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Evening star., 1940-11-17
Old English
Music Again
In Festival
Series to Continue
With Setting of
Williamsburg

The festival of 18th century vocal
and instrumental music will con-
tinue in the historic setting Of
Williamsburg, Va. Under the di-
rection of Ralph Kirkpatrick. noted
harpsichordist and authority on
music Of this period, programs will
be given in the ballroom of the
Governors Palace on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday. Eight artists
will be heard In songs by Purcell.
English canzonets by Haydn, cham
Der music by Corelli and Boccherini,
harpsichord pieces by Geminiani
and Burney. An evening will be
devoted to 18th century home music.
Artists who will be heard at the
festival are Ada MacLeish, WASH
ington soprano; Orrea Pernel, Eng
list violinist and interpreter Of
Bach; Lois Porter, violinist of Bos-
ton; Aaron Bodenhorn, violoncel-
list who has been heard at previous
Williamsburg festival concerts, and
"The Four Howes" of Washington,
who will give a program Of 18th
century home music" on Saturday.
''The -Four Hoyes" will present four
glees with words by Shakespeare,
including Eye Spotted Snakes" and
Tell Me, Where Is Fancy Bred;
songs by Matthew Locke, jeremiah
Clarke and william Byrd; Handel's
Sonata in F Major" Joseph
Haydn's Echo; three catches by
Henry Purcell and variations on
God Save the King" by Bach.
Mr.. Kirkpatrick, q former Gug-
genheim Fellowship student in early
music, has selected for the concerts
only such music as was known to
Colonial Virginia or is in some way
connected with Williamsburg. Thus
many songs and harpsichord scores
are actually listed In the inventories
of early Virginia estates, and songs
of Purcell which will be played
at the concert are to be found In
Thomas Jefferson's copy of OR
pheus Britannicus," while Haydn's
Mermaid Song" was copied into
Mrs. Jefferson's manuscript note
book.
Songs of the London Pleasure
Gardens will also be heard. The
pleasure gardens of 18th century
London were comparable to modern
night clubs and the music that
was played there usually found its
way to the provinces, according to
Mr.. Kirkpatrick, who emphasized
the fact that though popular ballads
Of the day were much in demand
ut the gardens, better music was
also popular at Vauxhan and Rane-
lagh, where the most noted COM
posers were engaged as directors.
Evening star., 1940-11-17

December 3, at $3.50 o'clock, under
the management of Dorothy Hodg-
kin Dorsey. Mr.. Rachmaninoh will
be the third attraction of Mrs. Dor
sey's 1901 Tuesday evening series
Of music events at that auditorium.
Like Fritz Kreisler, the eminent
violinist, Mr.. .Rachmaninod spent
the past summer In the United
States at an estate he leased on Long
Island. where he rested, composed,
and prepared for the 1940-1 concert
season which brings him to WASH
ington twice In less than a month.
Mr.. Rachmaninoff's complete pro-
gram has not been announced, but
he will play three of his own selec-
tions, group of Chopin. q Bach
group and selections by Tausig,
Bach. Mendelssohn and Beethoven.
Evening star., 1940-11-17

Reading from left to right In the
lineup of dance bands which have
recorded in the past few weeks. We
are confronted with the following
In order of preference, swing inter-
mixed with sweet:
Mitchell Ayres' Fashions In Music.
now quite firmly entrenched IN the
public fancy, and deservedly 50, oner
beautiful treatment Of the melo-
dious II Give You My Word" with
Tommy Tyler, . truly top-hight
vocalist, taking turn at the lyrics.
The reverse of this Bluebird, There
Was q Little Girl" Is sparked by
Mitch's other sterling vocal agent.
Mary Ann Mercer. Artie Shaw and
his latest orchestral offspring, the
Gramercy Five, land smack In the
groove with two ultra-swing num-
bers, Special Delivery Stamp" and
"Keepin' Myself for YOU" Fats
Waller contributes one Of his best
on the Victor coupling Of "Mommie
Sent Me to the Store" and DRY
Bones" Another Of the better
dusky exponents Of swing, Harlem
Harlan Leonard, leads his aggrega-
ton through two fine jive items: "A
Ia Bridges" and please Don't
suuabble." The band which has
been flashing across the horizon like
Halley's Comet, Mr.. Will Bradley's,
makes two more disks for Columbia,
"There Co." Scrub Me, Mania"
and Scramble Two" "Rock-a-Bye
the Boogie." The latter is tricky
orchestral b.-w., the aforementioned
. good job Of an excellent tune.
And speaking Of There I Co." 1t
won't hurt to hear Woody Her
mans disking on Decca.
Our nomination for sweet disk
of the week is Tony Pastors Blue
bird assignment Of You're Nearer" /"
boasting q fine chore by the Pastor
Quartet, and II Want to Live" which
Is swingier. VIII Hudson's Decca
outfit Is surprisingly smooth With
'The World Without You" 0ay
Kenny warbnng), backed by q
Tuxedo Junctionish "Peekin' at the
Deacon" The masters many
faceted voice speaks again: Elling-
ton does In q MeIotone." Enric
Madriguera's Orchestra, which has
vet to reach its former stride.
records its theme, "Adios," In accep-
able, though not completely salts
factory, fashion. For Okeh, Ray
Herbeck does . sprightly arrange
ment Of TITS Eight O'Clock" John
Kirby q neatly hot disking Of "Andi-
oloey," Count Basic q solid version
OF "The World Is Mad" Gin two
parts, although one part would have
been sufhcient conviction OF tht
truth In that belief. Ex-avier Cugat
Is all tuxedo and top hat II
"Frenesi." Charlie Barnett's two
part wings Over Manhattan" Is I
vell-played piece sounding Ike I
Joint connection by Ellington ant
:. Louis Alter.
i. Coming into the back. stretch. "
start OF With two slabs hy CIR
Evening star., 1940-11-17
Bach Festival Plans
In Bethlehem

