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Miss Sylvia Lent, Violinist,Holds Berlin' Audience

Spellbound.Miss Sylvia Lent, of Washington,

daughter of Prof. E. Lent, 1528Corcoran street, who is appearingIn concerts in Berlin this fall,. Isreceiving immediate and favorablerecognition from the musical critics.Di* Welt says: "Sylvia Lent

play« with the sovereign perfectionof the eeasonnd virtuoso."Ôerhiania says: "Let so om· say

that blonde* have a cold naturi.for Sylvia Lrfjnt. a slendur blondhaired violinist drew tones from herbeautiful violin with such intensityof feeling and temperament thatthe warmth of her personality couldnot be doubted. I heard only tin¬iest part of her program, but thatwas sufficient for me to recognizethe very fine technique and thevital musical ability of the youngSiri." ,Kreutz-Zcitung says: "At her

recital in Bechstein Hall the youngviolinist Sylvia Lint showed thatshe possesses extraordinary talent.She gave her program in the truevirtuoso style. One who hasachieved so much and who knowshow to produce a tone so sound andpure may expect everything to comeher way."Der Reichsbote says: "TJie

violinist Sylvia Lent has a splendidtalent. It was a special pleasure tohear the response of her beautifulInstrument to her fluent fingers andmasterful bowing. The young artistdeserves a great career.'.'Neu» ??t?????G says: "SyhM.i

Lent le a remarkanle violinist.. Thisis not surprising for with talentsuca as hers industry must resultin a flawless technique and a finetone-proilucioii -To reach the ex¬traordinary in y!qll,n art there mustbe added temperament and powerof Interpretation. Her playing gaveundoubted evidences of these quailties.»· .

Dr. Walter Krone, AllegemelneMttaik 7.' itimi;, says: "The youngviolinist Sylvia Lent was heard togreat advantage. Possessed of aglittering technique she overcamegreat difficulties with a surprisingsureness and fluency. Many of hercolleagues might well envy*her thebeautiful instrument1 from whichshe knows how to draw Wonderfulmusic at all times."Berlinger Tageblatt says: "De-

eervlng of special notice is the con¬cert offered by Sylvia Lent. Shewas rewarded with well-deservedapplause. ^Prhe young violinist hasat her command a technique ofoutsanding excellence, as well as awarm, full tone, which sacrificesnone of its purity and beauty inthe most difficult passages."Miss Lent is a pupil of Leopold

Auer, famous Russian violin master,who taught Miseria Klman. JaschaHelfet«. Max Rosen, and otherpreeent-day violin virtuosos.

CONCERT TOMORROWAT THE FIRST CHURCH

The second concert of this weekin the First Congregational Churchwill be given tomorrow at 8 p. m.and will Include favorite selectionsfrom popular*--oratorios, by thevested chorus choir ef the churchand Ute quartet composed of Es¬telle Wentworth, soprano: tloldle D.Hutchlns, contralto: Alliert Parr,tenor, and James K. S. Kins. Ila.baas, with Harry Kdward Muellera* organist and director.The program: Chorus. "Unfold

Te Portals," from "Redemption"(Oounorti: trio. "On Thee Each. Liv¬ing Soul Awaits," from "Creation"(Haydn); chorus. "Awake theHarp," from "Creation" (Haydn!;alto solo, "But the Lord fc Mind-

S of His Own." from "St- Paul"endelssohn): choral. "A Mighty

.fortress" (Luther); chorus, "Infla-matus." from "Stahat Mater" (Ros¬ata!): tenor solo. "If with All TourHearts," from "Elijah" (Mendels¬sohn); choral, "Commit Thy Way"(St. Matthew Passion Music» (Bachi;chorus. "Blessed Jesus,'' from"8tahat Mater" (Dvorak); chorus,"Hallelujah," from "Messiah" (Han¬del).

LOVETTE STUDENTS INEXCELLENT RECITAL

The Levette students' recitalheld at Fairmont Seminary lastweak proved to be of unusual stand¬ard. The program presented wasmm follows: "First Movement ofSonata in E Minor" (Ortcg); "Ro¬mance" (Sibelius); "Prelude In CSharp Minor" (Rachmaninoff),played by Mary Ruth Matthew«;throe Chopin Preludes, "Pappinone.'(ROOenthal) and "Scherzo" (Ligeneká), by Olndys Hlllyer; and "Fan¬tasia," In C. Major (Haydn); "Sonet¬to 1Î3 del Petrarca" (Liest); "ValseCsiprice" (Strauss-Tausig), given by.¡«lina Brown. Tiese young art-lets ehowed talent of a high order,displaying splendid technique andinterpretative qualities.

orchestra to Play.The Gablee Orchestra, under the

direction of Paul D. Cables, willfurnish an evening of music tomor¬row st Metropolitan BaptistChurch, Sixth and A streets north

st 8 o'clock.

