Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-17
! N MUSICAL CIRCLES
Proposed Memorial Service in Honor of tn,
Late Dr.. Sherman.
Movement Started by the Board OF
Managers of the Choral Society,"
Interesting Personal Items.

The board of managers of the Choral So
ciety has appointed a committee to take
into consideration the plan of a memorial
service in honor of the late Dr. HARRY
Sherman, who was for so many years idan-
titled SO closely with the progress of the
society as its musical director. The de-
tails are not yet arranged, but 1t is under
stood that the idea is not displeasing to
Mrs. Sherman, and it is proposed to make
the occasion one that will be memorable.
The Choral Society will, it Is expected, sing
some choruses that are appropriate to such
an event. and it is hoped that former men,
berS OF the society, who have ceased to It
tend its rehearsals may be induced to re-
new their connection for this occasion and
sing with the present membership. 1t is
also probable that an address upon DR..
Sherman's life work will be given by some
one who was Intimately associated with
him and who would therefore be competent
to pay fitting tribute to his high ability
as musician and his worth as a man.
AS DR.. Sherman was eminent as an organ
list, it is not unlikely that there may be
one OF two organ numbers.
DR.. Shermans death brings to mind the
fact that there are comparatively few or
ganists of the first rank in the District,
end leads to 1he suggestion that the young
men who are now studying the piano could
profitably devote their time and talents to
mastering the nobler instrument, the or
at the organ in St. Thomas Church, the
transfer of Mr.. John Porter Lawrence to
the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
left the organ at st. Margarets without q
Harry Read will soon leave the organ at
ST. Michael and All Angels. Mr.. Reads
less to the city, for he will remove to New
Haven. Conn.,, will be felt, for he Is one of
the few young organists who seem to be
really interested in their work. He goes
to take charge of the organ and choir of a
large Episcopal church in the college city.
A series Of subscription performances will
be given in this city in December and jan
uary by the Damrosch Opera Company
These will be the only performances of
grand opera which Washington will hear
during the coming season, as Messrs. Alb
hey and Grau do not come here with their
company. Mr.. Damroschs company, which
Is the best he has ever gathered together
contains the names of the following artists
Sopranos and mezzo-sopraros, Johanna
Gadski, August Vollmar, Ria Eibenschuetz,
Marie hatfield and Mohor- Ravenstein;
teEors, Ernest Krauss, Paul Lange, Fritz
Ernst and Paul Kalisch; baritones and
tasses, Carl Somer, Wilhelm Mertens, Ger
hard Stehman, Heinrich Hobbing, Fritz
Derschuck and Emil Fischer.
The splendid performances given by Mr..
Damrosch's company here last year will
serve as an incentive to lovers of music to
make application early, and 1t is safe to
say that the subscription list will be well
filled.
The anniversaries Of the birthdays of
Verdi and Saint-Saens having occurred dur
ing the preceding week, the Sunday Night
Music Club devoted the evening to their
compositions. studying quite lengthy seIec-
lions from Verdi's "Ernanr' and "RiRolet-
to-; Saint-Saens' prelude to his "Delupe !"
arranged as violin solo (played by Mr.
aovV with plano and string quintet &C
by the same composer, played by Miss
Florence H. King, violin solo with piano
ana string quintet accompaniment, after
which they played Brahms quartet
II Were Really a KING" Francis Will
sons successful topical song in his new
comic opera, Half a King" at the Knick-
erbocker Theater, New York, Is becoming a
budget OF funny hits at the themes of the
uay- HIS verse suggesting that the theater
nat be perfectly fiat and another declaring
that he'd compel the silent man in Wool,
1erts Roost to say where he is att are
greeted with great applause
MIR. William c. Carl the eminent conc.r+
orsanist, has been engaged by Mr.. Walter
Damrosch to appear with the symphony
orcnestra at Carnegie Hall, New York No.
vember g. Mr.. Carl will play two new
gan. anu Ut
Victor Herbert and Harry B. Smiths
CHARMING comic opera, 1.-The Wizard Of the
o Nhe has captured Vienna. according to
II was produced there Saturday Sentan-
Ger 70. and scored an immediate success
lnasmuch as this is the first instance On
record OF an American comic opera being
produced in the German-speaking conn.
tries the honor Is no small one. When II
Is further remembered that Vienna Is tbs
recognized home of comic opera and the
scene OF the Strauss and Milloecker
triImphs the success of "The Wizard of
the Nile is a sincere tribute to the onera's
n erits. @Ae opeia b
Prof: II. f. SALESMAN, organist of the
Church h,,, OF Our Savior in Brookland, and
MI. William DeFord, vocalist and elocutin--
list. propose giving series Of public must
Gales during the season, and also an onera
and several short plays are in contemnla
ton. Professor SALESMAN Is Composing a
new "Jubilate'' and ''Te Deum," which will
be rendered by his choir as soon as com
pleted.
Auguste Trecul. the French botanist died