Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-12-05
Music
Notes
Chamber Music Guild
Has Noted Soloists:
Ellington Concert
BY ALICE EVERSMAN.

Hall, the Chamber Music Guild will
present the famous harpsichordist
Wanda Landowska, and Nan Merry
man, soprano. as soloists. This is
Nine. Landowska's first appearance
here in Is years since she partici-
pated In the founders day program
at the Library of Congress in 1927
when she played both the harpsi-
chord and piano with equal mastery
Accompanied by the Guild String
Quartet, Nine. Landowska will play
Philip Emanuel Bach's concerto In
its original form, improvising the
cadenzas on the stage after the GUS
tom Of the period. She will be heard
also in the Bach-Vivaldi Concerto
in D Minor Miss Merryman, who is
the winner Of the 81 900 prize of the
National Federation of Music Clubs
and who has appeared with Tosca-
mini, will make her Washington de-
blu singing Respighi's III Tramonto'
with the Guild Quartet. Frederick
Jacobs uartet on Indian
Themes" which, with the Respighi
work, will be given a local premiere
will complete the program.
Duke Ellington, who was nick
named Duke" by high school class
mates in this, his native city, will
bring his orchestra for first WASH
ington concert tomorrow at BIAS pm
at Uline Arena. The concert will
duplicate that given by the orchestra
leader at Carnegie Hall in January
and will include the concerto he in
troduced then, BLACK, Brown and
Beige On the occasion of his Car
negie Hall debut, Ellington was the
recipient Of commemorative plaque
from &c of the country's best known
composers, conductors and mu-
sicians, including Stokowski, Rodzin-
ski, Damrosch and Robson.
The concert tomorrow will cele-
brate the Goth anniversary of his de-
parture from Washington in search
of fame. Originally intending to
study art and winning a scholarship
at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, he
soon turned to music, playing the
piano by ear and teaching himself to
read music His career from his first
appearances in the Kentucky Club
and the Cotton Club in Harlem has
been long series of successes, with
many of his compositions featured in
popular revues and in Hollywood.
Three times he won the ASCAP an
nual award for the most important
song of the year and has also re-
ceived awards from the James We'll
don johnson Society, the Shlomberg
Foundation Of New York Public Lii
brary, from DoWnbeat Magazine and
a page one award from the News
paper Guild. He has made two Euro
pean tours, the last in 1899, including
a concert in a bombproof shelter in
Paris.
The vacancy left by the departure
this summer of D. Sterling Wheel
wright, organist of the Washington
Chapel of the Latter Day Saints
has been filled recently. bringing
Roy M. barley of Wellsville, Utah
to that post. Mr.. barley will con-
tinue the weekly organ recitals in
Iaugurated by Mr.. Wheelwright and
beginning tomorrow night, will be
heard on Monday, Wednesday and
Saturday evenings of each week.
Mr.. barley started as an organist
for the Mormon Church at the age
of g. While attending college in
Northern Utah, he was appointed
director of music for the church
institute in connection with the
Utah State Agriculture College. hold
ing this position for three years
and giving organ broadcasts and
recitals at the same time. Until
called by the First Presidency OF
the Church of Jesus Christ of Lat
ter Day Saints to become director
and chapel organist of the Wash
ington church he had filled a two
years mission to the Eastern States
He is an invited charter member
of the Utah Chapter of the Ameri-
can Guild Of Organists.
Sigmund Romberg, who brings his
concert orchestra and soloists to
Constitution Hall on December 16
finds time from his conducting and
composing activities to serve as
president of the SongWriters' Pro-
tective Association. Romberg, who
opened his second concert tour at
Carnegie Hall on September l8 to
sold-out house, has written more
than 1000 melodies, many of which
have become universally popular
Recently the composer and his staff
have given freely of their time to
supplying the music needs of the
men in the armed forces.
A special feature of the midweek
concert of the National Symphony
on Wednesday, December IS, will
be the appearance of Darius Mil
baud, French modernist composer
who will conduct his symphony and
Suite Provencal." A founder in
1919 together with Honegger of the
famous group of six in his native
France. he is at present a professor
at Mills College, Oakland. Calf
This is his fourth trip to this coun-
try, where he has appeared variously
as pianist, lecturer and guest con-
ductor of the New York Philhar-
monte, Philadelphia and Boston Or
chestras. His compositions, in every