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Evening star., 1959-12-06
Asher Gruphics

Lila Oliver Asher has an
excellent show Of prints,
drawings and wire sculptures
at Collectors Corner, 1925
Wisconsin Avenue. George
town, through next Sunday.
Best known as a graphic
artist, she is equally skillful
in the creation of bent wire
figures and animals. boy in
a Clown Suit" and Giraffe"
are outstanding.
Half of these 26 works are
linoleum prints, nearly all
dealing with naturalistic fig
ures in outline against plain
backgrounds. Some are in
white line on black or single
colors; a few are printed in
several colorS. Outstanding
(to me- are "St. Francis, Z"
boys swinging on a fence and
boys playing marbles. Mrs.
Asher's drawings in crayon
or pencil are expressive. A
portrait head of Mrs. Harold
H. Burton is a fine likeness;
a little Girl With a Book. I"
charming.
The artist has lived in
Washington for 13 years. A
biography giving her full and
varied art background is
posted with the show. (Open
10 to 5 daily, Sunday, 3 to 81
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NEW OPENINGS

NORWEGIAN TAPESTRIES Natural
History Museum, Constitution avenue
ct Tenth street NV. Next Saturday
through January 10, 1850.
CONTEMPORARY WATER COLORS
AND DRAWINGS FROM THE ROOT
COLLECTIoN-Phillips Gallery, 1900
Twenty-frst street NV Next Sat-
urday through January 5, 1850.
PAINTINGS BY DELEVENTE IT h .
Bader Gallery, 1905 G street NV,
Just opened, through December 2S.
CHRISTMAS GROUP EXHIBITION
OriRo Gallery. zoos R street NV.
Next Wednesday throush January
PAINTINGS BY DELOvENTo - The
Obelisk Gallery, 324l street NV.
Next Wednesday through December
RELIGIOUS PAINTINGS BY JAMES L.
WELLS--Barnett Alden Gallery, 1877
Randolph place NV Just opened.
through January 81, 1860
PAINTINGS BY DEMETRIUS KOKOT-
SIS-The Shoreham Hotel Tanner
lane Room. Current through Christ
mas holidays.
HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY-Georee
Washington University Library, 2023
@ street NV. Today through De-
cember 81
PHOTOGRAPHS BY ED WILLIS BAR
NV. Today through December "a.
CHRISTMAS GROUP EXHIBITION By
MEMBERS-TheS Studio Gallery, s14
Prince street, Alexandria. Va. Cur
rent through December 81.
TEEN-AGE ART FROM ISRAEL-Cleve-
land Park Branch, Public Library,
Connecticut avenue and Macomb
street NV. Tuesday through De-
cember is.
PAINTINGS BY FRANCIS PETERS
Beef Treat Restaurant, Thirteenth
and z streets NV. Current through
December 20.
PAINTINGS BY NICKELLI-Roma Res
taurant, 34l9 Connecticut avenue
NV. Current through January "a.
1860.
GRAPHICS BY EVELYN b. WYNNE--
Dale Drive Gallery. S1l Dale drive,
Silver Spring. Current through Jan.
uary 81, 1860.
Evening star., 1959-12-06
Light Opero Group
Sets Tryout Dates

