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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-25
Review of Recordings

Russian music or Wagner's show
manShip seem to have an affinity
with the conductors own per-
sonality, but when it comes to per-
forming Brahms or Mozart, Mr.. Sto-
kowski does not meet the test. His
style, in which calculated effect is
always uppermoSt, lacks depth, a
constituent part of Brahms, and
delicacy, a counterpart of Mozart's
music
In the Brahms symphony one is
disturbed by a lack of sincerity and
of beauty of line, by sharpness OF
sound and a strong vibration of
plates which often seem 10 be on
the point of bursting. Unbalanced
by a heavy bass and with promi-
nence given to wind instruments,
a shortage of violins is very notice.
able. Mr.. StokoWSki has not nearly
enough violins to justify the pc
culiaritieS of the Orchestra's seat
ing arrangement. 1t is interesting
also to compare Mr.. StokoWski's
presentation of Beethoven's over
lure, WHICH appears on IAe reverse
side of the last symphony disc, to
the mellow and seasoned perform
ance OF the Vienna Philharmonic
under Rose winch was issued by
Victor several years ago.
AS to MoZart's "Sinfonia Con-
certante in E Flat Major * app
No. 81" in Victor recording made
by the Philadelphia veteran Or
cheStra under Mr.. Stokowski, the
execution lacks that daintineSS with
which Mozarts music is usually
treated. Written in the form of a
concerto for four wind instruments,
the soloists in the recordings are
members of the Philadelphia Or
chestra: Marcel Tabuteau, oboe;
Bernard Portnoy, clarinet; Sol
Schoenbach, bassoon, and Mason
Jones. horn. who stand out in their
respective lines.
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Elsie
Tossing With
Brazilian Soprano
Will Be SOloist
On June %

Two attractions of unusual in
terest have been added to the
schedule of the National Symphony
Orchestra's sunset symphonies Sc
ries at the Potomac Water Gate,
opening Sunday evening, June %,
under the general musical direction
of Conductor Hans Kinder.
In keeping with the rapidly in
creasing interest in the artistic
creations of our neighbors to the
south, the concert of Thursday,
July "a, will be devoted to a pro.
gram of South American music.
This concert will mark the Wash
ington> debut of the Brazilian So
appear as Sol0iSt with the National
Symphony, which, on this occasion.
will be under the guest direction of
Burle Marx, conductor of the Rio
de Janeiro Philharmonic Orchestra.
For the preceding Monday eve
ming, July 81, DR.. Kinder has sched-
uled AN Evening at the Opera"
q E1l GAO4l ny I'LL &C JOAA45
operate singers-Virginia johnson,
soprano; William Hahn, tenor, and
AbraSha Robofsky, baritone who
will give, in costume, some Of the
more famous scenes from grand
opera to the full accompaniment
of the National Symphony.
South American Songs.
Miss Houston has sung South
American songs, in both Paris and
New York, in supper clubs as well
as in concert halls. Although she
has since drawn superlative reviews
for her appearances with the New
York Philharmonic and other SYM
phony orchestras and for her Town
Hall reCitalS, it was in the smart
little club called LIE Ruban Bleu, on
New York's East Fifty-sixth street,
that North Americans were intro
duced to her voodoo and other folk
lore songs. Mr.. Marx, who has ap-
peared at the Water Gate twice
before, is not only friend Of South
Americas greatest composer, Villa
Lobos whose work undoubtedly will
be included on the Houston-Marx
program, but brought about almost
single-handed the recognition Of
the Brazilian composer in this
country.
Two of the singers in IAN Eve
ming at the Opera Miss johnson
and Mr.. Robofsky-have been heard
with the National Symphony be-
fore. Miss johnson made her Water
Gate debut on the occasion of Mr..
Marks most recent appearance, in
1888, when she sang the solo part
of one of Villa-Lobos' "Bachianas
Brasileiras." In addition to solo en-
gagements with symphony orches-
tras, she has sung several leading
lyric roles with the Cincinnati Zoo
opera Co. and with the Rochester
Civic Opera.
Mr.. RobOfsky Well Known.
Mr.. Robofsky's baritone is well
known in Washington. Mr. Hahn,
the only one of the three who has
never before appeared with the
National Symphony, has sung with
most of the other major orchestras
OF this country, including the Phil
harmonic, the Boston, the Pitts
burgh. the Cleveland. the Cincin-
natl, the Rochester and the Detroit.
He has sung grand opera, light
opera and musical comedy; has
made extensive concert tours. has
appeared in various radio shows
and has sung AT the Worcester and
Berkshire Festivals, and, in oratorio,
with the Schola Cantorum and the
Oratorio Society of New York.
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By Elena de Sayn.

