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Evening star., 1952-10-05

will not be duplicated If the
society can prevent it. But the
reputation Of contemporary
composers rests on more than
public performances and the fees
they receive. Their names come
before the musical world, it is
true, and many of their compo-
sitions have won popularity but
in general, the composers are
victims of the quality of per-
formance as much as were the
older writer's. The belief is preva-
lent today that music. old or
new. will speak for itself and
needs no help from an inter-
prefer. Many composers. notably
Stravinsky. violently share that
opinion. But it has been proven
time and again that music gains
in clarity and in substance from
an Interpretation based on a
performers profound study and
sympathy.
The fundamental character Of
a composer permeates all that
he writes. It transcends his
technical innovations and other
external elements. The subcon-
scious qualities may be more
visible to the artist who has
developed an extra sensitivity,
a different emotional approach.
and different kind Of tempera-
ment. He will not be content
with playing the music correctly.
Evening star., 1952-10-05

maninoff's I'm the Silence OF the
Night; Jan Peerce and Mischa
Elman in ANGELS Serenade,"
by Braga. and 20. Dry Those
Tears" by Del Riego; Ezio PIMA
and Nathan Milstein in None
but the Lonely Heart" CTschai-
koWsky) and Calm as the
Night" (Boehm). and Rise Ste
vens and Mischa Elman in Bar
carolle" by Offenbach and "Ele-
gle" by Massenet.
It's all on one 12-inch LIP.
\ \ \ r
Who ever heard of Oscar
Levant playing anything but
Gershwin?
II Is more than apparent that
ne sometimes does. Columbia,
on a new release, has him doing
a D minor concerto by that late
great. Anton Rubinstein, with
Mitropoulos and the Philhar-
monic providing the background.
While the boys do fine, it's
mostly Oscars show, and he
makes the most of every minute.
It can't. in all truth, be said
that his playing is the subtlest.
But in this work-which could
easily be a warhorse if it hap
pened to be heard more often
subtlety really isn't missed much.
In fact, the whole thing wouldn't
be missed too much except by
some one determined to have
every piano concerto. 1t does
have some pleasant moments,
though. I must admit.
When's the next all-Gershwin
night, Oscar?
The freshest sounding two
piano disc in long while comes
from Victor, bearing a handful
of items of the current century.
Arthur Whittemore and Jack
Lowe are the artists. A 1918
sonata by Poulenc. another by
Stravinsky composed in 1884.
and three of Bartok's numerous
"Mikrokosmos" are of special in
terest to modernists. There are
also three excerpts from Cop
lands Billy the Kid" an i'm
pressionistic bit called "The
Poisoned Fountain" by Sir Ar
mold Bax, and Ravel's LA
Valse." The recording, evi-
IDENTIFY from the West Coast, is
good.
Ethel Bartlett and Rae Rob-
ertson, another experienced two
piano team, are responsible for
some equally diverting moments
in Ravel's Mother Goose" and
Debussy's petite Suite" Moth
er Goose" is taken more expedi-
tiously than in the recent excel
lent Ravel set combining the
talents of M. and Nine. Casa
desus-maybe it's difference
between British and French.
The 1O-inch MGM disc has mel
low piano sound.
Evening star., 1952-10-05
Protection for Composers
Being Explained to Public
Ascup Story UnfoIded on TV Shows Strides
Made Since Days Of Stephen Foster
By Alice EversmoE

