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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-13
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Evening star., 1941-03-23
Mass Singing
Of Anthems
TOB Be Given
Choral Art Society
In Program at
Foundry Event

On Wednesday evening the Choral
Art Society of Boston University,
under the direction of Prof. H.
Augustine Smith, will give a con-
cert at Foundry Methodist Church,
18th and P streets NV, at s pm
The closing feature of the program
will be the mass singing of four
great anthems by several leading
Washington choirs, including the
A Cappela Choir of the First Con-
gregational Church, Ruby Smith
Stahl, leader; the Mount Vernon
Place Choir, Dean Shure, direc-
tor; the National City Christian
Church Choir, William Braithwaite,
director; the Covenant Presby-
terian Church Choir, William
Schaeffer. director; the Washing
ton Missionary College Glee Clubs,
Prof. George w. Greer, director;
the Anacostia Methodist Church
Choir, George F. Ross, director, and
several others. including. of course,
the Foundry Choir and the Choral
Art Society.
The mass singing will be broadcast
and recorded by Station WINK. All
Washington choirmasters and Choir
lsters are invited to attend the re-
hearsal of the mass choirs at S
pm. to 6 pm. on the day of the
concert. The numbers to be sung
are Bless the Lord, Oh My Soul" 4"
by Evanoff; the Gloria" (from
Twelfth Mass'D, by Mozart; I'm
fold, Ye Portals" (from "Redemp-
tion'), by Gounod, and the Halle
luiah" chorus drom The Messiah"D j,
by Handel.
Evening star., 1941-03-23
Arts Club Sponsors
Recital by Tenor

On Tuesday evening the Arts
Club of Washington will present Jo-
seph Florestano, well-known young
tenor, in recital, with Dorothy
Radde Emery at the piano. Mr..
Florestano has studied opera in Bal
tlmore and New York, and has an
peared in several operatic perform
ances.
Several years ago, in Baltimore
ne won contest sponsored by Grace
Moore, which awarded him q
scholarship at the Peabody Con-
servatory. At the present time Mr..
Florestano is continuing his studies
in Baltimore, is teaching voice, and
IS the tenor soloist at St. Johns
Church, Lafayette Square. His pro-
gram on Tuesday evening will con-
slst of compositions by Durante.
Handel, Duparc, Debussy, Respighi,
Cimara, Harden Church, Richard
Hagemann and Mrs. H. H. A. Beach.
Evening star., 1941-03-23
Spring Concert
Bv SOmers Club

The 14th annual spring concert
of the Elizabeth Somers Glee Club
| of the Young Women's Christian
Association will be presented Sat-
urday evening in Barker Hall, Y.
w. C. A, at $50 under the direction
of Mary Burnett, with Edith Dawson
at the piano.
The club, organized at the old
Elizabeth Somers Y. w. c. A. resi-
dence in 1926, now consists of As
young business women living in
Washington.
A varied assortment of musical
presentations will be offered, with
several special features. Muriel Abb
bott Marshall, violinist in Washing
ton, will play several solo numbers,
in addition to supplying the violin
obbligato to two glee club members.
Mrs. Marshall has been a concert
violinist and soloist with the Cleve-
land Symphony Orchestra. She has
taught at the Philadelphia Music
School Settlement. Mrs. Marshall
graduated from the Geneva Con-
servatory of Music, Geneva, Switzer-
land, and now has a scholarship at
Peabody Institute in Baltimore.
The Finnish Dancers, a group of
girls of Finnish descent, will also
add special feature to the pro-
gram by giving various folk dances
of their native country in costume
The Finnish Dancers are keeping
alive the folk dances of their native
land and perform under the direc-
ton of Velma Niskanen. The pub
lie is invited to attend.
Evening star., 1941-03-23
i. S. Work
To Be Sung
AS Oratorio

