Bruckner’s Place Gained Rosenthal Is Featured After Life of Neglect With Symphony Today i -- -i Society Bearing His Name &'jf- Orchestra Program Offers Makes Plea for More ] a New Works on of r List Public Attention. / Local Selections.

Alice Ever smart. For the of By opening the eighth season of the National Symphony Orchestra In the formation of symphonic programs by any of the orchestras which this afternoon at 4 o'clock in Constitution Hall Dr. Hans Ktndler, conductor, have performed in Washington, there has been a severe neglect of one com- has arranged a that gala program will include two works never before played Anton Bruckner. Yet the world in is more and more the orchestra and poser. general coming by will feature the appearance of Moriz Rosenthal, world- to an appreciation of his genius, which in this country is represented by the famous pianist, in the capacity of guest artist. some time of the Bruckner of America. Mr. Rosenthal, famed as a organization, ago, Society Although pupil of Liszt and supreme exponent of tha the performance of the Bruckner symphonies has been sponsored by such out- golden age of pianism, is celebrating^*____ standing conductors as Toscanini, s me opening oi nis goiaen jUDiiee most beloved works Koussevitsky and Ormandy with con-- tour of America at the concert today. of the great 19th given a small position In a small town. spicuous success, there is still a feeling On November 13 in Carnegie Hall, century composer as well as one of Fate stepped in at this moment, j that the musical public, on the whole, New York, he will celebrate the 50th the most difficult. and he was called again to 6t. Florian, His composition* is not yet rtsdy to assimilate his work. anniversary of his American debut in this time as instructor, and with the are distinctive for their brilliance, There has been considerable and a special concert at which he will play incentive thus aroused he determined imagination and fluency. The justifiable propaganda for the Ameri- on a golden piano built specifically for concert* to study for higher grade teaching. are can but at the same time this occasion. He has chosen for his orchestrated with consummate composer, Again he succeeded and for the first the work of such men as Bruckner Washington appearance to pay and time allowed himself more time for the homage artistry understanding of acousti- and Mahler can be given a hear- to his teacher, Fran* Liszt, immortal cal effects that the only study of the organ. When a vacancy projects plan* at risk. It seems composer of the 19th century, by pre- part with ing great strange hi the Linz Cathedral came, he was particular clarity through- that in this when the world senting Liszt's "Piano Concerto in out. The concerto is period, appointed to succeed to the post. Princess Lubov Volkonskaja, played as a is flooded with the mediocre of E Flat.” continuous piece, output The remarkable part of Bruckner’s soprano, one of the soloists although composed in the conventional form of writers of music who take refuge be- life is the amount of time he spent in at the benefit program for Two works on the first half of the several hind the classification of modernism, Russian children Dr. Kindler has for movements. study, always desiring more and more Ruth Altman, soprano, who being given program arranged there remains an unwillingness at knowledge before he would trust him- will be heard with the Na- Wednesday at 5612 Connecti- the opening concert are being per- The Ravel suite, based on one of ’:-ast to with the cut avenue. formed for the time the famous French acquaint oneself self in composition. It was not until tional Opera Co., which be- first by the Na- composer's most work of men have been <--- tional one of brilliant who already he was 40 years of age that he wrote gins a week of opera at the Symphony, them being a ballets, "Daphnis and Chloe,” first is a series cclaimed by the erudite. Their music, his first great work—"The Mass In D Belasco Theater tomorrow. performance in Washington. The of three excerpts, "Sunrise,’* latter is "Pantomime" i has been admitted, is not easily Minor.” In the 34 years of life that Glazounov's “Ouverture So- and "General Dance.” neither was that lennelle.” the "Daphnis and Chloe," •iderstandable, yet remained to him he wrote eight sym- Schools Have Concluding opening probably the the orchestra greatest of Beethoven or Brahms or Wagner, phonies and part of a ninth, and in- half, will play C. P. E. product Ravel's genius, Nino is ranked one of ; one