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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-27
Ballet Russo
Joined With
Symphony
New Ballots axe
Feature Places
On Programs

The National Symphony Orches-
ira, which opens its tenth season
on Wednesday evening, November g.
in Constitution Hall with the
great Russian pianist-composer
Sergei Rachmaninoff, as soloist. an
nounced this week the programs for
the two joint performances which
it will give with the Ballet Russo
de Monte Carlo on Tuesday and
Wednesday evening, November ls
and 20. All five ballets which will
be presented during the engage
ment are new in the Ballet Russe's
repertory.
tn program for Tuesday evening,
November 10, is composed Of "Sere-
made" (Tchaikovsky). Poker Game i
(Stravinsky), Vienna 1874 Web
err. On Wednesday evening. No.
vember 20, The Nutcracker" (Stra-
vinsky) and The New Yorker
(Gershwin) will be given.
The five ballets will be presented
under Leonide Massine's artistic di-
rection and with Efrem Kurtz as
musical director. Hans Kinder,
conductor of the National SYM
phony, will direct one number, prob
ably the Vienna 1914" The COM
pany of 125 dancers and musicians
will include all the favorites of past
seasons.
The first premiere is The New
Yorker" a dioramic view of New
Yorks cafe society to the music of
Americas most famous composer,
George Gershwin. The ballet was
created by Leonide Massine and Rea
Irwin of the New Yorker Magazine
and was inspired by the cartoon
characters of Peter Arno. Helen
Hokinson, William Steig and other
artists.
The second of the premieres will
be "Vienna-1814," a Massine chore-
ography to melange of Won Web
er's music. The Nutcracker," a re-
vival of Tchaikovskys well-known
work translated by A. Fedorova into
a tWo-act ballet after the original
of Marius petipa, will be given for
the first time in America with new
decor designs after Alexandra
Benois.
Poker Game" is a revival of
George Balanchine's ballet to the
music of Igor Stravinsky and with
costumes by Irene Sharaff. "Sere-
made" also by George Balanchine,
is a symphonic poem in motion to
the romantic "Serenade for Strings
by Tchaikovsky.
Seats for the two performances
of the Ballet Russo with the Ma
tional Symphony on November 19
and 20 are now on sale at the SYM
phony box Office in kits Music
Store, 1880 G street NV Season
tickets for all National Symphony
series are also on sale and seats for
the first concert on November 6 will
60 on sale this Friday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-27

pOl1tan opera ASSOCIATION OF new
York, will make her Washington
debut in the role Of Rosina. while
Armand Tokatyan, celebrated tenor
OF the same world-famous organiza-
ton, will have the tenor role of
Count Almaviva. The baritone role
of Figaro will be assumed by Carlos
Ramirez, baritone of the Teatro
Colon, Buenos Aires, while Pompilio
Malatesta and John Quincy, bassos.
both of the Metropolitan also, will
sing the roles of Don Bartolo and
Don Basilio, respectively. Georgia
Graves and Brooks Dunbar will have
prominent roles.
The entire production Of "The
Barber of Seville" has been staged
under the personal direction OF
Desire Defrere, baritone and stage
manager of the Metropolitan Opera,
while the orchestra will be under the
direction of Giuseppe Bamboschek,
noted Metropolitan Opera conductor
and accompanies, with Walter Du-
cloux, former assistant to Arturo
Toscanini, assisting.
Responds to Demand.
The present tour of The Barber
of Seville" has been arranged by
Charles L. Wagner, former manager
of John Mccormack, Galli-Curci
and other noted artists, who has
staged this production in answer
to a Nationwide demand for fine
opera, as evidenced by the recent
response of the American people to
the Metropolitan Operas request for
funds from the radio audience.
Thirty years ago Mr. Wagner
assembled a similar production OF
The Barber Of Seville" with stars
of the old Boston Opera Company.
headed by Alice Nelson. In form
ing this company Mr.. Wagner has
used American singers wherever
possible, and he believes. after wit
Messing performances of the COM
pany elsewhere on tour, that he has
as great, If not greater, company
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-27
Recordings of Popular Music