Tryouts for principal roles
OF the Montgomery Light
Opera Association will be
held Tuesday from 7 to 10
pm. in the cafeteria of Mont
gomery Junior College, Ia
kon1a avenue and Woodberry
drive, Silver Spring. Chorus
applicants and those seeking
stage and production crew
assignments should apply at
8 pm. December IS.
The association is in its
ninth year. 1t is affiliated
with the Montgomery Junior
College and the Adult Edu-
cation Council Of Montgom-
cry County. Thomas E. Jones
is president.
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art at the University Of Ken
lucky, Mr.. Thursz brings to
his teaching and his own
painting, a combination of
diverse influences and expe-
riences. At a tender age
he was trained in classical
disciplines in Casablanca's
French schools; his most
impresSionable years were in
New York City, where he
graduated from Queens Col
lege and Columbia Univer-
sity; and two years ago, he
had further contact with
French culture.
This background is re-
viewed by Richard Freeman,
head of the art department
of the University of Ken
lucky, in his foreword to the
folder on Mr.. Thursz, con-
corning whose work Mr..
Freeman says:
New ExpreSSiOnism
ITO the order, clarity and
respect for materials that has
been inherent in the great
French painters p. has been
added an enthusiastic ap-
preciation for the headlong
impetuosity of the new
American Abstract Express
sionism." Mr.. Freeman finds
Mr.. ThursZ' monumental
canvases" revelatory "if we
only use our eyes, our hearts.
and our minds. He does not
say how long we must per-
servere in order to receive
this message. 1t would prob
ably require more than a
single lifetime for some
people.
At any rate, to the ordi-
nary gaze. Mr.. Thursz' large
paintings have a sort of con-
vention in being painted all
over in one color or black,
with one or more large
roughly circular forms in the
same color or slightly darker.
executed with heavier paint
applied in strokes having a
different direction; and at
suitable distances from the
circles, one or two bars of
different color. This theme in
variations is played through
out the show. But to Mr..
Freeman, these paintings
tell us a lot about the world
In general" about the artist,
and about ourselves. (Open
Tuesday through Saturday,
IL to 81
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Veteran Sturs
Are Insurance

HOLLYWOOD. - Director
Henry King signed three
famed former stage and
screen stars who total $50
years of thespian experience
for the Garden of Allah party
sequence of Producer Jerry
Wald's Beloved Infidel" at
10th Century-Fox. They used
Franklyn Farnum, SIS years
experience; Gertrude Astor,
IS years in the theatrical
profession, and Forbes Muir
ray, who celebrates so years
IN show business.
They're one-take insur.
ance," said Director King.
Evening star., 1959-12-06
KofIer Solo

This afternoon from 2 to
5 is the last to see John
Kof1er's one-man show of
abstract expressionist and a
few earlier paintings. A BIZ
ography of Mr.. Keller in the
entrance hall, tells of his ex-
tensive training in art, be-
ginning in his native New
Orleans.
He came to Washington
at the beginning of World
War II to work with the Of
flee Of Strategic Services as
a craftsman, designer and
photographer, later as art di-
rector in the Department Of
Defense.
1t is incomprehensible that
with his ability to produce
such satisfactory abstrac-
tionS as New Harbor, Maine"
only two years ago, "Reminis-
cences" with definite forms
in harmonious colors, and a
number of delicate drawings,
he now chooses to cover
large canvaSes with violent
colors and explosive spat-
ters, drips and runs.
Evening star., 1959-12-06
NEWS OF MUSIC
By DAY THORPE
Star Music Critic

Left E. Jensen of Takoma
Park writes me sorrowfully
to protest my disapproval Of
the Library Of Congress pre-
senting performances Of the
Bach sonatas for riute and
clavier using a piano instead
OF a harpsichord. Mr.. Jensen
says that these sonatas on
phonograph records, when he
was a boy living on a farm in
Northern Michigan, were his
introduction to Bach and
perhaps the most "joy0us
and impressionable musical
experience" of his early life.
-ss They prompted him to
teach himself the flute.
e~*The next step was to
persuade my mother to try
TO play the piano keyboard
parts. She was naturally
quite reluctant to attempt
this as her piano experience
was limited mostly to play
ing Lutheran hymns. But
my love and enthusiasm for
these sonatas finally con-
vinced her to make the ef-
fort, and in a short time we
were playing the slow move
rnents of all seven sonatas
together.
IF this did nothing else,
our playing together estab-
lished a very close bond be-
tween us, which I know
helped to make up for the
usual ene-sided comradeship
Of my father and myself in
hunting and fishing!"
OF course, let the harpSi-
chord be damned. Mr.. Jen-
sen describes music making
in what to my mind is its
noblest apparition.
When a Veyron-Lacroix
and q Jean Pierre Rampel
play Bach flute sonatos at
the Library of Congress in
public there is no question
that q harpsichord should be
used, but when they are
played at home even an &C
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Frederic Thursz

