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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06
Form Professional
Group for Opera

Formation of a professional grand
opera chorus in the Nations Capt.
tai is one of the goals of the WASH
ington Popular Opera Association
this season. According to A. Cont
Berenguer, general director, there is
an abundance of young vocal talent
in the city to establish an excellent
choral group for future productions
Of the association.
The chorus will be under the per-
sonal supervision of the associations
artistic director, Amelia Cont, who
for many seasons was a member of
the Metropolitan Opera and Chi
cago Civic Opera Associations. Be-
sides offering Washington's young
singers an opportunity to secure
first-hand operate experience and
knowledge, the chorus will be STEP
ping stone for the exceptionally tai
ented singers development into
soloists.
The association will present four
operas this season in Constitution
Hall during the middle of Febru-
airy, "Lohengrin," "Bartered Bride"
"Boheme" and "Manon." Leading
roles will be taken by prominent
singers from the Chicago Civic
Opera, Metropolitan Opera and San
Carlo Opera companies.
Young artists interested in apply
ing as choristers should address A..
Cont Berenguer, 1924 Twentieth
street NV. Only singers with seri-
Gus musical training are asked to
apply. Upon receipt of application
additions will be arranged.
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Columbia Company
In Opera Season.

The Columbia Light Opera Co.
has chosen its officers for the
ensuing year, and with Ethel Nam
ming as director, Chaloner Barnes
as executive assistant, Gladys Hunt,
secretary; Oba Jan Gibson, social
secretary; Frances jackson, secre-
tarial assistant: Doris Long. treas
urer, and Charles Moran, librarian.
plans are rapidly being perfected
for the coming season.
The first production of the win
ter will be the Countess Martha"
scheduled for early December, and
rehearsals by the large cast of prin-
cipals and chorus are already under
way. Only local singers are eliRi-
BILE as members of the Columbia
Light Opera Co., for the aim of
the company is to present promising
young singers who otherwise would
not have the opportunity of being
heard.
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Concert by Pianist.

Everett Stevens, young American
pianist, will give q concert on Fri
day evening, November Is, at the
home of Mrs. Jesse Edwin Saugstad,
2021 Massachusetts, avenue.
Mr.. Stevens Is we'll known to local
music lovers, since Washington is
his native city. He has appeared
many times in recital and has been
heard As soloist with the National
Symphony Orchestra in the pre-
miere performance of his own piano
concerto. He received his early
training under local teachers and
for the past seven years has held
scholarships 1T the Peabody Con-
servatory Of Music in Baltimore,
where his studies have continued
under the guidance of Austin Con-
radi In piano and Gustav Strube In
composition. He has also been
awarded scholarships by the JUL
lard School Of Music for study in
piano At the Chautauqua, N. Y,
Summer Schools.
His recital on November 10 win
mark his first appearance here In
nearly two years. Mr.. Stevens also
has been booked in Omaha, Nebr.;
Denver. Colo, and Wyoming, and
in several cities Of the South.
Tickets for the concert may be
obtained ut 202l Massachusetts, ave-
nus q By tslsphoning for reserve
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BY ALICE EVERSMAN,

Beethoven's compositions are
prominently featured In the list of
special recordings which the Victor
company gives out each fall This time
there are the three string quartets.
mo. 10 in E Flat Major, Op. a."
the mo. II in E Flat, Op. 1877" and
the mo. Is in A Minor OPP. 1872" and
the Fifth Symphony" The quartets
are of special interest. as they will
be played during the Beethoven
series being given at the Library Of
Congress.
The Quartet in E Flat Major, Op.
1877, No. 10" is the product Of
Beethoven's mature years following
on top of the Ninth Symphony"
and all that it meant in the way Of
musical development Yet the quar-
tet holds echoes of the younger
Beethoven. the man who went to
nature and there found inspiration
and renewal of thought. The glad
ness and the response to beauty
which always took possession of
Beethoven when he could submit
himself to the magic of the out-of-
doors is again present in this work
which has been called La Gazette. "
The words are to be found in the
composers handwriting on the
sketches of the slow movement.
The beauty and sublimity of this
movement is one of precious bits of
writing which Beethoven has left us
and stands out against the joyous
ness and the frolicking spirit which
characterizes the remainder of the
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Music
Is Offered at
St. Johns
Series to Include
Choir, Organ and
Vocal SOlOists