Concert at Club.The quartet öf the First Baptist

Church furnished the program ofthe*·weekly recital of the FridayMorning Music Club last Friday inthe assembly room of the Cosmosdab.[ ,-!

To Give First Concert.The first concert of the Music

Club of the Government Hotels willbe given tonight at 8:lt o'clock Inthe hotels. Union Station »fias·.Fallowing the musical there will be

«ssTsing_. Concert at Church.

a concert was given on the nightof "November It at the First BaptistCbjsrch by Mrs. Florence Howard,eoprano; Mrs. William T. Reed, contraite Charlee ? Riddel, tenor:

¦* Arthur Cheater Qorhack. hase:Charlee ? Ferry, orpantst. and MisoMary Isabel Kelly.

HE PLAYED HORN INWAGNER'S BAND

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This is John Adolph Sihmit and the horn he played in theorchestra condSHed by Richard Wagner, photographed at theSoldiers' Home where he is an in mali·. Svimi it is eighty-eight years

old and a veteran of the Civil War.

t.Huntingdon Woodman TakesUp Cudgel for Song

Development.R. Huntingdon Woodman, whose

(impositions are the delight ofhurch musicians, and who has a

ride following In Washlnirton. Is ofhe opinion that one of the most iiu-Hir'imi factors, in the musical divi-oment of the country is the choralo'eiety.It makes little difference, says

Ir. Woodman, whether the societys composed of men, women or lioth,iut for the reason that It is liifficult0 pet men to participate in choral. hi.irs.ils It would aeem that mostif the work along that line will belone by clubs of women's voices.At all events. Mr. Woodman de-

lares, women's clubs are springingip all over the country and In manyif them there Is special attentiono muslo, chorally, historically and,bove all, seriously.Writing In the Rrooklyn Eagle,

ir. Huntingdon says:"Choral music does not receive In

his country the attention itnerlts. .

"In England nnd Canada it la car¬ted to much greater length than1ère. Some of the finest chorslInglng in the world can be heard? Canada, and even in the far West-rn portion of. that land we findhoral societies in many towns,neeting occasionally in friendlyivalry at a "sonç fest," competingor a prize awarded for the bestterformance of a given program.

Idea Should Flourish."There Is s movement on toot to

naugurate choral festivals in .this¦ountry. Whether It will succee4? the larger towns, with the multi·ude of distractions It Will have toontend With, Is a question. Inmailer towns the choral Idea shouldlourish and If proper direction canie obtained the movement ought to¦aver some success. Certainly thedea is a good one and, if carried¦ut. the plan will doubtless stlmu-ate' the love of music and fta study:"During the war community slng-

ng'

had Its day. It seems tois ve died for want of inspiraIfon.'he choral society alms higher; and¡.hile It can noe include everybodya the community it will get Its in-plration from the master-works oflative and foreign composers, androm the enthusiasm of participatingnembers. Only those who have hadh> experience realise the pleasuref studying, a great choral work lin¬er a master conductor. The writer.valla his membership In the old.htlharmonic Chorus under Theodore'homes as smong the most interest-ng, enjoyable and valuable expert-nces of his life."The educational influence of such

? society will come through Its pub¬ic performances and, if an Interest-ng program is presented, a reason¬able support can be expected from*he people.

Light Cantatas I'rged. ~*

"That th· oratorio concerta In Man-lattan and Brooklyn attract onlynoderate or small audiences (exceptrhen 'The Messiah' la given» Is dueo the fsct that such oratorios arerequently heavy and of Interestnalnly to professions! musicians"The writer has felt for some years

hat there Is a field for «hotml singng in the presentation of lighter«ntatas and choral ballads insteadif an oratorio pei forma nee. To edu-aie we must present the subject In?· understandable way. The peopleire not yet able to understand or en-oy an oratòrio (unless we exceptKlljah* or The Messiah*). Whereas,ihorter and lighter choral worksrould make an appeal andr eventually*· would b· able to find an oratorioludlenc*.

