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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11
TurntobIe' T ak
TurntobIe Talk
A Musical Monument
Toscunini, Retiring, Leaves Behind
Some StiII-UnreIeused Recordings
By james 6. Deone

Arturo Toscanini's decision
to retire from the leadership Of
the NBC Symphony doubtless
evoked a chorus Of regrets
across the Nation. An era has
ended. and it is sad to state so.
Whether the veteran maestro
will feel the urge to conduct
again occasionally remains to
be seen. This we may enthu-
siastically hope.
Record collectors can be
grateful, however, for solid
monument to remember this
remarkable musician by. The
monument consists, of course,
of his recordings. and it has
not yet reached its full size as
far as the public is concerned,
for there are a number still
to be issued.
In the first place, RCA-
Victor has a fair-sized back
log Of tapes made in the last
three years or so in Carnegie
Hall recording sessions, some
of them already approved for
release. Due soon is a pairing
of Mozart's G minor and
Haydn's Surprise" sympho-
MES. Scheduled for September
are a new performance Of
Schubert's c major SYM
phony; single LIP bearing the
Beethoven "Egmont' and
Berlioz' Roman Carnival"
overtures, four Brahms Hun
garian dances and the
Tampa" overture by Herold.
and a group Of Wagner pieces
the "Siegfried Idyll." For
est Murmurs." from "Sieg-
fried; the Prelude and Lie
bestod from Tristan" and the
preludes from "Meistersinger"
and "Lohengrin."
Some Operos, Too
Also on hand are Mus
sorgsky's Pictures at an Elk
hibition," Schubert's fifth
symphony, Debussy's Iberia"
and Richard Strauss "Till
Eulenspiegel" and Death and
TRANSPORTATION"
Then there are the unissued
operas. Victor hopes to get
Toscanini approval for fall
release Of Verdi's "Falstaff"
and the recent performance
of Masked Ball" Under dis
cussion also are the transcript
ton of the Beethoven Ell
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of the Reformation on Friday,
while the Dubois setting is at
the Garden Memorial Presby-
terrain Church Thursday, and
today at the Gunton-Temple
Memorial Church.
The Ninth Twice
The Beethoven first or eighth
symphony, the Choral Fan
tasy." or the third Leonore
are the usual companions Of
the Beethoven ninth. Howard
Mitchell this year is flouting
custom by playing the overture
to the Bach cantata for Easter,
No. 81, and the seventh SYM
phony Of Sibelius as a prelude
to the favorite Beethoven.
-Four local soloists, Helen
.Vlashek:; soprano; Rilla Rowe
Mervine, contralto: Jacob Bar
kin, tenor, and Fague Spring.
man, bass, and the Howard
University Choir will take part
in the famous lode to Joy"
that concludes the work. Per-
formances are Wednesday at
Constitution Hall, and the next
day at Lisner Auditorium.
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delio" broadcast Of some years
ago and the 1851 broadcast of
Verdi's Requiem"
Beyond all these there is the
whole of MICS transcription
archives dating back II years,
some of which perhaps is no
longer suitable technically. but
much of which might be
tapped. I can think of price
less tapes and discs now
gathering dust in these ar
chives, such as the NAB"
scherzo from Berlioz' Romeo
and Juliet" and at least two
Schumann symphonies, and
Act Two of Gluck's "Orfeo,"
not to speak of the very recent
prologue to Boito's "Mefisto-
fele" and the Verdi "Te
Deum." There is particular
ly effervescent performance of
the Mendelssohn concerto,
with Heifetz, which I recall
causing even Heifetz to smile
broadly at its conclusion.
IT'S q Rich Hoard
Toscanini is reported to be
very favorably inclined himself
to a broadcast tape of the
Saint-Saens organ symphony.
performed last year. There is
a good chance this may be
issued.
All this is the richest kind
of hoard. into which Victor
undoubtedly intends to dip
, judiciously and, one hopes,
generously.
