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Evening star., 1939-10-29
Recital Here
To Present
Russian Star
RachmaninOf Will
Give Piano Event
In Two Weeks

Sergei Rachmaninoff, the world
famous Russian pianist and COM
poser, will give the first Sunday af-
ternoon recital of his career in
Washington two weeks from today
at Constitution Hall under the local
management Of Dorothy Hodgkin
Dorsey, who has sponsored Rach-
maninoff's last six appearances here
in recital. His forthcoming ap-
pearance is set for Sunday after
noon. November II. at o'clock,
and it will be the first of Mrs. Dor
sey's second series of Sunday after
noon musical events at the D. A.
r. auditorium.
Rachmaninoff had originally Sc
lected Beethovens Sonata, Opus
ILL.," as his principal program
offering of the afternoon, but in
subsequent revision of his Washing
ton program he selected, in its place,
Chopin's Sonata. Opus So" COM
position which, while barking back
to the style of Chopin's first COM
posing period. offers the more ma
ture lyric form of his second period
of creative work
Rachmaninoff will likewise offer
one of his own compositions, the
"A Minor Etude -Tableau," which he
will play Immediately following the
intermision while additional Chopin.
of which Rachmaninoff is one of
the worlds foremost interpreters, is
programmed as -Four Etudes. Opus
25." Bachs French Suite" will
open the program, while Schubert
and List will also be presented.
Seats for the Rachmaninoff re-
cital will become available at Mrs.
Dorseys concert bureau, in Droops,
at 1900 G. street. NV, Thursday
morning, Prior to the time Rach-
maninoff tickets may be purchased
as an attraction of the second
Sunday series, which closes Wednes-
day evening. In addition to the
Rachmanioff recital, this series
offers the only Washington recital
this season of Yehudi Menuhin,
violinist, prior to his absence from
Washington until 1941-42; the 10th
annual concert here on the Don
Cossack Russian Male Chorus, Serge
Jaroff, conductor as we'll as recitals
by Helen Jepson, soprano: Richard
Jaroff, conductor, as we'll as recitals
by Bidu Sayao, soprano, and Igor
CORN, baritone.
Evening star., 1939-10-29

plying appropriate music for plays
which will help create the setting
for piece This music is called
mood music" and is catalogued in
a very detailed listing under such
heads as anguish" "boisterous."
conflict pursuit" screams"
melancholy" 'diabolical." "mys-
terioso.' etc. Every imaginable mood
is covered.
The music has other classifica-
tions. Every large river of the world
has its own music and various Sec
tions of the country also. The music
of all the countries of the world
is there, divided into patriotic, folk
and non-folk Historical music from
the Greek and Roman days is in
separate file. There is even a COM
plete file on music pertaining to
birds.
If, by chance, none of this music
fits the theme, there are many
writer's who can produce just what
is wanted. Or the standard music
is arranged by competent men, a
bit here and bit there, to portray
the ioea So thoroughly has every
thing been covered that no emer-
gencs can arise that cannot be met.
Wear on Pianos
Then. when the last program of
the day is given and the station
signed off, another set of activities
0f
hauling the pianos. There are 38
pianos used daily in the N. B. c.
studios, 80 of which are Steinways
Some of them, particularly those
used in swing programs, get hard
wear and must be constantly su-
pervised. From l am. until am,
six days week, the tuning and re-
pairing of the pianos goes on. Fac
tory specialists are employed for
this work and once a week each
piano is tuned and once in every
four weeks, voiced or regulated. 1t
is not an easy job to keep the ham,
mers smooth so that the tone comes
over clearly.
So while the rest of the world
sleeps, this particular staff of eX-
perts, prepare for the next days
musical programs, so that the en-
tire country will receive the best
that the studio can give. The time
that the broadcasting companies
give to the subject of music is enor-
nous yet it comes to us for a half
hour or an hour and vanishes for
ever But the knowledge of music
is penetrating to the most mac
cessible points of the country and
the seed of appreciation is sown
perhaps to bring valuable returns in
the discovery of a great American
genius. The time when musicians
can tie themselves to their own
particular branch without attempt
ing to know the broad lines of this
great subject is passed.
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Barbirolli Conducts
Philharmonic Here

