Evening star., 1900-12-15
MUSICAL MENTION.

MUSICAL MENTION.
The Washington Saengerbund will hold
| its third musical entertainment this season
at its club house tomorrow evening. MIR.
| Henry Xander. the musical director, has
| prepared a very attractive program The
soloists will be Miss Thompson, who will
i sing the scene and aria from LA Ira
vlata. Barnes 'The Daisy's Secret and
| the Wlson-Smith "If 1 But Knew" Mr..
Leo Stiefel, tenor. who will sing Bartlett's
"A Dream" Mr.. John Nolan, bass who
will give Pinsuti's Il Fear No Foe Mr..
Henry Kaiser baritone, who will sing Ness
ler's ''Es Trat Nicht Sollen Sein.'' and the
Gridiron Quartet. composed of Messrs.
Mosher, Morsell, Kaiser and Nolan, who will
sing Dudley Bucks arrangement of "Annie
Laurie and Birds Nellie Was Lady"
zauber' and Koschat's 'The Corinthian.
the baritone solo being taken by Mr.. Kaiser.
P atom Brounoff had an almost sensa ional
success recently in New York with his
lecture recital on Russian life and music.
In the last two weeks he has booked no less
than sixteen engagements in different parts
of the country No doubt the Russian
school of music. teeming with original
vitality, is now held to be the most pro-
gressive one. Sieveking, in the initial con-
cert of the Philharmonic Orchestra tomor-
row night, has chosen the concerto by Rach-
maninoff, one of the representative Russian
composers Platon Brounoff. whose COM
ing to Washington on January is antici-
pated with great interest, will. in his own
insmit able way, tell Of the development of
Russian music and illustrate 1t by voice
and piano. He Is magnificent baritone
singer az we'll as an accomplished pianist,
| and d most eloquent lecturer.
Mr. George Lawrence Will give song re-
| cital on Tuesday evening, January 90. with
| his pupil, Miss Mary Mckenzie Byrne, as
| sisted by Jenny Lind Muller-Green of Bal
timore. and violinist and elocutonist.
Mrs. Green. who is one of the most famous
pianists and organists of the country, APP
peared i'll Washington several years ago
with the late Mr.. Butler, and has given
piano and organ recitals all over the couil-
try. She played with great success at
Mountain Lake Park Chautauqua last sum-
mer.
The pupils of the Lawrence Shakespeare
Conservatory of Music and Dramatic Art
Will give an entertainment out at Langdon.
ID. C.7-hext Tuesday evening, in the ma ure
OF musical and dramatic recital, under the
direction of MIR. George Lawrence. After a
musical program consisting of songs, duets
and duartetS from the different operas, the
one-act comedy, Popping the Question, y
Will be put on with the following cast:
Primrose Mr. George Wright: "Bobbin,"
Mrs. George Lawrence; Ellen" Miss Mar
ion Seville; Miss Biffin." Miss Jennie Cole
| man: Miss Winterbossom, Mrs. Virginia
Seitz. Henry Thornton Mr.. Lawrence
The entertainment will be repeated at Mr.
Lawrence's studios on 10th street northwest
Probably singer in Washington has
dCiie more for others in the way of singing
at benefits for individuals, institutions or
churches than Mr.. Bernard A. Ryan. Now
that he is stricken with rheumatism in its
most agoniZing form and his physicians
declare that he must go to the Hot Springs
of Arkansas his friends are going to give
a concert on the Goth of December at Ma
tioI.al Rifles Armory. The entertainment
will be first-class and the cause worthy.
An ong the many who will assist are Rev.
DR.. Stafford Mrs. Thomas c. Moves, So
prano. accompanied by DR.. Bischoff.; Apollo
Quartet. Messrs. Mcfarland, Turpin, Rec
side and Ryan; Ladies' Quartet, Mrs. Kitty
Thompson Berry, Hattie Mead Smith, Mar
garet Nolan Martin and Miss Pauline
" Nhitaker; Mr.. Anton kaspar: vIolinist;
| Mr.. Arthur d. Mayo. pianist Mr., George
H. O'Connor. accompanied by Miss Daisy
| joyce; the Nordica Mandolin and Guitar
| Octet. Mr.. Holt. director; the choir of St
Patrick's Church, Mrs. Blanche Mattingly
| Rogers. Miss NJ. Grant. Mr. NJ. D. Hensey
| ana Mr.. Ryan and chorus of fifty voices,
under the direction Of Mr.. A. Gumprecht
| The second Of the course Of public en-
| tertainments which Profs. H. e. SALESMAN
| and William de Ford have arranged for
| their pupils this season will be given next
Monday evening in National Rifles Hall
| The program will consist Of musical and
dramatic numbers. Many OF the scioists
| are wel-known local singers, and as they
| viii. be assisted on this occasion by a large
| chorus a most enjoyable evening may be
| expected. The next entertainment Of the
course will be opera, to be produced IN
| January.
! The Euterpe Club held an interesting
| meeting at its hall. sic 9th street mort h
/ west. last Monday evening, when the fol-
! lowing program was enjoyed by large at
| tendance of members and friends: Pierette
| Chaminade Miss Nettie Law; Goodbye,
| Tosti (Miss Fanny B. Tuley): (a) serenade.
| (b) gavotte, Jeffrey (Aiiss Anna Marshall)
| Forging the Anchor, Rodney (Mr. B.
/ Erat, arcl 10 a
| gelo c. FronanD; Hear Ye, Israeli (E.lt-
| jah. Mendelssohn CMrs. Fanny Atlee-
| Gage): Mirage F. Lehman Miss Rose
! Sliney); sonata (by requesO. Won Weber
! (Mr. Angelo C. FronanD.
An interesting piano and violin recital
was given at the MacReynods- X oehle
| Music School, No 1410 n street, last Thurs
| tended. Messrs MacReynolds and koehle
were assisted by Miss II. Theodore Wight,
contralto, and the following program was
excellently interpreted: Grfeg's Sonata for
piano and violin. No 6; plano solos, valse.
Chopin; nocturne. Chopin; chant polonaise,
"Maiden's Wish.' Chopin-Liszt; violin
| solos, Legende. Wieniawski; Mazurka. Des-
| manuscript, first time). with violin obli-
| cato, X. II. MacReynods: Sunshine
| Song Grieg: violin solos Ballade ct Polo
naise, NieuxtempS: song, Ave Maria" "
Schubert, with violin obigato Among the
many present were the names of Senators
! Fairbanks and Carter. Prof. Josef Kaspar
Mr.. Henry Xander, Mr.. s. Monroe Fabian
Powell Mrs. Agnes Osgood Clifton. Mrs
Wight, DIR. w. P. Manning and Dr. and
| Mrs. Lee.