A new Columbia release features
the All American Youth Orchestra
and its mentor. Leopold Stokowski
in two sets of discs containing con-
cert excerpts from Stravinsky S
"Firebird," ShoStakoWich-S tokoW-
skis Prelude" Brahms Symphony
in E Flat Major. No. 4" anG
Beethoven's Overture Ruins OF
Athens.
The famous Russian epic set to
music by Stravinsky, depicting ad-
ventures into the kingdom of evil,
is built around a favorite charac-
ter in old Russian folklore, Ivanush-
ka-the- Simpleton, youngest of three
brothers, who, favored by elements
of nature and other circumstances,
always manages to succeed to rank
and wealth ahead of his clever
kin.
The music is graphic in its de-
scription of the fantastic, the gist
of which, on the whole, is brought
out we'll by Mr.. SUokowski. The
"Supplication of the Firebird" scene
has many colorful incidents in the
orchestration such as. for instance
Shrieks of terror on the part of the
firebird when caught by Ivan in
the act of stealing golden apples
in Kastchei's garden. The birds
exotic dance and Gar Kastchei's
grotesque one are interesting in
Mr.. Stokowski's presentation. The
simple lullaby, the "Berceuse," to
the tune of which the enchanted
princess sweetly slumbers, lacks ma
tional flavor and is pallid by con-
trast. The orchestra follows the
dictates of Mr.. Stokowski's will with
an admirable obedience.
The listener will find Shostako-
wich's gruesome and somber prelude
on the reverse side of the last disc
The make believe world of modern
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Piano and Violin
Pupils Plan Recital

The Won Unschuld University of
Music will present, in a recital at
BIS pm. Wednesday at the Women S
City Club, piano pupils of Nine.
Marie Won Unschuld and violin
pupils of Mr.. Van HulSteyn. Some
graduates will participate in the
program, which will include COM
positions by Beethoven, Bach, Grieg
Hubay, Rubinoff, Saint-Saens, Field,
Dittersdorf, Mcdowell and List.
Invitations can be obtained at the
office of the University of Music,
1648 Columbia road NV.
Those who will be heard include,
Virginia Hodge, Betty Marie Miller,
Laurette Martin Ritcher, Mrs.
Thomas North, Katherine Reilly,
Maxine Northrup, Jean Jacques
Thomas, Toni Wanat and Humphrey
Kern.
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Display of District Unit to
Remain Until Mid>June