So much for the past. What
of future record-making? Vic
tors catalog-indeed, the en-
tire LIP catalog-still lacks a
f1rst-claSs, up-to-date Beetho-
ven violin concerto. Is there
hope that Toscanini and Hell
fetz might be brought together
again to provide it? The
Brahms violin concerto also
needs replacement. Victor off,
Gals long have wanted to
compile a disc Of the 'Leonore"
and "Fidelio" overtures. Tos-
canini himself has talked of
doing the Brahms Requiem"
And those Schumann SYM
phonies, which to my mind no
one else conducts so well, are
crying for new recording.
Richard Mohr, Victor's musical
director, says the hopes are
very slim. But if the 87-year-
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Musical Programs of the Week

tional Press Club. $40 pm. Program
coMHB NsFRR fao eoua THAns rAgrE Err
FORCE AND NAVY CHAPELS. Arlo c.
]. Deibler. director. Anacostia High
School DIN. Repeating Sundays
COLGATE UNIVERSITY GLEE CLUB.
Jan ToOn de Jong, director. Barker
Hall, SIS pm. Program not avail
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE. Paul olefsky,
director. Soloists: Paul Olefsky. cello:
tet I93s,, Hindemith; Suite No. 8
E2F cello Ea sssn
0rmandy. conductor; Soloists: Byron
Janis. piano; Jacob Krae Si 9n x
CLASSICAL symphony in D. Opus %.
opus. Il. Raehmaninoff; scheherezade.
TUESDAY
NATIoNAI sYMnHoM N1dr. oRcHEsTRA
Mason High school: Falls Church; Q 80
zaTs Ry1 s HeaF Hsss 6es MH
Meantain Kng; ah From r. tie The Peer aynt
Ss SsisS M s@ 'nf from G0fse
GuaracRa. Gould: Sailors Dance.
WEDNESDAY.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH SILVER
director: Ruth Ferguson. organ. At
the church. 5 pm; From Darkness to
The s MzA AR f TITO Rathsrine H.n.
soprano; John Yard. baritone; Joseph
Collins: baritone: Assisting artists
Ka5l Halyorsen. piano; Gordon STAPLES.
All,Mozart program: La liberia; K.
psiu s <. ! {sS; cinqqs' da,Ssssi i, 6 from
casa madama. from La Nozze di Fl
CARO-, K. 400: Piu non 81 trovano. K.
S4g; Msnd dina amahiie. & $50; Caro-
tate, from n La cle%ensa ii Tito. Z.
621: Tandem post turbida. K. 3S;
schon lacht ter holde Fruhling. K.
S ESQ., En- via eu Lone 1T9m pSn 9 atS
Sc nf icntan. K. 4s As l Iaci care, K.
$40; La Partenza, K. 436;. Nun liebes
Weibchen. K; 625; O selige W9nns,
NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
Howard Mitchell, conducto5; IN, solSists:
Mervine: contralto; Jacob Barkin.
Hogard University Choir. Warner Law
pm. Overture to Cantata No. 81 Bach:
symphony No. 7. in c. Opus los. Sib-
elius; Symphony No. 9, in D minor.
Opus l25, Beethoven.
THURS DAY.
NEW YORK AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH CHOIR. stephen Prussing,
director; William Watkins, organ.
Soloists: Harold Copenhaver. tenor;
Richard Rogers, baritone: Earle
Thompson, bass. At the church, s
pm, The Last Supper. Malipiero.
UNITED STATES ARMY BAND-Hugh
Curry, conductor; Soloist; Lindsay
Bergen, tenor. Departmental Audi
torium, $50 pm. March, Hands
Across the Sea. Sousa: First movement,
symphony No. 8 in B minor l''Un-
fnished"), Schubert; Music of the
Passover, arr Loboda; o bone Jesu,
Palestrina: Hospodi Pomilui. Lvofi;
Open Our Eyes, Mcfarland: U. s..
Army Band March. Streeter; Jesu, Joy
of Mans Desiring. Bach: Father. into
Thy Hands ! commend my spirit. from
oid. 'e ana see. from The 0T Messiah
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TODAY.

