Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-07-27

has Ocen prominent h6o4S "
teaching the American public great
er appreciation of music. With MS
first conducting assignment IN
motion picture house-the Ratio
Theater in New York-Mr. Rspee
began to present a wealth OF good
music. But when he moved on 10
the position of musical director OF
the Capitol Theater, then under
s. L. Rothafel's management. he mao
an orchestra large enough TO inter-
pref anything he cared to present.
The introduction of fine music into
this field of entertainment. and the
resulting Juror. put Rapee head
and shoulders above his fellow mo-
ton picture conductors.
Active in Radio.
From then on. whenever the new
est largest cinema theater In the
world was built. nothing would do
but that Rspee must direct It's
music. From the Capitol Theater,
William Fox lured him to his gaudy
palace in Philadelphia. And when
U. F. A.. flushed with the success
OF It's German films in the world
market. decided to build a snow
house in Berlin where its movies
could be presented IN the American
Wav. Mr.. Rapee was called 10 take
charge of its music. But IN 1921
when Mr.. Rothafel built the faou-
lous Roxy Theater. Mr. Rapee was
called back to the United States
to oper il. And when Rockefeller
Center was opened TO the public IN
1882. it was almost inevitable tnat
Mr.. Rapee should be named general
musical director and first conouc-
tor of that vast place called the
Radio City Music Hall. He sui
holds this post.
In addition TO his work IN the
motion picture theaters. Mr.. Rapee
has been general musical director
for the National Broadcastng Co
and of various commercial raolo
prozrams Tin addition to his Music
Hall on the Air" which is now in
its ninth vear. guest conductor OF
the Berlin Philharmonic the Buda-
pest Philharmonic. the Philadelphia.
Chicago. Cincinnati, Cleveland. Los
Angeles. Minneapolis. San Francis
co and St Louis Symphony Or
chestras. and founder and conduc-
Tor of the Essex County Symphony
Society.
Under Mr.. Rapee's direction, the
National SYMPHONY Orchestra Will
play tomorrow night Beethoven S
"Leonore" Overture No. 8. the
Brahms Second Symphony.
Strauss Overture to Die Fielder
maus." three Bohemian Dances by
Smetana transcribed for orchestra
by Harold ByrnsI. Oebussys The
Afternoon of Faun.' and Enesco' S
"Roumanian Rhapsody No. l.
Since his appearance on the open
ing Water Gate concert four. weeks
ago. DR.. Kinder has been making
series of guest apprenticeship
the Toronto Promenade symphony
on july 10 and with the n. B. C.
Summer Symphony over the coast
to coast Blue network on July l9
and 26. His success with the Toron-
to Symphony was so great that ne
was Immediately re-engaged for two
additional guest conducting assign
ments with that organization in
September. Under his direction
Thursday night. the National SYM
phony will play overture to Glinka S
Russian and Ludmilla.' wedding
procession from Mozart S The Mar
riage of Figaro" Dr.. Kindlers ar
rangement of Frescobaldis Toe
cata." Scriabin 'Etude, arranged
by LaSalle Spier: excerpts from
Boris Godounoy, arranged by DR.
Kinder. and Relationships Fourth
Symphony in F Minor"
Dancers Experienced.
The three attractive members OF
the Stroganova-V olkova -Dokoudov-
sky Ballet have a wealth of expert
ence despite their youth. Nina
Stroganova, Russian in name. Amer
lean by adoption, is actually Danish
Born Rigmor Strom she was first
a pupil. later ballerina of the Danish
ROYAL Ballet in Copenhagen. After
several years in Paris with Preobra
jenSkaya. she joined the Ballet
Russo of the Opera Comique as
prima ballerina and danced with
that company in France. Germany
and Italy before joining the MOrd-
kin Ballet in America. Returning
TO Europe for the season. she was
a soloist with the new Ballet Russo
de Monte Carlo lit was Leonide
MaSsine. artistic director of the
company. who gave her her Russian
name) on the Continent and at
Drury Lane in London. Back in this
country. she was one of the bal
lerinas and original members of the
Ballet Theater at its opening two
seasons ago at the mammoth Center
Theater.
Vladimir Dokoudovsky who is
Miss Stroganova' partner in this
appearance. was her partner on var
iouS tours of Europe They met in
Paris where Stroganova had come to
take advanced work under the great
old Russian ballerina and maker of
stars. Preobrajenska. who is Dokou-
dovsky's aunt. Dokoudovsky has
danced with the Monte Carlo Bal
let Russo in London. as first dancer
with the Polish Ballet at its incep-
ton under Bronislava Niiinska. and
in this country with the Mordkin
Ballet and, last summer, with the
St. Louis Municipal Opera
Lila Volkova. young nallerina of
the Metropolitan, made her stage
debut IN Chicago when she was
three. While still a youngster,
star pupil in the Pavley Oukrainsky
school. she danced before Queen