Evening star., 1897-04-17
IN MUSICAL CIRCLES
Mr.. Anton Gloetmer Wins the Prise of the
New York Manuscript Society.
His Composition Was an Organ Suite
Other Matters of Interest
About Local People.

Mr.. Anton Gloetzner Of this city has won
the prize offered by Mr. Gerritt Smith
| through the New York Manuscript Society
fer the best original composition. MIR.
GloetZner wrote a suite for organ, which
was pronounced superior to any that was
presented and the judges awarded him the
prize of $50. Mr.. Gloetzner's abilities are
well known in this city, where he has lived
SO long. but he has been generally recog-
nized as an executant rather than as COM
poser and his success in the latter direction
will be highly gratifying to his many
friends. He is a pianist and organist of
high merit, and during the days of the
Philharmonic Society some excellent per-
fo rma noes were given under his direction.
For the past year he has been conducting
the rehearsals of the Georgetown Orches-
ira.
MIR. Jerome Hopkins seems to have a
wonderful faculty for training children to
sing, and the success he has met with dur
ing the rehearsals held for the production
of his juvenile opera, "Taffy and Old
MUNICH has demonstrated that he Is right
III his theory. He gets from the children
a greater volume of tone and tone that
Is fuller and roun0er than has ever been
heard from such little folk before Besides
his force, something that rs essential in
teacher in order to accomplish good
SUITS There are many good musicians
who have no faculty for dealing with chill
dren, and when they attempt it they make
dismal failures, but Mr. Hopkins seems 10
understand just how much the juvenile
mind can grasp. and does not attempt to
have them DO anything beyond their ca
pacity. 1t is expected that this opera when
presented at the Columbia Theater next
Tuesday afternoon will meet with the same
cordial approval that has been accorded it
in New York and other cities where 1t has
been heard.
Mrs. Thomas c. Noyes will be quite busy
tomorrow, and Easter Sunday will bring
her but little rest. She will sing at the Cal
vary Baptist Church both morning and
evening and at the Church of The Covenant
in the afternoon. AT the Calvary Church
in the morning she will sing Jules Graniers
'Hosanna" and Easter Morn by Veid
hnger; ct night her solos will be Every
Flower That Blossoms" and the weil-known
Holy City" At the Church of the Cove
n&nt in the afternoon she will sing 'Hosan-
ma and duet with Mr. Frank Reeside,
MY Soul for Help on God Rely" by Vie
gs nd Mrs. Noyes was asked to sing at the
concert fer the Cuban relief fund tomorrow
night at the Columbia Theater after ner
church service was over. but she felt that
1t would tax her voice too much and was
compelled to decline.
Max Heinrich. the great baritone singer,
is coming to Washington again. and this
time he will be heard in his chief role, that
of "ArminiuS,' in Bruchs oratorio of that
name; he has been secured by the Choral
Society for the concerts which to be
given May and 3. In the face of the hard
times which musical affairs have undergone
this past season. it seems almost remark
able that the Choral Society can manage
s,., to give washington such treats as Evan
Williams. Ericsson Bushnell Camille Sey-
gard ard now Heinrich, Mary Louise Clary
the contralto. and Towne. the tenor. Its
commendabie enterprise. however, will sure
ly be productive of good results.
All arrangements are now complete for
the trip of the Jonnie Juniors to New
York. This trip has been made possible
by the interest of Col. A. G. Dickinson,
the leading confederate of that city. Col.
Dickinson is retired capitalist. and q
warm personal friend of MIR. c. Broadway
Rouss. the blind millionaire, who is also
a confederate veteran. Col. Dickinson and
Mr.. Rouse have been the mainstay and
leaders of all confederate movements in
New York city for many years. Col. Dick
iEscn had intended taking charge OF the
Jonnie Juniors on their trip and working
up a house sufficient to guarantee ex-,
penses. and on mentioning 1t to Mr.. Rouss,
the latter insisted on paying all the expense
imseif, giving the president, Capt. Hickey,
a check for $1,000 to defray all expenses.
In addition he authorized the club to place
tickets on sale, the money made to go into
a guarantee fund for their trip to Nash
vile in June. AT the request of Capt.
Hickey. Prof. Coward. the director, went
to New York last week. made preliminary
arrangements. ard has returned accompa-
MED by Capt. Hickey today fo- the purpose
CT furthering the clubs interests. In ad-
dition to playing i'll New York. the Jonnies
are greatly pleased with an arrangement
made with the Daughters of the Confd-
eracy in Baltimore, by which they will
large and brilliant audience on the night
of the 2Sth, the first day out of Washing
ten. That the Baltimore engagement will
be a grand success is proven by the fact
that it is in the hands of the same commit
tee that made over $4,000 with the con-
federate bazaar eight or ten years ago. The
president of the Daughters of the Confed-
eracy is Mrs. D. Grand Wright, the chair
man of the committee on entertainments
Mrs. Nelson eLe, jr.; the chairman of the
advisory board being John Thompson
Mason. The Baltimore engagement will be
played at the Lyceum Theater
A performance will also be given in Will
mington. Del, on return from New York,
under the auspices of the Woman's Cuban
Aid Society. This city was the home of
Prof. Cloward for many years, and the
ladies in charge are all his personal friends
urday. May 1, making the entire trip by
special train over the Pennsylvania rail-
road
Josephine s. Jacoby. the contralto, is
winning critical approval on all sides Re-
Gently she sang in Columbus, and her
sweetness and purity of voice were highly
praised. Her many friends in this city will
be gratified at her success.
Mr.. Nathan Cans, a relative of Mr. Isaac
Cans of this city. has made such high
reputation as a pianist that he has been
invited to conduct teachers course of in
struction in the Virgil Clarier method Mr.
Cans completed his musical education in
Europe, studying piano composition and
the auxiliary branches of music with such
eminent masters as Scharwenka Won Her.
zogenberg, Franck and others, and his sue
cess as a student has been duplicated since
his return to this country in his profess
sional work.
1t is the design of President H. W.
Greene and his executive to make the con-
vention of the Music Teachers National
Association in New York June "a to 2S
| the greatest convention of professional
musicians ever held. 1t Is anticipated that
at least 150U will attend coming from all
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