8 SO THB PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 6, 1980

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1 Themes and Variations • By LINTON MARTIN

ADOZKN years ago the late JamȤ

Uibbotia Huueber iiretla'tfi 'hat "when Ositna 1. Queeu of Hay-

retuli. <lovs-enter tb« etaruel aha<iow-lanil,* her |)a»*in« will not g-reatly luti i iue the attention of a world whose tar* bus* witb the rumora of mightier happening*." l>yiu*f last Tuesday in her ninety-third year, forty-aeven year* after the death of the immortal music-Biaker she uiarrled during ber uoeon-vi-i.ii.iiial career, urn! whose fame ah* futihered in the Bayreutb Festival*. Wagner's widow w»» the last, lone figure of the gulden site of music to cruaa the roiiibow bridge, completing the entrance of th* god* Into the Wag nerian Vclhulla, and chronologically concluding an ere actually tailed year* before. And the death of this hist Italy, at her lino pioved tli* prophecy mad* by HiairUnr with characteristic acuity, for her actual end Wte submerged in the news bj( census stories, eoibaj-•lers, a seafilane flight for Hermuda, navul disarmament doing* ami bandit hold-ups, among the tlay'a. grist of "mightier happening*" thuu the pass-ing of Krau Coainjft.

In recent year* Cosima has been the aubject of frequent attack* from vari-ous source* on ope score or another. The current hue nnd ery is that "he flagrantly falsified important bio-graphical details in the preparation and publication of Waguer's "Mem l.ebeu" to, promote her own importance in hia existence and art at tbe expense of other r.ud earlier women In his life, chiefly the prut wife, Minna, and then Mathilde VVesendonck. Before that, she wtts caustically accused fit stifling and inhibiting festival affairs at itayreuth for the gratification of her own im-perious egotism and tyrannical will. Vet, whatever degree of truth there may be in these charges, none can deuy the importance And prestige of the position she occupied in her own epoch, and none can detract from the glory that is rightfully hers in promot-ing the fame, and the fortunes of the tnaater musician witb whom she linked her life by aiding and inspiring the establishment of the Beyrouth Festi-vals as a monument to hie memory, even if she could not claim credit as the actual Inspiration of moat of his mightiest music.

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early marriage to yon Buelow, deser-tion of him and subsequent divorce and marriage to Waguer, after the birth of Hiegfried Wagner, to say nothing of a girl or two that Waguer claimed; her iiiduniitohl* labors in promoting Bay-rentb and relieving Wagner of finan-cial fears and nil worldly woes while humming him in with'determined do-mesticity, and her later life devoted to his memory—these are some of the de-tails of her remarkable career. Her death ring* down the curtain on mighty musical memories!

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THH I'lIILALELTIIIA OHOHES-TUA will tackle full-fledged atage production* under the egi* of

Leopold Minkowski with the perform-ances next Friday and Maturday and the following Monday at the Metropoli-tan Opera House. The forthcoming American premiere* of both Mtravin-sky's "l-e Hacre du Printenips'' (The Festival of -Spring) and of Arnold Mchoenherg'a futuristic opera, "Die (llueckliche Hand" iThe Hand of Fate) eyukes excited anticipation near and far, and even New York'* League uf Composer* assists io sponsoring so ixeehtional an event of presumably epochal Interest. For now, with the eye to aid and abet the ear, we shall see and perhaps understand just what .Stravinsky meant to convey by the ruthless, irregular rhythm* and ap-parently haphazard harmonics of hi* poem of primitive pagans, and whether the Schoenberg of the cacophonous "Kammersymphonie," the desperately dissonant 'Five Orchestral Pieces," and the heretical "Theme with Variations" (no relation to this department) heard earlier this season, can be made allur-ing to the eye if intractable in tone.

Leopold Mtokowakl ha* expressed hU own artistic enthusiasm for both tbe forthcoming highly novel offerings. He also emphatically urge* advance ac-quaintance with the plan and plots of both pieces as an invaluable adjunct to understanding them. Of course, the mu-sic of "La Sacre" is already known, if not fully familiar here, through Mr. Mtokowski'* own presentation of the work In 1022 and again "on the air" at one of the radio concerts last fall, as well as through Mr. Monteur'a presen-tation several seasons *inc*. On those occasion* audience* were duly made ac-quainted with the pantomimic plot, deal-ing at the start with the breaking up of winter—to *ay nothing of harmonious feeling* between the instrument* of the orchestra—tbe succeeding Dance of the Adolescent*, the mock abduction, the increasing conflict on the stage and iu the orchestra, and the turbulent Dance of the Karth ending the first portion. The second section depict* the sacrifice of the unfortunate maiden selected to appease the force* of nature and thus persuade spring to note the equinox and smile. How the poor damsel must dance herself to death will be Pictured in pan-tomime by Martha Graham a* the cli-max of Mr. Btokowski'a orchestral orgy, and we are assured that the per-formance will be aubstantially differ-ent from the premiere Pari* presenta-tion of "Le Saere" under the late Merge Diaghileff on May 20. 1013. Whether this should be takeiyto mean that Phila-delphia's feast w i l l ^ e milder or wilder remain* fo be seen, but it will represent tbe latest thought on the subject.

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NO BASTS of comparison will be afforded Philadelphians, musical-ly or In miming, for the accom-

paning presentation of the Schoenberg opera, which will precede the presen-tation of the Stravinsky ballet. "The Hand of Fate" was first performed in Prague in 1024, and enjoyed subsequent presentation in Vienna, but aeema to have been coldly received until 1028 and 1020. To call it an opera is an anoma-lous appellation. It baa only one linger, and he i* assisted by pantomime. But the work claims a cborua sun! to be similar to the choruaea of antique Greek drama.

