Series.
1t seems that in Mozart's days pub
fishers were not much different from
those of today and were always seek
ing compositions that would please
the public. So they complained to
Mozart of his serious attitude toward
music and asked that he write some
thing more in popular vein. 1t has
been the impression that the Quartet
in Flat" was written in compliance
with this demand Whatever the
reason, the quartet lacks some OF
the sparkling spontaneity which Is
the delight of Mozart's talent. Con-
structed with the same care which
Mozart gave to his work and which
was natural to him even in his most
hurried writing, there are many mo-
ments of rich beauty and brilliancy
piercing through the more formal
OF the artists performing for the
recording. Hortense Monath carries
the burden of the Interpretation. Her
pianistic talent is exhilarating in its
spirit and conciseness and she infuses
the performance with buoyancy
which the Pasquier Trio does not quite
equal. On account Of the lack OF unity
in imagination of the string perform
ers and Miss Monath, the reading of
this quartet does not have the in
spiration throughout which is neces-
sary- for good Mozart Interpretation.
The Washington audience will re-
member the singing OF the great
Beethoven aria, "Ah. Perfido." by
Kristen Flagstad on her concers pro-
gram here last winter. Last month the
Victor company recorded a perform
ance Of 1t by Nine Flasstad to an
accompaniment provided by the Phil
adelphia Orchestra with Eugene
ormandy conducting. This great
singer who probably has no equal
in the present day, has decided TO
bring before the public works which
are seldom heard. These taxing vocal
numbers have remained so long un-
heard because there has not, in many
years, been voice which could sing
them with the broadness and dignity
Of style and the warmth of tone which
Is required. Nine. Flagstad's decision
to use her remarkable gift in this
way will leave her art forever en-
shrined for future generations to
enjoy. -. 49,.
Great preparations were made to
present this long and dramatic work
to the best advantage. The finest
recording devices were installed In
the Academy Of Music and q special
stad OF operators chosen. The Phila-
delphia Orchestra and the soloist
worked out their part to perfection
so that this record would remain
as . monument to the oest in vocal
and orchestral art which this day
has to offer and a memorial to the
composer VINO conceived such an un-
usual and gloriously developed idea.
Nine. Flagstad's voice is particu-
larly lovely in this record. Its rich-
Evening star., 1938-06-05
Eight.Week Term.
WASHINGTON MUSICAL :INsTI-