time. numerable other works. His extreme Martini, popular tenor Bach’s "Sinfonia No. 3” and the second as the finest pieces Week opera, screen and radio, suite from Ravel's of ballet music ever written 7f Recently the Bruckner Society has thoroughness has left its mark in a too Opera of ballet, "Daphnis and was >- New Chloe.” The final number first in 1912. nit out an appeal for more perform- detailed exposition in his works, but Series on the pro- produced Carl iic0K of Bruckner's symphonies. this redundancy is overshadowed by gram is the tone poem "Finlandia,” I Philipp Emanuel Bach Sibelius. the most famous son of the When a visiting conductor was once the unmistakable evidence of genius. Opens Here by great Johann Sebastian Bach. The asked why he did not program a He was a contemporary of Brahms Nino Martini Of Concerts No artist on the concert stage today Sin- fonia No. 3" is one of six he Bruckner work for performance here, and Wagner and so intense an admirer can boast of such a long, distinguished wrote in 1773 upon a commission from a dis- he replied that it would not be pos- of the latter that he dedicated his and glamorous career as Moriz Rosen- Tomorrow tinguished music patron and is in sib'e. Yet in musical circles, the cult "Seventh Symphony” to him. The in- Is Under thal. Now 76, it is 66 years since he To Three Symphony three movements. of Bruckner is growing, while the local fluence of these two men on Ills type Sing faced his first audience. Since the The National Symphony Orchestra'* public remains ignorant whether or of writing is evident, and so pro- Guest Conductor night of his first concert as a mature National midweek series opens not his music would hold an appeal nounced that many times he is re- Company artist Rosenthal's name has been Wednesday, November 9, at 8:30 p.m. in Consti- for it. ferred to as a second Brahms. During Noted Arias Part of linked with that small company of the Gives Season. tution Hall with Lauritz Melchior, Side by side with the appreciation his lifetime his work was almost en- Repertoire greatest pianists the world has known leading tenor of the Metropolitan which familiarity is making possible tirely ignored, until Nikisch played his * Coincident with the opening of the —Liszt, Paderewski and Rubinstein, to At Belasco. Opera, as guest artist, and Dr. Kind- of Bruckner's music is the homage to Seventh Symphony” in Leipzig, when Mme. Has National name a few. L Flagstad Symphony Orchestra's eighth ler conducting. the man himself, who so studiously the tumultuous reception given it for Bom in 1862 at The National Co., which season Lemberg, Poland. the first time attracted the Opera Louis comes the announcement of The box office at Constitution Hall prepared himself for his destiny. He attention Potter, conductor of Date in Rosenthal the of the opens a week’s season Opening began study piano of He was, however, better of opera to- the Choral So- the annual series of students’ concerts will open at 11 a m. today for the was born in 1824 in a small tipper publishers. Washington at the age of 8. Two years later he known as an and as such had morrow at the its third sale of tickets for this afternoons Austrian village, the son of the vil- organist night Belasco Theater, ciety, giving per- to be given this season by the orchestra made his first with Tuesday Group. public appearance, concert. Season tickets was more toured France and England, where will a formance of Brahms’ ‘Re- may be ob- lage schoolmaster. There present cast of principals the in the city’s high schools and in Con- his teacher, Karl Mikuli. At 13 he was tained at the National toward he extremely popular. quiem’’ at the Washington Nino Martini, the brilliant tenor of was Symphony tendency ordinary learning majority of whom are and studying with Raffael Joseffy in young Cathedral on stitution Hail. box office, Julius Garfinckei Metropolitan Opera and an inter- Vienna and a few years later was ac- seasoned American trained singers. Several new store, Fourteenth and F streets N.W. of the but the soon his own talent, Bruckner had no evening. experiments will be as simple family, boy gards national favorite of cepted a pupil by Franz Liszt, with off at concert, radio and proved that he was differently en- knowledge of how to promote himself Stopping Buffalo, N. Y„ this tried out in connection with the stu- whom he studied in Weimar and Rome. in past week after in the the screen, will give his only recital dowed. Recognizing his son's talent public favor. The success of