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Evening star., 1939-04-16

The other works to be played to-
day are too familiar to require men,
ton. The arrangement of excerpts |
from Moussorgskys masterpiece,
Boris Godunov," was made several |
years ago by DR.. Kinder and has
remained one of the most enduring
ly popular pieces in the National |
Symphony repertoire.
During the 1889 season closing
today it is interesting to recall that
there were seven works presented
at these concerts for the first time
anywhere and an additional one
that was given its American pre-
miere at the National Symphony
concerts. In the former group are
John Alden Finckel's "Enchant-
ment' (given during the summer
season., DR.. Kindlers orchestra
tions of C. P. E. Bach's Symphony
No in C Major" Handel's Prelude
and Fugue in D Minor and Tchai-
kovsky's song, Longing; Isadore
Freed's "Pastorales," Paul Nordoff S
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra"
and Louis Potter's transcription for
orchestra of Cesar Franck's organ
Chorale in Major" Marcel Poot's
"Ballade for String Quartet and
Orchestra" was given its American
premiere.
Following his custom of giving a
place to significant works of modern
American composers. DR.. Kinder
included on National Symphony pro-
grams IA works by Americans dur
ing the season. In addition to the
American works mentioned above
they were Charles Tomlinson Grit
fes' "The Pleasure Dome of Kubla
Knan,' excerpts from Roy Harris
Time Suite" John PoWell's 'Rhap-
sodie Negre," for piano and or
chestra; Robert Sanders Scenes of
Poverty and Toll Ernest Schellings
"a Victory Ball" and Fantastic
Suite for Piano and Orchestra"
Burnet Tuthill's Bethlehem and
Edward Burlingame Hills violin con-
certo.
The census of compositions played
during the season reveals that 16
symphonic works were included in
the programs. Ranging from J. c.
Bach to Jean Sibelius, these in
cluded the revival of the delightful
but little known &C Major SYM
phony" of Bizet. The complete list
follows: c. P. E. Bach. symphony
No. 3 in c.: J. c. Bach, "Sinfonia
in B Flat; Beethoven, Third, Sew
enth and Eighth Symphonies;
Bizet, &C Major Symphony;
Brahms, First and Second SYM
phonies"; Kalinnikov, First SYM
phony'; Mozart. "A Major" "E Flat
Major" &C Minor" and Jupiter
Symphonies Schubert, Seventh"
and Unfinished" Symphonies; ST.
belius, Fifth Symphony; Tchalkov-
sky, "Pathetique" symphony.
Evening star., 1939-04-16
Concert

Felian Garzia, pianist, will give an
all-Chopin program Friday at the
Arts Club auditorium at $3.50 o'clock
in the evening" His program will in
clude eight preludes of Chopin, the
C, G and E minor, F sharp minor,
B fiat, G minor, E fiat and D minor
the famous Sonata in B fiat minor"
with the Funeral March, "Fantasie
Impromptu," "Scherzo in B fiat
minor" "Berceuse," "Ballade G in
minor" "Etude" butterfly, 'Etude"
(black keys "Badinage" (GodowskD
and "Polonaise in A fat"
Tickets for the recital are on sale
at 1881 Jefferson place.
Evening star., 1939-04-16

