New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-04-20
ADDITIONAL CHOIR CHANGES.
FURTHER EFFECTS OF SMALL MUSIC APPROPRIA
TIONs-MANY VACANCIES NOT YET FILLED.


of iii choir appropriations and the great number OF
changes resulting therefrom, Of the prominent
! churches have not yet filled vacancies. week
ago The TRIBUNE published list Of the changes far
rs then known. The following are the most important
OF the new arrangements since that time
EPISCOPAL CHURCHES.
! At the Church OF the Atonement Madisou-ave. and
Twenty-seventh-st. the choir will consist principally Of
volunteers The music viii be under the direction of
| Theron Baldwin. saaried soprano will probably be
| engaged No orgauist has been selected.
Mr. Mosenthars choir. at Calvary Church. Fourthave.
and Twenty-Grst-it, will contain a. Mnukitrck from
Holy Trinity Brooklyn Mr. Trenor has obliged
resign his position in this choir business
engagements. In last weeks article church music,
reference made to the of Calvary Church The
paragraph vac intended solely to show that number OF
changes had been made in that position since Mr..
Thatcher went away aud not in any way to reflect upon
hIr noI's unavoidable absence from the choir.
Al the Church OF the Holy saviour in Twenty ifh-st,
between Fourth and Madisonavcs, the music Will be
under The dire elton OF Clarence e. Hard. whose choir
VIII be composed Of volunteers, with perhaps two
singers engaged at moderate salaries
Mr. FISCHER viii continue IN chatgc Of the chance
choir AT tie Church of the Heavenly Rest, in Fiithayc.
between Forty-1nh and FOrty-sixtE.sts.
Albert r. Parsons remains Orgaust and chormaster
at The First Reformed Episcopal Church, at Madison.
ave. ana F,rt,nh-st. With The exception Of the bass,
the choir Is "a new Miss Rosa McGcachy, formerly
Of the Church Of the Incarnation, is the sOpranO MIS-
George W. D. Lano, from the Memorial Presbyterian
Church, IL the contrai;o G.. ". De LnO, tenor; F. II.
Molten, bass.
The organization Of the new choir at st. Georges
Chu;ch, Ruherfordpacc and sixteonthst is yet
complete william H. Pratt. the oreanist aud director,
VIII remain, ana There will probably be salJrled
soprano and mixed chorus.
The choir at Holy Trinity Church. I'm Harlem loses
some OF last years voices Miss Gcrte Emanuel
prano, Thoma, Bullock, tenor and +. w. Iaw!ey, bass,
Soprano Isabella Appleton; contralto Mrs Frcdcricks,
who ha, before sung in the church for years;
oar saviour Unc Rev. James 81 Pu,!nan, minister, and
formerly Of ne Rev. DR.. Armitage's choir bass not
filled; or-aui,t, &. Il. kuttcnDcr.
At the Church OF the Ascension, at Ffth-aye. and
Trutl-- there will probably be only chalge-Mfs.
Brewer the soprano. going -. Andrews Church,
Harlem Thr quartet Il as follows: soprano. Mrs. An
drrsun; coutrato, Mrs. Or. Ayers Icnor. Mr. Kelly;
b1s~, G. T. warner; orgIuist. Charlie, FUz-mmons.
The c.or OF IT. Anirew's Chu7eh, IN Harlem remains
unchanged, with the exception OF tho soprano. Tho
quartz, Includes; soprano, Mrs. NJ Brewer; conrato,
Mi,s ". Finch tenor. 4. d. Woodruff; bass, l.. Il.
Amy; ,rEiuIst, ". H. DayaS
The Church Of the Holy Trinity will again make a
change n it style OF music. Mr. Perkins Resigns from
hi. leadership, and ". +. Williams. with his NoEng
Apollo Cuh, Will come from tl" Anthem Memorial
church IT, connection VITA the boy chor there Will be
~ Grace Church, Brooklyn, W. A. n. Dllcr Is organst
and oAouuastrr. The quartet engaged Is rs follows :
Soprano. Miss ~ +. Bcarlslcy conrao. Miss E.Woods
tenor o. Whitaker; bass mot AIcd). There chorus
Of twenty voices.
The choir Of the Church Of the Redecmer, Brooklyn
l. composed quartet and chorus Soprano Miss Julia
Thompson; coItrAlto Miss Lily Christadoro; tenor
vacant bass ". c. Davis; organst, Archibald Arthur
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHES.