PHILHARMoNIC5 SYMPHONY, SOCIETY
conductor. Constitution Hall, 2:30
s D s sTx s5nS Ro Mfoass
TOM. Mendelssohn; Homages.
e Ealai Dances iFO% oHe4tnTe
AEp MAyx cH AgEla5a A AT!S
s ssiSsr Open The Gates aRs fF the
PIE, arr. WARNS; Christ the Lord Is
Is Risen. wesiey-schoiin; HalleluiaH
Chorus. from the Messiah. Handel.
ACADEMY; pSssId e C,i SiIIsy, ID alre aS5
AND 1d BoY5 asaI OF drestof
Washington Cathedral. pm. Toe
eata: ,Adagio and Fugue in N, G; i Bach ZACH:
Thou. Lord, Our Refuge Mendels-
sohn: Praise We sing to Thee; Haydn;
Thou knowest; Lord. Purcell; Halle
Fugue, Ad nos, ad salutarem undam.
cAPffoL OPERA PLAYERS; i Elizabeth !, {,
Duet. from La Gioconda. Ponchhiiellil
%ss rom Fsnsq aStaspy 6usfe
from from Carmen 09 Sast AVE Ssris
oxoN HILL HIGH SCHOOL BAND. G.
Betty Cusiek Barnes, soprano Allen
Ohmes. violin. Oxon Hill High School,
coMRRSEp 5rV eEonR 2O' % sHslaslf METH
tor. and WESTERN Presbyterian
Soioists: MiiIicent Tomkins. soprano;
Jeanne Wood. soprano: Arianns Hadley
tn Lowell H S0ntrsitS ESy%on riona Hdon
Phillips. bass: Temple Dunn. conduc-
tor: Nancy POore Tufts. organ; West
r. aoiS oa1sn
cHANcEL CHOIR. wilson BoULE-
WARD CHRISTIAN CHURCH. l. L.
bass. At e tSe chS EaS 'o pm. The
c4ASS$EsSs SESIEi., SECOND &c 4gor PsEs 2
Malone, direstef., soloists: Hendrix Es-
Abe cherry. viols;, santo csserta.
church. 5 pm. The Seven Words Of
wEsTMoRELAND CoNGREGATIoNAL
HerTinston. director soioists, Phyllis
contralto; Frank Mervine, tenor. Ell
pm. Hosanna, arr. Bitwood: l heard
two soldiers talking. kemmer; Come
and Mourn, Means. Were you there,
arr. Bnrleieh: The Legend Of the Dog
wood Tree Maryott; Our Beautiful
Earth. Easter Is a Happy Day. Heller;
Glad That Live Am /. Snaw; Easter
Carol: On Easter Dsy; White Lilies.
Maryott; Waking Carol when Christ
AwOke victorious. ,whitford; with a
Voice of Singing. Shaw; Prelude N G
minor. Bach: Chorale prelude. Christ
lay in Deaths dark Prison. Bach;
Chorale prelude. The Blessed Christ
Is ris'n today, Bach; Chorale prelude,
Christ Is arisen. Bach.
1T LUKE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
CHOIR willis A. Hines, director;
James B. Jones, organ. Soloists: Ro-
berta Lone. soprano; robert Norris.
baritone. At the church, 1880 pm.
Jesu, JOY Of Mans DESIRING Bach;
Crucinxus. from the B minor Mass.
Bach: How Lovely Is Thy pwellins
Place, from the Reouiem, Brahms;
wiz Comfort x'O' from thu
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Notice

Announcements Of Easter
musical programs to take
place in churches next Sum
day will be carried by The
Star next Saturday rather
than in Programs Of the
Week" on Sunday. There
after, Sunday church pro-
grams will be listed in Sum
days Star as usual.
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Requiem. Brahms; Ave Maria. Bach
Gournod; REQUIEM, Faure.
COMBINED CHoIRs. OLD ST JOHNS
CHURCH. AND NATIONAL CITY
CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Karl Halvorsen.
conductor. National City Christian
Church, T:45 pm. REQUIEM, Faure.
