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10 THE OTTAWA JOURNAL, MUS IC AND DRAMA NEWS Hector Charlesworth Writes of Lesser Known Eighteenth Century Works By IIECTOR CHARLESWORTII. TORONTO. It so happened that last week I heard on different programs several short minor works of the eighteenth century, and though orchestra had not attained anything like the developments we know today and range of musical art unquestionably was limited in comparison with the mas-terworks of the subsequent the old composers seemed to have an instinct for beauty one would be glad to welcome back. Lesser Works. Of course we have the celebrated major works of Bach, Handel and Mozart always with us, but they also composed lovely lesser work that one seldom thinks of off-hand when their names are mentioned.

When we regard it as a whole, eighteenth was no mar tranauil than most other centuries. There were plenty of 1 disturbing Incidents from the days of good Queen Anne until the French Revolution, but somehow. In that span, known in liter- posers seem to have been imbued with tranquility, balance, tenderness and gaiety, all expressed -with enthralling sincerity and spontaneity. I do not recall having welcomed a re-hearing of any composition with more joy than "Dance of the Blessed Spirits" from Cluck's "Orfeo" played by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in Felix MottTs arrangement which preserves the soul and quality of the original while enriching the instrumental fabric. It sounds quite unrelated to the theatre, but strangely, enough, in the original opera is employed to sustain an exalted dramatic effect.

In its solemn serenity it is the most appealing music Gluck ever composed for instruments. The flute with delicate, tender line plays as important a part as in Debussy's modern "Afternoon of a The unique character of the composition has never been better expressed than by an American commentator who in speaking of the magic of the flute passages said they were the. es- 1 SA 1 Oldest Opera. In which dates from 1762, Gluck was on a very high 'pjane throughout; the result being that it is the very oldest opera that still maintains a permanent place on the stage. The casualties among operas since Monteverde perfected the form 300 years ago have been about 99 One has only to glance ANY SMILE IS GLORIFIED Start There's magic In a brilliant smile Bat not in achieving it! For such a mile tarts with lustrous teeth kept bright by thorough cleansing and aothing cleans teeth more effectiTely than powder and water.

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131. over the long list of dead operas by Handel to realize that. But buried in forgotten scores an occasional gem of supreme quality like his "Ombra mai Fu" emerges. It comes from an opera "Xerxes" but is now given quasj-religious significance as, the Last week the contralto, Hertha Glaz, sang a legato aria which has haunted me ever since I first heard it (I cannot remember It is "Lascia ch'io from Handel's produced in London -in February, 1711, a few months, after his arrival in England. He was then on the eve of his 26th birthday.

The air was not absolutely new. Handel had lifted It bar by. bar from produced 14 months previously in Venice. The composer knew it was. good and was resolved that England should hear it.

This same opera, "Rln-aldo'V contained another song, Cara.sppsa", which he regarded as "his very best, but it has not the same haunting quality as' "Lascia ch'ion once heard never forgotten. Modern composers, especially those of the common order, devote themselves to turning out songs of longing, but, who can express longing so beautifully as in this song? Mozart Contemporaries. The spontaneity of the 18th century composers comes to mind whenever one happens to hear a work by -Mozart which happens at least once weekly. But his contemporaries had it, too. Miss Glaz sang a Gypsy number by Giovanni Paisiello, who was 15 years his senior and lived much longer, until after Waterloo, in fact He served many monarchs, including Catherine the Great of Russia and Napoleon and he composed 100 forgotten operas.

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'fiT mJ A 10 I a i -f Bilss ti ft i tea i MRS. ELSA RICHARDSON. chairman of the RA Players Group, which presents its first annual production, "Curtain Go ing on February 25, at Glebe Mrs. Richardson has a leading role in "Albert a farce comedy, directed by Mor ton Parker. dued accompaniments by his brother, Jan, a truly splendid pianist.

One was by Luigi Boc- cherlni, himself a 'cellist of renown in the Europe of Haydn and Mozart Everyone knows his Minuet, dear to ballerinas, and sure-fire favorite as an orchestral encore. His Sonata is more of pure, untroubled, flowing quality. In his day his style and methods were so like Haydn's that he was nicknamed "Haydn's The other Sonata was by Giovanni Sammartini, one of Gluck's teachers, and credited with 2,000 (forgotten) composi tions. This work is so gentle an expression of emotion as to be well worth reviving. Verily the musicians of the days of wigs and knee breeches said what they had to say beautifully.

