Evening star., 1939-10-29

at COnSt1tuClOn Hall WIN LII. mans
includes two American premieres ant
thai, appearing as soloist with the orc
The 77-year-old Rosenthal is on
world of music today. Born In Lem ::
berg, Poland, he has been on the
concert stage for 81 years. At IA
he was court pianist to King Carol
1 of Rumania. and subsequently to
Franz Josef of Austria and to Alex
ander II of Russia.
He is almost the only connecting
link between the pianists and COM
posers of the time Of his teacher,
Franz List. and those of today. He
is the only Chopin interpreter of our
day to have studied with Chopins
own pupil, MikuI He has been an
intimate of such musical figures as
Brahms, Rubinstein and Johann
Strauss. On this afternoons pro-
gram he plays the work of another
of his former intimates, the &C
Minor Concerto" of Saint-Saens.
Recently, when DR.. Kinder was
asked for an opinion on nationalism
in music, he said, Music is an in
ternational language; when you at
tempt to make it national, it be-
comes a dialect" That DR.. Kinder
was in earnest is indicated by the
program he has arranged to start
of the National Symptoms present
season. For, represented on this
afternoons concert are the works
of two Austrians, a Pole, a Persian
and Russian.
First Time in America.
Most important of the items are
the two which will be heard for the
first time in America this afternoon,
the Symphony No. As in B Major"
by the Austrian, Joseph Haydn,
discovered by DR.. Kinder last June
in the British Museum, and the
"Uriel Ocosta' suite, by the Polish
refugee, Karol Rathaus.
| Although the Haydn Symphony
was written in 1772, it was consid-
cred lost until DR.. Kinder found
some of its parts in the British
Museum and through inquiries found
that the original score was in the
collection of the Esterhazy family,
Haydn's patrons, in Budapest. A
year after its composition. in 1773,
it was being advertised in Brett
kopf's catalogue of manuscript
music as available for rent, which
indicates its acceptance as current
and important novelty. The impor-
tance of its rediscovery can hardly
be overemphasized, since it helps to
establish an unbroken line in
Haydn's symphonic development,
which was so rich in personal ac-
complishment and exercised such an
influence on the music of succeed
ing generations.
The introduction of the "Uriel
Acosta" suite is no less important,
although perhaps in a somewhat
different way. Written by a Polish
composer of considerable European
standing, it partially answers the
question of what is to become of the
cultural achievements in the face of
cataclysmic European warfare.
Rescued by Director.
To open this afternoons program
DR.. Kinder has chosen the work of
another Austrian. the overture "Sa-
kuntala." by Carl Goldmark. Writ
ten in 1864 and first produced in
Vienna on December 26, 1865. it was
a poular number in symphonic rep
ertoires up until the opening of the
first World War Since then it has
sunk into comparative obscurity. a
condition from which DR.. Kinder
believes it merits being rescued.
The Saint-Saens concerto repre-
sents. of course. the French school
and the program closes with the in
PRODUCTION and dance from the Rus
sian Rimsky-Korsakov's opera, "Sne-
gourotchka," or The Snow Maiden. >
Tickets for this afternoons con-
cert will be on sale after IL am
today at the box Office in Constitu-
ton Hall. Season tickets for the two
other Series-the second Sunday
series of Beloved Symphonic Mas
terpieces" and the midWeek series
are still available at the Homer L
Kilt Music Store, 1880 G street NV