Show LAU lAUD VH i I All OVER DVm EUROPE I Ghost Ghost of Great Composers Composer's Compos Compos- ers er's Genius Haunts All Friends of Music BEILIN March l 26 21 United Press Wherever there is an cr cr- chestra in central Europe and there are lIa thousands wherever there an are friends or of music tind nd there are mU- mU lions this day will be haunted by bythe bythe the ghost of Ludwig von voh Betho- Betho yens yen's genius One h years I ago today Beethoven n the grEatest musician Germany ever ever- brought forth died in Vienna Bonn on the Rhine the the master composers composer's birthplace will le Ie the center of the European festivities In iii Beethoven's honor Founded In Inthe Inthe the distant days of theRoman emperor emperor em- em Augustus Bonn with its mild sunshine and sparkling view of the seven hills hUis across the Rhine afford the most surroundings sun sur- for tribute i to Its greatest son Bonns Bonn's musical began hegan last Tuesday and Included performances of tile the Missa l the First Symphony In C Major the Pianoforte rte Concerto the famous Symphony a violin concerto the Ninth Symphony and the Sex Sex- Distinguished d Gernan soloIsts soloIsts solo solo- and conductors conductors conductors' including S. S von von of MunIch ana Fritz Busch of Dr Dresden led the festival sUval IN ATTIC The German government Itself selected Bonn Donn for the general Geiman German Ger- Ger man Beethoven festival recalling that It was here that the new new-h new hOrn rn Ludwig first saw the light o of day In a filthy little UttIe attIc room s and malodorous the age of the local nobility Beethoven began his rise to the pInnacles of Immortality President yon von personally person person- ally served as patron ot of the festival Hordes of oC tourists countIng countIng count count- Ing many Americans s among their have arrived for the slOn Thousands of musical folk tolk have already trodden the dusty path to to the tiny house In Beet Beethoven oven was born Musical pilgrims pilgrims' fro all countries countries' have stood beneath tie the thelo lo low ceiling In the attic room paying reverence to the mern- mern ory ot of the master musician The outstanding feature of the Donn celebration was tile the opening of the newly created D col- col situated In the house ot of hIs birth Last night the Klingler q r- r tet played Beethoven here while the famous Beethoven expert Professor ot of MuniCh Mu- Mu niCil niCh delivered the memorial speech All other German cities cities' are vie Ing with Bonn In attempting to do honor to the composer Berlin too is tile center of municipal and PlUS Irus sian state In Its Is or on in to gIve ne Lne Pure OCel sections of the population access t to- to the Beethoven festival a priced low performance of the opera Fidello Fidelio and 50 presentations of the Missa lissa will be offered to the Berlin public HEIDELBERG TO AID heidelberg will not lag Jag behind bellind In Its efforts to pay tribute to the German master Front From June 1 ito to 3 heidelberg will wUl be the scene of an elaborate Beethoven tes t l at which tile the B Berlin symphony orchestra etches orches- tm tra under the direction of Wilhelm will play Dresden will offer a Beethoven cycle embracing m em- bracing all of the composers composer's ine symphonies while Fidelio and Goethe's Egmont with music by Beethoven rill be presented attile atthe Dresden op opera ra and theatre Hamburg Ham Ham- burg has fixed May 2 to 13 cr Its Beethoven celebration and will include in- in elude clude seven lavish concerts in Its program Halle HaIle Wiesbaden and virtually every other large town will vill do its bit toward honoring honoring honor honor- ing Beethoven's memory At iVies iVies- baden tile the tamed famed Otto will direct tIle the orthe ord tJ tm I Berlin erlln also establish a a aBe Be Beethoven Bee Bee- t en trust fund assurIng an annual annual an- an nual sum to musical students who display particular merit Vienna that city of song md and muSic mu- mu Sic will naturally be in the forefront tore fore front of Beethoven's admirers Under Un Un- den der the tho leadership of and Felix FeUx beginning toda today Vienna will have s l gala week eek to which fn famous famous' s' s singers conductors soloists quartets contribute wIh t- t stint S f fr r |