~ 'iiil'i'oiAy A>o. Y, otilCllquS ol-
belius' tone-poem. "Finlandia, - THE
Liebestod' from Wagners Tristan
and Isolde" and DR.. Kindler's ar
rangement of the introduction
coronation scene and love music
from Moussorgsky's great opera,
Boris Godunov."
Widespread interest in the concert
brought the largest number of
votes ever cast for one of these pro-
grams. 1t is noteworthy that every
work listed on the request ballot
received one vote and most of them
obtained several.
The ballots revealed that Beeth-
ovens Third (Eroica) Symphony
was second in popularity and the
same composers Seventh SYM
phony" third. Other symphonies
followed in this order: Sibelius'
Fifth Symphony" Brahms Second
Symphony" Kalinnikov's &c Minor
Symphony" and Mozart's Jupiter
symphony.
Wagner Excerpts Popular.
Runners-up in the miscellaneous
clasSifications were several Wagner
excerpts including the Ride of the
Valkyries," "Tannhauser" overture,
the prelude to Die Meistersinger,
Strauss Death and Transfigura-
ton and Don Juan" Tchaikovsky' S
Francesca da Rimini," Ravels
| "Daphnis and Chloe and Stravin-
sky's Fire Bird" suite.
The "Pathetique" Symphony is at
once the most popular and most
inscrutable of Tchaikovsky's works
Obviously and by the composer S
declared intention a work with a
program, the symphony remains a
mystery to students. critics and audi
ences for whom Tchaikovsky failed
to reveal the ideas upon which he
built the magnificent music.
Tchaikovsky wrote to friend dur
| ing the composition of the work
This program is subjective through
and through; while composing it in
my head, 1 wept bitterly The
actual writing down of the famous
composition was done with haste
and filled the despondent composer
with renewed sense of his power
and vitality as creative artist. ON
my word of honor" he wrote his
publisher, never in my life have
been so satisfied, so proud, so happy
in the consciousness of having writ
ten truly great piece Tchaikovsky
conducted the first performance OF
the work on October %, 1893, and
it was not success A few weeks
later it was conducted by Napravnik
and won an ovation. but by this time
Tchaikovsky had died of cholera.
Emotionally powerful in content, the
composer audaciously forewent the
usual effective, triumphant ending
for the famous 'Adagio lamentoso
of the fourth movement.
Evening star., 1939-04-16
By Alice Eversman.

The Victor Co. releases three
choice works this month besides two
symphonies of Haydn, No. 80, in D
minor, and No. 81, in F major.
Violinists will be specially delight
ed with the recording of Spohr's
Concerto No. 8 in A minor, op
A." known as the "Gesangscena,"
played by Albert Spalding and the
Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Or
mandy conducting. This is the first
modern recording of this virtuoso
work and Mr.. Spalding finds no diff
ficulty in its technical pitfalls.
The instantaneous success which
this concerto attained at its first
performance was in part due to the
brilliant. playing of the composer
who was a violinist of distinction.
A contempory of Beethoven and
Schubert he was favorite of the
time as violinist and was renowned
also as a teacher. The concerto here
recorded was written before a trip
to Italy when he proposed to cater
to the opera tastes of that country
by performing work in the operatic
style with the violin reproducing
the forid airs of the prima donna.
The attraction of this particular
concerto is in the ability of the per-
former to emulate the style of colora-
tura singing. Spalding comes close
to it although the instrumental form
cannot be kept completely in the
background. It is brilliant per-
formance, however, with a finely
nuanced accompaniment by the
Philadelphia Orchestra.
Two piano works which again
bring the splendid pianistic powers
of those outstanding artists, Myra
Hess and Alexander Brailowsky to
the fore are the Carnival Suite" by
Schumann and the Chopin Sonata
No. 3 in B Minor" The delightful
suite is Schumann's musical incor-
poration of the ideas that went
into the formation of the famous
"Davidsbuend." There too Is re-
flected the influence of Jean Paul
Richter for whom Schumann had a
profound sympathy and whose ro-
mantle symbolism dominated all
Evening star., 1939-04-16
In Local Music Circles

