Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-11
rahn has been the conductor.

rahn has been the conductor
There was a pleasant little gathering
Monday afternoon at the studio of Mr..
A. ]. Bassett in the Day building, when
there was music by several of the pupils
/ OF Miss Mabel A. Cowie of Boston and
! Worcester. While the guests were sip
ping chocolate and nibbling cakes,
piano selections were given by Miss
Mabel Clark, Miss Dora Werner and Mr..
Henry Steinberg, and Mr.. Angelo Truda
assisted with several delightful songs.
Miss Cowie intends to have a number of
these informal musicales through the
1 winter
Mrs. Carrie King-Hunt entertained a
number of friends at her studio, Mon
day afternoon. to meet Miss Aagot
| Lunde. The refreshments were served
by Mrs. S. e. Winslow and Mrs James
Sake, assisted by Miss Mary Fowler and
Miss Luella Gunnison. The occasion was
all the more delightful for being entire
ly informal. Miss Lunde charmed the
guests by singing several Norwegian
and Swedish foIk-songs, a German
spring-song, and, as a final compliment
to her hearers, little ballad with Eng
lish words.
1t seems a pity that the promoters Of
the Harvard Glee Club concert should
| for their concert in. Worcester, it haV-
ing long been an open secret that If
Mr.. f. Marion Crawford came here at
all, it would be on that date. Not that
Mr.. Crawford has a mortgage on the
21st in Worcester, but the season Is not
| so crowded with desirable entertain
ments that there is the slightest reason
| for two Of them overlapping as in the
present instance. Probably both would
be well attended, even if they did oc-
cur simultaneously, but neither could
| prove the numerical success it other
wise would, from the fact that each
will draw its audience from about the
same sets in the city. Besides, both
| the concert and the lecture are to have
a social accompaniment which will be
| very seriously interfered with by a coll
| lision. The College Club is planning to
give a reception in honor of Mr.
| Crawford after the lecture at
their rooms in the Lincoln House. The
Harvard concert, which will take place
in Terpsichorean Hall, is to be followed
by dance.
1t is not unlikely that the glee club
management will change its date. as it
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| Mr.. Crawford will not give a lecture
| when he makes his initial appearance
before a Worcester audience; neither
will he give readings. He is to give
talk" upon the subject of Sicily and
the outlaws, concluding with slightly
| historical sketch of some of the charac-
ters in his latest novel, "Corleone."
Mr.. Crawford has 25 engagements for
the month of January, From Worces-
ter he will go to New Bedford. A large
/ audience is already guaranteed him in
| Worcester, Among recent subscribers
are:
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry f. Harris, Mrs.
Franklin Wyman, Mr.. and Mrs G.. f.
Blake, Jr., Mr.. S. S. Green, Mr.. and
Mrs. L. A. Ely, Mr.. D. T. Quinn, Mr. J.
E. Lynch, Rev. DIR. and Mrs. McCul-
| lagh, Mr.. Richard Healey, Mr.. and Mrs.
| G, H. White, Mr.. ]. E. Phillips, Mrs. C.
H. Morgan, Mr.. e. H. Moore.
The first festival chorus rehearsal of
the year is always an event of interest
to a large number of persons in and
| about Worcester, but not for long has
! there been first rehearsal which COM
bined more elements of novelty than
! IudI Ol ldSl WH6n meet
| ing in Association Hall as in years past
the chorus assembled In Washburn Hall,
and instead of being conducted by Carl
Zerrahn, as has been its wont for al
most time out of memory, it was lead
by his successor, Mr.. Chadwick.
The rehearsal was preceded by lit
| tie conference between Mr.. Chadwick
and some Of the festival management.
The new conductor was welcomed with
a spontaneous and hearty burst of APP
| plause as he stepped upon the platform,
| which he acknowledged with short
speech, in which he said among other
| things, that he was glad to be there;
| that it was not to be supposed that
| everything would not please every one,
| but that he expected that in the end
they would all be good friends. Mr..
Chadwick will change the time of begin
ming from 730 to 7.45 o'clock.
About 300 members of the chorus were
present, and spent am evening of hard
work upon the elijah" and 'Hora No
vissima" The Elijah" has not been
given for four or five years, and while
the older singers know it by heart,
many new members have entered the
ranks who are not acquainted with it
ALL 1t is the intention Of the managers
to make 1t a feature of the festival this
year. and they intend securing for it the
| finest possible cast.
Anent ''Hora Novissima, Mr.. Parker,
the composer, declares that Mr.. Chad
wick can get more out of it than he can
himself-a compliment, indeed, to the
ability of the new conductor of the Wor-
cester festival.
Among the reasons which have lead
to the selection of Washburn Hall as
place of rehearsal, instead of Associa-
ton Hall. are the convenience of haV-
| ing the library near the rehearsal hall;
the advantage of being able to bring
the different parts of the chorus equally
near to the composer, and the greater
conformity of the seating arrangements
to those at the festival. Washburn Hall
is considered the better adapted of the
two for chorus work, because of its
shape, which permits the chorus to
| spread out, becoming thereby more ac-
| cessible to the conductor-an important
consideration with Mr. Chadwick, who
makes a great deal of coming in con-
tact with the personality of the chorus
He has good opinion of the Worcester
festival chorus, but knows its weak
points and these he intends to rectify
as soon as practicable, for be is thor
ough drillmaster.
An invitation to join the chorus
which has been sent to each member
of satisfactory standing in the chorus
of last year, contains the following:
with a rehearsal hall easy of access,
and finely adapted to the advantageous
seating of the chorus a conductor who
/ we say 1t without intention or thought
of disparagement of Mr.. Zerrahn, whom
we all hold in most respectful and ap-
preciative affection-is full of enthusi-
! asm. and of Mell-knoMn abilitN as a