Germany's group was formed
in 1901 but Great Britain did
not protect its composers in
this manner until 1914. The
"for profit" clause has been a
stumbling block in this country
since Justice Oliver Wendell
Holmes of the Supreme Court
decided. in Herbert's case, that
the restaurant was using music
for purposes of profit. A few
years ago, this question came
again before the courts when
the long drawn out battle be-
tween radio and Ascap took
place. Again, the court decision
was that radio used music for
profit.
Even so, the American COM
poser is not very much en-
riched today. But he has the
assurance that, whenever his
music Is performed, a fee will
be paid. The process now in
operation in Ascap is not COM
pletely ideal but thought is
being given constantly to its
Improvement. It did away, how
ever. with the confusion and un-
certainty existing when per-
formance fees We're paid indi-
vidually to the publishers by the
orchestras performing the COM
positions. Now a blanket Ii
cense for an entire season Is
substituted. The largest fee is
paid by the Boston Symphony,
which is charged less than u
per cent, of the gross box-office
receipts from ticket sales. This
amounts to something like
$4,000 a season. The recital field
was more difficult to solve but
an agreement was reached
finally based on the fee paid
the performing artist. This is
modest indeed. For an artist
who receives $4,000 a perform
ance. a singer perhaps. $40 goes
to the composers Of the songs.
Foster Got $40
The case of Stephen Foster,
who received no performance
money from those who intro
duced his songs, with the ex-
ception of $40 paid by the min
Strel singer, Edwin P. Christy,
Evening star., 1952-10-05
Programs of the Week
TODAY.

EVERETT STEVENS. piano recital. Phil
tasie' ips aaE5ery M,noI pm K MSzsF sSa RavePs
sions Gns'a op. s1" arifEss Three Fone
tion": Paimer's 'Toccsts ostinato";
sssth1veps sonsta Major EsSSr Np SS
fEkkoN sISsS pisasst jSint aects Bar
AEcossaises," Sonata. F Minor. op.
sMu,,eM Miss tos rSE5GR Whe RpsseBfit.s1 afest fss
schubert's Gretchen am spinnrade.....
IAN die Musik":: Brahms, "Liebestreu."
I'm Waldsinsamkeit," Meme Liebe ist
.Banatelia." from Leoncavalio's %Pas.
NATIONAL GALLERY ORCHESTRA,
Hol!ander. Holland sii yioiinist. aoHs aoioise. Nasionai
Aossrs's~ : MThs M Ms!Tias. Of Figaro;
Mr ses aois1dss ic0ass!to nessho1.ns NS sn%p.
heny No. j. Z Major; iKzlssinsinserFs 5
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra" :"
Mt; Hoilsnder: Vaughan Williams
NJ Boy": .Folk songs from Somerset" @ !"
THE NEW YORK Avenue PRESBYTER-
IAN CHURCH CH0IRS. Stephen H.
TOMORROW.'
ORGANisTs meeting. Parish Hail.
port Of the San Francisco 4. g. o.
National Convention BY regional
chairman, Christopher Tenley.
SASS. pianist. Phillips Gallery. $50
Pm. Corellrs Sonata No. 4. b Flat
Major; Mozart's Sonata No. %. e
Mino.t: Minor, Honesge5,s "sonats",: s5ahqs'
.:Habanera"; Barkoutarian-za -zaratzian
Armenian Dance; Kreisler's LA
Evening star., 1952-10-05
New Center Opens
Sunday Programs

The Music Department at the
Washington international Gen.
ter, 1920 Rhode Island avenue,
will be opened officially with a
program in honor of the foreign
guests of the American Council
on Education this afternoon at
4, Constance Russell. pianist,
will be presented by Mrs. Sidney
Sherwood, chairman of the
Music Committee. The new
series Of concerts will continue
through the winter with pro-
grams Of live and recorded
music. sponsored by the Wom-
ems Committee of the National
Symphony Orchestra. with
members acting as hosteSses.
Arrangements have been
made with local music groups
to supply talent for the Sunday
programs. Among these are the
Alpha Sigma Iota and the Mu
Phi Musical sororities. the Vir-
ginia State Music Society, the
Washington Cantata Society.
the Washington Music Teachers
Association, the Friday Morn
ing Music Club, the American
Composers and Conductors As
sociation and the three local
universities. The purchase Of a
grand piano and a collection Of
recordings acquired during the
summer has made this series
possible.
Evening star., 1952-10-05