vealed her in some very ungainly
but hfelike postures. One suspects
she caught sight of a dandelion in
her velvety lawn and went after it
without thinking of her appearance.
Spring is implied in one of the
ceramic figures, man on park
bench, by Mary Early. One can see
his prototype in Lafayette Square
any fine day, with his bold head,
blue serge suit, red shirt, tie askew,
arms stretched out along the back
of the bench and a friendly pigeon
on his shoulder.
How varied a familiar scene can
appear through different artists
eyes is obvious in three transcript
lions of Pennsylvania Avenue
NV" painted from a point near
the Treasury and showing the Capt.
tol in the distance by Robert AIDES,
Dante Radice and Nelson Rosen-
berg. The last artists water color
is the most faithful likeness. Carl
Nyquist usually can be counted upon
for an excellent contribution. His
Georgetown Water Front" in this
exhibition presents a familiar group
of industrial buildings but so well
done in their fresh colors beneath
sunny sky with reflections in the
water that the ordinary scene Is q
thing of beauty.
CeramistS in the District of Co.
lumbia Art Unit have the use of a
kiln in the basement of the w. P A.
Federal Art Project Galleries. Be-
sides the Man on a Park Bench"
there are 10 other works in glazed
pottery. A lapis blue ash tray with
an engaging little brown bear on
its rim, by Richard Flesh, will be
desired by smokers; in addition to
its attractive appearance it is large
and heavy enough not to be easily
overturned. Frank Imrey's notified
brown horse is naturalistic but
sturdy on its legs. In addition to
paintings already mentioned, Cor
nelia Yuditsky shows a large dec
orative platter in warm blue with
agricultural motifs In orange and
brown.
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. In Local Music Circles

The annual spring concert of the
Washington Jewish Folk Chorus
will be held this evening at $3.50
pm. at Pierce Hall, Fifteenth and
Harvard streets NV. The Jewish
Folk Chorus is we'll know to WASH
ington audiences through its recent
broadcasts over Station WINK I'M
der the leadership of Mendy Shain.
The chorus will present excerpts
from the oratorio "Zwei Bruder"
1.-TWO Brothers. by j. L. Peretz set
to music by J. Shaeffer. The solo
portion will be sung by Make Shain.
The piano accompaniment through
out the program will be by Frances
| Berkman.
Supplementing the program are
| Robert Breeskin, well-known violin
ist, presenting a varied group of
classical selections, and Sonya Katz
| in group of recitationS and mono
logues.
Felian GarZia will present Esther
Silver in piano recital this evening
at BIS at his residence studio, 1881
Jefferson place NV.
| John Henry Marville will present
Halle Mae Reed, coloratura soprano,
in recital, assisted by George Irving
! Chandler, tenor. at the Washington
Club, 1910 Seventeenth street, to-
morrow evening at $50.
Jean McCandlish, student and as
sistant instructor in the Camille
! AllensWorth School of Music. will
be presented by Felian Garzia in a
piano recital. on Wednesday evening
in the Arts Club auditorium at 8:l5
pm.
The Southwestern Branch of the
Public Library, Seventh and H
streets NV, is presenting a con-
cert of victrola music tomorrow at
7:30 pm. when the following pro-
gram will be given: Strass' Wine,
Women and Song Waltz" Grieg's
Concerto in A Minor" Beeth-
ovens ''Fidelio: AbScheulicher wo
eilst du him" Sibelius' "Finlandia,"
Schuberts Ave Maria, "Aufenhalt"
and Unfinished Symphony"
Juliet Frost was presented yes
terday in the second of a series of
spring recitals at the Jonquil street
piano studio of her mother, Mabel
Frost. Guest artists on the pro-
gram were her sister, Jean Frost,
pianist, and Marjorie Reed, soprano.
DR.. Edwin N. C. Barnes, head
of the department of music of the
Washington public schools, was ex-
tended the honor of an invitation to
be a part of the procession partici-
pating in the unwilling of the bust
of Stephen Foster, Americas folk
song writer, in the Hall Of Fame in
New York City Tuesday. Stephen
Collins Foster is the first musician
to be accorded admission to this dis
tinguished company.
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to be placed, but the instructions
seem not to have registered, the
theology throughout taking the
form Of soldiers on parade, warriors
rushing into combat, horsemen gal
Looping to battle or triumphantly
returning, and the like, very COM
monplace and lamely expressed.
In one instance there was excep-
ton. A soldier was shown standing
with arms outStretched guarding or
defending women, children, future
citizens, and the home. The arms
were of exaggerated length, but
there was thought expressed
worth remembering, and the mod
cling was done with SenSitivenesS
as we'll as care. Here and there
were other nice bits of modelling,
giving promise but properly ruled
out by immaturity of expression.
Competitions such as this should
not only encourage young artists, but
| materially raise the standard of the
art of sculpture in this country. This
can only be done, however, by dis
eliminating choice, patronage which
carries with it conviction of merit.
Effort must be stimulated by the
upholding of high standards which
will serve in the future, as in the
past, as examples of that which is
best. In the field of sculpture, when
1t comes to acquisition, this is par
ticularly important, as mistakes are
almost imperiShable. Through our
art of today, we are helping to build
better America of tomorrow We
cannot afford to stumble. 1t is not
quantity which will tell the tale of
our contemporary culture, but quail
ity-and of quality, alas, we now
hear so little! Let the word be
written large
With reference to the relief panel,
the jury had the following to say:
This relief falls into a harmonious
scale, and the image seen through
the columns is seen in one scale.
There is a continuity of pattern.
The forms are expressed in a calm
and quiet way. suitable to the loca-
ton on the building. The symbolism
is good in alternating the peaceful
pursuits in contrast to the symbols
of war in the sculpture below" This
panel, which will be 81 feet above
the entrance pavement, will be 81
feet long and II feet inches high.
At the same time that the models
submitted in the War Department
sculpture competition were shown,
the winning design for the large
mural, so feet long by II feet high,
to be placed on the west wall of the
War Department lobby facing the
entrance doors, was to be seen. It
is the work of Kindred McLeary,
mural painter and instructor in
architecture at the Carnegie Insti-
tute of Technology, Pittsburgh, and
is a very interesting and suitable
design. At either end are seen
groups of soldiers and defense guns,
between which, occupying most of
the panel, are figures representing,
by action or pose, phases of freedom
enjoyed under democracy-such, for
instance, as freedom of speech, of
worship. of the press, and of all
those things included in "the life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness"
bequeathed to us by our forefathers.
The painting is to be done directly
on the plaster wall. Six years ago,
Mr.. McLeary did an important mural
for the Pittsburgh court house and
two years later one for the public
lobby Of the Madison Square branch
of the New York Post Office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-25
POPULAR Music