The celebrated American oratorio,
"Hora Novissima," by Horatio
Parker, will be sung this afternoon
at o'clock by the choir of Hamline
Methodist Church, Sixteenth and
Allison streets NV. This choir of
so voices will be under the direction
of John H. Marville and the accom-
paniment will be played by Lyman
S. McCreary. The soloists will be
Ethel Stickles, soprano; Mabel Flehr,
contralto; John Murphy, tenor;
Thomas M. Leef and Mr.. Marville,
baSSes. The oratorio will be sung in
English.
The oratorio is justly considered
the greatest choral work by an
American composer and is the only
one to have a place in the repertoire
of the great choral societies of
Europe, being accorded a ranking
with that of the Messiah" and
Elijah" the Creation" and other
recognized 0ratorios.
1t is not often that the opportunity
to hear this work occurs. 1t is being
given as a part Of the 18th ami
versary celebration of the founding
of Hamline Methodist Church, and
Is free to the public, which is invited
to be present.
Evening star., 1941-03-23
Bach Given
1nCOnCert
For Teachers

Mrs. Edwin B. Parker is extend
ing the hospitality of her home at
2001 Twenty-fourth street NV. to
the Washington Music Teachers
Association, Inc, tomorrow evening
at $3.50 o'clock, when the Washing
ton Composers Club and assisting
artists will present a program OF
chamber music
Bach's prelude and fugue on the
choral "Wachet auf, ruff uns die
Stimme," arranged for two pianos
by Parker Bailey, will be played
by the latter and Margaret Tolson.
Kay Rickert, violinist, with Helen
McGraw at the piano, will be heard
in Mary HoWe's Sonata" Conrad
Bernier will be featured in his
Petit Capiens" suite for two pianos
with Emerson Meyers, while Doro-
thy Radde Emery, Elsa Raner and
John Alden Finkel will join forces
in the presentation of Mrs. Emery S
Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello"
There will be choral numbers also
by the Mount Vernon Madrigal
Singers, composed by R. Deane
Shure, Ancient Hymn" and Red
River in the Night; Sonata in
One Movement" by Emerson Mey-
ers, presented by him and George
Wargo, violist.
Evening star., 1941-03-23
Review of Recordings

the recording of the composers
Third Symphony" one is aware that
IN order to establish its potentiali-
ties, quite few gaps should be filed
through interpretative means.
How different by contrast are the
methods of Johannes Brahms. whose
B Flat Major Concerto No. 2" for
piano has been recorded by Vladimir
Horowitz and released also by VIC
tor. How compact and masterful his
craftsmanship. Large or small, his
compositions always bear the stamp
OF perfection and concord with his
intentions. His interpreters have
only to concentrate on three objec-
tlves. To grasp him emotionally and
Intellectually, to bring out what is
written and to have the power and
adequate technique to do him JUS
tlce. 1t seems simple, but how many
can do it?
All this and more we find in Horo-
witz' performance of the concerto.
He is assisted by no less a person.
age than his august father-in-law,
Arturo ToScanlni, and the N. B. C.
Orchestra, which has the reputation
OF being made up of ranking artists.
The soloist sweeps across the key
board in a united effort with 30
many players who are assigned by
the composer an equally important
part In the presentation. Jointly
they thunder magnificently in
strength and effect and pay homage
to the viril personality of Brahms
whose presence is omnipotent. Re-
lieved here and there by a graceful
passage, and the beautiful and ex-
preSSive "Andante," this brilliant
piece of music defies description.
One may hear it scores of times and
still detect new sources of enjoy
ment.
Another recording of Beethoven's
Sixth and last Quartet" of the
"Op. l8" set, played by the Coolidge
ensemble, completes at this time
earlier versions of that opus
IN disc form. When hearing this
presentation, one may be grateful
that nature was careful not to create
two men alike and provided so many
lndlVldual groups which can con-
| tribute to our pleasure each in its
own way. Due to that, familiar
music sounds different every time
we hear 1t and the Coolidge Quartet
is doing its bit toward an individual
presentation.
Evening star., 1941-03-23
Bach Work Offered
Bv Philadelphians

