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Evening star., 1960-02-14
NEWS OF MUSIC
Hindemith to Conduct
Own Work Here

Of writing music for all Diff
ferent instruments. No mat
ter what instrument you
play, you may be sure that
Hindemith has written highly
idiomatic and craftsmanlike
music for it; no matter what
group. large or small, Of
friends you have to play
chamber music with, you can
usually find good pieces for
the combination in the
Hindemith catalog. even
though nowhere else.
Style Is Pronounced
The temper Of contem-
porary music had been set
by Hindemith as by no other
living composer. The Hinde-
NTH style is so pronounced
that there are some young
composers who, having been
satiated with it, consciously
attempt to avoid it. Their
difficulty is that of q car
manufacturer with, a dis
taste for chromium. Bright
work has become as nee
eSSary to autos as wheels,
and the Hindemith idiom has
permeated almost all mod
ern music. My simile is only
half valid, for certainly there
is nothing vulgar, flashy, an
inorganic in the music of
Hindemith.
Hindemith is a violist, but
he can play almost any
instrument. His facility in
learning how to make music
on some new and unusual
instrument like the zink or
shawn is atteSted by hum
dreds of students who learned
the trade Of music under him
at Yale. where he taught for
a number of years during and
after the war. He is an
understanding and highly
successful teacher. His book
on the essential elements Of
music is the most rewarding
textbook I myself have ever
seen.
In Complete Command
No composer has a more
thorough command of his art.
1t is said that he wrote his
E fiat symphony one part at
a time without recourse to
either a prior full score or a
preliminary piano version.
Those who know him have
told me that it is not at all
conceivable. His memory, I
can attest, is remarkable. I
have met him only twice. The
first time was in l947, when
I as a member of the Cathe-
dral Choral Society greeted
him in Union Station to take
him to the Cathedral to con-
duct his Frau Musica." The
second time was in 1850,
when I was having lunch in
the Restaurant Voltaire in
Paris. Hello, Mr.. Thorpe"
somebody said, and I looked
up to find it was Hindemith.
You would think that even II
he remembered my face he
would have attempted to
place it among the hundreds
OF young Americans he knew
in New Haven. But he not
only knew my name but also
that he had met me in the
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Corner Group Show

A juried group exhibition
Of nearly so oils, watercolors,
sculpture and works in other
media opened at Collectors
Corner, 1925 Wisconsin ave-
nue. NV, the end of January
and has its final showing this
afternoon from 8 to S. 1t in
cludes work by many artists
new to me, some of it good.
On the other hand, there are
a number of items whose &C
ceptance by the jury passes
comprehension.
The collection ranges from
such pleasant traditional
work as Eugene Norton's
Farm" Irwin Alleman's
Summer Street." George
Johnsen's I'm pc nding
Storm" Jeanne Beaudry's
SentlnelS" Cpenguins), an
Impressionist Figure" by Joy
Luke, and Helen Clingan's
little oils Roof and Gulls"
and Row Houses" to abb
stractions by Ann Edelman,
whose Summer Storm" is
suggested by its colors and
technique. and Ralph deBur-
gos' Basic Elements" Out
standing are several well
composed paintings by Sally
Osborn, modern but figura-
tive, colorful and animated.
Roberta Shute's semi-ab-
stract owl" and Marilee
Shapiro's Chinese Theme"
both bronzes, seemed to me
the best sculptures.
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TURNTABLE TALK
Tosconini Roster
Adds New 'Eroico'
BY JAMES G. DEANE
Star Record Critic

