Evening star., 1953-03-29
News of Music
Rochnnoninoff Tribute
Warren Perry Thew to PIuy Program
Marking Anniversary Of His Deoth
News Of
BY Alice Eversmon

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niversary Of the death, In
Beverly Hills. Calf. Of the
great pianist : composer con-
ductor, Sergei Rachmaninoff.
Tonight the anniversary viii
be commemorated with q pro-
gram Of his works played by
Warren Perry Thew In the
National Gallery Of Art. Among
the numbers win be i've from
the ''Etudes Tableaux. Op. &c."
All nine Of these etudes, to-
gether with the Sonata No. /,
Op. 49," also to be played, have
been recorded by Mr.. Thew for
the Rachmaninof Society,
founded in 1949 to replace the
former Rachmaninoff Fund,
Inc.
The last selection on Mr..
Thew's program is Variations
on a Theme Of Corelli, Op. A."
the autographed manuscript Of
which is now in the music di-
vision Of the Library Of Con-
greSS. The Variations" is
one Of the limited number of
manuscripts already docu-
mented and put on view from
the large Rachmaninon col
lection. So intricate and i'm.
portant is the arranging Of the
valuable material, that only a
portion Of it has been accom-
plished by the music division
staff.
The Rachmaninod archives
were presented to the Library
by Mrs. Sergei Rachmaninoff
IN 1851. They contain auto
graphed music manuscripts,
letters and correspondence,
lists and programs Of concerts
given by the artist, reviews,
biographical articles, honors
prizes and distinctions, and
an album Of obituary notices
containing an original paint
ing by Boris Chaliapin, son Of
the famous baSSo. Material is
still being added. It is being
sorted into two categories, one
to be made Immediately avail
able to the public, the other
to be temporarily restricted
according to the wishes Of the
Rachmaninoff family.
When all the material has
been cataloged-much Of it
has been classified already by
DR.. Satin of Smith College. sis
ter of Mrs. Rachmaninoff-i
will be one of the most inn
portant collections of the era.
The personal and public life
of the great artist, his rela-
tionS with his contemporaries,
and the present history Of
music in the years he helped
make it, will be recorded. At
the time Of Rachmaninoff'S
death Sir Thomas Beecham
said: 1.-THE last link is now
Servered with the spacious 18th
century when great musicians
were many-sided in their gifts
Ave Atque Vale"
Birthday Tribute
On March 18, the renowned
Italian composer, Clan Fran
ceSco Malipiero, celebrated his
list birthday. The 90-voice
choirs Of the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church will re-
member that birthday when
Malipiero's "The Last Supper"
is sung in the church tonight
at z under the direction Of
Stephen PrusSing. The part
Of st. John will be taken by
Ivan Genuchi, that Of st. Peter
by Richard Rogers, with Earle
Thompson in the role Of Judas.
This is one Of Malipiero's Inn
portant sacred works and has
never been given here before
in all probability. It was COM
posed in 1926, six years after
he received the Elizabeth
Sprague Coolidge Award at the
Pitts1eld Festival for his
first string quartetS.
Concluding the choirs' Palm
Sunday program will be Ver-
dis "Stabat Mater" q work Of
his younger years. The ac-
compartment will be furnished
by organ and orchestra.
ZimboIist Ploys Here
Eugene Ormandy will bring
the noted violinist, Efrem Zin-
baliSt, as soloist Of Tuesday
nights Philadelphia Orches-
ira program. Zimbalist will
introduce to the patrons the
new violin concerto by Clan
Carlo Menotti.
The bond between composer
and violiniSt is strong. It was
from the Curtis Institute that
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