Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-12-22

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wr,rHER rRoBABILITIEs.-For this
W Ia ,.ir tonight and Thursday; colder
:;Fs,.day morning; westerly winds.
r.rr.rNAs MusIc.-Amid the va.
"a an Measures during Christmas few
Ilop n,dre heartily enjoyed than the de-
SIC 100. .tY music rendered in the churches
A EE.a;.city on Christmas Day and the
C ,;sv following. People who attend
ee t',S5,s services on those two days are
le. .77.,o,oed 10 hearing admirable sacred
a'.' ';n ladeed, the music rendered in
NJ u '.5octuaries in this city in celebra-
If mis- great festival has attracted
.5 ,, year TO year. favorable comment
1 ~ 'be part of strangers visiting here at
"a. II time AS we'll as from Alexandria
.-r themselves. There are few
. .s. ofthe same size that enjoy better
W., n.ioaI events than are offered lovers
- harmony in this city. For some
v " church music especially has been
,.,doally developing into one of the
longest features of the local musical
an until row in quite number of
.Seei,v .auctuaries one may hear pre-
anne. ~ of very high merit at the
r,.lsr and Christmas festivals. Dur.
IN, the past two years certain amount
~ or1e in their work has been mani
s..ed bv the choir directors. In soma
;e.saces sort of friendly rivalry has
sri.an. aud this has served to stimulate
M small measure the efforts of those
rbo ara connected with the choirs
Tina result has bean that in such
r5yrches as ST. Mary's, Christ, Grace,
: PAul's. NJ. Z. Church South and
ngmoer 9fothers the development has
nan Amos. remarkable, anil now at
e5ea of these churches and number of
o,bers one hears admirable singing al
mest every Sunday. The following is
oersoauel ofthe choirs and the pre-
c75mmes of music to be rendered On
Cnfis'uja,:
Chris. Cnurch-Authem, Great and
Glorious is Thy Name, o Lord" Mo-
z.r: Eente, H. P. banks; Glorias, D.
Blcs; Re Dsum. in B minor, D. Buck;
Ia5i4te, in a. Harry R. Shelley; Hymn
81 sing, On Sing This Blessed Dawn"
Kailap; Gloria Tibi, Berthold
Tour,; Hymn SO, 1T Came Upon the
Hitlight Clear" R. S. Willis; Offer
tory rlhem, Using o Heavens" B.
Tour-; Presentation of aims, l.. NJ. dox-
oogy Sanctus, No. SIS, Hutcains's
Hymaal Hymn No. 231, Hutchins's
Hgrauai; Gloria in Excelsis, No. los.
C6oir-:opranos, Misses Rotchford,
Greene, Boutz, Mrs. F. Grimes; teuors
Me,srs. McCuen, While, Wood, Sail
yAr; altos, Misses Supple, ONeal,
Stuart; bassos, Messrs. Rogers, WilHiu
son, Goodson; directress, Mss kalh
irne II. Stuart; organist, Mrs. Charles
G. Lennon.
). Paul's Church = Proc ssionsl
hymn, No. 81, "Hark, the Herald Aa
gels Siog" Venite, in d. Harrison Mil
lar'; Gloria Patri, III G, Poznanski; Te
D.um. in 4, P. A. Schneider; Jubiate,
G., (4rranged from Erjab) Dudley
Buck; Introit hymn, No. &c. Brightest
sad Bast of the Sons of the Morning."
Hyrie, in A, Elvey; Gloria Tibi, in +,
From the Realms of Glory" Offertory
anthem, There Were Shepherds"
Ofertory ascription, praise
God From Whom All Blessings Flow"
Sanctus; Hymn, No. 23l; Gloria in Ex
celsis, old chant. The following pre-
gramne of music will be rendered on
Sunday: Hymn, No. SO; Gloria Patri,
in C, Bialla; Gloria is Excelsis, in f,
John P. MARSHALL; Magnificat, in +,
Berthold Tours; Nunc Dimittis, in +,
Berthold Tours; Hymn, No. Sc; Hymn,
No. II; Ofertory anthem, 20, Holy
Night" Adam; Ofertory ascription,
doxology. Choir: Sopranos, Misses
Carrie Evans, Janet Fawcett, Lucy
Brookes, Annie Uhler; altos, Misses
Florence Evans, Sara Rathbone, Mrs.
Virginia Egans-O'Brien; tenors, Messrs.
s. Franklin Field and L. FL. Neither
land; bassos, Messrs. George b.
Evans and Frank L Slaymaker; or
g4nist aud director, Mr.. Sherman b.
Fowler.
St. Mary's Church-Kyrie, Mozart;
Gloria, Credo, Sanctus and Agnus Del,
Nillard; Adeste Fidelis, 0 Salutaris.
TAntum Ergo. The same programme
will be rendered on Sunday morning.
At the vesper service Sunday evening
Mrs. jacob Brill and Miss Mai K.
Greenwell will sing special solos.
Choh Sopranos: Mrs. Julia Monroe,
Mrs. Jacob Brill, Misses Mai Green
well, Katie Nugent, Alice Maxwell,
Mania Lovejoy; altos, Mrs. Theodore
Billing and Miss Laura Greenwich;
tenors, Messrs. John Fl. Strider and
Vim. Whi,comb; bassos, Messrs. VIM.
L Hoy and Robert Weuzel; organist
and director, Mr.. Joseph l.. Monroe.
NJ f.. Church South-"Glory to Goo
in the Highest" Beirly; "There Were
Shepherds" Earle: "Tne Star OF Beth,
lehem," Snlman; Might of Nights"
Van DeWater. Choir; Sopranos,
Misses Pollard and Graham and Mrs,
Grimes; altos, Misses Driscoll and
COckey; tenors, Messrs. Netherlsno'
Powell and Adamson; bassos, Messrs.
ksheill, Myers and Goodsop; director,
Mr.. Henry K. Field; organist, MISS
Alice Thomas.
Grace Church-Processional Carol,
The Bells" Rev. II. B Whitney; In
tFot hymn, 80 Come All Ye Faith
tll;' Ade,te Fidelis; Kyrje, lain song;
Gloria Tibi, A. S. Cooper; Gospel
hgmn No. $40, Thou Didst Leave
Thy Throne, "A. N. c.; Offertory an
them, Sing, O Heavens" E. A. GEAR
hnrsGm Corda, Ssnctus, Benedlctns
qui Eenite, Agnus Del, Gloria in TX
essis, A. S. Cooper; Nunc Dimittis, W. W;
h Cnoke Tho a hoya prOp ramm6 Will