ST MATTHEWS CATHEDRAL CHOIR
p 81 MEN ESir At the Church pm Missa
CHURCH OF THE EPIPHANY CHOIR.
Adolf Torovsky. director. organist
SoloiSts: Mary Llewellyn. soprano; Don
Mackin, bass; AT At the church, pm.
NEW YORK AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH CHOIRS, STEPHEN Prussing,
director; William Watkins. organ. At
the church. pm. Mass in C minor.
Cherubini
DENIsoN UNIVERSITY MEMS GLEE
CLUB. Karl Eschman. director. Trinity
Presbyterian Church, Arlington, pm
Program not available
LUTHERAN CHURCH OF THE REFOR-
NATION CHOIR. julie Zabawa. director;
George koehler, organ. Soloists: Peggy
Zabawa, soprano; Julia Shonk. soprano;
George Barritt, tenor: Donald Robin
son. baritone: julie Zabawa. baritone.
= According to st John Bach.
list cHggR'S SIa,.. Edwin 4: M,Iler; a.
IS s0f chaF sS.Fa AS Patton p@ f Psss cr A.
~ VaI nMS,n;, StalnSI.
CHOIR, ARL1NdToN, soloists rheims
sSn1tG no1 Sar SSs tenor B. E Msns
bass At the church, s pm. TIE
Life Eyerla$ting; Matthews,
coLu kn.1 UNIVERSITY Iyiy GLEE cLgs
Methodist Church. SPIN. The Tesla.
ment Of Freedom, THOMPSON: There
Is vain Baim n u Sliead DaSs9n: Feasting
mann; Halleiliah. from Judas Mac
F Foaase Gan' fsra. DG%9s
JOHN JACOB NILES, tolk-sinser. Ma;
o, A@s5isan f9IS musis; ,.oa-.1 nanS
RRyST aiEas S,I CHURCH cHofiE. s BI1sSe
I'm R Ehs ssHsR l eHu Ts5d' RqsSi;
ssis Msgle SEestOF Sn,, ses nal.
ford soprano; Marie HAYNES. soprano;
Casey 9he a5. tenor ; James Wheeler:
WENDELL MARGRAvE. piano; Hen
dFs Essers violin arlington academy
Bach; Sonatina. Eldin Burton; Sonata
in No. ., D minor. Opus 1871. Schu-
mann: Sonata No. l. major. Opus s,
GrieE.
TOMORROW.
STUDENT RECITAL, FRIDAY MORN
ING MUSIC CLUB. Arts Club, p m.
Sonata Corelli; La Cinauantaine. Ga
brial-Marie; The Lass With the Deli
cate Air. Arne: The Nightingaie En-
slaves the Rose, Rimsky -korSakod:
The Little Shepherds Song. Watts:
Waltzes, OpdS 80. Nos. rs, /, 3.
Brahms: Scherzo in E nat minor,
Opus 4, Brahms: Alteration, Borowski;
Variations on a Theme by Donizetti,
Danela; Weathers. Hardy -Fiske; Never
the Nightingale. Sacco; On Wings.
Whitney-Richard; The Green Dog,
kingsley: Italian Concerto. Bach.
sler, piano. Phillips Gallery, $50
pm. Suite, Stravinsky: Sonata in
A, Franck; Sicilienne and Rigaudon
Kreisler; Preludes. jacob: Burlesaua
Suk; Introduction and Rondo Capric-
cioso. Saint-Saens.