Quoting Mtokowakl: "In 'Die Glueek-llche Hand' there are really three score* synchronized a* one. They are the musical score, the acting and pan-tomime score, and a score governing effects of lighting. Thus the conductor should direct the** three widely differ-ent means of artiatic Interpretation as though they were the wood-wind, bras* and string division* of the ordinary or-chestra. Poetic symbolism replaces realism,"

In four scenes, occupying lesa than half an hour altogether, the opera tells a complete allegorical story—a man laid low by misfortune recovers; fortune smiles on him again; he accomplishes his alms a* In hia youth, but everything eventually betray* him nevertheless; be sink* beneath the renewed blow* of fate. Tbe eharactera ara th* Man, the Woman, the Stranger and the Chimera. The Woman •ymbolise* earthly happi-ness. Her part ia entirely pantomime and I* carried on at tbe back of the stage. The Man never look* at ber, but seems constantly to *ee her in front of him. Much of the action deal* with tbe conflict for the Woman between the Man a* a human being, and a Gen-tleman, representing th* power of riches. At the end of the second »cene be erie*, "Now I posse** you forever." In the third qcene Man dominate* the toiler* In a smithy in a* grotto (sug-

festive of Alberic and tbe Nibelungs). 'be Woman desert* the Man for the

Stranger symbolising money. In despair the Man cries, "You are mine. She was mine!" but eventually give* up; earthly happine** ia not bis, but heavenly joy instead.

Music of the Week

Free eoaeart. Academy of th* Fin. Art., 3 P. M.

Henry Gordon Thunder la or-gan recital I r vine Auditorium, 4 P. M.

Klscald - Llfschsy • Ksufman Trio. Bellevue-Stratford ball-room, 4 P. M.

Jotaf aad R**lna Lh*vl*n*. two-p iano recital . Penn A . C.

ballreom, 8.30 P. M. Memorial mu*lc«l*. Warwick

ballroom, 8.30 P. M. MONDAY

Jean B*ok In leoture recital University Museum, 2.30 P. M.

Msndalasoha Clua, Academy, 8.15 P. M.

TUESDAY | "Haaaaal and Gr*t*l" aad

"Pagllaeel," by Metropolitan Op-tra Co. Academy, 8 P. M.

Sight Staging Class** concert Drexol Auditorium, 8.IS P. M.

WEDNESDAY Katharine Wolff and Allta

Craig MaoColl in l*oture-r*oltal. B e l l e v u e - S t r a t f o r d bal lroom, II

A. M.

THURSDAY "Th* Masked Ball," by Phil-

adelphia Grand Opera Co. Aoad-omy, 8.15 P. M.

Hwuod Wolser, baritone, In recital, Now Century Club, 8.30 P. M.

FRIDAY *

Philadelphia Orchestra. Stag* presentation.. Metropolitan, 2.30 P. M.

SATURDAY Philadelphia Orchestra (re-

peating Fridays programme). Metropolitan, 8.20 P. M.

Itralto, Frank Oglraby. tenor (Thejst . Paul** Episcopal Church, Over-Narrator), Nelson Eddy, baritone and brook, will be at tbe console of the

(Thomas McClelland and Walter Fvans, Cyrua H. K. Ctirtia Organ at a recital JINISHO*. and the aopraao ripleao will to lie given under tbe auspice* of tbe be *tmg by a chorus trained by Fran-ces McColIin. Tbe chorale* will he sting without accompaniment. Hollo Unit land will be at th« organ, Koma E. An gel at tbe piano and the two orchestra* will be made up from member* of th* Philadelphia Orchestra.

National Negro Music Festival Plana are being made for the second

annual national negro music festival to be held at tbe Academy of Music, on Maturday, May 17, afternoon and evening. Inaugurated last year a* an experiment to seo if there waa enough public intercut in the highest muiicat achievement* of* the negro to justify tbe establishment of the festival as an annual institution in Philadelphia, tbe response wa* so great that the com-mittee in charge waa impelled to re-organize on a larger acale for the event thia year. Upward* of 300 of tbe cultural, social and artistic leader* of Philadelphia and vicinity have accepted membership on the committee and are participating in the preparation* for the festival. All tbe various forma of tbe musical talent of the race will be beard during tbe festival, which will include In it* programme a glee club, a sextette, a chamber music group and j be played instrumental aolo artists. Alice Dunbar- ] "Romance Nelson, executive aecretary of the American Interracial Peace Committee is handling the detail of organisation and the selection of the artist*.

"A* the result of the aucceas of last year'* Festival," aaid Mrs. Nelson," the nupber o f prominent person* who have already accepted membership on the committee of sponsors is double that o flu*! year and the committee will represent practically every notable musical institution, college, university and cultural organisation in the vicinity of Philadelphia."

University of Pennsylvania ia the Irvine Auditorium, Thirty-third and Spruce streets, at four o'clock this afternoon. Tbe recital by Mr. Thunder, who for many years haa been one of tbi* city'r most distinguished organist*, Will be open to the public.

