Friday; February 4, Y944
THE JEWISH NEWS
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Mark Gunzbourg
To Give Recital
In Memorial Hall
Huberman Concert
At Shaarey Zedek
Wednesday Evening
Bronislaw Huberman, world-
famous violinist, organizer of the
Palestine Symphony Orchestra,
Dr. Mark Gunzbourg, eminent will be presented in concert at
Detroit pianist; will give a reci-
,ragiOt
tal Tuesday, Feb. 8, in the Mem-
orial Hall; Winder at Woodward,
in commemoration of the 40th
anniversary of his debut in Ber-
lin.
The program will be the same
as he played 40 years ago: Vari-
ations and Fugue on a theme by
Handel by Brahms, Sonate in D
major Op. 10 by Beethoven,
Sonate in B minor by Liszt and
7 Etudes by Paganini-Liszt (7
instead of 6, because the 4th
etude was played twice in the
first and the second editions).
Gunsbourg for more than 18
years has been associated with
the musical life of Detroit. He
conducted the Bnai Brith orches-
tra, the only amateur symphoni-
cal group in the city, which gave
BRONISLAW HUBERMAN
concerts in Orchestra Hall and
the Institute of Arts, and played
the S h a are y Zedek, by the
at the Bnai Brith convention
Shaarey Zedek Men's Club, next
without using professional mu-
Wednesday evening.
sicians. Several members of this
Congregational families will
organization are now on the first
be admitted free; and there will
desks in Symphony orchestras of
be an admission charge for non-
the country, and some teaching
members.
music in Detroit public schools.
The Shaarey Zedek Men's Club
At present ; Dr. Gunzbourg is announces that the annual Father
teaching at his Studio on 449 and Son get-together will be
West Ferry, in the Earl Morse held Feb. 20, in celebration of
Studios in Hotel Tuller and has Washington's Birthday.
also a class in Royal Oak.
Center Brotherhood
Concert on Tuesday
Thz music department of the
Jewish Community Center will
present the Brotherhood Concert
on Tuesday evening, featuring
the following:
Harriett Toomey, soprano solo-
ist of the Central Woodward
Christian Church of which Dr.
DeWitt Jones ,is minister, will
sing arias and songs written by
Catholic; Jewish and Protestant
composers, accompanied by Lu-
cile Zumstein.
Cyril Wezemael, baritone solo-
ist of Fort Presbyterian Church,
Will sing arias from "Elijah" by
Mendelssohn and songs by Caris-
simi and other well known com-
posers, with Mrs. Edwin S.
Sherill at the piano.
Henry Siegl, violinist of the
Detroit Symphony Orchestra,
will .play "The Prayer" and
"Palestinian Dance" by Julius
Chajes, accompanied by the com-
poser.
The First Baptist Church Choir
under the direction of Dr. Cyril
E. Barker will render four num-
bers, including the first perform-
ance of "Harken to My Prayer"
by Mr. Chajes.
Rev. Joseph Q. Mayne, execu-
tive director of the Detroit Round
Table of Catholics, Jews and
Protestants, will deliver a short
message.
Kvutzah Hamishah Asar
Celebration on Feb. 12
Kvutzah Ivrith, the Hebrew
cultUral group, will celebrate
Hamishah Asar b'Shevat on Sat-
urday . evening.
The program for this celebra
:tion will be arranged by women'
members of the Kvutzah. The
'chairman, Aalks, playlets, songs,
the serving of .refreshments will
• be arranged by a woman's corn-
mittee headed by Mrs. Ruth
Ticktin Chanin ) Mrs. YOnina
Mathis and Miss Zelda Rosenthal. .
The program, starting at 9 p.m.,
is open to the public.: There is
.no admission charge.
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Stage Operetta,
`Sari,' Feb. 8 to 14
"Sari", Emmerich Kallman's
great Hungarian operetta, with
music that haunts the ear and a
story that tells of the passionate
sweets of first love, and dances
that rival the Fabled Nymphs of
the Magyar Woods, will be pre-
sented by the Civic Light Opera
Association - during the week of
Feb. 8, except Thursday evening,
including Monday, Feb. 14.
Liberty Singing Society
Donor Luncheon Tuesday
Liberty Singing Society's an-
nual donor luncheon will be
held next Tuesday at the Wil-
shire Hotel.
