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Evening star., 1960-07-24
NEWS OF MUSIC
Beethoven's WRITING
Retains Fascination
The SUNDAY STAR

collection of Beethoven's let
tiers, the book is well worth
while.
Three Groups Of Writings
Beethoven's non-musical
writings fail into three
groups. A large part of his
letters is business corre-
spondence which Is useful in
ascertaining the chronology
Of the music but which tells
us not too much about the
man. Then there are many
letters to members of the
nobility and to important
musical organizations. To
my ear the slightly unctuous
and superficial cast Of most
Of these epistles is discon-
certing, perhaps even boring.
One yearns for a breath Of
life, for candour, for direct
ness. But we must not forget
that Beethoven was con-
sciously trying to create q
new status for the profess
sional musician-for himself
and for his colleagues. One
does not, to this end, write
naturally and disarmingly,
any more than an expert
politician speaks simply, COL
loquially, or with ever any
trace of doubt, of lack of as
Surance, or of interested con-
temptation. Beethoven, like
the politician, was trying to
create the image of the nee
eSsary Titan. Who can say
that his letters, which have
always been quoted in con-
junction with his pnusic, have
played no part in creating
the figure known as Bee
thoven?
Furt h more, did Bee
thoven have any real friends?
There were many who were
devoted partisans, who did
everything they could to ad-
vance the interests, personal
and artistic, of the composer,
but the list of those who were
genuinely intimate with
Beethoven may be a class
without a member; I cannot
think Of a single name. If
it is true, it does something
to explain the somewhat
stilted and artificial quality
of the typical Beethoven let
ter. If Melville did not have
a Hawthorne, Sterne a Hall
Stevenson, Mozart a Punch
berg, the collected letters of
each would certainly suffer.
Scrubbed AphoriSms
Secondly, there are aphor-
isms, exhortations and other
journal entries which Bee
thoven scribbled in note
books and in the margins Of
his scores. "Show me lthe
race-course at whose distant
end the palm tree standSl
Lend sublimity to my highest
thoughts, enrich them with
truths that remain truths
Evening star., 1960-07-24
TODAY'S GOOD
MUSIC DIAL

$500, WASH-FM 1911 Mc.)-
Brahms Variations on a
Theme by Haydn.
$3.50, WGMS AM-FM $50 Kc.
and 103.5 Mc.)-The Mas
ter's Violin. Schubert's Fam
= tasy in c, Opus 159 for Vio-
lin and piano.
tf:OO. WASH-FM (97.1 Mc.)-
Music of Distinction. Bee
thoven's Piano Concerto No.
/ in c.
1880, WGMS AM-FM $50 Kc.
and 103.5 Mc.) - Concert
Hall. Ravel's Noble and
Sentimental Waltzes.
2;05, WGMS AM-FM $50 Kc.
and 1925 Me- - Boston
Pops Concert. Works by Wag-
ner, Brahms, R. Strauss,
Tchaikovsky, Grieg and Cop
land.
$500, WASH-FM (97.1 Mc.)-
Sunday Symphony. Arnold's
Tam O'Shanter Overture.
$500, WMAL-FM (1O7.3 Me-
80 Concert Stage. Piano Con-
certo No. 13 in C Major, by
Mozart.
7:O5, WGMS AM-FM $50 Kc.
and 1885 Mc.)-Guest Con-
ductor. The favorite music
of Senator and Mrs. John
F. Kennedy.
$500, WGMS AM-FM $50 Kc.
and 103.5 Me- - Festival
Casals, 1860. Bach's Con-
certo in D for Strings.
11:00, WMAL-FM (107.3 Me-
Serenade. Organ Concerto
No. is in D Minor, by Han
del.
Evening star., 1960-07-24