Sing» for Macon«.Mm·. Marguatit· PstU. colara-

urm soprano, gsv« a number of«citale recently I .«vat Wednesdayvenins ah« sang ter Harmony.edg« of Masons, aad on 11 hi iMj

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Sir Landon Ronald ConsidersThem of High Educa¬

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principal of the Guildhall School ofMusic, London, und conductor of theRoyal AU>ert Hall Orchestra, stntcdrecently, according to the New YorkWorld, that no serious musicianehouM scoff at gratndph'dri«· or re¬producing pianos."They are of the greafest educa-

tlve value in-muslc." he said. "Theyhave helped music In Knglsnd im¬mensely in the last ten years and Iconsider ili· m a most importantfactor as an educator and in help¬ing amateurs to understand moreabout music."For the first week or two peoplelove to listen to jasa music on theircramQphonts, but then they getrather sick of it and want some*

? hing nicer."They get hold of 'Tannhauser.'for Instance, and come to the con¬clusion that It Is a Jolly fine work.They then go and hear It atQueen's Hall.and that is how coi*·oert audiences are built up."

New Russian Anthem.Th· Soviet government of Russia,

desirous of substituting for everybody's "International" « nationalhymn of its own, offered a pris«· formusic to be written to words byOorodetzky. The first prise was10,000,000 rubles, a grand piano endtwenty yards of a stuff called the"Communist." One Berkowltsch, apupil of the Moscow PhilharmonicCollege, gained It. ,

"WITH NOVELAfflicted Musician« Demon¬

strate Great Feat ofMemorization.

Blind musicians have so long ac¬

customed us to their remarkablepowers of quick memorlraUon, saysMusic, a British publication, thatthe following feats, which are

vouched for by the National Insti¬tute for the Blind, will be the moro

readily accredited.Fred Turner, one of the most ac

compllshed blind musicians In Scot¬land, recently metnm iztxl the wholeof Bach's "St. Matthews Passion,"and In foar months trained hischoir and himself accompanied theuntlre work on the organ. Sinclairl.ogan, the blind composer and or-

(aaiot? memorized Somervell's "ThePassion of Chriet".a fairly com¬

plicated cantata occupying seventyfive minutée in performance.trained his choir and accompaniedt successful rendering all inside '.beperiod of lees than two month«, dur¬ing which· he was working underthe strese of other heavy memoriza¬tion work for an important recital? Liverpool for the National Insti¬tute for the Blind, In addition to hisnormal professional duties.To carry in the memory Beethov-

.¦n's thirty-two pianoforte sonatasas William Wolstenholme does, andthe entire forty-eight preludes andfugues of Bach, a* in the case of.H. V Spender.two blind musiciansresident in London.would stem nolight achievement, and yet the^eform but a amali portion of therange of works pigeonholed in themental storehouse of these giftedmen!

GIVES FORTUNETO STREET

New York Is Generous to Wan¬dering Musicians Who

Invade Courtyards.In the' course of a year New

York city throws a fortune esti¬mated at $160.000 to street musi¬cians, aci-ordTng to a member ofone of the city's social welfure asso¬

ciations who has made a carefuli-turty of such conditions. Themoney ppent by New York for op¬era or symphony concerts Is oftencited as evidence of the city's lovefor music. Now it can furnishanother proof.the fortune thrownto street musicians for the mostiwrt by the poor of the city.Thousands of courtyards through¬

out the city serve as miniature the¬aters for these alngers and musi¬cians. There these wandering mu¬sicians are unmolested and beyondthe reach of unapprcciativc police¬men. The acoustics of their im¬provised theaters are excellent. Thesound of the voices and the in¬struments le carried upward withdistinctness, so that the entireaudience gathered at the windowsof the apartments facing the court¬yards may hear the music.The programe are varied. The

mn«or'lv of the performers are so-loists who accompany themselveson a mandolin or other stringedinstrument.