st. Johns Church announces a
series of recitals of sacred music to
be held In the church each month Of
the winter season from November
to April, inclusive. The series is to
be under the direction of Arthur w.
HoweS, jr., organist and choirmaster
of the church. and will include per.
formances by the choir and by visit
ing organists and vocalists of WELL
known regulations.
Mr.. Howes will inaugurate the
series with an organ recital on Mon
day evening, November 81. at $50.
This program will include two
groups of compositions of J. S. Bach.
The contemporary French German
and English schools will be repre-
sented by works of Louis Verne, Sig
frid Karg- Ebert and Herbert Howells,
respectively. The recital will con-
sist of performances of a number Of
chorale preludes and other works
chosen because of their appropriate
ness for use in church.
The second event in the series
will be a performance on Monday,
December u, of the sacred cantata
"SleeperS Wake" by J. S. Bach. It
will be sung by the choir of the
church, assisted by soloists who will
be announced at an early date. The
organist on this OCCASION will be
Henry E. Kerr, we'll known for his
recitals in Philadelphia, where he
was formerly organist of the Church
of the Annunciation.
In January Mr.. Howes will play
another organ recital and in Febru-
airy st. Johns Choir will sing an
other Bach cantata, Soul, Array
Thyself With Gladness."
In March the choir will sing a
recital Of sacred polyphony, a pro-
gram that will consist largely of
works of 18th and early 18th century
composers Of the English and con-
tinental schools.
The final sacred concert will be
the performance of Bachs cantata
for the Sunday after Easter, No.
1877, Hold in Remembrance Jesus
Christ" 1t will be given on a Mon
day evening In April.
All OF the recitals will be on Mon
day evenings. They will be free to
the public: the Offering taken at
each one will 60 toward defraying of
expenses of the series.
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"Siegfried," depict the exuberant
scene In which siegfried takes No
thung, the broken sword Of his dead
father, and reforges the weapon With
which he Is later destined to STAY
the dragon. Powerful music for
orchestra and voice, throbbing With
the rhythm Of hammer, bellows and
anvil, 1t is q perfect expression Of
the vitality Of the young hero. The
Strauss songs with their superb or.
chestral accomplishments are two
OF the finest examples of the modern
German composers lyric gift.
DR.. Kinder, who has edited and
made prescriptions of 4 number
OF the most popular works appear
ing on National Symphony pro-
grams, completed his TRANSCRIPTION
for full orchestra of Handel's
Prelude and Fugue in D Minor"
last summer. The two movements
are taken from the Concerto Gros-
so, Opus 3, No. S." one of the six
works in this form known as "obos
concertos" and published in 1874.
Less familiar than the Twelve
Grand Concertos," but equally de-
serving Of praise, they constitute
one Of the most important items
In Handels instrumental writing.
Most famous as the composer Of
Carmen" Bizet was born in 1888.
The symphony DR.. Kinder will play
was written in 1855 while the young
composer was still a student at the
Paris Conservatoire. Although then
only II years old. he had been q
student in the conservatory for seven
years. The work, in the conven-
tional four movements. is replete
with charm, foreshadowing the
vivacity, freshness and brilliance Of
his later music.
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Mrs. Cofey to Sing

The role of Gilda in the opera
"Rigoletto" will be sung by q WASH
ingtonian this afternoon, when the
National Opera Co. of New York
presents the performance at the
Belasco Theater. Maria Conway
Coffey. q genuine local find, will
take the leading role as the par
ticular protege Of ]. Franklin Viola,
one Of the National Opera Co.'s
organizers. In her appearance as
Gilda she will make her profess
sional debut as an operate star to
climax an ambotion of long stand
ing.
Though the performance at the
Belasco will be her formal presenta-
ton, SO to speak, it will not be Maria
Conway's first operate endeavor.
Last May she appeared at the Ward
man Park Theater with q local
opera group as coloratura guest
artist, and she Is an enthusiastic
member Of the Remington Webster
Opera Guild here. She Is also q
member of the Sacred Heart Choir.
Mrs. Coffey is pupil Of William
Webster and Dorothy Remington
here. Following her appearance
with the National Opera Co. she
expects to devote her full time to
her musical career.
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Anniversary
OF Choir to
Be Marked
Event Tonight for
Church of Latter.
Day Saints

