The times., 1897-05-02
MUSICAL NOTES.

| Society upon the evenings OF May and
at the Congregational Church, aud the pres
| ent appearance of the box sheet seems TO
| indicate that il will be success There
| will be no orchestra accompaniment, but
this deficiency will be ably supplied By
Mr.. John Porter Lawrence, who will pre-
! side at the organ. The sooisus are Max
| Bruch, barytole; Miss Cleary, coatralto, and
| MIR. ct. Town, tenor
The Darnrosch Club will give concertDa
| the eth of May. and will be ably assisted
| by Mrs. Nellie Wilson Shr-Cliff. soprano;
| Miss Lntta Mills, pianist, who comes from
New York especially for this occasion, and
the celebrated violinist, Miss Maud Powell
| The pupils of Mr. John Porter Lawrence
| Will give a recital ON the Goth of May at
the Luther Place Memorial Church.
| The Georgetown Glee and Mandolin Club
| gave n concert last Thursda evening at the
Leafnan Hail, in Baltimore, where they
achieved great success. The vocal efforusof
| Mr.. George o. ConnOr and Mr.. Ia yIor Cr1nin
| elected much applause, and they were
obliged to respond to repeated encores.
| Mr.. Louis Lombard, the celebrated New
| York musical manager, is in this city, with
| the view of establishing a musical con-
servatory here.
at the elumai banquet of the Columbian
University last Friday evening enter
tanning feature was the musical numbers
| of a male quartet under the direction OF
| Mr.. Melville Hensey.
Mrs. Nellie Wilson shir-CHff will be
the soloist at the concert TO be given the
| early part OF May by the Madrids.
Mrs Kittie Thompson-Berry has been
| singing at the Columbia Theate- the past
| pany in the ''Mayflower-''
| Two young ladies OF Washington, Misses
Nell Macnulty and Hester Armstrong, have
signed a ten-weeks' contract with tns
Castle Square Opera Company to sing in
/ Baltimore.
| Miss Alice Jndson is singing with the
| Castle Square Opera Company in Baltimore
| in the Bohemian GIRL
| Mr. Joseph sheehan, with one stage re-
hearsaI, took the part of Cervantes, in
| 1.-The Queens Lace Handkerchief" last
| Tuesday evening, at the Lafayette Square
! Theater, and acquitted himself most ad-
mIrably, and won much admiration from
those who have heard him the past week.
In accordance with her original plan,
Mrs Harriet II Mills, who has been teach
ing in New York three days every week
this season, will discontinue these trips
until fail, to facilitate the arrangements
for her annual pupils concert
An Old musical organization In wash
Ihgton, known as the Sixteen Club under
the direction of the late Prof. Harry G.
Sherman, gathered its members together
and held a reunion last Tuesday evening
at the residence of Mr.. James Johnson,
where they sang numbers from the old
Amphion and A Tion collection, with Dr.
John p Caulfieid and Mr.. Arthur ID. Mayo
as accompanies The club will be enter
tanned by Judge Andrew Bradley on Tues
dayevenng next, with view to a possible re-
organization, which Will be welcome news
to the Washington musical world. The
members Of the club are MessTs- William
Burnett, William Macfarland. Sam With
crow, William Hill, Walter Gait, David
Burnett, Herndou MoTselI, Perry b. Turpin,
Frank Reside, James johnson, Antlrew
Bradley, William ID. Hoover, ]. c. Heald,
n b. Fugitt, John Nolan and Harvey KOher.
Mr. Charles II. Lewn has been engaged az
tenor at the Jewish Synagogue of this
city.
The PhiIomel Club, of which Nj IS Blanch
Rueckert is the president and Miss Lulu
Facius the secretary, is an organization
composed of young ladies who meet fort
nightly to study the lives and render ths
compositions of various composers. The
club met last Monday morning at the
residence OF Miss Stotsenberg, No 90s
NJ street, Rubenstein being the composer
for the day The program consisted of a
duet, Angels SeTenade,'' bI Misses stella
Fisher and Lulu Facius; "The Asra, Mis-
Florence Grigg; "Tarantella,' Mrs. Pres
ton; "The Dream Miss Fisher: since
First l Met Thee" Miss Rueckert; .'Au-
tumn,'' Miss Helen Nye, and the life OF
Ruhenstein was read by Miss Rueckert-
The next and last meeting Of the season
will be held at the residence Of Miss Rueck-
ert, and Men deIssohn will be the composer
for consideration
The Metropolitan Banjo, Mandolin, and
Guitar Club win give a concert Friday
evening, May Z, at the Carroll Institute
and viii be assisted by the following
talent: Guy Collins, Miss AtLee, MI Steve
Clements, Mr. John TySsowski, The Ideals.
Miss Bessie Driver, and Mr.. Robert The
club consists of Messrs. j. NJ Barringer, M
c. Hopkins, F E. sallide, and Ed Higgins,
jr., which quartet is not only well knowniD
Washington, but has gained popula Iity in
the principal seaside resorts, having toured
the Atlantic coast for two successive sea-
sons.
The fourth and last Of the series OF con-
certs given by Prof. J. W. BischOff, took
place at Con gregationalC Church astWednes-
day evening. The program opened with
organ numbers by DR.. J. W. Bischoff and
the rest of the numbers were ende red IN a
pleasing manner by Mrs James F. Oyster,
MI II. G. Browning, Mr. Douglass u Miller,
Mrs Laura Zeh Johnson, Mrs Hattie Meads-
Smith, Mr.. j. Henry Kaiser, Mrs. Elsie Bond
Blschoff, and the Congregational choir
Special mention should be made OF the
artistic rendition of the" Carnival Of Venice"
by Benedict, in the person of Mrs II. Clay
Browning, who sang the difficult passages
in a smooth excellent manner, winning
vociferous applause, to which she responded
with the Last Rose of Summer
The members OF the Kendall Baptist
Church, on Ninth and streets southwest.
gave concert last Friday evening, in
which many wel!-known local talent par
tiCipated. The program included; Organ
solo, prelude To Lohengrin, Wagner, by Mr..
B. Frank Gebest; "Old Uncle Ned the
Cecilian Quartet, under the direction OF
Miss Katie Wilson; violin solos, byMss Mary
Crook; solo, Loves Eternity" RotoIli,
by Miss "A Salome Wingate: piano solos,
Shuma m and Chopin Miss 8 Leila Bowers,
'The Lost Chord and Because Love
You, Deaf Mrs. Adele C. Oxley: Bacarolle
and Lullaby, by the Calvary choir; "Adieu,
Marie Miss Florence Elizabeth Dudley;
baritone solo, J. Waiter Humphrey; So
<io E,a