Frederic Thursz, a young
man still under 80, who was
born in Morocco, came to the
United States as a child of
II, and at 26 went to Paris
on a Fulbright fellowship;
has a one-man show at the
Jefferson Place Gallery, 1916
Connecticut avenue NV.
through next Saturday.
Now assistant professor of
Evening star., 1959-12-06

stone camel by Belle Belle
rose; Lucy Collins ceramic
rabbit; Harvey Moore's clever
Young Cat" Of metal plates;
Nicholas Ohly's streamlined
flying heron entitled Speed
and Frieda Sohn's sitting bull
in red wood. William Hada-
way has managed to create
a sculptured landscape In his
Wire Forest" a clever SIM
pliflcation Of leaf1ess trees.
Mr.. Brabanski has wide
ranging tastes, for in addi-
ton to good works he in
cluded some repulsive items,
and some ridiculous, such as
James Drinard's small figure
Of q recumbent man which
calls to mind those wax
images which play q role in
voodoo rites, If I recall cor
rectly Figures to be stuck
with pins or otherwise dam
aged, with the objective Of
bringing dire luck to the per-
sons they supposedly re-
Semble).
And Of course there are
many distractions, some
meritorious (e.g. Bernice Ep-
STEMS fan and funnel"
composition for a bronze bird,
and Betty Gertsch' Two
Birds" interlocking circular
forms).
But despite the inclusion
Of many good sculptures
(most of them small works.
the section as a whole falls
short of the interesting and
impressive local shows ar
ranged at too infrequent in
tervalS by the Sculptors'
Guild Of Washington. 1t is
regrettable that work in this
major medium should usual
ly be found in a subordinate
position as to size and in
terest. (Open Tuesdays
through Saturdays, 10 to 4::30;
Sunday, 2 to 81
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Mother and Child" In which
the subject is discernible, but
only Just. The latter is one
Of three equal award winners
in sculpture. 1t seems to IL
lustrate the theory lately
propounded after expert
ments, that baby monkeys
(and by inference human in
fantS) do not need real moth
ers, but merely wads Of inert
material to which they can
cling.
The other two prize win
ners, Abraham Blustein's
rugged, characterful head of
scholar and philosopher Mar
tin Buber. and Robert e.
Kuhn's giant owl" 8 feet
Of welded steel plates with
rows Of small bars suggest
ing feathers, are worthy re-
cipientS. Owls are popular
with modern artists; there
are others in the exhibition
in the painting and graphics
sections as well as sculpture.
Two more in the last men,
toned are Joan Erbe's ce-
ramic owl with painted
feathers, and r. Shute's
bronze owl with holes as part
Of the design.
Chief Subjects
Human beings, animals and
birds are sculptures chief
subjects. The largest number
Of good sculptures in the area
show interpret human heads
and figures: June Cary's tall,
slender nude; Sonia Hudson's
exquisite little wood torso of
q woman; Eleanor Horwitz'
genre plaque. Flower Vend-
ors";; L. Kovasznay's small
black marble generalized
nude; Reuben Kramer's beau
tiful figure Of a young girl, in
which he has escaped from
the wasp waists and lumpy
limbs Of his creations of yes
teryear; Pietro Lazzari's head
Of . young woman; Erna
NeveS' charming little group
of mother and children; Mar
cia Porterfleld's granite flower
seller; q little girl picking up
seashells by Louise Sagalyn;
and Peer Stevens "Hagar and
IShmael."
Besides the above men
toned owls, there are several
other admirable birds and
animal sculptures: A green
Evening star., 1959-12-06
BY JAMES G. DEANE
Star Record Critic

