Evening star., 1895-06-01
IN MUSICAL CIRCLES
Advantage to Washington Musicians That
Would Accrue From Manuscript Society.
The Choral Society Trying to Arrange
a Circuit for Orchestra and So
IOists - Other Items.

The Manuscript Society of New York Is
an organization that admits three classes
of embership-active, professional and as
sociate. The active membership includes
musical composers, and each applicant
must submit work in polyphonic wrltlns
to the music committee of the board OF di-
rectors. Professional singers and instru-
mentalists are eligible and those who are
interested in music and its progress and
development either as critics or from
dilettante standpoint can become associate
members The object of the society is TO
advance the interests of American musical
composition and to promote social inter
course and friendly feeling among its men,
bers. Mr.. Ernest Lent of this city is one
of the honorary corresponding secretaries
and several Of his compositions have been
performed by the society at it's concerts,
three of which are given each year.
There are also six private monthly meet
ings, which are intended only for mem
bers end their friends, and these are said
to be very delightful affairs. Mr.. Lent has
sent on list of Washington musicians
who desire to become members of this So
ciety, and this includes the names of An
ton Gloetz1er, Harry Wheaton Howard,
Henry Xander, d. G. Pfeiffer, Robert Stein
and Z. Ware. Mr.. Lent, who has been
member of the society for five years. be-
lieves that branch society might be form
1.-The trouble with Washington musi-
Clans" said gentleman, who himself
stands high ill musical circles, and is per-
former of superior merit, "is that each
goes in his own way, without regard to
any one else. On this account he naturally
gets into rut; while if all the musicians,
or the best of them, would meet occasion
ally and exchange views they would get
new ideas. and would have additional slim
illus in their work"
Mrs. E. H. Perkins will give a students
musicale at the Cairo Flats next Wednes-
day evening, and the program that will be
presented will be very attractive. Those
who will take part are Mrs. Hawkins J.
Taylor, Miss Caroline Hall, Miss Amy
Miss Alys Bentley. Miss Ivy Hewitt. Miss
Rose Dillon, Miss Florence Hoffman,
Miss Lena Freeman. Miss Bessie Blount,
Miss Miss Louise Moeller, Miss Harriet Draper,
MISS Myrtllle Dexter, the Washington
Lady Quartet and Mr.. Wilbur Delano Mrs.
Sam Cross will be the accompanist
Mrs. II. H. Mills has reason to congratu-
late herself on the progress made by her
pupils, particularly Miss Alice Judson, who,
it is understood, will sing lola in the Cav
alleria Rusticana in Baltimore with the
Hinrichs Company. While this is not a
great part, it Is one that requires careful
attention and the neatest kind of acting
Miss Judson showed by the impersonation
of Laughing Eyes in Isl Lootah" that she
possessed considerable dramatic ability and
that one day she would be a bright SOU
brette.
The difficulty that the Choral Society
has had in securing q competent orchestra
for its accompaniments has Induced the
finance committee to direct correspondence
with similar organizau tons in New York.
Philadelphia, Baltimore. Richmond and
other cities to see if syndicate could not
be arranged whereby the same orchestra
and soloists could be engaged for the cir
cult. The finance committee has been or
ganiZed by the elec tion Of Mr.. D. G. Pfeif-
fer as chairman and Mr.. Charles Juness
as secretary.
There has also been appointed commit
tee to take into consideration the matter
of hall in which to give the concerts of
the society during next season. Conven-
ton Hall Is deemed out of the question
during the winter months, but it is among
the possibilities that THE Messiah" may be
given in the new Lafayette Square The
ater
Mr. John Porter Lawrence will present
his pupils before the public tonight at the
Church of Our Father. Last year AR. Law
rence's pupils furnished one of the most
enjoyable musicales of the late season. and
there is every reason to expect that both
program and execution will be fully as
attractive tonight.
Mr.. Anton Gloetzner will give. his an
nual piano recital with his pupils at the
Universalist Church next Tuesday evening.
The program includes selections from the
works OF Handel. Mozart. Haydn. Tschaik-
owsky, Scharwenka, Mocheles, Roger
Chopin, Mendelssohn, Liszt and Gloetzner.
and the performers will be Misses Rowell.
Goldschmid, Slater, Alden. S!gsbee, Lyon,
Bestor Freyhold and Mr.. Gloetzner.
In London. as in New York. Melba draws
crowded houses by her superb vocalization.
The great Australian prima donna began
her engagement at Covent Garden on May
25 singing Marguerite in Faust" to an
enormous audience. including the Prince
and Princess of Wales and nearly all the
notables of London society. Madame Melba
will return to America in the autumn for
an extended concert tour under the direc-
ton of Charles A. Ellis. She will be sup
ported by a company of fine artists and a
complete orchestra, and the programs will
include an act of opera in costume. In the
spring of 96 the company will go to the
Pacific coast and thence to Australia,
Melbas home, where she has not been
heard since here marvellous singing made
her famous.
Mrs. Kate Thyson Marr has received the
advance sheets of her "Washington Fire
Brigade March" The Old Vienna Hungar-
ian Band of the worlds fair complimented
Mrs. Mari by playing it every day at the
Columbian during her recent visit to New
York
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