Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-24
CHRISTMAS CAROLS.
The Great Festival to Be Celebrated
With Song Services in Churches.
PROGRAMS OF THE MUSIC.
Preparations Made in the Churches for Christ
mas Day-The Theme of the Nativity In
terpreted by Grand Music-The Hours of
Service and Other Information

The glad song Ct the angels that flied the
heavens on the first Christmas day will be
echoed in the churches tomorrow. During
the years that have elapsed since the notes OF
the first Christmas carol was heard the theme
suggested by the day has inspired the great
musical composers to their best efforts. Jhe
Interpretation OF these works by trained
choir of singers constitutes an impressive
feature in the services of the Catholic and
Episcopal churches. As usual, the programs
Of music that will be rendered at the churches
tomorrow have been carefully prepared and
are the result OF many weeks OF careful train
ing. Some idea Of the character OF the music
rendered viii be obtained from looking over
the programs Of music that will be rendered
tomorrow in the Catholic, Episcopal, Lutheran
and soma OF the churches Of other denonaina-
tions, as given below.
Catholic.
Al 81. Matthew'S the Christmas celebration
will commence with nigh Elass at D O'Clock,
when Rev. L. J. KeTvick viii be the celebrant.
This will be followed by two other Irasses. At
8 o'clock there vii be another said and
Mt ii solemn high mass will be sung. Rev. E. =.
Williams colebran:. Rev. I. j. keryirl deacon,
and Rev. Ihos. Lee, SgbdeaeoE. Rev. Father
ACrvick vii! preach BeEedlctlOn will be given
after the mass.
At the high mass tho following music will be
sung: hyrle, Gloria. Sanctus TT Benedictus and
Ggnus Del, by Theodore Won La Hache. for
male voices. Before the mass Adeste Fideles
and at the Offertory II Natalie. by Cbas. Gou-
nod. Solemn high mass, followed by benedic-
ton, at II o. clock a. III, during which Tic music
will be as follows: Before mass, Adestc
Fideles. Vincent Novello; kyrie Gloria in
Excelsis; Credo in Unum Deum S&nctus,
and Benedictus and Agnus Del from
Eeethoven's Mass in q. At the OfieTtory Jesu
Redemptor Omnium, by Paoia Giorza before
the sermon Veni Creator Spiritus, ~ Cannon.
and during benedicton. o SalUtcrls, by Shelly,
Eantum Ergo. by Deschauer, and Landote
DomlnuIl. by CassarInl-
The solo parts Will be sustained BY Mrs.
Zaidee r. Smith and Miss Mary Sweeny.
pranos; Miss Mgrgarui.e Nolan, alto; Mr.. Wm-
H. Burnett. tenor, l. E Cannon, baritone.
and John F. Nolan. ba5so. all supported by
chorus of tveDty-eight voices.
VIM Waldecker, oIganist; L. T. Cannon. d.
rector.
At Saint Teresa's Church, Anacostia, Rev. T.
Il. Hughes, pastor. tlcre Wall be three services
Chris.mas. 1T am. high viii be
sCrg, a sermon appropriate 20 the dag preached
by the pastor and solemn benedictlOn OF the
blessed sacrament will follow Immediately after
mass The mGsic viii be: Diehlman'G hymn,
With Glory Lit the Midnight All; kyrIe. Gloria.
Credo, &c, from mass in by III. GCrCld- The
offertorv will be an Ave Maria by Eordese. and
the communion. the Adeste Fldeles as arranged
by Rev. Calonel, T.. SIS. T. At benedction the
U Salutaris and Iantum Ergo. by Gade, viii be
sung. The choir will be under the direction of
Prot Ed Davis who is also the organist. and
will consist OF Misses Emma Bean, Jennie
Bean, Rita Repetti, Nellie Hardy, Alice Web
ster. Annie Green. Gertrude Roland. Nellie
Leonard, May Ibyson, Messrs. George Caspar.
Lucius Gross, Robert Green and John Repetti.
There viii be low masses at . and O'Clock.
The altar of the church Is a floral bower.
ST. Marys Church, 5th street between G and
III northwes,.-First mass, O'Clock am. at
which the following will be sung: Farmers
Mass in b, with Adeste Fidelis from the ar
rangement of Vincent Novello Offerto-y.
High mass at 1890 a. M, at which the same pro-
gram viii be repeated. Nespers at o clock
pm, at which Rosewig's Vespers, Berge's Tan
tum Ergo, Salutoris. arranged for basso.
Solo by Carl Evers. The following singers will
take part: Sopranos-Miss A. Koch, l.. Cooke,
J.. Doyle. VI. Kaiser. l.. Miller, l. Miller. h.
Poloni, c. Peipenbring. Mrs. F. i. RUPERT,
Miss NJ Sturm, NJ. Trilliug, A. Timer. Alto
Miss A. Miller, NJ. Miller. u. Beucbert, r. Trill-
ing Tenors-Messrs. Messing and +. l. Rup-
pert. Basso-Messrs- Maudsley, Haske, Nef.