The musical program will in-
clude vocal selections by Rhoda
Zahavie, dramatic soprano, and
Mr. and Mrs. Henri Goldberg,
accompanied by Mrs. Eliza Stull-
man.
Mrs. Walter Litt and Mrs. J.
Walerstein are in charge of
luncheon arrangements.
War Bonds . and Stamps will
be sold at this affair.
Dr. W. A. Goldberg
and Family Return
Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Goldberg;
and son, Joel, formerly of Chi-
cago and Springfield, Ill., have
returned. to Detroit for perma-
nent residence. Temporarily they
are residing with their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Cohen,
1482 Glynn Ct.
Dr. Goldberg is the author of
volumes on prisbn administra-
tion, administration of private
homes - for the aged and of chil-
dren's agencies. He is completing
a voluthe • on. the life of - Dr.
George A. Zeller, a pioneer . 'in
the medical treatment of the in-
sane.
Dr. Goldberg also plans to re-
open a private office for the . re-
ferral of selected cases in per-
sonal problems, personal budget-
ing and family relations.
Halevy Society Resumes
Rehearsals Tuesday
Halevy Singing Society has re-
sumed weekly rehearsals under
the direction of Dan Frohman.
Persons interested in singing are
invited to attend rehearsals next
Tuesday at 8:30 p. m. at the
auditorium of Roosevelt school,
Linwood at Burlingame.
President Eugene Franzblau
reports that there is a consider-
able demand in Detroit for a
repetition of the Schaefer-Peretz
oratorio "Tzvei Brider." Because
of this, Halevy will continue to
work on "Tzvei Brider" for pos-
sible repetition before a Jewish
audience again before long.
Jones Post Holds
Birthdays
Bowery Night
Lawrence H. Jones Post, No.
190, of the Jewish War Veterans
of the U. S., will sponsor a Bow-
ery Night at the Bowery Night
Club, 12050 Jos. Campau, next
Tuesday evening.
Proceeds from this event will
be used to purchase magazine
subscriptions and other gifts for
members or sons and relatives
of members of the Post now in
service. There are at present 150
service members from this Post,
many of 'them being overseas.
Tickets for Bowery 'Night can
be obtained from Jones Post
Members, whose names are listed
Schnabel to Be Symphony in an advertisement elsewhe•e in
this. issue.
Soloist Next Thursday
Milton E. Greenbelt, RA. 7000,
Arthur Schnabel, pianist and is entertainment chairman. Bert
assisting artist for the 16th sub- Kline, TY. 5-1047, is Post Adju-
scription concert of the Detroit tant.
Symphony Orchestra, on Feb. 10,
is one of the greatest classicists
of our day. He is unique in that
he elects to confine his public
performances to the works of
Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and
Rev. Merrill 0. Bates, Chair-
Schubert.
Karl Krueger has conducted Man of -the Detroit Free World
many orchestras with Schnabel Association, announces the sched-
uling of Sir Norman Angell, au-
as soloist.
Artur Schnabel, born in Aus- thor and lecturer, to speak at an
tria, was a pupil of Leschetizky open meeting of the association
and has been one of the foremost next Wednesday at the Detroit
recitalists since the turn of the Institute of- Arts Main Audi-
torittni. His subject will be `Can
century.
the Free Nations Remain
United!'
Sir Norman Angell
To Speak Wednesday
Library Sponsors
Annual Children's
Music Festival
The second annual Children's
Festival, organized by the De-
troit Public Library, will be giv-
enon three • successive Fridays
beginning with Feb. 4.
The festival is co-sponsored
this year by the Detroit Insti-
tute of Arts, in the' auditorium of
which one of the three perfor-
mances is to be held.
Karl Krueger, director of the
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, is
dedicating his Young People's
Concert on Feb: 5 to the event.
The first concert, on Feb. 4, at
8:30 p.m., will be given in the
Main Library Auditorium and
will present music written by
children under the age of 16 and
music written by modern com-
posers to interest young people.
Mary Carrick, well known
Detroit pianist, will direct the
program and the children of
Detroit as well as their parents
and friends are invited. Admis-
sion is free to all performances.