The man who Is happily
bathing his eardrums in the
sumptuousness Of stereo owes
thanks to the inventiveness
and enterprise Of many peo-
pie but especially to one
company.
If London Records-par-
entally England's Decca-
had not gambled on the skill
of its technicians and the
stature of its musicians and
on the venturesomeness of a
vanguard Of the public, where
would stereo stand today?
Not, it is certain, in the
bulliSh circumstances it now
occupies.
London got an advance
jump into stereo by planning
ahead. 1t did not monopolize
the initial lists Of a year ago
because it had openly pro-
claimed its intentions, giving
the competition a full oppor-
tunity to jump n,too, which
the competition has done
with steadily growing enthus-
iasm.
But the initial prestige
gained by a judicious blend
Of managerial and technical
adeptneSs has kept the Lon
don head high. A repertoire
which started out substanti-
ally anchored to the elevated
level of full-length operas
and assorted composers of
the Debussy, Berlioz, Falla,
Stravinsky bracket as well as
the usual standard list has
remained high-clasS. Engi-
neering which started out
good has become still better.
And performance has
matched the customary Lon
don standard, which is Sec
ond to no ones.
If this is all anyone would
have expected, and if stSreo
by others is also doing well,
let it be said nevertheless that
it is gratifying and deserves
commemorating. 1t is also
worth attention from those
who still acknowledge stereo
as a name on paper rather
than something heard. There
are other names that stand
in the Schwann lists which
would mean less to fewer to-
day if stereo and London had
not become identified.
These include, of course,
Flagstad, Ansermet, Tebaldi,
Backhaus, Krips, del Monaco,
Kubelik, Seraf1n, Solti, della
Casa. Argenta, Knapperts-
busch, London, Siepi, Muen-
chinger, Katchen, Campoli,
Gueden and Ricci. They also
include Mozart, Wagner, Puc-
cini, Strauss, Haydn, Mailer,
Bartok, MendelSsohn, Schu-
bert, Brahms, Beethoven,
Gluck, Verdi, Boito, Bach,
Lehar. Liszt and the many
others in the burgeoning COM
poser listing whose creative
legacy is being brought with
in fuller accessibility, in all
its amplitude and detail, than
ever before through the
agency Of the modern, and
now the stereo, phonograph.
Evening star., 1959-12-06
Trompe L'oeiI

A one-man show by Alex
andria painter Robert White
opened the middle of Novem-
Der, a small gallery exclu-
sively for art exhibitions at
Henri's, 113 South Royal
street, Alexandria. This show
remains through December Is.
Twelve of the IA works are
still life done with the metic.
ulous precision Of trompe
l'oeil paintings, in which the
differentiation of many tex.
lures is skillfully handled, OBJ
jects and fruits attractive
and interesting, arrangements
good and colors rich, toneful
and quiet, with a generally
dark neutral background to
set off the objects. The level
OF quaLlty is so even thaC
preference is a matter of
personal taste in subjects.
Golden Eagle is an elab-
crate two-in-one painting.
Others I liked particularly
are Sewing Machine" (bIack,
white and red), BLACK
Grapes" Lemon and Chinese
Bowl" and Opened Book"
Still in his 2Os, Mr.. White,
a native of Northern New
York, studied art at the
Maryland Institute, Balti-
more, under several teach
erS, best known of whom was
Jacques Maroger, who dis
covered or developed a me-
dium thought to, be sub
stantially that, Of the old
masters.
Evening star., 1959-12-06
DISCAPSULES
Worth noting:

Worth noting:
GRANGER Country Gar
dens Frederick FenneIl,
Eastman Rochester Pops;
Mercury MG 50219). Pleas
urably and lively collection
of folk-like fare by the Aus
tralian-born pianist-compo-
ser, now Cat I'D retired from
public performance. The
pianist mot Grainger) in
Handel on the Strand fails
to resort to his elbows.
JACOB Suite: William
Byrd (Fennell, Eastman
Wind Ensemble; Mercury
MG 5019D. The attractive
suite by the English compo-
ser Gordon Jacob, written
for the 1923 Byrd tercente-
nary, draws on six pieces
from the Fitzwilliam Virgil
nal Book. A band piece by
Hoist, Hammersmith, and
Walton's 1887 Crown Impe-
rial coronation march fill out
this enterprising wind COL
lection.
BARTOK Hungarian
Sketches, Romanian Dances,
and suite from The Mi
raculouS Mandarin (Antal
Dorati, Chicago and Mime
apolis symphonies; Mercury
MIG 5015D. Idiomatic per-
formanceS of interesting and
vital fare. Bartok's music is
far more listenable than
many realize.
STR WHISKY Octet,
OSTAKOVICH two
pieces for string octet, PRO-
KOFIEFF Overture and
BARTOK Romanian dances
art hur Winograd and
MGM orchestra members;
MGM E 3684). The Stravin-
sky work is for winds, the
Prokof1eff for winds plus
pianos, harps, celesta, from
bone, trumpets, cellos, dou-
BILE bass and percussion. A
stimulating collection.
SCHUBERT 23rd Psalm,
PARRY Myfanwy and other
pieces (Rhos Male Choir,
John T. Davies, organ;
Washington WR 416). A COL
lection labeled Music from
the Welsh Mines" led by
Edward Jones. The choir's
name is a contraction of
that Of its home town Rhosl-
lannerchrugog.
Evening star., 1959-12-06
FRIDAY