Tbe Kincaid-LifscheyKaufman Trio will appear in tbe eighth concert of tbe Philadelphia Chamber Music As-sociation serie* in the ballroom of the Bellevue-Stratford tbia afternoon at four o'clock. They will play tbe Le-clair Sonata for flute; viola and piano; Winkler Sonata for viola and piano; Pierne Sonata for flute aad piano and Durufle Prelude, Uecitatif et Varia-tions. The members of tbe Trio are: William Kincaid, flutist; Samuel Lif-scbey, violist, and Harry Kaufman, pianist.

' OT for any empty personal pride did Cosinia devote and dedicate her day* to the music and the

memory of Wagner with what amount-ed to a fierce fanaticiam. Mbe regarded herself limply us the appointed torch-bearer of bis gigantic genius, and *he considered her own life a closed book from the moment of hia death In Venice In 18HH. Her jealou* concern and even wolfish watchfulness over every detail of the Festival perform-ances, if often unfortunate and unin-telligent, was animated only by ber unflagging xeal in maintaining tbe Wagnerian trade-marked tradition* at Bayreuth, in a fashion that became a fetich, and waa often accused of inept). tinie and inaccuracy.

It wn* ber depth of devotion to the composer's cause that undoubtedly earned the eternal enmity of powerful persona. But it ia not likely that any auch considerations deeply concerned tbe woman who left Han* von Buelow for Wagner yeur* before her marriage to the latter, aad regardless of tbe opinion of the* world. And It la not likely that slighted sensibilities of artist* and individuals with whom she came in contact nffected the affair* or Idea* of this "tyrant in petticoats," who "ruled with an iron hand, a hand not encased in a velvet glove like her father'*"—to quota the fellcitou* Huneker again.

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QUITE a vivid picture of "Queen Cosima" i* presented by Huneker in hi* illuminating study of "The

Twilight of Cosima I." He 1r*t saw bar in the summer of 1894, eleven years after Wagner's death, when *he waa flfty-aeven year* old—"a fall, gaunt womaji wltts the familiar Lisxt profile, her white hair worn a la Lisxt. ber Mride that of a grenadier . . . Not lored, indeed feared, she ran the Bayreuth machine with the shrewdness of a Tammany Hall politician. Her contemporaries concur in that. A woman of brains, courage, audacity, •he recalled for m* a second Mar-gravine of Bayreuth In her domineer-ing manner. She would tolerate BO rivals. Conductor after conductor came and went."

"But," commented Huneker, "Coa-Ima, all said and done, waa a daugh-ter of Frana Lisxt," and he recall* the laat time be saw her, eeven year* later, in 1001. "With George Moore I atood on the esplanade facing th* Francon-ialt Viilley, and during an entr'acte of tha Ring wa discussed th* mediocre conducting of 'Prince' Siegfried Wag-ner and the fond, foolish affection of his mother. She passed. Thia time •he rode, but that rigid spine, the proud poge of the head, the undimmed hawk-like eyea—I am the widow of Wagner and the daughter of Msst! they seemed thus to challenge the gaxe Of the public—proved her still in pos-aeaaion of all her power*. And she was then past *ixty. Truly an extraor-dinary woman this, with her name out of tbe Italian Henalssanee, herself like Minie belated and imperious apparition from the Renaissance!"

Her life a* a child In the brilliant circles attracted by Lisst, her father, and her mother, the Countes* d'Agnulf, of whom she was the natural child; her

The principal roles will be sung by Bianca Maroya, Falna Petrova, John Charles TIIOIIIHS, Alexandre Kourganoff and Ivan Stescbenko. Others in the ca*t will be Henrietta Horle, Beniamino Urobanl, Abraham Robofsky, Alfred De Long and Daniel Healy. There will be incidental dances by the Corps de Bal-let, under the direction of Catherine Littlefield, premiere danseuee, and the opera will be presented with new and elaborate scenery. Eniil Mlynarski win conduct.

Cast for "Parsifal" April 15 Tbe cast for "Parsifal," to be given

here by the Metropolitan Opera Com-pany as a special Holy Week matinee on Tuesday, April 15, commencing at one o'clock sharp, has just been an-nounced. Latiritz Melchior will have the title role, and the (jurneuians will be the new, young Herman baaso, Sieg-fried Tappolet, who will make hia first Philadelphia appearance at thia time. Uertrude Kappel will be tbe Kundry. (lustav Schuetxendorf will be the Am tortus, tit hers will be William Uustaf-son a* Titurel; Adamo Didur as Klitig-sor: Marion Telva as A Voice: AngeTo Bada and Louis D'Angelo a* the Grail Knights; Kllen Dalossy, Philimj Falco, (ieorge Meader and Max Altglas* as the esquires; while the flower maidens will be Louise Lerch, Philine Falco, Kllen Daioasy, Gditba Fleischer, Pearl Hesunier and Morton Telva. Tullio Ser-fin will conduct, and It is announced

Bach Festival Week Schodlft Arrangementa for tbe Bach Festival

week, at Packer Memorial Church, Le-high University, Bethlehem, Pa., In-clude the final rehearsal of the Mass on Sunday afternoon, May 11, begin-ning at three o'clock, and the final re-hearsal of the ten Cantatas, never be-fore sung at Bethlehem, on Monday evening, Mu v 12, beginning at half past eeven o'clock. This year there will De no public rehearsal. Orchestra rebear*-al» will be held on Tuesday, Wednea-day and Thursday, May 13, 14 and 15. The festival hours are Friday, May Id at four and eight P. M. (Standard time) and Saturday. May 17 at 1.30 P. M. and 4 P. M. (Standard time).