The amaSsment of phono-
graphic riches which occurred
in the past decade under the
name Of Arturo ToScanini
has been supplemented not
ably by a new RCA Victor
recording.
1t is a performance of the
"Eroica" symphony, stem
ming from a Carnegie Hall
broadcast Of December 6,
1858. (The Coriolanus over
ture was on the same pro-
gram, although that we are
not presently vouchsafed.)
That series Of performances
was Toscanini's last. The
maestro was nearly 81, and a
mere six months later he laid
down the baton finally. But
these data have no relevance
in the present context. This
is as vital a performance as
could nationally be con-
ceived. Nothing about it be-
trays the octogenarian. And
1t is reproduced with-cer-
tainly for 1953-extraordi-
nary grandeur (audience
coughs Notwithstanding
Inasmuch as Toscanini's
"Eroica" espousal spanned
more than half a century
and his name has been more
particularly coupled with
Beethoven's than almost any
other in the conductorial
realm in recent history
(among living practitioners
only Walter stands on an
adjacent rung), it is super
f1uous to suggest the arrival
Of a significant document.
1t is worth noting, however,
that the new edition is easily
equitable in musical quality
with its two Q939 and 1e49)
predecessors and is far supe-
rior as to sonics. Even the
possessor Of both 70 and 1914
rpm. earlier versions will
find the new one indispens-
able if he requires the opti-
mum representation of a
classic affiliation.
Which leads one to won-
der: What else is the giant
RCA withholding from public
access? Is there some way
to accelerate the further
tapping of the hoard of the
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the collection in each place.
Sponsored by H. E. the
Ambassador Of Denmark and
Countess Knuth- -Winterfeldt,
and circulated by the Smith
sonian Institutions Travelling
Exhibition Service, Three
Danish Printmakers" had an
invitation preview yesterday
In the foyer Of the Natural
History Museum, Constitu-
ton avenue at Tenth street
NV, where 1t will remain
through March 6.
This collection Of more
than so woodcuts, aquatints,
metalcuts, etchings, engrav-
ings, linocuts and collages,
was first exhibited at the
1858 Venice Biennale. The
artists, Povl Christensen and
Sigurd Vasegaard, both in
their early sos, and Pale
Nielsen, in his 40th year, be-
long to a group which
emerged in Denmark after
World War II, due to the op-
portunitieS presented to
artists working in realistic
styles. by increased produc-
ton Of illustrated books.
Technically well done, the
prints are realistic and each
artists creations reveal his
individuality. The prints also
vary in size, some measured
by inches, others by feet. The
richness and vividness Of
Povl Christensen's prints,
mostly illustrations, explain
his front-rank position in
Danish graphic art.
Sigurd Vasegaard began his
career as an abstract express
sionist. but has made his rep
utation in the graphic medi-
ums. At the end Of World
War II, he was invited by the
American Limited Editions"
Club to illustrate a 12th-cen-
tury Danish chronicle. Vase
gaard's 16 woodcuts in the
current show are trial proofs
from o later volume he illus
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MuriI's Lutest

Herman Maril, one Of the
Washington areas best
known artists, and a member
of the art faculty of the Uni
versity Of Maryland college
Park) has a handsome exhi-
bition Of new oils, gouaches
and drawings at Franz Bader
Gallery, 1705 G street NV,
through next Thursday.
Blue dominates most Of
these paintings of wharves
and inletS, boats and nets and
ocean. Mr.. Maril is a modern
painter who reduces his sub
jectS to their essential lines
and color areas. But their
communication is crystal
clear. The curved nets, hori-
zontal where sky and sea
meet, pyramidal sheds and
other structures, all combine
to produce streamlined beau
ty, intelligibility and decora-
tive pattern. Outstanding to
me in his collection of 10
works with a uniform level
Of quality are Sky and
Water" with reflected build
ings and wharves, Nets" re-
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Art Notes

Robert Knapp of Wesleyan
University will be guest
speaker this afternoon at 4 at
the National Gallery Of Art,
on the subject Personality
Correlates of Preference for
Abstract Paintings"
An exhibition of paintings,
drawings and pastels by anna
teur artists of Northern Vir-
ginia, will be held in conjunc-
tion with the annual dinner
OF st. Patrick's Episcopal
Church, 1415 Bush Drive,
Falls Church, Virginia. In
stead of an entrance fee, par
Elephants in the show will be
required to purchase one
ticket ($1.5o) to the dinner
on March 1. Those wishing
to obtain entry blanks and
full information should send
their fee for the ticket to the
above address.
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produced here last Sunday,
IS and and Sunflowers,"
quarry" and pine Trees"
Since he began to exhibit
early in the 1930s, Mr.. Maril
has had a large number of
one-man shows, has partici-
pated in outstanding group
exhibitions throughout the
country, has won coveted
awards, and is represented in
many permanent collections
including the Phillips and
Corcoran Galleries, American
and Howard Universities.
Open weekdays 9 to 6.
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areas that presumably indi-
cate forms, his themes" are
expressed by patches of short
horizontal, vertical or curved
strokes against larger fiat
color planes indicating sky
or sea or unbroken land
scape. Even at best, how
ever, these are vague and
elusive works, ghost" paint
ings.
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DISCAPSULES
Current offerings:


SHOSTAKOVITCH fifth
symphony: Bernstein. New
York Philharmonic (Colum-
bia NIL 5445). A featured
event of the 1859 Philhar-
monic Soviet invasion. All
the stops are out.
KHACHATURIAN violin
concerto: Elm a n, Golsch-
mann, Vienna State Opera
Orchestra vanguard YRS
1049). Sumptuous playing
and sound, especially from
the aging soloist. Saint
Saens' introduction and rondo
capriccioso is an encore.
BRAHMS lullaby and nine
other songs; Roger Wagner
Chorale Capitol P 849D.
Mendelssohn's On Wings Of
Song is the most attractive
item in this assortment
labeled Reflections" which
generally is a bit too Sticky
done for my taste.
HUMPERDINCK Hansel
and Gretel highlights; Berlin
Municipal Opera (Telefunken
TIC 8028). Bargain-priced ex-
cerpts by competent forces.
Offenbach's Tales of Hoff-
mann (misspelled minus the
final "n") is sampled on the
oversize.
LEHAR Der ZareWitsch
excerpts: Berlin Municipal
Opera (Telef unken TIC
8030). A listenable sampling.
Land of Smiles and Strauss
Gypsy Baron and Night in
Venice are also "highlighted."
ART OF GALL CURCI
Vol. 2 Camden CAL $3.50.
Two less than a bakers dozen
items from Bellini's La Son.
nambula and I Puritani and
Donizetti's Don Pasquale, Lu-
cia and Linda di Chamounix
by a yester-year Lily Pons.
Tito Schipa collaborateS in
three duets. The vocal sound
Is presentable, the orchestral
ancient.
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quirements may be obtained
from Mrs. Neva Greenwood,
430 w. Great Falls street,
Falls Church, Va, telephone
Jefferson 2-785l.
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station in Washington. 1t
may be pertinent that his
hobby is toy electric trains.
When he comes here March
6 he will conduct his own
work, with Eunice Alberts
and Kenneth Smith as SOLO
lists and the Cathedral Choral
Society with members of the
National Symphony, and also
the Bruckner Mass in E
minor.
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ART NEWS OF THE D. c. AREA
Important New Shows
lnLocoI Galleries
BY FLORENCE S. BERGMAN
The Star Art Critic

Important exhibitions opening In Washington gal
eres this week end led by the $50 exhibition of the
Washington Water Color Club association Three Danish
Prntmakers" shown in conjunction with it. New Paint
ing from Yugosava opening simultaneously Phillips
Gallery and American Universitys Watkins Gallery half
Evening star., 1960-02-14
BALTIMORE OPERA

Peter Mennin, director OF
the Peabody Conservatory Of
Music. has announced the
production of two one-act
operas by the Peabody Art
Theater on March /. They
are THE Old Maid and the
Thief" to be staged by the
composer. Gian-Carlo Men
otti, and THE Fall of the
City" by James Cohn, based
on a drama by Archibald
MacLeish. Laszlo Halasz, mu-
sical director of the Peabody
Art Theater, will conduct.
Clara Mae Turner, we'll
known for her portrayal Of
the Old Maid, will sing the
title role. Ming Cho Lee, of
the Metropolitan Opera, has
designed sets for both operas,
ana the l1ghtlng will be by
Tharon Musser.
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MUSIC CLUB CONTEST
An addition for pianists,
violinists, cellists and flutists,
age limit "a years, sponsored
by the Friday Morning Music
Club, will be held on March
27. at 2 pm, at the John
Wesley Powell Auditorium,
2170 Florida avenue NV.
Applicants must perform a
complete concerto. The two
winners selected will be pre-
sented with the American
University Orchestra, George
Steiner, director, at a concert
on April 80 at American Uni
versity. Applications and re-
Evening star., 1960-02-14

trated. an old Morse pro-
phetic poem, THE Voluspa."
Pale Nielsen'S prints seem
somewhat more stylized than
those Of the two older print
makers. Among his most In
teresting items are three pre-
liminary studies for illustra-
tions for THE Lamentations
of jeremiah" in the form
Of collages composed Of bits
cut from magazines, and put
together with painstaking
care. His major contribution
to this show, however, COM
prises selections from his
modern version of the legend
Of OrpheuS and Eurydice, told
exclusively in his prints, with
out text.
Open daily. Q to 4.3O.
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NBC era, even where the
aural attributes are not so
Sumptuous? And is it pos
sible that present-day tech
nical Skills could also revivify
some items now somewhat
imperfectly available? Never
mind the lack of stereo; the
best multi-channeled repro
duction is not worth a tenth
of a decibel compared to one
grade A-plus musician.
Less than fully glowing
anticipation can be registered
if the prospects are for fur
ther examples of the quality
Of the sampled pressing,
which was audibly marred
and so per cent off-centered,
but one may hope this was
an alteration.
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Loudoun Insists D. G..
Hell p Pay Sewage Costs