Guiders Prepare Camping Plans By CONSTANCE TROY. The Guiders' Committee have decided to devote the next four meetings to preparation for the camping season. A theory course on camping will be conducted by licensed campers and it is hoped that this plan will be of interest to Guiders. The first of these meetings will held on February 18 at 8 p.m. at the Sacred Heart hall, corner of Cumberland street and Laur-ier avenue east.

Guiders are asked to bring note books large enough for drawings. At a recent meeting of the 2nd Nepean Guide Company two tenderfoot girls were enrolled. The girls were Shirley Gait and Janet Faulconer. At the same meeting Irene Canivet came up from the 3rd Nepean Brownie Pack to be a member. At a more recent meeting several other girls were enrolled: Joy Patterson, Peggy Adams, Barbara Haddon, Shirley Frederick, Fern Mains, Betty Currie and June Aklan.

A a recent meeting of the 14th Brownie Pack the following girls were enrolled: Maribell Fritz, Lois Park and Grace Thomas. The toadstool bearers. for the occasion were Theresa Charlebois and Dorothy Beid. New seconds were appointed in the Pixies and Sprites, Ruth Campbell in the Pixies and Mary McElroy in the Sprites. An enrolment took place in the 1st Rockcliffe Pack when Caroline Evans-Lombe and Ann Cameron took their Brownie promise.

The toadstool bearers were Doris Teale and Janet Roseveare. The Brownies are very sorry to hear that Janet Roseveare is leaving the Pack to join one which is nearer home, but pleased to welcome back another wanderer, Annabel Graham. An open evening was held by the 14th Brownies on February 1, when many parents and friends came to visit them. The toadstool bearers for the evening were Marilyn Bell and Ann McGregor, with Bernlce Thornton and Joyce Slnnett. Miss Key Eliot presented the 1 To i girls with service stars: Patsy Hughes, Theresa Charlebois, Helen Anderson, Dorothy Reid, Joan Chadwick and Sallie Fairnie.

Golden bars (second class badges) went to Elizabeth Ross, Dorothy Short, Helen Anderson, Patsy Hughes and Sylvia Frith. Miss Kay Symes presented Mrs. F. B. Inkster with a Thanks badge.

Mrs. Inkster has been interested In the Pack for the past 2 yT MAOK IN CANADA i RaymonH Massey Sees Stars Of Tomorrow in Foxholes Today By Lewis B. Funks in tht New York Timet. What effect did Raymond Masses think the war would have on the theatre in the future era' of peace? He saw the Broadway boards loaded with great performers, with men who had learned to protect themselves as a result of their life and their experiences. "You he said, "war extinguishes inhibitions.

Those fellows who had any inclination at all for acting but lacked the nerve are not going to be bothered by such nonsense. The' stars of tomorrow are In the. foxholes The fact is that if not for, the last Great War Mr. Massey himself might never have become an actor. To be sure, he admits he'd always had stage ambitions, but the theatre wasn't something you discussed in the presence of pere Massey.

"We were Very he explained, "and my uncle was a Bishop." However, that didn't prevent his seeing the top-line vaudeville players of the day the great ones like Frank Fay, Bert Williams, Leon Errol and Johnny Dooley whose material he unabashedly swiped later and with good effect. The forgivable pilferage was in the name of morale. It was 1918 and a 'contingent of Canadian soldiers was headed overseas for Vladivostok during the unhappy days of the Russian revolution. Mr. Massey assumed the job of putting on a little show in the officers' mess "corny stuff, of course," but it made a big splash.

He was promptly ordered to devote his talents to show business in behalf of the troops. 'The bug really bit he said, pouring a drink, "and when demobilization came I went to Oxford and naturally tried for the dramatic society." It wasn't much of a bid. They said his accent was "too "Oh, I got a he laughed. "I put the blanket over Nelson when he died and mouth YEIIUDI MENU1IIN, violinist who will give his first concert in Ottawa on Wednesday, February 23, at the Capitol Theatre. He began the study of the violin at the age of four and was soloist with a major symphony orchestra when he was seven.

i 17 years and has been their representative on the local association for almost 13 years. Mrs. A. J. Gates and Mrs.

J. Powers Were much missed absentees. Mrs. Powers will be unable to act as representative of the Pack any longer, and the Brownies would like to thank her for all her interest in them during the past few years. The news this week seems to be all about Brownies, proving of course that they are very busy little folks! The 19th Pack had a visit from their commissioner, Miss B.

Tarte, at a recent meeting. Miss Tarte enrolled the following Brownies: Diane Boyd, Joan Forsyth, Audrey Gilchrist, Ethel Chapman and Dorothy Vincent Carnegie Library Record Programs II II IIIII1MMI Programs of recorded music to be played at the Carnegie Library during the week of February 13 are as follows: Sunday. 2 p.m. Tschaikowsky, Concerto No. 1 in Flat Minor for piano.