Advance notices herald, as ad-
vance notices usually do, the ap-
proach of new song that will soon
have popular-music fends cIamor-
ing over the counter for their re-
corded copy and all previous best
seller listings shattered under the
impact. And this time it actually
develops that the publicity depart
ments are not guilty of their routine
formulas of emphatic overstate-
ment. The article in question is
The Hut-Sut Song" termed a
Swedish Serenade"O. which is as
gay and catchy a tune as we have
heard in the well-known month of
Sundays. So far, it has been disced
by Freddy Martins Band (the best
with its sunny chorus and instru-
mental treatment, the King Sisters
"a swingier version and the testers,
who do it straight.
Charlie Barnet revives an old
torch song that is worth every ones
While, especially as torched by Vo-
calist Lena Horne. You're NV
Thrill" The reverse, Nowhere" is
freshet of atmosphere music.
Tony Pastors Helen of Troy" is
typical of his invigorating swing
nstrumentals, contrasting sharply
with that new drooper, Hurry Back
TO Sorrento" given the Pastor Slow
glow on the other side. The same
piece, in its Spanish translation
c'Torna Surriento'O, is also
played by Al Donahue'S outfit. Les
Brown hits another lively combina-
ton, Alex the Swoose" and Keep
Cool, Fool" and the jackpot, too.
Teddy Powell goes mellow and Ieis-
urely with Rendezvous in Rio" and
swift and sure for jitterbugs in
crlnollne with Blue Danube"
Glenn Miller's Spirit Is Willing"
has the punch of Tuxedo juno
tion," while minded Execu-
tive" simply fails to take off. Tom
my Dorsey, still doing things the
long way, devotes u inches of wax
to Without a Song" and Deep
River" the former smooth and slow.
the latter rushing Sy Oliver ar
rangement. Will Bradley also Of
ters a contrast with the veddy sweet
Shadows in the Night" and Call
Me a Taxi" Ray Mckinley bawling
the vocal. Larry Welk switches al
legiance from Okeh to Decca with
Friendly Tavern Polka" and You
Are My Sunshine" while Jan Savitt.
truff1e beat and all, forsakes Decca
for the black seals of Victor with
I'VE Go Well Together" and "Hori-
zon."
Bands Continued.
Joe Reichman does Variations
IN G" much as Vincent Lopez would
tinkle out Canadian Capers." In
fact, the tunes resemble each other.
The Music Which Wins the Nc
Farland Twins offers novelty recipe
for Band Played On" Raymond
SCOTS discing of the passably poetic |
THE Things I Love" is fitting and |
proper. Strident trumpet marks
Sunny Dunham's Mighty LAX a
Rose" and rather strident every
thing charscterizes Sam Donahue's
eau Rect" Both, however, kick up
a storm. Pianist Duke Ellington
and Bassist Jimmy Blanton join
hand in another one of Those.
This time it's Body and Soul"
which groans under Jimmy's bow,
and, as before, James has prodig-
ious difficulty keeping pitch, an &C.
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Concert Schedule
Today.