Strauss. Wolf and Mailer
are all represented. but all
too briefly and in no in
stance particularly memoir
ably.
Still less focused is a Vic
tor potpourri by Cesare VAL
letti which. in addition to
spreading itself (without
texts) over eight composers
from Pasquini to Cilea, pre-
serves the intermittent ap-
plause of a Town Hall recital,
a distraction no less re-
pugnant in stereo than in
lower-fl mono" The disc
offers an offsetting virtue of
a Wolf group, however.
Better oriented is a
Deutsche Grammophon COL
lection by Nine. Seefried de-
voted half to Brahms, half
to Strauss, with Erik Werba
collaborating. The stimulus
of the Italienisches Lieder-
buch is missing, but at least
there are full texts this
time to augment Seefried's
generally pleasing, If some
what casual projection.
Evening star., 1960-07-24
BY JAMES G. DEANE
Star Record Critic

Those who hunger for song
and deplore the American
propensity to disregard its
greatest exponents will take
heart at a few recent ges-
lures by the record makers.
Hugo VOLTS entire Italien-
isches Liederbuch. a collec-
ton of no fewer than 46
choice songs by a composer
standing second probably
only to Schubert and Schu-
mann, has been made ini-
TALLY available, for example.
So has half Of the Spanisches
Liederbuch, the slightly ear
lier but almost equally mag
nitudinous Wolf collection.
Both are timely, this year be-
ing the Wolf centenary.
The Italian songs, a won
derfully wide-ranging se-
quence, are divided ina two
disc Deutsche Grammophon
album between Irmgard
Seefried and Dietrich Fisch-
er-Dieskau. Musically the
enterprise is gratifying;
VOLTS magical compressions
OF human character and
emotions seem to animate
Nine. Seefried, in particular,
Fischer-Dieskau being pre-
dictably absorbed and alb
sorbing. There is discovery
here for the many to whom
Wolf has meant an occasional
group in a recital assortment.
Erik Werba and Joerg De-
mus, sharing the keyboard
responsibilities without pre-
else Identification, manage
them successfully, and aside
from inner-groove distor-
tion, unexpected from this
company, the sound of the
sampled set was exemplary.
Evening star., 1960-07-24
TODAY


UNITED STATES MARINE BAND, It.
Col: Albert SehOepper. conductor
WateTRste $40 pm. New Yorker
March, Goldman; Oberon Overture,
Weber; Music Man, Wilson: Harp
Of Tara Icornet solol, Rodgers;
Rhapsody in Blue, Gershwin; Ameri-
can Legion Forever March, Gould;
Carnival Of Venice. Frosini; Suite
OF Old American Dances, Bennett;
higoletto Fantasy (clarinet solo),
yerdi-Bassi: Marche slav, Tchaikov-
TUESDAY
ROGER ARDEY, baritone, Catholic
Handsi b RSddIsr Than An tbs sSglsssttS gssttS
Handel; VIE Bist Du. Brahms:
Auf dem Kirchhofe, Brahms; Dein
Blaues Auge, Brahms; WiT Wan
delten, Brahms; o Liebliche Wan
gen, Brahms; L'Horizon Chimeridue,
Eaure; There is a Lady, della Joio:
Bessie Bobtail, Barber: Sleep Nov,
Barber; Long Time, Ago, COPELAND, l
Bought Me Cat. COPELAND,
UNITED STATES ARMY BAND, Can
tain Samuel LObOda, conductor
Watergste, $50 pm. Purple Pse.
cant March, King; Tannhauser Over
ture, Wagner; Poeme, Fibich; Toe
cats for Timpani, Loboda; Chit
Chat Polka. Strauss; Procession from
Vlsda. Rimsky -Korsakoff: Latin
solos by Jerry Jennings: The song
Evening star., 1960-07-24
TURNTABLE TALK
WoIfs Centenary
Inspires Singers

