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HALEVY ANNUAL CONCERT TO BE
HELD SUNDAY EVENING, APRIL 22

History of Society Traced; Choral Group Started With "Nationa
Night." at Belle Isle; Noted Soloists to
Appear at Concert.

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The interest of the Jewish corn-
munity in Detroit centers now
around the Ilalevy Choral Society's
third annual program of Jewish
music, at Orchestra Hall, Sunday
evening, April 15.
Seventy-five of the best Jewish
singers in Detroit, under the able
leadership of Julius Miller, conduit-
ter, and Meyer Posner of New York.
composer and guest conductor, will
present an entirely new program
of Jewish music, consisting of folk
songs, workers' songs and liturgical
compositions.
The soloists of the evening will
be Mme. Emma Lazaroff-Shaver,
dramatic soprano, who is interrupt='
ing her operatic studies in Chicago
in order to appear at the lla levy
concert; Israel M. Ilertz, basso,
who is a well known Detroit singer,
and II. 11. Cohen, baritone, who is
a fine musician and a well known
cantor.
The idea of the Ilalevy Choral
Society was first conceived when
the city of Detroit inaugurated the
so-called "National Nights" with
the Belle Isle Symphony concerts
three years afro.
Most of the nationalities in the
city were represented at those na-
tional nights by their respective
choral societies, each of which
shared a consecutive Wednesday
evening with the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra.
A few Jewish singers in this city
who felt very deeply the absence of
an organized musical body to rep-
resent the Jewish community at one
of the national nights, resolved to
found such an institution.
After six months of hard work
under the able leadership of Julius
Miller, the enthusiastic conductor
of the Ilalevy, the organization
made its first appearance in a con-
cert of Jewish folk songs in which
25 young men and women partici-
pated. The Ilalevy, at that time,
underestimated the interest of De-
troit Jewry in its organization, for
the spacious 11'nai B'rith auditor-
ium was inadequate to hold the en-
thusiastic mass of people that came
to greet the lialevy at its first con-
cert, and hundreds had to be turn-
ed away.
Three years elapsed since that
time, and now the Ilalevy Choral
Society looks back with pride at its
fine records of accomplishments
during the short time of its exis-
tence.
The two Hebrew national nights
(1925-27) with the symphony or-
chestra, each of which brought be-
tween 20 and 30 thousand eager lis-
teners to the Bell Isle shell, were
a triumph to the Ilalevy.
However, these national nights
do not offer conditions favorable
enough to allow the presentation of

Katharine Cornell in "The
Letter" Comes to Shubert
Lafayette.

Katharine Cornell cornea to the
Shubert Lafayette Theater, De-
troit, next Monday night for a
week's engagement in W. Somerset
Maugham's "The Letter," the
drama by the noted English play-
wright, which she has just finished
playing on Broadway. Her long
run at the Morosco Theater has
been interruped because Miss Cor-
nell is to make a transcontinental
tour of the country, ending on the
Pacific Coast this summer, just as
she did in The Green Hat." In
this city and on tour Miss Cornell
is accompanied by the original
Broadway east.
"The Letter" is a drama of the
soul of a wife who kills, escapes
riminal punishment through act-
'ng a lie, but nevertheless over-
taken by retribution in an unusual
form.

a musical program representative
of all phases of Jewish music.
The annual llalevy appearance
at Orchestra hall is the occasion
offered to Detroit music lovers to
hear a concert of Jewish music in

EMMA LAZAROFF-SCHAVER

fine form and in one of Detroit's
best concert halls. The llalevy,
therefore, centers most of its en-
ergy upon this annual event. The
high mark set by last year's con-
cert was met with very favorable
critical and editorial comment from

Gabrilowitach Makes Final
HAZOMIR CHORAL
Season'; Appearance on
GROUP PLANNING
Thursday and Friday.
RADIO CONCERT

Due to the Passover holidays,
the next rehearsal of the Ilazomir
Choral Society will be held Sunday,
Aptil 8, at 12 noon, at the Shaarey
Zedek branch, Twelfth and Atkin-
son. Members are urged to be
prompt, as plans are to be made for
a group photo and radio concert.
The first popular concert will be
held in May.
From the report of the social
gathering, held two weeks ago, was
omitted the name of Miss Ethel
Blumenfield, who gave several vo-
cal selections.
The Hazomir now consists of (15
lumbers, many of them well known
in the city for their musical talents.
Membership enrollment in the so-
eitty will be open until April 15,
for all musically inclined Detroiters
wishing to participate in the forth-
coming concert. The secretary,
Miss Y. J. Hoffman, Empire 0140,
or the Inimical instructor, Miss
Rhoda Goldberg, Northway 1400-W,
or Nice-president, Nathaniel Raskin,
Arlington 8383-W', will accept ap-
plications.
David Skolnick, well known choir
leader, joined the organization and
was appointed assistant director.
A. Caplan, tenor, was also accepted
in the choir.
A string orchestra, under the di-
rection of l'rofessor Eijah Zalud-
kowski, has also been organized.
Violinists, cellists and contra-
bassos are invited to enroll at the
next meeting. Samuel Solomon, as-
sistant conductor, and Mr. Shapiro,
concert master, will accept appli-
cations.
The devotion of Professor Zalud-
kowski to the society is declared by
members to be responsible for its
early success.

