Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-24
NEWS OF MUSIC
BY DAY THORPE

The Washington Cathedral,
as one Of its activities, enjoys
the timely. gracious. and felic-
itous recognition Of temporal
dominions. principalities and
powers. Each Sunday it in
vokes the blessing of God on
the work and life Of the resi-
dents Of New Hampshire or
Oregon, Is host to bagpipers
in difference to Scotland, dec
crates its granite columns
with maple leaves with q
friendly nod to Canada, and
in general is always as COM
panionable a neighbor as 1t
is militant a church.
It can be easily understood,
therefore. with what interest
the Very Rev. Francis B.
Sayre. jr., dean of the Cathe-
dral. has been following the
CESSATION and birth of two
new nations, Qantasylvania
and Ghana-each an ideal
country to receive the warm
greeting and the beneficent
laying on Of hands Of the
Cathedral. When Ghana was
actually born on March 6, and
proved to be a healthy and
lusty infant. one likely to
make a name for itself in the
outside world. Dean Sayre
decided to give 1t the full
avuncular treatment-to dedi-
cate a service to Ghana in
honor of the thrice-happy
day.
Festive Plans Progress
They do these things no.
where quite so nicely as at
the Cathedral. Soon Dean
Sayre had prayers prepared,
tributes tabulated and exhor-
tations endited. It is possible
that there was q trace of
Episcopalian evangelism in the
Deans endeavors. for he had
probably read in a communica-
ton from Calvin johnson,
published in The Star, that
Ghana's Prime Minister
Kwame Nkrumah. originally a
Roman Catholic. Occasionally
attended churches Of various
denominations and has been
known to prelude a general
election by accompanying his
followers - members Of the
Convention Peoples Party-to
the Accra lagoon to pay hon.
age to the pagan goddess of
water" Nkrumah's vacillation
may have appeared to the
Deans experienced eye a clear
case Of shopping around.
Plans for the festive sacer-
dotal rites progressed with easy
assurance. Two Of Ghana's
leading representatives in this
country-Mr. Seth K. Anthony.
M.B.E., of the Ghana Foreign
Service and Mr.. A. @. Smart
Abbey of the Ghana Liaison
Office-were invited to attend,
and the flag of the new nation
red. gold and green. with a
flve-pointed black star-was
flown in the church. Early in
the week the Dean requested
Paul Galloway. the Cathedral's
organist. to play the Ghana
National Anthem at the Sum-
day service.
Such rudimentary musical
symbolism is standard operat-
ing procedure in the Cathe-
dral's commemorative services.
and ordinarily Mr.. Galloway
would have been in no way
disconnected. for he has at
his finger tips all sorts of
mathematician, school. de-
nominational and fraternal.
He had never practiced nor
even heard the Ghana Ma
tional Anthem, however. and
suspected that a country less
than a week old might be lack
ing even so necessary an en-
blem of soverainty.
Score Proves Elusive
Mr.. Galloway put the prob
lem up to his friend Frank c.
Campbell, of the music divi-
sion Of the Library Of Con-
gress. a musicologist from
whom no secrets are hid, at
least for long. Finding that
the Library's shelves had no
Ghana National Anthem. Mr..
Campbell phoned the super
visory officer on the Gold
Coast desk of the State De-
partment. This gentlemen was
well-advised on artistic mat
tiers of his particular beat and
told Mr.. Campbell that indeed