Combined Sight Singing Classes Four sectional claase* in sight sing-

ing under tbe direction of Mis* Ann .McDonough were organixed by the Philadelphia Bureau of Music. Having concluded their first season, these classes will combine in their first con-cert to be given next Tuesday at 8.15 P. M. in* the Auditorium of Drexel In-stitute, Thirty-second and Chestnut streets. Assisting artist* will be Elisa-beth Harrison, soprano; Alfreda Babe, soprano; Edward Lippi, baritone, and Frank Oglesby, tenor, with William Syjvano Thunder, organist and accom-panist. Card* of admission may be obtained at the Philadelphia Bureau of Music, Room No. 402, City Hall An-nex.-

Slmfonlotta's Children'* Concert The Philadelphia Chamber String

Simfonietta, Fabien Sevitsky conductor, announces a special children'* concert for April I'll »t 11 A. M. in th* Ball Room of the Bellevue-Stratford. Two very young sol i ists will appear on this

Josef Lhevinne and bis wife, Rosina Lbevinne, will be beard in a concert for two piano* at tbe Penn Athletic Club thia evening. Their programme will include a group of Chopin num-bera, to be played by Mr. Lhevinne; tbe Schumann "Variations" and Chopin Hondo, arranged by Lee PettUon, to

by both; a Rachmaninoff and a transcription of

Strauss' "Blue Danube," also to be played by both.

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on instruments of the period, will fea-ture a public lecture-recital to be given by Professor Jean Baptiste Beck in the University of Pennsylvania Mu-seum, Thirty-third and Spruce atreets, tomorrow afternoon at 2.30 o'clock. The recital will be under the auspices of the Department of Music of the University of Pennsylvania, of which Harl McDonald ia director. Profeaaor Beck, who is cidled tbe greatest living authority on the music of the Middle Ages, will be assisted at the recital by Mr*. Margaret Jacobs Whetstone, so-prano; Mrs. Elixabetb B. Colgate, con-tralto; Alfred Oatrum, baritone, and Sylvan Friedman, violinist.

that the work will be given without programme. George Ackner, aged 10, cut*. The performance promise* to at- violin, pupil of Saaha Jacobinoff, who tract a large audience. Tickets are now has had several young pupila showing

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"La Saere" Ballet by Orchestra j lives now In Vienna, wa* completed In Concert* by the Philadelphia Orchea-j 1013. It was not beard in public, how-

tra next Friday afternoon and Matur- ever, until Zalimaky conducted it at a day evening, and Monday evening, Prague Festival in May, 1024. That April 14, will be given in the Metropolt- name year the work waa produced in tan Opera House, and will b« devoted: Vienna in the Musical and Theatrical ta Igor .Stravinsky's "La Macre du: Festival Room of the Volksoper under Prlntemps" (Th« Hit* of Spring).: the direction of Dr. Frit* Stiedry. staged with a ballet for the first time; Subsequent performance* were at Bra-in America, and Arnold Hchoenbcrg'sj lnu in PKJ* and at the Duisberg Festi-one-act opera, "Die Glueckllche H«nd"h*al in 1020. Poetic symbolism is used (Tbe Hand of Fate), given for the first! to convey th* story of man'* never-time In this country with a ca*t of six' ending search for happiness. He seems

person*. * chorn* of sixteen voices repeatedly to grasp it, only to w e w m b j ^ ^ ^ ^ V a n a x l t t t W g regulation from the atndenta of the Curtis Inst i - l to **te. lhere are four seenic set ; ttP1.„tnfnre in vlvinsr onlv one concert

l of Una. and a second off-stage ting*,.nil dim and unreal. " * • parable ff^SSbSSl & £ » U i S n C S S S a woman, n ^ 0 f , n < w # making application, and

this year it ia the desire of the mera-

on sale to tbe general public. Two per formance* of this Conaecrational Festi-val Play will be given in New York during Holy Week, and both are al-ready aold out, _ ^ ^

Mendelssohn Club Spring Concert Tha spring concert of the Mendel-

ssohn Club will be given tomorrow eve-ning in the Academy of Music in con-junction with tbe Philnxlelphia Orchestra with Bruce Carey conmicting. The aolo-iata will be Nelson Eddy, baritone, who will give a special group of aongs, and Albert Mahler, tenor, who will sing in the aolo part* in two scenes from Mous-•orgaky's "Boris Godounoff." These two scenes, incidentally, "The Coronation" and tbe "Revolutionary Scene in the Kromy Foreat," will be the closing numbers on the programme with the full membership of the club and the Philadelphia Orchestra participating. The two numbers played by the Phila-delphia Orchestra will be Bach'a "Air for G String" and tbe "Mignon" over-ture by Thomas. The programme by the Mendelssohn Clb will open with the organization'* "Motto," composed by Gilchrist and played with full orcheatral accompaniment. Thia will be followed by Mendelssohn'* "Judge Me, O God." Another group by the club inctudes THy'n "Te Deum Laudarous," with or-chestral accompaniment; Doyen'* "L* (Jrand Bonheur," "Angelua" In Carey'* arrangement of the Chaminade compo-sition, Bantock** "Himalay" and Geof-frey O'Hara'a "Guns," with orchestra accompaniment. For hia selections, Mr. Eddv na* chosen Rachmaninoff's "No Prophet I," "The Paladin," by Dar-gomozhk.v. Robinson'a "Water Boy" and Carpenter's " loung Man, Chief-tan 1"