3 p.m. New York Philharmonic broadcast 4.30 p.m. Operatic excerpts. Tuesday. 7 p.m.

ach, Chaconne; Franck, Sonata in A Major for violin and piano. 8 p.m. Strauss, Don Quixote. Thursday. 7 p.m.

Schubert, Ballet music from Rosamunde and Symphony No. 7 in Major. 8 p.m. Mozart, Sinfonia Con-certante in Flat Major for wind instruments and Beethoven, Concerto No. 3 for piano and orchestra.

You Can't, Do That There 'Ere. By Bennet Cerf In the Saturday Review. And of course everybody must have heard about the night that Stokowski was conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra in the rendition, of Beethoven's "Leonora Overture Number and the off-stage trumpet call twice failed to sound on cue. Directly the last note of the overture had been played, the apoplectic Stokowski rushed into the wings with murder in his heart He found the trumpeter struggling in the clutches of a burly watchman. "I tell you you can't blow that damn thing the watchman kept insisting.

"There's a concert going on inside!" A A IBMMHMilHMBaHBWHaWBSMWBM ed some stuff when abdicated. I was pretty lousy." Back in Canada, he settled down to selling farm implements. He didn't like it. One day he decided to face the matter out The consultation with the elder Massey went better than he'd expected. It 'was agreed that he might serve God and the theatre, provided he didn't rehearse on the Sabbath.

Mr. Massey went to London to launch his' ship. At the "Twenty-Ninth Stage Door" he got a Chance. But the promise he had 'made couldn't be kept There were rehearsals on Sundays. It all turnd out enough.

Papa Massey, who in his lifetime had been 'to the theatre twice to see "Romeo and Juliet" and 'The Passing, of the Third Floor Back" came to London to view "Saint in which his son had garnered a part' When the performance was concluded Mr. Massey, the actor, went forth prepared to confess his perfidy. Whereupon-' his father Indicated he, too, had a slate to clean. A prefatory spell of coughing, then admission. He said he'd been terribly moved by the play.

It had been a wonder ful experience, "and, my boy, if you can play in plays like that I guess I don't mind at With conscience celar and par ental blessing, the Massey mis sion in the theatre had good go ing. The touch of fame soon was his. Today, ensconed in 'the five floor American basement dwel ling he owns in the Eighties, Mr. Massey spends his off hours do ing his bit for the men in the service. He makes three or four transcriptions a week for over seas, writing his own stuff; goes around on.

thp stump for War Bonds and charity drives. Some where in between he enjoys lounging in his library, digging merrily into a box of bon-bons apd reading. And, oh, yes, fan mall gets answered personally. This is not a public notice. But, as Mr.

Massey maintains, "if they take the trouble to write a letter, address the envelope, put a stamp on and remember to mall it heavens, they deserve an an swer, dont you think?" i 'Porgy and Bess' In New -York For Third Time By H. M. NEW YORK, Feb. The Civic Centre, now after' two months firmly, established as a popular home of revivals of sue cesses of other years, this week presented "Porgy and the Negro musical with the haunting songs by George Gershwin, "I Got Plenty of Nuttin You Is My. Woman "Summertime" and "It Ain't Necessarily This Is the third time VPorgy and Bess" has appeared in New York.

And at the popular prices charged at the Centre the apple of Mayor LaGuardia's eye it ranks as the most attractive show in town. The cast is the same, with one exception, as that which performed it when it last ap peared here, in 1942. Before Gershwin wrote his score, it was a straight drama, based on Duboise Heyward's novel of a Negro cripple and his woman. The Centre will keep it on for two weeks. Staged in the enor mous theatre on 54tb street it is attracting large crowds at prices little more than those charged for a good movie.

The one cast change is that William Franklin has replaced Tod Duncan as Porgy. The crit ics rank Franklin's singing as even an improvement on that of Duncan who now is on the concert stage. Gilbert and Sullivan opera also returns this week for a month's run of all the favorites, "H.M.S. "The "The Yeomen of the "The Gon doliers" and the Test London London is reported preparing a production of "The Voice of the Turtle" in which Vivien Leigh will take the Margaret Sullavan part and her husband, Laurence Olivier, the Elliott Nugent role. The play, based on the week-end love affair of an actress and a sol dier, written by John Van Druten and produced by Alfred de Liagre, is having an enormously success ful Broadway run.