1t seems most appropriate that the
work to be featured in the extra
spring concert to be given at Con-
stitution Hall Tuesday, April 8, by
the Philadelphia Orchestra, will be
Johann Sebastian Bach's inspired
work, 1.-The Passion According to St
Matthew" for that Tuesday is the
Tuesday of Holy Week.
Leopold Stokowski. whose increas-
ing activities in Hollywood and with
the Youth Orchestra have motivated
his resignation as a regular con-
ductor of the Philadelphia Orches-
ira, will conduct this special concert
The vocal score will be sung by the
famous Westminster Choir, an
American organization that had its
birth humbly in little church in
Dayton, Ohio, during the 20s, and
which has become an outstanding
factor in American music life. AL
ready a major proportion of the
seats have been reserved or sold for
this extra concert.
Evening star., 1941-03-23
Concert Schedule

lOuay.
National Symphony Orches-
ira, DR.. Hans Kinder, conduc-
tor; Percy Granger, pianist,
soloist; Constitution Hall, 4 pm.
Parker's "Hora Novissima,"
Hamline Church choir, John
H. Marville, director; Hamline
| Methodist Church, S pm.
Sunday Music Hous, Margret-
ia Ecklof. soprano; Rae Alice
Elmer, pianist; Y. w. C. A.,
5 pm.
E. William Bracket, organ
recital, Howard University,
pm.
Donald Gillett, organ recital;
| Mrs. Henry T. Parret. soprano,
assisting; All-Souls' Church, 5
pm.
Georgetown University Glee
Club, DR.. Edward P. Donovan,
director; CASTOR Hall, $3.50 pm.
Washington Music Teachers
Association meeting, soloists,
2001 Twenty-fourth street, $50
pm.
Bernard Milofsky, viola re-
cital, Jewish Community Gen.
| ter, 8:45 pm.
Evening with the Victrola,"
Public Library, Eighth and K
streets NV, 7:30 pm.
Tuesday.
Department of Agriculture
Orchestra, DR., Walter Bauer,
conductor; Symphonic Choir,
Newcomb Bethesda Singers,
Ruth L. Morgan, director;
Marie Favre, soprano; David
Manley, tenor; Glenn Carow,
pianist, soloist; Federal Audi
torium, $3.50 pm.
Joseph Florestano, tenor, song
recital, Arts Club, evening.
Madrigal Singers, Mrs. John
Milton Sylvester, director, Y.
w. C. A, 8:15 pm.
Navy Band Symphony Or
chestra, Christine Charnstorm,
pianist, soloist, Marine Corps
Auditorium, 8:15 pm.
Army Band, Army War Col
lege, 2::30 pm.
Soldiers Home Band Orches-
ira, Stanley Hall, $50 pm.
Wednesday.
Boston University Choral Art
Society, H. Augustine Smith,
director, local choirs assisting,
Foundry Methodist Church, 8
pm.
Marine Band Symphony Or
chestra, Marine Barracks, 8:15
pm.
George Washington University
Glee Clubs, DR.. Robert H. Har-
mon, director; University of
Maryland Glee Clubs, Harlan
Randall, director; Memorial
Continental Hall, 8:15 pm.
Thursday.
Marine Band, Marine Bar
racks, 2::30 pm.
Soldiers Home Band Orches-
ira, Stanley Hall, $50 pm.
Friday.
Friday Morning Music Club,
Ethel Garrett Kaspar, pianist;
|. Helen Turley, contralto; Phillip
Galway, tuba; Barker Hall,
11:30 am.
Nancy Poore, organ recital,
Mary Russell Williams, soprano,
assisting; Georgetown Presby-
terian Church, pm.
Saturday.
Budapest String Quartet,
Library of Congress, 2:15 pm.
Elizabeth Somers Glee Club,
Mary Burnett, director; Muriel
Abbott Marshall, violinist, as
sisting; Barker Hall, $3.50 pm.
Army Band. Army War Col
lege, 1880 am.
Soldiers Home Band Orches-
ira, Stanley Hall. $50 pm.
Evening star., 1941-03-23
Recordings of Popular Music