Rehearsals In preparation for the
Ath Bethlehem Bach Festival, to
be held May l6 and II. 194l, were
begun October 3 with 30 per cent
Of last years choir enrolled. To this
number Director Jones has added
IS new members.
The Friday sessions viii be de-
voted to seven cantatas, three Of
which are new to Bethlehem.
On Saturday, q has been the Gus
tom since its inception, the Mass
In b Minor" win Be given In it,
entirety.
Evening star., 1940-11-17
Singer to Lecture
Before Teachers

Reinald .Werrenrath, noted BARI
tone of New York, will give . lecture
for the washington Music Teachers
Association, Incy at q meeting to be
held at the home Of Mrs. Edwin B.
Parker, 2ool Twenty-fourth street
NV. Monday evening. November
Is, at $50 O'Clock.
Mr.. Werrenrath has had . highly
successful career rs concert and
operate artist and soloist with Or
chestras. His operate debut was
made at the Metropolitan Opera In
1917 In "Pagliacci" and as Valentine
In Faust" In addition, he has
composed choruses for mems voices
and is the editor Of two volumes OF
Scandinavian songsA He Is also or
ganizer and conductor Of the Unt-
versity Heights Choral Society. !,
Evening star., 1940-11-17
Philharmonic
TOP Present
FOOte Work
Orchestra Music
To Be Broadcast
From This City

Arthur Foote's "Suite In E Major"
for string orchestra, which the New
York Philharmonic c-Symphony Or
chestra will play as its first number
in the concert at Constitution Hall
on Sunday afternoon, December 1,
was first performed by the Boston
Symphony Orchestra over 30 years
ago.
Foote himself described the suite
as follows: The prelude, E major, is
brief and based throughout on the
first phrase Of eight notes; it is of
flowing melodic character with much
imitation among the several voices.
The pizzcato, A minor. is contin-
uously so. 1t Is interrupted by an
adagietto. F major, which Is played
with the bow. the instruments being
muted. The fugue is in E minor,
with q long pedal point just as the
last return Of the theme. The first
four notes of the theme are heard
often by themselves, and If these
notes are observed by the listener at
their first entrance the fugue will be
very clear at first hearing"
Sheep May Safely Craze" Jo-
hann Sebastian Bach. which follows,
was transcribed by John Barbirolli
last summer. The present perform
ances are the first anywhere. The
music is pastoral in character and
sheep bells are suggested by an ac-
companying figure that persists
throughout the piece.
Tschaikowsky's overture-fantasy,
Romeo and juliet" included on the
program, is a work definitely related
to the composers life In 1868 he
fell in love with the famous French
soprano. Desiree Artot, they became
engaged, then abruptly she changed
her mind and married the Spanish
baritone, Padilla y Ramos. Contem-
poraneous with this unfortunate love
affair Is the Romeo and Juliet" and
it is said that for several years
Tschaikowsky was unable to men,
ton the jilting without betraying his
emotion.
Beethoven's Symphony in c
Minor" the last number on Barbi-
rolls program, is well known to
symphony audiences. The work be-
gins Immediately with full orchestra
sounding three eight-note G's, fol-
lowed by q descent of . major third
to q long-held E-flat. From these
four notes so combined the entire
first movement is derived and the
same rhythmic figure crops up re-
peatedly in the succeeding move
ments.
The symphony. it will be recalled,
is dedicated to Prince Won Lobkowitz
and Count Rasumowsky.
The entire program will be broad
cast over the Columbia network from
Constitution Hall starting at 3
O'Clock. Deems Taylor, finding it
impossible to come to Washington
for the concert. will broadcast his
regular intermission commentary
from New York as usual.
Evening star., 1940-11-17
Second Candlelight
Event Tomorrow

