Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 May 1937 — Page 43
FRIDAY, MAY 7,,1937
MUSICAL FETE AT CINCINNATI NEARING CLOSE
Berlioz’ Requiem Mass and ‘The Ordering of Moses’ On Program Tonight.
1 i By JAMES THRASHER | Times Staff Writer , | CINCINNATI, ‘nati’s 32d biennial Festival goes into its final performances tonight to close one of the most significant events in’ the nation’s musical season, Tonight's program will consist of Berlioz’ mammoth: Requim Mass anc the world premiere of Dr. R. Nathaniel Dett’s oratorio, “The Ordering of Moses.” The final concert tomorrow night will bring the foremost modern Wagnerian artists, Kirsten Flagstad and Lauritz Melchior, in excerpts from three of the Wagner music dramas: “The Grail Scene from Act 1 of “Parsi- .. fal”; the duet, Siegfried’s Rhine Journey, and the final scene of Siegfried’s death and Bruennhilde’s fmmolation, all: from “Die Goetterdaemmerung” and the second act of “Lohengrin.” Early Sell-Out Other Metropolitan principals 8 noted singers will participate. e concerts S. R.|O. sign was hung up almost before the {festival began. This will not be Mme. Flagstad’s first festival appearance, since she was heard in Wednesday night's concert as soloist and as a member of the solo quartet in Beethoven's “Missa Solemnis.” My vacationing footsteps impelled me in this city’s direction, and as one of a capacity audience, I was ‘rewarded with a moving and wholly satisfying performance of - one of the monumental works of music. Beethoven's Mass—his one great contribution to the Catholic liturgy —can not be called liturgical music at all. Dating from the genetic period of the Ninth Symphony,’the Mass was begun in 1818 for the elevation of Beethoven's patron. and pupil, the Archduke Rudolph, to the post of Cardinal-Archhishop of Olmuetz in 1820. - Vehicle of Religious Thought During its composition, however, it outgrew the bounds of the liturgical service and became the vehic!e of its composer's fervent, contemplative = and electic religious thought. It was not until 1823 that Beethoven completed it. As one writer has put it, “The Missa Solemnis came three years too late for the Archduke Rudolph’s enthronment, and 50 years too soon for the world to understand.” Any description of this work’s content is idle. It is a magnificent example of devotion expressed through music. No one, not even
Bach, has so revealed his soul. It is |’
deeply personal, yet all-embracing. The soloists were a sterling quartet of artists from the Metropolitan Opera and included besides Mme. Flagstad, Kathryn Meisle, ' Frederick Jagel and Ezio Pinza. Besides them, of course, were the excellent May Festival Chorus and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Eugene Goossens presided over the performance, as well as the program’s other numbers, with a sure hand, sympathetic approach - and triumphant results. Chorus Receives Praise
To the |chorus must go a large share of the praise. These aoliprofessionals |attend a minimum of 90 rehearsals| in the two years separating each event. Their devotion to an organization now 57 years old and their splendid musical contribution are factors. in Cincinnati's vaunted cultural position. The Beethoven Mass “and the Bruckner Te Deum, which closed the program, abound in harrowing difficulties. - But whether in the ' fugay complexities of the Gloria of the Mass or the soparno’s soaring B's and C’s in both compositions, the singers acquitted = themselves with distinction. Vocal Strength Gains - It is difficult to imagine four finer solo voices than were heard in the Beethoven. All possess richness and agility, equal to any occasion, and are backed by artistry of the highest order. Mme. Flagstad also was heard in the early Beethoven concert recitative and aria, “Ah, Perfido,” after = which ‘Miss Agatha Lewis took her place as soprano soloist in the Te Deum. During the Mass, Mme. Flagstad’s voice sounded rather tired, especially in the middle register. But it gained in warmth and freshness as the evening progressed and by the time of her solo appearance she was ready to scale the heights. Even the 26-year-ola Beethoven of the “Ah, Perfido” knew how to write vocal music of unusual demands. And his interpreter of Wednesday night was triumphant master of them all. One may wait long to hear singing of such color, breadth, power and effortless skill in production. The program also included Beethoven's “Egmont”’ Overture. It was in fact, a rich and satisfying feast of music by that master— whose name has had a prominent place on all but four of these May Festivals since 1873.
DOG DROWNS
By United Press MT. CARMEL, Pa,
SELF
May 7.—
Disconsolate after the death of An-
thony Malinoski, 15, Mt. Carmel Township High School -tudent, an 18-year-old dog, joined his master by drowning in the “old swimming. hele” where they both had such good times last summer.
May T.—Cincin- |
Following the election of officers which concluded the two-day Indiana Bankers’ Association convention at the Claypool Hotel yesterday, the new officers sat down with the retiring president,
C. B. Enlow, of
president;
—Times Photo.
Evansville. The group includes
(left to right), F. W. Antwerp, South Bend, the new Mrs. Enlow, vice president, and Glen E. Buzick, Fowler, treasurer.