Marian Flanagan, Victoria Cook and
Anita Fominaya. Advanced pupils
included Patricia DAILY, Barbara
Croarkin, Helen Hudiak, Patricia
Shipe, Agnes Proffitt, Christine
Kelly, Joann Croarkin, Miriam
Leetch, Egor Shlopak, Gordon
Leetch, Fiorenza Baldi. Madeleine
Lurba, Mary Gyntie Shipe, Beale
Lowry and John Earle.
An outstanding feature was the
playing of Mozart's Concerto in D
Minor" on two pianos by Christine
Kelly and Nine. Coutinho. This
number is to be repeated on a pro-
gram Miss Kelly will give May IL
at the Congressional Club.
At the monthly meeting of the
German Literary Society last Sat-
urday Rae Alice Elmer, pianist,
played a group of Chopin numbers,
LISTS 'Liebestraum No. 8" and
Moszkowski's Caprice Espagnole."
Margaretta Eckloff, soprano, sang
spring songs by Schubert, Schu-
mann, Franz and Weyl Nation
Boyce was the accompanist.
Mrs. F.. j. Hobbs has been desig-
mated by Rachel w. Lang, president
of the Rubinstein Club, to represent
the club at the Council meeting of
the General Federation of Womens
Clubs which meets in San Fran
cisco May 8.
r. Deane Shure, composer and
organist at the Mount Vernon Place
Methodist Episcopal Church South
and David Manley and LaVergne
Fairchild, soloists, gave a program
in Columbia Hall, Washington Mis-
sionary College, Saturday evening,
as number on the College Lyceum
Course.
DR.. Shure played his own compo-
sition, Through Palestine" for
which he received the inspiration
when travelling in the Holy Land.
Three years ago he was invited
to play the suite in Jerusalem. The
year before it had been played at
the dedication of the million dollar
Y. M. c. A. in Jerusalem.
Mrs. Fairchild and Mr.. Manley
sang THE Holy Flame" the first
time it has been sung in Ameri-
ca. The composition was brought
to America by Harvey Gaul of Pitts
burgh, who heard it sung by the
Russian division of the Church of
the Holy Speculchre in Jerusalem
at the ceremony of the flame. Mrs
Pairchild and Mr.. Manley each sang
several solos.
Evening star., 1939-04-16

projection of the atmosphere of the
songs.
Song represents the oldest form of
music and as such its development
has been subject to the changing
conditions of the times, to new in
terest and trends of thought. Influ-
enced by the church for many CEN
turies, it's repertoire was enlarged
around the events connected with
churchly progress, which was the
outstanding interest of musicians of
those times. France is acclaimed as
the country where song has stood
out from the darkness of its an
tiquity as an influence on its daily
life, seconded by Germany, where
vocal prowess f1ourished from the
earliest times.
Through Frances troubadours, and
Germany's minnesingers and meis-
tersingers, the art of song compost
ton progressed with enormous
strides, suffering only occasional
relapses as political events diverted
the more peaceful accomplishments
of these gifted people. In France is
to be found today the oldest song on
record, a Complainte on the death
of Charlemagne. Little of this early
music was written down, as most of
it was borne of the momentary in
spiration of the singer as he made
his round from castle to castle for
the entertainment of the guests of
the nobility.
Accent of Words.
But as years passed and poetry
began to develop a more musical
rhythm the need of finding a coun-
terpart for its expression in the
form which its musical setting
should take began to be felt. The
accent of words, and their meaning,
now controlled the accent of music
and the impulse given to song Gre
alton grew as the charm of the re-
sulting unity was appreciated. From
the simplest endeavors, musicians
began to turn their attention to
more complicated forms, the out
come of increased knowledge and
of the consciousness of talent that
desired expression in this style.
England, after having availed it
self of the riches which France,
Germany and Italy seemed to have
in such abundance, eventually found
its own character in this form of
composition. Being especially adept
at fashioning melody. the first ma
tional composers have left works of
enduring appeal, whatever the sub
ject. Within the last few years the
art of song writing has been given
serious consideration, with greater
stress laid on the poem and the &C
cents peculiar to the English Ian
guage.
1t is only in America that the
writing of songs of lasting value
Jagged for time. Besides the early
hymn tunes of the Puritan and the
songs of Stephen Foster there was
little done in this form of creation
until within a comparatively short
time ago. The output of this particu-
lar branch of music is splendidly rep
resented today in this country and
to this list will be added the name
of Mrs. Howe. whose collection of
songs will contribute vastly to the
repertoire by the character, depth
and finish that she has given them.
Evening star., 1939-04-16
Review of RECORDINGS