w
TUTE, 1880 Sixteenth street
NV, announces an eight-week sum-
mer term from July through
August IT,.
The faculty for the summer session
will include Louis Potter for advanced
piano and organ. Gertrude Dyre and
Walter Howe for preparatory piano,
George Harold Miller and Ruby Potter
for voice. Hendrix Essers for violin
and Louis Potter, harmony and theory
by special arrangement.
The teachers absent, on leave with
the Weldon Carter master class for
advanced pianists on Mount Everett
in Massachusetts,, are: Charles I.
Davis, manager and of the harmony
and piano departments; Roslyn c.
Craven, piano; winifred Chamberlain,
piano, and Marguerite Carter, violin
list. who will give . program this
summer in Massachusetts,.
The anal recitals Of the institute
viii be held as follows: Senior GER
tificate recital, June II, and junior
certificate recital, June "A. These
recitalss which conclude series OF
10 student recitals for the school year,
are open to the public.
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tion: c. Marshall Finnan, superinten-
dent National Capital Parks; Arno B.
Cammerer, director OF the National
Park Service, and DIR. Hans Kinder,
conductor. and c. C. Cappel, manager
OF the National Symphony Orchestra.
DR.. Kinder is music director of the
Sunset Symphony series.
Under the direction of M. Finnan
and with the cooperation Of the w.
P. A. and the National Symphony
the Branch Of Plans and Designs Of
the National Park Service has worked
out all plans and details of the shell,
prepared artists sketches and blue
prints for the actual construction
work. The Navy Department has
already delivered the barge on which
the shell is to be placed and w. P. A..
has lost no time in having material
delivered and MEN assigned to the
work. The branch OF engineering
of the National Park Service is CO.
operating in the supervision Of the
construction.
A s. IN 1885, when DR.. Kinder and
4 the National Symphony Orches-
ira Association inaugurated the Sun
set Symphony" idea, the acoustical
shell will be placed on a steel Navy
barge to be moored on the Potomac
River a distance of 80 feet from the
shore. Divisions of the barge, the
deck of which is 9 feet above the
water. are "a feet by ITO feet A
special floor placed on the barge deck
will raise the orchestra feet addi-
tional above the river, making the
stage level II feet above the water.
The superstructure will cover the
barge completely and will rise to a
height of about IS feet above the
floor. 1t will be of simple, modern
lines. harmonizing with the setting
in which 1t Is to be placed-just west
of Lincoln Memorial and Immediately
north OF Arlington Memorial Bridge
Instead Of being round, as was the
acoustical shell used in 1885, this
years structure will resemble more
closely the proscentum arch of q
theater stage. The proscenium OPEN
ing will be so feet wide and II feet
high. The stage proper will extend
nearly the entire depth of the barge,
leaving only small passage way
across the rear for the use of orches-
ira members in getting to their seats.
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THE shell will be Of frame construc-
ton with wall-board finish On
either side Of the stage itself will be
dressing rooms, cloakrooms, instrument
rooms, washzooms and special quarters
for the symphony conductor and for
guest artists. Corridors will afford ac-
cess to the stage from the various
rooms. On either side of the barge
there will be q small promenade deck
space for use by the musicians during
the intermissions Of the concerts. This
space will be screened from the audi.
ence view by the facade OF the shell.
A special amplifcation. system will
be installed In the shell for these con-
certs with the loudspeakers hidden by
a wire-mesh screening on two decora-
tive terminal pylons at either end Of
the proscenium opening. To meet the
exacting requirements of lighting q
symphony orchestra-to give the
musicians enough light to read their
music, without producing an uncom-
Portable glare for the audience CELL
ing lighting system is being worked
out the special noodlighting of the
barge from the front is being consid.
ered.
Walls, ceiling and floor Of the super
structure will be built in small sec
tions. The various sections will then
be bolted together to make the COM
pleted shell. This method of con.
struction has been adopted in order
to make it possible to take the shell
apart at the end Of the season. store
1t away for the winter and reassenbls
1t for use In the future.
THE Watergate concerts will begin
on Sunday evening, July 10. A
total of IL concerts has been sched-
uled. with concerts on six consecutive
wednesdays and six consecutive Sun
days through August II. According
to present plans, DR.. Kinder will con-
duct the concerts OF July 10 and 13
and August II. The remaining pro-
grams will be conducted by O. series
OF noted guest conductors. Outstand-
ing guest soloists are also being en-
gagged for the Sunset Symphony"
series, with arrangements now beinr
completed by DR.. Kinder and Mr..
Cappel.
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Musicale.
THIS afternoon .

THIS afternoon at 5 O'Clock q musi-
Gale will be given at the Friend
ship House, sls D street Sc. by =
group Of Elena de Sayn's violin stu
dents.
Parts OF conccrtos by Bach, de Beriot
and Mozart win be presented by Mary
Alice Ferguson, Norma Coombs and
Howard Blachly, respectively. The
latter win be heard also in compost
tions by Kreisler and Novacek. Several
children between the ages Of and Il
will perform on this program. Those
taking part are Merle Biondi, Stanley
Green. Barbara Campbell, Bobby Grew
cling and Elizabeth Mclaughlin. Bea-
trice Pinkney Jones, Helene Druke,
Ruth Ferguson and Elena de Sayn
viii be the accompanies.
The concert u open to the public.
Evening star., 1938-06-05
In Local Music Circles

