Evening star., 1896-10-06
IN MUSICAL CIRCLES
Regret Among Local Musicians at the
Death Of DR.. Sherman.
Some Church ChOirs That Rcassem-
bled for Work Sunday An.
other Military Band Formed.

District and had held high rank for about
thirty years. He was enc Of the foremost
In the movement to establish an o-ganfza-
ton of male singers and was one OF those
prominent in the first meeting held at the
old Kirkwood House with that end in view
III 1869, which eliminated in the formation
Of the Choral Society, Of which he was
unanimously chosen musical director. He
was highly compimented by the judges at
the Saengerfest at which the Choral Soci-
ETY. won the prize for the intelligent man
ner in which he had trained his force and
the skill he had displayed in getting out the
hest volume of tone. When the Washing
ton Operatic Association was formed, Mr..
Sherman the first one selected as its
leader, but he found that his duties would
rot allow him to accept, and so Mr. John
pEilp SouSa was chosen.
AT the monster concert that was gwen IN
1871 for the benefit CT the yellow fever
sufferers, Mr.. Sherman led the great chorus
that sang the 'intiamatus' from Rossinis
''Stabat Mater" and ne also led a large
male chorus, composed mostly of members
! of the former Choral Society. The present
Choral Society owes a great deal 10 Mr.
| Sherman's work. for he was its first direc-
tor and continued for many years To
| linn and the late Mrs. Pearson was due the
excellent foundation that the society has,
and the members all regarded him very
highly.
The lew choir of the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church began its work Sun
Gay. The choir. which is under the lead
| ership of Mr. JohE Porter Lawrence, Who
| presided at the organ. consists Of Mrs.
Shir Cliff. soprano: Air. NJ. ID. Hensey.
| tenor; SIR. ". +. Hoover, bass, and Miss
| Edna Smith, contralto. This is in some
| respects the strongest quartet in the DIS
| trict. ard it il expected that the music
furnished hy IL viii be OF the highest or
| der. Every member is 4 soloist Of recog-
EZed ability, and it IS believed that their
| concerted work will he excellent OF Mr.
| IaWrCncc'S ability as an or2anlSt there Is
no reed to speak, for he has long been
ackrc ledged AZ one Of the most CAPABLE
performers in the District His work WAS
Handicapped yesterday owing to the INJURY
| don, tC the organ }iy the storm.
| Mr. and Mrs Ernest Lent have returned
| from Mountain Lake Park and Morgan
| town, w. Va, "her" they scent very
| pleasant summer with their family. Mr.
| Lent has employed his vacation in writing
| a work on elementary violin technics in
three books. in which he has embodied
| the It searches and the experience of many
| years of successful teaching. henry
Schradiec ok. the eminent authority, writes
about il that The work Is conceived CrlSl-
| naly ana carried out in a marTelousy
| lc ;ical way. Mr.. Lent will reorganize the
| Washington String Orchestra ana COM
mence .ehearsals some time this month:
| Mrs. Lent has added several new and
brilliant pieces to her repertoire. and her
| many friends viii he glad to welcome her
~. W,I,i,at"n S,rn. Grc,.ssr wii
| i've i,s cr1n.r,s his s.aso, aI,h,,upb m.
| prospectus cannot he made early as
| s ,,- I'm i,, ,b,a.r ,,iil ,'.-
| gas-f..,' .,,.,,rin.l sa,,e ltbar La;i
| Among the church choirs that reassenn-
| -, (. p,,,:.I,,. r.,,,,.or ,,,:.a :r oIaIor.,
| Inis,I.l ,,i,prram hsi h....n arranp.d hy
J prr ,Iina ~ 4ira,-o 90. 81 ~ -. ,s
the priests emerged from the sacristy the
nm, IN c,"l,,. I,,ris j., NO ala Cr.gor;ar =
chants wer4 sung bv ,ha INN choir. and
| th.n fnIlowea .Aspnr:.es NJ. Domino" h,
| I5r,rr.U tho Eyria arI t,loria from,
javiu's 1frh mass: Sbellry's "Veni Crea.
tor ls,ri,a0e solo and quartet: the Sane
1us and Agnus Del from Navin's 10th
| and at the orarto..y Frank Vanderstuck
i ems Ave Maria contrallo solo At III,
| clost, of the mass the HYMN Holy God
WAS sung with full choir and chorus o,
forty voices. At the afternoon vespers III.
psalms were chaEted 10y the full choir. ant
| there was also sung Marcos Magnifcat I
| I!anlma's Saive Regina. quartet and cho
rus; Wagner's . Salutaris bass solo ant
. | quartet. and Niegands Tantum Ergo
quartet ard chorus. The quartet consist:
| oil MSS Hianche M3ttinciE, soprano: Mrs
fauilfa MonteErifo Mama, contralto; Mr.
, W. Il. Mcfarland. tenor, and Mr. Il. y
Ryan. bass Miss NJ. Louisa Boone is or
: gaEiSt and Prof. Mariana Mama, musica
director. Mr.. Mcfarland is recognized "a
, the best tenor in the District, and Mis-
Matting}y. Miss Boone ana Mr.. Ryan hav
! neen long connected with this church. Mrs
Mama during her artistic career was asso
l GATED with Patti. Gerstcr. Kellogg Mimi
! HaUck and Emma ThurSby. ana her ricl
! and powerful ccntralto is decided acquf
sition To the choir. Tha chorus is the larg
est and best-trained in the city. and it
shading and precision of attack are no
tceahle. while the tempos are always cor
roCtly interpreted.
Mr.. HerndOn MCrseI. the director of tn.
: choir at st. Andrews Episcopal ChuIr h
. is carefully examining voices 10 secure ,
p chorus of about twelve to supplement tn
t quartet. He is anxious to select the hes
: voices ohtainable and those which will
e form a well-halanccd force Tho quartet i
, doing excellent work. as would. indeed. an
2 | body of singers that was controlled an,
9 directed by Mr.. Morsell
Miss Ali,.., iI.rs,ncr who is here this vao,
with I'll Captain" Sousa's new opera vii
| ha well rene cml,cred bv her old friends i,
! ! this ritv which was ner home Her ay
x | cn!Ient wor, in The choir of 81 Dominic,
!. Cnur. h fist gave her an i;.s Of i,r.ncbi,,,
" ont in opera and har career has ha,
= watched with gratifying intaras+
Thn new oncra. ..i:,i3n r6rl, will M
o haze lis first rresentation in his citx :.
!. v,1s vna,.tal heca,feo tba Coi';,,, a
= Thcatar viii not he c1r11.Ia,al in tfnn.. -rh
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