John Barblrolll brilliant conductor
of the New York Philharmonic
Symphony Orchestra, which will
make its first appearance in Wash
ington in nine years at Constitution
Hall on Wednesday evening, No
vember %, has the happy artistic
combination of British birth and
Latin background.
Born on December 2. 1899, in Lon
don of an Italian father and a
French mother, it was the most
natural thing in the world that he
grew up to be a musician. On his
paternal side there had been musi-
clans as far back as the family could
remember and both his father and
grandfather had taken part in the
first performance of Verdi's "Otello"
as members of the orchestra.
The war came when he was IA
and before it was over he was a
participant, and it was not until
years later that he was to exchange
his gun for a baton and realize his
ambition of becoming conductor.
So sensational was his success that
by 1927 he was conducting in the
series of London Symphony Or
chestra and Royal Philharmonic
Society concerts, taking his place
with such masters as Weingartner.
Seecham and Casals. In the same
gear he was invited to conduct at
the international opera season at
Covent Garden. where he remained
ior several seasons as the colleague
of Bruno Walter and Serafin, con-
ducting French. Italian and Ger
man opera, distinction afforded
to but very few native conductors.
Later he had charge at various
times of all the important orches-
tras in the country, eventually be-
coming the permanent conductor
of the Scottish Orchestra and the
Leeds Symphony, post he left
finally to accept a three-year en-
gagement with the Philharmonic
Symphony Society of New York.
Although we'll known to thousands
of Washington radio music lovers
through the Sunday afternoon con-
certs of the Philharmonic, Barbirolli
is making his first appearance be-
fore a Capital audience when he
conducts here on November %.
Evening star., 1939-10-29
City's Music
Teachers to
Hear

The seasons first program meet
Ing of the Washington Music Teach.
ers' Association is announced by
Fanny Amstutz Roberts, president,
for Tuesday evening at $3.50 o'clock
at the King-Smith Playhouse
through the courtesy of Mr.. and
Mrs. August King Smith
Elizabeth Gest of Philadelphia
will be heard in lecture on How
Modern Is Modern Music?" follow
ing which she will hold a consulta-
ton period for questions and dis
cussion. Miss Gest is pianist and
composer of important attainments.
She is the editor of the junior de-
partment of the Etude, music maga-
zine, and is the author of many in
structive treatises. She studied at
Peabody Conservatory and at the
Institute of Musical Art in New
York City also with Nadia Bou-
LANCER in Paris.
Tickets for the National SYM
| phony Orchestra concerts will be
distributed to members at this meet
ing. Application cards for prospec-
tive members may be obtained from
Charlotte G. Lippitt, membership
chairman.
The w. M. T. A.. now beginning
its sixth year. was an outgrowth Of
the meeting in Washington of the
| Music Teachers National Associa-
ton in 1888, under the local chair
manship of Carl Engel Last season
1t sponsored the meeting again in
washington of the national aSsocia-
ton. achieving the largest budget
in the 63 years of its existence. un-
der the local Craftsmanship of DR..
Harold Spivacke, chief of the Music
Division Of the Library of Congress.
The objectives of the association
are to promote the professional in
terests of music teachers of the city
of Washington and its vicinity by
encouraging good fellowship in the
profession, by advancing the cause
of sound musical instruction. by
SldI SIilS clIllCdl plODlelllS Oh ledCn-
ers of music and by furthering the
general musical activities in the
community"-as stated by article 2
of the constitution.
The five classes of membership arr
active. associate, honorary. life and
nonresident. Other officers Of the
association are: Honorary president,
Carl Engel; first vice president.
Felian Garzia: second vice president.
Mrs. Hugo Hesselbach; recording
secretary. Eta Schmid Wells; cor
responding secretary. Gene Crist;
treasurer, Dorothy Tyler. Standing
committee chairmen are: La Sale
Spier, programs; Pearl Waugh, hos
pitality; Charlotte G. Lippitt. men,
bership; Lucia Mckenzie Hendley,
publicity. Special committee chair
men are: William Holden. teacher
certiflcation, and Helen Miller, music
in institutions.
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Nightmare Again
Producer-director Robert FRI

