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Show It happened in Washington . . . could detect little change in the timbre and quality of her voice. Her magnificent rendering of "The Erl King" by Schubert stirred me as no rendition has done, since, as a child I heard an unforgettable performance of it by Schumann-Heink. In another Schubert song, she stopped her accompanist Franz Rupp (The same who appeared with her in Salt Lake so many years ago.) and said, simply, "I am afraid the excitement ex-citement of this occasion has made, me forget." The audience loved her for this human touch ,and also for her Negro spirituals, which were particular f avo rites. "Hear de Lambs a-Cryin" was a moving prayer. We hope the Cabinet will continue its attempts to bring culture to the Nation's Capital. By Mrs. Wallace TT. Bennett The invitation read: Under the Honorary Chairmanship Chair-manship of Mrs. Kennedy, the members of the President's Cabinet request the honor of your presence at "An Evening Even-ing with Marian Anderson." An unusual invitation? Yes, and also an unusual evening. This was the third such evening in an artist series given giv-en by members of the Cabinet. Robert Frost and Carl Sandburg Sand-burg were the previous artists. art-ists. Attorney General ' Robert Kennedy introduced Miss Anderson. An-derson. He said, When I first heard that I was to make this introduction, I felt a little bit out of place. I sang in the choir in high school. But when I tried out for it. I was informed in-formed I was being let in for purposes of morale only, and I was to remain quiet when the singing started." He mentioned men-tioned the great difficulty in "attempting to bring culture to Washington." When Miss Anderson began to sing, however, there was no doubt about the appreciation of the audience for the culture being brought to them on this occasion. Her rich, full voice seems to lose nothing with the passing of the years. It is over fifteen years since I first heard her sing in the Tabernacle Taber-nacle in Salt Lake City, and I |
