Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-29

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which he will conduct In
Washington are the opening
nights Of the National Ballet,
october 10, IL, and IL.
Jan es London, promoted
from within the ranks, has
been announced as the Ma
tiOnal Symptoms principal
French Horn player. London,
26, has played in the orches-
tra's horn section for three
years. Before Joining the
NSO he played with the Cur
tbs Institute Orchestra and
the Little Symphony in Phil
adelphia, the New Orleans
Philharmonic, and has been
a member Of the Santa Fe
Opera Orchestra for two
summers. Mason Jones was
his teacher.
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NEWS FROM THERE -
Baltimore: The Baltimore
Symphony Orchestra opens
its y-ninth season Tues
day, with Peter III e r m q n
Adler as conductor, Yehudi
Menuhin as violin soloist.
Menuhin will play concerts
by Bach and Bartok; the
orchestra will be featured in
a Berlioz overture and the
Moussorgsky Pictures At An
Exhibition.
New York: T here Is a
two-story frame house in
Brooklyn which now bears a
plaque presented by the
American Society Of Com
pOSers, Authors and Publish
ers) signifying that George
GerShwin was born there IS
years ago. There were cere-
monies at the house last
Thursday, and Abe Stark,
president Of the Borough Of
Brooklyn, proclaimed that
date to be Gersh win Day.
ASCAP was represented at
the ce r e m onies by Irving
Caesar, with whom Gersh-
win wrote his first hit
song, "Swanee") and Morton
Gould.
While Washington con-
tinues to regal itself, enjoy
ing the Image of Chile"
Leonard Bernstein is doing
his bit to project the image
Of Argentina this week. At
concerts Thursday, Friday,
Saturday, and next Sunday,
RuggierO Ricci will be soloist
in the world premiere Of Al
bertO GinaStera's Violin Con-
certo with the New York
Philharmonic, which COM
missioned this piece from the
Argentinian composer.
Los Angeles: Tom orrow
night a series Of IL distin-
guished programs of cham
Der music by Los Angeles
artists begins with Robert
Craft conducting Stravinsky,
Schoenberg. Hayden. and
Wagner. The Monday eve
ming series takes place in
Fiesta Hall, Plummer Park,
on Santa Monica boulevard,
and the season subscription
for the IL concerts Is only
$12.
w U II ID , ON M u SIC
Harold Courlander, a politi-
cal commentator for the
Voice Of America. Is far bet
ter known to the public as
the worlds greatest authority
on the culture Of Haiti.
For many years, he has
collected folklore not only in
that country, but also in
Cuba, Ethiopia. the Sudan,
G h ana, and the United
States. He is a dmirably
equipped to write about Ne
gro Folk Music, U. S. A. Co
lumbia University Press;
$1,000, and this handsome
volume should quickly win
for itself a place as one Of
the most useful treatments
Of the subject you can get.
This is not Just a book
about Negro spirituals-Mr.
Commanders range is far
broader and deeper than
that. He discusses Gas we'll as
anthems and spiritualS
workshops. playparty songs,
Creole songs, blues, songs OF
protest, ring games, dances
(did you ever hear Of a buzz
card lopez and instruments
such as drums, gutbuckets,
and kazoos.
All this and more is treated
within the framework OF a
society in which white and
Negro folk music interacts.
The book includes a notated
anthology Of 43 Negp folk
songs, and carefully selected
lists OF books on the subject
and photograph recordings,
and since the author Is a
Journalist and novelist OF
some distinction as we'll as a
scholar, the whole thing even
makes for pleasant reading.
Recommended, despite the
stiff price.