This evening. on the fifth ami
versary Of the founding of the choir
Of the Washington Chapel of the
Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter
Day Saints, by the late E. P. Kimball,
the choir will sing at the evensong
service at the Church of st. Stephen
and the Incarnation. Sixteenth and
Newton streets NV. S. Stirling
Wheelwright will direct the Chapel
Choir.
The numbers sung by the Chapel
Choir are as follows:
Praise Ye the Name Of the Lord" Hyanof1
nc HON BLESSED Are They Tschaikowsky
Send Forth Thy Spirit -. Schuetky
The choir of men and boys of the
Church of st. Stephen and the In
carnation will sing the service under
the direction of Sherman J. Kreuz-
burg. The choir will be heard in
the "Magnificat" and "Nunc Dimit-
tis." by Hylton Stewart.
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Benefit Program

Justin Lawrie, tenor and choir
director of Foundry M. E. Church,
will give a musical program in the
lecture room OF the New York Ave-
nue. Presbyterian Church, accom-.
panied by Gertrude Troutman, 10.
year-old pianist, tomorrow evening.
The music will be part of q benefit
program, Oriental Peoples and
Places" presented by Mrs. Frederic
Ernest harrington and Mrs. Harvey
Wiley, who recently returned from q
world tour.
Gertrude Troutman, who Il
winner Of the highest national hon.
ors ut the piano players tourna-
ment, began attracting attention for
her pianistic talent at the age of 3
years, when she played in recital ut
Keith's Theater In q special feature.
She has appeared in public several
. times since then.
The benefit has been arranged by
Mrs. Cabot Stevens.
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Dancers as SolOists

The Ojedas, foremost Mexican
dancers. will again appear Is solo,
lists with Mercado's Mexican Tipica
Orchestra when 1t performs at Con-
tinental Hall on Monday evening,
November 81, in 4 concert which
will benefit the scholarship fund of
the Mount Holyoke College Club.
This internationally known couple
has filled extensive engagements In
Puerto Rico. Cuba, Mexico and the
United States. When Columbia Uni
versity. decided to present q pro-
gram on Mexico the Ojeda dancers
were selected IS best able to present
true Mexican dancing.
The concert will again feature the
Maya soprano, Lolita Valdez, and 4
new tenor, Arturo Cortes. Carmen
Delfin, brilliant pianist-composer,
viii appear - soloist, - VIII eeno-
rita ealits, saitGgisk
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Music Teachers Hold
Meeting Tomorrow,

The first meeting of the WASH
ington Music Teachers Association,
Inc, will be held tomorrow night
at 8 o'clock in the italian garden
of the Mayflower Hotel. Members
will be received by the new Execu-
tive Board and by several of the
honorary members. and the revised
constitution and bylaws and the
adopted code of ethics Of the recent
ly incorporated association will be
read by Levi David.
Alice Eversman will speak on sew
eral important issues which are
vital to the profession and to the
public. c. c. Capped will be heard
in talk pertinent to the co-opera-
ton of the National Symphony Or
chestra Association and the music
teachers of the city.
Emerson Meyers, chairman of q
special committee, will report on
group insurance. Mrs. Frank Byram,
chairman of a special committee on
public school music, will address
the members on the opportunities
for the Washington music teach
ers to be of constructive aid in en-
couraging greater recognition of
music study in the curriculum OF
public school students.
Ofhcers of the organization are
President, Fanny Amstutz Roberts;
first vice president. Felian Garcia !;
second vice president, Mrs. Hugo
Hesselbach; recording secretary,
Eta Schmid Wells; corresponding
secretary. Mrs. Gene Crist, and
treasurer, Dorothy Tyler.
Chairmen of permanent COM
mittees are: Program, La Sale
Spier; membership, Pearl Waugh;
publicity, Lucia Mackenzie Hen
dley: hospitality, Flora McGill
Keefer. The associate members rep
resentative is Mrs. j. Edward Chap
man.
Carl Engel is honorary president.
Honorary members are Mrs. Robert
Woods Bliss, Mrs. Elizabeth Sprague
Coolidge, Mrs. Eugene Meyer. Mrs.
Martin A. Morrison. Mrs. Edwin
B. Parker, Countess Szechenyi, Mrs.
Lawrence Townsend, Edwin Hughes
and Mrs. Hugo Hesselbach.
Applications for membership In
the Washington Music Teachers
Association, Inc, must be made in
writing to Pearl Waugh, chairman
OF the Membership Committee, ut
1865 Columbia road.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06

