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THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D. C. SUNDAY. AUGUST 18. 19541 NEWS OF MUSIC State of Church Music Viewed in New Book By DAY THORPE The history of the art of music shows that by far the Rreater part of it has been written either specifically for the church or with unmistak- able religious connotations. For centuries the church was a patron of music without .rival, and even during the times when its largesse was curtailed and its interest , waned it still exerted an un- paralleled influence on com- posers of every faith. From the anonymous com- posers of plainchant through Palestrina, des Pres, Isaac, * Byrd, Handel, Bach, Beethe- ; ven, Tchaikovsky, Berlioz and Rossini, to the contemporaries Barber and Stra- ti vlnsky, we have had a cease- less flow of religious music surpassing all symphonies, op- eras, string quartets and other profane pieces in quantity and unsurpassed in quality. Throughout the" years, in addition, we have seen created a tremendous literature of re- ligious popular music—hymns, art songs, and sentimental ballads like “The Rosary’’ and “The Lord's Prayer,” written in many cases by men whose names have been forgotten in the natural course of events or have been blotted out with a tear by the divine forgiving- ness of the recording angel. Quality Falls Into Decline In modern times the quality of music written for and per- formed in church has fallen into a decline. While there are many Individual churches and even communities in which service music is held in high esteem and practiced with the ; greatest art, it seems unlikely j that we will soon return to the golden age of church music 1 which was the 16th century, or even the silver age, the two following. The reasons for the adul- j teration of church music and its comparative lack of pres- j tige are many; the most cru- i cial is the ever-increasing j democracy of the churches. In j the days of Palestrina the su- j perior culture of the church 1 could be imposed upon the ; people, while today the church j tends to be only one of many institutions seeking the sup- j port of mankind, and finds it- self encouraging recognition by j the most demotic means. Paul Hume, music editor of the Washington Post and Times-Herald, in his new book, “Catholic Church Music,” feels keenly the low estate into which Catholic church music has fallen. The book, dedi- cated to the Pope, and de- clared officially to be “free of doctrinal or moral error,” is not a history of the music of the Catholic Church nor an apology, but rather a practical handbook for the music-loving Catholic who wants to improve the music of his parish. It is written against a wide background of personal experience supple- mented by the information elicited by questionnaires sent to a large number of Catholic Churches throughout the United States. Mr. Hume makes a begin- ning by attempting to show how far from any ideal of good music are the liturgical por- tions and congregational hymn-singing in the average parish church—not only is the music usually bad. but the per- formance is often far from what should be expected in praise of the greater glory of God. While pointing out that castigation of his own does not imply that the music in Protestant churches is better (Mr. Hume, like John Gunther, is inside only one place at a time), he does rather ruefully admit that in Washington he rarely hears a note of great Catholic music in a Catholic church, but must go for per- formances of high standards to the National Presbyterian Church, the Washington Ca- thedral. St. John's Episcopal Church, and "a Unitarian church whose name escapes me." Problems Taken In Turn Then, after pointing out that Improvement of church music Is, for the Catholic, not some- thing which can be marked on the agenda as optional, but which has been unequivocally demanded by three popes, Mr. Hume takes the parish church musician by the hand to show how each obstacle may be overcome. The apathy or hostility of the clergy, the resistance to change of the congregation, what music to sing and where It can be bought, how to train a choir, how to make the best of an electronic organ, the problem of hymns, the voice of the congregation, music for weddings, music in school- each point is persuasively argued. Two forces are apparent in Mr. Hume's approach to the regeneration of Catholic church music. One is his obvi- ous love of good music and his desire to further it; the other is the sense of urgency and the backing given him by the j famous "Motu Proprio” of Pope Pius X, and the related documents of his two succes- sors to the papacy. Two fifths of the book is devoted to re- printing official Catholic docu- ments concerning music, and extensive quotations from the popes’ messages appear throughout Mr. Hume’s text. To understand the wishes of the author of the “Motu Pro- prio” and to do what he can to bring them to pass is Mr. Hume’s chief aim. Position Is Sound One Mr. Hume’s position is a sound one, for if one were to judge by the evidence garnered from "Catholic Church Music” previous effort has centered on determining whether the “Motu Proprio” is