his playing Canada, dents’ series this to C. In 1882 his formal concert career was National year, according for music, it was not out- symphony in the performance Opera Co. will bring to here this season on Sunday, November launched with a recital in although Leipzig C. the Liszt Washington a most Cappel, manager of the National BEATRICE LANDHEER standing in his early years, the father gave him the first assurance of his adequate personnel Brahms Work 6, at 4 o'clock in Constitution Hall. Verein in Leipzig. It brought him ROES, of Symphony. While Dr. Hans Kindler, had him instructed in the rudiments merit, and he was so overcome at the chorus singers, orchestral musicians overnight fame. Tile tenor will be presented by Doro- conductor of the National son demonstration of the audience and technicians, with lavish Symphony, VIOLIN TEACHER of the art before he died, when his that he scenery, From that as will be in of the entire series time to the present his son was 13 of Soon after- stood on the beside Nikisch and costumes and lighting effects. thy Hodgkin Dorsey second artist charge Graduate of NETHERLANDS years age. stage career has been a The National To Be of concerts, he will actually conduct long succession of Music Association ward the young Bruckner became wept unrestrainedly* Opera Co. was formed of her first Sunday series. Sung of triumphs throughout the world. In Winner CARL FLESCH Scholarshl* this season the only three them. The other three choirboy at the St. Florian Monastery, The last of his life were more by combining Columbia Mr. Martini, who will be at 1912 he Interview by years assisted will be conducted Ernest was appointed court pianist Appointment. Co., which a season by Schelling. which proved the crowning influence and more at the St. Opera gave of the piano by Miguel has* to S'udio: frequently spent Sandoval, well-known famed Emperor Franz Josef of Austria. opera here last fall, and the composer-conductor, •toon N St. N.W. Met. of his life. Florian Monastery, which he regarded Chicago Third Time programmed no less than three noted He had the close 1130, Em. fiftOO for his children's concerts with the friendship of the Here he had chance to be- Opera Co., which gave a season of every as his real home. There, in the ele- arias: II mio tesoro.-’ from Mozart's greatest in the musical world. j New York figures Warren F. come with the best in opera last spring. This combination Philharmonic-Symphony Johnson, Organist acquainted gant and impressive building, a simple I "Don Giovanni"; “Je crois entendre He spent many in the has Orchestra in New York. days company Church of the Pilgrims classical music, which may have laid room was always reserved for him and brought together perhaps the encore,” from Bizet's "Les Pecheurs of Johannes Choral Will The first Brahms.' He had a in Society students’ concert will be 22d and P Sts. N.W. the foundation for his great leaning now remains as a memorial to him. largest touring opera company this des Perles,” and the “Racconto di Ro- invitation for the for school students standing famous toward Bach. But music as a profes- his his musical country. from Puccini's "La elementary only Sunday F.vening housing piano, sketches Present dolpho.” Boheme,” Wednesday evenings when the must- : Such stars as Jan ‘Requiem’ and will be conducted by Dr. Kindler 7:30 O’clock sion was still unthinkable for him and and other mementos. His death oc- Peerce, the tenor as well as songs by Torelli, Scarlatti, tally elect of Vienna met in the of Radio fame who at Central High School auditorium on Prelude and Fugue, G Major Bach he prepared to follow in the footsteps curred in 1896 in Vienna, but he is City was so well Panizza. Fourdrain, Watts, Hely- home of the waltz king, Johann received last In Cathedral. Monday, November 21, at 2:30 p.m. Canon. B Minor Schumann of his father. While not deserting the ! buried beneath the organ which he so summer in his Water Hutchinson. RachmaninofI, Padilla, Strauss. the of of he fitted himself to be '• often in St. Gate appearance here; Pino Through co-operation public study music, played Florian's, thus ful- Bontempi, An Serrano, Albeniz and others. The Liszt concerto is one of the opportunity to hear one of the school officials, Dr. E. N. C. a school teacher and ultimately was filling his often expressed wish. the tenor who enjoys the distinction The first concert of including j greatest choral musical Mrs. Dorsey's of a masterpieces in Barnes and members of his staff in the being protege of the great