Show r M Go und Round By LIONEL C. C MOISE Coincidently with Walter Valter Damrosch's Damrosch's Dam Darn rosch's roach's resignation as director of ot the New v York symphony it was predicted by this telepathic Interpreter interpreter interpreter inter Inter- preter of 01 musical al affairs that he had his firm amiable e eye e upon the radio business That was vas some three months ago Now comes the announcement from New York that the Signor Walter Valter has accepted the post of ot musical counsel for the National Broadcasting company compa y which owns and operates and m manages nages two other Important stations in New York and In Washington Already as was to be bo expected the tIle signor signer has outlined a a. a series sedes of twenty-four twenty lecture concerts concerts which will be broadcast for tor class class class' use in schools and colleges He visions a university university univ r- r sity of the air air which will supply everyone with the fundamentals of or ofa ofa ora a musical education and only awaits the cooperation of ot public school authorities to make it a reality S As s a matter of ot fact tact no particular psychic powers powers- were required to divine that Mr Damrosch would be wooed and won by the radio Lore Lore- lei id His Ills consistently demonstrated Interest In making music accessible to the populace was almost certain tam tain to carry him into the field of tubes and static His audience is multiplied a thousand times and he can carr carry on to further heights the popularization campaign which he Inaugurated inaugurated first first among conductors with Conductors with the New York s symphony some fifteen ago Whether the change will be good for Mr Damrosch is a question but it will undoubtedly be to the emInent emi emI- nent neat advantage of radio radic and the general cause of ot music And Inci mci- dentally another prediction i is now nova in line It is that within the year ear Mr 1 Damrosch will be performing the task of ot musical overseer for the entire radio industry and that within two he will be leading the first great radio symphony r Latest indic indications lons are that Lucy Gates Bowen will not go to Seattle to direct the Civic opera there after all all Advices from the northwestern L cHy city are are that Internecine strife has hac u broken out between the Civic opera of ot Seattle and the Symphony orchestra or- or orchestra or or- chestra with the result that conditions conditions con con- a are ae e scarcely such as to tc tempt Gates to d. d s Plans plan for for- civic opera here at home r These ese as a matter o ot fact embrace much ch more territory than they have covered before betor and may see considerable expansion this fall jaIl The Seattle situation also should convey cop an important lesson to Salt Sail Lake when It does get ready to go gc in m for civic music That is not to tc try to do too many things at on one time A civic opera Is quite enough S for a any city to initiate In a year When it is 15 hooked up with a symphony sym sym- symphony phony orchestra as was the he case In Seattle trouble Is certain to ensue C C The musical season except for outdoor events event is about over here From its intimate nature music must remain largely largel an indoor pastime pastime pas pas- time and it wilts everywhere before before be be- fore th the advance of ot warm weather Of course the advance of warm weather this year has been mostly theoretical so far tar but music promoters promoters pro pro- not being leing gifted with second sec sec- see see-j ond orid sight cannot arrange for these Still with modern amplification devices and the like it is possible that outdoor symphonies symphonies sym sym- phonies may some day become pop pop- ul ular r. r in Chicago or thereby there there- b by r of ot course is the outstanding outstanding- example of ot successful outdoor opera and deserves to be True the hum of mosquitoes from the ravines ravines ravines ra ra- ra- ra vines after which the suburb is named sometimes furnish a melancholy melancholy melancholy melan melan- choly undertone to the he music but advices state that plans are under underWay underway underway way to eliminate this disturbing element Probably they are They have been ever since the opera began I How imposing opera can be on th the grandiose scale which is affected af affected af- af by th Metropolitan Is contained con con- tamed In a list of of the singers listed as reengaged for tor the coming season season sea sea- son It included twenty-eight twenty sopranos so sopranos sopranos so- so pranos headed by Curci Galli-Curci Jeritza Jeritza Jeritza Je- Je ritza Ponsella Talley Alda AIda and Mary 1 Lewis Fifteen mezzo sopranos so sopranos sopranos so- so pranos and and contraltos are listed There There- are seventeen tenors including ing ini Chamlee GIgli Johnson and Diaz There are sixteen baritones among them them Ruffo Scotti and Th The bassos headed by number thirteen There are five tive conductors ten assistant conductors vo t-vo vo ballet masters and four fOUl solo danseurs not to mention a few tew other such factotums as stage directors a chorus master and n a ballet mistress About SO 80 pe per cent of ot this expensive array of c course Urse is is superfluous but the Metropolitan 1 has has' the money money and seems to j enjoy spending spending- it It i is certainly the day day- of ot the singer It |