in fact sol- i emn law, binding Roman | Catholics to obedience. The document’s author was clear : on the point, saying; “We will i with the fullness of Our Apos- tolic Authority that the force of law be given, and We do by Our present handwriting im- pose the scrupulous observance on all.” This was in 1903. Twenty-flve years later Pius XI wrote on the subject; “Lest anyone in the future should invent easy excuses for ex- empting himself from obedi- ence to the law of the Church . . .”; Anally, last Christmas, on what Mr. Hume calls "an everlastingly happy day,” Pius XII issued an encyclical in < I which he spoke of the “Motu Proprio” as “the legal code of sacred music.” Meanwhile, however, the 1 validity of the “Motu Proprio” had already been confirmed. ¦ One of the most fascinating ! chapters of Mr. Hume’s book is a document by Juan Na- ; varro, a Mexican priest, en- I titled "Is the Motu Proprio of Blessed Pius Tenth On Sacred I Music Binding In Conscience?” I Father Navarro finds that it i is, and that failure to observe some of the laws of the “Moiu i Proprio” is a grievous sin; ; while neglect of other pre- | scriptions is not grave in itself. 1 Mr. Hume’s book has as its foundation the “Motu Proprio,” I a document which I hesitate to 1 summarize, feeling that the reader interested in the argu- ment of this article will want to study the “Motu Proprio” in its entirety. Pope Pius X said that the “Motu Proprio” will eliminate all vagueness from the inter- pretation of the laws concern- ing church music, but not everyone will agree that he has been successful in his laud- able attempt. Catholic church music must have the qualities of “sanctity," “goodness of form,” "universality” and must be “true art.” Alas, there is not unanimity of opinion about these matters. The Pope cites Gregorian chant and 16th cen- tury classical polyphony, and says that certain modern music is permitted and en- couraged, but no examples are given as a guide. Music later than the 16th century must be free of all secular taint, although many of the pieces of the 16th century school, approved by the “Motu Proprio,” were frankly based on secular tunes. What is the distinction? A Knotty Problem Mr. Hume does not discuss the problem, which is certainly a knotty one. My wife, trained by the Sacred Heart, suggests that secular tunes are all right if none of the singers or members of the congregation recognizes the source—a plau- sible explanation. Does the “Motu Proprio,” with its ban on wind music, except by spe- cial permission, disown the great works of Gabrieli and Lotti, for example? These com- posers are considered glories of Catholic church music, as are Haydn and Mozart, now generally (but perhaps inac- curately) considered to be unacceptable. Are the works of Roman Catholic composers only ac- ceptable? One can find no hint of the answer, unless the fact that only singers of known piety and uprightness are suit- able for choirs is considered apposite. Exactly what does Pius X want in addition to Gregorian and 16th century polyphony. That good church music music acceptable to the “Motu Proprio”—may not bear a trace of secularism, may not be fashioned even in its external patterns on the move- ment of profane pieces, is be- wildering. to say the least, for there has never been any really first rate church music ' that did not show the effect of its secular artistic environ- ment. Only second-rate com- i posers write “churchy” mu- sic. Apart from unimportant I externals such as language and ft S&tmv PRESIDENTIAL d'-tjM&r THEME SONGS Teas Your Ability oa 0 Tuna Dotoetivo Numerous popular songs are identified with Presidents of the United States or presidential aspirants. Score 10 points for each song-title correctly completed, and another 10 points for each President or presidential candidate correctly linked with hie theme song. 1. “Home on the 2. “I like .” 3. •• Waltz " 4. of New York." 6. “Keeping Cool with —r- n d AnvsrSnn Page E-S PROGRAMS OF THE WEEK , Etytltn. Luiilnl: Walter's Prise Sons Warner; The Band Wagon Selection. ! Schwarts. TUESDAY UNITED BTATEB ARMY BAND. Mai. Hath Curry, conductor. Soloists: Arnold Vokctaitis. bass-baritone: The Trumpet Sextet. Watergate. 8:30 p.m. Old Glory Triumphant, Duble; Royal Fireworks Music, Handel; Irish Tune from County Derry, Grainger; Hun- {anan Rhapsody No. 2. Liszt-Saylor; nglesina. Delle Cese; Latin American Medley, arr. Croy; Lover. Rodgers; Non piu andral, Mozart; This nearly was mine. Rodgers; Song of the Flea. Moussorgsky; Czardas, Grossman. WEDNESDAY ¦! UNITED BTATES MARINE BAND. Capt. Albert Schoeppere conductor. Soloists: James Erdman, trombone; Fredrlc fcrd- i man. cornel. East Front, United ¦ Slates Capitol. 8 p.m. Heritage. Ben- jamin; The Tsar's Bnde. Rimsky-Kor- skov; Selections from Can Can. Porter; Blue Bells of Scotland. Pryor: Water Music Suite. Handel; They didn't be- lieve me. Kern; March for Band. Beecham; Carnival of Venice. Staigers; > Selections from Silk Stockings, Porter. THURSDAY UNITED BTATEB NAVY BAND. Comdr. Char lea Brendler, conductor. Soloists. Lawrence Wlehe. trombone; Frederick Sewell, violin. Watergate. 