Robert H. Myers, Muncie,
MONOPOLY CHARGED
U. S. Says Company Is Seeking Control of Litigation.
By United Press PITTSBURGH, May 7.—Fighting for the right to prosecute its antitrust suit against the Aluminum Co. of America in New York state, the Government today charged that the company, “not satisfied with a monopoly of aluminum,” is seeking a “monopoly of litigation.” Assistant Attorney General Robert H. Jackson asked Federal Judge R. M. Gibson to vacate a restraining order which prevents ths Department of Justice irom proceedalg with 1ts suit against ine mg company, in which the - Mellon iamuy or Pittsburgh is neaviy inLerested. “I'he Alumjnum Co.,” Mr. Jackson said, “is the most periect monopoiy existing in the country.” ‘Iwo weeks ago the Government, charged the Aiuminum Company with violation of the antitrust laws. lv asked that the companys pioperty be rearranged “so as to nreak 1ts monopolistic control.” The Aiuminum Company, named deiendant with its supsidiaries, its officers and directors ana members of the Andrew W. Mellon iamiy, asked for a restraining order on tne grounds that the suit should not nave been brought in: New York, but in Pittsburgn. Tne order was granted. : Mr. Jackson, who prosecuted the Mellon income tax suits here, contested the jurisdictional rignt of tne Federal Court at Pivtsburgn to halt the prosecution in New York. The Aluminum Company said if the Attorney General 1s permiitea to prosecute in New York, the company’'s officers and directors would pe subjected to the peril of two de-
crees on one and tne same supject
matter.
UNDERGROUND FIRE BURNS OHIO FOREST
By United Press {ASHTABULA, O.,, May 7.—Seven-
of a mysterious underground fire which burned near here 22 weeks before it was extinguished by rain and snow. Residents believe the ground was a mine of rich peat.
‘MUSEUM’ IN HOSPITAL
By United Press |
a child was rushed here, whistling at every breath from a toy sucked into his windpipe,: Charity Hospital surgeons soon added ' the noisemaker to their “museum” of objects swallowed and “inhaled” by children. The total of objects that went down, but had to come up is now 250 and still growing.
OLD CARS GO OVER CLIFF
By United Press . PORTLAND, Ore, May 7—A novel way to dispose of ancient automobiles which are a menace on the highways has been instituted by the Portland Automobile Dealers’ Association. Old machines were driven about the city to attract attention, and then over a cliff near town.
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T0 ALUMINUM FIRM!
ty-five acres of waste ground and |, ruined timberland lie in the wake |'
NEW ORLEANS, May 7.—When ||
Toothache and Corns Bother | Teter, But Not Auto Crashes
Pain never bothers Lucky Teter, the man who flips automobiles around as a profession—except little things like corns and the toothache. The Noblesville boy, who will appear with his band of stuntmen Sunday afternoon at the Fair Grounds, has led a life of upsets and crashes but still he contends that it’s the little things that count—a corn or a toothache bothers him much more than being slapped up against the side of an overturning car. Lucky will bring his entire band of stuntmen to. the Fair Grounds Sun-
day, including the recent addition |
of Galin Gough, strong man who lets five-ton trucks drive over his body at an approximate speed of 35 miles an hour. It's difficult to pin Lucky down as to just how he got up the nerve to knock about in autos as he does. He says it was because he was in an automobile wreck one time. That, naturally, seems paradoxical. Here's how Lucky explains it: He was working for an oil company at the time. He went to call on his girl one night. and driving home he fell asleep. The car crashed through a bridge and plunged into the little stream below. When Lucky awakened he was in a hospital. He says he wasn’t afraid of anything after that. 1 Lucky isn’t a psychologist. But hé lays his reaction to psychology. The oil company for which he was working let him test out some cars with different grade oils. Lucky tried turning one over one day. Next day
there were a few people gathered around to watch. He turned over two or three times that day. The
next day there were even more spec-.
tators. You can guess the rest of the story.
BOY ASKS $10,000 FOR TWO PADDLINGS
By United Press ALEDO, Ill, May 7—Two paddlings are priced at $10,000 by Elmwood -Workman, a seventh grade pupil in the junior high school here. The paddlings were administered by Principal F. E. Fleize. Besides the suit for damages, Gleize
was charged with assault by the boy’s father, Robert Workinan. BLAST FELLS FOREST
By United Press SYDNEY, N. S. W,, May 7.—At a signal 100,000 tons of tall timber crashed down a mountain side near Gloucester. N. S. W. Expért lumbermen had swung axes for weeks, partly severing the trunks of thousands of trees. en the topmost section was dynamited.
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New Bankers’ Officers Hold Round Table
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TRAINING NEEDS FOR VOCATIONS 1S IN PROGRESS
Trend From Farms To Industry.
Work is to be completed in July on a WPA Indiana vocational education survey to determine the scope and present facilities for vocational education and the needs for its expansion or change. The project is sponsored by the State Department of Public Instruction. : Field work has been completed in 22 representative counties including industrial and urban, semi-indus-trial, rural-urban, semirural and rural communities. Information was obtained through personal interviews by field workers with industrial and business concerns and a 10 per cent sampling of the family units, including farm families. Investigators have gathered data on the vocational needs or deficiencies of persons who are unemployed lor working at some other than their preferred trades, and the needs of employed workers in the face of industrial progress and technological development.
Training Held Needed
They are attempting to determine the existing facilities for vocational education in the state and decide what occupational opportunities exist today for which an organized program of vocational training is needed. While complete findings will not be published until July, supervisors report that they found the occupational pattern of the state shifting
there is a decided need for training in the distributive fields, particularly in selling. With a different buying public now in existence, they report that selling must be approached with a service rather than “highpressure” method. Investigators found that both employers and employees need industrial training. Preliminary figures show that the average schooling of persons now unemployed is much
WPA Field Workers Report
from agriculture to industry. Also |
less than that of the employed group.
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