lOudy.
Special musical service, CAL
vary Methodist Church, evening.
United Negro Choral Groups,
Nell Hunter. director. N. Y. A.
Mixed Chorus of Philadelphia,
Jules Blesdoe, assisting, Sylvan
Theater, pm.
Washington Jewish Folk
Chorus, Mendy Shain, director,
Pierce Hall, $50 pm.
Esther Silver. piano recital.
1881 Jefferson place NV, 8:l5
pm.
Tomorrow.
Department of Agriculture,
DR.. Walter Bauer, director;
Armand Gumprecht, jr., f1utist,
soloist; department auditorium,
$50 pm.
Halle Mae Reed, soprano;
George Irving Chandler, assist
ing; song recital, Washington
Club, $50 pm.
Victrola concert. Southwest
Branch, Public Library, 7:30
pm.
Tuesday.
Department of Agriculture
Orchestra, DR.. Walter Bauer,
director; Armand Gumprecht,
jr., hutist, soloist; department
auditorium, $50 pm.
Gertrude Lyons, soprano;
Reinald Werrenrath, baritone;
joint recital, Pierce Hall, $50
pm.
Army Band, Army War Col
lege. pm. Walter Reed Hos
pital, $50 pm.
Soldiers Home Band, band
stand, $50 pm.
Grand opera concert, Nine.
Amelia Cont, director; Hurney
Hall, 9Th and N streets NV,
$3.50 pm.
Wednesday.
Norman Frauenheim. piano
recital, Elizabethian room, Ra-
leigh Hotel, evening.
Jean McCandlish, piano re-
cital, Arts Club, BIS pm.
Thursday.
Marine Band, Marine Bar
racks, pm.
Soldiers Home Band, band
stand, $50 pm.
Saturday.
Army Band, Army War Col
lege, 1890 am.
Soldiers Home Band, band
stand, $50 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-25
By Florence s. Bergman.