French composer, Bizet, by giving
the first performance in Washing
ton Of his symphony No. / In G
major" lively masterpiece that
fell into undeserved neglect, to be
rediscovered and given its world
premiere three years ago.
The concert Wednesda2swill mark
the FIRST local appearance Of Lauritz
Melchior with the National SYM
phony and will provide Washing
ton audiences with their first op-
portunity to hear this great artist
with the full orchestral background
indispensable for the proper per-
Torrance of Wagner's works. Dur
ing the first half Of the program
Mr.. Melchior will sing two songs
Of Richard Strauss-'Traum durch
die Damm'rung" and "Caecilie." In
the second half, devoted entirely to
the works of Wagner, he will pre-
sent two excerpts from one of his
greatest roles. siegfried, as he sings
the stirring Forge" songs from the
first act Of that opera.
To complete the program DR.
Kinder will conduct the orchestra
in two Of the greatest excerpts from
the Wagner Nibelung cycle. the
rhine Journey" from "Gotterdam-
merung" and the Ride of the VAL
kyries" from die Walkure."
During a performance of "Sieg-
friAdo n hoe honr netiv,o a <>l ~ .
hero himself actually sings for over
two hours in one OF the longest
parts ever written in opera. Hav-
ing sung this arduous role over
100 times, Lauritz Melchior has
fully earned for himself the title
Of the worlds greatest heroic
tenor"
The two Forge" songs, taken
from the monumental first act of
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Sonata Recital.

John Crouch Of Vassar College
faculty. who is this season playing
series Of sonata recitals at the
Washington College of Music illus
trating the development of this
form from Scarlatti to Shostako-
vich, will be heard in the second
Of the series on Saturday evening At
$3.50 O'Clock.
Mr.. Crouch will play the Bee
thoven Sonata in A major, On.
l01," the Schubert Sonata In A
major, OPP. 120," and the Schu.
mann Sonata in G. minor, on.
o."
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Recital Here
BY Flagstad
On Tuesday
Singer Gives Her
Only ull.Lensth
Program of Year

Nine. Kristen Flasstad, the great
Norwegian soprano Of the Metro
pontan Opera Association, comes to
Constitution Hall next Tuesday eve
ming at $50 o'clock for the only
full-length recital she will give in
Washington this season. Nine.
Flagstad's recital will be the first in
Dorothy Hodgkin Dorsey's series Of
Tuesday evening recitals at that
auditorium.
Up until q few weeks ago, Tues
day evenings recital was believed
to be the last Flagstad would ever
give In the Capital, Is she had defi-
nitely announced to her managers
that the season of 1860 would
write finis to her American musical
career.
At the earnest entreaty Of the
Metropolitan Opera, supplemented
by the wishes Of vocal music lovers
from coast to coast, the great Nor
wegian diva has consented to one
more season before retiring.
Nine. Flagstad, who will be as
sisted at the piano by Edwin Nc
Arthur, has arranged q program
that will open with the "Leise,
l'eise" aria from Won Weber's Der
Freischutz." Then will follow q
Beethoven-Brahm group, includ-
ing two Beethoven numbers, die
Ehre Gottes" and Itch liebe dich, n
and three Brahms selections
"Liebestreu," IAN Elm Veilchen" and
Meme Liebe list grun."
Nine. Flagstad's third group will
be sung In Norwegian. 1t consists
OF three Grieg songs and two by
.Alnaes. The Grieg selections are
Fra Monte Pincio" Mount Pincio)
Med en- Vandlilje" GA Water Lily
and "Et Haab" my Hope). The
Alnaes songs are 'Lykken mellem
to mennesker" (Our Happiness)
and "Varlengsler" (Spring Yearn-
ings).
Immediately after the intermis-
sion Nine. Flagstad will sing the
Mild und Leise" aria from Wag-
ner's Tristan und Isolde" followed
by group of four English language
songs: We Two Together" MAR
shall Kernochan, Pair House OF
Joy" (Roger Quilter), Snow To-
wards Evening" Eleanor Warren)
and Floods of Spring" Rachman-
inofo. Three Strauss songs: BE.
fret" 'Du meines Herzens Krone
LEM and "Wie soften wir gehein
sic halten' will close the program
Seats for the Flagstad recital will
be on sale at Mrs. Dorsey's Concert
Bureau, in Drops, 1900 G street
NV. tomorrow and Tuesday, and
at Constitution Hall box ONCE afte,
O'Clock on Tuesday evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06