Buckley, Mary M. De Burr, Doris Gold
berg. Arlene Gordon, Eva Goldenberg,
Emily Haas. Ruth Harris, Miriam
Jaffe, Lore Koppel, June Kuldell, Sonia
katz, Kathleen Kuldell, Anne Kuldell,
Sandy Schlemmer. Phyllis Schwartz,
Anabelle Tender and Selma Schwartz.
Arthur Krop was the winner land
awarded the silver cup) in a piano
contest Of high school students held
at Mckinley (Tech) High School on
May rs. He Is a student of Beulah
B. Chambers Piano Studio. Arthur
krop won also q contest held by the
Junior League Of Pianists of Washing
ton Churches last month.
Lucille Shannon Etchison presented
her pupils in piano in their annual
recital on Saturday afternoon at the
Cleveland Park Congregational Church.
Those who took part were: Polly
Putnam, Barbara Halbach, Stratton,
Home and Lydia McAllister, Carolyn
Hinrichs, Mary Ellen. and Dorothy
Harrison, Adrienna DeGast, Mary
Louise Dier, Jean Crosby, Dorothy Roy,
Kenneth and Jane Harris, Janet and
Walter Hartley. Patricia Martyr, Bobby
and Betty Jean Stout, Betsy Wander
grift, Marjorie Ann Poole, Louise
HELM, Suzanne Barnett.
Eta Schmid Wells and Marjory
Morrison-Smith presented Etnelie
Wisch in piano recital last Friday
at the Esmu Club. Others who took
part on the program we're Mary Ellen
Ferry, Jane Wells. Dorothy Goodman,
Anna Ferry. John Barker, Ruth Ann
Harris. 10 Wells, Elaine Torbert and
Jane Elsie Miller. The juniors held
their meeting Saturday morning and
the program was presented by Billy
Wolf. Helen Bachman, Carlyn Ring,
Marcia Wolf, Phillip Barash, Patricia
Jerman, Fred Pelzman, Jeanne De
PREF, Eugenia Swartz Barbara Bach
man, Bettigene Jerman and Dorothy
Lee Counselman.
Mildred Shackleford presented
group OF her students In a piano re-
cital at the Dmitrieff Gnoocheff Studio
Saturday afternoon. Those taking part
were Shirley Crowther, Geraldine
Willis, Joyce Christy, Bessie Cox,
Joanne Smith. Betty Jane Martin.
Charlotte Peyron. Mary Ellen Higdon.
Elvin Louk. Virginia Lee Whalen. Jean
Wolberg, Joan Reid, Augusta Clark,
Jane LeGate, Evelyn Ferguson, Selma
Ankers, Jeanette Smelling, Juana
Smelling. Gladys Sisson and Albert
Fuller.
Gloria Masgoret and Phyllis Cross
well. pupils OF Mime. Tamara Dmitrieff
gave a joint piano recital Saturday,
May IA. ~
The Farm Credit Chorus under the
direction Of Robert Frederick Freund
presented concert on Thursday In
Conference Room B Of the DEPART
mental Building.
Isabel p. Middlekauff presented the
following pupils in q recital at her
home in Chevy Chase: Rose Mary
May. Jacquelin Bache, Berniece An
derson, Eleanor Mathiot, Barbara Ann
zeigler. Jean Holley, Dorothy FISHER,
Dorothy Primm, Betty Jane Elem
baum, Betita Martinez Margery
Primm, Marjorie Carter, Christine
Taylor. Betty Primm and Jean F1sher.
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moments Of relaxation they wish to
have it included in their recreatiols.
And as first proof of the musical cal
iber of nation what has been written
in lighter vein has been a decided
success.
Many who yearn for symphonic pro-
grams and Wagnerian music dramas
will claim that light opera Is not good
music. but this is a grave mistake. 1t
can be, and it is, fine music according
to all the rules. The fact that it
deals with lighter subjects than the
tragedies Of grand opera is no detri-
ment to its classification as good
music. 1t has filled need in this
new country, which has battled with
the problems Of existence throughout
its lifetime and which required an
outlet in some happier mood to keep
the proper balance.
MOT every one can react to the
heavier type Of music no matter
how earnest the desire. Music lovers
are as different ss the variety Of char
scters that form nation and their
response to music will be just as
varied. The gay, bright music of light
opera. when it is not of the superficial
kind, has had the same effect on cer-
tain people as has the grsver, deeper
music which stands for the best. 1t
has soothed and refreshed it's hearers
and awakened in them a love for
melody and for the enjoyment of
music in general The popular num-
bers Of the lighter operas have reached
perhaps many people who otherwise
would not listen to grand opera or
symphonies, and given them their
first taste of what music can offer.
We need gayety in music as much
as in anything else. and it is just as
difhcult to create as real comedy in
any branch of the theatrical art. A
nation which laughs or feels the quick
ening impulse that melody can bring
will retain its balance and sanity. Un-
fortunately, the vogue of light opera
has had setback the last few years,
with the novelty of the radio and the
cinema. but since both these important
and influential sources have under
stood the appeal of good. light music
there may be new development in
composition along that line.
HOWEVER. even during this time,
the repertoire Of American light
opera and musical comedy has been
enriched by contributions from COM
posers who have been recognized as
geniuses even il their work bears no
comparison to that of the great mas
ters of composition. George Gersh-
win, besides his setting of the Pulitzer
Prize winning play "Of Thee I Sing"
has written other works, such as "Porgy
and Bess." which for character study
and dramatic interest has not been
equaled. Jerome Kerns and Rudolf
Friml and Sigmund Romberg. Ameri-
cans by adoption. have contributed in
an outstanding way to this division of
music.
Victor Herbert and Reginald De
Koven have not only long list of
delightful operettas to their credit but
have also shown the character Of their
musical endowment with the grand
Evening star., 1938-06-05
Agriculture
Orchestra
Thursday
New Numbers Are
To Be Provided
In Program.