PHOENIX STRING QUARTET: David
Sackson and Fred ManLella, violins
Ralph Hersh, viola; Ray SchweitEer
cello. Assisting artist: Carleton
Sprague Smith, flute. Library OF
Congress. $40 pm. String Quartet
No. No. I, v Viotti; { % String guar 9uartet af'E in E
Opus 2. No. 2, Brunetti; Variations
on q Theme by Gluck, Tovey; La
Oracion del Torero, Turina.
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Howard Mitchell, conductor McDon.
ough Gym, GEORGETOWN University
$50 pm Overture to Hansel and
Gretel, Humperdinck: Suite for
Strings. Horns, Flutes and English
Horn, Purcell l-Barbirolli; Overture
to Romeo and Juliet, Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. |, Brahms.
CARLOS MONToYA, guitar. LisneI
Auditorium, $50 pm.
Evening star., 1959-12-06
THURSDAY

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA,
Howard Mitchell, conductor. McKin-
ley High School, lis and 2:15 pm.
Youth Concert.
WASHINGTON AND CATHEDRAL
CHORAL SOCIETIES; COMBINED
GLEE CLUBS OF THE NATIONAL
CATHEDRAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
AND SAINT ALBANS SCHOOL FOR
BOYS, Paul Callaway, conductor
Washington Cathedral. 500 pm
Soloists: Lois Marshall, soprano;
Regina Sarfaty, mezzo,-soprano;
don, baritone. Hora Novissima, Ho-
ratio Parker.
MALCOLM FRAGER, piano. Andrew
Rankin Memorial Chapel, Howard
University, $40 pm Toccata in 6
Minor, Bach; Sonata in E fiat
Haydn: Etude, Opus 10, No. 6
Chopin: Tarantelle, Opus 43, Chopin
Fantaisie, Opus 40, Chopin: Sonata
No 8 in A, Opus 80. Prokofeff.
CONTEMPORARY WIND ENSEMBLE
Richard Pittman, director, Emilio
Del Rosario. pianist; Service Club
Fort Meade, 8 pm Serenade No. IL
In C minor, K. 3SS, Mozart: Septet
for Brass, Roger Goeb;. Septet foI
Wind Instruments. Hindemith: Ca
priccio, Leos Janacek. Club is three
blocks east Of Mapes road on zim-
borski avenue.
Evening star., 1959-12-06
NEWS OF MUSIC
Participation Proves
Keyto Understanding