1t was disappointing, at the
least, to find the texts ,unac-
companied by translations or
adequate commentary, how
ever.
Too Much Bite
One thinks of the anecdote
told by Gerald Moore on the
Angel disc, THE Unashamed
Accompanies" about the
piano pupil who translated
the line of a Wolf song,
"Bitt ihn o Mutter," as
Bite him. o mother!" CBitt
means "beg.") Thus the
lack of a translation, which
can make an equal differ
ence to the listener.
The Angel Spanisches
Liederbuch disc is equipped
as it should be, not only
with proper German-Eng-
liSh texts but with the
peerless Moore at the key
board to aid FiScher-Dies-
kau's sensitive interpreta-
tions. Seven of the songs
are from the category Wolf
called "geistliche," spiritual.
The other Is he labeled
"weltliche." worldly. All be-
speak the master miniaturist,
a composer well deserving
whatever new notice these
discs help to stimulate.
More familiar pleasure is
at hand on two Deutsche
Grammophon discs Offering
Schubert's Die schoene Muel-
lerin cycle and 10 songs of
Schumann sung by Ernst
Haefliger, with Jacqueline
Bonneau accompanying. Haze
tigers clear. pleasant tenor
voice is expressively applied
to the score Of songs devoted
to the romantic hopes and
growing melancholy Wan
derer, Offering one the cy-
Evening star., 1960-07-24
$225,OOO Donated
To Joint Crusade

Federal and military person.
mel in the Washington area
have contributed $225,659 to
charity through the Federal
Service Joint Crusade this year.
According to final campaign
income report from the fund
drive among the 1913 Federal
agencies and military installa-
tions in the Capital area,
$97 7,797 was contributed in the
name of CARE; $33,213 to the
Crusade for Freedom, and
$24,7l6 to the American Korean
Foundation. The $69,932 in
undesignated contributions was
divided among the three
agencies.
More than 147,000 Federal
employees contributed to the
+. fu drive.
Evening star., 1960-07-24
NEWS OF MUSIC
BY DAY THORPE
Star Music Critic

For q number Of years there
has been a rumor that Emily
Anderson, whose translation
Of the letters of Mozart and
his family is among the
finest books in the music
field in English, is at work
on a complete edition of the
letters of Beethoven. That
the work has never appeared
may indicate q lack Of sus-
tanned interest on the part
Of Miss Anderson. who possi-
bly, finds it difficult to re-
main enthusiastic about Bee
thoven as a letter-writer
after her long association
with Mozart, whose letters
would assure the love of pos
terity even If all his music
had been lost.
Meanwhile, Michael Ham,
burger. an English poet and
translator, has collected q
number of Beethoven's let
ters and conversations, to-
gether with some of the more
inter e sting contemporary
flrst-hand accounts Of those
who met the composer, and
translated them for a new
volume just published by An
chor Books. beethoven: Let
ters, Journals. Converse
tions.) These pieces lack the
intrinsic value of the prose
writings of Mozart. Berlioz,
Debussy or Hindemith, but
since nothing that intimately
concerned Beethoven is with
out a certain fascination, and
since there is no complete
and authoritative English
.
Evening star., 1960-07-24

cle's more attractive ac-
counts
Especially welcome are the
Schumann songs-a mong
them such gems as "An den
Mond" CByron), "Lieb Lieb-
chen, legs Haendchen",
Heine), Der Himmel hat
cine Traene geweint" (Rueck-
ert) and the tiny "Maerz-
veilchen" (Hans Christian
Andersen)-which are en-
countered all too seldom. All
are well sung and immacu-
lately recorded. The absence
OF English texts is once more
a needless handicap, however.
Assorted Songs
Most recorded lieder re-
citals. like those unrecorded,
dissipate some Of their po-
tential by the scatter ap-
proach. This is true, to a
degree, of an Angel assort-
ment by Christa Ludwig, a
mezzo who sings with dra-
matte awareness but whose
voice is not especially SenSu-
Gus. bert, Brahms,
Evening star., 1960-07-24
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troubles where other creams
have failed. No longer need
you suffer the embarrassment
and Loneliness caused by these
unsightly blemishes. Apply
Esoterica at night-tomorrow,
your mirror will start to reveal
a clearer, brighter and smooth
er skin. It's not a cover-up. II
penetrates deep to work from
inside out.
Evening star., 1960-07-24
BIoodmobi|e
Visits Listed