THE next program of the Depart
ment Of Agriculture Orchestra, to
be played under DIR. Walter Bauer's
direction on Thursday at $3.50 pm.
in the conditioned Federal Audi
torium Laber Building. Constitution
avenue, between Twelfth and Four
teenth streets features Henry Gregor.
professor Of music at the University of
Miami, with concerto for organ and
orchestra by Malipiero-Corell as well
as the well-known local pianist. Glenn
Carow, with the Concerto op. TO-" by
Rubinstein, for piano and orchestra.
Another infrequently performed Sc
lection on the program is Grieg's "At
the Cloister Gate" for orchestra, Or
gan, women's chorus. soprano and alto
solo. Evelyn Baird Long, soprano,
and Mildred Jackson, alto, are fea-
tured as soloists in this selection.
while the chorus is composed of MEM
pers OF the Newcomb- Bethesda Com
lIlulllty olAiSClo hklO tAac "oiAiCA o SSS
ton of the Symphonic Choir OF the
Agriculture Orchestra. which are both
under the direction of Ruth l.. Nor
gan.
The women's chorus will sing with
orchestra accompaniment also the
Spinning Song" from Wagner's
opera, The Flying Dutchman";
Woodman's Dreams in Twilight" and
the Galway Piper" urish air). The
purely orchestral numbers on the pro-
gram are Wagner's Flying Dutch
man." overture; the Romeo and
Juliet" overture by Tchaikowsky and
the tone poem, "A Song of Summer
by Frederick Delius.
The public is invited. There is no
admission charge nor are tickets re-
quired to gain access to the audi
toriunn.
Evening star., 1938-06-05
Anniversary Music.
THE Choral Group of the Takoms

THE Choral Group of the Takoma
Park Women's Club will furnish
the musical program for the 25th
anniversary celebration of the club
to be held Monday at the Con-
gressional Club The group, directed
by Carolyn O. Green and accompanied
by Alvina Schmitt. consists of the fol-
lowing members: Winifred Thomas
Clarke, Estelle Gates, Genevieve Burk,
Helen Grandfield Cook. Rose Wisner,
Elsie Rogers Graham, Margaret Wig
gins Thornton, Mary Pozzi Phillips,
Efle Tabbutt. Nellie Birch SWEET,
Helen Crandall, Elsie Nichols Burch,
Bertha Patterson, Leva Wilson, Helen
Campbell Williams and Jane Stone.
The group with all its original men,
bers has been meeting on Wednesday
morning for five years.
Evening star., 1938-06-05

Gretchen Hood, soprano, and Minna
Niemann, pianist, gave. faculty re-
cital last Sunday at Gunston Hall. Miss
Hood presented songs by Marcello,
Bruggi, Gounod, Szulc, Franz, Brahms,
Guion, Quilter and Manney, while Miss
Niemann included in her program
numbers by Bach, Liszt, Mendelssohn,
Chopin, Rosenthal and Schultz-Evle
Evening star., 1938-06-05

StudentS In series OF recltalS,
opening with joint program
Il by Lucy McClenon, a member
of the Washington Pianists' Club,
and Alden H Emery, jr., fiutist. Next,
those will be presented who took part
IN the national piano playing tourna-
ment: Frances Kennard, Joyce Reside,
Patricia Ellington, Carolyn Rose Cow
per, Peggy Wagg. Joanne and John
Nasuti and Malcolm Chandler. Four
teen students will play in Chevy Chase,
while another group of 10, assisted by
Bessie Warrington and Mary Elizabeth
Smith, will play or sing compositions
by American composers. Six others
will play program selected from the
late classic period, at the studio Of
Villa Semple. The series will close
with two recitals on Wednesday at
the Woodside Methodist Church in
Silver Spring. Md. The teaching staff
consists of Dorothy Radde Emery,
Villa Semple, lone Hoffman and
Jessamine Hartman, pianists, and
Herman Hoffman, violnist.
Donald Gillett. organist, will play
this mornings service at All Souls
Unitarian Church, substituting for
Lewis c. Atwater Mr.. Gillett will
play Vision" by Rheinberger; Sara
bande," by Handel, and Fantasia in
9 Minor" by Bach.
Tho VIC chinntny, NJ
the Mu Phi Epsilon will give musical
program tomorrow at ladies' night of
the Benjamin French Masonic Lodge.
The chorus will sing two groups of
numbers, among them one composed
by Helen Bellman, who will also give
some organ numbers The others on
the program will be Fannie Mae Hem
best, pianist; Vera Neely Ross, con-
tralto, and Ann Farquhar, cellist;
Ruth Bronson Logan, Uolinist, and
Ruth Bradford, pianist, who will play
trios> The accompanies will be Doro-
thy Russell Todd Dorothy Sornborger
and Quinta Frey
Dorothy Louise Linton will present
q group of her pupils in piano re-
cital Tuesday evening at O'Clock in
the Parish Hall of the Incarnation
Lutheran Church at Fourteenth and
Gallatin streets NV.
The program will consist of solos
and two piano numbers. Those taking
part are Jean Kendig, Dorothy and
Richard Winn. Patricia and Carmelita
Curran, Burton Reiner, Lorraine Mar
shall, Janet and Jack Strothman, June
Goundie, Betty Peters, Barbara Smith,
Elizabeth Agee, Wilma Eppley, Mary
Parks, Carol Merrifield and Helen
Buckley. Miss Linton will close the
program with the last movement from
the Rubinstein Concerto in D Minor"
the orchestral part. on second piano,
played by Mr.. Benjamin Rather.
Betty Baum, pianist, will present
group Of students In recital on Friday
at pm. in the assembly hall, fourth
floor Of the Y. w. C. A. Seventeenth
and X streets. The program viii close
with the Mendelssohn ID Minor Con-
certo," played by Phyllis Schwartz,
who shared second place in recent
contest to play with symphony, spon-
sored by the Music Teachers Associa-
ton. Those who will participate on the
program are Helene Aaronson, Jean
Evening star., 1938-06-05