1t is about time to consider the
past months output of that large
aggregation of artists who make
their living by song. So with no
further delay attention is directed to
a voice from the dim past-when the
"crooner" species of vocalist was
getting we'll started in the process of
evolution-that of the late Russ
Columbo. Many, doubtless, still re-
call the heyday of Mr.. Columbo, at
one time the only serious threat to
the appalling popularity of Mr.
Crosby. Certainly Columbus mel
low voice and clean-cut presenta-
ton ranked far above the rest of
Mr.. Crosby's competitors, fact tes-
titled even today by the demand fol
repressings of the tunes Russ made
popular The latest of these, "All of
Me" and "Just Friends" (Bluebird
show why.
Una May Carlisle, one of the same
labels brightest stars, is in fine voice
for the lyric madrigal Q940 style)
"Papa's in Bed With His Britches
On"-a swing WOW. The testers
who were much cleverer in the days
they boosted Tastyeast vitamins over
the airways, give an undistinguished
"Aint It a Shame About Name.
The impeccable Characters offer
straight spiritual harmony in Swing
10, Sweet Chariot" and Water Boy, y
while the Golden Memory Boys also
are serious with when You Wore
q Tulip" With a dangerous f1uttel
of the eyelids Dorothy Lamour signs
"Gettin' Sentimental Over You" fol
the benefit of the boys. The Vallee-
introduced "Whiffenpoof Song
sounds as fiat and pointless as ever
even with Ella Logan doing the
honors. The Ink Spots talk theil
tired way through Never Smile
Again; how nice it would be if the
Spots were to take up their hot gui-
tars once more and forever leave
the droopy stuff to others less must
cal. The Andrews Sisters PA g.
5000" and Beat Muh, Daddy" ranl
among their best afforts. With thu
release OF Jack Leonard's sugar!
"God Bless America" this depart
ment goes on record as unalterabl!
opposed to all past, present and fu
lure grooming versions of patriotic
longs. The department consider
such versions a form of boring from
within.
On the novelty side, Henry Young
man, who cracks wise on the rapid
FIRE order of Groucho Marx. discs
two-part item called Gags and Su
per-Gags." He lays amazingly few
eggs, as Goethe would put 1t; in fac
the listener will gag only after tn
third playing. Speaking Of monolo
gists may we recommend an earle
Sheila Barrett record, THE Choru
Girl" and The Professional South
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-27

now than then. AS recently as last
April essentially the same cast sang
a performance of the same opera
at the Metropolitan Opera House.
The presentation of The Barber
of Seville" will mark the opening
tomorrow evening Of Mrs. Dorsey's
evening series of music events at
Constitution Hall, and on Sunday
afternoon, November 8, at O'Clock,
Mrs. Dorsey will open her Sunday
afternoon concert series with the
presentation Of the Metropolitan
Quartet, an all-American group Of
Metropolitan Opera artists, in q pro-
gram of quartets, trios, duets and
solos from the worlds most popular
operate music.
Quartet Members.
The quartet will consist Of Rose
hampton, soprano: Charles Kull-
man, tenor; Helen Olheim, contralto,
and Julius Huehn, baritone, and the
program will include such gems Of
operate music as the pace. Pace
milo Dio" aria, from La Fora del
Destino";; the Air de La" from
"LEnfante Prologue; the "Credo,"
from "Othello"; the "Un di Allaz-
zurro Spazio" aria, from Andrea
Chenier";; duets from The Pearl
Fishers" Madame Butterfly" Cav-
alleria Rusticana" and Aida; the
trio from Faust; quartets from
"Fidelio" and "Cosi Fan Tutti," and
the spinning wheel quartet from
Martha" The quartet will be &C
companied by Stuart Ross.
Seats for The Barber OF Seville"
will be available at Mrs. Dorseys
Concert Bureau, in Drops, up to
$50 o'clock tomorrow evening, and
at the Constitution Hall box Office
after Z o'clock Seats for the Metro
politan Quartet performance will
be on sale at the concert bureau
during the current week and at
Constitution Hall after 10 o'clock
next Sunday morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-27
In Local Music Circles

will begin on the first Monday In
November. There is still oppor-
tunity for young men and young
women in the respective sections to
take part in this operetta. The pro-
duction dates have been set for De-
cember and in the Roosevelt
Auditorium, Thirteenth and Allison
street NV.
Josie T. Frailey presented her
junior class in a piano recital at the
tea house, Dodge Hotel. on Tues
day. She was assisted by Dorothy
Brewton, Jeane Smith, Helena Gold
stein, Connie Gerald, Eleanor Has
san and Helen Klopfer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-27