8:30 p.m. La Belle Helene Overture, Offenbach; La Bamba de Veracruz, Tucci; The Parrot on the Fortune Teller’s Hat, Abrou; Swan Lake Ballet. Tchaikovsky; Phenomenal. Innes: The Sorcerer’s Ap- prentice. Dukas; The Bandstand. Hyde Park. Wood; Concerto No. 1, Tchaikov- sky; The Ride of the Valkyries, Wag- . ner. ) | FRIDAY ; UNITED STATES ARMY BAND, CaPt. t Samuel Loboda, conductor. Soloists: 1 1 Harley Rex, saxophone; Charles Wood. narrator; Ernest Murphy, tenor; United i States Army Chorus. East Plaza. I United States Capitol. 8 p.m. Free- ! rom’s Foundation. Loboda; Overture I to Die Fledermaus. Strauss; Pictures at an Exhibition, Moussorgsky; Mod- -1 erne, Bennett; Radetzky March, Strauss; Dance of the Hours. Pon- j chielli; I am an American. Dragon; Beyond the Sea. Trenet; Overture to Tannhauser, Wagner. UNITED STATES AIR FORCE SYM- : PHONY ORCHESTRA, Capt. John F. Yesulallls, conductor. Soloists: Stanley I Petrulis. violin; Donald Boothman, j baritone. Watergate, 8:30 p.m i Overture t*> the Magic Flute. Mozart: Bassoon Concerto. Mozart: Symphony in G minor. No. 40. Mozart: Dances ol Galanta, Kodaly; Death Scene from Boris Godonov, Moussorpsky; Three Dances from The Bartered Bride. tl Smetana. TODAY | VESPER MUBICALE (Sigma Alpha Iota! presentation). Soloists: Marilvn Ma- son. organ: Kees Koaper. violin: Mary! Louise Beehm. piano; Rachel Koerner, contralto; Theedere Schaefer, organ. National Presbyterian Church. 5 p m. Concerto del Signor Torelli. Walther; Prelude and Fugue in D. Bach; Can* tllene. Langlais; Epilogue. Lancia!*; Intrada. Desplanes; Nigun. Bloch; Vivace ma non troppe from Sonata in C, Opus 78. Brahms: We Sing to Him. Purcell: Benediction Nuptialls. Feiclano; I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes Bowerby; Psaume XVIII. Honegger., Psaum.f CXL. Honegger: Psaume CXXXVIU. Honegger; O Mensch be- wein liein Bunde Orois. Hewlln; Dleu par mi nous. Messiaen. CLAREMONT STRING QUARTET: Via- dimii Wcisman and Marc Gottlieb, vii'tfns: William Sehoen. viola; Irv- ine Klein, cello Sigma Alpha Iota! presentation. Shoreham Hotel. Blue Room. 7:45 p.m. Quartet Opus 3f». No. 1. Boccherini: Quartet No. (I. Quincy Porter; Quartet Opus 51. No I Brahms. UNITED STATES AIR FORCE BAND. Lt. Harry H. Meuser. conductor. Solo- ists: William DuPree. tenor; Joseph Soprani, accordion. Capitol Steps. 8 p.m. Overture and Allegro. Couperin; Bolero, Smith: Country Wedding Sym- phony. Goldmark; La Donna e mobile. Verdi; Ride of the Valkyries. Wagner; Hora Staccato, arr. Cray; La Cum- parsa. Lecuona; Danse Espagnole Granadas: Selections by the Singing Bergeants. UNITED STATEB MARINE BAND. CaPt. Albert Seheepper, conductor. 8oloists: James Erdman. trombone; Fredrlc Erdman. cornet. Watergate. 8:30 p.m. Wings of Victory. Ventre. Force of Destiny Overture. Verdi: Blue Bells of Scotland. Pryor; Dance of the. Tumblers. Rimsky -Korsakov: They, Didn’t Believe Me, Kern; Selections 1 from Porgy and Bess. Gershwin; Fairest of the Fair. Sousa; Carnival of Venice. Staigers; Selections from. Can Can. Porter; Finale from New! World Symphony. Dvorak. TOMORROW HERTA OLATZ. mezzo-soprano: C*th-| oiic University Piano Trio; Combined Chorus. Margaret Hillis. director. Sigma Alpha lota presentation. Shore-! I ham Hotel, Blue Room. 7:30 P.m. The Night Is Dark. Gaburo; Trio. 1 Finney; How Excellent Thy Name.: Hanson; O Love That Sings. Pyle: Adieu, Mignonne: When You Are Gone. Delto Joio; The Fall. Pyle. UNITED STATES NAVY BAND. WO Anthony Mitchell, conductor. Soloists:! Frank Scimonelli. cornet; Ben Mitchel Morris, tenor. U. S. Capitol Plaza. 8 p.m. Knightsbridge March. Coates; Barber of Seville Overture. Rossini; In a Persian Market, Ketelby; Span- ish Caprice. Smith; lolanthe. Sulli- van; Marche Lorraine. Gar.uc ; Ballet I TURNTABLE TALK Fine Cherubini Mass Is Led by Toscanini / ~ By JAMES G. DEANE Cherubini’s C minor Re- quiem Mass has arrived in a new recording under Tos- canini. This mass is the one Berlioz considered Cherubini’s great- est work. The recording is of a 1950 broadcast by the NBC Symphony and the Robert Shaw Chorale. It is an exciting record of exciting music. Angel sup- plied the welcomed premiere LP of it about two years ago, a smooth, suave affair. But Toscanini as usual supplies an irresistible added spark. The Dies Irae is almost literally hair-raising. The Shaw singers, as in the Beethoven Missa Solemnis, Verdi Requiem and Te Deum and the Beethoven Ninth, were inspired beyond j their normal ability to a really striking eloquence. The sound is more brilliant than Angel's. It does not seem handicapped by its 1950 origin. The review copy, however, was one of Victor’s poorest in some time. It had a number of noisy blemishes engraved neatly in the plastic. To make matters worse, side two was off-center, ** * * GALLIC FARE The Faure Requiem has also 1 become newly available. Er- nest Ansermet conducts it for London. Ansermet is an entirely dif- ferent sort of conductor from Toscanini. There is no such ! intensity. But his more lei- surely temperament turns out to be well suited to this music. The performers convey a mood of quiet reverence. certain conventions, can one distinguish between the sacred and secular music of Pales- trina, Byrd, Lassus, Mozart, Haydn, Bach, or