DENISoN UNIVERSITY MEMS GLEl
GtUB. Karl Eschman, director. Ma
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-10-08

An axiom of the spiritual life that unfortun-
atey has suffered the same fate as so many Ak
IONS, ie., being so apparent they are taken Tor
granted and quickly forgotten, is the one which
states that pride is the basis of all sins. At first
glance this may seem too sweeping statement We
are inclined to say il is no axiom at all. We lmmedl-
ately think OF all frequent and possible sins and,
drawing up a roster, may look IN vain Tor their
beginnings in pride And yet, say the Fathers such
is the case Man has TO deny himself more in the
admission of pride than in acknowledging the guilt
OF any other sin. In owning to pride man denies
himself the last justification for any sinful action
he may have committed and this Is dlstasteiul IN
the extreme, for it points man out makes MN
uniuue before God and in the eyes OF his fellow
men as the sole author of his crime. The begin
ninps Of sin in pride remain hidden and obscure
to man only because man will not see. Don't we
hear another forgotten truth: No one IS so blind
as he who will not see?
Pride is that which makes us want TO be more
than we are either in own sight or IN the
sight OF others or makes us want 10 be something
we have no right to be Almost every sinful ac
ton can be traced to this source, the source com
monty found in the twisted, pridefut nature that
is the birthright of every man born into this world
devoid OF Gods saving graces. Pride was the SIN
OF our first parents, IL was even the sin OF the
angels
And thus. in our own case. it is pride that
causes man to steal and so to gain something
that will raise his status in his own eyes and the
ewes OF others. man kills TO remove the object
Of his sc0rn, usurping rights to which he has no
clam-iudge and exeeutioner Even sins OF the
flesh have in their inception elements of this all
pervading pride. Man chooses passing, finite,
material pleasure against Gods holy will, max
ing his own will the norm or canon OF ms acuon,
assuming offices and prerogatives belonging 10
God alone In any sin, man is in sense stealing
from God.
In medical lore "gunshot prescription" was
one aimed to cure some with a number OF Ills,
the cause or causes Of which remained hidden.
Could it be that We have just such a panacea Tor
the ills of our souls in the practice of humility?
Could we find the cure TO our besetting sins by
deposing the reign of pride in our souls through
the practice Of the virtue opposed to pride, humil-
ity? After naming a number Of sins the Holy Ghost,
through the mouth of st. Paul, points to their com
mon beginning in pride: "He who thinks himself
to stand take heed lest he fall
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-10-08

This coming Sunday, October TO- is the day Of
concerted prayer and honor to our Blessed Mother
declared by Bishop Ready to be observed through
out the Diocese in every parish. 1t will be- accord
ing to the mind Of the Bishop, a family" affair,
and it is well that il should be-
Inseparably tied up with love of and devotion
to Mary is the idea of the family There are no
ties of natural affinity binding individuals together
as a group which stronger than those which
exist in and around that relationship which Mary
has with us her children.
We are hers by Divine command and through
her maternal adoption. 1t is through her that we
become brothers and sisters in that family which
has God as its head It is through her that we re-
ceive the life-stream of our souls: Gods grace
Truly she performs for us in the order of grace all
those things that make her our Mother in very
fact
Bishop Ready has asked all to make next
Sunday a day of family rededcation to Mary our
Mother This will be the day of denomination of
our progress in devotion and love Of Blessed
Mother 1t will be the time Of rejoicing in the knowl
edge of what this Marian Year has meant to us
as individuals. 1t will be a time Of fervent prayer
that what we have gained and enjoyed will be
given to the rest of the world-partcularly TO
Marys errant children our brothers It viii be the
time of renewed pleading that Mary, Mother of us
all, will secure from her Divine Son the graces
needed in the world to insure peace among the diff
fering members of her family and the eventual re-
turn Of all her children TO the maternal fold, the
Church.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-10-08

once unified Western culture and no longer func-
tions formerly? 1t would be mistake to pretend
that this was one single factor and no other. Mr..
Dawson suggests that it must include the classical
heritage Of the West its Christian religion and the
native traditions of its people. Unfortunately for us
the classical heritage is largely ignored the Chris
ton religion is not universally shared, and the
native traditions of the peoples often working
for self-expression and against unity.