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New York Harbor Marker WasInvented by Government

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Georg». Stuten Inland, in the NewYork harbor, have been attracted bya new form of buoy. It looks iiiuohthe same as the ordinary boll buoy«which murk the various channels,but Its warning or skn;il is ?f?,??The new aid to navigation Ih knownas a chime buoy, an elaboration oftate familiar bell buoys, ». li a dif¬ference.The ordinary ?»? liuoy Is equipped

with a bell, n rimisi Which a .rlSS ofdappers, usually four, serin«/'fromseveral pointe. As the waves rackthe buoy from siile to Mide, tliw bailshummer out a Hignal, which can beheard a considerable distance.

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Judge Rules in FavorOf Opera Singer in

Eviction SuitThe suit brought in the

municipal court in New Yorkto evict Marie Rappold, operasinger, from her apartment at

- West Sixty-seventh street, be¬cause her landlady objected toher singing, has failed, JusticePanken having ruled that shecannot be so evicted. The ac¬tion was brought) by Mrs.Jerome C. Cook, owner of theapartment, who alleged thatMme. Rappold's singing late atnight annoyed other tenants.It was further complained thatMme. Kappolii, who now pays$300 a month, had refused topay more. Two of the othertenants of the building, Com¬mander William P. Bachman,U. S. N., and SuperintendentKirk, gave evidence that theyhad always enjoyed the eingingof Mme. Rappold. JusticePanken .said that the $1,000 a

year additional rent which hadbeen demanded would amountto profiteering under the hous¬ing law.

STUDENTS OF JEWELLDOWNS GIVE RECITAL

Pupils of j'ewell Downs gave an

interesting rucltal last night at 313SNineteenth street northwest.Among tho young people who took

part In the affair were Agnes Avery,Ira Krider, Leila HuiWleson, KlmcrCarter, PtyuJIne Kennedy, BernardA. Young, Alice li. Haig, Edwin 1'.Jones, Gwendolyn Taylor, WilliamStanley Quine and Kiste Lang.

To Hear Child Pianist >

Katherine Upsott, eleven yearsold, will give a plano recital to¬morrow night at the UnitedBrOthtwa Sunday School house.North Capitol and It Street· north¬west, at 8:15 o'clock. She will beassisted by Theodore Ileadlund,vlollnst.

INTERESTEDMusic Lovers Minifest Keener

Enthusiasm ThanEver Before.

LONDON, Nov. 28^.One of Lon¬don's brightest musical possibilitiesfi.r^ 1923 is declared to be that of a

season of international opera in Con¬vent garden, (¡o whert· you will to¬day, says The London Telegraph, thelength and breadth of the land, andyou will un«! a far keener (professed)enthusiasm for opera than ever he-fore, largely due In its recent growthto the Beceham, Carl Uosa, .BritishNationulNind other opera companies,but If London is to hav- a "gratet <m*son'' in C'Qvent Garden in May,.Inni» and July next year the "pro¬fessed" must become practical. Tothis ?·?<1, the direct ¡its of the GrandOpera Syndicate have been ap¬proached by many old subscriberswho are anxious that aeeason of pre¬war lines should be given next sum¬mer.

It has always been the case In thegrand past that while the ItoyalOpen«, was never subsidized, In theordinary meaning of*that term, if yetenjoyed that'must valued of all ac¬tual subsidies, a large subscriptionlist. The directors themselves areatisficd that there are quite an ex-

(·· ptional number of first-rate artisteboth in America and on the continentfrom whom a company quite on thelevel of any engaged in the old dayscould be recruited, and who wouldattract quite a« much popular sup¬port.The Telegram agrees with the dl

rectors that the univers·! hol^s at.his moment, a larger proportion thatfperhaps ever before of operatic singre i.f th" highest natality. It is tru'

tiiut England ha« heard almost nom

of them here in the last four years,hut none of those whose affair it i«·to keep oh the lookout for the arrival;of mieli 'singers, and to watch theirdevelopment and progress, nre fully

aware of the tact that the operaticart has not stood still, eve»'If mostof Its exemplifications of the highestrank have occurred in North id»South America.That the matter, of whioh tn%i Is

but a brief preliminary announce¬ment. Is taken very seriously by thedirectors is vouchsafed tor by an affll·cial note t bat the 'season will com¬mence on Mondoy, April 90 (fasi*weeks after Easter), and- will oo4-tinue for twelve weeks, performancesbeing given .every night (Saturdaysexcept ed); sixty in all. The operas tobe given would as far··· possible· beperformed in the language In which(hey were written, as heretofore.Thus, If this cosmopolitan season

eventuate; I.oridon will be restored toIts pristine operatic glory

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