The Red Cross Washington
Regional Blood Center an
nounced that 1902 pints of
blood were distributed last week
in the District and in the COM
munities covered by the blood
mobiles in Maryland, Virginia
and West Virginia.
Red Cross donors may give
blood at the Red Cross Wash
ington Regional Blood Center
at 2025 E street NV, from /
pm. to 8:45 pm. on Monday
and from 9 am. to 4:30 pm.
Tuesday through Friday.
The bloodmobiles will make
the following visits during the
coming week:
Monday - Red Cross Washington
Regional Blood Center, 2025 E street
NV. l pm. to $40 pm; Chapter
yer Spring, 10 am. to 3:45 pm; st.
Johns Church. Potomac street, Hag-
inston Post and Times Herald. IBIS
L street NV, IL am. to 5:45 pm.
Tuesday - Regional Blood Center,
2025 E street NV, 9 am. to 4:3O
pm: Chapter House, 401 Duke street.
Alexandra, 10 am. to 3:45 pm;
Community Center, Canal street, Fred
ericksburg. Va" noon to 5:45 pm.
(EST); Trinity Episcopal Church,
Church and Battle street, Manassas,
2 pm. to 7:45 pm.
Wednesday-Regional Blood Center,
2025 z street NV, 9 am to 4::iO
pm; Pentagon, Choral Room, $50
am. to 3:15 pm; Main Navy, Con-
stitution avenue at Eighteenth street.
Room 2541, $50 am to 2:45 pm;
Chapter House, 2020 East-West hieh-
way. Silver Spring, 10 am. to 3:43
pm.
Thursday-Regional Blood Center,
2025 E street NV, q am. to 4:3O
pm; Methodist Church. Annandale,
Va, 10 am. to 3:45 pm; National
Security Agency, Fort Meade. Md, o
am. TO 2:45 pm.
Friday-Regional Blood center, 2025
Z street NV, o am. to 4:30 pm:
Yint Hill Farms Station, New Service
Club. vint Hill, Va, $50 am. to 2:l5
pm; lEST); National Security Agency,
Fort Meade, 9 am. to 2:45 pm.
Evening star., 1960-07-24

cover Is identified as the
death mask of Beethoven.
Actually, it is a plaster rep
lica made in 1912, when the
subject was very much alive.
Evening star., 1960-07-24
Fades Age Spots on hands

"Weathered brown spots On
your hands and face tell the
world you're getting old, per.
haps before you really are.
Fade them out with new
Esoterica, the new medicated
cream that breaks up masses
Of pigment under the skin to
help make it look white,
smooth, young again. Younger
folks may use Esotcriea to re-
tard age signs indefinitely.
Evening star., 1960-07-24
FRIDAY

AIR FORCE SYMPHONY oRCHEs-
ductor. Watereate, $50 pm. Mid
summer NIGHTS Dream Overture,
Mendelssohn; The Swan OF Tuonela,
Sibelius: Slavonic Rhapsody, Fried
man; Girls Of Baden waltz. Kom-
zak.
Evening star., 1960-07-24
PROGRAMS OF WEEK
WEDNESDAY

Angels Sing, ouesta o ouella. I'm
gaming in Love With Someone, The
Loveliest Night Of the Year; on
the Mail March, Goldman.
WEDNESDAY
WASHINGTON CIVIC OPERA. Fred
er1ck Fall, conductor. Watergate,
$50 pm. Der FrelSchutg, Weber
(concert versionI
Evening star., 1960-07-24
THURSDAY

United STATES NAVY BAND, Com
mander Charles Brendler, conduc-
tor. Watergate. $50 pm. Solo
lists: Lawrence Wiehe, trombone:
Richard Balm, harmonica. Rakoczy
Overture, RimSky-Korsakoy: Vaise
Blue'te, Drieo: Dancing Doll Pol
dtni: All Those EndearinE Young
Charms. Mantia: Enrtv Of the Gods
Into Valhalla, Wagner: William Tell
Ballet, Rossini; slaushter on 10th
ton Porter
Evening star., 1960-12-13
Two Lost Boys Freeze
To Death in BIizzord