1t is something of a task to know where to be-
gin. Mr.. Dawson has indicated his preference -
education There is no substitute for a systematic
study of Western civilization ITSELF he feels, in
which study each person discovers something of
the legacy of the past and the debt of the present
In rediscovering consciously these ancient roots we
acknowledge the unity of other days and understand
at least in part the elements which made it possible
The consequence of this can be prodigious. We
may not have to spend ourselves in chasing after
eemets of unity in breathless hoping but
merely recover some of these precious elements of
former times which in hapless enthusiasm our
fathers cast from us It is at least place to begin
The Pilot
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-10-08

sues of July 81 and August z,
gives the orders to the comrades
everywhere as to how Europe is
to be torn from the side of the
United States and placed firmly
in the Soviet camp. The Soviet
relationships proposals of July
"a for collective security in
Europe, which would embrace
all European countries, what
ever their social system" is the
spearhead for the new peace"
drive.
Beware Coalition
The Soviet journal of direc-
tiveS quotes the London Times
as stating very many people in
Britain like the idea of Euro
pean security pact" Other Eu-
ropean papers are cited to the
same effect. A moments thought
will indicate that this new Soviet
scheme is merely an enlarged
version of the Red swim d lie
known as "the united front" and
coalition government"
It is by the united front"
device that the Communists have
been able to enter organization
after organization at top levels,
and then to use that position to
wipe out all opposition. The
downfall of Poland and Czecho-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-10-08
LOUIS F. BUDEM
Our Folly Aids SOUiet Gains

slovakia was hastened by 'coaii-
ton governments" forced on
those countries by the Red Army
and by the stupid agreement of
the United States.
In persuading European gov
ernments to enter into closer
relations with Soviet Russia,
with the eventual possibility Of
a collective security pact" the
KremIin is not only divorcing
Europe from the United States.
It is doing much more than that.
1t is preparing for the conditions
which toiIl enable SoUiet RtSSid,
aUith ats consistently unScr1iptouS
tactics, to gobbte up all Europe.
Stain laid down the first scheme
for the division of Europe from
the United States in October,
1852, and in doing so indicated
that Soviet domination of Eu-
rope would follow.
Two Reasons For Nsivefe
We may inquire: why is it
that the Kremlin in such short
time has won so many news
papers in Europe to its side in
this drive? The editors of the
London Times, for example, must
know of the fate of the Baltic
countries, conquered by Moscow
under cover of "non-aggression
pacts." They must know the
history of Soviet advance by the
coalition government" plot.
Two reasons for this naive at
titude on the part of these news
papers Immediately stand out.
One of them is Communist ~.
filtration of the press and Red
influences upon 1t, which goes
forward in Europe just as in the
United States. The second reason
is even more important, for it
helps to strengthen the Reds in
the first. 1t is nothing other
than the policy of the United
States. If this country becomes
a victim to the peaceful coexis-
tence" nonsense, then every Eu-
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No Common DenominatOr

Christopher Dawson one of the luminous Chris
tian minds Of our times, has been studying now
for many years the problems OF present day cul-
ture Like so many Others he has been trying
to discover something which can restore unity to
a civilization which has become trageally divided
and in simple truth fragmenized. We hardly be
Ieve this story of dissolution most of us, since we
look upon the civilization of the West IS something
quite easily distinguished and still recognizable as a
single entity in itself.
careful study of the history Of our times,
and the last few centuries as well, can quickly
convince us, however, that there are mighty
forces struggling within present culture which
must somehow become integrated within the total
pattern Of that civilization or quite literally eX
plode IT,
AS a footnote to these thoughts, the Conference
on Science Philosophy and Religion met last
week and discussed some aspects of this very prob
lem This Conference has met yearly since l94O and
gathered together men of science and religion 10
sift soberly some Of the problems of contemporary
society as seen from the varied points of view of
scientist philosopher and theologian After such
long deliberations they have to one very
significant conclusion at least--in many of the
problems probed they just did not know what the
other fellow was talking about.
The highly specialized nature of the present
divisions in knowledge creates a pre- biem which
was not present in earlier times, certainly not so
acutely but what is notceably absent Is The com
mon cultural denominator which gave unity to their
shared civilization
The question next in line is clear: What is the
element-or elements-that we have lost? What