Arnold ID. Meyer. organist-
At the Georgetown College. commencing at
1l:30 O'Clock tonight, Christmas services will be
held. Gounod's mass will be sung at II by a
strong choir of thirty voices.
At Holy Trinity Church high mass will be
celebrated at o'clock tomorrow morning.
The choir is composed Of a large number of
young people, La Hoche . mass is the one that
Will be sung.
Christmas morning high mass will be cele-
brated In ST. Peters Church, I'd and C. streets
southeast, at and o'clock; low masses at
and s. The Rev. Henry Manritt will preach at
the following music: Nazareth, Gounod;
baritone solo and unison chorus:
Mozart's Twelfth Mass; veni Creator
quartet, Stollenesk; offertorium. Hac Nocte
Cum MATHS Est Jesus; Adeste Fideles Novello.
The members of the choir are: Sopranos
Miss Hattie EItchia Mrs 1Osaphipa Inbpsap
Miss ANN. Baptista, Mrs. j. b. Light, Miss Nan
aie Caiian. Mrs Patterson. Mrs. Z. Z. Glenn
ent and Miss Maria Costaggini; coutral-
tos. Misses hattie Davis, Regina Baptista,
Lille Mapes. Mrs Hill and Miss Rosa Meade;
teuors, Messrs- l. F. Randolph, A. Mosher, J. ID.
II. Peters. q. l.. Hare and +. ". Bird;
bassos, Messrs. Albert Schulteis, c. ". Moore.
T. b. Fox, Joseph Germuiler, Maurice Brown.
J. C. Tsppan and &. Il. Atchison; organist
Miss y. l. hearon: director, MIR. +. W. Bird.
At ST. Dominics Christmas morning
masses will be celebrated every hour from 5 a.
m. to 1879 am AIS o'clock solemn high mass
will be sung. Haydn's Second Mass will be
rendered by the choir; before mass. Novelties
ideste Fideles; at the graduate, Date Sonatum
Pace, at the Offertory, Bucks There We're
shepherds; before the sermon. Eeni Creator,
male quartet, arranged from Eubcnstein BY
9ir- X. J. Lowry. TO be sung by Messrs. J. S.
smith, A. FeEnell, r. j. Lowry and Emil
Hoier- The choir IL composed of the following
SINGERS: Sopranos Misses Mary VI. HeSsler
bay Fowler, Mo!lie Wright. Maggie Kelly, Fam
Tie belly. Mary \. Brown, Angelina Petty. Jo..-
ME Hutton and Lille t!aEnery; altos Misses
Matte +. Lackey, Estelle Fowler Maggie Robert
son, Helen I-ackey, Rosie Rabbit Regina Fow-
Ter and Emma Hu;toG; IeEO-s. 3lcssrs. Al Fen
nell, j. ). Smith. Richard Paul and Joseph
Duffy; bassOs. Emil Holcr. Robt J. Lowry ami
Chas. /. Gcodchild; organ:st and director, Miss
Barbara Bisehof.
81. ra;ric.'s.-The following program Will
be rendered At 81. Pa,rick's Church Christmas
9: the and the II O'Clock masses: nayJin's
Mass No. 10. Ades;e Fi,lelis. NOvello; Pastorae
IS-inbiiOtte, Veal Creator, Guonod; % SaIutaris.
Tostl; Iantuu. Ergo. WieS'tnd. The choir viii
be AS follows. QlIE.et-SopTano, Miss Blanche
Mattingly; alto. Mrs Ca-i JungeR; tenor. 4lr.
William Muileedy, basso, Ir. H. y Ryan
Chorus-Sopraru,, Mrs. W. ii. Combs. Misses
J. Nudi. NJ Dyer, H. Bingham, y. Hickey a.
Miller. Il. Wall. Mary Helen Howe, 81. McCar-
thy, Dcnnolly, r. AtIey e. Wood: altos
Mrs. ~ W. Pierce. Misses q. Borbeck, G..
taIrlsE, j. Wilkinson. =. BIrtCIl, Z. Hewlett.
a. T. SCammelI. n SnitL and L. smith; teuors
DIR. Ii. L +. Heath. Messrs. l. T.. French. J. Nc
E!roy. IL j. Lynch. 7. Fitzgerald; bassos 1Iessr-.
:. J. Fisher. Edw. Joyce. J. A. Tipping. +.
HshOney. Edw. LothrOp, COllyer; orSanist, Miss
LoGi,e Boone; director, sig. VI. MGine.
81 Stephens Cnurck.-On Christmas high
mass will be celcDrs.eG ~ o'clock and will be
followed b. low masses High mass will also
b. celebrated at ii o'clock The musical pro-
gram all be rs follows: Before mas; Die Imam q