Producer director Robert Fred
erick Freund and THE Freund
Singers have been rehearsing for
the twelfth performance of the sue
cessful comic play of last winter,
called "A Nightmare After the
Opera" The original production,
staged some IL months ago, was by
members of the Agriculture Chorus
when Mr.. Freund was the director
Since that time, Mr.. Freund formed
his own independent musical organ
ization, which presented "The Freund
Frolics' last summer.
Having spent several weeks in
New York recently with his de-
signers, planning new costumes and
arranging for the new lighting ef-
fects, Mr.. Freund has returned with
some novel improvements for this
seasons edition of "The Nightmare. ."
The dates are Tuesday, Wednes-
day and Thursday, November 7, 8
and 8, at Pierce Hall, Sixteenth and
Harvard streets NV, and tickets
may be procured from the Willard
Hotel and the A. A. A.. Seventeenth
street and Peunaylvauia avenue NV.
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Civic Concert Plans

The Washington Civic Orchestra,
sponsored by the Community Center
Department, and conducted by Kurt
Hetzel, will present it's first concert
this season on Tuesday evening, No.
vember 7, at 8:15, at the Central
High School Auditorium.
Conscientious work and faithful
attendance of its now SO players at
rehearsals-every Tuesday evening
at Central High-have raised the or
chestra to full symphonic unit of
great promise. The majority of its
members are still the same as two
years ago, when Mr.. Hetzel took over
direction and reorganization. For
the first time in its existence-found-
ed 1884 by the late Baily F. Alart-
the orchestra rehearsed two pro-
grams simultaneously. and six to
eight concerts are being planned for
the season.
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Music for Mission

Stepping out of his role as choir
director for the radio program.
HYMNS of All Churches" Fred
Jacky will direct triple quartet in
a program of songs at the annual
mass meeting of the Central Union
Mission, to be held this afternoon
at the Calvary Baptist Church. at
2:30 o'clock. Joe Emerson, soloist
for this same radio program. will be
the soloist on this occasion, and the
meeting is open to the general public.
The personnel of the local singers
comprising the quartet is: Sopranos.
Erna Embrey, Kathleen Kernev and
Ruth Fernsler; contraltos. Charlotte
La Fond. Catherine Bentley and
Gladys Dirkin: tenors, Earl Nails
and Gene Surgert; basses, Walter
Ahlenfeld, John Bentley and j.
Russell Lowe.
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Mass Choir
To Present
SongGroup
Program Arranged
For Lutherans'
Festival Here

A mass choir of 180 voices will be
one of the main features of the
Lutheran Reformation festival serv-
ice which will be held in the Memo
rial Continental Hall on Wednesday
evening, under the auspices of all of
the Lutheran churches of Washing
ton and vicinity.
Emerson Meyers, organist and di-
rector of the choir of the Atone
ment Lutheran Church of North
Capitol street. serves as director and
organizer of the singing group. 1t is
Mr. Meyers intention to expand the
present organization into Luther
an choral society of Washington,
following the custom that has been
established in the large Lutheran
centers of the mid and Western
parts of the country All of the
members of the organization have
been recruited from the choirs of
the various Lutheran churches of
the Washington area.
The numbers that will be sung on
Wednesday evening are: "Sleepers,
Wake. a Voice Is Sounding" j. S.
Bach; "On God. Not On Myself" M
Lundquist. Both numbers will be
sung capella. Mary Weidley. Or
ganist of the Reformation Lutheran
Church, will preside at the console
of the Orgatron electric organ which
will be installed for the evening
service. The Rev Arthur o. HELM,
pastor of the Augustana Lutheran
Church. will serve as chaplain for
the singing group.
The Music Committee for the eve
ning's program is composed of the
following: The Rev George J.
Grewenow, pastor of the Faith Lu-
theran Church, Arlington, Va; the
Rev. Ralph Loew. assistant pastor
of the Reformation Lutheran
Church, and Emerson Meyers of
Atonement Lutheran Church.
Evening star., 1939-10-29