1t does. Speaking of speciality num-
bers, Planists Don Lambert and Art
Tatum, the styles of whom are not
dlssimilar. present separately and
respectively, "Elegie" and "Anitras
Dance Rosetta" and Begin the
Beguine." Note the breath-taking
speed and, at the same time, clarity
OF these performances.
Decca's latest album tribute to
bandmen focuses on Jimmy Lunce-
ford. Entitled For Dancers Only"
the set is comprised of six discs of
assorted vintage, dating from 1895
through 1888, and the selections live
up admirably to the group heading:
They're all samples of Lunceford in
a quiet dancing mood. You will
hear even volatile piece like "Hell's
Bells" scaled down to respectfully
danceable proportions, to say moth
ing of 'Margie," Sweet Sue"
"Charmaine" and 'Posin'": and, at
the same time, there are such soloists
as Willie Smith, and the arrange
ments of Sy Oliver to make things
interesting all the way for just plain
listeners.
Caribbean Cruise.
We journey now across the broad,
blue expanse of the Caribbean Sea,
where, amid the beautiful riot of
tropical color, we may perchance
detect the riot of the sentimental
ballads of the calypso. In all
probability this will be Wilmoth
Houdini relating to his loved ones
his experiences in Harlem, as now
recorded by Decca on three discs.
Wilmoth has a sensitive soul, coupled
with keen insight to human ma
ture. He also has an extraordinary
ability to express himself in song.
Thus, the Decca set which places
on the record Mr.. Houdini's re-
actions in their entirety to the
Harlem way bids fair to take its
place among the classics of calypso
literature. Especially savory are
the tales of Harlem Alley Cats" and
Harlem Night Life"
Other recommended musical ports
of call: Enric Madriguera's languid
scoring of Dominguez's bolero "Un
Momento" and a spirited rumba
called "Un, Dos, Tres. Un Dos;
Leo Reisman's beautiful job on the
new rumba "Flamingos and Moon
light" and a hit song from Pal
joey" "Bewitched"; Mitchell's
Ayres' spicy novelty. " Came, I
Saw, I Consa'd."
Evening star., 1941-03-23
Symphonic
Ode by Local
Composer
Uniforms Take
High Rank in
Latin Event

The first of a series of symphony
concerts for the special benefit of
the man in uniform" as we'll as the
civilian defense worker, but also
open to the public in general, which
are being sponsored jointly by nom
commercial and amateur orchestral
organizations of the city and the
Government Employees Services
Committee of the District of Co.
lumbia National Defense Council,
features a symphonic ode by the
Washington-born composer, Henry
Clough-Leighter. entitled The
Christ of the Andes" and written
for eight-part mixed chorus, solo
voices and orchestra.
As this work of an American COM
poser is really hymn of praise OF
the colossal statue of Christ that
has been erected high on the summit
of the Andes Mountains between
Chile and Argentina, to signify eter-
nal peace between the two nations
it is attracting considerable interest
from the viewpoint of cultural rela-
tions with Latin America. 1t will
be performed under the direction OF
DR.. Walter Bauer by the orchestra
and the symphonic choir of the De-
partment of Agriculture, with the
cooperation of the NeWcomb-Be-
thesda Community Singers, the two
choral groups having been prepared
by Ruth L. Morgan. Marie Favre
and David Manley will be the So
prano and tenor SoloiStS.
Another feature of the program is
rarely heard "Rondo Brillante, y
for piano and orchestra, by Men
delssohn. Glenn Carow, the we'll
known Washington pianist, will be
the soloist.
In addition, orchestra and choir
offer "Meistersinger," prelude by
Richard Wagner, and the secular
cantata, Song of Man" by
the American composer, Richard
Kountz, in which the alto and bari
tone soil will be sung by Carol
Reents and Robert Campbell.
The concert will take place on
Tuesday at $3.50 pm. in the Federal
Auditorium Constitution avenue
between Twelfth and Fourteenth
Streets. AS usual, the public is in
vited. There is no admission charge,
nor are tickets required.
Evening star., 1941-03-23