longing to other lands as inspiration.
Their regard has been fastened on
matters so high and so distant that
they have not seen what was right
at their feet.
Artist Inspired.
1t cannot be said that there is
nothing to inspire a composer in
the American way of life. Any one
looking at some of Rembrandt's pic
lures could not argue that the
models were paragons of beauty. yet
the great painter pierced farther
than the exterior and saw what
made for great art. BY his vision
and artistic perception he has made
these rather ordinary looking people
famous. The same can be done with
the subject-matter at hand in
musical composition.
The difficulty lies, however, in the
fact that our creative artists do not
see or do not want to see Only
few of them, such as John Pow
ell, for example. have dignifled the
ordinary circumstances of life in
this environment by giving them
the poetic halo OF fine music. Most
of them have not experienced a
warming of the heart toward home
ly things that can beautify them
in music. They have not cherished
them so tenderly that music welled
up in them at the mere contempla-
ton. They have not taught them
selves to trust to their emotions
rather than their mind and skill
to produce great music.
As Edward johnson recently wrote
in an article published in a little
magazine called Opera News" re-
garding the Metropolitan's plans
for this season, Wagner is not
labeled German, nor Debussy
French, nor Verdi Italian to eager
men and women" to whom music
is a spiritual necessity" We, in
this country. who have loved and
profited by the music of great COM
posers of different nationalities will
continue to honor them irrespec-
live VI "1ldO lllOll CooAltl 1Co oldll0
for today. They belong to the
whole world. they speak uni
versal language, one that springs
from the soul of every human be-
ing no matter under what flag he
has first seen the light of day.
National Need.
At the same time, there is no rea-
son why we should help glorify the
music of some modernists who def
nitely use it for political ends. Very
often they are given first place on
concert programs while our own
composers remain unrecognized.
That they have great talent is ad-
mitted, but the direction in which
they have turned it is beneath our
approval. The names of outstand-
ing Soviet composers are better
known here today than our own.
Are we to continue to advertise and
support the propagation of their
music? Rather let us seek among
our own for composer who can
so thoroughly stir our senses with
a national music that he would be
considered as representative of the
American Nation.
Chopin, who so dearly loved his
country that he carried with him,
always, handful of its soil, was
never called upon to be martyr
for its sake. When he dreamed his
homesick dreams and wove them
into his music. he little thought that
it would suffer the martyrdom not
asked of him. What greater homage
could be paid to music than to say
1t was dangerous because it awak-
ened the fire of patriotism in
people.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-27

The entire musical program at the
10 o'clock service Of the Takoma
Park Presbyterian Church will be
compositions of Elizabeth B. Jack
son. organist at that church. A solo
entitled Watch Ye, Stand Fast in
the Faith" will be given its first
public hearing by John l.. Stinson,
baritone The choir. under the di-
rection of Lottie Kensinger Volkmer
will sing 20 God, Thou Art My
God" and the organ numbers will
be "Consecration," Trio-Melody"
and "Chanson."
This afternoon the program for
the Sunday music hour at the
Young Womens Christian Associa-
ton, Seventeenth and K streets
NV, will be given by Emily r.
Tooley, contralto; Pauline Holcomb,
soprano and a chamber trio COM
posed of Dudley Clark, violin: Anth-
ony Finelli, cello, and Harriet
Nash, piano. Miss Nash will also
act as accompanist for the singers.
The public Is invited to attend the
music hour which begins at pm.
This afternoon from 4:30 to $50
o'clock in the Romaine-Van Schaik
room of the Universalist National
Memorial Church, Sixteenth and S
streets NV, Jessie Masters, musical
director. will present the first in a
series of musical at homes. Appear
ing as guest artist will be Abe Clar,
violinist and pianist. The soloists
will be Hannabelle Fleming, soprano,
and Rebecca Petrie. contralto. H.
Jerome Graham is the accompanist.
Henry Field, American concert
pianist, will play compositions of
Chopin, List and Rossini for men,
bers Of the Women's City Club this
afternoon at o'clock.
Everett Palmer is replacing Paul
Ledig as tenor soloist in the quartet
at Luther Place Memorial Church.
where Cornelia Long Kinsella is
organist and director, and Of which
Nell Sebatian Chaillet is the So
prano: Marie Marques, alto, and
Charles Written the baritone. The
quartet will be featured in three
musical numbers on Wednesday eve
ming at Luther Place Church. where
a reception will be held for DR.. and
Mrs. Charles B. Foelsch and family.
Special installation service, in
stalling DR.. Foelsch as the new min
lister will be held tonight. A musical
program will be given by the or
ganist and full choir.
Glasses in music appreciation, I'M
der Helen Middleton Smith. are be-
ing held at the Young Women's
Christian Association, Seventeenth
and K streets. on Monday evenings.
The beginners class is at 7, the adj
vanced at 8. For further informa-
ton call the music Office.
Esther L;nkins will present some
Of her young singers in solo and
choral numbers at a musical t..
in her residence studio at I o'clock
this afternoon. Alma Grayce Miller
will be at the piano and John Rog-
ers, violin pupil of Helen Ware, will
contribute a group Of solos.
Rehearsals of the Columbia Light
Opera Co. of Washington, for the
musical comedy "Florodora," are be-
ing held at the Thompson School on
Monday nights at 7:30. Stage work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-27
Season Is Opened
By Synphonologue