until an enormous gravity
sewer, serving both Virginia
and Maryland communities,
could be erected along the Po-
tomac to the Districts Blue
Plains treatment plant.
Because the Dulles Airport
lies within both counties, Fair
fax had expressed the hope that
1T and Loudoun could present
a joint proposal to the Federal
Government which will decide
what kind of a sewage system
will be built.
But Loudoun objected to
sharing any costs of lines ira
versing the central and eastern
parts of Fairfax outside the
Broad Run and Cub Run areas
where it thinks the greatest
impact of the airport will hit.
Its position is that the lines
should be limited to the latter
areas and that sewage from
them should be transported to
the Districts treatment plant
rather than moved across Fair
fax to the Potomac.
Both Fairfax and Loudoun
agree that any system must be
financed by long-term, interest
free loans from the Federal
Government.
"As a result of the action of
the Government in placing the
airport on the Chantilly site,
rs per cent of which lies in
Loudoun County, this county
with a present population of
approximately $4,000 must more
than double its school system
and other services to the pub
lic," the Loudoun report says.
Evening star., 1960-02-02
BY Q Star Stan Writer

LEESBURG, Va, Feb. g.
Loudoun County insisted yes
terday that WashingtonianS
should help pay for the multi
million-dollar sewage system
planned to serve Dulles Inter
national Airport at Chantilly.
The county board of super
visors at the same time rejected
a Fairfax County proposal to
build So miles of disposal lines
to accommodate the huge air.
field and the swarms of resi-
dents it will attract.
1t recommended instead a
much smaller system confined
to the immediate area affected
by the Chantilly field.
The supervisors unanimously
indorsed report which argues
that because the Chantilly
waste will not be dumped into
the Potomac above the Dis
trict's water intake, all users
Of the Washington water supply
should bear some costs of the
protection they will receive.
The report, prepared by con-
sultants and by the Loudoun
Sanitation Authority, did not
suggest how much Washington
should pay.
| Fairfax urged construction
Of a $24 million complex which
would curve upward from Cub
Run through the airport past
Route 7, then wind across the
northern part of Fairfax to a
discharge point south of Alex
andria below Gunston Cove.
The project would be de-
signed to serve 20 years or more
Evening star., 1960-02-02
BY PAUL HOPE
Star Stan Writer

BALTIMORE, Feb. 2.-The
State Roads Commission plans
to build $58.8 million worth OF
arterial highways in Montgom-
cry and Prince Georges Coun-
ties in a cut-doWn version OF
the States 12-year road-build-
ing program.
The four-lane highways are
part of a revived road-build-
ing program which calls for
development Of a backbone"
network of major highways
over the State during the next
five years.
Far behind schedule on the
12-year program set up in 1858
the State Roads Commission
plans to ask the General As
sembly for permission to pro-
coed faster with the construc-
ton Of main roads and slow
down secondary road building
Because Of rising costs and
increases in standards of de-
sign, the road commission has
used seven years money and
completed a little more than
three years work" Commission
Chairman John Funk told a
press conference yesterday.
For Safety, Efficiency
THE commission feels the
best way to use the remaining
funds in the l2-year program
is to complete an arterial sys-
tenn that would move traffic
efficiently and safely and give
an economic lift to all regions
of the State" Mr.. Funk said.
Mr.. Funk said the roadl
commission does not intend II
ask for any increase in take.
or additional bond issues al
this time. However, it appear!
likely that the General Assem-,
bly, will be called on to furnish
more money in the future, es'
pecially to taxe care Of tn,
backlog of secondary roaC
projects which will stack III
during the next five years.
Mr.. Funk said secondar!
projects will be built whert
the need is pressing. He saiC
Evening star., 1960-02-02
Policeman
Injured in
Youth Fight