Symphony Club'* 20th Annlvoraary In celebration of the twentieth anni-

versary of the Symphony Club, the member* will give two concert* at the Academy of Music. The first will take place on Sunday evening, April 27. and the aeeond, Sunday evening. May 4, The programmes for these two con-cert* will he entirely different. The soloist for the first concert will be Rich-ard Cameron, who will play the Mo-aart Flute Concerto No. 1, with orchea-tral accompaniment. The soloist for the second concert will lie Master Ralph Schaeffjr, who will play the Tchaikov-sky Violin Concerto, with orchestral accompaniment. With the exception of thee* two concerto*, the programmes for both concert* will eon*i*t ent'rely df number* which have never been played in Philadelphia, including Eng-liah, German, Slovakian and Russian music. Ticket* will be distributed at 1235 Pine street on and after April 15. Application* by mail must be accom-panied by a *elf-addre*sed, stamped en-velope, otherwise they will receive no attention. Th* application* should lu-tlicate which of th* two concert* ia pre-ferred, a* ticket* for only one concert will be given to each applicant. It haa

young pupila showing marvelous talent, and Stanley Baron, aged 7, piano, pupil of Joseph Wiasow. Included on the programme Simfonietta will present Purcell'a "Children's Muite", and gong* and dancea of the different nation*. Sevitsky will con-clud* tha programme with "Animals' Carnival" by Saint Saen*.

Orphan* String Quartette The Orpheu* String Quartette, which

haa made an excellent reputation and record *o far thia season for musician-ship and tine ensemble playing, will participate in the programme of Le Cercle Francai* of the University of Pennsylvania, to be given at the Plays and Playera Theatre, 1714 DeLancey street, next Thursday evening. The Quartette, which con»i*ta of William Carbon! and William Swettman, vio-lin*; Benjamin Censullo, viola, and Paul Scheer. 'aello, will play at the opening of tbe performance the Moxart Quartette in E flat major, first move-ment Allegro ma non troppe, between the second and third act* of "L'Aven-turiere," the comedy which occupiea the evening: Victor Herbert's "Seren-ade" and "Passepied," by Delibee, and a Gavotte, by Haendel, at tbe close of the play.

! MUSIC NOTES | The final concert in thi* Reason

•erie* of free public concert* at the Academy of Fine Arts under the auapieea of the Philadelphia Bureau of Music will be given thi* afternoon at three P. M. A programme for two piano* will be given by Myrn Reed and Theo-dore Paxson. The assisting artist will bo Conrad Thibault.

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Henry Gordon Thunder,, organist of

His Experience Was Same as Many Others

Th* experience of thousand* of would- bo acreen playera who journey to Hollywood befell Warner Baxter when be arrived there, determined to crash tbe gatea of movie fame. He had loat all htx aaving* in • garage ven-ture at Tulsa, Oklahoma, and decided Hollywood wa* the place to recoup'hia modest fortune.

For *ix month* he made the rounds of tbe studio. Notwithstanding the fact that he had to hi* credit previou* »tage experience, he met with no aucceas and eventually gave up in complete dis-couragement. He joined the Burbank Stock Company at Burbank, California, where he remained for eeven years. His work attracted tbe attention of Oliver Morosco, who engaged him to play a featured role iu "Lombardi, LU." on tha New York atage. He afterwards appeared In several other outstanding Broadway production*, and eventually waa aent to Los Angela* to play leada in the Moro*co Stock Com-pany there. *

Then the fickle film* reached out for him ami he waa offered tbe leading role in "Her Own Money," a picture in which Ethel Clayton waa co-featured with him.

The picture waa acarcely under way before Baxter wa* called by Moroaco for another atage play on Broadway, but by working day and night be mini-! aged to finish in time to take the New1

York engagement. Later he returned to Hollywood and was soon in demand lor featured parts by the same studio* that had consistently refused to give him a job a* an extra. He portrayed role* in many pictures but hi* performance 48 the Ciaco Kid in "In Old Arixona," the first outdoor movietone, brought him into the foreground of popularity and publicity that be had not previously enjoyed. Then followed further success in "Behind That Curt*in," "Thru Dif-ferent Eye*," and "Romance of Rio Grande."

His most recent characterization is "Such Men Are Dangerous," now allow-ing at the Fox Theatre.

frank feature production. Tha direc-

tion in by Victor Halperin. Outstanding performances are offered

by Douglas Fairbanks. Jr.. a* the boy, Jeanette Loff a* hi* *weetheart, Mane Prevoat a* a "whoopee queen aud John St. Polls *• a righteou* manu-facturer seeking to *tamp opt tbe evil "party girl" «y»tem. But tbe ouUtaml-ing performance i* given by a new-comer, Judith Barrie, one of tha mo«l famoua artist'* model* in America, who essay* her first film role in this app»ar-anee. and from whom, doubtless, much wUI be heard in the future.

Party Girl" is a courageous and unique film, exposing a very prevalent evU in our present-day business life.

He Has Played Many

Characters Thus Far Hersholt, Jean who play* an im-

portant role In "Tbe Case of Ser-

geant GrUcba," which opened Friday

at the Arcadia Theatre, has played a

moat unuaual range of characteriza-

tion*.