DR.. Charles Edward Russell and
Margaret Tolson, pianist, will pre-
sent the first symphonologue of the
season at the Arts Club on Tues
day evening. DR.. Russell's discus
sions are devoted to the outstand-
ing numbers in current programs
OF the National Symphony Orches-
ira. and during his analysis Of the
compositions excerpts are played by
Miss Tolson.
Tuesdays program includes dis
cussion Of Relationships seldom
played Third Symphony in D Ma
jor," which, 1t is believed, will be
heard in Washington for the first
time on the opening concert of the
National Symphony Orchestra No.
vember s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-27
Recital for Benefit
OF British Relief

On Sunday, November 8, members
of the Sigma Alpha Iota National
Music Sorority will present a re-
cital at the Western Presbyterian
Church, 1906 H street NV, at the
o'clock vesper service. This pro-
gram is given for the benefit OF
British War Relief through the
American Red Cross.
The combined choirs of the Au-
gustana Lutheran Church and West
ern Presbyterian Church will sing
under the direction of Lila Knud-
sen. Organ solos will be played
by Jean Slater Appel. The con-
| tralto soloist for the afternoon Il
Mildred SneUud.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-27
Review of Recordings
By Alice EverSman.

-
Szigeti is becoming more and more
an artist of pronounced indlvldu-
atty and forceful ideas. He is &C
companied on the discs by the Or
chestra of the New Friends Of Music
conducted by Fritz Stiedry.
Anticipating the Sibelius celebra-
ton scheduled for this year, Column
bia has a single disc recording Of
the Finnish composer Swan of
Tuonela" by the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra, with Frederick Stock
conducting. No further recon-
mendation is necessary than TO
mention this superb interpreter and
his fine group of men The Swan"
is one of the most beautiful Of
Sibelius' shorter works, which will
appeal to every one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-27
Concert Schedule
TO-DAY.

1Obh
Musicale, Universalist Ma
tional Memorial Church., 4:30
pm.
Sunday Music Hour, Y. w.
c. A., 5 pm.
Henry Field. piano recital,
Women's City Club. S pm.
TOMORROW.
The Barber of Seville" Con-
stitution Hall, $50 pm.
Lecture-recital on Chopin.
DR.. Heinrich Simon; Marcel
Anchors, cellist. assisting;
Washington College of Music,
BIS pm.
D. Sterling Wheelwright, or
gan recital, L. D. S. Chapel, 8
pm.
TUESDAY.
"Symphonologue," Charles
Edward Russell: Margaret Toll
son, pianist, assisting; Arts
Club, evening.
WEDNESDAY.
Coolidge String Quartet. L.
brary of Congress. s:45 pm.
D. Sterling Wneelwright. or
gan rectal, L. D. S. Chapel, 8
pm
FRIDAY.
D. Sterling Wheelwright, Or
gan recital: Edna Wheelwright.
soprano. assisting; L. D. S.
Chapel, 8 pm.
SATURDAY.
Hazel Griggs, piano recital,
Washington College of Music,
$50 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-27