A second company, possibly headed by Franchot Tone and Miriam Hop kins, will shortly tour with it on this continent the play about American Fascists tnat got a decidedly mixed reception from New York drama critics, is mak ing a fight for it with the help of an aggressive advertising cam palgn and may settle down for quite a run. Survival Unlikely. The one new play of the past week is the story of a Don Juan who Is haunted by his con science, in the person of another actor who shadows him through out his amours with the wife of his best friend and with his own fiancee. It was written by Ernest Pascal and has John Emery and Tamara Geva as its leading actors. David Wayne takes the part of the conscience.

It is not likely to be around very long. DETANK! IJBETAMIX l-COMMX TAXI ONI TAIUT IACHDAT fOt ZtCTFVl UVIN9I 1 ') 1 MARY ELIZABETH (CLAIRE) PASCII, 17-year-old daughter of Mrs. Pasch and the late William Pasch, of Ottawa, who has, joined Leonide Massine ballet com pany. Next Concert Of Junior Club The next concert of the Ottawa Junior Music Club will be held in the lecture hall of the Na tional Museum at 2.45 p.m. Satur day, February 19, when the following program will be pre sented; Piano Painting Leaves (Frost), Evelyn Feldman; Minuet (Mozart), Minuet (Bach), Ver onica Leigh; Minuet (Boccherini), Elisabeth Slasor; To a Wild Rose (MacDowell), Barbara Howe; Bergerette (Old French Melody), The Wild Horseman (Schumann), Margaret Collins; Prelude Op.

25 (Louise Wright), Laurie Legge; Harmonious Blacksmith (Han del), Marguerite Angel; Im promptu (Schubert), Mary Margaret Murray; The Butterfly (Laval tee), Fr'ancoise' Impromptu (Schubert), Gloria Toccata and Fugue in Minor (Bach-Tausig), Elaine Fricker; The Stinging Bees (An dre Mathieu), Marie-Claire Ber trend; Sonata in Flat Minor, First Movement (Chopin), Mar jorle Yates. Violin Lullaby (Krogmann), Robert Bayne Goodwin; Liebes-freud (Kreisler), Jean Marcel Touchette. Songs Hark, Hark, the Lark (Schubert), Who Is Sylvia? (Schubert), George Montgomery; The Swan (Grieg), In a Luxembourg Garden (Manning), Eileen Mahoney. There will be an audition im mediately after, the program. Oppenheimer' At Red Triangle David Oppenheimer, who studied at.

the Dresden State Opera School and the Berlin Conservatory of Music before escaping to England in 1939, will present a program of vocal music at 9 p.m. Sunday in the Red Triangle Club The program follows: I. i The Worship of God in Nature, Beethoven. The Wraith, Franz Schubert The Two Grenadiers, Robert Schumann. -II.

i Tapazeno's Song from "The Magic Mozart. Drinking Song from 'The Mer-' ry Wives of Nicolai. Non Pui Andrai from "The Marriage of Mozart A Claire PascH Joins Massine's Ballet in 'Fiesta' Ottawa appears to be establish ing a reputation as the birthplace of ballet talent for Mary Elizabeth (Claire) Pasch, 17-year-old daughter of Mrs. W. C.

Pasch and. the late William Pasch, of Ottawa, is the latest to join one of the leading ballet groups touring this continent. Miss Pasch studied dancing here for several years with Gwendolyn Osborne and after the latter closed her school went to Toronto, on the advice of Madame Adeline Genee, president of the Royal Academy of JDancing, London, England, where she studied at the Royal Academy of Dancing under Miss Bettina Boyers. After two months she passed two sets of Academy exams with 90 percent The following year she won the school scholarship but was unable to try her solo seal exams because the examiner, Miss Kathleen Daintree, could not come to Canada. Therefore in October, 1943, MJss Pasch went to New York where she was the guest of Mr.

and Mrs. Slava Toumine (the former Nesta Williams, of Otta- She enrolled in the Vilzak-Shollar School of Dancing and had auditions with George Bal-anchlne and Leonide Massine. The former said she had exceptional talent-and "the very rare art of extended Massine also liked her work and engaged her for his new ballet which was to go into rehearsal immediately. With his ballet she is now touring in Vincent Your man's which was in To ronto last week! RETORT COURTEOUS. Perfect proof of Cornelia Qtis Skinner's ability to take herself seriously was her experience in Shaw's When she opened, George Bernard Shaw cabled, "Excellent a Miss Skinner, entirely lacking in vanity, cabled back, "Undeserving suchr- Whereupon Shaw, It's Doily Core that keeps hair LUSTROUS, LOVELY! j.

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