"I wa* born a Dane," he aaya, "be-

came an American by choice and now

spend m o t , of my time

German, Auotrian. Hungarig, and Russian characters .,„ 1 h : ***•»

"In checking ov e r tbe 500 '•,,*>. acteriwtiou. 1 have do,,,. n"™t**-time I find that 00 per cent », > were anything but my real or s,t2? nationality. Tbe United sZi^"** me citizenship, but the movie, B!*

'I wss born in CoptnhaMn W«H

mark, and made a happy choice'i."* iectiag a family that was distinn^w1*: on the Danish and Continent,??*« Lpon my graduation frm,, tha x!S eniy of Arts in Copenhagen i * barked on a career as a paiottv £ putting paint on canvas rli,i nni ** peal to me as much face for the stage.

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•a Hi,| not

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character* In the pUy*™'^ ' T ^ » Strindberg, Bjornsen, Tolstoy ^ other dramatUta and eventually into pictures.

"In 1915 I came to Am. ica .t.^i the Danish National Fair « th, « Francisco Exposition, dire, ted ,„ picture* and began as an actor in 9 lywood for Thomas Ince." a*

Myrna Loy will have „ p f 0__-J role m support of Alice White mTV? latter'* next First National *hmS picture, "Man Crazy." Robert 2ax3 Douglas Ctlmore and George w l

portraying have also been cast for this nunT^

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The Philadelphia Music Club, at its concert in the Bellevue-Stratford next Tuesday, at 2.80 o'clock, will present the club'* choru* of 150 voices under the direction of Dr. H. Alexander Mat-thews. The following artist* will assist: Kleanor Fields, pianist; Harold Woom-gr. violinist; Forrest Denni*, baritone, with Grace Ackroyd Rowe at the pi-ano. Myrtle Eaver i* accompanist for the Chorus and Mrs. Elma Carey John-son ia the choral chairman.

• • •

The Society for Contemporary Music has issued invitation* for a lecture re-cital to be given next Wednesday, at 11.00 A. M., in the Bellevue-Stratford. Katherine Wolff, assisted by Ailsa Craig McColl, pianist, will review the stage work* now in preparation to be given by the society, on Sunday eve-ning. May 11, at the South Broad Street Theatre. The works to be pro-duced will be: "Seite Canzoni," by Mal-ipierro; "Daniel Jazz," by Gruenberg, and "Apollon Musagete" (a ballet) Stravinsky. Prominent soloists, a ballet and an orchestra composed of member* of the Philadelphia Orchestra are rehearsing these works. Card* for the lecture may be procured at the Philadelpha Bureau of Music, 402 City Hall Annex, Philadelphia.

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The fourth of a serie* of lecture* on the history and development of tone relations, by Mrs. Leo Ornstein, will be given at the Philadelphia Musical Aoademy. 1617 8pruce street, tomor-row evening, at 8.15. This lecture will deal with counterpoint and harmony, with illustrations from Bach, Cesar

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Seen All Over World Five foreign version* of "Song O'

My Heart," the John McCormack talk-ing and singing romance at tbe Fox-Locust Theatre, are being shipped this week to all parts of the world for May openings. These versions are in French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and German. In addition, the picture production is soon to nave its premiere in London, England: Sydney and Mel-bourne, Australia; Vienna, Austria, nnd Buenos Aires, South America.

The Italian version will be projected at Rome, the German version in Ber-lin and the French version in Paris. The picture is also to be seen in Loa Angeles at Grauman'g Chinese Theatre beginning Friday, April 18. And there will be a production in Dublin, nine miles from which many of the scenes were photographed. Preparation* for presenting John McCormack in "Song O' My Heart" in other principal cities throughout the world are now being made.

"Song O" My Heart" was first started in Ireland in August, 1029, and wa* completed In February, 1930, in Beverly Hills. California. Maureen O'Sullivan. the eighteen-year-old schoolgirl who j [days a leading role in tbe picture, was brought from Ireland for thi* produc-tion. Miss O'Sullivan is a daughter of a major in the Engliah army. Tommy Clifford, who plays Tad. the

Franck, Rameau. Couperln ***&^.drn*^ twy ETSg*'oto»T7 ia from Information regarding thi* lecture will ChoDeligod Ireland be furnished by the secretary upon re-qucat or by phoning Pennypacker 5053.

• • • Tha Philadelphia Musical Academy,

1617 Spruce street, announce* a con-cert by pupils up to sixteen year* of ag« next Wednesday evening, at 8.15. The public is invited,

• • • •

The Philadelphia Conservatory of Music, Mra. D. Hendrik Ezerman, man-aging director, announce* a students' concert for next Thursday evening, in the music room of the Conservatory, at 8 o'clock. Student* from the piano and violin department* will participate.

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The Philadelphia Musical Fund String Quartette will play a new quartette by Leo Ornatein, at a concert to be given under tbe auapieea of the League of Compoeers in New York, thi* evening. The Quartette, which is opu* 99. was written in Philadelphia, where Mr. Ornatein ia identified with the Zeck-wer-Habn Philadelphia Musical Acad-emy. The performance tonight will be a world premiere for tbe work given by a Philadelphia organization.