any other really good composer? What Did Popes Seek? But what is good music is not the present question so much as what is the not too clear desire of three eminent popes. Mr. Hume speaks mov- ingly of the classical mass and of plainchant but he tells us of very little other music for the celebration of mass that can be considered important. There are a few good com- posers on his list, but if the average is the best that can be found since the 16th century to enhance the Catholic mass, the Catholic Church is indeed in a sorry plight: Langlais, Murray, Nieland, Woollen, Carol, van Hulse, de Klerk, de Laet, Peeters, Plum, Ross, H. Andriessen, Biggs, Franssen, Huigens, de Jong, Meulemans, Pua-Teri, Refice, Samson, Sr. Maria Theophane, Ginder, Berthier, Bisegger, Bragers, Bucher. Campbell - Watson, Chassang, Dooner, Goemanne, Hilber. Huber, jenny, Kalt- j neker, Kodaly, Mul, Nekes, Pe- rosi, Rehm, de Vocht, Zahner. | It is true that the music of many of these men I do not know too well, but I have re- cently heard masses by Ginder, Refice and Murray, and can I report them inferior to Pales- trina. If in the literature of modern music from the 17th century to the present there is no body of music for the mass better than this, would it not be wise for a Catholic choir to stay within the safe limits of Palestrina. Isaac and des Pres? What price reform? Much by Cathalic Composers It is not Impossible for a well-trained but unprofessional choir to sing good polyphonic See MUSIC, Page E-5 Tht Catholic University ¦' of America Prt-Cslltjt Music Sectiea I Eurhythmies Class I for children t«o S yson prior to II inrlrumonlol mmic iluOy SlrotMr IE phyncol coordination and bo tic |[ training in rhythm and pitch dit- || crimination, SIO.OO par 15 wk. term. II I Main Campus—4th and Michigan Avenue N.l. Fall Term leg mi Se»»ember 13 H Begilt ration September 4-15 Wnte or phone Dept The ¦ Catholic Vniteesttp of America. ¦ Waektnpton J? D C. AD*nt ¦ Mill, tit. |f,t. | [ The soloists, Suzanne Danco ! and Gerard Souzay, contribute significantly to the eloquence of the proceedings. Another French choral work, Lully’s Te Deum, has arrived from London. By all evidence, including the list of per- formers, this appears to be thfe same performance issued two years ago by Westminster. Lully’s piece, which like the two others above occupies a full LP, is a striking work, bouncingly vigorous. This is the work, incidentally, for which Lully was beating time when he hit his foot with his stick, resulting in infection and death. Doubtless it also helped in introducing less hazardous conducting imple- ments. The performance is a lively and apparently satisfactory one. London’s edition has tempered some exaggerated highs which appeared in West- minster’s. The music is cut off at the end of side one and« started on the second side too abruptly, however, and texts are not included, as they were by Westminster. A considerably earlier choral work, the Missa Caput of the Renaissance composer, Guil- laume Dufay, has also been supplied by London. This dates from the 15th century, Lully's from the 17th. Dufay's work is sung by male singers, with a trombone occasionally dou- bling the tenor part. The economy of means makes an interesting contrast with Lul- ly's, which include strings, organ, trumpet and drums. ** * * CHAMBER CONCERTO Economy applies to a sel- dom-heard double concerto by the French Franck-disciple, Ernest Chausson. which has been provided by Columbia in a recording by Zino France- scatti and Robert Casadesus. This concerto employs mere- ly a. string quartet as the instrumental foil for the two soloists, which makes it, prop- erly speaking, chamber music. It is an ingratiating work, and the performance, which utilizes the Gullet Quartet, is a fluent one. Either Benar Heifetz, the cellist, has changed his name or Columbia has inadvertently done it for him. It comes out on the label as Heifitz. What's wrong with the second "e"? ** * * RELOCATION A note from the Boston Symphony management sup- plements a recent comment about a BSO record. This column, reporting on a Monteux-led performance of the Debussy Nocturnes and “La Mer,’’ surmised that they were recorded at Tanglewood. because the Berkshire Festival Chorus was involved. But not so. ! Two days after last sum- mer’s Anal outdoor concert, the BSO discloses, orchestra and chorus Journeyed to Bos- ton’s Symphony Hall for the recording session. Which really makes it an even more interesting record. Still a good one, too. THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY Or AMERICA PRE-COLLEGE MUSIC SECTION Maale Lmmm A Classes (non credit) > Children (• op) and Adults I All Inolrummit and ? •Ice Vfiulr Element* and Tkeary Classes Jr. Orchentrm Jr. Ckstitt lurhylhmic* (Apes 8-1) Fall Tor* Bag in i September 11 Regiotratien September 4-15 Newly (•ustrueted Facilities Phone ADaasn 2-8080. Ext. 433 far farther lafarasatiaa ' 1 LATEST TV INFORMATION , Television programs for the week are carried in the TeleVue magazine with today’s Star. 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  • THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D. C.SUNDAY. AUGUST 18. 19541

