Evening star., 1950-11-26

uVer Lnem TO SlDelluS on his birth
day. Last year Mr.. Warren wrote
us that the gifts of cigars brought
great joy to Mr.. Sibelius, and the
cigars caused great excitement and
favorable comment throughout
Finland and Scandinavia.
Since Sibelius has, received no
compensation from the perform
ances of his works in this country
due to the fact that he had no
copyright protection. the least that
his admirers can do is make him
happy by supplying him with
cigars.
The second letter is from the
noted music patron, composer and
pianist. Mary Howe. II read your
interesting article in The Evening
Star of Sunday, November 49,
writes Mrs. Howe. "in which you
pay justly deserved tribute and
praise to the work of DR.. Hans
Kinder"
"As you say. the aim Of achiev-
ing the much-needed proper con-
cert hall for Washington. was
often brought forward by Dr.
Kinder during the is years in
which he conducted and developed
the National Symphony Orchestra
to its rightfully recognized place
in the front rank. What you sug-
gest (the suggestion was Anita
Schade's) would be a wonderful
thing for Washington and for the
Washington public. The concert
hall in the hands of succeeding
conductors would be a splendid
arrnor to clothe our National Sym
phony, which certainly deserves
to be consistently and we'll sup
ported. May it long remain ano
flourish as "the monument he
erected" and may you and I meet
some day in the concert hall we
all want and need"
Steady Patroness Of Symphony.
This Is cheering Endorsement
from one who, during the life OF
the symphony, has given unstint-
ingly of her time. money and
ability. No more progressive per-
son could be found to head a
committee to raise funds for such
a hall. With the many friends
who helped her with the estab-
l;shment and sustenance of the
National Symphony behind her,
and the symphony's many good
wishers working with them, the
idea could become a reality in no
time.
Mrs. Howe takes exception to
one point in our article. She says.
1T seems to me that DR.. Kinder
succeeded in making the public
here music conscious and that he
can never be one of those who
"vainly tried" OK "wllo tried and
failed His 18 years of success
and achievement. and the point to
which he brought the orchestra
will leave his fame untarnished." I"
The final analysis of anyone's
work is its abiding results. The
local public has been made to
appreciate good music through DR..
Kindler's efforts. If that appreci-
alton is not strong enough to con-
tinue to take pride in and to sus-
tain great local organization but
is DETECTED into various channels,
then the aim Of DR.. Kinder has
not been accomplished. He in
tended the city to have a major
music group of it's own in which
citizens would take joy and would
support with pleasure. AS we SAID.
should the National Symphony
"languish," DR.. Kinder would
have "vainly tried"
The memory of the public is
short and in years to come, in re-
viewing music progress in the city,
his efforts will be noted as sue
cessful for longer period than
those of others who tried and
failed" 1t must be strong enough
to make music so important to
community life that no exertion
would be too great to keep active
the group he founded. The Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra, the
name of its founder and those of
its loyal supporters such as Mrs.
Howe. should be kept brightly
FURNISHED by the enthusiastic in
terest of the concert public so that
no failure could ever be attached
to Washington's great music
project. DR.. Kindler's legacy.