The family was awakened by
the resulting sparks and Mr.
Wheeler. a tenant farmer,
headed for the home Of a
friend, Melvin Wilson. to get
help.
When the father failed to
return, the wife, Sarah Wheel
er got panicky," Trooper
Spearin said. dressed the cou-
pies three children and led
them into the storm. They
also headed for the Wilson
home.
1T was dark and the storm
was at its height" the trooper
said. About a half mile from
their home two of the children,
Charles and Donald. became
separated from their mother
and another brother, Thomas.
T."
Police said Mrs. Wheeler and
Thomas iipally met Mr.. Wheel
er on his way home, but they
could not find the missing boys.
They finally called police who
began q search.
Evening star., 1960-12-13

EASTON, Nd. Dec. 13 (Spe.
ciaD Two small children who
got separated from their
mother in yesterdays binding
snowstorm froze to death in q
field near their Bridgetown
Md. home in Queen Annes
County.
Huddled together near q
fence when searchers found
them about five hours after
they disappeared in the swirl
ing snow were Charles H.
Wheeler, 10. and his brother
Donald, 6.
Maryland State Trooper D.
G. Spearin, who was among
the searchers who found them
about 10 am, said only their
faces were above the snow.
Trooper Spearin said the
tragedy began about S am.
when a power line, weighted
down with ice, fell across the
doorstep of the Wheeler's two
room house on Route 405 about
2 miles north Of Bridgetown.
Evening star., 1960-12-13
Reporter Can't Wait
ToGet Feet on Ground

pretty as a picture postcard.
And I, who had been complain
ing bitterly about the 11-de-
gree temperature on the
ground, would have been most
delighted to be right back down
on it at that moment.
For If it was II degrees on
the ground, it certainly must
have been IL below UP there.
And even if it wasn't. it cer-
tainly felt like it.
In fact, with my bobbing
stomach and icy feet ! was only
what you might call moderately
miserable, that is until Ranny
started squirming around in the
performances of his duties.
Then tiny little darts Of cold air
began to gnaw at my ears. slip
down the back of my collar and
up my sleeves. Then I was
miSerably miserable.
A nasty gust Of wind caught
the helicopter over the South
east section of the city, and for
a second we seemed to hang in
mid air undecided whether we
were going to go up, down or
sideways.
l secretly hoped it would be
down, but gently. Maybe it was
the expression on my face, and
maybe it was the wind, but Jim
asked quickly: Had enough?
Shall we go IMP"
Then he added, "It'S kind Of
rough out today"
And that certainly was the
understatement of the day.
Evening star., 1960-12-13

st. Marys County, Loudoun
County, Prince William County
and Catholic schools in all the
counties. Some area private
schools also remained closed
today. -,
A check of public schools In
the District showed only about
so per cent Of the students ap-
peared. In Alexandra, 66 per
cent appeared for classes.
Many arrived at hour or more
after classes began.
Generally. school officials
said. attendance was better in
the high schools than in ele-
mentary schools, apparently
rejecting parental reluctance
to send small children out into
the cold.
Main roads in the Washington
area were generally open to
trafic, sometimes only in one
lane, but secondary roads ranged
from bad to impossible. Severe
drifting closed some roads
again as soon as the snowplows
had passed.
In the District, traffic moved
lin gingerly fashion. The Amer
llcan Automobile Association
continued to urge use Of chains
and snow tires. Sanitation Di-
rector William A. Xanten and
his weary force Of 1000 men
and 500 trucks continued the
$500, 900 job Of cleaning up after
the weekend storm.
Montgomery County police
reported main streets and high
ways in good shape. but said
secondary roads were badly
drifted. They said chains were
needed. Motorists were driving
so cautiously that no accidents
were reported last night or early
today in Montgomery. In the
upper county. police said road
conditions were terrible" but
Routes 240 and 81 are open.
| Virginia police said most Of
the States roads have been
cleared but cautioned against
icy spots. Many roads listed
as passable had only one clear
lane. s.
Six deaths were attributed
to the storm in this area. Two
men drowned in Chesapeake
Bay when their boat sank, two
persons were victims Of heart
ATTACKS. and one man vas
found frozen in a snow drift.
Another fatality attributed
Ito the snow was the traffic
death of an unidentified man
who was struck and killed by a
car as he was putting chains
on his car on the Baltimore
Washington expressway at the
Friendship Airport turmoil.
Evening star., 1960-12-13