    NEWS OF MUSIC

    State of Church MusicViewed in New BookBy DAY THORPE

    The history of the art ofmusic shows that by far theRreater part of it has beenwritten either specifically forthe church or with unmistak-able religious connotations.

    For centuries the churchwas a patron of music without

    .rival, and even during thetimes when its largesse wascurtailed and its interest

    , waned it still exerted an un-paralleled influence on com-posers of every faith.

    From the anonymous com-posers of plainchant throughPalestrina, des Pres, Isaac,

    * Byrd, Handel, Bach, Beethe-; ven, Tchaikovsky, Berlioz and

    Rossini, to the contemporariesBarber and Stra-

    ti vlnsky, we have had a cease-less flow of religious music

    surpassing all symphonies, op-eras, string quartets and otherprofane pieces in quantity andunsurpassed in quality.

    Throughout the" years, inaddition, we have seen created •a tremendous literature of re-ligious popular music—hymns,art songs, and sentimentalballads like “The Rosary’’ and“The Lord's Prayer,” writtenin many cases by men whosenames have been forgotten inthe natural course of events orhave been blotted out with atear by the divine forgiving-ness of the recording angel.

    Quality Falls Into DeclineIn modern times the quality

    of music written for and per-formed in church has falleninto a decline. While there aremany Individual churches andeven communities in whichservice music is held in highesteem and practiced with the ;greatest art, it seems unlikely jthat we will soon return to thegolden age of church music 1which was the 16th century, oreven the silver age, the twofollowing.

    The reasons for the adul- jteration of church music andits comparative lack of pres- jtige are many; the most cru- icial is the ever-increasing jdemocracy of the churches. In jthe days of Palestrina the su- jperior culture of the church 1could be imposed upon the ;people, while today the church jtends to be only one of manyinstitutions seeking the sup- jport of mankind, and finds it-self encouraging recognition by jthe most demotic means.

    Paul Hume, music editor ofthe Washington Post andTimes-Herald, in his new book,“Catholic Church Music,” feelskeenly the low estate intowhich Catholic church musichas fallen. The book, dedi-cated to the Pope, and de-clared officially to be “freeof doctrinal or moral error,”is not a history of the musicof the Catholic Church noran apology, but rather apractical handbook for themusic-loving Catholic whowants to improve the music ofhis parish. It is writtenagainst a wide background ofpersonal experience supple-mented by the informationelicited by questionnaires sentto a large number of CatholicChurches throughout theUnited States.

    Mr. Hume makes a begin-ning by attempting to showhow far from any ideal of goodmusic are the liturgical por-tions and congregationalhymn-singing in the averageparish church—not only is themusic usually bad. but the per-formance is often far fromwhat should be expected inpraise of the greater glory ofGod. While pointing out thatcastigation of his own doesnot imply that the music inProtestant churches is better(Mr. Hume, like John Gunther,is inside only one place at atime), he does rather ruefullyadmit that in Washington herarely hears a note of greatCatholic music in a Catholicchurch, but must go for per-formances of high standardsto the National PresbyterianChurch, the Washington Ca-thedral. St. John's EpiscopalChurch, and "a Unitarianchurch whose name escapesme."

    Problems Taken In TurnThen, after pointing out that

    Improvement of church musicIs, for the Catholic, not some-thing which can be marked onthe agenda as optional, butwhich has been unequivocallydemanded by three popes, Mr.Hume takes the parish churchmusician by the hand to showhow each obstacle may beovercome.

    The apathy or hostility ofthe clergy, the resistance tochange of the congregation,what music to sing and whereIt can be bought, how to traina choir, how to make the bestof an electronic organ, theproblem of hymns, the voiceof the congregation, music forweddings, music in school-each point is persuasivelyargued.

    Two forces are apparent inMr. Hume's approach to theregeneration of Catholic

    church music. One is his obvi-ous love of good music and hisdesire to further it; the otheris the sense of urgency andthe backing given him by the jfamous "Motu Proprio” ofPope Pius X, and the relateddocuments of his two succes-sors to the papacy. Two fifthsof the book is devoted to re-printing official Catholic docu-ments concerning music, andextensive quotations from thepopes’ messages appearthroughout Mr. Hume’s text.To understand the wishes ofthe author of the “Motu Pro-prio” and to do what he canto bring them to pass is Mr.Hume’s chief aim.

    Position Is Sound OneMr. Hume’s position is a

    sound one, for if one were tojudge by the evidence garneredfrom "Catholic Church Music”previous effort has centered ondetermining whether the“Motu Proprio” is in fact sol-

    i emn law, binding Roman| Catholics to obedience. The

    document’s author was clear: on the point, saying; “We willi with the fullness of Our Apos-

    tolic Authority that the forceof law be given, and We do byOur present handwriting im-pose the scrupulous observanceon all.” This was in 1903.Twenty-flve years later PiusXI wrote on the subject; “Lestanyone in the future shouldinvent easy excuses for ex-empting himself from obedi-ence to the law of the Church. . .”; Anally, last Christmas,on what Mr. Hume calls "aneverlastingly happy day,” PiusXII issued an encyclical in <

    I which he spoke of the “MotuProprio” as “the legal code ofsacred music.”