brought about the banishing of hi!
music from those countries that, tt
Americans. represented the mos,
music-loving people of the earth.
Chopin is not the first nor will
be the last composer who has dared
too much in giving his compatriots
his national soul Sibelius, the
grand old man of Finland. has
known the displeasure of his coun-
try's rulers Mendelssohn's music
and that of many others of his
type are now taboo in Europe. The
restriction is growing narrower
while, at the same time, those
writers of music who are using their
gift for political propaganda are
now the ones who are being given
honor. That the dead-and-gone
immortals should be drawn into the
limelight of today in such a fash
ion, that their music should suffer
because they have been able to
reach the hearts of not only their
countrymen but of the world, is a
SAD state OF dudlTS.
At the same time, and following a
natural inclination to view things
from a more personal angle. 1t is
borne in on one that no American
composer would ever suffer such an
indignity for the same reason
Were music to be debarred because
1t expressed too knowingly the spirit
of this country, 1t would be difncult
to select even one composer who
would come under the ban. There
are, of course, the national hymns,
the music of Stephen Foster and
other folk music that Is dear to
every one. but none from the pen
of a man recognized throughout the
world that would disturb us at all
were it ruled out from our concert
programs.
Lacks Background.
The fact is brought home to us
with renewed significance that as a
musical Nation we have no back
ground. We have nothing that
stems from an honored past and
little that records the spiritual atti-
tude of the present. What is quite
representative of the present is our
popular music. Yet this does not
reach all types of music lovers to
such a degree that it has become
inexpressibly dear to them.
It would seem that the moment
has arrived to remedy this situation.
Never before has the question OF the
ideals and customs of this country
been so prominently before our eyes
or their value to the citizens been
50 clear. 1t is time that our beliefs,
our standards, our patriotism, in
short, inspire a new creative force
among American composers. Every
American who has spent any time
at all in Europe will recall moments
when the most everyday customs
Of this country were thought Of
with real homesick feeling. They
may not have been so picturesque
as those of the country visited, but
they we're ours, part and parcel OF
our home-life. of our upbringing and
associated with all that meant home
and its shelter and love, to us.
Musicians in this country have
been blinded for many years by the
effulgent light that has emanated
from Europe They have revered
end cherished the music of the
great composers of the past and
justly so. They have been receptive
and appreciative of the music of
modern composers. They have tried
to emulate both the classicists and
the modernists, sometimes to the
extent of copying their national
style and using subject-matter be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-27
Concert POSTPONED

The first concert of the Chamber
Music Guild Quartet, originally
scheduled for November 5 at the
Carlton Hotel, has been postponed
until November 10 at s:45 pm.
Later dates of the quartet's per.
formances are November rs, Deem
Der II and January q. Tickets are
obtainable through Nine. L. de
Sokolon, the quartet manager, at
ITO L street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-27
Banning Of Chopin Works
Is Seen as Great Tribute
Homage Paid to Composer
When Music Is Dangerous
Because of Its Spirit
By Alice Epersman.

rev weeks ago was announced that the PLAYING Of Chopns
works banned in all occupied territory This presumably
applies to public performances
played in the home privacy
wonder world
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-27
Grand Opera Presented :
Here Tomorrow Evening
Metropolitan Singers Given
Roles in Performance of
Barber of Seville

opera Washington at Constitution Hall tomorrow
o'clock noted The Barber
Seville" with Metropolitan full
under Dorothy
whose 9th consecutive annual Of
Washington will be inauguraed with this performance
Reggan latest coloratura sensation of the Metro
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-12-20
SEIZED FURs TO BE SOLD
 BY GAME COMM. JAN. 1t

A sale of confiscated furs has been announced by the Alaska Game Commission for 1:3O o'clock Janu- ary 15 in the west wing basement storage room of the Federal Build ing in Juneau
 Articles may be examined Janu- ary IA from 1 to 4:3O o'clock in the afternoon and on January 15 from 8:30 to 12:30 o'clock at the game commission office.
 Lots of furs offered for sale to the highest bidders for cash are as follows. beaver; 3 beaver; 1 cross fox and 1 red fox; mink and 6 weasel; mink. 1 mink and 1 ot- ter; mink; 1 beaver: 2 mink: 2 beaver 4 beaver. 4 beaver; 4 beav- CT; l beaver 1 beaver. 1 mink; 1 mink; 1 mink; 3 beaver; 8 beaver. mink and 1 otter; beaver; 1 mink; II otter: 12 mink. Fourteen red fox, 3 lynx. 2 wolverine and Is beaver. 26 beaver: 146 beaver 1 blue fox 1 beaver: 1 mink.