will contribute piano solo. Mrs.
Emery will be at the piano. A spe-
cial number, The One Hundred
Thirty ninth Psalm" composed by
Mabel Linton Williams. organist
and pianist. will be sung with Mrs.
Williams accompanying. All the
participants are members of the
District of Columbia Junior Fedora
ton of Music Clubs. A social period
will follow the program.
The music department of the Ia
koma Park Music Club met at the
studios of Helen Campbell Williams,
chairman of the music department,
Thursday, at which time Amelia
Cont. artist director of the Civic
Opera Company, gave an educa-
tional and Introductory talk on
opera. She also gave the story of
the opera "Manon" (Massenet with
Illustrated excerpts by Evangeline
Tully and Jane Waldo. Miss Will
liams played incidental piano num-
bers between the scenes Ruth
Snodgrass. chairman of the Civic
Opera Company. was a guest of the
club and introduced the speaker.
The Dowd Studios of Piano and
Voice announce the opening of the
season with formal recital last
Friday night at 1735 Connecticut
avenue. Mr.. and Mrs. Dowd have
been for many years students and
associates of several great artists
Some of these have been guests at
these studios.
The program on Friday night was
given by the following: Joan Ham,
ilton, James Williams, Eileen Rind,
Jane Rose. Elouise Moylan, Nadine
Perrigo, Alta Leonard, Mildred
Hoisington, Agnes Horak, zelia
Biggs, Louise Heinricks, Thomas
Lannon's, Mr.. j. w. Landsford,
flutist, who played two solos and
the flute obligatos, and Arthur Rind.
The mistress of ceremonies was
Zelia Biggs.
The choral group of the Takoma
Park Women's Club will furnish the
music for the Sunday morning
service of the Northminster Pres
byterian Church, on Alaska avenue
and Kalmia road. today at II o'clock
The group of 20 selected voices sings
under the direction of Carolyn O..
Green.
Evening star., 1939-10-29
In Local Music Circles

Beginning Sunday, November S. a
series of monthly organ recitals by
Paul GallaWay, the new organist
and choirmaster of the Washington
Cathedral. will take place on the
first Sunday of each month at the
cathedral Immediately following
evenSong.
These recitals will begin around
S pm. and will last a little over a
half hour. At the first one on
November 5, Mr.. Galloway will play
a Bach program which will include
the first half of the collection of
choral preludes. known as the Or
gelbuchlein' with its Christmas and
advent themes and the "Fugue in
G Minor"
Mr.. Galloway was a pupil of DR..
Tertius Noble. His musical edu-
cation has been supplemented by
association and study with David
NICK Williams and Leo Sowerby.
While in Europe this summer, Mr..
Gallaway studied with Marcel
Dupre.
There is ample seating capacity
and not only the public is cordially
invited to these recitals. but a spe-
cial invitation is extended to musi-
clans as well.
The Sunday music hour at the
Young WOmens Christian Associa-
ton. Seventeenth and K streets, will
feature the Orpheus and Lotus
Quartets. directed and accompanied
by Otto Torney Simon. Members of
the Orpheus Quartet are Hazel Gem
Hughes, soprano; Elaine Sebring
Ford, contralto; Jesse Nussear
tenor; Alfred Trask, bass. The
Lotus Quartet is composed of
Thomas Costaggini, first tenor: A
Scott Pollock, second tenor; Gordon
Page, first bass: George Stone
braker, second bass.
The program will begin at 5 O'Clock
and the public is cordially invited
to attend.
Gene Stewart will present two
choirs, soloists and a group of or
gan selections in an Evening of
Music" at Waugh Methodist Church
Third and A streets NE, at 8
o'clock tonight.
An Evening With the Victrola, ~
tomorrow at 730 pm, in the music
division of the Public Library
Eighth and K streets NV. will fea-
ture Beethoven's overture to Egg
mont; Mozart's Concerto for Piano
IN D Minor; Moussorgskys pic
lures at an Exhibition" and three
Russian songs.
The Young Women's Christian
Association, Seventeenth and K
streets. announces a short course in
The Art of Listening to Music,
under the leadership of Helen Mid
dleton Smith. The meetings will be
on six successive Monday evenings
from to 8 O'Clock, and will be o1
value to the concert-goer who wishes
to listen to programs with more un-
derstanding and keener interest.
Esther Linkins will present 9
group of her young singers anc
chorus in recital in her new anc
enlarged residence studio, Saturday
at 7:30 pm. Soloists will include
David Bates, Judy Conklin, Clyde
Cooley, Beverly Cushman, Alice ia.
cobs, Charles Lally, Dick Linkins
Nancy Linkins, Polly PEBBLES anc
Nancy Jane Williams.
Alden H. Emery, jr. f1utist, anc
Mary Virginia Ring. vionnist. vii
! assist the sangers. Judy oonklir
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Pianist at Hotel