    Meanwhile, however, the1 validity of the “Motu Proprio”

    had already been confirmed.¦ One of the most fascinating! chapters of Mr. Hume’s book

    is a document by Juan Na-; varro, a Mexican priest, en-I titled "Is the Motu Proprio of

    Blessed Pius Tenth On SacredI Music Binding In Conscience?”I Father Navarro finds that iti is, and that failure to observe

    some of the laws of the “Moiui Proprio” is a grievous sin;; while neglect of other pre-| scriptions is not grave in itself.1 Mr. Hume’s book has as its

    foundation the “Motu Proprio,”I a document which I hesitate to1 summarize, feeling that the

    reader interested in the argu-ment of this article will wantto study the “Motu Proprio”in its entirety.

    Pope Pius X said that the“Motu Proprio” will eliminateall vagueness from the inter-pretation of the laws concern-ing church music, but noteveryone will agree that he hasbeen successful in his laud-able attempt. Catholic churchmusic must have the qualitiesof “sanctity," “goodness ofform,” "universality” and mustbe “true art.” Alas, there isnot unanimity of opinion aboutthese matters. The Pope citesGregorian chant and 16th cen-tury classical polyphony, andsays that certain modernmusic is permitted and en-couraged, but no examplesare given as a guide. Musiclater than the 16th centurymust be free of all seculartaint, although many of thepieces of the 16th centuryschool, approved by the “MotuProprio,” were frankly basedon secular tunes. What is thedistinction?

    A Knotty ProblemMr. Hume does not discuss

    the problem, which is certainlya knotty one. My wife, trainedby the Sacred Heart, suggeststhat secular tunes are all

    right if none of the singers ormembers of the congregationrecognizes the source—a plau-sible explanation. Does the“Motu Proprio,” with its banon wind music, except by spe-cial permission, disown thegreat works of Gabrieli andLotti, for example? These com-posers are considered gloriesof Catholic church music, asare Haydn and Mozart, nowgenerally (but perhaps inac-curately) considered to beunacceptable.

    Are the works of RomanCatholic composers only ac-ceptable? One can find no hintof the answer, unless the factthat only singers of knownpiety and uprightness are suit-able for choirs is consideredapposite. Exactly what doesPius X want in addition toGregorian and 16th centurypolyphony. That good churchmusic music acceptable tothe “Motu Proprio”—may notbear a trace of secularism, maynot be fashioned even in itsexternal patterns on the move-ment of profane pieces, is be-wildering. to say the least,for there has never been anyreally first rate church music

    ' that did not show the effect ofits secular artistic environ-ment. Only second-rate com-

    i posers write “churchy” mu-sic. Apart from unimportant

    I externals such as language and

    ft S&tmvPRESIDENTIAL

    d'-tjM&r THEME SONGSTeas Your Ability oa 0 Tuna Dotoetivo

    Numerous popular songs are identified with Presidents ofthe United States or presidential aspirants. Score 10 pointsfor each song-title correctly completed, and another 10 pointsfor each President or presidential candidate correctly linkedwith hie theme song.

    1. “Home on the2. “I like .”3.

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    Waltz "

    4. ” of New York."6. “Keeping Cool with —r- nd AnvsrSnn Page E-S

    PROGRAMS OF THE WEEK, Etytltn. Luiilnl: Walter's Prise Sons

    Warner; The Band Wagon Selection.! Schwarts.

    TUESDAYUNITED BTATEB ARMY BAND. Mai.

    Hath Curry, conductor. Soloists:Arnold Vokctaitis. bass-baritone: TheTrumpet Sextet. Watergate. 8:30 p.m.Old Glory Triumphant, Duble; RoyalFireworks Music, Handel; Irish Tunefrom County Derry, Grainger; Hun-{anan Rhapsody No. 2. Liszt-Saylor;nglesina. Delle Cese; Latin AmericanMedley, arr. Croy; Lover. Rodgers; Nonpiu andral, Mozart; This nearly wasmine. Rodgers; Song of the Flea.Moussorgsky; Czardas, Grossman.

    WEDNESDAY¦! UNITED BTATES MARINE BAND. Capt.

    Albert Schoeppere conductor. Soloists:James Erdman, trombone; Fredrlc fcrd-

    i man. cornel. East Front, United¦ Slates Capitol. 8 p.m. Heritage. Ben-jamin; The Tsar's Bnde. Rimsky-Kor-skov; Selections from Can Can. Porter;Blue Bells of Scotland. Pryor: WaterMusic Suite. Handel; They didn't be-lieve me. Kern; March for Band.Beecham; Carnival of Venice. Staigers;

    > Selections from Silk Stockings, Porter.

    THURSDAYUNITED BTATEB NAVY BAND. Comdr.