held-up fees or be forced to join
any union for protection. Yet the
most prominent among the world
celebrated artists are working heart
and soul for the guild.
The formation OF such q union
was bound to come under the con-
ditions which. although they have
been an unfortunate part OF the
professional life for many years,
have grown with the changing situ-
alton which the times have brought.
1t Is in recognition Of the abuses and
difficulties that had to be met that
a. group Of famous artists, whose in
tentions could not be misinterpreted.
found the courage to take matters
into their own hands and in mu-
tual cooperation and good will try
to remedy the conditions.
They have succeeded In many in
stances where nothing has been done
in all the years that misrepresenta-
ton and exploitation were being
practiced. Because of the charac-
ter of their regulations, the d.
rectors OF the guild have become
power to be reckoned with, and
are aiming at constructive help for
all professional musicians.
The fact that such an important
body as the board Of the orchestra
Is claimed to have considered Ye-
hudi Menuhin's appearance as n
trifle half hours work" shows how
little the amount Of preparation
and the character Of 4 musicians
art is understood generally. Back
of Yehudi's success lie family sacri-
nee and hours on hours of work.
just this one engagement would
have meant preparation of q pro-
gram at home, a journey Of some
length and rehearsals with the Or
chestra. More than a half hours
work was involved.
Time and again artists have ap-
proximated this amount of previous
work and the expense attendant
getting ready for an engagement
only to find that they were de-
frauded Of their pay. This was par
ticularly true Of the lesser-known
artists, and there was little they
could do about it. The guild is
helping them tremendously, fighting
their battles and seeing that justice
Is done. The desire of this union
Is to work with managers and not
against them. and this end will
finally be arrived at when the or
ganization has known of and solved
all the problems that can arise.
While the case of such an artist
as Yehudi Menuhin and the Los
Angeles Philharmonic Is regrettable
and 4 seemingly unnecessary occur
renee. 1t may bring the best of
results in the long run for all con-
cerned.. AS the affair stands at
present. 1t would seem that the
orchestra board was at fault for not
becoming conscious Of its obligations
to the guild in time, rather than
Yehudi Menuhin, who quite Justly
resents the implication of unwilling
ness to pay the membership fee of
$40, and who feels that, being the
great artist he is, he can make his
own decision as to joining or not
joining 4 union.
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Singers at Hotel.

The feature of this Sundays con-
cert at the Hotel Roosevelt is
the Newcomb- Bethesda Community
Singers. Last spring the singers
gave a performance commemorative
the 3OOth anniversary of the first
permanent settlement of the Della
ware Valley, At the United States
Departmental Auditorium, render
ing Swedish folk tunes. On this
occasion the Counselor of the Swed-
ish Legation, Folke Wennerberg
and q United States Senator from
Minnesota gave short addresses, in
which they praised the singing OF
the Observation-Disclosures community
group.
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Mr.. Holden to Give
Annual Concert

William Holden Of the faculty OF
the. Washington College Of Music
will be heard this afternoon at 4
o'clock at the Sulgrave Club in his
sixth annual Washington concert.
Mr.. Holden will play the Beethoven
"Rondo In G." q Field "Nocturne
and Rondo"; the "Kreisleriana," by
Schumann: the Chopin posthumous
prelude OPP. IS IN c sharp minor"
"Ballade In G minor" and Polo
naise In F sharp minor" closing
with the Debussy "Ce qua WI lie
vent d'Ouest" and "Poissons dor"
and "Three Fantastic Dances" by
ShoStakQYich.