Gigli; ! Tuesday evening series will be given by literature will be offered music-loving music of the Smith Stahl Patrick Henry, American tenor; Viola ! Kirsten department public schools, Ruby Flagstad, the phenomenal Director A Washingtonians on Wednesday eve- an innovation will be made at this Cappella Choir Philo, soprano; Alfred of the Armando Jannuzzi Pupil ot Percv Rector Chigi, baritone; j when Norwegian soprano Metropoli- Stephens. Oscar John ning at 8:30, in Washington Ca- concert by permitting students to be Slagle. William Shakespeare Chickering, tenor; Elda Ercole, I tan Opera, who will be heard in a Grand Dramatic Tenor thedral, the Washington Choral So- excused from classes if wish to Opera Reviews of soprano, together with a number of full-length program on No- they VOICE ciety, under the direction of Louis A. Tuesday, Recordings attend this concert. v Voice PRIVATE other artists of mature attainments, vember 8, at Constitution Hall. Mme. Specialist instruction in tone production Potter, for the third time and will be presents in Other students’ concerts arc sched- repertoire. presented throughout the week.. Flagstad, who had expected to make Classes for Talented Juniors less than three years the Italian Method and Adults. ALICE EVERSMAN. The work is loveliness The National Requiem," by her uled for Monday. December 12: Thurs- By experienced. ; Opera Co. will open recital appearance at Constitution Srhool of bcl canto STUDIO For Appointment Brahms, which he composed in 18G6, First itself, of rare the season with the of Hall on her dav. December 15, and Friday. Decem- Adams 3687-J Congregational Call Col. 1890 Bach, Beethoven and Brahms are containing passages performance in Tuesday evening last re- Church memory of his friend. Robert Schu- ber 16. in three schools. * Mornings featured in the releases lyricism and a surging happiness that "Cavalleria Rusticana,” Monday night; ! cital appearance in the Capital, has high 1519 Oak St. N.W. (Cor. 16th) prominently mann. later adding the beautiful num- month the Victor Co. breaks all bounds in the finale. The "Barber of Seville,” Tuesday night; recently agreed to sing one more sea- this by Epe- ber, ‘‘Ye Now Are Sorrowful," in mem- five players give an excellent perform- “Carmen," Wednesday night; "Travi- son of opera and concert in the United cially welcome are the works of Bach ory of his own mother. Sung here for ance of it in the proper spirit. ata.” Thursday night; “Faust,” Friday States. apd Brahms chosen for recordings, the the first time by the Choral Society in In contrast, the which night: “Martha” (in English), Satur- Her former being represented by two symphony 1937, in commemoration of program opens with the "Leise. i February, the has been named Brahms’ ’’Pathetique’’ day afternoon; “Madame Butterfly,” lelse” aria from Partitas, the No. 1 in B minor and the death of King George V, this ren- Von Weber's "Der brings the other extreme of emotion Saturday night: “Rigoletto,” Sunday Freischutz” and No. 3 in E major played, unaccom- dition is offot'ed on All Souls' as offers a group of and Day Of and thought which the composer could afternoon, “Aida,” Sunday night. songs Beethoven and Brahms. An panied, by Yehudi Menuhin. a memorial of those who have gone by feel so dark Tickets at are available Brahms’ works there is the lovely keenly. Its color, and popular prices before. outstanding element of her program fateful motives, its melancholy and its at the office of the T. Arthur Smith will be the of and "Viola Quintet in F major played by j Called the "German Requiem" be- group Grieg Alneas rebellion are as true as the and concert bureau, 910 G street N W. songs, sung in her native the Budapest String Quartet and Al- gayety cause its composer selected the text Norwegian, poetry of the quintet as of thougli will find her fred Hobday as the extra violist and expressions from the Scriptures instead of from many singing of the master's temperament. The or- Isolde's 'Liebestod.'’ from the beloved "First Symphony" re- the Latin mass, it is divided into seven Wagner's chestra plays it with grandeur and "Tristan un Isolde.” the corded by the Vienna Philharmonic Opera Guild Season. major parts, devoted largely to choral high light with noble of the recital. There will Orchestra conducted by Bruno Walter. depth. j and orchestral music. Two solo voices be an Eng- Yehudi The recently formed Remington- lish The latter is Menuhin’s performance of are group also, by Marshall Kerno- listed among the regular Wehster Grand of New heard, and the soloists on this oc- the first Partita is a Opera Guild, chan. while the others are brilliant one, his casion will be Roger Quilter. Eleanor Warren monthly output York and D. an- Ruby Potter, soprano, < Washington, C„ and exceptional technique reveling in the and Rachmaninoff, while three Strauss from the special annual release. nounces the Edwin Steffe, baritone. The or- election of officers for the the intricacies of the work. He infuses will be songs bring program to a close ex- While the Brahms symphony is forthcoming season. Those entering ganist Robert Barrow of the the classic line with a warmth cept for encores. special office Washington Cathedral, assisted more often heard in public perform- are as follows: John Seate, presi- by Seats for the that even rises to a passionate in- L. two recitals are avail- BRINGS ance. the is a that comes dent; Maria vice Lyman McCrary, accompanist of the INTO Quintet gem Coffee, president; able at Mrs. Concert WASHINGTON tensity in moments. The whole 'Is ; Choral Dorsey's Bureau to us only now and then. It is often Hilda Nelson, secretary: Eliot Ferry, Washington Society. sustained with so much and in Droop’s, 1300 G street N.W. called clarity treasurer, and Seats will be provided at the Cathe- the “Spring" Quintet because that George Mattingly, pub- fluency the absence of accom- ! dral for the donors w hose Brahms, who was at licity director. contributions vacationing Ischl is not noticed paniment and the organ Several have made this performance possible. MUSIC LOVERS HOMES during the spring 1882, seems to 1 committees have also been „ ) ,of influence, ever in Bach’s present works, formed to the The public is invited to be present, Notice \ have caught all the loveliness of the is expedite guild’s program appreciable through the sonority and it is announced the doors season and it in this for the coming season. Maria Coffee will be Music notices imprisoned work. and roundness of intended tor Menuhin’s tone. and open at 7:30. In order that there It does, in all the Mrs. Samuel Arnold have been may publication in The truth, picture Tlie two Partitas are from the Sunday six j chairman and be sufficient transportation facilities to Star emotions aroused in one the fresh- appointed co-chairman, must be received by the K ^ by works which Bach wrote in Coethen of the and from the Cathedral on that occa- Music ness, the new and the renewed respectively, Booking Committee. Editor not later than <^Jnunettal (Jla**ic* beauty and the movements of the first of the Through their efforts a tentative sion, street cars, buses and taxis have the morn- life of the world at that time of the two pro- preceding Tuesday recorded here are based on the duction of to with the Cathe- year. Brahms Verdi's ’’Rigoletto” has promised co-operate ing. All notices must be responded whole- familiar dance the rhythms, Alle- been booked for early November, at dral and the Choral Society by pro- typewritten. heartedly to this magic and has left mande, the Courante, the Annapolis, Md. Plans for viding additional service. us the the tenderness Sarabande,) several jovousness, and the Bourree and a finale La Traviata,” National Opera cital by Egon Petri. Petri, one of the recently in Co., Belasco Theater, evening. piano recitals, played of the & Son outstanding pianists world, is Charleston, W. Va., and in Newport,, Washington Layman’s Chas.Schvprtz making his fourth tour in America, Friday. Tefin. limited Music Course to three weeks, and U confined “Faust,” National Opera Co., Samaroff Stokowski < to especially arranged appearances at Belasco Theater, evening. The choir from the Mormon Chapel, Olga colleges and universities in the East under the direction of D. Sterling Founder Saturday. and Middle West. Wheelwright, will sing at the evening Harriett D. Johnson Phone Met. 0060 Other artUts in the series are Con- Kolisch String Quartet, Library service of the’Church of St. Stephen Director rad of Bernier, the Russian Trio, Muriel Congress. 3:45 p.m. and the Incarnation on Sunday, No- Nov. 3, The Symphony, 8:30 P.M. Kerr, Katherine Van Buren and Char- "Martha,” National Opera Co., vember 6. Barker Hall, Y. W. C. A. RAE ALICE EBNER, lotte Wallace-Murray. Season tickets Belasco Theater, matinee; “Mme. Reitrvationi— Pianist, playing for the Pen are now on sale at the Howard Uni- Butterfly,” evening. There will be a musical 808 Huh? Build in* special National 8048 • Women’s League Tuesday. versity school of Must*. • service at Foundry It E. Church this •