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American Music for American Orchestras SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS in" America, it is true, don’t play much American music, compared to the volume of European classics played, but Nathan Broder’s piece on the subject in the October “Musical Quarterly” errs when it fails to except the Indianapolis symphony orchestra from this blanket reproach. Mr. Sevitzky not only plays a good deal of American music, but commissions new works for performance by the orchestra. I bring up the subject, which probably won't excite interest outside musical circles, to point up the phenomenon that our orches-

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verge of a crusade to have more # American symphonic compositions played. Not only to encourage native talent, but to see that it tra has done as much, if not more, | eats regularly, two objectives with to promote, publicize, make popu- | which I am heartily in accord. lar, succor and stimulate Ameri- '% 8

r can music as any other major | yp pROLER cites three rea-

orchestra in the country. The article which overlooks this | sons for the general sparseness of American music on symphony

signal achievement was passed on to me through the public relations concert programs. Most conducchannels of the American Society tors, being European born. and of Composers, Authors and: Pub- trained, lean toward European classics. Some conductors aren’t

lishers (ASCAP). ASCAP appears to be on the : willing to risk playing a new piece that may be unsuccessful. Sym-

phony boards of directors are unwilling to pay out royalties and fees for American works which are not too well known and hence, not too popular. I have no reason to doubt any of these observations as long as they are applied generally, but they ‘do not fit Indianapolis. Mr. Sevitzky received much of his musical training in Russia, yet he is one of the most active exponents of American musi¢ in the United States. There is no question of risk in playing a new piece as far as the Indianapolis orchestra is concerned. If a new composition is goed and is available for performance, and if Mr. Sevitzky wants to play it, it is played. Cost doesn’t appear to be an obstacle here. A piece like Still's

Civic to Give The ‘Skylark’

Third Production of Season ‘Opens Tonight.

The Civic theater’s third production of the season, “Skylark,” ' will open at 8:30 tonight for a fivenight run at the Alabama st. playhouse. Mrs. Katherine Pantger, president of ‘the theater's board, plays the lead as Lydia Kenyon, wife of an advertising man who subordinates marriage to business. Richard Eisenbach, a newcomer to Indianapolis, plays opposiite her. Both Mrs. Pantzer and Mr. Eisenbach have had considerable experience in little theater. Mrs. Pantzer was associated with the Cleveland playhouse and Mr. Eisenbach with the St. Louis little theAnother newcomer,

Robert

Donald Gage, tenor, and Frances Cassard, soprano, are two of the four soloists who will appear with the Indianapolis Symphony orchestra and the Indianapolis symphonic choir at the Murat theater this week-

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Manville and his sixth wife, the

toity air” at dinner recently. Manville asserted today that he didn’t care to get a divorce. Asked why, he answered: “Because I don’t want to get married again. No thanks. I've had enough.”

took place in October. Manville said: his wife left by plane Saturday night for her home in Andrews, S. C.

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It was disclosed Sunday that

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to Broadcast From America’s No. 1 Yule Tree.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (U.P). —President Roosevelt will broadcast holiday greetings to the nation on Christmas eve. The President and Mrs. Roosevelt will preside over the annual national community Christmas tree ceremony on the south groumds of the White House on Dec. 24, and Mr. Roosevelt will. broadcast his Christmas greetings from there. Last Christmas eve, Prime Minister Winston Churchill joined the president in ceremonies on ‘the south portico of the White House.

The No. 1 Tree

The No. 1 Christmas tree of the nation, a stately spruce tree, will not be electrically lighted because the office of civilian defense has asked that all outside lighting be dispensed with this holiday season. The Roosevelt family will have its own Christmas tree in the east room of the White House, but it will be much smaller than heretofore. Its only trimmings will consist of imitation snow, white streamers and white lights. There will be another small tree for the immediate family in the west hall of the second floor of the

‘White House. Decorations on this

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MEETING CANGELLEDY'

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (U. P.).— The American Association of University Professors today cancelled its 1942 wnnual meeting, scheduled for Dec. 28 and 29 at Sleyenal

at the request. of the office of defense transportation which has asked that all educational meetings for this Christmas season be foregone.

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play. That isn’t so much. Ravel's “Bolero” costs twice -that much. When Mr. Sevitzky commissioned Dubensky to write his first and second Stephen Foster suites, you can be sure -the orchestra paid a good deal more than a publishing house royalty. It cost pretty good money, too, to commission David Van Vactor’s “Credo,” which was performed last year by the orchestra, the Indianapolis symphonic choir and Maurine Parzybock, Chicago: contralto. Incidentally, the “Credo,” with words by Booth Tarkington, will be performed over the radio Dec. 29 by the orchestra. Mr. Broder’s notion that American pieces are not repeated when once premiered does not obtain here. 2 8 8 ONE OF THE greatest deterrents toward the performance of new American compositions is the conservative attitude of a section of the musical public which is impatient with anything new in music generally and in American music particularly. This conservatism is reflected too often by boards of directors. Locally, there is opposition to Mr. Sevitzky’s bent toward playAmerican works. There probably always will be. Music tends to be

Cook, dramatics student at Indiana university and the American academy at New York, is in the cast. Among the Civic's veterans in the cast are Kenneth Lemon, Earl Davis, Barbara Roberts and Harold Arnholter,

Symphony Plays At Bloomington

Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Dec.. 15.—FabMARY ASTOR GETS DIVORCE 'len Sevitzky will bring the IndianHOLLYWOOD, Dec. 15 (U. P.).— apolis symphony orchestra here toFilm Actress Mary Astor's charge night for the first of two concerts that her husband, Manuel De} On the university's auditorium series. Campo, now a pilot officer with the This will be the sixth appearance

Royal Canadian air force, called her of the orchestra at the university a nuisance won the red-haired star 'since the new auditorium was com-

a divorce pleted in 1941, Sivorce by default yesterday. The program includes Stravinsky's “Firebird” suite, the Brahms fourth symphony, Ravel's “Bolero” and a new American piece, “Bataan,” by]. Harl MacDonald.

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a conservative art and a good deal of stuffed-shirtism surrounds it. - But' the day of American music is coming. It is coming out of this war in which an artistically sterile and atavistic enemy has succeeded in destroying culture on the European ccntinent. ° Right here in Indianapolis, in mid-continental America, we have an orchestra which is doing the: pioneering toward the day when the works of modern Americans will occupy more than a line on a concert program. i The gents who are taking up | the cudgel in behalf of American music—and it is a fine work they are doing, too—should not make the mistake of overlooking that.

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