Gordon is entirely in the
spirit Of the composer.
! have no intention Of dis
paraging our contemporary
concert life or the phono-
graph record, both of which,
phenomena were unknown in
the 18th century. They are,
nevertheless, largely respon-
Sible for the lack of vitality
of our present musical scene,
both in composition and in
performance. To look at
music, to attempt it, to dis
member it even, is the only
way to become sensitive to
1t; people who listen to rec
ords and go to concerts often
say II can't understand this
or that" when there really
isn't anything to understand,
when what they mean is that
they lack q feeling Of par
ticipation.
I think it likely that Mr..
JenSen's mother got more out
Of the Bach sonatas by play
ing them as an amateur than
she would have by hearing
them played superbly, and
certainly will stake my life
on it-her artistry in playing
Lutheran hymns showed an
immediate and marked i'm
provement. I would not care
a fig to hear two pianists
play Haydn symphonies four
handed on a Steinway, but I
will be quite happy If my
children learn these MASTER
pieces while personally en-
gagged in that occupation.
MOSCOW SYMPHONY
We will soon add a SYM
phony orchestra to the list Of
Soviet musical groups that
have been more or less a SEN
sation in America during the
last several years. The Hayes
Concert Bureau is bringing
the Moscow State Symphony
Orchestra to Constitution
Hall January IA. Konstantin
Ivanov is the conductor and
Emile Gilels, who has given
two recitals in town, is the
piano soloist. Since the pro-
gram has been announced as
"All-Tchaikovsky" it is likely
that Mr.. Gilels. will play the
B fiat minor concerto. Per-
haps it will be the one in g
major.
Lev Vlassenko, another
Russian pianist, was in Wash
ington two weeks ago. not
on a concert tour but simply
as a visitor. A man of great
charm and many engaging
ideas about music and musi-
clans. Mr.. Vlassenko played
informally in nv home. That
he was runner-up in the
contest in which Van Cliburn
won first prize is evidence
that the Russian judges had
a most difficult choice to
make, for he was a brilliant
player even at the end Of an
evening and after a cognac.
He gave me a beautifully
played phonograph record he
had made for commercial
sale in Russia. Having heard
the pianist in person I was
not surprised at the excel
lence Of the performance, but
was astonished at the near
perfection Of the record itself.
The brightness Of the repro
duction and the depth and
noiselessness Of the disc
should be Of interest to our
manufacturers, all of whom
would have a new goal to
achieve.
A last comment on Russian
music, If my colleague Jim
Deane will forgive a momen-
tary invasion into the realm
Of recorded music. Gieseking
is dead, long live Sviatoslav
Richter. This 44-year-old
Russian pianist, whose play
ing I have heard only on rec
ords (pressed in this coun-
try by Monitor Records)
seems to me to be an artist
who for breadth Of tech
nique, strength of rhythm
and purity and clarity of
Evening star., 1959-12-06

that "Neuman's language OF
form inevitably gives rise to
emotional responses on the
part of the observer" A
great many observers. includ-
ing this one, have got to be
goaded.
Evening star., 1959-12-06
ART NEWS OF THE D. c. AREA
55Works of Sculpture
In Area Annual Show
BY FLORENCE s. BERGMAN
Star Art Critic

The Corcoran Galerys 14th annual exhibitions
sculpture section selected by Lothar Braban Of American
University has IS works by nearly many sculptors
Approximately four out of ve works ngurative ranging
from the excellent elike portrait head of Dr. Luis Qun-
tanla BY Marianthe Karaberi Thema Smms headless
Evening star., 1959-12-06
TOMORROW

MARnYN NEELY, piano Phillips Gal
lery. $3.50 pm. Twelve Variations on
Ahl vous dirai-ts Msmsn, Mozart;
Beethoven: Nocturne In c sharp
Evening star., 1959-12-06
SATURDAY

POTOMAC OPERA SOCIETY. An Eve
ming Of Musical Drama. Auditorium
at Massachusetts, avenue and Ma
comb street NV, s:16 pm.
Evening star., 1959-12-06
TURNTABLE TALK
Stereo Fans Owe
Debt to Britain

No one gets exclusive credit
for the advancement of
photography and the Joy Of
great-music listening, but
the producer of the first
Rheingold-cum-Flagstad, the
first Fanciulla del West and
a ForZa del Destino, Butter
fly, Turandot and Meflstofele
all with Tebaldi; an Arabella
with della Casa, a Viennese
Figaro and Don Giovanni;
and a succession of magis-
terial performances led by an
orchestral craftsman of the
caIber Of Ansermet, not to
speak of numerous other
worthy enterprises all endow-
ed with the multi-dimensional
assets of the new reproduce
ing medium, is entitled to q
notable share of the public's
compliments. May the good
works continue.