Spring, with its many enchant-
ments, has inspired a number OF
artists of the D. c. Art Unit, whose
seasonal exhibition of recent work
opened May IS at the ALLEGATIONS
Gallery of the Works Projects Ad-
ministration to remain until mid
June There are more than 80
paintings in oil and water color,
drawings and monotypes, and about
a third as many ceramic sculptures,
representing Is artists. AS is usual
in a group show of this size, there
is considerable variety in subject
matter, handling and quality. There
are some admirable works, others
competent but unappealing, and still
others in which it is difficult to dis
Germ any merit.
Spring lis manifest in Alma Bos-
ticks Clearly painted Church, -
which has Towering trees in the
foreground. The obvious balance of
its composition heightens the at
mosphere of serenity. Philip Bells
water color, Spring Afternoon" has
the seasons fresh coloring. Cornelia
Yuditsky shows two oil paintings of
crowds under the cherry blossoms:
the Towering trees are symbolized
by pinkish white mass of interest
ing texture, while the stolid strollers
beneath them are enjoying them
selves so keenly in their common
place way that one smiles in
sympathy. One covets an exquisitely
rendered little gouache by Bruce
Conner entitled "Siesta Time" with
it's glimpse of a suburban house in a
lush garden, done in a quiet gray
green tonality.
Spring is just as apparent. though
without its poetry, in Aaron Sopher's
wash drawing showing five aspects
of a heavy, middle-aged woman,
Watering the Grass" Despite her
floppy hat and old clothes, she has
q hint of dignity while she stands
erect holding the hose, but Mr..
Sopher'S merciless pen also has re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-25
Choral Groups
Offer PROGRAM

The United Negro Choral Groups
of Washington, under the direction
of Nell Hunter of the National
Youth Administration, will present
an informal program of choral music
at the Sylvan Theater at 3 pm.
today. The program will consist
mainly Of traditional spiritualS and
some original Negro compositions.
Members of several local Negro
choral groups will participate, as
well as the N. Y. A. Mixed Chorus
of Philadelphia. The appearance of
Jules Bledsoe will be featured on
the program.
The District choruses participating
are the Freedmen's Hospital Nurses
Glee Club, the Ayellees Troubadours,
the Cynthics, the w. P. A. Chorus
and the choruses from Dunbar and
Armstrong High Schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-25
Frauenheim Recital

Norman Frauenheim will give
piano recital Wednesday evening in
the Elizabethan room of the Raleigh
Hotel. This will be Mr.. Frauen-
helms first appearance in Wash
ington since 1899. The program will
comprise works from the English
school of the 18th century and
French numbers of the harpsichord
composers of the reign of Louis XIV,
Bach's "Chromatic Fantasy and
Fugue," and six preludes by Debussy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-25
District Singers
In Opera Recital

Outstanding Washington singers
will appear in the grand opera con-
cert at $3.50 pm. Tuesday at Hurney
Hall, Eighth and N streets NV,
which benefits the Club for the Pro-
lection and Defense of the Boys of
Puerto Rico.
The program presents Celia
Fioravanti, Edith Hoffman Jones,
Alma Harris and Mathilda Heuser
sopranos; Joseph Florestano and
Thomas Costaggini, tenors, and
Francis P Heartsill, bass.
The recital is under the musical
direction of Nine. Amelia Cont.
Piano accompaniments will be
played by Mesa Scarry.
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S. W. A. to Open Exhibit

The Society of Washington Artists
opens this afternoon, with a private
view, an exhibition of paintings and
drawings by members in the gallery
Of the Arts Club, 20l7 I street NV.
Three honorable mentions will be
awarded, and the exhibition will re-
main on view and open to the public
until June 6. The president, Row.
land Lyon, and other officers will
serve as hosts at the opening.
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Renewals to Close

Renewals for last seasons sub
scriptions to the Philadelphia
Orchestra concerts will close Satur-
day at Jordan's box Office. Until
then the present seasons subscribers
may book the same seats for the
1912 season. After that date the
books will be opened to new SUBJ
scribers during June.
Reservations for both renewals
Cup to Saturday. and new subscrip-
tons can be made now at Jordan's
box ONCE, 1889 q street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-25
Bolivian Sculptor Exhibits

An exhibition of sculpture by a
Bolivian sculptor, Marina Nunez
de Prado, opened with a private
view under the auspices of the Min
lister of Bolivia and Nine. Guachalla
in the Pan-American Union on
Thursday. 1t will be on view for
some weeks.