A policeman was injured and
scout car windshield was
smashed as police broke UP a
series of fights by Northeast
Washington juveniles last night
at the Kelly-Miller School,
Forty-ninth and Brooks streets
NE.
Pvt. Edward M. Schlorb was
kicked in the groin by a IT.
year-old youth when he and
another policeman. Pvt. Rich
ard A. Walzel, tried to stop a
group of boys from beating an
18-year-old student.
The fights repeatedly broke
out on the schools playground
following a talent show in the
school building.
Pvt. Schlorb was taken to
District General Hospital and
was later transferred to the
Washington Hospital Center.
where his condition was re-
ported good.
The youth was subdued by
Pvt. Walzel, who charged him
with assault on a police officer
and assault with a dangerous
Weapon-a shod foot. Two
other l7-year-old youths, who
allegedly were beating the ls-
year-old student. were charged
with assault by a shod foot
and were released in the Gus
today of their parents.
Meanwhile two other police
men who answered the ngnt
call were met by both boys and
girls with a barrage of missiles,
including bottles, rocks and
bricks. when they parked their
scout car near the school.
The officers, Pvts. R. o.
Brown and June Walter, were
uninjured. but a thrown rock
Clipped the handle of Pvt.
Walters gun, and the wind
shield of the scout car was
smashed.
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unit that deals with rehousing
problems, be rejected. The Sec
ond plan submitted recently by
Welfare Department Director
Gerald Shea has the approval
of the Districts Urban Renewal
Operations Committee.
1t has been estimated that
in the coming year about TOO
families will have to be moved
to make way for various prof.
ects.
Mr.. Horsky pointed out that
the RIA has relocated more
than 1000 families since 1858.
The District of Columbia
Chamber of Commerce also
urged a central relocation serv-
ice under control of a business
minded agency, rather than a
welfare agency, to protect the
economic interests and invest
ments Of displaced families"
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$58.8 Million in ArterioI Roads
Planned in z Maryland Counties

a study of the secondary and
urban street program will be
carried out this year and a re-
port made to the General As
sembly in 1861.
Mr.. Funk said that of the
approximately 1910 million to
be available through 1865,
about $3.50 million will be used
to build some 400 miles of ar
terial roads.
Only $40 million will be left
for secondary roads over the
State. About $50 to 200 miles
of secondary roads can be
built for that amount during
the next five years. a highway
official said.
Mr.. Funk said that some leg
islatorS may be unhappy about
slowing down secondary road
work. but he expects the Gen.
eral Assembly, which opens its
session tomorrow, to approve
the new program.
I'VE have to face the cold,
hard facts of life" Mr.. Funk
said. We've got only so much
money left and we've got to
get these arteries finished"
Originally, the 12-year pro-
gram called for building about
1900 miles of primary (arte-
riaD roads and 1900 miles of
secondary. This was to be COM
.pleted in 1865. After seven
years. the commission has fin
ished 545 miles Of primary and
SOS miles of secondary.
Mileage Halved
Under the program as now
proposed by the commission,
about 1000 miles of primary
roads and about $50 miles of
secondary will be finished by
1965-less than half the mile
age originally planned.
In the Washington area dur
ing the next five, years, most
of the construction will be con-
centrated on 4-lane radials
leading into Washington. Some
of the circumferential high
way will be completed, but
about half of it will be put of
until after 1865.
The circumferential will be
completed from Cabin John
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to Take Job
Of Rehousing Evicted

The Washington Housing AS
ISOLATION today urged the Dis
trict Commissioners to adopt a
housing relocation plan which
would have the Redevelopment
Land Agency handle needs of
families evicted by the District
public works projects.
Charles A. Horsky, president
OF the nonprofit organization,
said in a letter to the District
heads that an RIA proposal
now before them offers a COM
prehensive rehousing program
1T seems logical that the re-
sponsibility for rehousing fam
lilies displaced by the District
programs should be placed with
that agency, which has proven
that it has the know-how." Mr..
Horsky said. He asked that a
second proposal, which would
expand a Welfare Department
Evening star., 1960-02-02

ceived from the superintend-
ents and their apparent desire
to expand the programs in a
systematic way"
The action of the area school
officials last night is in sharp
contrast with that taken last
week by District School Supt.
Carl F. Hansen dropping the
Time for Science" program
now being used here.
The other 18 school systems
in the area, it was reported last
night. will again pick up the
program during the year start
ing next September. More than
5000 students watch the tele-
casts.
Represented last night were
schools in Prince Georges,
Montgomery, Arlington. Alex
andria, Falls Church, st.
Marys, Calvert, Charles, Fair
fax and Prince William.
Hansen Explains
DR.. Hansen, who attended
last nights session, again ex-
planned that the telecasts do
not fit in with the Districts S
regular course of study and
that they disrupt the instruc-
ton program.
DR.. Joy said the other area
superintendents are convinced
Of the value of classroom tele-
vision programs and that they
appeared willing to continue
them.
He said they will definitely
discuss the possibility of ex-
panding educational television
into other areas. possibly Ian
guage instruction.