    Char lea Brendler, conductor. Soloists.Lawrence Wlehe. trombone; FrederickSewell, violin. Watergate. 8:30 p.m.La Belle Helene Overture, Offenbach;La Bamba de Veracruz, Tucci; TheParrot on the Fortune Teller’s Hat,Abrou; Swan Lake Ballet. Tchaikovsky;Phenomenal. Innes: The Sorcerer’s Ap-prentice. Dukas; The Bandstand. HydePark. Wood; Concerto No. 1, Tchaikov-sky; The Ride of the Valkyries, Wag-

    . ner.) | FRIDAY; UNITED STATES ARMY BAND, CaPt.

    t Samuel Loboda, conductor. Soloists:1 1 Harley Rex, saxophone; Charles Wood.

    narrator; Ernest Murphy, tenor; Unitedi States Army Chorus. East Plaza.I United States Capitol. 8 p.m. Free-! rom’s Foundation. Loboda; OvertureI to Die Fledermaus. Strauss; Pictures

    at an Exhibition, Moussorgsky; Mod--1 erne, Bennett; Radetzky March,

    Strauss; Dance of the Hours. Pon-j chielli; I am an American. Dragon;Beyond the Sea. Trenet; Overture toTannhauser, Wagner.

    UNITED STATES AIR FORCE SYM-: PHONY ORCHESTRA, Capt. John F.

    Yesulallls, conductor. Soloists: StanleyI Petrulis. violin; Donald Boothman,• j baritone. Watergate, 8:30 p.mi Overture t*> the Magic Flute. Mozart:Bassoon Concerto. Mozart: Symphony

    in G minor. No. 40. Mozart: Dances olGalanta, Kodaly; Death Scene fromBoris Godonov, Moussorpsky; ThreeDances from The Bartered Bride.

    tl Smetana.

    TODAY |VESPER MUBICALE (Sigma Alpha Iota!presentation). Soloists: Marilvn Ma-son. organ: Kees Koaper. violin: Mary!Louise Beehm. piano; Rachel Koerner,

    contralto; Theedere Schaefer, organ.National Presbyterian Church. 5 p m.Concerto del Signor Torelli. Walther;Prelude and Fugue in D. Bach; Can*tllene. Langlais; Epilogue. Lancia!*;Intrada. Desplanes; Nigun. Bloch;Vivace ma non troppe from Sonatain C, Opus 78. Brahms: We Sing toHim. Purcell: Benediction Nuptialls.Feiclano; I Will Lift Up Mine EyesBowerby; Psaume XVIII. Honegger.,Psaum.f CXL. Honegger: PsaumeCXXXVIU. Honegger; O Mensch be-wein liein Bunde Orois. Hewlln; Dleupar mi nous. Messiaen.

    CLAREMONT STRING QUARTET: Via-dimii Wcisman and Marc Gottlieb,vii'tfns: William Sehoen. viola; Irv-ine Klein, cello Sigma Alpha Iota!presentation. Shoreham Hotel. BlueRoom. 7:45 p.m. Quartet Opus 3f».No. 1. Boccherini: Quartet No. (I.Quincy Porter; Quartet Opus 51. NoI Brahms.

    UNITED STATES AIR FORCE BAND.Lt. Harry H. Meuser. conductor. Solo-ists: William DuPree. tenor; JosephSoprani, accordion. Capitol Steps. 8p.m. Overture and Allegro. Couperin;Bolero, Smith: Country Wedding Sym-phony. Goldmark; La Donna e mobile.Verdi; Ride of the Valkyries. Wagner;Hora Staccato, arr. Cray; La Cum-parsa. Lecuona; Danse EspagnoleGranadas: Selections by the SingingBergeants.

    UNITED STATEB MARINE BAND. CaPt.Albert Seheepper, conductor. 8oloists:James Erdman. trombone; FredrlcErdman. cornet. Watergate. 8:30 p.m.Wings of Victory. Ventre. Force ofDestiny Overture. Verdi: Blue Bellsof Scotland. Pryor; Dance of the.Tumblers. Rimsky -Korsakov: They,Didn’t Believe Me, Kern; Selections 1from Porgy and Bess. Gershwin;Fairest of the Fair. Sousa; Carnivalof Venice. Staigers; Selections from.Can Can. Porter; Finale from New!World Symphony. Dvorak.

    TOMORROWHERTA OLATZ. mezzo-soprano: C*th-|

    oiic University Piano Trio; CombinedChorus. Margaret Hillis. director.Sigma Alpha lota presentation. Shore-!

    I ham Hotel, Blue Room. 7:30 P.m.The Night Is Dark. Gaburo; Trio. 1Finney; How Excellent Thy Name.:Hanson; O Love That Sings. Pyle:Adieu, Mignonne: When You AreGone. Delto Joio; The Fall. Pyle.

    UNITED STATES NAVY BAND. WOAnthony Mitchell, conductor. Soloists:!Frank Scimonelli. cornet; Ben MitchelMorris, tenor. U. S. Capitol Plaza.8 p.m. Knightsbridge March. Coates;Barber of Seville Overture. Rossini;In a Persian Market, Ketelby; Span-ish Caprice. Smith; lolanthe. Sulli-van; Marche Lorraine. Gar.uc ; Ballet I

    TURNTABLE TALK

    Fine Cherubini MassIs Led by Toscanini

    /~

    By JAMES G. DEANECherubini’s C minor Re-

    quiem Mass has arrived in anew recording under Tos-canini.