Thursday and Friday evenings
of this week will be memorable in
the musical life of Detroit as they
mark the final appearance of Ossip
Gabrilowitsch, distinguished con-
ductor of the orchestra, before his
year's leave of absence which will
take him away from the podium
until October, 1929. Memorable,
too, for he will appear as pianist
for the last time before a Detroit
audience for at least the next 18
months.
This concert opens with the bril-
liant Easter overture by Rimsky-
Korsakilv, "La Grande Paque
Russe," which has not been heard
on a symphony program since
1921.
Tfie second number brings Mr.
Gabrilowitsch to his beloved piano
and he has chosen to play for this
last appearance the Rachmaninoff
Second Concerto for piano and or-
chestra in C minor, Op. 18. This
composition won for the composer,
in 1904, the Glinka prize and defi-
nitely established Rachmaninoff'a
creative works as being of the
highest order.
Ten years ago, on No. 7, 1918,
when Mr. Gabrilowitsch called to
attention his orchestra of 77 mu-
sicians at Arcadia to begin his first
strains that floated out over the
audience, on that occasion were
the somber introduction to the
first Tschaikovsky "Pathetique"
Symphony—this same symphony
will bring to a close this, the final
concert under the Gabrilowitsch
baton and the fourth movement,
"Adagio Lamentoso," will surely
fit the mood of his loyal listeners
who have followed his years of
growth in the interpretive art and
to whom this year of separation
will mean more than can ever be
conveyed over the invisible barrier

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COUNCIL IS ORGANIZED HERE TO
PROTECT FOREIGN-BORN WORKERS

A Detroit Council for the Pro- liam Bailey, Mrs. Jos. N. Welt,
tection of Foreign-Born workers, Lloyd L. Huntington, Kathleen
with headquarters at 2127 With- Jennison Lowrie, Rev. E. J. War-
erell street, has been formed for ren, Stanley A. Trojanowski and
the purpose of organizing public A. Kalwaszewski. The organiza-
opinion against proposed bills in lions represented are: The Wu-
the United States congress to man's International League f
register-deport min-citizens. The Peace and Freedom, Machinists'
work is in charge of Jeannette 0. Union Local No. 82, Fellowship for
Pearl field organizer for the Na- Reconciliation, Auto Workers
tional Council for the Protection Union No. 127, National Woman's =
of Foreign-Born Workers, of New Party, Detroit Federation of Mu- =
sicians, League for Women Voters, =
York City.
The Detroit council will have Turner Verein, Council of Jewish FE-
for its advisors Clarence Darrow, Women and Bakers' Union Local =
W. Hayes McKinney, Walter Nel- No. 77.
Twelve anti-foreign bills were a
sen and Maurice Sugar. The ad-
visory board consists of the fol- introduced in the present sessionl=
io), ing: Rev. Reinhold Niebuhr, of congress. Some of the provis-1=
Judge Frank Murphy, Fred M. ions of the proposed bills call for
Butzel, Prof. Chas. M. Novak, photographing, taxing heavily,
Mrs. Geo. T. Hendrie, Mrs. Wm. carrying cards of identification
McCraw, Dennis E. Batt. Arthur with physical description of the =
Rolm, I,ois Rankin, John Schwarz- holder. Non-citizens are required =
mei., Mrs. Myron B. Vorce, Wil- to report annually to the police
postollice, report change of ad-
dress, report change in physical
that seems to exist between audi-
ences and those beyond the foot- appearance and even temporary
absence front the state. The police
lights at Orchestra Hall.
are to be empowered to search
Fortunate indeed for the future
musical life of Detroit that Ossip tarsus and homes. This practi-
Gabrilowitsch is saying "au revue cally places non-citizens under
police control. Infractions are to
and not "good-bye."
be punished with fines, imprison-
No "Pop" Concert Sunday ment and deportation.
According to Miss Pearl, "these
There will be no "Pop" concert bills are undemocratic and alto-
this Sunday afternoon at Orchea- gether foreign to American tradi-
tra Hall. The orchestra and choirs tions. Such legislation would
are returning Sunday morning from work great hardship upon the for-
New York where the two perform- e ign-born. The object of the coun-
ances of the Bach Passion were il is to broadcast the bill's sig-
given at Carnegie flail on Thurs- nificance to labor and to arouse
day evening and Saturday after- public sentiment to the trying con-
noon. The orchestra under Victor sequences resulting from such
Kolar is giving the second concert legislation. The work is carried
at the Central Methodist church a t on by means of mass protest meet-
Pontiac on Wednesday evening. ings, conferences and publicity.
April 11 and on Sunday, April 15 All of these activities are planned
the last Pop concert will be given. for Detroit."

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ANNOUNCEMENT

to the

JEWISH PEOPLE of DETROIT

ISRAEL M. HERTZ

the Detroit press. It was one of
the most beautiful musical pro-
grams ever heard in this city at a
Jewish concert.
This year the Ilalevy has wid-
ened its horizon, and began a new
type of activities. It has under-
taken not only to promote and pre-
sent Jewish music, but also to ac-
quaint the Jewish public with its
famous composers and conductors.
This winter the Ilalevy Choral So-
ciety has arranged two concerts
for Solomon Golub, one of the most
gifted Jewish composers. Both
concerts met with. great success.
It also made possible the publica-
tion of Mr. Golub's book of 20 Jew-
ish modern art songs, which con-
stitute one of the finest collections
of modern Jewish ballads and
"lieder." Another important
achievement is Mr. Posner 's com-
ing to Detroit to conduct the Ile-
levy choir in a program of his own
compositions and arrangements of
Jewish folk songs, at this years
concert on April 15. Mr. Posner
is well known in New York and
London as one of the most prolific
of Jewish composers, and one of
the most impressive conductors.

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