The second candlelight concert Of
the washington Chamber Music
Society win be given tomorrow at 5
O'Clock at the Phillips Memorial
Gallery, 1000 @ street NV. The
Pro Musica Quartet win be assisted
by Sylvia Meyer, harpist.
The program consists Of . suite
for violin, violoncello and harp by
Jean-Philippe Rameau, Quartet In
E-Flat" by Josef Haydn and "Conte
Fantastique, for harp and string
quartet composed by Andre Caplet
after Edgar Allan Poes The Mask
Of the Red Death.
Evening star., 1940-11-17

All-SOulS CQurcQ (UMtarlan) an.
nounces that the annual series Of
Sunday afternoon organ recitals by
the organist, Lewis Atwater, will be
inaugurated this afternoon at
O'Clock. . This first program, lasting
half an hour. will be a memorial to
Mrs. Bernard r. Green. the donor
of the organ. The public is cor
daily invited.
The first of a series Of Sunday
afternoon musicals to be presented
at the Y. M. c. A.. Eighteenth and
G streets NV. will be given today
at O'Clock, by Anne Evans, soprano,
and John M. Wilson. baritone.
These musicals are under the direc-
ton Of Robert Frederick Freund.
Music lovers are cordially invited.
Edna Lee Freund Is the accom-
panist.
The choir of Ballston Presbyterian
Church, Glebe road and Wilson
boulevard, Arlington, Va, will give
a concert of sacred music this after
noon at 4 O'Clock. Guest soloists who
will assist include Ina Holtzscheiter
soprano; Clarence White, tenor, and
Josephine Cole Allen, violinist. Mar
jorie G. Davis is director and or
ganist. An offering will be taken for
the benefit of the music fund.
Today the program for the Sum-
day music hour at the Young
Women's Christian Association, Sew
enteenth and K streets, will be pre-
sented by Lawrence E. Troth, BARI
tone, accompanied by Mrs. Chester
Adair, and Grace Purvis, violinist,
accompanied by Josephine Hamil-
ton. The public is cordially invited
to attend this program, which will
begin at S pm.
An Evening With the Victrola"
program in the music division of
the Public Library, Eighth and K
streets NV, tomorrow at 7:3O pm,
will feature Mozart's symphony in
E Flat" and Bach's Suite No. 2 in
B Minor" and Concerto for Piano
in D Minor"
At last nights meeting of the
German Literary Society, held at
the home of Anita Schade, founder
president, Irene Lerch, pianist.
played two groups of piano num-
bers, including compositions by j.
S. Bach, Glazounow, Chopin and
Brahms. Lily Garrett, soprano, sang
two groups Of songs by modern COM
posers, accompanied by Margaret
Besler.
The November activities of the
Esmu Club are being devoted to
piano selections by its members and
to quizzes and games based on ele-
mentary keyboard harmony. The
Saturday morning meeting, Novem-
Der 8, held at the home Of Eta
Schmid Wells, 3432 Ashley terrace
NV, eliminated in the student
rhythm bands presentation Of Schu-
bert's "Marche Militaire." Also in.
cluded in the program were Janet
Ritter, playing The Whistle Tooter,"
by Koehler, and jeanne Trunk ex-
planning and playing THE Curious
Story" by Heller. Both Of these
soloists were heard Thursday night |
at q recital given by the Piano
Teachers Forum.
The washington Chapel Choir, di.
rected BY D. Sterling Wheelwright,
viii sing on Thursday at the II |
o'clock union Thanksgiving service, |
which viii be held this year at the
Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter.
Day Saints, Sixteenth street and Co
lumbia road. The anthems include
Now Thank We An Our God" IN
motet arranged from the
traditional hymn By Carl r. Mueller.
and let the Mountains Shout for
Evening star., 1940-11-17