One Of the vessels, the Edward
Hogshire. ran aground or
Cedar Point with II persons
aboard.
Two Coast Guard boats were
standing by, but the Hogshore
bound for Norfolk harbor. was
not to be freed until sometime
today.
Two other ships struggles
free. the Coast Guard pulled
another clear. and the fiftf
awaited help from q CONNER
cial tug. -
Chevy Chase. which, accord.
ing to its residents. has more
song birds than any other part
of the United States. appal
entity was taking care of 1t:
bird population. Some hard
ware stores which normally d.
a thriving business in seed fol
wild birds, reported stocks sole
out over the week end.
William A. Xanten. superin.
tendent Of the Sanitation Di'
vision of the District, said to,
day that there will be no ash
collections this week, but ar
effort will be made to catch VI
on collections of trash and gar
bage.
Mr.. Xanten said trash pick
ups already are two days be-
hind. but will resume tomor'
row. and 1t is hoped that by tht
week end everything will o
normal.
Garbage pickups will be at
tempted Thursday. he said. Tn,
flrst collections this week has
been skipped.
Mr.. Xanten said houses il
blocked alleys may have to b,
skipped again.
one half Of Montgomer,
County's contingent fund TO
snow removal has been spent IL
the past two days and will b,
depleted by Thursday. JOSEPH
Kordella. director of publi'
works, said today.
He told the County Council
that high winds are making tn,
task Of keeping the roads opel
almost impossible. He said late,
that drifts up to 10 feet deer
have been encountered wherl
some roads cut through hills.
Mr.. Kordella told the council
$4,000 had been set aside Ii
the public works budget fol
snow removal. This was to b,
used for payment of overtim,
and rental Of extra equipment
Some workmen have been or
the job continuously since thu
snow fell, he said.
So far, he added. not much
sand has been spread, but al
roads will be sanded where
needed In the next two days.
\ \ \ 4
Three breaks occurred ir
6-inch service water mains In
widely separated parts of the
District today. Claude Sizemore,
Water Operations Division su-
perfntendent, said the cold
probably caused the trouble.
A break occurred near the
Evening star., 1960-12-13

explanation In . formal report
today:
The difnculty of operation
on slippery surfaces is primarily
caused by the lower magnitude
Of the road-tire forces and the
fact that the vehicles handling
qualities at the skid point are
often significantly different
than the skid behavior under
normal conditions"
The explanation was being
discussed here today as the
experts worked to prepare a
national safety recommended
ton for the Presidents COM
mittee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brice Holland,
who live on q country lane near
Longwoods, Nd. jumped out Of
the refrigerator into a snow.
bank yesterday, In q manner Of
speaking.
A Maryland State Police hell
copter was dispatched to rescue
them from their home where
they had been without heat or
light for many hours. They
climbed aboard, eager to be
headed TO- Q spot where they
could warm UP.
But to their chagrin. an oil
leak forced the helicopter to
land on wind-swept, snow-coy-
cred D. 8. Route so, 5 miles
north Of Easton, just about the
time. power. and heat. was re-
stored at their home.
The 'helicopter was able to
limp to Easton Municipal Air
port for repairs. The Hollands
returned home.
A#
Five ships ran aground in
Chesapeake Bay during the
snowstorm and high winds. But
lnone was in immediate danger.
Evening star., 1960-12-13


over Washington. 1t turned out
to be anything but routine.
A helpful tower operator at
National Airport had advised
Jim Shafer. the pilot for Pill
grim Helicopter Services. that
the winds were is to 20 knots.
Well, they might have been
where he was in that nice
warm tower but they were more
like 40 knots where Jim took us.
To make Ranny Routt's pic
ture-taking job easier, Jim oc-
casionally would climb to a
thousand feet and then back
down to 500 or 800. That
wasn't bad at all because ]
knew when it was coming.
But there were times when
the wind took care Of the ups
and downs for US and sent my
stomach bobbing up and down
like a yo-yo over the Capitol
Building, the Lincoln Memorial
and the new Washington Sta
dium.
Below us Washington's land
scape was, as they say. as