that he did for a time. Miss Hess
fine feeling for polyphony embel-
fishes her playing at every oppor-
tunity, although there is less of the
warmth that usually distinguishes
her work, in this performance.
Mr.. Brailowsky. however, in the
Chopin Sonata, gives richly poetic
significance to each movement and
is able to attain the delicate atmos-
phere which belongs to Chopin's
music. His crisp and sparkling
technique is subservient to his emo
tional idea to fine degree so that
this recording is one of the best of
the Chopin list. 1t is also the first
appearance of BrailoWsky as one of
the Victor artists.
The two Haydn symphonies are
gems from that masters generous
output of 104. knowledge of Haydn
as a symphonic composer is still
slight, so that the resurrection of
these symphonies by DR.. Alfred
Einstein and their preparation for
performance is one of great value
to the musical world. In their orig
inal published form many incorrect
changes were made to conform with
what the publishers believe the pub
lie wanted. This tampering with
the composers work and the as
signment of symphonies by other
writer's to his name have caused
much confusion regarding Haydn
and this form of music creation.
DR.. Einstein has rearranged five
symphonies to be presented by the
New Friends of Music Orchestra
under the direction of Fritz Stiedry.
The two here recorded were per-
formed by this ensemble on Febru-
ary 26 of this year and Immediately
made permanent by the Victor Co.
They were composed during the
esterhazy period of Haydn's life
when he was about half way on
his creative career.
Evening star., 1939-04-16
Concert Schedule
TODAY.

National Symphony Orches-
ira, DR.. Hans Kinder, conduc-
tor; Constitution Hall, 4 pm.
The Choral Art Society of
Boston University, National
City Christian Church; evening.
Y. w. c. A., Young Danish
Club of the Y. w. c. A.; Barker
Hall, S pm.
Washington Jewish Volks
Choir, operetta. "A Bunt Nit
a Statchke," Almas Temple,
8:15 pm.
MONDAY.
Alexander Sklarevski, piano
recital; Dmitrief Gnoocheff
Studio, $50 pm.
Marine Band, Marine Bar
racks, $50 pm.
TUESDAY.
Helen McGraw, piano recital,
Pierce Hall, $50 pm.
Helen RobichauX, soprano:
Durwood Bowersox, violinist;
joint recital, Arts Club, $3.50
pm.
Schubert Singers, Mrs. Ches-
ter Adair, director; annual
concert, Barker Hall, Y. w. C.
A.. evening.
Navy Band Symphony Or
chestra. seasons last program,
Sail Loft, Navy Yard, $50 pm.
Soldiers Home Band Or
chestra, $50 pm.
WEDNESDAY.
Mark Wollner. violin recital,
Pierce Hall, evening.
Marine Band, Marine Bar
racks, 2::30 pm, and Marine
Band Symphony Orchestra, 8
pm.
Navy Band, Sail Loft, Navy
Yard, 3 pm.
THURSDAY.
Chamber Orchestra, Feri
Roth. conductor; Alice Ehlers,
harpsichordist, soloist; Library
Of Congress, $3.50 pm.
The Boston University Choir
al Art Society. Calvary Baptist
Church, 8 pm.
Piano Teachers Forum, Cen
tral High School. 8 pm.
The Catholic University Trio,
recital, Mcmahon Hall, Cath
olic University, $3.50 pm.
Soldiers Home Band Orches-
ira, $50 pm.
FRIDAY.
Friday Morning Music Club,
Alice Eversman, music COM
mentator; musical illustrations,
Esther Cloyd; Ina Holzscheiter,
sopranos; Mary Apple, contral-
to: Barker Hall, 1870 am.
Felian Garzia, piano recital;
Chopin program; Arts Club,
$3.50 pm.
Navy Band, Sail Loft, Navy
Yard, 3 pm.
Marine Band, Marine Bar
racks, 3 pm. and $50 pm.
SATURDAY.
Chamber Orchestra, Fen
Roth. conductor; Alice Ehlert,
harpsichord, soloist; Library OF
Congress, 3:45 pm.
Soldiers Home Band Orches-
ira, $50 pm.
Evening star., 1939-04-16