Participants in the first con-
cert will include the following:
Reva Kowalsky, Miriam Wein-
zweig, Joseph - Silverstein, Rudy
Eftaim, Vivi Lasser, Fred Horo-
witz, Kurt Saffir.
Detroit musicians whose co-
operation with the Library has
made possible the participation
of their pupils in this perform-
ance are: Rebecca Frohman, Dr.
Nellie B. Huger, Mrs. Bernhard
Heiden, Mary Carrick,. Rebecca
Fineberg, Miss* E. E. Davis, Ju-
lius Chajes, Mischa Kottler and
Bernard Silverstein.
Detroit Institute of
Musical Art
ANNOUNCES
The
Appointment of
JULIUS CHAJES
Outstanding Composer-Pianist
as teacher of
Practical Composition
A. C. Jackson, Manager
CO. 2870
Of the Month
Abraham Srere observed his
birthday on Feb. 1.
Other birthdays of the month
include the following:
Dr. David J. Levy, Feb. 8; Ilya
Schkolnik, Feb. 11; Mrs. Nate
S. Shapero and Nathan Hack,
Feb. 12; Cpl. Irving L. Weis-
berg, Feb. 13; Dr. Aaron Dub-
nove and Walter Heavenrich,
Feb. 15; Aaron J. Blumenau,
Feb. 16; Rudolph Zuieback, Feb.
17; Prof. Leo Sharfman of the
University of Michigan, Feb. 19;
Louis Robinson and Maurice H.
Zackheim, Feb. 20; Arthur E.
Fixel, Feb. 22; Mrs. Douglas I.
Brown and Prof. Peter Altman,
Feb. 24.
Deny Terezin Is
`Cruelest Ghetto'
Fritz Flesch of 8055 Robson
Ave. calls the attention of the
editors of The Jewish News to
an erroneous statement in our
news columns on Jan. 21. In
the weekly J. P. S. News RevieW
in that issue, it was stated that
Theresienstadt is "considered
the most cruelly controlled of
all ghettos established by t h e
German authorities in occupied.
Europe."
Mr. Flesch, denying the au-
thenticity of this report, calls
our attention to the following
SCHOENBERG CONCERTO
statement in the Jan. 14 issue
RADIO PREMIERE SUNDAY
of the Congress Weekly: "Tere-
The. world preiniere of Arnold zin is apparently being admin-
Schoenberg's new Piano Concer- istered on conditions which will
to, • With- the -. Polish-born pianist allow the Germans to present
and. disciple- of the composer, Ed- it as an. exhibit to prove they
ward Steuerman, as soloist, will treated the Jews humanely: that
be conducted by Leopold Stokow- is, its inhabitants are not being
ski on the General Motors - . Sym- killed off. The Germans have
phony of the Air program Sun- even permitted food packages to
day, Feb. 6 (NBC, 5' to 6- p. m., be sent in, as well as mail."
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Great Musical Production
"A LITTLE LUCK"
By Kalmanovitz
Music by Secunda
Featuring Detroit's Favorites
Lucy and Mischa
Gehrman
THURSDAY EVENING
February 10, 8:30 P. M.
MASONIC AUDITORIUM
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The Detroit
SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA
Karl Krueger, Director
PROGRAM
Zador .... Biblical Tryptich
Mozart
Concert in B Flat for Piano-
. forte and Orchestra
Beethoven
Overture Leonora No. 2
Beethoven
and the entire cast
Sunday Matinee and Evening, Feb.
6, and Tuesday Evening, Feb. 8.
Prices: Sunday evening: 55c, 85c,
$1.10. $1.65, $2.20. Matinee and
week-day evenings: 55c 85c, $1.10.
$1.65.
Concerto No. 4 in G Major for
Pianoforte and Orchestra
ARTHUR SCHNABEL
Pianist, Assisting Artist
Tickets: 83c to $2.75, tax
included, at Grinnell's
RA. 1124
Reservations: CO 4870
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HENRI GOLDBERG, Director
Eliza Stullman, Pianist
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Olgin-Schaefer Memorial Concert: 1
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with a Program of Jewish Folk Songs
Guest Artist
Katia Andy,
Pianist
Sunday, February 27, 1944, at 8 p. m.
Central High Auditorium, Tuxedo and Linwood
Admission: $1.10, Tax Included
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