• • • The Leater Concert Ensemble will

appear next Wednesday evening at 8 P. M., at St. Joseph's Academy, Phil-adelphia. There will alao be a concert on Friday afternoon, 2.30 P. M.. at the Friday Current Events Club. German-town. Elwood Werner, baritone, will

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What happen* when a young boy and girl get mixed up with the kind of women who make professional whoopee for pay in order to get buainess for mercantile houses, i* revealed in this

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oreheatra also recruited from the Cur- ] is interpreted by a Man ti* Institute. Leopold Ntokowski will • Stranger and a Chimera conduct both works. The present pro-duction differs from the "Kncrc" ballet that waa performed first in the Theatre da* Champ* Rlysees in Paris under th* late Serge de LHaghilev on Mav 20, 1913, ahortly after Stravinsky "com-pleted the sent"*'.,-. The present ballet 1 "double hilr" will be presented. "Pag-(a tha result of fflany conference* tastjliaeci" will h* aung, preceded by Hum-aumwer between Mr. Stnkowakl. Nich-1 perdinck'a delightful fairy tale in music, olas Roerich, Oie well known painter i "Haensel and Gretel," with Ediths

"Hatntal" and "PaaJlaear Naxt Tha-last evening performance bnt one

this season by th* Metropolitan •Opera Company at the Academy of Music will take place next Tuesday, when a

hern to give a* many a* po*sibIe the opportunity of hearing on* of the Sym-phony Club concert*.

Brahmt Chan* in "St. wistthew" On Wednesday evening, April 1ft, the

ltrnhms Chorus of Philadelphia, under the direction of N. Lindaay Norden, will present "Th* Passion of Ottr

on a pi*no. The Brahm* Choru* con-sists of 120 voice* and haa been aft work on the Passion music for aeveral month*, although th* same organtx»tion gave it two *e*snn* ago In Holy Week. Th* soloist* will be Margaret Eber-bseh, soprsno. Msybelle Marston. coa-

to whom "Le Sacre" Is dedicated, and' Fleischer and Queena Marie in th* tlll*!.V ,™>,,A-fP l' , ,m« , f 0 .?*; Matthew in

the composer, Igor Htravinsky. Leo- | r „ | ,a „nd (Jertrud* Mnnski a* th* 1 Ulf . , £ o f . t h e l M r £am™u*}™. Bid* Mtaame prepared the new cho- i "Witch." Other* in the c*«t will he ' £ h ' , , 1 n , i e . 8 , r f , e V n M f Twenty;n,r«t. rtOfraphy. and Uoerich designed newJMme. Wakefield a* lb« Mother. Mr.l / W n r L W l " ** • u n * i n i U <"'lKin"l aattlng* nn*J costume*. Martha Gra-|Hchntzend«rf as th* Father and Mme*.:r'.'rm; with two choru***, two or-haea wUl be the soloist of the ballet, ln,i j B rch aud Flexer. Mr. Bodansky will ™f**™* «nd «nlo|*ts, with organ »nd tha D*ne« or Sacrifice at the end, conduct, Howard Johnson will b* th*!M ," , n , ,°. ' , h*J*'1*"! P«rt t" he played w*ich I* th* chmsx of th* work. In c*ni« In "Psgliacci," with N a n e t t e ! " tha P,ro^ncL" ,n , , f V'8 0 . , , \"rk , , c h , 'Onllfnrd ** Nedd* and Mr. D«nl«* «* Hand** Ronhen Mamnulmn will h* t b e | T f t B t o other* In th* cast will be Mr. stag* director, and Robert Edtnond: Cehanovsky • • Sylvio and Mr. Paltri-

*?V '&.T""!? ,\""lu'Ti. A r , , " t , „ , £ ; «•'«••> »• Beppe. Mr. Belleasa will cluda *•-»* Ivantxoff. baritone, and \ po-dii-r three BMa***—<>ijn Rowland, Dori* a u " ' . ^ ^ ^ o ^ M n ^ ' f L h w ' ' . ^ " ^ ? ^ ! "*•••"«* Ball" fcy Phllo, Op.r . C /.horns. BOBBI*" in a tasnion similar to _ .,»-, i , ,.. r* . . . fTr cbortise* of Hn«,icai <}re*k drama,! „ ^nen the Philadelphia Orsnd Opera Li faSeatad by lighted fsces, whispers, ^ ! " P " " y . ,P ^ , '"/n , ? V " 1 l , „ M*'1""' Z j T J M n t l t o r y cries. Three score*—1, Ball" at tha Academy of Masic nejt «*elMrtr*t i » 0 vncal. pantomine smllTlmmia* evening, th«» place of action

Xm&attc lUStk*. Btwl « scoring govern-1 or the story will be Naple* and the pe-• effeetn of lighting, are chronicled aa.riod the early part of the seventeenth

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Themes and Variations

By Linton Martin

[...]

The Philadelphia Orchestra will tackle full-fledged a stage productions under the egis of

Leopold Stokowski with the performances next Friday and Saturday and the following

Monday at the Metropolitan Opera House. The forthcoming American premieres of both

Stravinsky's "Le Sacre du Printemps" (The Festival of Spring) and of Arnold Schoenberg's

futuristic opera, "Die Glueckliche Hand" (The Hand of Fate) evokes excited anticipation near

and far, and even New York's League of Composers assists in sponsoring so exceptional an

event of presumably epochal interest. For now, with the eye to aid and abet the ear, we shall

see and perhaps understand just what .Stravinsky meant to convey by the ruthless, irregular

rhythms and apparently haphazard harmonics of his poem of primitive pagans, and whether

the Schoenberg of the cacophonous "Kammersymphonie," the desperately dissonant 'Five

Orchestral Pieces," and the heretical "Theme with Variations" (no relation to this department)

heard earlier this season, can be made alluring to the eye if intractable in tone.