guiding people, influencing people,
changing their attitude Of mind. It
reaches the educated and, more
effectively. the uneducated, on whom
it, greatest power Is exercised.
veice Il Important.
Every man and woman who has to
deal with groups Of people should
realize the importance Of . cultivated
voice. It has become the prime
requisite Of all public speaking. It
Is necessary In order to drive home
the truths that must be made clear
to the listener. It Is necessary to
combat the rivalry Of radio speakers,
to carry the same amount Of weight
that the broadcasting lights exercise.
Saddled with m unattractive voice
the battle Is al the harder: blessed
with q fine one and half the battle
is won. The motion pictures and
the radio have cast the good old
fashioned American voice into the
discard and replaced It with the best
imitation OF Oxfordian elegance
available.
But apart from the great influence
that q refined manner Of speaking
can have, there is very prosaic
reason for cultivating the voice. For
the individual who has much public
speaking to do the wear and tear on
the vocal cords Is tremendous. The
object Of all voice training Is to save
the voice, to make 1t stand up under
the extreme pressure It Is under
going. Singing or public speaking
require an entirely different tech.
nique from that used In ordinary
conversation, and unless that Is &C.
quired the voice viii rebel. A par.
t1culAr skill is necessary to project
the voice With volume and resonance
and yet keep 1t fresh.
Seeks Full Scope.
One usually thinks of the voice ss
an organ Of sound In the throat. The
organ vibrates and the vocal tone Is
sent forth for all to hear. But what
few who are not students of vocal
training realize is that there are
many little servants Of that vocal
tone who willingly take over part
Of the work Of projecting speech or
song. These are the lips, the tongue,
the resonant cavities Of the face
and the muscles that control the
breath. This corps Of willing workers,
however, must coordinate, they can
not bear one anothers burdens. The
training Of these adjutants Of vocal
production Is many times more i'm
portant than the actual cultivation
OF quality, for . times out of 10, II |
they are doing their work as they
should, the natural quality of the
voice is free to operate It's full
resources.
We are working toward q Utopia
that has been devoutly wished for
by many people. . nation of cultured
speakers. The suave tones Of the
radio broadcaster have filled the
ears Of the whole country with
pleasant vocal sound. Unconsciously,
people, even this early In the game,
are shocked by uncultured speech.
What will 1t be . few years from
now? It behooves every one, espe.
cially those in public life, to take
cognizance Of the trend toward vocal
beauty and effective delivery and
to see that they do not offend by
carelessness in this direction. Quite
incidentally, yet of maximum inn
portance, is the question Of improved
health which follows the releasing
Of the tension Of incorrect speech
and the stability Of the nerves that
results from the proper use Of lung
power in free and unhampered use |
of the vocal cords.
Evening star., 1940-11-17
By Elena de Sayn.

A most unusual set of recordings
has been placed on the market by
the Columbia Co. this month,
entitled Twenty Centuries of Mex
lean Art" sponsored by the Museum
of Modern Art and presented under
the direction of Carlos Chavez by
Mexican and American musicians in
an ensemble. Assisted by a chorus
on several occasions the ensemble
groups make use of many absolete
instruments. reconstructed for the
purpose, or substitute those available,
to give a certain tonal effect. The
music for these recordings consists
Of excerpts of a program prepared
by Mr.. Chavez and directed by him
during an exhibition held under the
auspices of the Museum of Modern
Art at the beginning Of 1910. A
number of Mexican composers and
musicologists collaborated in the
research of the material.
The first disk introduces "Sones
Mariachi' meaning, characteristic
music played by a specialized band
of musicians during marriage cere-
monies"
The popular tunes OF La Negra, >
Gel Zapilote" and Los Cuatro
Reales" woven into one by Bias
Calm. full blooded Indian, are
orchestrated for two vio1ins, large
and small guitars, five-octave harp,
q clarinet and trumpet. The gay
and exciting rhythm of this number
in which the guitar plays an all-im-
portant part, resolves into a form of
variations with the movable accent
lending piquancy.
The next selections, arranged by
Carlos Chevez, give some idea of the
wealth of Mexican folklore. La
Paloma Azul," more conventional in
type, and originally Spanish song
brought from Italy, as Mr.. Chavez
believes, sings of a blue dove" as the
title may suggest. In this, the
melody, first introduced by an
orchestra, is taken up in turn by q
mems chorus, followed by a women's
chorus and brought to a close by
the combined singing of the two
groups. The fresh and vibrant voices
of the singers make the recording
significant.
Observation-Disclosures" may look
on paper like q string of meaning
less letters but 1t Is in reality the
name of the Aztec god of music. the
dance, flowers and love. This selec-
ton is supposed to give an idea Of
what Aztec music was like in its
flourishing days. It Is performed by
flutes, a trombone, that sounds like
tin horn Ito approximate the
sound made by blowing into a sea
snail's shelD and by two kinds of
drums, one made in the shape of q
large, hollow, wooden cylinder, pro-
ducing two distinct tones, and the
other of a hollowed-out section Of q
tree trunk. There are also wooden
and bone rasps and various rattles.
As strange as the combination of
sound may be, It is far more logical
than some Of the modernistic mus
ical effects one hears and gains with
repeated hearings.
DANA a Centeoti" from the bal
let LOS Cuatro Sloes" is based on
legendary Mexican explanation OF
prehistoric times. Here, once again,
the chorus astonishes the hearer by
its security and faultless execution
of difncult intervals and the grandeur
of climaxes achieved.
The most extraordinary recording
Of all is the "Yaqui music" arranged
by Luis Sandi. The Yaqui Indian
known as the State Of Sonora) Is
perhaps the only remaining tribe Of
that race that manages to preserve
its independence Of language, Gus.
Evening star., 1940-11-17
Music Club to Open