Ralph Hollander, internation-
ally known violinist. will be the
soloist on the program given by
the National Gallery Orchestra.
under Richard Bales direction.
tonight at 8 in the gallery's
West Garden Court. Mr.. Hol-
lander, who was touring in a
child prodigy trio with his two
younger brothers at 8, was one
of the few artist students ac-
cepted by Adolfo Betti Of the
FlOnzaley Quartet after gradua-
ton from the Juilliard School
of Music.
Everett Stevens, giving q
piano recital this afternoon In
the Phillips Gallery. will present
for a first local performance.
Tcherephine's Expressions, Op.
ST." composed last year. The hour
for the Sunday concerts has
been changed from S pm. to
pm.
Tomorrow at $3.50 pm. Harry
Zaratzian, violist, and Use Sass,
pianist, will be heard in a sonata
program, with three solo num-
bers by Mr.. Zaratzian, in the
gallery.
The New York Avenue Pres
byterian Church will present
the first Of three harvest sea-
son concerts tonight at 8. The
combined choirs will be under
the direction Of Stephen H.
Prussing in the performance
of Schubert's "Mass in G Ma
jor." Featured soloists will be
Clara O'Dette. soprano; Ivan
Genuchi, tenor, and Earle
Thompson, bass.
Evening star., 1952-10-05

He will seek for more and what
he finds he will pass through
the prism Of his own musical
feeling.
The late Serge Koussevitzky
once said: I'm all ages. artists
were prophets Of either the rise
or downfall of a culture" This
reposes a great burden on COM
posers and artists. How much
both the creator and the inter-
prefer of music have learned of
spiritual values and how much
they have expanded their inner
comprehension is what will de-
eide the future in music.
Evening star., 1952-10-05
News Of Music

1.-THE Ascap Story" on Ed
Sullivan's Toast of the Town"
program is bringing to the pub
lie a situation and its present
solution not known to many.
Tonight the second chapter Of
the story will be given with
artists comparable to those
presented at the initial produc-
tion last Sunday. 1t comes a
year and a few months after
the. 125th anniversary of the
birth of Stephen Foster. Amer
ica's beloved composer. whose
life history and tragic death
remain as a symbol Of the pub
lies indifference to those who
create the music it loves.
To Victor Herbert goes the
credit Of the first courageous
public stand on composers
rights. He instigated a suit
against Shanley's Restaurant
in New York for playing his
compositions without permis-
sion or license. The subsequent
court decision in his favor
started the movement that was
later formed into the American
Society Of Composers, Authors,
and Publishers, known familarly
as AScap. The court ruling rec
ognized the composers right to
collect payment for public use
Of his works "for profit" How
it was to be collected was not
solved until the organization of
AScap. Those benefiting most
in the early days Of Ascap were
composers in the entertainment
field. Today nearly all the COM
poSers of serious music, per-
formed in concerts 'for profit"
are members Of the organiza-
tion.
EurIy Stort in Europe
In Europe, such societies had
existed for many years before
Ascap was formed in 1914. Most
of them were founded by COM
poserS Of serious music and the
"for profit" limitations were not
known. Perhaps the earliest
society Of this kind was estab-
lished in France in 1850. Be-
tween 1890 and 1900. Italy, Aus
tria and Spain followed suit.
Evening star., 1952-10-05
Turntobfe Talk:
1osconini Does Brohms:
Oscar Deserts Gershwin
TurntobIe Talk:
By jones 6. Deone