Leopold Stokowski has expressed his own artistic enthusiasm for both the forthcoming highly

novel offerings. He also emphatically urges advance acquaintance with the plan and plots of

both pieces as an invaluable adjunct to understanding them. Of course, the music of "Le

Sacre" is already known, if not fully familiar here, through Mr. Stokowski's own presentation

of the work In 1922 and again "on the air" at one of the radio concerts last fall, as well as

through Mr. Monteur's presentation several seasons since. On those occasions audience were

duly made acquaintend with the pantomimic plot, dealing at the start with the breaking up of

winter - to say nothing of harmonious feelings between the instruments of the orchestra—the

succeeding Dance of the Adolescents, the mock abduction, the increasing conflict on the stage

and in the orchestra, and the turbulent Dance of the Earth ending the first portion. The second

section depicts the sacrifice of the unfortunate maiden selected to appease the forces of nature

and thus persuade spring to note the equinox and smile. How the poor damsel must dance

herself to death will be Pictured in pantomime by Martha Graham as the climax of Mr.

Stokowski's orchestral orgy, and we are assured that the performance will be substantially

different

from the premiere Paris presentation of "Le Sacre" under the late Serge Diaghileff on May 20,

1913. Whether this should be taken to mean that Philadelphia's feast will be milder or wilder

remains to be seen, but it will represent the latest thought on the subject.

No basis of comparison will be afforded Philadelphians, musically or in miming, for the

accompaning presentation of the Schoenberg opera, which will precede the presentation

of the Stravinsky ballet. "The Hand of Fate" was first performed in Prague in 1924, and

enjoyed subsequent presentation in Vienna, but seems to have been coldly received until 1928

and 1920. To call it an opera is an anomalous appellation. It has only one singer, and he is

assisted by pantomime. But the work claims a chorus said to be similar to the choruses of

antique Greek drama.

Quoting Stokowski: "In 'Die Glueckliche Hand' there are really three scores synchronized as

one. They are the musical score, the acting and pantomime score, and a score governing

effects of lighting. Thus the conductor should direct these three widely different means of

artistic interpretation as though they were the wood-wind, brass and string divisions of the

ordinary orchestra. Poetic symbolism replaces realism."

In four scenes, occupying less than half an hour altogether, the opera tells a complete

allegorical story - a man laid low by misfortune recovers; fortune smiles on him again; he

accomplishes his aims as in his youth, but everything eventually betrays him nevertheless; he

sinks beneath the renewed blows of fate. The characters are the Man, the Woman, the

Stranger and the Chimera. The Woman symbolizes earthly happiness.

Her part is entirely pantomime and is carried on at the back of the stage. The Man never looks

at her, but seems constantly to see her in front of him. Much of the action deals with the

conflict for the Woman between the Man as a human being, and a Gentleman, representing

the power of riches. At the end of the second scene he cries, "Now I possess you forever." In

the third scene Man dominates the toilers in a smithy in a grotto (suggestive of Alberic and

tbe Nibelungs). The Woman deserts the Man for the

Stranger symbolising money. In despair the Man cries, "You are mine. She was mine!" but

eventually gives up; earthly happiness is not his, but heavenly joy instead.

News of Music and Musicians

"Le Sacre" Ballet by Orchestra

Concerts by the Philadelphia Orchestra next Friday afternoon and Saturday evening, and

Monday evening, April 14, will be given in the Metropolitan Opera House, and will be

devoted to Igor Stravinsky's "Le Sacre du Printemps" (The Rite of the Spring), staged with a

ballet for the first time in America, and Arnold Schoenberg's one-act opera, "Die Glueckliche

Hand" (The Hand of Fate), given for the first time in this country with a cast of six persons, a

chorus of sixteen voices from the students of the Curtis Institute of Music and a second off-

stage orchestra also recruited from the Curtis Institute. Leopold Stokowksi will conduct both

works. The present production differs from the "Sacre" ballet that was performed first in the

Theatre des Champs Elysees in Paris under the late Serge Diaghilev on May 29, 1913, shortly

after Stravinsky completed the score. The present ballet is the result of many conferences last

summer between Mr. Stokowski, Nicholas Roerich, the well-known painter to whom "Le

Sacre" is dedicated, and the composer, Igor Stravinsky, Leonide Massine prepared the new

choreography, and Roerich designed new settings and costumes. Martha Graham will be the

soloist of the ballet in the Dance of the Sacrifice at the end, which is the climax of the work.

In the production of "Die Glueckliche Hand" Rouben Mamoulian will be the stage director,

and Robert Edmond Jones the scene designer. Artists include Ivan Ivantzoff, baritone, and

three mimes - Olin Howland, Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman. The chorus, handled in

a fashion similar to the choruses of classical Greek drama, is indicated by light faces,

whispers and admonitory cries. Three scores - orchestral and vocal, pantomime and dramatic

action, and a scoring governing effects of lighting, are chronicled as [...]. It remains for the

conductor to direct these three widely differentiated methods of artistic interpretation as

though they were wood-wind, brass and sting divisions of the contemporary orchestra. "The

Hand of Fate," listed as Opus 18, "a Drama with Music," by the composer Arnold

Schoenberg, who lives now in Vienna, was completed in 1913. It was not heard in public,

however, until Zalimsky conducted it at a Prague Festival in may, 1924. That same year the

work was produced in Vienna in the Musical and Theatrical Festical Room of the Volksoper

under the direction of Dr. Fritz Stiedry. Subsequent performances were at Breslau in 1928 and

at the Duisburg Festival in 1929. Poetic symbolism is used to convey the story of man's

neverending search for happiness. He seems repeatedly to grasp it, only to succumb to Fate.

There are four scenic settings, all dim and unreal. The parable is interpreted by a Man, a

Woman, a Stranger and a Chimera.