On Friday At II 80 an, IN Barker
Hall, the Y. w. C.. A., Seventeenth
and K streets NV. the Friday
Morning Music Club win present Its
first program Of the season. The
program win consist Of tTios Of
Mozart, Beethoven and Turina,
played BY 'Nillard Taylor, concert
master OF the National Symphony
Orchestra: Howard Mitchell, drst
cellist Of the orchestra, and Louis
pottsr. pianist
Evening star., 1940-11-17

Yehudi Nenuhin believes literally
that charity begins at home In con-
nection with forthcoming charity
concert In New York. The violinist
+ not only donating his own serv-
Ices and those Of his manager, but
b also buying his own box and pay
ing for his own standing room"
"a The stage.
Evening star., 1940-11-17

The week Of November Il TO 70
win be proclaimed q Sing America
Week" With many. famous radio and
recording stars participating. In
South America It win b observed
- sting the Americas week"
Evening star., 1940-11-17

BeloaO pictured SyUa Meyer. haypist OF the Naonal
Symphony 0rchestrd Uho has for herself a.
so' She wM play tomorrow afternoon at candle Right
concert spsn By the washngton Chamber Music Society at
Phillips Gallery Miss Meyer scu assist the String
Quartet.
Evening star., 1940-11-17

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unseen speakers and there has
grown up q cultured diction that bidl
fair to change the famous American
manner Of speaking the English Ian
guage which no amount Of jocular
or disdainful criticism could ever
attain.
The effect Of the quality Of q
speaking voice has been recognized
for many centuries and has been
used, and abused, to the attainment
Of certain ends. In some cases q
beautiful speaking voice has been .
gift Of which the recipient was
hardly conscious and, again, men
and women, who have striven to
direct public thought by means of
the spoken word, have labored long
and hard to gain the flexibility and
expressiveness needed to play on the
emotions of the crowd. In the his
tory Of the human race from the
time Of Demosthenes, who is our
first concrete example of diNgent
study in perfecting the speaking
voice, prominent men have owed
much of their success to the quality
Of and the knowledge Of how to
use their speaking voices.
Today the question Of . good
vocal organ and refined delivery Is
Of the utmost importance. The man
who speaks to millions over the air
assumes q personality in the minds
of the public entirely built up from
the character of his voice. He may
be unworthy in every respect, q man
Of instability, in short, an impossible
person In everyday life, but to his
listeners he is noble, cultured, Sc
rious and kindly. The man, who
has these virtues firmly embedded In
his nature can never convince the
public If he tries to project his hu-
manitarian ideas in rough, rasp-
ing, uncultured manner.
Easily Swayed.
Many q dollar has been spent for
some article whose qualities have
been extolled in suave, persuasive
tones over the air, and many . man
has made a turn-about-face in his
views of world situations simply be-
cause the infection Of q speaker
has SO won him that it was impos-
sible mentally to maintain an opin-
ion with the emotions stirred by
dulcet exposition of a contrary at
titude. This may be terrible in
dictment of the character Of the
American people and their ability
to be swayed, but it is true never
theleSS.
Honestly thinking things through
for ones self is always . difhcult
process. It Is q strong man indeed
who will not vacillate when some
one expounds theory with con-
vincing positiveness. especially II
that some one can play on the tone
Of his voice 50 as to add force to
his, argument. How much more
powerful is the speaker who comes
out of the ether, person whose
physical characteristics cannot oper-
ate for or against him and who be-
comes q strong and effective ex-
ponent Of whatever idea he must put
over. ...
Not 50 long ago the only means
Of reaching the mass of the general
public was through personal con-
tact or through writing. Today 1t
Is the radio. And the radio means
the voice. Not the honest. homely.
genuine voice that we hear around
US every day and which belongs to
the people we love and respect, but
the impersonal, elegant, well-modu-
lated voice that represents refine
ment, culture and knowledge. This
voice penetrates to every corner Of
tho country and even Of the world,