The nationality programs which
have been a monthly feature OF this
seasons Sunday music hours at the
Young Women's Christian Associa-
ton, Seventeenth and K streets, will
be concluded today with the pres
entation at S o'clock Of program
being planned by members of the
new Young Danish Club of the Y.
w. c. A. Mr.. and Mrs. Folmer
Bovbjerg and Elsa Munk-Pedersen
are in charge. Assisting soloists
will be Harriet Nordby, Norwegian
soprano, who will sing Norwegian
and Swedish songs, accompanied by
Ruth Eberg, who is Swedish; Mr..
and Mrs. G. H. Krassa, pianists;
Muriel Abbott Marshall, violinist,
and Munk- k-Pedersen, pianist.
The monthly meeting of the Piano
Teachers Forum will be held Thurs
day evening, at 8 o'clock, in the
music room of Central High School.
The program, directed by Mary 1.
Couch. will consist of piano recital,
in which pupils of members of the
forum will take part. The public is
invited.
The Washington Jewish Volks
Choir, supported by the Baltimore
group. will present at its annual con-
cert the operetta, "A Bunt Nit a
Statchke," this evening. 8:15.. at
Almas Temple, 1915 K street NV.
This operetta has been presented
before in many leading cities of the
country and has created much inter-
est with its many colorful songs and
scenes typical of Jewish life. The
musical arrangements are by the
late Jewish composer Jacob Shaefer.
The program will be supplemented
by Sonia Katz of Washington, in a
group of recitations and songs.
Tickets may be had at the box office
At its next regular meeting, Fri
day, the Friday Morning Music Club
will present Alice Eversman. music
commentator of The Evening Star,
who will speak on modern trends in
opera. Illustrations for Miss Evers-
mans talk will be furnished by
Esther Cloyd, soprano; Mary Apple,
contralto, and Ina Holtzscheiter,
soprano. The Tuesday Evening
Music Club. under the direction of
Florence Howard, will sing two
choral excerpts from Gluck's "Or-
pheus."
The meeting will be held in Bar
ker Hall, the Y. w. c. A., Seven
teenth and K streets NV, at
1880 am.
Epiphany Church Choir will re-
peat all Easter music today at II
am. and pm. and for the morn
ing service trumpets, trombones and
tympani will again be used. No
tickets of admission are required for
these services.
Nine. Louise Coutinho presented
q group of gifted children in a re-
cital of piano and violin selections
Easter eve at 1708 New Hampshire
avenue NV. She was assisted by
Mary Park Clements, who spon-
sored the young violinists, and Olive
Pratt, accompanist for that group.
The little folks that presented the
first part included Jean Swinney,
Constance Shipe. Sylvia zbanek,
Evening star., 1939-04-16

pAAOlly d1AoWos 4llC SAlC Vi WI 4UlllS
simple melody is not often be-
slowed, yet when a composer has
possessed this ability spontaneously
and through real inspiration, his
name has become immortalized.
In no other type of music is the
real heart of a nation so fully in
corporated as in the songs that
are heard in its midst. Whether
1t is the folk song or the art song
the character of people is recorded,
the one through a natural vocal ex-
preston and the other through the
refinement of thought and culture
by those who are specially en-
dowed. Whatever line a song may
take 1t carries with it the intimate
feeling that is the kernel of all good
music.
Mary Howe's Songs.
A week ago Saturday there was a
recital of songs from the pen of
Mary Howe, Washington composer,
sung with distinction by Enya Con-
zalez at the Phillips Memorial Gal
lery. Mrs. Howe has already gained
nationwide recognition for her other
works, several of which have been
performed by the National SYM
phony. This recital of her shorter
works however, revealed the gifted
composer in another light and one
which could not help but increase
her fame.
Mrs. Howe has first of all selected
poems of great beauty to whose
inspiration her particular art lent
itself easily. There were four groups
in all, two in English, one in French
and one in German. For these lat
ter poems, Mrs. Howe had utilized
a national color tinge with so much
success as to place them alongside
of the representative works of the
composers of these nations. This
feeling for musical style and the
adaptation OF it to the emotional
Idea expressed in the text shows
q wide knowledge as we'll as sensi-
tive feeling for what is appropri-
ate.
A greater part of the appeal OF
songs of different nationalities is
the manner in which the music
takes on a special idiom that once
heard must be ever associated with
the poetry. Thus in the two lullabys,
"Berceuse," by an anonymous writer,
and "Schaflied," by Rainer Marie
Rilke, two of the most popular num-
bers of the evenings program, the
atmosphere surrounding the sub
ject as visualized from two opposite
backgrounds was reproduced with
the fidelity of a nationalist. Other
sentiments in the wide variety which
the poems afforded had also their
appropriate musical speech skill
fully employed.
Talent for Construction.
In the English songs, again, an
other style was used more nearly
approaching the modern form, al
though traces of its predecessor
found their way into some as the
text warranted. But the important
point about this particular recital
was the manifold evidence of Mrs.
Howe's talent for construction with
in small radius and the effective
ness of her melodies for complete
Evening star., 1939-04-16
Miss McGraw Plays
Tuesday Ni9ht