Somebody once said the
Brahms symphony you like best
Is the one you heard last.
I have just heard the fourth.
About its relative Inability I
am not disposed to be arbitrary,
but about this recording I have
no doubts. Among Brahms
Fourths, it stands first.
The conductor is Arturo Tos-
canini. The recording is a
Toscanini premiere. And the
occasion is a milestone in more
ways than musical. At long last
RCA Victor has come close to
giving its ranking musical deity
the kind Of technical collabora-
tion he deserves.
There are those who prefer
some other conductors Brahms.
Toscanini, they suggest. drives
things too hard. I don't agree.
do concede that Toscanini's
Brahms Is crisper, with more
pulse. I also find it richer in
detail.
There are other good recorded
performances. such as the Krips
and Weingartner. Weingartner
comes close. Neither, however
nor any other conductors per-
formance I have heard, live or
recorded-haS said SO much and
said it so satisfyingly. whether
in the thrush-like melody of the
opening, the sublime harmonies
of the slow movement, the spine
tingling triumph of the third or
the splendor of the mighty clos
ing passacaglia. That passaca-
glia is sometimes forbidding; it's
far from it here.
Another Toscanini milestone
the Beethoven Ninth-will be
dealt with shortly, and more
Brahms (the first) is coming
in December. Meanwhile. it
wouldn't do to- pass this up.
We now Jump from the sub
lime to-well, I won't say it..
because maybe I'm wrong.
Suppose you were a record
maker, a very big record maker.
Suppose for years you had
plodded along making one re-
cording here. another there,
each with a good big name on
it. each with a reasonable pros
pect of attracting a fair num-
ber Of buyers. Suppose that
suddenly a competitors change
in manufacturing processes
brought new departure. called
long play, and that almost as
suddenly-despite your own re-
luctance-you found yourself
getting caught up in a boom,
And suppose that then you real
lied what a piker you'd always
been, putting only one big name
on one little record, and being
satisfied with a very modest
result.
Wouldn't you be tempted to
shoot your bolt?
That, in the fall of this year
seems to have happened to Vic
tor. Here is what we have;
Marian Anderson and Gregol
Piatigorsky in Garry Me Back
to Old Virginny" and MY Ole
Kentucky Home: Robert Mer.
rill and Yehudi Menuhin ir
Handel's Largo" and Rach.
Evening star., 1952-10-05
Symphony Adds 19 New Members

double bass players are Ray
mond Benner, recently of the
Houston Symphony. and Melvin
Walter. Douglas Jones. percus-
sionist, a native of this city:
Spencer Sinatra. f1utist, and
Judson Smith. trumpet, were
connected with the Baltimore
Symphony. Another new men,
ber of the trumpet section is
Jack johnson. Ralph Pottle is
a new French horn player. Will
liam Gonzales and Franz VIA
shek are two new cellists.
Evening star., 1952-09-21
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Evening star., 1952-09-21

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Evening star., 1952-09-21

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The frontiersman., 1952-10-23
NEW MACHETANZ BOOK IS A NATURAL FOR
 VALLEY XMAS GIVING

Just received from Scribner's fresh off the press, is a book that should have highest priority on any Christmas list in the Matan- uska Valley this year. Anyone having on his list a child from six to 15, either in the Valley or Out side, will want to get this latest book by Sara Machetanz, with 21 handsome Photographic illustra- tions by her husband, Fred Mach tang.
 Rick of High Ridge" is the ex- citing story of boy who comes with his parents and younger brother to homestead in the Ma tanuska Valley. Rick doesn't want to leave all his school pals back home, but he has a pact with his father that if he helps to clear the land and get the cabin built during the summer he may re- turn to his old home in the fall and live with his grandparents.
 The interesting trip through Canada and up the Alaska High way is followed by the familiar tale of difficulty in finding land to homestead in the Matanuska Valley. The search finally ends at a tract called Hard Luck Land, where hard luck ended in failure of three former homesteaders to stick it out long enough to prove up the property. Hard luck dog ged Kicks family, too, but with Kicks courage and the help of a trapper and guide hero named Brad Hilton, the family succeeds in establishing a home high up on lovely ridge, complete with lake.
 There's a villain in the story. too, as well as handsome sled dog named Knik and a creepy wolf named Half Paw. Sustained throughout the story is the ele- ment of suspense. The mystery of Hard Luck Land is solved in a thrilling climax at the end when Rick comes to love his new home and wants never to leave Alaska and the house he helped to build on High Ridge.
The frontiersman., 1952-10-23
Petroleum Exploration Slated for Mofonusko Area Next Year

Intensive exploration of Alas ka's petroleum possibilities by private interests is expected to get under way next year, it is re- ported by the Alaska Develop ment Board.
 During the past summer, repre- sentatives of three major oil com panies made preliminary investi- gations in regions of the Territory where geological conditions for the accumulation of petroleum ap- pear favorable. The Development Board already has been advised by one firm that it plans to return to Alaska next year to step up it's investigations.
 Since February l, more than 6l square miles in Alaska have been taken up under 45 separate oil and gas leases, the majority covering lands in the Matanuska- Nelchina province. Many of the
The frontiersman., 1952-10-23
Federal Income Tax Collections Reflect
 Growth of Territory