mask5 for the tenderness, the poetry
and the nobility of their real selves.
In way these men were or, in
the case of Sibelius, are egoists
feeling that what they thought and
the ends toward which they worked
were of supreme Importance. Few
instances exist where any special
bid for public favor was made in
their composing. They desired fame
but would not condescend to seek
for it. In no way would they sac
riflce what their whole being told
them was right for the sake of the
worlds immediate acclaim. They
fought for their convictions and
were answering in their belief in
the value of what they thought.
Music study for them was un-
ending. They had the urge to
further its progress and to this end
devoted their lives. No amount of
censure, of popular trends or per-
sonal likes and dislikes could in
f1uence them in the slightest They
did what their genius dictated,
whether the public of their day
cared for it or not. Although each
of these composers is thronghly
original, they have not sought for
originality on any other basis than
logic. Whenever they changed
style or mode of harmonization, it
was with reason backed by proof.
1t was never pure experimentation.
Few of Real Worth.
The regret is often expressed these
days that so few composers of real
worth are Forthcoming. There are
many before the public. yet in the
most generous estimate of their
ability there is always some reser-
vatlon. The musical public has
been educated on the works of men
like the three who will be honored
next week, and whether it realizes it
or not, its standards are set by the
greatness and the depth that the
peculiar and individual character
OF these composers possessed. 1t
would seem in the last analysis
that immortality in musical COM
position is to be attained only by
the super-fine cultivation of the
inner life. This quality will appeal
to all the world no matter how
changes may come or what new
fashions may develop.
Evening star., 1941-03-23
Glee Club Concert

The Georgetown University Glee
Club will present its 21st annual
mi-careme concert under the di-
rection of DR.. Edward P. Donovan
this evening at $50 o'clock in
CASTOR Hall on the campus.
The program is a varied one,
ranging from the liturgical music
of Da Vittoris to the popular COM
positions of Victor Herbert, George
M. Cohan and Sigmund Romberg.
Assisting the Glee Club are James
F. x. O'Rourke, tenor, and Thomas
j. Dee, violinlst.
Tonight's concert is a strictly
invitation affair, the guests of honor
being the president of the uni
| versity, the Very Rev. Arthur A.
OLeary, S. j.. and the heads of
the various departments. The mi
careme concert is the climax of
the local appearances of the club
which has already sung before many
of the schools and organizations
In the District
Evening star., 1941-03-23

SOlCcl W III VI lLllllOl, III WIllCll'
Mr.. Granger will be heard as solo,
ist The program will open with
William Howard Schuman's Amer
lean Festival Overture" which re-
ceived its first Washington perform
ance on the National Symphony's
opening concert last fall and was
recorded shortly afterwards, and
will continue with DR.. Kindler's ar
rangement of Arcangelo Corelli's
Suite" Sarabanda," "Giga" and
"Badinerie'D The major offering
will be Tchaikovsky's Third SYM
phony In D major" a work which
DR.. Kinder also introduced to
Washington and which was recorded
for the first time in America by the
National Symphony. The recorded
version of the little-known Third
dnappropriately subtitled the "Po-
lish'D has just been released by Vic
tor.
Popular Player Here.
Mr.. Granger is one of the fav-
orite pianists of Washington audi
ences. Born in Australia, Granger
had earned enough money through
his recital appearances by the time
he was II to go with his mother to
Germany for further musical
studies. BY 1907 he had been called
a genius and haf
orite pianist of Edward Grieg-the
only pianist to perform Grieg's
works to the complete satisfaction OF
the Norwegian composer-but it was
not until 1915 that he made his
American debut. Three years later
he became a United States citizen
and has been one of the country,s
best beloved artists ever since. AS q
composer, Granger is the author of
such perennial best sellers as "Coun-
try Gardens" Molly on the Shore. "
Evening star., 1941-03-23
Library Concert
By Budapest Group