Helen McGraw, American pianist,
will play the following program at
Pierce Hall Tuesday, at $3.50 pm.
Haydn-Theme and Variations. Minor
Schumann-"Carniyal in Vienna"
H.
Chopin-"Nocturne in D Fiat Major"
Waltz in Flat Major"
Wagner- -Liszt-'L Liebestod) lIsolde's Love
Death.
Grihes-"The White Peacock"
THE Fountain of Acoua Paoias
Mary Howe-"Whimsey"
DeBussy-"La Terrace des Audiences du
Claire de Lune Poisson dor"
Albeniz-'Triana"
Miss McGraW has recently been
on tour in the South and in New
England.
Evening star., 1939-04-16

The National Capital Choir, Jessie
Masters, director; H. Jerome Gra-
ham, organist, will give a program
Of sacred music tonight at 7:30
o'clock at Grace Methodist Church,
Manassas, Va.
Evening star., 1939-04-16
Arts Club Concert

Helen Robichaux, lyric soprano,
and Durwood Bowersox, violinist,
will give joint recital at the Arts
Club, Tuesday evening at $3.50 o'clock.
Evening star., 1939-04-16
Request Program to Close
National Symphony Season
Concert This Afternoon to Include
Compositions Chosen by Votes
OF Music Lovers of D. c..

Dr. Hans Kinder ard the National Symphony Orchestra will
their eighth
Of
lovers
The annual
the National
Evening star., 1939-04-16

Jesse Nussear, lyric tenor, sang
a group of songs at the Political
Study Club meeting at the Wash
ington Club yesterday afternoon.
Evening star., 1939-04-16
Gift Of Writing Simple
Songs Rarely Bestowed
Mary Howe's Compositions, Heard
Here Recently, Show Feeling
For National Styles
By Alice Eversman.

The writing of is the most difficult form of composition This
strange statement light of the numbers
ntude that
found In music catalogue smane
need adequately emotion within
easily
Evening star., 1939-04-23
2,200-Lb. Cheese
To Be Displayed
In Capital

Washington's cheese fanciers will
have chance to feast their eyes
to their appetites' discomfort at II
I'm. Tuesday when a 2.200-pound
cylinder Of Wisconsin cheddar will
be on display aboard a three-ton
truck before the east steps of the
Capitol.
The cheese will be exhibited under
the auspices of the State Depart
ment of Agriculture and Markets
of Wisconsin. The State is cele-
brating the 18th anniversary since
Chester Hazen, pioneer dairyman,
established the first cheese factory
in Wisconsin.
At the same time. Mrs. John N.
Garner. wife of the Vice President.
will accept a bust of her husband
fashioned out of Wisconsin cheddar
on behalf of the Vice President. The
presentation will be made by the
Wisconsin congressional delegation
Describing the cheese as BEING
five feet in diameter as we'll as in
height, Russell E. Frost, represent
ing Wisconsin, said the huge bulk re-
quired $4,000 pounds of milk. Con-
juring into the realms of highes
mathematics, he estimated that it
would take 10 cows, each giving milk
every day for lis days. to provide
this quantity of milk.