    This mass is the one Berliozconsidered Cherubini’s great-est work. The recording is ofa 1950 broadcast by the NBCSymphony and the RobertShaw Chorale.

    It is an exciting record ofexciting music. Angel sup-plied the welcomed premiereLP of it about two years ago,a smooth, suave affair. ButToscanini as usual supplies anirresistible added spark. TheDies Irae is almost literallyhair-raising. The Shaw singers,as in the Beethoven MissaSolemnis, Verdi Requiem andTe Deum and the BeethovenNinth, were inspired beyond jtheir normal ability to a reallystriking eloquence.

    The sound is more brilliantthan Angel's. It does not seemhandicapped by its 1950 origin.The review copy, however, wasone of Victor’s poorest in sometime. It had a number of noisyblemishes engraved neatly inthe plastic. To make mattersworse, side two was off-center,

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    GALLIC FAREThe Faure Requiem has also 1

    become newly available. Er-nest Ansermet conducts it forLondon.

    Ansermet is an entirely dif-ferent sort of conductor fromToscanini. There is no such !intensity. But his more lei-surely temperament turns outto be well suited to this music.The performers convey a moodof quiet reverence.

    certain conventions, can onedistinguish between the sacredand secular music of Pales-trina, Byrd, Lassus, Mozart,Haydn, Bach, or any otherreally good composer?

    What Did Popes Seek?But what is good music is

    not the present question somuch as what is the not tooclear desire of three eminentpopes. Mr. Hume speaks mov-ingly of the classical mass andof plainchant but he tells usof very little other music forthe celebration of mass thatcan be considered important.There are a few good com-posers on his list, but if theaverage is the best that can befound since the 16th centuryto enhance the Catholic mass,the Catholic Church is indeedin a sorry plight: Langlais,Murray, Nieland, Woollen,Carol, van Hulse, de Klerk, deLaet, Peeters, Plum, Ross, H.Andriessen, Biggs, Franssen,Huigens, de Jong, Meulemans,Pua-Teri, Refice, Samson, Sr.Maria Theophane, Ginder,Berthier, Bisegger, Bragers,Bucher. Campbell - Watson,Chassang, Dooner, Goemanne,Hilber. Huber, jenny, Kalt-

    j neker, Kodaly, Mul, Nekes, Pe-rosi, Rehm, de Vocht, Zahner. |

    It is true that the music ofmany of these men I do notknow too well, but I have re-cently heard masses by Ginder,Refice and Murray, and can

    I report them inferior to Pales-trina. If in the literature ofmodern music from the 17thcentury to the present there isno body of music for the massbetter than this, would it notbe wise for a Catholic choir tostay within the safe limits ofPalestrina. Isaac and des Pres?What price reform?Much by Cathalic Composers

    It is not Impossible for awell-trained but unprofessionalchoir to sing good polyphonic

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    [ The soloists, Suzanne Danco! and Gerard Souzay, contribute

    significantly to the eloquenceof the proceedings.

    Another French choral work,Lully’s Te Deum, has arrivedfrom London. By all evidence,including the list of per-formers, this appears to bethfe same performance issuedtwo years ago by Westminster.

    Lully’s piece, which like thetwo others above occupies afull LP, is a striking work,bouncingly vigorous. This isthe work, incidentally, forwhich Lully was beating timewhen he hit his foot with hisstick, resulting in infectionand death. Doubtless it alsohelped in introducing lesshazardous conducting imple-ments.

    The performance is a livelyand apparently satisfactoryone. London’s edition hastempered some exaggeratedhighs which appeared in West-minster’s. The music is cutoff at the end of side one and«started on the second side tooabruptly, however, and textsare not included, as they wereby Westminster.

    A considerably earlier choralwork, the Missa Caput of theRenaissance composer, Guil-laume Dufay, has also beensupplied by London. This datesfrom the 15th century, Lully'sfrom the 17th. Dufay's workis sung by male singers, witha trombone occasionally dou-bling the tenor part. Theeconomy of means makes aninteresting contrast with Lul-ly's, which include strings,organ, trumpet and drums.

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    CHAMBER CONCERTOEconomy applies to a sel-

    dom-heard double concerto bythe French Franck-disciple,Ernest Chausson. which hasbeen provided by Columbia ina recording by Zino France-scatti and Robert Casadesus.

    This concerto employs mere-ly a. string quartet as theinstrumental foil for the twosoloists, which makes it, prop-erly speaking, chamber music.

    It is an ingratiating work,and the performance, whichutilizes the Gullet Quartet, isa fluent one.

    Either Benar Heifetz, thecellist, has changed his nameor Columbia has inadvertentlydone it for him. It comes outon the label as Heifitz. What'swrong with the second "e"?

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    RELOCATIONA note from the Boston

    Symphony management sup-plements a recent commentabout a BSO record.

    This column, reporting on aMonteux-led performance ofthe Debussy Nocturnes and“La Mer,’’ surmised that theywere recorded at Tanglewood.because the Berkshire FestivalChorus was involved. Butnot so. !

    Two days after last sum-mer’s Anal outdoor concert,the BSO discloses, orchestraand chorus Journeyed to Bos-ton’s Symphony Hall for therecording session. Whichreally makes it an even moreinteresting record. Still a goodone, too.

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