The Chadwick Orchestra gave q
concert recently at the Eastern Star
Home and repeated the program last
Saturday at the National Lutheran
Home for the Aged. Soloists were
Jack Morales, baritone; Bertrand
Richter, viola. and Hartwell Calcote,
clarinet. ~. t
Evening star., 1938-06-05
Orchestra Shell Prepared
For Water Gate Series
Symphony Orchestra Begins
Sunset Concerts Early
In July on Barge.

Er OF the orchestra shell to be used this the
symphony series to be played at the
phony Orchestra disclosed
actively charge project Among this
Boyer regional
nael Chan director Of operations
Evening star., 1938-06-05
Native Talent Preserved
In Light Opera Music
Composers Have Offered Melody
o Which Satisfied Taste
For Gay Spirits.
By Alice EverSman.

THIS country has been backward the number and character Of the
grand which It's written has not Jagged behind
other nations lighter musical comedies
rejoicing musicany rud
nee extreme musical
that the peoples
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-17

When tomorrow dawns, Water bury's greatest shopping event Of the year will be inaugurated.
 For tomorrow is Dollar Day" and all of the members of the Merchants Bureau of the Chamber of Com merce will be ready to serve MT. and Mrs. Waterbury, Miss Jane Wa terbury and Mister John Waterbury the best bargains ever.
 When you walk into any of the stores belonging to the bureau, you will note that large, expensive arti- cles seem to have been grouped in the wrong price sections
 But it won't be so. Your eyes are not deceiving you, you'll find when you get up real close and scrutinize the dollar sign and the figure-$1- probably with the notation, For Dollar Day Only.
 Now is the time for preparation for the nearing school season, too, when many a Waterbury girl and boy will need new outfits. Not to mention, of course, the "old man" and the misses, who will find Dollar Day" specials galore for the wardrobe, for the kitchen, the pam try. and requisites for the house all marked the bargain price of $l
 You have never known just how far dollar will go-and not silver dollar in the good right hand of George Washington as he takes his stance on the bank of the Potomac river, either-until you have seen how much you can buy tomorrow in the Waterbury stores.
 The savings represented by the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-17
Board Approves
 WPA Sewer Jobs
City Engineer Sets Up Schedule of Proiects-Storm
 Water Drains Near Green Included in List

Seeking backlog of projects for the coming months, City Engineer Charles A. Root last night at the board of works meeting presented a list of WPA-city storm and sani- tary sewer projects whereby the government would provide an esti- mated $161 ,725, the city, as sponsor, S42,021 for a total of 203,747 The board approved the list and 1t was sent with such recommendations to the board of finance.
 The projects include storm sewers for West Main street, from Church to Lewis street, where heavy rain- fall causes pools to form, and for LeaVenWorth street, West Main to Center streets, where water drains into West Main street.
 Sanitary sewers are sought for Bellevue, Burr, Carmel, EdgeWood, Elk, GlenWood, Hudson, Kelsey, Me- Namara, Nelson, Primrose, Ray mond, Simsbury and Stiles streets, Sylvan avenue, Watertown avenue, Wilson and Winchester streets