Tie chors OF Catholic churches whole are kept
together much better than those ~ any other denOmina
ton Several years ago the majority OF Protestant
churches paid their singers from 80 10 100 per
higher snarcs than those received by the members OF
Catholic cLoirs. Now the computations are more
equazed.
Atthc Church Isl Francis XAVIER IN West Sixteenth
ST. the principal quartet viii remain the same: soprano,
Mss Teresa wrrnekc; c'nlraIto, Miss Mary Wcrnehe
tenor, -g &. TaGaru baritone, Nous. \. DIpin. There
Is also "a second quartet aud large chorus. William
Berge continues IA the Office of organist and director
~. stephens Church. last Twcnty-eiShthst.,
the choir made up since the Christmas festival
Previous to this time there several changes Henry
Il. DdnfOTth the organist, was succeeded by ii. q.
Thunder Of Philadelphia. Mr.. Danforth is at the
Madison Avenue Baptist Church. Miss Anna Bore,
soprauo formerly OF the Church Of tho Incarnation,
appointed to the position previously filed by Mile.
Eos.etr The first Iartc Is AS follows: soprano. Miss
r. Romcyn; barbour, Eugene Dudnc. The second
quartet comprises; Soprano MISS Mary Rcming; con
orgaust and conductor ~ music is II. O. Thunder.
There also a connected with the organization.
At 81 Peters Church, Barclay and Church-sts, the
music viii remain under the direction Of W. f. Pecher,
heretofore There Will be no change ia any OF the
The quartet Lcomposed OF the following; So
Ford tenor, otto kOnerj bass Adj s"icardJ organ
ist, W. i. Yccher.
The double quartet az the Church OF the Transngura-
ton, in Mottst will comprise Sopranos Misses Mary
Donovan and Kate OBrien contraos Misses COllender
ana Herick tenors Messrs Mumper ana Perez BASES,
+. Higgins and n. oConnori organist, A. Gull
At ST. AIMS Church, East Twefthst there will be
one on two changes Mr. Blum, the bass OF the choir Is
going to Europe in May The position OF tenor is also
vacant. Mr.. BlschoH sang during Lent and Mr. Leggat
has hed the vacancy Tor me past Week Inc soprano,
ffe 1rr as
Gomcn, the contrato The organs and director VI the
music Is IL. Blalla as heretofore
A. j. DAVIS continues in the position OF organst and
director of music in st Agncs's Church. in East Forty
thrd-st The first quartet comprises: Soprano, Miss
Lota simpson; contrato, Miss Theresa McCorry; tenor
Miss Brophy: contralto Mrs Malone tenor, s. Ott
bass j. McCOTy; orSauist, a. j. DAVIS.
OTHER CHURCHES.
At the Temple Bethel Jewishl at LexngtOnave. and
sixty-thrd st., tho saarcd singers include: Soprano
Mrs. Facrber cOntralto. Mrs. J. IL. Schulz; tenors
Alexander Biscbof and +. Rledel; BASES, A: Blum
and +. Urks Charles Wolf is the 0rgdnist There 10
also volunteer choir, consisting Of ten young ladies'
NJ L. Bartlett leaves his position bass at the Church
OF the Covenant and will take charge OF volunteer
chorus at the Calvary Baptist Church. IN West twenty
ihrdst
At the South Reformed Church 1.-THE Rev. Dr. Rogerss
at Fllth and Twenty 0rstst, the music Will remain
in the hands of C. A. Capp, as heretofore but there will
be essential changes IN the choir Mr. Giapp does NOT
know Just what his organization Will take Here
fore 10 has been a saaried quartet
Several changes 10 take place In the choir OF the
Collegiate Reformed Church. at Fifthaye. ana Forty
,ghh-st. Mron A. Ward leaves the position OF organ
HIS has not been appointed, as the vacancy
only dccla ed day two The soprano Mis-
Mary Tallman Jeffrey, aud the cUntralto, Mrs Harvey
Mitchell, also leave the choir The contraltO comes
from New-IIayon. The quartet will comprise: soprano,
MISS Lille 4. Barry, from the Elfty-scycuth street Re
formed Church COnraltO, mot filed tenor, Dr. Arthur
Hills bass, Henry Schnicafdl
There a change the position or soprano at the
University Place Presbyterian Church 1.-THE Rev. DR..
Bootl'sl. The choir as now decided upon includes So
prano Aiiss Fitzhugh; cOBtratO, Miss sarah Gordon;
tenor, Mr.. May; bass David Sims Organlst Mm Smith
at the ROW. Df.