Margaret TolsOn, concert pianist,
will give the program tonight at the
Roosevelt Hotel. The program is at
$50.
Miss Tolson has just recently re-
turned from France, where she at
tended the American Conservatory
at Fontainebleau. She studied with
Robert and Gaby Casadesus. Miss
Tolson gave several recitals in a
concert series at the conservatory.
In her program at the Roosevelt she
will present compositions Of Mozart,
Beethoven, Schumann and Debussy.
Evening star., 1939-10-29

pen. They are the result of we'll
planned system and Of the ideas of
many people who specialize in this
work
In the National Broadcasting stu
dios, for instance, there is a Music
Research Section where files are
kept covering every available bit of
information regarding composers
and their works. These files con-
tain 10000 folders with 10000 items
of information ready to serve any
one who needs it, at moments no
tice. They are divided into biog-
raphies of the composers with all
kinds of human interest stories of
their lives, then, their compost
tions are covered with details of
the history surrounding their writ
ing, and lastly a file that indexes
the music according to its sub
iect. There are also all the stand
ard reference books on a shelf by
themselves.
Keeping Up to Date.
With something new happening
almost every day in the musical
world, it is a task to keep this ma
terial up to date. Sometimes the
material of a book becomes obso-
lete almost over night when some
author puts out book with new in
formation in it. The new compost
tions that are being played all over
the world must be followed and all
data concerning them and their
composers tabulated. All the prin-
cipal newspapers from the impor-
tant music centers of the world are
read every day and all that is valu-
able in the way of information put
into the files.
A very vital point in radio music
Is the question of time and, as
nearly accurate record as it is
possible to gather, is kept of every
composition. This is obtained by
many attendances at public per-
formance with a stop watch and, as
conductors differ to some degree in
tempt. a check is made on several
and an average time established.
For example, Debussy's "L'Apres-
Midi dun Faun' is listed as 9
minutes, although one conductor
played it in 9 minutes, another in
minutes 40 seconds and a third
in minutes seconds.
Last Moment Changes.
Sometimes a program is changed
at the last moment and the COM
mentator must have material about
the new works as quickly as pos
sible. The system is so clearly
arranged that no time at all is
necessary to have synopsis ready
for him. The information in these
files is to be had for the asking
by others not connected with broad
casting and the calls at the New
York station are many during the
day.
Then there is the need of sup
Evening star., 1939-10-29

The Piano Teachers Forum held
its first meeting of the season on
Thursday, october 10. Henry Field
pianist, was guest artist. The fol-
lowing officers were elected: Harold
Prizes, president; Eta Schmid Wells
vice president; Marjory M. Smith
recording secretary; Mrs. ]. walter
Sale, eoErespondinS secretary.
Evening star., 1939-10-29

Mary Deane Thulman, 11-year-
old pianist of Chevy Chase, Md.
played for the Belle Haven Womans
Club Wednesday, The meeting was
held on the estate of Mrs. G. Frank
Cordner of Edgehill drive, Alex
andria, Va.
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Symphony Opens Today
With i. S. Premieres
Moriz Rosenthal, Pianist, to
Be Soloist for Orchestra
In Third Consecutive Year

The ninth and what promises to be the most brilliant season yet OF
o'clock
The
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Radio Music Regulated
With Expert Research
Information Kept in Files,
Compositions Assembled,
Instruments Corrected
BY Alice EverSmon,

the contribution that radio making the spread
growing we have become accustomed to fine
and accept them without
planned OF the that
always nowadays These
Evening star., 1939-10-29

EMERSON
MEYERS,
Orgdntst,
1Dho 1Dill
direct q
festival choir
Wednesday at
Memorial
Continental
Hall.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-03-11
ROBERT Chick LEWIS
-EDITOR-
gil City Park

fic division is to con ider the change
in the Leith street and the railroad
division street) recommended by the
Negro congress. The accommodation
pointed out that the Hight is ineffective
at the most necessary time. The light
usually turns &C" for Leith street
when the right of way is blocked by
freight cars. Serious accidents have
been averted several times; one or two
Gears have smashed into the freight
cars after the light turned Go" 1t
has been reported, Capt. Critic stated
the matter would receive close con-
sderstion and a different system of
light changing would be worked out.
The Negro congress is asking for no
parking on several streets in the South
end. On Wellington. East of Saginaw
to Clifford; Kennelworth. East of
Saginaw to Clifford street; and on
Clifford street from the Grand Trunk
railroad to Wellington street. The
congress is asking that parking be al
lowed only on one side of the streets
named,
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-03-11
By GwENDOLYN MORELAND
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