For the fourth successive year, federal income tax collections in Alaska have shown a substantial increase over the year proceeding, the Alaska Development Board announced this week in releasing figures on internal revenue col lections in the fiscal year which ended last June 30.
 Income taxes, individual and corporation, collected in the Ter ritory in the latest fiscal year to- tailed $41, ,OO6,579, the Board was advised by the Bureau of Inter nal Revenue. This compares with $36,894,861 in fiscal 1851, $15, 5,798,- 215 in 1850 and $13,68O,143 in 1949.
 In corporation income and prof it's taxes, Alaska's gain of 68.4 percent over 1851 ranked third in the nation, behind only Yer mont and Connecticut. In miscel- laneous internal revenue collec- tions, the increase of 79 percent reported from the Territory rank ed it No. 1 nationally.
 Since there was no significant change in tax rates last year, the large increase was interpreted as reflection of growing activity and population throughout Alas ka.
 By categories, internal revenue collections in Alaska in fiscal 1852, compared with the previous year Gin parentheses), were as fol lows:
 Individual income and employ ment taxes: $37,715,811 ($34,94O,- 189). Corporation income and profits taxes: $3,29O,768 ($1,954,- CPD. Miscellaneous internal rev enue: $3,342,681 ($1, ,867466.) Total collections: $44,349,260 ($38, ,762,- 32O.
 These figures, it is emphasized, include only taxes collected in Alaska. Many corporations and individuals, particularly those en- gagged in fishing, mining and transportation, earn a large pro- portion of their income in Alaska but report to collection offices out side the Territory. It has been estimated that if Alaska received credit for all taxes collected on income resulting from activity in the Territory the total might be about double that shown as col lected within Alaska.
The frontiersman., 1952-10-23
HoImemukers' News
Butte Club

The Butte Homemakers' Club met October 16 at the home of Eva Plumley with IT members present and eight new members joining.
 An Achievement Day skit was planned and rehearsed.
 Proceeds from a silent-auction will go toward painting the Butte Community Hall that will be rent ed for parties, dances, etc. A work party to finish painting the hall was scheduled for Friday, Octo- Der 24. Members were asked to take paint brushes or rollers and a pot-luck lunch.
 The next regular meeting will be held at the Butte Hall Novem- Der 20 with Lila Newville as hos tess. All members are urged to attend, wear old clothes and if anyone has any quilt blocks, please take them to this meeting.
 Gold Busters
 The Gold Busters Homemakers' Club met October 7th in the Craft room of the Extension Service.
 Annual election of officers pro- duced the following new office holders: LeeAnn Dodds, presi- dent; Rowena Bresee, vice presi- dent; Edith Carrier, secretary; Alice Wever, treasurer and Phyl-
The frontiersman., 1952-10-23
WEDDING PLANS TOLD

MT. and Mrs. Glenn Hardage of Palmer have announced the ap- preaching marriage of their dau- ghter Joyce to Bud Billet. The wedding will take place Sunday, November 2, at 3:30 pm. in the United Protestant Church with Rev. Richey officiating.
 All friends of the couple are in- vited to attend. A reception will follow the ceremony, in the church parlors.
The frontiersman., 1952-10-23
KIWANIS TO SPONSOR SHOWING OF BAILEY
 BIG-BEAR HUNT FILM

Palmer Kiwanis Club will hold a benefit movie November 4 at the Valley Theater, it was an- nounced this week.
 Through the courtesy of Dr. c. C. Bailey, his films on big-bear hunting will be shown. These are the film many have expressed wishes to see. Two showings will be held, the first at 7:30 pm. and the second at goo pm.
 Tickets will be on sale this week and may be purchased from any Kiwanian. All proceed from the show will go toward equip ment for the Valley Hospital.