The fifth concert of chamber mu-
sic, in the current series being spon-
sored by the Gertrude Clarke Whit
tall Foundation in the Library OF
Congress, will be given on Saturday
afternoon.
The Budapest String Quartet will
present this program in the Cool
idge Auditorium of the library:
Beethoven's Quartet in D Major
Opus 18, No. 81; Haydn's Quartet
in D Major, Opus rs, No. 81; Sme-
tana, quartet in E Minor (Aus
meinem Leben)."
The concert will begin at 2:15 pm.
with the last two compositions being
broadcast (3-3:55 pm, Eastern
standard time) by Station WJSV
and the network of the Columbia
Broadcasting System.
Evening star., 1941-03-23

Irish Tune From County Derry"
and shepherds Hey"
Washington's first Beethoven
Brahms -Sibelius festival-in cele-
bration of the completion of the
National Symphony Orchestras 10th
anniversary year-will open a week
from today and complete programs
for the three concerts comprising
the festival were announced this
week by Hans Kinder.
Concert Dates.
The three concerts will be given
In Constitution Hall on Sunday.
March 80, at pm; on Monday,
March 81, at 8:45 pm, and on
Wednesday, April 2, at 8:45 pm.
Soloists will be Antonio Brosa, emf
nent Spanish violinist; Raya Gar
bouSova, Russian cellist, and Ania
Dorfmann, pianist and only woman
lnStrumentalist ever to appear with
Toscanini and the N. B. c. Sym-
phony Orchestra. The George
Washington University Chorus will
also appear on the final concert.
Four works will be given their
Washington premieres during the
feStival-Beethoven's Overture to
Namensfeier," the Sibelius Violin
Concerto in D Minor" the Sibelius
symphonic poem, "Pohjola's Daugh-
and the Brahms Double Con-
certo N. Minor for Violin, Cello
and Orchestra.
Since this year marA he 18th an
nlversary of the birth of Si..,'',s. DR..
Kinder has given the lions share O.,
the programs to the Finnish COM
poser. However, each of the three
masters of the symphonic form will
be represented on the festival by one
or more of his major works and every
program will contain compositions
tr all three composers.
Evening star., 1941-03-23
BY Elena de Sapn.

A clean-cut and polished perform
ance of TSchaikowsky's Third SYM
phony in D Major" by Washington s
own orchestra, the National SYM
phony, under DR.. Hans Kinder, is
sued by Victor Co., is only the Sec
ond release of several pending by
that organization.
1t must give DR.. Kinder a great
deal of satisfaction to feel that he
alone is responsible for the degree of
orchestral proficiency achieved by
his players, also, that it was he who
was the first to implant artistic
standards, while working against
odds. 1t is with local pride, there
fore, that we may point to the per-
formance as whole and to those
charming bits in the fourth move
ment, which show skill and precision
in the violins and flutes, to the
smoothness of the brass section and
to other individual groups, promi-
nent in turn. From a mechanical
point Of view, the recording is ad-
mirable. 1t brings out the salient
qualities of the ensemble.
This work has less of the COM
poser's personality, as we know him
Whether he was still reaching out
for the idiom he later made his own
or whether he failed in his greater
objective will never be known. He
possibly intended to consolidate in
a musical form the then pervadine
elements within the Russian Empire
the Russian, German and Polish
because of his subtitles. The fact
remains, however, that in this sym.
phony much is left to the imagina'
ton of his interpreters.
TSchaikowsky does not speak 8
universal language, and unless hi!
scores are carefully edited by per.
formers, with respect to meaning
they are not overly impressive. HI
attempted musical landscaping, por.
trayals of national life in the sixties
folklore; tried to depict relations Of
gentry to the peasanty, the manner
of merry-making of both and his
individual reactions to the inner anC
outer life. Not everything he wrote
was all-around successful in this re-
spect. AS we know, he himself &C.
knowledges his "Pathetique SYM
phony" as being his best, being con-
vinced that in this he had fully sue
ceeded to quote in musical terms
what he had in mind. Listening tc